Not only did he not want to give up the fat of Linjiang that he had already eaten, but also wanted to focus on the overall situation, although the strategy of dividing troops proposed by Han Xin was adopted by Liu Laosan, strictly speaking, this strategy was actually quite risky, because the Nanyang Army was originally a small profit and weak strength, and the division of troops in the north and south for hundreds of miles to fight on two fronts was not only a severe test of the Nanyang Army's money, grain and logistics, but also very likely to give the enemy the opportunity to break the Nanyang Army.

But fortunately, the strategic situation of the Nanyang Army is really good - at least when Liu Laosan decided to divide the troops, the main forces of the two major corps of the Han Army have been deep in the mud on the battlefield of Zhaodi, and the Han army left in the middle is only enough to protect itself, and there is no strength to launch a large-scale counterattack, plus the Nanyang Army has captured a lot of money and grain in Nanjun to support the war, and there is no need to rely on the rear of Nanyang to supply money and grain, plus the autumn harvest is imminent, Xiao He, who stayed in Nanyang, can rest assured and boldly empty the warehouse to supply the northern front for the war, Therefore, the Nanyang Army still boldly implemented this strategic plan.

The strategic timing is appropriate, and of course there is no problem in terms of tactics - even Xiang Kang, the sworn enemy of the Nanyang Army, admitted this, so during the period when Han Xin led the Nanyang Army to accompany the Southern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army to the north, there was a small accident in Danshui County near Wuguan - Danshui County Cheng of the Nanyang Army was scolded in public by the Danshui County Commander because of his ineffective handling of affairs, and he also threatened to report the situation to Wancheng, and asked Xiao He, who stayed in Wancheng, to order the dismissal of the county Cheng.

Then, because the incident happened in public, of course, this situation was quickly reported to Wuguan by the Han army, and although it did not make the Wuguan Han army care too much, it also successfully left a deep impression in the hearts of the Wuguan Han army......

Let's look at the situation on Han Xin's side, according to the established plan, after going north to Xiangcheng, Liu Xiang's coalition army quickly went upriver along the Rushui, first arrived at Jiaxian, and then continued to move towards Liangxian, which is currently controlled by the Han army, and put on a plan to bypass the defense line of the Han army, and directly enter the hinterland of Sanchuan through Liangxian.

During this period, the mobile troops of the Nanyang Army in Yingchuan were assembled in the Yangcheng area in accordance with Han Xin's orders, which were not only responsible for preventing the Sanchuan Han Army from going south to copy the back of Liu Xiang's coalition army, but also released rumors, claiming that Liu Xiang's coalition army was going to attack the Wu clan again, and cut off the communication between the main force of the Han army and the rear of Guanzhong in the north, so as to confuse the judgment of the Han army, and also forced the Sanchuan Han army to send troops to reinforce the Wu clan and weaken the Sanchuan Han army's not very many mobile forces.

At the same time, because of the heavy responsibility of the Yingchuan Nanyang Army, the Nanyang Army in Nanyang naturally took on the heavy responsibility of escorting grain and grass and protecting the grain road, and after continuously transferring troops to the north, the Nanyang Army, which was not much on the Nanyang Army, was naturally weakened, resulting in the hinterland of Nanyang, the largest rear of the Nanyang Army, becoming more and more empty, and gradually turning the Hanzhong Han Army into a sharp knife that could be stabbed into the hinterland of the Nanyang Army at any time.

"Everything that should be arranged has been arranged, and then it depends on when the merchant will be fooled."

After making these arrangements, Liu Xiang's coalition army had also successfully arrived at the southernmost part of Sanchuan County, under the city of Liangxian, and then, according to the righteousness of the soldiers, Liu Xiang's coalition army actively prepared various siege weapons while sending envoys into the city to persuade the weak Liangxian defenders to take the initiative to open the city and surrender. However, at this time, Zhou Chang, the commander of Yingchuan County of the Nanyang Army, sent someone to send Han Xin a 100,000 urgent military intelligence report......

"What? Julu City has been broken by Han thieves? The main forces of the Qidi Coalition Army and the Western Chu Army on the battlefield of Zhao Di have also been defeated by the Han thieves? How can it be? So fast?! ”

Even Han Xin, after suddenly receiving the news of the rapid defeat of the anti-Han coalition army in Julu, was inevitably taken aback, extremely surprised, and hurriedly grabbed the military intelligence report sent by Zhou Chang and read it carefully, Han Xin also frowned again, because this important news that Zhou Chang informed him was the information that the Nanyang Army had explored in the Xingyang area, and it was just to prove that there was such a thing, but the specific process of the Julu War, as well as the losses of the Han army and the subsequent development of the Julu War, the Nanyang Army knew nothing. Even the Han army was unable to figure out exactly how the Han army won this decisive victory on that day.

