When the Chu army attacked Handan again, they obviously seemed to be working harder than the previous few days. However, Zhang Han on the city could see that they were already timid in their hearts. They were only like this after being forced to give orders by Xiang Zhuang and others.

.Because they no longer had the belief that they would win, when they rushed up, they also had the mentality of retreating at any time. Before the crossbow arrows of the Qin army guarding the city could reach them, the Chu people took a few steps back.

.After a day like this, only a few Chu troops actually reached the city wall, and most of them were just aggressive. Once they encountered the obstruction of the Qin army, they were unable to retreat.

Xiang Zhuang also discovered this problem, but now he cannot kill all the stagnant soldiers, otherwise there will be no troops available. Xiang Zhuang once said that as long as this lasts for a few days, the Chu army will defeat Qin

The army's fear will disappear, and Handan City can still be captured by then.

The Qin army at the top of the city saw that the Chu people were just attacking the city, and the tension in their hearts disappeared. Zhang Han also ordered the crossbowmen to wait until the Chu people arrived at the city before shooting, otherwise many crossbow arrows would be wasted.

Wang Li also commanded the Qin army on the other side to take corresponding defensive measures. It was not until the sky darkened that he walked up to Zhang Han and said: "General, it seems that the Chu army's offensive is not as good as before. Should we

Go out of the city and fight them again?"

Zhang Han shook his head and said: "No, what we are fighting is the high wall of Handan. If we really confront the enemy head-on, our military disadvantage will be exposed. And now it seems that although the Chu army is very weak in attacking the city,

But in fact, there must be nearly 20,000 troops in the Chu army who still maintain fighting strength, but they have not been sent out to attack the city. I think the commander of the Chu army must also be a clear-minded person. He knows that after the day before,

The morale of the Chu army was severely damaged. Only through continuous siege can the already dispersed morale of the army be reunited. Therefore, even if the Chu army is just feinting in the past few days, as long as they are given a few more days to fight with the soldiers,

With the spirit stimulated, the combat power of this Chu army cannot be underestimated. And if my prediction is correct, in addition to this plan, the leader of the Chu army also has the idea of ​​luring us out of the city to fight them decisively, so

He didn’t send really elite Chu troops to attack the city.”

"What General Na Yi means is that now we can only defend the city, but once the Chu army is allowed to slow down, they can still attack Handan by force? In this way, no matter what we do, it will be very detrimental to us."

Wang Li said worriedly.

Zhang Han smiled and said: "Have you forgotten the news we just received? Now that Xiang Yu's men have been defeated in Hanoi, Yingchuan will naturally have reinforcements to deal with it. As long as the Chu army outside the city knows about those two places

The news will inevitably make us unwilling to fight. So although it seems that delaying time is beneficial to the Chu army outside the city, in fact, the Chu army will soon know about the two defeats. Then we can take advantage of

When they were in panic, they went out of the city to annihilate the enemy."

After hearing this, Wang Li couldn't help but said: "General, you are thinking far ahead. It seems that we should try our best to drag the Chu army here, so that we can get rid of the Chu people."

What followed was another few days of siege, which was indeed as Zhang Han expected. The Chu army only had a taste of it and did not invest too much force. The two sides were just dragged under the Handan City.

Xiang Zhuang had been watching the weak offensive of the Chu army in the past few days. He wanted to kill the elite soldiers several times, but was stopped by Xiang Ta, who was closely following him. Xiang Ta once advised: "Although in this way

If our army forcefully attacks the city regardless of casualties, the city of Handan will definitely be destroyed, but the casualties of the Chinese army will be huge by then. Even if Handan is captured

The city, and the next operations cannot be carried out. Only by re-mobilizing the morale of the entire army and making the soldiers no longer have any fear in their hearts, can we successfully take down the Handan City. The continuous siege of the past few days has already

Let the soldiers get over the defeat, and in a few days, they will be able to start a real tough battle with the Qin army again."

Xiang Zhuang hesitated for a while, but finally listened to Xiang Tao's suggestion and attacked the city with new soldiers and Qi's surrendered soldiers. Just when he saw the morale of the soldiers returning, Xiang Yu's messenger also brought the news of Xiang Yu's defeat.

Came here.

After reading the letter written by Xiang Yu and hearing what the visitor said about Xiang Yu's failure, Xiang Zhuang was angry at first: "The Qin people are too cunning. They actually attacked us in the middle of the night just like they did to us!" But then he said again!

He looked at Xiang Ta confusedly and said, "Brother, Brother Yu has withdrawn his troops. Should we advance or retreat now?"

Xiang Zhuang knew that if he followed Xiang Zhuang's wishes, he would not retreat like this, because thousands of Chu troops had already died under Handan City, but he also knew that now was not the time to act impulsively, so he said: "I know

your idea, but the current situation is already very unfavorable to us

Not to mention whether we still have the ability to take down Handan City now. Even if we take down Handan City, without the cooperation of Overlord and General Long Qie, the Qin army will be able to take it down as soon as it arrives.

