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In the first year of the reign of Qin II, people all over the world rose up in rebellion against the tyrannical rule of the Qin Dynasty.

In July of the same year, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang led 900 garrison soldiers to launch an uprising in Daze Township.

In the second year of the reign of Qin II, generals including Zhou Wen sent by Chen Sheng arrived at Hangu Pass with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thousands of chariots. They set up camp at Xiting.

Qin II, Hu Hai, was greatly shocked and discussed with his ministers what to do.

Shaofu Zhang Han believed that the bandits had already arrived and their troops were numerous and strong, and it was too late to dispatch troops from nearby counties.

There were many prisoners in Mount Li, and they requested that they be pardoned and given weapons to fight the thieves.

Qin II then issued a general amnesty and sent Zhang Han as a general to fight against the Chu army.

Zhang Han defeated Zhou Wen, and Zhou Wen fled to Caoyang. Two months later, Zhang Han chased him to Caoyang, and defeated Zhou Wen. Zhou Wen fled to Mianchi again. More than ten days later, Zhang Han marched into Mianchi and defeated Zhou Wen.

Only after Zhou Wen committed suicide did the soldiers of both sides stop fighting.

After Zhou Wen committed suicide, generals under Wu Guang, such as Tian Zang, gathered together to plan. They thought it would be better to send a small number of soldiers to besiege Xingyang City, and use all the remaining elite troops to fight against the Qin army.

"Considering that Wu Guang did not understand military tactics and political strategies, Tian Zang and others were worried that Wu Guang would hinder their plans, so they pretended to be Chen Sheng's order and killed Wu Guang, and presented Wu Guang's head to Chen Sheng."

"Chen Sheng sent an envoy to bestow upon Tian Zang the seal of the governor of Chu, and appointed him as a general."

"Tian Zang then sent Li Gui and other generals to guard Xingyang City, while he himself led the elite troops to advance westward and provoke the Qin army to fight at Ao Cang."

"During the battle between the two sides, Tian Zang was killed and the army was routed."

"Zhang Han led his army forward and attacked Li Gui and others in Xingyang City. He defeated them and Li Gui and others died in the battle."

"Deng Shuo, a native of Yangcheng County, led his troops to garrison in Tandi. Zhang Han's generals defeated them, and Deng Shuo's troops fled to Chen County."

"Wu Xu, a native of Zhi County, led his troops to garrison in Xu County. Zhang Han defeated them, and Wu Xu's troops fled to Chen County."

"Chen Sheng killed Deng Shuo. After Zhang Han defeated Wu and Xu, he led his troops to attack Chen County, and Shangzhuguo Fangjun Cai Ci died in the battle."

"Zhang Han continued to lead his troops to attack Zhang He's army west of Chen County."

"Chen Sheng went out of the city to supervise the battle. King Chen's army was defeated by Zhang Han, and Zhang He died in the battle."

"In the twelfth month, Chen Sheng fled to Ruyin County and returned to Xiachengfu. His driver Zhuang Jia killed Chen Sheng and surrendered to Qin."

"After Zhang Han completely defeated Chen Sheng, he marched his troops to Linji County to attack Wei Ju, the king of Wei. The king of Wei then sent Zhou Shi out of the city to ask Qi and Chu for help."

"Qi and Chu respectively sent Xiang Ta and Tian Ba ​​to lead their armies back with Zhou Shi to rescue Wei."

"King Tian Dan of Qi also led his troops to rescue Wei. Zhang Han launched a surprise attack at night and captured the armies of Qi and Wei."

"King Tian Dan of Qi was beheaded at Linji. Tian Rong, Tian Dan's cousin, gathered the remaining soldiers and fled eastward to Dong'e City."

"Zhou Shi died in battle, Zhang Han sent troops to besiege Linji City, Wei Ju surrendered and burned himself to death."

"When the Chu general Xiang Liang heard that Tian Rong was in critical condition, he led his troops to support him."

"Liu Bang and Xiang Yu also came to support the northern attack on Qin."

"Defeated Zhang Han's army in Dong'e City."

"Zhang Han fled westward, and Xiang Liang led his troops in pursuit."

"After the Qi army withdrew, only the Chu army continued to pursue the Qin army to the north."

