Here we will also briefly introduce the situation in Zhao State. After Chen Sheng became king, the first person to raise the flag of Zhao State was Chen Sheng's general Wu Chen. With the assistance of Zhang Er and Chen Yu, two famous scholars at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Zhao State regime was re-established, and successfully forced Chen Sheng to recognize Wu Chen as King Zhao, which was once again in glory.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Han Guang, the general of Wu Chen, learned and sold his life. Taking advantage of the opportunity to go north to pacify Yan land, he established himself as the King of Yan in Yan land. Not only did he seriously weaken the power of Wu Chen, but he also turned against Wu Chen. Then, Wu Chen's brother, Demon sister, drank and misled the general of Zhao State Li Liang, and was so angry that Li Liang directly launched a mutiny, slaughtered Wu Chen's family and occupied the Zhao capital Handan. During this period, Zhang Er and Chen Yu were well-informed and fled away first. They gathered the remaining defeated generals of Zhao State and supported the royal family of Zhao State with pure blood. After Zhao Xie became the King of Zhao, defeated the unpopular Li Liang and recaptured Handan. It also forced Li Liang to surrender to the Qin army Wang Li's troops and rebuild Zhao State again.

Previously, relying on the Chu army to attract hatred in the Yellow River, attracting the attention of Zhang Han's main force, and relying on Taihang natural danger to block the Qin army's Great Wall Corps. The situation in Zhao State was quite good. Not only was the situation relatively stable, but he also took the opportunity to build an army of strong strength. However, after Zhang Han, who was troubled by Qiuyu, suddenly crossed the Yellow River north and pointed the blade at Zhao State, the situation in Zhao State immediately began to tighten. So before the Qin army could take further action, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er, who were very self-aware, could not wait to send envoys to request assistance from other anti-Qin forces.

Zhao State's request for help was very fast, but Zhang Han's action was faster. It only took three days after crossing the Yellow River north. Zhang Han defeated the Zhao army in Anyang area, and then divided his troops to attack Fukou Xing. Cooperating with Wang Li's front and back attack, completely annihilated the defenders of Zhao's Fukou Xing, and successfully met with the Qin Great Wall Corps. The troops increased sharply to nearly 400,000. Then he took advantage of the victory to break through Handan and razed the walls of Handan to the ground. The Zhao army lost consecutive battles and was forced to voluntarily abandon Zhao Du Xindu, whose city defense was not strong enough, retreated to Julu City, which was high and deep in the city to defend, and did not dare to fight head-on with the Qin army.

During this period, Zhang Han made the mistake of being too cautious in using troops. Even though he had the opportunity to go north from Handan to Julu, Zhang Han was unwilling to divide his troops too much and did not send an army to take Julu in advance, giving the Zhao army the opportunity to transfer calmly. After discovering the important situation of the Zhao army's main force moving the main city, Zhang Han realized that he had missed the fighter plane and quickly led the main force to attack Julu. However, it was too late. The main force of Zhao State had not only successfully transferred to Julu, but also seized the time to repair a large number of city defense fortifications, making Julu, which was already very difficult to fight, making it even harder to fight. As a result, the Qin army launched several frontal attacks but failed, and there were problems with the supply of food and grass.

As he had no choice but to make mistakes, Zhang Han arranged for Wang Li to lead the Qin Great Wall Corps to surround Julu, and retreat slightly from his main force. He first established a solid camp in Jiyuan, directly south of Julu, built a wharf, relied on the Yellow River canal to hoard food and grass, and built a corridor with wall protection on both sides between Jiyuan and Julu, transporting food and grass to the front line, so as to siege Julu for a long time, besiege the city and attack aid, and lure the Zhao army in the north of Julu to go south and die, and also tried to lure other anti-Qin forces to come over to defeat the Qin army.

Seeing Xiang Yu make this decision, let alone Ying Bu, who knows Xiang Yu well, Ji Bu and Liu Laosan and other Chu generals were speechless. Even Old Man Fan couldn't help looking at Xiang Yu with admiration and said in surprise: "Former General, I thought you would go directly to Dongjun and forcefully break through the Yellow River defense line of the tyrannical Qin army. I didn't expect you to be so calm and could think of borrowing roads from Qi and taking the road to save Julu."

"I'm not a fool," Xiang Yu smiled and said, "We had already suffered a great loss in Jishui. The Yellow River is far wider than Jishui. If I don't know how to learn from my lesson, what can I take to avenge my uncle?"

Xiang Yu's wise decision also greatly stabilized the morale of the Chu army, and made the generals of the Chu army who were worried in their hearts feel relieved. They no longer worry about dying for nothing under Xiang Yu's blind command. Then on the fifteenth day of the leap September, Xiang Yu left behind Xiang Sheng and the other generals Xiang Ta to guard Pengcheng. Xiang Yu personally led the Chu army with a total force of more than 50,000 people to the north, first along the road to the east, then from the east to Zou County, and then walked directly to Jibei County.

