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However, what Zhang Jiashi didn't expect was that this Chu army unit returning to the south was more of a decoy.

And Peng Yue and Yu Ziqi did not find a situation, that is, there were many tanks missing in the formation of this batch of Chu troops.

In the months-long offensive and defensive battle of Jimo, Xiang Yu was not found to have lost a lot of chariots.

But by the time I got this information, it was too late.

Because Xiang Yu had already revealed the meaning of his arrangement at this time.

That is to use 5,000 knights to raid the troops under Zhang Jiashi's command.

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As for why Xiang Yu thought of this tactic, it naturally didn't mean that Xiang Yu suddenly opened up. Instead, thinking of Xiang Yu, who was now in a predicament, he couldn't take care of his past practices.

In other words, he thinks that if he wants to reverse this already desperate predicament, there is only one way, and that is to kill Zhang Jiashi.

The real leader of the Great Qin Empire now is not the little emperor in Xianyang, but Zhang Jiashi in Qidi.

If Zhang Jiashi died, not to mention how many people under Zhang Jiashi's command would continue to be loyal to that little emperor, but once Zhang Jiashi died, many of the remnants of the rebels who were forced to die by Zhang Jiashi's threat would try their best again and gamble again.

Perhaps, the battle of Suishui launched by Xiang Yu also had the intention of capturing the thief and capturing the king first.

After all, Xiang Yu chased and killed Liu Bang later, forcing Liu Bang to kick Liu Ying and Liu Luyuan and his children out of the carriage three or four times, so you can imagine how urgent Liu Bang was pursued by Xiang Yu.

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The Battle of Suishui was a large-scale war that broke out in 205 BC in the world that Zhang Jiashi originally owned.

The king of Han (Liu Bang) led the kidnapping of about 560,000 troops of the five kingdoms of Changshan, Henan, Han, Wei, and Yin, and attacked Chu to the east and captured Pengcheng. After Xiang Yu heard this, he led the army to continue to pacify the Qi State as a means to confuse Liu Bang, and he personally led 30,000 elite soldiers to detour to the rear of Pengcheng.

This is also a fiasco caused by Liu Bang's contentment and negligence in this battle.

After all, even if it was the 560,000 rabble under Liu Bang's command, no matter how poor they were in terms of combat effectiveness, they would not be defeated by Xiang Yu in just one day, or even disperse and flee.

Judging from the subsequent records of the Battle of Suishui, Xiang Yu made a detour to Xiao County in the southwest of Pengcheng, seized the opportunity when Liu Bang's coalition army entered Pengcheng in chaos, and Liu Bang and other commanders were lax, and began to go west out of Xiao and attack Pengcheng to the east.

Xiang Yu chose to launch a sneak attack in the morning, when the enemy was still asleep, and suddenly encountered a large-scale sneak attack, and his panic can be imagined; tactically, he chose to directly attack Liu Bang's command center, causing the command system of Liu Bang's coalition army to be paralyzed, so that the coalition army could not organize an effective resistance, and then Xiang Yu bit Liu Bang's main force to attack, not giving Liu Bang a chance to breathe, and used the method of driving the coalition army to force the coalition army to the edge of the river, so that they fell into the river because of crowding and drowned or killed each other.

Due to the disparity in troops, it was not possible to fight hard, so Xiang Yu used the method of driving and luring the coalition army to push the coalition army to the valley and Surabaya in the south, and launched an attack here, killing more than 100,000 coalition troops. In order to survive, the coalition forces desperately fled south, fleeing to the east of Lingbi in the south, where the coalition forces killed each other and were squeezed into the water by more than 100,000 people. Xiang Yu pursued Liu Bang, but suddenly there was a strong wind, and the Chu army was in chaos. Liu Bang took the opportunity to escape with the remaining dozens of horsemen.

Later generations summarized the victory advantage of Xiang Yu in the Battle of Suishui in the following aspects:

First, attack it unprepared.

Liu Bang entered Pengcheng, thinking that he had won the battle, drinking wine every day to celebrate his achievements, and taking all the treasures and beauties of the Qin Dynasty that Xiang Yu plundered from Xianyang for himself. This just fulfills Fan Zeng's two evaluations of Liu Bang back then: greedy for money, good beauty. He also prepared for Xiang Yu's counterattack, but Xiang Yu did not take military action in the north and east of Pengcheng, which was heavily defended by Liu Bang, but carried out a surprise attack from Xiao County, west of Pengcheng, which caught Liu Bang by surprise:

The history books record: "The king of the Han Dynasty has three turns...... If you want to be too much, you will take the family to the west, and Chu will also make people chase after you and take the Han Wang's family. The family is dead, and they don't see the king of Han. ”

Second, the advantages of geography and popularity.

Xiang Yu fought on his own territory this time, and he was fighting on the territory of his own Western Chu, so all of Xiang Yu's soldiers participated in the war with the passion of recovering the capital of Western Chu, and their combat effectiveness was very strong. Liu Bang came all the way from Guanzhong to fight in the capital of Western Chu, and he was an invading army, so Liu Bang did not have an advantage in geography and popularity.

