Two days after the destruction of Chaoge City, Ji Bufang led 30,000 soldiers from Pengcheng to Hanoi, and before he crossed the river, news came to report, saying that Sima Wei had been captured and the capital was occupied by the Han army.

Ji Bu was helpless when he heard this, so he had to settle down in Henan with the deputy general, in the tent, Ji Bu's face was embarrassed, so he asked Zhou Lan, "Now that the song city is broken, we have no hope of sending troops to rescue, after crossing the river, we will definitely deal with the Han army, but there is no half benefit, according to a certain point of view, how about withdrawing the army and attacking Xingyang with the overlord?" ”

"What the general said is reasonable, but he has traveled a hundred miles back and forth, and he has not fought with the Han army, so it is not good to return to his life." Zhou Lan said worriedly.

Ji Bu also bowed, "Let's go back and talk about it, presumably the king should understand our hard work." Therefore, Ji Bu led 30,000 soldiers, and did not attack Chaoge, so he withdrew the same way.

At this moment, Xiang Yu's soldiers had just arrived in Waihuang, after Ji Bu got the news, he made a detour to Waihuang, and Xiang Yu had not yet sent troops, but discussed with Fan Zeng how to break through Xingyang in the tent.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the soldiers came to report that Ji Bu had arrived in Waihuang, Xiang Yu couldn't help frowning, Fan Zeng immediately poured a cup of warm tea for Xiang Yu, and motioned to invite Ji Bu to the camp.

Ji Bu knew in his heart that Xiang Yu would definitely punish himself, and as soon as he arrived in the center, he knelt down and bowed: "The last general will insult the king's mission, and ask the king to punish him, Bu will never complain!" ”

Xiang Yu was a little relieved to see Ji Bu admit his mistake so frankly, and immediately stepped forward to help Ji Bu, "The general went to support King Yin, why did he go so quickly, could it be that he encountered some setbacks?" ”

"King Qiyu, the last general and Zhou Lan thought that King Yin would hold on to Chaoge and wait for our support, but they never thought that King Yin was arrogant and went out of the city alone to fight a decisive battle with the Han army.

Xiang Yu listened, and was furious in his heart, "Sima Wei is really a puppet, the Han army's tricks, he can't see through it, and he was captured by the Han army, I want to personally lead the troops there, and Xingyang will not attack for the time being!" ”

Fan Zeng next to him felt that Chaoge City was not important, anyway, there was still the Yellow River natural danger, but when he heard that Xiang Yu wanted to attack Chaoge in person, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and hurriedly got up and said: "The king must not be like this, now that our army has just arrived from Pengcheng, we should rest, it is not appropriate to send troops to Chaoge, or it is most important to attack Xingyang first, then Liu Bang is in the city, capture Liu Bang, and the cities will not be attacked, why worry about Chaoge City?" ”

When Xiang Yu heard this, the anger in his heart decreased slightly, and he also felt a little reckless, "What Father said is true, it is safest to organize the army to attack Xingyang." ”

At this time, Ji Bu led 30,000 troops, plus Xiang Yu's soldiers, a total of about 60,000 or 70,000, all of which were stationed around Waihuang.

Now with Xingyang as the center, there is Chenggao in the southwest is an important town, and in the southeast direction opposite to the Chu State, there are Chen County and Waihuang respectively, Waihuang has been occupied by the Chu army, and Chaoge in the north is occupied by the Han army.

After Han Xin broke through Anyi, he stationed troops in Hanoi, that is, behind Xingyang and southeast of Anyi, preparing to attack Daidi, that is, Zhao State, and Han Xin led the main force of the Han army, which is roughly the case.

In Xingyang City, Liu Bang was shocked when he heard that Xiang Yutun's troops were outside, and hurriedly led 10,000 troops and horses to garrison Chen County with Xiahou Ying to prevent the Chu army from suddenly attacking.

Since the battles of Julu and Pengcheng, Liu Bang can be said to be instinctively afraid of Xiang Yu, and after arranging Xiahou Ying, he immediately summoned the ministers to discuss matters in the palace.