It is necessary to explain that because of the influence of Xiang Kang's wings, Liu Laosan, who should not have appeared on the Julu battlefield, could not withstand Xiang Yu's tyranny, and reluctantly led more than 8,000 troops to join the main force of the Chu army. Under the leadership of Xiang Yu, he went north to reinforce Julu. The wheel of history has completely entered a huge fork.

Back to the point, although Xiang Yu's decision to borrow a road from Qi made the Chu army applaud together, no one expected that when the main force of the Chu army was about to enter Jibei County, the Chu army envoy who went to contact with Tian Rong to bring back the bad news. King Tian Shi of Qi and Tian Rong of Qi took the wrong medicine. Perhaps because he was worried that the main force of the Chu army was preparing to destroy Guo on a fake road, he actually refused Xiang Yu's request for borrowing the road and asked Xiang Yu to go to Julu to rescue him.

Tianshi Hotan Rong's selfish decision made Xiang Yu furious. Regardless of the obstruction of everyone, Xiang Yu resolutely led the main force of the Chu army to go north and forced the way to Julu to reinforce Zhao State. He also spoke directly, saying that if the Qi army dared to stop it, the Chu army would fight with the Qi army! The result was also wrong. Tianan, the governor of Jibei County of Qi, was dissatisfied with Tian Dan and Hotan City as king of the side branches, and secondly, he hated Tianshi Hotan Rong's disregard for the overall situation. Not only did he not send troops to stop the Chu army, but he also directly rebeled from Qi State. Resolutely led more than 10,000 troops under his command to join the Chu army, and joined forces with Xiang Yu to reinforce Zhao Army in Julu! (Historical facts)

Tian An's abandonment and darkness made Xiang Yu overjoyed, and also greatly increased the reputation of the Chu army. After receiving this news, Tian Shi and Tian Rong were furious, but they did not dare to confront the Chu army openly. They could only swallow their anger and acquiesce to the Chu army forcibly borrowing the road, and formed an irreconcilable hatred with Xiang Yu. After receiving this news, Zhang Han immediately changed his face and blurted out: "Oh no! He underestimated Xiang Yu, a common man. He didn't expect that this ordinary man would be so calm. He would rather go long and go around our Yellow River defense line and cross the Yellow River from the plain to reinforce the Zhao bandits. Now we have no chance to defeat the main force of the Chu bandits alone."

"General, it's better to hurry up and destroy part of the thief army on the Julu battlefield first, and then calmly deal with the main force of the Chu thief." Sima Xin suggested: "Otherwise, if the Chu thief is allowed to arrive at the Julu battlefield smoothly, then General Wang Li's troops will be at a disadvantage, which will be very unfavorable to us."

Zhang Han did not answer, but just considered the possibility of breaking through the reinforcements of Zhao before the main force of the Chu army arrived at the Julu battlefield, and asked casually: "What is the situation with Xiang Kang's younger brother now? Where have you been?"

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At the same time, the main force of the Chu army heading north along the spacious road had successfully arrived at the plain and quickly raised a large number of boats to prepare to cross the river. Before leading the army to cross the river, Xiang Yu also asked Old Man Fan and others: "What news is there on the right general? Where has he been?"

"The last message I received was that he had arrived in Yongqiu, and it was more than 200 miles away from Ao Cang." Old Man Fan answered truthfully and casually introduced the time of receiving the message.

After counting the time, Xiang Yu nodded and said, "Based on the distance, he will definitely have reached Ao Cang. I hope he will make progress smoothly and put more pressure on Zhang Hanmu. Otherwise, if Zhang Hanmu rushed to Julu and killed some of the reinforcements or drove them away before we arrived at Julu, even if we successfully arrived at Julu, this battle would not be easy to fight."

"I hope so." Old Man Fan nodded and said, "After all, the tyrant Qin army has nearly 400,000. Without the help of reinforcements from the princes, it would be difficult to create miracles with our army alone and defeat the tyrant Qin and rescue the main force of Zhao."

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It's time to see the situation on Xiang Kang's side. In fact, after just confirming that Xiang Yu led the main force of the Chu army to north to reinforce Julu, Xiang Kang quickly took the main force of the Young Marshal Army from Dang County, advanced east along the Sui River, and advanced towards Aocang, the largest granary established by Qin Shihuang. However, there was no road to connect from Dang County to Aocang. The main force of the Young Marshal Army was severely damaged by war under the repeated tug-of-war of the Qin army and the Chu army. The food and grass were in short supply. The Shao Marshal Army had to march with a large amount of food and grass, so the advance was not fast. The main force of the Chu army who was walking around had already headed north to enter Jibei County. The main force of the Young Marshal Army had just advanced to the suburbs of Yongqiu.

It is also an advantage that the Qin army was severely damaged, that is, the Qin army could not organize heavy troops to guard in Chenliu, and other places in Yongqiu. In addition, Xiang Kang had adopted Li Shiqi's suggestion before, Shi Renzheng bought the hearts of the people in Yongqiu, and had a very popular foundation on the battlefield of Yongqiu. So before the Young Marshal's army launched an attack, the people in Yongqiu City had already launched a riot under the instigation of the Young Marshal's army's Yongqiu soldiers, forcibly opened the city gate to welcome the Young Marshal's army into the city, allowing the main force of the Young Marshal's army to take down Yongqiu City very easily - but unfortunately, the food in the city was very pitiful.

