29 pacify Sanqin

However, it was said that Yongwang Zhanghan was in the waste hill, and he heard that Sanguan had taken off twice in a row, saying that the Han army was attacking in a hurry, and he hoped to send troops to help. Zhang Han was shocked when he heard the report: "I thought the day before yesterday that the plank road was not finished, and the Han soldiers were afraid that it would be difficult to enter the Kou, but I didn't mean that I had arrived at the pass today." Immediately ordered Lu Matong and Sun An to escort men and horses to serve the enemy. Before he could say anything, Zhang Ping came to see Zhang Han with an injury, crying and worshipping. Zhang Han said: "How did you lose the pass? How do Han soldiers get out of the plank road? How does Hanshin use the meter? Zhang Ping told Han Xinming in detail about the dark Chen Cang of the plank road. Zhang Han shook his head and said: "Fan Yafu repeatedly said that Han Xin was in deep trouble, and the overlord didn't listen, and now it's true!" And he said, "Stand back, and wait for me to kill this man to kill him to hate him." Left and right said: "The king should not be underestimated, Han Xin has a lot of tricks, and he must be considered." Zhang Han sighed and said: "I have been using soldiers for more than 30 years, and after more than 100 battles, why should I be afraid of this crotch?" He immediately urged the men and horses to get up.

Xiahou Ying went to the waste hill first, and saw that the enemy army did not dare to fight, and camped fifty miles away from the waste hill. Han Xin's men and horses also arrived immediately, and whispered to Xiahou Ying: "Zhang Han is a famous general of Qin, and he should outwit him if he can't be defeated." Tomorrow against the enemy, do so. "Xiahou Ying waited for the order to go.

The next day, Zhang Han went out to fight against Xiahou Ying. Zhang Han said: "The king of Han was enshrined in Hanzhong, and it was enough to protect his territory, why did he listen to the crotch man's opinion and enter the court to die?" Xiahou Ying said: "At the beginning of Emperor Yi, the one who entered Xianyang first was the king. My Han king's soldiers are not bloody, and the world responds, and he is the lord of Guanzhong. Xiang Yu breached the contract and became the king of self-reliance, and moved the princes to the left to kill the righteous emperor, which was a great rebellion. Now my lord personally led the army to the east, and you should be killed by stretching your neck, how can you say that the king of Han has entered Koye? Zhang Han was furious, and took Xiahou Ying with a gun, and Xiahou Ying raised his knife and returned it. Battle Shihe, Xiahou Ying looked at the pine forest path and walked, and Han Xin's men and horses arrived to stop Zhang Han. Han Xin said: "I've been waiting here for a long time! Zhang Han said: "The crotch man has been waiting here for a long time, and he wants to die?" Han Xin was angry, raised his halberd and took Zhang Han directly, Zhang Han raised his gun and returned it, but before he could count it, Han Xin was defeated, and Zhang Han waved the three soldiers and horses to chase forward. Then Ji Liang and Ji Heng led 3,000 soldiers from their headquarters to chase after them, and Han Xin was chased very quickly, and even his men and horses fell down the stream. Zhang Han said: "The crotch husband deserves to die at my hands!" So he waved his men and horses to kill them. When they entered the valley, there were trees on both sides, but there was not a single sergeant in sight, and the Chu soldiers hugged the valley and could not turn back. The sky was getting dark again, Zhang Han hesitated, and hurriedly ordered the army to stay. The man moved back and forth, and was in a hurry, and half of them had already entered the valley, and only stopped their feet, only to hear a cannon on the top of the mountain, and the fire broke out in all directions. Zhang Han knew the plan, and hurriedly returned to the horse to get out of the valley, but was surrounded by his own people and horses, and there was no way out. Ji Liang and Ji Heng hurriedly shouted: "There is a mountain path in front, and you can go up diagonally to Fengling." Zhang Han and the two generals abandoned their horses on foot, climbed from the path to the ridge, panting, and the three of them rested on the ridge, and heard the shouts of the mountain, and the fire on all sides became bigger and bigger. Zhang Han said: "You can't stay here for a long time, I'm afraid that the Han soldiers are chasing after me, and the three of us have no weapons, how can we resist the enemy?" Why don't you take advantage of the moonlight to cross the ridge and find Chu Ying to make a district again. The three of them walked down the ridge step by step, and there was a mountain temple at the intersection, and the three of them went to the temple to rest. When Ji Liang looked through the crack in the door, he saw that the first general was Chu General Lu Matong. Zhang Han opened the temple door and asked, "How do you know that I am here?" "Lu Ma channel:" The king chased the Han soldiers, Zhang Ping said that Han Xin was deceitful, and asked me to lead a branch of men and horses to save him. The minister led the headquarters of a thousand people and horses to the halfway, suddenly saw the fire in front, the sergeant who came back said that it was the king's plan, the minister did not dare to move forward and was painting in the district, and did not want the king to be in this temple, very lucky! Zhang Han immediately got on the horse with Lu Matong and others and turned back to the waste hill.

