Chapter 207: Chasing the Central Plains

Ran Yi jumped away, drew his sword in his hand, and was covered in cold sweat on his back. Han Xin made a few quick moves, which seemed random, but they were the key to his throat, and if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have almost died in his hands.

Seeing Ran Yi looking at him vigilantly, Han Xin didn't get up, still looking at Ran Yi with a smile on his face, only to hear him ask in surprise and anger; "What are you doing?"

Han Xin smiled slightly. "Nothing, just a test."

Ran Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily, "Tempting what? You are clearly trying to take my life. ”

Han Xin's face did not change, "If it weren't for that, how could I test your authenticity." ”

Ran Yi was stunned, "What do you mean?" ”

"It's very simple, if you lie to me, then one reaction after getting out must be panic, and what I think must be that something is wrong and I have seen through it. No matter how good your acting skills are, you can't help but reveal your panic for a moment. ”

Ran Yi was suddenly furious, "Your mother, my little life was tested by you, what if I can't escape, I will die in vain." ”

Han Xin picked up the teacup, blew on the hot air, and took a sip, looking leisurely.

"Since Uncle Shi sent you to represent him, then your skills will definitely not be bad, at least at the same level as that named Mingyue. If these tricks can't be stopped, it can only mean that you are fake. ”

Ran Yi's anger gradually subsided, and he snorted; "Full of, master, I don't care about villains, I'm too lazy to bother with you."

After speaking, he sat down and glared at Han Xin angrily, and didn't speak, obviously holding a grudge against what had just happened.

Han Xin knew his youthful nature, and he was not angry, but he felt a little funny. I couldn't help but sigh a little in my heart, remembering what I looked like back then,

smiled and said; "Alright, let's move on to the conversation. What the Mohists advocate is not to attack and love, but to oppose all the offensive and annexation wars in the world, why are you willing to help me now. ”

Ran Yi snorted like him; "I knew you would ask that, although my Mo family is 'both in love and mutual benefit', but it is not a person who eats the ancients. Since Patriarch Mo Zhai founded the Mo family, the disciples of the Mo family have been running for hundreds of years, but they still cannot prevent the increasingly fierce annexation wars in the world, and the people of the world are suffering unspeakably. It wasn't until the fourth generation of the Mo family that he realized the principle that 'the chaos of the world stops at the war', and believed that the best way to eliminate the war was to let the world be one surname and replace the feudal system of Xia, Shang and Zhou. At this time, the Qin State, which quickly became strong after the Shang Dynasty reform, became the most suitable person to pacify the world. ”

"Therefore, in the one hundred and forty years after Qin Xiaogong, the Mo family did not pay attention to the attack of the Qin State, even if it was a pit killing like Changping, they did not endure, in order to realize the belief that 'the chaos of the world ends at the chaos of war'. That generation of Juzi thought that the world was already a dying patient, and only by using the quick knife of Qin Guo to cut off the carrion, there was still a glimmer of life. ”

"That's why the Mo family sat back and watched Qiang Qin encroach on the Six Kingdoms and did nothing. But after the reunification of Yingzheng, he did not stop the war as expected by that generation of Juzi, but continued the never-ending conquest. First the southern expedition to Baiyue, and then the northern attack on the Xiongnu, during which the Great Wall was built, the straight road was paved, and the Afang Palace and the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum were overhauled, all kinds of things disappointed the Mo family, but they were unwilling to take the lead in rekindling the war against Qin, so they retired to the world and no longer cared about the affairs of the world. ”

Han Xin asked even more puzzled; "Then why are you willing to help me today?"

Ran Yizou snorted, "I don't know about this, Juzi's ideas have always been unfathomable, and how can we juniors guess it." ”

Han Xin was silent, and after thinking for a while, he faintly guessed Yuanzong's thoughts. It is probably related to the change of the Qin State, which was led by Han Xin Gongsun Hong, which swept away the various drawbacks of the old system of the Qin State, and large-scale labor was also expressly prohibited. The doctrine of treating the hundred schools of thought with regard to each other is no longer as blindly suppressed as it was back then, but has become a tolerant mentality.

This kind of more enlightened and perfect state system is far better than Xiang Yu and other princes in the Kwantung region, which will naturally make the Mo family re-examine, and I think this is the reason why Yuanzong is willing to help him.

In fact, Han Xin's guess is already eight or nine.

The first emperor unified the seven kingdoms, swept away the situation of division and melee in the world for 500 years since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and created a historical precedent, and since then the unification of the world has become an inevitable trend. And now there are only Han Xin of Qin, Xiang Yu of Chu, and Liu Bang of Qi.

