Chapter 037: Meng Tian patrols his hometown
Let's say that Meng Tian led 5,000 cavalry to inspect the Chu State on behalf of the sky. On this day, Meng Tian passed through Yunmengze, set up camp with the army, and stayed in Ying, the old capital of Chu State.
Meng Tian had always been worried about Fusu's instructions to seek the great talents of Anbang to govern the country, so he instructed the civil servants in the shogunate to disguise themselves and inspect the officials and people in the mountains and wilderness.
Wang Wei has made great contributions to the last time he inquired about the news, and has been promoted to a lieutenant, and has come to a place called Pei County with a disguised entourage and a hundred soldiers who are secretly protected.
He found that the governance of the place was in order, and after the new emperor exempted the people from forced labor and abolished some of the harsh government, the people's lives were much better. The people here are not only content with their lives, but also more polite and law-abiding.
Wang Wei also inquired about the political achievements of the local county order, and the people reported that the county order did nothing and did nothing, and spent all day drinking flowers and wine. However, the county Cheng Xiao He handled the county's affairs in an orderly manner.
According to the people's reputation, Wang Wei investigated Xiao He's actions in detail and felt that this person was very capable of management. Wang Wei used the power given to him by Meng Tian to go to the county government and order officials to invite Xiao He away.
Mengxin and Mengzhi were also promoted to Mengtian's shogunate Sima, and one day Mengzhi led people to the Huaiyin realm, and saw a group of people on the street shouting lively, so he came up.
I saw a scoundrel provoking a young man with handsome features and clothes but a tattered saber with a sword, saying that he would either draw his sword and kill him or burrow under his crotch.
Everyone gathered around to watch the excitement, inciting murder and mocking the cowardice of young people. Surprisingly, the young man with the saber actually knelt on the ground, bent down and drilled into the crotch of his skinny pants......
After the crowd dispersed, Monji silently followed the young man who had been humiliated by his crotch, and unknowingly came to a river.
The young man suddenly turned around and said, "Is the general going to arrest the villain?" ”
Monji was taken aback: "Who are you?" Recognize my identity? ”
The young man said: "Villain Han Xin, the long sword in his hand betrayed the general, and only officers with higher positions can have this sword." ”
Meng Zhi secretly admired in his heart: "This is a great talent!" So, he arched his hand and said, "I want to invite Your Excellency to Yunmengze for a visit, I don't know if you can enjoy the light?" ”
Han Xin is sad and poor at the moment, and he is not happy about the unclear invitation, but thinking about it, he may have the opportunity to show his talents and learn while he is alive: "The villain is willing to follow the general, thank you for the invitation." ”
Meng Tian had traveled to study in Chu in his early years, and he was familiar with many places, so he came directly to the Jiangdong area. Because Meng Tian himself was bold and elegant, he met many heroes along the way, including a man named Ji Bu who had a good conversation with Meng Tian, and Meng Tian invited him to visit Yunmengze, and he readily agreed.
Meng Tian also met a person named Zhong Liwu, and the two also had a good relationship, but unfortunately this person may have other things to do and was not invited. Yunmengze is the place where Meng Tian, Wang Wei and Meng Zhi agreed to meet, and it is also the place where Meng Tian plans to meet the masters who live in seclusion here, and they met here on this day.
After introducing each other, they began to talk about life in Yunmengze. During this period, Meng Tian secretly discovered that these people were all heroes, and Han Xin and Xiao He were even more heroic. So they were all invited back to Xianyang, Ji Bu was a little reluctant to go, but later Xiao He agreed to go after some persuasion.
After the autumn harvest in 209 BC, Li You was summoned back to Xianyang, and after hearing Fusu say all the reasons, he expressed his willingness to die for his crimes. But Fusu did not let him die, but let him take over the post of Shaofu left by Zhang Han.
Zhang Han selected a qualified 200,000 slave army and handed it over to the Lantian battalion for drilling, and he went all out to train the prisoner army, and a month later he went to the party.
