Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 485, Master-disciple decisive battle

The rebellions in Qi State and Dongjun, as well as Handan County and Daijun were put down one after another, which made Zhang Liang and Wei Liao in Pengcheng uneasy.

Zhang Liang held the information in his hands with a gloomy face. If it weren't for Wei Liao standing by, he would have cursed angrily.

"In five years, five years of gathering in Dongjun were destroyed. Qi surrendered. Daijun and Handanjun were all destroyed. Five years!" Zhang Liang tried his best to restrain his emotions, but the anger in his words And unwillingness cannot be hidden.

Since leaving Yingdu, Zhang Liang began to win over everyone he could, mainly Dongjun. But now that Dongjun was destroyed, Qi surrendered, and the treasures buried by Daijun and Handan County All the secrets are exposed. All Zhang Liang's efforts in the past five years were wiped out in less than half a month.

Although Pengcheng, Yongmen and Xiapi are still in their hands, other places except these three places have been recovered by Han Xin. Han Xin saw Wei Liao's bluff and took advantage of his plan. He pretended to attack with a large army at Fulisai to reassure them, but in fact he secretly used Dan Shui to bypass Xiao Cheng and caught them off guard.

"We still have hidden elements among the hundreds of families." Wei Liao said aloud.

"Baijia? If my guess is good, Baijia will happen sooner or later." Zhang Liang slapped the information in his hand on the table and said.

Although the current intelligence did not mention anything about the Baijia, Zhang Liang knew very well that Tian Zhan was arrested, Zhu Rong and others were all arrested, and it would be sooner or later that things among the Baijia were revealed, and even they It has been revealed that Ziyou is also secretly dealing with these people, but due to the face of each sect among the hundreds of families, it has not been exposed.

Among hundreds of families, some people disappearing quietly is as common as someone committing suicide in prison.

"Qi has surrendered. We can't go north anymore. Our top priority is to preserve our strength." Wei Liao sighed helplessly.

Wei Liao never understood why Qi surrendered. His uprising in Pengcheng had already gained momentum. As long as he was given some more time, he would be able to defeat Han Xin with the weak and the strong, thereby gaining a lot of living space.

"We are too impatient. Ying Zheng and Zi You have set a huge trap for us. Before Ying Zheng and Zi You died, and before Qin fell into civil strife, our so-called restoration of the country was just a wishful thinking!" Zhang Liang suddenly asked Then he lay down and let out a sigh of reluctance.

After the uprising, Zhang Liang had already discovered a big problem. No one in Dongjun was willing to follow these disciples to rebel. Especially after hearing that Ziyou appeared in Dongjun, these people began to counterattack these rebellious disciples. In the past South Korea and today's Yingchuan County, in five years he has not found anyone who wants to follow him in the uprising and restore the country. In Yuyang County, except for some people from the Mo family, no one is willing to follow him to fight against the Qin Dynasty. .

Zhang Liang didn't care about this before, thinking that as long as they stood up again and launched an uprising, the people would naturally be willing to follow. However, in Pengcheng, where the Xiang family had been working secretly for many years, they could only raise an army of 50,000 people. You know, Pengcheng and the surrounding areas have a population of hundreds of thousands, but they currently have less than 100,000 troops, and most of them are rangers, bandits wanted by the Qin State, or the original army of the Chu State.

"Qin has won the hearts of the people in the world. No matter what we do, it will be in vain." Zhang Liang laughed.

Wei Liao looked at Zhang Liang who was laughing endlessly. He could hear the unwillingness, grievance and helplessness in Zhang Liang's laughter, but Zhang Liang said it was exactly the truth. The Qin State occupied and stabilized the conquered territory in such a short period of time, which we, Wei Liao, could not have expected. Before the Qin State destroyed Korea, after various countries captured the land, in order to stabilize the people and regain the people's hearts, it took a lot of effort to slowly assimilate the people over ten years. Even in the farthest South Korea, ten years Over time, the Korean people in the past have sincerely begun to call themselves Qin people. Even when Qin attacked other countries, they contributed more than the old Qin people themselves.

"Are we really out of date?" Wei Liao also had some self-doubt. The biggest basis for their rebellion was to use their status as scholars to persuade the people to rebel with them. But now, let alone rebellion, some people even started to resist them in the places they occupied and wanted to restore Qin's rule.

Wei Liao didn't understand what was happening in the world, nor did he understand how the Qin State managed to make the people return to their hearts and make all the people surrender.

"No, no, we still have a chance! As long as we survive, we will have a chance after all when Qin's civil war breaks out." Wei Liao pulled Zhang Liang up and said.

