Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-07-28

After Meng Tian's army took Taiyuan, they did not take advantage of the trend to attack Shangdang County, but went north to capture Yanmen County, Yunzhong County, and Jiuyuan County that had been prepared for a while.Originally, the Qin court was a little wary of Meng Tian's army, who was watching the tiger for a long time. Unexpectedly, they were only tossing around in the northern counties, which greatly reduced the fear in the court.Everyone thought that Meng Tian and others were just taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qin army to conquer Chu to expand their territory, and at the same time they were afraid of offending the imperial court, so they moved their hands on the border counties.

So when some people from Taiyuan and other counties fled to Xianyang City, Zhao Gao, Hu Hai and others didn't take it seriously.After all, although these counties are nominally the territory of Qin, they can't actually bring any benefits to the court, and even the court has to use part of the tax revenue to help people in these places.But Zhang Han saw the importance of these places. On the surface, these counties and counties did not contribute to the imperial court, but they had extremely elite fighters from the Great Qin Dynasty.Because the people here live in the frontier, they will always encounter unexpected dangers, such as beasts scattered outside the county, such as the Huns who still appear although there are not many.If there was no strength and martial arts, the people here would have died long ago, but because the imperial court didn't pay attention to it, the people here were not recruited into the army.Perhaps it was also because the Qin army was a powerful existence, so it didn't pay too much attention to these common people who were not soldiers.However, Zhang Han had been a general in the north for a period of time. He had seen the combat effectiveness of those men in the north who were not inferior to the main force of the Qin army. He stayed, so he entered the palace.

"Emperor, now the Mengtian army is constantly taking down those counties in the northern border, which is very unfavorable to us." Zhang Han said anxiously.

"Now that my confidants in Daqin are already in flames of war, what energy is there to take care of those less important frontiers, not to mention that Meng Tian and others are just taking advantage of the fire to rob and expand their power, and they will not threaten them. The survival of my Great Qin. With them in the north, they can help us keep the Huns out, so why not do it?" Compared to Zhang Han, Hu Hai looked relaxed.

Zhang Han already knew that the emperor would have such a reaction, so he hurriedly told the truth about the northern counties that he knew, and then analyzed: "Now it will indeed be as the emperor said, and Meng Tian and his actions are very important to my Great Qin. There is no harm at all, but if they are allowed to become more powerful because of the support of the people in the northern counties, our Great Qin will face a more powerful opponent than the Chu, Qi and other armies. Therefore, the last general hopes that the emperor will let the army quickly The last general will lead the army to help the remaining counties, lest they also fall into the hands of Meng Tian."

Hu Hai, Zhang Han, the person he used to restrain Zhao Gao, would naturally not let him go, so he said embarrassingly: "You let me think about it, go to the northern border counties to guard, and I will send tens of thousands of horses, then I will go to Xianyang The number of soldiers and horses in the city and Hangu Pass will be greatly reduced, so the interior will be empty."

"Emperor, now our enemies are Qi, Chu, Zhao and Mengtian. The people of Qi have been beaten by the Chu people for several battles, and they will not have much strength to make trouble. The Chu people are fighting with General Bai and the others. As for the Zhao people, there is only Handan, but they are still alive, so the general sees that these enemies are no threat to us, so why should the emperor care?" Zhang Han's mind is now completely focused on the north Zhujun, so it is taken for granted.

After hearing his analysis, Hu Hai also thought it was reasonable, but he refused to ask Zhang Han to lead the army, so he proposed another method: "Then I will let other generals lead the army to help. General, it's better to stay by my side."

After Hu Hai said this, Zhang Han also remembered that he was the person who made Hu Hai and Zhao Gao balance. If he went to the north now, Zhao Gao would be able to be controlled in Xianyang City.So he said naively: "Observe the order. I don't know who the emperor will send to support the northern counties."

"This..." Hu Hai couldn't find a general to take on this important task for a while. There are quite a few generals in Xianyang City, but most of them are Zhao Gao's people. He really has no way to transfer them to the north. I don't know how to say it for a while.

Zhang Han also saw Hu Hai's innocence, so he said: "My deputy, Wang Li, is the grandson of Wang Jian who helped the first emperor to pacify the six kingdoms, and the son of Wang Ben, who is also a good fighter. Let him lead the troops. "

"Wang Li," Hu Hai asked this unfamiliar name, "Since he is a famous general, why have I never heard of him?"

"It's just because Wang Li is too upright and offended Zhao Gao and Li Si, so that although he has a talent and learning, he can be used everywhere. The minister only found out that there is such a person after he arrived in Xianyang. I hope the emperor can reuse him."

"Since he belongs to General Zhang, I naturally trust him. Let him bring 5 troops to the north to support him."

