Chapter 040: Zhao Gaoxian's Traces
Li Zuodao: "According to the scout's news, after Meng Tian's army left the Shangdang territory, the marching speed slowed down, and I don't know what the conspiracy is, so I asked my king to make a decision as soon as possible." ”
At this time, King Zhao's seven souls have already been scared away, and only three points of his soul are trembling, what else can he decide? King Zhao said incoherently: "Cheng...... Appearance...... Save me! ”
Li Zuoche saw that all the ministers were trembling and silent, and he was very helpless. After all, he was behind the gate, and he was quite strategic, and said slowly: "The king can lead the minister of civil and military affairs to retreat to the northeast to Qi County first, and the minister will lead the army to resist Meng Tian to buy time for the king's withdrawal, and then the minister will go to join the king." ”
King Zhao and the ministers hurriedly responded when they heard Li Zuoche finish speaking: "Okay...... Okay......" In an instant, they scattered and went home to pack their things.
Li Zuoche returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss with his staff the strategy against the enemy, and did not disperse until late at night, intending to start transferring the army from outside the city into the city after dawn and arranging it tightly. When the people in Julu City were asleep, the sergeants who had been training outside the city for a day were tired and slept more soundly. Suddenly, the earth began to tremble, and the huge vibration sound was getting closer and closer, and Peng Yue, who was guarding the barracks, instantly understood what was going on, it turned out that the Qin army's swaggering and slow march were all confused, and a sneak attack was their true intention.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Han Xin's main cavalry force had entered the barracks, and Peng Yue knew that it was useless to organize resistance, because the barracks were already in chaos. So Peng Yue immediately decided to lead the soldiers and horses of the 5,000 headquarters of the Chinese army to withdraw directly, enter Julu City, and go straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion to protect Li Zuoche and escape.
King Zhao had already instructed the guards to pack up his things during the day, and although he was sleepy-eyed, he heard Li Zuoche's order to flee immediately, so he got up in a panic and fled in the car prepared for him by Li Zuoche.
Han Xinji dressed the soldiers of the Qin army as the appearance of the Zhao army, distinguishing the enemy from the enemy is the weapon in his hand, and after entering the Zhao army's camp, he rushed to kill separately, and the Zhao army was in chaos at this time, and could not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, and slashed and killed each other.
Han Xin did not stay in the military camp for long, and led 5,000 cavalry to the city to round up King Zhao. It's a pity that King Zhao has already fled, and none of the civil and military ministers of Zhao have escaped, and all of them have been arrested. When Meng Tian arrived with his army, everything was already over. Han Xin pleaded guilty for not catching King Zhao and Li Zuoche, Meng Tian had no sense of reproach, comforted and praised Han Xin.
As a result, Meng Tian left 50,000 soldiers and horses for Wang Wei and Meng Zhi to continue to pursue King Zhao and Li Zuoche, while he led the rest of the soldiers and horses to return to Xianyang with Han Xin Jibu. After this battle, Han Xin shocked the world, and after the affirmation and publicity of Meng Tian and others, he has become a generation of famous generals above the court of the Qin State.
After Feng Zheng entered Wuyang City, Xiang Yu surrounded Wuyang City and attacked for half a month day and night, and the two sides suffered heavy casualties and still did not distinguish between victory and defeat. On this day, Xiang Yu listened to Fan Zeng's proposal and temporarily stopped the attack, and Fan Zeng suggested dividing his troops to attack Xingyang, preparing to seize Hangu Pass, and the troops were approaching Guanzhong.
Xiang Yu had been enraged by Wuyang's desperate defense, and did not listen to Fan Zeng's proposal, insisting on continuing to attack the city in the afternoon. After the battle of defending the city, the army was only more than 20,000 people, and it was about to be unable to hold it.
Feng Zai divided the army into two groups, he and Meng Xin each led more than 10,000, Meng Xin led Li Wen and Wang Xiao to break through from the West Gate, Feng Zao led the army to break through from the North Gate, and agreed to meet in Xingyang City after the breakthrough and then ask Xianyang and Meng Tian for help.
