Zhao Ben led the Qin army to escape from the West Gate and crossed the river to Chenggao. Guan Du Wei Jie heard that the county guard was coming, and hurriedly came out to greet him. Zhao Ben came to the gate and said to Wei Jie: "The thieves are rampant, I will personally go to Luoyang to transfer troops, you must stick to Chenggao, give you a ten-day period, if you lose the city pass within ten days, I will cut off your head!" Wei Jie accepted the order. Cheng Gao, originally the ancient Dongyu Kingdom, the Spring and Autumn Period Zheng State Jianyi, also known as the Tiger Prison; The Zheng State in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Han State in the Warring States Period were all important places. There is the ancient city of Chenggao in the northwest of Bishui Town, Xingyang City. Chen Wanqing's "Xingyang Ancestors Yearbook" Wei Liankui chapter, there is a record about the Yellow River in the early years of the Republic of China washed away the land of Bishui, and the ancient city of Chenggao was destroyed here.

Zhao Ben arranged it and came to Luoyang. Luoyang is the county capital of Sanchuan County, and a large amount of grain is stored. After Zhang Han came here in the past, he built a new urn city, and the newly repaired city wall was tall and large, very strong, so Luoyang City was the only place for the Chu army to reach Hangu Pass, and whether Luoyang could be conquered would be the biggest challenge faced by the Chu army.

When Zhao Ben arrived in Luoyang, he immediately presided over the overall situation, and he summoned his subordinates and said: "The shepherd boy Chu Huai Wang sent two route armies to attack Qin, all the way to the north, all the way to the west. Liu Bang, who committed crimes in the west, tried to fight to Hangu Pass, and most of them were some fierce men and outlaws, and they went all the way to Xingyang, which is really a great shame! I have already ordered Chenggao to defend to the death, now you hurry up and draw some more troops and horses from the vicinity, I must reinforce Chenggao within ten days, and I must repel the rebels. Hearing this, Jun Cheng sighed and said: "The thieves are rampant, even General Li You can't resist them, and now there is no army to send." Or ask the general to report to the imperial court immediately and ask for an additional army. Chenggao is a place of victory, as long as the deep ditch is high, and the rebels will not be able to cross it. After waiting for a long time, they will run out of food, and they will retreat without a fight, and then the general will lead reinforcements from all walks of life to send out, and Liu Bang will be captured alive. Zhao Ben listened to Jun Cheng's suggestion, so he had to report to Xianyang first.

Kuaima came to Xianyang and reported the situation in Sanchuan County to Zhao Gao in detail. Zhao Gao sent the officials back, and then suppressed the military situation and did not report it to the second. Not only that, but he also said that Shandong was very peaceful to coax the second. At this time, the second emperor was very fond of Zhao Gao, and often obeyed his words, which was undoubtedly because of the earth-shattering plan in the sand dunes. For more than two years, the second emperor has always regarded Zhao Gao as a confidant, and always thought that without Zhao Gao, there would be no place for him now. However, after Zhao Gao monopolized power, his desire for power expanded endlessly, and his perverted psychology of excluding dissidents became more unscrupulous. Although Zhao Gao is a big conspirator, his IQ is not low, on the contrary, he has a clear brain, is scheming, and always controls the situation like a cunning fox. The more Zhao Gao reached the critical moment, the more he showed amazing rationality and the necessary genius of a conspirator. When he learned about the situation in Shandong from the envoy, he carefully analyzed it, weighed the pros and cons, and finally made an astonishing decision: that is, Zhao Ben and Yang Xiong must hold Luoyang City no matter what, and Liu Bang must not be allowed to occupy this city. He knew very well in his heart: if Luoyang was lost, it would mean the fall of Sanchuan County and the fall of the entire Central Plains. As a result, Hangu Pass, the eastern barrier of the Qin State, was directly exposed to the blows of the rebels. Hangu Pass is the throat of Shandong to Guanzhong, if Hangu Pass is lost again, Qin State will be unimaginable, so sticking to Luoyang City is the top priority of Qin State at present.

