17. Shipwrecked

However, it was said that Han Xin, the halberd Lang, entered the account one day and admonished Xiang Liang Dao: "Gongdu River has repeatedly broken the Qin army here, and his prestige is growing day by day, but although the Qin soldiers are defeated, the Qin general Zhang Han is a famous general in a hundred battles after all, and he should not be taken lightly." I have heard that he has repeatedly increased his troops, and he will fight me to the death; If our army is not on guard first, once attacked by him, how can we resist the enemy? Xiang Liang said angrily: "I have been invincible since I raised my army, so why is it difficult to measure this lonely city!" Zhang Han was heartbroken when he heard my name, how dare he go out of the city and rob my camp? What kind of people do you dare to plan recklessly to hinder the hearts of the army? Then Han Xin was forked out.

At this time, Song Yi said again: "The ancients said that arrogant soldiers will be defeated!" Now the soldiers have been slacking off for a long time. Although the Qin army was besieged in the city, it was recuperating for days, and he was also a famous general of Zhang Han and Qin, and he was good at using soldiers, and Han Xin's words were also good strategies. Xiang Liang said: "Jun is too careful. Zhang Han has been defeated repeatedly, where do you dare to come again! made him increase his troops day by day, but he was just guarding Puyang; Besides, it has been raining for days, and the road is very muddy, how can you attack me, as soon as the sky is clear, I will conquer this city to kill Zhang Han, and see where he flees! After that, he lifted his hair and laughed, and his arrogance was like a painting.

Song Yi still wanted to say more, Xiang Liang first said: "I planned to recruit Qi Shi to attack Qin together, and Tian Rong had a personal grudge and forgot his favor, I wanted to send an envoy to interrogate, but because I had no time to delay for many days, if I am worried about Zhang Han's increase in troops and I am embarrassed, it is better to summon Tian Rong to lead the division to the meeting." If Tian Rong still doesn't arrive, I will move my troops to attack. Song Yi frowned, and said to Xiang Liang: "If the public wants to make Qi, the minister is willing to go." Xiang Liang happily promised, and Song Yi got up and left the camp to go east.

Halfway through, when they met Gao Lingjun, the envoy of Qi, they had to talk to each other. Song Yi asked, "Will you go to see Wu Xinjun?" Gao Lingjun said yes. Song Yi said again: "I was sent by Wu Xinjun to envoy your country, one is to reconcile the two countries, and the other is to avoid disaster for myself. and thou shalt not haste haste, that thou shalt not be plagued. Gao Lingjun asked the reason in detail, and Song Yi replied: "Wu Xinjun has won many battles, and he has become arrogant, and the soldiers are also slack, and it may be difficult to fight again." I heard that the Qin general Zhang Han increased his troops day after day, aiming to take revenge, Wu Xinjun despised the Qin army and refused to accept it, and he will take advantage of it in the future, so what should he do if he is not defeated? Jun is not immune to being tired when he goes now, and it seems that he can only be safe if he goes slowly. I expect Wu Xinjun to fail in ten days! Gao Lingjun seemed to believe it or not, but said goodbye to Song Yi. Thinking of Song Yi as Chu Chen, it is not for nothing to have this care. Then he instructed the husband to move forward slowly.

Sure enough, before Gao Lingjun arrived at the Chu camp, Wu Xinjun had already been defeated. It turned out that Xiang Liang was still relaxed after sending Song Yi, not only was there no martial law in the army, but even the patrol guards listened to him scattered without inspection. When it was autumn, the bitter wind and rain continued overnight, pressing several Chu camps under Dingtao City into black gas, and they did not see the light of day. The Chu army ate day and night. slept in the camp overnight, and suddenly heard shouts outside the camp for a long time, as if thousands of troops rushed in. The Chu army was startled, but when they saw that there was fire on all sides, a group of enemy troops rushed into the camp gate, and when they saw people, they cut down horses and stabbed them, which frightened the Chu army to dodge. Reluctantly, he stepped forward with his ordnance to block it, and where was the enemy's opponent, he sent many heads in vain. The most important thing is the general behind, the golden helmet and iron armor prancing horse dancing knife, and the flesh and blood fly as far as the blade reaches. The Chu people only hated that they had no wings and could not fly into the sky to escape their lives. Wu Xinjun Xiang Liang came out of the account in a hurry, he was only wearing a regular uniform, holding a short sword, and wanted to rush out of the camp to find a way to escape. The enemy is touching a narrow road, and he is fighting with the enemy general Zhang Han. Two battles, one is the long knife slashing the light and flames, and the other is the short sword is difficult to support. When he read the film, Xiang Liang was split into two sections by Zhang Han. Xiang Liang's death is insufficient, and the whole army will be harmed, which is called the defeat of the arrogant soldiers, which responds to Song Yi's preface.