Don't blame the Nanyang Army for its incompetence, mainly because the distance is too far away, and there are no newspapers, telephones or mobile phones to quickly transmit a large amount of information in this era.

Not only Han Xin frowned, but Lu Jia and Zhou Bo and other civil and military officers of the Nanyang Army who came with him also frowned, and after thinking nervously for a moment, Lu Jia also said to Han Xin: "General, do you want to reconsider our strategic plan?" The Han thieves have won a big victory in Julu, and they already have the spare strength to free up their hands to help Sanchuan back and forth, and if we continue to go north to the hinterland of Sanchuan, I am afraid that there will be a lot of danger. ”

In addition to politics, Han Xin, who had a violent balance of strategy and tactics, remained silent, and it was only after a long time that Han Xin said: "We can't give up, and there is no need to rush to give up our established strategic plan." First, we are not clear about the situation on the battlefield of Zhaodi, if there is still hope for the Western Chu army, we will give up, and the king of Western Chu will definitely not agree. Second, the distance is far away, and even if the main force of the Han thieves divides their troops to return to Sanchuan, it is not possible to do it in ten days and half a month, and our response time is very sufficient. ”

After saying these words, Han Xin quickly made up his mind and said: "Continue to fight, take Liang County down first, and then act at the opportunity!" If the Western Chu army still has a chance in Zhaodi, we will continue to go north, just so that we can help share the pressure for the Western Chu army. If the Western Chu army is settled in the battle situation in Zhaodi, and the Han thieves return to save Sanchuan, we will retreat immediately! ”

They all knew that Han Xin had made up his mind that Liu Laosan couldn't change it, and Lu Jia, Zhou Bo and others didn't dare to object, and after nodding their heads and receiving orders, Lu Jia said to Han Xin again: "General, do you want to go to King Wen, please lead the army north and return to Nanyang as soon as possible, just in case." ”

"Of course you can go to the text, and if you want, you can write to the king now." Han Xin said with a wry smile: "But in the current situation, it is probably more difficult for the king to let go of the Linjiang fat that has been eaten in his mouth than for us to directly take down Sanchuan County to govern Luoyang City." ”

Lu Jia thought about it, so he didn't waste this strength and sent people to send a letter to Liu Laosan thousands of miles away. On the other hand, when Li Ji, the general of the Western Chu Army who fought with the Nanyang Army, learned about this situation, he also very much agreed with Han Xin's decision, believing that there was no need to give up the north in a hurry without figuring out the specific situation of the Zhao Di battlefield, and that he should continue to put pressure on the Han army's Sanchuan hinterland, and encircle Wei to save Zhao to share the pressure on the Western Chu army on the northern front.

At this time, the envoy of the Nanyang army who entered the city to persuade him to surrender also returned to Han Xin and others, reporting that the Liangxian county commander of the Han army was confused and was seriously brainwashed by Xiang Kang, and dared to categorically refuse the kindness of the Nanyang army to persuade him to surrender.

Only nearly 1,000 county soldiers guarded the small city of Liang County, of course, failed to stop the number of nearly 50,000 Liu Xiang coalition army, in the face of the strong attack of Liu Xiang coalition army only held out for one day, the city was declared to fall, the Liang County Commander who refused to surrender was loyal to Xiang Kang, Liang County defenders were also wiped out by Liu Xiang's coalition army, the city's grain and grass military supplies, including civilian grain, were robbed by Liu Xiang's coalition army, and unfortunately became the first Han army city captured by the Nanyang army. However, the loyal Liangxian county commander and the Liangxian Han army did not die in vain, because Liu Xiang's coalition army needed time to prepare siege weapons, and the Liangxian defenders also won five days of contingency time for the rear of the main force.

During this period, Han Xin and others were of course closely concerned about the changes in the situation on the battlefield on the northern front, but they couldn't, the distance was too far away, and the scope of activities of the Nanyang Army was small, so they could only collect intelligence in Xingyang and Daliang, so naturally they could not provide reliable intelligence support for Han Xin and others, so Han Xin and others could still only be sure that the anti-Han coalition army had suffered a big defeat in Julu, and Xiang Yu personally led the army to join the battlefield on the northern front, so he couldn't grasp more accurate information.

On the contrary, it was the hinterland of Nanyang that sent good news during this period, saying that the Lishang side really couldn't hold their breath, and they had prepared to attack in Hanzhong, and it was possible to go west out of Xunguan at any time, and then go south to Wuguan, and at the same time, Danshui County Cheng also secretly contacted the Wuguan Han army, and sent a letter of fraudulent surrender to the Wuguan Han army, in order to respond to the Han army's capture of Danshui as a bait, and lure the Han army to send troops to the hinterland of Nanyang as soon as possible.

