Chapter 33 2. The World Knows the Victory of the First World War

In 207 BC, Xiang Yu was already twenty-six years old. He summoned his generals to discuss and formulate a combat plan to attack the Qin army.The meeting decided to cut off the Qin army's food road first, cut off the Qin army's logistical supplies, put the Qin army in a destitute place, and then conduct a decisive battle. The plan was drawn up, but Xiang Yu's heart should be terrified, no matter how you look at it, the chances of winning this battle are not great, should we still fight? Let's fight, lest we lose everything, let's fight... What is the way to fight?Just talking about your 100,000 army, crossing the river is a big trouble. If Zhang Han gives you a half-cross, everyone will die.

So in this battle, we must first catch the wrongdoer.Which guy has a big head, who can take it for injustice?Xiang Yu searched with his eyes, ha ha ha, and found the two most wronged: Ying Bu and General Pu. Generals Yingbu and Pu were well-known fierce generals in the Chu and Han Dynasties.But the name of this fierce general was earned in this battle of Julu.Before the start of the war, these two guys were just fooling around. At first they were fooling around behind Xiang Liang, after Xiang Liang died, they fooled around with King Huai of Chu, then with Song Yi, and now with Xiang Yu.So many major events have happened during this period, but these two guys kept a low profile and insisted on not saying a word.

So Xiang Yu ordered generals, and sent two generals, Yingbu and Pu, to unite the troops of Wan Chu, cross the Yellow River separately, go to fight guerrillas on the transportation corridor built by Zhang Han, and cut off the Qin army's food road. Generals Yingbu and Pu received the mission and were overjoyed.Because both of them are genuine robbers, what they are best at is guerrilla warfare.However, the scale of the guerrilla warfare this time was relatively large, so the two came across the river. The Yellow River is very long, and there are countless places to cross the river. The Qin army can only stare at Xiang Yu's main force and let Yingbu and General Pu cross the Yellow River easily.Then the two rushed towards the Qin army's transportation corridor. When they met Qin soldiers with fewer than 10,000 people, they slashed and killed, robbed the food, and set fire to the corridor.

This action made the Qin army helpless immediately, and hurriedly sent troops to suppress the bandits. The few who came were swallowed up by Yingbu and General Pu.Let Yingbu and General Pu engage in mobile warfare and sabotage warfare, which cut off the supply line of the Qin army. After cutting off the Qin army's supply line, Yingbu and General Pu felt that they were capable of fighting and that they still had the strength to injure the Qin army, so they simply attacked near Julu City and harassed the attacking Wangli and Shejian armies. This incident caused Qin Jun to fall into extreme pain.

The two armies of General Yingbu and General Pu were like two large gadflies, buzzing around the big fat pig of Qin Jun, having a great time. Chen Yu's garrison was stationed in the south of Julu City, and he saw that although the Qin army was large in number, it was obviously not a match for the Chu army.It's just that the number of Chu troops coming is too small... Hey, that's not right, didn't you say that one hundred thousand Chu troops came?Why are there only 20,000 people here?Where are the rest of the Chu army? After searching carefully, it was found that the large troops of the Chu army were still stationed in the south of the Yellow River, and had no intention of crossing the river at all.Chen Yu was in a hurry, so he sent envoys across the river to find Xiang Yu, and begged the Chu army to advance in full.At this time, Xiang Yu was also nervously observing the battle between Yingbu and General Pu. Seeing that the Qin army was actually not capable, he decided to cross the river and start a decisive battle with the Qin army.

Chen Yu was a little anxious. Timing is the most important thing in wars.Since Xiang Yu had cut off the Qin army's food supply, he had to wait until this trick worked, at least until the Qin army ran out of food and fell into a panic before marching.If you go early, this trick will have no effect.So Xiang Yu waited patiently again, and it was estimated that it was almost the same, before crossing the Yellow River and wading across the Zhangshui.After crossing the Zhang River, Xiang Yu ordered the ships to be scuttled, the camps to be burned, and all the cooking pots to be smashed to pieces.From Xiang Yu, he created the common idiom "break the kettle and sink the boat", and made an indelible contribution to Chinese culture.

