The Han army suddenly attacked the camp, just disturbed, but did not drive and kill, only a short period of effort to ignite everything they could ignite, all of a sudden the rebel camp was on fire, the camp shouted constantly, most of the unaware rebel soldiers and their families and children thought that the Han army was attacking the camp and ran around, shouting, a mess.

"Withdraw!" Slashed and killed a shirtless rebel soldier in front of him who had just left the camp in a panic and was holding a spear, Guan Yu glanced at the fire that suddenly ignited around him, and felt that the matter was almost the same, so he shouted.

This attack on the camp was planned to make the rebel camp chaotic and make everyone in the rebel camp feel the crisis, and now that the goal has been achieved, Guan Yu will naturally not be nostalgic. Even if he prides himself on being one enemy to a hundred, but he is not stupid enough to really rely on these more than 500 people to rob the camp, and now he is different from the people who took nearly a thousand horses to step on the camp tent of the Xianbei people in Youzhou, at that time he was in trouble, only because Fuquan took him in and survived, and he was grateful, so naturally he would not hesitate to attack even if there was a dead end in front of him.

And now, Guan Yu has started from Yu Linlang and has become a county Sima, if he continues to make meritorious contributions in the future, the absolute position of the official will not be lower than the position of Zhonglang General, you must know that Zhonglang General is a big official with a rank of two thousand stones, and his position can already be in charge of an army, with this concern, naturally Guan Yu can't kill him to death like before.

Therefore, seeing that the plan given by Fu Quan was almost completed, Guan Yu ordered a retreat, in fact, not only him, but also Yan Yan and Huang Zhong, they can now kill the enemy bravely without fear of death, but they will definitely not send them to death with eggs and stones, they don't think that the more than 80,000 rebels in the rebel camp will be slaughtered like pigs, and let their more than 500 horsemen slaughter.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the Han army was like a gust of wind coming and going without a shadow, leaving a big fire and leaving. Only the countless rebel soldiers in the camp were left behind, and after gathering in a panic, they were ready to intercept and snipe the Han army's iron cavalry, but they were stunned by their unprepared actions, and when they woke up, they could only face the scorching camp and launch their own rescue measures to extinguish the fire as soon as possible.

Huang Sui was also out of the camp tent at this time, he was about to fall asleep just now, after all, it was also about to dawn, and he, like the other rebels in the camp, was also the most sleepy, so he naturally fell asleep on the big bed in the middle tent. It wasn't until the Han army really attacked the camp that he thought it was the Han army's trick to disturb the enemy, and at the first time, his brain didn't want to pay attention to it, and finally when he felt the fire in the camp, he woke up that this was not to disturb the enemy, but that the Han army really attacked the camp.

Fortunately, the Chinese army's big tent was in the depths of the camp, and the Han army was just trying to rob the camp to create chaos, otherwise it would not be possible to say that if the Han army attacked the camp directly, his Chinese army tent said that it would not be broken by the Han army, and his own life was in danger, Huang Sui couldn't help but rejoice that his life was big.

However, fortunately, Huang Sui still has to do what he should do, and at this moment he knows that in addition to extinguishing the fire around the camp at the first time, it is more important to do a good job in the ideological work of the soldiers of all departments to prevent them from chaotic again. After all, Bai Ri has already had an internal strife because of the lack of food, and now if the camp is robbed by the Han army again, it is difficult to guarantee that some soldiers will collapse because of this, thus causing a series of chain reactions.

At the same time, Huang Sui also sent a foot cavalry from the henchmen army to patrol around the camp, who knows if those cunning Han troops will attack the camp again, if so, if he does not take precautions in advance, the impact of several more such attacks on the camp is obvious, so he can't help but be less careful.

As for Huang Sui's spies originally arranged around Shu County, Huang Sui no longer had any hope for them at this moment, after all, he could make it so easy for most of the Han army to come out of Shu County, and if he didn't give him a notice, there was only one possibility to explain, that is, his spies scattered around Shu County were all killed by the Han army, and it was those "eyes and ears" that were cut off by the Han army, which made his news temporarily out of order, and finally he did not take precautions in advance, so that he was attacked by the Han army.

It's just that Huang Sui obviously underestimated Fuquan too much, and when he thought that the Han army would continue to attack the camp, Chu Ge, who was full of sad emotions in the distance, suddenly made him feel like he was struck by lightning, which shocked him instantly. Because Huang Sui understood what kind of impact those Chu songs would have on the soldiers under his command, and at the same time, he also understood that the Han army had to set fire to the camp at the time when the eastern sky was about to turn white, which was not as simple as simply attacking the camp, but to completely collapse the rebel army invisibly.

