Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 393 The Western Chu Army Still Has Hope

There is still hope for the Western Chu army. Xiang Guan and others believe that Zhou Yin colluded with the Han army to prepare to rebel, but it was just a misunderstanding of suspicion of neighbors stealing the axe. To tell the truth, Xiang Guan and others will definitely not be stubborn to the end for the sake of the overall situation. They will only choose to shake hands with Zhou Yin to make peace, get back together, and join hands to fight against the looting that the Han army is about to launch.

The same is true for Zhou Yin, because he was afraid that Xiang Yu would hold him accountable for his fiasco in Sishui. In the face of the Han army's persuasion and rebellion, Zhou Yin had indeed wavered. I hope that the battlefield situation in Zhaodi, and that after I surrendered to the Han army, I will never be able to get Xiang Kang's reuse, and I will never hope to lead an entire corps alone as I am now, but Zhou Yin has never made up his mind. Until the last moment of desperation, Zhou Yin might not even be able to make this decision.

This is also destined that if the misunderstanding can be resolved, Zhou Yin will not consider persevering, betting that the Western Chu Army and Qi Army can persist until Xiang Yu personally leads the army to help.

There are even more unpredictable variables. At the critical moment of the sudden change, Zhou Yin even suspected that Xiang Guan and others launched a mutiny in order to prepare to surrender himself to the Han army and exchange the remaining [-] Western Chu troops for theirs. Prosperity and wealth - this is of course not a possibility. After all, Xiang Guan and Xiang Kang are also cousins. If they defected and surrendered to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang would not treat Xiang Guan and his relatives badly.

However, this idea just flashed through Zhou Yin's mind, because Zhou Yin could tell that Xiang Guan's envy, jealousy and hatred for Xiang Kang were definitely not just pretending. The pretense was so vivid, so Zhou Yin quickly said in his heart: "It's impossible, Xiang Guan Xiaozhuzi's hatred for Xiang Kang's traitor before could not be pretended, and we still have hope now, Xiaozhuzi can't Shake it so quickly."

After basically denying this possibility, Zhou Yin was inevitably even more confused. He couldn't figure out why Xiang Guan launched a mutiny at this time, and the Han army wanted to kill himself as the coach at any cost?However, the current situation does not allow Zhou Yin to think too much. After a little calculation, Zhou Yin can only make two hasty decisions. One is to send a number of personal soldiers out of the camp, and urgently contact the generals of Western Chu who did not participate in the mutiny in the outer camp. Let them bring the army to clean up Xiang Guan and other mutiny troops, and the second is to arrange for an envoy to come forward and go out of the camp with a white flag to contact Xiang Guan, and ask Xiang Guan why he suddenly launched this mutiny?

Zhou Yin's decision gave Xiang Guan and others a chance to clarify their misunderstanding, but it was a pity that when Zhou Yin's envoy arrived at the south gate of the Chinese army camp where Xiang Guan's rebellious army was located, the area around the south gate was already full of shouts. , there were Xiang champion soldiers climbing the ramparts and attacking everywhere, spears and arrows rained like rain, and the chaos was like a pot of boiling rice porridge. In addition, the sky was completely dark and the light was dim, so no matter what Zhou Yin's envoys No matter how they waved the white flag and yelled loudly, Xiang Guan's rebellious army refused to stop attacking temporarily and talked with Zhou Yin's envoy.

Not to mention, during the melee, a stray arrow just happened to hit the Zhou Yin envoy in the chest, killing him on the spot.After the situation was reported to Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin had no choice but to yell: "Send another envoy to go out from the other camp gates and contact Xiang Guan Xiaozhuzi directly, and you must ask me about that. What the hell is Xiao Zhuzi going to do! Hurry up, if there are no accidents, the traitors will soon find out that something happened to our camp!"

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The West Chu army did have hope, because at the same time, in the Han army camp, which was more than ten miles away from the West Chu army camp, Xiang Kang not only still had not had time to know what happened in the West Chu army camp, on the contrary, he was still reuniting with him after a long absence. The beautiful sister-in-law rolled out of the bed, the fierce battle was in full swing, and the generals of the Han army had already fallen asleep, and they were not ready for any attack at all, let alone the necessities of night battles such as torches, dry food, and drinking water.

Prior to this, although the generals of the Han army stationed in Julu City had discovered the changes in the Western Chu army camp, they quickly reported the situation to Lu Kuang, the general of the Han army who was stationed in the city. Because it happened so suddenly, I didn't dare to decide to send troops immediately. I missed the precious opportunity to take advantage of the fire and loot at the first time. I just ordered the troops under my command to gather and prepare for the battle. Uncle Zhou is in a hurry.

