The most powerful emperor Liu Bang

Chapter 27 Burning Fengyi
Qin Shihuang unified the six countries and wiped out all the princes of the countries. Zhang Liang, the son of the prime minister of South Korea, decided to avenge the king of Han.He sold all the family property and bought an assassin to assassinate King Qin.It's a bit like assassination or terrorism today.They used pig iron to make a long and thick iron vertebra weighing more than 50 jin. When Qin Shihuang was traveling eastward, they used it to aim at the curtained cart on which Qin Shihuang was sitting. Only the people inside screamed, probably dead. .But the person who died was not Qin Shihuang, but Qin Shihuang's entourage.

Just imagine what a wise man Qin Shihuang is. His ability to unify the six countries shows that he has enough IQ, and he cannot be stabbed by just one or two little assassins.Otherwise, he would have offended so many people, and would have been stabbed to death long ago.This time was the same, Qin Shihuang let his entourage sit in his luxury car in the middle of the convoy, while he ran to the back of the convoy to stay in an old car where his entourage sat.How could the assassin hired by Zhang Liang think of this, so Bai Yi became angry.

Needless to say, the assassin was caught by Qin Wang's guards on the spot, and after a severe torture, Zhang Liang was naturally confessed.Fortunately, Zhang Liang had prepared in advance. Seeing that the assassination failed, he immediately took a walk and fled to Xiapi in one breath to hide his name.

Zhang Liang was still an angry youth at that time, he failed once and then did it again.He organized another team of more than 100 people to prepare for the uprising.Just at this time, I met a strange man and gave him a book called "The Taigong Art of War".Zhang Liang saw that it was very useful. He studied day and night, memorized it fluently, and learned a lot of knowledge about how to use soldiers to fight.At the same time, it also made him realize that his team of more than 100 people can't do any big things, and he must find a big backer.

At that time, there was a man named Qin Jia who was a subordinate of Chen Sheng, the leader of the peasant uprising, and now he stayed in the county to gather together and had a great influence.Zhang Liang decided to join him.Just halfway on the way, Liu Bang, who was also going to Liu County, came from behind with a group of more than ten riders.Liu Bang caught up with this group of people and saw that they were all holding guns and sticks, so he asked: "Dare to ask everyone, what are you doing and where are you going?"

Zhang Liang saw that Liu Bang had few people, and he didn't look like an officer or soldier of Qin, so he replied directly: "We are the rebel army, and we are going to Liu County to join Qin Jia's team."

What Liu Bang was worried about at this meeting was that there were too few troops. He was going to borrow troops from Qin Jia to attack Yong Chi, the Fengyi defender who had just betrayed him. Liu Bang, the leader of the rebel army, is also planning to go to Liuxian County to join Qin Jia to fight against Qin. Today we met, it is fate, Peixian County is not far from here, why don't you come to my place first, look good, we will Cooperate, conspire together for great things, if it’s not good, let’s go, what do you think?”

Seeing Liu Bang's handsome appearance, Zhang Liang spoke bluntly, and said happily, "My name is Zhang Liang, and I came from Xiapi. I have heard of the name of Duke Pei for a long time. When I saw him today, I was really bold. We are willing to follow the general to Pei, you see. Should I go back with you now, or wait until you come back from Liu County and we will visit again?"

Hearing that they were willing to take refuge in him, Liu Bang was very happy when he saw that Zhang Liang had a strange appearance and a sense of nobility that was not seen in the people he usually saw. Go to Pei County."

When Zhang Liang and the others arrived in Pei County, Liu Bang hosted a feast for them.The wine style of Peidi people has been proud since ancient times. The principle of entertaining guests is to let the guests drink well before drinking themselves down.Infected by the host, the guests will naturally not drink less.Zhang Liangduo drank a few cups, and then told Liu Bang, Xiao He, Cao Can, Zhou Bo, etc. about his life experience and aspirations. After hearing this, Liu Bang respected Zhang Liang on the one hand, and was moved by Zhang Liang's knowledge and conversation on the other hand. It was decided on the spot to seal Zhang Liang as Marquis of Stables.I don't know how big the official is, and I don't know if Liu Bang has the power to seal him at that time. In short, let Zhang Liang enjoy certain treatment.

