Chapter 45: Ambush on all sides
It's over! It's finally over!
An agreement made the soldiers of both sides happy.
The officers and men of the Chu and Han armies waited quietly for the order to strike and return to their hometowns.
After the chasm agreement, Xiang Yu, who was physically and mentally exhausted, immediately issued an order to return to the east.
Pengcheng, the widow is coming back! The widow really needs to recuperate! Over the years, galloping across the field, there have not been many days of peace of mind! When the widow goes back, he must have a good time. Although Xiang Yu had a lot of unwillingness in his heart, he was still a little happy at the thought of returning to the capital soon.
The 100,000 tired divisions of the Chu army marched out of the camp and returned to the east.
Liu Bang was also relieved to see the Chu army rising from the camp, so he ordered the troops to pack their burdens, prepare to pack, and enter the customs westward in the near future. Although the Han army is abundant in supplies and does not worry about the source of soldiers, Liu Bang is also tired, in recent years, his life is not better than Xiang Yu, he personally commanded a battle that did not win, he was often chased and beaten by the overlord of Chu, and he was chased and killed by Chu soldiers when he had a meal at the worst time.
Xiang Yu is still a young man, the endless battles day and night have made him physically and mentally exhausted, Liu Bang is already fifty-four years old, and he will enter the old age if he lives a few more years, how can he be so endlessly broken? The days of war are really not for people. Who wouldn't want to live a life of peace of mind if they could? Who likes to be rolling on the tip of a knife every day?
The days of peace of mind seem to be just around the corner, will happiness be far away? Liu Bang was excited when he thought about it.
After Liu Bangxi's order to enter the customs was issued, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were anxious.
Zhang Liang and Chen Ping jointly determined the strategy of peace, and welcomed back Liu Taigong and Lu Hou, not to enter the west. They immediately found Liu Bang and said, "How did the king issue the order to return to the west?"
Liu Bang said: If you don't fight the war, if you don't go back, what are you doing here?
Zhang Liangdao: The discussion of the chasm was originally to welcome back Taigong and Empress Lu, but now that they are back, the king has no worries, he should take the opportunity to enter the army and eliminate Xiang Yu in one fell swoop, the Chu army is exhausted, this is a God-given opportunity to eliminate them, if you don't seize the opportunity, isn't it a tiger for trouble?
Zhang Liang and Chen Ping are indeed first-class strategists.
They saw very clearly that the Chu army was at the end of its strong crossbow, and if they wanted to be at ease forever, they must take the opportunity to defeat Xiang Yu, otherwise, the future would be even more bitter.
Liu Bang basically obeyed their advice, and when he heard them say this, he slapped his thigh, and immediately issued an order to revoke the order to enter the customs to the west, and all the soldiers rested on the spot until the end of the year, and at the same time sent a letter to ask Han Xin and Peng Yue to besiege Xiang Yu together.
In the first month of the fifth year of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (October 203 BC), Liu Bang led 200,000 horses to pursue Xiang Yu.
The Han army arrived at Guling (present-day Taikang, Henan) and found that it was not far from the Chu army, so they stationed there.
Xiang Yu learned that the Han army tore up the agreement and sent troops to attack, and he was furious: Grandma's Liu Bang, this villain, was deceived by him again! I really want to kill him with a knife.
Xiang Yu didn't know how many times he said this, but he was still fooled every time.
Xiang Yu immediately gathered his men and horses, and quickly turned around and rushed towards the Han army. The Han army was caught off guard by the Chu army's return horse gun, and its combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of the Chu army, so the result was obvious, and the Han army was defeated.
After this defeat, Liu Bang retreated in Guling City, not daring to fight.
Han Xin, Peng Yue refused to come to help in the war, what should I do? Liu Bang asked worriedly.
Zhang Liang hurriedly said: The reason why they didn't come was because they couldn't get benefits, they must be trying to eliminate the Chu army, they couldn't get the fief, so they worked in vain, for now, the king only promised to give Peng Yue the king, and then give them the fief, then Han Peng and the two will definitely come.
Zhang Liang knows the psychology of the two of them, and Han Xin and Peng Yue can't hide from Zhang Liang which account they calculate in their hearts and which scripture they read.