The chaos in the Western Chu military camp bought some time for the Han army. Even though the distance was not far, it still took a lot of time for Zhou Yin's envoys to get in touch with the soldiers under Xiang Guan's command when they went out from other camp gates to the outer camp. It took a lot of talking and talking to get Xiang Guanjun's soldiers to escort him to Xiang Guan who was commanding the attack camp. When the envoy carefully asked Xiang Guan why he launched a mutiny, Xiang Guan of course shouted with red eyes. Said: "It's a shame that Mr. Zhou Yin still has the face to ask this question! This general led the army to hunt for thieves, of course because he, Mr. Zhou Yin, colluded with the Han thieves and was going to sell our Western Chu army in exchange for his glory and wealth!"

"The Great Sima colluded with the Han thieves? Are you going to betray the master and ask for glory?" Zhou Yin's envoy was dumbfounded and said in surprise: "General Xiang, where is this and where? Da Sima has always been loyal to our King of Western Chu. How could he do that?" do such a thing?"

"Stop talking nonsense to me!" Xiang Guan roared, "Go back and tell Mr. Zhou Yin, if you're smart, immediately lay down your weapons and surrender to me. I promise to save his life! Otherwise, his dog's life will be inevitable."

Seeing that Xiang Guan was in a state of desperation, and finally figured out why Xiang Guan had launched a mutiny, Zhou Yin's envoys did not dare to neglect, so they could only hurry back to the camp of the Chinese army by the same route, and report to Zhou Yin the result of the negotiation with Xiang Guan .At the same time, it was when the envoy passed through the chaotic crowd with difficulty and returned to the wall of the Western Chu Army's Chinese camp, that the Han soldiers reported the news to Xiang Kang...

"There is a commotion in the Xichu bandit barracks, it seems that there is a bandit army infighting?"

Hearing this news, Xiang Kang, who was panting on the beautiful sister-in-law, was confused for a while, and couldn't help but said in his heart: "How is it possible? Chen Ping's forced landing plan, we still haven't taken the third step? Xi Chu Why did the bandit army have internal strife? It’s real or fake, isn’t it a trick to lure the enemy?”

Confused to be confused, after all, he came out of the strong wind and waves, after a little calculation, Xiang Kang made a decision, and ordered: "Give Uncle Zhou an order immediately, and tell him to immediately dispatch the night army to go north to check the situation, and gather another An army of ten thousand is at your command, so ask Zheng Bu to immediately assemble an army of ten thousand at your command. Also, send more scouts out of the camp to closely monitor the movement of Qi and Chu bandits, and report any changes in the enemy's situation to the king at any time."

The Western Chu army really still has hope. Although they have made some preparations in time, Xiang Kang's response is too conservative. Not to mention that the two major corps of the Han army have not immediately started preparing all kinds of necessary things for night battles, so the Western Chu army still has time and opportunity to make up for it and reverse the passive situation...

The fact is exactly the same. After the envoy finally reported Xiang Guan's answer to Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin suddenly realized that Xiang Guan must have misunderstood himself and thought that he was going to defect to the enemy, so he made such a fuss. Then Zhou Yin immediately had this thought in his mind, "What should I do? Should I quickly explain the situation to Xiao Zhuzi Xiang Guan and negotiate peace with him? Or should I take this opportunity to turn against him and really surrender to Xiao Zhuzi Xiang Kang?"

At this moment, countless thoughts immediately flooded into Zhou Yin's mind, reminding Zhou Yin of the possible punishment and humiliation after reuniting with Xiang Yu, and also reminding Zhou Yin of the glory, wealth and prominent power that Xiang Yu gave him before, There are wives, children, and children who are behind Xichu, and they have all sorts of things, which makes it difficult for Zhou Yin to make a decision.

The sound of shouting and killing from outside the Chinese army camp was even louder. It was obvious that other generals of the Western Chu Army had joined the battlefield and launched an attack on Xiang Guan's rebellious army. Several generals directly under the Chinese army's tent also said anxiously. : "Da Sima, it seems that this should be a misunderstanding. As long as we explain the misunderstanding, we should be able to persuade General Xiang Guan to retreat. Why don't we send someone to contact General Xiang Guan, tell him the situation, and sit down with him to negotiate a solution. This question. Otherwise, if the traitors take the opportunity to send troops to attack our camp, the rest of our army will be wiped out!"

