Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-11-28

When the Chu army attacked Handan again, it seemed that they worked harder than the previous few days, but Zhang Han in the city could see that they were actually timid in their hearts, and it was only because they were ordered by Xiang Zhuang and others to do so .Just because they no longer have the belief of victory in their hearts, when they rushed up, they also had the mentality of retreating at any time. Before the crossbow arrows of the Qin army defending the city could reach them, the Chu people retreated a few steps.After such a day, only a few of the Chu army actually killed the city wall, and most of them were just aggressive. Once they really encountered the obstruction of the Qin army, they couldn't retreat.

Xiang Zhuang also discovered this problem, but now he can't kill all the soldiers who are stagnant, otherwise the soldiers will be available.Xiang He once said that as long as this is the case for a few days, the Chu army's fear of the Qin army will disappear, and the city of Handan can still be captured by then.

The Qin army at the top of the city saw that the Chu people were just attacking the city like this, and the tension in their hearts was swept away, and Zhang Han also ordered the crossbowmen to wait for the Chu people to arrive at the city before shooting, otherwise many crossbow arrows would be wasted. .Wang Li was also on the other side directing the Qin army to take corresponding defensive measures. It was not until the sky darkened that he walked up to Zhang Han and said, "General, it seems that the Chu army's offensive is not as good as before. Should we go out of the city?" Fight them again?"

Zhang Han shook his head and said: "No, what we are fighting against is the high wall of Handan. If we really confront the enemy head-on, our inferiority in strength will be exposed. And now it seems that although the Chu army is very powerful in attacking the city, But in fact, there must be nearly 2 troops in the Chu army who have maintained their combat power, but they have not been sent out to attack the city. I think the commander of the Chu army must also be a clear-headed person. The morale of the Zhan Chu army has been greatly hit. Only through continuous siege can the already disintegrated military spirit be reunited. So don't think that the Chu army is just a feint attack these days, but just give them a few more days When the vigor is stimulated, the combat power of this Chu army cannot be underestimated. And if my predictions are not bad, besides this plan, the general of the Chu army also has the idea of ​​luring us out of the city to fight them decisively, so He didn't send the truly elite Chu army to attack the city."

"So according to the general, we can only guard in the city now, but once the Chu army slows down, they can still forcefully attack Handan? In this way, no matter what we do, it will be very disadvantageous to us." Wang Li is not worried.

Zhang Han smiled and said, "Have you forgotten the news we just received? Now that Hanoi has defeated Xiang Yu's troops, there will naturally be reinforcements from Yingchuan to deal with them. As long as the Chu army outside the city knows about the two places Therefore, although it seems that delaying the time is beneficial to the Chu army outside the city, in fact, the Chu army will soon know about the two defeats, and we can take advantage of the two defeats at that time. In their panic, they went out of the city to wipe out the enemy."

Hearing this, Wang Li couldn't help but said: "General, you think too far. It seems that we should try our best to drag the Chu army here, so that we can get rid of all the Chu people."

A few more days of siege followed, which was indeed as Zhang Han expected. The Chu army did not invest too much force, and the two sides were dragged under the city of Handan.

Xiang Zhuang watched the weak attack of the Chu army in the past few days, and wanted to hit the elite of the Chinese army several times, but was stopped by Xiang He who followed him closely.Xiang Ta once persuaded: "Although with the strength of our army, if we forcibly attack the city regardless of casualties, Handan City will definitely be destroyed, but the casualties of the Chinese army will inevitably be heavy. Even if Handan City is taken down, the next move It can't be done. Only by re-adjusting the morale of the whole army, so that the soldiers have no fear in their hearts, can the city of Handan be successfully taken down. The continuous siege of the city in the past few days has made the soldiers recover from the defeat. Come out, and within a few days, they will be able to start a real tough battle with the Qin army again."

Xiang Zhuang hesitated for a while, and finally heeded Xiang Ta's suggestion, and still attacked the city with recruits and Qi's soldiers.Just when the morale of the soldiers returned, Xiang Yu's messenger also arrived with the news of Xiang Yu's defeat.

After reading the letter written by Xiang Yu, and hearing what happened to Xiang Yu's failure, Xiang Zhuang was furious at first: "The Qin people are too cunning, they even attacked us in the middle of the night just like they did us!" He looked at Xiang Ta very confused, "His brother, Brother Yu has already retreated, should we advance or retreat now?"

