Chapter 313: Breaking the Chu Army at Night
It is said that Liu Bang and Xiang Ji are not a loss on this trip, at least one of them has a great Confucian, and the other has a beautiful wife, and when the two meet in Puyang East, Zhang Han still has no movement.
And the reason why Zhang Han has not dared to act rashly is just because he is afraid of Liu Bang and Xiang Ji's sneak attack, who knows that these two people are also very cautious, Xiang Liang said that they would not let them send troops, and they would stick to Puyang East.
In Puyang City, Zhang Han and the generals had already received news that a total of 200,000 troops were rushing towards Puyang, and if they were gathered in one place, there would be more than 300,000 troops, which was more than enough to deal with Xiang Liang and others.
However, in ten days, all these troops rushed to the outside of Puyang City to station, so it seems that Xiang Liang and others are in a passive position, but they don't know anything about it.
In Zhang Han's mansion, several soldiers sat down one after another, and they didn't know why Zhang Han summoned them this time, thinking that they wanted to support Wang Li and others.
"You have been resting here for some time, there is plenty of food and grass, and there are plenty of soldiers and horses, and it is time for us to go to war." Zhang Han said slowly.
Shima was the most puzzled, and first got up and said: "General Qiyu, Xianyang's army has just arrived, and marching like this will only make the soldiers tired, so let's wait a little longer." ”
Zhang Han immediately waved his hand, "The soldiers who just arrived are indeed a little tired, but the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the city are full of energy and can still be used to attack Dingtao." ”
When several people heard this, they were all terrified, "General, there is an army of Liu Bang and others in the middle, how can they attack Dingtao, I hope the general will think twice." Dong Peng said with some uneasiness.
"The art of war is cloudy, surprise is the way to win, that Liang would not have thought of this trick, the monarchs do not persuade, I have made up my mind, in addition Dong Fei and Sima Xin went with me, Shima and Su Jiao stayed in Puyang, if General Wang Li came to ask for help, Puyang could be abandoned, and directly attacked Zhao State." Zhang Han said with confidence.
The generals saw that Zhang Han's opinion was quite reasonable, so they no longer strived for it, and said that after Xiang Liang attacked Zhang Han's army in Dong'e, he led his army to Dingtao, hoping to observe the situation of Zhao State here and take the opportunity to eliminate Wang Li.
How could he have thought of Zhang Han's motives, and after Xiang Liang defeated Zhang Han after Dong'e defeated him, he despised Zhang Han more and more, thinking that he was not enough to fear, but he was just a pillar for the Qin Dynasty to survive.
In Puyang City, Zhang Han took advantage of the night to transfer the troops outside the city and the army in the city, ordered the soldiers to line up neatly, and transferred 40,000 elite soldiers from the Xianyang soldiers, making the soldiers outside the city exactly more than 200,000.
That night, Zhang Han ordered the soldiers and horses to take the title in the mouth, so as to prevent disturbing the army of Liu Bang and Xiang Ji when passing through the east of Puyang, and they could reach Dingtao faster.
Dong Peng and Sima Xin led 20,000 soldiers and horses, and after Zhang Han, in order to prevent Liu Bang and Xiang Ji from learning that Xiang Liang was attacked, they supported from the rear, and Zhang Han also worked hard.
Around the ugly hour of the night, Zhang Han's army arrived in Dingtao, taking advantage of the fact that the Chu army was defenseless, first sent two thousand elite soldiers to the city to open the door, Xiang Liang thought that Dingtao was safe, and did not set up many posts.
After the two thousand soldiers killed many Chu soldiers, they immediately opened the city gate, and the fleeing Chu soldiers panicked in their hearts, only shouting in Dingtao City, and in a moment, all the Dingtao soldiers woke up, most of them were in a groggy state.
Now that the east gate of Dingtao is broken, Zhang Han is overjoyed, and immediately ordered the soldiers to enter the city to burn and loot, Xiang Liang slept soundly in the city, heard that the soldiers came to report, and hurriedly put on clothes to face the battle.
