Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 465 Just Don't Fight With You Recklessly

"Don't worry about Zuo Sima. General Jibu robbed the camp and fell into ambush. It was just a small setback that could not affect the overall situation. Next, our army only needs to continue to make deep trenches and high fortifications, and stick to the Jinjiling camp until the Han bandits can't attack for a long time. , will definitely be able to wait until the turning point appears.”

This is what Han Xin said to comfort Xiang Zhuang after Ji Bu's robbery was defeated.But it is a pity that when Han Xin said this, he was full of confidence, but Xiang Zhuang was still frowning, his left ear went in and his right ear went out, and he nodded reluctantly after a while, and said: "That's the only way, I hope we can keep us for a long time." Jinji Ridge."

"Don't worry, Zuo Sima. As far as the terrain of Jinji Ridge is concerned, even if the Han thieves attack all day and night, they will never be able to take it down." Han Xin replied more confidently, and then smiled and said: "And what I hope most now is Uncle Zhou. Pifu hopes to make a quick decision and dispatch troops to attack our Jinjiling camp as soon as possible, and the larger the scale and the more times the better."

Bingxian Han Xin is of course not such an arrogant person. He can guarantee that the Han army with high morale will not be able to win the Jinjiling camp of the Chuji coalition army. Of course, it is because he does have this confidence, and there are two key reasons for it First, although the Chuji coalition forces were frustrated in the decisive battle and were ambushed in the night attack, the main force of the Chuji coalition forces on Jinjiling still had more than 9 people, which was definitely more than enough to guard the camp. It is suitable to stick to it.

The terrain of Jinji Ridge is roughly like this. Only the direction facing the northwest is relatively flat, which is suitable for advancing troops up and down. The other directions are all steep cliffs with a height of tens of feet, which is extremely difficult to climb. One is not narrow and rugged, and only a small amount of troops are needed to easily defend it. At the same time, the gentle slope in the northwest also hides murderous intentions. In addition to the large drop, it is suitable for the power of rolling stones and trees and is convenient for descending assaults. It is also long enough for the Han army to deploy Even heavy trebuchets were unable to smash stones down the mountain to the camp of the Chu-Ji Allied Forces.

Finally, coupled with the fact that the Chu-Ji Allied Forces had built their forts extremely strong early on, built countless guard fortifications, and dug as many as three trenches to protect the camp. times, it is difficult to say that they are sure to be able to storm the camp of the Chu-Ji Allied Forces.

Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can win a hundred battles. Through the continuous exploration of the scouts, the coach of the Han army, Uncle Zhou, of course, knew the situation of the enemy's camp and the terrain of Jinji Ridge well. In order to dispatch troops to attack the camp of the Chu-Ji coalition forces, he chose to summon the main civil and military officials of the Han army to arrange the tactics he had been brewing for a long time to defeat the enemy.

The civil and military members of the Han army were astonished. After the meeting began, Uncle Zhou did not arrange how the various units of the Han army would launch an attack. There are multiple lines of defense to prevent the enemy on Jinji Ridge from abandoning their camp to break through, resorting to tactics to trap the Chu-Ji coalition forces to death.

It was only after Uncle Zhou had assigned the tasks of the fortifications around the mountain that Zhujishi, the oldest among the people present, asked, "General, according to your arrangement, do you want to kill the Chuji thief on Jinji Ridge?" The army is trapped to death, and when their food and grass are exhausted, they will be defeated without fighting?"

"Of course that's the purpose." Uncle Zhou replied calmly: "However, in my estimation, the Chuji bandit army on the mountain will definitely not sit idly by. There will definitely be changes in the process of encircling the mountain.”

"Why don't you consider a frontal attack?" Zhujishi asked: "The camp of the Chuji bandit army is very strong, and the terrain of Jinji Ridge is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if we resolutely attack by force, it is not impossible to take it directly. what?"

"I've carefully weighed the pros and cons." Uncle Zhou replied: "We really don't want to make a frontal attack, but even if we can succeed in the attack, our losses will definitely not be so small, and if the attack fails, our If the army loses morale and morale drops, it may give the Chu Ji bandit army a chance to fight back, so instead of attacking at any cost, it is better to resolutely surround the mountain and consume the bandit army on the mountain to death."

"General, two questions." Li Shang took up the conversation and said, "First, how do we solve the problem of food and grass? Our army and the army of Yan State together have a strength of more than 25. The food and grass consumed every day It is huge, and there is civil strife in Qi, so there is no way to provide us with food and grass, so it must be difficult to guarantee our frontline food and grass supply with only the Zhao land and the newly occupied land in Jibei we won?"