Liu Bang then asked you, "This Xiang Yutun soldiers are outside Huang, and if they want to take Xingyang, what should we do?" Now there are 20,000 soldiers in Xingyang, how to fight against it? ”

"Why is the king so worried, now Han Xinbing is in Hanoi, and when he invites discussions, Xiang Yubing will naturally break it." Chen Ping said disappreciatively, and Lu Yan pulled Chen Ping's sleeve slightly.

If Han Xin is willing to send troops, Liu Bang will still discuss here, it is obvious that Han Xin does not want to send troops, and this matter has to start from the time when the three Qins were determined.

At that time, Han Xin was in charge of the army, out of Chen Cang, and broke Zhang Han's army, but because Zhang Han was humiliated with Han Xin, Han Xin chased him to the bank of the Yellow River and killed him, Lu Yan didn't say much about it, but Liu Bang said it in public in the palace, which made Han Xin full of shame, so he was depressed and unhappy.

In addition, Han Xin saw that the king of Western Wei posed a threat to Xingyang, so he gave up the idea of going north, and went to Anyi to attack Wei, after more than a month, Wei was destroyed, which was a great joy, but Liu Bang not only killed Wei Bao, but appointed him as the guard of Xingyang, Han Xin repeatedly advised Wei Bao to be incompetent and not reused, but Liu Bang did not listen to his opinion, Han Xin kept it in mind, this is the second also.

In the end, Liu Bang accepted Fan Hao as the main general to attack Chaoge, but left Han Xin idle in Pingyang to garrison troops, Han Xin only felt that Liu Bang was deliberately promoting Fan Hao and confronting him, and this was the third one.

These things are all on Han Xin's mind, how could outsiders know that when Xiang Yu sent troops to Waihuang, Liu Bang had written edicts many times, asking Han Xin to lead troops to guard Xingyang.

Han Xin made an excuse and said that there is a general Wei Bao outside Xingyang City, and he can completely resist the enemy, and I, Han Xin, am not a young man, and it will be in vain to cause trouble when I go back, so let's rectify the soldiers and horses in Pingyang.

Liu Bang sent three documents in a row, Han Xin was indifferent, Liu Bang felt that since he used Wei Bao, he should let him show it, in this way, maybe he could convince Han Xin.

So, he asked Wei Bao to go to the north of Chen County, and Xiahou Ying formed a corner to stifle Xiang Yu from attacking Chen County, but Wei Bao was stationed for less than two days, and Xiang Yu learned that he raided the camp at night, which made Wei Bao defeated.

Liu Bang originally wanted Han Xin to see Wei Bao's strength, but he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, so he let Wei Bao stay in Xingyang and no longer hand over the military power.

When Han Xin heard that Wei Bao was defeated, he was overjoyed in his heart, let you Liu Bang not listen to my advice, this kid has no strength in the first place, you still use him, it's unlucky.

This is also the premise of Liu Bang to convene the ministers to discuss matters in the mansion, so Chen Ping rashly said that he would let Han Xin send troops, and Lu Yan subconsciously pulled Chen Ping.

"Isn't there anything you Aiqing can do?" Asked anxiously again.

"Brother doesn't have to be in a hurry, as long as he finds someone to persuade Han Xin, he knows it with reason, and moves it with affection, and then he can send troops." Lu Yan said slowly beside him.

"What Hou Ye said is very true, but I am ashamed of Han Xin, I have sent many documents today, but Han Xin has not moved troops, I am really sad, I don't know who Hou Ye thinks can take on this important task?" Liu Bang asked angrily.

"The military advisor is fine, I don't know if the brother of the ovary can do this?" Lu Yan turned to look at Zhang Liang and said.

Zhang Liang bowed slightly, "The ovary may go to give it a try, and I hope that these days will let Xiahou Ying guard Chen County well, and it must not be lost, at least it must be held out until Han Xinbing comes, otherwise Xingyang will be in danger." ”

After several people discussed and decided, they sent Zhang Liang to Pingyang to persuade Han Xin to send troops.