In the Chu camp, the commander was lost and ran around, and a few soldiers who didn't deserve to die slipped out of the camp and fled to Huang to report to Xiang Yu Peigong.

When Xiang Yu heard that Wu Xinjun was killed, he couldn't help crying and fell to the ground, and the generals repeatedly persuaded him. Yu said: "I have no father since I was a child, and I was raised by my uncle to teach me the art of war and treat me like a son. Today's work is unfinished and died in the middle of the road, this heart is like a broken peace, and I can not cry. After speaking, he cried again. Fan Zeng said: "Sacrifice your life for the country, and the minister's great festival will be exhausted." General Xiang's life is like this. Now that Chu is not finished, the general can inherit his will to destroy Qin Dingchu, posthumously crown Wu Xinjun as the king, and the general's great filial piety is over! Why should you follow your sons and daughters in weeping? Xiang Yu thanked him and said, "Just as Mr. taught." Xiang Liang's body was buried in Dingtao.

One day, King Huai summoned all the generals to attack Qin. King Huai was the first to speak: "Qin Shi Huang tyrannized the people and complained at home, and the present II was particularly unreasonable, and the former Wu Xinjun attacked in the west, and unfortunately the middle way was defeated and defeated, and now he plans to make persistent efforts to swear to destroy the tyrannical Qin, and ask who dares to take this position?" After speaking, looking at both sides, the generals were dumbfounded, and none of them responded to the order. King Huai said loudly: "Listen, everyone, no matter who you are today, but if you can lead your troops to the west and enter the customs first, you should be established as the king of Qin." Before he could say anything, one person responded: "The end will be wished!" Another person shouted, "I want to go too!" I have to go. King Huai looked, the first person to respond was Pei Gong, and the second one was Xiang Yu, and the two of them wanted to go west, which made King Huai in a dilemma. Xiang Yu said again: "My uncle's death in battle has not yet been avenged, and the last general Yiguanzi and nephew swear that they are not willing to give up!" Today, I am willing to invite thousands of soldiers to enter Qin Pass and take revenge. made Liu Ji willing to go, and the last general would also go with him to kill the thief. King Huai listened to Fang Xu and said, "What do the two generals say about destroying Qin Shang together?" And the deployment of troops and horses will set off at a later date. ”

Pei Gong and Xiang Yu were ordered to come out. There are still several veteran generals who have not retired, and continue to say to King Huai: "Xiang Yu is fierce and cruel, and he treats him in all the places he passes, how can he be so violent that he can command the army?" Now it is planned to attack Qin, not by force alone, but by a loyal elder who will travel westward, and he must not be punished until he has to. The people of Qin have been suffering for a long time, and if they get rid of the violence and save the people before the righteous teacher, they will naturally welcome each other without thinking. Therefore, for the sake of the king's plan, Xiang Yu must not be sent, and would rather send Pei Gong alone! Pei Gong is famous for his generosity, but he must not be as brutal as Xiang Yu. King Huai said: "I know! ”

The next day, Pei Gong and Xiang Yu came to ask for the date of sending troops. King Huai asked Xiang Yu to stay in Pengcheng temporarily, and he didn't have to go with Pei Gong. Xiang Yu couldn't help but get irritable, and was about to debate with King Huai, but it happened that someone outside came to report, saying that the envoys of Zhao came to ask for a meeting. King Huai hurriedly summoned Zhao envoys left and right.

The Zhao envoy staggered in to salute and presented the credentials. It turned out that the Qin general Zhang Han moved his troops to attack Zhao, and the Zhao general Chen Yu sent troops to the enemy, and retreated to Julu after losing the battle. Zhang Han went down to the village in the south of the city, and the soldiers attacked the city day and night, and the city was of course in danger, so he had to send four people to go out to ask for help. King Huai sent a letter to the generals, which made Xiang Yu ambitious, and he wanted to kill Zhang Han to avenge his uncle, so he asked for his life at the moment. King Huai then ordered Song Yi to be the general, Xiang Yu to be the second general, and Fan Zeng to be the last general, leading 200,000 horses to Julu to rescue Zhao.

King Huai believed in Song Yi and let him decide what to do. Another Pei Gong was sent westward. Pei Gong said goodbye to King Huai out of the capital, met Chen Shengxiang Liang scattered the soldiers and collected them together, about 10,000 people, even broke the Qin army, knocked away the Qin general Wang Li, and marched to Changyi.

