However, it was said that Yu Kui, the general sent by Zhou Wen to ask for help, went halfway and happened to run into Qin's brigade, and after a fight, Yu Kui died in the chaos. In this way, Zhou Wenjun became a lone army and was trapped in Michi. As the days went by, the food ran out. One day, Zhou Wen summoned the generals and said: "The rescue is delayed, and everyone will die if they wait." The partial general He Zhi volunteered: "I will personally go to the fake king for help, if I can't see the fake king, I will go to Chencheng to see the king, and I must move to the rescue!" Zhou Wen said with tears in his eyes: "If everyone is as loyal and brave as you, why worry about the immortality of Qin!" He Zhi was ready. Zhou Wen personally escorted him through the encirclement.

Zhang Han besieged the city, and in order to break the fighting spirit of the righteous army, a military order was issued: All those who escaped from the city were given food, and no injuries were allowed, and those who were injured should also be treated. He knew one thing very well at this time, and that was the famous Battle of Makino in history. In that battle, the king of Shang armed a large number of slaves and merchants, and fought a fierce battle with the Zhou army in Muye, just when the war was at its most tense, the merchants turned against the battle, helped the Zhou army to fight back against the brutal Shang army, and wiped out the Shang army in one fell swoop, leading to the defeat of the king of Zhou and the demise of the Shang dynasty. Zhang Han was very clear about this lesson, and he resolutely did not repeat the mistakes of the past, so he only let the Qin army besiege the city, but not attack it, and then slowly mobilized troops from all over the city. After a long time, those craftsmen in Lishan began to stir again, and they were all very emotional, constantly complaining that Zhang Han would not let them go. Zhang Han saw that the army's mood was about to change at this time, so he was ruthless and decided to make a decision.

One day, Zhang Han asked people to write a notice: All the craftsmen, those who wish to stay will stay, and those who do not stay will be sent home. When the craftsmen heard the news, 30,000 or 40,000 people responded. Zhang Han said to them: "For safety, the Qin army will escort everyone to leave at night." The craftsmen thought to themselves that they had been working in Xianyang for more than ten years, and they were finally happy to return home. At dusk that day, Zhang Han said to everyone: "In order to prevent encountering rebels, let General Yang Xiong escort you across the river from the north." The craftsmen laid down their weapons and followed the Qin army to the edge of the Yellow River. At this time, it was already dark, and everyone came to the river by the faint starlight, only to see that the river was turbulent, and there was no ferry, and they were wondering, and suddenly the Qin army pushed them into the Yellow River. The craftsmen were shocked to learn that Zhang Han wanted them to die, so they cursed Zhang Han angrily, and then fled for their lives to the riverbank. I only heard Yang Xiong shouting: "Release the arrow!" As soon as the words fell, it was "Whoosh!" Sou! Voice. It turned out that those Qin troops who were standing in the distance had already raised their bows and arrows and butcher knives. After a burst of random arrows, the craftsmen fell to the ground, and those who did not die were slashed by the Qin army that rushed up, and all of them were killed in the river. In this way, the more than 100,000 craftsmen set up by Zhang Han in Lishan, in addition to those who died in battle, there were also some Guanzhong people who were willing to accept the adaptation and became the official Qin army, and the rest disappeared in the long river of history.

Yang Xiong solved the craftsman and rushed back to report to Zhang Han. Although Zhang Han was relieved, his heart was very uneasy, and the figures of the craftsmen kept appearing in front of him, especially at night, when he saw the tragic scene of those craftsmen being drowned and killed, he was so nervous that he couldn't sleep, and he was like this for several nights. This is exactly what it is: if you have done something bad for someone, you are afraid that a ghost will knock on the door in the middle of the night.

A month later, the situation in Michi City got worse and worse, all the food was eaten, and more and more people were fleeing every day. In order to prevent the sergeants from escaping, Zhou Wen patrolled the city day and night, and he stood and watched without sleeping. After a few days, the beard and hair turned white. One day, Zhou Wen was patrolling the city, and suddenly someone shouted: "General, look, someone from the camp of the Qin army is here!" Zhou Wen looked in the direction pointed by the soldiers, and saw a man dressed in civilian clothes come to the city and shouted: "I am a messenger sent by General Zhang, please open the city gate!" Zhou Wen ordered the sergeant to let the Qin envoy into the city. After the envoy of the Qin State entered the city, he went straight to Zhou Wen's line to meet him.

