Chapter 320: Zhang Han was afraid of Zhao Gao and surrendered
Zhang Handun soldiers were overjoyed when they heard that Sima Xin had returned, and immediately asked for it to be in the account, "Dare to ask the king what instructions he has?" Why did Changshi rush back like this? ”
"The general doesn't know, when he first arrived in Xianyang, he was imprisoned by Zhao Gao in the mansion, if it wasn't for the guards who bought the guards, my life would have been suspended." Sima Xin said with some embarrassment.
When Zhang Han heard this, he felt a little depressed in his heart, not long after Sima Xin came back, Dong Fei, who inquired about the news, also came back from the front, and when he saw the two people in the tent, he couldn't help frowning.
"General, why is that? Could it be that the king has nothing to command? Dong Fei asked in confusion.
"Zhao Gao and others are playing with power, and they refuse to put us in their eyes at all, it is really a dilemma, what news does Dong Changshi have?" Zhang Han turned to ask Dong Feidao.
"This, I heard that Pingnanhou returned to Xianyang, but after killing Zhao Cheng and Zhao Chang, he left, and after Xiang Yu and others were victorious, they have been stationed in Julu." Dong Peng said thoughtfully.
Zhang Han bowed slightly. "Pingnanhou returned to Xianyang and left? It must be because he killed Zhao Cheng and Zhao Chang, Zhao Gao couldn't tolerate Pingnanhou in his eyes, so he drove him away, so he was so lawless, Daqin was going to die eventually! ”
"So what's next?" Sima Xin asked worriedly.
Zhang Han was just pacing back and forth in the tent, and there was no good way in his heart, "Let's wait and see what happens, now the major affairs in the DPRK and China are decided by Zhao Gao, I am defeated today, and things are difficult to do." ”
Let's say that on the other side of Zhangshui, in Julu City, Xiang Yu has withdrawn to Wuzhong, Chen Yu and Zhang Er are naturally worried that Zhang Han will come back to attack, and now they heard that Xianyang Zhao Gao is in power, so they intend to plot against Zhang Han.
In Julu City, Zhang Er and Chen Yu sat in the palace, as for Zhao Wangxie, try not to leave the palace if you are fine, and it will be solved one day if Zhang Chen and the others are not pleasing to the eye.
"Brother Zhang, Zhang Handun's soldiers are in trouble after all, and there is no capable minister in Xianyang now, why don't you write a letter and hand it over to Zhang Han, so how about letting him take refuge in Xiangjia?" Chen Yu said slowly.
Zhang Er nodded in agreement, "Since this is the case, then Brother Chen will write it, and Zhang Han has been defeated recently, he must be afraid of Zhao Gao's punishment and write to him, maybe Zhang Han has already surrendered in his heart." ”
The two discussed and decided, then wrote a letter, and sent someone to Jianyuan County overnight, Zhang Han is currently most worried about Zhao Gao's punishment, and now the army is defeated, and his crime is not light.
Zhang Han, who was depressed in the tent, suddenly heard that there was a letter sent from Julu City, and hurriedly invited people into the account, and very carefully opened the silk book and put it on the case.
The book said: "The king of Zhao rested and bowed, Bai got up as the general of the Qin State, the southern expedition captured the Chu capital Yan Ying, the northern expedition slaughtered the army of Ma Fujun Zhao Kuo, the cities he fell, the land he seized, and he was uncountable, and finally he was given to death. Meng Tian was also a general of the Qin State, who drove away the Xiongnu in the north, opened up thousands of miles of land in Yuzhong, and was eventually killed in Yang Zhou.
Why is that? It was because they had too many military exploits, and it was impossible for everyone in the Qin court to reward them, so they found an excuse to kill them from the law. Now that you have been a Qin general for three years, the casualties and losses of soldiers are hundreds of thousands, and the princes from all over the country have risen at once, more and more.
