Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-12-12

Originally, Meng Tian was not very far away from the army led by Zhang Han, but after seeing the open space with traces of the Chu army stationed and resting, he found that Zhang Han led his troops and chased them forward at a very fast speed. up.As a person who has experienced the battlefield and the political arena, Meng Tian knew Zhang Han's thoughts very well, so he didn't let the soldiers advance at full speed, but followed from a distance.In Meng Tian's mind, the Chu army is already full of fighting spirit. Even if they can muster up the courage to fight again, their strength is still unable to compete with the 5 horses brought by Zhang Han. what is the problem.Meng Tian never imagined that Xiang Yu would arouse the greatest strength of the Chu army, and even fight against the Qin army with [-] soldiers with [-] remnants. Coupled with the sudden appearance of a reinforcement from the Chu State, The entire army of Zhang Han was wiped out.

When Meng Tian received the news sent by the scouts in front, he immediately ordered the whole army to rush to rescue Zhang Han's troops as quickly as possible, but he only had time to rescue Zhang Han and two to 3000 troops, and the other Qin soldiers had already fought. Die on the spot.And the Chu army also retreated knowingly after seeing Meng Tian coming with a large army.

Seeing Zhang Han's defeat so badly, Meng Tian lost his confidence in chasing the Chu people, because he didn't know whether the Chu army had other troops in ambush here, and the morale and fighting spirit of the Chu army were greatly improved because of this big victory. But it was very expensive, so Meng Tian could only stabilize the morale of the army first, look for the injured soldiers of the Qin army who were not dead, and arrange to treat those who were injured.This gave the Chu army the opportunity to retreat calmly.After seeing the retreat of the Chu army, Meng Tian sent dozens of cavalry to follow the Chu army, while he followed with a large army, and sent scouts to Surabaya to report the defeat to Fusu.

After Zhang Han encountered this defeat and was rescued by Meng Tian, ​​he locked himself in one place alone and refused to meet with others. He didn't talk to him until Meng Tian arranged everything and went to see him.Looking at Zhang Han, who had no wounds on his body, just sitting on the ground, Meng Tian couldn't help sighing: "General Zhang, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, so you don't have to regret it too much, bandage the wound first." But Zhang Han still sat there and didn't answer his words.Meng Tian stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "General Zhang, General Zhang!" He shouted several times before he woke up.

Seeing Meng Tian standing in front of him, Zhang Han knelt down and said: "General Meng, Zhang Han is ashamed of you, and even more ashamed of the emperor and my people in Daqin, for letting fifty thousand troops die at my hands. "

"The matter has come to this, General Zhang, don't be too sad. Even if I catch up with the Chu army in this battle, I am afraid that I will not be the opponent of these crazy counterattack Chu people. The only mistake you made is losing contact with me. , so as to make myself go deep alone. But I think the emperor will not blame you for this, and you don't have to worry too much. What we should do now is how to do a good job as a forward for the emperor's army, and to capture Jiujiang City Get ready." Meng Tian comforted.

"General Meng... are you still willing to trust the last general?" Zhang Han asked.

"General Zhang's ability to lead troops doesn't stop him if he loses in the first battle. Now we still have the advantage. As long as we use our troops well, it is not difficult to take back Chu. But General Zhang must have confidence in himself." Meng Tian Then he patted Zhang Han on the shoulder as encouragement.

"Thank you General Meng for your trust, I will not let you and the emperor down, I will use Xiang Yu's head to wash away my shame!" Zhang Han said decisively with a resolute look in his eyes.

In this way, the two brought more than 5 horses to chase after the Chu army and headed towards Jiujiang County. They wanted to be the vanguard of attacking Jiujiang and did not give the Chu army any chance to breathe.

Xiang Yu and Xiang He sat together, and Xiang Yu said after muttering, "Why did you bring your troops here? Don't tell me you have the ability to foretell and know that I will be defeated by the Qin army and retreat there?"

Xiang He saw that Xiang Yu's face changed when he said that Xiang Yu could arouse the fighting spirit of the whole army and defeat the Qin army just now, so he knew that he was thinking a little bit wrong, so he knew that he couldn't say the wrong thing at this time, otherwise Xiang Yu would be defeated by Xiang Yu. A haughty character would definitely not be in his favor, so he thought it over before saying, "It's not that I knew you would lose, Overlord, but that Mr. Fan was a little worried about you taking the initiative to go out of the city to fight the Qin people, so he ordered me to He brought most of the troops from Kuaiji City and rushed here. Originally, Mr. Fan wanted me to lead troops to the south of Sishui City. Once I found out what happened to the Bawang, I would send troops to help. This would have the effect of surprise soldiers. Killing the people of Qin caught them off guard. Unexpectedly, the people of Qin launched the strongest attack before we arrived, that's why I brought my troops here."

