God of War through the ages: Han Xin

Chapter 17 Ming Xiu the plank road, secretly crossing Chencang

It is said in history that Liu Bang is good at wine and sex. In fact, Liu Bang has a wide range of hobbies. In addition to fine wine and world-class beauty, Liu Bang also likes to collect talents, even geniuses.Xiang Yu is also good at wine and sex, and he likes to kill people even more, but Xiang Yu doesn't know how to respect the magi, and often digs his own wall for Liu Bang.

Under Liu Bang's command, there are many talents, including Xiao Cao in literature and Fan Li in martial arts, but he only got two geniuses, one is Zhang Liang and the other is Han Xin.At this time, Zhang Liang was not by Liu Bang's side, and Zhang Liang was not good at military affairs. All Liu Bang's hopes of breaking out of Hanzhong were pinned on Han Xin.

The questioning between the monarch and his ministers is over, and Liu Bang is still unable to conceal his inner excitement. The heavenly creation, the uncanny workmanship, a once-in-a-century genius like Han Xin, is gathered into his sleeve by Liu Bang, and the world can be settled!
In the age of heroes before Han Xin, the one who could stand up to be a once-in-a-century military strategist was another god of war whose life trajectory was very similar to Han Xin's—Wu Qi.Who is Wu Qi?The great talents of the sky are not born in the world, and Liu Bangsheng's failure to meet Wu Zi is often cited as a hate thing.

Fortunately, God treated Peigong kindly, and Wu Qi has become a legend, but he sent Han Xin, who was also a little out of the world, to Liu Bang.Although Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang three times later, and Liu Bang rejected Han Xin three times before, no matter how you say it, Han Xin got what he wanted, and Liu Bang got the promise he also wanted.

It's just that Liu Bang has always had a question lingering in his mind, but he hasn't had time to ask the general.Han Xin's eloquent eloquence is like a river blown by the wind, and the waves roll into the sea, pointing to the world, which is heartbreaking.Liu Bang also believed that if Han Xin and Xiang Yu were to meet each other on a narrow road in the Central Plains, how could Xiang Yu be invincible?So what if Fan Zeng is old?But what makes Liu Bang entangled is not the future battle with Xiang Yu, but the immediate problem-how to kill Sanqin?
If the plank road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong had not been burned, the Han army could easily follow the original route northward and return as they came.But in order to dispel Xiang Yu's doubts about himself, and to prevent the three kings of Zhang Han from attacking Hanzhong, they were forced to burn down the plank road.With high mountains and steep cliffs, how can tens of thousands of people go north?I don't know how Han Xin will solve this problem.

For this reason, Liu Bang specially held the highest military meeting of the Han Dynasty in the palace. General Han Xin and eunuch Xia Houying were present at the meeting on the left; Prime Minister Xiao He and General Cao Can were on the right;

After the simple pleasantries, we began to get down to business.

Liu Bang asked Han Xin: "If you don't want to live here for a long time, you must return to the east; if you want to win the world, you must first conquer Guanzhong. It's just that the plank road has been burned, and Guanzhong and Hanzhong are separated. If it weren't for Peng's wings, it would be easy to feel sad. I don't think about it now. Xiang Yu doesn't think about Zhang Han, he only thinks about how to get over this moat. What is the general's plan to teach me?"

Han Xin did not immediately answer Liu Bang's question, but kept silent.Han Xin put his hands vertically in front of his knees, and his head was raised slightly, as if he was in an open field, only the flowing water flowed gently, and there was no one around. What was he thinking?
The air suddenly froze, except for Han Xin, the other four pairs of eyes looked at each other, but no one spoke, the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

"King of Han." After a while, Han Xin finally spoke.

Liu Bang was so excited that he almost didn't jump up, and quickly caught up with the conversation: "The general's words are shocking, please tell everyone."

"As the king said, Xiang Yu is far away from the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Han is close to me. Thinking about Xiang is not as good as thinking about Zhang. I have a plan to make the three kings of Zhang Han establish the Three Qin Dynasty without any precautions." Han Xin Confidence is written all over his face.

"Please tell me the details." Liu Bang was really overjoyed, and asked Han Xin.

This time, Han Xin did not hesitate any longer, and immediately answered Liu Bang, only to see three words coming out of Han Xin's mouth very slowly: "Build the plank road."

When Liu Bang heard these three words, he was immediately discouraged, and almost didn't curse out loud. "Build the plank road?" If you can build the plank road well, why ask you to be the general, Fan Kuai can do it.Don't blame Liu Bang for being discouraged. Most people can think of this way. If the plank road is burned, just fix it.

