Chapter 175: Han Xin's Northern Expedition
Fame.
In ancient times, when there was no network, no mobile phones and other modern communication tools, mainly relying on word of mouth to spread, the reason why Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, had a good reputation, was mainly that he was able to tolerate those so-called scholars who were idle, had nothing to do all day long, and ran around and around.
Because of the battle in Luoyang, Li Yuan suddenly became famous, which is the same as those nonsensical talent shows in later generations, you never know which one will make you popular, and which sentence will make you the focus of entertainment.
In comparison, the mention of the princes and kings of the Seventeenth Road is outdated, and after being spread for a while, the people who say it are annoyed, and the people who listen to it are also annoyed, but Li Yuan, a fresh topic, can be maintained for a long time.
Invincible deeds.
The miracle of grassroots rise.
There is also an unexplained incest relationship with Princess Daqin.
Li Yuan's body can derive too many stories, which makes a group of idle and idle so-called people with ambitions foaming at the mouth, but they still think that their imagination is not rich enough.
More importantly, there is basically no risk in compiling Li Yuan's unwarranted deeds, although it is said that the Qin State may make a comeback, but in essence, in the hearts of the Kanto Qunhao, there are almost no people who really think that Li Yuan, a young boy, may lead the Qin State to unify the Central Plains again.
According to the current development of the current situation, it is most likely to reproduce the situation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Fighting for Hegemony. In their opinion, although the Qin State had embarked on the road of rejuvenation, its vitality was greatly damaged, and without decades of recuperation, there was no chance at all.
Qin's national strength has been exhausted, and this counterattack is just a return to the light, and you can't see it. This time, Li Yuan wanted to hunt down and kill the Chu army. Even the boy was sent out. It is conceivable that the men of the Qin State have lost almost everything.
Comparatively speaking, among the new princes from all walks of life, the Western Chu State is still the largest. Although the Chu army suffered a defeat, it did not waver at all, and this time Xiang Yu proposed 70,000 male soldiers to march westward, which was to force the Qin army into Hangu Pass.
After Xiang Yu. It is the shili of Liu Bang, the king of Han, although Liu Bang has repeatedly suffered defeats, but Liu Bang's influence and recovery ability make people feel incredible, those who admire the high righteousness of the Han king rushed to Hanzhong from the north and south, just to defect to the Han king, who is known as the wind of benevolence and righteousness.
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In the second year of the Qin calendar, June.
That is, in the early summer of 205 BC, the prelude to the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han in history slowly opened in this year, and Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, the fateful opponents, also began to fight endlessly several times.
But today. The reality is as if a huge joke was made, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang not only did not turn against each other. Moreover, you come and go, send envoys to exchange with each other, and aim at the same person: Li Yuan.
Xiang Yu regretted it.
He didn't expect that a moment of negligence in Yongqiu City would lead to today's disaster, the general Long He was killed, his cousin Xiang Zhuang was defeated, one after another, the invincible prestige of the Chu army in the world was also repeatedly planted in front of Li Yuan, if Li Yuan Shili was allowed to develop like this, where was the prestige of his overlord?
Liu Bang hated it to the bone.
Defeated again and again, this is nothing, as long as there is still a breath of air, he Liu Bang will one day recover all the interest, but Li Yuan is too ruthless, and the payment of the ransom suddenly transferred the internal affairs and grain of Hanzhong and Bashu to Guanzhong, which made the people of the two counties under Liu Bang angry and unstable.
Before the Tiger Prison Pass.
The war drums were bursting, and nearly 70,000 Chu troops gathered by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and the opposite was the 22,000 cavalry under the command of Li Yuan, the Shenwu Marquis of the Qin State.
After successfully occupying Henan, Li Yuan quickly mobilized 10,000 generals from Guanzhong to send Hanguguan to support, and the arrival of these 10,000 soldiers made the Qin army, which was somewhat weak in strength, begin to have a long-term plan to operate Luoyang.
In terms of the comparison of troops, the Chu army has an advantage of nearly three to one, if it is on the field plain, Xiang Yu is confident that it will only take half a day to defeat the Qin army on the opposite side. But if the other party insists on the pass, this comparison is almost negligible.
Time is also unfavorable for Xiang Yu, the supply of 20,000 generals and the supply of 70,000 generals are two completely different concepts, every time the number of people doubles, the pressure of logistics supply will increase more than twice, and it is difficult for the Chu army to ensure the needs of front-line generals for a long time due to the imperfect logistics support system.
Under these unfavorable conditions, Xiang Yu did not give up, his decision was unexpected, and when all the subordinates were persuading Xiang Yu to take a break, the leader of the princes was furious.
Others say that Li Yuan is powerful, so I, Xiang Yu, will touch it hard, in the end to see who has more skills, this is the characteristic of Xiang Yu's personal character, it is this personality that allowed him to defeat the invincible Qin army that seemed powerful at that time, and it was this personality that made him gradually arrogant, and lost the ability to correctly judge gains and losses.
The main force of the Chu army arrived in Xingyang ten days later than expected, and Xiang Yu, who had delayed the march date due to the collection of grain, after learning the news of Xiang Zhuang's defeat, beheaded several military commanders in a row, and only then did he forcibly loot the military supplies used by the 70,000 army.
