Chapter 19 Han Xin shows his power

When Fusu was trapped in the stable Guanzhong and Meng Tian and others were trapped in the stable Zhao area, fierce battles between Chu and Wei were in full swing...

"Dang—,dang—,dang—" A loud bronze bell sound suddenly sounded under the city of Daliang. The Chu army, who were fighting hard in the Wei army, retreated helplessly, with regrets in their eyes!

Liu Bang, who was standing on the hill outside the city watching the battle with Peng Yue, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "General Peng, the beam is strong, what can you do?" Peng Yue now has a good relationship with Liu Bang, and comforted him: "General, don't worry, please return to the account and make a mistake!" "Okay, withdraw!" Liu Bang turned his horse and followed the army back to the camp.

Since Liu Bang led his troops to attack the Wei army, with the help of Fan Kuai, Cao Wushang and Chen Ping, he was unstoppable and won repeatedly. He fought and fought in more than half a month. Liu Bang originally thought that destroying Wei was an easy task, but he did not expect that Wei Ju, Wei Bao led 40,000 to 50,000 remaining Wei troops to defend Daliang City. He repeatedly defeated the Chu army's offensive within seven days, which made Liu Bang do nothing!

In the Chu army camp, Liu Bang was the leader, Peng Yue was the leader, and the other generals stood on both sides. They were all worried because of the unfavorable war.

Liu Bang was a free and unruly person, and it was common for fighting and scolding the tribe. Seeing that everyone was a little confused, he smiled and said, "What's wrong? Is victory or defeat a common military service? It's not possible today, I'll come again tomorrow. You won't let the Wei army scare you out of your courage!?"

Everyone was a little angry when they heard this. Fan Kuai gritted his teeth and said, "I'm afraid of the Wei army. I won't kill those Wei people. If he dares to come out, I can win if one beats him three!" Cao Wushang also said, "The combat power of the Wei army is only general, but Daliang is a famous city in the world. Fusu also used water to break Daliang. But this year it was cold and the river level was flat, so there was no way to use a plan to flood it, what can I do?"

"Military advisor, what good ideas do you think?" Liu Bang came to Chen Ping habitually as soon as he lost his mind.

Zhang Liang is known as "open conspiracy", good at strategic decision-making, and good at defeating the enemy in front of the battle; while Chen Ping is known as "conspiracy", good at plotting and inciting people, and insidious arrows, he is not Director Chen Ping's attack on the city and the village, so he shook his head and said, "Ping has no good plans for the time being, so he can slowly do it!"

Liu Bang was a little disappointed, but as the commander, he couldn't show it. He smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. The Wei army is unprepared and hastily fought. I guess there is not much food and grass in the city. Our army slowly traps Daliang. Sooner or later, Daliang's food will be exhausted. Then we will deal with the Wei army!" After Liu Bang said this, the generals relaxed. In fact, Liu Bang still had a doubt in his heart: Now the times are changing very fast. If the battle of Daliang cannot be defeated for a long time, it is hard to say who will win and lose, and who will "mantis stalk the cicada, or the oriole is behind"!

At this moment, a personal soldier came to report: "Report to the general, there is a person outside the door who claims to be the general's old friend, please meet him!" "Oh, who is the name of the person who comes?" Liu Bang was a little strange! "Return to the general, the person who comes called himself Xiahou Ying!"

"Oh, it turns out it's Brother Xiahou, please invite me quickly!" Liu Bang was overjoyed. "Here!" The personal soldiers left.

Xiahou Ying, one of the four powerful generals under the original Shi Liu Bang, was an old Shishi of Pei County. He was unruly by nature. Since the fall of Chu, he had scattered his family and traveled around. He had not seen Liu Bang for many years. He was very wise in military use and was the best at fighting chariots, and was a dying man!

Just as Liu Bang was waiting anxiously, his personal soldiers led a tall hero in. Everyone saw that he had high cheekbones, high nose bridge, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looked majestic, but loyal and upright, but he was Liu Bang's old friend Xiahou Ying!