"Xiang Liang sent Liu Bang and Xiang Yuling to lead troops to attack Chengyang County and massacre the entire city."

"He then led his army to pursue Zhang Han's army and defeated Zhang Han east of Puyang County."

"Zhang Han revived his army and stationed in Puyang City. He opened the river bank and released water around the city to protect it. Seeing this, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu decided to attack Dingtao. Dingtao was not taken. Liu Ang and Xiang Yu went west to Yongqiu for inspection. Here they fought and defeated the Qin army and killed Li You, the defender of Sanchuan."

"Xiang Liang led his troops from Dong'a westward to Dingtao and defeated the Qin army again. On the other side, Xiang Yu killed Li You. As a result, Xiang Liang gradually despised the Qin army and showed his arrogance and complacency."

"Song Yi advised him to restrain himself but he refused to listen, and Qin sent reinforcements to strengthen Zhang Han's army."

"In September of the second year of the reign of Qin II, Zhang Han attacked Xiang Liang's army at night in Dingtao, completely defeated Xiang Liang, and finally beheaded him."

"Zhang Han killed Xiang Liang and decided that the famous general of Chu was dead and there was no one else to compete with him, so he decided to cross the Yellow River to the north and attack Zhao."

"Zhang Han led his army to Handan, drove all the people into Hanoi, and razed the city walls to the ground."

"Zhang Er and King Xie of Zhao fled to Julu City. Qin general Wang Li surrounded Julu City."

"Zhao general Chen Yu went north to recruit soldiers from Changshan and got tens of thousands of them, stationing them north of Julu City."

"Zhang Han led his troops to garrison in Jiyuan, south of Julu City, and built a tunnel to connect to the Yellow River to transport military supplies to Wang Li."

Li Shimin: After Zhang Han solved the urgent problem of the Qin Dynasty, he continued to attack the Shandong righteous army. Tian Zang, who was besieging Xingyang, felt that he would definitely not be able to compete with the Qin army.

His leader was Wu Guang, who was arrogant and lacked strategic vision, so he killed the second-in-command of the rebel army under the pretext of Chen Sheng's order.

He led his troops to fight against Zhang Han in Ao Cang, but Tian Zang was killed in the battle.

Zhang Han pursued the victory and soon captured Chen County, the capital of Zhang Chu. The rebel leader Chen Sheng was killed by his own coachman Zhuang Jia while fleeing.

The Zhang Chu regime that stirred up rebellion in Shandong was overthrown.

It was December of the second year of the reign of Qin II, and only about six months had passed since Chen Sheng's uprising in July of the first year of the reign of Qin II. Zhang Han made an indelible contribution to this.

The month after Zhang Chu was eliminated, that is, in the first month of the second year of the reign of Qin II, Zhang Han led his troops to besiege Linji, the capital of Wei. Wei Prime Minister Zhou Shi broke through and asked for help from the rebel army.

In June, Zhang Han defeated the Qi-Chu coalition forces that came to rescue and killed Qi King Tian Dan and Wei Prime Minister Zhou Shi. Wei Ju, who was left with nowhere to go, was really a man. After surrendering to Zhang Han, he burned himself to death.

When Zhang Han was doing well, Xiang Liang was also at the peak of his career.

In September of the first year of the reign of Qin II, Xiang Liang led 8,000 young men from Jiangdong across the river. After incorporating the troops of Chen Ying, Ying Bu, and General Pu, he had a total of 60,000 to 70,000 men under his command.

After Chen Sheng's death, he followed Fan Zeng's strategy and made the shepherd Xiong Xin the King of Chu Huai and named himself Lord Wuxin.

Xiang Liang, who was known as a general of Chu, had a talent for war. When he heard that Tian Rong was in trouble, he joined Liu Bang to rescue him. Zhang Han, who had been invincible for a long time, was defeated:
Zhang Han besieged Tian Rong in Dong'e. Pei Gong and Xiang Liang rescued Tian Rong and defeated Zhang Han in Dong'e.

The end of Xiang Liang's life is the peak of Zhang Han's life. The mighty Qin is back!