Xiang He understood that if he followed Xiang Zhuang's thoughts, he would not retreat like this, because thousands of Chu soldiers had already died in the city of Handan, but he also knew that now was not the time to act impulsively, so he said: "I know What you think, but the current situation is very unfavorable to us, not to mention whether we still have the ability to take down Handan City, even if we take down Handan City, without Bawang and Longqie General With the cooperation of the troops, the Qin army was able to take the city back as soon as it arrived. Although there is no news from General Longqie yet, and we have no reinforcements from the Qin army here, but I think that since Hanoi The reinforcements from the Qin State have already appeared in the county, and our two places are no exception. Now I doubt whether the news that the Qin people let us get this time is not intentionally released. Otherwise, how could the Qin people have such a fast speed? How about transferring the troops who fought against the Xiongnu in the north back to the Central Plains? If this is the case, the Qin people have a big conspiracy this time. We must bring the troops back to Chu before the Qin army arrives. , so as not to fall into the schemes of the Qin people."

Hearing Xiang Ta's judgment, Xiang Zhuang's heart also trembled. He didn't want to let tens of thousands of horses fall into his hands. If that happened, he would face Xiang Yu.So Xiang Zhuang said without any hesitation: "His brother, you are right, let's order the army to retreat."

"No!" General Xiang Zhuang was about to give an order, so he hurriedly stopped him and said, "We can't make a big fanfare about the retreat, otherwise the Qin army in the city will find out and will take the opportunity to pursue it. We should attack the city if we attack it." , the whole army retreated slowly from the rear. At night, the central army retreated together, so that even if the Qin people learned about this and went out of the city to pursue them, they might not be able to catch up with us."

Xiang Zhuang felt that what he said was reasonable, so he continued to arrange for troops to attack the city, and at the same time secretly sent someone to the rear army to convey a message, telling them to retreat south first.

The night was dark, and although Wang Li handed over the power to defend the city because of Zhang Han's arrival, the habit of patrolling the city every night that he had developed a few days ago has not changed because of this.Accompanied by four personal soldiers, Wang Li went up to the top of the city and asked the soldiers guarding the city about the situation of the Chu army below the city.Those Qin soldiers said with a smile: "General, don't worry, the Chu army will no longer attack our Handan city forcefully during the day, and there is not even a shadow of a Chu man at night."

Wang Li surongly said: "Although the Chu army did not attack, we are afraid of what happens. You are the most important people in my city. You must not be careless and negligent, so that the Chu people can take advantage of it."

After walking around for a week, Wang Li didn't find anything important, so he wanted to go down to the city.And when he was about to leave, he naturally looked at the Chu army camp under the city, and then his people froze there.

I saw that the Chu army camp, which was full of people, is surprisingly quiet now, and there is no trace of cooking smoke where there should be rising smoke.But seeing that the Chu army's camp was still full of flags, this made Wang Li feel suspicious.He suddenly remembered what Zhang Han said that the Chu army would probably retreat after receiving the news of Xiang Yu's defeat, so he slapped the city wall in front of him and said, "It seems that the Chu army has already fallen behind us without us knowing." Withdrew."

The soldiers around him were surprised when they heard this, and said, "General, the camp of the Chu army under the city is still there. If the Chu people withdraw, they will take all these things with them, right?"

Wang Li shook his head and said, "It's because they are afraid that we will go out of the city to pursue them, so they set up suspicious formations in the battalion. You see, it's time to bury pots and cook food in my city, and there is constant smoke, but there is no fire in the Chu army camp. A trace of fireworks, what is it if they have already left?"

"General, what shall we do?" one of the soldiers asked.

Knowing this, Wang Li couldn't blame the defenders on the city, because their responsibility was to prevent the Chu army from attacking, not to monitor the actions of the Chu army, so although he was a little anxious, he still said calmly: "You continue to guard here. .” Then he rushed to the city with his own soldiers.As soon as he arrived at the city, Wang Li immediately ordered the soldiers to come out and prepare to leave the city. At the same time, he ordered one of his personal soldiers to meet Zhang Han and report the situation to him.

After a while, more than 3000 soldiers had already lined up. Wang Li didn't know how long the Chu army had been gone, so he thought he couldn't wait any longer, so he rushed out of the city with only these 3000 soldiers.

Before Wang Li led his troops to the Chu army's camp, there really wasn't a single soldier showing up, so he didn't delay any longer and continued to order his soldiers to chase south.He knew that what he brought out were all cavalry, but most of the Chu army were infantry, so if they didn't walk for too long, he might catch up with them.

After chasing for more than 30 miles, Wang Li finally saw smoke and dust rising in front of him, and he said happily: "The whole army is rushing to kill, General Zhang will definitely bring other troops to follow!" Thousands of people did not have much confidence in chasing tens of thousands of the Chu army, but since the military order was issued, they could only rush forward while shouting.

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