By the way, he introduced Li Zuoche's situation and offered advice to help the Chu army force Zhang Han into a desperate situation. Li Zuoche, who was relatively low-key, did not run to Xiang Yu to seek credit and reward, and left the Chu camp and returned to the Zhao army's camp. However, when General Chen Yu of Zhao asked Li Zuoche about the situation, Li Zuoche did not hide it and told Chen Yu directly about the incident.

When Chen Yu learned of Li Zuoche's plan, he was very happy and thought that Zhang Han had to surrender this time. Then when it was almost noon the next day, Chen Yu suddenly sent someone to find Li Zuoche and said happily to Li Zuoche: "Guangwu Jun, good news, Zhang Hanmu really sent an envoy to negotiate surrender with the former general of Chu State. The former general also asked us and other princes to go to his camp immediately and meet Zhang Hanmu's envoys together. Hurry, Guangwu Jun, let's go to the Chu army camp together."

When Li Zuoche, who was planning a forced landing, did not show his joy. Instead, he was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "Has Zhang Han made up his mind so quickly? Will he send an envoy to surrender this morning?"

"Guangwu Jun's brilliant plan has forced Zhang Han to nowhere to go. Of course, he can't do it unless he surrenders." Chen Yu replied with a smile.

"It's broken!" Li Zuoche stomped his feet in annoyance and said with great regret: "Why did I be careless yesterday? I didn't give any advice to the general forward and left. Now we are going to miss a good opportunity!"

After saying annoyed, Li Zuoche refused to give up. He hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Chen Yu up and walked out, saying hurriedly: "General, hurry up, we will go to see the former general of Chu immediately. Now, maybe there is still time to make up for the sheep."

It was still on the way to the Chu Camp that Li Zuoche explained the reason for his annoyance to Chen Yu, who was puzzled, and said: "Originally, my plan was to force Zhang Han to surrender secretly, and then use his army to trick Wang Li's tyrant Qin army from Huai County, and then let Zhang Han's army cooperate with us inside and outside to attack Wang Li's tyrant Qin army from front and back."

"In this way, we can not only quickly annihilate Wang Li's tyrant Qin army, save time to enter Guanzhong, but also make Zhang Han's army's hands stained with blood, completely cut off their retreat for rebellion and return to Qin, and also allow us to safely drive Zhang Han's surrender army as a pioneer, seize Hangu Pass and break through Gu Han's tyrant, and reduce the casualties of our soldiers. But I really didn't expect Zhang Han to make up his mind so quickly. The former general of Chu State summoned the princes and Zhang Han's surrender envoys to meet. If the news leaked, we would not know how much time it would take to annihilate Wang Li's tyrant Qin army."

After hearing Li Zuoche explain the whole story, Chen Yu was quite anxious and rushed to the Chu camp with Li Zuoche to try to stop Xiang Yu from announcing the secret of Zhang Han's request for surrender. But unfortunately, when Chen Yu and Li Zuoche arrived at the Chu camp, Tian An, Tian Du, Sima Seo and Zang Tu and other leaders of the anti-Qin coalition forces had already arrived in front of the door, they were still excitedly shouting about Zhang Han's request for surrender. The soldiers next to the Chu camp were also full of joy, and it was obvious that they knew that Zhang Han's army was about to surrender.

Seeing this scene, Li Zuoche of course knew that there was no hope of keeping the secret anymore, so he could only sigh helplessly. As Chen Yu entered the Chu camp to pay homage to Xiang Yu, the commander of the anti-Qin coalition, recommended by the princes. However, what surprised Li Zuoche was that when he entered the central tent of the Chu army, a general of the Chu army was just advising Xiang Yu, urging Xiang Yu to block the news of Zhang Han's surrender, and first used Zhang Han to lure Wang Li out of Huai County camp, and then made the surrender public.

Li Zuoche was even more surprised. Faced with the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Qin army in the Central Plains, Xiang Yu not only shook his head, but also scolded: "It's easy to say. Now we can force Zhang Han to surrender. The most important thing is to surround him on the east bank of Shaoshui. If he lets him cross the Shaoshui to help us lure the enemy, what should he do if he regrets refusing to surrender?"

