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It's better to strike early, and we must not sit back and watch him continue to grow.
I've already told you all of this before, and I don't want to repeat it. "
After listening to Fan Zeng's words, Zhong Limei and others next to him all nodded slightly, which they all understood.
Before Xiang Yu and Long Qi said that, they were also angry.
Xiang Yu also calmed down at this time, looked at Fan Zeng, and asked, "Yafu, are you asking me to continue sending troops to attack Han Xin?"
To be honest, Xiang Yu has received a lot of setbacks during this period.
Two failures in defeating Qin and two failures in attacking Han Xin dealt a serious blow to Xiang Yu's self-confidence, and even made him a little reluctant to fight.
At this time, Xiang Yu felt that it would be a blessing to be with Concubine Yu every day as long as he kept his current territory.
"Yes, Overlord." Fan Zeng nodded.
"Overlord, now Han Xin has annexed Zhang Er's Julu County and Handan Lord, doubling his territory.
If there is no accident, Zhang Er will soon be unable to defend Hengshan County to the north of him.
At that time, Han Xin was sitting on the land of six counties, which were relatively rich. It would be even more difficult to deal with him at that time.
At worst, the Overlord will also take Handan City back from Han Xin.
Otherwise, Han Xin, who sits in Linzi and Handan, the prosperous places of the old capitals of Qi and Zhao, would really have the ability to compete for world hegemony. "
Fan Zeng saw it very thoroughly. Like Xu Feng, he regarded Han Xin as a serious problem at this time, and he wholeheartedly hoped to eradicate this serious problem for Xiang Yu.
On the contrary, Liu Bang, who was hostile by Fan Zeng before, was temporarily forgotten by Fan Zeng.
Overlord hesitated.
Fan Zeng further said: "Bawang, this time Bawang can give up Zhang Er, and use Zhang Er's territory to attack Han Xin with Zang Tu, the king of Yan in the north.
Overlord can promise Zang Tu that as long as Han Xin is defeated, Hengshan County north of Zhang Er can be handed over to him. "
"Will Zang Tu agree?"
"Most likely."
"Alright then, this king will listen to Yafu one more time.
Pass down the king's order to gather troops and collect food. After ten days, the army will set out to fight the Qi army again.
In addition, send people to Yandi to find Yan Wang Zang Tu, and propose to join forces to deal with Han Xin. "
Xiang Yu gave the order.
Xiang Yu listened to Fan Zeng this time, and directly abandoned Zhang Er, who could not be supported by the mud on the wall, and planned to join hands with Zang Tu in Yandi in the north to attack Han Xin from the north to the south.
Over the past year, the struggle between Zang Tu, King of Yan in Yandi, and Han Guang, King of Liaodong, has never been interrupted, and finally a war broke out.
But in the end, it was Yan Wang Zang Tu who was even better and won the final victory.
As early as four or five months ago, Yan King Zang Tu defeated Liaodong King Han Guang, killed Han Guang, and annexed Han Guang's territory.
After several months of digestion, Zang Tu had completely digested Han Guang's territory in Liaodong at this time.
At this time, Zang Tu was sitting in the land of six counties in the Northland.
Liaodong County, Liaoxi Army, Youbeiping County, Yuyang County, Shanggu County, and Guangyang County, the territory of these six counties is larger than the entire land of the original Yan Kingdom.
Zang Tu is now the well-deserved king of Yan, the real king of the northern land.
However, the northern land was bitterly cold and sparsely populated, so Zang Tu didn't have many troops, even smaller than Zhang Er before, only 18 horses.
But at this time, compared to Zhang Er who was hiding in Donghuan City and struggling to survive, Zang Tu was Xiang Yu's only ally in the north who could join forces.
Back then, among the fifteen feudal lords entrusted to Xiang Yu, only Liu Bang and Zang Tu were doing well at this time.
As for the others, they were either wiped out, captured or lingering on their last legs, nothing to worry about.
