Chapter 178: Chu and Han fight for hegemony
That night, Chu Yun and Zhilan were dressed in red, and under the witness of Gu Chengcheng, the two worshipped and got married.
He clasped her hand, they had known each other for ten years, experienced countless hardships, everything had changed, the only constant was their love.
Chu Yun tapped on her jade lips and said, "As long as the world is calm, we will live in seclusion and live a life that everyone envy."
Zhilan nodded and said, "Well, the hand of the son will grow old with the son."
In 206 BC, Zhang Liang learned that Liu Ji was going to send troops, so he distributed money and ordered Xianyang children to sing the ballad of Chu State.
However, Pengcheng is the capital of the righteous emperor's bear heart, so the ministers objected, saying that Pengcheng was the capital of the righteous emperor, and Xiang Yu's move was really a big rebellion.
Xiang Yu didn't listen to the ministers, and some ministers were furious, saying that Xiang Yu was crowned by a monkey, which angered Xiang Yu and was killed.
When the ministers saw this, they didn't dare to speak.
Xiang Yu was not inferior, he didn't take Xiong Xin in his eyes, and asked Fan Zeng to persuade Xiong Xin to move the capital to Chen.
Zhang Liang took the opportunity to send a letter to Xiong Xin, saying that Xiang Yumu was unrighteous and did not respect Xiong Xin, which was contrary to the courtesy of the monarch and ministers.
He admonished Xiong Psychology to punish Fan Zeng, in order to show his identity as the righteous emperor and warn the princes who is the king of Chu.
Xiong Xin was already dissatisfied with Xiang Yu, and Zhang Liang's letter aroused his anger at Xiang Yu, when Fan Zeng came to persuade Xiong Xin to move the capital, Emperor Yi was furious, ordered someone to slap his mouth for thirty, and drove Fan Zeng back.
When Xiang Yu heard this, he was furious and secretly united with Yingbu to assassinate Emperor Yi.
In the same year, Liu Ji worshiped Han Xin as a general and sent troops from Bashu to besiege Yongwang Zhanghan.
The two sides fought for several months, Zhang Han was defeated, abandoned the city and fled, retreated to the ruined hills, Liu Ji adopted Han Xin's water attack strategy, the flood flooded the city wall, Zhang Han was defeated and committed suicide.
Liu Ji broke the three Qins in a row and captured the land of Guanzhong, Xiang Yu was furious and wanted to send troops to fight back.
Zhang Liang expected Xiang Yu's approach, so he sent a book to deceive Xiang Yu, writing: "The name of the King of Han does not match the truth, and he wants to get Guanzhong; As promised, they did not dare to go east. ”
He also told Xiang Yu about the rebellion of Tian Rong, the king of Qi, and said: "The Qi State wants to join forces with Zhao to destroy Chu, and the great enemy is at present, and the catastrophe must be prevented."
Zhang Liang said that Qi and Zhao were powerful countries in the past dynasties, and they had a deep foundation and strong power, and they were able to subvert the Chu state, which was intended to direct the attention of the Chu army to the east.
Xiang Yu really hit the plan, he sent people to inquire about Qi and Zhao, and sure enough, he found that there were signs of troops in the two countries, Xiang Yu had no intention of looking west, and turned north to attack the lifeless rotten forces of the three Qi places.
Zhang Liang's strategy diverted Xiang Yu's attention for Liu Ji, so that he could rest and slowly accumulate strength.
When Xiang Yu sent troops to attack Qi and Zhao, Fan Zeng offered a plan, explaining that Zhang Liang was Liu Ji's advisor, and if Zhang Liang was eliminated, Liu Ji would lose his important advisers, and his strength would be greatly weakened.
Xiang Yu listened to Fan Zeng's plan and sent troops to attack South Korea, but because there was no general in South Korea who could lead the army against Xiang Yu, he was destroyed.
Zhang Liang fled, saw that the Korean royal family was destroyed, the dream of recovering the country had been shattered, and he had no desire to restore the country, so he went to seek refuge with Liu Ji.
Fan Zeng planned to get rid of Zhang Liang for Xiang Yu, but they let Zhang Liang escape and extinguish Zhang Liang's dream of recovering the country, so that he could do things for Liu Ji wholeheartedly.
Liu Ji captured the Three Qins, and there was no sign of marching, Xiang Yu did not listen to Fan Zeng's plan, and first eliminated Liu Ji, but attacked the Qi State in the east, making his army deeply attacked the Qi State and had no time to withdraw.
