Chen Yu collected his army and returned to the city and told King Zhao about Li Liang's defeat. King Zhao was very happy, so he asked Zhang Erdao: "Now that the traitor Li Liang occupies Handan City, and we are only guarding this small city, I am afraid that it will be difficult to grow, how should we get out of the predicament now?" Zhang Er said: "If Chengdu Jun Zhang Ao can successfully take over the soldiers and horses of Hengshan, we will have the strength to confront Li Liang." While he was talking, Zhang Ao's messenger arrived in the city. Zhang Er immediately ordered the messenger to enter the meeting. The messenger came to the palace and said to King Zhao: "Great King, General Zhang has succeeded Xue Yue and successfully taken charge of the army of Hengshan, and also told all the soldiers about the atrocities of Li Liang's murder of the lord and the king's accession to the throne in Xindu. Now General Zhang has confronted Wang Li under the pass, but Wang Li has always hung up the exemption card and does not go out of the pass to fight. ”

When Li Zuoche heard this, he said happily: "Congratulations to the king!" Congratulations to the King! King Zhao asked He Xizhi. Li Zuoche replied: "There are 60,000 or 70,000 Zhao troops under Jingcheng Pass, and now they all belong to you, the king, which is a matter worth celebrating; Although Li Liang is fierce, he has lost the army, just like a tiger without minions, although he guards Handan City, he will not do anything great, which is another thing worth celebrating. However, if you do three more things, Zhao Guo will be able to recover and grow stronger again. King Zhao asked what three things were. Li Zuodao: "First, we must find out the reason why Wang Li can't leave the pass, and then formulate a battle plan." According to the minister's speculation, Wang Liguan did not leave the pass to fight with the Zhao army, which must have happened again in the north of the Qin State; Second, send an envoy as soon as possible and bring gifts to the Yan Kingdom to thank King Yan. He sent an army to attack Handan, so that Li Liang did not dare to attack Xindu, which was also a righteous army. We may have to ask King Yan in the future; Third, the Xiongguan Pass in the world is not only Jingcheng Pass, but also the Huguan Pass in the south can also enter Shangdang County. Now that the Qin army has not yet left the pass, why not send another army from Huguan to Shangdang, and then go north to take Jingcheng Pass. No matter what happens to the Qin army, they will be attacked from their backs, and Jingcheng Pass is in control. King Zhao was very happy when he heard Li Zuoche's plan, and immediately implemented his method. However, because of internal strife, Zhao Guo will not be able to find a general to lead the troops for a while. Zhang Er selected two trustworthy people from among his people, one of them was named Zhang Huang and the other was Chen Ze, both of whom were loyal and reliable military talents, and then recommended them to King Zhao. The king of Zhao worshiped the two as generals, and the two led a Zhao army south, and they crossed the Zhangshui and went straight to Huguan to kill.

After Xue Yue was replaced by Zhang Ao, because he couldn't be reused, he ran to Handan to see Li Liang. When Li Liang heard that Zhang Er had set up the king of Zhao first and took away the army, he was very angry and wanted to take revenge on Zhang Er, so he had the idea of surrendering to the Qin army. But he and Wang Li had already cut off the news, so they thought about how to get in touch. At this time, he suddenly heard that the Qin general Zhang Han had left Hangu Pass and hit the city of Xingyang, so he sent military spies to Xingyang to inquire about the news, preparing to surrender to Qin at any time.

After Zhang Han and Li You met, they celebrated lavishly, and then fortified the city to appease the people. At this time, officials from nearby places who were coerced by the Chu army came to Xingyang to meet again. Zhang Han asked them to go back and call on the people to be enemies of the Chu army. A month later, everyone led the recruited army to Xingyang to listen to Zhang Han and Li You's dispatch. Zhang Han gathered all the men and horses, there were already more than 100,000 people, in order to deter the uprising in Shandong, Zhang Han falsely claimed to be 200,000 troops. For a while, the power of the Qin State became strong again.

