God of War through the ages: Han Xin

Chapter 35 Cheng Gao's Tug of War

In the history of Han Xin's glorious victory, there has never been a battle that has been as controversial as the Battle of Pingqi, because it was a "bloody" victory.In fact, Li Shi didn't deserve to die. No matter how much selfishness he had in going to Qi as an envoy before Han Xin, Han Xin would also be tortured in his soul because he betrayed Li Shiqi.

Also tortured on the soul, there is Liu Bang, the king of Han.Because Liu Bang and Li Shiqi had a very good personal relationship, and they were the best drinking friends, so when the news of Li Shiqi's death came, one could imagine Liu Bang's painful expression.Should Liu Bang scold Han Xin?In Li Shiqi's death, Han Xin was wronged first, and Liu Bang was the real "mastermind".Liu Bang asked Li Shiqi and Han Xin to compete for credit, but the result was that the two tigers would fight, and one would be injured.

Putting aside subjective feelings and only talking about the objective situation, fortunately for Liu Bang, it was Li Shiqi who died, not Han Xin.In the camp of the Han army, there are still many debaters who talk like Li Shiqi, such as Sui He and Lu Jia, but there is only one Han Xin who can control the life and death of the world.

If Han Xin hadn't turned out, Liu Bang wouldn't even have the opportunity to stand under Chenggao City and continue to challenge Xiang Yu's army at this time.Fortunately, Xiang Yu was not in Chenggao at this time, and Cao Jiu, the Grand Sima of Chu, stayed behind in Chenggao.When Xiang Yu was about to return to Pengcheng, he had told Cao Jiu to stick to Chenggao and not to leave the city easily, lest he be caught in an ambush.

At the beginning, Cao Jiu couldn't defend himself, and Liu Bang shook his head angrily.However, Liu Bang soon discovered Cao Jiu's character traits, that is, he was prone to anger. Liu Bang sent people to the city to insult Cao Jiu. The eight generations of his ancestors scolded Cao Jiu, and finally Cao Jiu was drawn out.

Liu Bang can't beat Xiang Yu, but it is not difficult for Liu Bang to deal with Cao Jiu.Liu Bang should have read "Sun Tzu's Art of War: The Ninth March of the Army": "When a guest comes from the water, don't welcome him in the water. He will attack you halfway through." Cao Jiu led his army to cross the Sishui in anger, and it was about half an hour later. , Liu Bang suddenly issued an attack order, and tens of thousands of Han troops rushed into the Chu army with shouts.

Half of the Chu army was on the shore, and the other half were still on the boat. When they were attacked by the Han army, they were immediately defeated and almost wiped out by the Han army.Cao Jiu deserved to be Xiang Yu's subordinate, he would rather die than surrender, and cut his neck to death.Sima Xin, the former King of Sai, also committed suicide with Cao Jiu.

The Han army successfully regained Chenggao and regained the victory of military strategists.However, Cheng Gao is a little far away from the Ao Cang granary, and it is too troublesome to build a grain transportation tunnel, so it is better to just feed on the Ao Cang.Taking advantage of the victory, the Han army crossed the narrow Sishui, all the way to the west, and the garrison was only a stone's throw away from Aocang's Guangwu corridor.

At the same time, Xiang Yu, who was in the hinterland of Chu State, had beaten Peng Yue until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.When Xiang Yu learned that the Han army had received news from Guangwu, he did not dare to be careless, so he immediately returned to the west and asked Liu Bang for an explanation.This time Liu Bangxue was shrewd, and he was almost looking for death by fighting against Xiang Yu. The Han army defended against danger, and imitated Cao Jiu's way of consuming food with the Chu army.

Xiang Yu led an urgent army with little rations, and after a few months of confrontation with Liu Bang, the Chu army was about to run out of food.Xiang Yu wanted to fight Liu Bang decisively, but Liu Bang was not fooled, and he admired Xiang Yu's panic every day behind the barracks.

Xiang Yu was really cornered, and he came up with another stupid trick that would attract people to scold him.Xiang Yu took Liu Bang's father, Taigong, who was a hostage with the army, outside the camp of the Han army, and set up a frying pan.Xiang Yu stood beside the cauldron and threatened Liu Bang: "Show up some manliness and fight to the death with me today, or I will cook your father!"

If it were someone else, this indiscriminate trick might still be effective, but Liu Bang has been through the rivers and lakes for a long time, so how can he eat Xiang Yu's tricks?Liu Bang knew that as long as he himself was alive, the grandpa would not die, because Xiang Yu still wanted to take the grandpa as a hostage.Once he was defeated by Xiang Yu, not to mention his own head, would the grandfather still have a way to survive?

Liu Bang laughed: "We used to be brothers, and my father is your father. You want to cook your father. As an elder brother, I really want to taste what it's like to cook human flesh." There is no other way, so I have to temporarily let the grandpa go.As Xiang Bo said to him: After killing the grandpa, we will have no cards to check and balance Liu Bang.

