Chapter 427 Capture Fan Zeng Alive

Outside the city of Jiyuan, cheers thundered.

Overlord Xiang Yu fought one against four, and fought for more than 30 rounds, with unabated bravery. At this time, the evil is coming, and it is almost unbearable, and it is about to be defeated.

Bai Qi looked up at the sky, the sun was scorching in the sky, and before he knew it, it was already noon.

"Mingjin retreats!"

"General?"

Zhang Han was a little astonished, it was a bit perplexing to withdraw the troops at this time.

Bai Qi remained silent.

Seeing this, Zhang Han could only order to withdraw his troops.

When the military order was issued, there was an uproar outside the city.

Both the enemy and us are dissatisfied.

This great battle has not yet been decided, so why withdraw troops?

Helpless, the military order is like a mountain.

Zhang Liao and other generals had no choice but to retreat no matter how unwilling they were.

Only evil came, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Elai was the first to play. He fought Xiang Yu for hundreds of rounds, breaking his personal limit. Evil felt that his internal organs had been displaced.

Xiang Yu didn't pursue him either. In fact, he was a little tired even now. If the fight continues, it's really hard to say how the outcome will be.

Seeing the Qin army retreating, the anti-Qin Yi army became even more arrogant, clamoring outside the city.

Xiang Yu sat on the black-tailed horse, receiving cheers and worship, very happy.

Ten minutes later, seeing Qin's army avoiding the battle, Xiang Yu was also bored and ordered to withdraw his troops. A great war ended in such a hurry, leaving many regrets.

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afternoon.

After the battle, Xiang Yu was also exhausted, and took a good night's sleep at noon.

Never thought about it, good dreams don't last long.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the orderly rushed out of the tent in a panic.

"who!"

The orderly was stopped by the guards.

"Emergency military situation, report to the general."

"No, the general is taking a nap, don't disturb him."

In the morning's battle, Xiang Yu's image became taller and taller, and the guards were naturally proud of it.

"It's urgent, don't delay."

The orderly looked anxious.

Seeing this, the guards were also in a dilemma.

Just when he didn't know what to do, Xiang Yu's voice came from inside the tent: "Who is making noise outside the tent?"

When the guard heard this, his face turned pale, and Zhan Zhan replied tremblingly: "General, you are the messenger."

"General, something is wrong!"

Seeing this, the messenger shouted directly outside the tent.

"presumptuous!"

Xiang Yu shouted loudly, obviously very dissatisfied.

"Forgive me, General! Forgive me, General!"

Hearing this, the guards and messengers all knelt outside the tent, looking terrified.

Xiang Yu has a violent temper, and if he disagrees with him, he can't escape with a whip.

There was silence in the tent.

After a long time, Xiang Yu's voice came: "Come in!"

The messenger heard the words, stepped into the tent, plopped, and knelt down again.

Xiang Yu frowned and scolded, "Why are you panicking?"

"General, General Yingbo has been defeated!"

"what?"

Xiang Yu was startled, and went up against the crime.

"A report from the front, General Yingbo was ambushed outside Anyang City, and almost his entire army was wiped out."

When Xiang Yu heard the words, he remained silent for a while.

Inside the big tent, there was deathly silence.

The messenger didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of disturbing Xiang Yu.

"Go down!"

Xiang Yu said wearily, the battle in the morning did not make him so tired. Even an overlord has times when he is beyond his power.

"promise!"

The orderly soldier rolled out of the tent as soon as he received an amnesty.

Xiang Yu knew very well what kind of chain reaction would be triggered by Yingbo's defeat.

The 50,000 army did not take Anyang City.

Xiang Yu has no doubts about Yingbo's ability to command troops.

The only explanation is that from beginning to end, Anyang City was a bait set by Bai Qi.

Smart!

As the base camp, Jiyuan City couldn't hide, which attracted all the attention of the rebel army. Secretly, they used the humble Anyang City to play a big trick on the rebels.

The Yingbu army was defeated immediately, and Xiang Yu naturally no longer had any expectations for the 30,000 alien army earlier.

All of a sudden, Anyang City swallowed up 80,000 troops, which is really terrifying.

A huge sense of frustration rose from the bottom of Xiang Yu's heart.

In this way, the fighting generals in the morning were just a premeditated performance?

Good means, good calculation.

Hey, thanks to Xiang Yu's self-satisfaction, he didn't even know he had been tricked.

Xiang Yu's heart was filled with endless bitterness.

No, never admit defeat!

There was a flash of light in Xiang Yu's eyes, and his fighting spirit was high.

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The news of Yingbo's defeat spread quietly throughout the army.

In addition, news of the complete annihilation of Dichen's army also spread like wildfire.

The successive blows made the camp of the rebel army silent.

The rebel army, which already had no superiority in military strength, lost 80,000 troops at once, which is really appalling.

Everyone felt that the prospect of the rebel army was beginning to look bleak.

Those with quick minds even faintly sensed a hint of crisis from the occupation of Anyang City.

food!

The curse was finally firmly placed on the heads of the rebels.

Uneasy emotions shrouded the rebel camp. The jubilation in the morning has completely turned into a joke.

In the evening, the defeated Yingbu army fled back to the camp in embarrassment.

Seeing the tragic situation of the Yingbu army with their own eyes, the rebel army became more and more uneasy, and the whole camp was in commotion.

As for the Dichen army, they had no face to go back to the camp after their defeat, and they don't know where they are hiding in the barren mountains.