"Former General, we can take hostages." General Chu insisted: "Let Zhang Han leave a token of surrender and hostages, and then let him cross the river to help us lure the enemy, so that he will not be afraid that he will regret it."

"Stop talking." Xiang Yu waved his hand arbitrarily and shouted: "I finally forced Zhang Han to surrender. Don't make any troubles. Let Zhang Han surrender directly first, and let Wang Li be discussed later."

Seeing that Xiang Yu refused to listen to the advice, the general of the Chu army had to retreat disappointed. Li Zuoche was glad and knew that he did not make this suggestion to Xiang Yu first. Otherwise, with Xiang Yu's short-sighted eyes, he would probably also ignore his suggestions, making him speak for nothing and feel angry. At the same time, out of curiosity, Li Zuoche couldn't help but whisper to Chen Yu: "General, who is the General Chu who just made the case?"

"Pei Gong Liu Ji." Chen Yu replied in a low voice, which also left a very deep impression on Li Zuoche.

The next thing was relatively simple. After the princes arrived in Qi, Xiang Yu immediately announced the good news of Zhang Han's request for surrender, and introduced the two conditions for surrender offered by Zhang Han, and symbolically solicited the opinions of the princes. The princes who could not defeat Xiang Yu's anti-Qin period were of course unanimously begged Xiang Yu to decide. Xiang Yu said in a big way: "Since that's the case, I think, one is to save food and grass and time, and the other is to reduce the casualties of our soldiers, we will accept Zhang Han's surrender."

The princes of the anti-Qin unanimously praised the good, and Xiang Yu sent someone to send a surrender envoy from the Qin army, telling Shicheng the unanimous decision of the anti-Qin coalition. He also swore in public in front of the princes outside the pass, vowing not to hurt the soldiers of the Zhang Han army who took the initiative to put down their weapons to surrender, and would not pursue Zhang Han's previous grudges for killing Xiang Liang. He also promised to confer Zhang Han, Dong Yi and Sima Xin as princes after destroying Qin, and also broke his sword with his own hands, swearing that if he broke his promise, he would be cut into two halves like his own sword in the future.

Seeing Xiang Yu making a poisonous oath in public, Shi Cheng felt very calm and hurried back to the Qin army camp to report the news to Zhang Han. After hearing the news, Zhang Han did not hesitate anymore. He immediately summoned the generals in the army to make his surrender public. As a result, although most of the Qin generals were in despair and homesickness, they raised their hands to express their willingness to support Zhang Han's surrender, but there were still several Qin generals who refused to bow to the six countries outside the pass. Unfortunately, Zhang Han was prepared for a long time. As soon as he whipped his mouth, the guards in the tent rushed up immediately and killed the Qin generals who opposed surrender with a chaotic sword.

Of course, it is not an easy task to put down your weapons and surrender together. In order not to cause any changes to cause misunderstandings between the anti-Qin coalition forces, Zhang Han asked the generals in the army to appease the soldiers under his command, and sent people to contact Xiang Yu again, asking Xiang Yu to help suppress the Qin soldiers who refused to surrender. At the same time, he agreed with Xiang Yu that he would officially go out to surrender at 3 o'clock the next morning.

Fortunately, the soldiers of Zhang Han's army, who were tired of war, had long been generally tired of war, and had long wanted to end this endless war. They basically chose to follow Zhang Han to surrender to the anti-Qin coalition forces. A few opponents were also cleaned up on the spot, and no turmoil was caused. Then at the sequel to Siu-ji, Zhang Han also fulfilled his promise. Under the surveillance of the anti-Qin coalition soldiers who were ready to surrender, he led the Qin army soldiers who had already put down their weapons to surrender to the camp and surrender. He also brought Dong Yi and Sima Xin and other important Qin army civil and military officials to Xiang Yu, crawled in front of Xiang Yu's horse and surrendered, and asked Xiang Yu to accept it with tears in his eyes.