Zhang Han saw that the time was ripe to pacify Zhang Chu, so he summoned the generals to discuss the matter of going south. General Li Youdao: "Chen Sheng rebelled, and most people blindly followed, so although the number of people is large, it is really a rabble. Zhang Han felt that he was right, so he asked, "What is the general's opinion?" Li Youdao: "After hearing that Chen Sheng rebelled, he falsely used the name of Fusu and Xiang Yan to call on the people of Chudi, so most people were so bewitched to rebel. This move also shows that Chen Sheng is very weak-hearted, and he is afraid that he will not be popular with the people. Now that the army is going south, why don't the general send an envoy to Chenjun to recruit him first. If Chen Sheng comes to surrender, the big thing can be decided, if he doesn't surrender, the army will go south directly and turn Chen Jun into powder! This is also the meaning of salute before soldiering. As soon as Zhang Han heard this, he thought that this move was very appropriate, so he sent an envoy to Chen County to surrender Chen Sheng.

King Zhang Chu was in Chencheng, the capital of Chu, because at the beginning, the various armies sent had very good results, so he was complacent. Some people advised him to be cautious and not to be too optimistic about the war. King Zhang Chu disagreed, believing that hundreds of thousands of people had responded, and his strength was very strong, and the elimination of the Qin State was already a sure thing. But since Zhou Wen withdrew from Hangu Pass, bad news has come one after another. That He Zhi couldn't move the rescue troops from Wuchen, so he came to Chencheng to meet King Zhang Chu and reported to him the defeat of Zhou Wen, as well as the refusal of Wuchen and Zhang Er to rescue. Only then did King Zhang Chu realize that it was a mistake to let go of Zhang Er and Chen Yuzhen. After careful consideration, he gave He Zhi 50,000 soldiers and horses and asked him to save Zhou Wen in person.

King Zhang Chu didn't expect that not long after He Zhi left, the reports of defeat in front of him came one after another: first Zhou Wen was martyred, then the false king was killed, Tian Zang and Li Gui were also killed in battle, and Zhang Han and Li You met in Xingyang again. This series of emergency documents stabbed at him like a knife, making him dumbfounded. There was also a panic up and down the country, and everyone felt that things were not good at this time. One day, King Zhang Chu and his ministers were discussing how to meet the Qin army, when they suddenly reported that Zhang Han's envoy had arrived in Chencheng.

King Zhang Chu heard that Zhang Han had sent an envoy, but he didn't know what was going on, so he let the envoy in. The envoy of the Qin State held his head high, walked into the hall with a domineering attitude, and when he saw the queen Zhang Chu, he only made a bow and said proudly: "Now the general of the Qin State Zhang Han was ordered by the emperor to lead hundreds of thousands of troops out of the customs, all the way to fight, and won every success, first Zhou Wen killed himself, and then Wu Guang died, Tian Zang died in battle, Li Gui was defeated, the Qin army was invincible, and all parts of Shandong surrendered. Now General Zhang has joined forces with General Li You in Xingyang, the current situation in Qin is very good, plus the Great Wall Army has gone out to help in the battle, General Wang Li has also pacified Hebei, resulting in the head of Han Guang, the king of Yan, and the tragic death of King Wuchen of Zhao. At present, the Qin State has millions of soldiers and thousands of generals, and once General Zhang is in the south, Chen County will become powder. Therefore, General Zhang was very worried that the general people would suffer from the scourge of killing, so he made it clear to the emperor. The emperor was also very sympathetic to the people, so he asked General Zhang to recruit the king first, and the king was also a soldier of the Qin State before, so he should obey the emperor's orders, and all the armies sent by the king also failed. If the king can recognize the situation at this time and be a clear person, he should abandon his armor and lead the remaining men and horses to Xingyang to meet General Zhang, and return to the Qin State, you can not only save the people, but also continue to be the county guard of the Qin State, and even the court official, I don't know what the king wants? ”

As soon as King Zhang Chu heard that the envoy was coming to recruit him, he laughed and said, "Lone should have died a long time ago, but he didn't die, do you know what the reason is?" The messenger was shocked. King Zhang Chu explained: "The reason why I have survived until now is because of rebellion! Hahaha! If you are afraid of death, Lao Tzu will not rebel! The envoy still wanted to speak, but King Zhang Chu immediately changed color and said: "When Lone first raised the army, he said, 'Fleeing is death, raising troops to rebel is also death, and it is also death, so die vigorously for national affairs!'" 'Now that Gu has established Zhang Chu State, this is the work of the Five Tyrants, if it is not successful, it is the will of heaven! What's more, now that the victory or defeat of the two sides is still undecided, how can Lone surrender to the Qin State and make the heroes of the world laugh? Then he immediately ordered the guards, and pushed the messenger out and cut them down.