After determining these circumstances, in order to continue to put pressure on the hinterland of the Han army, and in order to lure Li Shang to send troops, Liu Xiang's coalition army soon continued to move north, first easily taking the two small cities of Yang and Sihu along the way, and then going north to reach the city of Xincheng, which posed a fatal threat to the Han army's traffic choke point Henan County.

Probably deceived by Xiang Kang's hypocrisy and benevolence, the Han army's Xincheng county order was also obsessed, and categorically refused the Nanyang army's envoy to surrender, insisting on defending the city to be loyal to Xiang Kang, Liu Xiang's coalition army had no choice but to stop again, while preparing various siege weapons, and at the same time sending scouts to reconnoiter everywhere to find out the action reaction of the Sanchuan Han army.

During this period, Fu Kuan, the general of the Han army who stayed in Xingyang, really personally led 16,000 troops to return to the hinterland of Sanchuan, and really paid more attention to Luoyang Jiancheng, which was more important to the Han army, and brought the main force into Luoyang City to garrison, just divided 5,000 troops to strengthen the defenders of Henan County, and was directly stationed in the city, and put on a defensive posture of only defending without fighting early.

"If the food problem can be solved, it is really a good opportunity now, as long as the county seat of Henan is taken, the Han thieves will have to divide their troops from the northern front. But it's difficult, our money and food foundation is too poor, even if we successfully take Henan, we won't be able to last long, and we are destined to only work hard for Xiang Yu's husband in vain, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

When he quietly regretted that he could not fight in the hinterland of Sanchuan for a long time, Zhou Chang once again sent an urgent report to Han Xin, and finally reported to Han Xin some important information with sufficient weight - the anti-Han coalition army was defeated on the Julu battlefield, and the remnants of the army were defeated and all the Han troops were expelled from the land of Zhao.

This time, even Han Xin couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart, because as Xiang Kang guessed, just by relying on these too general intelligence, he roughly analyzed the current strategic situation of the Han army, and the military genius Han Xin immediately saw that the Han army now has a new strategic choice - to separate the two main forces, one main force is responsible for containing and blocking Xiang Yu, and the other main force turns south to find the Nanyang Army, which is not in the same position as the Han army, to settle old accounts!

It was precisely because of this that Han Xin finally had the idea of changing the established strategic plan, "Do you want to accept it when you see it, and quickly retreat south?" Otherwise, if the main army of Han thieves suddenly comes, we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to retreat! ”

From God's point of view, this is of course Han Xin's best choice at present, but no, Han Xin's current ability to grasp the intelligence of the Han army is still seriously insufficient, and it is difficult to accurately analyze the next move of the main force of the Han army, so naturally there is no way to make the right decision in time. At the same time, what interfered with Han Xin was that at this time, Liu Xiang's coalition army was also ready to attack the city, and could send troops to take the new city and county at any time.

Considering that it was not bad for such a day or two, it would be a pity to give up the new city that was already within reach, Han Xin finally ordered to launch an attack on the city, and then unsurprisingly, it took most of the day to take the well-prepared Liu Xiang coalition army to easily take the remote location of the new city and small city, forcing the Han army to abandon the city and flee north, and the soldiers of Liu Xiang's coalition army cheered and killed into the city, killing people and setting fires, and robbing **, wantonly poisoning creatures.

"Haha! Punched in! Congratulations to the general, we have taken another thief city, and we have finally avenged some of our previous revenge! ”

Seeing that the city was successfully breached, of course, the generals of the Nanyang Army next to him were all smiling, gearing up to enjoy the money and beauty that the soldiers were about to send as soon as possible, but Han Xin, who was currently in a state of contradiction, was not happy, and after casually glancing at the guards who were cheering and rushing into the city, Han Xin still muttered in his heart, "What's the use of beating down?" If the Han thieves send the main force to counterattack, we will not even dare to defend this remote city, and we can only give up on our own initiative. ”

At this time, the scouts of the Nanyang Army, who were patrolling and guarding the perimeter, suddenly brought a man dressed as a common man and a horse, and entered the flag array to report to Han Xinyu: "General Yu, I waited on the road leading to Henan County in the north, and got this suspicious man who came on horseback, he claimed to be the general's messenger of the deceased, and brought the general's letter to you, and I want to present it to the general in person." ”

"Letters from the deceased?" Han Xin, who had few friends, was puzzled when he heard this, and asked, "Did he say that he was the old man of General Ben?" ”

"Returning to the general, I said, he said that the general, your old man, is Feng Zhong, the general of the former Western Chu Army."

