Chapter 171: Although defeated, the king of Jurong left himself
After Xiang Yu set up the barracks, Yafu arrived, and everyone welcomed Yafu into the camp. At this time, Chen Yu came over and said to Xiang Yu: "General, General Qin has escaped, if you don't capture him, there will definitely be trouble." Xiang Yu asked who was going to pursue. Chen Yu said enthusiastically: "General, the siege of Julu has been lifted, and your kindness is impossible for the Zhao people to repay." Leave it to me. Xiang Yu was overjoyed, so he ordered Chen Yu to arrest Shima back. Chen Yu immediately received the order, and he and Zhang Ao led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to chase and kill Shijian.
When it was almost lunch, Zhang Er personally came to Chuying to invite Xiang Yu and others to enter the city to participate in the banquet, because at this time Zhang Ao had already brought rich food from outside the city. And they came to the city. After sitting down, King Zhao and Zhang Er took turns to toast Xiang Yu and repeatedly thanked Zhao for saving him. After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Er got up and asked Xiang Yu: "General, what are you going to do with the Qin general Wang Li?" Xiang Yu ordered the sergeants to escort Wang Li in. After a while, Wang Li was brought. Xiang Yu said angrily to Wang Li: "Your grandfather Wang Jian killed my grandfather, I am going to use your head to pay tribute to my grandfather, what else do you have to say?" Wang Li replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The prisoner under the stairs, let you kill and scrape, listen to the respect!" Xiang Yu saw that he was also a tough guy, so he said, "Don't you have anything to say?" Wang Li said, "What did you say?" can only hate ......" Wang Li gritted his teeth with hatred. Xiang Yu asked him what he hated. Wang Li said categorically: "It's only hateful fifteen years ago, after the Qin State destroyed Chu, my grandfather didn't cut down your Xiang family, so there is today's disaster!" Xiang Yu was furious when he heard this: "The X politics of the Qin State has aroused the resistance of the people of the world, and the destruction of the Qin State is just around the corner!" Since your Wang family didn't exterminate our Xiang family more than ten years ago, you should cut down your Wang family now! Wang Li said: "Even if you kill me, you will not harm the Qin State." The terrain in Guanzhong is dangerous, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops, and you can't enter the pass? Xiang Yu said disdainfully: "My black horse can level the Qin Pass, my Canglong Moon Swallowing Halberd can sweep away thousands of armies, how can the Qin Pass resist the iron cavalry of the Chu people?" Wang Li laughed and said: "I heard that after you conquered Xiangcheng, there was almost no living mouth left in the city, and a thug like you who killed innocents indiscriminately, even if there was an army of millions, would not get the world?" Hahaha! Xiang Yu was so angry that he ordered the sergeant to push Wang Li out and behead him. Wang Li laughed loudly, his face did not change, and he turned around and left.
Xiang Yu was shocked, and suddenly stopped Wang Li, and said: "You helped to abuse you, and you were finally surrendered by me, and now you are dying, but you are still laughing, are you not convinced?" Wang Li said: "Of course I don't accept it!" If you hadn't cut off my food supply, and the soldiers were hungry, how could you break through my camp? Xiang Yu said coldly: "Since you are not convinced, can we kill again in front of the two armies in the future?" Wang Li said: "Hehe! Am I afraid that you will not succeed? Xiang Yu asked the sergeant to detain Wang Li for the time being, and served him with good wine and food. When King Zhao and Zhang Er saw that Xiang Yu didn't kill Wang Li, they hurriedly said, "General, don't let him go!" I want to kill my 400,000 Zhao army in Bai Qikeng back then, and Wang Jian also broke the Chu army, if you don't take revenge, our Zhao people and you Chu people will not be at ease for generations! Xiang Yu said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, tomorrow I will be in front of the two armies, it makes sense!" When Zhang Er heard this, he didn't dare to say anything more. However, the soldiers and civilians of Zhao State hated Wang Li very much, and they all wanted to cook him immediately and use his dead body to feed the dogs.
