Chapter 121: Zhang Liangji
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The cold stream water flowed down his fingertips on his face, and his pores were instantly closed, and Han Xin couldn't help but shudder, and his spirit lifted and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
There was still a disgusting smell of blood and an unknown smell of monsters on his body, which was disgusting to smell, but Han Xin didn't have time to change his clothes, so he simply jumped into the stream to wash himself off during the gap in the march.
Since he came out of Xianyang, he has not closed his eyes and rested for three days and two nights, and even if he is an iron beater, he will inevitably be a little unbearable. But he didn't stop to rest, because every Qin soldier was tired, but the reason why he still maintained a high morale, in addition to the encouragement brought by the big victory, was largely because their commander also shared their weal and woe with them and kept rushing to the front line.
Since the early hours of yesterday morning, Han Xin led more than 30,000 Qin troops to launch a fierce attack on Liu Bang's Chu army, and the first to appear was his own commander of 5,000 light cavalry, this army is the old foundation he brought back from Julu, and there is no doubt about his morale and loyalty to him.
In order to bring panic to the Chu army to the greatest extent, Han Xin came up with this crooked idea, which was to paint the horses and knights with dye with tricky colors and patterns, and put a bronze mask on the horse's head, which would look like a legendary ghost and ghost under the night firelight.
The time of the attack was chosen to be close to the dawn and an hour before dawn, which was the deepest time of the day, and it was also the time when the night guards were most comfortable to doze off. Especially after the carnival of the Chu army, most of the soldiers must have been in a deep sleep at that time, and at this time, suddenly a team of cavalry like ghosts woke them up from their dreams, and they would definitely flee in panic.
The 5,000 light horsemen walked and hidden, wrapped in armor and pincers, and quietly led the horses to lurk a few miles outside the Chu army's camp, while the remaining 27,000 Qin army foot riders followed a few miles behind.
It wasn't until they saw the signal from the leading marksman to get rid of the guards that the Qin soldiers mounted their horses and raised their fires, and galloped towards the unsuspecting camp of the Chu army.
Woke up from a deep sleep, the firelight is the most likely to make people panic, the five thousand light horsemen threw the torches in their hands into the camp tent of the Chu army, the torches drenched with pine resin soon burned in the camp tent, when the panicked Chu soldiers woke up from their dreams, they were faced with the ghostly knights who rushed into the camp tent on horseback.
The people of the pre-Qin period originally respected ghosts and gods very much, thinking that ghosts and monsters were invincible, not to mention the Chu army in a panic, where did they still have the courage to resist. The fear of the Chu people was like a landslide and tsunami, which quickly enveloped the entire camp, and the entire Chu army camp was like an exploding oil pot, and the soldiers had no intention of resisting, but rushed with their heads in their hands.
Han Xin's light cavalry had only one task, that is, forward, forward, forward, to quickly crush his army before Liu Bang reacted, leaving him no buffer time, as for the matter of killing and capturing the Chu army, it was handed over to the army commanded by Wang Qi behind.
Fan Xu and Zhou Bo and other generals also tried to gather their troops to resist, but they were keenly discovered by Han Xin, and immediately pointed a big gun, and the light cavalry under his command easily tore the resistance of the Chu army to pieces.
Until dawn, the 120,000 Chu army, which was still showing off its might yesterday, collapsed under the hooves of the Qin army, and the soldiers threw down their weapons one after another and fled in all directions in a panic. The thousands of soldiers that the generals of the Chu army had finally gathered together, but as long as they saw Qin Cai's saber from a distance, they scattered in a hurry.
Liu Bang originally wanted to stop and gather the remnants of the army, but Han Xin did not give him this opportunity, but desperately urged his exhausted soldiers to attack violently, not giving the Chu army any respite. The Chu army was defeated again and again, and retreated for 600 miles before barely gaining a foothold at a pass, Fan Xu took 5,000 dead soldiers to defend the pass, Han Xin saw that the Qin army had lost its sharpness, and did not carry any siege equipment, and it could only increase casualties in pursuit of it, so he had to withdraw his troops.
What made him glad was that the old boy of Yanshi Dao was an immortal Xiaoqiang, he had not fallen asleep but waited patiently in the camp for the attack of the Qin army. He pretended to be dead and lay in the pile of dead corpses to deceive the Chu people who came to kill him in a hurry, and waited until the Qin army had passed before standing up and shouting; "I'm the Qin envoy, I'm the Qin envoy." Only then was the Qin army rescued from the chaos and picked up a life.