In the afternoon, Xiang Yu was preparing to launch a general attack, when suddenly news came that the Qin army had broken through from the west gate and the north gate. Fan Zeng hurriedly ordered Xiang Yu from the east gate to go to the north gate to support Long Ji and intercept the army that broke through, and then led the army from the south gate to the west gate to intercept the army that broke through.
Meng Xin had experience in fighting against the Chu army outside the city last time, so he arranged the crossbowmen on both sides, the cavalry and infantry fought hard to kill the Chinese army, and the crossbowmen on both sides shot arrows straight to the front of the Chinese army to cover the Chinese army to kill through the enemy formation.
Fan Zeng saw that the military formation of the Chinese army that he had arranged to restrain the Qin army from breaking through did not work, and hurriedly changed the formation, but Mengxin's Jiuyuan cavalry had already rushed out, and also turned around and came back to rescue part of the crossbow arrow phalanx, and after Mengxin broke through, only more than 5,000 soldiers and horses fled to Xingyang.
Feng Zheng was not so lucky, he was surrounded and strangled by Xiang Yulong and these two famous generals in the world, and he could not break out of the encirclement several times, and finally Xiang Yu passed through the chest with a spear and sent him to see Qin Shi Huang.
After Xiang Yu entered Wuyang City, with the anger of being stubbornly resisted by the Qin army, regardless of the persuasion of Fan Zeng and others, he carried out a tragic massacre of the city, and the world was shocked when the news came out.
When the news of Feng's martyrdom came back to Xianyang, the ministers of the Qin court shed tears one after another, and Feng Quji fainted three times.
Before Meng Tian's army returned to Hangu Pass, he received an edict from Fusu and immediately led his army to aid Xingyang. Meng Tian ordered Han Xin to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to cooperate with the original defenders to guard Hangu Pass, and the Hangu Pass guard was changed to Han Xin, Fan Jie was the deputy general, and he took Ji Bu to lead 100,000 U-turn and gallop east to aid Xingyang.
Xiang Yu lost 150,000 troops when attacking Wuyang, but Fan Zeng was full of wisdom and added 200,000 in a short period of time, and Xiang Yu's army besieging Xingyang reached 350,000.
When Meng Tian led the army to Xingyang, Meng Xin and Li You's lieutenant generals who had left behind organized the army and civilians to defend the city, which was already crumbling. Fortunately, Meng Tian's tooth banner appeared from the west, and the morale of the whole army was boosted.
It is said that it will be the courage of a soldier and the skin of a tiger. Meng Tian's prestige was known to the world, and Meng Tian's arrival gave the defenders of Great Qin hope of victory from the brink of collapse.
Fan Zengke was so angry that he almost ate Meng Tian alive, seeing that Xiang Yu was about to lead the army to capture Xingyang and approach Hangu Pass, this Meng Tian's arrival changed everything.
Meng Tian listened to Meng Xin's report on the confrontation between Feng Zai and Xiang Yu's army in the county guard office in the city, and Meng Tian mourned for Feng Zai for a long time, affirmed Meng Xin's progress and scheduling, and also pointed out Meng Xin's shortcomings, and should learn to anticipate the enemy first.
Meng Tian then ordered the new army to withdraw and replace the exhausted defenders and continue the defense. Due to the arrival of Meng Tian's army, the soldiers and civilians of the city were very comforted as if they had won the battle. Meng Tian also sent an order to Xianyang to ask the emperor to send reinforcements, and at the same time suggested that Wang Li come out to guard Hangu Pass and let Han Xin come to Xingyang.
Fan Zeng also knew that attacking Xingyang City at this moment could only increase casualties, so he asked Xiang Yu to withdraw the siege troops to discuss countermeasures. Xiang Yu despised the world and didn't take Meng Tian in his eyes at all. However, Fan Zeng had Xiang Liang's authorization, coupled with Fan Zeng's strategy of the Tibetan army when he sent troops, he could not expose his strength, so he had to endure his anger and stop the attack.