In this battle, Xiang Yu defeated Liu Bang's 560,000 army with 30,000 elite soldiers, killed more than 100,000 coalition troops, forced the Han army to jump into the water and drowned more than 100,000, and Liu Bang himself was almost captured.

However, in any case, the Battle of Suishui is one of the typical examples of victory with less in Chinese military history, and it is extremely famous.

And from these two points, Xiang Yuzai also has a certain adventurous thinking. And the Battle of Suishui can be regarded as the most successful example of Xiang Yu's tactics in this regard.

(The record of the Battle of Suishui in the "Historical Records of Xiang Yu Benji": Chun (, the five princes of the Han Dynasty (Liu Bang) had 560,000 soldiers, and they attacked Chu in the east. When King Xiang heard this, he ordered the princes to attack Qi, and he took 30,000 elite soldiers south from Lu out of Huling.

In April, the Han Dynasty has entered Pengcheng to receive its treasures, beauties, and Japanese wine meetings. Xiang Wang Naixi, from Xiao Chen to attack the Han army, and east to Pengcheng. The Han army was broken in Japan and China, and the Han army all left, followed into the valley and Surabaya, and killed more than 100,000 Han soldiers. The Han soldiers all went south to the mountains. East Sui water. The Han army was squeezed by Chu and killed more. More than 100,000 people of the Han Dynasty entered the Suishui, and the Suishui did not flow, and the three coins of the Han King were encircled. So the strong wind started from the northwest, folding the wood and hair houses, raising sand and stones, and meeting the Chu army. The Chu army was in chaos and scattered, and the king of Han fled with dozens of horsemen. ）

And Xiang Yu planned to find an opportunity to raid Zhang Jiashi's troops this time, that is, he planned to kill Zhang Jiashi, and then cause chaos in the world again, so as to restore the Chu State again, and even Xu Tu hegemony again.

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And Xiang Yu does this, naturally he needs someone to cooperate.

Just letting the war horse that pulls the chariot as a camouflage for the knight troops, Xiang Yu naturally knows that this is not enough.

But he thought of another point, that is, let Xiang Zhuang replace him as the commander, raise his own banner, attract the attention of the other troops of the Qin army, and then look for an opportunity to personally lead five thousand knights to launch a surprise attack on the troops under Zhang Jiashi's command.

At first, Xiang Zhuang did not agree with this approach, believing that such a tactic was very dangerous.

But Xiang Yu said this sentence to his cousin in a very pleading tone: "Brother Zhuang, this is the last vitality of our Xiang clan, if the army is defeated alone, Qin Gou will naturally not let go of the Xiang clan." You must know that we have killed too many Qin dogs in the Thorn Plain. ”

Xiang Yu's words made Xiang Zhuang fall silent.

To be honest, he was actually very angry and puzzled that Xiang Bo and Xiang Tuo would sacrifice Pengcheng to surrender to Zhang Jiashi.

Because in his heart, his thoughts are similar to Xiang Yu's, that is, when the overall situation has been decided, Zhang Jiashi will naturally not leave them again, and he will definitely cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so that the Xiang clan will become the dust of history.

If Zhang Jiashi knew Xiang Zhuang's thoughts, he would be angry with Xiang Zhuang, and he vomited to himself: "My Zhang Jiashi's integrity is not so bad." I'm that unconvincing?"

However, even if Xiang Zhuang knew Zhang Jiashi's thoughts, he would not change his original intention. After all, for him, even if Zhang Jiashi would not kill him, he would still choose to continue to follow Xiang Yu's path.

Xiang Zhuang, as a military general under Xiang Yu, has been following Xiang Yu in the southern expedition to the north, and finally died in the Wujiang River Xiang Zhuang is the third grandson of the late Chu general Xiang Yan, and Xiang Yu is Xiang Yan's second grandson, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Yu are brothers, as for whether it is the same mother and brother, there is no relevant record in history.

There is also a saying that Xiang Zhuang is Xiang Yu's cousin, but the credibility of this statement is quite low, after all, Xiang Zhuang has a lot of junior Xiang Yu in the grade, and judging from the situation of Xiang Bo and other Xiang Liang brothers, Xiang Zhuang cannot be Xiang Bo's child, and Xiang Yu's father Xiang Chao died early, Xiang Liang's child will not be just an ordinary Chu army general, so Xiang Zhuang is more of Xiang Yu's brother, not a close brother, and it is even more unlikely to be Xiang Yu's own brother.

But this does not prevent Xiang Zhuang from leaving a strong record in the history books.