Another advantage of winning the hearts of the people is that it is not necessary for Xiang Kang to send people west to explore. Countless people have already reported the military situation of the Qin army west of Yongqiu to the front of the Young Commander Army. As a result, after carefully studying the situation of the Qin army, Zhou, the most capable accomplice in military affairs, hesitated again and again, and couldn't help but speak to Xiang Kang: "Right General, General Shu Mo said bluntly that if we just stared at the main force of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, we might miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"What good opportunity?" Xiang Kang asked casually.

"Running to Guanzhong!" Uncle Zhou said in a deep voice: "The main forces of the tyrannical Qin have been on the Julu battlefield, and Guanzhong is very empty. It is a great opportunity for us to defeat the tyrannical Qin in one fell swoop! If we can be bolder and go around Xingyang and Aocang and directly advance to Guanzhong, it is entirely possible to directly attack Xianyang and establish a world-class merit!"

"General Zhou, are you kidding?" Chen Ping asked in surprise: "How narrow is the slightest way of the slightest way, how difficult is Hangu Pass to attack? How could we succeed when we attack Guanzhong alone?"

"Don't go to the pass through the Luhan Road." Uncle Zhou quickly replied: "From Yongqiu, go directly west to Yingchuan, then from Yingchuan to Nanyang, and go to Wuguan to enter Guanzhong. This road was not greatly damaged by war. There was a lot of food stored by the people and the source of troops was very abundant. We can use war to support the war, and enter Guanzhong from Wuguan to lay the foundation for the situation in the world in one fell swoop!"

Chen Ping quickly calculated, but Xiang Kang sighed lightly and said, "General Zhou, I know your method is feasible, but if we don't cut off the main grain of Qin's main force, what should we do on the Julu battlefield? What should our main force do?"

Uncle Zhou was silent and Xiang Kang said again: "If we do this, it may be possible to break through Wu Pass and enter Guanzhong, but if we want to achieve this goal, no one can guarantee how much time it will take? If Zhang Hanan defeated the coalition forces of the princes on the Julu battlefield before that, and returned to reinforce Guanzhong in time, wouldn't we still be dead?"

Xiang Kang's words are rare from the heart. Although Xiang Kang knew very well what the situation in the Julu battlefield in history was, and also knew that the path of advance proposed by Uncle Zhou was also the correct path for Liu Laosan to create the Han Dynasty. However, history has changed a lot after all, and Xiang Yu has been weakened a little severely. Xiang Kang could no longer guarantee that Xiang Yu would be able to create miracles like in history. He defeated 400,000 Qin troops with 50,000 troops. So after pointing out the danger, Xiang Kang said: "So we cannot be dangerous. We must give priority to helping our main force win. After we have laid a victory in the Central Plains battlefield, it will not be too late to consider entering Guanzhong."

After resolutely refusing to enter Guanzhong, Xiang Kang continued to advance westward. As a result, Chenliu's Qin defenders blocked the city and refused to fight or surrender. Xiang Kang, who had no food route at all, ignored it and led his army to bypass Chenliu and headed northward. He soon took the city wall, which had been soaked in a mess more than ten years ago. Then it was still at this time that Xiang Kang made adjustments to the route of the army. He did not go to Bolangsha to directly advance to Ao Cang, and chose to go north to attack Yangwu.

The distance was only more than one hundred miles away. Of course, the movements of the young commander's army were soon reported to Sima Jin, the general of the Qin army who led the army to guard Ao Cang. As a result, Sima Jin quickly concluded and sneered: "I am still smart. I know to attack Yangwu and Sourzao first, seize the food supply to the army, and then attack Ao Cang calmly. I also took the opportunity to lure me to send troops to rescue Yangwu. Unfortunately, I am not fooled. I want to take a look. Even if you take down Yangwu, Sourzao and Juan County, can the food you grab be more than me?"

Perhaps Xiang Kang was really luring the enemy. After leading his army to Yangwu City, Xiang Kang not only arranged the army to prepare to attack the city, but also ordered Zhu Jishi, the young general of the General Zhu Zheng: "General Zhu, immediately lead the troops to Aocanghong, go to the shore of Honggou to confront the tyrant Qin army, fight every day, and lure the tyrant Qin army to cross the east to launch an attack on you. Also, if the tyrant Qin army transports grain to the lower reaches of the Yellow River through Honggou, it will be at any cost to stop it!"

Zhu Jishi clasped his fists and sang his promise, and then said with great concern: "Right General, but the general is not sure that he can lure the tyrant Qin army across the gap? Also, even if we take down all the food near Yangwu, we will not be able to waste the tyrant Qin army that has a huge warehouse of Ao Cang, and we will not be able to cut off the tyrant Qin army's food route for a long time?"

"Don't ask too much, you will know in the future." Xiang Kang casually ordered: "Go quickly, remember, you must fight every day and not be lazy."
Chapter completed!