Chapter 23: The Siege of the Teacher

Under the wall, the Han army camp.

After two days of traditional Chinese medicine conditioning, Liu Bang's wind and cold disease has improved a lot.

After a slight improvement in health, Liu Bang hurriedly found Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, and once again secretly discussed the matter of dividing the princes and kings, and the matter of changing the title of Han Xin to the king of Chu was agreed last time, and this time the discussion was about Yingbu, Liu Bang was unwilling to seal Yingbu as the king, but Chen Ping and Zhang Liang agreed that Yingbu should be crowned king, otherwise it would be difficult to convince the public.

Although Liu Bang is a scoundrel in the market and has no culture, his political understanding is unmatched, and he also has an advantage that ordinary people do not have, that is, he is as good as a stream! As long as others are right and reasonable, Liu Bang can correct his mistakes, and he will do so immediately.

After listening to Chen Ping and Zhang Liang's suggestions, Liu Bang decided to crown Yingbu as the king of Huainan.

When the three monarchs and ministers were about to continue to discuss the territory of Huainan Kingdom, Xiahou Ying suddenly broke in with a sad face.

"Xiahou Ying, what are you doing with a sad face?" Liu Bang frowned and said unhappily, "Also, who let you in?" ”

"King!" Xiahou Ying knelt down on the seat, crying silently, "Lao Fan, Lao Fan, he went, hey." ”

"Lao Fan, he went?" Liu Bang didn't turn his mind for a moment, and said unhappily, "Where did he go?" Didn't he follow Li Zuoche to fight Shouchun again......" Speaking of this, Liu Bang's voice suddenly stopped, this time he had already come back to his senses, and immediately stretched out his right index finger and pointed at Xiahou Ying, and said in a trembling voice, "You mean, you mean, Fan Hao he ......"

"Uh-huh." Xiahou Ying cried bitterly, nodded heavily, and said, "He was beheaded by Xiang Zhuang." ”

"Huh!?" Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's faces suddenly changed greatly, and Fan Xu, the number one fierce general of the Han army, was actually beheaded!?

Originally, Liu Bang's face was a little pale because of the wind and cold, but after hearing the news of Fan Xu's beheading, Liu Bang's face instantly turned red, and he trembled with his right finger pointing at Xiahou Ying.

"King!"

"King!"

Xiahou Ying and Chen Ping were suddenly shocked, and hurriedly rushed forward to help Liu Bang up.

Xiahou Ying hurriedly found an injured doctor again, pinched the person again, stroked his chest and beat his back, and tossed for a long time before he finally woke up Liu Bang. Xiangzhuang children! Shaft! Piff! Dare to cut off my siblings, I, Liu Bang, are not finished with you! It's not over! ”

After that, Liu Bang struggled to stand up again, and said to Xiahou Ying: "Xiahou Ying, beat the drum to gather the generals, gather the army, Lonely, Lone wants to personally conquer Shouchun, Lone wants to cut off Xiang Zhuang Xiaoer's dog head with his own hands, hurry, go!" Before he finished speaking, Liu Bang staggered down again, and the old wounded doctor, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, and Xiahou Ying tossed for a while.

At this time, after Liu Bang was rescued, he didn't say that he wanted to fight Shouchun in person, but he began to cry: "Fan Xu, Fan Xu, good brother, lonely good brother, why did you leave?" Lonely hasn't given you the title yet, why did you leave? Back to Guanzhong, how can Lone Ke tell Ah Mei, sigh hi......"

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Shouchun, the residence of General Xiang Zhuang.

Lamps placed at the four corners illuminate the entire hall as bright as day.

Xiang Zhuang knelt and sat in the chief, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Gongjiao, and Yu Ziqi knelt and sat on the lower left, and Wu Shi and Wei Yi with a gloomy expression sat on the lower right.

Xiang Zhuang's gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and finally deliberately stayed on Wei Yu's face for a moment, and then said: "Scout report, the 50,000 troops led by Li Zuoche, the general under the command of Han Xin, the king of Qi, are less than fifty miles away from Shouchun, and they can be killed at Shouchun City at noon tomorrow at the latest, everyone can talk about it, how should this battle be fought?" ”

Huan Chu said: "What is there to say about this?" Whatever the general says, let's fight! ”

Ji Bu, Xiao Gongjiao, and Yu Ziqi also nodded in agreement, in the afternoon battle, Xiang Zhuang's prestige has been completely established, and now even if Xiang Zhuang gives an order to let Ji Bu lead his headquarters to die, he will never frown, because he believes that since Xiang Zhuang gave such an order, he must have his reason!

Wu Shi said worriedly: "General, Li Zuoche is the queen of the general, he is well versed in the art of war, quite strategic, and has always been extremely important to Han Xin, the king of Qi, and his use of troops is also quite methodical, which should not be underestimated!" What's more, Li Zuoche's army is 50,000, and the strength is almost ten times that of our army. ”

"Hey, sir, I'm too worried." Huan Chu waved his hand and said disapprerovingly, "Don't say it's Li Zuoche, it's his grandfather Li Mu's reincarnation, I'm afraid it's not the general's opponent!" After saying this, Huan Chu said again, "Besides, what about the 50,000 army?" All the soldiers of our Chu army can be ten with one, even if they come another 100,000, they are not afraid! ”

Wu Shi didn't argue with Huan Chu when he heard this, but just shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Xiang Zhuang suddenly asked Wei Yu again: "Mr. Wei Yu, what do you think?" ”

"Didn't the general already make arrangements?" Wei Yu didn't have a good breath and said, "Why bother asking." ”

"I really can't hide anything from Mr., haha." Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but stroking his hands and laughing, "So what does Mr. think, can the flooding strategy break Li Zuoche's army?" ”

Wei Yu rolled his eyes and said nothing more.

