A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 123 Final Battle
The defeated Qin army carried Zhang Han to the outside of Julu City. After being treated by military doctors, Zhang Han finally woke up.

"Failed?" Zhang Han asked weakly.

"Yes." Sima Xin said ashamedly.

Zhang Han looked at the military tent roof and murmured: "God is going to destroy our Great Qin! Otherwise, why would there be so many heroes in the bandit army!"

Sima Xin didn't dare to answer.

Zhang Han looked at Sima Xin and said, "Even so, since we eat Qin Lu, we should fulfill our orders."

Sima Xin saluted and said: "General, please give the order!"

Zhang Han thought for a moment and then said: "Immediately send an order to Wang Li to attack Julu North City with 50,000 people. Don't let the Zhao bandits in the city leave the city and affect our battle with the Chu bandits. The 50,000 people in Lu Pass must not move, they must die." Nail it there to prevent the white bandits from going south.

An order was sent to Dong Yi of Handan County to abandon the grain road and lead an army of 100,000 people to join us in Julu day and night. In addition, he sent an order to the military camp to defend the main camp and not to go into battle easily. "

"Here!" After hearing this, Sima Xin quickly went out of the tent to deliver the order.

Zhang Han lay down in the military tent again, closed his eyes, and relieved the pain in his head caused by overthinking, and said to himself: "Your Majesty! This is the last thing I can do! If there is a heaven, please be sure We must protect Great Qin!"

The Qin Army, which was still a little at a loss, soon stabilized after a series of orders from Zhang Han, and the Qin Army's messenger cavalry also dispersed from the Qin Army's camp.

At this time, there were still 80,000 people left in the Qin army's camp. In addition to the original 50,000 Qin army, there were also 30,000 defeated troops that had been collected before.

At this time, Xiang Yu's army still had 40,000 people, but it only had 5,000 elite cavalry, 2,000 Xiang family cavalry and 3,000 Bai family cavalry.

In order to quickly decide the battle, Xiang Yu kept asking people to fight under the Qin army's camp, but the Qin army turned a deaf ear and refused to fight, leaving Xiang Yu very helpless.

At this time, Fan Zeng said: "According to Zhang Han's character, if he is sure, he will definitely fight. If he does not fight, it proves that he is not sure and will look for chess pieces outside the game, just like the Battle of Puyang. There must be a big move. .”

Xiang Yu thought: "But what can he do? All the Qin Dynasty's troops are here!"

Bai Wei said at this time: "Handan!"

Everyone looked at him, and Bai Wei continued: "It must be the food protection army from Handan!"

"That's right! Zhang Han must be waiting for the 100,000 food protection troops. By then, we will be at a disadvantage again." Fan Zeng analyzed.

All the generals felt troubled, and then Xiang Yu spoke: "What are you afraid of? The Great Wall Army under Zhang Han's command was defeated by us. Are we still afraid of the one hundred thousand food protection troops?"

Then he stood up and said: "Send the order! The army is building barracks and preparing to be stationed for a long time. The Xiang family's cavalry and Bai's cavalry disperse. They must clean up the scouts of the Qin army on the opposite side. I will make them blind!"

Then tonight the army quietly left and marched towards Handan. First, they wiped out the 100,000 food protection troops. With the food protection army gone, I wonder what Zhang Han can do next! "

"Order!"

The Chu army moved. First, five thousand elite cavalry dispersed and massacred the Qin army scouts who were wandering outside, making it impossible for the Qin army to detect the Chu army's movements at close range. Then the Chu army looked at the trees and built a very high wall towards the Qin army. There was no shortage of ordinary city defense measures such as arrow towers on the wall.

But it's just a wall, there is no wall behind it.

When it got dark, the Chu army placed torches and fires on the walls and behind the walls, making the Chu army's camp brightly lit.

Xiang Yu asked the infantry to march towards Handan overnight with torches, while the cavalry was stationed in the camp for repairs. When the sky was about to break, they quickly caught up with the main force. On the other hand, people were sent to contact Yingbu and Puba, asking them to lead people to follow the food protection army and wait for the opportunity to attack the rear of the food protection army.

On the second day, the Qin army looked at the Chu army camp opposite and saw a silence on the opposite side. Even the torches from last night were not put away. The guard felt strange and asked a group of scouts to investigate.

The Qin army scouts moved forward cautiously, because the scene of the Chu army's mad hunt and killing of the Qin army scouts yesterday was still vivid in their minds, and they were afraid of being ambushed.

After two hours, the scouts walked around the front of the Chu army. They saw that the back of the Chu army was empty, with only a series of military tents left, and not a single person. The scout quickly reported back.

Upon seeing this, the guard immediately went to Zhang Han to report the situation.

Zhang Han thought for a while and said loudly: "No! The food protection army is in danger! Sima Xin!"

"The general is here!"

"Immediately send an order for the army to break camp and march towards Handan!"

"Order!"

Zhang Han was very anxious and secretly said: "I hope I can catch up!"

Just as Zhang Han's army was pulling out of camp, Xiang Yu's army had already faced off against the grain guard army. The two sides fought at the junction of Handan County and Julu County. However, two teams of elite cavalry led by Xiang Yu and Bai Wei continued to disrupt the Qin army's line. .

As a result, the Qin army could not organize an effective defense at all. As long as the Qin army formed a formation, it would be attacked by Xiang Yu or Bai Wei. To make matters worse, although the Qin army had the numerical advantage, they were stolen from the rear.

Eight thousand Chu troops led by Yingbu and Puba suddenly rushed in from the rear of the Qin army. The Qin army was in chaos, and Dong Yi was unable to establish an effective organization at all.

The Qin army was defeated!

