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The battle between Han Xin, Xiang Yu, Zang Tu and others in Qidi also expanded.
On January [-], because Han Xin had burned the grain and grass of the Yan army in Nanpi City, Zang Tu was shocked when he received the news a day later.
Zang Tu immediately sent someone to find Xiang Yu and asked Xiang Yu to provide food and grass for their army, otherwise Zang Tu had to withdraw his army and go back.
Although Xiang Yu was very dissatisfied, he could only agree.
At the same time, Xiang Yu also quickly received that the Chu army who came from Lu County learned that a large group of Qi troops had attacked Lu County.
Xiang Yu knew that the Qi army was also planning to burn their food and grass.
Once the Qi army is allowed to burn the food and grass they left in Lu County, they will not have to fight this battle, and they will undoubtedly lose.
Afterwards, Xiang Yu sent general Long Qie, leading [-] Chu soldiers, to participate in food protection to ensure the safety of food and grass from Lu County to Linzi City.
It's just that at this time, Han Xin led the [-] elite Qi army, and was staring at the only way to transport grain northward from Lu County.
Han Xin would never allow another grain to be transported from Lu County to Linzi.
In the next few days, the two Chu army food transport teams going north from Lu County were ambushed by Han Xin.
Even so, when Long Qie led the army back to Lu County and personally led [-] Chu troops to escort the grain and grass northward, they were still ambushed by Han Xin.
The two sides fought a battle, and the dragon was defeated. The third batch of grain and grass was burned by Han Xin.
After all, the mere [-] Chu army cannot be the opponent of Han Xin's [-] Qi army.
In this way, nearly a week passed in a short delay.
The Yan-Chu Allied Forces failed to storm Linzi City, so they had to change the storm into a siege.
The food that Xiang Yu brought over could have supported them for a month outside Linzi City.
But later, he distributed a lot to Zang Tu's Yan army, so that their food was only enough for about half a month.
Now more than a week has passed, and Xiang Yu has never received a batch of food sent over, and he has also received the news of Long Qie's defeat, so he is naturally furious.
By this time, Zang Tu had the idea of withdrawing his troops.
After that, Xiang Yu sent another batch of grain to Zang Tu, leaving only five days' grain for the Chu army.
At the same time, Xiang Yu also reached an agreement with Zang Tu to let Zang Tu continue to lead his army to besiege Linzi.
And Xiang Yu led the [-] elite Chu troops to turn around and fight with Han Xin to open up the food transportation channel.
Zang Tu also agreed, and Zang Tu told Xiang Yu that if he could not wait for the food Xiang Yu sent within ten days, he would withdraw his army and return to Yandi.
On October [-], Xiang Yu led [-] Chu cavalry and turned around to attack Benlu County.
Zang Tu, on the other hand, continued to besiege Linzi City with Chu General Zhong Limei.
It is still too difficult to take down a big city like Linzi City, so the only way is to besiege it.
When the people in the city and the Qi army run out of food and water, it is time for the city to break down.
After Xiang Yu led the army back to Xue County, he encountered Han Xin at the border between Xue County and Jibei County, and the two armies faced each other.
This time, Han Xin couldn't retreat either.
On the one hand, it was because he had to guard the grain road of the Chu army to ensure that Xiang Yu would not be allowed to transport a grain of grain north.
On the other hand, the [-] Chu troops brought back by Xiang Yu were all cavalry.
As for Han Xin's [-] Qi army, in addition to [-] cavalry, there are [-] infantry, which cannot be easily withdrawn.
Once they retreated and were chased and killed by the cavalry of the Chu army led by Xiang Yu, no matter how elite the Qi army's infantry was, they would inevitably be defeated.
Since you can't retreat, you can only fight.
To be honest, according to Han Xin's thinking, he really doesn't want to fight Xiang Yu head-on for the time being.
At this time, Han Xin was addicted to guerrilla warfare, and he was able to force Xiang Yu and Zang Tu to withdraw with minimal losses. This was Han Xin's goal.
However, since Han Xin is inevitable now, he can only fight.
