Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 74 A Big Game of Chess
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Although this valley is remote, it is less than a hundred miles away from Linzi city.

Although it is broad daylight now, after ten consecutive days of high-intensity night marches, most of the soldiers of the Chu army are exhausted, and they have all fallen into a deep sleep.

Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao, and Wu She were completely sleepy, and the three of them were discussing a surprise attack on Linzi.

For more than 500 years in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, Linzi has always been the capital of Qi State. After more than 500 years of operation, the scale of Linzi's city has become extremely large, and the city defenses are also extremely strong. There are tens of thousands of troops, but there must be many troops staying in Linzi.

Wei Liao once visited Linzi when he was young, and he was explaining to Xiang Zhuang and Wu She: "General, Linzi is divided into big and small cities. The circumference of the big city is more than [-] li, and the circumference of the small city is more than [-] li. , and there are steroid water and tie water flowing from the east and west sides, and ditches are dug on the north and south sides as moats, so there is no chance of winning by force!"

Wu She thought for a while, then suddenly suggested: "Can you send a few hundred warriors to sneak into the city through the drainage channel, and then open the city gate at night to welcome the army into the city?"

Xiang Zhuang's expression immediately brightened when he heard the words, but any great city must have hundreds of thousands of residents, and the water and drainage of so many residents is a big deal, so basically there are huge water supply and drainage projects, In this way, the water supply and drainage system has become a secret passage connecting the inside and outside of the city.

"No, no." Wei Liao smiled wryly and shook his head. "The old man once carefully surveyed the drainage mouth of Linzi. It is about twenty feet long from east to west, four feet wide from north to south, and two feet deep. It is all built with huge stones. The water inlet is divided into upper, middle and lower layers, each layer has five square water holes, and the stones in the holes are arranged in a staggered manner, so that water comes out of it but people are not allowed to pass through, it is impossible!"

Xiang Zhuang was stunned and said in disbelief, "The drainage system in Linzi is so tight?!"

Wei Liao sighed, and said helplessly: "The general doesn't know that Linzi's water supply and drainage system was specially designed by Gongshuban, a famous craftsman 300 years ago." ?It seems that it is really impossible to touch the city of Linzi through the sewer.

Wu She said again: "Then we can only send Ruishi Qiao to pretend to be a woodcutter and Orion to sneak into the city."

"That's not right." Wei Liao shook his head and said, "Linzi is not like Aocang. There are a lot of hungry people outside Aocang, and it happens that Chen Xi likes to raise soldiers, so it's easy for fifty dead soldiers to get in the camp first. , but there are not tens of thousands of hungry people as cover outside Linzi City, but there are hundreds of strong and strong men who want to enter the city, will it not arouse the suspicion of the defenders?"

"Then enter the city in batches." Wu She said again, "Then gather together and seize the city gate at night!"

"Going into the city in stages and in batches is more likely to cause accidents!" Xiang Zhuang shook his head again and again when he heard the words. Once they entered Linzi City, no one restrained them, so it would be strange if there were no disturbances, but once there were disturbances, they would play with everything!

"Then there is no other way." Wu She spread his arms and smiled wryly, "Is there any other way?"

When the three of them were at their wit's end, Gongsun suddenly strode over and reported, "General, the scouts reported that a group of barbarians came from the mountain pass in front. There were more than 500 good horses but only about [-] people. Our army It happened that there was a shortage of horses, did you send troops to kill these barbarians, and then seize these good horses?"

"What else is there?" Xiang Zhuang got up suddenly, and said in a deep voice, "Let Jing Qian, Gao Chu lead 500 people, and take the horse away!"

"Promise!" Gongsun agreed with a loud bang, and took the order, but Wei Liao's expression moved slightly, and he suddenly said, "General, this old man has a plan to enter the city!"

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When Xiang Zhuang conspired to attack Linzi, Liu Bang's army had already entered Daliang along the divide.

Accompanied by Liu Bang's army, there are also armies of Han Xin, Yingbu, Zhang Er, Wu Rui and other princes from all walks of life. The princes from all walks of life are actually unwilling to come, but there is no way. Liu Bang has already received Han Xin's support. If you jump out and object, you will offend the three strongest princes, Liu Bang, Han Xin, and Peng Yue. This is no joke.

At this time, Daliang City was completely destroyed by the flames of war. Most of the buildings in the city were burned. The original residents were either killed or fled. It didn't matter that Daliang was once the capital of Wei State, and now it is Peng Yue's territory. After entering the city, they still burned, killed and looted, doing whatever they wanted.

Surrounded by Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Xia Houying and more than a hundred soldiers, Liu Bang climbed to the top of Liangcheng City. Standing on the top of the city and looking into the city, he saw ruined walls everywhere. Two days later, many houses are still emitting green smoke, and the whole city has changed beyond recognition.