Of course, there is another meaning to this: so that they have no reason not to come to help the war.
In other words, whoever is Han Xin and Peng Yue will not rush over to work hard with Liu Bang's words! Today is different from the past, Han Xin used to be the general of the King of Han, but now he is the King of Qi, a prince, a person with status, his way of thinking has changed, he will not consider the problem from the perspective of his subordinates, as a prince, the loss of money is not allowed to do business, because not only his own benefit, but also the interests of countless people who are mixed with him. And Peng Yue, although he is not a prince and a king, he has no relationship with Liu Bang as a boss or subordinate, and he does not have a long-term forced employment contract with Liu Bang, so whether he comes or not depends on how Liu Bang treats him!
Now Liu Bang gave Han Xin a fief and Peng Yue a fief. It's a very big gift. In any case, when you receive this generous gift, you have to consider the feelings of the giver, how can you be embarrassed to refuse such a generous gift? In the future, if you talk about it, it will not only be a matter of not giving face. And for Han Xin, Liu Bang is a benefactor, an old leader and an old superior, and there is no reason to refuse, so he can't help but come. For Peng Yue, if he can be crowned a king and still get land, why not do it? So he won't refuse again.
Zhang Liang knows very well that the trick of fiefdom can not only win people's hearts, but also force them to come. In our country, regardless of the ancients and today, the most important thing in life and doing things is the word "affection". If you don't understand, you'll have to suffer. In fact, if you think about it, with Han Xin Peng Yue's ability, it doesn't take much effort to occupy more land, so they not only have a fief, but also Liu Bang's affection!
Sure enough, Han Xin Peng Yue soon led his men and horses to come to the battle one after another.
At the same time, Huainan Wang Yingbu led the general Zhou Yin to the front line. The strength of the Han army was estimated at no less than half a million.
In order to prevent the Han army from sneaking attack, Xiang Yu retreated to Qixia (now southeast of Lingbi, Anhui) and stationed down.
Liu Bang handed over command to Han Xin.
Han Xin finally waited for the opportunity to face off against the Overlord of Western Chu on the spot.
A brave and invincible.
A wisdom like no other.
No matter which side falls in this battle, the other side is enough to dominate the world, the overlord of Chu has galloped on the battlefield for many years, without an opponent, this time he finally ushered in his most powerful enemy, and this enemy used to be his subordinate, at that time, he would not even look at him.
Overlord Chu, I'll let you taste the bitter fruit of ignoring me back then. Han Xin looked at the tent of the Chu army camp and secretly swore in his heart.
Han Xin knew Xiang Yu's bravery, and when he was a langzhong under Xiang Yu's tent in his early years, he had seen Xiang Yu's courage with his own eyes, and he couldn't defeat him without an extraordinary method. Moreover, what is even more terrifying is that so far, Xiang Yu has no record of defeating the battle, although Han Xin does not either, but Xiang Yu has rich experience in the battlefield after all, so Han Xin still does not dare to take it lightly.
The two Yum generals began to compete in this place.
In addition to using soldiers like a god, Han Xin also has the advantage of never underestimating the enemy. This is the most basic quality of being a famous general through the ages.
Unlike in the past, there is no river and no water in this place, before, there were rivers in the battlefield selected by Han Xin, and under Han Xin's whimsy, every time, water became a magic weapon to win.
Without the water, can Han Shin still be able to defeat his opponent?
The answer is yes, it doesn't matter if there is water or not, the magic weapon to win is not water, not mountains, not soldiers, but Han Xin's wisdom.
Wei Bao fell under his wisdom, Chen Yu fell under his wisdom, and Long Ji also fell under his wisdom!
Will the next person be the Overlord of Chu?
Of course. Han Shin's answer was affirmative.
The essence of Han Xin's method to deal with the overlord of Chu is the same as that of dealing with Long Ji, that is, to fight the snake and hit the seven inches.
If Xiang Yu is killed, this army can basically be disbanded.
But Xiang Yu is so brave, how can he kill him casually? He has experienced a hundred battles, more than 70 large and small battles, none of them have been defeated, and he wants to kill him in one battle, which seems to be more difficult than ascending to the sky?