It was the battle of Bashang, and the Qin army, which had just recovered from the civil strife, relied on surprise to defeat Liu Bang's army with less victory and more morale.
The Chu sergeant was killed and wounded 40,000 people, and countless were captured, Liu Bang ran 800 miles before he stopped in shock, and sent people to Xiahou Ying's army for help, while sending people to collect the remnants of the army, and won 40,000 troops.
This battle completely extinguished Liu Bang's dream of becoming the king of Guanzhong, and also caused him to lose most of his men and horses, discarding all the heavy grain and grass, as well as his wife and young son, as well as Zhang Liang, who relied on him. It can be said that there are heavy losses, the army is defeated, and the soldiers are all looking westward with panic.
Han Xin didn't have time to rest, the war machine of Daqin was still running non-stop, the recovered county town east of Xianyang had to send officials and troops to receive it, the dead and wounded soldiers needed to be treated and compensated, and the tens of thousands of Chu soldiers captured needed to be resettled, all of which made Han Xin very busy. It wasn't until Prime Minister Meng Jian arrived that he breathed a sigh of relief, handed over the government affairs to him, and instructed Zhao Wuji to lead the army to constantly harass and guard against Liu Bang's remnants, so he secretly wanted to go to sleep and rest.
After taking a good shower and changing clothes, Han Xin yawned and returned to his camp. On the way, they met a group of city guards who were escorting the prisoners, and when the soldiers saw Han Xin, who was immediately drowsy, they all saluted loudly with halberds on their faces with excitement, and their young faces were full of admiration.
Before Han Xin easily became the owner of Xianyang, it was a bit of a big flag to make a tiger skin, and he lured the unstable city defense army to turn against him in the name of Meng Tian and Meng Yi, and afterwards the city defense army was indignant when he knew that he had been deceived, and some veterans were disdainful of this Han Xin, an unknown junior, who was easy to take the position. But this real victory convinced the entire Qin army of Han Xin, and no one dared to slander him privately.
Han Xin met the admiring eyes of the soldiers, but he didn't have much joy, just waved his hand lazily. At the moment, he was so sleepy that he just wanted to find a bed and sleep well for a day and a night.
This group of Chu army captives are old and young, and even a few women, it seems that the Chu army thinks that the victory is in hand, and many generals are like Liu Bang to bring their wives and children with them, and the noise is like forming a group to pass the middle stream. Han Xin naturally didn't take these people to heart, Qin State's perfect system would decide where they went, so he didn't need to worry about this, so he just glanced at it casually and turned around.
Suddenly, he felt that there was a figure in the crowd that looked familiar, Han Xin stopped the horse violently, turned around and looked straight at a tall and thin figure in the crowd, and shouted loudly; "Stop."
Seeing that the general had an order, the Qin army guarding hurriedly stopped the entire team, and when Han Xin dismounted and walked quickly to the back of the man, he shouted in a somewhat excited voice; "Brother Zhang?"
Zhang Liang turned around slowly, with a wry smile on his face; "It's been a long time, Brother Han."
The tent was surprisingly quiet, Han Xin and Zhang Liang looked at each other, but neither spoke. The two had also thought about the plot of meeting in the future since they parted at the post station three years ago, but no one expected that it would be such an embarrassing meeting.
Zhang Liang looked at Han Xin with a smile, still gentle and elegant, and the slight embarrassment on his face and clothes did not hide his temperament. Han Xin seemed to have returned to the time when the two of them sat opposite each other in a trance and used the land as a plate to discuss the way of the world.
In the end, Zhang Liang broke the silence and said with a smile: "Brother Han, I once said that when you become famous, it will be the day you and my brother meet. ”
After speaking, he shook his head and sighed; "I still wonder when the Qin State will be born with a genius general, the layout is so sophisticated and interlocking, I can't even let Zhang Liang fall into the trap unconsciously, and today I know that it turned out to be you, Brother Han."
Han Xin Yan said; "Where, little brother, I'm just a fluke."
