The general headquarters of the Six-Nation Alliance Army is located in Linjin City, which was originally the capital of the Great Lirong State, and after the Great Li was destroyed by Qin, Linjin was operated as an important town in the eastern part of Guanzhong, and it was also the thoroughfare leading to the east of the river.

In the past hundred years, the Qin army to sweep away the Yan and Zhao armies set off to the east, and the Dali people, who had long been assimilated by the Qin people, were a brave division that could not be ignored in the Qin army, and they also brought back a large amount of booty when they returned home, such as the silk silk of Liang Chu, the lacquerware of Zhao Wei, and even the cattle and sheep of the Yan Kingdom, decorating their simple homes with the exquisite utensils of the Six Kingdoms.

It is not very rich here, but there are also many small estates of military landlords dotted on the plains.

However, since last year, many men have been recruited by Hu Hai to go to the south to "quell the rebellion", or go to Hedong and Hangu Pass to increase the defense of the east, but they did not expect that Zhao Cheng, the captain of Hedong, would surrender to the enemy.

The Sixth ** team crossed the east of the river without any resistance and invaded the West River, and Linjin bore the brunt.

In the face of the bandits of the six countries who suddenly came to the door, the county commander and lieutenant of Linjin subconsciously made an order to resist, but it was difficult to defeat the opponent's tens of thousands of troops, and the city was broken in three days.

Now, everything has turned around, and in the eyes of the people of Linjin, those thieves of the Chu State who are short in stature and full of brute voices are full of a terrible madness in their chests.

Madness called revenge.

Since the army began more than a year ago, the Xiang family has instilled the century-old shame of the Chu State to the Chu people over and over again: from Zhang Yi's deception, King Chu Huai entered the customs and did not return, to the more than 100,000 dead in Yanying, the tomb of the first king was wantonly burned by the Qin people, three generations of the Xiang family died on the battlefield, and in the Shouchun Ying Palace, she would rather jump off the high platform in depth than humiliate the Chu princess Ji Mi in the Shouchun Ying Palace......

Even the most indifferent Chu people do not have a deep sense of hatred for the lost country, but they can hear and see it over and over again, and it is enough to resentment against the Qin Dynasty. What's more, in the past ten years, the Chu people had to leave their hometowns to serve in Xianyang and Lingnan, and those humiliating whippings from the old Qin people were all scars left in their memories and even on their bodies.

So from the beginning of the Chu people's entry into Linjin, there was no military discipline at all.

They barked like vicious dogs, gathered like crows, plundered the treasury, trampled on the temple, threw the spiritual positions of Bai Qi and Sima Cuo to the ground, and stepped on 10,000 feet.

Treating the common people, he also spoke ill of them, slaughtered men, snatched children from their mothers, took their mothers from children, and wantonly humiliated young girls, neither afraid of the punishment of military regulations, nor afraid of Qin Law's retaliation.

The Chu army beat all the Qin officials in Xuanyi badly, fists and feet at each other, viciously whipped their bodies, took off the crown of the law to make a urinal, and cut off their heads, and stuck them high at the tip of the spear, and the streets of Linjin were full of blood, and many people were dragged to be slaughtered like sheep.

I don't know what kind of logic it is, although Xiang Yu thinks that the alliance between the middle father and the Xiongnu is ridiculous and the company of the beasts, but he has a tacit attitude towards the real beast atrocities in Linjin City, and even thinks that this is a legitimate revenge.

"How the Tyrannical Qin treated the Six Nations in the past, how the Six Nations will treat the Tyrannical Qin today!"

"Revenge the hatred of the snow, with the way of the tiger and the wolf, return the other!"

In this way, the atrocities in Linjin, Zhengxian, Dali and other cities that had fiercely resisted the Six-Nation Alliance lasted for half a month:

No Qin people escaped this catastrophe, whether it was in the wide avenues or in the crowded Lilu, and everywhere there were cries, tears, wails and begging, the groans of men in pain, the screams of women, the victims being chopped into pulp, obscene acts, commoners being sold as vassals, families being separated, nobles and respected elders being shamefully abused, people weeping together, and the rich being looted.

Compared with the strict military discipline and almost no offense when the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Xianyang hundreds of miles away, the banks of Luoshui are really heaven on one side and hell on the other.

It wasn't until Fan Zeng arrived and tried his best to dissuade Xiang Yu that these atrocities were somewhat restrained. But the entire Linjin has long been turned into an empty city by the frenzied tens of thousands of Chu **, and the residents are either killed or desperately flee across Luoshui towards the west.

The people of Xihe began to vote with their feet.

For a time, the Six-Nation Coalition could not even find the locals who assisted in transporting the grain.

It was under this circumstance that the war meeting of the coalition forces was held in the Linjin County Temple:

The supreme commander of the Chu army, Xiang Ji sat at the top, he was young and brave, and his red armor was shining.

