The battle between Xiang Yu and Julu

The battle between Xiang Yu and Julu.

After Zhang Han defeated Xiang Liang, he thought that the Chu soldiers were not of concern, so he led his army north to cross the Yellow River and defeated Zhao. King Zhao, with Chen Yu as general and Zhang Er as prime minister, defeated Julu. Zhang Han led Wang Li and Shejian to attack Julu with 400,000 soldiers.

King Huai of Chu was very frightened when he heard that Xiang Liang died in the battle. He rushed from Xutai to Pengcheng, collected Xiang Yu and Lu Chen's troops and put him under his command, and appointed Lu Chen as Situ. Lu Chen's father Lu Qing As Ling Yin, Liu Bang was granted the title of Governor of Dang County and Marquis of Wu'an, and he still commanded the army of Dang County.

In the third year of the Second Qin Dynasty (207 BC), King Huai of Chu appointed Song Yi as the top general, granted Xiang Yu the title of Duke of Lu, as the second general, and Fan Zeng as the junior general, with Song Yi as the commander-in-chief. Fifty thousand soldiers went to rescue Zhao. Song Yi's army marched to Anyang, stayed for forty-six days, and stopped advancing. Xiang Yu suggested to Song Yi: "The Qin army is surrounding Zhao at Julu. If we quickly lead our troops across the river and attack with the Zhao soldiers from both inside and outside, we will definitely be able to defeat the Qin army." But Song Yi refused to send troops and continued to drink and have fun in the army. It was cold and raining heavily, and the soldiers were cold and hungry.

Seeing this situation, Xiang Yu went to see Song Yi in the morning and killed him. Xiang Yu held up Song Yi's head and told the soldiers: "Song Yi wants to join forces with Qi to rebel, and King Huai of Chu secretly ordered me to kill him." The generals surrendered out of fear and did not dare to resist, so they promoted Xiang Yu to be the general for the time being. . Huan Chu reported the matter to King Chu Huai, who appointed Xiang Yu as the general.

After Xiang Yu killed Song Yi, he became famous in the Chu Kingdom and became famous among the princes, so he sent Dangyang Jun and General Pu to lead 20,000 soldiers across the river and repeatedly attacked Zhang Han's corridor for transporting food to Wang Li's army, but The harvest was not great, so Zhao general Chen Yu sent someone to ask Xiang Yu to send troops again. Xiang Yu led all his troops across the river and fought nine battles with the Qin army. Zhang Han defeated and fled, and Xiang Yu led his army to continue north to attack Wang Li.

One of the Chu soldiers outnumbered ten, and their cries moved the heavens. After repelling Zhang Han, the princes' army was greatly encouraged, and they attacked Wang Li together with Xiang Yu, killed Su Jiao, and captured Wang Li alive. Qin General She Unwilling to surrender, he committed suicide. After the Qin army was defeated, Xiang Yu summoned the princes and generals at the gate. All the generals came forward on their knees, not daring to look up at Xiang Yu. So Xiang Yu became the general of the princes, and the princes all surrendered to him.

Zhang Han led his army to station in Jiyuan, and Xiang Yu stationed in the south of Zhangshui. The two armies were in a stalemate without fighting. The Qin army was defeated by Xiang Yu many times. Qin II sent someone to blame Zhang Han. Zhang Han was afraid, so he sent Chief Shi Sima Xin to ask for instructions. When Sima Xin arrived in Xianyang, Zhao Gao stayed at Simamen for three days and refused to receive him. It means distrust. Sima Xin was very frightened and hurriedly fled to Zhang Han's camp, urging Zhang Han to make plans early. Zhao Jun Chen Yu also wrote to Zhang Han, urging him to rebel against Qin. Zhang Han secretly sent Shicheng to Xiang Yu's camp to negotiate a peace treaty, but no agreement was reached.

Xiang Yu asked General Pu to lead the army, and marched across Sanhujin day and night to fight the Qin army and defeat it. Then Xiang Yu led the entire army to defeat the Qin army on the sewage. Zhang Han sent people to see Xiang Yu again and wanted to make a peace treaty. Xiang Yu summoned the military officials to discuss it and said, "Now that the army rations are getting less and less, I want to agree to it." The military officials said it was okay.

So Xiang Yu and Zhang Han made an appointment to meet on the Yinxu River south of the Huan River and made an alliance. After Zhang Han saw Xiang Yu, he cried and told Xiang Yu about Zhao Gao's various behaviors. So Xiang Yu appointed Zhang Han as King Yong and Sima Xin as the General. He led the Qin army to Xin'an.

In November of the first year of the Han Dynasty (206 BC), the soldiers of the princes had all served as corvees in Qin and were beaten by the Qin soldiers. The soldiers were driven as slaves, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Qin soldiers and secretly made plans. The princes heard about the Qin soldiers' strategy and told Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu summoned Generals Yingbu, Pu and others to discuss the plan. They thought that there were many Qin soldiers and if they did not obey orders after entering Guanzhong, it would cause great disaster. So, Xiang Yu killed all the more than 200,000 Qin soldiers in the south of Xin'an City overnight.