After Zhao Gao thought about it, he decided to let Zhao Ben, who had lost on the battlefield before, reorganize a strong army, so Shen Song II said that he would pardon a group of craftsmen and recruit some strong men to go to Shandong to resist thieves and strengthen the city's defense, and also to send a batch of materials to Shandong, turning Luoyang into the most powerful military stronghold in Sanchuan County to deter thieves. The second followed his advice, and soon assembled an army of 100,000 men, led by Lu Fan, and went to Sanchuan to fight.

After Zhao Ben got these reinforcements, he asked Han Meng to guard Luoyang, and he led his troops to Chenggao, preparing to compete with Liu Bang. On this day, when Zhao Ben led the team to the halfway point, suddenly a defeated army fled back from the front. When I got closer, it turned out to be Wei Jie who was guarding Chenggao. Zhao Ben saw that he was very embarrassed, so he asked what was going on. When Wei Jie saw that it was Lord County Guard, he was so frightened that he rolled off the saddle and fell off the horse, and then knelt on the ground and panted and reported: "Lord Zhao, Cheng Gao...... Cheng Gao, it's been lost! Zhao Ben was taken aback and asked what was going on. Wei Jie replied: "Liu Bang is very scheming, he threatened to attack Gong County, but he crossed the river from the upper reaches of the river. I was afraid that the thieves would cut off the back road, so I led the troops to save Jingxian. But I never thought that Liu Bang used the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain to trick me into leaving Chenggao, but he led his troops to attack Chenggao, so the city pass was lost! When Zhao Ben heard that Cheng Gao had been lost, he was furious, jumped off the horse and grabbed Wei Jie's collar and shouted, "You can still be regarded as a tiger?" I think you're a pig! Let you hold on for ten days, why did you lose the city in less than ten days? "Drink the order to order Wei Jie to correct the law on the spot. Wei Jie shouted that he was wronged. It was decapitated in a moment. The rest of the soldiers were so frightened that they couldn't take possession of their bodies. Captain Guo Feng frowned and said: "Chenggao has been lost, the rebels will arrive immediately, it is better to retreat to Luoyang City." Luoyang is the foundation of Sanchuan, and as long as it can be held, the rebels will not reach Hangu Pass. Zhao Ben raised his head and let out a long breath, so he had to return to Luoyang to set up the formation.

When Zhao Ben came to the city, Guo Feng suggested to him again: "If the rebels arrive, they will fight on the flat ground to the east, so that we can better play the advantages of the large army in battle, and we should form a large camp outside the city in advance to wait for work." Zhao Ben asked Guo Feng to lead 7,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry to camp outside the city.

A few days later, one morning, before dawn, the dark sky over Luoyang was already covered with the clouds of war. The experienced generals of the Qin army had already detected that a powerful army was heading here, as if all living things were trying to avoid this unimaginably impending terrible disaster, so those birds and beasts had already disappeared invisibly, hiding as far away as possible. Sure enough, Liu Bang's army was marching towards Luoyang at this time, they carried the might of the Chu people, and carried the great mission of destroying the Qin State, they set off from Chenggao and came to Luoyang through Gongxian. Pei Gong thought that this advance must not be discovered by the Qin army, and that he should get as close to the city gate as possible, and then launch a general attack, and make a surprise attack as much as possible. However, the sentry of the Qin State reported the news to the county guard as quickly as possible, and it happened that the new army troops of the Qin State had also arrived in Luoyang at this time. Seeing that there was hope for defeating the Chu army, Zhao Ben, the county guard, deployed the troops as soon as possible, and sent a new army of 20,000 people to Guo Feng's camp to help in the battle, and asked Guo Feng to take the initiative to attack in the eastern battlefield, and give the Chu army a powerful blow, and must not let them pass the camp in the east of the city.

Since the Chu army marched westward, it has not encountered a particularly big battle, but today's attack on Luoyang is an unprecedented fierce battle. At this time, Guo Feng's 3,000 cavalry had already formed a neat charging formation at the front of the position, and 20,000 soldiers of the New Army who had just been transferred from Guanzhong were lined up behind, and the 7,000 regular troops were arranged on the left and right flanks to meet the forward positions at any time. And the soldiers of the New Army are fighting for the first time, so they can't help but be a little excited. But because it was the first time to fight, they didn't know the fierceness of the battlefield, so everyone showed a fearless look.

