In the camp of the Qin army, Wang Jing, Zhang Liang and others looked at each other, their faces were full of gloom.

After a month of silence, Xiang Yu finally showed his sharp fangs and launched a swift and fierce attack, breaking one of the Qin army's arms as soon as he struck, not only killing Yingbu, the first fierce general in the army, but also losing more than 40,000 Qin troops.

In the past month, the Qin army first sent a letter to Guguan to capture the two big cities of Xingyang and Luoyang, and recovered the entire territory of Sanchuan County and a part of Nanyang in Yingchuan, Hanoi. After that, the Qin army was divided into three ways to attack according to Zhang Liang's strategy, and the Chu army could not take care of the end of the force, so it could only stalemate, firmly holding the initiative in its own hands. Xiang Yu is like a fierce beast trapped in a cage, although it is extremely fierce and fierce, but there is nowhere to start.

Gradually, everyone despised Xiang Yu, the world-famous overlord of Western Chu, and felt that he was just a reckless man with brute force, and the battle of Julu and the battle of Pengcheng were just that the opponent was too stupid. But no one expected that Xiang Yu's long-dormant sudden force would be so sharp and unstoppable.

This made all the Qin generals realize that their opponent was Xiang Yu, who had personally killed 400,000 Qin Tigers in the Battle of Julu, and it was Xiang Yu who had personally buried the Winning Qin State! The reason why Zhang Han and Wang Li ended up like this was precisely because they underestimated Xiang Yu, so they paid the price, and their reputation for life and death was ruined, which was despised by the world.

Seeing that there was silence in the tent, Wang Jing, as the boss, was not able to say a word, his eyes slowly swept over everyone's faces, and he said with a complicated expression; "General Yingbu died on the battlefield, I will report to the general to properly settle his wife and children, you don't have to be too sad. As for the responsibility for the defeat, as the commander-in-chief, I will take it with all my might, and I will make it clear to the general that it has nothing to do with you, and now is the time when the war is critical, and it is inconvenient for me to leave my post, and then I will resign from all my posts and go to the Xianyang Imperial Doctor's Mansion to confess my guilt. ”

"General, you're not right." Zhang Liang stood up, "When the decision was made, we all agreed, so everyone is here, and everyone is responsible for it, how can you use it to resist alone." Besides, this is my strategy, and I have the greatest credit for using it well, and now that something has happened, it is naturally my greatest responsibility. ”

Wang Jing shook his head, "There is no problem with your strategy itself, and you have repeatedly reminded me to be careful of being broken by the Chu army one by one, but I didn't take it to heart, and I still indulged Yingbu in greed and continued to go deep into Chu." In the final analysis, I underestimated Xiang Yu, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

Zhang Liang was about to speak, but was stopped by Wang Jing stretching out his hand, "I will discuss this matter in the future when I meet with the general, now is not the time to discuss who is responsible, the top priority is how to deal with Xiang Yu." ”

Sitting down, Ganshaw stood up, arched his hand and said; "General, I think General Zhao's troops should be dropped back immediately, General Yingbu has suffered misfortune, General Zhao is now isolated and helpless, and his situation is already very dangerous, so he should make a decision as soon as possible."

Huangfu Gui shook his head and said disapprehantly; "General Gan, you are too worried, although Xiang Yu is strong, he will not completely annihilate my 40,000 army yesterday, and today he will immediately gallop nearly a thousand miles to attack General Zhao. Not to mention that Xiang Yu swallowed our 40,000 horses and his own losses must be very large, he rushed back and forth, how could the horsepower be able to withstand it, so I said that General Gan was too worried, don't be nervous to this point, if he goes out in vain, it will mess up our army's position, and Xiang Yu will take advantage of it. ”

Huangfu Gui is a veteran in the army, Gan Xiao is indeed a non-descendant newcomer promoted by Han Xin, the two are in the same position and rank, Huang Fugui naturally does not like this junior, so the relationship between the two is not harmonious, and they often argue in the army.

Sure enough, Ganshaw immediately retorted; "What General Huangfu said is that if it were someone else, I also believe that he would not be able to do it, but that person is Xiang Yu, if Xiang Yu is inferred by common sense, then our Qin army will not be defeated in Julu, and Liu Bang will not be wiped out under Pengcheng."

Huang Fu Gyu sneered; "I think you are afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and before you have fought against Xiang Yu, you will grow up with others and destroy your own ambition."

Gan Xiao was suddenly furious, stood up violently and glared at Huangfu Gui, and was about to open his mouth to fight back, but was restrained by Wang Jing's hand with an angry face.

"Shut up, when is it now, you still have the heart to quarrel."

Huang Fu Gui and Gan Xiao looked at each other angrily, but they both closed their mouths and sat down.

Wang Jing is the head of the Wang family, and most of the grandparents of Huangfugui and Gan Xiao were either under Wang Jian or under Wang Ben and Wang Li, and most of them received the favor of the Wang family. At this point, they would never dare to be disrespectful to Wang Jing, which was one of the reasons why Han Xin chose Wang Jing to replace him as the commander.

