Chapter 384: Set up an empty city to trap and kill the Chu army

When Xiang Yu heard Fan Zeng's words, he felt quite reasonable, and immediately summoned Ji Bu and Zhou Lan, allocated 10,000 horses, and went to Chen County to attack the city and test the geometry of the Han army.

At this time, the distribution of the forces of the two sides still needs to be understood, the Chu army of 60,000, the first loss of 4,000, another 30,000 to the direction of Pengcheng to support, Ji Bu led the army of 10,000 to attack the city, the Waihuang army has more than 10,000 troops, and the Han army sent two soldiers in a row, a total of 40,000, and 20,000 troops in Chen County, roughly the same.

Ji Bu went to attack the city without mentioning it, and said that Zhong Liwu and others were also surprised when they heard that Ji Bu was newly defeated, and he took 30,000 soldiers with Long and marched towards Pengcheng at the same time.

And Fan Hao led an army of 20,000 from the south of Chen County, followed by the two armies, the difference between the two armies was only ten miles, but the Chu army knew nothing about it, after the infant killed Ji Bu, he still moved forward slowly, Han Xin had already ordered, saying that the Chu army would definitely send reinforcements again, so the infant was extremely cautious.

Just when the Han army was hurrying, a small soldier suddenly came to report, saying that the Chu army had descended, and Guan Ying and Cao Shen discussed at the moment, preparing to set up an ambush in Lingbi, divided into two roads, each with 10,000 yuan, and wanted to come to Lingbi with many hills, and the geographical advantage was also absolutely advantageous.

Therefore, Guan Ying led 10,000 Han troops to ambush in the hills outside the avenue, and Cao Shen led 10,000 Han troops to ambush on the path on the bank of Jushui, so that the two places could also take care of the troops.

The two ambushes were arranged, but in half an hour, Zhong Liwu and Long Ji led the troops to arrive, but the faces of the two were quite puzzled, and Zhong Liwu first stopped at the horse to look.

"Just now, a scout came to report, saying that the Han army has not crossed the Jushui yet, how could it be that it disappeared here in a blink of an eye, it is really cunning!" Zhong Liwu said with a frown.

"According to the following, the Han army must have set up an ambush near here, or send an order to the three armies, move forward slowly, and only after crossing the Jushui can they relax their vigilance." Long Ji also looked around and said.

Zhong Liwu bowed slightly, "That's right." Then the Chu army was divided into two units, Zhong Liwu personally led the soldiers in front, and Long He led the army in the back to prevent the Han army from suddenly killing.

Before the Chu army reached the shore of Jushui, Guan Ying found Zhong Li's army in the hills, but there was one less main general, so Guan Ying did not send troops and was still ambushed behind the hills.

Sure enough, there was another army in the back, and Guan Ying ordered the left and right, rushing out, and Long He saw the Han army all over the mountains and fields suddenly appeared, and he didn't feel a little panicked.

Fortunately, the Chu army had already prepared, and immediately put on a position to fight with the Han army, and in an instant, the hills were blood-stained with dead wood, and the corpses were all over the place.

Zhong Liwu in front and Cao Shen of Xiaolu got the news at the same time, and they both rushed to the place of more than ten miles on the shore of Jushui, which belonged to the periphery of the Lingbi, and the four forces of men and horses converged into one place, fighting in the hills, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser.

Although Guan Ying and Cao Shen were ambushes, they did not have crossbowmen, so it can be said that they appeared suddenly, and then fought hand-to-hand with the Chu army, and their momentum was slightly superior.

And Fan Hao and Zhou Bo led 20,000 troops, mainly to support the baby, and before they reached the periphery of Lingbi, a scout came to report, saying that the Chu and Han armies had fought in the south of Lingbi.

When Fan Hao heard this, he was shocked, and he and Zhou Bo rushed to the battlefield at the moment, and after a while, they saw the smoke and dust in front of them, shouting to kill the sky, knowing that it was the place of battle.

"General Zhou and a certain assistant Cao Shen generals defeated the Chu army, he will discuss it later!" Fan Xu said excitedly, and Zhou Bo and Fan Xu led the army to rush forward.

