Chapter 21 come out again

Although Xiang Yu heard that Liu Bang had come to the east, but because he had been fighting with the Qi army for many days, he wanted to defeat the Qi army before going to meet the Han army.As a result, Liu Bang was able to take the armies of the five princes, Zhang Er, King of Changshan, Shenyang, King of Henan, Zheng Chang, King of Han, Wei Bao, King of Wei, and Sima Ang, King of Yin, a total of 560,000 people, into Pengcheng. When Xiang Yu heard the news, he ordered his generals to attack Qi, and he himself led 30,000 elite soldiers to go south from Lu County through Huling.Liu Bang led his army into Pengcheng, gained a lot, indulged in pleasure, and relaxed his vigilance.Xiang Yu took the opportunity to attack in the morning, and while attacking the Han army, he pushed eastward and hit Pengcheng. It was already noon, and the Han army was defeated.

The Han army fled in all directions and fell into Gushui and Surabaya one after another. The Chu army killed more than 100,000 Han soldiers.The Han soldiers fled south into the mountains, and the Chu army pursued them as far as the Sui River to the east of Lingbi.The Han army retreated, and due to the crowding of the Chu army, many people were wounded and killed. More than a hundred thousand Han soldiers fell into the Sui River, and the Sui River stopped flowing forward because it was blocked.The Chu army surrounded Liu Bangli for three floors. At this time, a strong wind blew from the northwest direction, destroying trees and houses, flying sand and rocks, making the sky dark and the day turned into night, and rushed towards the Chu army.The Chu army was in chaos, and the formation collapsed. In this way, Liu Bang was able to lead dozens of cavalry to flee the battlefield in a hurry.When the princes saw that the Chu army was strong and the Han army was defeated, they all deserted Liu Bang and went to help the king of Chu.Sima Xin, King of Sai, also took the opportunity to flee to Chu.

Liu Bang originally planned to pass through Pei County to pick up his family members and flee westward. The Chu army also sent people to Pei County to arrest Liu Bang's family members; but Liu Bang's family members had already fled and did not meet Liu Bang.Liu Bang met his son and daughter on the road, took them into the car, and fled west together. It turned out that Shen Shiqi followed the Taigong and Empress Lu to take a small path, and was also looking for Liu Bang, but he happened to run into the Chu army.Chu Jun took them back and reported to Xiang Yu.Xiang Yu kept them in the army as hostages.

At this time, Zhou Luhou, the elder brother of Empress Lu, led troops to garrison Xiayi for Liu Bang, and Liu Bang went to join him along the path, and gradually collected Han soldiers.Stationed in Dang County.Then he led his army to the west, passed Liangdi, and arrived at Yu County. At that time in Xiayi, Liu Bang got off his horse and leaned on the saddle and asked Zhang Liang: "I plan to give up some places east of Hangu Pass and other places as rewards. Who can make contributions with me?" Zhang Liangjin said: "Jiujiang Wang Yingbu is a fierce general of Chu, and Xiang Yu is at odds with him; Peng Yue and Qi Wang Tianrong rebelled against Chu in Liang. These two people can be used immediately. Among your generals, only Han Xin can entrust important affairs and take charge of his own affairs. If you want to abandon these places, give them to these three people, then Chu State can be defeated."

Zhang Liang's words aroused Liu Bang's thinking.