Wang Jing looked at Zhang Liang and asked in a deep voice; "Sima Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Liang pondered for a long time before he spoke; "General, I think General Gan's words are reasonable, and Xiang Yu really can't be inferred from common sense. The reason why Xiang Yu can be famous all over the world and not taste defeat is not a waste of fame, even if the general is here, he has no certainty of victory, and we must not take it lightly. Since General Ying has been killed, Xiang Yu will never let go of General Zhao's soldiers and horses, so we must immediately order General Zhao to return to the camp, and in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, we must also send the troops to respond. ”

Gan Xiao saw that Zhang Liang's words were obviously biased towards him, and his face immediately turned pale, and the corresponding Huangfu Gui was pale.

Zhang Liang's voice changed, "But what General Huangfu said is also right, if we are too worried, it will affect the Chinese army and be taken advantage of by Xiang Yu, so my opinion is to immediately transfer back to Zhao Wuji's department, and at the same time, the Chinese army will go out of the camp to greet him, but it should not be too much." ”

Huangfu Gui's face softened slightly, while Wang Jing thought for a moment, slowly stood up, and the three of them also stood up.

"Sima Zhang."

"Yes." Zhang Liang replied.

"I entrust you with the temporary position of commander, and all the movements of the army during my absence will be decided by you alone."

"Yes." Zhang Liang nodded, and then asked with a suspicious face; "General, you want to personally lead the troops to meet you."

"Exactly." Wang Jing nodded.

"I plan to lead 20,000 light horsemen to meet Wuji, and the Chinese army will ask you."

Zhang Liang hesitated slightly, shook his head; "General, you are the commander of the Chinese army, according to my meaning, you should not put yourself in danger."

Wang Jing insisted; "I have made up my mind, needless to say, this is a military order."

After a pause, Wang Jing whispered again; "If I don't come back, please be sure to hold on to the camp, as long as we can hold out until the general leads the army south from Hebei, we will win."

In fact, the reason why Wang Jing insisted on going there in person was, in the final analysis, because of the selfishness in his heart. His father, the former marshal of the Northern Army, Wang Li, died tragically in the hands of Xiang Yu, and his reputation was ruined in the hands of Xiang Yu. ”

This sentence greatly hurt Wang Jing's self-esteem, so he wanted to prove it, in his own way: After the Wang family, there is no mediocrity.

Zhang Liang seemed to see Wang Jing's thoughts, so he was silent and no longer persuaded him, but nodded silently.

In fact, Gan Xiao was not wrong at all, Xiang Yu stayed for two hours after annihilating the Yingbu army outside the Yanshi, and then immediately dropped his horse and went north, galloping towards Taicang to set up an ambush. The great victory made the morale of the Chu soldiers high, and they ignored the fatigue at all, and did not hesitate to follow the banner of the word "Xiang".

Taicang is located at the junction of Yingshui and Rushui, which was an important pass on the border between Wei and Chu, and is now occupied by Qin.

After receiving the military order from Wang Jing in an urgent manner, Zhao Wuji woke up from the shock for a long time.

He had never fought against Xiang Yu, and his understanding of Xiang Yu was only in rumors, but Yingbu's bravery was personally taught by him. Back then, in Xianyang City, Yingbu almost killed him, he originally thought that in addition to Han Xin, Yingbu was the most brave in the world, but he didn't expect this Xiang Yu to capture Yingbu alive, which made him unbelievable.

But whether he believes it or not, Wang Jing's military order clearly states that the army of Yingbu has been completely annihilated, which means that the triangle carefully arranged by Zhang Liang has been broken. Without the distant echo of the Yingbu army, he is now a lone army, and Xiang Yu can free his hands to eat him at any time.

Therefore, he immediately gave up the several cities he occupied, abandoned the heavy grain and grass, and quickly returned to the camp with only three days' rations.

The oncoming cold wind blew on his face, but Zhao Wuji was not moved at all, his brows were still tightened, and he looked at the soldiers passing by with a pensive look.

Zhao Wuji was worried that Xiang Yu would sneak up on him like he had attacked Yingbu, although he also thought in his heart that it was impossible. Yanshi is more than 800 miles away from Taicang, and unless Xiang Yu does not sleep, it is impossible to rush to Taicang in just two days. He was only worried that the other Chu troops would outflank him, so he cautiously sent scouts to investigate everywhere, and all of them belonged to the scope of scouts within a radius of ten miles, and if there was any difference, he would report it quickly.

Fortunately, there was nothing unusual along the way, but the deep worry in Zhao Wuji's heart had not subsided. He pulled the reins of the horse a little irritably, and the war horse turned in place half a circle with a long roar, but he did not take half a step.

Seeing Zhao Wuji's nervous appearance, the general on the side couldn't help but smile and said; "General, the front is Taicang, there is a pass heavily guarded by our army, absolutely foolproof, the general can rest assured. After passing Taicang, it will be under the control of our army, and the general will not have to worry about it. ”

Zhao Wuji nodded, the irritability in his heart subsided slightly, and he raised his head and asked; "Have you ever informed the Taicang guard?"

The general nodded, "I have already informed the guards of your military order by the general, and ordered him to go out of the city to greet him, and now I think it's almost here." ”

As soon as the words fell, the general smiled and pointed to the distance; "Look, General, they're coming."