The most powerful emperor Liu Bang

Chapter 14
After the Qin State was destroyed, the princes from all walks of life respected the King of Chu as Emperor Yi.Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu, thought this was very unreasonable, and said: "The King of Chu was originally established by Xiang Liang of my family. He did not have an inch of merit in calming the world, but now he is promoted to the highest position. Why?" Killed the king of Chu.

Liu Bang entered Xianyang first. According to the agreement between the king of Chu and them, he should be king in Guanzhong, govern the three Qin states, and be above Xiang Yu.Relying on his strong military strength, Xiang Yu disrupted this good thing and proclaimed himself the overlord of Western Chu, but pushed Liu Bang to a corner of Bashu, and coaxed Liu Bang openly, saying: "That is also the place in Guanzhong, you still have to leave the country. It is the king of Guanzhong."

Liu Bang was of course indignant about this.In the middle of Shu for a few years, he worked hard and tried his best to govern, and gradually became stronger.Later, he worshiped Han Xin as a general, sent troops out of Chencang, and annexed the land of Guanzhong in one fell swoop.

Faced with Xiang Yu's unscrupulousness, Liu Bang said: "Emperor Yi is the co-lord of the world, and Xiang Yu can be killed as soon as he wants, which is too lawless."

After Xiang Yu became the overlord of Western Chu, he made Pengcheng his capital.In fact, Pengcheng is located in the east of the country overall, and setting the capital here is not conducive to controlling the world.But Xiang Yu's petty citizen mentality is too serious, he has a bastard logic: if a person is rich outside, if he does not return to his hometown, it is equivalent to a beautiful woman walking at night in flowered clothes, which is meaningless.Because his hometown Suqian belongs to Pengcheng, so he wants to make his capital here.

Liu Bang has always been Xiang Yu's defeated general. When he heard that he was going to invade Pengcheng, Xiang Yu didn't take it seriously at all. Instead, he said nonchalantly, "I'll take care of this old man after I break Qi State!" Qi State is in the north of Pengcheng, He was conquered by Xiang Yu for fighting against Chu.

What Xiang Yu didn't expect was that as soon as Liu Bang's army approached, Zheng Chang, the general in charge of guarding Pengcheng, raised his hand and surrendered to Liu Bang's army.The coalition army also regarded Pengcheng as a place of pleasure, holding high-level wine gatherings day and night, and celebrating their achievements, completely ignoring that this was the capital of the overlord of Western Chu, as if Xiang Yu no longer existed.This situation reached Xiang Yu's ears, and he was so angry that he was half dead. He immediately decided to return to Pengcheng to kill Liu Bang, and personally led [-] elite soldiers to attack Pengcheng before the large forces.

Liu Bang and the princes from all walks of life tossed hard in Pengcheng for a while, and suddenly woke up and said: "Although we have occupied Pengcheng, Xiang Yu is still there, and maybe one day they will come, so we have to be active. Preparations for defense. The princes from all walks of life returned to their barracks one after another.

Before Liu Bang could finish his sentence, Xiang Yu really came to see him.

Xiang Yu has now accumulated enough experience in war. Every time he goes to a place, he will attack the enemy's base camp first, and control the commander and general first. The sergeants below lack a unified command. No matter how many troops there are, they will not fight.This is Xiang Yu's exclusive ability, and others can't learn it even if they want to.Because he is brave, no one can match, and the black-tailed horse he rides is unparalleled in the world, and his speed is extremely fast.His eyes are also different from those of ordinary people. There are two pupils in each eye. They can see wide and react quickly. No situation can escape his eyes.Rushing into the enemy's formation is really like entering a land of no one, he is the only one to kill others, and no one else has any reason to get close to him, even the Liuya Feijian has been turned back.Therefore, every time he attacked the enemy's camp, he was always successful.This time the same tactic was adopted.He found out that Liu Bang's army's tent was set up at the foot of Jiuli Mountain not far north of Pengcheng. He thought that Liu Bang would not be far away from here, so he led [-] elite soldiers to rush over, intending to catch Liu Bang and tear him into pieces.

Liu Bang was discussing with the generals, when he heard the shouts of killing, he immediately realized that there was a military situation, and hurriedly ordered the generals to put on their clothes and go to meet the enemy, while he himself led a group of entourages to climb the commanding height of Jiuli Mountain.