At this time, the Chu army only had three days of dry food per person, and there was no way out, so they could only fight to the death. Seeing the Chu army coming up in darkness, Zhang Han was very nervous and held a pre-war mobilization meeting.Order the whole army to cheer up and fight Chu Jun for the sake of Qin Ershi and all his girlfriends. The battle started, Xiang Yu crossed the river, and the two guerrillas, Ying Bu and General Pu, quickly approached the main force. After the merger of the three armies, they first surrounded Wang Li's army who was attacking Julu. Zhang Han led the main force to rush up and slammed Xiang Yu's flanks, trying to cut and annihilate the Chu army one by one.

On Xiang Yu's side, he tried his best. Including Xiang Yu, all the generals had to charge up with their knives, not to mention the array layout, just play the most ruthless game.On that day, outside Julu City, the sound of killing was loud, and the two armies with a total of nearly 400,000 soldiers launched a large-scale death battle under Julu City.But seeing the sword light and sword shadow, the murderous aura filled the sky, the blood stained the loess, and the corpse lay in the dust.There are people fighting in a group everywhere, slashing fiercely without stopping.At this time, under Julu City, there were more than a dozen camps, including Chen Yu's Zhao army, Qi army, and Yan Dai army.But seeing the tragic scene of fighting outside, everyone was terrified. They didn't even dare to open the gate of the barracks, and curled up in the barracks trembling.

After a bloody battle, the Qin and Chu armies separated temporarily and stared at each other angrily. Suddenly there was a loud cry, and the two armies strangled together again.After fighting for a period of time, they separated, and then they attacked each other and got entangled together.In this way, the two armies split and joined, joined and joined, and fought a total of nine huge rounds.Finally, Qin Jun couldn't stand it anymore, and became tired under the desperate efforts of Chu Jun.At this time, the Chu army was unreasonable, and rushed up even more frantically, beheading Qin general Su Jiao in the first battle, so that Zhang Han had to retreat to the south of Julu.

Zhang Han's retreat marked the complete collapse of the Qin army.At this time, the victory and defeat had been decided. At this time, Zhao Jun, Qi Jun and Yan Dai Jun finally mustered up their courage, opened their camps and rushed out to join the battle. The Qin generals Wang Li and Jian She who were wrapped in the innermost two armies were miserable. They were caught in the vast ocean of the coalition forces in an instant.All his troops were wiped out. After the Battle of Julu was over, Xiang Yu became famous all over the world for his bravery, ferocity, and murderous aura, and he never thought of being second to others.

Counting down the ranks, the Battle of Julu was the sixth battle Xiang Yu fought, and Liu Bang had already fought sixteen battles.But even if Liu Bang fights another 160 battles, its value cannot be compared with Xiang Yu's battle.After this battle, Xiang Yu finally had the qualifications and power to challenge Liu Bang. Not only that, this battle won Xiang Yu a huge reputation.According to historical records, after the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu summoned the generals of the princes and armies in the camp. When the generals entered the gate, they all prostrated themselves on the ground and walked on their knees without even daring to lift their heads.Historians say that this is the great prestige of the generals intimidated by Xiang Yu.The actual situation is that this huge prestige endowed Xiang Yu with the power to kill and kill.The current Xiang Yu can completely kill any general for the crime of sitting on the sidelines, and no one will dare to accuse him.It was just that they were afraid of being held accountable, so the princes and generals knelt down in fright. But Xiang Yu was immersed in the great happiness of winning the First World War, and his mood was so happy that he couldn't add it, and he didn't pursue anyone's responsibility. Xiang Yu didn't pursue the responsibility, the head of the family breathed a sigh of relief, so Zhang Er and Chen Yu's brothers, lonely and bored, fought in the nest.