Xiang Yu is a person who loves face. He only vowed to forgive Zhang Han in public yesterday. Even though he still wanted to avenge Xiang Liang, he quickly restrained the impulse in his heart. He also turned over and got off the horse and helped Zhang Han up with kind words to comfort Zhang Han and others. Zhang Han cried bitterly, and kept telling the suspicion and persecution he had suffered during this period, trying to package himself as a loyal minister who was framed by a traitor in the court and was forced to surrender. He also successfully made Xiang Yu, who was famous for his tear glands, shed a few tears of sympathy.

Next, after the anti-Qin coalition took over the Qin army camp and confirmed that all the Qin soldiers were disarmed, Xiang Yu handed over the mission to his confidant Cao Ju, and led Zhang Han and Dong Yi and other surrendered Qin generals back to the Chu army camp. He also set up a banquet in the central army's tent, leading the princes outside the pass to suppress Zhang Han and others who voluntarily surrendered, and became closer to appease the Qin generals who voluntarily surrendered.

Because he successfully forced the surrender of more than 120,000 Qin soldiers, the atmosphere of the banquet was of course very festive. All the princes outside the pass were smiling. Zhang Han, Dong Yi and others were soon more convinced, because during the banquet, Xiang Yu announced in public that Zhang Han's confidant Sima Xin would act as the general of Qin and replace Zhang Han to lead the surrender of more than 100,000 Qin soldiers, and take on the task of assisting the anti-Qin coalition. Of course, weapons can no longer be sent to the Qin soldiers for the time being.

Seeing that Xiang Yu was convinced, he fulfilled his promise to himself in private. Sima Xin, who also made great efforts in Zhang Han's surrender, was of course extremely happy. He immediately stood up and bowed to Xiang Yu, swearing to follow Xiang Yu loyally to destroy Qin. But at this moment, a messenger suddenly rushed in outside the tent, knelt on one knee to Xiang Yu, and clasped his fists and said loudly: "Report to the former general, Huai County Ferry Crossing, the troops of Wang Li, who were stationed in Huai County, suddenly left the camp and carried some of the baggage and went westward with light clothes. He voluntarily gave up his camp outside the city and Huai County Ferry Crossing, and there were still many difficult-to-move supplies."

"Wang Li's husband abandoned the camp and went west?" Xiang Yu was shocked and asked, "We haven't had enough water yet, why did he run away directly?"

"It must be that General Zhang Han's surrender leaked the news. Wang Li's husband was afraid that we would pass through Wude and surrounded him in Huai County, so he quickly escaped." Old Man Fan analyzed.

"Cowardly dog ​​thief!" Xiang Yu punched the table hard and smashed the table directly. The table was covered with wine and food, but Xiang Yu ignored it at all. He just asked the messenger who came to report the message: "Have you found out where Wang Li is going to retreat?"

"Reporting to the former general, time is in a hurry. The scouts we sent to Huai County did not have time to find out where the tyrannical Qin army was, but only knew that they had gone west." The messenger replied truthfully.

"A bunch of waste!" Xiang Yu cursed angrily and shouted: "Hurry up, continue to explore again, be sure to find out where the tyrannical Qin army is going as soon as possible."

The messenger took the order and ran out immediately. Old Man Fan stood up and said, "Former General, if nothing unexpected happens, Wang Li's tyrannical Qin army is about to retreat to Mengjin, cross the Yellow River there, and then head south to Luoyang to guard the dangerous obstacles to the Hangu Pass. I believe that we should immediately send troops to pursue, drag down Wang Li's retreat speed, and buy time for our main pursuit."

Xiang Yu nodded quickly, and after a moment of thought, he immediately ordered Qi army general Tian Du to cross the river to pursue the army. Tian Du did not hesitate, immediately clasped his fists and took the order, threw down the banquet that had not yet finished, and ran out to command the troops to pursue. Xiang Yu felt relieved. He first ordered the troops to start the pursuit immediately, and then sat down again, called everyone to continue drinking, and said confidently: "Don't worry, Wang Li can't run away, we will definitely annihilate him on the north bank of the Yellow River."

