Chapter 162: Showing Ability, Pioneer Kicking Camp

The Chu army stagnated at Anyangyi, and the princes' armies also stopped to watch. Now the news that Xiang Yu killed Song Yi and went north has spread all over the country, and all countries have sent troops to Hebei. Yan sent Zang Tu as a general and led an army of 60,000 to the south. Tian Rong of Qi State heard that Xiang Yu had killed Song Yizi as the general, and he also sent someone to kill Song Xiang of Xiangqi, so he didn't want to save Julu again. Tian Heng said to Tian Rong: "We failed to attack Qin before and had an estrangement with the Xiang clan, and now we openly do not save Zhao, which is bound to lose the diplomatic relations between Chu and Zhao, and will also cause criticism from the princes." Tian Rong thought about it for one night, and then sent the general Tian Du to lead an army of 50,000 to Hebei. Wei Bao of Wei and Ding Li of X also led their armies.

After Chen Yu was defeated, he fled to the foot of Taihang Mountain and collected the lost soldiers. Later, he heard that Zhang Ao had also incorporated a group of men and horses in Daidi, so he got in touch with him, and the two joined forces together, with about 50,000 troops. Together with the rescue troops of various countries, they came to the north of Julu City to set up camp, and the coalition army totaled 200,000 people.

Xiang Yu led the Chu army to Baima, drove away the Qin army guarding the ferry, crossed the Yellow River from Baimajin, and came to Anyang County in the northern part of Hanoi County. At this time, the military rations of the Chu army had been exhausted by Song Yi, so Xiang Yu sent people to search for food in nearby places. However, the sergeants who were sent all came back and said, "Most of the people here have migrated from Handan, and the people have been displaced and have no food to collect. The sergeant who went to Handan came again to report: "The grain and grass collected by Zhang Han from all over the world were transported to the Thorn Plain, and only a small amount of grain was stored in Handan City. Yafu said: "Handan City has been destroyed by Zhang Han, and all the people in the city have moved away, so it is better to send a vanguard force to go around Julu, one to explore the truth, the other to distract the attention of the Handan defenders, and then send an army to raid the city, as long as you get a little food, you can solve the urgent need." Xiang Yu agreed, and said: "Ya Father's method is very good, and the attack on Handan should be completed by me." Xiang Yu said to the generals: "Which of you wants to be a pioneer?" Yingbu and Pu General stepped forward and said: "The two of us used to be pioneers in front of Wu Xinjun's tent, and now I don't want to fall behind, and I am willing to lead the army to go!" Xiang Yu said happily: "The two generals are really the warriors of the Chu State!" After you arrived in Hebei, you drew a map of roads, rivers, bridges, checkpoints, and other key things and sent them to me. As soon as I take the city of Handan, I will immediately lead a large army to meet you. But if you encounter a strong enemy, don't fight hard, but retreat and consult with me. Ying and Pu accepted the task, selected 20,000 elites, and went to the direction of Julu with great fanfare. Xiang Yu let Yafu sit in Anyang, and he only selected 5,000 cavalry, let Zhong Liwu and Ji Bu follow, crossed Zhangshui from Ye County, and attacked Handan City directly.

Wang Li fled to Puyang after being defeated by the combined forces of Pei Gong and Peng Yue, and when he saw that there were no troops to defend, he sent someone to report to the imperial court. Zhao Gao learned that Wang Li was defeated, and he was afraid that the Qin army would not be able to defeat the army of the princes, so he had to let Wang Li return to Julu to command the Great Wall army. Wang Li galloped to Hebei with Shijian, came to Jianyuan to see Zhang Han, and recounted the defeat to him. Zhang Han said: "Although General Wang was defeated, it is not your fault. Now that the princes' armies have come to Hebei to rescue Zhao, I have explained the situation to the imperial court, and the general should also return to Julu as soon as possible to command the siege. If you can capture Zhao, the princes' armies will retreat without a fight. At that time, the general will attack the Yan State, and I will go to pacify the Qi State, and then work together to sweep the Chu State, and the world will be stable again. Wang Li said: "The general is reasonable. But the Great Wall Army came all the way from northern Xinjiang and there was no food in the army, what should I do? Zhang Han immediately said: "This is not difficult, we are all contributing to the country, are we still worried about no food?" So he walked to the map, pointed to the map, and said: "I will immediately send troops to build a long road from the Fuyang River to Julu, to transport supplies to the general's camp, to ensure that the Great Wall army has food, and in addition, you and I will declare to the outside world in the future that there are millions of Qin troops under Julu City, what do you think?" Wang Wei comprehended the spirit and said: "Soldiers are not tired of deceit, good idea!" He thanked Zhang Han again, and then went back to Julu.

