Destiny Only Han

Chapter 136

Guanzhong, Haojuan County (now east of Qianxian County, Shaanxi).

This is the place where the Qin people worshiped the Emperor of Heaven in the early days. The Liangshan Palace where the Qin kings of all dynasties visited every year was built in this place.

Zhang Han saw that there was nothing he could do that day, so he led more than a hundred people from his cronies, turned around and ran away.

Later, although the cavalry who defected to Liu Bang got on their horses and chased after them, they could only watch Zhang Han run away because they were short of men and horses.

At this moment, Zhang Han was sitting in the Liangshan Palace, drinking heavily and eating meat to replenish his strength.

He is going to build the first line of defense here to prevent the Han army from attacking eastward.

After all, there are a large number of livestock domesticated in Haowan County for worshiping the heavens. In addition, during the Qin Dynasty, the emperor set up the Liangshan Palace from time to time, so there are countless grains in the treasury here.

But more importantly, Haowan County is located at the center of Qinlong, with Jiuyi Mountain controlling its east, Qishui surrounding its west, Liangshan in the north, and Taiyuan in the south. It is a battleground for military strategists.

If this place is captured by the Han army, there will be no danger to the west of Xianyang, which is equivalent to surrendering the entire Guanzhong Plain.

As long as he can stay here for a while, Zhang Ping can lead the main force of Du County to help.

But Zhang Han knew in his heart that only relying on the power of the Yong Kingdom was not enough to defeat Liu Bang, and he was afraid that he would only be able to compete with Liu Bang if he combined the power of the Three Qin Dynasties!
"I don't know, did Dong Yi and Sima Xin receive the orphan's summons?"

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In Haowan County, under the supervision of the personal soldiers sent by Zhang Han, the defenders in the city began to knock on the doors of houses from house to house to recruit adult men.

In order to prevent the recurrence of the incident that day, the Qianshou who ascended the city formed a group of five people, and if one person disobeyed the order, all of them would sit together.

Not only that, but their family members are also grouped into five households. Those recruited men who dare to have two hearts will not only die themselves, but also their family members will be imprisoned!

As a result, dissatisfaction began to spread among the crowd. Although people dared not say anything, the eyes they met each other had already conveyed what they wanted to say.

As long as Yong Jun distributes weapons to them, he will immediately turn against his mother!
However, this is just a beautiful fantasy.

In the evening, General Zhang Ping of the Yong Kingdom led an army of [-] criminals into Haojun County, extinguishing the determination of the people here to resist.

However, if the death is not dead, it will rise again, and its momentum will be even stronger.

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Guanzhong, Mei County.

After the Han army conquered Chencang County, Yong County, and Guo County one after another, the army chose to stay and station here to absorb and digest the occupied territory, appease the scholars, reiterate the new law, and did not rush to march northward to pursue Zhang Han.

Without him, some food and grass would not be available.

After Zhang Han established his capital and abandoned Qiu, in order to prevent the people in Guanzhong from rebelling, he immediately began to mobilize the treasuries of the counties in the territory and the grain stored in the homes of the head of Guizhou, and gathered in the abandoned hills to support his army with prisoners as the main force.

People can't do without food.

In Guanzhong at this time, the daily staple food was mainly rice.

Well, rice.

The average temperature during the Qin and Han Dynasties was higher than that of later generations. For example, the "Book of Si Sheng", which reflects the experience of farming and production in the Guanzhong area in the early Western Han Dynasty, wrote:

Rice can be planted 110 days after the winter solstice; japonica rice can be planted in March, sorghum rice can be planted in April...

At this time, the land in Guanzhong was generally planted with corn in dry fields and rice in paddy fields, planted in spring and harvested in autumn, with one crop a year.

Now that it is approaching June, the crops in the fields are not yet mature, and the Han army can only rely on the grain and grass transported from Hanzhong to survive.

Therefore, staying in Mei County is to establish a stable supply line to store and transfer the grain transported by water from Baoxie Road.

Commander of the Chinese Army.

Liu Bang sat at the top, Han Xin and Lu Wan sat on the left and right of him, and at the bottom were Zhou Bo, Cao Shen and others.

But today, there is no wine in front of them, only meat and vegetables.

This is a new rule set by Han Xin after being drunk several times in a row. Except for some special occasions, such as rewarding the army during a big victory, the soldiers who are hungover will be beheaded and the official staff will be eighty.

Although there were some public revenge, but Liu Bang thought about it, drinking was a mistake, what Han Xin said was indeed reasonable, so he agreed.

It's just that Han Xin far underestimated the degree of shamelessness of someone. Since he only told the generals and soldiers not to drink in the army, he didn't say that the King of Han couldn't drink in the army.

So at this moment, the drunkards in the tent were salivating as Liu Bang took a sip of wine and meat, and secretly looked at Han Xin with bad eyes.

It's just that Han Xin didn't see it, and asked self-consciously: "Do you have anything to say about our army's next strategy?"

He looked around for a week, skipping Liu Bang who was taking a sip of strong wine and hissing haha, and looked directly at Cao Shen and Zhou Bo.

In Han Xin's view, among the generals in the army, Cao Can could barely be considered handsome, Zhou Bo could be considered a general, and the rest were not worth mentioning.

Cao Shen thought for a moment: "Bypassing Feiqiu, attack Xianyang first, station troops from Lantian to Yunyang, cut off the connection between Sima Xin and Zhang Han, and then slowly deal with Zhang Han."

Zhou Bo nodded: "Me too..."

The corner of Han Xin's mouth raised slightly: "That's right, when the Hanzhong food and grass arrive, the whole army will go north, and the attack will be great!"

