Behind Zhang Han, a Qi general said with a worried face.

 "Confused, at this time Xiang Yu is besieging Linzi, even if King Qi leads the army back to help, we have already lost the opportunity."

 Zhang Han scolded.

 "Don't worry, this king has already sent someone to notify King Qi.

 With King Qi's ability, he will naturally find a way to deal with Xiang Yu.

 On our side, what we have to do now is to stick to Linzi City and buy time for King Qi. "

 Zhang Han still trusts Han Xin very much.

 Even so, Han Xin didn't send anyone back at this time to inform Zhang Han that he was going south to attack Pengcheng.

 But Zhang Han still believed in Han Xin and could find a way to deal with Xiang Yu. What he had to do now was to stick to Linzi City and buy time for Han Xin.

 "Overlord, Linzi City is not easy to fight!"

 At this time, outside Linzi city, Zhong Limei and other generals of the Chu army were also accompanying Xiang Yu, looking at the majestic Linzi city from a distance, Zhong Limei said.

 Indeed, in this era, the city of Linzi, which was once the capital of the Qi State, was huge, and it was the largest city in China.

 The city is high and the pool is deep, absolutely easy to defend but difficult to attack.

 If it is a strong attack, unless the morale of the attacker is high and the strength of the troops is several times that of the defender, it will definitely not be able to attack Linzi City.

 "That's right, Zhang Han was originally a young general of the Qin State, and he was very good at leading the army in battle.

 Although we succeeded in forcibly crossing Jishui before, we did not severely damage Zhang Han's troops.

 At this time, Zhang Han had at least 5 or [-] horses under his command.

 If he defends Linzi City to the death, with the strength of Linzi City, if we attack by force, there will be heavy casualties. "

 Yu Ziqi on the side, looking at the tall Linzi City, said after receiving Zhong Limei's words.

 Xiang Yu on the side was silent at this moment.

 "Overlord, don't attack Linzi city by force!

 Don't forget, we attacked Linzi City to force Han Xin to withdraw his troops from Handan, and that was the main purpose.

 When Han Xin leads the army back, as long as we can defeat the main force of the Qi army in Han Xin's hands, and then besiege Linzi City, Linzi City will be ours sooner or later. "

 At this moment, Ying Bu on the side spoke to Xiang Yu.

 "Well, what Yingbo said is correct, you can't attack by force."

 At this time, Xiang Yu finally spoke up and agreed with Yingbo's statement.

 "Overlord, what about Chang Shan King Zhang Er?"

 Zhong Limei said.

 At this time, Xiang Yu already knew the news that Zhang Er was defeated by Han Xin and the main force of Chang Shan's army was destroyed.

 "That trash Zhang Er can defeat an army of 20. He's a pig teammate."

 Ying Bu said angrily.

 "But according to reports from our scouts, the Qi army has surrounded Handan City, and there seems to be no sign of withdrawing to help.

 That Han Xin trusted Zhang Han so much?Do you think Zhang Han can hold Linzi City? "

 "Overlord, don't worry about Zhang Er.

 We will definitely make money by exchanging Zhang Er's Handan City for Han Xin's Linzi City.

 Even if Han Xin were to take down Handan City, he wouldn't be able to digest it for a while.

 And Linzi City is the base of Han Xin.

 As long as we take Linzi City, Han Xin will be a rootless apple.

 I don't believe that if Han Xin can stay in Handan, he will definitely come back to rescue Linzi City. "

 "Send someone to keep an eye on the movement of the Qi army in Handan City, and send any news as soon as possible.

 Our side first surrounded Linzi City and carried out several waves of probing attacks to force Han Xin to come back.

 Zhong Limei and Ying Bu listened to the order. The two of you led 6 horses and ambushed the returning Qi army on the way back to Linzi City. "

 Xiang Yu gave the order.

 "No, Overlord."

 That night, Zhong Limei and Ying Bu led the army and left quietly.

 Xiang Yu and others believed that Han Xin would definitely withdraw from Handan and return.

 In the next two days, Xiang Yu still ordered the Chu army to launch a strong attack on Linzi City.

 Two days later, Xiang Yu received news that the Qi army outside Handan had disappeared.

 "Haha, after all, Han Xin couldn't sit still, and the leader came back.

 Send an order to Zhong Limei and the others to get them ready.

 After Han Xin led the army to withdraw from Handan to Julu, he would definitely return from Julu to aid Linzi City.

 Let them prepare for the ambush, and don't let Han Xin escape this time. "

 Xiang Yu said excitedly.

 The Qi army withdrew from outside Handan City. Zhang Er was ecstatic when he found out.

 However, in the next two days, things developed somewhat beyond Xiang Yu's expectations.

 Because, the Qi army that withdrew from Handan to Julu City did not come out from Julu City for a long time to return to Linzi City.

 This puzzled Xiang Yu, as well as Zhong Limo and Ying Bu who had been guarding halfway, waiting to ambush the Qi army.

 On the other side, on October 24, Han Xin, who had marched for five days, finally led the main force of the [-] Qi army and arrived outside Pengcheng.

 The general guarding the Chu army in Pengcheng panicked when he saw the Qi army appearing outside the city, and it took him a long time to react.

 After all, since Xiang Yu chose Pengcheng as his capital, Pengcheng has not experienced war for two years.

 The main reason is that no one dared to take Peng Cheng's idea.