Xiang Yu was brutal, although he hated Tyrant Qin all his life, but his own actions were even more brutal than Tyrant Qin. The Mo family was very optimistic about Xiang Yu at first, on the one hand, because he was the queen of Xiang Yan, the general of the Chu State, and on the other hand, he did have a genius war command ability. However, Xiang Yu's subsequent actions disappointed the Mo family, who had pinned their hopes on him, and finally gave up the idea of supporting him.

As for Liu Bang, although he has a false reputation for virtue and has an excellent reputation in the world, the Chu State and the Qin State are still far inferior to the power sect. According to the current situation, if Liu Bang wants to defeat Han Xin and Xiang Yu and dominate the world, it must be difficult to reach the sky, and if the Mo family forcibly supports Liu Bang, it will inevitably drag the world into a never-ending war.

Thinking about it, only Han Xin of the Qin State was the best candidate in the same day. On the one hand, the Qin State he inherited had a completed system and governing philosophy, and it was in good order. On the other hand, the Qin State itself also has strong strength, even if there is no support from the Mo family, the chances of winning are huge.

Of course, the relationship between Yuanzong and Han Xin's teacher and nephew is also one of the important reasons.

Han Xin was very happy with the support of the Mo family, you must know that the Mo family has existed for three hundred years, and various forces have already penetrated into various countries, and they have always regarded themselves as chivalrous among the people, and have a very high prestige. Since the Qin State retreated into Guanzhong, all the strongholds in the eastern part of the country have been almost destroyed, and the collection of various intelligence has progressed extremely unsmoothly, and the news is often seriously delayed. However, the Mo family has a complete network of relationships, which is the most suitable for gathering intelligence.

More importantly, the Mo family's influence in the Six Kingdoms cannot be underestimated, and many officials are their ink masters, which will undoubtedly be much smoother for Han Xin to pacify the Kanto region. The Mo family was good at the manufacture of siege and defense equipment, which was also urgently needed by the Qin State.

According to Yuanzong's intentions, Ran Yi will become the liaison between the Mo family and Han Xin, and through him, the cooperation between the two sides will be carried out perfectly, and the Mo family will provide him with convenience and information. It was used by the Qin State in its conquest.

With the support of the Mo family, the Qin State is tantamount to a tiger with wings, and the trend of going to the Kanto region is inevitable.

In October, Han Xin mobilized for war in Qin, and a large number of young men put down their hoes from the fields and returned to the barracks to pick up their armor again. Han Xin took Wang Jing as the commander of the Northern Army, led 40,000 light cavalry to defend Jiuyuan, Gan Xiao was the commander of the Southern Army, and 40,000 troops were stationed in Guilin to prevent South Vietnam. Wang Qi was a general, and guarded Guanzhong and other counties together with Prime Minister Sun Hong and Imperial Historian Bai Pang.

From a bird's-eye view from the air, black iron streams flow slowly on the land of Guanzhong, constantly converging and growing. Armies were successively injected into the Leopard Pavilion not far west of Hangu Pass. Hangu Pass, the world's largest male pass, has now become a huge barracks.

Han Xin mobilized a total of 300,000 troops this time, and at the same time requisitioned 150,000 people to ensure logistics. These are almost half of the foundation of the Qin State today, and they are also all the belongings that the Qin State has accumulated through more than a year of painstaking management. If you lose, you will completely lose the qualification to win the world.

After receiving the news that Qin was about to set out on an expedition, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang also stopped hostility and agreed to take Surabaya and the chasm as the boundary, with Han in the north and Chu in the south, so that they would become a brotherly country and no longer attack each other.

If the Qin army sent a letter to Guguan, the Central Plains would bear the brunt. At this time, the Central Plains was already within the scope of the Chu State, but because Xiang Yu had been attacking Qi for many years, he constantly transferred the troops of the Central Plains to the front line, and over time, the garrison of the Chu State in the Central Plains was already very thin, and it was not the opponent of the Qin State at all.

Xiang Yu hurriedly dispatched Zhong Liwei and Cao Qi's 70,000 troops to Luoyang and Xingyang respectively, and used these two fortified cities to protect the corners of Henan together. He himself personally led an army of 150,000 troops into Chenggao, looking at Hangu Pass, and threatening the Qin army's march route after leaving the pass from the flank.

Liu Bang's memory of the Qin army's strength is still fresh, and the scene of being driven out of Hanzhong by Han Xin like a lost dog made Liu Bang unforgettable for the rest of his life. After defeating the Xiongnu and pacifying Bashu and South Vietnam, the prosperity of Qin made him even more afraid.

