Chapter 425: Stupid Thing
"Alas, pity my brother Ji, there are a lot of cruel words, and I still have to go to Hanzhong to go to prison!" On the other side, the update of the Chu-Han hegemony is still continuing, and the three chapters of thunder cannot be moved every day, so at this time, Liu Bang is already on his way to Hanzhong.
In fact, according to the timetable given to Liu Bang by Xiang Yu, Liu Bang could have delayed going to Hanzhong until April. But in fact, at the end of January, Liu Bang directly led the army to go directly to Hanzhong.
Before Liu Bang left, he had secretly met Zhang Liang once, and it is said that Zhang Liang had advised Liu Bang to set off early this time.
Zhang Liang told Liu Bang that although Xiang Yu let Liu Bang go for a while, he also understood that Liu Bang was his biggest opponent, and once Xiang Yu reacted, he would inevitably do his best to kill Liu Bang.
And if Liu Bang delays until April before leaving, he will first give Xiang Yu a lot of time to react.
Secondly, if Liu Bang doesn't leave, then Sanqin will be unstable, and Xiang Yu will have to stay in Guanzhong to monitor Liu Bang, and after a long time, Xiang Yu will definitely be extremely dissatisfied with Liu Bang.
And now Liu Bang patted his ass and left directly, which means that he attaches great importance to Xiang Yu's orders and treats Xiang Yu as his lord, which can undoubtedly greatly satisfy Xiang Yu's vanity, thereby reducing Xiang Yu's murderous intention.
Of course, the most important thing is that once Liu Bang starts to set off for Hanzhong, no matter how strong Xiang Yu's army is, there is no way to face the narrow plank road, and the huge military strength will not be able to be brought into play.
In addition to letting Liu Bang leave immediately, Zhang Liang also offered Liu Bang another plan, that is, to let Liu Bang completely burn all the plank roads before leaving.
Before the Qin State, only the desired forest mountain road between Guanzhong and Sichuan could be passed, and a small number of men and horses might be able to break through, but the army would never be able to pass through this dangerous road.
It wasn't until the Qin State destroyed the Ba State and the Shu State that it spent a huge amount of national strength to build a plank road on the cliff, that is, to find a way to nail the huge wood into the cliff wall, and then lay a narrow plank on the wood, so that people could advance directly on the cliff.
In this way, the speed of continuous progress becomes extremely fast, and there is no need to worry about getting lost in the jungle, or simply contracting various diseases in the mountains and forests, and facing the attack of fierce beasts.
And once the plank road that the Qin State spent hundreds of years of hard work to build was burned, it would return to the situation that it could only be passed from the forest path.
It's like there were thousands of kilometers of highways between two cities, but Liu Bang dug up all the roads of the highway as he walked, so that others had to take the dirt roads in the countryside.
What used to take two days can now take a month or even two months, and vehicles can break down on the side of the road at any time, completely cutting off the passage on both sides.
And Zhang Liang told Liu Bang that the purpose of this strategy was also very simple, that is, to further paralyze Xiang Yu, so that Xiang Yu firmly believed that Liu Bang would not be able to kill him from Hanzhong in a short time, and at the same time cut off Xiang Yu's way to pursue and kill Liu Bang, so that Xiang Yu could rush back to Chu and not continue to stay in Guanzhong.
"Ovary!" After listening to the strategy left by Zhang Liang for himself, Liu Bang was silent for a while, and suddenly called Zhang Liang and said, "The strategy of the ovary is good, but I just want to know, I burned the plank road, so how should I come out in the future?" ”
"This is something that the great general of Pei Gong should care about, not something I want to care about!" Zhang Liang said ruthlessly, "Pei Gong only needs to be clear, with my strategy, Pei Gong still has the opportunity to set foot in Sanqin again." If it weren't for my strategy, Pei Gong probably wouldn't have had a chance to reach Hanzhong. ”
At this time, the biggest difference between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu appeared, if Xiang Yu heard Zhang Liang's strategy, he would not be able to implement it clearly, but he would definitely have to think about it with his own brain first, and then comb it with his sense of honor, and finally see if he could be worthy of his prestige as the overlord of Chu, before finally deciding whether to implement this strategy.
On the second day, Liu Bang directly announced to all his subordinates and troops that he would leave for Hanzhong three days later.
This order immediately set off a huge storm within the Han army, and then there was a frenzied wave of flights, with more than 50,000 people fleeing the Han army camp in one day.
As I said before, Liu Bang's subordinates have 100,000 troops, but the composition of these armies is complex.
Most of the remaining armies were gathered when they were fighting a good battle all the way in Hedong, and their hometowns were outside the pass, but now Liu Bang is going to Hanzhong to be the king, and these troops naturally cannot follow Liu Bang to abandon their families and children, and as a result, half of the army is lost in this day's time, even if Liu Bang has been mentally prepared, he can't help but be irritable when he sees this result.
But it's not without good news, for example, Liu Bang's core Peixian group is basically there, especially those heroes who followed Liu Bang all the way, none of them left Liu Bang, which made Liu Bang very happy, even if 20,000 people left on the second day, only 30,000 people were left to follow Liu Bang.
It's just that what Liu Bang never expected was that on the last day before departure, that is, on the third day, the number of people in the team did not decrease on this day.
This is not to say that no one fled today, on the contrary, there were still five or six thousand people who fled before and after, but there were still five or six thousand people who entered the barracks, expressing their willingness to serve Liu Bang at this time.
This result was extremely puzzling to many people at the time, after all, this kind of behavior looks as bizarre as joining the national army in 49, nonsense, and no brains.
And among the five or six thousand people who came to take refuge, more than 1,000 people are scholars in Guanzhong, literati, or famous heroes, etc., these people hate Xiang Yu very much, and at the same time they don't look down on Zhang Han, a sinner who betrayed 200,000 compatriots, and their purpose in joining Liu Bang is obvious, that is, they think that Liu Bang is the only one in the world who has the opportunity to defeat Xiang Yu and avenge them, so they want to join Liu Bang.
But there are more than 3,000 other people who are soldiers of various princes, and most of them are captains in the army, and even middle and low-level officers such as captains, all of whom abandoned their original army and positions and went to Liu Bang to find jobs, just to be able to join Liu Bang's army.
This made Liu Bang feel very puzzled, so he asked Xiao He why these people couldn't think about it, and then Xiao He said excitedly, "Pei Gong, these are the foundation for us to seize the world in the future." ”
"Everyone in the world thinks that Xiang Yu has pacified the world, and the people who are still in the princes' army at this time are looking forward to living a peaceful life in the future, these people are just some stupid things!"
"On the contrary, those heroes who have their own pride in their hearts and hope to be able to set up a greater cause, they need a master who can take them to soar together and seal the marquis."
"They are the smartest and most powerful people in the world, and the army composed of these people, especially the army of 100,000, will definitely be able to sweep Liuhe for Pei Gong and defeat Xiang Yu."
Xiao He's words may sound a little inexplicable, but the meaning is very simple, that is, these people who can still come to Liu Bang when it seems that the world is about to settle down.
After all, they are all ambitious and very witty talents, and only such people will abandon their originally stable positions and choose to join Liu Bang's army. If Liu Bang gets the effectiveness of such a person, it is better than an army of 100,000.
And among the people who came to take refuge with Liu Bang here, there was one named Han Xin.
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