But the problem is that the plank road is a life channel carved out of the high mountains by the ancient Qin people for hundreds of years. I don’t know how much sweat and sacrifice.Even if it is possible to use the holes drilled in the old plank road and directly lay the brackets and planks, how much wood and iron are needed?How much time will it take?Hasn't Han Xin considered these difficulties?Liu Bang is over fifty years old and half a century old. He doesn't have much time left.It is impossible to complete such a plank road in three to five years. Could it be that Liu Bang should wait another three to five years?The current king of Han can't wait for three days.

Seeing Liu Bang scratching his head again, Han Xin didn't smile, because he was disrespectful, and he understood Liu Bang's mood very well.Kill and go back to his hometown, Liu Bang thought, why didn't Han Xin want to?Liu Bang is eager to prove his greatness by defeating Xiang Yu. Apart from defeating Xiang Yu, Han Xin also wants to stand in front of two people, the wife of the pavilion chief who once refused him to eat, and the one who has been firmly fixed in Han Xin. There is less evil in the mind.

These three people never recognized the value of Han Xin's existence, and they didn't even regard Han Xin as a person. This was intolerable to Han Xin.Living in disgrace is beyond the imagination of those who have not experienced such suffering.This unforgettable hatred always burns in Han Xin's chest and has never been extinguished.

Han Xin knew that the King of Han was in a hurry, so there was no need to make more detours, otherwise it would reduce his goodwill in Liu Bang's heart.Han Xin's thinking is very meticulous. In order to achieve his goals, he can even cool the surging blood in his heart to freezing point in an instant.This is difficult even for Liu Bang.

"The minister's plan is that the king can send an army to build the plank road from the southern starting point to the north, and it must be built with great fanfare. It is best to let Zhang Han in Guanzhong know that we are building the plank road. In this way, the minister can plan It's done." Han Xin looked at the King of Han very confidently.

"Oh?" Liu Bang didn't understand what Han Xin wanted to say, but he heard that there was something in Han Xin's words. Behind Han Xin's advocacy of building plank roads, there must be other ideas. Listen to what he said.

Han Xin explained the doubts for the king of Han: "When the king of Han went south, he burned the plank road to show that Zhang Han had no heart to return to the east. Zhang Han no longer had the king of Han in his heart. The three Qin troops scattered in Guanzhong, and there were heavy troops everywhere. This is not good for me. The minister suggested to overhaul the plank road to show that Zhang Han and I will return to the east. Zhang Han is afraid, so he must combine the forces of the Three Qins and wait for me at the northern end of the old plank road. If this is the case, there will be no heavy troops in the hinterland of the San Qin. How can it be disadvantageous to attack the emptiness in the abdomen and back?"

The more Han Xin spoke, the more excited he got, he stood up abruptly, picked up the cups and chopsticks on the table in front of him, took two steps cautiously, and placed them on the open space in front of Liu Bang.Because there were not enough chopsticks, Han Xin bowed deeply to Xia Houying who was sitting beside him, and took the chopsticks from Xia Houying's desk.

What is Han Xin going to do?Liu Bang was very curious and stretched his neck to look at Han Xin.

"Your Majesty is sitting on it, it's hard to see clearly. I ask the Majesty to condescend to come forward, and watch the minister use the chopsticks as a gesture to advance and retreat. The prime minister, the servant, and the general are also invited to come forward." Han Xinchao seated several people and cupped their hands. Ask them to get off their seats and get down.

Now Liu Bang pins all his hopes in life on Han Xin. He is like an obedient monkey. As long as the master gives orders, the monkey will obediently perform various interesting movements.Liu Bang got up and left the table, surrounded Han Xin with Xiao He and the others, half squatting on the ground, staring intently at the cups and chopsticks in Han Xin's hands.

The time for Han Xin's genius show came. He roughly placed the cups and chopsticks in his hands in specific positions according to the geographical directions of Guanzhong and Hanzhong.One bottle is in the north, which is compared to Guanzhong; one plate is in the south, which is compared to Hanzhong; at the same time, three chopsticks are placed in the middle of the north and south plate with a slight inclination in the north-south direction.

Liu Bang and Xiao He seemed to have seen the way, but they didn't interrupt, watching Han Xin's "arrangement of troops".

Han Xin also squatted halfway, gestured with his hands between the north jar and the south plate, then pointed to a chopstick on the east side and said: "Look, King of Han, this is the eclipse road that we must pass through from Guanzhong to the south, my lord. It’s also here to build the plank road.” After Liu Bang learned that this chopstick represented the eclipse, his eyes quickly fixed on the other two chopsticks next to him, and he glanced at Han Xin, meaning you hurry up and say that the other two chopsticks represent the eclipse. where.