"This Liu Kou!" Xia Houying was furious, and said in a hateful voice, "It's too outrageous!"

Liu Bang also showed a look of pain on his face, and said in a low voice: "Liang Jun should rectify his military discipline."

Behind Liu Bang, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping looked at each other and smiled wryly. The reason why Peng Yue's army had broken military discipline, and why Liu Kou's three thousand soldiers of tigers and wolves became so murderous, Liu Bang can be said to be the instigator, if Liu Bang hadn't instigated Peng Yue to divide his troops to attack Chu If Qiao Zhuang's Chu army went to Chu to burn, kill and loot, there would be no such ferocious Liang army today!
"Your Majesty, it's not yet time to rectify military discipline." Zhang Liang sighed lightly, and persuaded Liu Bang, "In order to pacify Liang land as soon as possible and wipe out the remnants of the Chu army, Your Majesty and Liang Wang still need to rely on this tiger and wolf army. where!"

"That's right, Your Majesty, rectifying military records is a small matter, but calming down Liang is a big matter." Chen Ping also said.

Both Zhang Liang and Chen Ping spoke very euphemistically, but Liu Bang, a rogue in the market, has a very high level of comprehension, and he immediately heard the implication of the two of them. The current Liang army is still Peng Yue's army, how can you, Liu Bang, surpass the generation? To rectify military discipline for him?If you really want to rectify the military discipline of the Liang army, you have to wait until the Chu army is defeated!
"Well, there is no rush to rectify military discipline." Liu Bang was as good as he was, and immediately changed his words.

After finishing speaking, Liu Bang said to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping: "Zifang, Chen Ping, do you think it's strange that you have already reached Daliang all the way north, and Liu Kou's three thousand tiger and wolf soldiers have already arrived at the city of Xingyang. However, the main force of the Chu army is still missing, could it be that they all hid in Aocang City? Or, ran away?"

Chen Ping nodded, and said: "I am also deeply confused."

Zhang Liang was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I have a very bad premonition."

"Oh, a bad premonition?" Liu Bang frowned, "Then tell me."

Zhang Liang nodded, and said leisurely: "Just now, I suddenly remembered the scene of playing chess with Fan Zeng back then."

Liu Bang, Chen Ping, and Xia Houying immediately showed their expressions of listening intently, and Zhang Liang was also completely immersed in the nostalgia for the past, and then said: "Back then, I played five consecutive games with Fan Zeng without sleep for three days and three nights. , I lost four games in a row, and only took the fifth game, and five days later, I played against Fan Zeng in the sixth game, it was really a rare big game, and I still remember it fresh!"

Chen Ping couldn't help being fascinated, he could imagine that Zhang Liang and Fan Zeng must have had a soul-stirring fight to the death in that game of chess, but unfortunately, he never watched the game from the list.

Zhang Liang went on to say: "In the sixth game, Fan Zeng's moves were like flying, and his position was extremely simple, but after he landed on the chessboard, he immediately formed a suffocating heavy momentum. After only playing more than ten moves, the minister seemed to be Feeling that an invisible mountain is rolling over, I tried my best to build momentum, but I still couldn't stand it, and finally lost in the one hundred and seventh hand!"

Chen Ping exclaimed suddenly, and said in disbelief: "Only one hundred and seven moves, brother Zifang lost in the middle game?!"

"This Fan Zeng is good at using troops, and he is so good at chess even if he doesn't want to." Liu Bang took a breath and said with lingering fear, "But fortunately, he is dead."

After saying this, Liu Bang suddenly changed his face and said: "Zifang, you mean, the game of Liangdi is also a big game of chess?!"

"That's right!" Zhang Liang nodded solemnly, and said in a deep voice, "Just now, I suddenly had the feeling of playing against Fan Zeng again, as if an invisible mountain was rolling towards me. I know Fan Zeng's chess moves, but I just can't think of a way to break it. The kind of powerlessness and fear are unforgettable to this day!
Liu Bang suddenly took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "Could it be that Fan Zeng is really alive?!"

Zhang Liang shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, Fan Zeng must be dead. I'm worried about Wei Liao."

"Wei Liao?!" Chen Ping lost his voice, "Brother Zifang, this seems unlikely, right? Didn't you say that Wei Liao had defected to Xiangzhuang? Now that Xiangzhuang is trapped in the Dabie Mountains, how could Wei Liao come to Liang come?"

"Yes, Zifang." Liu Bang also said, "How could Wei Liao come to Liangdi?"

Zhang Liang nodded, and sighed, "This is exactly what I can't figure out. Wei Liao is probably trapped in the Dabie Mountains, so how could he appear in Liang?" He said, "Taking a step back, even if Wei Liao came to Liangdi alone, without an army in his hands, how could he make such a big fuss?"

Liu Bang and Chen Ping looked at each other, is there really a mystery in this world that even Zhang Liang can't see through? !
(End of this chapter)