The name of the scout's answer made Han Xin stunned, and it also reminded Han Xin of countless past events, but Lu Jia, Zhou Bo and the others next to him all changed color on their faces, and they all said angrily: "Feng Zhong? Could it be that Feng Zhong Pifu who betrayed the king of Western Chu and helped the Han thieves break Pengcheng?! ”

"Who else but him?" Han Xin smiled bitterly, and asked casually, "Where is Feng Zhong's letter?" ”

The scout immediately presented the letter that had been searched on Feng Zhong's messenger before, Han Xin reached out to take it, and when he took a casual look, Feng Zhong's familiar handwriting immediately met Han Xin's eyes, which made Han Xin's heart sigh again, and then after carefully reading the content of Feng Zhong's letter, Han Xin's eyes gradually widened, and he also showed a very rare look of shock......

"General, what's the situation?"

Liu Laosan's sworn friends Lu Jia and Zhou Bo had already walked to Han Xin's side seemingly unintentionally, and while asking, they unceremoniously came up to read the letter together, and when they saw the content of the letter clearly, and saw that Feng Zhong took the initiative to tell Han Xin the news that Xiang Kang was going to personally lead the army back to help Sanchuan, Lu Jia and Zhou Bo were not only surprised, but also had a thought in their hearts, "Really? Xiang Kang, that traitor, really wants to personally lead the main force of the Han thieves to launch a southern expedition and send troops to attack us? ”

After carefully reading Feng Zhong's letter, Han Xin first put down the letter and closed his eyes to calculate, and then suddenly opened his eyes, unfolded Feng Zhong's letter and read it again, and paid special attention to studying the strategic situation of the Han army that Feng Zhong took the initiative to introduce to him......

"Bring the visitor back to our camp, so that we can entertain him, and General Ben will speak to him himself in the evening."

casually instructed how to deal with the messenger Feng Zhong, or after the soldiers escorted the messenger of the old boss away, Han Xin turned to Lu Jia and Zhou Bo next to him, and said with a smile: "No problem, we can already rest assured, the main force of the Han thieves will definitely not come back directly, we can rest assured that we can wait for the puppet of Li Shang to send troops." ”

"Why?" Lu Jia asked in surprise: "Didn't Feng Zhong's puppet say in the letter that Xiang Kang, the traitor, was going to personally lead the main force of the Han thieves to launch the southern expedition?" ”

"Bluffing, trying to intimidate us into not daring to make big moves, the small trick of carving insects used by thieves." Han Xin said with an extremely confident smile: "The Western Chu army has been wiped out, the Zhao State has also been forced to surrender to the Han thieves, the Qiji coalition army has suffered a great injury on the battlefield of the Zhao State, and the Yan State has always remained neutral, as long as the Han thieves have a little strategic vision, they must understand that they can only continue to accumulate heavy troops on the northern front, and wait for the King of Western Chu to be forced to go south to help the middle battlefield, and then take advantage of the situation to advance eastward to seize Qidi, which is the most in line with the strategic interests of the Han thieves." ”

"Under the account of Xiang Kang's traitor, there are definitely more than one or two people who can see this, Xiang Kang's traitor himself is also a master of strategy, he can see this by himself without being reminded by others, he will not make such a stupid strategic mistake. Therefore, he personally led the army back to Puyang, the purpose was just to feint the hinterland of Western Chu, force the king of Western Chu to return to the middle battlefield, and create an opportunity for his northern division to advance eastward. ”

"General, are you sure?" Lu Jia asked suspiciously.

"Of course you can be sure!" Han Xin replied categorically, and said: "Unless it is Xiang Kang's traitor who is stupid and stupid, and would rather miss the best strategic opportunity to quickly take Qi Land, and give priority to attacking us, he will definitely not make such a strategic mistake!" So I'm sure that even if there is really a Han thief army returning to Sanchuan in the future, it will only be a partial division to strengthen the guards in the hinterland of Sanchuan, and their main force will definitely not really come back! ”

After saying it confidently, Han Xin smiled again and said in his heart: "Next, I just need to temporarily make peace with the Han thief, don't irritate the Han thief too much, and wait for Xiang Yu's idiot to be deceived by Xiang Kang's traitor back to the middle battlefield, and entangle Xiang Kang's traitor for me, no matter how I fight here, I don't have to worry that Xiang Kang's traitor will come back with the main force of the Han thief." ”

To emphasize one point, Han Xin is really not a trick, it's just that Xiang Kang made a mistake, he didn't gnaw on the fat that was already in his mouth, but he wanted to make a strategic mistake and was determined to launch a southern expedition, even Zhang Liang didn't understand why Xiang Kang would make such a strategic mistake, and Han Xin certainly didn't understand why Xiang Kang made such a big strategic choice.