Under Julu City, Su Jiao and other generals heard that the boss was back, and they all cheered. Wang Li returned to the camp and asked about the siege. It turned out that since the king left, the morale of the soldiers was low, coupled with the lack of food in the army, although they attacked Julu many times, but to no avail. Wang Li asked about the situation in other countries. Su Jiao reported: "Chen Yu and Zhang Ao camped in the north of Julu City, and the armies of Yan, Qi, Han, and Wei camped in the northeast. Wang Li said: "For the time being, we don't need to worry. General Zhang Han has already sent people to build a road to transport grain to us, and the imperial court has new instructions: we must also transfer troops from the north, and we will say that there are millions of troops besieging the city, so as to deter the princes. When the road is completed, we can attack the city with all our might. The generals cheered and shouted in unison: "Victory!" Win! ......" Then Wang Li stationed his military camp in the northeast corner of Julu City, facing the military camp of the coalition army from afar.

Yingbu and Pu will lead the vanguard troops, cross the Zhangshui from Ye County, and go straight to Julu. On the way, they saw groups of people running south, so they stopped a few and asked why they had fled. The people replied: "There will be a fierce battle here, and the Zhao State will be finished, and we are afraid of the Qin army's retaliation, so we will run away to avoid trouble." Ying Bu said: "You don't have to be afraid, we are the soldiers and horses of the Chu State, go and solve the siege of the giant deer now, the Zhao State will not be finished." A few bold people asked, "How many soldiers and horses does the general bring?" Yingbu said 20,000 elite soldiers. The people laughed when they heard this: "You Chu people really don't know how powerful the Qin people are!" Don't say it's 20,000, even 200,000 can't save Zhao Guo, you go back quickly, you won't be able to see your mother if you're late! Yingbu said angrily: "I am Fanyang Dubu, and I am here to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army!" You grass people, why do you despise me so much? The people said aggrievedly: "I don't despise the general, just because there are a lot of soldiers and horses to save Zhao, Chen Yu and Zhang Ao are also there, and they heard that there are twenty or three hundred thousand soldiers and horses, but they can only wait and see from afar, and they dare not meet with the Qin army at all, do you know what the reason is?" Yingbu said he didn't know. The people said: "I heard that the Qin army has one million, and you only have 20,000 people, how can you fight against the army of tigers and wolves?" Recently, I heard that the Qin State has transferred troops from the north again, the Qin State has continuously transferred people from the Guannei, Julu City is in danger, and Zhang Han has led hundreds of thousands of Qin troops to garrison the Thorn Plain, you are not opponents at all, let's go back quickly, don't go to death in vain! When Yingbu heard this, he was furious and shouted, "You things are so underestimated! You must show me the way today, I will personally fight with the Qin army, let you see my ability! "The people wanted to flee. Yingbu let the sergeant catch him and threatened: "If you don't lead the way, I will kill you!" The people had no choice but to be guides, so they led the Chu army to the direction of Julu.

At the head of Julu City, Zhao Jun was thinly dressed, covered in frost and snow, shivering, and everyone was still standing on the head of the city with cold weapons and watching the Qin army closely. This has been going on for a long time, and these Zhao troops defending the city have held their positions in the midst of hunger and cold, while the common people have taken out all the food for them to eat, and they can only eat some miscellaneous grains and tree bark and other things. One day, after Zhang Er finished patrolling the city, he found that the Qin army was increasing day by day, so he went back to report to King Zhao. King Zhao summoned Gan Gong, the official in charge of the astrological signs, and said: "You keep saying that the army of the princes can lift the siege of Julu, but now that the Qin army is besieging more and more, it has been besieged for so long, why don't you see anyone come to the rescue?" Gan Gong replied: "The king does not need to be in a hurry, the minister looked up at the Qianxiang last night, and saw the middle of the sky 'in vain' appeared, and flew away to the west, which shows that the army of the princes will definitely be able to defeat the army of Qin, and can conquer Qin by force, please wait and see!" When King Zhao heard this, he felt a little comforted in his heart, so he asked the prime minister: "Aren't you and Chen Yu friends who are irreversible?" Why did he urge him to lead his troops to rescue him one after another, but he did not move? "I don't know what to say.