The messenger was frightened and swept away. Cai Ci, Wang Zhi, Kong Kun, Lu Chen and other ministers of Zhang Chu advised King Zhang Chu together: "King, the two countries are fighting each other, don't kill them!" King Zhang Chu said very angrily: "Listen to what he just said, you don't just take loneliness in your eyes!" Kill the messenger first, and strengthen the army! This also lets the people of the world know the determination to resist Qin alone, and at the same time kill the majesty of Zhang Han's thing! And the messenger collapsed to the ground in terror. The guards dragged the messenger out. The soldiers of the Qin State who followed the envoy were so frightened that they didn't dare to get angry when they heard this. After a while, the guards cut off the messengers, handed over their heads to the Qin army, and let them out of the city. The Qin army went out of the city, carried the head of the envoy, and ran away.

King Zhang Chu killed the envoy of the Qin State before he raised his eyebrows and discussed the matter of facing the battle with everyone. Taishi Kong Kun said: "We killed the envoy of the Qin State, and the Qin army will arrive soon." Chen Cheng did not have many soldiers and horses, and his defense was empty, so he should first transfer troops to all directions to support the Beijing Division. King Zhang Chu said: "The envoy of Qin said that Wang Li has pacified Hebei, and this matter is probably uncertain." At this time, someone suddenly came in to report, saying that there was internal strife in Zhao State, and the general Li Liang killed Zhao Wang Wuchen, and Zhang Er and Chen Yu made Zhao Xie the king, and the capital was Xindu. King Zhang Chu said: "The hateful Wuchen kid betrayed Gu, and now he is killed, he deserves it!" Cai Ci said: "Zhang Er is far away in Hebei, and it is difficult to subdue him, but with them, Wang Li will definitely not go south." Now that Deng Zong has captured Jiujiang, the momentum is huge, and someone should be sent to recall him. Zhou Shi captured Dongjun, but he also set up Wei to be the king, and these people are afraid that they will not listen to your command. Only that Zhaoping captured Donghai County, and there is no news yet. Wang Zhi said: "Wei Zhi established the Wei State in Daliang, although he did not listen to Zhang Chu's moderation, but with them, they could also prevent Zhang Han from going south." What the minister was worried about was that in the west, if Zhang Han sent a group of soldiers and horses from the Wu clan in, they could directly enter the Yuyuan Pass, and Yingchuan would fall, so Zhang Han's army could reach Chen County directly. ”

While he was talking, someone suddenly came in and reported: "The messenger of General Zhaoping has arrived." King Zhang Chu was very pleased, so he let the messenger in. After the messenger came in, he bowed and said: "King, General Zhao fought all the way to Donghai County, and got the help of Qin Jia, a person from Ling County, Dong Xuan, Zhu Jishi, a person from Fu Li, Zheng Bu, a person from Xu County, and others, and has captured Tancheng, the county capital of Donghai County, and defeated the Qin army, and also killed the county Shouqing, the momentum is great, and now the results are very brilliant, and I have come to report to the king." When King Zhang Chu heard the news, he was very happy, so he said, "Quickly send a general to Tancheng to take over this army, and then let Zhaoping come back and fight Zhang Han with General Deng Zong." Wang Zhi said: "King, we are short of generals and soldiers now, who is the right person to send to take over?" King Chen pondered: "Du Weipan is young and promising, you can send him." So he summoned Pan and named him Wu Pingjun and deputy general in person, and gave him a sword and a seal. And let him leave immediately and go to Tancheng to recall General Ping.

When the general Deng Zong heard that Zhou Wen and the false king's soldiers and horses had been defeated, he led his troops to Chencheng to meet King Zhang Chu without waiting for the envoy to arrive. King Zhang Chu was very happy to see him, so he explained the current situation, and then asked him to go to Yingchuan to resist the Qin army. Without hesitation, General Deng accepted the task. At this time, another person stepped forward and took the initiative to ask: "The minister is also willing to go to the front line to kill the enemy and serve the country!" When King Zhang Chu saw it, it turned out to be Captain Zuo Wu Xu, and he was overjoyed, so he asked the two of them to immediately lead their troops to Yingchuan.