Ni Chu

After Xiang Yu beheaded Song Yi, he immediately ordered Huan Chu to return to Pengcheng and report to King Huai that Song Yi had colluded with Qi and had been executed.

After King Huai got the news, he was shocked and frightened, so he had to formally appoint Xiang Yu as "General" to take over Song Yi's position.

When Xiang Liang led the army from Jiangdong, he searched for the descendants of King Chu under Fan Zeng's suggestion and supported King Huai. His original intention was to make him a puppet, but King Huai was unwilling to just be a puppet. Slashed Xiang Yu's military power and appointed Song Yi, who did not have much prestige in the Chu army, as a general.

Most of the Chu soldiers were soldiers brought by the Xiang family from Jiangdong, so they naturally favored Xiang Yu in their hearts. When King Huai appointed Song Yi as a general, his intention to deprive the Xiang family of military power had already been revealed, and Xiang Yu would not endure this. Although Song Yi's death seemed to be what Xiang Ye encouraged Xiang Yu to do, it was actually doomed from the beginning when he was named a general.

After seizing Song Yi's military power, Xiang Yu immediately ordered the army to march to Zhangshui, facing the Qin army across the bank.

Knowing that the Chu army had rushed to Zhangshui, the princes from all walks of life who had been stationed north of the Yellow River and confronted the Qin army gathered in Julu one after another, and together with the Chu army, they formed a north-south pincer attack on the Qin army.

Knowing that the armies of the princes were gathering at Julu, Xiang Yu ordered the Chu army to continue northward and stationed in Dingtao, preparing to cross the river today and fight the Qin army to the death.

Hearing that the Chu army had arrived in Dingtao, the prime minister of Zhao Guo Zhang Er couldn't hold back his anger, and quickly sent people out of the city to urge Chen Yu, the general of Zhao Guo who was stationed north of Julu, to send troops to rescue Julu immediately.

Chen Yu had already come to the north of Julu City and confronted the Qin army for several months, but he never attacked the Qin army. During this time, Zhang Er urged him several times, but Chen Yu always used various reasons to shirk.

This time Zhang Er sent someone to urge him again. Chen Yu was so annoyed that he repeatedly explained to the envoys that it was not time to launch a general attack on the Qin army, but Zhang Er couldn't listen to it at all, and finally took Zhao Wang to suppress him. Chen Yu asked him to send troops to rescue immediately.

Chen Yu had no choice but to send five thousand troops to rescue Julu City.

The Qin army besieging the city was a frontier army led by Wang Li and Shejian, with a total number of 20. This army had fought against the Huns in the north for several years and had extremely rich combat experience; in addition, in the south of Julu City, Zhang Han himself The 20 elite Qin army led by him.

The five thousand Zhao troops sent by Chen Yu were completely wiped out by the Qin army before they even reached the edge of Julu City.

Zhang Han had been besieging Julu for several months. If he forced the Qin army to attack the city, even if there were ten Julu cities, they would have already been captured by the Qin army. The princes of Lu came to rescue and wiped out the allied forces of the princes outside Julu City.

His strategy is to attract the princes from all walks of life to the vicinity of Julu, and when the princes arrive, if they save Zhao, he will lead his troops to attack the princes and wipe out all the reinforcements in one fell swoop; if the princes do not rescue Julu, they will just watch the fire , he sent troops to take Julu City in one fell swoop, slaughtered all the Zhao troops defending the city, and hit the morale of all the princes.

Because of Zhang Han's plans, he did not rush to attack Julu City in the past few months, but built a grain road outside the city, preparing to fight a protracted battle here.

After Xiang Yu got the news that Zhao Jun who rescued Julu was wiped out, he frowned and thought about how to attack Qin Jun.

Fan Zeng was always by his side, but he didn't give him any advice. The Battle of Julu would be the first battle in which Xiang Yu commanded the Chu army alone in a large-scale battle. He wanted to leave the decision-making power of commanding the battle to Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu was really able to defeat the Qin army in the First World War. Not only would Da Chu be able to stabilize his position as the leader among the princes, but even Xiang Yu's prestige among the princes from all walks of life would be as high as the sky.

Dingtao is the place where Xiang Liang died in battle. When the Chu army arrived here, they were not in a hurry to cross the river to attack the Qin army. They still had a very important thing to do.

Xiang Yu stood silently at the place where Xiang Liang died in battle, beside him were Yu Ji with a serious face and Xiang Qing who was already crying.

Xiang Ye and other generals of the Chu army stood behind Xiang Yu, each of them had serious expressions on their faces.

The battle flag of the Chu army fluttered in the wind, and the wind rolled up the corners of the battle flag, making a "hula la" sound.

Xiang Yu put his sword on his hand and looked up at the fluttering battle flag. After a long time, he raised his hands high, making a gesture of wanting to hold the sky in his arms.

"Uncle, Yu'er is here," Xiang Yu raised his head, looked at the "cracking" battle flag and shouted loudly: "Zhang Han is on the other side of the river, today Yu'er is here to avenge my uncle, Big blood shame, if uncle is alive in heaven, please help Yu'er, "

Following Xiang Yu's shout, the generals of the Chu army standing behind him knelt on the ground and shouted loudly towards the flying battle flag: "The old general has a spirit in the sky, please help General Xiang."

Xiang Ye knelt on the ground and yelled loudly with the generals, but in his heart he felt a little disapproving of Xiang Yu's actions.

