Destiny Only Han

Chapter 144 Han Xin: Little Sunflower Mother's class has started...

Guanzhong, soil township.

On June 22, after a brief torrential rain, the sky was blue and the breeze was blowing, but it did not alleviate the hot and dry weather.

After Cao Shen left Haoyuan, he led his army in a hurry, and took Rangxiang almost without bloodshed.

Of course, this was mainly due to the fact that Rang Township had only a low earthen wall as a wall, and when the defenders saw the mighty Han army that could not be seen at a glance, they had no idea of ​​​​resisting at all.

At this moment, Cao Shen was wearing only a pair of calf-nosed trousers, sitting cross-legged in a stream flowing through the barracks to enjoy the cool, and he began to miss Fan Kuai in his heart.

Well, he is not as good as Long Yang, mainly because he misses Fan Kuai's craftsmanship.

During this period, people believed that the scorching heat was caused by ghosts, and dogs had to be sacrificed and eaten in the town to disperse the ghosts and cool the weather again.

The so-called "violent ghosts act, so they are closed during the day and do not do other things", they are quiet and not moving, and the name is "volt", and the saying of dog days also comes from this.

He began to miss his life in Pei County. At that time, every season, he would go to his sister's wine shop to buy a pot of old wine, and then go to Fan Kuai's to eat a furnace of soft, rotten dog meat...

Life is boundless!
Until, someone made his sister's belly bigger!
But that's not important, anyway, the folk customs in Chudi are open, and people don't care too much about this kind of thing, but that guy is hateful, he doesn't want to make up for the ticket!
Their Cao family, big and small, is also a powerful party in Pei County, so naturally they can't let this kind of thing go.

But that guy was the head of the pavilion, so it was not easy to use lynching, and he killed him directly.

He can only wait.

But soon, the opportunity presented itself.

That guy was drunk and immoral, and when he was playing with Xia Houying, the county coachman, he got drunk and injured him.

The laws of Qin are strict, private fighting is a felony, and that guy is the pavilion chief, knowing the law and breaking the law will be aggravated!
However, Xia Houying insisted that it was self-injury, and Xiao He made a change from it. In the end, the servant had to be innocent, and Xia Houying was flogged hundreds of times.

Cao Shen recalled the difficulty in the past, and finally turned into a long sigh. The world's affairs are still unfinished, and finally they can't be resolved...

When he was reminiscing about the past, hundreds of knights came galloping outside the camp of the Han army.

The first person was Liu Bang, who abandoned his cart and rode because he disliked the heat. Han Xin, Zhou Bo and others followed closely beside him.

The soldiers guarding the gate didn't dare to neglect, so they blew their horns to announce the arrival of the King of Han and his generals to the whole army.

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In the handsome tent, all the generals gathered together.

Cao Shen was a little puzzled. It is nearly a hundred miles away from Haojuan County. What is Liu Bang and Han Xin doing here?

Seeing Cao Shen looking at him, Liu Bang smiled and explained: "I received a letter from Chen Xi Feige, saying that Dong Yi led the [-] main force of the Serbian Kingdom and was gathering east of Jingshui, waiting to meet Zhang Han Sima Xin. I'm a little worried, so come and have a look."

In fact, Han Xin was a little worried, but Liu Bang couldn't say it directly. After all, the relationship between Cao Shen and Han Xin had just eased, and he was worried that speaking directly would make Cao Shen think too much.

Cao Shen was silent for a while, looked at Han Xin and asked, "Then, what should I do?"

Han Xin had some nostalgia: "When I was young, I was taught the art of war by a stranger, talking about a formation that only defends but does not attack, and is used by the Jedi. Now, it just comes in handy!"

He asked someone to bring a roll of silk cloth, dipped a brush in ink and began to draw, explaining in detail to Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and others who surrounded him from time to time.

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At noon, the peaceful Land Township began to boil.

The weak began to demolish their homes with a broad axe, and then loaded the wood into trucks and sent them to the Han army camp; the strong carried poles and shovels (shovels) for digging, and ran around the Han army camp.

They are working to build the formation that Han Xin said.

Well, it’s not for nothing, just give money, and it will be settled every day!
Not only that, but the demolished wood is also considered money, and it is promised that they can pull the wood back home after the war.

Because the Han army did not enter the city to plunder, and the harsh Qin law was abolished, and the three chapters of the civil law were abolished, the support of the people in Rang Township for the Han army was much higher than that of Zhang Han.

With the unity of the army and the people, in just five days, a camp that was several circles larger than Rang Township was erected.

Seen from the sky, the whole camp has scattered banners, golden drums faintly, and horses whistling, like an ancient beast lying on the ground, wanting to choose and devour.

On the hills in the distance, Zhang Han looked at the camp with the red Han army battle flag fluttering, with a dull expression.

Sima Xin on the side was full of doubts. He didn't know why Zhang Han had such an expression.

With his years of experience in the army, although the camp in the distance looks murderous, its total strength is no more than [-]!
Behind them, the mighty army could not be seen at a glance, and in the distance, countless soldiers were heading here day and night along the temporary pontoon bridge built on Jingshui.

In this battle, the three Qin forces joined forces, with a total strength of more than [-] troops!

Among them are his 2 elites, Dong Yi's [-] elites, and more than [-] garrison soldiers reorganized by Zhang Han.