Zhang Han regretted that he couldn't tell the soldiers: "Our soldiers are newly defeated and cannot go out of the enemy, and they will be closed tightly, rest for a few days, and then go out to the enemy." Before he could say anything, people reported that Han Xin's people besieged the city and slandered him, which was very rude. Zhang Han was furious and said: "I am the six countries of Qin Jiangweizhen, who is not afraid?" Now in the position of the prince to guard the three Qin, when he meets a crotch man, he is humiliated by him behind closed doors? Then he ordered left and right: "Hurry up and get out of the city, I want to fight with the crotch man!" The generals said, "No! Han Xin deliberately provoked the anger of the king, intending to win his treacherous tricks out of the city. And it is not too late for the sergeant to rest for a few days before fighting. Zhang Han was furious, so he instructed the generals: "Prepare to rob the camp tonight, Ji Liang and Ji Heng will lead 3,000 troops, and go out of the south gate to charge the right post of Han; I led 10,000 soldiers out of the West Gate to rob Hanzhong Village; Zhang Ping was injured and could not go out of the enemy, guarding the waste hill. "The assignments have been decided.

Han Xin expected Zhang Han to rob the camp, so he passed down the general order: Fan Hao and Chai Wu led 3,000 troops to block the north road of the Chu army, and Xiahou Ying and Zhou Bo led 3,000 troops to block the south road of the Chu army; The battalion retreated thirty miles back and went down to camp; Han Xin defended the outpost, but ordered Kimchi to lead 5,000 elite soldiers and ambush them on the left side of the camp; Lu Juan led 5,000 troops and ambushed on the right side of the camp. Wait for Zhang Han's people to return, and the two people will come out, and they will win a complete victory. The adjustment is over, and it is getting late.

Zhang Han waited until the end of the second watch, opened the city gate and put down the drawbridge, and went out to kill the Benhan camp. Ji Liang and others went out of the north gate, Lu Matong and others went out of the south gate, Zhang Han and others went out of the west gate, three people and horses flocked to the big camp, Zhang Han killed the big camp, saw that it was an empty camp, known the plan, and urgently ordered the three armies to return quickly, before the words were finished, only to listen to the artillery Zhentian, the two Han soldiers killed, the arrows were like flying locusts, and the Chu soldiers were cut off and escaped. The left and right generals will protect Zhang Han and escape. In the middle of the line, an arrow had already been shot, and the arrow in Zhang Han's right shoulder almost fell off his horse, and he held it to the death left and right. Ji Liang went out of the north gate, and the 3,000 men and horses of Fan Hao and Chai Wu suddenly stood out, and they did not have time to fight at night, and the Chu soldiers were defeated.

Zhang Han ran into the ruin mound that night, and because of the pain of the arrow in his shoulder, he asked the doctor to apply medicine and was bedridden with a white silk; The three armies were ordered to guard the four gates attentively, and they sent people to various counties and counties to protect them in the starry night.