Everyone said yes, but unfortunately after this storm, the atmosphere of the banquet was greatly affected. It was no longer as festive as before, so Xiang Yu gave up the idea of ​​getting drunk with everyone. Before Shenshi was reached, the banquet ended and asked the princes outside the pass to go back to rest and prepare. At the same time, he ordered people to invite Zhang Han, Dong Yi, Sima Xin and others to the guest account, and repeatedly reminded him to have a good hospitality.

Before the matter was over, after everyone dispersed, Xiang Yu was planning to go and see the resettlement of the Qin army surrendered soldiers. Unexpectedly, personal soldiers immediately came to the report outside the tent, saying that it was Liu Laosan, the general of the Chu army, and that there was an important military report. Xiang Yu ordered the summons casually. Then Liu Laosan also immediately entered the tent, saluting Xiang Yu, and couldn't wait to say: "Former General, the last general heard the news that Wang Li had run away from Huai County this morning. Former General, you also sent General Tian Du, the general of Qi, to lead the army to pursue him. How dare you ask if this is really the case?"

"What's wrong with this?" Xiang Yu asked casually.

"If this is true, then there will be a plan that may help the former general trap Wang Libi to death on the north bank of the Yellow River." Liu Lao said in a striking manner: "The last general speculates that Wang Libi must have fled westward first, and must have wanted to escape to Mengjin Crossing, guard Luoyang and Guhandao to prevent our army from entering Hangu Pass directly. The last general is not talented and is willing to immediately lead the troops to carry ten-day food grass to pursue, cross the Yellow River in Chenggao, and then run day and night to attack Pingyin and seize the Mengjin Ferry, so that Wang Libi cannot cross the river to escape south, and help the former general completely annihilate the tyrannical Qin army under Wang Libi to the north bank of the Yellow River. Please allow the former general to allow it."

"Pei Gong, how dare you attack alone and intersperse the retreat of the king and ordinary men?" Xiang Yu became interested.

"As long as we can help the former general destroy Qin, why don't the general dare?" Liu Laosan answered confidently, and said: "The Chenggao Ferry is too small and it is difficult to collect ships. Wang Li's man cannot cross the river there, but the headquarters of the general has less than 10,000 people, and the problem of crossing the river there is not too big. As long as the general can cross the Yellow River as soon as possible, there will definitely be hopes to arrive at Pingyin before the Wang Li's man, seize the Mengjin Ferry, completely cut off the Wang Li's man's man's return, and help the former general achieve great success."

After saying that, Liu Laosan added: "Let's take a step back and say that even if the last general fails to attack and fails to take the Mengjin Ferry first, he can act according to the opportunity on the south bank of the Yellow River, disrupt Wang Li's defense deployment, and not give Wang Li the opportunity to calmly deploy defense, and can still help the former general break the enemy as soon as possible."

Seeing that Liu Laosan was right, and seeing that Liu Laosan had the courage to take risks, Xiang Yu, who had drunk a lot of wine, immediately slapped the table and said, "Okay, since Pei Gong has the courage, I will allow you to lead your troops to attack Pingyin. If you succeed, I will also have a great reward to Pei Gong in the future!"

"The last general will receive the order!"

Liu Laosan clasped his fists and sang loudly, and turned happily to go out to command the troops. Unexpectedly, Old Man Fan next to Xiang Yu suddenly spoke and shouted: "Pei Gong, wait!"

Liu Laosan's face changed slightly, then he turned around and bowed to Old Man Fan and asked, "What are the instructions of Father Ya?"

"Be careful." Old Man Fan ordered: "If the attack fails, don't force it. You are commanding the Chu army. If there is any mistake, it will swell our army."

Liu Laosan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your advice, I will definitely act cautiously."

After walking out of the central army tent with respect, Liu Laosan immediately changed his expression of anxiety and returned to the camp without touching the ground. Following Liu Laosan's instructions, Liu Laosan's troops had already prepared for attack, so Liu Laosan didn't have to do anything. In addition to instructing Xiao He to take his people to collect military supplies and food, he also directly told Cao Shen and Fan Kuai the purpose of the attack. As a result, Cao Shen, Fan Kuai and others were shocked when they heard this, and asked, "Pei Gong, we want us to cross the Yellow River in Chenggao and attack Pingyin and seize the Mengjin Ferry. How is this possible? We are not sure how can we do it?"