"This question, I have written to the king to explain the situation a few days ago." Uncle Zhou replied: "I asked the king to send us grain from Guanzhong and Ao Cang through the Yellow River waterway, and send it directly to the plains, and then pass We drove the road to the front line, our rear area Guanzhong had a bumper crop last year, and the Ao Cang had enough grain to supply us at the front line, so there must be no big problem.”

"Don't worry that the Western Chu bandits will intercept our grain ships on the water." Uncle Zhou said with a smile again: "First, before that, almost all the ships in Dongjun were under our control. Even if the Western Chu bandits wanted to temporarily Form a navy to intercept our grain ships, but we can’t find so many ships. Second, I will let Shen Ke lead our navy to protect the grain fleet, and try not to let the Western Chu bandits intercept our grain fleet Third, we have a strong foundation and a lot of capital, so even if there is some loss of food ships, the rear of Sanchuan and Guanzhong will still send us ships and food in an endless stream, so we don’t need to be afraid of consumption.”

Li Shang smiled wryly when he heard this, and said with a smile: "General, believe it or not, Zhou Xiangguo will definitely want to chew you alive!"

The civil and military officers of the Han army roared with laughter, while Uncle Zhou said with a smile: "It's okay, I have already prepared for this. Zhou Xiangguo is notoriously greedy. I just want to give him more delicious food from Qidi and Zhaodi." After I go back, treat him to two big banquets, and he probably won’t want to chew me alive anymore.”

The civil and military members of the Han army laughed again, and Li Shang smiled again and said: "Well, how do you solve the problem of the enemy's reinforcements, general? Don't blame the last general for his unlucky words. The battlefield of Qidi is so important. Xiang Yu, king of Western Chu, may not It is impossible to personally lead the army to save the whole land."

"The battlefield of Qidi is very important. The king of Western Chu understands this truth, and our king understands it even more." Uncle Zhou replied: "So I can be sure that with our king's wisdom and wisdom, no matter what method he thinks of, he will definitely die. Hounding Xiang Yu will not give Xiang Yu the chance to lead his army to save Qidi."

"As for the other reinforcements from the Xichu bandit army." Uncle Zhou dragged his voice a little bit, and said, "At this point, we can only gamble, and the bet is that before the food and grass of the Chuji bandit army run out There is no way for the Western Chu bandit army to send reinforcements to Licheng that can pose a threat to us. Fortunately, the Western Chu bandit army has been fighting for years, and the national power is already very empty. We have a great chance of winning this bet."

"General, then I will say another unlucky word. What if we lose the bet?" Li Shang asked.

"Then we'll start all over again, gather our forces, and fight a decisive battle with the Chuji bandits." Uncle Zhou's tone became as confident as Han Xin's, and he said, "Don't worry, we will only win when the time comes, Xi The national strength of the Chu bandit army is exhausted, even if we urgently recruit troops from Huainan and Jiangdong to go north, the combat effectiveness of those newly formed troops is not very strong, and we still have the certainty of victory."

Of course, Li Shang was still a little worried, but seeing that Uncle Zhou's mind had been made up, and his eldest brother Li Shiqi didn't say anything, obviously supporting Uncle Zhou's decision, he also closed his mouth, and Uncle Zhou looked around at the crowd again, Then he said: "If there are no other problems, let's start to act, build the fortifications around the mountain as soon as possible, and then play by ear, and see if we can force the Chu Ji bandit army on the mountain to come down the mountain to die."

After all the generals of the Han army clasped their fists together and chanted promises, soon, all the ministries of the Han army began to take action, digging deep trenches in their own defense areas, building walls and fences, completely blocking the way down the mountain of the Chuji coalition army, and According to the terrain, camps were built at several critical intersections in the rear, and troops were stationed to prevent the Chu-Ji coalition forces from breaking through, which quickly turned the surrounding areas of Jinjiling into a huge construction site.

Of course, these situations were quickly reported to Xiang Zhuang and others. As a result, not only Xiang Zhuang, Liu Laosan, Tian Da and others, but even Han Xin couldn't help but change his face. Military fortification construction situation.Then, after seeing the arrangement of the Han army clearly, Xiang Zhuang was so angry that he drew his sword and cut stones, and roared: "Shameless traitors! Here we go again! He didn't dare to attack our camp head-on, and he wanted to surround us alive." die!"

"I have convinced Uncle Zhou." Liu Laosan also said very helplessly: "Obviously the army strength is almost three times that of ours, but he built fortifications directly to surround the mountain without fighting a battle, and the army can be as stable as he is." My fellow, I have never seen it before."

"Zuo Sima, we have to find a way to solve this problem as soon as possible." Ji Bu said with a gloomy face, "Otherwise, if the Han bandits really use ditches and walls to trap us on the mountain, our food and grass won't last long."