"Xiahou, Xiahou!" Liu Bang ran off his seat with great joy, hugged Xiahou Ying heavily, and cursed with a smile: "You dead guy, you have gone without a trace for so many years, but I want to die!"

Xiahou Ying smiled and said, "Brother Liu was in the past, and I knew that my brother was not a person who had been under the control of others for a long time. When I saw him today, he was indeed a general who was the commander-in-chief. It was really gratifying!"

Liu Bang beat Xiahou Ying's shoulder and smiled and said, "Don't flatter. When I think of seeing me this time, are you tired of wandering life and want to find something serious?" Xiahou Ying smiled and said, "Brother Liu is the one who knows me! I am passing through Wei. I heard that Brother Liu is the leader of the army here to attack Daliang, so I come to like each other, so please do not dislike me!"

Liu Bang laughed and scolded, "I'm not happy to help me, so how dare I dislike you! Come on, let me introduce you to you!" As he said that, Liu Bang said to the generals, "This big man is the big brother Xiahou Ying who played with me when I was wearing open-shirt pants in the past - Xiahou Ying. I am a rough man, he is a good man who can be literary and martial. You guys are so close!"

When the generals saw that they were Liu Bang’s old friends, they would work together in the future, but they did not dare to be negligent, so they came up to meet each other. Xiahou Ying’s cautious people did not dare to be arrogant, and they held their fists and gave them back.

After everyone saw this, Liu Bang smiled and said, "Let's throw the worries aside. Today, my old friends came to join us. It was a great joy. In the army today, no bastard is allowed to go back if he is not drunk!" "Okay, no one who is not drunk will have any eggs!" Everyone laughed.

Kuaiji, the New Qin Army Naval and Land Alliance Camp.

In the early morning, the morning mist in early spring was hazy, and the sight was a little unclear from a distance. Suddenly, a fast horse came out of the morning mist and headed straight for Luying Village Gate with the rumbling sound of horse hooves.

"Stop the person coming!" Because his eyes were not light and he could not see who came, the New Qin army guarding the village did not dare to neglect and quickly shouted.

"I am the messenger of Hongling. An emergency military report is submitted to the General. Open the gate of the village!" The envoy strangled the war horses in front of the gate and shouted loudly.

The soldiers guarding the village could see clearly that it was Hong Ling who was in a hurry. There were six red flags behind him, which looked like a hundred thousand urgent. He did not dare to neglect at the moment, so he quickly opened the village and sent messengers into the village.

The messenger entered the village and asked about the road. He went straight to the central commander's tent. When he arrived at the commander's tent, Han Xin was playing drums and gathering generals every day. He hurriedly got off the horse and called in the door: "Hong Ling reported urgently, Xianyang was urgently asked, General Han Xin received the report!"

Han Xin had just sat in the position of commander, but was startled by the roar and said quickly: "Hurry up, take the letter!" "Now!" The personal soldiers at the tent took the messenger's brocade box and hurriedly handed it to Han Xin. Han Xin removed the fire paint, opened the brocade box, took out the mansion newspaper and looked at it, and smiled and said, "Dear generals, you are very happy. Your Majesty has already captured Guanzhong and taken away Xianyang, the pseudo emperor Hu Hai, the eunuch thief Zhao Gao, and others have been executed, and the country is called "Qin". "The generals were surprised and happy when they heard this, and hurriedly bowed: "Your Majesty is wise, long live, long live, long live, long live!"

Han Xin smiled and said, "In addition, Your Majesty said that once the matter in Guanzhong is slightly rectified, we will lead the army to seize Chu and Qi; and the war in Yan and Zhao is almost done. Meng Tian and others will also rush down after a little rest. Dear generals, our army has received frequent victories on the battlefields elsewhere. I wonder what you generals think?"

The generals looked at each other: What do you think? You are depressed! Others won many times and were promoted to the title, but they were defeated and have achieved nothing yet! They couldn't help but sigh and felt a faint fever on their face!

