Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 464 Internal Problems
In fact, there is no chance for the Chu-Ji coalition forces to run away. Uncle Zhou spent so much time and effort, and paid a considerable price, that he finally weakened part of the strength of the Chu-ji coalition forces, laying the foundation for the next annihilation battle. How could it be possible to watch the Chuji allied forces run away and flee to other places to prolong the battle in Qidi?

So just arrived the next morning, Uncle Zhou, regardless of the fact that the Han army's Northern Front Corps had just experienced a large-scale decisive battle in the field, dispatched the steady general of the Han army Lu Kuang to lead [-] troops southward to the southwest of Jinji Ridge. On the Chidao Road in front of them, they set up a camp and blocked the southward escape route of the Chuji coalition forces, directly posing the posture of annihilating the Chuji coalition forces at all costs.

Uncle Zhou's arrangement also intensified the internal differences and contradictions within the Chu-Ji coalition forces. Some of the Western Chu generals headed by Ji Bu insisted on going south with all their strength and retreating to Boyang at any cost to establish the Wenshui defense line; Jinbei Wang Tianda, who lost [-]% of the land, advocated sticking to Jinjiling, waiting for the Western Chu Army to send reinforcements, and even Xiang Yu personally led the army to help. Xiang Zhuang, who could really make up his mind, was hesitant and unable to make a decision.

Han Xin, who had advocated sticking to the Licheng battlefield before, once again stood on Tian Da's side. Han Xin clearly pointed out that even if the Chuji coalition forces retreat now, they will suffer heavy losses on the way out of the siege, and there is no hope of resisting the coming reinforcements of the Han army. At the same time, Boyang City, located on the north bank of Wenshui River, was absolutely impossible to block the bombardment of the Han army's trebuchets, and could not serve as a tactical support point for the Wenshui line of defense.

Therefore, Han Xin believes that instead of losing troops and paying a heavy price to risk fleeing south, it is better to put all one's eggs in one basket and defend the Jinjiling camp, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and fight against the Han army with too many front-line troops who are difficult to supply. At the same time, he asked Xiang Yu for help. Xiang Yu personally led the army to turn the tide of the battle.

Han Xin's words did not make Xiang Zhuang make a decision. After pulling Han Xin aside, Xiang Zhuang confessed the truth to Han Xin, saying: "I hope our king will personally lead the army to come for reinforcements, or we can expect the rear to send us reinforcements." I am afraid that things are no longer realistic. Our king has been entangled in the Puyang battlefield by the Han thieves. Huainan and Jiangdong may be able to mobilize some more troops, but those places are too far away, and within a month or two, it will be difficult to recruit enough troops to go north to reinforce us."

"It's about the same as the general's estimate." Han Xin sighed helplessly, and then said in a low voice: "But we can only defend, because not only is it extremely difficult for us to retreat now, but even if we barely retreat to the Wenshui line, It is absolutely impossible to block the army of the Han bandits. If we reach Wenshui and then retreat southward, it will be the homeland of our Western Chu. The Han bandits don't need to rush into our homeland, as long as they calmly annex the Qi land and gather the Qi land. With human and material resources, we are no match for the traitors."

"But how long can we keep it?" Xiang Zhuang said with a wry smile: "There is some food in the Jinjiling camp, but no matter how we save it, it will only be enough for us for less than two months. Even if the Han bandits don’t send troops to attack the fortifications, we ourselves will starve to death, isn’t it still a dead end?”

"Not necessarily!" Han Xin said surprisingly, and whispered: "Zuo Sima, if we continue to fight, we may not be a dead end! There are two reasons. First, Jinjiling is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We can stop quietly and be patient. When the veterans of the Han Bandit Division were exhausted and exposed their flaws, they seized the opportunity to counterattack and turned the tide of the battle with a surprise victory. Second, after the Han Bandit Division joined forces, there would definitely be various internal problems. Once conflicts and suspicions arose within them, we There is a loophole to take advantage of."

"General Ji Bu is a typical example." Han Xin said in a low voice again: "Relying on his own qualifications, he has made great achievements, and he doesn't pay attention to you, Zuo Sima, the coach. It must be the same with the traitors. Not to mention, Zhujishi and Li Shang, who have merit and qualifications, will never be convinced by Uncle Zhou. In addition, the battle situation in Qi State may change at any time. You can’t get the chance to fight back from the Jedi.”

"What if we can't wait for such an opportunity?" Xiang Zhuang asked worriedly.