When the generals of various countries heard that the Chu army had won, they walked out of the barracks together, and they saw that the scattered equipment and unburned embers were still smoking, and the entire battlefield was full of corpses. They came to the battlefield, and when they saw the dead bodies with missing arms and legs, they were so frightened that their faces turned dirty, and then they tiptoed past the battlefield in the east and came to the east gate to ask to see Xiang Yu. Zhao Jun, who was guarding the door, reported in. Xiang Yu heard that the generals of the coalition army had come to see him, so he said angrily: "When we fought with Wang Li, where did they hide?" What are you going to do now? Missing! Fan Zeng said to Xiang Yu: "General, although the siege of Julu has been lifted, Zhang Han's army is still there." Now our army is also very tired, and they can be regarded as having a helper when they come, how can they not see it? Yingbu also smiled: "That's it, even a scarecrow can bluff a wolf?" When the generals heard this, they burst into laughter. Xiang Yu said: "Then let them station the military horses in the south of the city." If Zhang Han comes to attack, he will resist for a while, if he doesn't dare, let them take their respective men and horses and go back! When the generals of various countries heard this, they were ashamed and afraid, so they followed Xiang Yu's instructions and brought their troops to the south side of the Chu camp to form a formation, preparing to resist Zhang Han's attack.
In the camp in Thorn Plain, Zhang Han learned that Xiang Yu had broken through the Great Wall Army and captured Wang Li, so he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time. Early in the morning, he saw that the officers and men of the Great Wall Army had fled back to his camp one after another, and Zhang Han hurried out to offer condolences. Seeing that everyone was hungry, he immediately ordered the sergeant to open the stove and cook, so that everyone could have a full meal first. Zhang Han watched them gobble up when they ate, his eyebrows tightened, and he was full of grief. As a veteran, he couldn't figure it out, and in one night, the 100,000 Great Wall Army was broken by Xiang Yu and defeated. Why is Chu Jun so powerful? Could it be that Leng Wa, who is in her twenties, is really the nemesis of the Qin Kingdom? Is the Qi of the Great Qin Kingdom really going to run out? What's even more tragic is that Wang Li, the commander of the border guards of the Qin State and the star of the famous generals, was also captured by Xiang Yu. He is now trapped in the enemy camp, and he doesn't know if he is dead or alive? He hurriedly sent several waves of envoys, and also went to Chu Ying with rich gifts, hoping to reach an agreement with Xiang Yu, or let him make some harsh demands, and release Wang Li.
"Report!" Suddenly, a hurried voice came, and then a sergeant ran into the camp with something in his hand, and when he saw Zhang Han, he reported in a panic: "General Zhang, the messenger we sent was killed by Xiang Yu again, this is the ......" Zhang Han looked at the bloody head, and suddenly panicked, so he quickly signaled the sergeant to take out the head and bury it. At this time, all the generals also had no opinions, so they asked Zhang Han: "General, it seems that Xiang Yu will not let General Wang come back, what should we do?" Zhang Han pondered for a long time and said: "Instead of begging hard, it is better to make a break with them, otherwise the momentum of the thief army will become more and more arrogant!" After Zhang Han finished speaking, he immediately summoned Han Zhang and He Huan, the generals of the Great Wall Army who had fled back from Julu, and first asked them about the battle last night, and then inspected Han Zhang's injuries. The two made a detailed report on the situation, and Han Zhang also said that his body was fine. Zhang Han asked the two to continue to participate in the battle, and then assembled the team.
In the afternoon, a thick layer of dark clouds suddenly rolled up in the southwest sky, and then the wind blew, and the black clouds rolled in the direction of the giant deer, as if to indicate that a big war was coming. Zhang Han divided the Qin army into two echelons: the first echelon consisted of infantry, who were heavily armed, holding a large shield in their left hand and a long weapon in their right hand, and walked behind menacingly; The second echelon consisted of chariot and cavalry, with chariots lined up in a rectangular battle formation to open the way in front, and heavily armed armored cavalry followed behind the chariot soldiers. Zhang Han stood on a chariot in the middle and commanded the whole army. On his left were the chief Shi Sima Xin and the commander Dong Peng, and on the right were his younger brother Zhang Ping and the Great Wall Army general Han Zhang, each of whom drove a chariot. The chariot is also equipped with a marksman and a rider, both of which are also fully armed. After the formation was formed, the soldiers of the Qin army were tense, shouting slogans of revenge for Wang Li, and drove towards the giant deer in a mighty manner. In a short time, the black and oppressive Qin army appeared on the southern plains of Julu City, when they marched, the war drums were beaten loudly, and there were also dark flags covering the sky and the sun, and the majestic sound of marching was simply stirring the mountains and rivers trembling, and the earth was groaning.
