Chapter 3 Deliao Xixia
readx;?? The time came on July 12, 208 B.C.E. Biquge&Ge www.biquge.infohp:///Zhang Jiashi led his more than 10,000 reserve troops and arrived at the Han Xin army camp located in the middle road.
To be honest, even he himself didn't expect that things would take such a big turn.
After all, in a sense, the main general of the enemy army actually surrendered without a fight, what kind of thing is this?
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According to the estimation of Zhang Jiashi and Chen Ping, even if everything went well, they might not be able to defeat the effective defense organized by the Qin troops in Liaoxi County before the fifteenth.
However, after about five days of "sit-in warfare", Han Xin found that the enemy troops opposite him did not have the slightest intention of intervening in the battle.
Although Han Xin could directly attack these fortifications built in the past two years, Han Xin did not do so on the premise that he did not want the troops to suffer too much damage.
For Han Xin, the other party's situation revealed a hint of an atmosphere that he didn't feel weird.
Han Xin was very strange, the quality and quantity of the soldiers in Liaoxi County were indeed due to double disadvantages, but such a combat arrangement was even more unreasonable, after all, even some tentative operations were not arranged, and the impact on the morale of the defenders was not insignificant.
Because, according to the art of war, it is the most inferior way of defense.
Although the defenders did have a relative advantage, Han Xin did not believe that these long bays that stretched in the mountains would still have the ability to fight for a long time after he was quite sure that he would be able to rely on the cavalry troops to block the supply lines.
Just like the Battle of Changping, once the enemy army is short of food, even if the other party is defending a fortified city like Xianyang, it will be useless.
At the very least, Han Xin didn't think that the defenders arranged by the troops of Liaoxi County in this area could fight for the consumption of military rations over Liaodong County.
Han Xin didn't mind a siege battle with the other party, after all, Han Xin didn't know that Zhang Jiashi's time was actually very urgent, because Zhang Jiashi believed that if he wanted to directly change the growing gap between the Great Qin Empire and those rebels or rebels, it was necessary to reverse the situation of the Battle of Julu.
Wang Li had already waved his army south, which was also a factor in Zhang Jiashi's current attack on Liaoxi County. Although Wang Li may not necessarily fight him, Zhang Jiashi can't gamble his future on this gamble with less than 40% probability.
This is also the most important reason why Zhang Jiashi led the army to support before the affairs of Liaodong County were properly arranged.
Zhang Jiashi didn't intend to blame Han Xin, after all, he didn't say anything about it. Outside, the king's order is not subject to this, Zhang Jiashi still understands this sentence, so all along, Zhang Jiashi has not intervened in the tactical command of front-line officers and has the habit of issuing orders indiscriminately.
After all, the one who knows the situation at the front line best, if nothing else, will always be the army at the front line who knows best. It's like the so-called strategic strategy, a predetermined tactic that wins thousands of miles away...... Well, Zhang Jiashi thinks it's really.
Taking 10,000 steps back, even if someone really does this, it is not tactical, but equivalent to a strategic arrangement.
Just like Prime Minister Zhuge in history, he is indeed extraordinary, but he is far from being as divine as described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
At the very least, the burning of Bowangpo in history has nothing to do with this Zhuge Prime Minister.
It can be said that Zhang Jiashi, from Bai Qi's teachings and his own gradual growth and experience gained from many battles, it is very clear that he does not like this kind of thing that even interferes in front-line battles.
He led the army to support Han Xin, not because he couldn't trust the other party, but because he knew that he really didn't have much time.
According to a letter sent by Wang Li before leading his army south, Zhang Jiashi knew that the Battle of Julu had begun.
The more than 200,000 troops under Zhang Han were frustrated in the attack on Julu City, and they had to wait for reinforcements to support. And just like the development of history, more and more so-called princes' reinforcements have also arrived in the area near Julu City.
As for whether the other party will continue to watch from the wall in his usual style or plan to make a profit, Zhang Jiashi is not very interested in knowing.
What he wanted to do was to reverse the battle that really decided the fate of the Great Qin Empire before Wang Li and Zhang Han were defeated.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have made this more of a desperate strategy.