"Then we can wait until later to retreat." Han Xin replied: "Our army just went through a big battle yesterday. The soldiers were exhausted and their physical strength declined, and it was difficult to retreat. Moreover, it must be difficult to take away so much military supplies. They were not forced to burn them. Losing is nothing but cheap Chinese thieves. Instead of this, we might as well confront the Chinese thieves patiently for a period of time. It is of course better to wait for the opportunity to counterattack. It's not too late to retreat."

Hearing Han Xin's words, he thought it was reasonable, and seeing that the Han army had already divided up and blocked the road ahead of time, it was very difficult to retreat hastily now. Xiang Zhuang thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind. He gritted his teeth and said, "Defend to the end! At the last moment, we will never consider giving up Jinji Ridge and retreating south!"

Of course, Xiang Zhuang's decision was strongly opposed by Ji Bu and others, but in the afternoon, Ji Bu and others had no more nonsense, because in the afternoon, the front of the Han reinforcements led by Li Shang, They actually arrived at the Licheng battlefield one day earlier than expected by the Chu-Ji coalition forces, crossed Jishui on the same day, and joined forces with the Zhou Shu Corps of the Han army, which completely shattered the Chu-Ji coalition forces' last hope of retreating overnight.So after receiving this news, even Ji Bu, who was not convinced by the 1 people in Xiangzhuang, could only accept his fate helplessly and instead supported Xiangzhuang's decision to stick to it. Dare to stay at the foot of the mountain and wait to be smashed by the Han army's trebuchet.

To Han Xin's secret joy, after the [-] former troops led by Li Shang crossed Jishui, Uncle Zhou did not let Li Shang's army directly enter the original camp of the Han army, but chose to let Li Shang set up camp in the northwest of Jinji Ridge. Ten miles away, although this move also had the purpose of preventing the Chuji allied forces from breaking through overnight, it was likely to prove that Uncle Zhou had scruples and worried that he would not be able to restrain Li Shang.

After all, Li Shang, who won Hanzhong, Bashu and other places for the Han army, is not very different from Uncle Zhou in terms of credit and qualifications, and has been in charge of Hanzhong for a long time. Uncle Zhou, who has just become a general of the Han army, wants Li It is indeed not a small problem for Shang Xin to be convinced and obey his orders.

On the second day, Zhu Jishi, the more thorny general of the Han army, also led the main force of the Han army reinforcements to the Licheng battlefield, completely establishing the absolute superiority of the Han army over the Chu-Ji coalition forces. Like Shang's former army, the main force of reinforcements led by Zhujishi was also stationed in the northwest of Jinjiling, and did not directly join forces with the army originally commanded by Uncle Zhou. Take a look at the scene where Zhu Jishi and Li Shang and other Han army veterans meet their new boss Zhou Shu.

Although EQ is not as high as Han Xin, but Uncle Zhou also understands the various internal problems he is about to face, and knows that if he fails to handle the relationship between his superiors and subordinates with a veteran of the Han army, it will cause internal discord at least to serious problems. In other words, it is not impossible to ruin the current good situation by ruining the entire battle situation, so when Zhu Jishi, Li Shang, Feng Zhong, Fu Kuan and other veterans of the Han army came to pay their respects to him, Uncle Zhou did not dare to put the Han army on the line at all. The No. 1 airs in the military world quickly led the main civil and military personnel under his command to the gate of the camp to greet them.

It's okay, although he was really dissatisfied with Uncle Zhou, the great general, but Zhujishi, who was older than Uncle Zhou, still gave Uncle Zhou a little face, even if it was just perfunctory, there was no etiquette that should be done in front of everyone At least, Li Shang, Fu Kuan and others with seniority under Zhujishi didn't show any emotion when they saw him like this. Even though they were still a little dissatisfied in their hearts, they still obediently bowed to Uncle Zhou as a subordinate.

The next step is the key. With a smile on his face, as Uncle Zhou entered the big tent of the Chinese army, veterans of the Han army such as Zhujishi and Li Shang immediately noticed that Uncle Zhou had set up one on the left and one on the right next to his commander-in-chief. The location, also suddenly muttered in my heart, secretly said: "It depends on how you arrange it."

Uncle Zhou also quickly made arrangements. He first invited Li Shiqi to sit on his left with a smile, then pointed to the seat on the right and invited Zhu Jishi, "General Zhu, please sit here."

Li Shang, who had been in charge of Xiang Kang's account for a long time, kept his mouth shut. One reason was that Zhu Jishi's qualifications were older than him, and the other was that Uncle Zhou had already asked his brother Li Shiqi to sit down. Ji Shi competed for the remaining position, and without Zhou Shu talking, Li Shiqi, the eldest brother who raised him with his own hands, immediately slapped him, "Little Zhuzi, have you grown up? Do you know what respect is?" Elder Jing, you alone dare to sit on an equal footing with your elder brother?"

