God of War through the ages: Han Xin

Chapter 36

Long Qie's personality is very similar to Xiang Yu's, and they are both faithful believers in the aesthetics of violence. Long Qie can be regarded as a mini version of Xiang Yu.Long is rough and bold, he does not want to die in battle, and he pays special attention to the integrity of men. He looks down on Han Xin the most, who has no backbone at all.

When Danglong got the news that he was actually leading the expedition, he was very happy.It is said that Han Xin is unparalleled in the country, but he wants to knock off the halo on Han Xin's head, so that the world can see the true face of this coward under his crotch, and Long Qi is alienated by Xiang Yu, holding his breath in his heart, just to vent on Han Xin.

Under Long Qi's instruction, Xiang Ta ordered the "20" Chu army to march northward at high speed, and to join up with Qi Wang Tianguang at Gaomi.Tian Guang expressed his full welcome to Long Qie's arrival, although his father Tian Rong died at the hands of Xiang Yu.

There are no eternal friends and enemies in the world, but only eternal interests. The alliance between Qi and Chu is beneficial to both parties, and this also laid the foundation for cooperation between Qi and Chu.Tian Guang tearfully begged Long Qie to help him take back Qi, and Long Qie nodded with a smile.

Standing on the east bank of the Weishui River not far from Gaomi City, Long Qie is very comfortable admiring the rolling waves and listening to the wind and waves.Long Qie has discovered the Han army camp on the other side of the river.He saw the big banner with the word "Han" hanging high in the Han army camp, and smiled contemptuously.

Someone in the Chu army has already seen Long Qi's arrogance and underestimation of the enemy. This counselor persuaded Long Qi not to fight Han Xin rashly, but instead to fight with deep trenches and high fortresses, which would consume Han Xin's patience and logistics.At the same time, he got in touch with Qi Wang Tian Guang, and called on the Qi people who had already attached to Han to return to Qi under Tian Guang's banner, reducing Han Xin's living space in Qi.When Han Xin couldn't hold on, the Chu army could capture Han Xin in a single battle.

The suggestion put forward by this counselor is very similar to Li Zuoche's previous strategy of persuading Chen Yu, which is to avoid the enemy's sharpness and attack its lazy return.If Long Qi can listen to these words, Han Xin's military operations in Qi will be greatly hindered, and the outcome is uncertain.But Long Qi laughed and told him: "If it was someone else, I should be careful, but don't you know that the other party is Han Xin? This person is greedy for life and afraid of death, and dare not stab the Tu family boy who insulted him. It can be seen that this person Courage, why am I afraid of Han Xin!"

Long Qi was so arrogant that the counselor shook his head and walked away, but Long Qi didn't think he would lose to Han Xin.Long Qie knew that Han Xin was good at taking advantage of the terrain to defeat the enemy, but at this time the Qi-Chu coalition forces were waiting in full force on the east bank of the river, and Han Xin had no chance to sneak across the river.As long as the Chu army crosses the Weishui River, Han Xin will be under his command.

In November of the third year of the Han Dynasty (204 BC), on the Jiaolai Plain located at the junction of the hinterland of Shandong and the Jiaodong Peninsula, the cold wind howled, and the bare tree trunks were still singing sad dirges. The water of the Weihe River shone with white light, reflecting an unspeakable chill, and the world was chilled.

On the west bank of the Weishui River, in the camp of the Han army, Han Xin sat on the top seat and listened to the report of the scouts: "The 20 men and horses of the Chu State have joined forces with Tian Guang. The general is Xiang it, but the leader of the army is Long Qi."

Han Xin lowered his head, gently wiped his sword with his hand, and listened silently without speaking.

Long and?Han Xin knew that this person was Xiang Yu's younger brother, and he had seen Long Qi many times when he was still the spearman of the Chu army.If Xiang Yu dared to call himself number one in the world, Long Qi dared to call it number two in the world, and he was the best tiger general in the Chu army who was good at individual combat.Xiang Yu dared to send out the best of the Chu army when the situation in Henan was not optimistic, and sent Long Qie to show that Xiang Yu was determined to win this battle.