It didn't take long for the Chu army to reach Luoyang. Seeing that the enemy was prepared, Pei Gong lined up his men and horses in formation. The two armies faced each other. Guo Feng struck first and ordered the Qin army to charge first. The 3,000 cavalry of the Qin army first met the cavalry of the Chu army, and the two sides immediately started a desperate fight. After a short time, I heard deafening shouts everywhere. The cavalry of Qin and the cavalry of Chu fought in the first round, and the two sides were inseparable, and the result was a draw, and both sides quickly withdrew the cavalry from the battle. Then the infantry of the two sides met, but when the Chu army rushed into the position of the Qin army, they found that the combat effectiveness of the Qin army was very weak, and before a few rounds of killing, the Qin army could not resist, and Guo Feng let the regular troops on both flanks participate in the battle. Seeing this, the Chu army launched a more fierce attack, the battlefield was full of spears and shields, the friction of iron armor and iron armor, the sound of swords chopping each other, the shouts of sergeants, the wails of the killed, all kinds of sounds converged into a noisy and dull sound, which deduced a tragic war song on the vast plain, this is the Chinese nation in the long history, another duel between light and darkness, progress and backwardness, justice and evil, but also a generous and tragic full of positive energy and heroism. A big contest that swallows mountains and rivers.

Zhao Ben, the county guard, stood on the tower and watched the battle in front of him from a distance, and it was difficult for him to distinguish the armies on both sides. Although he asked the county lieutenant to keep a regular legion in the city, which was used to guarantee the bottom, he was more with the idea of welcoming Guo Feng's victory. But after carefully observing for a while, he realized that he had made a great mistake: that is, the 20,000 new troops led by Guo Feng were quickly killed and scattered by the Chu army, and the Qin army was obviously inferior to the Chu army in terms of numbers, but the Chu army seemed to be several times stronger than the Qin army, except for 3,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry to compete with the Chu army, the infantry of the new army did not seem to be the opponent of the Chu army at all. The more he looked at the situation, the worse it became, so he hurriedly ordered Lu Fan to lead the 10,000 regular troops he had prepared in advance to immediately reinforce Guo Feng. When Lu Fan heard the order to march, he immediately led his sergeants out of the city gate. Lu Fan was draped all over his body, took the lead, and led this group of wolf-like Qin troops to the vast battlefield, and the sergeants on both sides were like two reckless torrents, which were surging together after the wild roll, and there was a deafening dull sound on the battlefield again. When Guo Feng saw the reinforcements of the county guard, his confidence immediately increased, and he commanded the Qin army to continue the battle.

At this time, the horns sounded in unison, the war drums rumbled, and the leading generals, deputy generals, and staff generals of both sides led their respective teams to kill each other from every corner of the battlefield, and the two sides were inseparable. After an hour of fierce fighting, suddenly the horn of the army was blown at the head of Luoyang City. It turned out that Zhao Ben, the county guard of the Qin army, was worried that his regular army of more than 10,000 guarantees might suffer heavy losses in the battle, so he had to give the order to withdraw his troops. However, in the process of the Qin army's retreat to the city, Liu Bang, the commander of the clever Chu army, saw that the opportunity was rare, so he ordered all the troops to march, and the soldiers took advantage of the situation to cover up the past, and they wanted to inflict a heavy blow on the enemy, so the Qin army suffered heavy casualties. When the Chu army chased down the city, the heavy city gate was closed.

After the Chu army chased to the city, Li Shiqi observed and said: "The enemy may be a craftsman sent from Guanzhong, and he has no combat experience, so I estimate that all the regular troops will not add up to more than 20,000 people, and our army also has 30,000 or 40,000 people, which has an absolute advantage in numbers. Now it is time to surround and attack the east, south, and north sides of Luoyang, leaving only the west gate, so that the enemy will only think about fleeing for his life, and will not show a hundred times the courage to fight. If the hold lasts for a long time, the enemy may abandon the city and flee. After pondering for a long time, Pei Gong agreed to Li Shiqi's suggestion, and then assigned the deployment of the siege and divided the troops and horses into three parts.