Xiang Yu's army immediately turned to Julu and killed Zhang Han's army.

When Zhang Han's army was still on the way, he heard that the food guard army was in a rout, and Xiang Yu led his army to confront them.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Han immediately ordered his army to march westward to Jiyuan. The terrain here was high and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Zhang Han ordered to stay here and sent cavalry to announce that Zhang Han was defeated in Jiyuan and gathered here.

Xiang Yu also rushed to Jiyuan, but looking at the terrain, it was very unfavorable for the Chu army to fight.

So Fan Zeng said: "Today, including General Yingbu's eight thousand, our army only has 50,000 people, while Zhang Han's army has 80,000, and it still occupies the advantage of the terrain. Why don't the general turn his army to the north to rescue King Bai's army? Then go east and defeat Wang Li. In this way, the general can use the general force to overwhelm Zhang Han."

Xiang Yu thought it was a good idea, and then asked Yingbu and Puba to lead 10,000 Chu troops to garrison south of Zhangshui and monitor Zhang Han's army. If Zhang Han's army made any changes, do not engage in battle, follow and report to Xiang Yu. He could lead the cavalry in an instant Then, with the help of ten thousand troops, Zhang Han's army was defeated.

After the arrangements were made, Xiang Yu led 40,000 troops north to Luguan.

At this time, the battle situation in Luguan was that 40,000 White troops were camping with their backs to Luguan, and 50,000 Qin troops were camping opposite each other, blocking the White troops tightly.

Suddenly, a large army appeared in the rear of the Qin army, and the Qin general quickly ordered a counterattack. Seeing this, Bai Qing knew that friendly troops had arrived, so he ordered the entire army to attack, attacking the Qin army from both front and rear.

The Qin army could not resist and was defeated. The remaining Qin army scattered and fled.

The Chu and Bai armies totaled 80,000 troops and immediately headed north of Julu City.

Wang Li had already received the news of Zhang Han's defeat, so he called back the 50,000 troops who attacked Beicheng and pulled the 100,000 troops to camp on a hillside.

Not long after, Xiang Yu arrived with his army, and Chen Yu's 60,000 troops also joined the Chu-Bai coalition. Julu City was relieved, and Zhang Er and Zhao Xie led the remaining 80,000 Zhao troops in the city to join Xiang Yu's army.

At this time, the rebel army already had 240,000 troops. Because of Xiang Yu's achievements, everyone recommended Xiang Yu as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

Xiang Yu's first order after becoming the general was to collect the war horses of the coalition forces and form a cavalry army of 10,000 people, which he personally led and appointed Bai Wei as the deputy general of the cavalry army.

Then let Chen Yu lead 40,000 people to the south bank of Zhangshui River to assist Yingbo in supervising Zhang Han's army to ensure that the coalition's rear was safe.

After the rebels gathered, Xiang Yu ordered to attack the Qin army immediately while the city defense was not perfect.

The Qin army continued to fail, which made the Qin army very morale. They believed that they were still serving the Qin Dynasty at this time, just to be buried with the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, many Qin troops wanted to surrender, but they were suppressed by the Qin army generals led by Wang Li, so No camp roar occurred.

On the other hand, the coalition forces' successive victories made them very optimistic about the cause of overthrowing the Qin Dynasty. With Xiang Yu as an excellent general, their morale was very high.

So although Wang Li's army occupied a favorable location, the camp was easily captured by the coalition forces. A large number of Qin troops surrendered, but Wang Li himself was captured alive by the coalition forces.

After Wang Li was eliminated, the only military force left in the Qin Dynasty was Zhang Han's army.

Xiang Yu led 200,000 allied troops to the south bank of Zhangshui River to confront Zhang Han's army.

Because of Zhang Han's previous prestige, the soldiers of Zhang Han's army were not as disorganized as Wang Li's army. Therefore, the several attacks requested by Xiang Yu were all repelled by the Qin army.

Originally, Zhang Han's army only had 80,000 troops, but after continuous gathering of defeated troops, Zhang Han's army now had 100,000 troops. The grain and grass they carried were only enough for three months, so Zhang Han had to ask Qin Ting for help. .

But Qin Ting was in chaos at this time.

Not long after Zhang Han led the prisoner army to the expedition, the doctor's order, Zhao Gao, in order to achieve the goal of monopolizing the government, continued to seduce Qin II with beautiful women and fine wine, making him unable to go to court several times. In addition, he also ordered people to frame Prime Minister Li Si. Dissatisfied with the second generation.

As a result, Qin II, who obeyed Zhao Gaoyan, ordered the Li Si clan to be exterminated. After eradicating his rival Li Si, Zhao Gao continued to exclude dissidents, making the court almost the hall of Zhao Gao's words. Even Qin II's words no longer worked. Gao also asked Qin II to appoint him as prime minister, which made Zhao Gao more powerful than Qin II.

When Zhang Han's letter asking for help arrived in Xianyang, he was stopped by Zhao Gao. Because Zhao Gao had a grudge with Zhang Han in the past, he had not taken action against Zhang Han because of Li Si's support and fear of Zhang Han's military power.

Now that Zhang Han was defeated, it was a great opportunity. Zhao Gao said to Qin II: "Zhang Han failed one after another and failed to live up to your Majesty's expectations for him. If you don't punish him, how will the world view you?"

After hearing this, Qin II, who was playing hide and seek with the beauty, said impatiently: "Let the prime minister handle everything on his own!"

Zhao Gao smiled, retreated, and then issued an order to punish Zhang Han in the name of Qin II.

After Zhang Han received the Qin court's order to punish him, he was very frightened, so he immediately sent Chief Shi Sima Xin to rush back to Xianyang overnight to ask the court for instructions.

(End of this chapter)