Faced with Liu Bang's tough refusal to fight, Xiang Yu was unwilling, and was still trying to provoke Liu Bang.Xiang Yu kept scolding Liu Bang for not acting like a man. If you have the guts, come out and fight with me for [-] rounds to decide a winner and solve the difficulties of the people in the world.Let Liu Bang fight with Xiang Yu with his halberd on his horse?How could Liu Bang be so stupid, using his own shortcoming to attack Xiang Yu's strengths.Even though Xiang Yu cursed dryly, Liu Bang remained motionless.

Xiang Yu wants to fight with each other, but where is Liu Bang's opponent?Liu Bang's mouth skills are also top-notch in the world, and it couldn't be easier to deal with Xiang Yu.Liu Bang publicly accused Xiang Yu of committing ten major crimes, including killing Song Yi, killing 20 Qin soldiers, burning and plundering Guanzhong, and murdering Emperor Yi.

Xiang Yu was thin-skinned, and he couldn't stand Liu Bang's exposure, so he couldn't hold back his face.Xiang Yu is also a top-notch master at playing shady tricks. He asked the crossbowman to take advantage of Liu Bang's inattention and shoot Liu Bang with an arrow. As a result, the arrow hit Liu Bang's chest and almost hurt Liu Bang to death.But before the battle between the two armies, once Liu Bang showed pain, it would cause the morale of the Han army to collapse, and the consequences would be unmanageable.

Liu Bangtian is a good actor. He obviously hit his chest with an arrow, but he pulled out the arrow cruelly, squatted on the ground, covered his toes, and scolded Xiang Yu: "This villain is not honest, and he doesn't talk well when he has something to say. Why shoot the widow?" feet?" Because of Liu Bang's good acting skills, all the soldiers of the Han army did not see any flaws, which stabilized the morale of the army to the greatest extent.

Because Liu Bang was injured, it is not appropriate to be frightened and drink the cool breeze on the front line. On Zhang Liang's suggestion, Liu Bang retreated to Chenggao to recuperate.As for Xiang Yu's boring cursing, Liu Bang was out of sight and out of mind, which finally made Xiang Yu feel bored and went back to camp to worry.

The food of the Chu army can't afford Liu Bang's consumption. It's not just Liu Bang who annoys Xiang Yu. He got the latest information: Han Xin, the general of the Han Dynasty, has captured Qi, and Han Xin's people have arrived in Linzi, and they are about to move south to attack Chu. of the hinterland.

Xiang Yu always regarded Liu Bang as the biggest threat, but he didn't realize that Han Xin had quietly woven an airtight fishing net for himself, catching himself as a big fish at any time.Before Wei, Zhao, and Qi existed, no matter what the attitude of the three countries was towards Chu, at least they would not be attached to Han, and Xiang Yu could guarantee the safety of the northern front.Now Wei, Zhao, and Qi were all conquered by Han Xin, and the hinterland of Chu State was directly exposed to Han Xin's sword.Xiang Yu confronted Liu Bang in Chenggao, and Pengcheng was empty. Once Han Xin attacked Pengcheng, Xiang Yu would be homeless and squeezed into sandwich biscuits by Liu Bang and Han Xin.

Xiang Yu did not expect Han Xin to develop to the point where he is today, but Xiang Yu still did not look at Han Xin high because of this. In Xiang Yu's subconscious mind, a coward under the crotch can accomplish something big.Qin, Wei, Zhao, and Qi were defeated because they were too incompetent, not Han Xinying.

Between Liu Bang and Han Xin, Xiang Yu believed that Liu Bang was the greatest threat to him, while Han Xin was a threat to him, but not the deadliest.Xiang Yu's insistence on fighting in Henan should have another strategic purpose: once Liu Bang's army is defeated, the Chu army can go straight to the hinterland of Guanzhong, cross the river to recover Hedong, and cut off Han Xin's backup.If Liu Bang can be captured or killed alive, what is the name of Master Han Xin?

Xiang Yu has no plans to conscript Han Xin himself, which does not mean that Xiang Yu does not value Han Xin. Tian Heng's envoy has already arrived in his tent, crying to the Overlord about the shamelessness of Liu Bang and Han Xin, and begging the Overlord to save Qi.Of course, Xiang Yu knew what it meant to Chu that Qi fell into Han Xin's hands. To save Qi is to save Chu. Xiang Yu answered Tian Heng's request.

It was Long Qi, a famous general of Chu, who went north to recover Qi for Xiang Yu, but "Han Shu Xiang Ji Biography" said that the general of the Chu army was Xiang Yu's nephew Xiang It, and Long Qi was only a lieutenant general.Faced with such a major military operation as saving Qi and breaking Han, the brave and skilled dragon is more qualified to become the chief general of the Chu army.Xiang Yu sent Xiang it as a general with only one purpose, which is to monitor Long Qi!Chen Ping once used [-] gold to successfully divorce the relationship between Xiang Yu and Long Qie. Xiang Yu could not trust Long Qie, but Xiang Yu had to use Long Qie at this time, so it was logical to bring Xiang Yu out.

The Chu army has a very rich source of troops. When the main force of the Chu army is in Henan, Xiang Yu can still provide "20" troops to Long Qie.Although the Chu army claims to have 20 people, there are actually not so many, but at least there should be about 10 people, which is still far more than Han Xin's Han army.Xiang Yu believes that with the power of a dragon, it is more than enough to deal with a coward.

(End of this chapter)