The rebels were defeated everywhere, and after Xiang Liang's death, the Chu army had to reshuffle its internal forces. Especially King Huai of Chu, who was unwilling to be a puppet, quickly came to Pengcheng, decisively took over Xiang Liang's army, and promoted his confidants to important positions, which obviously marginalized the young Xiang Yu.

At the same time, King Huai of Chu issued an edict: Whoever enters the pass first will be king.

King Huai of Chu was also quite scheming. He was originally established by the Xiang family, and the Xiang family's power in the Chu army was deeply rooted.

He was unable to attack Xiang Yu directly, so he ordered Xiang Yu to move north and Liu Bang to move west.

His calculation should be like this - the Qin army was running east and west, invincible, and the best result would be to get the Qin army to help get rid of Xiang Yu;
The worst result is that Xiang Yu would be restrained by the Qin army and would be unable to move forward, and then there would be a reason to deal with Xiang Yu.

This was a really insidious move. The situation in the north was dire for the rebels at that time because Zhang Han was there!
Zhang Han had already defeated Xiang Liang's army, so he thought that the troops in Chu were not a concern, so he crossed the river to attack Zhao and defeated it.

At that time, the morale of the various rebel forces was low. Even Chen Yu, the Zhao general who commanded tens of thousands of troops, did not dare to confront Zhang Han head-on. The rebel forces that came to the rescue from various places just stood by and watched. This was truly a critical moment for survival.

"Wang Li has a large army and sufficient food, so he launched a rapid attack on Julu."

"Chen Yu then dispatched 5,000 soldiers, led by Zhang Er's envoys Zhang Ying and Chen Ze, to try to attack Qin first."

"The final outcome was that the entire army was annihilated and no one survived. Qi and Yan also came to rescue Zhao, and Zhang Er's son Zhang Ao led more than 10,000 soldiers to support it."

"The two sides fought, and the Chu army won some small victories. The tunnel built by Zhang Han was cut off, causing Wang Li's troops to be short of food."

"Chen Yu asked Xiang Yu for reinforcements again. Xiang Yu came with all his soldiers."

"As soon as the Chu army arrived at Julu, they surrounded Wang Li and engaged the Qin army head-on. After nine rounds of fighting, they finally inflicted heavy damage on the Qin army."

"Zhang Han led his army to retreat. The reinforcements from the princes advanced to attack the Qin army. The Qin general Su Jiao was beheaded, Wang Li was captured, and Shejian refused to surrender and burned himself to death."

"In the winter of the third year of the reign of Qin II, Zhao Gao became prime minister. Zhao Gao held a high position in the court and framed loyal officials."

"That summer, Zhang Han and his men fought and retreated several times, and Qin II sent someone to blame Zhang Han."

"Zhang Han was terrified and sent his chief secretary Sima Xin to ask for instructions."

"But Zhao Gao refused to meet him and did not trust him."

"Sima Xin felt terrified and hurried back."

"Sima Xin returned to the army and met Zhang Han. He told him that Zhao Gao was in power now and loyal ministers would not have a good end. If the general won a battle and had merit, he would be executed. If he lost a battle and had no merit, he would also be executed. I hope Zhang Han can consider it."

"Chen Yu also sent a letter to Zhang Han, analyzing Zhang Han's current situation and believing that Zhao Gao would shift the blame to Zhang Han in order to escape the blame of Qin II, first kill Zhang Han according to national law and then send someone to replace Zhang Han, so as to get rid of the disaster."

"Now that General Zhang Han cannot speak out and give advice, why not unite with other princes and agree to attack Qin together, cede land to become king, and call yourself the sovereign in the south."

"Zhang Han was hesitant and secretly sent Hou Shicheng to Xiang Yu's camp to try to sign a contract with him."

"The contract was not concluded. Xiang Yu sent General Pu to lead his troops to cross Sanhu Ferry day and night and stationed them south of Zhangshui River to fight against the Qin army and defeat them once again."

"Xiang Yu led all his troops to attack the Qin army at Youshui, and the Qin army was defeated."

"Zhang Han sent someone to meet Xiang Yu and try to sign a contract."

"Xiang Yu summoned the military officers to discuss with them, saying that the army was short of food and wanted to agree to a contract with him."