His middle father, Wu Xinjun Xiang Liang and his second father Fan Zeng were on the left and right, Xiang Liang was wearing a large crown that covered his mutilated ears, and Fan Zeng simply inserted a hairpin, thoughtful.

On the west seat are the representatives of Zhao, Wei, and Han: the commander of the Zhao army, Guangwujun, Li Zuoche, Kuanjun, Chen Yu, and Keqing Kuaiche; Wei is Wei Xiang Zhang Er, and his son Zhang Ao; In Korea, there was only Han Xin (Gongsun Xin) who followed Xiang Yu into Hangu Pass.

Originally, Kuaiche proposed that Zhao Gao, who knew the truth of Guanzhong, also wanted to attend the meeting, but was rudely rejected by Xiang Ji and locked out of the door.

Today, the main controversy of the coalition forces is that only one of the three emissaries sent to Heifu has returned. And Xiang Yu was even more angry, because he didn't learn until Wu She's return that Fan Zeng, who was in charge of the diplomatic power of the Chu State, had hidden what he had done.

"It's just to test Hef, not to make a covenant with him."

Fan Zeng explained: "Now that his intention is clear, it is clear that he wants to inherit the tyranny of Qin Shi Huang, regard us as a group of thieves rather than princes, and have no interest in peace talks to divide the world. ”

Zhang Er thought so: "The black thief will not die to destroy my heart, it's time for the six countries to put aside their prejudice and unite against the enemy, although Hu Hai is dead, but the violent Qin has not been destroyed, but it is stronger than before!" “

"Yes, yes."

Zhao Guokeqing Kuaiche seconded: "One Han, Wei, Qi, Chu, Yan, and Zhao are from Qin. Let the generals of the world meet on the water, pass the quality, and ally with the white horse, otherwise, the black man has been the regent, and when he clears the customs, he will follow the former king of Qin, and send a letter to the valley to harm Shandong. ”

The identity of the strategist is changeable, not detached from the vertical, not from the horizontal, depending on the strength of the situation in the world.

But Li Zuoche dismantled his own guest secretary's platform: "The six countries are united again, and they are united against the enemy and Qin, but if you want to lead the Xiongnu into the fortress, forgive the Zhao people for being ashamed to be with Hu Lu!" ”

At that time, the crown with the Warring States Seven, and the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qin bordered the Xiongnu, the people of the border often suffered from it, all of them were enemies, and there was never any country in order to attack the neighbors, and lead the Xiongnu into the Kou, which has become a tacit understanding, until the Yan Dynasty was about to die, it was broken by the desperate Yan Taifu Juwu.

And Li Zuoche is Li Mu's grandson, his eldest father became famous in one fell swoop when he fought against the Huns in Yanmen, and Li Zuoche hid in Daibei, when Qinbei chased the Huns, he also strengthened his spirit, and also admired Heifu for his father Li Mu to set up a shrine to mourn.

Now if Li Zuoche wants to form an alliance with the Huns, how can it be possible, if the Huns are made to sit big again, aren't they Zhao people the first to suffer!

But the Wei people in the south of the country were a little incomprehensible, and said unashamedly: "We invited the Xiongnu to deal with the tyrannical Qin, what is the difference between this and Zhao ** Zhong's annoying cavalry?" ”

He saw that in Li Zuoche's army, there were many Lou Fu knights wearing fur hats and strange appearances, all of whom were Hu people, since they could use Lou Fu, why couldn't they use the Huns?

Li Zuoche was polite, but he didn't fall behind at all: "Dare to ask Wei Xiang, can domestic dogs and wolves in the wild be generalized?" ”

In short, the opinion of the people of Zhao is here: it is okay to join forces, but they will never agree to pull the Xiongnu in.

Zhang Er still wanted to persuade, but as the backbone of everyone present, Xiang Ji's voice rang out.

"Guang Wujun's words, I think it is true!"

"The enmity of the Six Kingdoms does not have to rely on the power of the Huns to provoke the ridicule of the people of the world, but it should be repaid by ourselves!"

Since the most powerful commanders of Chu and Zhao in the coalition army did not agree to form an alliance with the Xiongnu, then the matter was over, anyway, the Xiongnu side did not seem to have any sincerity, and they were still cruising on the edge of Shangjun, and had no intention of moving south.

Xiang Liang sighed in his heart, he understood that the opportunity to strangle the powerful New Qin State was lost in this way, the Huns only wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, since the six countries were unwilling to swear, Mao Dun would not help with all his might.

"Then the question now is, will the princes stay in the West River to face the enemy, or will they retreat?"

What followed was a continuous debate, and before the principals of the three kingdoms could speak, the lieutenants and military advisors under them expressed their opinions, and they also seized the opportunity to do their best...... or yelling, or swearing, or reasoning, or joking.

The information that Chu, Zhao, and Wei each possessed was shared.