 Therefore, when the Qi army appeared outside Pengcheng, the guards in Pengcheng almost thought it was Xiang Yu who led the army back.

 "There are enemy troops outside the city, go and report to General Long and Yafu."

 When the defenders in the city confirmed that the people coming from outside the city were not from their own family, General You Chu sent someone to inform Long Qie and Fan Zeng.

 This time, Xiang Yu left Long Qie in Pengcheng to guard his hometown.

 At the same time, Pengcheng is not empty at this time, there are still [-] Chu troops defending.

 "What, there is an enemy attack? How is it possible."

 When Long Qie received the news, he couldn't believe it.

 "It's the Qi army, Han Xin's soldiers and horses."

 But when Long Qie rushed to the top of the city and looked at the Qi army appearing outside the city, he couldn't help but blacken his face.

 "Isn't Han Xin leading the army to attack Zhang Er?

 Moreover, the Overlord also led the army to attack Linzi City, how could Han Xin lead the army to fight over?

 He was so brave. "

 Long Qi frowned and said.

 However, at this time, Long Qi was still very worried.

 Because, there are only [-] Chu troops in Pengcheng at this time, and these [-] Chu troops are all old, weak, sick and disabled.

 To put it bluntly, Pengcheng's defense is very weak.

 This is also related to their inertial thinking. They thought that everyone around them would dare to lead an army to attack Pengcheng.

 "Long Qi, what's going on?"

 Fan Zeng also received the news soon, rushed over, and asked Long Qie.

 "Yafu, there is an army of Qi army outside the city, at least 6 to [-] people."

 "The Qi army is coming? This Han Xin is really not a good person."

 Fan Zeng had also studied Han Xin's rise in Qi, and praised Han Xin's military strategy very much.

 "Send someone to find Overlord and let him lead the army back."

 Fan Zeng said to Long Qie.

 "Yafu, let the Bawang lead the army back now, but it will fall short."

 "Confused."

 Fan Zeng glared at Long Qie: "It's not like you don't know the situation in our city.

 If the Qi army outside the city really attacked by force, how long can we hold on?

 Do you think it is more important for the Overlord to capture Linzi City, or to keep our Pengcheng?

 Han Xin is extremely smart, he did not choose to return to aid after he learned that the Overlord had killed and fled to Linzi City.

 Because returning to aid is risky, it is easy to be ambushed halfway, so he simply led the army to our place and forced the Overlord to withdraw.

 In this way, the crisis in Linzi City will be resolved. "

 "However, we can accept such a result.

 Bawang's dispatch of troops this time was originally to understand Zhang Er's danger in Handan.

 Now, since Han Xin has withdrawn his troops from Handan, our goal has been achieved, let the Overlord lead the army back. "

 Fan Zeng had already figured it out at this time, the purpose of Han Xin leading the army this time was not too alarming.

 But still have to let Xiang Yu lead the army back, if Xiang Yu does not lead the army back, insist on attacking Linzi city.

 Then Han Xin may also turn this southward threat into a real attack.

 I don't dare to say it, it is absolutely impossible for Xiang Yu to exchange Pengcheng for Linzi City. This time Xiang Yu was regarded as a counter-general by Han Xin.

 Two days later, the fast horses sent from Pengcheng traveled day and night, and soon arrived in Linzi, found Xiang Yu, and reported to him the news of Han Xinbing's arrival in Pengcheng.

 "What! Han Xin dared to lead the army to Pengcheng, he wanted to die!"

 After Xiang Yu heard the news, he was furious and roared.

 "Notify Zhong Limo and the others to withdraw the troops and return to Pengcheng."

 Sure enough, when Xiang Yu heard the news, he immediately issued an order to withdraw his troops.

 "My lord, the Chu army has withdrawn!"

 In Linzi City, someone looked at the Chu army retreating outside the city, and shouted excitedly to Zhang Han.

 "Xiang Yu withdrew? What did King Qi do?"

 Zhang Han didn't think about it for a while, but he knew that Han Xin must have done something, otherwise Xiang Yu would not have easily withdrawn his troops.

 Han Xin soon received the news that Xiang Yu withdrew his troops from Linzi City and hurried back to Pengcheng.

 "Since Xiang Yu is back, we should go too."

 Han Xin said with a smile.

 He hadn't planned to really take down Pengcheng, but his purpose was to force Xiang Yu back. Now that his goal has been achieved, it's time to leave Pengcheng.

 At the end of October, Xiang Yu led the army back to Pengcheng, and Han Xin also led the army back to Linzi.

 Miraculously, the two sides did not break out in a decisive battle, and the two sides could accept such a result.

 Han Xin's attack on Zhang Er's Changshan Kingdom this time took Julu County from Changshan Kingdom, which was equivalent to tearing off more than two-fifths of Changshan Kingdom's flesh, adding another county to Han Xin's territory.

 More importantly, Han Xin destroyed the main force of Changshan Army under Zhang Er's command in this battle, which seriously injured his vitality.

 In this way, it will be much easier for Han Xin to deal with Zhang Er again in the future.

 As for Xiang Yu, as long as Zhang Er is not destroyed by Han Xin, Handan City where Zhang Er is located, and this little brother will be saved.

 Xiang Yu was also satisfied. As for the county that Zhang Er lost, Xiang Yu didn't bother to take care of it.

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