Chapter 05: Ambush and Falling Rocks from Ten Sides
Under the wall, the camp of the Qi army.
Just after noon, a middle-aged showman dressed in a blue narrow sleeve straight jacket and a deep coat quietly walked into Han Xin's Chinese army tent without being reported by the guards outside the tent. ”
The person who came was none other than Han Xin's number one think tank, Fan Yang's debater Kui Che!
This Kuaiche is not simple, Chen Sheng is in Daze Township Xingbing**, once sent the general Wuchen to pacify Zhaodi, it is with Kuaicher's three-inch incorruptible tongue that Wuchen was able to spread thousands of miles, and dozens of counties in Zhao Land were determined without a fight! Later, Han Xin destroyed Qi, and it was precisely because he adopted Kui Che's suggestion that he finally made up his mind.
Even Han Xin's request for Liu Bang to set up himself as a fake king of Qi was also Kuaiche's idea.
However, the final result of this matter greatly exceeded Kui Che's expectations, Liu Bang not only did not reprimand Han Xin, but even established Han Xin as the king of Zhenqi, this result not only made Han Xin's vigilance against Liu Bang suddenly dispelled, but also made Han Xin have a dislike for Kui Che, and since then he has not listened to Kui Che's advice much.
Because of this, Han Xin did not bring Kuaiche with him on this expedition.
However, Kui Che still came uninvited and chased him to the front line alone.
Seeing Han Xin, Kuaiche didn't salute, and said with a split head: "King, do you know that you have died until yesterday?" ”
Although Han Xin was already disgusted with Kui Che, he was still quite impressed by Kui Che's insight, so after hearing this, he only frowned slightly, and did not attack on the spot, and said patiently at the moment: "Mr. said that he was laughing." ”
"Jokes?" Kui Che shook his head and said solemnly, "I didn't joke with the king in Xia, if the king didn't immediately withdraw the siege on all sides and let Xiang Yu and the remnants of the Chu army live, I was afraid that he would be killed!" After saying this, Kui Che said again, "Liu Bang is not a good person, just wait for the destruction of the Chu State and the killing of Xiang Yu, he will turn back to clean up the king!" ”
"Sir!" Han Xin frowned and said unhappily, "To this day, why are you still prejudiced against King Han?" ”
"Prejudice?" Kui Che said suddenly, "This is not prejudice, Liu Bang can push his own flesh and blood off the carriage in order to save his life, how can such a ruthless person share wealth with others, and how can he be willing to share the world with you, the king?" King, wake up, Liu Bang is a market man, there is nothing in the world that he can't do! ”
"That's enough." Han Xin waved his hand and reprimanded, "Rumors, these are all rumors, and Mr. such a ridiculous rumor also believes it?" ”
Saying this, Han Xin said solemnly: "The Han King is benevolent and righteous, the world knows it, the people of Guanzhong, there are countless people who set up a shrine for the Han King, and the Han King treats the orphan with deep affection, how can the lonely turn his back on him?" ”
"Benevolence? Hehe, Han Wang Renyi? Kui Che said miserably, "King, is this what you are talking about?" ”
Han Xin was silent, and only after a long time did he say in a deep voice: "Sir, persuade Gu to turn his back on King Han's words, and don't mention it again from now on, otherwise, don't blame Gu for turning his face and being ruthless." ”
Kui Che shook his head and didn't say anything more, but he was extremely disappointed in Han Xin in his heart.
In Kui Che's view, Han Xin's military talent can be described as unparalleled in the world, and even unparalleled in the world, but his political vision is really flattering, he can't even see what kind of person Liu Bang is, and he dares to want to share wealth and wealth with him and share the world, which is simply not knowing how the dead word is written.
When Junchen was relatively speechless, the general Li Zuoche suddenly strode in.
Seeing Kuaiche, Li Zuoche hurriedly clasped his fists with both hands, saluted respectfully, and immediately reported to Han Xinyu: "King, General Kong Xi's Pegasus urgently reported that the plan to flood has worked, and the more than 4,000 Chu troops that were blocked on the north bank of Tuoshui have been slaughtered, and Xiang Yu only led less than 6,000 remnants and threw himself in the direction of Shixia. ”
"Got it." Han Xin waved his hand and said indifferently, "Let's go down." ”
"No." Li Zuoche shook respectfully, turned around and retreated.
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Twenty miles south of Tuoshui, Xiang Yuzheng led the remnants of 5,000 troops to hurriedly go south along the gallop road.
Mention of this Chi Dao can not fail to mention Qin Shi Huang won the government, won the government from sweeping away the six countries, unifying the world to the death of the sand dunes, a total of 11 years in power, but did three great things in history, one is to unify weights and measures and writing, one hand to create the Chinese nationality is the cornerstone of the civilization of the Han nationality, the second is to send troops to the north to attack the Xiongnu, the south to conquer the hundred Yue, one hand laid the traditional sphere of influence of the Chinese nationality, the third is to build a large-scale highway from Xianyang to all parts of the country, that is, Chidao.
In the eleven years of his reign, he has done three major things, and there is no second emperor as efficient as Ying Zheng!
Sima Qian's insult to Ying Zheng as a tyrant in the historical records, and mentioned that Great Qin also replaced him with tyrannical Qin, which was extremely unjust.
Whether it is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, or Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, or Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's father and son, they are all unattainable, and as for the two Manchu emperors of Kang and Qian, who were advocated by some people in later generations, they are not even worthy of carrying shoes for Qin Shi Huang.
