Singled out.

The requirements for the personal will of the generals are extremely high.

Face life and death.

The quality of human will determines everything.

Faced with the decision of life and death, whether to move forward to die or retreat and escape, people's first instinct at this moment affects people's actions to the greatest extent.

Su Jiao experienced the fierce battle between the Zhangshui giant deer and Xiang Yu's Chu army, and that time in front of Xiang Yu, who was in a broken cauldron and a sinking boat, Su Jiao was defeated, the reason was that the border army generals had scruples and did not dare to fight with their lives.

And this time, there was no trace of hesitation on the faces of the Qin army cavalrymen who were determined to take revenge. The Qin army braved the rain of arrows from the Hedong army and rushed violently, and the five thousand cavalry were overwhelming, and the sound was like thunder, which made people tremble when they heard it.

From the spout to the close.

Literally, there is only one word difference, but the actual distance is three hundred miles away, and the Hedong Army rushed all the way and suddenly encountered a strong enemy in exhaustion, so that the battle situation was almost broken at once when the Chinese armies of the two sides came into contact.

Sima Mao exclaimed.

Among the soldiers on the left and right, there was no one who dared to fight to meet the enemy, this bandit army supported by the Lou Fu warriors was very strong in the face of the unarmed people, and in the face of the Qin State border cavalry, which was more powerful than them, the so-called warriors and athletes all turned into soft-footed shrimp.

"King, you can't stop it, run away!" A somewhat loyal pro-rider pulled his horse and turned back, pulling the reins of Sima Mao's mount tightly.

Escape.

This idea took root and grew in Sima Mao's heart at a rapid pace.

In just one hour, the battle of Huguan was divided. In the face of the powerful deterrence of the Qin army, both the generals of the Hedong Army and the ordinary soldiers completely lost the courage to face the battle head-on, although their numbers were nearly three times greater than that of their opponents.

Under the fierce pursuit of the border cavalry, the Hedong army was defeated and fled to the Pucheng area, but it happened to encounter the reinforcements of the Qin army from Sanchuan.

When the enemy meets, he is very red-eyed.

The general who led the reinforcements was none other than him. It is another witness to the Battle of Thorn Plain: Zhang Ping. After the Battle of Tiger Pass, Zhang Ping was promoted from Tun General to Captain, responsible for assisting Jiang Yu in garrisoning in the western part of Sanchuan County.

Zhang Ping's troops are not many, if they rush to the battlefield at the beginning of the decisive battle, the Hedong army will be a little surprised at most, but now when they are running out of breath one by one, the appearance of this Qin army, all of a sudden the Hedong army is extremely desperate.

Sima Mao had no escape. In desperation, His Royal Highness King Yin, who had benefited from Xiang Yu's separation, tried to escape across the Fen River with a horsetail, but drowned in the Fen River with men and horses.

After this battle, more than 9,000 soldiers from Hedong were beheaded by the Qin army, more than 5,000 were scattered, and the remaining 6 or 7,000 became prisoners of the Qin army.

In the third year of the Qin New Calendar, between September and October.

The Qin army, which continued to dispatch troops, rushed to occupy Chaoge before the harsh winter came, and small tribes such as Lou Fu and Ding Ling saw that the situation was not good. Envoys were sent to Xianyang to express their submission, and the Qin army successfully swept away the remnants of the Hedong Army in the land of the Sanjin Dynasty in a great situation, thus annexing the Henan land and the Sanjin area west of the Taihang Mountains into the territory of the Qin State.

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Sanjin thundered.

Xiang Yu's feudal princes of the Seventeenth Road lost another one, and the fall of Sima Mao, the king of Yin, shook the princes of Kwantung together. Strength is the standard by which everything is measured in troubled times.

Sima Mao's death taught a vivid lesson to the princes of all walks of life, and the result of independently fighting against Qiang Qin was a dead end. And believing in the words of the instigation of Liu Bang, the king of Han, is even more stupid.

Compared with Liu Bang, who seems to be loyal and cunning, Xiang Yu is too strong. But at least, once the princes are in trouble, this overlord will not stand idly by.

The rise of the Qin State once again made the pattern of the historical struggle between Chu and Han evolve into a situation in which the three families of Qin, Chu, and Han competed for power, and other small princes survived in the cracks.

After four years of hard fighting, the Qin State occupied Guanzhong, Shangjun, Jiuyuan, Hanzhong, Ba, Shu, most of Hedong County, and a part of Sanchuan County, with a population of about 2.2 million households, of which: about 1.3 million men, and 5.7 million women, children and children.

Judging from the numbers alone, the strength of the Qin State is still good, after continuous annexation and expansion, the number of men has reached more than one million, but if you check carefully, only one-tenth of the men of the right age to go on the expedition, that is, about 130,000. In the face of the vast territory, the size of more than 100,000 troops is like pearls scattered in the sea, which cannot be found in the blink of an eye.

On the Western Chu side, after encountering the fierce battle of the Tiger Prison and the betrayal of Yingbu, Zhong Liwu became self-reliant, Xiang Yu made up his mind to use half a year to sweep the rebellion Shili in Dongjun, Chen County, Dangjun, Qilu and Jiangnan regions.