Ying and Pu walked along the north bank of Zhangshui, bypassing Handan City and reaching the foot of Julu City. From a distance, they saw the military camps of the Qin State one after another, surrounding Julu City like iron buckets, and the two of them couldn't help but sigh coldly. Yingbu whispered to General Pu: "I was laughed at by these people, and I was angry for a while, so I drove them here. Now if I don't fight a big battle, I will really be laughed at by them, but I am worried that the enemy is outnumbered, and if I can't get it right, I will be frustrated, how can I explain to the general? General Pu said: "I heard that in ancient times, in wars, warriors had to break into the enemy camp single-handedly, reflecting the courage of the challenger. Now let the sergeant retreat, the two of us rushed to the camp of the Qin army, rampaged, and cut off a few heads, just say that it is Wang Li's head, can the people not believe it? Yingbu laughed, "What you said is so good. So more than a dozen generals were arranged to hold the flag, and the brigade retreated. The people of Zhao State thought that Yingbu was timid, so they smiled and said: "General, I knew that you were retreating, why did you come here!" Yingbu laughed and said: "The two of us will go in single-handedly and cut off Wang Li's head for you to see!" When the people heard this, they couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The two of them stood at Gaofu and looked at it for a while, and saw that there were relatively few sergeants guarding the gap between the two barracks of the Qin army, so the two of them waved their weapons and rushed straight down, until they came to the front of the Qin military camp, picked up the antlers, rushed in, and shouted: "The vanguard of the Chu State, Yingbu and Pu General, have come to kick the camp!" After speaking, he went straight into the enemy formation, stabbed people when he saw them, chopped them off when he saw them, assassinated dozens of people in a row, and overturned three chariots, killed them to the side of the suspension bridge at the east gate, and shouted to the Zhao army in the city: "We are the pioneers of the Chu State who rescued you, quickly open the city gate and kill the two of us out!" Zhao Jun in the city hurriedly reported to Zhang Er, and Zhang Er saw two daredevils calling the door, where did they dare to open it. At this time, Wu Ming and Wang Ang had already heard the news and rushed over. As soon as Yingbu saw that it was not good, he and Pu Jiang turned back and killed him. On the way back, they beheaded more than a dozen generals and dozens of Qin soldiers, only to kill the Qin soldiers who turned over on their backs and broke through the encirclement. Tu Bu carried the head of a Qin general and threw it in front of the people, saying, "Wang Li's head is here!" Where did the people recognize Wang Li, they were so frightened that their souls were not possessed, so they said: "If the two are really heroes, we will definitely publicize the general's divine might." Now you just let us go, we don't dare to underestimate you Chu people anymore! Yingbu laughed and let them go.

After the people left, the two discussed: "Now that we have kicked the enemy camp, we don't know the situation in the city, how can we report to the general and the father?" The two decided to kill again, and called out a member of the Zhao general, so as to know the specific situation in the city. So he rushed into the enemy formation again, shouting: "The vanguard of Chu has come to kick the camp again, quickly tell Wang Li to come out and send him to death!" The two of them went straight to the city and shouted at the city: "We are the pioneers of the Chu State, and today we are ordered by General Xiang to come to relieve the siege, and quickly send someone out to contact!" King Zhao and Zhang Er had been watching them from the top of the city for a long time, so they hurriedly sent the deputy general Xia Shuo out of the city. Xia said that he went out of the city, crossed the suspension bridge and met the two. At this time, the Qin army had already surrounded from all sides, and Wu Ming and Wang Ang also arrived again. The three of them immediately faced each other, Wu Ming and Wang Ang struggled to catch up, Yingbu and Pu Jiang each stopped one person to fight, fought for more than a dozen rounds, and fought and left, and withdrew from the Qin camp.

