Chapter 79: A Web of Ten Sides
The Chu army was resting in a large village on the outskirts of Linzi.
Xiang Zhuang knew that time was precious, and every time he wasted a second in Linzi, the Chu army would be more dangerous, but there was no way, the soldiers of the Chu army were people and not machines after all, after ten consecutive days of long-distance rapid marching, and after a fierce battle in Linzi, the soldiers were extremely tired, and they urgently needed to rest.
The people in the village had already been driven away, and this time, the Chu army did not kill anyone.
It was not that Xiang Zhuang was benevolent, but that he needed these people to help him spread the brutal image of the "Han Army" around him.
Xiang Zhuang knows very well that if Da Chu wants to revive, he must provoke disputes between Han Xin and Liu Bang, but Han Xin is an idiot in politics, and the civil and military ministers he trusts are all Liu Bang's henchmen, so if even the heroes, clans, and people of Qi are also interested in Liu Bang, then what else will Han Xin do to fight Liu Bang?
Historically, Liu Bang was on the way to inspect Qidi, and won the support of the people of Qi through a series of political actions, and then won the support of the powerful family of Qidi, and then, Liu Bang started to seize Han Xin's military power, if it weren't for this, how could Han Xin obediently accept Liu Bang's arrangement and leave Qi to be crowned King of Chu?
However, in this life, it is difficult for Liu Bang to win the hearts of the people of Qidi again!
The Linzi fire has severely damaged the image of the Han army in the hearts of the people of Qidi!
The fire in Linzi City has been burning for two days and two nights, and when I look at it from a distance, I see that the city is still in flames, and the raging fire pushes the billowing smoke and dust upward, almost covering half of the sky! Xiang Zhuang believes that when the fire is over, the thousand-year-old city of Linzi will no longer exist, and even the small southwest city may be abandoned.
Wei Yu didn't know when he came behind Xiang Zhuang, and said in a quiet voice: "General, it's time to turn in." โ
Although it was Xiang Zhuang's decision to burn Linzi, Wei Yu still felt ashamed in his heart, burning a city would cause hundreds of thousands of Li people to be homeless, this reality is hurting the heavens and the peace! However, this is done to survive, so Wei Yi can't talk about mercy, for the revival of Dachu, he has to be killed, and he has to be burned.
"I'll go see the wounded soldiers again." Xiang Zhuang nodded and turned into the courtyard behind him.
This courtyard is specially for seriously wounded soldiers, and for soldiers who have only been lightly wounded, there is another place to house them.
In the courtyard, more than 50 Chu soldiers who were seriously injured but still did not breathe have lined up, these are the soldiers who were injured during the attack on Linzi that night, and the wounded doctor asserted that all of them could not be saved, among them, more than half of them had fallen into a coma and didn't know anything, and the remaining dozen or so still maintained a clear consciousness.
Seeing Xiang Zhuang, the dozen or so wounded soldiers who were still awake suddenly understood everything.
"General, I don't want to die, I don't want to die, take me back to Jiangdong, please, please."
"General, take me, don't leave me, I'm not seriously injured, I'll recover soon......"
"General, I have a seventy-year-old mother and a three-year-old child in my family, I am the pillar of the family, they can't live without me, they really can't live without me......"
In the face of death, the vast majority of wounded soldiers were afraid.
On the battlefield, they can probably be fearless of death, because in the tragic battle, they don't have time to think about life and death, and when the war is over, they are either alive or dead, so they don't have so many entanglements, but now, it is really difficult for them to accept death calmly.
There was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old soldier looking at Xiang Zhuang sadly, although he didn't speak, but from his eyes, Xiang Zhuang read endless pleading, he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, his life had just begun, he didn't even know what it was like to be a woman, but now he was leaving this mortal world, could it be a pity?
Xiang Zhuang dragged his heavy footsteps and slowly walked past the feet of more than fifty seriously wounded soldiers.
Xiang Zhuang's cold gaze swept over the faces of more than a dozen wounded soldiers who were still awake one by one, although these wounded soldiers pleaded bitterly, but they couldn't get Xiang Zhuang a trace of stay, a trace of pity, his heart had already become harder than steel in the endless killing, and suddenly, Xiang Zhuang raised his right hand and pressed it quietly.
A group of soldiers rushed forward, first turned over more than 50 seriously wounded soldiers, and then drew their swords and stabbed them at the back of the head of the seriously wounded soldiers.
When Xiang Zhuang walked out of the courtyard, smoke was already billowing from the courtyard, and Gongsun was cremating the bodies of more than 50 seriously wounded soldiers with his own soldiers, and then would take out a handful of ashes from the ashes and put them into a small sack marked with the names of these seriously wounded soldiers, and then return the ashes to their relatives when they were returned to Jiangdong in the future.
The 150,000 allied troops of Liu Bang, Yingbu, Wu Rui, and Zang Tu were slowly advancing along the gallop road.
Along with the army, there were 30,000 people recruited from Liangdi and 30,000 stone of military rations from Sanchuan County.
As early as three days ago, Han Xin had already returned to Qi with an army of 300,000, and at the same time that Han Xin returned to his division, Zhang Er and Han Xin, the king of Han, also returned home with their respective armies.
Liu Bang was tired of riding a horse, so he asked Xiahou Ying to find him a carriage.
