Ni Chu

After Zhang Han returned to Jiyuan, he knew that Xiang Yu would not give up just like that. During the Battle of Julu, the 40 Qin army was defeated by 40 Chu army. Now Xiang Yu has organized the coalition forces of the princes gathered near Julu. , the total strength reached nearly 20, but the Qin army had only [-] remnants at this time.

The strength of the two sides changed from the previous strong Qin and weak princes to the strong Chu army and the weak Qin army. Faced with this unfavorable situation, Zhang Han had no choice but to go to the Shu and asked the Second Emperor to increase his troops.

A few days later, when Zhang Han's memorial arrived in Xianyang, Zhao Gao suppressed the memorial in private, fearing that the emperor would question him.

Zhao Gaogao issued the memorial, thinking that Hu Hai would not know, but what he didn't expect was that the internal officer who cleaned the room for him would secretly read the memorial while cleaning, and accidentally found Zhang Han's request for additional troops.

Qin II was kept in the dark about this matter, but the maids and officials in the palace were discussing in private, discussing Zhang Han's defeat and asking for more troops, but Hu Hai was kept in the dark.

At the same time, some merchants traveling to and from Xianyang from the southeast also brought news of Zhang Han's defeat in the Battle of Julu. For a while, there were voices talking about this matter everywhere in Xianyang City.

These talks quickly spread to the ears of Qin II. When he heard that the bandits had defeated the 40 elite Qin army in Julu, the second emperor couldn't sit still, and quickly called Zhao Gao to the palace.

Hu Hai summoned Zhao Gao, usually in the inner palace, this time he summoned all the ministers in the hall for the first time, and prepared to reprimand Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao heard that the Second King already knew the news of Julu's defeat, and he was afraid. On the way to Xianyang Palace, he had already thought about how to make up excuses to coax the Second King.

"Zhao Gao, as the prime minister, you didn't know about Zhang Han's defeat in Julu. If you knew, why didn't you report it, and why didn't you send reinforcements immediately?" squinted at him questioningly.

Zhao Gao knelt down on the ground and replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I did receive a letter from Zhang Han requesting to send reinforcements, but I haven't figured out how to deal with it, so I didn't dare to report it to Your Majesty."

"The bandits are big, and my 40 elite soldiers of the Great Qin were defeated. You can bear such a big crime," Qin Ershi had already planned to reprimand Zhao Gao severely before calling Zhao Gao over, so he said The tone was very severe.

"Your Majesty's lesson," Zhao Gao said tremblingly, seeing that Qin Ershi had the intention to deal with him, said tremblingly, "Although I am a prime minister, I am only responsible for serving your Majesty and handling some internal affairs. As for leading troops to fight robbers, that's just Zhang Han, Wang Li and other military generals are responsible for the duties of the generals. Although the bandits are tyrannical, they are just grassroots bandits. Zhang Han's defeat is so heavy, but it is somewhat beyond my expectation. In my opinion, Your Majesty should issue a decree to question this matter. Another general should be sent to replace Zhang Han, and Zhang Han and others should be recalled to the court for severe punishment, so as to prevent the generals from dereliction of duty in suppressing robbers."

As soon as Zhao Gao's words came out, the ministers sitting in the hall suddenly took a breath. Although Qin II didn't know the cruelty of the Julu Battle, these ministers did know a little bit, and they also knew that if it wasn't for Zhang Han, Da Qin The imperial court has long been overthrown, so there will be no today.

Although the ministers knew clearly, but Zhao Gao had the right to say what he said, but no one dared to say the first half of a sentence for Zhang Han. They all looked like gourds with their mouths sawed off, bowed their heads and kept silent.

Seeing that none of the ministers in the palace dared to speak for Zhang Han, Zhao Gao became more and more proud. He knelt up straight and said to Qin Ershi: "If your majesty thinks it is feasible, I will urge Zhang Han to return to Xianyang. Sentenced to a felony as an example to others,"

Qin Ershi frowned, pondered for a while, and said to Zhao Gao: "The felony can be postponed, but it is still necessary to ask. You should draw up an edict immediately and ask Zhang Han why he suffered such a disastrous defeat in Julu. He has ten days to do it." Answer, if the reason is insufficient, he must be punished with a felony."

After the Emperor II retired, Zhao Gao wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and let out a long breath. If he hadn't pushed all the blame on Zhang Han this time, I'm afraid it would have been more ominous. Even if Hu Hai didn't kill him, His position as prime minister must not be secure.

The scolding edict soon arrived at Jiyuan. Zhang Han, who was looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements, was angry and afraid after receiving the edict. Since he was ordered to lead the army to fight against various rebels three years ago, he has never dared to do anything. A little slack.

Now that he was defeated in Julu, the imperial court not only did not sympathize with his difficulties, did not send any more soldiers, but instead issued an imperial edict blaming him, he suddenly felt a little confused, what was he fighting bloody on the battlefield for three years , Is it because once the army is defeated, it will face accusations and criticism.

Zhang Han felt very aggrieved. He really wanted to confide his difficulties to the second emperor. With the last illusion of the Qin court, he sent Sima Xin to Xianyang, hoping that Sima Xin would appeal to the second emperor face to face, and to Julu. Justification for the defeat in the battle.

