Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-09-15

After several attacks and couldn't get cheap from Xiang Liang, Zhang Han began to change from a strong attack to a siege, and stopped recklessly sending troops to attack the high and thick city wall of Surabaya.But Zhang Han also knew in his heart that the city of Surabaya was rich in food and grass, and it was completely impossible to take it down by encircling it, so he ordered the army to encircle the city of Surabaya, and on the other hand, he was also discussing with a group of advisers and generals How to take this city with the fewest casualties.

"General, in fact, the city of Sishui is not completely blocking our way forward. Why don't we give up this city and make a detour to Kuaiji?" asked a general.

"Our goal this time is to destroy Chu, not general Ji. If we only take Kuaiji, I can send a light cavalry to attack Kuaiji now. The Chu people have put all their power in Surabaya. In the city, Kuaiji must be empty, and our army will definitely be able to take it when it arrives. But the army in Chu is still safe, and they only need to establish another master to form a new Chu state, so only by removing them all can be counted The state of Chu will be completely destroyed." Zhang Han saw that many people agreed with the general's words, so he asked the question, and everyone realized that he had put the cart before the horse.

"General, I heard that the old general Wang Jian, the famous general of the Qin Dynasty, had a dispute with Li Xin in order to destroy Chu. Li Xin said that he only needed 30 horses to destroy Chu, but General Wang said that he needed 60 horses. The first emperor thought that General Wang was old, so he listened to Li Xin's words and gave him 30 horses, but he returned in a big defeat. In the end, the emperor could not invite General Wang to go out again, and it was still 60 horses. The state of Chu is destroyed, I wonder if there is such a thing?" one person asked.

Zhang Han nodded and said: "It is true. When General Wang came back triumphantly, the emperor personally went to meet him ten miles outside Xianyang City, and said to him: "It is my disobedience to the general's words that caused the time to destroy Chu to pass." Commander, the general deserves to be my No. 1 general in the Qin Dynasty!' It can be said that it is a great compliment to General Wang and a review of his own mistakes, why do you bring this up?"

"What I want to say is whether the general's attack on Chu this time is too big. Even the general king needs 60 horses to destroy Chu, but the general came to Chu with only 10 horses." Unable to attack, some generals have already doubted Zhang Han's strategy. Coupled with the incident of Wang Jian decades ago as a backdrop, it seems that Zhang Han is indeed too exaggerated.

Zhang Han had already thought that his subordinates would raise this question, so he said in a nonchalant manner: "At this time, at that time. The Chu State back then had hundreds of years of foundation. Although there were internal struggles, it was still able to be united. Soldiers are also men who have experienced many battles, so 10 horses are needed to destroy Chu. But today’s Chu State is just resurgent. The monarchs and ministers believe that they will not belong to each other, so I only need 10 horses. Exterminate it. Although we are currently blocked under the city of Surabaya, I think we will have a chance soon."

"What do you mean by this general?" All the generals asked strangely.

"Before I set off, I heard that Xiang Yu had taken his sons from the Xiang family to occupy Jiujiang County. This must have caused the king of Chu to feel uneasy about the Xiang family. Now that Xiang Liang controls all the troops of the state of Chu, the king of Chu will Are you so relieved to hand over your wealth and life to the Xiang family? So I guess that Xiang Liang will not be the commander-in-chief of these 20 horses for too long, and he will be deposed by the king of Chu at that time, and the state of Chu except Xiang Liang There are no other generals who can fight me. So I am sure that there will be a chance soon." In order to keep the morale of the generals under his command, Zhang Han had to explain the matter so clearly.

When the generals heard this, they all suddenly said: "So that's the case, then I am willing to wait with the general for a few more days."

But everything didn't go as smoothly as Zhang Han expected. The king of Chu did send Liu Bang to replace Xiang Liang, but Xiang Liang stayed to help Liu Bang defend the city.Zhang Han watched the city's defense situation from a high platform outside the city every day, but he didn't find any disorder caused by the change of the chief general. This made Zhang Han very puzzled. Could it be that his thinking was wrong? Didn't Wang doubt Xiang Liang because of Xiang Yu's affairs?

On this day, just after Zhang Han had seen the situation in the city, a scout came to him and said, "General, we sent [-] troops to help Chu after we found Qi. It's a hundred miles away."

"What? The Qi people really aided Chu? Did they forget that the Chu army just entered their Linzi city?" Zhang Han took advantage of it, and once the Qi army arrived there, he had to deal with more enemies. Originally This city of Sishui is difficult to capture. If Qi army and Chu army join forces to attack, he will really be defeated by this city of Sishui. "No, I have to think of a way to take down this Sishui city before the Qi army comes!" Zhang Han wandered back and forth in the tent, and suddenly a bold idea jumped out.

