Chapter 26: Han Shin's Advice



In the southern corner of the city of Kangfu, more than 30,000 Pei troops built a camp along the bank of the Hehe River, at this time, in the Pei army camp that stretched for dozens of miles, the drums vibrated loudly, and groups of troops practiced tactics in the open space, changed formations, and occasionally shouted a few times,

On the watchtower not far away, Liu Bang held the fence and watched the army training with great interest.

Listening to Cao Shen's report, Liu Bang nodded slightly, during this time, fighting everywhere, the sergeants suffered heavy casualties, and the establishment was not complete, which was also Liu Bang's most distressing thing, Liu Bang also recruited troops and horses in Xue County to expand the army, but the effect was not good, at present, only more than 30,000 people were replenished, and the order to increase troops sent to Pei County also went for a long time, and there has been no reply so far, Liu Bang faintly felt in his heart that something seemed to happen,

But what it will be, Liu Bang can't guess,

Since ancient times, when encountering major events, do not panic, this is the talent of a general, Liu Bang is such a mentality at this time, he left some trivial matters behind, and focused on checking the training of the army, only hoping that this army can recover its combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Not far away, the army was still practicing non-stop, and some infantry had already entered the training of assassination and fighting, at this time, under the watchtower, a person shouted anxiously: "Lord, you come down, there is an urgent official document from Pei County,"

Liu Bang followed the voice and looked at it, below, it was Xiao He shouting to himself, especially when he heard 'Pei County has an urgent official document delivered', Liu Bang's whole heart seemed to fall to the bottom, because, at this time, Liu Bang had seen from Xiao He's face that the matter seemed to be very serious, and he also seemed very anxious,

Liu Bang didn't dare to delay for half a minute, he hurriedly climbed down the ladder, looked at Xiao He, and said hurriedly: "What an urgent document,"

Xiao He handed a piece of bamboo slip to Liu Bang and said in a low voice: "Yongya rebelled in Pei County, and at this time, he has occupied Fengxiang and cut off our retreat,"

As soon as Xiao He's words fell, Liu Bang shook like an electric shock, but soon, Liu Bang controlled his excitement, only half a silence, turned to look at Cao Shen, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "If Pei County is lost, we will be homeless, besides, my family is still in Fengyi, you go and gather troops quickly, we will go south immediately,"

"But our army is still ......" Cao Shen said this, suddenly paused, he wanted to tell Liu Bang that this army is not well trained, the combat effectiveness is low, and it is very difficult to rely on this army to recapture Fengxiang, but at this time Liu Bang has been carried away by anger, with a trace of murder in his eyes, Cao Shen did not dare to say more, so he had to give up his hand and turn away,

Early in the morning, Pei Jun finally rushed back to Fengyi after two days of rapid travel, although Xiao He had blocked Liu Bang, first took the county seat of Pei County, and then took Fengxiang, but Liu Bang was worried about the small family, besides, Liu Bang's foundation was in Fengyi, so he had to take Fengyi directly,

At this time, 30,000 soldiers and horses were in battle under Fengyi City, a pair of soldiers carried ladders, came to the front of the battle, and made final preparations.

At this time, at the opening of the door flag, Liu Bang rode out of the horse, came to the front of the battle, and set up his eyes, this is also a battle-hardened hero Liu Bang, looked at the dense heads of people in the city, these, but they were all his subordinates, but now, they follow Yongyan and resist themselves,

Liu Bang felt sour in his heart, he rode the horse and walked a few more steps forward, until he could clearly see the Yongya in the city, Liu Bang stopped, raised his head and shouted: "Yongya, I treat you well, why did you rebel against me, if you can wake up at this time, I should ignore the previous suspicions,"

As soon as Liu Bang's words fell, on the other side, Yongya sneered and retorted: "You reuse your cronies, you have never reused us, and now, I have returned to Zhou City, Prime Minister of Wei, you can leave quickly, and I will spare your life,"

Yongya's words made Liu Bang completely angry, he couldn't help roaring, rode his horse back into the formation, drew the long sword at his waist, and roared angrily: "Who can take Yongya's head, the bounty is 100 yi, kill,"

The drums of war rumbled again, the low sound of trumpets whimpered in the air, and the angry Pei army surged like a big wave// towards Fengyi, one after another ladders set up the city, and the Pei army marched forward bravely and climbed upward,

Below, the archers and crossbowmen were half-squatting on the ground, raising their heads to shoot arrows, suppressing the defenders of Fengyi.

At the head of the city, seeing such a powerful offensive of the Pei army, Yongyan was in a hurry, and ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows to the city without stopping, and the people were forced to approach the city, throwing rolling wood and thunder stones, boiling hot water continued to splash downward, and screams one after another,

But there were still many soldiers who climbed to the top of the city and fought with the defenders, and when Yongya saw that the situation was critical, he drew his sword and roared: "Kill them back,"

Yongya was the first to run to the crowd, to kill the Pei army, under the city, the three people were carrying the thick tree in the arms of the Pei army to the city gate, they shouted slogans, hit the city gate, the whole city trembled, inside the city gate, hundreds of soldiers hurriedly carried the logs, top // live the city gate, every time it hit, the city gate will make a muffled sound, but the defenders still used the log roof // to live the gate, outside, Pei Jun did not stop, persistently impacted,

The war lasted a whole day, from early morning to sunset, with heavy casualties on both sides, bloody stumps and broken arms, rivers of blood, smoke and fires burning everywhere.