Pei Gong also joined the battle, he personally led Fan Xu and Zhou Bo to attack the east gate, Cao Shen to attack the north gate, and Guan Ying and Li Shang to attack the south gate. After the order was issued, the three-way Chu army swept towards the city like three clusters of fire. The ladders erected in the air were like ladders to the sky, erected on the walls of Luoyang City, and the soldiers let out an earth-shattering cry: "Rush! In order to enter the Guanzhong as soon as possible and destroy the brutal Qin State! Advance! Kill! ...... "From a distance, the sergeants who climbed the ladder were like ants climbing on the green vines of the cliff.

The Qin army also resisted, they kept knocking down the ladders, and then throwing stones, sassaches, and darts downward, while the besieging Chu army poured down the city like a tide, the earth groaned, and death descended on every battlefield. Under the leadership of their respective generals, the three-way Chu army fought for two hours, and the stray arrows as dense as locusts flew through the sky, and the soldiers on both sides fell anytime and anywhere. However, the hard stones and round sandalwood knocked down from the city broke and shattered the helmets and armor of the Chu army, and some stones knocked the Chu army unconscious or even killed on the ground. Seeing that the ranks of the Chu army were gradually becoming chaotic, the generals of the Chu army who were supervising the battle from all walks of life shouted hoarsely: "Everyone must resist, don't be chaotic!" Kill! "The Chu army at the front was attacked by the Qin army many times, and they had to retreat, and what was even more terrible was that the people in front squeezed the people behind them, and retreated backwards on the fallen corpses, and the generals had no way to stop this situation.

The battle at the east gate of Luoyang was the most tragic, and Pei Gong saw that the Chu army was gradually unable to resist, so he asked what to do. In a hurry, he asked Pei Gong to order the soldiers to put their shields together and raise them above their heads to form an umbrella-like phalanx, which they used to resist all kinds of attacks thrown from the city. Under the cover of this umbrella, the soldiers formed a very large rectangular formation, and the soldiers braved the rain of darts and arrows to slowly approach the city gate. The sergeant hiding under the shield only heard countless stones and arrows crashing on the shield, striking the shield with a deafening sound, and this formation played a powerful role, protecting the sergeant below from harm. Pei Gong saw the shield array formed by the soldiers approaching the city gate step by step, and his hanging heart was relaxed.

When the shield array was just in front of the city gate, a huge log suddenly appeared in front of it, and it turned out to be a makeshift crash. The wood was tied with rope to a large bracket under which the axle and wooden wheels were mounted. In order not to let the enemy discover it, the Chu army covered it tightly with shields. When the crash car drove under the city gates, it exerted great power. The car crashed against the crimson gates, like an angry bull seeing a piece of red cloth that teased it, and rampage with its angles. The tall and thick door panel made a loud rumbling, booming sound, and on the crack of the door and the door frame, the old man who had been piled up for many years was shaken down, and the sergeant in front of him choked and coughed non-stop.

Seeing that Li Shiqi's method was about to succeed, who expected that Zhao Ben, the county guard who was in a hurry and sweating profusely, shouted loudly: "If the city gate is broken, Luoyang will be finished!" After saying that, he immediately ordered dozens of strong men to carry a dozen large stones, and under the cover of their companions, they threw the big stones down, and the shield array of the Chu army was smashed open a big gap. The archers of the Qin army immediately shot arrows intensively into the gap, and the Chu soldiers holding their shields fell. The big gap was like a malignant tumor, slowly extending outward and spreading, until it grew bigger and bigger, and finally the shield array finally collapsed. Seeing this, Zhao Ben and the generals of the Qin State became more and more excited, and they loudly encouraged morale at the head of the city, and continued to throw stones and darts downwards themselves. After a while, the shield array was finally shattered, and the huge striking wood was also submerged in the sea of arrows and fire, and the city gate was saved.

The Chu army attacking the north gate, under the command of Cao Shen, launched a fierce offensive against the Qin army defending the city, and the soldiers on both sides fought fiercely from the beginning, and after the battle lasted for an hour, the archers of the Chu army shot a large number of Qin troops in the city to death. At this time, Xu Yi, the captain of Cao Shen's infantry, saw a vacancy in the city wall, so he immediately took the lead and climbed up the ladder. Xu Yi sacrificed his life in front to open up a way for his comrades behind him to climb. But he never expected that when Qin Jun saw him, they came to the female wall together and blocked the place where the ladder and the battlement connected. When Xu Yi's head just exposed the female wall, he was hit by a thrown stone, and he immediately fell on his back and fell to his death. Then the Qin army smashed the cloud ladder with a big stone, and the cloud ladder was also broken by the stone, and the Chu army that followed the climb below also fell down heavily, and they died one by one.

