Faced with the critical moment of life and death, all the people in Chu State mobilized. At one time, as many as 200,000 young and strong men were recruited to join the army. Adding in the original troops and horses, Chu State now had nearly 250,000 soldiers and horses.

, this does not include the twenty or thirty thousand elites who were taken away by Xiang Yu. Qu Dou saw that there were so many people who could

He couldn't help but feel determined, so he decided to send troops to Dongjun and other places to stop the Qin army once he learned about Qi's intentions. Although the nominal commander of this army was Song Yi, because he had always

They all followed Qu Dou's lead, so the one who really decided everything was Qu Dou, who didn't know anything about military matters.

Xiang Liang watched him put a large number of new soldiers together with the old Chu soldiers, and really wanted to warn him that not only would this not enhance the combat effectiveness of the sergeants, but the poor coordination between the two would also cause the original Chu soldiers to lose combat effectiveness.

will be greatly reduced. But Xiang Liang also knows that Qu Dou is complacent now and will definitely not listen to his political opponent, so he has to give up.

"General, this is actually an excellent opportunity. After Qu Dou and the others are defeated, we can take advantage of the situation to suppress them." Fan Zeng said, "And the plan we made before does not need to be implemented anymore."

Xiang Liang smiled bitterly and said: "This time our Chu State will use all its strength to fight against Qin. If he really loses, our Chu State will be destroyed. What else can I use to compete with Qu Dou and others?"

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"The general is wrong. Even if Qu Dou and the others are defeated, our Chu country will not be destroyed so easily. At that time, as long as the general raises his arms, countless good men from the Chu country will naturally join the general and fight against the Qin Dynasty.

." Fan Zeng said not as pessimistically as Xiang Liang.

"Now I just hope that Qu Dou can really defeat Zhang Han by relying on his superiority in military strength and geographical location. I don't know what the attitude of Qi State is. I hope that their news will be sent soon. As long as Qi State puts aside its old evil and agrees to

If we send troops to help, our hope of defeating Qin will be greater." Xiang Liang said softly.

However, Xiang Liang and Qu Dou had not yet received the news from Qi State, but they received the news that Dongjun had been breached first. At this time, everyone in the Chu State was shocked. "I didn't expect that Zhang Han would actually do this deceit. We obviously heard about it."

He also sent an envoy to Qi State. He expected to know Qi State's attitude before sending troops, but unexpectedly he sent troops first. This is really unreasonable!" Qu Dou said angrily as he looked at the battle report sent from the front.

"Then take all the troops to Sishui County to prevent the Qin people from continuing to attack." Song Yi said hurriedly.

"Okay, without further ado, you can lead your troops and set off now." Qu Dou said, "If Qi is willing to help us, their troops will arrive in the next two days, and I will ask them to reinforce you in time."

In this way, Song Yi went to the front line with 200,000 troops. However, although there were 200,000 troops, their combat power was not even able to match the enemy's 100,000 troops.

After Zhang Han successfully raided Dongjun, he only made slight adjustments and left the injured soldier to wait for Wang Li. Bai Ban and others came to take over the city, and he led his men and horses towards the next target - Dangjun.

He also knew in his heart that this kind of surprise attack could only be used once against the same enemy. Once the enemy knew his actions, they would be careful at all times, so the beginning of Dang County was the real tough battle.

Sure enough, some of the remnants of Dongjun's soldiers still fled to Dangjun. After the city defenders learned about this, they immediately stepped up their guard. All the defensive equipment had been transported to the top of the city, and the city gates were closed.

A posture of standing firm and waiting for help. If I have to find a few faults,

Come on, the city of Dang County is not very difficult to attack. The city walls are low and there are not many defenders in the city. In addition, the defenders have no intention of fighting the Qin army to the death, so it is not difficult to conquer. This is

Zhang Han arrived outside Dangjun City and commented on the situation of the guards in the city.

"General, are we going to launch an attack on this small town now?" asked the subordinate generals. They could not wait to attack the city. But Zhang Han remained silent and just looked at Dangjun quietly.

After a long time, he said: "Then how do you think we should attack the city?"

"This city is not difficult to attack. All you need to do is send brave men to climb the top of the city with ladders and hooks, and then climb the city to fight." A general replied without thinking.

"If it is as you said, by the time our army reaches Kuaiji, there will probably be less than 30,000 troops left out of 100,000. Although Dang County is not a big city, we cannot attack by force, but must use some strategy.

." Zhang Han said and carefully observed the city head and the defenders on the city head.

This Dang County was originally a territory taken by Liu Bang. After Liu Bang was defeated by Xiang Liang, it was still guarded by Liu Bang's general Xia Houying. But later Liu Bang summoned Xia Houying and others back in order to deal with the Xiang family with Qu Dou.

, this Dang County became guarded by the local people together with the Chu army. But the people are the people after all. No matter how brave they are, they still cannot compare with the real soldiers. In addition, they don't have much affection for the Chu State.

Therefore, when facing the Qin army, they lost the determination to fight to the death, and instead felt timid in their hearts. If they were not afraid that they and their families would be harmed by the Qin army after the city was broken, they would probably have to open the city.

