Chapter 80: Zhang Liang Sees Xiang Bo
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At this time, the Western Chu Army and the Shang County Qin Army and the county soldiers of the Shang County were far from each other in terms of actual combat experience. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
It's not that Zi Anxun and Wen Le's Shang County soldiers are not good at combat effectiveness, but in many ways, the situation in Shang County has not been repeated after Zhang Jiashi left Liaodong County, and these Shang County soldiers lack a considerable degree of actual combat experience.
Moreover, due to some considerations, Zhang Jiashi did not consider letting the Shangjun army troops intervene in the early operations of the Great Qin Empire. After all, in some cases, the excessive involvement of these remnants of the Minzi Joseon in this kind of warfare will in fact have a certain impact.
Zhang Jiashi and Chen Ping are also worried about a question, that is, whether the war situation will become out of control, after all, for these remnants of Jizi Korea, Zhang Jiashi and Chen Ping still can't be too confident about each other.
On this basis, the lack of actual combat experience of these Shangjun soldiers is also an inevitable thing.
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On the other hand, the current Western Chu troops, although they are much richer than these Shang county troops in terms of actual combat experience, but because of many factors, the combat effectiveness of these Western Chu troops is actually not too high.
In terms of the situation in the world where Zhang Jiashi was originally located, Xi Chu has a corresponding description in the Qingyu Spirit Book:
In 207 B.C., after Xiang Yu eliminated the main force of the Qin army in Julu, he heard that Liu Bang had broken through Xianyang, so he immediately led his troops into Hanguguan and confronted Liu Jun, "At that time, Xiang Yu had 400,000 soldiers in Xinfeng Hongmen (now northeast of Lintong, Shaanxi). Pei Gong soldiers are 100,000, on the top" ("Historical Records, Xiang Yu Benji"). At the Hongmen banquet, Xiang Yu attempted to murder Liu Bang, and then "led troops to the west to slaughter Xianyang, killed the prince of Qin, burned the Qin palace room, and the fire was not extinguished for three months" ("Historical Records: Gaozu Benji, Xiang Yu Benji"). In the situation of the juxtaposition of the heroes at that time, Xiang Yu thought that he had won the world, so in April 206 BC, he implemented the splitting of the earth, respected the king of Chu Huai as the emperor of Chu Yi (and later sent people to attack and kill him), established himself as the overlord of Western Chu, built the capital Pengcheng, and the country was called Western Chu. In addition, eighteen kings were divided, Liu Bang was named the king of Han, and the three Qin Dynasty generals Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Peng were sealed in Guanzhong to prevent Liu Bang from going east. Xiang Yu brought the treasures and beauties back to Pengcheng, and ordered the princes to disband their armies and go to their fiefs.
Xiang Yu's division of the princes did not convince the people of the world, and even the people who were sealed were not satisfied. Liu Bang was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that the land of Guanzhong was divided among the three generals of Qin, and that he was migrated to Hanzhong. Tian Rong of Qi State, Chen Yu of Zhao State, and Peng Yue, the general of the uprising, were very annoyed because they had not been crowned king. As soon as the matter of the division came to an end, Tian Rong turned against Qi in May 206 BC, chased Tiandu, killed Tian City, and established himself as the king of Qi. Then Peng Yue, Chen Yu and others also rose up against Xiang Yu one after another, and for a time the princes fought in a scuffle. On the contrary, Liu Bang accepted the advice of Xiao He, Zhang Liang and others, developed agriculture, pacified the people, trained soldiers, and became stronger and stronger. Liu Bang took the opportunity of Xiang Yu's conquest of Tian Rong and others, and eliminated the "Three Qin" forces in the north of Guanzhong, and marched eastward in the first month of 205 BC in the name of mourning for the righteous emperor.
At the beginning of the Chu-Han War, Xiang Yu had the upper hand. Although Liu Bang once took advantage of Xiang Yu's attack on Qi to attack the Chu capital Pengcheng, he was soon defeated by Xiang Yu and retreated to Xingyang (now north of Xingyang, Henan). Later, Liu Bang consolidated the base in Guanzhong, and tried his best to gather the forces of all sides, so that after repeated defeats, the inferior turned into the best, so that the two sides formed a long-term tug-of-war situation. In 203 B.C., King Xiang made an agreement with the Han Dynasty, divided the world in the middle, and cut the gap (the canal southeast of Xingyang) to the west for the Han, and the east of the gap for Chu. ...... King Xiang had made an appointment, but he led his troops to relieve and return east ("Historical Records of Xiang Yu Benji"), but Liu Bang met with Han Xin and Peng Yue to attack the Chu army. In December 202 BC, Xiang Yu was besieged by the Han army in Yuanxia (now Lingbi, Anhui) and was embattled. Xiang Yu fought and escaped, and then went to Wujiang (now the northeast of Hexian County, Anhui), because he saw that the general trend had gone, Xiang Yu thought that he "crossed the river to the west with 8,000 children of Jiangdong, and no one returned today. Western Chu was declared extinct.
