Destiny Only Han

Chapter 192 The Beginning of the War

Sanchuan County, Jing County.

It is located in the south of Xingyang, the former home of Zheng State, where the famous "Shu Duan" in "Zheng Bo Ke Duan Yu Yan" lived here.

At dawn, in the Han army camp built near the Suoshui River, there were bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang sound, which is a signal to urge all the soldiers to prepare for battle quickly.

Xiang Yu, who was stationed not far away, waited for the infantry who had withdrawn from Qi, while Liu Bang, who was stationed in Xingyang, waited for Han Xin, who led the army from Guanzhong.

Therefore, whether it is Xiang Yu or Liu Bang, they all think that they have the chance to win at this moment, and there is no reason why they cannot avoid the battle.

In fact, long before today, the two sides had already competed in other places.

For example, in Waihuang, the Chu general Wang Wu who had surrendered and Xiang Yufeng's Wei Gong Shentu jumped back again and tried to attack the Han army, but they were defeated by Guan Ying's army stationed in Yongqiu.

Then, Jin She, the cavalry captain who was also in Yongqiu, led his troops to attack westward, defeated and killed Xing Shuo who obeyed Xiang Yu's order and killed the Han army from the west.

In the battle of Suxian County, Jin She won a complete victory. He captured two captains of the Chu army alive, Sima and 12 military marquises, and forced 680 Chu troops to surrender.

However, it is a pity that the hard work of the two of them did not keep the front of the Han army east of Xingyang.

After Xiang Yu finished chasing Liu Bang and personally led the cavalry to attack in four directions, the Han army still shrank the front line across the board and quickly moved closer to Xingyang.

At this moment, under Han Xin's command, there are as many as [-] elite Han troops preparing to join the battle.

These are the troops used to fight Xiang Yu in the field. There are more than [-] Han troops who have been reinforced from Guanzhong. They just need to guard the camps separately. The key point is to build between Aocang and Xingyang. the tunnel.

People are iron rice is steel.

The reason why the soldiers of the Han army can regain their strength depends on the continuous supply of food and grass.

This is an advantage of the Han army compared to the Chu army on the opposite side who needed to send out cavalry to plunder in order to make ends meet.

This is also one of the reasons why Xiang Yu was eager to fight the Han army after the arrival of the infantry.

Less people eat better.

The [-] to [-] main cavalry can be fed by looting, but when the total force increases to [-] to [-], how can there be so much food nearby for them to grab?
And because of Liu Bang's calm retreat, or Zhang Liang's anticipation of the enemy's opportunity, from Pengcheng to Xingyang, along the Sanchuan Donghai Road, which is convenient for transporting grain, when he retreated that day, everywhere rose into the sky. firelight.

The place where the fire is, of course, is a granary full of grain.

Therefore, the grain and grass on the front line of the Chu army had to be transported from other places to the center of Pengcheng, and then recruited civilians to be transported to the front line of Xingyang one after another.

However, by the time the first wave of food arrived, the Chu army should have starved to death by more than half...

In war, what is actually fought is money and food.

And the reason why the Han army is also eager for a decisive battle at this moment is almost the same.

Although the grain in Ao Cang could be used by 10 people for a year, among the 10 people, there were not only military officials, but also the non-'agricultural population' in the city.

In other words, there are still three or four months at most before the food here will run out, and they will have to rely on transshipment from Guanzhong.

But the difficulty of the problem lies in this.

In Guanzhong, there is actually not much food left.

Although Qin State has unified the world and there is no major war, it stands to reason that there should be a lot of savings.

After all, the taxation ratio of the Qin State is very high. Although it is not the "too half of the tax" as later generations said, that is, more than half of the tax, at least [-]% is there.

The food tax is not high, it is basically a standard of one tax per ten, and the heaviest burden on the people is the tax of various names.

Such as oral Fu, such as calculation Fu.

The former is a poll tax levied on children aged seven to seventeen. It is paid once a year and costs 17 yuan a year, which is about the value of a chicken.

As for the latter, it is actually a tax for military purposes, which can be compared to the Liao pay that dragged down the people of Dameng in later generations.

Counting 120 yuan, adults under the age of 65 have to pay once a year, which is equivalent to the price of half a sheep or more than half a pig.

Of course, prices in Guanzhong are soaring now, and money is no longer valuable.

But the crux of the problem is that the people have neither money nor materials that can be exchanged for money...

The reason for the shortage of materials in Guanzhong at the moment is that after the Qin State unified the world, it launched a series of major projects, and it was so great that it abused the power of the people.

This led to the fact that although the territory was vast and the population was large, apart from the magnificence of the palace, the government did not have much food available.

The so-called take all the silver baht and use it like sand is like this.

Then there was chaos in the world. In order to support Zhang Han's suppression of the rebellion in Guandong, the money and food in Guanzhong flowed eastward like the water of the Yellow River.

Finally, the Qin State was destroyed, and there was no need to support a huge army to fight abroad. Liu Bang also decided that the battle of the Sanqin had begun again...

