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Zhang Han sent fifty thousand soldiers to take the lead and line up in front of the Luoyang City, acting as if they were going to attack the city, and the army behind them gradually increased to their maximum capacity. The battle drums were like thunder, the horns were long and loud, and the thirteen branch teams in the city together had a total of thirty thousand troops, all of them were itinerant and had not participated in the battle before.

Sima Xin sent archers, javelins, and sabrelords to line up in a formation, preparing to attack the city. He, on the other hand, raised his spear and pointed at the allied army at the head of the city, cursing and swearing, claiming that if he did not surrender, he would immediately attack the city and slaughter all the soldiers there.

Seeing this, the scattered soldiers and generals left behind by the thirteen allied armies were at a loss. They did not have the will to fight and retreated from the west gate. The rest of the troops lost their will to resist and fled, leaving the empty city behind.

The Qin Soldier was the vanguard leader of the vanguard, and it was very easy to climb the city walls and open the city gates. The army smoothly entered the city and the ancient city was easily taken over by the Qin Army.

The scattered troops of the allied army retreated back to Xinan as if they were fleeing for their lives, bringing the total number of people in the city to a total of twenty thousand people. However, according to the rumors, the Qin Army's power was exaggerated by the deserters, some said that it was at least three hundred thousand, while some said that it was at least five hundred thousand.

At the same time, Long Tianyu had already brought his second daughter and the Yan Jun into the rope pool. Not long after arriving in the rope pool, the fleeing soldiers were in complete chaos as they retreated, and returned to guard the rope pool.

Zhang Han sent Dong Yi to take advantage of the victory to give chase. After the Qin Army recaptured Xin An City, he immediately sent his troops to attack the rope pool, not giving the allied troops the chance to catch their breath.

Xiang Yu had long wanted to fight with Zhang Han, so he advocated not attacking the Xianyang first, and instead turning her head to face the Qin Army's pursuit instead. Zhongli Mei, Ying Bu, Long Qie and the other tiger generals also agreed, that would be a battle to the death with the Qin Army, and wanted to see who would laugh until the end.

However, Fan Zeng opposed them and said, "Absolutely not, after we take over the Hangu Pass, the Xianyang will be at hand, there is no need to fight with the Qin Army head on. If we eliminate Qin, the various dukes' armies will definitely demand for the feudal fiefdom, at that time, the various dukes' armies will grow stronger, and with a foundation, the Chu Army will have a much more difficult time unifying the world, and we will definitely take this opportunity to kill people!"

Xiang Yu questioned, "How do we borrow a knife to kill people?"

Fan Zeng answered with a question: "Ji Er, this old man asks you, after exterminating the Qin, what is your dream and ambition?"

Xiang Yu thought for a moment before saying, "The united six nations, tranquil the world."

Fan Zeng laughed: "Good, very good, since we are going to unify the world, then we cannot be merciful and do whatever we want with hundreds of thousands of Qin Army, even if we win, we will suffer heavy casualties and give up our dragon army or other marquis' armies; secondly, we will unify the six nations with the Qin Empire, now that the situation is reversed, the Chu Army is in the right spot, we can overthrow the Qin Dynasty and annihilate the allied armies of the various nations, then the Chu Nation will be able to rule over the Central Plains, and calm the nation."

Xiang Yu said in a daze: "Didn't subfather always advocate to rope in people from all walks of life for the sake of my Chu Army? Why did you go back on your words now?"

Just as Fan Zeng was getting excited, he laughed: "At a time like this, in order to isolate Long Tianyu and deal with the Pengcheng Allied Army, you are not allowed to rope in all the people here. Hmph, every general is ambitious, do you think they would really be willing to submit to the Chu Army? When the various armies split up and have their own territory to support themselves, then we will have to unite the world and attack them one by one. The difficulty can be imagined, maybe Zhao, Yan and Qi will take into consideration the past favors, and join the Dragon Army at a time when the situation was even more dangerous, and Zhang Hang will lead hundreds of thousands of troops to counterattack us, and like this, we will be able to save our lives and use up the attack power of the Qin Army. After the various armies fight with the Qin Army, we will be able to suddenly attack the Chu Army, and the Chu Army will have a 80% chance of winning. "

Everyone was silent, in terms of scheming, no one could compare to the scheming Military Advisor Fan, although the plan was ruthless, it was not too loyal.

