Zhang Han was very conflicted, so he had to arrange for the future people to live in the camp first, and then discussed it with Bai Ban, Wang Li and others. When Bai Ban heard this, he said without thinking: "Now is a good time for us to defeat the Chu people in a big way.

, how can we give up so easily? In my opinion, we can let Xianyang hold on for a few days, as the saying goes, you will not be able to accept your orders."

Wang Li said: "If Xianyang cannot be defended, then my army of more than 100,000 will definitely collapse without a fight. Even if the Chu Kingdom is destroyed, the gain will not be worth the loss."

"You can rest assured that our Xianyang City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. We only need tens of thousands of horses to block the enemy's attack of hundreds of thousands of troops. And there is Hangu Pass in front of us. As long as our Qin soldiers hold on and don't fight, we can expect that

Fusu will definitely not be able to attack Xianyang. After we destroy Chu, it will be too late to return to Xianyang to deal with Fusu." Bai Ban said.

Zhang Han was not as optimistic as he was, and said: "Today, the Qin State has less than 30,000 to 50,000 men and horses available, and most of them are old and weak soldiers. I am afraid that no matter how steep Hangu Pass is, Xianyang City will be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There is no way to stop Fusu's army. And don't forget that Fusu's army also has General Meng Tian, ​​who has a high prestige among our Qin army. I'm afraid those soldiers will no longer have the confidence to fight when they see General Meng appear."

What he said was true, and the day shift was speechless for a moment.

At this time, Lu Jie, who had been silent, spoke up: "If we don't retreat, even if we destroy Chu and Xianyang is not defeated by Fusu, and we will eliminate Fusu, we will still be guilty in front of the emperor.

At that time, not only will we not be forgiven by the emperor, but we will also be charged with resisting the imperial decree. I am afraid we will not be able to bear it. But if we retreat, we will have to give up this good situation, and the Chu army will definitely chase us when they see us retreating.

There will always be damage. If the emperor is a wise king, we may be fine if we don't retreat. However, since Ziying's position is not right, he must be wary of us. If he doesn't return to the army this time, he will have an excuse to seize the military power of the generals.

Therefore, whichever is the lesser of two evils, it is better for us to go back and aid Xianyang."

"What should we do if the Chu army pursues us?" Zhang Han asked.

"Actually, it's still a matter of doubt whether the Chu army will pursue them. Last time, the general relied on the trick of luring the snake out of the cave to make Xiang Liang rush out of the city. In the end, the entire army was wiped out and he couldn't even save his own life. This time, the Chu people learned from the past.

We may not dare to go out of the city to pursue. At the same time, as a safe strategy, we can also send people to set up ambushes on both sides of the road to prevent the Chu army from pursuing. When they see that we have an ambush, they may also retreat due to doubts. So I think the Chu army

The threat to us when we leave the city and after we leave the city will not be too great," Lu Jie said.

After listening to Lu Jie's analysis, Zhang Han stroked his sword with his hand and didn't speak for a long time. Everyone knew that he was weighing the pros and cons, so they didn't say a word and looked at him, just waiting for him to make the final decision. Finally Zhang Han

After taking a long breath, he said: "Come on and retreat. If you don't retreat, the honor and disgrace of myself will be small, but the safety of our country, Qin, will be great."

At the top of the city of Surabaya, Xiang Yu and a group of generals stood there and looked at the Qin soldiers who were slowly retreating. They were very puzzled. Several generals who had followed Liu Bang in pursuit of the Qin army said: "Why is the Qin army trying another trick?"

"Chong Shi, do you want to lure our troops out of the city?" The memory of the battle a few days ago was too deep for them, so when they saw the Qin army retreating, their first reaction was that the Qin army was trying to trick them out of the city again.

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Xiang Ta disagreed and said: "The Qin Army's commander-in-chief Zhang Han is not an ordinary general. There is no reason to implement the same strategy a second time. I'm afraid they really retreated this time."

Fan Zeng also said: "Looking at the retreating posture of the Qin army, it seems to be very organized. They did not retreat due to sudden trouble. If they want to lure us out of the city to pursue them, they will definitely pretend to be in chaos, so as to make our army look down upon.

They want to go out of the city to pursue and kill them. Moreover, the Qin army's camp is now complete. They only need to trap us for a month and our army will be in chaos without a fight. Even if they can't come up with this plan, we will have to go out of the city to attack on our own initiative.

, by then they will still have strong stronghold as their backing, and their chances of winning will be even greater."

Xiang Yu nodded and said: "Mr. Fan is saying that the Qin army's retreat this time is indeed a bit strange. I'm afraid they are really going back to Xianyang. Let me, the general, lead an army out of the city to find out. If it is a trap, then return

City, if not, this invading Qin army can be killed and wiped out."

"The general is the backbone of our army. We must not go into danger personally. It is better for the last general to lead the attack." Long Qie rushed to say.

"Yes, as the commander-in-chief of our army, how can we easily leave the city? The general should stay in the city and wait for us to find out the situation before leading the army to fight." Everyone said one after another.

Xiang Yu saw that everyone was unanimously not allowing him to leave the city. Knowing that his status was different now, Xiang Yu could only sigh and said: "Since everyone thinks so, I will not leave the city. I will let Long Qie and Ying Bu take my place."