Liu Bang looked down the mountain and saw an army rushing left and right in the room of the Han army camp, invincible, and knew that Xiang Yu's army had arrived.Fortunately, there were many Han soldiers, and they had been prepared in advance. They did not break up at this time, but met the Chu army wave after wave.

The two armies fought from morning to night, and the Han army gradually became exhausted due to the lack of a unified command.Xiang Yu knew that the Han army was too numerous to be wiped out at once, so he called on the troops to enter Pengcheng.The Han army in the city fled after hearing the news.

Liu Bang summoned the generals to discuss and said: "Although the Chu army is strong, it has few troops. Now Xiang Yu, who killed Emperor Yi, is in the city, and there are many allies. This time, he must be eliminated."

The generals said: "If this tyrant is not eliminated, his harm will be greater than that of Qin Shihuang. We should all work together to destroy him in one fell swoop."

Xiang Yu used the tactics of "capturing the enemy and capturing the king" to start a tug-of-war around Pengcheng.Although the Han army was large in number, the troops were gradually dispersed because the main general did not dare to contact Xiang Yu head-on, and retreated further and further away from Pengcheng to station.After reconnaissance, Xiang Yu found that the Han soldiers gathered in the mountain area to the west of the capital and mobilized frequently. He concluded that the general headquarters of the Han army might be here.Taking advantage of one night, a siege was launched here.

At this moment, Xiang Yu's large army attacking Qi also rushed over and surrounded Liu Bang's army from the periphery.A great melee broke out between the two armies.Liu Bang's coalition army was put together by princes from all walks of life. The people's hearts were not united, and their combat effectiveness was poor. At this time, seeing the strength of the Chu army, there were many who opposed the Han and descended to Chu.But because many of the princes in the coalition army were entrusted by Xiang Yu in the past, Xiang Yu was very angry at their ingratitude and capriciousness, so he started killing them regardless of whether they surrendered or not. He fought fiercely in the Suishui area in the east of Pengcheng In two days, more than [-] Han soldiers were beheaded, and the corpses filled the river, and the Sui River did not flow.

Sure enough, Liu Bang's elite troops gathered in the mountainous area not far to the west of Pengcheng.It is surrounded by mountains on all sides and the road is difficult. He mobilized his troops to fight the Chu army desperately.Xiang Yu failed to win in his eagerness.After the Battle of Suishui, he mobilized a large army to encircle the area threefold.This time he adopted the strategy of surrounding but not fighting.Because he saw that this area lacked water and food, and Liu Bang's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses could not survive here for a few days.He wanted to wait until they were exhausted, and the Chu army waited for work and wiped them out in one fell swoop.

Xiang Yu besieged Liu Bang for more than half a month, and Liu Bang's troops ate up all the bark and grass roots.The upper reaches of the small river were blocked by the Chu army, and they couldn't even drink water.Seeing that Liu Bang had become a turtle in an urn, he plunged the sword in his hand into the ground in despair, and shouted hoarsely: "My God, if you don't stop me, let water flow out of the cracks in this stone!"

He drew out his sword, pointed to the sky, and wanted to shout again, but at this moment, a clear spring gushed out from the place where he had just drawn out the sword, and suddenly became a stream.Everyone was so thirsty that their mouths were parched. Seeing this, they cheered abnormally and rushed to drink, feeling extremely sweet.Therefore, this place was named as "drawing sword spring" by later generations, and the spring is still flowing today.Because Liu Bang was stationed in this area, this mountainous area was later named Hanwang Township.This is a later story.

Although Liu Bang's men and horses had water, they had nothing to eat, and they became more and more unable to hold on, and they were in a mess.Xiang Yu guessed that the Han army had little fighting power, so he launched an attack suddenly.They kill anyone they see, like chopping vegetables.Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Bang led several followers to run desperately, and the Chu army followed and surrounded them.Just when Liu Bang was about to be captured, a tornado blew up from the sky, blowing up stones as big as human heads, and smashing them at the Chu army.The Chu army was in chaos, and many were injured.Liu Bang took this opportunity to quickly escape without a trace.

(End of this chapter)