When the Zhao army sent out troops, they did not think that they could capture the counties guarded by Chu soldiers. However, they did not expect that although the Chu army captured Xue County and other places, they only left dozens of soldiers. As soon as Zhao's 40,000 troops arrived, Chu soldiers

The soldiers fled back in a hurry, which made the Zhao people overjoyed. The entire army did not stop after entering Xue County, and chased after the Chu soldiers to the farther Jibei County. Along the way, the Chu soldiers were finally captured.

The menacing Zhao people caught up with them, and they resisted and tried their best to escape. Finally, one of the soldiers was seriously injured and escaped to Xiang Yu's army who was attacking Linzi.

However, the Zhao people were finally stopped in front of Jibei County by the Chu army left there. The number of Chu troops guarding Jibei County was only 3,000, and many of them were lightly or seriously injured.

Yes, Xiang Yu originally left them there so that they could recover from their injuries, but now they became the vanguard unit facing Zhao Bing.

After seeing that both counties were wiped out by the Chu soldiers, the Qi envoy was furious and repeatedly asked Lian Hai to kill all the Chu people. After sending troops, Lian Hai had already made up his mind to kill all the Chu troops.

Annihilate them within the territory of Qi State. Since we have already started a war with the Chu people, there is no need to show mercy. If you kill one more Chu soldier now, there will be one less Chu soldier who will encounter hostile Chu people in the future. So even if there are three defenders of the city

With thousands of wounded soldiers, the Zhao army also attacked with all their strength to annihilate them all.

After hearing the words of the Chu soldiers who came to report the news, Xiang Yu and the generals' expressions changed. Xiang Yu had always looked down on Zhao who was almost defeated by the Qin State in Handan, the capital. When he thought about it, since the Zhao people even attacked the Qin people

However, he naturally did not dare to provoke Chu, a powerful force that could defeat Qin's 100,000-strong army. But his idea was wrong. Zhao not only provoked Chu, but also joined forces with the Qi people to attack him.

After learning the news, Xiang Yu had already called back all the soldiers who were still attacking the city, and then discussed the current situation with everyone. Xiang Yu looked at the army of generals seriously and said: "What should we do now?

?It seems that Jibei County cannot be defended anymore, how many people should we send to stop the Zhao people?"

"If we send fewer people, we cannot stop Zhao's attack, but if we send more people, I'm afraid the Qi people in Linzi City will take the opportunity to send troops. In my opinion, we should give up attacking Linzi City and attack Zhao with the whole army.

People." Xiang Ta pondered for a moment and said.

"But seeing that Linzi city is about to be destroyed, we are really unwilling to retreat like this. Moreover, as soon as our army retreats, the Qi people will definitely know that they will pursue us from behind, and our army will still be attacked from both sides." A general said.

His words were exactly what Xiang Yu was thinking. After hearing this, Xiang Yu nodded repeatedly and said, "You are right. The result of our retreat is actually the same as now. So what do you think we should do?"

The general received Xiang Yu's affirmation and was determined. He thought for a moment and said: "Actually, Linzi City is about to be captured by us now. If we can capture Linzi before the Zhao people arrive, we may be able to defeat these Zhao troops as well."

Destroyed here."

Xiang thought about it carefully and said: "What the general said is not unreasonable, but this requires us to take down Linzi City as soon as possible. I wonder how many days the general thinks we can take down Linzi?"

Xiang Yu stood up and walked outside the tent, looked at Linzi City not far away, thought for a moment and said, "I think we can capture this city within three days."

"Why does the general have so much confidence?" Xiang Ta asked puzzledly.

"Because of their actions!" Xiang Yu pointed at the Qi soldiers fighting at the top of the city.

Everyone followed his fingers and saw that the Qi army was carrying the bodies of the dead soldiers. From their actions, it seemed that the Qi army was exhausted.

"But isn't the general afraid that Qi people will fight to the death?" Xiang continued to ask, because he knew that once a person is forced into a desperate situation, he will often burst out with great potential.

"I haven't finished what I said." Xiang Yu patted Xiang Ta's shoulder, "In the past two days, I didn't plan to send troops to attack the city. I also wanted to pretend that our army was about to retreat, so that the Qi army could have a hope.

But on the third day, we launched a fierce attack on it. Once the Qi army's will is relaxed due to our illusion, when our army suddenly attacks violently, the morale of the army will be chaotic. By then, we will take down Linzi City with ease."

After hearing Xiang Yu's analysis, Xiang Ta found it very reasonable and couldn't help but admire him: "I didn't expect that the general's use of troops was so powerful. The general underestimated the general. I just hope that the Zhao people will come back in three days, otherwise our army will be in a bad situation."

Already."

In this way, under Xiang Yu's order, the Chu army began to pretend that it was about to retreat and stopped attacking Linzi City. This made the Qi army in Linzi City breathe a great sigh of relief. They were already waiting for the Chu army to leave, and

People with strategic vision have begun to prepare a counterattack after the Chu troops retreat. No one in the city thinks that the Chu troops will attack Linzi City with all their strength, and the defense force in the city also begins to relax. The soldiers guarding the city passed by

After the great battle in Tian, ​​​​I was already exhausted mentally and physically, and I just wanted to rest for a few days, and wait for the Chu soldiers to retreat before taking revenge for the previous days.