Although the Han army was under the restraint of Han Xin, the military discipline was very good, and they did not harass the people too much.

However, with the chaos outside, who would dare to go out to plow the fields?

In addition, in order to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, Zhang Han set fire to the farmland that was about to mature last year, which led to the bottom of the big granary in Guanzhong this year.

If Liu Ying hadn't taken the first step and transferred more than [-] households into Shuzhong, I'm afraid it would have been true as the history books said.

There is a great hunger in Guanzhong, rice and dendrobium are worth tens of thousands of dollars, and people eat each other.

This is also the reason why the Han army is eager for a decisive battle.

These more than [-] people stationed in the camps around Xingyang are all strong laborers.

In this manpower-dominated era, it is impossible to complete high-intensity agricultural production with only women and children.

Thus, Chu and Han began the first real big battle.

Brothers, the four-year Chu-Han War broke out... Liu Ying stood at the head of Xingyang City, holding a binoculars in her hand, watching the place where the war drums were rumbling in the distance.

This was his first close contact with war, and he felt a little excited with anxiety.

Command all armies across the battlefield.

Which man has never had such a dream in his heart?

Beside him is Liu Bang with a somewhat dissatisfied face. Just like Liu Ying's actions at this moment, he is holding a monocular in his hand, constantly adjusting the focus, trying to see the distant battlefield clearly.

After Han Xin led the army to arrive from Guanzhong, his command right was immediately deprived under Zhang Liang's tactful suggestion...

Fighting Liu Ying on a rainy day, even if he was idle, finally it was time for the decisive battle.

It's just that Liu Ying knew in her heart that winning a battle and winning a war are two different things.

In this battle, if nothing else happens, the Han army should win.

After all, that's what the history books say...

Well, in fact, if you analyze it carefully, the Han army has been recharging for many days, can eat enough every day, and has a small amount of wine and meat, while the Chu army hastily came from Qidi, carrying not much rations, just Barely enough to eat.

The strength of the two sides is not much different.

In addition, as a general, Han Xin has absolute command power. According to his prestige in the army at this time, even a big man like Cao Shen and Zhou Bo would not dare to disobey in the slightest.

In this way, when the battle started, relying on Han Xin's ability, he would never reveal his flaws to Xiang Yu's surprise attack.

The contest between the two sides changed from Xiang Yu's usual practice of personally leading the main force, looking for flaws, tearing apart the enemy's formation, and finally sweeping the entire battlefield, into positional warfare, which Han Xin is best at.

The chariots and cavalry cover the flanks, and the infantry fight hard in formation.

In this way of fighting, the focus is not on one-on-one between soldiers, but on the confrontation between groups.

In this way, the individual martial arts of soldiers become unimportant.

As Ji Xiao's new book said, open a big formation and fight against the big enemy.Thousands of people lined up in a majestic formation, the brave must not be the first, and the cowards must not be left behind; clusters of spears poke at, clusters of spears poke at, random knives hack at, random killings return to him, just rush in together, it is difficult to change hands. Can you move left and right?
In the era of cold weapons, although the sources of soldiers participating in the battle are different, and the specific tactics have also changed, the overall tactics remain the same.

For example, Xunzi once said back then that the martial arts of Qi should not meet the soldiers of the Wei family, and the soldiers of the Wei family should not meet the sharp fighters of Qin.

Therefore, on the battlefield, bells and whistles are not of much use.

This is also the reason why Chongda can only be a captain of the guard all the time, instead of being released by Liu Bang to lead the army to fight.

As the sun rose, on the battlefield in the south of Xingyang City, the armies of Chu and Han gradually opened up, and the battle drums were rumbling and murderous.

In this battle, the total strength of the two sides exceeded [-], completely covering the limit distance that Liu Ying could see through the telescope.

In the formation of the Chu army, a knight wearing a red cloak and gold helmet and armor slowly rode out.

When the sun shines, the armor on the knight's body glows with golden light, which looks like a god descending from the earth, making people afraid to look directly at it.

In the Chu army, deafening cheers erupted immediately.

This is their king, the invincible king!
Beside Liu Ying, Liu Bang curled his lips in disdain: "Saobao..."

Someone is upset, I won't say who it is... Liu Ying looked at Xiang Yu through the binoculars, and was about to take some time off to build a more attractive armor for Lao Liu.

As a generation who has been 'poisoned' by video games, his mind is full of all kinds of strange armors that are not suitable for actual combat, but are good-looking.

After all, at Liu Bang's age and his status, it is impossible for him to rush to the front line to kill people like Xiang Yu.

So, look good and be done!

Well, it is said that a wife is like clothes. Lao Liu found me a nice set of clothes, so I will give him one back... Liu Ying nodded silently, just thinking about what kind of armor to build.

Forget about the Mingguang armor, he is going to use this convenient armor that can be applied to different bodies as the general armor in the Han army.

After all, Lao Liu is getting old, and the traditional armor, most of the weight-bearing points are on the shoulders. After wearing it for a long time, the body can't bear it.

Then, there is only tailor-made plate armor.

(End of this chapter)