Chapter 21: Xiang Yu's Seizure of Power (I)



Time negligence, the battle of Julu intensified day by day, the Qin army would increase troops to attack the city every day, but the Julu defense was tight, and in the end, after the Qin army was unable to attack the city many times, it began to slow down the siege, and along the Hanoi area, constantly sent grain and grass to the Thorn Plain, prepared leather jackets, and prepared for the winter in Zhaodi, which was already the end of summer and the beginning of autumn,

There is another main reason for slowing down the pace of attacking Julu, which is that the Chu army garrisoning Anyang has seriously threatened Zhang Han's more than 300,000 troops, if the Chu army takes advantage of the bloody battle between the Qin army and the Zhao army and suddenly marches into the army when they are tired of each other, Zhang Han knows that he is definitely not the opponent of the Chu army, besides, there is also a person Zhang Han is extremely afraid of in the Chu army, that is, Xiang Yu,

But it seems that the purpose of the Chu army is not Julu, they have been stationed in Anyang for nearly forty days, but they have never gone north, nor have they participated in the battle of Julu, what is their purpose, Zhang Han is completely confused,

But no matter what the purpose of the Chu army is, Zhang Han knows that he can't blindly enter the army, and once the Chu army suddenly goes north, he may not be able to deal with it.

It was Zhang Han's concerns about the Chu army that made him have to divide his troops into 200,000 troops, camp in Thorn Plain, guard the camp, and ensure that the back road is unblocked.

The change of seasons made Zhang Han realize that winter was coming, and the Qin army began to make long-term plans, if it could not capture the giant deer for another half a month, the Qin army would spend the cold winter in the camp, and once the snow fell, the war would stop.

Sima Xin once proposed that he could retreat to Hanoi County, cultivate the sergeants, wait for the dormancy, and the spring flowers would bloom, and he could attack the Zhao State again, but once the Qin army withdrew from the defense line, the months of offensive warfare would fall short, and if the army was too small, he would not be able to control the situation of the giant deer, so although Zhang Han reduced the number of attacks on the giant deer, the siege intensity was not reduced.

The Julu garrison gradually decreased sharply from the initial 70,000 troops, at this time the available soldiers were less than 50,000, and the grain and grass were gradually exhausted.

The Julu War is intensifying day by day, the city wall is broken, the corpses of various postures are all over the place, the banner of Zhao is burned by the hunting flames, and the rumbling drums are constantly echoing in the city of Zhao, and groups of Zhao troops wield weapons and fight hard at the head of the city.

The cloud platform of the Qin army has been close to the head of the city, on the cloud ladder, a team of Qin soldiers struggled to climb the city, rushing to the head of the giant deer city, there are constantly cloud ladders pushed down by the soldiers of the Zhao army, accompanied by the cloud ladder fell down, after a muffled sound, there was a terrible scream, but soon, the cloud ladder was helped up by the Qin army again, and the city head was taken again, and the Qin army rushed to the city head unscrupulously,

Seeing that the giant deer was gradually tightened, the Qin army continued to kill towards the city, and Zhao Xie, the king of Zhao in the western city, had an anxious look in his eyes, he looked back at Li Zuoche and Kui Che, and said hurriedly: "Isn't there any news of the Chu army coming to the north?"

"I've been garrisoning for more than forty days, and I'm still refusing to go north," Kuaiche replied with great worry, although he was also a more resourceful wise man under Zhao Xie, he couldn't do anything under the strong attack of the Qin army.

When Zhao Xie heard Kui Che's report, he slapped the city wall angrily and said hatefully: "These animals, are they watching the fire from the other side?"

Stopped, Zhao Xie looked at Kui Che, and said, "Send someone to Chen Yu to urge reinforcements again, so that he can come to help immediately,"

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Xie drew a long sword from his waist, took Li Zuoche, and fought forward, shouting in his mouth: "The widow fights side by side with you, and there is a retreat to the latter, behead,"

King Zhao's participation in the battle, the morale of the Zhao army was greatly shaken, the soldiers gritted their teeth and roared, brandished their weapons, and killed the city, and soon, another support army boarded the city and rushed towards the Qin army.

Not far away, Zhang Han, who stood proudly on the watchtower, looked coldly, staring ahead, the war on the head of the city has entered the white heat, a team of Qin troops rushed to the city, the smoke filled the entire Julu city, at first Zhang Han was in a good mood, and the giant deer that had been attacking for several months was finally going to be taken, but soon, with the comprehensive counterattack of the Zhao army, the Qin army continued to have soldiers falling from the city, and some of the Qin soldiers who had not had time to escape were chopped off by the Zhao army and thrown to the city, and for a while, the head of the giant deer city that had just been occupied was recaptured by the Zhao army,

Zhang Han's hateful teeth were about to be crushed, and on the side, Dong Yi sighed lightly and persuaded: "General, the casualties are too great today, I think, let's collect the troops,"

Dong Yi's words, like a heavy punch, broke Zhang Han's heart, he looked angrily at the distance again, the Qin army who was still struggling to climb the city, Zhang Han finally suppressed the anger that was about to explode in his heart, and said hatefully: "Mingjin, collect the troops,"

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The battle of Julu did not affect the Chu camp, at this time the Chu army was stationed on the front line of Anyang, very quiet, it seems that the battle of Julu has nothing to do with the Chu army, they have forgotten what the purpose of their northward movement is,

In the big camp, in addition to the shouts of the Chu army in training from time to time, there were only the footsteps of some patrol soldiers, and the scouts ran out of the camp from time to time and galloped into the wilderness.

In the camp, Song Yi wandered in front of the map, although on the surface he didn't seem to care about the battle between the Qin and Zhao armies, but in fact, Song Yi would send many scouts to scout Julu every day to control the battle between the two armies at any time.