When the coalition heard the Qin army beating the drums, they knew that it was Zhang Han who was attacking, so they hurriedly sent someone to report to Xiang Yu. After a while, Zhang Han's army reached Julu. When the generals of the coalition army saw that the Qin army was so strong, they were all panicked and at a loss. At this time, Xiang Yu and the generals of Zhao State were all standing on the high giant deer city and watching, they carefully observed the formation of the Qin army, and when they saw that the Qin army arrived, they used their shields to form a neat and strict barrier. When King Zhao saw that the Qin army was so neat, he trembled with fright. But Xiang Yu seemed to have nothing to do, and calmly asked Fan Zeng: "Father, Zhang Han is here to ask for someone." Fan Zeng said: "I'll say something first to frustrate Zhang Han's spirit." Xiang Yu took Fan Zeng and a group of Chu army generals down the city, and they rode to the forefront of the coalition army's position and immediately stood still. When the coalition generals saw Xiang Yu coming, they immediately became angry.
When Zhang Han saw Xiang Yu coming, he shouted: "Xiang Yu, you anti-country traitor, hand over General Wang as soon as possible, otherwise I will avenge the Great Wall Army!" Fan Zeng came out and said: "General Zhang is angry, listen to the old man's words: Your Qin State, the second is mediocre, coupled with Zhao Gao's dictatorship, the people are already miserable. Because of this, the talents of the six countries have risen up. Everyone has only one goal, that is, to march into Xianyang and eradicate the X government. Think about your Qin State, it has long lost its former glory, and the territory of Qin State is only limited to Guanzhong, and the hegemony of Qin State has long been wiped out, but you can't see the situation clearly, and continue to help and abuse! Now that Wang Li has been arrested, how can you save the Qin State with your own strength? Think about you being isolated and helpless outside, and being jealous of traitors inside, even if you win the battle, can Zhao Gao let you go? Zhang Han listened to Fan Zeng's words and didn't know how to answer, and the army was silent, everyone was quietly listening to Fan Zeng's words. But Zhang Han was afraid that the army's heart would fluctuate, so he hurriedly said: "Old man, don't bewitch the people here!" More than ten years ago, as soon as our Qin army came out of the pass, the people of the Six Kingdoms collapsed without a fight, and your joint alliance would never be able to defeat the Qin State. Now that the Qin State has transferred another 100,000 elite soldiers from the north, General Zhao Hai will soon reach the city of Julu. When the army arrives, you will die without a place to bury! After Zhang Han finished speaking, he shouted to the group: "Who is going to cut off the old man's head to strengthen the army?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, He Huan was anxious to avenge the Great Wall Army, and he came out. But when he came to the middle of the two armies, he only heard a 'whoosh', and immediately fell off his horse. Zhang Han was shocked. It turned out that Xiang Yu heard Zhang Han scolding Ya Father, and he was furious in his heart, and he shot him with an arrow without waiting for He Huan to come to the position, giving Qin Jun a dismount. Xiang Yu saw that He Huan was dead, so he laughed and said, "Who dares to come to fight? I saw that the Qin army was silent. Seeing that no one dared to fight, Zhang Han said to Xiang Yu: "If you don't hand over General Wang Li, we will have to fight it out!" Xiang Yu shouted and asked Wang Li to come up. After a while, the Chu army brought Wang Li to the front of the battle. Xiang Yu said loudly to the position of the Qin army: "Wang Qian's grandson, Wang Ben's son, and the commander of the Great Wall Army, Wang Li, is here, which of you will save him?" Xiang Yu's voice shocked Qin Jun. Zhang Han felt extremely relieved to see that General Wang Li was still alive, but he could only look at the front stupidly, and he didn't dare to rush to save it, just to see how Xiang Yu would deal with it next.