Han Xin saw it with sincerity and smiled: "Our army has rested for two months, and its strength has been restored. Now the battle between Chu and Wei is a good opportunity for our army to revenge. All generals, Han intends to send troops north to fight against Chu, are there anyone who dares to go to war with the emperor?"

When the generals heard this, they were overjoyed. They had already rusted their nests and asked for their orders. Han Xin stroked his hands and said, "Okay, you generals will be brave before you know your shame. You are so good! Then I will listen to Han's general!" "Now!" The generals took the order with a loud bang.

"Wu Zhu obeys the order!" "The last general is here!" "I will lead you 20,000 navy troops north along the Yangtze River, and attack Hefei north to the Ruxu River, and advance to Jiujiang County! Remember, this general does not require you to really capture Jiujiang County, but only asks you to push the bigger the posture along the way, the better!" "Here! I won't understand!" Wu Zhu retreated after receiving the order.

"Shen Cao obeys the order!" "The last general is here!" "I will lead you five thousand cavalry as vanguards, cross the river and advance north, and attack Guangling directly!" "Now!"

"Wu Rui obeys the order!" "The last general is here!" "You lead 50,000 central troops and follow me to cross the river and fight north!" "Now!"

"Win the nuclear order!" "The last general is here!" "You lead the army behind 20,000, escort the baggage, food and grass, and follow the army to the north!" "Now!"

"The rest of the generals and officials stay in Kuaiji must be loyal to their duties and keep the food flow open. Those who violate the order will be killed!" "Here!"

Han Xin finished his generals and glanced at the generals and said, "This battle is of great importance. I hope that all generals will use their lives. Otherwise, your Majesty will arrive soon, and we will be embarrassed to face Tianyan without any face!" "The last general understands!" The generals looked at each other and took the order in a coax.

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At the end of February 210 AD, the Marquis of Huaiyin of Qin and General Han Xin divided his troops into two groups and led nearly 100,000 troops to attack Chu. The battle between Qin and Chu was about to begin!

After the main force of the Qin army landed from Shatou Town, it quickly defeated hundreds of Chu troops on the coast, and the troops headed straight to Guangling. Zhao Gong, the general guarding Guangling, was shocked when he heard this, rushed to Pengcheng to report the alarm, and asked Linhuailong and urgently for help.

On this day, the Qin army set up camp ten miles south of Guangling. After the camp was set up, Han Xin beat the drum and gathered the generals to discuss matters.

Han Xin glanced at the generals and said, "Dear generals, Guangling City is solid, Zhao Gong is cautious and resourceful, and the 80,000 troops in Longjialinlinhuai are not far away, so we don't have much time left. Guangling will be defeated within seven days. Otherwise, once Longjia's army arrives and attacks Guangling Chu army in front and behind, our army will be in danger! In the future, after seeing the terrain of Guangling, I will listen to my order to attack the city!" "Yes!" The generals took the order.

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The next day, just as the sky was bright, Han Xin led his generals to the vicinity of Guangling under the escort of one hundred light cavalry to check the terrain. After a brief look, Han Xin was already in mind. After reexamining the idea, he smiled and said, "Dear generals, the terrain near Guangling is flat, and it is difficult to defend a place that is easy to attack. If you wait for the commander, how can you break it?"

Cao Shen thought for a while and said, "If I command the army, I will take advantage of the hasty and unpreparedness of the enemy, but I will attack fiercely on all sides, but lack the enemy side, so that they can escape without fighting to the death. When the enemy cannot support it, abandon the city and flee, and then use ambush to annihilate it!"

Wu Rui said: "Our army is 70,000, while the enemy is 10,000, and the number of people is very different. According to my wishes, when we concentrate our troops to attack the enemy one by one and give the enemy a large amount of killing and injury, we will attack one side at night and secretly take the other side. This way, Guangling can be broken!"