After seeing Zhou Wen, the Qin envoy said: "Our great general does not want to see killing and death, so he specially ordered me to come and persuade the general to surrender: Now you are guarding this city alone, surrounded by soldiers and horses of the Qin State, and Xin'an and Luoyang in the east are also occupied by the Qin army, and you have no way to retreat." Presumably, the food has also run out, and it is already in danger. Why don't the generals submit to my Qin State? So that the living can also be guaranteed, and I hope to think twice? Zhou Wen listened to the words of the envoy, and said with great righteousness: "I am just an ordinary person in Chen Di, I have the honor to serve Chun Shenjun, and I have also served as a messenger under Chu General Xiang Yan for a few days. Since then, I have hoped that the state of Chu can be prosperous and strong, but the heavens will not help Chu but Qin, and manpower cannot do it! Since Xiang Yan was martyred, I have been living in exile, hiding in the east, and living a life of slavery! For more than ten years, I am full of blood, ambition is difficult to pay, whenever I see the people in the flames of war, I want to save them, fortunately there is a great hero Chen Sheng took the lead in the difficulty, rising in the vast land, this move is really earth-shattering! From then on, he was called the king of Chu, occupied the county, recruited wise men, called on the people, and determined to overthrow the tyrannical Qin. Since I came to the army, the king of Chu asked me to lead my troops into the pass, and I fought all the way and successfully attacked the Hangu Pass. Unexpectedly, he was deceived by Wang Ben, which made his achievements fall short, leading to today's defeat. Alas! God doesn't have pity on the people of Chu! The messenger asked, "What is the general's plan?" Zhou Wen paused and sighed: "There is a saying that 'the sound can be entrusted to the string pipe, and the name can be left in the bamboo silk.'" 'On the day the city is broken, that is, when I am martyred, what regret will I have when I die?' The envoy continued: "Qin State Jincheng Tangchi, do you really believe that Chen Sheng will destroy the Qin State?" Zhou Wen replied confidently: "'Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu!'" 'The state of Chu will definitely destroy the state of Qin, if you don't believe it, just wait and see!' If anything happens to me, you will cut off my head and hang it on the city gate, and I must watch the army of Chu enter the pass again. Hahaha! Zhou Wen laughed, and suddenly said angrily: "The two countries are fighting, don't kill them, you go back quickly, tell Zhang Han my words, I want to fight him to the death!" The envoy still wanted to persuade again, so Zhou Wen scolded the left and right to drive the envoy out.

The messenger fled out of the city in embarrassment and reported to Zhang Han. Zhang Han said angrily: "Zhou Wen is a traitor, give you a way to live, but you don't know what to do!" At this time, Zhang Han's guilt for killing the craftsmen had also disappeared, and seeing that the number of Qin troops was gradually increasing and the interior was stable, he prepared to attack the city.

He Zhi asked King Wu for help, and after Xin'an was besieged by the Qin army and struggled to escape, he heard that Luoyang had been occupied by the Qin army on the road, so he crossed the Yellow River from Pingyin and ran straight to Hebei. He Zhi came to Handan, saw King Zhao, and truthfully reported the situation in Mianchi. King Zhao summoned Zhang Er, and Zhang Er said: "It has been more than two months since Zhou Wen was defeated and retreated, and during this period, we have encountered a lot of things. Now the Yan Kingdom in the north is eyeing the tiger, bent on revenge for the last sneak attack. And I, the Zhao State, have not yet been attached, and the Qin army in the north also wants to go south. Zhao has a strong enemy on all sides, and he must not divide his troops again? King Zhao hesitated and said: "But General Zhou Wen is trapped in Michi, if he is not rescued, how can he answer to General He Zhi?" Zhang Er said: "Even if Chen Sheng comes, it's easy to reply, not to mention a little He Zhi!" Tomorrow I will reply to him, and I will say that the Qin general Wang Li is attacking Jingcheng Pass, and we must go all out to deal with the Qin army in the north, and we can no longer go to save Michi. ”

Early the next morning, He Zhi came to see King Zhao again in a hurry, and urged King Zhao to send troops as soon as possible with tears in his eyes. Zhang Er told He Zhi what he said last night. Seeing that Zhao Guo refused to send troops, He Zhi cried: "If this is the case, General Zhou will be finished, how can you bear it in your hearts?" He Zhi was unwilling, so he hit his head on the ground and begged King Zhao to send troops. Zhang Er said angrily: "Zhao Guo is really powerless, why don't you go back to Chen Cheng and ask King Chen for help?" After Zhang Er finished speaking, he let the left and right blast He Zhi out. He Zhi saw that Zhang Er was so ruthless, so he scolded and went out of the city and ran straight to Chen Cheng.

It turned out that Zhang Han's persuasion to surrender Zhou Wen was false, but the truth was true. The envoy came to the city and reported everything he saw to Zhang Han, and said: "The bark in the city has been eaten up, and the rebels have completely lost the ability to fight. Zhang Han was very happy and ordered the siege of the city. Zhou Wen led his army to meet the battle, defending the city to the death, and suffered heavy casualties a day later. Han Qi and other generals persuaded Zhou Wen to think of breaking through. Zhou Wen saw that the Qin army outside the city was densely packed, and knew that Luoyang had also been captured by Sima Yi, and the general trend of the truth had gone, and it was useless to break through, so he had to order to hold on. After a few more days, more than half of the sergeants were killed or wounded, and there were too many people to flee and surrender. After another three days, it was reported that the city had been breached by the Qin army. Han Qi commanded his soldiers to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qin army, and was finally killed by an arrow.

Zhou Wen came to the city to command, and saw that the Qin army was gathering more and more, so he had a horizontal sword in his hand, and his eyes were like torches. Qin Jun didn't dare to approach when he saw it. Zhou Wen looked around, there were Qin troops everywhere, he was facing south, and said with a heartfelt voice: "Great King! The minister is incompetent! I can't fight on the battlefield anymore, I hope the king takes care! He wiped his neck with his sword and died a heroic martyr. By the time Zhang Han came to the city, Zhou Wen had already died of anger. The generals of the Qin State were deeply moved by his suicide and martyrdom when they saw that Zhou Wen's beard was white and withered, and they all bowed respectfully. Zhang Han asked the sergeants to carry Zhou Wen's body to the western suburbs and bury it. There is a poem that sighs:

A famous general for a few weeks, and he entered the customs to move the country.

Worship the altar of high responsibility, the journey is far and far.

The grand plan is not the first to die, and the festival is still encouraging future generations.

The rolling Yellow River is endless, and the waves are eternal.

Zhou Wen was dead, and Zhang Han immediately went to the imperial court. King Chen's second anti-Qin army, which was also a stronger army, was wiped out in this way.