That Zhao Gao has always flattered Ah Geng, it has been a long time, and now the situation is critical, and he is also afraid that Qin II will kill him, so he wants to find an excuse from the law to kill the general to shirk the responsibility, and let someone else replace the general to avoid his own disaster. General, you have been away for a long time, and there are many people in the court who have a dislike for you, and those who have merit are killed, and those who are inactive are also killed.
Moreover, God wants to destroy Qin, whether it is a wise man or a fool, everyone knows it. Now the general, you can't speak out at home, and you have become a general of the country outside, and you want to maintain it for a long time while supporting it alone, isn't it sad? General, you might as well lead your troops to turn around, unite with the princes, make a peace treaty to attack Qin together, divide the land of Qin, each is the king, and call the south lonely, which is better than being tortured and being killed? King Zhao paused and bowed again. ”
Zhang Han in the tent read the letter from Chen Yu and others, and immediately found Sima Xin and Dong Fei to come to discuss, and the two read the letter and thought that they could surrender, but they must first make a contract with Xiang Yu.
Zhang Han was afraid that Zhao Gao would kill himself in the name of defeat, so he sent someone to Wuzhong to make a contract with Xiang Yu.
Immediately found Fan Zeng to discuss the strategy, in Xiang's mansion, the two sat opposite each other, Xiang Yu directly handed the letter to Fan Zeng in front of him, "Father, what do you think of this matter?" ”
"Now that Zhang Han's army is defeated, he came to make a contract, but he is afraid of Zhao Gao in Xianyang, why should my Chu army make a contract with him, if it is better to send troops to continue the attack, it is the safest." Fan Zeng said indifferently.
"What Father Ya said is extremely true, Zhang Han must be in a dilemma when he comes to make a contract at this moment, and I will immediately send the general to attack in Thorn Plain." Xiang Yu said slowly.
Xiang Yu heard Fan Zeng's suggestion and ordered General Pu to lead his troops to cross Sanhejin day and night, stationed in the south of the Zhanghe River, and took advantage of Zhang Han's inattention to engage the Qin army again and defeat the Qin army.
Just when Zhang Han was a little panicked, Xiang Yu led all the troops to attack the Qin army in Wushui, defeating the Qin army, and Zhang Han had to let the military camp retreat more than 20 miles.
After these two battles, Zhang Han was really in a dilemma, in Xianyang, Zhao Gao resented Lu Yan because Zhao Chang and Zhao Cheng were killed, but he didn't dare to offend Pingnanhou, so he had to vent his anger on Zhang Han.
Detained all Zhang Han's relatives in Xianyang and was not allowed to go out of the city, Zhang Han was furious when he heard this, but there was no other way, at this time Dong Peng found out a very important news from the outside.
That is, Xiang Yu's military rations are not enough, so it is impossible to fight back, but he absolutely agrees to ask for peace, so he personally wrote a letter and ordered someone to hand it over to Xiang Yu.
At this time, the pressure on Wu Zhong was also very great, and Emperor Yi was a little unable to control the situation by fighting all day long, after all, the lack of food was a big deal, Xiang Yu saw Zhang Han's contract, and thought of the defeat of Zhang Han some time ago, presumably there was no power to resist, so he allowed to surrender.
So, in 217 B.C., Zhang Han surrendered to Xiang Yu in the north of the Thorn Plain, and the Qin army surrendered a total of more than 100,000 people, and since then both sides of the Yellow River have temporarily stabilized, and only one Xianyang is the last stronghold of the Qin Dynasty.
Zhao Gao in the court heard that Zhang Han had surrendered, and he was also furious in his heart, and ordered someone to kill all his relatives, and concealed the news, after all, if Hu Hai knew that Zhang Han had rebelled, Zhao Gao would have finished the game.
Now the general trend of the whole world is a new situation, in addition to Emperor Yi of Wuzhong, various countries have risen again, including Wei Bao of Wei, Tian Rong of Qi, Han Wangji, and Yan Wang Han Guang and other princes.