Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 184
Zhang Han is not the reckless Wang Li, so of course he would not easily take risks and face off against the anti-Qin coalition forces. Xiang Yu and the main force of the anti-Qin coalition forces had just caught up with the main forces of the Qin army in the afternoon, and Zhang Han immediately let the main forces of the Qin army lay down The circular formation is the most defensive formation to resist the attack of the anti-Qin coalition forces.

Xiang Yu was unable to create a miracle again this time. Under his command, the various troops of the anti-Qin coalition army were like a tide, and they violently attacked the Qin army circle from all directions, but the Qin army always responded unchanged. No matter how the anti-Qin allied forces changed their formation, made a surprise attack or even deliberately lured them into defeat, they kept their ground and remained motionless. The anti-Qin coalition forces were shot with a lot of casualties.

In the end, when the fight reached darkness, there was no hope of breaking the formation, and seeing that the Qin army fired countless torches just after the sky was completely dark, it was obvious that they were well prepared. At the same time, the physical strength of the soldiers of the anti-Qin coalition army also declined severely, so Xiang Yu had no choice but to do nothing. Ming Jin withdrew his troops and led the anti-Qin coalition forces to retreat to rest. Zhang Han immediately ordered the Qin army soldiers to set up camp on the spot and rest carefully overnight.

After dawn the next day, Zhang Han continued to retreat slowly with the main force of the Qin army, and tried his best to restrain the army, so that the first movers did not get anxious, and the latter did not panic. Retreat in the negative direction.On the morning of the same day, the Qin Army's Shejian Division, which broke away from the main force the day before, also arrived in Dangyin smoothly, and quickly established fortifications to protect the westward retreat of the Qin Army's main force, especially focusing on preventing those who might come from the south. The main force of the Young Marshal.

Of course, Xiang Kang also sent scouts to spy on the movement of the main force of the Qin army, but the disadvantage was that the roads were not smooth enough. After receiving accurate information, it was said that the main force of the Qin army did not dare to take the road of Baimajin to retreat after crossing Fanyang, and chose to go directly westward to Dangyin from Fanyang.

Because it is not clear whether Xiang Yu has divided his troops to attack Dangyin in advance, Xiang Kang also asked the main force of the young commander to prepare to go north to reinforce Dangyin overnight. The secret agent sent news, reporting that the Qin army had rushed to Dangyin to set up defenses in advance, protecting the retreat of the main force of the Qin army.As a result, the young commanders and generals who were already gearing up were all disappointed. Xiang Kang even kicked over the case in front of him for the first time, and roared: "Short-sighted! Mud can't support the wall!"

"What do you mean by General You?" Except for Chen Ping, none of the young generals present at the scene were confused, and the outspoken Long Qi asked directly: "General You, who are you talking about is short-sighted? Going to Dangyin to set up defenses in advance should be to plan ahead, how can you say that they are short-sighted?"

Xiang Kang's face was ashen, and he said after a while: "When the messenger we sent to contact the main force returns, you can ask him carefully about the situation where we suggest that the main force divide up and attack Dangyin, and you will understand everything."

Of course, Long Qie is not a fool, he just woke up after a little calculation, and said in surprise: "General You, do you suspect that our main force deliberately did not listen to our well-intentioned advice, and deliberately let the Tyrant Qin army rush to Dangyin to set up defenses first?" , Protect their retreat? How could our main force do this?"

"General Long, what's so strange about this?" Chen Ping took the conversation and asked, and then said: "Have you forgotten, General Chu, that we, the King of Chu, have made a promise that whoever can capture and kill Mr. He will be able to inherit the position of general that Wu Xinjun left behind. If the former general helps us stop the Tyrant Qin army from retreating, wouldn’t we have a good chance of capturing and killing Zhang Han before him?"

After finishing speaking, Chen Ping quickly added another sentence, saying: "Of course, the former general was straightforward, but he may not have such a villainous heart, but the young people around him may not have the gentleman's demeanor of the former general. It is necessary to sow discord in front of the former general, spread rumors and slander, and oppose the former general's acceptance of our well-intentioned suggestion, so we gave the Tyrant Qin army the opportunity to occupy the Yin and protect the retreat in advance."