The three of them came to the Chu camp, and Yingbu asked Zhao what his name was. General Zhao replied: "I am Xia Shuo, the deputy general in front of King Zhao's account, and I was ordered to contact the two generals. So he inquired about the situation in the city. Xia said sadly: "All the grain and grass in the city have been eaten, and many people are starving to death, if the Qin army attacks the city again, the city will not be able to be saved!" Yingbu said righteously: "When the Chu army comes, it will break the king's departure, why be afraid?" Xia said that he asked the two generals how many men and horses they brought. Yingbu stretched out two fingers and said, "Twenty thousand." Xia said that when he heard that there were only 20,000 people, he was disappointed and said, "Alas! Zhao Guo is finished! Yingbu asked why. Xia Shuo replied: "With only 20,000 people, how can you fight with Wang Li?" There are 200,000 reinforcements from Yan, Qi and other countries who dare not approach, let alone you! Yingbu changed color and said: "I'll go to the camp of the Qin army again, if I bump into Wang Li, I will kill him first, see if you still underestimate people!" After saying that, he went out of the camp angrily, and he entered the Qin camp again, shouting: "Yingbu, the pioneer of the Chu State, has come to kick the camp again, quickly tell Wang Li to come out and die!" General Pu also hurriedly followed, and the two of them went to the military camp on the left. At this time, Wang Li had already received a report that the Chu generals were coming to kick the camp again, so he led Wu Ming, Wang Ang, Wang Su, and Guo Cheng to come to the battle. When Yingbu saw that Wang Li had led the people to kill, he went to the military camp on the right. The right battalion is full of sergeants, how can they resist. And they slew them until they were overturned, and they came out of the camp. It turned out that the rescue troops of various countries did not dare to fight Wang Li, and Wang Li did not take the Chu army to heart. Now I heard that General Chu also dared to kick the camp, so he killed it. But when they chased them out, Yingbu and Pu Jiang had already run away. Wang Li said to everyone: "These are the two daredevils of the Chu army, don't worry. Yan and Qi's soldiers and horses didn't dare to come to fight, let alone them! So he ordered everyone to guard the camp, and if any more rebels broke in, they would be killed.

After Yingbu and Pu came out, they said to Xia: "What do you think of our martial arts? Xia Shuo said with admiration: "The two heroes entered and exited three times, killing the Qin soldiers on their backs, and sure enough, their martial arts are outstanding, they are simply Uncle Yingkao and Uncle Ying are alive!" The three of them came to the Chu camp as they spoke, and Yingbu told Xia that the army of Chu had arrived in Anyang, and the two of them were just pioneers. Xia said that he was happy, so he told Yingbu in detail about the situation of Julu, and asked all the Chu troops to cross the Zhanghe River to fight Wang Li. Yingbu drew a picture of the road he had traveled and sent his sergeant to the general. Xia said that he went to contact Chen Yu again.

Xia said that he came to Chen Yu's military camp and told Chen Yu about General Chu's kicking of the camp. Chen Yu was ashamed in his heart, thinking that reinforcements from all walks of life had arrived, if he didn't launch an attack on Wang Li, how would he see the king and the prime minister in the future. So he left Xia Shuo in the army, and sent people to invite the generals of the princes, asking Zang Tu and Tian Du to send troops together. The generals of the princes were afraid to go to war. Chen Yu said: "Julu City is in danger, I, Chen Yu, ask you to attack Wang Li together, I vow to fight to the death with Wang Li, if God does not die Zhao State, I am willing to die!" Zang Tu and Tian were forced to have no choice but to agree to send troops. Chen Yu then gathered the team, let Zhang Ao and Xia Shuo go together, and approached Wang Li's camp. When the army was about to arrive at the Qin camp, both Zang Tu and Tian asked Chen Yu to take the lead. Chen Yu said: "We are Zhao Jun, so naturally we have to take the lead." Chen Yu led all the Zhao troops to the gate of the Qin army's camp and scattered the men and horses, Zhang Ao on the left and Xia on the right.