The other generals looked at each other, and most of them couldn't think of any better way, so they dared not show any ugly things. Yingkeng hesitated and said: "Guangling is a water town, with soil floating in water and not deep foundation. If there is enough time, you can use the trick of digging holes. It's just that the general's deadline is seven days, and I'm afraid there is not enough time!"

Han Xin nodded and said, "All the generals have their own strengths, but it is difficult to guarantee that Guangling will be destroyed within seven days, and they will suffer major casualties, which is not a good strategy!" Cao Shen said a little dissatisfied when he heard this, "Why don't you know what good strategy the general has? Please advise us!"

When the generals heard this, they looked at Han Xin to see how Han Xin responded. It has been two months since Han Xin led the army. Although Han Xin has shown great talent in military formation and formation drills, a general who has not won the victory of the war cannot truly be loved by the generals. Therefore, the generals still have doubts about Han Xin's ability!

Han Xin is so smart. He naturally understands in his heart, but he said calmly: "Use my strategy, not only can he trap Guangling, but he also guarantees that Guangling will be attacked on the sixth night. The most important thing is that the casualties will be very small. Please see, although Guangling City is a county town, it is also tall, vast and very strong. But I wonder if you have noticed that many parts of the walls around Guangling City look newer, obviously it has been damaged in a series of recent battles, and it is in Guangling.

There is a large section of the city wall in the northwest corner. It must be because of the collapse of the previous Angle Liang advancing north and attacking Guangling. This completely newly built wall will not be too solid in a hurry, so it can be taken advantage of by me! And I have also inquired that Guangling City is not all made of bluestone. Its outside is bluestone, but inside is rammed with loess. Because the terrain near Guangling is flat and there is a large number of blue-striped stones, it is impossible to do it!" The generals looked carefully and found that this was indeed the case. It was difficult to find it without paying attention.

Wu Rui was overjoyed and said self-righteously: "The general is planning to attack this northwest corner at a little!? With such a weakness, why bother six days, give the last general four or five days to break the city!"

Han Xin shook his head and said, "No, it cannot be early, it must be broken into the city on the evening of the sixth day! However, it cannot be early, and it cannot be late!" The generals were stunned, and Cao Shenqi said, "General, you can turn your head back to deal with Long Qie earlier, why must the general insist on breaking the city on the evening of the sixth day?"

Han Xin smiled and said, "I have my own intentions! First, breaking the city on the evening of the sixth day is to ensure that our army will not be attacked by Long Qi and Guangling City, and there is plenty of time to turn around to deal with Long Qi's offensive; second, it is to let the critical news of Guangling continue to spread to Long Qi's army, forcing Long Qi to rush day and night to reinforce Guangling, so that our army can respond to Long Qi's exhausted army with a comfortable army.

Secondly, it is for the sake of casualties: if our army only takes a fierce attack to attack this new city wall, although it can guarantee that the city will be broken through three to five days, the casualties will probably not be small; my strategy is: divide our 50,000 main force into five squads, each 10,000 people into one squad, and 5,000 cavalry teams are mobile troop, and they will raid Guangling City day and night. The Chu army has only 10,000 troops, so they will be exhausted. In this way, in the first six days, we will drag the Guangling Chu army to death, and wait until the sixth night.

Our army suddenly launched a false fierce attack in Guangling in the southeast direction, luring the main force of the Chu army to the southeast. At that time, our army will attack the weak parts of the northwest corner wall with all its forces, and one blow will work! In addition, half a month before sending troops, I had already sent 100 dead soldiers of the "Stealing Camp" to sneak into Guangling with various identities. At that time, we will summon fireworks to the pre-appointed fireworks and will fully cooperate with our army to attack the city. In this way, our army can capture Guangling with the least losses and will not delay the decisive battle with Long Qi! What do you think?"

When the generals heard this, they were shocked: Han Xin had made his abacus very good. Not only did he calculate Zhao Gong, but even the dragon thousands of miles away fell into his plan!

Cao Shenqin said in obedience: "The general uses a plan like a god, but he is not enough! Cao is willing to obey the order!" "The last general is willing to obey the order!" The generals coaxed out.