Most of these counties under the rule of Western Chu are densely populated places, with a total population of 340 households and about 2 million men of appropriate age, and the strength of the Chu army has recovered in the process of clearing many hidden dangers inside, and at present, the standing army strength of the Chu army is maintained at the scale of 250,000 people, of which about 50,000 elite soldiers under the direct command of Xiang Yu.

On the Han side, Liu Bang surprisingly did not want to move south, and annexed the territory of the two princes and kings of Han Xin and Linjiang King Gongao in one fell swoop, which brought the Han army back to life and restored the status of the second among the princes, at present, the number of Han troops is 200,000, and the number of troops once again exceeds that of the Qin army that defeated itself.

Quality is not good, quantity is compensating.

From the analysis of combat power, the Qin and Chu armies are comparable, if there is a war, it depends on the time, terrain, people and the play of the main general, and even includes the lucky conditions that occur by chance; The Han army was much weaker, and some of the newly formed Han troops were no different from the ranks of the minor princes.

Liu Bang's idea of building the army was completely different from that of Li Yuan and Xiang Yu, and this was also due to the fact that he had a Xiangguo like Xiao He, who was proficient in internal affairs, to sit in the rear to provide grain and straw, so that the basic supply of the Han army had a preliminary guarantee.

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The Qin calendar is three years, and the Chu calendar is four years.

Late October, early winter.

Overlord's wedding.

Pengcheng.

The whole city was immersed in a jubilant mood, and after experiencing the danger of being attacked by the thieves at the beginning of the year, the walls of Pengcheng were renovated, and in the vast twilight, they looked different and tall.

Groups of princes and envoys came from all directions, from Wu Rui, the king of Changsha in the south, to Zang Di, the king of Yan in the north, and sent envoys to Pengcheng to congratulate him.

It was in this context that when the news of Xiang Yu marrying the beauties of Yudi came out, there was an endless stream of cars on the road leading to Pengcheng.

After seeing the strong momentum of the revival of the Qin State, Xiang Yu learned from the pain and made a major adjustment to the candidates for internal affairs and the army, among them: the most noteworthy is the removal of Xiang Bo, the Xiang traitor who had an outstanding performance in the Hongmen banquet was finally no longer favored by Xiang Yu due to the exposure of his relationship with Zhang Liang in the recent period.

This time, it was Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Tuo, who was responsible for receiving these princes, compared to Xiang Bo, who was outgoing and hard-working, Xiang Tuo's loyalty to Xiang Yu was much higher, and in addition, in terms of the ability to govern internal affairs, although Xiang Tuo was not as good as Xiao He, he was also conscientious.

In the harvest season in October, the granaries of the counties of Chu were empty to full, which fully reflected Xiang Tuo's ability, and at the same time, Xiang Yu, who had gradually matured, was no longer dedicated to Fan Zeng. In terms of assisting strategists, Xiang Yu recruited Lu Ren's uncle Sun Tong, Qi Ren Liu Jing and others.

The revival of the Qin State made Xiang Yu, who was gradually complacent, full of fighting spirit again, and in the matter of personal marriage, the relationship between Xiang Yu and Yu Ji became more and more tacit.

Rigidity and softness.

Coarse and delicate.

On Xiang Yu and Yu Ji, it is an excellent combination of heroes and beauties.

After expelling the ignorant Chu Huai King Xiong Xin, Xiang Yu lived in the Chu Palace in Pengcheng in a grand manner. This time for the big wedding, Xiang Yu wants to give Yu Ji a name in front of the princes of the world.

Chu Palace.

Yu Ji, who was dressing up, looked shy, in the six months that Xiang Yu came back from the expedition to the Tiger Prison, Yu Ji only felt that the days were like fairies in the sky, the overlord was no longer always fighting from east to west, and was so busy that she couldn't see anyone, every day, she could stand at the door of the palace, waiting for the unique sound of the horse's hooves of the black cone horse to come.

"Madam, do you think this bun is well-coiled?" Behind him, the waiting maid asked with a happy face. From concubine to lady, this step is as difficult as crossing the galaxy in the sky, Xiang Yu's side, of course, will not be just a woman Yu Ji, but from today on, Yu Ji's status will be unshakable.

Yu Ji looked at the bronze mirror for a while, a pair of willow eyebrows slightly frowned, and after thinking about it for a while, she took off the copper ornaments on her head, and only picked up a white jade jade hairpin from the dressing table, and inserted it obliquely on the sideburns.

This white jade hairpin, crystal clear, is reflecting her black hair, delicate white face, in a simple contrast, Yu Ji is like a cluster of naturally fragrant autumn chrysanthemums, people can't help but feel pity.

The entrance to the outside of the palace.

Xiang Zhuang straddled the heavy sword, with a bad face and a team of armor soldiers around the palace wall to patrol, after a period of silence, Xiang Zhuang returned to Pengcheng again with three months to quell the rebellion of the barbarian Yue tribe in Jiangdong.

This time, no one laughed at his defeat in Luoyang, because there were many princes who were worse than Xiang Zhuang's defeat, among them, Sima Mao was the latest victim.

After connecting and losing the two generals Yingbu and Zhong Liwu, although the Chu army had Xiang Yu in charge and was assisted by generals such as Ji Bu, Zhou Yin, and Yu Ziqi, it was much weaker in terms of reserve generals. The return of Xiang Zhuang also gave the young generals in the Chu army a guide. (To be continued......)

PS: Stuck in a bottleneck, trying to break through.