The above content describes the original world of Zhang Jiashi, the situation of the country of Western Chu.
Under the development of the situation in this world, because of Zhang Jiashi's appearance out of thin air and the fundamental changes brought to the current situation, the main force of the Western Chu army under Xiang Yu's command, which was originally quite elite, was basically wiped out in the Battle of Hangu Pass and the subsequent "Central Plains Epidemic", and the birth of Western Chu was a last resort for Xiang Yu to maintain his prestige.
After meeting the princes of the alliance in the Rongyang area, although Xiang Yu still followed the historical trajectory to become the overlord of Western Chu, the thing that is almost the same as the historical trajectory is that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, is actually very unstable.
First of all, because in the battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu forced Xiong Xin to death, so that the opposition within the Chu State formed a practical force, and even triggered a series of rebellions against the Chu State.
These rebellions forced Xiang Yu to devote a large part of his energy to quelling the rebellion.
Although Xiang Yu was able to quell the rebellion in Chu with his own efforts and the help of Liu Bangdang, it had lost the best opportunity for Chu to rise, because at this time, Zhang Jiashi had gradually taken control of Hanzhong and consolidated the dominance of many newly occupied areas.
But Xiang Yu did not settle down like this, but when Zhang Jiashi launched the first eastern crusade, he did not send troops to reinforce Wei Bao and other princes, but sat back and watched Han Guang and other princes be wiped out or recovered by Zhang Jiashi one after another.
If Xiang Yu sent troops to reinforce even Wei Bao, or if he attacked Sanchuan County with the Qi army, Zhang Jiashi's offensive would definitely not be so smooth, but I don't know what Xiang Yu's plans were, in this Eastern Crusade, the Chu army was actually the most stable army in the world.
Of course, it is possible that Xiang Yu himself realized the importance of recuperation, but Fan Zeng was defeated and even killed in Qi State, Wei Bao and other forces, and Zhang Jiashi consolidated the defense arrangements for Sanchuan County, it is said that he once roared at Xiang Yu:
Qin Gou occupies Sanchuan County again, we have lost the time, even if we can recover more national strength, what can we do next?"
Maybe it was because of Fan Zeng's roar that Xiang Yu really alienated him.
However, regardless of the truth of this sentence, Zhang Jiashi knows one thing very well, that is, Fan Zeng's idea is certainly good, but he ignores one point, that is, even if Xiang Yu wants to lead the army to intervene in the situation in Sanchuan County, I am afraid that he has to weigh whether he has the capital.
Especially the state of Chu, which has experienced civil strife in Chu and has not recovered at all, how did it join this war?
Therefore, it is not so much that Xiang Yu is very calm in the face of this turning point, it is better to say that Xiang Yu is completely powerless about the occurrence of this situation.
After that, at the same time that Zhang Jiashi launched the Second Eastern Crusade, Xiang Yu led the army to fight the three brothers Tian Dan.
This time, the Western Chu army can be said to be under the command of Xiang Yu, and it is indeed showing its strength again, but the battle with the Qi army finally had to end up with an invincible result, which also led to the fact that even Liu Bang was killed by Zhang Jiashi in Wujiang, and the princes in the world were only left with him and Tian Rong and Tian Heng, and the Great Qin Empire completely mastered the relative advantage at this time, which made Fan Zeng die of a sudden illness.
Fan Zeng died, and Xiang Yu gave Fan Zeng a very grand funeral, but even Xiang Zhuang knew what Xiang Yu was thinking in his heart.
Fan Zeng's death can be said to be the biggest loss for Xichu, but no one dares to say such a word to Xiang Yu.
This also became the reason why when Zhang Jiashi carried out the attack on Minzhong County, the Chu army was indifferent at all.
And Xiang Zhuang and others all know one thing, that is, even if they lay Jimo now, what can they change?
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In Pengcheng, the capital of the Chu State, Xiang Bo became the highest-ranking person left by Xiang Yu in the Chu State.
Xiang Bo, who was the commander of Chu State, was actually a little dissatisfied with Xiang Yu's situation in the past few years. But for his own nephew, because of his son Xiang Sui's character and ability, Xiang Bo treats this nephew more as his own.
So in many ways, Xiang Bo is more blind to Xiang Yu's affairs.