Since Liu Bang became the leader of Pei County, he successively captured several surrounding cities such as Dangshan, Fengyi, Weishan, Yutai, and Chengwu. After these places were captured, he arranged for a general to guard them there.Unexpectedly, Yong Chi, the defender of Fengyi, betrayed him first, and took refuge in Li You, the defender of Yongqiu of the Qin Army. Because of the support and arming of the Qin Army, Liu Bang failed to capture Fengyi several times, and he always held a grudge for this.

After Zhang Liang heard about this situation, he analyzed to Liu Bang: "Yong Chi has a friendship with the lord, so he shouldn't betray you in theory. The reason why he did this is that the current Qin army is powerful and can be used as a backer. Such as the power of Peigong He is very powerful, and he will return to you immediately. This is a villain, and he can't do anything big, so you can ignore him."

Liu Bang said: "Fengyi is the place where I was born, and Yong Chi is the person I trust the most, so I let him guard Fengyi. I didn't expect that this thief and so many villagers like me would be so unrighteous. Join forces with the Tyrant Qin and become my enemy. If this thief is not eliminated, the influence will be extremely bad, and the rest of the cities will do the same."

Zhang Liang said: "It's a trivial matter, I will help Peigong solve it."

Liu Bang is a man who talks about the loyalty of brothers, and it is best to call people brothers and brothers. Because he is old, to show kindness, he called Zhang Liang by words, saying: "If Zifang can help me break my fortune, I would rather worship you as my teacher."

When Zhang Liang came to Pei County, Liu Bang treated him to a big banquet for five days and a small banquet for three days, which made him really feel the harmony of the atmosphere. He thought that Liu Bang might be the master he was looking for, and he might be able to display his talents here.Therefore, he said: "Pei Gong is welcome. I led hundreds of people to vote. Pei Gong not only did not think that I was too small, but also treated me like a brother. As the saying goes, no merit is not rewarded. Today I heard that Pei Gong hates Yong Chi deeply. Although he is good but not talented I would like to give the elders of Peixian County as a gift to destroy Fengyi."

Liu Bang said: "It's too polite for Zifang to say this. If you come to me, you will be my friend. Why don't you get paid for nothing? But if you are willing to lead an army to destroy Yongchi, I will personally participate in the battle."

Zhang Liang said, "Let me have a try."

Pei County is only sixty miles away from Fengyi.After Zhang Liang and Liu Bang talked about leading an army to capture Fengyi in person, they were taken around Fengyi to inspect the terrain.There is a big river to the east of Fengyi, and the other three sides are empty plains.Liu Bang came to attack several times but failed to win, because the river was flooded and his men and horses were small, so Yong Chi's army stopped him before crossing the river.Zhang Liang disguised himself as a farmer, went to Fengyi City to visit several times, and gained a detailed understanding of Yongchi's military layout.Having mastered these situations, Zhang Liang had a bottom line in his mind, and said to Liu Bang: "Now is not the time. In winter, the weather will be cold and dry. I will attack at night, and I will succeed in one fell swoop."

When Zhang Liang said this, the weather was still in August and September. Liu Bang didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd, so he didn't ask further, thinking that as long as he could break his teeth, he didn't care about waiting a few more months, so he said, "It depends. As far as Zifang is concerned, let's hurry up and train our soldiers and horses."

In the blink of an eye, it was November, and it had already snowed twice.Liu Bang asked Zhang Liang: "Can we capture Fengyi now?"

"It has just snowed and the road is too wet, so we have to wait." Zhang Liang replied.

