Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-12-02

Sishui City seems to have become the key place for the battle between Qin and Chu. No matter who the generals on both sides are, they seem to put their largest troops here. The war between Zhang Han and Xiang Liang was like this. The war between Han and Xiang Yu was like this, and the war between Fusu and Xiang Yu is also like this now.

Outside the city were hundreds of thousands of horses brought by Fusu, all of whom were high-spirited and prosperous; while inside the city were hundreds of thousands of Chu troops brought by Xiang Yu in time, although their morale was not enough to match that of the Qin army. A comparison, but everyone has the will to die, because if the city is lost again, the gate of Chu State will be completely opened to the Qin army, and their relatives will be killed by the Qin people at that time, so they will die even if they are dead. Death will not give up Surabaya City.

Fusu had been here for a few days, but he was not in a hurry to attack, because first, he saw that the Chu army in the city was in mourning. Although the number was smaller than himself, it was not easy to deal with; Later, he was also waiting for Han Xin and the others to arrive, and to attack the city of Surabaya after everyone joined forces.

And the Chu people in the city saw that the Qin army, which was stronger than them, was not in a hurry to attack, and they did not dare to go out of the city to attack the Qin army's camp without permission. There is a fight.Xiang Yu stood at the top of the city, looked down at the camp of the Qin army, and said after a while: "It seems that the Qin army intends to spend a long time with our army here. The structure of this camp is good for defense and not good for attack. What's going on here?" At this point, he naturally turned his head and looked behind him, hoping that Xiang Ta and Fan Zeng could give him some advice.But there was only Xiang Zhuang's resolute face behind him, his eyes were full of confusion, Xiang Yu remembered that in order not to let those two people around him make him unable to use his hands and feet, he did not bring them here.So Xiang Yu stopped talking, and just silently memorized the layout of the Qin people's camp under the city, so that he could find a shortcut to the enemy's central army when fighting the Qin people.

After several years of fighting, Xiang Yu is no longer the young man who only knows how to be brave for a while. Now he has the entire Chu State on his shoulders, so he will not easily fight the Qin army to the death.Although he had already fought the decisive battle with the Qin people in Sishui City before coming here, so he left Fan Zeng and Fan Zeng in Kuaiji, but he was not in a hurry to attack Qin soldiers as soon as they arrived here. The intention of the army will be planned later.

"It seems that the Chu army has gathered all the troops in this city of Surabaya. Unexpectedly, our plan was seen through by the Chu people. If we can't defeat the Chu army in each city, then we have to attack this city of Surabaya." Zhang Zhang Han said while pointing on the map.

Fusu also understood in his heart that what he said was reasonable, but he didn't have much confidence in the siege battle. After all, the Qin soldiers in his hands were not much more powerful than the Chu troops in the city, but the tall city walls could To offset the gap in strength between the Qin and Chu armies.So Fusu shook his head and said: "No, our army does not have an absolute advantage. If we attack without authorization, I am afraid that the loss will be too great. Even if we take down this city, the Chu people can retreat to Jiujiang, or even Kuaiji Let’s go, when we lose our troops, we end up with such a useful city, it’s not worth it.”

Zhang Liang agreed: "What the emperor said is true, we'd better wait for General Han and the others to come and join us as soon as possible, and if the people of Chu know that Xue County has been captured by us, the army's morale will definitely be shaken. , and Xiang Yu in the city may also come out of the city because of a moment of anger, and then our superiority in military strength will be revealed."

As soon as the words fell, a soldier came into the tent to report: "Your Majesty, my lords, General Han and General Meng have brought troops outside the camp." Fusu stood up quickly after hearing this, and everyone else followed suit get up.Heaven is what people wish, they just said that they would wait for Han Xin and the others to arrive, and the two arrived in time.

After the two gave Fusu the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, they told the story of their fierce battle in Xue County. In the end, Han Dao said: "I only think that the people of Chu have no courage to resist, but I don't think they are Concentrating all the troops in one place, Sishui City is considered the most difficult city in the southern counties, and they picked a good place."

Fusu smiled and said to the two: "You two generals have worked hard. We agreed that when you attack Xue County, I will also attack this Sishui City. Unexpectedly, we still haven't dispatched a single soldier when you came. I am really ashamed. "

The two of them didn't dare to speak together, at this moment Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty, let's spread the news that Xue County has fallen into our hands to the whole army to motivate the whole army, and at the same time let the Chu army in the city know about this news." .”

Fusu nodded and said: "I have exactly this intention, come here, quickly spread the news of this victory to the three armies, and write a letter of persuasion to surrender and shoot it into the city. matter." Immediately someone led the order to go out.Fusu glanced at everyone and said: "I think that if this book enters the city, that Xiang Yu will not be able to bear it anymore, and will fight me soon."