"The military officers all agreed. Xiang Yu then made an appointment with Zhang Han to meet at Yinxu on the south bank of Huanshui River."

"The alliance had already been formed. Zhang Han burst into tears when he saw Xiang Yu and accused Zhao Gao of all his actions."

"Xiang Yu then made Zhang Han the King of Yong and kept him in the Chu camp."

"In February of the first year of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Xiang Yu proclaimed himself the Overlord of Western Chu, divided the land of the world, and appointed his generals as princes."

"Each of them named Zhang Han the King of Yong and established their capital in Feiqiu;"

"Sima Xin was the King of Sai and established his capital in Liyang;"

"Appoint Dong Yi as King of Di and establish his capital at Gaonu."

"In August of the same year, Liu Bang adopted the strategy provided by Han Xin and returned from Gudao County to attack Zhang Han, the Prince of Yong."

"Zhang Han met the Han army at Chencang. The Yongwang army was defeated and fled. They stopped at Haozhi to fight the Han army, but were defeated by the Han army again and fled back to Feiqiu."

"Liu Bang, the King of Han, pacified Yongdi at random, and headed east to Xianyang, where he led his troops to besiege Zhang Han, the King of Yong, in Feiqiu."

"Feiqiu could not be taken for a long time. In June of the following year, the Han army devised a plan to divert water to flood Feiqiu. Feiqiu was flooded and Zhang Han was defeated. Zhang Han then drew his sword and committed suicide."

Du Fu: After learning of Zhang Han's defeat in the first battle, Qin II sent people to the front line to strongly condemn Zhang Han and reiterate his solemn position that the bandits must be suppressed.

Zhang Han was very nervous and quickly sent someone to Xianyang to explain.

But Zhao Gao stopped the man and seriously questioned Zhang Han, saying that he had always been invincible.
The sudden defeat must be due to a problem of stance and style! The messenger replied to Zhang Han:
At the same time, Chen Yu also wrote a letter to Zhang Han, in which he listed the examples of Bai Qi and Meng Tian, ​​both of whom had made great contributions to the Qin State, but ended up dying more miserably than the other.

These few words made Zhang Han understand everything. He began to become suspicious and secretly sent someone to contact Xiang Yu to prepare for surrender.

But what kind of person is Xiang Yu—Zhang Han’s enemy and his lifelong rival!
The Xiang family, which had been generals of Chu for generations, must have had many people, besides Xiang Yan and Xiang Liang, who died in the war against Qin. Xiang Yu and Qin had a national and lifelong feud.

Xiang Yu refused to negotiate and won several battles with Zhang Han, but finally agreed to surrender due to lack of food and grass.

Zhang Han's surrender was different from that of King Ju of Wei. King Ju of Wei negotiated the conditions and did not harm any civilians, and then he burned himself to death.

The conditions proposed by Zhang Han were obviously very high, but Xiang Yu still put the overall situation first and made Zhang Han the King of Yong.

First of all, he was placed in the Chu army camp and was under surveillance at all times.

Secondly, his personal soldiers were arranged as the vanguard. On the one hand, this arrangement was to undermine the morale of other Qin troops, and on the other hand, to make them cannon fodder.

The leader of the personal guards was the Changshi Xin who was once sent to Xianyang by Zhang Han. His identity was also very suspicious.

Later, Xiang Yu named him one of the Three Kings of Qin. The reason for the enfeoffment was: Changshi Xin was a former prison official in Liyang. He had been kind to Xiang Liang, so Xiang Yu made Sima Xin the King of Sai.

The worst suffered were Zhang Han's 200,000 subordinates. Xiang Yu was worried that these Qin troops would be difficult to control, and Zhang Han would become a complete commander without troops.

His original intention of surrendering to Xiang Yu was just to save his life, but he didn't expect that his life was exchanged for the lives of more than 200,000 people.

After that, Zhang Han never regained his former glory. Here are six times he was defeated in battle:
The first time, Zhang Han used hundreds of thousands of Lishan disciples to resolve the Qin Dynasty's top crisis.
But the enemies at that time were just a mob, and when he really encountered opponents like Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, he was still relatively weak.

Zhang Han's first defeat was at Dong'e when he was defeated by the coalition forces of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. (End of this chapter)