Han Xin?

Oh, don't think about it any more.

As soon as Yingbo came back, he rushed to Xiang Yu's tent to plead guilty.

Unfortunately, he couldn't even get in the big tent.

Furious, Xiang Yu almost clicked Ying Bu with his sword.

Helpless, Yingbo could only kneel outside the account.

That night, Xiang Yu called the princes from all walks of life to discuss the matter.

When the princes saw Yingbu kneeling outside the tent, all of them kept their eyes on him.

Some are sympathetic and some are gloating.

Everyone knows how unfavorable the situation is for the rebels.

Fan Zeng's grain transport team will arrive at Julu in a few days. Once Anyang City is occupied, it will cut off the route for the rebel army to transport food.

Such a situation is really disappointing.

Inside the big tent, Xiang Yu's face was gloomy, he looked around, and said with gritted teeth: "Even if it is at all costs, we must capture Anyang City."

"promise!"

The princes from all walks of life knew in their hearts that they were in a desperate situation at this moment, and had no choice but to fight with their backs.

It's a pity that Bai Qi will not give the rebels a chance.

The next day, before Xiang Yu could take action, the Qin army in Jiyuan City had already come out in full force. The army set up a formation outside the city, eyeing the rebels.

The purpose of the Qin army is self-evident, which is to hold back the rebel army.

If the rebel army dared to attack Anyang City, it would face the pursuit of millions of troops.

You know, there are more than one hundred thousand troops stationed in Anyang City. To take Anyang City, at least two or three times as many troops must be dispatched, that is, two to three hundred thousand troops.

The rebel army does not have an advantage in terms of military strength. Once 200,000 troops are dispatched, how can they withstand the attack of the Qin army in Jiyuan City?

Think about it, it's depressing.

For a while, the rebels were caught in a dilemma.

The princes from all walks of life are taking emergency measures and discussing countermeasures.

At this time, Xiang Yu could no longer stop the military affairs with a single word.

It was Xiang Yu's decision to send the Yingbu army to attack Anyang City. In this matter, Xiang Yu obviously made a mistake. He underestimated the Qin army so much that he was defeated.

Yingbo knelt outside Xiang Yu's tent all night, but he couldn't see Xiang Yu.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows in their hearts that Xiang Yu is the real person responsible, but no one dares to say it. Poor Yingbo, just became a scapegoat.

Inside the rebel army, there was a dark hesitation.

time does not wait.

Just when the rebel army was vacillating, the main force of the Hundred Thousand Kings Li Army had arrived in Anyang City.

At the same time, the Imperial Guard Division quietly left Anyang City according to Bai Qi's arrangement, and marched eastward again, pointing directly at the grain transportation team led by Fan Zeng.

Fan Zeng got the news that the Qin army was trapped in Jiyuan City. How could he have thought that he would be intercepted by the Qin army halfway. Facing the Imperial Guards, the grain transportation team had no choice but to surrender obediently.

The food and grass that the Chu army had worked so hard to raise became the possessions of the Qin army and were all transported to Anyang City. Even Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu's adviser, became a prisoner of the imperial guards.

Ouyang Shuo was not very optimistic about Fan Zeng.

Compared with Zhang Liang, the sage of conspiracy, Fan Zeng, as the number one counselor under Xiang Yu's account, was eclipsed.

Fan Zeng was far from Zhang Liang not only in political foresight, but also in the art of persuading the monarch. Some people say that it was Xiang Yu's self-willedness that made Fan Zeng's plan impossible to implement.

Actually?

As a top strategist, if you can't persuade the monarch to accept your strategy in an appropriate way according to the monarch's character, it is a failure in itself.

Fan Zeng likes to rely on the old to sell the old, and is curious about tricks, but he doesn't consider the character of the lord Xiang Yu. The two collided together, which naturally aroused Xiang Yu's disgust.

Therefore, it is true that Fan Zeng is wise, but he is not a qualified counselor.

A truly qualified counselor would not propose to establish a "King of Chu", which created a lot of constraints on Xiang Yu, and finally charged Xiang Yu with the crime of "King Killing".

A truly qualified counselor will not let Han Xin not be reused under Xiang Yu's account.

A truly qualified counselor would not engage in those twists and turns at the Hongmen Banquet, but should directly kill Liu Bang to create a fait accompli, what would happen to Xiang Yu?

A truly qualified counselor would not be unaware and fail to remind the lord Xiang Yu when Liu Bang "built the plank road openly and kept the warehouse in the dark".

A truly qualified counselor will not let Xiang Yu despise him after being named "Yafu".

Looking at the old man in the hall, Ouyang Shuo looked uncertain.

Bai Hua said: "Wu Yi, do you want to take this person under your account?"

Fan Zeng was captured by the imperial guards, so he was naturally dealt with by Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head.

"What? You don't want it? Don't give it to me."

Hearing this, Bai Hua climbed up the pole.

"Think beautifully."

Fan Zeng is not a Chinese cabbage, so Ouyang Shuo will not let him go easily.

"Then what do you think?"

Bai Hua was speechless.

Fan Zeng was in the hall, feeling ashamed and angry. He didn't expect that he would be so unpopular.

"This person is very useful. Don't forget that Xiang Yu has a general under his tent. Think about it, if Fan Zeng was exchanged for that general, would Xiang Yu agree?"

Hearing this, Bai Hua gave Ouyang Shuo a hygienic eye, "Wu Yi, you are too bad!"