Chapter 9 Nine battles and nine victories in the second quarter

In December of the second year of Qin II (208 BC), the Qin army relied on a large number of soldiers and sufficient food, and wanted to take down the giant deer quickly, and the siege troops fought very fiercely.The Zhao army in the city was very dangerous because of the shortage of soldiers and food shortage.Chen Yu led tens of thousands of people to station in the north of the city. Zhang Er's son Zhang Ao led more than 10,000 people, and the Yan army and Qi army who came to rescue successively set up camps and built barriers near Chen Yu's army.But they were afraid of the powerful Qin army, and they all waited and watched each other, and no one dared to go out to fight.Once, Chen Yu was forced by Zhang Er to have no choice but to send 5,000 people to attack the Qin army, but they were all wiped out.

Besides, after Xiang Yu killed Song Yi, he sent Yingbu and Pu generals to lead 20,000 troops as vanguards to cross the Zhangshui River, cut off the corridors for the Qin army to transport food, and separate Zhang Han and Wang Li's troops.Then, Xiang Yu led the main force to advance rapidly.When crossing the river, Xiang Yu ordered all the cauldrons (rice pots) of the entire army to be smashed, all the ferries were scuttled, and all the camps were burned. The soldiers were only allowed to take three days of dry food, and prepared to fight against the Qin army. In a decisive battle, if you don't win, you will never come back alive.Xiang Yu's determination and courage greatly encouraged the whole army.As soon as the Chu army arrived on the battlefield, they surrounded Wang Li's army, and fought fiercely with the Qin army with a thunderous momentum and swift action.The soldiers of Chu State all counted one as ten, charging, beating, and chasing the Qin army, not giving the Qin army a chance to breathe.After nine fierce battles, the Chu army defeated the Qin army.At this time, the other troops who came to rescue Zhao also joined the battle, killed Qin general Su Jiao, captured Wang Li alive, and forced another Qin general Shejian to commit suicide.The main force of the Qin army was defeated, and Julu was rescued.

When the Chu army was fighting fiercely with the Qin army, the other generals who rescued the soldiers were as afraid of the enemy as a tiger, and only dared to hide on the wall to watch the battle.They were shocked to see the scene of the Chu army's brave charge and bloody battle.After the battle, Xiang Yu summoned the princes and generals, but they dared not enter the gate of the camp, but crawled forward on their knees, and did not dare to look up at Xiang Yu.Since then, Xiang Yu has shocked the world.All the princes unanimously supported Xiang Yu as "the general of the princes", and were willing to be his subordinates and obey his command.