When Cao Shen saw this scene, his heart was like a knife, and he suddenly found that there was a Qin general like a fierce beast, picking up the stone and throwing it down. Cao Shen was extremely angry, and personally opened his bow and arrow, and when an arrow was shot, Qin Jiang immediately turned over and fell. Unexpectedly, another general jumped out behind him and continued to command the battle.

At the south gate, Guan Ying and Li Shang commanded the siege of the city, but because the Qin army was too fierce, the Chu army could not attack it at all, and many soldiers fell. When the two saw this scene, they were very anxious, so they discussed together. Li Shang insisted that Guan Ying stay in command, and he wanted to attack the city himself. There was no way to give the baby, so I had to agree. He came to the edge of the moat, picked up a ladder from the ground, rushed over the trench, and then erected the ladder on the wall and began to climb, giving orders to the archers below to cover as he climbed. However, the Qin army kept throwing heavy blows from above, and Li Shang crawled with difficulty with his shield. Seeing that he couldn't stop the merchants, Qin Jun poured fish oil on the ladder and then lit it. Li Shang couldn't go up, so he had to retreat. It was precisely because the soldiers of the Qin army resisted so desperately, and because the county guards were commanded on the front line, and the county lieutenants also participated in the battle, the Chu army did not capture the city in the end. Such a bloody battle lasted until dark, and the battle was declared over. By the time all the Chu troops had withdrawn, everyone was exhausted.

After the Chu army had eaten dinner, it was already late at night, and they camped and rested in an open field in the east of Luoyang City. The hustle and bustle of the day had passed, and Pei Gong convened the generals in the big tent to discuss military affairs. Everyone talked for a while, and finally Xiao He proposed: "At present, we should contact Mr. Zifang, if we attack Luoyang with the Han army, we will definitely be able to defeat the Qin army." Pei Gong listened to Xiao He's words, pondered for a while, and thought that this method was good, so he sent an envoy again and asked him to rush to Yingchuan to get in touch with Mr. Zifang.

Seeing that the Chu army could not win, Zhao Ben's confidence immediately increased, so he immediately sent someone to inform Yang Xiong of Dongjun, asking him to raise troops as soon as possible, attack the Chu army from behind, and be sure to encircle and annihilate Liu Bang under Luoyang City. So the envoy came to the eastern county. Yang Xiong was very happy when he learned that Pei Gong's attack on Luoyang had been frustrated, so he took Yuan Yang, Yang Chun, Pan Long, and Jin Choufu as the front, and immediately set up troops to go south and rushed to Luoyang. Dou Xian, the county guard of Hanoi County, also led an army to reinforce him.

Under the city of Luoyang, one day, when the county lieutenant Han Meng was patrolling outside the city, he caught the envoy sent by Pei Gong to Yingchuan, and escorted him to see the county guard, and also found a letter written by Pei Gong to Zhang Liang from his body. Zhao Ben only knew about Pei Gong's plan to join Han, so he said to his subordinates: "There is a Yuyuan Mountain in the southeast of Luoyang, and there is a Yuyuan Pass on the mountain, which is the throat of Sanchuan to Yingchuan, Liu Confederation and Han must pass through that pass, as long as we hold this pass, the rebels' plan to join Han will go bankrupt, not to mention that General Yang Xiong and Hanoi County Shou Dou Xian are already on the way south, and they will arrive in Luoyang in more than ten days, and the imperial court will transfer 10,000 soldiers from Hangu Pass. All the soldiers and horses will arrive soon. That's our front and back attack, Liu Bang will definitely die without a place to be buried! Guo Feng volunteered again: "Lord Zhao, if you send another army to strengthen the guards of Yuyuan Pass, the gate will be unbreakable!" The county warden thought it was feasible and asked who would help him. Guo Fenglang said: "The last general is willing to go!" Zhao Ben was overjoyed, so he immediately sent him there.