Xiang Yu hesitated, "This … That's not good, they were all allies of the Chu Army a few days ago. Suddenly, they turned the tables on them and refused to save them when they saw that they were being attacked by the people of the world. "

Fan Zeng said ruthlessly: "There is no way you can win against a venomous man, how can you give in to them in a fight? You can't bear to kill them right now, in the future they will turn around and deal with you without any hesitation, but father and son can become enemies in front of their own interests, not to mention those wall turtles who can't even shake the flag, there is no way you can not plead for them, using them as a stepping stone for our army to unite the six nations."

Chen Ping said, "That's right. In times of emergency, we should use extreme methods. As long as we can achieve our goal, the process is not important. Even if it means nothing, we still have to give it our all."

Xiang Yu still did not make up her mind, and sighed: "Perfidy is not something a gentleman should do, not to mention how to explain it to the passersby, sealing off the gates to the Imperial City and refusing other teams from entering, you should at least find a reason."

Fan Zeng said with confidence: "Don't worry, Qin Army has returned, the defenders of the Luoyang and Xin An city are not able to resist at all, they are forced to retreat, they are simply deserters and can be dealt with according to the military laws. They can seal the city gates and send out a messenger to spread the news, telling the troops of the thirteenth route to gather a hundred and fifty thousand people to resist the Qin Army, if they cannot delay the Qin Soldier, then they will not let them through, every time they attack the Chu Army is in the front, and this time they will use all their power to block the way."

Xiang Yu's heart was struggling. Doing this would save him both effort and benefit, and would also remove the obstacles in her way to unify the country in the future, but this was not a heroic act. She pondered for a moment, thinking of his father's warning to him before his departure, "Do not be soft-hearted, do not have the courage of a man, and listen to the schemes of someone called Fan Zeng." Was this what a woman should be like?

Fan Zeng could not wait and said: "Ji Er, you must not lose the opportunity, it's not time to come again. Right now, everyone has yet to enter the gate, quickly give the order to seal it!"

Zhongli Mei, Ji Bu, Long Qie were all powerful generals under his command, they were upright and not evil, and although they thought that this plan was good, it was too sinister and not glorious, the victory was not good, and their faces revealed a gloomy look, as though feeling that it was inappropriate, but they could not voice their objections, after all, they were all following Xiang Yu's lead.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Xiang Yu for a moment, watching to see how he would react. The army's final say was only on him, and whether she wanted to fight or not was also up to him.

Xiang Yu steeled her heart and said, "Very well, as subfather has said, immediately seal the Hangu Pass's door and send out heavy troops to guard it. Do not allow anyone to enter."

After the generals received their orders, little general Jing Qiong immediately went to pass down the order. The gates of the fortress were closed, and the messenger was sent to each of the marquises' barracks. Everyone was extremely terrified upon hearing the order, they couldn't resist at all against the several hundred thousand Qin Soldier s, or it could be said that they simply didn't have the strength or confidence to do so.

Zhao Xie, Zhang Er, Zhang Ao, Tian Rong, Tian Du, Zang Cha, Peng Yue and the others saw that Chu Army had clearly given up on his Marquis army, so they used them as her sacrifice and as a shield to push everyone into the pit. After gathering together and discussing, Zhao Jun, Qi Jun and the Yan Jun led a total of 60,000 troops to retreat from the rope pool, and decided to fight against Zhang Han to hold the final line.

Other armies went up to plead with them with hope, but the Chu Army was indifferent, she closed his door and refused to open it. Helpless, she angrily scolded the Chu Army for being heartless, and with that in mind, she retreated back to her original path, hoping to gather the strength of the other troops and defend the rope pool to repel the Qin Soldier. This was only their wish, but no one was really confident that they could obtain it.