"If the gentleman doesn't speak, that is, he thinks that the flooding strategy can't be broken?" Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly, and said, "Why don't you and me make a bet, if Li Zuoche is broken, from now on, Mr. will have to be my staff and give advice for the Chu State, if Li Zuoche can't be broken, then General Ben will immediately release Mr., how about it?" ”

"Old decay never bets with people." After Wei Yi finished speaking, he simply turned around and ignored Xiang Zhuang.

Xiang Zhuang was bored, and immediately said to Yu Ziqi: "General Ziqi, how many days can the food in the city last?" ”

Yu Ziqi hurriedly knelt up and replied: "Back to the general, there is still food in the city, and you can eat for half a month!" ”

"Can you eat for half a month?" Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said, "Leave five days' rations, and all the rest will be made into dry food and taken away, and not a single grain of grain will be left for the Han army." ”

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At noon the next day, the Han army arrived as scheduled.

Amid the sound of trumpets, the banner that obscures the sky and the sun slowly emerges from the eastern horizon.

Immediately after the banner appeared was a dense array of Han army soldiers, first wearing heavy armor and holding a big shield, then holding a halberd and wearing light armor, and then holding a short blade and wearing a dead soldier wearing a kudzu robe, followed by miscellaneous soldiers and husbands, extending from the foot of Shouchun City to the end of the field of vision, grounded to the sky, endless.

It was only when they were only a stone's throw away from Shouchun that the Han army slowly stopped.

At the beginning of the formation, a group of warriors rushed out and took up their positions, and then a two-wheeled chariot slowly drove out of the formation surrounded by dozens of cavalry generals.

On the chariot, Li Zuo's driver held the wheel and stood proudly.

Seeing the flags on the head of Shouchun City like clouds, halberds and spears like forests, and thousands of soldiers of the Chu army almost crowded the city, putting on a posture as if facing a great enemy, Li Zuoche suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

Jin She, who was following the chariot on horseback, frowned, and said puzzledly: "General, what are you laughing at?" ”

Li Zuoche stroked his long black beard under his chin, and said lightly: "I laughed at Xiangzhuang Xiao'er, although he was a little clever and quite brave, so he was able to defeat Fan Hao twice, and even beheaded Fan Hao in front of the battle yesterday, but he didn't read any military books after all, and he didn't know that Shouchun was a Jedi, and to defend Shouchun was to kill himself!" ”

"The Chu army tried to defend the fortified city, but it was really a desperate situation." Jin She nodded, and said thoughtfully, "Our army only needs to firmly hold the four gates, and the Chu army has no reinforcements outside, and there is a shortage of food and grass inside, so how many days can it last?" ”

"Nope." Li Zuoche waved his hand and said lightly, "Sun Tzu said, the master must be que, so he can only surround three sides, and one side of it." After that, Li Zuoche turned around and instructed his subordinate general Xiahou Daodao, "General Xiahou, you lead 10,000 horses to camp outside the north gate of Shouchun, and you must block the road for the Chu army to break through, and you can't go alone!" ”

"No!" Xiahou Jian suddenly agreed, and immediately picked up the people of the headquarters and rushed to the north gate.

Li Zuoche said to Jin She again: "General Jin She, you led 20,000 horses from your headquarters to camp outside the south gate of Shouchun. ”

"No!" Jin Shu waved his head, then immediately hit his horse and walked into the formation, and ordered the 20,000 troops of his headquarters to go to the south gate.

Seeing Xiahou Jian and Jin She lead the army away one after another, Li Zuoche ordered again: "Order, the army is camped outside the east gate!" ”

Li Zuoche gave an order, and the 20,000 horses and horses in the headquarters immediately began to get busy, the warriors were busy unloading their armor and resting, the servants were busy unloading their baggage and building camp tents, and the miscellaneous soldiers went to the nearby mountains to cut down trees, and then carried them back to set up fences and build watchtowers, and a small number of cavalry were cruising back and forth in the surroundings, responsible for guarding.

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Shouchun City Head.

Seeing the Han army dividing his troops, the corners of Xiang Zhuang's mouth couldn't help but sneer. This is an old routine that has been passed down for more than 2,000 years, and it is not easy to do it here in my Xiangzhuang!

Gao Chu scratched his head and said puzzledly: "General, why is the Han army only surrounded on three sides?" ”

"You stupid, stupid donkey, this is called Wai Sanque Yi!" Qin Yu seized the opportunity at this time, patted the back of Gao Jun's chest, and said like a son, "Originating from Sun Tzu's 'Siege of the Teacher', Gao Chu, you should really read the book of soldiers." ”

"you." Gao Chu pushed Qin Yu away, and said angrily, "I also want to read military books, but why can't I read and write?" I'm not like you, I come from a wealthy family, and someone has taught you to read and write since I was a child. ”

"Yes, I said it wrong, okay?" Qin Yu said, "I'll teach you literacy another day." ”

"That's what you said, if you don't count, my brother won't have to do it from now on, hum!"

"My aunt and grandmother always count." After Qin Yu finished speaking, he turned around, and muttered softly behind Gao Chu's back, "It's weird, I can't be your brother anyway, hum." ”