Sima Xin sneered: "The dilapidated barracks piled up with rotten wood and lumps of soil actually scared King Yong, who is known as the world's famous general?"

Dong Yi also sneered a few times in agreement. After the entrustment, he had already broken with Zhang Han, so he was happy to see Sima Xin's eccentricity at the moment.

And as early as when the two sides were both generals of Qin, he was quite jealous of Zhang Han, just because it was rumored in the army at that time that Zhang Han was the hero of Qin, and if Han was not defeated, Qin would not perish; The saying of Bai Qi in the past.

Zhang Han looked back, with a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth: "Both of you have experienced hundreds of battles, who can tell the origin of this formation? What are the strengths and weaknesses? How to fight?"

He looked at Sima Xin with bright eyes: "Rotten wood and dirt? I'm afraid that your entire army will be wiped out, and you will still be completely ignorant!"

Sima Xin was furious, and retorted: "You know a lot, why lose again and again, panic like a bereaved dog!"

Dong Yi saw that the two of them were about to fight, so he rode his horse forward and placed himself in the middle of Zhang Han Sima Xin, persuading him, "As the saying goes, if the strength of the Tao is divided, the weak is weak. We'd better concentrate on foreign affairs!"

Sima Xin looked at Dong Yi, and said with a gloomy face, "Hey, since King Yong questioned him like this, he must have seen the mystery. Why don't you explain it to King Gu and Zhai, so that we can learn more!"

Zhang Han sneered: "If that's the case, I'll teach you another trick!"

He pointed to the Han army camp in the distance and said:
"There is no formation in ancient battles. The so-called battle formation originated from Jin Pinggong General Wei Shu's surprise attack by Rongdi in the Jinyang Mountains. He abandoned his chariot and mixed soldiers and infantry into a cavalry army that defeated Rongdi. It is the method of warfare known as the Wei Shu phalanx!"

"However, at that time, field battles were still dominated by chariot battles, and hegemony was not king. Therefore, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" said that the first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city."

"When the nations contend for hegemony, the king is not hegemony, and the chariot battle in the field becomes a siege of the city. It not only kills the enemy, but also seizes the land. The formation is born at the right time. General formation changes, or supplemented by terrain, or supplemented by equipment, and form a whole into a battle situation."

"That's the case with the camp of the Han army in front of us."

"This array is divided into three layers. The outermost layer is a moat and deer village. The place covered by shallow grass must be covered with thistles; the second layer is a barrier made of wooden boards, vehicles and earth barriers, inside which are hidden crossbows and long halberds; the third layer is Orderly spaced infantry phalanxes, layer upon layer, come and go endlessly."

"The biggest feature of this formation is that the whole army is united as one, and the flow of water turns around to support each other; if our army concentrates its forces to attack one place, the rest will go out around the formation and attack our side and rear; if our army surrounds and attacks it, Then the troops are scattered and thin, how can we break through the camp?"

Dong Yi showed a worried look on his face: "In this way, the three of them are alone, so why can't they lose the Han army?"

Zhang Han sneered: "The shortcoming of this formation lies in the fact that it is in a remote corner. It relies too much on the terrain and ready-made equipment, and cannot quickly transfer operations. It lacks the influence on the overall outcome of the battlefield."

"Besides, the weather is scorching hot at the moment. The daily drinking water of tens of thousands of his troops depends entirely on the few streams passing through the camp. If our army cuts off the water source upstream, within three to five days, the Han army will surely collapse without fighting! "

Dong Yi turned from worry to joy, and gave a thumbs up: "Sure enough, you are brilliant, worthy of being a famous general in the world!"

After he finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and went away, preparing to order his subordinates to camp and send soldiers to dig ditches and cut off the stream.

However, in the next moment, he froze, a little amused by his instinctive reaction.

Now, he is no longer a general of Zhang Han, but a king who is equal to the opponent!

But he still shook his head and continued to walk into the distance. After all, someone has to do something.

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In the east of Soil Township, Cao Shen Daying.

In the early morning, as usual, Cao Shen walked out of the tent slowly, stretched himself and prepared to go to the stream not far away to wash his face and bathe.

According to the rules in the army, water is fetched from the upstream, washed in the middle, and excreted in the downstream. Those who violate the order will get [-] points, even his commander is no exception.

It's just that he didn't take a few steps, and suddenly heard some noise in the stream, so he hurried forward.

"General, why is there no water?"

"The weather is so hot, without water, it will kill you!"

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Cao Shen listened to the surrounding soldiers talking, and admired Han Xin even more in his heart.

The fact that the enemy would cut off their water supply had been informed to Han Xin as early as the day he arrived, and he had already taken countermeasures for this.

"Don't panic, come with me!"

Cao Shen greeted and walked to the other side, followed by a large group of officers and soldiers.

After a while, he pointed to a tent and said, "Go in and have a look, what's in there?"

A school lieutenant walked in and immediately started yelling.

"Well! When is there another well here?"

"Really? Let me see!"

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Amidst exclamations, Cao Shen laughed out loud.

There is a small stream flowing here, so there must be a lot of water underground, so not only here, but in many places in the army, he had people secretly dig many wells, just to prevent Zhang Han from cutting off the water or polluting the water source!
(End of this chapter)