Chapter 27 Ji Xin's decision

After Fan Zeng left, the Han army's food and grass were cut off, and the city was about to lose its hold.Liu Bang was in a hurry, and at this time another capable person appeared on the stage. At the beginning, Liu Bang, accompanied by Zhang Liang, bit the bullet and attended the Hongmen Banquet, hoping to ask Xiang Yu's understanding.After extraordinary efforts, King Xiang wanted to forget it and let Liu Bang go, but Zhang Liang noticed at the banquet that his father Fan Zeng had malicious intentions and hidden murderous intentions, so he stayed and continued to mediate. The chariots and riders all stopped and did not move, but Liu Bang took advantage of the opportunity to go to the latrine and left the tiger's mouth without saying goodbye. He was personally protected by the four trusted generals who came, and hurried back to the camp of the Bashang Han Army; one of them came forward this time. Ji Xin came out.

Ji Xin was loyal to Liu Bang and looked like Liu Bang, so he suggested to Liu Bang: "The situation is critical, please let me pretend to be you to deceive Chu soldiers, and you can take advantage of this opportunity to escape." The city gate came to surrender in order to whet the appetite of the Chu army.Sure enough, the city gate was surrounded tightly, and the soldiers all wanted to see the honor of the King of Han. At night, Ji Xin released two thousand armored women from the east gate of Xingyang while it was dark, and Chu soldiers immediately surrounded them from all sides.Seeing that it wasn't a King of Han, although I was a little disappointed, after fighting for so long, I haven't seen so many girls filing out on the battlefield. The scene is very spectacular.

While the soldiers were in a daze, Ji Xin rode in the yellow-roofed chariot of the emperor, with a flag decorated with feathers planted on the left side of the beam, and shouted: "The food in the city has been eaten up! The King of Han has come out of the city to accept surrender!" The Chu army cheered .Xiang Yu rode up alone, and when he saw Ji Xin, he asked, "Where is the King of Han?" Ji Xin smiled contemptuously: "You are late, the King of Han has already left the city." Little did they know that the real King of Han had fled from the west gate of the city with dozens of cavalry.Xiang Yu was furious, so he lit Ji Xin's sky lantern.

Before Liu Bang broke through the siege, he selected Zhou Ke as the main general to stick to Xingyang, and asked Cong Gong and Wei Bao to assist him.Zhou Ke and Conggong are both old friends of Liu Bang when he was humble, veterans of the Fengpei Group, and have always been the backbone of the Xinghan Group.After Ji Xin died on behalf of Liu Bang and went out of the siege, they closed the city gates tightly, determined to stick to it to the end. Zhou Ke discussed with Duke Cong: Wei Bao is the king who has already rebelled against Hou Guo, and when Xiang Yu comes in, he won't sell us all?So he killed Wei Bao.

Liu Bang escaped from Xingyang and entered Guanzhong, gathering soldiers to prepare to advance eastward again.Yuan Shengyou said to Liu Bang: "Han and Chu have been stalemate in Xingyang for several years, and the Han army is often trapped in water conservancy difficulties. I hope that the king will go out of Wuguan, and Xiang Yu will definitely lead his army to the south. At that time, the king will raise the barriers and not fight. Let Xingyang, The area around Chenggao was able to rest. Send Han Xin and others to appease the land of Zhao in Hebei and unite the kingdoms of Yan and Qi. After getting a rest, I will fight against the Chu army and defeat the Chu army, it is certain."

Liu Bang followed his strategy and sent troops between Wan County and Ye County, marching with Ying Bu, collecting troops along the way. Xiang Yu heard that Liu Bang was in Wan County, so he led his army south.Liu Bang strengthened the barriers and did not fight him. Xiang Yu had enough food and grass, and was ready to fight Liu Bang to the end, but at this juncture, Cheng Yaojin was killed halfway.An urgent report came from the rear: Peng Yue had crossed the Sui River, and was fighting with Xiang Sheng and Xue Gong in Xiapi, and the battle was not going well. In the several contests between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu's troops, Peng Yue seemed to be a marginal figure.That's right, Peng Yue had been an unknown guerrilla captain before he followed Liu Bang.Since he captured more than a dozen cities in Wei, Liu Bang made him the prime minister of Wei.

After Liu Bang's siege of Pengcheng failed, the city captured by Peng Yue also lost, so he had to lead his army to retreat to the north bank of the Yellow River.In recent years, he often led the army to fight guerrillas around the Chu army, and cut off Chu's food and grass supplies in Liangdi.This time Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were in a stalemate in Xingyang, and Peng Yue took the opportunity to capture 17 cities including Suiyang and Waihuang, disrupting the enemy's rear. Before Liu Bang refused to fight, Peng Yue set fire to the backyard again, and Xiang Yu's head grew big.