On January 21, the sixth year of Qin II, the first decisive battle between Han Xin and Xiang Yu broke out at a place called Dayegou in the southernmost part of Jibei County.
This battle lasted from noon to dusk, and the two armies still hadn't decided the winner.
In this battle, Xiang Yu showed great power and led the cavalry of the Chu army to charge across the battlefield, and the Qi army was unstoppable.
If it weren't for the elite Qi army and Han Xin's excellent command, the Qi army might have lost this battle.
It was this battle that made Han Xin fully aware of the horror of Xiang Yu's force and the elite level of the Chu army's cavalry.
After dark, Han Xin led the Qi army to retreat under the cover of night.
"The Overlord of Western Chu is indeed brave and invincible.
The elite cavalry of the Chu Army far exceeded my expectations. "
On the way to withdraw troops, Han Xin's face was very ugly.
This battle was also the first time since Han Xin's rise, he led the elite main force to fight more and less, but failed to win.
In the past, Han Xin used less to fight more, and still won a big victory.
In fact, in a decisive battle like the two armies, Xiang Yu's role on the battlefield is really too great.
The cavalry of the Chu army, as long as they saw Xiang Yu's handsome flag, they all screamed as if they had taken a tonic, their morale was high, and they were not afraid of death.
"This king promises that he will never fight such a face-to-face decisive battle with Xiang Yu again in the future.
Otherwise, everyone on the battlefield can check and balance the cavalry charge led by Xiang Yu.
This time, fortunately, the king has a lot of soldiers and horses in his hand, otherwise he really couldn't stop the cavalry led by Xiang Yu from charging. "
On the way to withdraw the troops, Han Xin was still thinking about it with lingering fear, and at the same time he was also reflecting on himself.
Han Xin felt that his decision-making was a bit wrong in this battle, and he shouldn't have fought Xiang Yu in such a face-to-face legion decisive battle.
The main reason is that although Han Xin defeated the Chu army before, it was all led by other Chu generals.
Han Xin hadn't had a decisive battle with the elite Chu army led by Xiang Yu yet, so he didn't know the huge role Xiang Yu played in this kind of frontal decisive battle.
Now, with the lesson learned this time, Han Xin can be regarded as remembered.
"To deal with a terrifying martial artist like Xiang Yu, it's best not to confront him head-on, you need to use softness to overcome strength.
It is best to design Yin him and besiege him. At that time, no matter how brave and skilled he is, he will not be able to play a role.
After all, wars cannot be won by individual force, but by resourcefulness. "
Han Xin thought so in his heart, with a sneer on his face.
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After Han Xin led the army to withdraw, Xiang Yu immediately opened up the grain road and sent someone to escort a batch of grain and grass north to Linzi.
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Next, Xiang Yu didn't lead the army to Linzi either. There were Zang Tu and Zhongli Mei with 10,000+ troops in Linzi, and it was enough to besiege Linzi city.
Xiang Yu led the fine cavalry of the Chu army under his command to track down the traces of the Qi army and Han Xin.
Three days later, Han Xin was overtaken by the cavalry of the Chu army led by Xiang Yu in Jibei County, and the two armies faced off again.
"Damn!"
Han Xin was helpless now, he didn't want to have a decisive battle in the field with Xiang Yu's Chu army.
But no matter what, he still has more than 2 infantry under his command, and Xiang Yu insisted on fighting, and he couldn't get rid of it at all.
Han Xin built a stronghold in the wild and confronted Xiang Yu.
At this time, Xiang Yu was not in a hurry.
Just let him find Han Xin's team, and stop letting him wantonly guerrilla and attack their rear and grain roads.
As time goes by, Linzi City will become more and more dangerous, and Zhang Han, who is besieged in Linzi City, will not last long.
In other words, time is on Xiang Yu's side at this time.
Just because Han Xin also knew this, he became more and more anxious and prepared to withdraw several times, but he was stuck by the Chu army.
After several fights broke out between the two sides, the Qi army led by Han Xin retreated to his camp, unable to retreat.
And Xiang Yu couldn't do it either. He ate the elite Qi army in Han Xin's hand in one bite, and the two sides were in a stalemate.
Things didn't turn around until the beginning of February.