He is not a short-sighted person, and he also knows the truth of cold lips and teeth, and knows that if Xiang Yu is defeated by the Qin State, then he will definitely be Liu Bang who will suffer next. But let him fight against the Qin army with Xiang Yu, and he asked himself if he was not so generous. So he made up his mind and planned to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and support the troops in Qidi to watch. If Chu is defeated, he will help Chu, and if Qin is defeated, he will attack Chu.

Zhao Xie, the biggest force outside Chu and Han, couldn't sit still, he set his sights on Yandi, and wanted to annex Yandi and dominate Hebei.

Because Zhao is located in Hebei, since the Battle of Julu, most of the battlefields conquered by the princes were in the Central Plains, but because Zhao was far away from the battlefield, it suffered very little damage. Although Pengcheng was defeated in the front, and Xiang Yu invaded Hebei in the back, most of Zhao still got two years to recuperate, and Zhao's national strength gradually recovered, far surpassing Wei and Yan.

Zhao Xie was born in the clan of Zhao State, and was supported by Zhang Er and Chen Yu to restore the country and inherit the throne of King Zhao. Zhang Er was suspicious of Chen Yu in the battle of Julu, so he ran away to Xiang Yu angrily, and was later made the king of Changshan by Xiang Yufeng, but because he was defeated by Zhao Xie and Chen Yu's counterattack, he abandoned all the feudal kingdoms, and fled to Yandi to Zang Tu. Chen Yu was trampled by the hooves of the Chu army's iron cavalry in the Battle of Pengcheng, and he barely recognized his identity only by his clothes.

After the death of Zhang Er and Chen Yu, Zhao Guo really became Zhao Xie's world. Without the interference of these two powerful ministers, Zhao Xie was in charge of everything, and he was very happy in his heart, because he was afraid of Xiang Yu, he did not dare to send troops to attack the Central Plains, so he turned his attention to Yandi, which is also Hebei.

At this time, in Yandi, Han Guang and Zang Di, the two Yan kings, had been fighting for a year and a half, but they were still deadlocked, and they did not distinguish the winner or loser, so it must be said that the ability of these two kings was too poor. After Zang Di got Zhang Er's refuge, his strength suddenly increased greatly, and he relied on his strategy to win one after another, captured Youbeiping, and forced Han Guang into Liaoxi. Han Guang was terrified, so he sent someone with a lot of money to ask for help from Zhao, asking Zhao Xie to attack from behind to contain Zang Di's offensive.

After Zhao Xie of Handan received Han Guang's call for help, he was immediately overjoyed. He has always coveted Yandi, but he has no excuse to attack, and this time Han Guang's request for help is undoubtedly a great gift for him.

In the palace of Handan, Zhao Xie immediately agreed to the request of Han Guang's envoy, and then mobilized 200,000 Zhao troops to attack Yan State.

Hearing that the king of Zhao was going to attack Yan with all his strength, the ministers and generals of the DPRK and China wrote to advise, believing that the two countries of Chu and Han in the south were huge, and the Qin State in Guanzhong was eyeing each other, and the war was about to break out.

Zhao Xie didn't listen, and still insisted on sending troops north. With Xin Ju as the general, he concentrated 200,000 elite soldiers from all over the country and attacked Zang Di's Yan army in three ways. After the Zhao army went north, in the face of the empty Yan State, it was like a bamboo, and conquered Guangyang and Shanggu one after another, and the troops pointed directly at Jicheng, the capital of Yan.

At this time, Zang Di was concentrating his forces to storm Liaoxi, and after hearing the news that the Zhao army was going north, he was immediately shocked and hurriedly retreated to defend Jicheng. Han Guang's Liaodong County took advantage of the situation to counterattack and regain a large amount of lost territory, but when he was getting carried away, he was suddenly killed by Zhang Er's 5,000 ambush soldiers. Suddenly, the whole army was in chaos, and most of the 40,000 troops were scattered. Han Guang himself abandoned his army and fled back to the city of Endless with light horses.

After the Yan army's victory, it eliminated the dilemma of fighting on both sides and was able to concentrate all its strength on a tug-of-war with the Zhao army. The Zhao army hit a wall again and again under Jicheng, not only suffered heavy losses, but also fell into a long-lasting warrior morale.

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In Xianyang City, the crowded and lively streets in the past seem to be much deserted, nothing else, just because the general mobilization for war has been issued, and all Qin people know that success or failure is here.