At the end of November, Xiang Yu led the army north again, preparing to retake Handan City from Han Xin.
At this time, after Han Xin left [-] defenders in Handan City, he had already personally led the army north to Hengshan County, preparing to take Hengshan County from Zhang Er and completely destroy Zhang Er's Changshan Kingdom.
Zhang Er was in Donghuan City, only a group of remnants and defeated generals remained, and there could still be elite opponents of the Qi army under Han Xin's command.
On November 26, Donghuan City was captured by Han Xin, and Zhang Er was killed. So far, Changshan Kingdom was destroyed by Han Xin.
As a result, before Han Xin was happy, he received the bad news that Xiang Yu had captured Handan City.
"Xiang Yu, this king and you are irreconcilable!"
After Han Xin received the news in Donghuan City, he also roared angrily, hating Xiang Yu very much.
Han Xin was not in a hurry to lead the army back to Handan. He knew that it was too late to go back at this time, and the city of Handan had already been taken back by Xiang Yu.
After Han Xin rested in Donghuan City for a week, he led the army back after learning that Xiang Yu had led the army to Julu City again.
Immediately, Han Xin led 12 Qi troops to confront Xiang Yu's [-] Chu troops in the Julu area.
"Haha, this is the king's blessed place.
At the beginning, this king was here, defeated Wang Li in the first battle, and destroyed the 20 Qin army under Wang Li's command. "
After Xiang Yu led the army to the Julu area again, he laughed and talked about his glorious achievements.
Indeed, in the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu was able to win more with less and defeat Wang Li's main force of more than 20 Qin troops, which was also an important turning point for the demise of Great Qin.
"Bawang will surely be able to repeat the glorious record of the past this time and defeat Han Xin in one fell swoop."
Zhong Limei and the others next to him, at this time, it is very appropriate to praise Xiang Yu.
"Haha, I hope so."
For such flattery, Xiang Yu is still very useful.
"Overlord, I just received a letter from King Yan in the north, agreeing to our proposal to jointly attack Han Xin.
King Yan said that he could send troops south in half a month. "
At this time, Yingbo also sent good news to Xiang Yu.
"Okay, haha. Zang Tu is quite acquainted."
After hearing this, Xiang Yu laughed and said.
"After Zang Tu leads the army to go south, the king will not believe that we will attack from the north and the south. This time, Han Xin can escape."
Xiang Yu was in a good mood at this time, and Chu and Yan joined forces to occupy the right time, place and people. Xiang Yu didn't believe that Han Xin could stop it.
After all, Han Xin's strength at this time is not very strong.
To be honest, Han Xin's strength is not as good as Xiang Yu's at this time.
If it weren't for Han Xin leading the army to fight fiercely, it would be impossible for him to survive so close to Xiang Yu's territory.
The reason why Xu Feng was able to keep Daqin's last place in Guanzhong in the front was that he had his own system turned on and off.
Among them, a large part of the reason is that the land of Guanzhong is in the west and far from Xiang Yu's territory in the east.
Xiang Yu conquered Qin once in the west, and the journey was far away, which gave Xu Feng enough buffer and preparation time.
If Xiang Yu's territory was next to Guanzhong, Xu Feng might not be able to hold it.
It has to be said that Han Xin was able to seize a piece of land in the north of Qidi, so close to Xiang Yu's hometown of Pengcheng.
Moreover, it can be developed to this level in a short period of time, which is already very powerful.
It is precisely because of this that Xiang Yu regards Han Xin as a confidant at this time.
"You say, when will Han Xin come back?"
"Within five days, Han Xin should be able to come back from Donghuan City."
Xiang Yu and others believed that Han Xin would lead the army back when they attacked Julu City, and it was impossible to give up Julu City in vain.
It's a pity that Xiang Yu and others thought wrong again, Han Xin didn't care about a mere Julu City at all.
Han Xin knew very well at this time that the strength of his soldiers and horses was not Xiang Yu's opponent, so he chose to avoid his edge.