Xiang Yu saw that no one came to save Wang Li, so he angrily pointed at Wang Li and said, "You Qin slaves are all cowards, cowards!" Did you see that? They didn't have anyone to save you, and you're a shame as the commander! After saying that, let the sergeants untie Wang Li's ropes. The other people were taken aback when they heard this, thinking that Xiang Yu was going to let Wang Li go, so someone stepped forward and said loudly: "General, you must not let him go?" Xiang Yu said loudly to Wang Li: "Aren't you dissatisfied? What else do you say, I cut off your food? Today, you'll have enough to eat, and we'll compete in front of the two armies! I want everyone to see, who is the best martial artist between me and you, and who is the best man in the world? Do you dare? If you defeat me, you can go back and reorganize your army to fight, and I, Xiang Yu, will never break my promise! People were taken aback when they heard Xiang Yu's words, thinking that Xiang Yu was crazy, in case Wang Li won, but let him go, wouldn't everyone's efforts on the battlefield be in vain? But Xiang Yu looked very confident at this time. When Wang Li heard this, he was also very surprised, he didn't expect Xiang Yu to say such a thing, so he shouted excitedly: "This is what you said, don't regret it then!" Xiang Yu said: "Once the word is out, the horse is difficult to chase!" Wang Li felt that there was hope for rebirth, and suddenly came to his senses, so he asked Xiang Yu: "How to compete, you have weapons and war horses, and I don't?" I saw Xiang Yu jump off his horse, stick the Moon-Swallowing Halberd on the ground, walk up to the warriors in front of the battle, take two pairs of spears and shields from their hands, and then throw one of them to Wang Li. This move is to show everyone that the weapons they hold are the same, and it depends on whose martial arts are stronger. When Wang Li saw the weapon thrown over, it was as if he saw a life-saving straw, so he hurriedly walked over and picked up the weapon.
Next, the two will start a competition, which will be a duel between the two commanders, and it will be an unparalleled fight. The two began to fight hard one move at a time, and they stabbed each other's weapons at each other, either splitting or stabbing, and they all used eighty percent of their strength as much as possible. When the opponent's weapons stabbed, the shields of the two played a huge role, and once the tip of the spear touched the hard shield, it directly smashed out a series of sparks. Every movement of the two exerted all their strength, making it impossible for the other party to take the move. They have taken the sanda in traditional Chinese martial arts to the extreme, with both the brute force of a doer and the beautiful routines of a martial artist, and they are in place step by step, with wonderful tricks. The soldiers on both sides were also stunned at this time, and they all let out thunderous cheers, and they all cheered for their respective commanders. The performance of the two generals at this time also showed the world: they will be men among men, heroes among heroes, and unparalleled generals and fighters. After they went through a serious and thorough battle, Xiang Yu, who was empty-eyed, also had to admire Wang Li in his heart: If this thing is not the descendant of the enemy, the opponent on the battlefield, and the marshal of the enemy country, he can indeed be a mentor and friend, because he is ten years older than me. And Wang Li also admired Xiang Yu in his heart at this time: although he is the general of the enemy country, but his martial arts are really unparalleled in the world, he is the most difficult member of the tiger general I have encountered on the battlefield since I was a general, this commander of the enemy country who is ten years younger than himself is indeed amazing, it seems that the ability of ten thousand people to be invincible is indeed worthy of his name! At this time, the two of them had been fighting for fifty or sixty rounds, but they still didn't know who won or who lost.