According to the custom of the Qin State, before the army set out, the king of Qin should preside over the sacrifice and pray to the heavens to bless the power of the Great Qin. This time is no exception, but there is a win to complete with the winning righteousness.

After the production, the win can be a little weak, although it is only an October day, the weather is not too cold and windy, but it is still tightly wrapped in the inner and outer three layers. Looking like a cute porcelain doll from a distance, Han Xin couldn't help but laugh when he saw it.

Win but she didn't have such a good mood to joke, she was extremely worried about Han Xin in her heart, because this time Han Xin's opponent would be Xiang Yu, the man who was like the god of war.

The Battle of Julu and the Battle of Pengcheng are each a war that shakes the past and the present, and is dazzling and mythical. The word "Xiang Yu" has almost become synonymous with invincibility, no one has ever defeated him from the front, even Han Xin, but he has fought an invincible scene with all his might.

Han Xin and Xiang Yu, one is like a god with soldiers, and the other is unstoppable. One once brought the Qin State back to life in the Battle of Xianyang, and annihilated 500,000 powerful Hun cavalry in one fell swoop in the Battle of Qin-Hungary; The other bullied the strong with the weak in the Battle of Julu, and broke the elite of the 400,000 Qin army with 100,000 tired troops, sounding the death knell for the Winning Qin State. In the Battle of Pengcheng, he defeated the 500,000 princes' coalition army with 30,000 cavalry, achieving his title of "God of War", who has never been seen before or since.

And these two strongest people today have to meet again on the battlefield and fight it out!

This is something that people all over the world look forward to.

Of course, in addition to winning, she only has worries in her heart.

Han Xin shook Ying Ke's cold palm, guessed the nervousness in her heart, and comforted with a smile; "Don't worry, don't you still have faith in me?"

Ying Ke smiled, his face was a little pale, "Of course I believe you, but the opponent is Xiang Yu, you must not be careless, you must be careful." Chell and I are at home waiting for you to come back. ”

Han Xin squeezed her hand, grabbed her shoulder with his hand and gently pulled her into her arms, comforting; "Don't worry, I've been waiting for this moment for a long, long time, so I won't let myself fail."

Speaking of this, a hint of fierceness flashed in Han Xin's eyes, but his face was full of determination. "Definitely not!"

The war was imminent, and Han Xin had already entrusted all the power of the court to Gongsun Hong and Wang Qi, and he himself led Yulin to Hangu Pass in person.

Unlike in the past, this time Han Xin did not leave Li Zuoche in Xianyang to replace the position of national lieutenant, but took him with him, for nothing more than any other reason, just because he was Li Mu's grandson. The name Li Mu undoubtedly has a huge influence in the Zhao Kingdom, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it surpasses the influence of the Zhao royal family.

In the past, Li Muzeng had already weakened Zhao to resist the strong Qin, and even defeated the Qin army again and again, extending the life of Zhao for more than ten years. When the king of Zhao moved to a faint place, he listened to the transfer of the traitor Guo Kai and killed Li Muci in the army, and Handan was captured a year later, and the Zhao state was destroyed. Because Li Mugong was high but died because of slander, the Zhao people loved Li Mu a lot and pitied his suffering, and at the same time hated Zhao Wangqian,

With Li Zuoche's living signboard, presumably pacifying Zhao Di will get twice the result with half the effort.

Similarly, Zhang Liangjiu is a Korean family, and three of his ancestors were Han Xiang, and his family is extremely prominent in South Korea. He himself served as the minister of Korea after the restoration of the country, so he is very familiar with the Korean land in the Central Plains.

In order to meet the upcoming battle, Xiang Yu transferred most of the elite soldiers in Ji Bu's hands, recruited a group of troops from Jiangdong again, and went north to the Central Plains to reinforce, increasing the number of troops to 300,000, which was basically the same as the Qin army.

Wei Wangbao is located in the east of the river, which is close to the land of Henan, and once the Qin army intends to go north, it will bear the brunt. Therefore, it was also very nervous, and the 100,000 troops all marched to the north bank of the Great River and reached a temporary alliance with the Chu army.

Liu Bang, who was close to the Central Plains, also paid attention to the upcoming battle of life and death, Liu Bang led an army of 200,000 to settle in Dongjun, looking at the battlefield of the Central Plains from afar, and temporarily maintained a wait-and-see trend.

The Great War is imminent!

At the end of the sixth volume of "Chasing the Central Plains", please look forward to the seventh volume of "The Weight of the Ding". This book is the first release of vertical and horizontal, supporting the genuine version and supporting Jiangnan. Thank you!