After several rounds of attacks by Pei Jun, it finally died down, if it continues to fight, Pei Jun does not know how many people will be killed and wounded, Liu Bang is even more annoyed at this time, on the side, Xiao He sighed lightly, sighed: "The eldest husband walks between the world and the world, he can bend and stretch, we might as well retire for the time being, and then patrol the way out,"

Looking at the messy battlefield in the distance, the Pei army had more than 20,000 casualties, and Liu Bang didn't have the courage to continue attacking the city, with a long sigh, Liu Bangle turned his horse's head and said hatefully: "I will come back again,"

Soon, Pei's army retreated quietly, and even the injuries under Fengyi City could not be cared for, and in this way, a great battle ended quietly, and after a while, the cheers of the defenders sounded at the head of the city,

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At the head of the city, Xiang Liang was surrounded by the generals, slowly moving forward, this attack on Pengcheng, although the Chu army also suffered extremely serious losses, but the collapse of the Eastern Chu regime of Mi Jingju was beneficial to the Chu army.

Xiang Liang will definitely not be willing to live under the command of Mi Jingju, at this time, the Chu army temporarily recruited people near Pengcheng, plus the surrender of the Eastern Chu army, except for some burly and age requirements, the rest will act as people's husbands and repair the city defense, and, at the suggestion of Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Liang promised all the soldiers to serve three years of hard labor, exempt from slavery, give them land, and allow them to live a normal life,

Xiang Liang's promise won the strong support of the Chu people, just a few days, near Pengcheng, in one fell swoop, and there were heroes from all walks of life to come to like, among them, there was a slightly down-and-out middle-aged man to serve under his command, this person is named Han Xin,

Xiang Liang didn't see anything outstanding about Han Xin, but Xiang Zhuang strongly recommended this person, so that Xiang Liang also acquiesced in Han Xin's talent in many conversations with Han Xin, and stayed as Mu Zuo.

At this time, Xiang Liang has been inspecting the city defense for half a day, he is extremely satisfied with the construction of Pengcheng defense, ready to repair the army, continue to go north, at this time, Xiang Liang has said his idea of going north, although everyone did not express their position clearly, but in their hearts, they still support Xiang Liang's plan to go north,

Especially after Zhang Han defeated Song Liu, he did not advance eastward, but directly marched to Hebei under Li Liang's confusion, which shows that Zhang Han's purpose was to first determine Hebei and then attack Shandong, which also made Xiang Liang have to go north as soon as possible, expand his power, and stabilize the hearts of the Chu army in Shandong.

At this time, when everyone was silent, Han Xin stepped forward and arched his hand: "The general's determination to go north is commendable, but just defeating Zhang Han is not enough to shake the powerful Qin State, since ancient times, capture the thief and capture the king first, I suggest that the general choose to go west, march to Xiangcheng, and open up the road to the west, he can go straight // smash the Hangu Pass, step through the eastern gateway of the Qin State, the Qin State can be destroyed, and the world can also be determined,"

As he spoke, Han Xin glanced at Xiang Liang and saw that he was still listening carefully, Han Xin continued: "This is a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, I hope the general will adopt it,"

After speaking, Han Xin arched his hand, at this time, Xiang Lianglang laughed a few times, "Although this plan is wonderful, but I went north this time, the soldiers are strong and strong, the momentum is huge, the morale is high, and I am invincible, the Qin army sees it, all of them are discouraged, just Zhang Han, I have never put it in my heart, if Hebei fights, I can defeat Zhang Han, in the westward march, I am afraid that in the vast pass, no one can stop me,"

Saying that, Xiang Liang couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, but Han Xin heard from Xiang Liang's words, this is the tone of the arrogant soldiers, since ancient times, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, after a little thought, Han Xin sighed: "Although what the general said is reasonable, but the soldiers can go alone, after all, it is a taboo for soldiers, and a two-pronged approach is the way to win, I hope the general thinks to himself,"

After Xiang Liang heard this, he laughed again, what he said just now was just to test Han Xin, at this time, he was very satisfied with Han Xin, worthy of being the person recommended by Xiang Zhuang, pondering for a moment, Xiang Liang looked back at Xiang Yu, and ordered: "With your 20,000 soldiers and horses, go straight to Xiangcheng, there can be no mistake,"

Xiang Yu hesitated slightly, but he still stepped forward and sang a promise, at this time Xiang Liang's eyes fell on Xiang Zhuang again, and said loudly: "This time to the north, the location of Huling is also very important, I will give you 15,000 soldiers and horses, you can march to Huling,"

Xiang Zhuang strode out and sang a promise, at this time, Xiang Liang patted Xiang Zhuang twice on the shoulder, and instructed: "This city is not as good as Xiangcheng, you must be cautious,"

Xiang Zhuang nodded again, Xiang Liang didn't say anything more, he walked to the city wall, held the wallpile with both hands, and looked into the distance, no one knew what he was thinking,

Looking at Xiang Liang who was staring blankly into the distance, Xiang Zhuang's gaze couldn't help but turn to Han Xin, this Han Xin, who was known as a genius of war in later generations, was his altar worship, breaking the dominant Xiang Yu, recalling the memory in his mind that had been scattered, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but sigh lightly,

I don't know if I can reverse the winch of history and let all tragedies never happen again,

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