When Zhang Han contacted Xianyang and asked Xianyang to send reinforcements, Xiang Yu stationed the army outside Julu City, and he himself led a group of soldiers into Julu City.

Han Xian's medical skills were really superb. Two days later, Xiang Ye's injury had improved a lot, and Xiang Qing also woke up from a coma.

Due to being in a coma for two days and barely eating, Xiang Qing's body is very weak. In order to strengthen her nutrition, Xiang Ye ordered Wei Feng and Bai Fu to hunt wild animals for her outside the city.

This is difficult because of the two sharpshooters, they wandered around ten miles outside the city for a long time, but they didn't even hunt the hair of a wild animal.

The two of them didn't want to go back here, and they were in a dilemma when they suddenly heard a dog barking from a military camp.

They hurriedly looked towards the barracks where the dogs were barking, and saw a large banner with the word "Zhao" embroidered on it erected in the barracks.

"Chen Yu's army," the two of them glanced at each other, and Bai Fu said to Wei Feng, "Why don't we steal their dogs, find a secluded place, and skin them, so that no one can tell the truth." what is it.

"Stealing a dog," Wei Feng frowned, waved his hands and said, "You and I are both honest men, how could we do such a thing like stealing a dog? Otherwise, I will guard here, and you go and bring Shi Lei over." , he should be good at this kind of thing,"

Bai Fu nodded, and said in agreement: "You're right, Shi Lei can even steal a man's wife, let alone a dog, I'll go find him right away, you just wait here ,"

When Bai Fu left, Wei Feng jumped off his horse and sat down on the ground, but he never took his eyes off Chen Yu's barracks.

There are indeed several dogs in Chen Yu's barracks. If you want to steal these dogs, it is not very easy. They are all guard dogs responsible for guarding Chen Yu's tent.

Chen Yu was cautious by nature, and sometimes he was cautious when doing things. He didn't really believe in letting people be personal guards, so he thought of such a way to raise a group of bulldogs as personal guards.

Although these fierce dogs have violent tempers, they are very docile in front of Chen Yu. If a stranger approaches the big tent, they will bark crazily.

Bai Fu didn't keep Wei Feng waiting for long, it was just the scene of the two sticks of incense, he grabbed Shi Lei over as if he was being held hostage.

"Grandma, this kid actually told me that he has rehabilitated and stopped doing such sneaky things." When he arrived in front of Wei Feng, Bai Fu threw Shi Lei, who was pressed by him on the horse's back, to the ground, and said cursingly: "I didn't worry about that. When he wasn't paying attention, I punched him down, tied him up and brought him here,"

After Bai Fu finished speaking, Wei Feng looked at Shi Lei who was lying on the ground, and he saw that Shi Lei was tied up like a rice dumpling, with a rag stuffed in his mouth.

Wei Feng smiled wryly and stepped forward to pull the rag out of Shi Lei's mouth. As soon as the rag was pulled away, Shi Lei, who was still tied up in a ball, couldn't wait to yell at Bai Fu: "Bai Fu, I'm doing it. Your dear. Mother, you hit me while I was not paying attention, come, come, come, let me go, we will fight for three hundred rounds, "

"I'm afraid of you," Bai Fu stroked his sleeves, walked up to Shi Lei, stepped on Shi Lei who was still lying on the ground and cursed: "You dare to scold my mother, I won't beat you up today, Even if your kid can bear it, "

"Let go of me," Shi Lei yelled as he was stepped on by Bai Fu, "Bound me and beat him, what kind of hero is he?"

"Hey," Bai Fu smiled sinisterly, and said to Shi Lei: "General Xiang said that as long as the fist is hard enough and the punch is hard enough, and the opponent is knocked down, that's good, no matter what method he uses , Heroes, heroes, let’s do it on the battlefield, beat you boy, as long as I’m good at fighting, why bother so much,”

As he spoke, Bai Fu knelt down and raised his fist to punch Shi Lei in the face.

"Okay, okay." Seeing that Bai Fu was really going to hit him, Wei Feng quickly stopped him and said, "They are all my brothers, and I have to rely on Shi Lei to steal the dog later. It looks good, and it may affect whether the dog can be stolen, so please stop making trouble."

"Bah," Shi Lei spat heavily to the side after hearing what Wei Feng said, "Who am I, Shi Lei? I'm an upright gentleman. How can I do such sneaky things? If you want to steal, you can do it yourself." , why involve me, "

Wei Feng smiled, and said to Shi Lei: "Brother, we are all from our own family, so don't cover it up, who doesn't know what you did in the past, the first time General Xiang and Mengsu saw you At that time, you were so shameless that you took them to several villages to trick them into drinking, but you didn’t buy the wine, and finally you had no choice but to invite them. After the invitation, you shamelessly charged them for the wine. In addition to the shameless ancestors, if you say that you are an honest gentleman, I am afraid that three-year-old children will not believe it. I will also tell you that today this dog was stolen to make up for Xiang Qing. You also know how much General Xiang attaches importance to this. If you If you don't agree, don't say that Bai Fu hit you, even I will raise my fist to give you a full meal."