Everyone rested like this for two days. On the third day after the Qi people came, the Chu army should prepare everything and then retreat. So they were also ready to open the city gate at any time and chase the Chu army from behind.

But what they were waiting for was the loud shouting of killing. The Chu army launched an attack on Linzi City at dawn. Every Chu soldier rushed forward with all their strength, and there were no more soldiers on the city.

Hundreds of people, without bows, arrows, stones or wood, could only watch helplessly as the Chu army rushed to the city and quickly set up ladders. At this time, the Qi army guarding the city woke up and hurriedly picked up the few bows and arrows and shot down.

But this could no longer stop the Chu army's attack.

The Qi soldiers guarding the city hurriedly passed the news in. At this time, the Qi army generals who were waiting to kill the Chu army realized that they had fallen into the Chu people's plan. They hurriedly ordered people to quickly go up to the city to defend themselves, and at the same time, they had already moved down the city.

The weapons that had gone to defend the city were brought up again.

But at this time, the morale of the Qi army was already weakened as Xiang Yu expected. After resisting for a while, the city wall was breached by the Chu army. A steady stream of Chu troops rushed up the city from the gap and attacked the Qi defenders.

The Qi army launched an attack. The Qi army had to retreat while fighting. With their legs behind them, the Chu army occupied the entire Linzi city. Then the Chu army ran down, opened the city gate and lowered the drawbridge. The Chu army who was waiting outside

The Qi army also swarmed in and launched a more violent attack on the Qi army.

Xiang Yu rode on Wu Zui's horse and rushed left and right. There was no general in front of him, so he was excited to kill. But then he realized that the Qi people were still organizing resistance, because the road leading to the Qi Palace was not clear.

The marching speed of the army was much slower than other roads. So he led his own soldiers to fight there. He wanted to rely on his own bravery to crush the last resistance of the Qi people.

After the city was broken, the people of Qi knew that they had no choice but to fight to the death, because Xue Jun's lessons were clear. So not only did the Qi soldiers resist the Chu army, but even the people in the city who could take up arms fought against the Chu army.

A fight broke out. Xiang Yu finally paid off his debts for the sins he had done in Xue County and other places.

But after all, the combat effectiveness of the Chu army was much higher than that of the Qi army, not to mention the common people, so they could only hinder the Chu army for a while but could not really resist them. An hour later, the Chu army had arrived in front of the Qi Palace.

The magnificent palace was an eye-opener for the Chu soldiers, but what they wanted in their minds was to storm into the palace and rob the property.

Just when the Chu army was about to capture Qigong in one fell swoop, shouts of killing suddenly came from outside the city. Zhao's army unexpectedly arrived at this juncture.

When the Zhao people used their absolute superiority to attack Jibei County, they encountered unexpected resistance. Although the Chu army defending the city only had 3,000 people, they used their lives to block the Zhao army for two days, which made it difficult for the Zhao people.

I believe. As a result, all three thousand Chu soldiers in the city died in the battle, and no one escaped.

After taking Jibei County, the Zhao people rushed to Linzi overnight without rest, but they were still a step late. Linzi City had already been captured by the Chu army. However, when the Zhao people came to the gate of Linzi City, they were also separated from the previous counties.

There was no resistance from the Chu army, because the Chu army had all entered the city. So they also went to the city to fight without ceremony.

The people of Qi were already in despair, but suddenly they found that Zhao's reinforcements were suddenly coming to kill them. Their dead hearts came to life again, and they used their last strength to attack the Chu army.

The Chu army never expected that victory was about to come, but someone came from behind to kill them, and they panicked for a moment. The armies of the Three Kingdoms fought together in Linzi City.

However, the morale of the Chu army had plummeted, and they were gradually no longer a match for the Qi and Zhao armies. After following Xiang Ta's advice, Xiang Yu began to gather his troops and retreat toward the city gate. At this time, the Qi and Zhao armies had nothing to do.

The Zhao army came after a long journey and was already exhausted, while the Qi army just mustered up its last strength. After the Chu army withdrew from the city, the two armies stopped pursuing and allowed the Chu army to retreat.

But even so, the Chu army still suffered heavy losses. Only less than 20,000 troops were left in the 50,000-strong army. Xiang Yu had never suffered such a disastrous defeat. He was very unconvinced. After he retreated from the city and settled down, he said: "I didn't expect that Zhao Jun actually

I will arrive in time, otherwise Qi will be destroyed by me. Everyone, tell me what we should do next?"

Xiang also suffered many wounds on his body. While bandaging the wounds, he said: "Now that our army has been defeated, and the enemy's number greatly exceeds ours, the only solution now is to retreat." The generals also said one after another.

Agree with his opinion.

Xiang Yu looked at the wounded generals all over the tent and knew that he would not admit defeat this time, so he said: "Then our army will withdraw from Linzi City before dawn to prevent the enemy from pursuing."
Chapter completed!