"If you are not sure about doing it, you have to try to make a bet." Liu Laosan's voice was cold and said, "We seek wealth and honor in danger. This is the best opportunity for us to succeed. If we don't want to obey other people's commands for the rest of our lives, we must take this risk."

Needless to say, Cao Shen, Fan Kuai and others were Liu Laosan's absolute best friends. Seeing that Liu Laosan was firm and could not argue, he did not dare to say anything. He just immediately organized his soldiers to set up the camp and gather outside the camp. Then, just as Xiao He had just received the food and grass and necessary military supplies for ten days, Liu Laosan immediately led more than 9,000 soldiers from the headquarters to advance west, using the floating bridge left by Zhang Han's army and Tiandu army to cross the little water directly, and rushed directly to the Chenggao Ferry, which was not suitable for the large army to cross the river in the sunset.

The next afternoon, the army of Liu Laosan, who was rushing lightly, arrived in Chenggao successfully. In order to save time, in the evening, he had just collected a ferry that could only cross seven or eight hundred people at a time. Liu Laosan decisively ordered the army to cross the river overnight and clearly required all the troops to cross the Yellow River before dawn. The result was not bad, because the Qin army in this area was relatively sparse, and there were also many sailors in Liu Laosan's army, who were also from the Huai Si battlefield, all of Liu Laosan's troops crossed the Yellow River when it was dawn. Liu Laosan did not allow the soldiers to rest, and immediately led the army to march westward day and night toward Pingyin.

In the next two days, Liu Laosan's army marched more than 80 miles in one day, neither attacking the city nor plundering the land, and even Tingshe Township Ji along the way did not rob, and he was simply rushing towards Pingyin regardless of everything. The result was Liu Laosan's luck, because Liu Laosan came too fast, and I wonder if there were any other anti-Qin coalition forces behind him. The Qin army, who had a strong force, did not dare to send troops to intercept him. He watched Liu Laosan pass around the city and rushed to the intersection north of Luoyang to the west and heading to Pingyin.

After a surprise to Cao Shen and others, after reaching the intersection leading to Pingyin, Liu Laosan, who had been urging the army to advance along the way, seemed to have taken the wrong medicine. He suddenly asked the army to stop and rest at the intersection, and no longer rushed to Pingyin County more than 30 miles north, but just sent scouts to go north to explore the situation of Pingyin County and Mengjin Ferry.

Late at night, the scout who went north to explore the enemy situation, Pegasus reported that a Qin army had already rushed to the Mengjin Ferry from the north bank of the Yellow River, and had crossed the Yellow River, controlled the north-south ferry terminal, and all ships in the Pingyin area. As a result, when Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Fan Kuai and others were of course disappointed, and they all said annoyed: "Thank you so hard now. We have said a long time ago that you are not sure to attack Mengjin."

Contrary to the dejected Cao Shen, Fan Kuai and others, Liu Laosan laughed and clapped and said, "Wang Li's son is not stupid yet, he still knows how to divide his troops to attack and protect his Mengjin's retreat. Now I don't have to worry that I can't explain to that stupid boy Xiang Yu."

"Pei Gong, what do you mean?" Cao Shen asked in confusion: "From your tone, you don't seem to want to rush to the Mengjin Ferry?"

"Attacking the Mengjin Ferry? Am I stupid?" Liu Laosan asked with a smile: "Wang Li is not a fool. How can we prevent our light troops from rushing to Mengjin and cutting off his retreat? Take a step back and say, even if we succeed in the attack, what decent benefits can we get? Is the little money and food that Xiang Yu rewarded us worth our life?"

"What do you want to do when you Gong Pei?" Fan Kuai asked with confusion.

"If you eat too much dog meat, you are really as stupid as a dog." Liu Laosan cursed, then said with a grim smile: "Have you forgotten? Our King of Chu has issued an order that those who entered Guanzhong first will be kings. Now you should understand why I said that when you set out, right? Wealth and honor must be in danger!"
Chapter completed!