Fan Zeng and the others discussed for a long time and couldn't figure out the essentials, and when they were about to find a way to lure the Qin army to attack, a mysterious person suddenly came......
Two days later, Hanguguan received a holy decree ordering Han Xin to leave 2,000 defenders, and the rest were led by Han Xin to Xingyang to reinforce the city. Fan Jie is a veteran, he has seen the holy decree many times, and after checking the seal to confirm that it is correct, he asked Han Xin to carry it out.
Han Xin took a look at Hangu Pass when he was mobilizing troops and horses, and found that this pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, which determined the fate of Xianyang to a certain extent.
Therefore, Han Xin ordered that the gate should be closed, and after he led the army to leave, the gate was blocked with stones, and the generals of the Qin army who did not know him could not open the door if they knocked on the gate. Fan Jie felt weird, but still carried it out.
On the night after Han Xin led the army away, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared under Hangu Pass, and they took advantage of the night to knock on the pass and let the defenders open the door.
Fan Jie was shocked and felt that Han Xin was really like a god. Fan Jie ignored the closed army, but directly asked the soldiers to shoot arrows.
The generals who closed the door saw that there was no hope of opening and closing the door, so they had to raise the banner to tackle the key problems, and it turned out that Zhong Liwu led the Chu army to come.
That night, the mysterious person who visited Xiang Yu's camp was sent by Zhao Gao and gave Fan Zeng a blank holy decree with a sealed seal...... Fan Jie knew that he had been deceived by Jiao Zhao again this time, and he also knew that it was impossible for his soldiers and horses to hold Hangu Pass, so he immediately lit the wolf smoke, and at the same time sent a fast horse to Xianyang for help. Zhong Liwu adhered to Fan Zeng's strategy and launched a crazy onslaught, and the defending Fan Jie was miserable.
In the Xianyang Palace, Fusu received Meng Tian's suggestion and appointment arrangement, and Fusu asked Yu Wei for advice. He affirmed Meng Tian's suggestion, and added several arrangements, suggesting that the calm Zhang Han lead an army of 50,000 to the north to inspect Yan Zhao's hometown, so as to deter the remnants who were about to move; Second, he joined up with Wang Wei's army and marched east to inspect the Qi State and search for Zhao Gao's traces.
Fusu ordered General Wang Li to immediately lead an army of 100,000 from the Lantian camp to Hangu Pass. On this day, Wang Li's army encountered a distress horse sent by Hangu Pass during the march, and Xianyang also saw the wolf smoke signal from Hangu Pass.
Wang Li ordered the army to advance at full speed, and Xianyang also sent envoys to Hangu Pass. When Wang Li's army arrived at Hangu Pass, it happened that the gate was broken by the Chu army, and the Chu army was preparing to rush in to seize the pass.
Wang Li immediately ordered the former army to start fighting to protect the pass and drive the Chu army out of Hangu Pass. The Chu army, which secretly marched to Hangu Pass, went out day and night, and was also exhausted by the fierce attack at night. The reinforcements of the Qin army brigade suddenly arrived, and the Chu army was instantly deflated, and after less than half an hour of fighting, they withdrew from the pass.
General Wang Li entered the Hangu Guanzhi Office, and Fan Jie was also injured, but fortunately, his life was not worry-free. The defenders also basically lost their combat effectiveness, and Wang Li took over the defense. Then Fan Jie told Wang Li about the cause and effect of the incident, and Wang Li also sent a letter to Fusu.
As soon as Zhong Liwu saw that the Qin army had been reinforced, and the sneak attack plan to seize Hangu Pass and enter Xianyang had failed, he decisively ordered the troops to retreat from the original road.
Wang Li is not a genius like Meng Tian and Han Xin, and when he saw Zhong Li's retreat, he didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, because the army still had to rush to the aid of Xingyang! Leaving 20,000 troops to guard Hangu Pass, Wang Li and the deputy general Feng Guangli (the son of Feng Zheng, this time asked the emperor to go to the country to avenge his father) led an army of 80,000 to aid Xingyang.