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Reserves, this thing can be regarded as gone, in the melee of hundreds of thousands of people, Zhang Jiashi can't line up those marines who lack heavy equipment and are basically light infantry to die.
The defense of Liaodong County and the Korean region must be maintained by a certain number of troops, especially in the Great Wall area bordering Donghu, and Zhang Jiashi concentrated more than half of the troops in Liaodong County.
Just like when he went to the Korean region, Zhang Jiashi also had to leave the regional defense full of "gaps", and let Xiao He, who stayed in Liaodong County to be in charge of coordination, to be responsible.
There are Li Zuoche and Su Teng in the North Korean region, and Zhang Jiashi is much more relieved than the situation in Liaodong County. And Su Teng's department, which has a majority of cavalry troops, can also support Liaodong County if necessary.
If it weren't for the fact that he didn't fully trust Zi Anxun and Wen Xu, Su Teng's position would have become the lieutenant of Liaodong instead of being mainly concentrated in the western region of the Korean region.
Zhang Jiashi did not think about recruiting a large number of troops again. However, after detailed discussions with Chen Ping, Xiao He and others, Zhang Jiashi knew very well that unless he did not take into account the fact that the two places already had a certain foundation for development, recruiting a large number of soldiers and recruiting another 30,000 or 40,000 new soldiers was already the limit of the area he controlled.
Therefore, the task of Su Teng and Su Jiao is not entirely to command the garrisons in Liaodong County and North Korea, but to train 20,000 new troops.
Under such a premise, Zhang Jiashi had a very helpless feeling.
Doesn't he want to go straight to the army? But can he do this, or can he do this kind of thing?
The answer, of course, is no. After all, if he did this, if he really failed in the giant deer, then he would lose even such a foundation.
Of course, is it feasible to ignore the Julu battlefield and then move west along the Northern Frontier Road and take the straight road from Shangjun to the south?
Of course, Zhang Jiashi thought it was feasible, but the problem was that the rebels or rebels who won the Julu battlefield were likely to go north directly and attack Liaodong County.
If you give up the foundation of Liaodong County like this and get Guanzhong, there may still be a chance of life, but the problem is that the Guanzhong region is not so easy to fight.
It can be said that no matter what aspect it is, the victory or defeat of the Julu battlefield affects not only the warring parties, but also him, a person who can no longer stay out of the matter.
It's not that he doesn't know, even if it's Bai Qi, he's not optimistic that he can win in the giant deer battlefield. But for him, it is indeed very difficult for him to win on the Julu Battlefield, but what he cares about is not victory or defeat, but to inflict heavy losses on the enemy army and collect the remaining Qin troops as much as possible. If Zhang Han can be attached, then it will also be a better result.
Therefore, he had to shorten the distance from the Julu battlefield as much as possible before Xiang Yu killed Song Yi and then led the Chu army north. Then it is better to arrange the battle plan calmly.
Zhang Jiashi, Chen Ping, Sun Po and others after thinking about it in detail, they didn't think that Zhang Han and Wang Li could easily occupy Julu, after all, the rebels or rebels who were still watching from the wall would not let go of such an opportunity.
There are indeed a lot of rice buckets among these rebels or rebels, and there are two stupid people, but it doesn't mean that there are no resourceful people among them, and the other party will inevitably take action after Wang Li and Zhang Han attack Julu City.
After all, the bosses of these people are basically not good, but it doesn't mean that these people are so stupid that they don't even know that they are cold and dead.
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Li Cang's department on the north road, along the border of the Great Wall of the two counties, entered the county of Liaoxi.
Similar to the situation in Han Xin's department, the county soldiers of Liaoxi County, which were filled with many prisoners or border officers and soldiers, did not take the initiative to fight.
However, unlike Han Xin and Huan Suo, after a not too fierce battle, Li Cang's troops easily defeated the defense system built on the Great Wall.
Although Li Cang's troops also paid a lot of price for this battle, what he got was more than 15,000 surrendered officers and soldiers.
Li Cang was very distressed, after all, the troops under his command were not as good as these surrendered Qin officers and soldiers, and he wanted to solve this problem, but two factors made him have to send a liaison scout to Han Xin's army after careful consideration.