This seems like a difficult subject!
But Han Xin has a way, if he doesn't have a way, he won't be Han Xin, not only does he have a way, but he also wants to kill the overlord of Chu in a battle.
When he met Xiang Yu in the war, he would have poured blood mold, and if he met Han Xin, he would have poured blood mold for eight lifetimes.
According to Xiang Yu's characteristics, Han Xin tailored a tactic for him that no one had ever come before: an ambush on all sides.
He divided the left, center and right flanks of the Han army into ten teams, and implemented the policy of sub-level, sub-location, and area-by-layer, sub-location, and area, and then encircled, surrounded and not killed, and fought continuously, intending to destroy the Chu army in one battle. In order to lure the overlord of Chu into the cloth bag, Han Xin personally led 30,000 horses to scold the battle.
He used himself as bait, and he calculated that the Overlord of Chu would definitely get in at all costs, because Han Xin was his enemy.
Xiang Yu saw that Han Xin was so arrogant, he dared to come to scold the war, and the old hatred of the past came to his heart, so he couldn't hold it anymore, and picked up his gun and got on the horse: Han Xin, do you think that the widow is afraid that you will not succeed. See how the widow cleans you up!
The overlord of Chu led 100,000 Chu troops to kill Han Xin's troops with great momentum.
Han Xin fought and retreated, Xiang Yu fell into the pleasure of killing as usual and couldn't extricate himself, and he chased all the way.
Persuade left and right, be careful not to fall into Han Shin's temptation.
However, Xiang Yu was angry, and the eight cows couldn't pull it back, even if there was a sea of swords and fires in front of him, and an abyss, he would be desperate to break through, this is called character, this is called bravery, and this is called recklessness!
The widow doesn't believe what Han Xin can do to me? Xiang Yu said angrily.
Yes, no one in this world can do anything to him, except himself.
The fault of Chu Overlord's logic is wrong here, Han Xin doesn't need to do anything to him, he just needs to take the people around Xiang Yu, as long as Xiang Yu is beaten into a real loner, Han Xin will win.
Fighting a war is not a one-on-one fight, and you don't need to take a certain person to do anything! Of course, Han Xin still wanted to send Xiang Yu to the king of Hades, if he couldn't do it, he could only defeat all his forces.
Xiang Yu chased after Han Xin, and finally rushed to the mouth of the cloth bag that Han Xin had laid in advance.
At this time, the left and right wings received Han Xin's order and quickly moved forward, closed together, and tied the mouth of the cloth bag.
Overlord, enjoy it here! Han was secretly happy in his heart.
Han Xin issued an order, and the ten-sided ambush linkage mechanism was activated.
So, with a cannon shot, two teams of men and horses rushed out and fought with the Chu army.
The overlord of Chu was really brave, and after a period of fierce fighting, he broke through the encirclement and went to chase Han Xin, but he didn't chase far, and another burst of artillery rang out, and two ambushes came out. Xiang Yu knew that he had fallen into the encirclement of the Han army, so he could only try his best to kill out, but he had no choice but to kill one layer, and another layer, and when he reached the seventh or eighth layer, the casualties of the soldiers of the Chu army were already very serious, and the 100,000 Chu army was almost lost.
Seeing that the time had come, Han Xin gave an order, and ten teams of Han troops came over together.
The Han army became more and more surrounded, and Xiang Yu began to regret that he was too impulsive just now.
It's too late to regret it, if he is not impulsive, he will not be called the overlord of Chu, or if he is impulsive, history will have to be rewritten.
But the overlord of Chu is the overlord of Chu, he is by no means in vain, and he has been tempered on the battlefield again and again, so that his quality of adapting to emergencies is very good.
He immediately ordered Zhongli to break off, and he led his troops to kill directly in front with all his might, and the Han soldiers in front of him were finally defeated, and Xiang Yu tore open a hole and broke through.
In this battle, the Chu army of 100,000 horses, only less than 20,000 remnants fled back to the camp, although the Chu overlord escaped safely, but the Chu army only survived.
Xiang Yu tasted Han Xin's power for the first time.
So, will there be a second time?