Han Xin knew what Liu Bang meant, and this was also the key part of his proposal to the King of Han.Han Xin pointed to the chopstick in the middle, and said: "This praise slope also starts from Mei (now Mei County, Shaanxi Province) in the north and ends in Bao in the south, stretching for five hundred miles. In the past, Sima Cuo persuaded King Hui of Qin to take Shu Take the Baoxie Road. In today’s Baoxie Valley, the old Qin plank road still exists..."

Before Han Xin finished speaking, Liu Bang, who reacted quickly, suddenly interjected: "I understand the meaning of the general, our army can enter the Qin Dynasty on the ramp!" After Liu Bang thought about it carefully, this plan was indeed very wonderful. The false image of the erosion attracted the attention of the Sanqin army, and then the soldiers went out of the praise ramp, out of Zhang Han's surprise, and the Sanqin could be defeated in one battle.

Seeing Liu Bang rushing to talk, Han Xin smiled, shook his head slightly, and said: "Since ancient times, when entering Shu from Qin Dynasty, there is always a way to go to the middle of the valley and Baoxie. It is more convenient to carry the luggage and other things in a boat and go down the valley. Now I am building the middle road in the south, but Zhang Han is certainly stupid. He entered my nest and was deceived by me. I entered Qin. But Baoxie is also a famous way in Qinchuan, Qin people know it well, not to mention that the abandoned hill where Zhang Han is located is only a hundred miles away from Mei County, how can Zhang Han not know why? If we go to Baoxie, if a wise man reminds us Zhang Han, if the army is heavily guarded at Mei, then I will lose ground in advance and retreat, and the big event will be over. The praise oblique way is not enough for us to confuse Zhang Han's attention. Zhang Han grew up in Qin, so it may not be ignorant of praise oblique. Since our army is going out of Zhang Han If Hanzhi doesn't like it, he can't take the reward ramp, which is too risky. How is taking the reward ramp different from taking the middle way? This way is not advisable."

After hearing what Han Xin said, Liu Bang felt that it made sense. People in Chu knew about Baoxiedao, so how could those native Qin people not know about Baoxiedao?The key to sneak attack is to get out of the enemy's defensive thinking, and to predict what the enemy cannot predict. If the enemy guesses the direction of our attack correctly, and what kind of sneak attack is there, it will be death!At this time, Liu Bang stared at the leftmost chopstick on the ground, perhaps the answer lies in this chopstick.

Sure enough, Han Xin pointed to the chopsticks and told Liu Bang: "If our army fails Zhang Han, we can follow this path."

"Why is this way?" Liu Bang asked.

Han Xin replied loudly: "This is Chen Cang Dao!"

Chen Cang said?Liu Bang had never heard of it.General please speak in detail.

"I have found out that this road starts from Chencang in the north and ends at Liufengguan in the south (now southwest of Fengxian County, Shaanxi Province). It is also called the old road because of the ancient county of Fengxian County in Shaanxi Province. Chencang Road is called Dao, but there is no wooden trestle to pass through. It can be passed. If it is convenient for marching, the Baoxie Road is the best, but the old road is far away, and even the Qin people don’t know much about it. Please use two geographical terms, from Baoxie to Qin, there is a plank road, and the road is not too long. Chencang Road is difficult and difficult to walk, not to mention how devious it is to run. Compared with Baoxie Road, our army has to travel four hundred miles longer to go northward. However, Sun Tzu's law of war says: "Those who travel thousands of miles without laboring will travel without effort." It is also a land of people.' Although the old road is far away, there must be no Qin army stationed there. Our army will not worry about the Qin people's snipers if we follow this road. After passing through Chencang, there will be thousands of miles of plains, and there will be no dangerous valleys. The geographical advantage relied on by the army of the Three Qins There is no longer any left. In terms of war, why is the king afraid of Zhang Han's generation! The three of Kuang Zhanghan were willing to be Xiang Yu's slaves, and they could not bear to see 20 Qin's children being cheated. , who will not come to welcome Qin's father? In this way, the order of the Three Qins can be determined."

"Cultivate the plank road brightly, cross the Chencang secretly." Liu Bang carefully chewed on Han Xin's incredible surprise attack plan, suddenly clasped his palms together, and laughed out loud.

Sure enough, Xiao He saw Han Xin correctly, his strategy was so extraordinary, and his thoughts were so meticulous.If someone else is the general, if he does not take the eclipse path repaired in the hypothesis, he will definitely take the ready-made praise ramp, but he may ignore the fact that Qin people must know the praise ramp. Once the Qin army sets up an ambush in the praise ramp ,The consequences could be disastrous.Han Xin is not only unique in strategy, but also more subtle and thoughtful in tactics. Liu Bang doesn't need to worry about many military matters at all, just sit back and reap the bonus.

God help Han also, get this Han Xin!
(End of this chapter)