Back in Dingtao, Xiang Yu was extremely grateful to Zhou You. After all, Zhou You not only defeated Zhang Han to avenge his uncle's defeat, but also led people to rescue him, which could be said to have saved his life.

Although Xiang Yu was proud, he was still impressed by Zhou You who had almost no defeats since he started his army, had elite soldiers and generals under his command, and saved his life.

Next, when Zhou You was hosting a banquet for Xiang Yu to calm down his shock, Tan Ma suddenly came to report that the combined forces of Zhang Han and Wang Li, numbering hundreds of thousands, were coming in force and were about to encircle Dingtao.

"Well done! Brother Zhou You, let me fight first! I will definitely kill Zhang Han to avenge my uncle," Xiang Yu suddenly stood up and said.

Before Zhou You could speak, Zhang Liang on the side couldn't help but said: "General Xiang, don't be impulsive! Zhang Han has Wang Li's reinforcements to support him, and he is an elite frontier army. He has a large number of people and cannot be underestimated.

Ah! I think it would be better for us to wait for help and wait for work."

"Brother Zhou You..." Xiang Yu frowned and glanced at Zhang Liang, then looked at Zhou You, who pondered and said: "Just holding on is not a good idea. Reinforcements? Not to mention that we don't have any reinforcements. Now

We also have a lot of soldiers and horses in this city, plus the tens of thousands of surrendered troops, we consume a lot of food and grass every day, how long can we hold on?"

"This..." Zhang Liang couldn't help frowning after hearing this, while Xiang Yu said: "This is simple, kill the Qin army's surrendered soldiers and force the wealthy families in the city to hand over their grain reserves, and you can always last for a while longer.

Within this period of time, we can completely rely on Dingtao Jiancheng and slowly deal with the Qin army."

"No! General Xiang, if this happens, I'm afraid there will be panic and civil strife in the city, and Dingtao will definitely be destroyed by then," Zhang Liang said quickly after hearing this.

But Zhou You suddenly brightened up and said with a smile: "Zhang Liang is right, it is indeed inappropriate to kill people at this time. Not only can we not kill people, but we want to appease the people in the city and distribute food to those who surrendered to the Qin army.

To ensure their food.”

"What?" When Xiang Yu heard this, he immediately stared at Zhou You and said, "Brother Zhou You, did I hear it correctly? You actually want to distribute food to the Qin soldiers, so that they can eat and drink enough to fight against us?"

By then, won’t this city be even more chaotic?”

"Brother Xiang, although they are part of the Qin army, before that, they were just prisoners and slaves. Many of them were pitiful people who were forced to work for the violent Qin. So, since they can work for the violent Qin,

Why can't you sacrifice your life for us?" Zhou Youze said.

At first, he looked at Zhang Liang who was also slightly surprised. When he heard this, his eyes lit up and he nodded slightly with some understanding in his heart.

Although Xiang Yu seemed reckless, he was certainly not stupid as he was able to come up with desperate measures in history, so he quickly looked at him and said: "Brother Zhou You, what do you mean?"

"What I mean is that we distribute food to the soldiers of the Qin army, win their hearts, and tell them that there is not much food and grass. Those who don't want to die can only fight to the death with the Qin army. As long as the Qin army outside the city is defeated, naturally

"We have food and grass," Zhou Youlian said: "The same is true for our soldiers. Without food and grass, there is no way to retreat, so we can only fight to the death."

"Good! What a good idea, what courage! Brother Zhou You, I will do as you say and fight to the death! I will go and organize the army right away," Xiang Yu felt excited after hearing this, and he hurriedly led his generals away.

After they left, Zhang Liang couldn't help but said to Zhou You: "My lord, this approach is too risky. It's a desperate gamble, and once it fails, it will be ruined. This bet is really too big!"