Zhong Liwu was in the middle of a fierce battle with Guan Ying and others, and suddenly saw a large number of Han troops appearing, and he felt a little frightened, and immediately rode his horse in front of Long Ji.

"General Long, the Han thieves have reinforcements, what should we do?" Zhong Liwu said anxiously.

"This Ji Bu has been defeated by the Han army, it is the second time to fight with the Han army, how can there be any reason to retreat, otherwise it will only make the Han army laugh at our continuous defeat, now the Chu army is 30,000, why be afraid of the Han thieves!" Long He said with confidence.

Zhong Liwu bowed slightly when he heard this, "Since this is the case, then fight to the death with the Han army!" ”

As Fan Hao led the army to fight, the Chu army not only did not mean to retreat, but became more and more courageous, but it was better to fight in a narrow area, than to fight in a ravine, and the number of people naturally had an advantage.

The Han army saw that Fan Xu and others came to support, and the momentum was high, Cao Shen Guan Ying fought Zhong Lifu, Fan Xu and Zhou Bo fought in Longhe, and it was difficult to distinguish the superior, which showed that the Chu generals were brave.

The Chu and Han battles on the shore of Jushui are not mentioned, and it is said that Ji Bu led 10,000 horses and marched towards Chen County, but in half an hour, many soldiers came to Chen County.

Ji Bu was in front, seeing that there was no movement in the city, he was slightly puzzled, and immediately ordered the young general to shout to the city, but no one answered, only the Han family flag in the city gate tower was fluttering.

Ji Bu rode his horse a little to observe around Chen County, except for a few sergeants, the four city gates were not guarded at all, but Ji Bu was still indifferent, thinking that Han Xin was cunning by nature, how could he leave an empty city.

So, Ji Bu hurriedly sent someone to tell Xiang Yu, and in the outer Yellow City, Xiang Yu was quite surprised when he got the news, even Fan Zeng didn't understand what he meant.

"Does the Father think this city can be taken?" Xiang Yu said very directly.

"The city doesn't know the geometry of the generals, and they rashly attack the city, I'm afraid that there is fraud in it!" Fan Zeng said slowly.

"Han Xin has successively sent many soldiers to Lingbi to support, and it should make sense that there is no one in Chen County, maybe it is an empty city, but it is just to cover it up, so it is just a mystery." Xiang Yu frowned slightly.

When Fan Zeng heard this, he also felt reasonable, "King Qiyu, it is better to send someone to ambush between Waihuang and Chen County first, maybe Han Xin wants to take advantage of us to send troops to attack Waihuang, in this way, the Chu army will be isolated, and ask the king to decide." ”

Xiang Yu then arranged according to Fan Zeng, personally led 10,000 soldiers to set up an ambush, and sent people to Ji Bu to let him attack the city, open the east and west gates, and send 1,000 cavalry into the city to investigate the truth.

Ji Bude outside Chen County, very effortlessly opened the east and west gates, and then sent cavalry into the city, but before the cavalry set off, the dust suddenly flew outside Chen County, and it turned out that thousands of chariots were approaching the county seat.

Seeing this, Ji Bu was frightened, and hurriedly lined up to meet the battle, but the Han army's chariot was large, and before it approached, he released the arrows first, not ordinary small arrows, but large arrows in wooden vehicles, commonly known as car crossbow arrows, about two meters or so, and the power was huge.

An arrow, the three or five Chu troops were killed in an instant, and Ji Bu wanted to flee to the city, but the arrow stopped, and Xiahou Ying suddenly appeared from the city with troops and surrounded Ji Bu.

"General Chu, surrender quickly, spare your life!" Xiahou Ying shouted very loudly.

Ji Bu was furious, he was also Xiang Yu's loyal minister, and when he heard this, he immediately led the soldiers in front of him to rush towards the periphery, wanting to kill a bloody way.

But the periphery of Chen County is left and right, and there are soldiers in front and rear, there is no way to escape, Ji Bu saw this, and has been attacking the Han army to the east, which is also strange, Han Xin just surrounded it and slowly destroyed it.