Long Qi waited for the generals of the Young Marshal to suddenly realize, and all of them gritted their teeth and said angrily, "We worked so hard on the southern front to cut off the food roads of the Tyrant Qin army and drive away the soldiers of the Tyrant Qin army." Two lines of reinforcements can block the Tyrant Qin army in Handan County. The main force doesn't want to thank us, but they are afraid that we will take the credit and send us a deliberate collusion with the enemy, which will make us fall short! What is the need to join forces?!"

After trying to suppress the anger in his heart and forcing himself to calm down, Xiang Kang ordered: "There is no need to go north to Dangyin. The terrain over Dangyin is complicated and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Since the Tyrant Qin army has seized Dangyin in advance , Even if we go north, it will not be of much use, on the contrary, we will only take risks with our army, continue to station in Baimajin, and wait for new changes in the enemy's situation, then we will decide what to do next."

The young marshal agreed, and angrily gave up the tactical plan to go north to the Yin. In addition, it was getting late, Xiang Kang casually ordered the tents to be dispersed, and let the generals go back to their tents to rest.As a result, most of the young generals, Wen and Wu, left according to the order, but Zhou Zeng, Chen Ping, Zhou Shu and Li Shiqi and other absolute confidants did not leave in a hurry. Chen Ping persuaded Xiang Kang after everyone left: "The right general appeases his anger. This is also human nature. The former general was confused for a while, and he will only regret it in the future."

Xiang Kang nodded sullenly, sighed and said, "I'm not angry with my brother, but I just feel that it's a pity to miss this opportunity."

"General You, the general thinks that what you said is wrong." Uncle Zhou still likes to make people feel uncomfortable when he speaks, and said: "It is not us who missed the good opportunity this time, it should be the former general. If he listens Our persuasion, help us stop the main force of Tyrant Qin, and we help him annihilate the main force of Tyrant Qin, then it will be a smooth road for him to enter the pass, he only cares about the immediate interests and does not consider this, and it will be difficult not to regret it in the future."

Xiang Kang thought about it carefully and found that it was true, so he could only comfort himself in this way.Uncle Zhou then said: "General You, since the former general voluntarily missed the opportunity to enter Guanzhong and destroy Qin, we must not miss such a good opportunity. If there is an opportunity, go south to Yingchuan and Nanyang as soon as possible, bypass the Weihan Road and Hangu Pass, which are heavily guarded by the Tyrant Qin army, enter the pass from Wuguan, and go straight to Xianyang to destroy Qin in one fell swoop, laying a hard-won feat!"

Zhou Zeng, Chen Ping, Li Shiqi and others did not question Uncle Zhou's suggestion this time. There are two reasons. The cooperation of the main force is just putting a hot face on a cold ass, and there may be further conflicts; secondly, the main force of the young commander has already found out the enemy's situation through various channels, and found that the Qin army mainly concentrated its forces in Sanchuan County, Hanoi County and Wei Handao and other strategic areas, Yingchuan and Nanyang are relatively empty of troops, and the main force of the young commander's army detoured through Wuguan to enter Guanzhong and destroy Qin. It is definitely not without chance.So after Uncle Zhou put forward this suggestion again, Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping not only did not object, but were also moved by it.

Of course Xiang Kang knew that this path was the correct path for Liu Laosan to destroy Qin in history, and he had long wanted to replace Liu Laosan and establish an immortal feat of defeating the tyranny of Qin. However, after careful consideration for a long time, Xiang Kang chose In order to continue to wait and see, he said: "Don't worry, first, I have to think about it carefully, and second, I want to take a look at the development of the battle situation in Hanoi County, and we will make a decision when the battle situation stabilizes."

Uncle Zhou continued to persuade unwillingly, but Xiang Kang was worried and insisted on waiting for a while to discuss this matter. Uncle Zhou had no choice but to give up temporarily. The first task is to carefully inquire about the situation on the northern front and understand the development of the war on the northern front, and the second is to dispatch capable and meticulous personnel to collect intelligence on the Qin army, so as to understand the internal situation of the Qin army as much as possible.

Two days later, an urgent military report was sent from the direction of Dangyin, saying that the main force of the Qin army, which was slowly advancing westward, had successfully arrived at the land of Dangyin. westward.At the same time, the messenger of the Young Marshal who had been sent to contact the main force of the Chu army also returned to Baima and introduced the time when he delivered Xiang Kang's letter to Xiang Yu, which proved that Xiang Yu deliberately refused to divide his troops in advance to attack Dangyin. Kang suggested that everyone in the Young Marshal Army would inevitably be furious when they heard the news, and they also became more and more unwilling to continue to join hands with the main force of the Chu Army who was too selfish.