Zhou Yin clenched his fists and finally made up his mind. First, he said Xiang Yu in his heart, I have repaid your kindness, then pointed to the messenger who had reported the letter before, and shouted: "When you see Xiang Guan again, just say I am handsome. I am willing to swear to Lu Ze that I have absolutely no intention of betraying the King of Western Chu! Tell him to retreat temporarily, and I am willing to go to the South Gate camp in person and negotiate with him face to face to resolve what happened tonight!"

Zhou Yin's envoy agreed, and hurried out of the camp from other camp gates, and made a detour to contact Xiang Guan.At the same time, after receiving Xiang Kang's order, the Uncle Zhou Corps of the Han Army, which was in charge of dealing with the Western Chu Army, only dispatched [-] troops to the north in an emergency. One hit ready!

The increasingly chaotic battlefield in the Western Chu army camp bought the Han army some time. When the envoys from Zhou and Yin came to Xiang Guan again, at least five Western Chu armies were ordered to attack Xiang Guan's rebellious army. Attack, although Xiang Guan also sent people to contact them, asking them to help him crusade against Zhou Yin, but he failed to receive a quick reply and effect in the chaos.

Seeing that the situation was critical, the envoy of Zhou Yin had just met with Xiang Guan, and immediately told Xiang Guan exactly what Zhou Yin said, and the result was not to be said. Under the half-belief, Xiang Guan was really shaken, and almost wanted to agree to talk with Zhou Yin. Yin sat down to negotiate, but couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he could only ask a few trusted subordinates next to him: "What do you think?"

The situation was too complicated, and several trusted subordinates did not dare to express their opinions easily. Only one general who was injured in the melee before, did not know whether it was because of the injury and resentment against Zhou Yin, or because of his loyalty to Xiang Guan, he spoke up. One sentence, "General, we must guard against Zhou Yinpifu's strategy of delaying the army, and buy time for the Han bandits to send troops to meet him!"

Xiang Guan suddenly came to his senses, pointed at Zhou Yin's envoy, and yelled again: "Go back and tell Zhou Yin, don't play any tricks to slow down the army for me. If you want me to believe him, you should quickly set up a camp for me and surrender! I want to lie to me for a while. Retreat, buy time for the Han thieves, dream!"

The envoy of Zhou Yin heard the cry, and hurriedly bowed and asked Xiang Guan to calm down, but Xiang Guan, who was afraid that he had been tricked, didn't believe it at all.And then, when Yaoyao saw the urgent dispatched Han army coming here with torches, Xiang Guan didn't dare to neglect anything. In addition to immediately sending messengers to ask for help from the Qi army, he also strengthened his response to the Zhou Yin Zhongjun. The attack on the camp was still in the fierce battle, and he went into battle in person. He went to the front line and led the soldiers of the Western Chu Army and the Zhou Yin Army who were defending the camp to fight in full swing.

After a while, when the envoy reported Xiang Guan's answer to Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin, of course, hardly exploded his chest, and cursed: "Xiang Guan, you are so stupid! Lao Tzu If you have good intentions to negotiate with you, you actually suspect that Lao Tzu will use delaying tactics against you!"

"Grand Sima, you can't blame General Xiang Guan." A trusted general persuaded him kindly: "The situation is so complicated, it's not too strange for him to suspect that we are using a tactic to slow down the troops. Otherwise, let's send envoys to deal with him again." Contact, try to persuade him to calm down, and then send envoys to contact Qi's army, explain the situation to Qi's general Tian Bu, and ask Tian Bu to come forward to mediate this misunderstanding and conflict."

Zhou Yin, who had always had a little fantasy about Xiang Yu, had no choice but to nod his head, agreed to the suggestion and immediately acted according to the plan.At the same time, the situation on the battlefield is also constantly changing. Although Xiang Guan's messenger and several generals of the Western Chu Army who were loyal to Xiang Yu failed to persuade them to accept Xiang Guan's command, they also chose to retreat temporarily and remain neutral. .Several generals of the Western Chu Army who were loyal to Zhou Yin refused to retreat, and continued to fight with Xiang Guan's rebellious army with their troops.

At the same time, after receiving the report of the urgent dispatch of the Han army, Tian Bu, the commander of the Qi army who had a bitter relationship with the Western Chu army, had no choice but to lead [-] troops out of the camp in person, and hurried to form a formation outside the Western Chu army camp. Blocking the Han army rushing out for the West Chu army, at the same time sending people into the West Chu barracks to inquire about the situation without mentioning it.

On the side of the Han army, meteor scouts from all walks of life also kept going between the Western Chu military camp and the Han military camp, reporting the changes in the enemy's situation in the Western Chu military camp to Xiang Kang, and then confirming that the scale of the incident in the Western Chu military camp was huge. Finally, Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou hurriedly ordered all the soldiers to get up and prepare for the battle, and hurriedly prepared all kinds of things for the night battle-but unfortunately, it was destined to take a lot of time to do so.