Let's go out of the city and fight." Upon hearing this, the two men hurriedly smiled and accepted the military order, then opened the city gate and rushed out with 50,000 horses.

Unexpectedly, before they could catch up with the Qin army, they were shot by the Qin army's crossbowmen who were ambushing on both sides of the road. Because they didn't know how many ambushes were nearby, the two had no choice but to lead their troops back to Sishui City to plead guilty to Xiang Yu.

"So it seems that the Qin army really used the trick of luring snakes out of their holes to lure our troops out of the city?" Xiang Yu said after hearing the situation.

After Fan Zeng took a few steps back and forth, he said decisively: "I think the Qin army is really going to withdraw this time. General, hurry up and get your troops out of the city to pursue the enemy. I think I can win a big victory."

Xiang Yu was surprised and wanted to ask again, but Fan Zeng kept urging: "General, hurry up and arrange your troops. I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the Qin army if it's too late. It would be a pity if such a great opportunity is missed." Xiang Yu had to go first.

Holding the doubts in his mind, he personally led more than 100,000 people in the city to pursue the Qin army.

It wasn't until noon on the second day that Xiang Yu returned to Sishui City with the Chu soldiers with high morale. As soon as he entered the city, he went straight to Fan Zeng's residence. That doubt made him unable to kill the enemy with peace of mind on the battlefield. Seeing Xiang Yu return

Fan Zeng asked with a smile: "Did Yu'er defeat the Qin army and return in triumph?"

Xiang Yu said: "That's true. This time my army caught up with the Qin army. They only resisted for a while and then retreated. I don't know how you expected that the Qin army would retreat without wanting to fight."

"Just because they have set up an ambush in front of the city, I guess their purpose is to prevent our army from catching up from behind. In this case, they must have really retreated. And once the entire army retreats

, the sergeant must have lost his fighting spirit, and the general will surely gain a lot if he pursues him." Fan Zeng explained with a smile.

Xiang Yu suddenly said: "I see, sir, in the art of war, no one can defeat him. Xiang Yu admires him!" He bowed to him.

Fan Zeng hurriedly helped him up and said: "General, there is no need to be polite. In fact, it is extremely rare for you to not be greedy for credit after defeating the Qin army. You must know that there is still a gap between our army and the Qin army in terms of combat strength."

, if the force is pushed too far, once the Qin army becomes desperate, our army will inevitably suffer great damage. This is the reason why we should not pursue the enemy when we are poor."

Xiang Yu couldn't help but blush when he heard this. The reason why he didn't pursue him this time was that the Qin army finally sent nearly ten thousand people who dared to die to hold back his army. After killing all these people, he wanted to pursue Qin.

Jun couldn't do it anymore. He could only respond vaguely a few times, and then asked: "Sir, what should we do next?"

"Now that Yu'er has taken control of all the troops and horses in Chu, he just took the opportunity to go to Kuaiji and regain the power that belonged to General Xiang Liang." Fan Zeng said.

Xiang Yu nodded in agreement, but there was still a discrepancy between what he was thinking and what Fan Zeng said. After the grievances he suffered in the past few years, and the joy of being the leader of a party these days, Xiang Yu no longer wanted to be controlled by others, and there was no such thing as humiliation.

Even the King of Chu could no longer stop him from fighting for hegemony. So this time he planned to attack the King of Chu.

A group of more than 20 people suddenly rushed out of Kuaiji County. They were all dressed in Chu army uniforms and stained with blood. It seemed that they had just experienced a big battle. The first person came to the city gate and took out something from his arms.

After seeing the token, the soldiers guarding the city gate did not dare to stop them and let them in. They walked straight to Liu Bang's house without stopping, and only jumped off their horses when they reached the gate. The gatekeeper immediately stepped forward to question, but was led by the leader.

The man staggered when he was pushed. The man was angry and wanted to step forward to argue, but the man behind him grabbed him by the collar and asked: "Are General Xiahou, General Cao and General Zhou inside?"

The man was considered a strong man, but he was lifted off the ground by the attacker. Only then did he realize that the other person was not someone to be trifled with, so he hurriedly said: "Of the three generals, General Cao is inside, and the other two generals are going out.

Hunting."

The few people hurriedly put him aside and walked into the gate. They happened to see Cao Shen coming out after hearing the sound. The few people hurriedly knelt down and cried: "General Cao is in trouble. Pei Gong was killed by Xiang Yu!"

Hearing this, he turned pale with shock. He looked carefully and saw that these people were all those who followed Liu Bang's uprising with him. He hurriedly helped them up and said, "Tell me carefully, what happened." So those people put these things together.

He told everything that had happened in the past few days, and then said: "Now Xiang Yu has all the troops in my army in Chu. We have to risk our lives to rush back to Kuaiji and report to several generals."

Cao Shen hesitated for a moment and said to them: "You have worked hard all the way, so go down and rest first. I will think of a way." After those people went down, Cao Shen immediately set off for Qu Dou's house, and at the same time ordered people to go to the suburbs.

He asked Xia Houying and Zhou Bo to meet him at Qu Dou's house as soon as they returned to the city.

When Qu Dou heard what Cao Shen said, he was shocked and broke out in a sweat: "What should we do? Xiang Yu originally harbored hatred for us, but this time he didn't take the opportunity to take our lives to avenge his past with his heavy troops.
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