As a result, the small number of guards in Xianyang City was reduced by several percent. At this time, Meng Tian had already occupied Jiuyuan County, and then led his troops back to Shang County.The next step was their highlight, attacking Shangdang County, which made Qin Ting nervous.His original intention of attacking the northern counties was to make the people of Qin have an illusion, thinking that he did not want to destroy Daqin, and now attacking Shangdang is just an act of continuing to expand the territory. Although Qin will send a large army, it will not Putting all his eggs in one basket, he also made preparations for Fusu.But at this time, Wang Li's [-] troops just happened to arrive at Shangdang County.

After all, Wang Li came from an aristocratic family, and he is also a person who is familiar with military books. After learning about Meng Tian's behavior, he thought of attacking Shangjun instead, so that he could turn passive into active.As long as Shangjun is attacked, Meng Tian, ​​who is fighting in the north, must return to the army to rescue him, then he can confront Meng Tian head-on, and at the same time, the crisis in the north will naturally be resolved.Therefore, his army did not go straight to the north, but instead wanted to go to Shangjun through Shangdang County.This time, the two armies happened to meet at Shangdang.

In the Chu Camp outside Jiujiang City, Xiang Yu kept asking Xiang Liang: "Uncle, our army has gained the upper hand now, but why don't you always let me lead the troops to the city? It's been five days It's over."

Xiang Liang looked at his nephew leisurely, and said with a smile: "Yu'er, it was luck that our army was able to defeat Qin soldiers so easily last time, it was not that our soldiers were braver and better at fighting than Qin soldiers. If we are too tight, I am afraid they will come to a dead end, and then our Chu army will suffer heavy casualties, and we will be disadvantaged at that time."

"Does uncle want to trap them in the city like this, and let them starve to death in the end?"

"That's not necessary. In my opinion, after a few more days, the turmoil in Jiujiang City will be even greater. At that time, our strategy can be implemented. At that time, we can take down Jiujiang City without too many casualties."

Xiang Yu looked at Xiang Liang who was held by Zhizhu, but he couldn't think of any way to easily take down Jiujiang City. At this time, he saw Fan Zeng who was looking at the letter in the corner of the tent, so he asked: "Is it Fan Zeng?" Mister came up with a plan."

Fan Zeng put down the letter and said with a smile, "Exactly, I also figured it out from the Qin soldiers' plan to destroy Jiujiang City last time. I will use their methods to take back Jiujiang City."

"I heard from the Chu soldiers who escaped that Qin soldiers shot the letter of persuasion in, which caused the soldiers guarding the city to be in a state of confusion, so they couldn't wait for us to come to help the city of Jiujiang before it collapsed. Could it be that Mr. Fan also wants to use this trick?" Xiang Yu asked, with a contemptuous look on his face.

"The Qin people know very well that if Kaesong surrenders now, our Chu army will definitely not let them go, so we can't do it if we want to persuade them to surrender." I said it.

"Since this is the case, the master still said that the city should be destroyed according to the method of the Qin people?" Xiang Yu was very puzzled.

"From the battle that day, I saw that although the Qin army had [-] people, they were not united. They were divided into two factions. That day, they were fighting with our Chu army, and the tens of thousands of people in front were trapped. During the fierce battle, the tens of thousands of people in the rear left their robes and fled. I think the two groups of soldiers and horses must not belong to each other, and there is even a rift between the two generals. As long as we grasp this point , this city will be very easy to break.”

After all, Xiang Yu is also a general. After hearing Fan Zeng's words, he already understood what he meant: "Sir, you mean that we can use countermeasures to turn the two Qin armies against each other. We just took the opportunity to enter the city?"

"Yes, that's why I asked General Xiang to let him stand still these days, in order to find an opportunity."

"What chance?" Xiang Yu put aside his anger just now when he heard that he was able to enter the city smoothly.

"The opportunity for our people to enter the city, as long as our people can sneak into the city, can provoke the two Qin generals in the city to be hostile to each other, which will cause conflicts and even fights between the Qin army. In this way, the guards at the top of the city It will naturally weaken, and our army can easily enter the city."

"And now we have found a gap, and our spies have entered with a secret letter in their arms." Xiang Liang, who had not interrupted all this time, also said.

"Where is it?" Xiang Yu asked hurriedly.

"Someone found a gap in the northwest corner of the city wall, just enough for people to climb in and out. Unfortunately, only one person can enter, so we can only let spies in. Otherwise, we can let a large number of soldiers enter the city and open the city gate at night." Xiang Liang said with some regret, "And we know that one of the generals named Zhao Changke is Zhao Gao's younger brother, and he will definitely guard against other generals, so I want the spy to be caught by his people, and the secret letter among them But it was Bai Ban who wrote it to me. You said that if Zhao Changke knew that Bai Ban had contacts with me, how would he react?" He laughed loudly.

"The nephew is going to gather troops now, so that he can rush in when the city is in chaos." Xiang Yu ran out of the camp as he spoke.

"Is it too early for the general to tell the young general all this?"

"No, I think there will be chaos in the city." Xiang Liang said and looked in the direction of Jiujiang City, as if he had already seen the chaos inside.