What he didn't expect was that on the morning of April 15, 202 BC, when the Chu army was launching an offensive against Jimo, an uninvited guest appeared in front of him.
"You are crazy, you dare to come to Pengcheng?!"
Seeing the person in front of him, Xiang Bo said that he was not surprised, it was a lie. But judging from his subsequent actions, which were to directly withdraw from the people under his command, he had no intention of doing anything to this man called the ovary.
And there is only one person in the world who can get Xiang Bozun to be called the ovary, and that is Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang.
And Zhang Liang couldn't help but smile slightly after Uncle Xiang closed the door himself: "Brother Don't come to harm?"
"Zifang, don't talk nonsense, the matter of your defection to Qin Gou is known to the world, although Ben Lingyin doesn't know how you came to me, but I'm afraid your arrival this time is not so simple. ”
Uncle Xiang's words made Zhang Liang nod: "It's really worthy of being my friend, and you can see my intention so easily." ”
"I'm afraid not necessarily, Zhang Zifang, who can't even ask for Qin Dog's world, will actually defect to Qin Dog, what are you planning to do when you come this time, I really can't know what Xiang Tang!"
Although Xiang Bo's words were so, he also knew in his heart that since Zhang Liang was here to find him, he didn't intend to harm him.
Hearing Uncle Xiang's words, Zhang Liang smiled slightly, and said something that made Uncle Xiang's expression change greatly: "Brother Tang, the arrival of the ovary this time is mainly to give the Xiang family a way to live." I wonder what Brother Entanglement thinks of the idea of the ovary?"
After looking at Zhang Hao for a while, Xiang Bo calmed down his expression, he took a deep breath and said, "This is that Zhang Jiashi's opinion?"
"Yes. The contemptible lord didn't want Xiang to become a term in history, so he had a plan to open the net. ”
Zhang Liang's words, for Xiang Bo, had to sigh gloomily: "Has our Xiang family fallen to this point?"
"This is not your fault, but the sin of the item. Brother Tang, what Xiang Ji has done over the years, especially when he forced King Xiong Xin of Chu Huai to commit suicide in Pengcheng at the beginning, has already determined today's mistake. ”
Zhang Liang's words made Xiang Bo clench his fists slightly.
He knew that what Zhang Liang said was right, that is, in Xiongxin's death, Xiang Yu did something wrong, and it was very wrong.
I have to say that if Xiong Xin hadn't been forced to death by Xiang Yu, I'm afraid that the current Xichu would not have fallen to this point at all.
Originally, because of the emergence of Zhang Jiashi, history has undergone fundamental changes.
Song Yi, who should have been killed by Xiang Yu before he created the deeds of the cauldron and the shipwreck, became the deputy general under Xiang Liang, and was defeated and killed in Dingtao with Xiang Liang.
In this way, it was possible to avoid the antagonistic basis between Xiong Xin and Xiang Yu.
But I don't know if it was fate, or because of the foolishness of the trajectory of history, Xiang Yu finally forced Xiong Xin to commit suicide.
This also became an important reason why Xiang Yu was greatly disappointed by the nobles of Chu State.
Although Xiang Yu has a marriage with Qu, Jing, and Zhao, his wife Jing is the daughter of the Jing family.
However, there are so many big families in Chu that it is obviously impossible to solve this problem just by winning over the three great families of Qu, Jing, and Zhao.
In fact, if this aspect of the problem was so easy to solve, there would not be a thing in the Chu State where Wu Qi had to ambush the body of the king.
It can be said that the crux of this aspect has long been an important reason for the demise of the Chu State.
And Zhang Liang said a word to Xiang Bo at this time, which made Xiang Bo's mind have to be directly shaken: "The contemptible lord said that if Xiang Bo can sacrifice Pengcheng at the right time, the king can guarantee the safety of most of the Xiang clan, including Brother Tang and your family, and be able to let you live in peace in a place that may be a little remote." ”
Xiang Bo knew very well that this condition was a very favorable condition for the current Xiang family.
After all, the Xiang clan has a great enmity against Great Qin, and if Zhang Jiashi is found to be doing such a thing, I am afraid that he will be in a lot of trouble.
It can be said that Zhang Jiashi dared to do this, not without the intention of thinking in detail.
But Xiang Bo then thought of a few people, that is, Xiang Yu, Xiang Zhuang, the two leaders of the younger generation in the Xiang clan.
He looked at Zhang Liang with some luck: "I don't know how to ...... Ji'er with Xiang Zhuang and others."
"Xiang Ji must die, this is the king's bottom line!" Zhang Liang, who said this, said this sentence in a very resolute tone.
But Xiang Bo didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhang Liang's words.
After all, if Xiang Yu could survive, it would be a strange thing......