Only then did Xiang Yu understand why there was a group of troops here, but he was still very puzzled in his heart. It was only after a few days of guarding that he wanted to fight the Qin army outside the city that the sergeants knew about it. How did Fan Zeng of Kuaiji know about the Qin people soon?And based on the time it took for him to give the order, even if Fan Zeng asked Xiang He to lead his troops here immediately after getting the news, it would be impossible for him to arrive here so soon, so Xiang Yu asked full of doubts.

Xiang He said: "Mr. Fan can see this from the fact that the overlord transferred most of our horses from Chu. He said that if the overlord only leads troops to defend Sishui City, there is no need to use cavalry, only going out of the city and fighting with them." Our cavalry can only be used in a battle with the Qin army. But Mr. Fan also said that if the overlord really goes out of the city to fight the Qin people, we will have no chance of winning, because my great Chu cavalry is inferior in number and combat power. It can’t be compared with the people of Qin, so he asked me to bring troops to prevent the city of Sishui from being lost.”

Only then did Xiang Yu understand everything, and he said with a wry smile: "I really regret not bringing Mr. Fan here, if he had been around to persuade me, I would not have rashly fought a decisive battle with the Qin people, maybe the result would have been different. Now it is the loss of the big city of Surabaya, which opened the door of our Chu country, I really want to see Mr. Fan."

"But the Overlord doesn't have to be discouraged, presumably the Qin people lost a lot of troops to fight this battle, plus we already lost a Qin soldier who was chasing up yesterday, their casualties will not be much smaller than ours. As long as the Overlord learns the lesson from this time and insists on sticking to Jiujiang City, the Qin people will naturally treat us no matter what. When the Huns in the north see the emptiness inside Qin and send troops, they will inevitably be stretched out in terms of strength and retreat. Go back. At that time, we will move north again, and we will be able to avenge this time." Xiang He said.

Hearing what he said, Xiang Yu also felt that it was indeed not the time to be discouraged, and he still had enough strength to fight the Qin people, so he put the defeat aside for the time being, and talked to Xiang him about how to fight in Jiujiang City. Hold fast according to the city.

Early the next morning, Xiang Yu and Xiang Ta continued to take their troops to Jiujiang. Because they were afraid that the Qin army would catch up with them, they ordered the whole army to move forward as quickly as possible, and had a good night's rest. , The speed of the soldiers of the Chu army increased a lot, and they arrived in Jiujiang City after a few days.Tens of thousands of Chu troops rushed into the city and began to deploy defensive measures, just waiting for the Qin army to come.

Two days later, Meng Tian and his two men led 5 horses to the base of Sishui City. Seeing the Chu army in the city prepared, Meng Tian finally had to order the whole army to station more than ten miles outside the city, waiting for the help of Su. After the army arrives, plan to attack the city.And the Chu army in the city no longer rushed out of the city to attack because of the lesson of the failure of the last battle out of the city. Therefore, although there were nearly [-] troops inside and outside Jiujiang City, there was no battle.

At this time, Fusu, who is related to the fate of Jiujiang City, is gathering people and horses, preparing to go to Jiujiang.The reason why he spent a lot of time here is to conquer the hearts of the people here.In places such as Chenjun and Dongjun, because the Chu people did not pay enough attention to them, the people there did not have much resistance when the Qin army arrived there, but Surabaya is different, because this place has always been the place where the Chu people lived, so Fu It was more difficult for Su to get them to recognize him, and he needed to do a lot of work.Moreover, since the scouts sent by Mengtian brought the news of the failure to hunt down the Chu army, Fusu knew that his idea of ​​occupying the Chu land in one go would be impossible to realize, so he simply used the previous strategy to attack Xianyang from Shangjun. The best way is to fight steadily, first take care of the captured city and then advance to the next target.

Now Sishui City is completely under the control of the Qin people on the surface. Although there are still many people who are hostile to the Qin army, Fusu really does not have more time to think of a solution, so after seeing the situation improving, Fusu then Leaving 2000 people guarding here, he continued to go south with the rest of the troops.

When they were halfway on the road, the people sent by Meng Tian met Fu Su and the others. It turned out that Meng Tian had waited for a few days at the foot of Jiujiang City, but he did not see Fu Su leading his troops. There may not be enough troops, so people were sent to ask for help.After hearing that man's words, Fusu frowned tightly. He didn't expect Xiang Yu to be unable to defend after that failure. It's difficult, but I still have a big enemy waiting in the north.Fusu sighed and walked outside the tent to look north.

At this moment, Zhang Liang came over and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have a plan to force Xiang Yu to go out of the city to fight with me or lead the army to retreat to Kuaiji City."