Han Xin really felt the pressure. He knew that the Chu army was best at field battles, and it was second to none in the world.The army led by Han Xin is mostly composed of Zhao people. Zhao people are good at city warfare but not field warfare, and most of them are recruits.

How should we fight this battle?Han Xin is still considering, positional warfare has been ruled out by Han Xin.How about a sneak attack across the river?Han Xin then denied this battle plan.The Chu army has more than [-] horses, and Tian Guang's troops are also many. The Han army is inferior in number. If they cross the river, they will become the living targets of the Chu army. Crossing and attacking, the Han army wiped out the whole army.

The more Han Xin thought about it, the more confused he became. He couldn't find a clue for a while, so he simply left the tent and went outside to get some fresh air.The camp of the Han army was close to the west bank of the Weishui River. Han Xin stood by the river, watching the countless companies and flags fluttering on the other side, Han Xin took a deep breath, and then let it out lightly.

Under the setting sun, Han Xin was squatting by the river, looking at the cold Weihe River, suddenly his eyes lit up, the Han army could not beat the Chu army, but the Wei River was enough to put the proud dragon to death.The more Han Xin thought about it, the more excited he became. He immediately stood up and ran back to the camp as fast as he could.Hearing that they were going to fight to the death with the most elite Longqie corps of the Chu army, Guan Ying and other generals were very excited, eager to fight, and stepped forward one after another to ask for orders to fight Longqie.

Han Xin shook his head and smiled. Han Xin sat up straight and ordered the ministries to quickly prepare more than 1 large pouches, dug out sand by the river, and filled the pouches.The generals were stunned, what is the general going to do?Han Xin then assigned a task: "Sacks of river sand, blocking the upper reaches of Weishui, I want to kill Longqi with water!"

Han Xin's intention was simple: dig out sand to fill the bag, and throw the bag upstream of the Weishui River as a temporary dam.The sack blocked the rolling Weihe River, accumulated the water potential, and then led the Chu army to the river, dug the sack, and crushed the Chu army with the force of the water, and the Han army waited for the opportunity to kill its water army.

Long Qi confidently believed that there was no terrain on the Jiaodong Plain that Han Xin could borrow, but in the end Han Xin discovered the advantages of the terrain.The source of the river water is uninterrupted, and it has been flowing downstream. Han Xin artificially cut off the river water, and the upstream river water level will continue to increase, and at the same time, the momentum will increase. Once the "dam" is released, the result can be imagined.

Weishui River originates from the foot of Jiwu Mountain in Ju County in the southeast of Shandong Province, flows all the way to the north, and flows into Laizhou Bay in the north of Changyi City. The total length is more than 240 kilometers. It is an important river in the east of Shandong Province.Weishui is located in hilly areas in many places in Zhucheng, and the water potential is relatively high. Below Zhucheng, there is the Jiaolai Plain of Yimapingchuan. Gaomi City, where the Chu and Han battles took place, happened to be at the junction of the two, where Han Xin requested to block the water. Just right here.

Due to the different terrain, the width of the Weishui River varies from wide to narrow in different flow sections. However, if Han Xin wants to block the water and form a dam, he will definitely choose a wide flow section of the river to increase the momentum of the water.It is unclear how wide and how much the special pouches of the Han army are, but since this is going to be done, there must be enough pouches.

As the sky gradually darkened, more than 1 soldiers of the Han army quietly drove south along the west bank of the Weishui River, avoiding the detection range of the Chu army on the opposite bank.More than [-] people in the Han army were divided into several groups, and each group was assigned a number of pouches. The soldiers took turns digging sand with shovels, and then put them into the pouches.The moonlight was not very good tonight, and candles could not be lit for the sake of secrecy, so the Han army could only illuminate with the sparkling light from the river. The progress was affected to a certain extent, but it didn't take much time for [-] people to fill [-] sandbags.Soon, the sandbags were filled.