The Western Chu army really still has hope. It prepared for the night battle earlier than the Han army, and the distance is close at hand. Of course, the [-] Qi army under the personal leadership of Tianbu rushed to the Western Chu barracks one step earlier, and lined up for the battle. Preparations, the Han army was seriously insufficiently prepared, and the second was that the number of troops dispatched urgently was too small. When they came outside the Western Chu barracks, they saw that the huge number of Qi troops had already been waiting in full force. Taking advantage of the fire to rob, he could only quickly line up to protect himself, confront the Qi army at a distance, and at the same time quickly send a fast horse to the rear for help.

The fate is still in the hands of the Western Chu army. In the chaos, Zhou Yin's envoy saw Xiang Guan for the third time, and once again swore on Zhou Yin's behalf that he would not betray his heart. Xiang Guan also wavered again, but considering the Han army's large It will definitely come soon. If I fall into Zhou Yin's plan to slow down the army, the consequences will be unimaginable, but Xiang Guan still did not order to stop the attack, but just shouted: "Go back and tell Zhou Yin to let his army retreat first. Stop attacking the camp immediately, and negotiate with him face to face!"

After the envoy returned to Zhou Yin for the third time with a sad face, Zhou Yin was so angry that he almost made up his mind to surrender. Fortunately, several trusted generals around Zhou Yin were still more loyal to Xiang Yu, and they all persuaded: "Da Sima, agree Well, this is just a misunderstanding, as long as we can sit down and negotiate, we will be able to resolve this misunderstanding immediately, and then we can fully deal with the robbers who take advantage of the fire."

Unable to disobey the consensus, and knowing that it was indeed just a misunderstanding, Zhou Yin yelled helplessly, and sent someone to send an order to the loyal generals in the outer battalion to stop the attack immediately, in exchange for Xiang Guan to negotiate with him face to face. ——But it is a pity that the Western Chu Army's outer camp is now in a state of chaos. It will naturally take a lot of time for Zhou Yin's orders to be conveyed in place in the chaos.

At the same time, Zhou Yin sent envoys outside the camp to contact the Qi army, and also got in touch with the Qi army commander Tian Bu. After finally figuring out what happened, Tian Bu immediately suspected that the whole thing was just a misunderstanding, and immediately sent The messenger contacted Xiang Guan and asked Xiang Guan to calm down and negotiate face to face with Zhou Yin to find out the details of the whole incident.

When the dawn of the end of the civil strife of the Western Chu Army gradually appeared, a fast horse from the east suddenly rushed outside the camp of the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army. The soldiers of the Han army Ni Ji in Dongwu City immediately fell off their horses, and said weakly to the Han soldiers who came up to support him: "In my arms, hurry up, hand it over to the king immediately, hurry up.... "

Before he finished speaking, the Han soldier passed out in the arms of his companion. After the Han soldier hurriedly took out a military report from his arms, he immediately sent it to the imperial camp and presented it to Xiang Kang. , Xiang Kang only glanced at the emergency report, his face turned ashen immediately, and then he shouted: "Immediately send [-] troops to attack the camp of the Western Chu bandit army! The same is true for Uncle Zhou, tell him to dispatch the main force immediately , Attack the Xichu bandit army camp with all your strength!"

"My lord, our army is not ready yet." Zheng Bu said hastily.

"Tell the troops that have been prepared to go first! When they arrive at the battlefield, launch an attack immediately!" Xiang Kang quickly said: "The rest of the troops only bring torches, drinking water, weapons and flying ladders to attack the fort. When they are ready, they will go out of the camp and gather for orders." The dry food will be in charge of the rear army, and it will be sent to the front line for distribution when it is ready!"

Zheng Bu sang Nuo and rushed down to organize an emergency attack by himself. It was at this time that Zhang Liang asked, "My lord, what happened? The enemy's situation is still unclear, so why did you decide to launch a decisive battle?"

"Urgent report from Dongwu City. Yesterday morning, my elder brother personally led the Xichu bandit army to Pingyuan, and immediately launched a river crossing." Xiang Kang said with a gloomy face: "Although it is four hundred miles from Pingyuan to Julu, but With my brother's ability, the [-]-mile journey only takes four days at most, which means that within the day after tomorrow, my brother may lead an army to the Julu battlefield! We can't seize this opportunity to kill Julu With the bandits from Western Chu on the battlefield, the situation in Zhao may be overturned by my brother!"

(End of this chapter)