"Opportunity? Do we really have a chance?" Zhang Liang said as he shook off Wei Liao's hand.

Looking at the frustrated Zhang Liang, Wei Liao was stunned. He originally thought that what Zhang Liang just said was just to vent his unwillingness. But now Wei Liao is very sure that Zhang Liang's belief in anti-Qin has begun to collapse. This collapse is due to his disappointment after all his efforts have failed since the fall of Korea. These five years of hard work were the trigger that dashed Zhang Liang’s hopes.

Watching Zhang Liang stumble out, Wei Liao did not stop him, but made up his mind to help Zhang Liang re-establish his determination to fight against Qin. The way to help Zhang Liang re-establish his determination was to help him re-establish his confidence and let Zhang Liang re-establish his determination. He knew that Qin was not invincible.

"Come and gather the whole army and go south to attack Fu Li Sai!" Wei Liao shouted in a deep voice.

Xiang Yu hurriedly broke in from outside the house

"Mr. Wei Liao, what's wrong, teacher?"

"What did Zifang do?" Wei Liao asked.

"The teacher is riding towards the outside of Pengcheng. I see that he looks lost. Should we send someone to follow him?" Xiang Yu asked.

"Let Zifang calm down. You go down and prepare the whole army. We will go south to attack Fulisai!" Wei Liao said.

"Fu Li Sai?" A gleam flashed in Xiang Yu's eyes, "You mean Han Xin's army divided its troops to recover other places. Now that Fu Li Sai has insufficient troops, we can seize Fu Li Sai and use this as a basis to attack the Qin army one by one. Break it!"

"It seems that the recent military book was not in vain." Wei Liao looked at Xiang Yu with relief.

Even though Xiang Yu didn't like reading military books, he was still forced by Zhang Liang to study with Wei Liao. Under Wei Liao's influence, although Xiang Yu still followed the military situation, he at least understood the basics of war, although he still couldn't use it freely. , but it can also be said that it can be achieved on paper.

"Fulisai was Han Xin's base after he divided his troops. The food and rear areas of these detached troops were mainly based on Fulisai. As long as we capture Fulisai, we will capture Pi first, then attack Xiaocheng, and finally surround Han Xin's forces. Army!" Xiang Yu said.

"No, Han Xin divided his troops and we also divided our troops. After the Fuli Fortress was captured, the two armies that were separated must be panicked and rushed back to defend. At this time, you only need to ambush in Danshui, and you will definitely be able to catch the Qin army in Xiaocheng by surprise. And I Then send people to block the Qin army in Xiapi at Surabaya. As long as you use the terrain to block them, you will have time to recover these places one by one." Wei Liao said.

"Okay, I'll mobilize the troops right away." Xiang Yu said. In Fuli Fortress, Han Xin was making plans for the future.

"Da Sima, Fan Kuai and Xia Hou Ying have returned the news. Fan Kuai has led his troops to recapture Xiaocheng, Liucheng and Yinping. Xia Houying defeated the Xia Pi rebels at the junction of Si River and Suishui and is preparing to attack Xia Pi ." Zhou Bo said to Han Xin.

Han Xin nodded and placed the flags of Fan Kuai and Xia Houying on the map.

Han Xin was quite satisfied with Xia Houying and Fan Kuai. Although in Han Xin's opinion, the two were not smart, they were good at leading troops to charge. Compared with ordinary generals, they could be called ordinary people. As for Zhou Bo in front of him, Han Xin felt that it was better. At least he had the qualifications, but he started a little late.

"What do you think will happen to the rebels now? What should we do?" Han Xin looked at Zhou Bo and asked.

Zhou Bo was stunned, then looked at the map and said

"Now the rebels only have Pengcheng, Yongmen and Xiapi left. Xiapi is also in danger. If I were the rebel commander, I should withdraw from Xiapi and send people to garrison at Yongmen. Yongmen and Pengcheng will support each other and occupy Surabaya. Rely on Surabaya to continue to hold back our army, and send people to fight Fan Kuai and Xia Houying. If I want to attack, I will occupy Yongmen before the rebels, cut off the connection between Xiapi and Pengcheng, and gradually encircle and suppress them. "

When Zhou Bo and Fan Kuai escaped together and joined the Qin army, the two quickly became famous for their bravery, and they were later trained intensively. Fan Kuai was taken by Yang Duanhe to teach him the military situation, while Zhou Bo was sent to Xianyang to study in the Military Palace.

After studying in the Military Palace, Zhou Bo followed Yang Duan and went south to attack the puppet Chu State. After the war in the Puppet Chu Kingdom ended, he was ordered to guard Fulisai. After Zhang Liang and Wei Liao rebelled in Pengcheng, Zhou Bo led people to support them, but was defeated by Wei Liao. He was beaten without any temper, and the confidence that Zhou Bo had finally built up was completely destroyed.