However, it was said that the Qin general Dong Fei heard that Han Xin was coming, so he discussed with the strategist Li Zhi: "Han Xin's army is greatly boosted, and there are not many people and horses in Liyang, so it is difficult to be the enemy. Before the words were finished, someone came to report: "The Han soldiers have arrived in Liujia Town, only a hundred miles away from Liyang, please rush out to meet the enemy." ”

Dong Fei sent the general Geng Chang and the deputy general Wu Lun to lead 10,000 troops and go out of the city for fifty miles to the village; He led 10,000 troops and left the city for 20 miles. I saw the arrival of the Han soldiers at the beginning of the dust, and the two generals Geng Chang and Wu Lun led the troops to battle. At the opening of the door flag, Han Xin jumped forward and shouted: "The second general will be surrendered early, otherwise he will be killed immediately!" The two generals were furious, and each raised his weapon and ran to Han Xin. Behind Han Xin, there were already two generals who came out of the battle, one of them was Wuyang Hou Fan Xu, and the other was Jianghou Zhou Bo. The second general confronted Geng Chang and Wu Lun. After more than 20 rounds of fighting, Fan Xu sold a flaw, let Geng Chang cut him with a knife, and Fan Xu stabbed him off the horse with a halberd. Wu Lun had no intention of falling in love with the war and letting the horse flee back. Han Xin waved the three armies to chase and kill, and was met by Dong Peng, the king of Zhai. Dong Peng said to Han Xin: "King Yong fell into a treacherous trick by mistake, and the waste hill was lost, if I rescue the army to help, you have been captured for many days." Han Xin said: "You are no more than Zhang Han's servant ears, how dare you puff out your tongue?" Dong Fei was furious, and took Han Xin with a gun, and Han Xin waved his halberd to meet him. The battle between the two generals was not counted, and Fan Hao and Zhou Bo rushed out. Dong Fei left after reaching the enemy, but he couldn't look at it. There have long been Han who killed Kimchi and Irrigate babies from behind. Dong Fei saw that the people and horses on both sides were surrounded, the drums shouted loudly, and the overlapping were all Han soldiers, Dong Fei dismounted and shouted: "The situation is overwhelming, and I am willing to surrender." Then all the sergeants came forward and took him, and the men and horses on both sides followed their ranks.

Han Xin returned to the Chinese army and sat down, and the sergeant escorted Dong Peng to the tent. Han Xin hurriedly went out of the account, helped Dong Fei to go to the tent with his hand, and ordered to sit on the left and right, Dong Fei bowed to the ground and said: "The prisoner of the dead country is captured, and he has been given to be reborn, how dare he make a guest and host with the marshal?" Han Xin said: "The virtuous prince is a famous general of Qin and was named king. Now if you don't abandon the Han Dynasty, you will be the Ming Jun, how can you divide each other as Han Chen? Dong Peng saw that Han Xin was so virtuous, so he entered the account and sat down. Han Xin said: "Since the virtuous prince is a Han minister, Han Xin has one thing to ask for: that is, to annoy the virtuous prince to write a letter to the king of Sai, asking him to come early to pay the money to the king of Han, and still be knighted to support the royal family, isn't it beautiful?" Dong Peng said: "Please ask the marshal to enter the city to appease the people, and a certain book will be repaired to say that the king will return to Han." What do you think? Han Xin said: "The soldiers are about to enter the city. Dong Fei immediately rode his horse to the city to call the door, only to see the city gate wide open, and the people on both sides set up incense cases to welcome the Han soldiers. Han Xin instructed the three armies not to harass the people. Dong Fei sent Li Zhi to say that Sima Xin had returned to Han.

Li Zhi came to Gao Nujin one day to meet the king of Sai, and at the same time sent a letter from Dong Peng, which said:

Zhai King Dong Fei bowed to the king of Sai again: the princes of Qin were scattered, and the Chu soldiers were invincible in the west. Today, the king of the Han Dynasty is generous and generous, and Han Xinbing is like Sun Wu, Ming repairs the plank road and darkens Chen Cang, outwitting the scattered Guan Shui Yong waste hill, and swept away like a bamboo. A certain Shun Providence surrendered yesterday, and the money was paid as a guest without losing the king. I am afraid that the king will be isolated and difficult to protect himself, and he will hear it in the book of Li Zhichi, but Wang Jianna. Undeclared.