In the past few days, the Qin army stopped attacking the city, which relieved the Chu army defending the city.But Xiang Liang didn't relax too much. He went to the top of the city every day to see the movement of the Qin army below the city, so as to prepare for defense at any time.This day, Xiang Liang also came to the top of the city as usual, and looked at the Qin army from a distance. Suddenly, he found something strange inside the Qin army. It seemed that a large group of people were retreating. He turned his head and said to a soldier: "Go to the scout camp and ask what happened to the Qin army." After giving the order, he walked down from the top of the city and returned to his residence.

Fan Zeng was drinking in his residence when he saw Xiang Liang come in and said hurriedly, "General, now you are just helping Liu Bang and others to defend the city, why are you so tired?"

Xiang Liang said: "I stayed here to defend Sishui County. Since I am here, I should protect this city. And I am not for Liu Bang or anything, but for the people of my Dachu. If the Qin army invades, At that time, everything will be destroyed, and people will die, so I must guard this Sishui County."

Hearing Xiang Liang's words, Fan Zeng immediately stood up in awe, stood up and bowed his head, and said, "I made a slip of the tongue, the general is really a pillar of our Great Chu."

At this time, a scout came in and said: "Scout Ma Er has met General Xiang and Mr. Fan." He saluted.The 20 men were completely convinced by Xiang Liang's ability, so even if he was no longer the general of the army, they still regarded him as the general.

After Xiang Liang ordered him to get up, he asked, "I just saw that something was wrong in the Qin army's formation. I wonder if your scout battalion can see anything?"

Ma Erdao: "We have indeed inquired about some news that there are some problems within the Qin State. Now Huhai has sent someone to pass the decree, ordering Zhang Han to lead the troops back. However, this news has not been confirmed yet. So my subordinates dare not report to the generals." Ma Er took out a few bamboo slips from his bosom and handed them to Xiang Liang as he spoke, "Our brothers also found these things from near the camp of the Qin army."

Xiang Liang took the bamboo slips and looked at them. Although these bamboo slips were not coherent, Xiang Liang could still see some clues from them. It said that a large number of rebels were attacking Shangdang County, but specifically Where did the enemy come from, but I don't know.After reading this, Xiang Liang closed his eyes and thought for a while, then asked Fan Zeng, "Mr. Fan, do you think this is true? If someone really attacked Shangdang, who would it be?"

Fan Zeng said without hesitation: "The way of violent Qin, there are many people with lofty ideals in the world who want to overthrow it, but under the attack of Zhang Han and others, only Hu Hai's brother Fusu can still pose a threat to Qin. .Presumably he also saw this opportunity, and wanted to take advantage of Zhang Han's army to conquer our Chu State, and Qin State was empty. Therefore, this old man thinks that the news should be reliable."

Xiang Liang nodded after hearing this and said: "Mr. Fan is right. It seems to be true. Then we can take advantage of Zhang Han's retreat and lead troops to attack his rear army, so as to save the soldiers who died in battle." Let us take revenge." As he spoke, he stood up and went outside.

"Wait!" Fan Zeng suddenly stopped Xiang Liang and said, "General, you go and talk to Liu Bang now. He will definitely send troops to attack the Qin army's rear, and most likely he will send generals there. A plan, isn’t the general in danger? In my opinion, the general should wait until then.”

"I see that the Qin army has already had a large number of troops moving back. If you don't send troops now, you will not be able to catch up with them. Now you have to take a risk, and Liu Bang may not let me lead troops out of the city." Xiang Xiang Liang said that he ignored Fan Zeng's persuasion and left.

After listening to Xiang Liang's words, Liu Bang fell into deep thought. He was not sure whether the news was true or not. If he led his troops to pursue it, he was afraid of being ambushed, but if he didn't pursue it, he was afraid that the news was true and it would be a waste Given this opportunity, I didn't know what to do for a while.Suddenly he remembered what Qu Dou said to himself that day, that he wanted to get rid of Xiang Liang with the help of the Qin army, so he said: "Since General Xiang has received the news, then you will lead the troops to attack the rear of the Qin army. How many people does the general want to take?"

Xiang Liang didn't expect Liu Bangguo to send himself out of the city to attack the enemy as Fan Zeng said, but he couldn't refuse, so he said: "I think it should be enough to bring 3 horses. If the Qin army really retreats, then their rear army If you don’t dare to fight, then 3 horses are enough, otherwise even if you send out all the horses in the city, you may not be the opponent of the Qin army.”

"Okay, then, as the general said, I will give you 1 elite soldiers, and I hope General Xiang can make this great contribution." After Liu Bang finished speaking, he handed the troop talisman to Xiang Liang.Xiang Liang went to the army camp to lead troops, but Liu Bang was very proud, because if Xiang Liang won this battle, he would have the greatest credit, and if Xiang Liang was defeated, then he would have to die at the hands of the Qin army.Thinking of this, Liu Bang couldn't help but have the urge to laugh out loud.