The city was recaptured. Although there is no news from General Long Qie yet.

Come on, no reinforcements from the Qin army have arrived here, but I think since reinforcements from the Qin army have appeared in Hanoi County, our two places will not be an exception. Now I doubt that the news the Qin people let us get this time is

They didn't release it intentionally. Otherwise, how could the Qin people be like this?

How can we transfer the troops who were fighting with the Xiongnu in the north back to the Central Plains at such a fast speed? If this is the case, the Qin people’s plot is bigger this time. We must take advantage of the fact that the Qin army has not yet arrived.

Bring it back to Chu, so that you won't fall into the Qin people's plot."

Xiang Zhuang felt angry after hearing Xiang Tao's inference. He didn't want to let tens of thousands of horses fall into his hands. If that happened, he would have no face to see Xiang Yu. So Xiang Zhuang did not hesitate at all.

Said: "Brother, you are right, we should order the withdrawal right now."

"No!" General Xiang Zhuang was about to give the order, so he stopped him and said, "We can't make a big fuss about the retreat, otherwise the Qin army in the city will definitely take the opportunity to pursue them if they find out about it. We will attack the city where we should attack it.

, the whole army slowly retreated from the rear. At night, they will retreat together with the central army. In this way, even if the Qin people learn about this and come out of the city to pursue us, they may not be able to catch up with us."

Xiang Zhuang felt that what he said was reasonable, so he continued to arrange troops to attack the city. At the same time, he secretly sent people to send a message to the rear army, asking them to withdraw south first.

The night was dark. Although Wang Li had handed over all the power of guarding the city because of Zhang Han's arrival, the habit he had developed in the past few days of patrolling the city every night had not changed. Under the influence of the four soldiers

Accompanied by Wang Li, he walked onto the

He walked to the top of the city and asked the soldiers guarding the city about the situation of the Chu army below the city. Those Qin soldiers smiled and said: "General, don't worry, now even during the day the Chu army no longer attacks our Handan City with force, and at night even one

No trace of Chu people can be seen."

Wang Lisurong said: "Although the Chu army has not attacked, we are afraid of everything. You are the most important people in my city. You must not be careless and let the Chu people take advantage of it." Those soldiers were busy and only praised them.

After walking around for a week, Wang Li didn't find anything important, so he wanted to go down to the city. When he was about to leave, he naturally looked at the Chu army camp under the city, and then his people froze.

Got there.

I saw that the Chu army's camp, which was once bustling with people, was now surprisingly quiet, and where there should have been smoke rising from cooking stoves, there was no trace of smoke. However, the Chu army's camp was still full of flags.

, this made Wang Li doubtful. He suddenly remembered what Zhang Han had said that the Chu army would probably retreat after receiving the news of Xiang Yu's defeat, so he patted the wall in front of him and said: "Look

The Chu army has already withdrawn without our knowledge."

The soldiers around him were surprised when they heard this and said: "General, look at the Chu army's camp under the city. If the Chu people evacuate, they won't take all these things with them, right?"

Wang Li shook his head and said: "They are afraid that we will go out of the city to pursue them, so they set up a suspicion formation in the camp. Look, it is the time when cooking pots are buried in my city, and there is constant smoke, but there is no smoke in the Chu army camp."

A trace of fireworks, what does it mean if it’s not that they have left?”

"General, what should we do?" one of the soldiers asked.

Wang Li knew this and couldn't blame the defenders on the city, because their responsibility was to prevent the Chu army from attacking, not to monitor the Chu army's actions. So although he was a little anxious, he still said calmly: "You continue to guard here.

." Then he took his soldiers and rushed to the city. As soon as he arrived at the city, Wang Li immediately ordered the soldiers to come out and prepare to leave the city. At the same time, he ordered one of his soldiers to see Zhang Han and report to him what happened here.

After a while, more than 3,000 soldiers were already in formation. Wang Li didn't know how long the Chu army had been gone, so he thought he could wait no longer, so he rushed out of the city with only these 3,000 soldiers.

When Wang Li brought his men and horses to the Chu army's camp, no one showed up, so he no longer delayed and continued to chase south. He knew that the soldiers he brought out were all cavalry, but among the Chu army there were no soldiers.

Most of them are infantry, so if they don't walk too long, you can probably catch up with them.

After chasing for more than thirty miles, Wang Li finally saw smoke and dust rising in front of him. He said happily: "The whole army is rushing to kill. General Zhang will definitely bring other troops and come after him!" Although the sergeants were worried about this in their hearts.

Thousands of people were chasing tens of thousands of Chu troops without much confidence, but since the military order was given, they could only rush forward with shouts.
Chapter completed!