According to the plan proposed by the general, the soldiers in groups of four picked up a corner of the sandbags, slowly carried them to the river, and threw them into the Wei River, splashing everywhere.Then came the second and third ones, which continued to spread from the west bank of the river to the east bank of the river. The water in the Weihe River was not very deep, and more than 1 bulging sandbags soon cut off the water in the Weihe River.

After completing the task of blocking the water, most of the Han troops immediately returned the same way, leaving only a part of the soldiers to stay behind at the sand dam, and listen to the command to dig the dam and release the water at any time, so that the proud dragon can taste the power of the Dragon King.Han Xin rubbed his hands excitedly when he got the news that the sand dam was built.

At dawn, Han Xin stood energetically inside the gate, ordered the guards to open the gate, and he personally led more than ten thousand Han troops to lure the dragon and take the hook.

On the west bank of the Weishui River, the riverbed is almost dry, and only shallow water leaks from the pouch dam upstream, less than one foot deep, flowing sparsely.Han Xin and his brothers waded through the shallow water not reaching knees, and soon reached the west bank of the river.

Seeing the terrifyingly quiet camp of the Chu army on the opposite side, Han Xin knew that Long Qi should still be sleeping in the camp, which was good.The reason why Han Xin chose to challenge at dawn was to take advantage of Long Qie's drowsy mental state just after waking up.

Han Xin took the lead, standing in front of the Chu army camp, more than ten thousand people cursed Long Qi.

When he was still serving as a halberd in the Chu army, Long Qi looked down on Han Xin the most. Now it is rare to have a chance for revenge, and Han Xin was very happy to scold publicly and privately. With 1 people cursing at the same time, the noise pollution produced is simply unbearable.

General Long Qie, who was still sleeping in the camp, was awakened by the deafening scolding outside. When he listened carefully, he seemed to be scolding himself.Someone came to report: Han Xin, the Han army, came to challenge outside the camp.

Han Xin finally came to die, and Long Qi sat on the couch, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth.Just because you, who are scolded by everyone, have the courage to challenge the world-famous General Longqie, you are really beyond your control!Longqi pierced his armor and mounted his horse, with his halberd across, he led the team out of the camp.Long Qie had a good command of the army. With one order, the Chu army came out of the camp. Relying on the advantage of having a large number of people, they were ready to eat up the Han army who was not afraid of death.

Han Xin and Long Qi, one is the fearful general of the Han Dynasty, and the other is the leader of the powerful Chu tiger general (not counting Xiang Yu). These two young and handsome generals finally have the opportunity to fight on the same battlefield. male and female.

The Han army was the first to attack, and Han Xin ordered all the troops to advance in full formation. In this battle, Longqi must be captured alive.The Han army was small in number but strong in fighting spirit. Although the recruits were inexperienced, they had a stronger hunger for honor. As long as they were trained properly, their combat effectiveness could be guaranteed.The Chu army was trained by Xiang Yu himself. Most of the soldiers were Chu people, and their combat effectiveness was extremely fierce. They also refused to accept the enemy army in front of them. They followed General Long Qie and rushed into the Han army formation.

On the surface, there are few Han people in Chu. In fact, Han Xin still continued the tactics adopted in the Battle of Mianmanshui—the battle against the river. Surrounding the Han army in an arc does not have much advantage.

The difference between the battle of Weishui and the battle of Mianmanshui this time is that the water level of Mianmanshui is high and the waves are rolling, while the upper reaches of Weishui River have been temporarily blocked by the Han army, and the water level is very shallow. This is the way Han Xin specially left for himself. It is also an important channel for Han Xin to lure the dragon and take the bait.