Li Shang, the commander-in-chief of the Hanzhong Bashu Military Region, dared not speak, and the rest of the young commanders such as Fu Kuan, Chong Da, and Ling Jing, of course, were even more afraid to speak. Good old man, he smiled and just took the initiative to stand below Li Shang.But Zhu Jishi felt a little embarrassed when his self-esteem was satisfied, and after looking at everyone present, he took the initiative to say to Feng Zhong: "General Feng, your qualifications are older than mine, so you should be in this position. "

"No, no." Feng Zhong waved his hands with a smile, and said, "You should sit down, General Zhu. I'll just stand."

After pretending to be humble for a few more words, seeing that Feng Zhong was determined not to sit, the respected Zhujishi still sat in the seat arranged for him by Uncle Zhou. According to your level and qualifications, stand up obediently.The same is true for the civil servants. After seeing Zhou Shu and Cui Guang, the famous Shangshan old men who are well-known all over the world, stand below Li Shiqi, the other Han military civil servants did not even dare to take a breath, obediently according to their ranks Standing, Mr. Uncle Sun, who had escaped from Linzi, was still spitting, and kept praising Uncle Zhou for his proper arrangement and impartiality.

Flattery is back to flattery, Mr. Uncle Sun was still somewhat surprised, and thought to himself: "What's the matter? Uncle Zhou is not good at this, how could he come up with such an idea? Use old man Li to suppress Li Shang, use Shang Shan Si Hao suppressed our civil servants, Feng Zhong is a bad guy, as long as he coaxes him behind his back, he can talk about anything, and then he will give the old Zhujishi a little bit of praise, and the generals will have nothing to say, usually what? Didn't you see Uncle Zhou's little Zhuzi has such a wrist?"

Mr. Shusun's doubts were quickly answered. After accidentally seeing the smug expression on Shangshan's old man Zhou Shu's face, Mr. Shusun suddenly realized, and secretly said: "Old man, I really love you with the same name and surname. My junior, actually came up with such a way to solve the seating problem for him."

Closer to home, when Mr. Uncle Sun was muttering in his heart, Uncle Zhou had already started a long speech. First, he thanked Zhujishi, Li Shang and others for their long-distance assistance, and then hypocritically said that he was flattered. Such an important task, and then gradually turned the conversation to the topic, probably introduced the current situation in Qidi to Zhujishi and others who had just arrived, as well as the general situation of the Chuji coalition forces, and finally said: "The situation is basically like this Well, as far as the current situation is concerned, our situation is indeed very good, but the Chuji bandit army is a centipede after all, dead but not dead, and there is still a possibility of dying. In addition, the battle situation in Qi is still unclear. Whether we can take all of the territory and annihilate the Chu Ji bandit army depends on the joint efforts of all the generals to urge the soldiers to fight bravely and complete the task assigned to us by the king as soon as possible."

The civil and military soldiers of the Han army sang promises together, and then Zhujishi asked: "General, how many troops are there in the Chuji bandit army around Jinjiling?"

"The current strength of the Chuji bandit army is still unknown to us." Uncle Zhou replied, "However, judging from the number of heads we captured the day before yesterday and the size of the camp of the Chuji bandit army, I guess they The total strength of the army is still more than [-], which should not be underestimated."

"Then how should we fight next?" Zhujishi asked again: "Should we fight Licheng first? Or Jinjiling first?"

"Jinji Ridge is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is very difficult to win by force. Of course, we should attack Licheng first." Uncle Zhou replied without thinking, and pointed to Li Shang and Feng who made sacrifices on the seat issue. Zhong said with a smile: "General Li, General Feng, please work hard. I will leave the attack on Licheng to you. After the camp is established, the two of you will take turns to lead the attack on the city. Whoever wins the city will be credited. "

Knowing that Uncle Zhou wanted to compensate him and give him a chance to make meritorious service, of course Li Shang clasped his fists and sang promises, Feng Zhong also clasped his hands and sang promises, and then asked very honestly: "General, our camp is farther away from Licheng than you are." The camp is far away, and it is inconvenient to send troops to attack the city. Is there something wrong with this arrangement?"

"Sure enough, he is an honest man." Uncle Zhou smiled in his heart, and then replied: "It's okay, General Feng, you and General Li work hard, and lead the army to walk a little longer."