The army of more than 100,000 led by Xiang Liang was instantly dispersed by the Qin army, and many soldiers hurriedly gathered soldiers to help Xiang Liang.
"Qi Wu Xinjun, all four gates are broken, and there are countless casualties among the soldiers!" A young general said with some horror in front of Xiang Liang.
"Do you know where the Qin army is?" Xiang Liang asked in a stunned light.
At this moment, Zhang Han led the army to attack, and when he saw the soldiers in front, he knew that it was Xiang Liang and his subordinates, "Xiang Liang's old horseman, don't die quickly!" ”
Xiang Liang was shocked when he saw that it was Zhang Han's army, "Everyone, go to the battle, don't hesitate!" "The words are very decisive.
The Qin army led by Zhang Han broke through Dingtao, and the morale was flourishing, and Xiang Liang's army was tantamount to moths to the fire, so most of the soldiers died in battle, and Xiang Liang led thousands of people to resist desperately in the city.
I wanted to rush out from the four gates, but the Qin army was strong, and before I left the city, I was forced back into the city, back and forth several times, and there were only a dozen soldiers left around Xiang Liang.
Seeing this, Zhang Han naturally did not give Xiang Liang a chance to breathe, and led hundreds of people to rush up, but Xiang Liang was unable to fight, and was killed by Zhang Han's army in Dingtao City.
After Xiang Liang was killed, many Chu soldiers in the city instantly felt that the dragons were leaderless, and they scattered and fled, and overnight, the Chu army was defeated, losing nearly 100,000 soldiers.
It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that Xiang Ji and Liu Bang got the news and were about to lead troops to support, but they ran into Dong Peng and Sima Xin's army from the road.
The two armies fought fiercely for a long time, and happened to meet Zhang Han's army returning victorious, Liu Bang urgently persuaded Xiang Yu not to love the war, and the two went down the river and had to retreat to Wuzhong.
This battle can be said to be Zhang Han's last victory, in Puyang City, all the soldiers admired Zhang Han's use of soldiers like a god, and actually annihilated the main army of Wuzhong.
In the middle of the feast, Zhang Han and the soldiers pushed the cups and cups, very happy, "My battle has made Jiangdong no longer have the power to fight back, just take back Zhao Di, and the rest are just local thieves, and they will be self-defeating." ”
"And what happens to us?" Dong Fei asked in a low voice.
"Naturally, it's to attack Zhao Di! Gather all your armies and join Wang Li's forces! Zhang Han said very loudly.
In Puyang City, the celebration banquet is not mentioned for the time being, and it is said that Xiang Ji and others returned to Wuzhong after this battle, which can be described as a great injury, but Wang Li used a plan to solve King Zhao.
At the beginning, the Qin State requisitioned conscription, which caused chaos in the world, the people were not able to make a living, and many princes were divided, so Hu Hai divided his troops into two ways to attack the thieves.
First of all, Zhang Han was all the way, except after being defeated by Xiang Liang in Dong'e, there was no defeat, and then the other way was Wang Li, starting from Guanzhong and breaking many small forces.
Came directly to Zhao State, prepared to lead the army to attack Zhao Di, and then rendezvous with Zhang Han, but Zhao State was slightly stronger, and Hu Hai bet all his troops on Zhang Han, making Wang Li only tens of thousands of troops.
However, at the celebration banquet that day, Zhang Han had already said that he would help Wang Li attack Zhao, but there was a Pengcheng in the middle that was occupied by the Chu army and stopped between the two armies, so Zhang Han first ordered to attack Pengcheng.
In this way, Wang Li's army had no support, knowing that if he fought with Zhao State, the two sides were evenly matched, and the Qin army could not attack for a long time, which would inevitably make the Qin army tired.
Seeing this, Wang Li wanted to give up attacking Zhao and instead help Zhang Han attack Pengcheng, but a piece of news from inside Zhao let Wang Li know, which turned the tide of the war.