The king of Sai read the book and said angrily: "Before he fought with his crotchman, he returned to Han with his hands tied, how can he do what his husband did?" Then he tore the book to pieces, and ordered Li Zhi to fork out left and right. Li Zhi sighed: "The king's soldiers are less than tens of thousands, and there are only a few generals, Erqin has broken through the isolation of Gaonu, King Xiang is stationed in Pengcheng, the king's wisdom is not as good as Han Xin, and the courage is not as good as Fan Xu. The king is fortunate to think about it. The king drew his sword and said angrily: "You measure that I have no wisdom and bravery, I will go out to capture Fan Hao today, and I will punish my crotch husband, and you deserve my sword!" Li Zhi said: "If the king is against the Han soldiers, don't say that he will capture Fan Hao and kill Han Xin, if he rushes at him for a while, then the king will kill his ministers, and the ministers will not repent of the crime of deception." The king of Sai called Li Zhi to wait on the left and right, and then ordered the army to be guarded, first sent the deputy generals Liu Lin and Wang Shoudao to lead 10,000 soldiers as the vanguard, and then Sima Xin led 40,000 troops out of Gao Nu and threw them into the village not far from Liyang.

Sergeant Li Zhi had already returned to Liyang in the starry night and told him in detail about the past. Dong Pengjing came to the Chinese army and said to Han Xin, Han Xin sighed: "There is no wisdom in measuring this, like a meat ear on an anvil!" I should capture him. Before the words were finished, there was a report from Malay, and Sima Xin was fifty miles away from Liyang. Fan Xu heard that Sima Xin was going to capture Fan Xu alive and punish his crotch husband. Fan Xu gritted his teeth and said: "I am willing to fight Sima Xin, so I must bring him to see the marshal." Han Xin said: "If the general wants to go, I have a secret plan, and I must do this to win." Fan Xu got the order, and discussed with Dong Fei that night: "Sima Xin is very rude, tearing up the book of the virtuous prince, and putting Li Zhi in prison. Dong Peng said: "What does the general have to say?" Fan Xu said: "If you want to catch Sima Xin, you need to tie up the relatives of the virtuous prince, and then go to Xinzhai with a hundred people to surrender, and he will be included." Tomorrow morning, the virtuous man can come to the camp to ask for it, and he will go out of the camp to answer, and I will go up together to catch him. His army is ownerless and chaotic, and the high slaves can also be broken. Dong Fei said: "I have the eldest son Dong Shi is extremely brave, and the public can be bound to pretend to surrender, and the other party will be allowed to believe." Fan Hao was overjoyed, and immediately ordered a hundred healthy soldiers, and together with Chai Wuza, they came from the remote road of Liyang. Fifty miles to Xinzhai early. The small school reported to Sima Xin. Xin said: "Come in with him!" Fan Hao entered the camp and said: "We were originally Chu soldiers, guarding Liyang with King Zhai, and did not want King Zhai to surrender to Han Xin. Sima Xin saw that it was Dong Shi and immediately scolded: "Your father and I were both knighted by the overlord, how can you turn your back on Chu and return to Han now?" and escorted to a prison with Li Zhi, and waited for Dong Fei to be arrested and sent to Pengcheng together. And they worshipped and went out to serve.

The next morning, Dong Peng led the people to come, waving the flag and shouting to ask the king to answer. Sima Xin met Dong Peng with a crown belt all over his body. Dong Fei scolded: "You don't know the sky and don't know the survival and death, Xiang Yu killed the child and the baby, and the pit was the enemy like us." I have turned my back on Chu and returned to the Han Dynasty and the way of heaven today, but you have torn up my bookkeeper and my adviser, and last night you arrested my eldest son! The day before yesterday, I dared to say that I would capture Fan Xu alive and kill Han Xin, if you dare to fight the enemy with Fan Xu, I will dismount and be bound. When Sima Xin heard this, he exclaimed, "You will call Fan Xu, and I will be his enemy." Before he finished speaking, a person behind him dragged him under the horse and shouted: "I am Wuyang Hou Fan!" While escorting Sima Xin to the Chinese army to report his merits, the soldiers released Dong Shi.

Han Xin called the sergeant to escort Sima Xinlai, Han Xin said: "The king of Chu is the enemy of Qin, and the king of Han is kind to Qin. Sima Xin bowed his head and was silent: Dong Peng, Fan Xu and other generals advised: "The king of Sai had to accept the Chu generals by mistake, and now he is under his command, I wish the marshal forgiveness, and I still hope that the king of Han will be crowned the king, and I expect him to devote himself to the Han, and he will never have two hearts." Han Xin told the warrior to let Sima Xin up. Sima Xin thanked Han Xin. So Erqin was decided.