Han Xin smiled, a kind of confidence appeared on his firm face, and said generously: "If this battle can be successful, we will be famous all over the world. I hope all the generals will enjoy it together!" "Here!"

Guangling City, the inner room of the city guarding the mansion.

It was late at night, and a beautiful concubine in her twenties was sitting under the lamp in the inner room, but she kept looking out, looking a little restless.

Suddenly, a loud sound of powerful footsteps came from the outdoors. The concubine was happy, and the thin feet in her hand shook and almost pierced her fingers. With a "creak", the door opened, a general in his forties walked in wearing heavy armor.

"Husband, you are back!" The concubine quickly put down the girl in her hand and greeted her.

"I'm back!" Zhao Gong responded, took off the cloak behind him and handed it over.

The concubine took the cloak, went to help Zhao Gong hang it carefully, and asked, "Husband, is it the Qin army here to harass me again?"

"Hmph!" Zhao Gong snorted angrily: "Not what!? That little monkey named Han Xin is really a rogue. I have never stopped me from the daytime yesterday until now. I just kept harassed me, but I didn't really fight with our army. I was so angry that I killed me!"

The concubine smiled and said, "Husband, he doesn't dare to really fight, so I will ignore him!" "Hmph, what do you know, a woman?" Zhao Gong disagreed and said, "He is tired of our army: if our army is not prepared, he will suddenly turn harassment into a strong attack, and catch our army off guard; if we are prepared, it will hit him in the will. We have few soldiers and it is difficult to take shifts. In just a few days, we will be exhausted! It's really a dilemma, so annoying!"

"When will General Long's reinforcements arrive? Can I hold on to Guangling City until then?" The concubine was obviously a little worried! "General Long's reinforcements will take seven or eight days. It is hard to say whether they can hold on to that time. Han Xin's little hairy monkey is too cunning!" Zhao Gong was also a little worried.

"Husband, it's better to let the soldiers divide into two shifts and take turns to rest. Otherwise, if you stick to it day and night, even those who are fighting hard will not be able to hold on!" Seeing that Zhao Gong was depressed, the concubine had an idea. "I have this intention, and there is no way to win!" Zhao Gongzheng said, and suddenly there was a big war drum outside the city, shouting and killing sounds shocking the sky. Then a messenger rushed to the door of the inner room like a flying, shouting: "General Zhao, the Qin army is here again!"

Zhao Gong moaned in his heart and said in pain: "Tell the soldiers to hold on, I'll be there soon!" "Here!" The soldiers ran away. When the concubine heard this, she silently took the cloak back and helped Zhao Gong get along, and said softly: "Husband, you have no eyes on swords and guns, be careful!" Zhao Gong nodded, went out resolutely, shouted: "Guards, follow me to the city!" Hulala and a group of guards followed, rushing towards the city heading.

The sun slowly rose from the top of Guangling City, sprinkling thousands of golden rays of light, coating the world with a layer of beautiful and brilliant golden edges. In this slightly warm sun, Guangling City, which has experienced war, looks a bit desolate and tragic: the city wall was damaged by the day and night raids of the Qin army for nearly five days and five nights, and the bluestone in many places was broken, revealing the inner liner made of loess; many of the originally solid battlements were also broken, and from a distance they looked like a patient with many teeth; and the towering arrow tower on the city wall was even fewer survivors, and most of them were buried in the fire arrows and turbulent bombs.

On the smoky city, some burnt arrow towers and the dying smoke were still emitting the remaining smoke in the city guarding equipment, and small fires were still burning in many places. As soon as the war ended, the Chu army soldiers who had suffered pain and torture for five days and five nights ended, they lay down on the city head in a row, seized a little precious time and fell asleep.

Working day and night, Zhao Gong, who was tired and marching on the top of the city, his armor was covered with blood everywhere, and the cloak behind him was destroyed by the war. Looking at the tired faces of the sleeping Chu soldiers, Zhao Gong couldn't help feeling a little sad: "How long will this torture take? When will General Long's reinforcements arrive?"