Of course, there is no way to solve this problem, just send troops down the mountain as soon as possible, and destroy the fortifications that the Han army is building around the mountain. Turning his gaze to Han Xin next to him, Han Xin frowned and thought about it, before saying after a while: "There is another way, but I don't know if it will work, I can only try my luck."

"What way?" Xiang Zhuang asked quickly.

"Tonight, send a messenger to go south to Boyang to contact Tianliu, Xiang Tianliu of Jibei, who is guarding Boyang." Han Xin replied, "Let him arrange a dead time without knowing it, and take the letter written by Tian Liu to King Jibei to the north." , In the letter, we said that we sent us a support army from the rear of Western Chu, and asked the King of Jibei to stay at Jinjiling and wait for help. It’s almost there, it’s almost certain to be caught by the traitors on the road, and if the letter falls into the hands of the traitors, Uncle Zhou may change his strategy and send troops to attack our camp in a hurry.”

"Good idea!" Tian Da applauded, and said, "If the Han bandits believe that we will have reinforcements arriving soon, they will definitely send troops to attack the mountain in a hurry. As long as they give up encircling the mountain, our affairs will be much easier. .”

Considering that the cost of doing this is very small, but once it succeeds, the reward will be huge. Xiang Zhuang also immediately nodded in agreement with Han Xin's plan, but Han Xin was not very happy. He just turned his eyes to the direction of Qi State in the northeast and said secretly: "This It is easy to deceive others, but you may not be sure if you want to deceive Uncle Zhou. I hope that Qi State can go well, our greatest hope is actually Tian Heng and Tian Wang of Qi State."

The messenger sent to contact Boyang left that night, and after that, Xiang Zhuang, Liu Laosan and others who had nothing to do could only wait in fear for the plan to take effect, and let Uncle Zhou give up the siege tactics that made them helpless.However, what surprised Xiang Zhuang, Tian Da and others was that a few days later, when the Han army's fortifications around the mountain were basically completed, the Han army actually sent people to fly a white flag and sent them a man who claimed to be Jinbei. Ai Tianliu's messenger man, and Tian Liu's letter to Tian Da that the so-called reinforcements are coming.

Quickly took the man up the mountain to question carefully, and after proving that he was indeed the messenger sent by Tian Liu, Xiang Zhuang and Tian Da of course hurriedly asked about the details, Tian Liu's messenger answered truthfully, saying that he was ordered to send a letter north Unfortunately, he was caught by the scouts of the Han army, and Tian Liu's letter was found from him, and then he was taken to the Han army camp, and he also met the Han army coach Uncle Zhou.Tian Da was very impatient when he heard it, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't talk about these useless things, tell me quickly, what kind of reaction did Uncle Zhou feel after reading Tian Xiangguo's letter?"

"Laugh." Tian Da was taken aback by Tian Liu's messenger's answer, and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, after reading Tian Xiangguo's letter, Zhou Shupifu immediately burst out laughing, as if he even burst into tears. Then Zhou Shupifu except Return the letter to the villain, send someone to bring the villain, and ask the villain to send a message to you, the king, and Zuo Sima of the Western Chu Army."

"What?" Tian Da and Xiang Zhuang asked in unison.

"Uncle Zhou said that even if this letter is true, he will accompany him to the end, and he will not be afraid no matter how many reinforcements we come." Zuo Sima wants to send people to Boyang West Chu to ask for reinforcements. You don’t have to sneak people down the mountain overnight. As long as your courier flies up the mountain with a white flag, indicating that he is going to ask for reinforcements, the Han bandits and soldiers under him will not only give way immediately, but will also send you off. Give our messenger food for the journey."

With a bang, Xiang Zhuang slammed his fist heavily on the table in front of him, gritted his teeth and said, "This man, it seems that he has calculated that we will not have reinforcements coming in a short time, so he is so confident."

"Zuo Sima, it seems that there is really no other way." Tian Da also said desperately: "If you are determined to break through, Xiao Wang will not object this time, let's escape first."

"Don't be in a hurry!" Han Xin quickly dissuaded him, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "Zuo Sima, we must not rush to break out of the encirclement. possible."

"What hope can we have?" Xiang Zhuang groaned in pain.

"Qi State." Han Xin replied: "Don't forget, Tian Heng has already captured Linzi, and the rest of Tian Jiapifu's army has no leader, and some of them may fall to us. As long as we persist patiently for a period of time, Qi State As long as there is another accident, Tian Heng and his allies who have no way to retreat will definitely rescue us with all their strength."

"Is it that easy?" Xiang Zhuang smiled wryly.

"It's better to have hope than no hope." Han Xin said, "Especially now is not the time for us to break through, and we can only wait for this hope."