Zhang Liang shook his head with a smile and said; "Brother Han, you are too humble, Sun Wuzi said: 'The soldier is treacherous', it seems that you are very good at using it. I usually have no last resort, but yesterday I was teased by you, and I really thought that your Qin State had reached the end of the road and came to beg for surrender, but I didn't expect that it was a trap designed by Brother Han you had already designed, and it was indeed clever, and the good and the bad were convinced. ”
Han Xin saw that although Zhang Liang was defeated, he still looked free and easy and did not pretend at all, so he was no longer modest, and just smiled: "Actually, I am also very worried in my heart, at most I am only thirty percent sure, and the remaining forty percent can be deceived by the messenger I sent to win your trust, and it depends on the will of heaven to achieve it again and again." Luckily, I've always been lucky, and I won this bet. ”
"If it wasn't Liu Bang but Xiang Yu this time, I would have died a long time ago. Liu Bang was defeated because he liked to be opportunistic, and he didn't fight a hard battle all the way west. That's why the messenger I sent to surrender will get carried away, thinking about surrendering without a fight. If it was Xiang Yu, he would definitely take Xianyang non-stop after taking the pass, and he would definitely not give me the opportunity to calmly rectify Xianyang. ”
Zhang Liang's face showed a contemplative expression, he felt that what Han Xin said was indeed the truth, if you compare Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, one is fire and the other is water. Xiang Yu's temperament is like fire, upright and fierce, and it is a domineering technique to obtain; However, Liu Bang is slippery and alert, quite an elder, and he likes to attack his heart with benevolence and righteousness, but for a long time, he and his subordinates will inevitably breed opportunistic ideas in their hearts, and they don't want to fight hard in everything.
Zhang Liang sighed slightly, he was originally very optimistic about Liu Bang, and felt that this person had the resources of an emperor, and what he lacked was only the assistance of a peerless general. When he followed Liu Bang, he also thought of Han Xin, who had no news, and thought that he would have the opportunity to take this person under his account for Pei Gong, but he didn't expect that the world would turn into this scene.
Han Xin saw that Zhang Liang was silent for a long time, and thought that he was not happy when he heard his words, so he closed his mouth and said no more. and Zhang Liang talked about what happened in the past three years after the separation, listened to Han Xin's coincidence of opportunities and the battle of life and death, and heard Zhang Liang's single-minded restoration of the country and then put himself under Liu Bang's account, both of them sighed and sighed that life was changeable.
Before I knew it, it was lunch time, Han Xin had been eating and sleeping all day in the past few days, and Zhang Liang would not be treated well if he was imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp, and both of them were hungry. Han Xin invited the pro-soldier order to set up a sumptuous banquet, and the two of them ate and drank while chatting and laughing, and it was very fast.
After the wine and food were full, Han Xin saw that Zhang Liang was also in high spirits, and he had swept away the decadent color, so he took the opportunity to say; "Brother Zhang, you and I have been friends for a long time, and I also admire you very much, thinking that the general trend of the world you said at the beginning has now been realized. The Qin State is really in chaos and the six countries are recovered, if it weren't for my chance to appear in Xianyang, I'm afraid that Guanzhong would have been captured by Liu Bang. ”
"Big brother, I respect you and respect you, now I am almost a hundred responses in the Qin State, I want to ask you to help the little brother, we use this world as a chess game to jointly pacify the chaos in the world and shape an empire that belongs to us, instead of the tyrannical Qin State before, how about it?"
Zhang Liang's face moved slightly, he slowly put down the wine glass, hesitated for a while but shook his head and said; "Brother Han, I know your sincerity and believe in your ambitions. But I was born in a Korean family, my ancestors were Han Xiang for five generations, and I received the grace of the country, if I was asked to betray Han and follow Qin, it would never be possible. ”
Han Xin's face darkened, in fact, he had already guessed Zhang Liang's answer, thinking that the children of a big clan like them, who hated the country and the family, it would be extremely difficult to persuade them to return to the Qin State, Zhang Liang had countless people and rich experience, how could he be compared to a hairy boy like Li Zuoche who had lived in the mountains for a long time.
But Han Xin still didn't give up, Zhang Liang's talent he knew very well, if it was used by Liu Bang, he would be his own henchman in the future, but let him kill him, he would never be able to do it, so he had to stalk and persuade each other.