On the hill not far away, Han Xin and the generals, with a relaxed look on their faces, were also looking at the top of Guangling City with pleasure. Looking at the exhausted look of the Chu soldiers, everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of revenge.

"It seems that the Chu army can't hold on!" Han Xin said with a smile.

"Well, I think it's almost done!" Cao Shen smiled and said, "Please see, as soon as the war is over, these people immediately fall to bed. It can be seen that they are extremely tired, and even those who are alert are listless and hunched. General, the time should be almost done!"

"Well, the decision to break the city tonight remains unchanged, but it is not difficult to make the Chu army feel better during the day! Dear generals, work harder and pull the Chu army to play!" The young Han Xin looked a little teasing. "Here!" The generals responded, and then laughed loudly.

Soon, the sound of "dong dong dong dong dong..." sounded again under Guangling City. The Qin army warriors who had eaten and drunk enough to rest pushed various siege equipment again and rushed towards Guangling City with great momentum. "Dangdang..." The alarm bell at the top of Guangling City suddenly rang again, "It's coming again!" The Chu soldiers got up in pain, staring at the Qin soldiers who were rushing up with great exhaustion, and gritted their teeth and wished they could kill the Qin soldiers alive...

The night gradually became deeper, and Guangling City in the night was like a giant beast dormant in the darkness, quietly licking the wounds all over its body, looking painful and helpless!

During the day, the Chu army, who had been "seduced" by the Qin army for a day, lay down on the top of the city, and fell asleep irrespective of the cold weather. Occasionally, the Chu army, who seemed to have some conditioning reflexes, suddenly woke up from a deep sleep. Looking at the quiet night outside the city, I couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "It seems that the Qin army is not going to come tonight, and I can finally have a stable sleep!" As soon as I relaxed, the deep sleep came again. Soon, almost all the Chu army fell into a deep sleep, and even the alert sentry began to doze casually!

The moon gradually climbed to the highest point, and the third update was about to arrive soon. Suddenly, tens of thousands of torches lit up in the wilderness southeast of Guangling, and then there was a sound of killing sound like a mountain collapse and cracking, urging the torches like a sea of ​​stars to roll towards Guangling City.

"Dangdangdang..." How could the Chu army not notice such a big noise? The rapid and distant alarm bells quickly rang over Guangling City. The Chu army, who were awakened from sleep, jumped up and explored the city and looked out of the city. The torches all over the mountains scared the Chu army: "There are so many people coming to the Qin army, it seems that this time it's really fun!" He quickly set off his bow and arrow, and each of them held guns and halberds to prepare for a battle.

Zhao Gong inspected the city defenses and had just returned home and was about to go to bed. Suddenly, he heard the sound of killing in the southeast that was much louder than usual, and he felt a little scared: "Did the Qin army start a real general attack?" He did not dare to neglect at the moment and did not care much, so he quickly took his personal guards to the southeast corner of Guangling.

When Zhao Gong rushed to the southeast corner, about two thousand Chu troops defending the east city had already entered the city, and braved the overwhelming rain of the Qin army under the city and fought back fiercely to the city. From time to time, the soldiers of the two armies were caught in the rain and let out miserable howls.

Zhao Gong leaned over to look down at the city and couldn't help but be shocked: "Is the main force of the Qin army starting to attack the city with all their strength?" As if to make Zhao Gong sure of this, suddenly, a war drum sounded in the night below the city, and then the Qin army's arrows suddenly became thinner, and tens of thousands of Qin soldiers shouted and pushed various siege equipment to pounce towards the East City.

For a moment, Zhao Gong only felt that the Qin army was boundless in the dark night, and rushed towards the city like a huge ants.

The fierce hand-to-hand combat began almost instantly. The exhausted Chu soldiers were unable to stop tens of thousands of Qin soldiers from entering the city bravely. When the Qin soldiers in black armor rushed to the top of the city, the Chu soldiers could only choose to fight to the death!
To be continued...