Liu Bang had some doubts, whether Zhang Liang would only talk on paper, talk but not practice, he could only act in autumn when he talked about winter, and said he had to wait until winter, thinking that I would see when you have to wait.But judging by Zhang Liang's expression, he seemed confident, so he couldn't keep pushing.Just when Liu Bang had some doubts about Zhang Liang, it was the end of the twelfth lunar month of this year, the previous two snows had already melted away, the north wind was howling, the sky was freezing, and thick ice had formed on the river.Zhang Liang arranged for some people to cross the river to Fengyi City with enough money two days in advance, so that they could do this.

No one expected that on the morning of the New Year's Eve, Zhang Liang said to Liu Bang: "Pei Gong, you can act today. Let the soldiers have enough food in the afternoon, and break the teeth at night."

When Liu Bang heard that Zhang Liang had finally acted, he immediately became excited and said: "Okay, arrange the team to prepare immediately." While agreeing, he called several generals and ordered them to mobilize quickly to capture Fengyi tonight.

Fan Kui was unhappy when he heard the news, and scolded: "Mother, it's the Chinese New Year, so why fight?"

His words were just heard by Liu Bang, and he was scolded: "You bastard, you have so many opinions when you are used. With that Yong tooth, you can have a good year? After winning the battle, I will suffer with you tomorrow." Have a drink!"

Fan Kuai said: "Whoever has an opinion, if you have an opinion, you still have to beat that idiot!"

Liu Bang said: "Don't grind your teeth for me, hurry up and get ready for me."

Fan Kuai clasped his fists together and said, "Decree!"

As soon as it was dark, Liu Bang and Zhang Liang took all their troops, about 4000 people, quietly rushed to Fengyi with silence and horse rings.In less than two hours, they arrived at the bank of the Fengdong River.Zhang Liang divided the team into two halves, and ordered one half to cross the river from the south of Fengyi, and the other half to cross the river from the north of Fengyi. After crossing the river, hide by the river and wait for orders, and told everyone not to make any noise.The ice in the river has been more than a foot thick these days, and the soldiers can just walk across the ice.In order to ensure safety, Zhang Liang still asked everyone to disperse and cross the river.It didn't take long for thousands of people to cross the river.

As soon as Zishi arrived, I saw fires everywhere in Fengyi City. That night, the north wind blew very hard. The fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind helped the fire. The whole Fengyi suddenly became a sea of ​​​​flames. Breaking ice to get water to put out the fire, there was a huge crowd of people for a while.

Liu Bang and Zhang Liang watched the people in the city swarming to the river, and gave an order, and the Pei army came from the north and the south to kill in the middle.It was also because of the deep resentment accumulated by Yong Chi and some Feng people for betraying Liu Bang. Pei Jun was all brave at this time, and by the fire rising in the city, they killed young and middle-aged men when they saw them. What's going on, the head has fallen to the ground.Fortunately, Liu Bang had already confessed in advance that he only killed officials and soldiers, not ordinary people, otherwise many innocent people would have been killed.What also makes people who come out of the city feel headache for a while is that Fengcheng is surrounded by high walls, and only four gates are left on the four sides. No, I could only run in the north-south direction, and as soon as I ran, I ran head-on with Liu Bang's men and horses and was severely beaten.In less than two hours, the Pei army almost killed all the people who came out of the city who had the ability to resist.Then they rushed into the city again, went straight to the government and army barracks, and wiped out the remaining personnel.It's a pity that when Yong Chi saw fires everywhere in the city, he expected that it must be destroyed by people, and he also heard that soldiers from nowhere outside attacked the people who went to fetch water by the river. Beimen fled.Later, when Yong Chi saw that Liu Bang was doing more and more, he dragged his fellow villagers to intercede and voted under Liu Bang's command.After all, Liu Bang had something to do with Fengyi, so he couldn't save face and accepted him.But this person's character is too bad, and he did the same thing several times, voted and betrayed, betrayed and voted again, so Liu Bang hated him deeply.