One factor is that these officers and soldiers have a considerable number of prisoners, and Li Cang is a prisoner, so naturally he does not want to do something that he is unwilling to accept. After all, his own experience made him clear that many of these prisoners were innocent.
Another factor was that Li Cang and his accompanying military advisor Cao Shen decided to advise Zhang Jiashi to incorporate these troops after discussion.
They all know very well that Zhang Jiashi's lack of troops is one of the biggest problems when he sends troops this time, and for Li Cang, he is confident that he will not let the other party cause too many problems.
This is also one of the main reasons why Li Cang decided to let Zhang Jiashi take care of these prisoners or surrenderers.
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In the south, which is also the key route in the strategic plan of Liaoxi County, the troops of Huan Su and Ruan Weng Shao will besiege the Qin army defending the Liaoxi Corridor in a plain area within a few days.
The two troops of Huan Su and Ruan Weng Shao quickly merged together, and He Huai did not seem to be prepared for Zhang Jiashi's ability to use the advantages of Lou Chuan's troops to carry out such a new tactic as sea transportation raids.
In fact, even if He Huai was a little precautionary about this, the Liaoxi Corridor was too long, and he couldn't build a dock fort or a fortress in almost all areas where it was possible to land, right?
It can be said that for such a thing, He Huai, who almost also gathered the main force of the troops in the direction of Liaodong County, simply did not have enough ability to deal with it.
For these enemy forces, who were almost in danger to defend and had to be trapped in the plain area, Huan Su and Nguyen Weng Shao, of course, knew very well that it would not take much time to destroy these troops, but it was impossible not to cost anything.
The rabbit will bite people when it is in a hurry, if the other party fights desperately and directly concentrates his forces to break through from one place, even if the other party cannot break through the encirclement, if it brings heavy damage to Huan Su or Ruan Weng Shao's troops, it is still possible.
Therefore, out of consideration for some things, the two finally decided to ask Zhang Jiashi.
As a result, a team of scouts was also sent to Han Shin's military camp.
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Zhang Jiashi was indeed in Han Xin's camp at this time, but what surprised Zhang Jiashi was that the enemy on the opposite side actually sent an envoy to him at this time.
Zhang Jiashi didn't expect that after he agreed to meet with the envoy, the identity of this envoy would be unexpected to him.
Because this messenger is He Huai, the county guard of Liaoxi County.
Looking at He Huai, who didn't seem to be in a very good spirit, Zhang Jiashi, who was wearing a black royal robe and a nine-bead curtain on his head, didn't know why the other party came in person. After all, Zhang Jiashi didn't think that this Liaoxi county guard, who seemed to have a calm expression, was not so stupid as a former colleague.
You must know that in this place, even if Zhang Jiashi slices him and studies him, the other party will die in vain.
At the same time that Zhang Jiashi was looking at He Huai, He Huai was also looking at Zhang Jiashi, although He Huai had not seen the first emperor's dress before he was called emperor, but he knew very well what Zhang Jiashi's dress meant.
He Huai is not surprised that Zhang Jiashi, who can be regarded as a king without authorization, because Zhang Jiashi, who has a heavy army and a jade seal of the country, wants to do this, it is a normal thing.
He Huai arrived this time and saw this scene, to be honest, in his heart, he was completely relieved.
After all, he had now made a decision, one that made him have to give up some tempting ideas.
That is, he decided to obey the orders of Gonggong Xi, led the troops of Liaoxi County to surrender, and offered Liaoxi County and a part of the land in his hands in Youbeiping County with both hands.
These lands of Youbeiping County were actually seized by him and Han Guang, who had almost swept Shanggu County, Yuyang County, and Youbeiping County, and planned to invade Liaoxi County in the east.
Strictly speaking, Han Guang is not something that can be easily defeated by him in such a few fiascos. After all, Han Guang's strength is quite strong, and with the situation of occupying the land of the three counties, it is impossible for him to completely defeat the other party with the weakest strength in the entire northern border county.
This is also the reason why Zhang Jiashi and others can't despise He Huai, after all, Han Guang's strength is also very different from He Huai's strength.