The Qin general Wang Li was defeated and went to Hebei, and threw Zhang Han's army, Zhang Han ordered him to assist Julu, and the Julu defenders became more and more afraid, and they hoped that the Chu army would come to their aid.

Song Yi stayed in Anyang and refused to enter the army, but Zhao Envoy repeatedly urged him to do so. Song Yi stayed for forty-six days in a row, the generals were inexplicable, and Xiang Yu couldn't bear it, so he entered the account and said to Song Yi: "The Qin army is very anxious to surround Zhao, and there are seven or eight dead in the city." If you can make a noise to attack outside, the Zhao soldiers will kill to respond to the inside, and the Qin army will be attacked inside and outside, and Zhang Han can be captured. Song Yi said: "No! Now the Qin army is besieging Zhao, if Zhang Han wins, the Qin army is tired, and I will break it if I attack it again; If Zhang Han is not victorious, and I will attack it, this is the snipe and the clam competing for the benefit of the fisherman. If I am not as good as the public, I am not as good as the public when it comes to strategizing. "He ordered the army to say: fierce as a tiger, as ruthless as a sheep, and greedy as a wolf. If you can't make a messenger, you will be killed!

This military order was clearly aimed at Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu was naturally angry when he saw it. Originally, Xiang Yu was already upset in his heart because King Huai did not allow him to lead troops into the customs, and ordered him to be a general of Song Yi. I also think that King Huai was established by my uncle, and my uncle is dead, so I should be the general. Now they are condescending to others, which is really unreasonable!

One day, Song Yi drank high, and when it was cold and rainy, the soldiers were frozen in the rain. During Xiang Yu's secret march, seeing that all battalions were complaining, Xiang Yu Nai entered the tent and said sharply: "The generals are desperate to attack Qin, but now they have stayed for a long time and refused to lead troops across the river, and they will wait for the Qin soldiers to be tired and then attack them." Fu Qin's soldiers are strong, Zhao soldiers are cowardly, how can Qin Yi be strong with a weak enemy? And Wu Xinjun was newly mourned, the king of Chu was uneasy, and the soldiers in the territory belonged to the general, not to save Zhao, but to break Qin, and to snow the hatred of the day before yesterday. The safety of the country is in this move, and now he does not sympathize with the soldiers and has a private banquet all day long, and he is not a minister of the society! Song Yi didn't listen, and Xiang Yu hated it. The next day, Song Yi ascended to the account, and Xiang Yu shouted with a sword: "Song Yi rebelled, so he left the troops and did not advance, and I am now beheaded by the secret order of the King of Chu to kill Song Yi and tell the three armies." Song Yi wanted to flee when he heard this, but Xiang Yu swung him into two with a sword. All the generals prostrated themselves under the tent and said: "The first Li Chu and the latter's general's family are also, and now the general is condemned for this rebellion, which is in line with the hearts of the people." "All the generals have set up a feather as a fake general, and they are specialized in the expedition. He also made Huan Chu report to the king of Chu and count the crimes of Song Yi's rebellion against Chu. Although King Huai knew that Song Yi died in vain, he was unable to control Xiang Yu, so he had to appoint Xiang Yu as a general. Xiang Yu accepted the post of general, and since then the military has been greatly boosted and famous among the princes.

So he sent Yingbu as the vanguard, and the general crossed the river with 20,000 generals. When Zhang Han heard that Yingbu had arrived, he urgently sent Sima Xin and Dong Fei to cross the south bank of the river to arrive at the incoming soldiers. The camp was just established, the Yingbu front army arrived early, and the two generals went out to fight with Yingbu, but Yingbu did not answer, and ran to the second general with an axe. Between the main battles, General Xiang Yu was killed from behind. Sima Xin and Dong Peng were shocked, and left Yingbu to look at Hebei and fled.

Xiang Yu won a complete victory, and the weapons and baggage obtained were countless.

