Wen Liu Bang Xiangyu beheaded Sanchuan Taishou Li You, and the State of Wei and Korea also stood up. Xiang Liang's goal of confronting Zhang Handan at Puyang was achieved, and knowing that he was unable to do so, he attacked Dingtao from the south.
Xiang Liang's strategy was to get close to Xiang Yu's army, and the two armies could support each other, and it would be better if they could fight Dingtao down.
Xiang Liang sent troops, and King Huai of Chu and a number of aides stayed behind to guard Xuyi, but song Yi was sent to follow Xiang Liang, as a highly respected former commander Yin, to supervise and restrain Xiang Liang to a certain extent.
Xiang Liang fought successive victories, went north to save Tian Rong, broke the chapter handan, and relieved the siege of Dong'a. After pursuing Zhang Handan to Puyang, he blocked the Qin army in Dong Commandery. Xiang Liang also sent Xiang Yu Liu Bang to divide his troops and behead Li You, the son of Li Si, the son of Li Si, the chancellor of the Qin Dynasty.
However, at this time, the Zhang Handan army continued to obtain ordnance and grain and grass, and its strength increased sharply. Xiang Liang gave the elite to Xiang Yu, and he knew that he could no longer compete with Zhang Handan, so he took advantage of the situation and left the camp south.
However, in front of the Qin army, Xiang Liang still had to bluff and create a strong momentum. In Song Yi's view, Xiang Liang was arrogant and arrogant, his eyes were empty, and he did not care about Qin Bing at all.
Song Yi was not a subordinate of Xiang Liang, and tentatively said, "After junshang's repeated victories, he should be more cautious than usual, and should not be careless." I watched the generals drink and gamble recently, the flags were not in order during the day, they left their posts at night, they completely forgot that the bones were exposed in front of them, and our army went deep alone. At present, although Zhang Handan has been defeated, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops, and the number of enemy soldiers is increasing day by day, but our soldiers are unguarded, if the Qin army attacks, how can our army resist? ”
How could Xiang Liang not see the crisis of the Chu Army, he wanted to close the door and shut the door. However, Xiang Yu not only took away all 8,000 elites in Jiangdong, but also included two fierce generals and their subordinate troops, generals Yingbu and Pu, plus Liu Bang's strong and tenacious army. Most of the soldiers in Xiang Liang's hands were collected and pieced together by the major forces.
However, Xiang Liang could not tell Song Yi these facts, once the King of Chu grasped this situation and dispatched troops to counter him in the future, it would be more than worth the loss.
Xiang Liang laughed: "The Qin soldiers have been killed by me several times, and they are not enough to hang their teeth, even if they add new soldiers, in the face of this continuous rain [yín] rain, the road is blocked by water, it is difficult to attack, do not worry about it." ”
Song Yimu was stunned, judging that Xiang Liang would be defeated, so he left xiang Liang's army under the pretext of sending an envoy to the State of Qi. Xiang Liang couldn't send Song Yi away, and no one wanted to have a pair of eyes around him to monitor him.
In fact, Zhang Handan had already mobilized reinforcements from Wang's departure, and Yang Xiong led a strange army stationed on the west bank of the Yellow River, waiting for Zhang Handan's military orders. Zhang Handan never allowed Yang Xiong to cross the river, and if Xiang Liang would dig deep trenches to build high fortifications, the Qin army would not have a chance.
Xiang Liang withdrew his army from Puyang and went south to Dingtao. Zhang Handan immediately pursued him in two ways south, personally led the main force to attack head-on, came to the other side of Dingtao, and built a raft to cross the river. Yang Xiong's army crossed the river from Baimajin, crossed the river south more than thirty miles upstream of Dingtao, and raided the Chu army camp from the west.
The wind outside the tent was fierce, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and from time to time thunder and lightning were added. The field of vision is blurred. The thunder also completely masked the sound of horses' hooves, and the lights inside and outside the camp were poured out by the rainstorm.
This night Xiang Liang had a nightmare, the sun was shining, Zhang Handan attacked the camp, and everywhere was the Iron Eagle Sharps who had swept through the Six Kingdoms of Great Qin, and all the tents were on fire at the same time. Xiang Liang called out to Xiang Yu, but he couldn't make a sound, he wanted to draw the sword, but he couldn't pull it out, and when he woke up, he realized that it was still night, and he was covered in cold sweat and couldn't stop panting.
Xiang Liang was horrified, put on his coat, and walked to the front of the big tent door, and the soldiers hurriedly followed him. The rain outside was very heavy, nothing could be seen in the vast night, and there was no nightmare sun, and Xiang Liang felt slightly better.
When Xiang Liang withdrew, the roads that had to be passed through were full of sentries, and if the Zhang Handan army followed, it would be impossible to be invisible. Moreover, across a piece of Jishui, even if Zhang Handan's army reached the opposite shore, the Chu army had plenty of time to meet the battle.
When the Qin army came to attack, the Chu army was completely unconscious, woke up from its sleep, saw the enemy soldiers flocking to them, and was so shocked that they were overwhelmed, and the people were not enough to be armoured, and the horses were not enough to saddle, and they rushed to meet the battle. It turned out that Zhang Handan took advantage of the rainy night to cross the river, and the river bank, which was more than ten miles long, was full of shouts of killing.
The Chu army was able to hold the enemy against the riverbank, and thousands of Qin soldiers entered from the west, attacking the Xiangliang camp, and the enemy in the west seemed to be pouring in.
Xiang Liang knew very well that this battle had been lost, and if he fled immediately, he might be able to save his life, and it was inevitable that the entire army would be lost. If they fought hard, at least the Xiang clan could retreat to Huling. Xiang Liang did not hesitate any longer, and sent someone to inform Xiang Tang and Xiang It to immediately retreat to Huling, and then ordered the gathering of his own troops, blocking the enemy with all his strength, and covering the retreat of the rest of the Chu army.
Before the Xiangliang army was ready, the Qin army came from two directions to overwhelm the sea. The arrows shot at the enemy like locusts, and before they could replace them with another batch of arrows, the enemy was already in the line, and soon there were enemies all around.
Xiang Liang led more than 2,000 soldiers, desperately blocking wave after wave of enemy attacks, and every moment of delay, there were more Chu troops who escaped. By the time the rain stopped in the morning, Xiang Liang already had more than ten large and small wounds bleeding together, but he didn't feel any pain, he swept his eyes around, only to see that the guards around him had been reduced to less than a hundred, and there were countless black spots jumping near and far, and he didn't know how many Qin troops had killed him.
Xiang Liang ordered his pro-army to break through and face the Qin army alone. The two guards pulled the reins of his horse to the death, preventing him from risking his life, and vowing to die and die with the Lord.
The arrows on both sides had long been used up, and the Qin army threw out a dangling spear, and the guards fell to the ground one after another, and they didn't even have the strength to hiss.
Suddenly, Xiang Liang found himself alone. A spear pierced through the armor, the back came out of the chest, and the cold air penetrated the body. Xiang Liang felt exhausted, and after 15 years, he followed his father and eldest brother.
People are inherently dead, killed in battle, worthy of the ancestors of the Xiang clan.
In this battle, the Qin army killed the corpses of Chu soldiers all over the field, and the blood flowed into a canal. The Chu army trampled on each other and killed countless people. Zhang Handan beheaded Xiang Liang, the most influential general of the Six Kingdoms, and the rest of the princes and generals were frightened, like birds of fright.
If Zhang Handan was active during the period when Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms, he did not know whether he would become a famous general like Wang Qi, who could destroy the country by wielding a sword.