It seems that his conspiracy has been seen through by Zhang Han, Song Yi faintly felt that Zhang Han suddenly slowed down his march, as if he was targeting himself, he stationed 200,000 troops in Thorn Plain, on the surface, it seems meaningless, but think about it carefully, the place where these 200,000 soldiers and horses are stationed is the main road for him to go north,

Perhaps, this battle will be delayed until next year, Song Yi is deeply worried, in half a year, there will be many variables, but Song Yi can only wait, at the moment, he has no better way to control the situation,

Son Song Xiang has always stood silently aside, in two days, he will rush to Qi State, as Qi Xiang, also thanks to Song Yi and Tian Xian's personal relationship is very strong, Tian Xian in order to win over the relationship between the two countries, and thank Song Yi in the Dingtao War willing to help himself, sponsored Song Xiang to serve as Qi Xiang,

Being able to be in the Qi country and be in a high position has always been Song Xiang's dream, but the parting is imminent, he is more reluctant to his father and worried about his father's future.

After many hesitations, Song Xiang still mustered up his courage and sighed: "Father, we have been stationed in Anyang for nearly two months, and the Chu camp has been full of complaints, besides, it is extremely difficult for Chu to deliver food to this, and many military camps are about to run out of food, if my father does not make a decision early, I am afraid that the Chu camp is prone to mutiny, I hope my father thinks about it,"

Song Xiang's words have been said to Song Yi's heart, the instability of the army is a big deal, but the troops in Anyang are for greater interests, if you can't hold on at this time, even if you go north to fight with Zhang Han, what are the chances of victory, so, Song Yi has no way to retreat, once he returns to the army, the loss of the Chu army garrison Anyang cannot be compensated, and he can't explain to Qi Xin,

Song Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head, he thought that he didn't need to explain anything to his son, he sighed lightly, and was just about to speak, when the soldiers guarding the barracks outside the tent hurriedly walked in, and arched his hand: "General, General Xiang Yu is asking to see you outside,"

When Song Yi heard Xiang Yu's name, an inexplicable disgust rose in his heart, but he had to see it again, so he only nodded and said, "Let him come in,"

The soldiers retreated, and soon, Xiang Yu hurriedly walked into the big tent angrily, he glanced at Song Xiang next to him, and only walked straight to Song Yi, and arched his hand: "The general has been stationed for forty days, and the giant deer is in danger, if we don't come to the north again, the Zhao Kingdom will perish, what is the point of us going north this time,"

Xiang Yu showed his anger and dissatisfaction as much as possible, Zhao envoy came to ask for help again and again, but Song Yi only verbally agreed, and did not send an additional person, which made Xiang Yu feel unable to accept, just when Xiang Yu was angry, Song Yi laughed a few times, he saw that Xiang Yu only cared about the present, not for the long term, and the contempt in his heart was stronger, Nai Langsheng replied: "Qin and Zhao fight, there must be an injury, Qin is injured, we should wave our troops to Guanzhong, if Zhao is injured, the Qin army is also tired, we can wave our troops to destroy the Zhang Han army, so, why should I waste a lot of soldiers and horses in Julu,"

Saying that, Song Yi didn't look at Xiang Yu, but said coldly: "There's nothing for you here, you can step down,"

Seeing Song Yi like this, Xiang Yu hated it so much that he had to leave with great hatred.

Half an hour later, the commander of the Chinese army issued a military order: fierce as a tiger, ruthless as a sheep, greedy as a wolf, strong and uncontrollable, should be beheaded,

This military order was clearly aimed at Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu was even more angry after hearing it, led the horse, and hurried to his camp angrily.

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Ran into a wall in Song Yi, Xiang Yu was extremely depressed, and when he returned to the barracks, Xiang Yu ordered someone to fetch three jars of old wine, a sea bowl, and a cow drink for himself.

As the saying goes, a drunk relieves a thousand sorrows, Xiang Yu at this time, just wants to use this cup of wine to wash away the thousands of troubles in his heart.

After drinking another glass of wine, Xiang Liang's figure appeared in front of Xiang Yu's eyes, the mighty uncle, now separated from himself by yin and yang, I thought that this time I went north, I could fight with Zhang Han and avenge my uncle, but Song Yi refused to enter the army, which made Xiang Yu's chest thousands of revenge come to naught,

In the frustration, Xiang Yu picked up a long sword on the table, the sword body is slender, straight and sharp, a bit similar to the Tang knife of later generations, on the hilt, inlaid with a gem, according to Xiang Zhuang, this gem is taken off the sword that Xiang Liang gave to Xiang Zhuang, left to Xiang Yu, make a thought, at this time, Xiang Yu saw this sword, as if returning to the sincere teachings of his childhood uncle,

The sword was unsheathed, Xiang Yu turned over and danced the sword in the tent, bursts of loud shouts, Xiang Yu broke several jars in a row, at this time, he suddenly found that Fan Zeng, who had always stood at the door of the big tent, didn't know when he came,

Xiang Yu put his sword into the sheath and saluted Fan Zeng: "When did the old gentleman come?"

"Hehe, just arrived," Fan Zeng shook his head with a wry smile, he knew Xiang Yu too well, he had his violent temper, and he could endure it to this day, it was indeed inappropriate, at this time Xiang Yu made a gesture to sit down, and Fan Zeng came to the table, each took a seat, and a person brought two cups of hot tea, at this time, without waiting for Xiang Yu to speak, Fan Zeng took a step forward and asked: "The young general wants to regain military power,"

Listening to Fan Zeng's words, the teacup that Xiang Yu picked up paused in mid-air, at this moment, as if time had stopped, for a while, Xiang Yu's eyes flashed with excitement, and he couldn't help but smile: "The old gentleman has a good plan,"

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