Han Xin then urged the men and horses, surrounded the four gates of the waste hill, and ordered the generals to set up camp and prepare for the siege of the city to attack day and night. This ruined hill is the old city of Zhou, surrounded by high mountains, under the foot of the mountain leads to the white water river, the city is strong, the wall is magnificent, and it is very difficult to attack.

That night, Han Xin and Cao Shen led a few soldiers to the high place behind the city, Han Xin pointed to Cao Shen and said: "The water in this city comes from the northwest, goes around the southeast, and its flow is very urgent, you can lead a thousand people, each with a bag of sand to hold the water mouth, let the water reverse and rush into the waste hill, and then the waste hill into the belly of the fish." Cao Shen immediately led a thousand people to the southeast estuary of the waste hill and covered the water mouth with sac sand. In August, when the autumn water was rising, the water could not flow downstream, and rushed straight into the ruined hill city, and the walls on all sides fell when they encountered the water.

In Han Xin's opinion, Zhang Han's best choice is to surrender, anyway, he has already surrendered Xiang Yu once, and now that his comrades-in-arms Sima Xin and Dong Fei have also surrendered, why didn't he surrender?

During the Battle of Julu, he had an army of 200,000 and surrendered to Xiang Yu, but now, he is at the end of his rope, so why not surrender? Supposedly, he should have surrendered.

But the facts were beyond everyone's expectations, Zhang Han chose to commit suicide. That is, he would rather die than surrender to Han Shin. Was it so humiliating to surrender Han Shin?

In fact, for Zhang Han, surrendering to Han Xin was indeed a very humiliating thing.

At the beginning, he took refuge in Xiang Yu, completely forced, rather than chasing interests for the Qin Dynasty. At first, Zhang Han was reluctant to surrender to Xiang Yu, he hoped to make contributions to the Great Qin, but the second emperor Hu Hai did not trust him and sent people to the front line many times to accuse him. Later, Zhao Gao replaced Li Si as prime minister, and he was even more unfriendly to Zhang Han, and almost killed his colleague Sima Xin.

Zhang Han didn't want to become the second Meng Tian, so in desperation, he had to surrender to Xiang Yu.

Although there was a reason for the incident, in Zhang Han's view, this was a betrayal after all. Zhang Han was morally condemned in his heart for this. Since you can't be a loyal minister of Great Qin, then be a loyal minister of Xiang Yu, if you betray Xiang Yu again, won't you become a professional traitor? How will the world perceive themselves?

Zhang Handa looked down on Han Xin in his heart, so he would rather die than surrender! A crotch man, despised! If he surrenders, isn't he admitting that he is inferior to a crotch man? This is the same as Xiang Yu's later preference to kill himself rather than surrender. It is unthinkable for Xiang Yu to surrender to Han Xin! He couldn't convince himself!

After Zhang Han committed suicide, Han Xin paid Cao Shen to open the estuary circulation waterway. The water went down for half a day. Han Xin entered the city to appease the people, and then welcomed the king of Han into the ruined hill, and the neighboring counties surrendered.

The king of Han immediately ordered the soldiers to mourn for three days for the righteous emperor. Envoys were sent to all countries, and the book said: The whole world has established a righteous emperor in the north. This Xiang Yu put to kill the righteous emperor and rebelled, the widow personally mourned, the soldiers were all vegetarian, and the princes and kings were willing to send troops to attack Chu together.

The envoy sent by the king of Han to the state of Zhao and met with Zhao Wang Xie and Chen Yu. Chen Yu said to the envoy: "Zhang Er is my enemy, and now the Han army, if the king of Han is willing to kill him, I should send troops according to my orders." The envoy reported back to the king of Han, who secretly sought out a person who looked similar to Zhang Er, and then beheaded him and sent an envoy to Zhao with his head. Chen Yu only said that it was true, so he sent the generals to lead troops to help Han.

In April of the second year of the Han Dynasty, the King of Han led the troops of Guanzhong and the five countries of Han, Wei, Yin, Zhao and Henan, totaling 560,000 people, and marched into Pengcheng with great momentum.