After Feng Zai and Zhang Han, who were stationed in Shangdang, changed their guards, leaving a small number of defenders, Zhang Han led an army of 250,000 to attack Handan directly.
And Zhao Wangxie, who is supported by Julu Li Zuoche and others, is very popular, and already has more than 400,000 rebels, and he is anxious about the selection of prime minister!
Li Zuoche has been named the right prime minister, and the nobles of Zhao have been fighting for a whole month, and the candidate for the post of left prime minister has not yet been decided. Li Zuoche never went to court to listen to the chatter of these nobles, but the content of their quarrels could not escape his ears.
On this day, the Malay newspaper Zhang Han led an army of 250,000 to kill Handan, and the tenth day was about to arrive. Li Zuoche began to be anxious in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and his shogunate had Chen Yu, Zhang Er, Peng Yue and other people who could recruit and fight.
When Li Zuoche told the news of the Tanmalai newspaper to his advisers and generals, after some discussion, it was believed that Peng Yue would lead an army of 50,000 troops to ambush and block Zhang Han in the north of Handan. Then Li Zuoche led the Chinese army, Chen Yu and Zhang Er, and the two led the left and right armies to set up a military formation two hundred miles outside Julu and fight a decisive battle with the Qin army.
On this day, Li Zuoche came to the court early, and stood in the first place with his eyebrows lowered and his eyes closed, like an old monk in his meditation. The other upstarts recovered from last night's rest, and had planned to continue arguing with their political opponents for the rest of the day.
But when they came to the court today, they found that Li Zuoche, who had not been to the court for a long time, actually came, so they had to stand silently and wait for the great dynasty after seeing the court.
In fact, King Zhao has long been tired of the endless quarrels of these noble ministers every day, and every day he sits on the throne of the court, and then pretends that he can't hear anything, can't see anything, and stays up until the court dispersal.
Today, when he walked near the main hall, he found that the court was quiet, isn't it noisy today? Is there a compromise?
King Zhao entered the main hall and saw that Li Zuo was in the first place, and the mystery in his heart was finally solved, and he suddenly felt very uncomfortable: he was a king of Zhao, but he was no better than a prime minister.
After the ministers visited the shrine, King Zhao began to ask: "Can the ministers have a concert today?" ”
Everyone looked at each other and looked at Li Zuoche, everyone knew in their hearts that this question was asked to Li Zuoche, what could they do if they were arguing here every day?
I saw Li Zuoche come out of the column and arched his hand and said: "Report to my king, the Great Qin faction general Zhang Han will lead an army of 250,000 troops to Handan in a few days, and the soldiers will be pointing directly at my giant deer Zhao Capital." ”
"Ah!!h Everyone, including King Zhao, was surprised, this Li Zuoche was really not shocking, it was already scary to have the Qin army coming, and it was still a mighty army of hundreds of thousands, and it was not far from the giant deer.
At this moment, someone panicked and proposed: "King, let's escape first, flee to Yan Kingdom, and send someone to contact the Donghu people by the way, leaving us a good way to retreat." ”
Someone else proposed: "Great King, it is difficult to march on the lakes of Chu State, and the people of Chu and the Qin people have great hatred, so we will flee to Chu State first to temporarily avoid its troops, and we will make plans when the Prime Minister resists for a while." ”
King Zhao was at a loss for a while, glanced at Li Zuoche, saw that his face was extremely calm, and knew that he must have a way to deal with it, so he asked: "Prime Minister Li Cheng has a good plan?" ”
Only then did everyone come back to their senses and complimented together: "The prime minister's talent is no less than that of my grandfather Wu Anjun (general Li Mu), and he will definitely be able to save me Zhao Guosheji, and I hope that the prime minister will save me." "Let's bend down and salute together.