But no matter how Zhang Liang persuaded Han Xin, he just refused to agree, he had his bottom line in his heart, that is, he would never be used by the Qin State in this life, let Han Xin's tongue be a lotus, he was just a sentence; "This can't happen."
Han Xin, who only said it, was dry-mouthed, and seeing that Zhang Liang was still unmoved, he couldn't help but say a little scoundrel; "I said, Brother Zhang, if you open your mouth and close your mouth to receive the grace of the country, then Korea just gave your ancestors a little benefit, but you didn't get any benefits. Besides, King Han's surname is Han, you see I am also surnamed Han, or you can also be the royal family of South Korea, can you assist the younger brother? ”
After saying that, I also felt funny, and I couldn't help but smile. saw Zhang Liang looking at him with a strange face, as if he didn't know him anymore.
Han Xin was a little inexplicable by him, and couldn't help touching his face and said; "Brother Zhang, I'm just joking casually, don't you look at me like this, do you think you've tarnished your sacred Korean royal family?"
Zhang Liang looked at him seriously, with no smile on his face, and said slowly; "Dare to ask Brother Han who Ling Zun is?"
Han Xin shook his head and said; "I haven't met him, I'm a widow, and my mother never mentioned him in front of me."
"What's that Lingtang called?"
Han Xin saw that Zhang Liang asked seriously, and he was a little confused, and he hesitated for a while before saying: "It's not convenient for me to say her name, as for the surname, I only heard others mention it once, the surname is Ji." ”
Zhang Liang nodded and said thoughtfully: "That's the case." ”
Seeing that Zhang Liang's face was different, Han Xin asked in surprise; "You ask me, do you really think I'm you Korean? Hahahaha. ”
After saying that, he laughed dryly, but saw that Zhang Liang did not have a trace of smile, but said solemnly; "I do suspect that you should know that the surname Ji is the royal surname of the Zhou family, although the later generations have spread to various places, but they are also the princes and nobles of the vassal states. I was a little surprised to hear you say that Ling Tang was a strange woman, and I thought to myself how could an ordinary woman be so extraordinary, but now I think that if it is the daughter of the royal family, it is reasonable. Since he can be worthy of the royal niece, Ling Zun must be very human. ”
"Don't you think it's strange? You have been strong in martial arts since you were a child, and you are skilled in the art of war, which is like the son of an ordinary family, just talking about the art of war that you are familiar with, which are not priceless treasures, and the power of the country may not be easy to get. And although you were born in Chu, you are tall and fair-skinned, not like a Chu person at all, but like a person from my Sanjin Dynasty. The surname Han is from the branch of the surname Ji hundreds of years ago, and it is a small surname, so many coincidences, I have to suspect that you are really from the Han royal family. ”
Han Xin listened to Zhang Liang's rhetoric, and suddenly his scalp was a little numb, in fact, he wanted to tell Zhang Liang that he was from Shanghai, China, and had nothing to do with that ghost Korea. However, thinking about Zhang Liang's analysis, there is indeed some truth, maybe this Han Xin in his previous life may really be the family of the Han King who lived in Chu, you must know that after the Three Jin Dynasty were destroyed by Qin one after another, many of the noble relatives of Han, Wei, and Zhao were exiled to the Chu State, which seemed to be extremely powerful at that time.
Zhang Liang had already fallen into deep thought, he thought for a long time, and then he arched his hand to Han Xin and said; "Brother Han, I asked you for my brother's shame."
Han Xin hurriedly said; "Brother Zhang, but it's okay to say."
Zhang Liang smiled slightly, and said, "I want to ask you to let me go, I want to go back to Korea and lie down to check the clan scrolls to find out whether you are my Han prince's family, Brother Han." If so, for the sake of brother, I can consider helping you, and it will be a big deal to occupy the magpie's nest and seek Qin to stand on his own in the future. ”
"Then big brother, aren't you going to go to Liu Bang?"
"Not for now." Zhang Liang shook his head.
Han Xin laughed, this result was already what he expected, if there was no Zhang Liang's help, Liu Bang would be equivalent to breaking an arm out of thin air, which was not enough to worry about, so he smiled; "Big brother, please leave by yourself, but it may not be convenient to fight in the east, so I will prepare customs clearance documents for you, and let someone escort you to the north and return to South Korea in the east, can you?"
Zhang Liang arched his hand, "Brother Lao Han is bothered." ”