Another day passed, and the main force of the Qin army finally withdrew westward to the bank of the flood. To the great disappointment of the anti-Qin coalition forces, the main force of the Qin army, who had suffered enough losses across the river, learned a lesson and was no longer eager to cross the flood and retreat westward. It just covered about [-] Qin Army Great Wall Corps retreating westward across the river, and then immediately built a deep ditch and high fort on the east bank of the flood, preparing for a long-term confrontation with the anti-Qin coalition forces. Everywhere is dangerous, and fortifications are built to protect the grain roads, so that the grain from Ao Cang can reach the front line safely.

At the same time, the Qin army also urgently mobilized in Hanoi and Sanchuan counties, conscripted all males over the age of 15 into the army, formed a large number of new troops to guard the city pass, and transported food and grass to the front line to build a flood defense line. There is a posture of defending Hanoi and Sanchuan to the death.

When these situations were reported to Xiang Kang, not to mention Uncle Zhou, even Zhou Zeng and Chen Pingping civil officials persuaded Xiang Kang to make up his mind immediately and go south to Yingchuan and Nanyang as soon as possible. The anti-Qin coalition forces took the opportunity to try to enter Guanzhong from Wuguan.However, Xiang Kang, who has always been decisive in killing and attacking, still hesitated, and asked Uncle Zhou who urged him to take the opportunity to go south again: "General Zhou, you also know the situation on the northern front. In your opinion, how will the war on the flood battlefield develop?" ? Will our main force be able to defeat the main force of Tyrant Qin in the end, or will the main force of Tyrant Qin be able to persist until our main force and the anti-Qin allied forces are forced to withdraw?"

"This is unpredictable." Uncle Zhou replied truthfully: "There are too many variables. If Zhang Han takes the risk of a decisive battle, then with the current morale and fighting spirit of our main force, it is very hopeful to directly defeat the main force of Tyrant Qin. But if the Tyrant Qin army Persisting in not fighting, the confrontation has lasted for a long time, and some omissions in our main force have given Zhang Han an opportunity to take advantage of, and no one can guarantee who will win or lose in the flood battlefield."

"This is also what I am most worried about." Xiang Kang replied: "If our main force fails and loses the battle, so that Zhang Han can spare his hands to help Guanzhong, then we will die even if we enter Guanzhong."

"General You, war is always an adventure." Uncle Zhou reminded: "If you look too far ahead and backward, you are doomed to miss good opportunities."

Xiang Kang was even more hesitant, hesitating, Xiang Kang also casually flipped through the report on the Qin Army's military situation that Chen Ping had just personally sent, and it turned out that it was a coincidence that he just took out a wooden board from the bamboo slips and glanced at it casually, and Xiang Kang Immediately opened his eyes wide, then quickly raised the wooden board, and asked Chen Ping: "Mr. Chen Ping, your subordinates made a secret report, saying that when the Tyrant Qin army was withdrawing from Jiyuan to Fanyang, the Tyrant Qin general Wang Li Violating Zhang Han's military order, he led his army back to aid the trapped army without authorization, resulting in a crushing defeat, is this information reliable?"

"It should be reliable." Chen Ping replied, "It's the news that one of my subordinates inquired directly from the soldiers of the Tyrant Qin. I heard that Wang Li still asked Zhang Han for his guilt after the incident, but Zhang Han was magnanimous and didn't pursue it. However, the students estimated that Zhang Han had no choice but to forgive Wang Lipifu for the sake of the unity of the army."

A look of joy appeared on Xiang Kang's face, and after only a moment's calculation, Xiang Kang made up his mind and ordered: "Order the whole army to immediately move out of camp and cross the Yellow River south, and prepare to go south to Yingchuan."

"General You, have you made up your mind?" Uncle Zhou asked happily.

"Our main force already has a way to be invincible. If I don't make up my mind, it will be a waste of opportunity." Xiang Kang smiled, first sent someone to issue the order, and then told Zhou Zeng: "Uncle Ya, help I wrote a letter to the former general, saying that I would go to Yingchuan and Nanyang to open up a second battlefield, and look for opportunities to push into Guanzhong and threaten the back of the main force of the Qin Dynasty, so that the Qin Dynasty could not fully rescue Hanoi, and Wei Wei rescued Zhao to share the pressure for him. In addition, in order to alleviate his food pressure, I will hand over Puyang and Baima to him, and tell him to quickly send people to take over the two cities of Puyang and Baima."

