Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-07-01

Zhao Ye, who has only been in office for a few months, is walking back and forth in Zhao Wang's palace. He doesn't know when Zhang Han's army will break through Handan City, but he thinks it won't be long.Now that Bai Ban and Zhang Han's other army attacked Handan City back and forth, the number of defenders in Handan felt that it was not enough. In addition, these Zhao were not really battle-tested veterans. Having the courage to fight a few battles with the Qin people, but now they are passively beaten, these recruits are completely at a loss.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, we should abandon the city and find another way of life." A minister said.

"No, my lord, if we don't have this fortified city of Handan, I'm afraid we will fall into the hands of the Qin people immediately." Another person objected.

Zhao Ye looked at the officials in the hall, but none of them could think of a way to retreat from the enemy. He just felt dizzy for a while: "It's a pity that my two brothers, Zhao Hu and Zhao Biao, brought the most elite people among my Zhao people in order to get Shangjun. Otherwise, why would this be the case." Even though he said this, he knew in his heart that those thousand people would not be of much use in the current situation.

At this time, the army of Zhang Han outside the city of Handan launched another attack on Handan. Only sporadic arrows and a few stones were thrown out of the city, and more Zhao soldiers could only block the attack of Qin soldiers with their bodies.Fortunately, the walls of Handan City are very strong and tall, so the Qin soldiers have been unable to attack it, but now the Zhao people are almost powerless to fight back.

Zhang Han watched from the central army, and suddenly ordered the flag bearer to play the semaphore, and ordered the Qin soldiers who were attacking the city to withdraw, and then sent another team to attack Handan.Under this wheel siege, the Zhao soldiers in the city were exhausted, and the only thing keeping them from falling down was fear, the fear that they would be pitted and killed by the Qin people after the city was broken.

"General, why did you ask us to withdraw? As long as you give us another half an hour, the general will definitely take Handan down." Wen Songtao, the general who attacked the city just now, asked Zhang Han somewhat puzzled.

Zhang Hand said: "We not only want to capture Handan City, but also take it with the least cost. Don't forget that our enemies are not only the Zhao people in Handan, but also the Chu people, Qi people and other rebels. At this time If the loss is too much, how can we deal with those rebels?"

After hearing his explanation, Wen Songtao willingly took his subordinates down to rest.The other generals on the side looked at the Zhao people who kept dying, and asked Zhang Han, "General, how long do you think the Zhao people can last?"

Zhang Han looked at the setting sun and said, "In another day, these Zhao people will be dragged down by us, and then we can enter Handan to celebrate victory."

"Report~" A soldier shouted and ran over: "Report to the general, someone who claims to be the emperor's secret envoy has brought the emperor's secret edict."

Zhang Han felt very strange when he heard it. How could Hu Hai issue such a secret edict, which made him puzzled.But this was the emperor's edict after all, so Zhang Han didn't dare to neglect it, so he rushed out to welcome it.I saw a man wearing ordinary clothes standing outside the camp of the army, holding a roll of yellow things in his hands. Seeing Zhang Han coming out, he hurriedly strode up to Zhang Han and handed the things to him, saying: "The emperor only ordered You read this edict alone, and after reading it, you must act according to it, otherwise you will betray me, Great Qin."

Zhang Hanzhan looked at the scroll, he was surprised at first, then understood, and finally turned into Nai, the other generals who came out had never seen their commander show such an expression, they all looked at him, waiting for him to speak.Zhang Han looked at the secret decree in his hand, then at Handan City, which was about to be captured, and said naively: "Give me the general's order, the whole army will retreat, pull out the camp and return to Xianyang."

All the generals looked at Zhang Han in disbelief. Seeing that Handan was about to collapse, who would have thought that he would order the whole army to retreat.The generals were just about to speak, but they were interrupted by Zhang Han waving his hand: "Don't say anything more, just follow orders immediately." In desperation, the army had no choice but to withdraw from the battle and retreat.

"My lord, the people of Qin retreated suddenly." A guard from outside stumbled in and shouted.

"What? Say it again!" Zhao Ye asked incredulously.

"The people of Qin retreated for some unknown reason. This is what the villain saw on the city wall." The guard said hastily.

"God bless me." Zhao Ye yelled excitedly, then knelt on the ground and bowed to the sky regardless of his image.

"Your Majesty, it seems that there is something wrong with Qin's internal affairs. According to the general's intention, we should send troops to cover up and kill Qin's army, which will definitely damage the Qin army." A general said.

"No, our army is already wounded and exhausted. We should let everyone take a good rest at this time." Zhao Ye denied his proposal. He thought it was a fluke to escape this time, so how dare he provoke him again? What about Qin Bing?

All the Zhao people could only sigh and retreat, they missed an opportunity, will there be another opportunity?