Xiang Yu then sat down with his sword on his sword and ordered all his troops to cross the Yellow River to rescue Zhao to relieve the siege of Julu. After all the Chu troops crossed the Zhanghe River, Xiang Yu asked the soldiers to eat a full meal, each of them to bring three more days of dry food, and then ordered the cauldron to be sunk. The three armies enthusiastically shouted: "May the general fight to the death!" ”

Zhang Han heard that the Chu soldiers were going to fight to the death with the Qin soldiers, so he urgently summoned Wang Li, Shejian, Su Jiao, Wang Guan, etc. to the account and said: "Xiang Yu Yongguan and the three armies should not be underestimated. Your teams are divided into nine roads, and they will camp together, and when I fight against the enemy, each team will respond to each other, and when the Chu soldiers go deep into the important place, the nine roads will be intercepted and killed, and they will win a complete victory. "The generals have been ordered, and each of them will be ready to move. I saw that the Chu soldiers had arrived, Xiang Yu took the lead, and Zhang Han went out to fight the enemy. When Xiang Yu saw Zhang Han, he gritted his teeth and scolded: "The traitor killed my Ji father, this revenge is not shared!" Then the prancing horse took Zhang Han with a gun, Zhang Han raised a gun to meet him, and the two horses fought and killed fifty he, and Zhang Han was defeated. Less than five miles away, there was already Wang Li people and horses to respond, Zhang Han retreated, Wang Li out of the horse and Yu to fight, not twenty rounds, Xiang Yu sold a flaw, let Wang Li stab a shot, Yu dodged, Wang Li captured the horse alive, and the army tied Wang Li back to the battle. Zhang Han saw that Wang Li was captured, turned his horse and left, Xiang Yu shouted: "Where are the traitors?" Urging people and horses to chase, Xiang Yu rode a black horse, traveling thousands of miles a day, the army couldn't keep up, and they all fell behind, Xiang Yu rode a horse and galloped to Zhang Han. Zhang Han saw that Xiang Yu had no soldiers, and returned to the horse to fight, Xiang Yu couldn't wait to stab Zhang Han to death immediately with a gun, Zhang Han was just a barrier, how to be an enemy? At the time of crisis, Qin generals had already arrived to catch the fight. Xiang Yu didn't answer, and went straight to the room. The battle was not combined, Xiang Yu held down the fire-tipped spear, took out the whip with his hand, and looked forward to the whip in the wading room, and the wading fell off the horse and died. Zhang Han fled.

At that time, when the soldiers of various countries heard that the Chu soldiers were attacking, they all stood on their own camp walls to watch the battle, and everyone thought that the Chu army would definitely be defeated by the Qin soldiers. Therefore, although there were many princes' armies who came to help, none of them sent troops. Seeing that the Chu army defeated the Qin army, the princes and armies watching the battle were terrified.

Xiang Yu broke the Qin army and ordered the generals of all countries to come to meet him. The generals fell on the ground and did not dare to look up. Xiang Yu was like an emperor at this time, his dignity was incomparably powerful, and the generals of all countries were under control.

Zhao Wangxi and Zhang Er saw that the siege had been lifted, and personally went out of the city to thank Xiang Yu and the generals. Then he went to Chen Yu's camp and scolded him for refusing to save him, and Zhang Er and Chen Yu became suspicious.

Xiang Yu led 300,000 elite soldiers to chase after Zhang Han. The counties and counties all eat pot pulp to welcome the Chu army, and the princes from all walks of life kneel to see, Xiang Yu's forces are shocked, and they travel fifty miles, or thirty miles, in a day. Fan Zeng said: "Zhang Han is far away, all the candidates are obedient, and when the heavens and men respond, the day when the general turns his family into a country, why bother to chase this poor man with arrows and stones?" In three days, there have been nine battles, breaking the Qin army of 300,000, led by ancient and modern generals. In order to increase the foolish opinion, if the soldiers in Zhangnan are recuperating, I expect Zhao Gao to be jealous of the villain, the second dim does not know the pain of the war, Zhang Hanju foreign soldiers should not be handed, the mind is in a trance and uncertain, and the general Shenwu, the destruction of Qin is just around the corner. Xiang Yu said: "Just like Mr. Teach." "Sui Tun soldiers Zhangnan is not titled.

Zhang Handun army Hangu Pass, soldiers have no food, horses and no forage, and all the princes have contracts with Chu Hui to attack Qin. Zhang Han sent the chief Shi Sima Xin to report to the second. Zhao Gao did not enter, and he did not trust Zhang Han. Sima Xin hurriedly fled back to the army, he was afraid that someone would chase and kill, so he didn't go the same way. Zhao Gao really sent people to chase and kill him, but he didn't catch up.

Sima Xin reported to Zhang Han and said: "Zhao Gao is in the middle, and it is impossible for us to make a difference. Now that the battle can be won, Zhao Gao must be jealous of our merits; If we don't win the battle, we will inevitably be put to death. Hopefully, the general will be well thought out. Zhang Han hesitated.