In fact, Han Xin had already waited for this hope, because at the same time, an envoy from the State of Qi who hurried from Linzi had come to the camp of the Han army to ask Uncle Zhou, and not only brought Uncle Zhou the state of Qi, which was conferred by the Han army. The news that Xiangguo Tian Si had been defeated and died also brought a joint letter from Tian Guang, who proclaimed himself King of Qi, and Tian Wang, who proclaimed himself King of Jiaodong, to Uncle Zhou.

Of course, Uncle Zhou met the envoy of Qi State at the first time, and when he asked him about the situation of Tian Si's sudden defeat, the envoy of Qi State did not hide it, and honestly admitted that the general of Qi State Tian Wang was because of his discord with Tian Private When Hetian privately joined forces to attack Linzi, he suddenly stabbed Tian private from the back. Tian Heng and Tian Guang's uncle and nephew also took the opportunity to send troops to respond, and they defeated Tian privately and directly killed Tian privately.

Seeing the envoy of Qi State beaming with delight, Uncle Zhou couldn't help but sneered and said, "You've done a pretty good job, you can still say such a shameless thing so easily, your envoy's shamelessness makes even this general admire you." .”

"Forgive me, General." The envoy of Qi hurriedly pleaded guilty, and then said with a forced smile: "But the young envoy is also following orders. We, King Qi and King Jiaodong, have ordered the villain to know everything in front of the General. Please, there must be no concealment, that's why the envoy has confessed so truthfully."

After finishing speaking, the envoy of the State of Qi took out the joint letter written by Tian Guang and Tian Wang to Uncle Zhou, held his hands together with a smile and said, "General, this is a joint letter from King Qi and King Jiaodong, General. Take a look."

Uncle Zhou's guards were about to go forward to receive the letter, but Uncle Zhou stopped him decisively, and then said: "Don't read it, if I'm not mistaken, Tian Guang and Tian Wang must want the general to admit that they are King Qi and King Jiaodong, right? If this general doesn’t agree, they will join forces to rescue the Chu Ji bandits who are besieged on Jinji Ridge, right?”

The envoy of the State of Qi laughed dryly and said: "The general is very aware of the details, and the content is indeed the case, but please rest assured, the general, if you can recognize us King Qi and King Jiaodong, not only will we not rescue the Chuji bandit army, but we will definitely send troops to help You attack the Chu Qi bandit army."

"Dreaming!" Uncle Zhou flatly refused, and said angrily: "Tian Hengtian Guangpifu betrayed our Han country and killed the king of Qi without authorization. If we don’t chop them up in half, punish the traitors severely, and recognize them as kings, the princes of the world will follow suit, how can we Hanwang order the world and prohibit it? Come on, push this man out and behead him!”

The guard in the tent sang a promise, and immediately rushed up to take down the envoy of Qi State. The envoy of Qi State kowtowed and begged for mercy, but Uncle Zhou, who was so angry that he didn't listen at all, insisted that the guards pushed him out and beheaded him. After being presented in front of Uncle Zhou, Uncle Zhou ordered the guards: "Take down his entourage, gag his mouth, take him to the distance leading to the Qi Road and release him, and let his entourage take the head with him." Go back and hand it over to Tian Hengpifu and the others! Also, issue a banning password and seal this news tightly, absolutely not letting the bandits on the mountain know."

The guard sang a promise and left, and Li Shiqi beside him said cautiously: "General, are you a little too impulsive? In fact, we can make false claims with ordinary people like Tian Hengtianwang and stabilize them temporarily until we kill the golden rooster." Chu Ji’s bandit army on the mountain, it’s not too late to deal with them, isn’t it?”

"Doctor Li, you must not set this precedent." Uncle Zhou replied: "Once this precedent is set, there will be endless troubles immediately. People may follow suit, and our king will never want to see such a situation."

Li Shiqi nodded silently, and then said, "But what should we do next? We beheaded the envoys of Tian Heng and Tian Wang. These two people have nowhere to go. They will definitely try their best to save the Chu Ji bandit army?"

"I wish they were like this." Uncle Zhou said with a sneer, "At that time, let Zhujishi deal with them. Zhujishi is best at fighting hard and tough battles. Back in Hanoi, with a single army, he was able to fight against Zhao Chu's allied forces. What's more, let's deal with these two shameless thieves and disobedient people? As long as I send that army to Zhujishi again, it will be easy to deal with them! Moreover, the distance from Linzi to Licheng is 270 miles away. The thieves intercepted and killed them halfway, so they had no chance to get close to the Jinjiling battlefield."

"But if we suddenly divide our troops to go to Qi country, the bandit army on the mountain will definitely know that something happened to Qi country immediately." Li Shiqi said again.

"Don't worry about this, Doctor Li." Uncle Zhou replied confidently, "I still have the ability to divide the troops under the noses of Chu Ji's bandit army and keep Chu Ji's bandit army from detecting it."

(End of this chapter)