Of course, all of the above credits cannot be attributed to Ying Zheng alone, because behind Ying Zheng, there is a huge political system in operation, which supports every measure, every edict and every decision, and this political system is the legal system created by Shang Ying, or the system of cultivation and warfare.
Without further ado, let's talk about Xiang Yu, I saw two big mountains blocking the way from a distance, there was a canyon in the middle of the two mountains, and the galloping road from north to south passed through it, the terrain was extremely dangerous, Xiang Yu immediately stopped his horse, and turned back to ask Xiang Zhuangdao, who was accompanying him: "Third brother, what kind of mountain is that mountain in front?" It's dangerous! ”
Xiang Zhuang naturally couldn't answer, so he hurriedly sent someone to inquire.
In less than a moment, a soldier who was familiar with the nearby terrain came to Xiang Yuma, knelt on the ground and reported: "King, the front is Shuanglong Mountain, the middle is Luoshi Gorge, stretching for more than ten miles from north to south, and the narrowest part is only for two cars to go in parallel. ”
"Brother Wang, this place is too dangerous!" Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice, "If the coalition forces set up an ambush here, just wait for our army to enter the canyon and then block the valley mouth at the north and south ends, we will become a turtle in the urn." ”
"A turtle in an urn? Good metaphor. Xiang Yu naturally hadn't heard of this idiom that only appeared in the Ming Dynasty, but it was not difficult to understand the meaning of this idiom, and then asked the soldier: "Is there any other way to go?" ”
"No, it's just this way to cross Shuanglong Mountain." The soldier said, "If you go around, you will have to walk at least a hundred miles more." ”
"Walk more than 100 miles?" Xiang Bo frowned and said, "Yu'er, this can't be done, when we bypass Shuanglong Mountain, Han Xin Xiao'er's coalition army is afraid that they have already passed through Luoshi Gorge and rushed to us in front." After saying this, Xiang Bo said again, "According to me, Han Xin'er never thought that we would take this road, and there could be no ambush here." ”
"What if there is an ambush?" Senior General Zhong Liwu retorted, "Isn't our army dangerous? ”
"Third brother, what do you say I should do?" Xiang Yu pondered for a moment, and suddenly turned his gaze to Xiang Zhuang.
Zhong Liwu, Xiao Gongjiao, Huan Chu and other Chu army generals also involuntarily focused on Xiang Zhuang, at this moment, everyone's hearts were filled with a strange feeling, it seems that since the last time they were seriously injured, the three generals have changed as if they have changed as if they were a different person, the previous three generals only knew how to kill recklessly, but now Xiang Zhuang seems to be wise.
"Burn!" Xiang Zhuang didn't feel the slightest inappropriateness, and said fiercely, "Set fire to the mountain!" ”
Although the current Xiang Zhuang is from the later generations, it is not clearly recorded in the history books that Han Xin's ten-sided ambush is in ten directions, so he can't assert whether there are ambushes in Shuanglong Mountain in front of him, but now, it no longer matters whether there are ambushes in the mountains, and if there are no ambushes, then let him be wiped out.
"Great idea!" Zhong Liwu praised, "It is the middle of winter right now, and there is only a little grass and trees in the mountains, and there must be an ambush of the coalition army on the mountain, as long as this fire burns, they can only be reduced to ashes along with the grass and trees." ”
Xiang Yu was heartbroken, and immediately ordered: "Xiang Sheng, order you to lead the people of the headquarters and enter the valley to burn the mountain!" ”
"No!" Xiang Sheng responded loudly, and immediately led hundreds of remnants of the headquarters to collect the things that ignited the fire and entered the Luoshi Gorge.
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Shuanglong Mountain, mountainside.
Chen Hezheng, the general of the Qi army, was standing on a cliff, holding a canopy and looking in the direction of the valley mouth in the north.
Seeing that the army of Chu still refused to enter the canyon, Chen He was puzzled, and said to himself: "It's strange, why hasn't the Chu army entered the valley yet?" Could it be that the whereabouts of our army have been discovered? This is impossible, our army was already very careful when entering the mountains, and even the woodcutters and mountain people encountered on the road were killed, and it was impossible to leak the news. ”
When Chen Hezheng was confused, the captain of the pro-soldier behind him suddenly shouted: "General, it seems that there are Chu soldiers entering the valley!" ”
"Huh?" When Chen He hurriedly looked at it, he saw that a small group of Chu troops had already entered the canyon, about three or four hundred people, but the Chu army's brigade still stayed outside the valley and never entered the valley. ”
"Yes, what does Xiang Yu want to do?" The pro-soldier lieutenant was also scratching his head.
However, soon, Chen He and his pro-military lieutenant discovered Xiang Yu's intentions, because the three or four hundred Chu troops did not rush after entering the canyon, but lit torches and began to set fire indiscriminately.
"The general is not good!" The pro-military captain was shocked and said, "The Chu army wants to set fire to the mountain!" ”
"Damn it, these cunning Jiangdong barbarians!" Chen He's face also turned pale in an instant, and he immediately shouted, "Quick, send an order to all departments to flee this mountain immediately!" ”
However, it was too late for Chen He to evacuate at this time.
The grass and trees in the valley are dry, and there is a cold north wind through the valley, the wind helps the fire, the fire soon spreads over the cliff and spreads to the mountainside, the three thousand volts have no time to go down the mountain to be engulfed by the monstrous fire, Chen He has a good life, and found a cave at the last moment, and quickly hid in the cave to pick up an old life.