At dawn, the Pei army counted the number of troops, and only a small number of troops were lost.Cleaning up the battlefield, I saw that Fengyi City was burnt to pieces by them, and corpses were strewn all over the field by the river.Liu Bang felt deeply sorry when he saw this, which was also one of the important reasons why he did not want to return to Fengyi in the future.

In this victory, it turned out that Zhang Liang sent some people to Fengyi in advance, bought some local people with a lot of money, guided them, prepared firewood, and implemented the plan to burn the city. He must go to the Chengdong River to fetch water, and the Pei army took the opportunity to cover up and kill the Yong army.Zhang Liang used his troops for the first time, he was so quick and quick, and he solved a problem that had always caused him headaches for Liu Bang.

Liu Bang broke Fengyi and spent a year in a good mood.Back in Peixian that night, I had a drink with Fan Kuai and other brothers.After that, he humbly learned the art of war from Zhang Liang.Strange to say, Zhang Liang felt boring when he talked about these things to other people, but Liu Bang could understand them and put them into practice, which gave Zhang Liang the confidence to teach them.Zhang Liang said to Liu Bang: "The principle of the art of war, in the final analysis, is nothing more than knowing the enemy and knowing yourself, winning a hundred battles without imperil, the strong should not be arrogant, use the long to overcome the weak; the weak should not be afraid, use the odd to win, and use it flexibly according to the actual situation. A war With a model, flexibility is the most important thing in everything, passiveness seeks initiative, and initiative seeks change. If you stick to one theory and copy it mechanically, you will often be controlled by the enemy."

Liu Bang said: "Whenever a decision is made, it must be based on a full grasp of the situation, and it cannot be generalized. It must pay great attention to investigation and research."

Zhang Liang said: "That's the truth. But what's more important is to practice more, to learn wars from wars, to be familiar with military books and to use them skillfully in practice, otherwise you will make the mistake of talking about wars on paper."

Liu Bang said: "Thank you Zifang for your advice. I will definitely ponder over the things you taught and apply them flexibly in warfare."

Zhang Liang had a relatively happy time in Pei County, but he did not forget his original intention of coming here.When he was free, he made a serious analysis of the situation in the world and believed that although Liu Bang is a person who does great things, he must take advantage of the situation to achieve great things in a short period of time.Who can I borrow?After the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings, the situation after the unification of the Qin State quickly became full of wars, and armed forces were formed based on the original small countries. The Caotou King was raised, and for a while there were many mountains and warlords fighting.Among these armed forces, Xiang Liang's team from Chu State, which grew up on the basis of the uprising army led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, was the most powerful.Zhang Liang thought, if Liu Bang wants to take advantage of the situation, he should use the strongest power, so that he can have influence.Moreover, Xiang Liang and himself still have an old friendship. If he and Liu Bang take the team to join him, they will not worry about Xiang Liang not accepting them.After thinking about it this way, Zhang Liang said to Liu Bang: "Fang is in the world today, and there are many heroes everywhere. The general rebelled against Yu Pei, who is famous for the township party, but if he wants to do a bigger cause, he should go out as soon as possible. Do you mean it?"

"I have this intention, but I don't know how to get out, what's your opinion?" Liu Bang asked hurriedly.