Han Xin had communicated with the various ministries before, telling them not to fight with real swords and guns, but to wait for his orders when the fight was about the same, and then cross the river and retreat to the west bank together.Although the soldiers of the Han army are eager to prove their strength in front of the most powerful Chu people in the world, they cannot disobey the general's order, and the brothers also want to see the good show of flooding the Chu army.

The sky gradually brightened, and Han Xin saw that it was time. If the fight continued, the Han army's physical strength would be exhausted, and it would be impossible to complete the next combat mission he assigned.There is also a more important point. Although the upper reaches of the Weishui River are sealed by sandbags, the water flow cannot flow down temporarily, but after a long time, Han Xin can hardly guarantee that the Weishui River will not break the sand dam. At this time, it suddenly rushed to the downstream. I want to jump in by myself.

Han Xin made a gesture, then turned his horse's head and jumped into the river channel of Weishui. The horse's hooves stepped on the shallow water, splashing in all directions, and the general Han, who was "already frightened by the dragon", fled away in a hurry.Knowing the combat order represented by Han Xin's action, the Han army immediately changed from the rear to the front, jumped into the river bed, and waded back to the west bank with a playful smile.

Long Qizheng was killing happily, and the Han army suddenly jumped into the river and fled back. Long Qie was overjoyed: Han Xin is indeed a coward, and he can no longer withstand his fierce counterattack.At this time, Long Qi had been completely deceived by Han Xin. He firmly believed that the sudden retreat of the Han army was because Han Xin was afraid of fighting. This was a good opportunity to capture Han Xin alive, and he would not miss it.

Under the command of Long Qie, the Chu army also jumped into the Weishui river one after another to chase their prey.While wading in the water, Long Qi scolded Han Xin: "You are a man, don't run away, fight to the death with me here!" The Chu army was very fast, and under the leadership of Long Qi, some of the Chu army had already climbed ashore.Long Qi was smiling again, he believed that Han Xin could not be his opponent on land.

At this time, the Han army was squatting on the large open space on the west bank, panting heavily, sweat and river water had already soaked their clothes.Han Xin has already seen the Chu army rushing towards the west bank of the river, and his old friend Long Qie has already landed. There are more than a thousand Chu troops, and Han Xin is also smiling. Yong, today is also doomed.Han Xin then turned his attention to the upper reaches of the Weishui River, the temporary sand dam he carefully designed.

After the sand dam was built, the main force of the Han army returned to the camp, and Han Xin had already explained to the soldiers who stayed at the sand dam: "When the Chu people are halfway across the river, they will dig the sand dam to release the water." There are not many people in this special Han army team. , because it takes a lot of manpower to dig out more than 1 bags filled with sand.The Han army stood on the easternmost side of the dam, holding knives and halberds, ready to dig the dam.

The upper reaches of the Weishui River are relatively high, and the sand dam has increased the observation height, so the Han army on the dam can clearly see the downstream movements.Han Xin led the crowd across the river, fought with the Chu army by the river, and then came back from the river, the Chu army jumped into the river, ready to chase and kill the Han army, all this was seen by the Bashang army.

To start the combat mission assigned by the general, the speed must be fast, otherwise the Chu army will climb up to the west bank, and the dam will be dug in vain.The Han army dug the dam very fast, because the sandbags absorb water, so a group of soldiers on the easternmost side used knives and halberds to break the sandbags fiercely, and then pushed the broken sandbags into the river with all their strength, and let the water pass the dam.

The hole dug at the beginning was very small, and a trickle flowed slowly. The Han army cut bags and pushed the sand down the river, while retreating westward, taking a step back, and digging one.As the hole got bigger and bigger, the temper of the Weihe River became bigger and bigger, rolling and rushing to the north.

When the last sandbag was cut, the sand in the bag was pushed into the river, and the river was completely white.Since the water was blocked in the middle of the night until now, the water flowing from the upstream has been blocked in front of the dam and accumulated more and more. Therefore, after the sand dam was dug, the water volume of the Weihe River formed a strong momentum in an instant.