Surrendered. Even if they did not really surrender in Kaicheng, the atmosphere defending the city was not firm. Although the Chu generals guarding here had prepared everything, they still could not give these people the courage to fight to the death with the Qin army.

.

All this was seen by the experienced Zhang Han, so he knew that despite the fact that the city was heavily guarded, the defenders actually felt that the city gate was wide open. So he ordered: "The whole army advances half a mile."

Here, station yourself under the city of Dangjun, but you must stay away from the reach of the opponent's stones and arrows." The generals didn't know why, but they still did as he said. The 50,000 men did not rush to attack the city, but moved forward.

Advance slowly.

This put invisible pressure on the soldiers guarding the city, making them feel the overwhelming murderous intent of the Qin army and knowing that they were no match for this battle-hardened army. Then Zhang Han ordered his men to shout in unison.

People outside the city shouted, "Those who open the city will be rewarded five thousand gold, and those who surrender will not be killed." "If you resist, once the city is breached, chickens and dogs will be killed."

Don't stay!" and other slogans, constantly putting pressure on the soldiers defending the city. If there were not some Chu troops suppressing the city, I am afraid that Dangjun would have been defeated long ago. But even so, the morale in the city has dropped.

When we reach the bottom of the valley, perhaps as long as there is an opportunity, the people in this city will automatically open the city gate.

After waiting quietly at the foot of the city for three days, Zhang Han ordered a general to launch an attack on the west gate with 5,000 troops. Although it was only 5,000 troops, the momentum of their attack was huge, as Zhang Han had already

Gather all the troops in one place and try to capture the west gate in one go.

Upon seeing this, the Chu soldiers in the city hurried to the west gate to resist, leaving a group of strong men to stay at the other three gates. When they arrived at the west gate and confronted the Qin army, they discovered that they were just feigning an attack. At this time, the east, south, and north sides simultaneously

The Qin army's cries of killing were heard as they attacked the city. Only then did the Chu army realize that they had fallen into the Qin army's plan. When the Qin army fell all the Chu army to the west city, they attacked the other three

The three gates were attacked by force, but these three gates were all strong, and their ambition and fighting power were far inferior to the Chu army. When they saw tens of thousands of horses appearing in front of them, they lost the courage to fight. In this way, Dangjun City was very

It was about to fall. When the Chu army guarding the city saw that the situation was not good, they opened the west gate and tried to escape. Unexpectedly, five thousand Qin troops outside the gate were waiting for work and ambushed them all outside the west gate.

Although this battle was not as fast as the raid on Dongjun, the city was still taken down with very few casualties, and Dangjun was taken down under the strict guard of the enemy. This made Zhang Han famous in the army.

It has reached a new high point. In the eyes of all the soldiers,

, as long as General Zhang is here, all enemies will be easily defeated. Then, Zhang Han continued to advance to the next target - Chenjun. But an unexpected scene occurred. Before Zhang Han's army could arrive, the troops guarding Chenjun

The Chu general actually abandoned the city and left.

Dare to compete with Zhang Han. Looking at Chen Jun who was going to the city, Zhang Han laughed unhappily: "Chu State actually has such a guard who fled without fighting. It seems that I want to destroy Chu.

It's an easy thing." After saying that, he led the army into Chen County and attacked the people in the city.

Bao Minqiu did nothing wrong, because what he wanted was the city and the people here, not an empty city. At the same time, he could also set an example for other counties. As long as they surrendered without a fight, he would not embarrass them. This is

His next target was Surabaya County.

Song Yi's army finally arrived at Sishui County, and Tan Ma had already passed the news to his account that Zhang Han had captured the two counties. "It's unreasonable. Those defenders are really incompetent. They couldn't stop them even for several days. It's really not me."

The Chu people must have different intentions." After hearing the report, Song Yi said angrily, "Now it's up to us, we must not let the Qin army capture Surabaya City."

After setting off a fire, Song Yi began to arrange defense work. He led his troops to garrison in Sishui City, and at the same time ordered people to set up a camp outside the city. As soon as Zhang Han's army arrived, he launched an attack on them.

But what was unexpected was that Zhang Han stopped advancing after taking Chen Jun. Instead, he built a city and defended it, as if waiting for the Chu people to attack. This made Song Yi very puzzled. But because of Zhang Han's reputation

It was too loud, and Song Yi did not dare to risk losing his geographical advantage to attack him, so the two sides faced off each other occupying a city.

The reason why Zhang Han did this was because he had found out that the Chu State was devoting its entire country to send 200,000 troops to fight against him. He would not dare to take 50,000 troops before he had a clear idea of ​​the opponent's strength.

He had a head-on encounter with an enemy four times his own, so he ordered Wang Li and others to come to support him, while he stationed himself in Chen County.

But during the confrontation with each other, Zhang Han was not idle. He had secretly sent people to Kuaiji to spread some news that Song Yi only supported his troops for arrogance and did not think about attacking. This made the King of Chu doubt Song Yi, and finally

Forcing him to attack first would allow him to see the Chu army's combat effectiveness.
Chapter completed!