At this moment, on a hill northeast of the rebel camp, more than 1,000 Han soldiers under the command of Fuquan were gathering here, and they did not attack the camp like those iron cavalry after leaving the city, but had another task, and separated from the cavalry on the road and came here.

After all, these foot soldiers all walked on their legs, and even if they marched quickly and rapidly according to Wei Wushu's marching standards, they could not catch up with the speed of the Han cavalry, and would drag down the cavalry; The second is the most important part of the Fuquan plan, someone must do it, and this plan is what they are doing now, singing Chu songs.

After the rapid march to the destination, these soldiers, under the leadership of the soldier general Xu Huang, looked to the southwest and waited for the signal to come. The sky gradually turned white, and finally, more than ten miles away in the distance, in the rebel camp that was faintly visible from the heights, the information he wanted most appeared.

At this time, Xu Huang, who had already taken the scene in the distance in his eyes, was not in a hurry to let his soldiers implement the plan, because they were still far away from the rebel camp. At this time, due to the battle between the two armies, there was the influence of the shouting and killing of the battle, and those songs naturally could not reach the ears of those rebel soldiers in time.

Finally, when he saw the Han army's iron cavalry leaving like a small black spot, and then countless rebels were in the camp, constantly extinguishing the fire, Xu Huang, who had been observing for a long time, raised his right hand, and then waved it down fiercely, shouting: "Sing!" ”

In an instant, countless soldiers of the Han army, who had been preparing for a long time, sang the songs they had been taught by the musicians who had been arranged by Fuquan in Shuxian County with deep affection in a sad tone.

"The summer of June is hot, the corpses of the four fields are ambushed, the sun and the moon are fighting, and they will eventually return to the Han. The white-haired old mother is looking forward to breaking her liver and sausage, and her wife is so embarrassed that she is alone in the empty room. The brothers want to see him, they stomp their feet and wipe their palms, and the sisters miss each other, and they shed a thousand tears. Therefore, make friends, visit the door, window brothers, ask short questions. Once the soldiers are engaged, the spear is killed, the flesh and bones are muddy, and the battlefield is fought together. My song is not born, the heavens send you, you know your fate, don't say it's slim. The Han Emperor is virtuous, surrenders the army and does not kill, mourns and returns, and lets you soar. Why don't you miss your hometown, go to your hometown, reunite at home, and be healthy forever. ”

This is a Chu ballad that is obviously rich in the characteristics of the ancient Chu State, and the song was temporarily composed by local musicians in Fuquan, which is to reflect the meaning of the people's war-weariness and nostalgia for the beauty of their hometown. In addition, insert into it some meanings that the Han Dynasty does not care about its past suspicions, as long as it is willing to surrender, it will not be blamed in the past, in order to completely shake the Han army that has long been confused at this moment.

Because it is under the highest hill around Shu County, the unique surrounding mountains around the hill are like a megaphone for later generations, infinitely amplifying and diffusing their songs. I could only hear the low chorus of thousands of people from all directions, the sound from scattered sounds to slowly become neat, from small whispers of whimpering and wailing gradually became loud sounds, the tune was tragic and mournful, full of the lyrics of the people at the bottom helplessly being involved in the war were repeatedly sung in the mouths of the Han army, and the farther and farther, soon spread to the rebel camp, covering the ears of all the rebel soldiers and their families.

Chu Song, the folk style ballad of Chu during the Warring States Period, has a distinct Chu cultural color, and is most popular in the late Qin and early Han dynasties. Liu Bang, the ancestor of the former Han Dynasty, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, in the early days of the uprising, the troops recruited under the banner of resisting the tyrannical Qin were basically from Chu, and naturally the songs and songs of the soldiers under their command were mostly "Chu songs", which also led to the death of Qin, the Chu and Han dynasties for hegemony, and the "Chu songs" became the mainstream of the official songs at that time due to fate, so that the world sang and flourished. Among them, Xiang Yu's masterpiece "Song of the Fall" and Liu Bang's return to his hometown "Song of the Great Wind" are one of the representative works of Chu Ge, which shows the important position of "Chu Song" in the late Qin and early Han dynasties.