Li Zuoche didn't pay attention to them, but bowed his hand to Zhao Wangyi and said: "The minister asks the king Feng Lemeng (Le Yi's descendant) to assist the government as Prime Minister Zuo, and the minister leads the troops to meet the enemy." ”
King Zhao said without thinking: "Quasi-play!" Aiqing loyally protects the country, and wishes the prime minister a great defeat of the enemy army. ”
Everyone knows that the real power of Zhao State is in the hands of Li Zuo, can you not approve it? After saying that, Li Zuoche turned around and went out, and everyone hurriedly congratulated: "Congratulations to the Prime Minister on his victory and triumphant return!" ”
Zhang Han's vanguard army of 20,000 convicts led by Li Xin's son Li Wen suddenly rained arrows from both sides when they reached the mountains and forests north of Handan, and Li Wen knew that he had entered the enemy's ambush circle.
At that time, Li Xin's rash advance led to the defeat of the Qin army, so he named his son Li Wen, which means stability. At this moment, Li Wen brought his steadiness into play. He immediately ordered the Chinese army to rush forward to kill the left and right armies and set up a position to shoot back, and with a single order, the panicked Qin army slowly stabilized and began to organize a counterattack in an orderly manner.
Zhang Han was the one who led the heavy troops in the Qin army back then, and the front army happened to be equipped with heavy crossbows at this moment, and the crossbow arrows of Daqin were not comparable to the bows and arrows of Zhao State, and the crossbow arrows fired by the first round of counterattacks suppressed the Peng Yue troops who were ambushed on both sides.
But Peng Yue, as the founding general of the later Han Dynasty, was not simple, as soon as he saw that his troops became passive when crossbow arrows were fired, he immediately ordered the army to rush out and fight with the Qin army in close combat, after all, his 50,000 horses were obviously more than half of the opponent's.
After all, Li Wen was a famous general, and his command was shocked, and after the middle route army broke out of the encirclement, the left and right wings alternately covered and came out.
Peng Yue secretly admired the command ability of the Qin generals, and instead of retreating when encountering an ambush, he rushed forward, and the ambush army he arranged behind the Qin army did not come in handy.
Both sides slowly separated, and Li Wen ordered the army to turn around and set up a military formation to prepare to attack the Zhao army. After Peng Yue's people rushed out of the ambush woods, they also assembled and set up their positions, preparing to attack the Qin army, which was less than their own.
Peng Yue divided the troops into three pairs, personally led the Chinese army, and the two lieutenant generals led the left and right flanks to outflank the Qin army.
From the battle just now, Li Wen concluded that the enemy army was more than half more than his own, but fortunately, the weapons in the hands of his own soldiers had a great advantage. Li Wen ordered the Changge soldiers and shield soldiers to cooperate with the phalanx standing in front, and the second phalanx was a crossbow and arrow array, so that they could kill Peng Yue's army in a neat manner.
When Peng Yue's Chinese army rushed into range, the two sides almost agreed, and at the same time began to shoot a rain of arrows at each other.
Due to the shield and cooperation of the Qin army, there were many fewer arrows, and the power of the bow and arrow in the Zhao army and the defensive coefficient of the shield were far inferior to the Qin army.
After a round of shooting, Zhao Jun fell a large piece, and Peng Yue saw that he was going to suffer a big loss, so he hurriedly urged the army to press up quickly, asking for hand-to-hand combat. After a while, the two armies were stuck together, and the Qin army's advantage in crossbow arrows was gone, so they could only engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Peng Yue hurriedly ordered the troops on both flanks to quickly outflank the Qin army from both sides. Immediately, Li Wen also discovered Peng Yue's attempt, and hurriedly ordered the Chinese army's crossbow arrow array to shoot to both sides, but failed to shoot the two wings of the Zhao army that were surging like a tide.
After all, Li Wen was a famous general, and when he saw that his side was about to be surrounded, he erected the handsome flag and ordered the whole army to quickly push forward.