The Wei State was about to move, and when Wei Wangbao heard that his harem would give birth to the Son of Heaven, he felt that he would be the king who unified the world, so he handed over the military power to Wang Xu and wanted him to lead the army to fight.
Wang Xu watched the fire from the other side, and did not rush to enter the army, but watched Xiang Yu attack Qi and Liu Ji to subdue the princes.
Zhang Liang said to Liu Jijin that although Xiang Yu was caught in the attack on Qi and could not get out, the Wei State should not be underestimated, and Chu Yun's junior brother Wang Xu was an extremely difficult person to deal with, and once he made a move, the Han army would be defeated.
Liu Ji asked who could deal with Wang Xu, and Zhang Liang recommended Chu Yun, but Chu Yun had disappeared for a year and lost contact.
He adopted Zhang Liang's strategy, and took advantage of Xiang Yu's attack on Qi to subdue all the princes, and the entire coalition army was 500,000.
When Liu Ji wanted to subdue Wei, it was very smooth, and the king of Wei easily agreed.
The flames of war ignited, the Yan State was destroyed by Xiang Yu, and only the Qi State was left among the eastern princes to contend with it.
When Liu Ji heard that Emperor Yi was killed by Xiang Yu, he cried a lot, so he mourned for Emperor Yi and mourned for three days, and then listed Xiang Yu's crimes, and wanted to avenge Emperor Yi.
In 205 BC, Han Xin recovered the defeated army and joined forces with Liu Ji in Xingyang.
Liu Ji attacked Pengcheng, bred arrogance, did not appease the local people, took any favorable measures, and drank with the princes every day to celebrate.
When Xiang Yu heard this, he led 30,000 elite soldiers back to Pengcheng and launched a surprise attack.
Just because Liu Ji was not vigilant, the 600,000 coalition troops were defeated, and 100,000 soldiers were annihilated by Xiang Yu, and 100,000 were drowned.
The vassal states rebelled against the Han and surrendered to Chu, and the king of Wei followed Wang Xu's advice and returned to the feudal state on the grounds that his mother was sick, blockading the river pass and cutting off the retreat of the Han army.
Wang Xu quietly led an army of 100,000 to conquer the land of Sanqin in Hanzhong, expanding the fiefdom of Wei.
Liu Ji led dozens of elite soldiers to escape, retreated to Sichuan County, collected defeated soldiers along the way, and sent Han Xin to defeat the Chu pursuers between Xiao Suo, so that he could breathe, stabilize his position, and then reorganize the army.
The king of Wei occupied Guanzhong, leaving Liu Ji vulnerable to the enemy.
Xiang Yu formed an alliance with the King of Wei and promised to get rid of Liu Ji, and then he would give all the lands occupied by Liu Ji to the King of Wei.
"General Han, the ovary, how should this be?" Liu Ji asked anxiously.
Now that the vassal states have all taken refuge in Xiang Yu, the Han army is isolated, and Xiang Yu has formed an alliance with the King of Wei and is eyeing the Han.
"Although Xiang Yu has no strategy, he is extremely brave, with one enemy and one hundred, we must be cautious, and Wei has Wang Xu in charge, it is difficult to deal with." Han Xindao.
He once led his troops to attack Wei, but the army led by Wang Xu was too strong and held on to the city walls, so he had no choice but to retreat.
"Wang Xu first offered Wei to form an alliance with us, and when the Chu army attacked, they watched the fire from the other side, and never lost a single soldier, and when he saw that the allies were defeated and retreated, he suggested that the king of Wei leave, block the river pass, cut off the retreat of our army, and then send troops to attack Hanzhong, and then form an alliance with Xiang Yu." Zhang Liang analyzed the reasons for their defeat.
"His stratagem is intertwined, and he retains his complete strength, but he can win the most fiefdoms, which is really powerful."
Li Shiqi said: "If the princes rumor is that Chu Yun is not out, Wang Xu is invincible, if you want to defeat Wang Xu, you have to be Chu Yun, I heard that the ovary and Chu Yun got acquainted, why not ask him to go out of the mountain to help?"
"Why do you need Chuyun, please give me an army of 50,000 troops, and I will be able to recapture Guanzhong for the king." Han Xindao.
Zhang Liang advised: "General Han must not be reckless, Wang Xu is not easy to deal with."
Han Xin said: "The Guigu faction is indeed good at using soldiers, but it may not be able to defeat me."
Liu Ji thought about it again and again, he had sent someone to inquire about Chu Yun's whereabouts, but there was no news, so he had to listen to Han Xin's suggestion and let him lead his troops to attack Wei.