Although with the continuous development of the two Han cultures, Chu songs were gradually replaced by the Yuefu poetry of the Han Dynasty in various places, and the degree of singing was obviously not as good as the Yuefu poetry, but in the ancient Chu land, it is still not less important, because of the heritage of the ancestors, the local people usually sing more Chu songs.

Now, Fu Quan asked his soldiers to sing Chu songs, of course, he wanted to imitate the embattled tactics adopted by Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, during the battle of Xiaxia, for Xiang Yu, because compared with the situation of the Huang Sui rebels today, it is very similar to the situation of the Chu army led by Xiang Yu back then.

The same is the lack of food, the same is not knowing how to advance and retreat after the army, the difference is two points, one is that there were more Han troops and few Chu troops during the Battle of Xiaxia, but now there are more rebels and fewer Han troops; The other is that Xiang Yu still has Jiangdong's nest as a back road, while Huang Sui doesn't even have a place to stay, so he can only lead his soldiers to flee around like a homeless army.

Of course, these are not important now, the important thing is that most of the army under Huang Sui's command is not Huang Sui's henchmen, not staunch anti-Han people, and has long been pessimistic about this hopeless traitorous "uprising" because of the repeated defeats of the rebels and the lack of food in the army. This is destined that they can no longer work for Huang Sui wholeheartedly, more thinking about how to protect themselves, go home and live a good life, if they can, they also hope to surrender to the Han and continue to live as the bottom people of the Han Dynasty, it is really the cruelty of this war that makes them tired and afraid.

It's the same with everyone, and after the excitement of the decision begins, it is unnatural to feel like backing down in the face of heavy pressure, even if it is against the regime that oppresses them.

However, even though most people had this idea in their hearts, they did not dare to surrender for fear of being rebelled against by the regime he rebelled against, but now, with the information revealed in this Chu song, the information that the offender was not to blame in the past naturally made those half-hearted rebels completely moved.

In their opinion, since the Han army dares to sing like this, then it must have been approved by the emperor, since this is the case, then what are they afraid of, rather than following Huang Sui and starving to death, it is better to turn their faces now, and they may be able to save their lives.

A white light finally appeared in the eastern sky, indicating that the new day was still a good day, but in the rebel camp, there was a sad aura at this moment, and the same as the Chu song sung, which made the rebel soldiers feel like they were suffering and melancholy.

The singing came all over the place, piercing Huang Sui's ears, and it wasn't until a long time before he woke up, but he had no choice, unless he had the ability to plug the ears of his soldiers, otherwise there was no way to stop his soldiers from listening to this "Chu Song".

Although Huang Sui claims to be a hero, he also has self-knowledge, Xiang Yu, the invincible overlord of Western Chu back then, was completely defeated by Han Xin's simple strategy because of the desperate situation of the Chu army, and he could only sing generously and sadly, "Pull out the mountain and cover the world, and the times will not pass away." The famous sentence of "Song of the Fall", and then took his cronies to ride away, and finally killed himself in Wujiang.

Xiang Yu is like this, how can he be compared? Huang Sui doesn't think that he is at the same level as Xiang Yu, after all, Xiang Yu can finally destroy Qin with 8,000 soldiers, and he Huang Sui has more than 100,000 people, and he has not even broken through a small Shu County, so how can he be embarrassed?

In the end, without the slightest hesitation, Huang Sui directly ordered a retreat, with Chu Ge bursting, he no longer had the slightest hope of breaking the county seat of Shu County, if he didn't withdraw at this time, would he really wait for his army to collapse on its own?

It's just that it is obvious that after the Han army sang the Chu song, Huang Sui was too late to order a retreat, because many rebel soldiers were already ready to flee......

"King Xiang's army is under the wall, the soldiers are few and the food is exhausted, and the Han army and the princes are surrounded by several heavy soldiers. At night, when he heard that the Han army was singing on all sides, King Xiang was shocked and said: "The Han army has already won Chuhu? There are so many people in He Chu. King Xiang got up at night and drank in the tent. There is a beauty name, and I am often fortunate to follow; The horse is famous, and it is often ridden. So Xiang Wang is sad and generous, and he said in a poem: "Pull out the mountain and cover the world, and the times are not good and will not pass away." If you don't die, you can do it, and you can do it! "The song counts, and the beauty is harmonious. King Xiang cried a few lines, crying left and right, and couldn't look up. ”

Excerpt from "Historical Records: Xiang Yu Benji"