Although Xiang Yu and the others had already arranged a plan to abandon Xue Jun and defend Surabaya to the death, this was only known to the senior generals, but the others were totally unaware of it.So when the news that Xuejun had fallen into the hands of the Qin people spread in the city, the Chu army in Sishui City became panicked for a while, and even the soldiers of the Chu army who turned out to be Xuejun wanted to escape from the city overnight to find Jiyuan. Relatives in Xue County.Fortunately, Xiang Yu and others learned of this in time, and calmed down the panic of the soldiers with thunderous means, so that no greater turmoil was caused in the city.

Xiang Yu looked at the Chu soldiers who wanted to steal out of the city, and after they were escorted together to look at them, his complexion turned livid: "I can't think that although the Qin people are superior to us in terms of military strength, they still use these despicable methods. It seems that this Overlord can't wait any longer, it's time to win a big victory and restore our morale."

Xiang Zhuang, like Xiang Yu, was already waiting to go out of the city to fight the Qin army, so he said: "What the Overlord said is true, we have never fought the Qin army in this city, and the soldiers will have no Courage to fight the Qin people again. In the eyes of the general, the Qin people's soldiers and horses are no more than this, otherwise they would have attacked with their troops long ago, and they would not use these methods to disturb our army's morale."

Long Qie opened his mouth to persuade Xiang Yu not to be too arrogant, but he also wanted to fight the Qin army in an upright manner, so when he finally opened his mouth, he said: "The overlord doesn't have to go out in person, the last general will lead the troops out of the city." Fight the Qin people."

"No, if the Overlord didn't come out in person, how could the soldiers of our Chu State raise their morale?" Xiang Yu rebuffed.

Long Qie hurriedly said: "In that case, the general proposes that the overlord go out of the city to attack the Qin camp tonight. It is said that the Qin people like to use this strategy the most. They also used this strategy when we attacked Hanoi and other three counties in Qin State. Now it's time for them to taste what it's like to be attacked at night."

Although Xiang Yu was very disdainful of this kind of conspiracy, but now he is anxious to win a victory, and he also has a heart for the trick that the Qin people used against him that day, so in the end he nodded and said: "Okay, Then tonight, I will lead [-] elite soldiers out of the city to kill the Qin army by surprise, and let them know how powerful our Chu army is."

Seeing that Xiang Yu was willing to accept his proposal, Long Qi finally relaxed a little. The gap in military strength between Qin and Chu was still not small, and he didn't want Xiang Yu to take the risk of fighting to the death with the Qin army that was several times his size.

The moonlight of the autumn night hangs high in the middle of the cloud and looks very bright. Under the light of the moonlight, the gate of Surabaya City, which has been closed for a long time, slowly opened, and then rushed out from there for a few days. The soldiers of the Chu army all held wooden sticks in their mouths, in order to prevent someone from suddenly opening their mouths and alarming the Qin army on the opposite side.The [-] Chu troops approached the Qin army's camp quietly and slowly. It seems that Sishui City has not left the city to attack these days. Therefore, the Qin army's camp at night is very quiet, and even the patrolling soldiers are no more. Only three or five people.From a distance, they saw a large number of Chu troops coming up. Before they could speak to warn, a few sharp arrows shot through their throats.

Seeing that he was only tens of feet away from Qin Ying, Xiang Yu spat out the wooden stick in his mouth, raised the long knife in his hand and shouted: "Soldiers, kill!" Suddenly, [-] Chu troops rushed towards the Qin Army camp at full speed, shouting "Kill!" They held their weapons tightly in their hands, vowing to kill Qin Army's Central Army camp in one go. They also captured their leader alive.

The Chu army charged all the way up, but they never saw half of the Qin soldiers coming out of the camp to block them.But Xiang Yu is a battle-hardened person after all, and he couldn't help being surprised when he saw this abnormal behavior.

Before Xiang Yu could tell the soldiers to be careful, the Chu soldiers rushing to the front all let out an exclamation, and then they sank down suddenly and disappeared.The Chu soldiers who followed behind did not have time to stop the advancing trend, and they all fell down screaming, and the screams of Chu soldiers came from below.On the other side, the small cavalry of the Chu army suddenly turned their backs, and many soldiers of the Chu army hadn't figured out what happened at all until now.

Xiang Yu, who was in the middle, discovered the reason by virtue of his extraordinary eyesight. There were pits dug where his infantry rushed up, but there were triangular-shaped things where the cavalry charged. He held a short spear with the tip pointing upwards, so when the horse rushed up, it was pierced in the stomach by the short spear and fell to the ground.

Xiang Yu already knew that the raid had failed, so he hurriedly shouted: "The whole army retreats!"

As soon as his voice fell, there was a burst of drumming, and several Qin troops with weapons suddenly appeared around the camp and surrounded them.