Xiang Ye, who came over more than 2000 years ago, always felt that this theory of ghosts and gods was a little unreliable. If there were ghosts and gods in the world, Xiang Yu only needed to do a ritual to summon back the souls of the Chu army who died in Dingtao and give them to Qin. The Chu army dealt a devastating blow, and tens of thousands of Chu troops were needed to venture across the river.

Although he disapproved in his heart, Xiang Ye would not be so stupid as to show it. Since the people around him believed in this, he didn't have to make everyone's bad luck. Anyway, he would not die if he followed behind and shouted.

"Yingbo and Chen Wu listen to the order." After paying homage to Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu turned around sharply and began to arrange the task of fighting the Qin army.

"The last general is here," as soon as Xiang Yu finished speaking, Ying Bu and General Pu stood up and bowed to obey the order.

"The two of you will immediately lead [-] troops to cross the river to find out the real situation of the Qin army." After the two answered, Xiang Yu then said to them: "Remember, if the Qin army is powerful, you two only need to fight and leave. Don’t strive for total victory, but make sure the formation is not chaotic.”

"Decree," the two men clasped their fists and bowed, received the order and dispatched troops to the bank of the Yellow River.

When the two left, Xiang Yu shouted again: "Fan Zeng listen to the order,"

When Fan Zeng heard Xiang Yu calling him, he also took two steps forward, bowed and said, "I'm here, please give the order, General."

"This time we are fighting against the Qin army, strategy is essential. I appointed Fan Zeng as a military adviser to go out with me and be responsible for making plans and formulating combat strategies," Xiang Yu nodded slightly and said loudly to him when Fan Zeng came out of the line.

"Decree," after Xiang Yu gave the order, Fan Zeng also respectfully received the order and retreated.

"Xiang Ye listens," when Xiang Yu shouted these words, Xiang Ye was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that there would be something about him in this decisive battle that has been sung through the ages.

"Immediately lead five thousand soldiers from your headquarters to follow Yingbu and Chen Wu. If you see them fighting the Qin army, immediately launch an attack from the waist of the Qin army. Remember, your task is to cut off the Qin army. Cooperate with Yingbo and Chen Wu to annihilate and intercept the Qin army." When Xiang Yu issued this order, Xiang Ye couldn't help but gasped. The order given to Yingbo and General Pu was to let them fight as long as they could. , If you can't fight, you will retreat. The order given to him is that you must win. The gap between going out and entering is huge. It seems that Xiang Yu really regards him as an omnipotent general.

There was bitterness in his heart, but Xiang Ye didn't dare to disobey the military order, so he quickly took the order and retreated.

Xiang Yu was still arranging tasks for the generals, and Xiang Ye, who had received the military order, hurried back to the camp where his troops were stationed.

"Wei Feng, Bai Fu, quickly call Shi Lei and the others, gather the soldiers and horses, and cross the river with me to fight the Qin army," Xiang Ye yelled into the camp as soon as he returned to the barracks.

Wei Feng and Bai Fu were sitting in the barracks playing the "backgammon" Xiang Ye taught them to play. When they heard Xiang Ye shouting in the camp, they ran out quickly and gathered soldiers and horses.

"I'll go too," Xiang Ye was standing in the open area of ​​the camp waiting for the troops to gather. Meng Su also ran out of the barracks wearing armor and holding a spear. As soon as he saw Xiang Ye, he shouted: "I want to go with you Go into battle and protect your security,"

"No need," Xiang Ye frowned, and said to Mengsu: "You stay in the barracks and wait for news from Mr. Xinnon. The women we entrusted to his care will arrive here soon. You promised them to establish The women's barracks also need to start preparing, this time you don't have to fight with me, "

Meng Su stared and pouted dissatisfiedly as Xiang Ye was about to speak when two fast horses ran towards them.

"Xiang Ye, you must take me this time," when the man riding in front shouted at Xiang Ye, Xiang Ye suddenly felt dizzy, and ordered Mengsu to stay , Here comes another evil star, it seems that women are really not to be messed with.

The two people who came over were Xiang Qing and Wu Xiu. They rushed to Xiang Ye, turned over and jumped off the horse. Xiang Qing stared at Xiang Ye and said, "I want to avenge my father. Brother won't let me go. You must take me with you." Let's cross the river together, or I will fight you to the death this time."

Xiang Ye gave Xiang Qing a blank look, but he was helpless. The reason why Xiang Qing wanted to cross the river with him was justified. As Xiang Liang's daughter, it was understandable for her to avenge her father. If he didn't agree to let her Going together, on the contrary, is a bit unreasonable.

He was thinking about how to agree to let Xiang Qing cross the river with him, and how to persuade Meng Su not to go together, but Meng Su said to Xiang Qing first: "Just now I was worried that he would encounter danger when he led the army to cross the river alone. Since you want to go with him, I entrust him to you, and you must bring him back intact, "

Xiang Qing nodded towards Meng Su, and said: "He is your husband, and he is also my husband. Although you are living together now, there will be a place for me to sleep on that couch in the future. It’s to keep him safe,”

Xiang Ye looked at the two women who were fighting for life and death a few days ago with black lines all over his head, but this time they seem to have reached a tacit understanding and an unprecedented harmony. I dare say that these two women have long planned to marry each other in the future. How should he allocate the couch afterwards,