After saying that, Uncle Zhou turned to Zhujishi again, smiled and said: "General Zhu, I will not interfere with the reinforcement camp for the time being, and leave everything to you. Remember, on the night after we took Licheng , you must be careful to prevent the thieves on Jinji Ridge from sending troops to rob the camp and attack your camp, it is best to arrange an ambush outside the camp in advance, and then give the Chuji thieves a surprise."

"Is the general so sure?" Zhujishi asked in surprise.

"You'll know when the time comes." Uncle Zhou put on a trick on purpose, and then said with a smile: "Okay, it's rare for so many people to gather together, so hurry up and bring the food and wine, we're going to have a good celebration today."

In this way, according to Uncle Zhou's order, after quickly building a strong camp in the northwest of Jinjiling, General Li Shang and General Feng Zhong took turns to lead the troops eastward, using the siege weapons prepared for them by Uncle Zhou's corps As a result, after Han Xin saw this situation on Jinjiling Mountain, he was secretly happy again. He immediately understood that Uncle Zhou was deliberately giving up the opportunity to make meritorious service to the new army in order to appease the mood of the reinforcements. The issue of leadership.

Secretly happy to secretly happy, the Licheng city wall built with rammed earth still could not withstand the counterweight catapult attack of the Han army. After three days of siege battle, Xiang Kang dispatched Li Shang, a general of the Han army who went north from the south line. , and finally led the troops to break through Licheng, and almost wiped out nearly ten thousand defenders in the city. They also beheaded Tian Ji, the general of the Jibei Army who was defending Licheng, in street fighting. The news was brought back by the defeated soldiers who escaped by chance. After the Jinjiling camp, Tian Da also burst into tears immediately, deeply hurt by the death of his beloved general.

When Tian Da was crying, Xiang Zhuang, Liu Laosan and others also had gloomy faces, because they all knew very well that after the Han army captured Licheng, they would definitely turn around and attack Jinjiling immediately. Don't even think about hiding in the mountains to rest with peace of mind.On the contrary, Ji Bu suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly said: "Everyone, the reinforcements of the Han bandits have been attacking the city for three consecutive days. The soldiers participating in the battle must be very tired. Today they took Licheng again. After winning, they will definitely take precautions. In this case , as long as we send an army tonight to attack the camp of the reinforcements of the Han bandits, we will definitely be able to kill the bandits by surprise."

Hearing what Ji Bu said was reasonable, Xiang Zhuang, Liu Laosan and others were immediately tempted. Tian Da also nodded repeatedly, agreeing to take this risk to avenge his Licheng defenders. Only Han Xin sneered and said, "It's as easy as that." Oh, how treacherous is Uncle Zhou, how can he not know the situation of the Han bandit reinforcements? He only needs to let the Han bandit reinforcements prepare a little in advance, and we will die in vain if we go down the mountain to attack."

"Fart!" Ji Bu yelled angrily, "Uncle Zhou is a god, he can predict everything? How can he guess that we will send troops to rob the camp tonight?"

After saying that, Ji Bu turned to Xiang Zhuang to continue persuading him, urging Xiang Zhuang to adopt his suggestion, and took advantage of the opportunity that the reinforcements of the Han army would definitely be less prepared to attack overnight. Willing to be beaten passively like this, after much deliberation, he still agreed that Ji Bu would personally lead [-] troops down the mountain this night to sneak attack the Han army reinforcement camp closest to Jinji Ridge.

Needless to say, at midnight, the 1000 troops led by Ji Bu had just touched the gate of the Han army camp, and were immediately shot by the heavily guarded Han army soldiers with random arrows, making them cry. After the two ambush soldiers of the Han army who had been ambushing outside the camp beforehand came out, Ji Bu's army was left to flee for their lives. The Han army's ambush soldiers resolutely pursued and killed Ji Bu's army. More than [-] people fled back to the Jinjiling camp in embarrassment.

Of course, the most surprised person was not Xiangzhuang, who agreed with Ji Bu to send troops to attack, but Zhu Jishi, Li Shang, and Fu Kuan, who led the reinforcements of the Han army, had led the army to attack the reinforcement camp of the Han army as early as Ji Bu. At the time, Zhu Jishi and others had already exclaimed, "Uncle Zhou can divination? How could he have known about the fact that the Chuji bandit army would come to attack our camp tonight a few days ago?"

After exclaiming, Zhujishi, whose qualifications were even older than Uncle Zhou's, inevitably muttered again, "It's no wonder that he has a way of being the general of our Han country."

(End of this chapter)