The waves are turbulent, like ten thousand horses galloping, rushing down thousands of miles, unstoppable.

Longqiu, who was still fighting bravely with the Han army on the shore, didn't notice the ferocious water monster with its bloody mouth that was rushing towards the Chu army.When the other Chu soldiers exclaimed that the flood was coming, Long Qi looked back and felt dizzy. Where did all this water come from?
By the time Longqiu realized that Han Xin had deliberately dug a trap to lure him into the pit, it was already too late. Amidst the panicked screams of the Chu army, huge waves rolled over the river where the Chu army was...

The water of the Weihe River, which was cut off at the middle, has been suppressed for too long. Once the dragon is out of the cage, he will release this depression as much as possible, and express his dissatisfaction with Han Xin angrily, but the terrible consequences will be borne by the Chu people.Long Qie and the Chu army were caught off guard and were swept up by the river in an instant. As the water surface continued to rise, most of the Chu army was ruthlessly swept away by the flood, and the remaining Chu army struggled painfully on the water surface.

The Chu army is all wearing heavy armor, so heavy that it is impossible to float on the water, even if they can swim.Slowly, the surface of the water gradually calmed down and returned to its usual peaceful and picturesque state. The countless hands that were waving painfully on the surface of the water not long ago were no longer visible.

When fighting in Hedong, the Chu army was several times larger than the Han army, but in Hexi, the Han army formed an absolute superiority in numbers over the Chu army who came ashore, with tens of thousands of people against more than a thousand.Long is a modern tiger general, and his individual combat ability is only inferior to that of Xiang Yu, but Han Xin has no choice but to play wheel tactics against him. One team of Han troops was repelled, and the other team continued to entangle the dragon and fight. Not supported, one after another fell down.Long Qi, a famous general of a generation, died unwillingly at the hands of the Han general Guan Ying's subordinates.

When the soldiers of the Han army cut off Long Qie's head and presented it to the general, Han Xin, whose face was covered in blood, couldn't laugh and let out a long sigh.Does Han Xin sympathize with Long Qi?There is one thing, but Han Xin hopes that Long Qie can live even if he does not want to be a pawn for Han Xin, Han Xin also hopes that Long Qie can continue to witness his greatness.

Long Qi left the world with all kinds of dissatisfaction. He would not understand Han Xin, and Han Xin disdained his understanding.Han Xin needs one great victory after another to write magnificent footnotes on his glorious life chapter.The dragon is dead, and the next one to die must be Xiang Yu.

The main force of the Chu army has been washed away by the Weishui River, and there are not many Chu troops left on the east bank of the Weishui River, and they were seriously frightened by the sudden man-made flood.The Chu army in Shuidong had already received the bad news that Long Qie had been killed. Knowing that the situation was irreversible, they wept bitterly and disappeared like a storm.

The outcome has been decided, even if the Shuidong Chu army wants to fight Han Xin, it will not affect the direction of the war in the slightest.Although the Chu army has completely collapsed, the situation in Qi State still has not met Han Xin's expectations. The Tian clan still has a strong influence in Qi State. If they are not eliminated in time, there will be endless troubles.

Han Xin immediately led his army across the Weishui River to clean up the mess.

The fall of the Longqie Legion was a fatal blow to Qiren's plan to restore the country. Qi Wang Tianguang and Tian Guang were soon captured alive by Han Xin.Although Tian Heng later established himself as the king of Qi, he was immediately beaten into a bachelor by Han Xin.However, Tian Heng had long legs, so he ran to Daliang while he was in chaos, and went to ask Peng Yue for food.The more the Han army fought, the more excited it was. Guan Ying marched northward to Qiancheng and killed Qi Jiang Tiansi; Cao Shen marched into Jiaodong and killed Qi Jiang Tianji.The annihilation of the main forces of these Qi armies marked that Han Xin's situation of leveling Qi was irreversible.

(End of this chapter)