Then Han Xin arrived. He first saw through the bluff of the Surabaya rebels, and then sneaked into Danshui and successfully compressed the rebels into three cities. This convinced Zhou Bo.

"Have reinforcements arrived?" Han Xin asked.

"It's already here. Fifty thousand people have arrived. They are all veterans of the Qin Kingdom!" Zhou Bo said.

"Let them eat and drink enough, and prepare for the decisive battle tomorrow!" Han Xin said lightly.

"Ah!?" Zhou Bo asked confused.

"Pass my order." Han Xin said.

"promise!"

Zhou Bo walked out of the military tent in confusion. In his opinion, the current rebels should be gathering troops to defend the city they currently occupy. How could they take the initiative to attack? It might be like this if the leader of the rebels was an ordinary person, but the leader of the rebels is Wei Liao, which is even better. But now Wei Liao urgently needs a victory to help Zhang Liang regain his confidence.

Han Xin in the military tent looked at the map and placed the flag in Pengcheng's position.

"Teacher, teacher, if we have the same military strength, I may not be your opponent, but you have forgotten that behind me is the entire Qin State. The veterans of the Qin State can mobilize hundreds of thousands of people at any time. I divide my troops and How about it? Qin can mobilize more soldiers to support me at any time? And what about you? Your biggest mistake is not to seize the time to escape, but to confront me here!" Han Xin whispered.

Han Xin believed that he had no chance of winning one-on-one with Wei Liao with the same force, but there was never a "what if" situation on the battlefield. Behind him was the State of Qin, and the State of Qin would never lack soldiers. Han Xin now wants to defeat his teacher with more strikes and fewer blows. Han Xin had dared to divide his troops before and let Xia Houying and Fan Kuai take away most of the soldiers. It was because he received the news that Qin's reinforcements were already on the way.

Wei Liao didn't know that Han Xin already had reinforcements. Since Xiaocheng was captured by Fan Kuai, Wei Liao's intelligence line had a gap, and it was impossible to know whether Qin had sent reinforcements.

Under the mobilization of Wei Liao and Xiang Yu, the entire rebel army began to gather, and Han Xin also changed his normal behavior and asked the soldiers huddled in Fulisai to cross the river and set off towards Pengcheng. At the same time, he asked Zhou Bo to lead some soldiers towards Head towards Yongmen.

The news that Han Xin was heading towards Pengcheng with his army was quickly learned by Wei Liao. Seeing Han Xin's uncharacteristic actions, Wei Liao immediately wanted to give up the confrontation with the Qin army. But after learning that Zhou Bo was heading towards Yongmen with some soldiers, he no longer hesitated.

In Wei Liao's opinion, Han Xin's army has been divided into four parts. Fan Kuai and Xia Houying have taken away half of them, and Zhou Bo has taken away another half. At this moment, Han Xin has the same number of troops as him. As for Han Xin's sudden dispatch of troops, it was to hold back Pengcheng's soldiers and buy time for Zhou Bo to attack Yongmen.

Then Wei Liao began to arrange his troops in preparation for Han Xin's arrival.

"Since you want to capture Yongmen, then Yongmen will be given to you." Wei Liao said, "Send the order and ask the defenders of Yongmen to hold on for two days no matter what. After Han Xin and I decide the winner, This is the day when the army comes to Yongmen’s aid.”

"promise!"

After Wei Liao's order was issued, the entire Pengcheng moved into action again. Wei Liao ordered the army to leave the city and prepare for a one-on-one showdown with Han Xin outside the city.

After Han Xin got the news through scouts that Wei Liao ordered the entire army to leave the city, Han Xin immediately sent people to explore the surroundings and carefully observed the places where rebels might ambush along the way. Although Han Xin believed that his teacher would take the initiative, he did not think that his teacher would fight him one-on-one. Even though the soldiers in his hands were apparently the same as the rebels in Pengcheng, the combat effectiveness of the rebels in Pengcheng was not as good as that of the regular army, so Han Xin was worried about ambushing them halfway.

After the scouts discovered that there was no ambush, Han Xin was stunned. He didn't expect his teacher to be so brave, and at the same time he felt that he was being slighted.

"Very good." Han Xin said coldly. He must make his teacher look down on him and pay the price.

After exploring the place where Wei Liao camped, Han Xin also camped opposite it. There was a plain between the two military camps without any cover, which could be said to be the best location for a decisive battle.

　Brothers, we will continue to work every day tomorrow. We are tired today.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)