"When we raised the army, why weren't we gambling? How could Chen Sheng and Wu Guang not bet on everything? How could Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu not be gambling? If we didn't even have the courage to gamble, how could we overthrow the Qin Dynasty and seize the world?

?" Zhou You said, "Zifang, do you know why Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew are so good at fighting? It's because they dare to take risks! If I'm afraid of taking risks, I might as well be An Sheng as my fifth doctor."

"My lord..." Zhang Liang, who looked at Zhou You with a change of expression and hesitated to speak, finally sighed helplessly: "Okay! Since the lord has made up his mind, Zhang Liang will accompany the lord to take this gamble."

"Success or failure in this round is crucial. We are betting not only on the future of the rebel army, but also on the fate of Bao Qin. As long as we can defeat Zhang Han and Wang Li and eat hundreds of thousands of Qin troops in one go, Bao Qin can be defeated."

Qin's Yuanqi is severely injured, and it is really broken. By then, Bao Qin will be unable to deal with us," Zhou You said sonorously, glanced at Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and other generals who were in high spirits after hearing the words, and then turned to Xiao He

He ordered: "Go and make arrangements!"

"Yes, lord!" Xiao He also responded quickly. Xiao He has always arranged the logistics of food and fodder.

The allied forces of Zhang Han and Wang Li soon completed the encirclement of Dingtao. Xiang Yu tried to lead his troops out to fight, but failed to gain any advantage.

Afterwards, the Qin army, which had been reorganized and prepared, began to attack Dingtao. But with Zhou You and Xiang Yu's coalition forces numbering 70,000 to 80,000 in the city, how could it be so easy to capture it?

In order to appease the people, Zhou You even opened the treasury and distributed the stored grain to the people in the city. Those who are willing to help defend the city will be given more grain based on their head count, and those who help to defend the city will naturally be able to eat as well as the sergeants.

Military rations.

For a time, Zhou You's reputation for benevolence and righteousness spread in the city, and people gradually began to take the initiative to help defend the city. Similarly, under the instigation of Zhou You's men, those Qin soldiers who surrendered also became Zhou You's men.

, became a person who carried things and helped defend the city.

About ten days passed in the blink of an eye. As expected, Xiang Liang was killed, Zhou You and Xiang Yu were besieged again, and the morale of the rebels everywhere was low. How could they dare to send troops to rescue? Moreover, the few reinforcements were ineffective.

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As a result, with no external reinforcements and not much food and grass, the Qin army fought fiercely for days and failed to gain any advantage. However, the morale of Zhou You and Xiang Yu's troops was boosted. After knowing that there was not much food and grass, as expected, their troops

The fighting spirit is even higher, and everyone puts life and death behind them.

Zhou You and Xiang Yu felt that the heat was almost over, so they divided their troops into two groups and rushed out of the city, like an overwhelming force. With a number of soldiers and horses that was not inferior to that of the Qin army, one can imagine the fighting power of a group of soldiers who sacrificed their lives!

Unexpectedly, Zhang Han and Wang Li were caught off guard. Faced with the wolf-like and tiger-like roaming troops, Xiang Yu's coalition forces, which had suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted after days of siege, seemed to be facing the impact of a flood.

Collapse quickly..

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Han once again experienced the feeling of a devastating defeat. This victory and defeat was like a roller coaster, with ups and downs and changes too fast.

But this time, Zhang Han was not so lucky. Xiang Yu, who had penetrated Zhang Han's camp, chased him all the way, drove the soldiers and horses around Zhang Han to pieces, and finally killed him.

At the same time, Zhou You was also the main force who led the army to defeat Wang Li and captured Wang Li alive. Next, the Qin army's elite border troops surrendered, numbering tens of thousands. These were all elites.

, will also become the main force of his troops after traveling around.

However, Xiang Yu was furious and led his Xiang army to charge all the way, killing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Zhang Han with heavy casualties. Even those who surrendered were slaughtered by Xiang Yu without mercy. After all, they were all
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