Zhang Liang looked at Liu Bang and said, "The Pei army is still very small. If you want to grow quickly, the best way is to take advantage of the situation to develop. I have imagined a plan for you. We will take the team to defect to Xiang Liang. The team is very strong and has already occupied many places. If you are favored by him, you will definitely get a large fiefdom in the future. At that time, you will be a vassal of course, far more powerful than in Pei County. Xiang Liang is now in Xuecheng Fighting the Qin army is not far from here. It is very convenient for us to go to him. I still have an old friendship with him. If you agree with me, we will go to meet him immediately and promise not to be rejected. What do you think? "

Xiang Liang had already had a great influence at that time. Liu Bang had heard about it a long time ago. Hearing what Zhang Liang said, he was immediately moved and said, "This opinion is very good. I am willing to take the team to join you and join General Xiang." He discussed it with Zhang Liang. Afterwards, together with Xiao He, Cao Can, Zhou Bo, Fan Kui and others, everyone agreed that it was feasible. Fan Kui also said: "The world should break through. This society supports the bold and the timid to death. It's so big, why can't we, I not only agree to go out, but also want to do it alone with the third brother."

Liu Bang said: "That will be a matter of the future. Since you all agree, then make preparations and lead your troops to set off in these two days." He arranged for Xiao He and Cao Can to stay in Pei County and said: "We have gone out, and we can't go here. No, no matter where the team goes, this is our backing, and we can’t lose it at any time.”

After everything was arranged, Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, Zhou Bo, Fan Kui and other leaders led the [-] Pei army and arrived in Xuecheng in two days.Before coming, Liu Bang also brought a beautiful woman as a gift to Xiang Liang.When Xiang Liang saw his old friends coming to vote, and brought so many people, he was very happy, and quickly made arrangements for them.

Xiang Liang allocated 2 people to Liu Bang to attack Yongqiu with Xiang Yu.Xiang Yu's team was strong, and he attacked from the front. Zhang Liang suggested that Liu Bang go around to the enemy's rear to cooperate and attack the Qin army from front to back.

Liu Xiang cooperated for the first time, defeated the Qin army in one fell swoop, and beheaded Qin general Li You, which can be regarded as Liu Bang's revenge for Li You's support of Yong Chi's rebellion.Xiang Liang led the team to fight several big victories in a row, and the situation was close to Xianyang.

Xiang Liang was originally a descendant of an aristocrat in the state of Chu. When he raised his troops, he raised his army under the banner of opposing Qin and restoring Chu. At this time, he had a certain amount of power, so he named Xiong Xin, a descendant of the former King of Chu, King Huai of Chu.Zhang Liang took the opportunity to suggest to him: "To oppose Qin is to restore the vassal states that were destroyed by it. The general is now powerful in the world, and Tyranny Qin will be defeated soon. If you can restore the original vassal states It can be said to be an extraordinary feat. The reason why Pei Gong and I came to vote for you is to use your strength to restore my homeland. Among the descendants of Korea, Ji Cheng is the most virtuous, and I suggest you make him king." Liang immediately agreed, and named Zhang Liang the Situ of South Korea.

Zhang Liang realized his goal of opposing Qin and restoring Han as he wished.The newly established South Korea was waiting to be rejuvenated. Zhang Liang bid farewell to Liu Bang, saying that he would go back to the King of Han to help govern his country. Accept? Now that there are frequent wars and you are gone, who should I ask for advice when I encounter difficult problems in the future?" He really didn't want Zhang Liang to leave.

Zhang Liang said: "There are more and more people in Pei Gong now. You have talents here, and you will be able to achieve great things in the future. Although I have left you, you can call me here at any time if you have something to do in the future. I will definitely help you."

"Isn't it okay not to go?" Liu Bang said.

"My family has been a prime minister for generations. Now Korea has just been restored, and the King of Han is young. If I don't go, there is no one in Korea to do business. The days we were together were the happiest time since my country was subjugated. From the bottom of my heart, I I don’t want to leave you either. Pei Gong doesn’t need to mind too much, maybe we will have a chance to cooperate in the future.” Zhang Liang said.

"I hope so." Liu Bang could not keep Zhang Liang, so he could only pin his hopes on the future.

After Zhang Liang left, unexpectedly Xiang Liang died in battle due to arrogance, and Liu Bang became one of the main generals in the King of Chu's team for a while, and he quickly embarked on the road to become king.

(End of this chapter)