Xiang Yu's violent decision made the subsequent Donghai County and Dongjun of Chu become the birthplace of the riots. Without grain, the people are hungry to live, and how long can they last, Xiang Yu, who only understands from numbers, will not understand that the grain and straw he brought back from Guanzhong and the baggage he scavenged from Qi have been exhausted in endless battles again and again, and the remaining part has also been privately hidden by generals at all levels in the army.
Xingyang.
The scorching sun began to bake the thousands of miles of plains on both sides of the Yellow River, and Xingyang, an important town in Sanchuan, once again became a large barracks that could accommodate thousands of soldiers, this time, the Qin army stationed in this large river city was replaced by the Chu army.
Overlord Xiang Yu exerted his strength.
With Xingyang as the rear supply transit town, the grain transported by the princes of all walks of life can be placed in the warehouse near Xingyang to support the tens of thousands of generals in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, I have to say that Xiang Yu's military strategy, if everything goes well, can allow the Chu army to maintain a strong combat capability in a few months.
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Kunguan (Tiger Prison Pass).
Qin army barracks.
Li Yuan personally led a large army to camp on the pass, in the era of cold weapons, with such a city pass that can be called a heavenly pass, as long as Li Yuan does not make any mistakes, Xiang Yu wants to break through the pass, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky.
"Li Hou, according to the scout's recent report, in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, Xiang Yu personally led 30,000 Chu troops to camp under the pass, if our army does not fight, I am afraid that the army will be unstable. At the same time, Zhong Liwu, the general of the Chu army, led an army of 10,000 and stationed on the north bank of the Great River, with the military intention of outflanking the rear road of our army. On the back road of the Chu army, there are troops of Lu Chen, the commander of the Cangtou army, guarding the grain along the way, and it is quite difficult for our army to do another trick. ”
Han Xin's expression was solemn, facing the old master for the first time, which made him feel a little nervous, after all, Xiang Yu's name is synonymous with invincibility in this era.
"Li Hou, according to the opinion of his subordinates, in order to win this battle, we are afraid that our troops are not enough, and we need to transfer troops and horses from Guanzhong to reinforce us." Sima Zhao Ben, the Qin army who came with the army, looked left and right, and Zuihou couldn't help but step forward and admonish.
Zhao Ben's position as a military commander this time was confirmed by the assessment of the Changshi Mansion, and in terms of internal affairs ability, Zhao Ben's performance was even stronger than Hou Xi's work performance at the beginning, which fully proves that people cannot look at one aspect alone.
Finally really became a member of the Qin army, Zhao Ben was pleasantly surprised, this year, Li Yuan's territory has become bigger and bigger, and more and more people are needed, Zhao Ben is now glad that he abandoned the dark and turned to the light.
"Mobilize troops, the little bit left in the pass is used to defend a few passes, if you abandon the guards in Lantian Pass and other places, if Liu Bang's old puppet has a small move, won't everything be remedied." Without waiting for Li Yuan to answer, Jiang Yu, who had been thinking with his head down, refuted.
The experience of being stationed in the pass for a long time has given Jiang Yu a deeper understanding of defending according to danger than others, Liu Bang was able to pay the ransom and endure it after the defeat, but it was definitely not admitting defeat and surrendering, but accumulating liliang.
"General Han, Chu General Zhong Litun is on the north bank of the river, and it is very likely that he wants to cross the river to attack me behind me when the war is critical, you can have confidence and lead an army alone to block the enemy on the north bank." Li Yuan patted the sand table, pointed to the vast plain of Zhao Land north of the Yellow River, and said to Han Xin.
"Li Hou, are you saying that I will lead the troops to fight alone? Can you trust me? Han Xin asked in surprise. He didn't expect that he would be given the task of leading an army alone, and for a general who wanted to make a difference, there was nothing more exciting for them than leading troops alone.
"Why can't you believe it, is it possible that General Han lacks confidence in his own ability, or does he think that the strength of the enemy general Zhong Liwu is too strong-!" Li Yuan smiled and said excitedly.
"Of course not." Han Xin hurriedly argued. Zhong Liwu is a famous general in the Chu army, and he is also his old friend in the Chu army, they can be said to know each other well, to say that Zhong Liwu's luck is better than him, Han Xin admitted, but to say that Zhong Liwu's ability is stronger than him Han Xin, he absolutely disagrees.
"In this way, General Han can take a short rest, lead the men and horses of the headquarters to detour north through the Puban ferry in three days, this time fighting in Zhaodi, the general's surroundings, are all anti-Qin princes shili, but be careful to deal with it, if there is any unexpected situation, you can quickly move closer to the Luoyang area." Li Yuan commanded.
"The last will obey. will live up to Li Hou's trust. Han Xin replied loudly, and under the envious gaze of the generals, he stepped forward to receive the general's order and strode out.
The eagle does not fly or sing.
With this experience in the Qin army, Han Xin already had a considerable sense of identity with the Qin State, and also had a deeper understanding of Li Yuan's ability.
After testing Han Xin for a long time, Li Yuan decided to let him fly solo.
Note: Regarding the update, Khan, because I am still working part-time, the time is really tight, and I am working the second shift at present, and I strive for more on the weekend. I think, Guan Jian still insists, don't change more for a while, break for a while, everyone says yes! (To be continued.) )