Zhou Zeng promised to write a book for Xiang Kang immediately, but Xiang Kang didn't stop, and then told Li Shiqi and Chen Ping: "Mr. Li, Mr. Chen Ping, you should work hard too, and give Zhang Han and Chen Ping the money for me. Wang Li each wrote a letter."

"What content?" Chen Ping asked hurriedly.

"The letter to Wang Li is of course persuading him to surrender, urging him to quickly surrender to us with his army, lest the Tyrant Qin court hold him accountable for his defeat in Jiyuan, ruin his reputation and leave him dead without a place to die."

Xiang Kang casually ordered the letter to be careless, and said: "As for the letter to Zhang Han, the content is more complicated. I have already received his letter, so that he doesn't have to worry about our Xiang family's children. The sword has no eyes, and my uncle's unfortunate death in Dingtao has nothing to do with him. As long as he can change his past, fulfill his promise and surrender to us with the Tyrant Qin army, our Xiang family children will definitely let him go and change with him. Enemies become friends, and we will break the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty together. In addition, tell him that as long as he can make up his mind, he can contact my brother Xiang Yu directly at any time, and I have already pleaded with my brother on his behalf."

Chen Ping showed a sinister smile on his face, and said: "General You has a great plan, the letter to Zhang Han is more complicated, let me write it."

After all, Chen Ping immediately picked up his pen and wrote a book, and quickly wrote a letter with a lot of voice and emotion according to the content that Xiang Kang ordered. However, after the two letters were written and Xiang Kang personally signed and printed both letters, Li Shiqi remembered a big event and hurriedly asked Xiang Kang: "General Right? , how to send the letter to Zhang Han? To whom?"

Xiang Kang smiled but did not answer. First he took up a pen and wrote the covers of the letters inviting Zhang Han and Wang Li respectively, then put the cover of the letter to Zhang Han on the body of the letter to Wang Li, and wrote the cover of the letter to Wang Li. The cover of the letter to Zhang Han was placed on the body of the letter to Zhang Han, and then he said with a face full of surprise: "Why am I so careless? Send the letter to General Wang Li to General Zhang Han? Send the letter to General Zhang Han to Wang Li? This is troublesome now, if General Wang Li and the Tyrant Qin court have doubts about General Zhang Han, how will General Zhang Han fight the next battle?"

Xiang Kang hadn't finished speaking what he was pretending to be surprised by. Uncle Zhou, Zhou Zeng, Chen Ping, and Li Shiqi all laughed out loud and gave Xiang Kang a thumbs up. They all admired Xiang Kang's cruelty, viciousness and despicability— —How wicked must this be to come up with such a sinister trick?
After laughing, Zhou Zeng was still a little worried, and said, "General You, is this move too ruthless? If our alienation plan works too well, the Tyrant Qin army will fall apart, and our army will fall apart." The main force annihilated the main force of Tyrant Qin too quickly, maybe they might rush into Guanzhong before us."

"It's not so easy to get such good results." Xiang Kang replied: "Wang Li is not a fool, and he will not directly turn against Zhang Han just because I sent a wrong letter. Even if there is suspicion, it will only strengthen the monitoring and prevention of Zhang Han, and will not destroy the Great Wall too quickly, directly kill Zhang Han, or take the risk of changing generals."

"Also." Xiang Kang added: "Ten thousand steps back, even if the Tyrant Qin court really plans to destroy the Great Wall, it will definitely arrange a candidate to replace Zhang Han immediately, and continue to lead the Tyrant Qin army to guard Hanoi and the Great Wall." In these two important areas of Sanchuan, even if the new Tyrant Qin commander is not as powerful as Zhang Han, as long as he sticks to the dangerous passes in Hanoi and Sanchuan County, he can still hold on for a period of time, giving us a chance to advance to the pass."

In this way, just discovered that the Qin army had an opportunity to take advantage of it, and immediately started to separate, ensuring that the main force of the Chu army could remain invincible, Xiang Kang didn't even say hello to Xiang Yu, and took the main force of the young commander across the day. After crossing the Yellow River and returning to the south bank of the Yellow River, only a small number of troops were left to guard the two cities of Puyang and Baima. Immediately, they took the main force of the young generals and went straight to Yangwu, planning to go directly south to Yingchuan from Yangwu to copy Liu Laosan's tactics of destroying Qin in history.

(End of this chapter)