In the "Historical Records of Xiang Yu Benji", there is such a record: Pei Gong rode from more than 100 to see King Xiang and Hongmen, Xie said: "The ministers and generals fought hard to attack Qin, the generals fought in Hebei, and the ministers fought in Henan, but they didn't want to be able to enter the pass and break Qin first, and they had to see the generals here." Today, there are villains' words, so that generals and ministers have. King Xiang said: "This Pei Gong Zuo Sima Cao is not hurtful, otherwise, why is it here?" King Xiang stayed with Pei Gong and drank on the same day. King Xiang and Uncle Xiang sat in the east, and Yafu sat in the south. The sub-father, Fan Zengye. Pei Gong sits in the north, and Zhang Liang waits in the west. Fan increased the number of Xiang Wang, and the three people who admired the jade to show it, Xiang Wang silently should not. Fan Zengqi came out, summoned Xiang Zhuang, and said: "The king is unbearable." If you are in front of the longevity, after the end of the life, please dance with the sword, because of the hit Pei Gong in the sitting, kill it. No, if it is all, it will be captured. "Zhuang Ze is a longevity. Shou Bi, said: "The king and Pei Gong drink, there is no joy in the army, please dance with a sword." King Xiang said, "No." Xiang Zhuang drew his sword and danced, and Xiang Bo also drew his sword and danced, often shielding Pei Gong with his wings, and Zhuang could not hit.

And there is an idiom that directly describes this record, that is, "Xiang Zhuang dances the sword, which is intended for Pei Gong." ”

As for the rumors about Xiang Zhuang, it is said that Xiang Zhuang is a swordsman, who studied under Xiang Liang and is proficient in a variety of martial arts, especially swordsmanship.

As for how Xiang Zhuang died, there are two main theories:

The first thing Zhuang was ordered by Xiang Yu to leave the camp from the barracks, mixed with the fleeing Chu army, and left the camp, and his whereabouts are unknown.

The second is that Xiang Zhuang was one of the twenty-eight knights on the edge of the Wujiang River, who died on the edge of the Wujiang River.

Both of these statements may in fact become the attribution description of Xiang Zhuang.

However, Xiang Zhuang's prestige was not enough to completely replace Xiang Yu to continue to lead this army.

On the seventh day after Xiang Yu led five thousand knights to leave the camp, a general of the Xiang family who followed Xiang Yu in battle did not obey Xiang Zhuang's orders.

There was even a violent dispute between the two sides. If it weren't for Jing's intervention to stop it, Xiang Zhuang would even have fought with the other party.

In this battle, Xiang Yu did not let the Jing family accompany him, but asked Xiang Zhuang and others to take care of the Jing family before leading the army to set off.

But Xiang Yu didn't expect that he still did something wrong, that is, he shouldn't put such a burden on Xiang Zhuang like this.

Xiang Zhuang is still a little indecisive in character, and at the Hongmen banquet, Xiang Zhuang, who dances the sword, is actually very uncomfortable. Fan Zeng and Xiang Bo are military advisors, one is a general, one is Xiang Yu's father, the other is the uncle of his own family, one insists on killing Liu Bang, the other stands up to protect Liu Bang, and the supreme leader Xiang Yu is expressionless.

Xiang Zhuang was in a dilemma, and the only way was to lure and provoke Liu Bang to be angry with him, so as to assassinate Liu Bang under the pretext of assassinating him. What made Xiang Zhuang even more uncomfortable was that out of consideration for accepting Fan Zeng's order, if Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng did not order the sword dance to stop, Xiang Zhuang had to continue to perform, while performing more sword moves, and on the other hand, he had to do more to lure Liu Bang into anger, which was difficult to do. And Xiang Zhuang also needs to pay attention not to hurt Xiang Bo's uncle by mistake, which actually makes Xiang Zhuang even more confused.

It can be said that if Xiang Yu is the culprit in the failure of the Hongmen Banquet, then Xiang Zhuang himself is not decisive enough, and he also needs to shoulder a certain responsibility.

After all, if Liu Bang was really killed, with Fan Zeng's burden and Xiang Yu's trust, Xiang Zhuang's punishment would not be too heavy.

Of course, Fan Zeng's own calculation was wrong, which may also be the key to Xiang Zhuang's deviation in thinking.

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And after that, even Xiang Zhuang himself didn't expect that this Xiang clansman who had a dispute with him would actually scold Xiang Zhuang in his own tent.

This made Chen Ping's subordinates infiltrate the Chu army, and heard a news that Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Yu tried to conceal, that is, Xiang Yu was not in the camp at this time, and he did not lead the army south. Rather, they left this unit before the army moved south.

This news surprised this fine work, because he didn't expect that he would actually get this news on such an occasion.

As for the credibility of this news, it is difficult for this meticulous worker to get the correct argument for his own judgment, but after thinking about it for a while, this meticulous work is still desperately trying to convey this news in a desperate attempt to expose the danger.

If Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Yu knew such a situation, would they regret that they were too impulsive in doing things?

Because after receiving the information of this detailed work, Yu Ziqi and Peng Yue, who got this information, made a decision after some discussion.

That is, after waiting for Zang Tu and his troops to arrive, they quickly launched a fierce attack on the Chu army.