At this time, Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, and Chen Pingjunchen were hiding in the carriage and discussing secretly.
Zhang Liang took some thought, and finally displayed the five bamboo slips sent by Wang Ling in an expedited manner of 800 li, slowly read the content, and then said to Liu Bang: "King, Wang Ling said in the secret letter that except for Lu County, which is entrenched by the remnants of the Chu army, the rest of the county guards and county commanders (chiefs) of Langxi County, Jibei County, Linzi County, Jiaodong County, and Xue County are basically his people!" โ
Liu Bang nodded when he heard this, and asked Zhang Liang and Chen Ping: "Ovary, Chen Ping, do you say that Wang Ling is reliable?" โ
Zhang Liang said without thinking: "Wang Ling is righteous and upright, if even he is unreliable, then the minister really can't think of anyone in the world who is trustworthy." โ
"That's fine." Liu Bang said happily, "It's good to be reliable." โ
Chen Ping said again: "However, the king, if you want to cut off the foundation of the King of Qi in Qidi, it is not enough to only have the support of the county guards and the county commanders of each county, but also to obtain the support of the people of the wealthy clans in Qi, especially the four wealthy clans of Tian, Jiang, Lu, and Wei, the king must get their support, otherwise, it will be difficult to uproot the power of the King of Qi." โ
"Yes, yes, it's important." Liu Bang nodded again and again, and said to Zhang Liang, "Zifang, hurry up and send another secret letter to Cao Shen and Wang Ling, so that they can quickly contact the powerful clan in Qidi, even if they are unwilling to support Yu Gu, we must try to persuade them to remain neutral, and if necessary, we can promise them some benefits." โ
Zhang Liang smiled lightly: "Don't worry, the king has already told Cao Shen." โ
"Oh, then I'm relieved." Liu Bang said this, and his attention immediately shifted to the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang, and then asked Zhang Liangdao, "Zifang, there has been no news of the remnants of Xiangzhuang in the past few days, do you say that Xiangzhuang Xiao'er is in Qi now, or has he crossed the river and rushed into Zhaodi?" โ
Speaking of the remnants of Xiang Zhuang, Zhang Liang's expression immediately became serious, and he shook his head and said, "The minister doesn't dare to assert this." โ
Liu Bang frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Ofan, although Han Xin's coercion is big, but the current henchman is still the remnants of Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er's Chu army, and if you let the Chu army flow around like this, it is not good that one day Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er will run into the pass, and at that time, the situation will be difficult to control!" โ
Zhang Liang said solemnly: "Don't worry, the king has a way to deal with it." โ
"Is there really a solution?" General Liu Bang said suspiciously, "When you were in Xingyang, didn't you still say that Wei Yi's plan was a Yang plan, even if we knew about the Chu army's intentions, we couldn't stop it at all?" โ
Chen Ping also pricked up his ears for a moment, and he was also looking forward to Zhang Liang's countermeasures.
"King, if it is really a chessboard game, and the minister and Wei Yi have the same strength and equal conditions, then the minister must lose this game." After saying this, Zhang Liang said again, "However, this is not a chess table game after all, but a real battle!" Chen has a sub-strength far beyond Wei Yi, coupled with timely and accurate intelligence support, it is not difficult to crack Wei Yi's follow-up chess move. โ
"Good!" Liu Bang said excitedly, "Tell me quickly, how can you crack the old guy's conspiracy?" โ
Zhang Liang smiled quietly, and said inscrutablely: "The king, the ministers have four positives and six wonders, and the ten-sided net can break the Chu army!" โ
"Four positives and six odds, a ten-sided net?" Liu Bang was confused when he heard it, and said, "Let's be more detailed, which ten nets?" โ
Zhang Liang nodded, and patiently commented: "The so-called four positives, with the king of Qi Han Xin to guard the land of Qi, with the king of Zhao Zhang Er to guard the land of Zhao, with the king of Liang Peng Yue to guard the land of Liang, with the king of Han to guard the land of Han, the four places to build more beacons, gather heavy troops to fortify, so as to form four blockade lines, the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang are trapped between Qi, Zhao, Liang and Han, so that they will not easily escape!" โ
"Well, this is not a big problem, Han Xin, Peng Yue, Zhang Er, and Han Xin, the king of Han, have all returned home with a large army, just tell them to build more beacon towers." After saying this, Liu Bang asked eagerly, "Si is the army of Han Xin, Peng Yue, Zhang Er and Han Xin, the king of Han, so what about Liuqi?" โ
"The so-called six odds, with Zhou Bo, Wang Su, Mei Kai, Fu Kuan, Li Shang, Xiahou Ying as generals, each led 20,000 elite soldiers, prepared half a month of dry food, divided into six routes, found where the beacon fire was lit, they went to attack, once they found the trace of the Chu army, immediately split up to intercept, one army blocked the front road, one army blocked the back road, two armies copied its side, and the remaining two armies were cruising and standby."
After saying this, Zhang Liang said again: "Although the Chu army is elite, they lack intelligence support, and they don't know which direction to break through to be safe, so that they won't be intercepted, and as a result, they can only mess around in the ten-sided net, in short, as long as the Chu army shows its traces, they will never get a momentary respite, and how can they not be defeated?!" โ
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