Zhao said that it was found that the 20,000 or 30,000 people of the Heifu Army were heading north along Luoshui, and it seemed that Han Xin's troops were going to Shangjun, while the Zhao army was busy attacking Taiyuan, but even the remnants of the Qin army in Shaoliangshan could not be solved.

The Wei side also reported that the scouts on the other side of Fenglingdu found that there was also an army of 30,000 or 40,000 people, marching eastward along the galloping road, and entering the Taolin Fortress that the Wei army could not attack for a long time......

The state of Chu said frankly that Heifu's main force of more than 100,000 troops had left Gaoling and marched east to the Liyang area, and the troops were gradually approaching the Xihe River.

In the end, it was concluded that Heifu wanted to engage in a three-way pincer attack and a decisive battle with the Six Nations at the West River!

Faced with this situation, most people wanted to retreat temporarily, after all, Xihe had been devastated by the Six Kingdoms, especially the Chu army, and the local people resisted endlessly, and the army had lost its people here, so it was not a good place for a decisive battle.

Chen Yu saw that there was no hope of uniting with the Xiongnu, so he strongly advocated the temporary withdrawal of troops, and pointed out: At present, the coalition army is in Xihe, in addition to fighting to feed the war, food and drink are all provided by Hedong County, which is unsustainable, so it is better to temporarily retreat so that the tired army can rest and recuperate. Heifu is anxious to clear the pass, and will not advance eastward for the time being, and when the countries rest for a winter, he will once again mobilize the whole country's army, gather hundreds of thousands of troops, and then work together to defeat Qin.

This person's proposal was approved by the majority, but Xiang Ji said:

"If you don't fight in Qindi, do you want to let the black soldiers come to the capital of the princes, so that they can't fight to the death in a hurry?"

He stood up and glanced at everyone: "The generals fought hard to attack Qin, but they heard that Heifu had entered the customs, so they couldn't stay in the West River for a long time. The king of Zhao Wei is in the territory and exclusive to you, the country is safe, in one move, why not fight Heifu to the death here!? ”

Zhang Er reminded Xiang Ji: "Shangzhu Kingdom, in the decisive battle in the West River, we can't afford to lose......"

Especially the Chu army, which is the farthest away from its hometown, once defeated, there is almost no possibility of return.

But it was this kind of courage that forced him to a desperate situation that allowed Xiang Ji to win the battle of the chasm!

He said solemnly: "Husband, courage also, once we retreat, courage is lost." With the army of Heifu, the pawn of Heguanzhong, in less than a year, its soldiers will be twice as large as the six countries, and at that time, the Qin soldiers will be under Handan, Puyang, and Pengcheng, and we can really not afford to lose! ”

"But if you face off in the West River, Heifu can't afford to lose either!"

"Once he loses, he will lose Xianyang and Guanzhong!"

Although it was out of the simple idea of not admitting defeat and unwilling to retreat, Xiang Yu said in one sentence the current situation of the six countries: The Battle of Xihe is probably the last war, and neither side can afford to lose......

He pointed out: "It was a mistake for Heifu to divide his troops, although there were a large number of soldiers and Lishan disciples, but they could not be trusted wholeheartedly, and could only act as a partial division, and their main force was only more than 100,000 people, which was comparable to me. ”

"Then the opinion of the above pillar country ......"

Xiang Ji waved his hand: "Burn the bridge, burn the grain, break the cauldron and sink the boat, kill the cattle and sheep and the soldiers, and fight to the death with the Qin people in the West River!" ”

"A war determines the momentum of the world, if we win, we can enter Xianyang, burn Qin Sheji, repay the shame of a hundred years, if defeated, ......"

Xiang Ji roared angrily: "That's also a well-deserved death!" ”

These words sounded domineering, but they frightened everyone, and the people present, including Li Zuoche, Zhang Er, and Kui Che, all shook their heads, feeling that Xiang Ji was too presumptuous, and they didn't have the consciousness to gamble with the three armies.

Even Fan Zeng and Xiang Liang of the Chu State are all old and heavy-minded, and they are noncommittal.

The military discussion reached a stalemate, and at this time, the arrival of a piece of news also completely hit the Chu people's determination to fight Heifu to the death in Xihe.

Xiao Gongjiao of the Chu State approached the hall, he wore a high crown, bypassed the noisy venue, came to Fan Zeng, handed a silk letter to Yafu, and retreated in small steps.

Fan Zeng opened his eyes a little dizzy, and after opening them, his pupils became slightly larger, but he still tucked the silk book into his sleeves, moved his steps quietly, came to Xiang Ji, and said in his ear:

"Shangzhu country, Shouchun urgently, Heifu ordered the boat division to cross the river from Jiangdong to attack my Huainan, Jiujiang and the East China Sea are in an emergency!"

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PS: There is only one chapter today, and I am on the road these days, and the work efficiency is also low, and the update is not very stable, so forgive me.