Cao Shen was furious, but when he saw Liu Bang looking at him, he kept silent, but cursed secretly in his heart, Haowan County and Feiqiu are separated by more than a hundred miles, since you have already made a decision, why bother? ask me?

Lu Wan coughed, looked at Han Xin and asked, "Can you tell me why you want to attack Haozhen?"

Han Xin glanced back at him: "Intuition."

Lu Wan: (╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻

He came out with good intentions to smooth things over, but Han Xin dismissed him so perfunctorily!
Ma Dan, Nai Gong will never be nice to you again!

Liu Bang chuckled from the side, and asked, "Can you explain in more detail?"

Han Xin had an impatient expression on his face, as if facing a group of scumbags. Do you need the teacher to explain it again for such a simple question?

He said in a low voice:

"Among the Three Qins, Zhang Han is the strongest. If our army can't defeat him first, then Sima Xin and Dong Yi will join forces with him. At that time, our army will not be able to win quickly. Instead, we will start a tug-of-war in the Guanzhong area. The already dilapidated Guanzhong is even worse."

"What's the benefit of such a place?"

"Only by defeating Zhang Han with all our strength can Sima Xin and Dong Yi be deterred. At that time, only one envoy will be enough to recruit them both!"

Zhou Bo stiffened his neck and said stubbornly: "I heard that Zhang Han is a famous general in the world, how can he be defeated easily? What if Sima Xin and Dong Yi lead troops to rescue Zhang Han if it becomes a stalemate?"

Han Xin said with confidence:

"Dong Yi resented that Xiang Yu entrusted the land of Guanzhong to Sima Xin and Zhang Han, but he only got the remote land in the northern part of the Great Wall. It is very likely that he would sit back and watch Zhang Han be besieged by our army. Even if he wanted to go south to help, it would be too late."

"And after Sima Xin became king, he was addicted to wine and sex, and the Wei Bao Shenyang in the east and Lu Ze, the king Lu Ze in the south, were all staring at him. Even if he wanted to support Zhang Han, he would at most send a partial division."

"So my plan is to defeat Zhang Han and force Sima Xin and Dong Yi to surrender!"

"As for the specific steps, it will be a decisive battle between Haojuan and Zhang Han. In the first battle, he will defeat or annihilate his prisoner army that can overwhelm the Yong Kingdom. In this way, seizing the land of the Yong Kingdom is like picking something out of a pocket!"

Liu Bang nodded lightly: "The general has counted every step, if that's the case, let's do it."

Han Xin sat upright, cupped his hands and said, "Obey!"

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In June of the first year of the Han Dynasty, it was good for Minnan.

The hunting banner of the Han army, the drummer in red armor beat the drumsticks in his hands, and the drums in front of him sounded dense battle drums, rumbling past, making people's blood rush.

More than 3 elites of the Han army have already formed a formation on the flat ground. In the center are [-] heavy-armored pikemen and kicked Zhangshi in a square formation.

In the middle of the phalanx stood a Han army flag more than three feet high, fluttering in the wind, red as blood.

Under the banner is a tall cloud chariot, on which stand Liu Bang and Han Xin in red armor. This is the command center of the entire Han army.

The left army to the west of the central army gathered [-] Han infantry, as well as the [-] Yong army cavalry and some scattered chariot soldiers who had surrendered.

The general of the left army is Zhou Bo, who is responsible for commanding the army according to the orders from the central army, and the deputy general is Fan Kuai, who is mainly responsible for leading the charge.

The general of the right army is Cao Shen, who commands the remaining soldiers, as well as the children of Guanzhong who volunteered to join the army in Chencang, Yongxian and other places.

This battle is very simple, that is, the central army presses up, the left army breaks through the enemy's formation from the flank, and together with the central army encircles the enemy's main force. As for the right army's task, it is mainly to resist the line and prevent reinforcements from the abandoned hill.

On the cloud cart, Han Xin took out a bamboo tube from his arms, unfolded it, put it in front of his eyes and looked north, constantly adjusting the length of the bamboo tube.

This is a telescope polished by Liu Ying with transparent crystal. Although it is a little blurry, it is difficult to see clearly at a distance.

But compared to the human naked eye, it is not a little bit stronger.

According to Liu Ying's test, the farthest distance, according to the data of this period, is no problem at twelve or three miles.

Therefore, with this thing, such things as reducing stoves, jittery rumors, and all plants and trees will no longer exist.

Han Xin looked at the deployment of the Yong army in the distance, and constantly adjusted his own countermeasures. The corners of his mouth slightly raised. According to Liu Ying, having this thing is equivalent to having the perspective of God.

Zhang Han, a famous general?
Ha ha.

Liu Bang on the side was sour. Liu Ying only made one pair of such a good thing, not even his own father!

So, he became more and more determined to beat that brat to vent his anger the next time they meet...

While the two of them were thinking about each other, the formation of the Yong army in the north slowly unfolded.

Although a city wall was built in Haojun County, Zhang Han did not choose to fight against the city. Instead, he used his main force to fight the Han army to the death.

People have tempers.

And most importantly, the prisoner army, the main force of the Yong army, has always been good at attacking and dislikes defending, whether it was defeating Zhou Wen or Zhang Han back then.

Han Xin on the cloud chariot drew his sword out of its sheath, and a hundred cowhide war drums from the Shogunate of the Chinese Army sounded like thunder at the same time!
The flags are colorful, and the rivers and rivers are colorful, and the war drums startle the mountains and turn them upside down.

(End of this chapter)