On December [-]th in the sixth year of Qin II, when Xiang Yu led the army to attack Julu City, Han Xin led the army to return to Handan City from the north and recapture Handan.
Three days later, Julu City fell and was captured by Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu was on Julu's side, and he didn't wait for Han Xin to lead the army back, so he simply took down Julu City later.
Chapter 166
166 Army Siege
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After all, Han Xin didn't leave many troops in Julu City.
Being besieged by an army of [-] led by Xiang Yu, it is inevitable that the thousands of Qi soldiers in Julu City will not be able to defend.
However, when Xiang Yu was happy to capture Julu City, he received the sad news that Handan City was captured by Han Xin.
This is also why Han Xin changed his mind halfway and decided to avoid his edge and not go to Julu to confront Xiang Yu's main force of the Chu army.
Instead, he went south and rushed to Handan City, avoiding the truth.
"What? Handan City was captured by the Qi army!
So, instead of leading the army back to rescue Julu City, Han Xin rushed to Handan City? "
After Xiang Yu received the news, his face became gloomy, and he finally figured out why they couldn't wait for Han Xin to lead the army back to help them in Julu City.
"But we left [-] soldiers in the city of Handan. What did Wei Lan do to eat? He couldn't even defend for a few days. Han Xin broke through Handan so quickly."
Zhong Limei next to him said dissatisfied at this time.
"It's probably because Wei Lan was careless. I didn't expect Han Xin to return to Handan City so quickly and was attacked by surprise."
Ying Bu analyzed.
Yingbo's analysis is basically correct.
Wei Lan, Xiang Yu's guard who stayed behind in Handan City, was indeed careless. He didn't expect Han Xin to come back.
In addition, Han Xin launched a sneak attack in the early morning, which caught the Chu army in Handan City by surprise, and Handan City easily changed hands again.
You know, the [-] Qi army elites in Han Xin's hands were all trained by him;
He is loyal to Han Xin, well-trained, and extremely tough in combat.
If not, Han Xin could not defeat Zhang Er's 6 army with 20 or [-] horses before.
Han Xin's excellent command is one thing, but the execution of his elite soldiers is also very important.
What's more, when Han Xin attacked Handan City for the first time, he seized a large number of iron weapons and armor from Zhang Er's Changshan Army.
It can be said that Zhang Er spent a huge amount of money before, and bought [-] iron weapons and [-] sets of armor from Xu Feng, all of which were made into wedding dresses for Han Xin.
With these iron weapons and armor equipment, the elite Qi army in Han Xin's hands is even more powerful, and the combat power has been greatly improved.
"Reorganize the army and return to Handan."
At this time, Xiang Yu gave an order with a gloomy face.
At this time, to Xiang Yu, he didn't care at all how Handan City was captured by Han Xin so quickly.
The important thing is to seize the main force of the Qi army in Han Xin's hands at this time and defeat it.
"Send someone to notify Zang Tu and let him go south quickly."
On the way, Xiang Yu sent someone to urge Yan Wang Zang Tu again.
On December [-], Xiang Yu led the army back to Handan.
I thought that given the importance of Handan City, once Han Xin regained it, he would never give up easily.
Xiang Yu has even made preparations for a decisive battle with Han Xin in Handan City.
Xiang Yu believed that when Zang Tu led the army from the north and went south to join him, Chu Yan's 20 troops, Han Xin had no hope of winning.
But what Xiang Yu, Zhong Limei and others never expected was that when Xiang Yu led the army to kill Handan City again, the people in Handan City were empty, and no Qi army soldiers were seen.
Han Xin actually gave up Handan City. The day before Xiang Yu arrived, he led the army to withdraw and gave up Handan City again.
"What the hell is Han Xin trying to do? Handan City, which was finally conquered, is just given over to us?"
Xiang Yu and others sent people into the city to check, and after confirming that there were no Qi soldiers hiding in the city, they became more and more puzzled.
"Avoiding the war, Han Xin is avoiding the war."
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