Wang Li was discussing things, and suddenly reported that Chen Yu had come to challenge, so he led a group of generals to kill out of the camp, with Shijian and Meng Fang on the left, and Su Jiao and Han Zhang on the right. The two armies faced each other. Wang Li raised his whip under the banner of the door and scolded: "Chen Yu boy, in the past, the first emperor offered a reward of 1,000 taels of gold and 500 taels of gold to Zhang Er and your head respectively, but now it seems that the first emperor has expected it, you are really rebellious, it is really a big rebellion!" But have you thought about it, you follow Zhao Xie like a group of wandering spirits following wild ghosts, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er are already under my control, and sooner or later they will be captured alive. Surrender now, and you can avoid annihilation! Chen Yu said: "There is no way to destroy Qin, destroy the country of people, and take away people's homes, this hatred is not shared!" The sky has eyes, and now Zhao has finally established his own home on the ruins of the dead country, so that Zhao's national glory can continue. Although the newly built Zhao Kingdom has encountered an unprecedented predicament, rescue teams from various countries have arrived one after another, and you will die without a place to be buried! Thinking about the Qin State's many evils, its demise is just around the corner, you still surrender to me, right? Ha ha! Wang Li was annoyed and ashamed, and said: "You, a nameless person, how can you be worth five hundred taels of gold, the first emperor really overestimated you, I will first break your body into ten thousand pieces!" Chen Yu was not to be outdone, and scolded: "The general will suffer a catastrophe when he reaches the third generation!" Your ancestors conquered the Six Kingdoms and killed people like hemp, and this evil retribution must be on you! Wang Li was furious, ordered the sergeants to beat drums and cheer, and personally came to arrest Chen Yu.

Chen Yu also stood up and fought out. Unexpectedly, Su Jiao and Shima also killed from both sides. Zhang Ao and Xia said that when they saw it, they hurriedly slapped their horses to fight, and the two sides fought in front of the battle. When the battle was not long, Zhang Ao and Xia Shuo were defeated and fled. Chen Yu saw that the situation was not good, so he also stabbed in a false way, turned around and ran. When Zhao Jun saw that the commander was defeated, he also fled, and Chen Yu led Zhao Jun to run straight to Yan and Qi's military camps, preparing to seek protection. But Chen Yu never expected that at this time, Yan and Qi's armies had already fled without a trace. Chen Yu saw that the friendly army was running faster than rabbits, so he immediately let out a cry of sorrow and had no choice but to flee to his military camp. Wang Li chased for a while, and when he saw that the coalition army was vulnerable, he collected his troops and returned to the camp.

Chen Yu returned to the camp after defeat, Zhang Ao and Xia Shuo also came back, everyone was injured to varying degrees, and Chen Yu was very annoyed. Suddenly, he reported that Zang Tu and Tian had led the army back to China. Chen Yu was so angry that he almost fainted, stomped his feet and sighed: "The Four-Nation Alliance fled without fighting, why are you so cowardly? Who will rescue Zhao Guo now? In the past, I swore to the prime minister: If you want to achieve great things, you must share life and death. We have been waiting for more than ten years, and finally waited for the opportunity, but the Zhao State was hit by Li Liang's disaster, which greatly damaged the vitality of the emerging country, and since the new king ascended the throne, my 70,000 army was defeated in Hengshan. Now the king and the prime minister have been trapped in the city for more than two months, and I have never been able to free them! I...... I'm so useless! I deeply regret it, I deeply regret it, I, Chen Yu, am sorry for the king, and I am sorry for the prime minister! Tears flowed down his face.

Xia Shuo persuaded: "The general doesn't have to worry, Chu General Xiang Yu has already arrived in Hebei, if you contact him, the siege of Julu can be lifted." Chen Yu said: "I have sent people to urge me many times, but the Chu army has been delayed, so I guess I don't dare to fight with Wang Li?" Xia said: "That's not the case, the former general of the Chu army was Song Yi, but because the slow army did not advance, he was killed by Xiang Yu, and now Xiang Yu is acting as the general." Xiang Yu is Xiang Liang's nephew, this person bravely crowned the three armies, once fought in Dong'e, and relieved the siege of Dong'e. Now that I have come to Hebei, I will definitely be able to lift the siege of the giant deer! While he was talking, Tanma reported again, saying that the Chu army had arrived in Anyang. Chen Yu was overjoyed and said: "As long as the Chu army all crosses the Zhangshui, I am willing to provide all the rafts and food." He immediately sent someone to contact Xiang Yu and urged the Chu army to cross the river as soon as possible.