"What? The Yan army has withdrawn, what's going on?"
Xiang Yu, who was still entangled with Han Xin in Jibei County, suddenly received a defeat sent by Zhong Limei from Linzi City, and learned that Zang Tu led the Yan army to retreat back in an emergency.
"Report to Overlord, King Yan received the news.
Five days ago, the Qin army suddenly sent troops from Daijun and Taiyuan in the north to attack Shanggu in Yan State and Hengshan County, which the Yan army had just captured.
In just five days, Juyang, the city of Shanggu County, was captured by the Qin army, and the Qin army on the north road approached Jixian, the capital of Yan State.
The Qin army on the South Road also conquered Donghuan City and entered Guangyang County, with the goal of Jixian, the capital of Yan State.
After receiving this news, King Yan still wanted to stay here and besiege Linzi, so he withdrew his army and returned home overnight. "
Long Qi said to Xiang Yu with a wry smile on his face.
They never expected such a result, and they never expected that Qin Jun would come out halfway.
At this time, the situation on Qidi's side was extremely favorable for Xiang Yu.
If the current situation continues to develop, Han Xin may really be defeated by Xiang Yu this time.
Even though Han Xin is resourceful and powerful in battle, it does not mean that he is really a "god" and can be invincible.
But now, the Qin army suddenly entered the Yan State, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Yan army was outside, they went straight to Ji County, the capital of the Yan State, and forced Zang Tu to withdraw his troops back home.
With Zang Tu's withdrawal, the situation on Qi's side is uncertain.
Without the help of Zang Dana's 10,000+ Yan army, in fact, the strength of Han Xin's Qi army is not so different from Xiang Yu's Chu army.
"Damn it, Ying Huhai, this king will kill you sooner or later."
Xiang Yu roared violently, all the good situation was ruined by Xu Feng.
This caused Xiang Yu, who was already hostile to Da Qin, to increase his hatred towards Xu Feng and Da Qin again.
It is seven or eight miles outside Jixian County, the capital of Yandi.
"General, ahead is Ji County, the capital of Yan Kingdom."
A general of the Qin Army rode on a horse and said respectfully to Ma Chao who was beside him.
Ma Chao looked at Ji County not far away, his expression was indifferent, and he didn't speak.
Ten days ago, Ma Chao received Xu Feng's order in Jiuyuan City. When he learned that he was asked to lead [-] cavalry to attack Shanggu County, Ma Chao was extremely excited.
Since the decisive battle with the Huns, the Huns who fled north into the desert have never shown their faces again.
Ma Chao wanted to lead the army out of the customs and attack the Huns, but was vetoed by Xu Feng.
Even though the Huns were defeated last time, the Huns still dominated the outside of the pass. With the strength of the Qin army at this time, they could not go out of the pass to actively attack the Huns.
Now, as long as the Huns don't go south to harass the border gates of the Great Wall, Xu Feng is already very satisfied.
In this way, Ma Chao would have nothing to do in Jiuyuan, which was very boring.
It gave Ma Chao time to train the cavalry of the Qin Army. At this time, the cavalry of the Qin Army under Ma Chao's command skyrocketed to more than [-] cavalry.
After receiving Xu Feng's order, Ma Chao immediately led [-] cavalry of the Qin Army, set off from Jiuyuan, and spent five days heading east across Yunzhong and Yanmen counties to Shanggu County.
Because Zang Tu took away the main force of the Yan army, the strength of the Yan army in Shanggu was not very large.
Ma Chao attacked suddenly and killed Shanggu Yan's army by surprise, and successfully captured Juyang, the city of Shanggu County.
As for Shanggu Juyang, it is only thirty or forty miles away from Ji County, the capital of Yan State in the south.
After Ma Chao conquered Juyang, it only took half a day to lead the army to the outside of Ji County.
It's a pity that Jixian had to receive the news in advance and take precautions, otherwise Ma Chao would have been able to take down Jixian in one go.
"How many defenders are there in the capital of Yan Kingdom?"
Ma Chao was still a little reconciled. With the capital of Yan Kingdom right in front of him, he really wanted to fight, which was a great contribution.