Fusu's remark made Han Xin startled, but he didn't say anything. Fusu continued: "You found out about General Xiang, so it is determined that he will not allow someone in the barracks to insult people like this, so he would rather accept the terms of this insult than You are willing to fight with each other, because you know that if you do it, you will be punished too."

Han Xin let out a breath and said, "Master Zhou's words are very true. If you think about my selfishness, you shouldn't tell the general."

Fu Su smiled and said, "I'm not someone who likes to gossip, you can rest assured about that. But I would like to ask, if General Xiang doesn't come to stop all this, are you really willing to suffer this great humiliation?"

Looking at Fusu, Han Xin suddenly felt that the other party was a person he could trust, so he said: "If I am going to be humiliated and General Xiang doesn't stop me, it means that the military regulations in this army are nothing more than this. Peng's second son, I must teach him a severe lesson."

"How to teach?"

"Did your lord forget that his most vulnerable place is within my reach? At that time, I can let him taste the taste of life. And since General Xiang and the others didn't prevent me from being humiliated just now, they will not stop because of I hurt people with my own hands and blame me." Han Xin said with a stern look on his face.

Only then did Fusu know that Han Xin had an idea long ago, and everything was under his control. "From these little things, we can see that this Han Xin is thoughtful." Fu Su nodded to him with some admiration: "Brother Han seems to be a man with a strategy in his chest and a big ambition in his heart, why is he willing to be a pawn?" Woolen cloth?"

"If you don't want to be a pawn, what can you do? Although I, Han Xin, have millions of armored soldiers, who would dare to use me? After all, I am just a famous person." Han Xin laughed a little self-deprecatingly.

"This troubled world is a good opportunity for heroes to show their talents. Brother Han doesn't have to be so pessimistic. By the way, why is Brother Han in the Chu army, but because you are from Chu?"

"It's good that I'm from Chu, but I think it doesn't matter whether I'm from Chu or not. As long as someone who is willing to use me can show me what I'm good at, even if I'm from Qin, I will work for him." .”

Fusu was moved by Han Xin's words, he didn't expect that the other party would not care about his family and country at all.In fact, this is the characteristic of the class of scholars in the pre-Qin period. Whether they are counselors or warriors, they only seek refuge with their masters to realize their self-worth, not to serve the country.As for the concept of being loyal to the country, it really became the code of conduct for the people of the country after the Song Dynasty, so in the Qin Dynasty, everyone's concept of family and country was not too important.Otherwise, there would be no such saying that "if the ruler is not upright, the subjects will defect to foreign countries".At that time, taxis and their owners were completely related to the relationship between employees and companies in today's society. Companies can fire employees, and employees can also fire companies.Of course, not everyone is pregnant with this, such as Qu Yuan.

Fusu was not frightened by Han Xin's words, he smiled and said, "Then why don't you vote for another new owner?"

"Han owns everything now, and no one will use me again, so I might as well make a career here." Han Xin said confidently.

"Your words are unreasonable. This time the Chu army's crusade against Liu Bang is a good opportunity. I hope you can seize it." After Fusu finished speaking, he turned and left.

Han Xin looked at the back of Fusu leaving, wondering why he would tell this stranger all the thoughts buried in his heart.

Three days later, Chu Jun left Jiujiang for Sishui County, and Fusu also found an excuse to follow him. His purpose was to see what Han Xin could do to make himself famous.Xiang Liang originally wanted to take Fusu into his account, but this time he offered to watch the might of the Chu army, Xiang Liang naturally would not resign, so he went to Sishui County with Xiang Liang.

The army was discovered by Liu Bang's scouts when it was more than 50 miles away from Sishui County, so Xiang Liang no longer ordered the army to advance at full speed, but moved forward slowly.

When Liu Bang heard the news, his complexion changed instantly. He looked at Xiao He and the others and said, "Unexpectedly, you were guessed right by Lao Xiao. Now that the people of Chu have come with soldiers, what should we do?"

"Pei Gong, don't panic, our army is not vulnerable, as long as we defend a few cities, those Chu people can do nothing to us." Cao Shen said disapprovingly.

"General Cao's words are a bit biased. It can be seen that the combat effectiveness of these Chu troops is definitely much stronger than ours. We must come up with some strategies to defeat them." Xiao He quickly suppressed Cao Shen's pride.

"Old Xiao, do you have any way to retreat from the enemy?" Liu Bang looked at Xiao He with hope.

Xiao He shook his head lightly: "Not yet. That's why I told you not to offend the envoys of Chu people that day."

"How do I know they will really send a large army to attack me?" Liu Bang said with some reluctance.

At this time, the Chu people's army was less than [-] miles away from Sishui County, and a big battle between the rebels was about to break out.