As for Han Guang having to wander to Yanshan, the reason for this matter, He Huai's defeat of the other party was one factor, and Wang Li took advantage of Han Guang's main force to invade the east, took the opportunity to attack Shanggu County in the east, and swept Beiping County on the right, which was the main reason.
Han Guang, who had lost his foundation, had to lead the remnants to flee towards the Yanshan area to the south.
In fact, Han Guang did this, but lived longer than what was done in history.
Although, after Han Guang in history was sent by King Wuchen of Zhao to appease the hometown of Yan, he established himself as the king of Yan until 206 BC because he was defeated by Zang Di, a general under the command of Xiang Yu, who was named the king of Yan, and died in defeat.
And Han Guang in this world, because of Zhang Jiashi's birth, has been staying in Shanggu County, but because of this, he killed a large number of officials, including Shanggu County Guard, this time, raised troops to stand on his own, and embarked on another path in life.
In the subsequent rescue battle of Jixian launched by Zhang Jiashi against Guangyang County, Han Guang, who "again" received the support of the nobles of the hometown of Yan State, was defeated again by Huan Su and the "old enemy" He Huai, and had to lead the army south to take refuge in the so-called princes' coalition army who were watching from the wall.
The person who accepted him was Zang Di, who should have been his subordinate and enemy. At this time, Zang Di became the leader of a rebel army.
After the Battle of Julu, Han Guang was displaced, and finally in the Chenggao offensive and defensive battle in October 205 BC, he was shot to death on the Chenggao city wall by a metal crossbow with a bed crossbow, drawing an end to his life.
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It can be said that He Huai is indeed quite capable and ambitious. But after several days of careful consideration, He Huai finally gave up the idea of self-reliance.
History has proved that He Huai's choice was correct. Because, if he continues to work for Zhao, or is self-reliant. were unable to resist the offensive of the main force under Zhang Jiashi.
The number of troops under He Huai's command was less than 40,000, which was still the number he obtained by absorbing the defeated soldiers who were originally subordinate to Han Guang.
What influenced He Huai's choice was not He Huai's loyalty as a member of Shang Jun's battalion, but the news that his command was defeated and trapped in response to the defense line arranged by Zhang Jiashi's three-way troops.
As one of the few people in the Shang Jun camp who is good at military affairs, He Huai knows very well that he can say that defeat is certain at this time.
Even if the Han Xin Department in front of him really couldn't do anything about him, once the Li Cang Department in the north and the Huan Sulfur plus Nguyen Weng Shao Department in the south, four troops (in fact, five, because Zhang Jiashi's division was not too far from the camp of Han Xin's department at that time. Together, the siege of him, who has in fact been cut off, can be imagined what will happen to him.
However, since he was planning to surrender, He Huai looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and went to Han Xin's camp to surrender in person.
He didn't expect that he would actually see Zhang Jiashi, a young man he had never met, but who had become a king and his actual boss.
Looking at Zhang Jiashi's dress, and Han Xin and others calling him king, He Huai is not a stupid person, and naturally knows what is going on.
He secretly rejoiced in his heart, after all, he knew that he should not be able to die this time. Because this young man, even if he wants to kill him, he must think about what he will lose after killing him.
Therefore, He Huai, who had figured out such a point, simply knelt in front of Zhang Jiashi, bowed his head to the ground and said calmly: "He Huai, the general of crime, is willing to lead his soldiers and surrender to the king." ”
Zhang Jiashi, who heard such a sentence, was stunned for a moment, he never thought that things would change so dramatically.
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comforted and encouraged the novice, and asked the other party to go back and settle his subordinates, so that after tomorrow, Zhang Jiashi personally sent He Huai out of the camp.
But after seeing He Huai go away, Han Xin and Chen Ping, who were following Zhang Jiashi, heard Zhang Jiashi's helpless self-deprecation: "Is it true that there is a so-called king and hegemony when he is called the king?" The tiger's body was shocked, and all the talents in the world returned to his command to serve his life???
Han Xin and Chen Pingren hurriedly lowered their heads, while Yu Yong and Mo Yan'er saw the shoulders of Han Xin and Chen Ping, constantly shaking......
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