At this moment, a sonorous and powerful hoarse voice suddenly came: "Nephew, kill him!" His grandfather killed your grandfather, who is my father! He is the descendant of our old Xiang family's enemy! Today is a duel between the two sides, you must not be soft, don't forget how his grandfather led 600,000 Qin troops to defeat our Chu army east of Chen County fifteen years ago, and your grandfather committed suicide after being defeated in that battle? Xiang Yu heard that this was the voice of his uncle Xiang Bo, yes, this was his uncle reminding him. Xiang Yu's eyes widened all of a sudden, and his cheeks suddenly turned red, which naturally awakened the resentment that had been deposited in his heart for many years, he and Wu Xinjun fled, wandered, and avoided disasters for many years, it was for this moment that he wanted to take revenge, and the spark of hatred that had been grinding him for a long time was activated again in his heart, Xiang Yu then used a deadly ruthlessness, and a few shots stabbed Wang Li dizzy. Xiang Yu thought to himself: Although he is a hero, he is the descendant of the enemy, a mortal enemy, his grandfather killed my grandfather, I must kill him. Thinking of this, Xiang Yu hatefully blocked the spear sent by Wang Li, and then hit him hard in the back without blocking.
Wang Li was hit, he was beaten and crawled down, and there was a beastly howl of pain in his throat, as if all his energy was exhausted at this moment, and he immediately fell to the ground. At this moment, Xiang Yu took another step forward, pointed the tip of his gun at Wang Li's throat and said, "Are you convinced now?" Wang Li's eyes glared in horror, and he was completely desperate, so he closed his eyes in pain...... But after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Xiang Yu do anything. Wang Li opened his eyes and saw that all the people were looking at them, and everyone wanted to see what Xiang Yu did with him. However, Xiang Yu suddenly withdrew the weapon in his hand, and then said angrily to Wang Li: "I heard that you galloped across the desert, conquered the Huns, and repeatedly defeated Chief Hu, and made great contributions to the Qin State!" I won't kill you today, you go back and continue to fight with your army!" Wang Li was moved, he never thought that a commander of an enemy country for three generations would praise him so much, he was satisfied, so he slowly stood up, looked at the mighty Xiang Yu, and said: "Thank you for the general's grace of not killing!" Then he made a gesture to Xiang Yu, he thanked Xiang Yu for giving him the dignity of a general who was still honored despite defeat, and looked up to the sky and laughed: "It is a great honor for my king to be defeated in the hands of the general, but the husband is mighty and unyielding!" After my death, the grievances and grievances between our two families for three generations will come to an end! After speaking, he picked up the weapon from the ground, pointed the tip of the spear at his chest, and shouted: "For the general, he will be defeated in the third generation, this is me!" Then he sent the spear straight into his chest, and in order to be more happy, he drew the spear with all his might, and a stream of blood gushed out. Wang Li's eyes darkened, his giant-like body fell like an iron tower, his life came to an end, and his proud soul was scattered in the merciless battlefield with the blood spurting out.
Zhang Han saw Wang Li kill himself from a distance, so he screamed in pain: "General Wang! It was as if the spear had stabbed him. All the soldiers of the Qin State who saw this scene felt stunned, everyone was stunned, and the battlefield was suddenly silent. Xiang Yu saw that Wang Li committed suicide, and he was also extremely shocked, he really admired such a strong man and hero, so he abandoned the shield and spear, bowed to Wang Li, and then jumped on the black horse, and said sharply to Zhang Han: "I respect him as a man!" You're going to collect his body, right? Then he led his father and galloped back to the city. When Zhao Guoren saw Xiang Yu entering the city, they knelt down to greet him, and they didn't dare to look up at Xiang Yu. The soldiers of the coalition army shouted in unison: "Long live the Chu army!" Long live Xiang Yu! ......" has a poem:
Thousands of troops are like rainbows, as if they were fighting Chen Dong back then.
The soul is still shouting for ten years, and the three generations of grandparents have succeeded.
The knife is fast because of cause and effect, and the three families are in the underworld.
Where is the Zhangshui Festival? Don't judge heroes by success or failure.
For the next period of time, the two sides had been truce, and the Chu army was not in a hurry to attack Zhang Han again, and Zhang Han also returned to the camp in Jianyuan to set up a mourning hall to pay tribute to General Wang, and then while reporting the funeral to the imperial court, he sent a sergeant to transport Wang Li's coffin back to Pingyang Dongxiang, Guanzhong for burial.