Under the siege of the Chu and Han sieges, Bai Qi was in danger and commanded well, and finally tore a gap in the enemy army, which was several times his strength. Liu Bang was on the city wall at the moment, watching the battle with Wen Xiang Xiao and He overseers. When Bai Qi led the army to break out of the encirclement, Liu Bang was completely confused, shocked, and asked Xiao He beside him with a pout: "Aiqing, this, this, how is this good, he actually stood out!" Although Xiao He was also surprised, his face was still indifferent, not in a hurry, and he said: "Don't be in a hurry, the king only needs to order Han Xin to send troops to cut off the outstanding ranks of the Qin army, and then surround them, and break them all." ”

After hearing Xiao He's calm and moderate good strategy, Liu Bang's fair face just now seemed to unconsciously add a little ruddy. Liu Bang stood up straight, straightened his clothes again, pretended to be solemn, and said: "According to what Aiqing said, I don't believe it, a cooked duck can still make it fly!." So, the herald waved the order flag and sent a message to Han Xin. After Han Xin received Liu Bang's deployment order, he immediately ordered the deputy general to personally lead the reserve army of 5,000 soldiers and horses, and attacked Bai Qi's team that was breaking through like a long dragon. Bai Qi was in the middle of the breakout team, and he had just broken out of it, but he didn't expect Chu Han to have 5,000 elite reserves, which must be Liu Bang's escort forbidden army.

The fierce wolf Qin army, which was breaking through, was finally stabbed by Chu Han, who did not expect, and cut off the pace of breaking through. The previous gap in the encirclement army was quickly closed and bandaged, and the remaining half of the Qin army was firmly locked inside. Seeing this, Bai Qi hurriedly thought: "The elite of Chu Han is so that it is impossible to rescue the rest of the troops, so they can only lead the rest of the troops to continue to attack the periphery, storm the back of the enemy army who is blocking the reinforcements of the Qin army, and join the reinforcements, so as to turn the tide and fall immediately." After a moment's thought, Bai Qi led the crowd to quickly rush to the periphery.

Seeing that Bai Qi wanted to escape, Han Xin immediately ordered five thousand elites to pursue. The Qin army galloped southward, the vast yellow sand behind them rolled up, the yellow sand did not fall, and the sound of the horse's hooves of the Chu and Han elites came again. Bai Qi looked back and saw that the elite of Chu and Han followed suit, so he had to leave 3,000 troops to delay. The long-silent sound of cicadas on the shore of Tianshui Lake suddenly became noisy at this time, as if they were blowing a horn for the confrontation between these two elites. The sound of cicadas stopped, and the elite divisions of Qin Chuhan were intertwined and fought in one place.

The cicadas started again, choking several times.

In order to control the battle situation more clearly, Liu Bang, with the support of a group of guards, climbed the watchtower on the city tower. When he saw that the elite of Chu Han had successfully cut off the Qin army's breakthrough team, Liu Bang nodded with satisfaction. When he saw the remaining soldiers and horses of the Qin army, fighting with the elite of Chu and Han, a look of fear was unconsciously sprinkled all over the corners of his eyes. I don't know if he was confined to the height of the tower, or if he was too worried, Liu Bang's legs trembled slightly, and his hands tightly held the tower. Seeing this, Xiao He, who was on the side, hurriedly ordered someone to move a red sandalwood inlaid double gold dragon pattern circle chair. Liu Bang sat on the chair, breathed a long sigh of relief, turned his face to face Xiao He, and said as if he was sad: "Aiqing, you must not let Bai Qi run away, otherwise I will be in danger!" ”

Xiao He heard Liu Bang's earnest order, and silently thought to himself: "Although the elite division of Chu and Han sent to pursue, the department led by Bai Qi is also the elite of the elite, and it is almost impossible to pursue and break it." At this time, on the battlefield, the 65,000 soldiers and horses of the Qin army and the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Chu-Han coalition army will win or lose after all, and the rest can only obey the will of heaven. After Xiao He thought about it, he slowly comforted Liu Bang, and said as if he was comforting himself: "King, the Qin army is outnumbered, and our army will win this battle." Liu Bang glanced at Xiao He, who had always been indifferent, silently changed his face, and continued to supervise the battle, with an indifferent look on his face.

Han Xin was on the edge of the encirclement at this time, and from afar, the elite of Chu Han had already fought with the rest of the Qin army, and the hope of pursuing Bai Qi was already slim. After that, he ordered the encirclement to quickly shrink the formation, and quickly strangled the remaining half of the Bai Qi pro-army, so that he could deal with the counterattack of the main force of the Qin army in the future. The Chu-Han coalition army protected itself with shields, continuously advanced the formation inward, and stabbed the rest of the Qin army with spears and halberds. The rest of the Qin army was mostly cavalry, and in such a small space, it was difficult to exert a single cavalry force, and in less than a stick of incense, more than 7,000 soldiers and horses were slaughtered.

Liu Bang, who was sitting on the top of the tower, saw this situation, and his brows, which had been worried for a long time, were scattered by a wave of joy.

Han Xin was not carried away by the short-lived victory, and suddenly, he changed the formation that trapped the Qin army into a defensive formation. At this moment, Han Xin received an order from Liu Bang to take the initiative. Liu Bang thought that Han Xin would obey the order and send troops immediately, but on the contrary, he did not see Han Xin take any action for a long time. Liu Bang was furious, and ordered the messenger to go out of the city in person to raise questions. Han Xin replied: "The main force of the Qin army is nearly 50,000, and all of them are elite divisions, it is difficult for our army to annihilate them in one fell swoop, it is better to retreat into the city, the strong wall is clear, the enemy army can not attack for a long time, and naturally retreat." Liu Bang ignored Han Xin's advice, and still ordered him to take the initiative to attack, and ordered the messenger to reprimand: "If Bai Qi is not beheaded in this battle, how long can I Chu Han survive, and now taking the initiative to attack is the best opportunity. ”

Han Xin had no choice but to order the Chu-Han coalition army to change the defensive formation to an active offensive formation.

In the distance, Bai Qi led the rest of the 7,000 people, raised the horse's hooves, swept in like a hurricane, and came to block the 30,000 Chu-Han allied troops of Qin's reinforcements. The 30,000 Chu-Han coalition troops were all newly recruited recruits, and the formation quickly collapsed under the momentum of the front and rear attacks. Bai Qi led the escort of the Qin army, picked up the golden spear halberd, like a broken bamboo, like entering a no-man's land, where he swept away, severed limbs and stumps, and flew in the air. In less than two pillars of incense, the 30,000 coalition troops were unable to stop the Qin army's flanking attack, and fled backwards, and by the time the coalition army fled, more than 20,000 people were killed and wounded. Bai Qi officially joined the 50,000 troops who came to support, and began to gather their ranks and put on a defensive formation. Because not far from the Great Han City was the 70,000 main force of Chu and Han under Han Xin's personal commander, he did not order the troops to pursue it, nor did he rush to take the initiative to attack.

The 3,000 Bai Qi pro-army, who were previously responsible for delaying the elite of Chu and Han, were not spared, and all of them died on the battlefield, because the order they received was to stay where they were and hold until the last moment. And the elite of Chu Han also sacrificed nearly 4,000 people in exchange for this small victory. And behind this victory, there was a huge defeat, because they did not complete the task of pursuing Bai Qi. Han Xin then absorbed all the remnants of the elite who had fled and returned triumphantly and brought them to the end of the formation, taking a breather to wait for the time to come.