God of War through the ages: Han Xin

Chapter 42
Han Xin had not seen Xiang Yu for four years since he escaped from the Chu camp at Bashang, although he could hear news about Xiang Yu from the scouts every day.When I saw Xiang Yu again, the Overlord of Chu was still so handsome, heroic and dry, with a black head and a big halberd, but Xiang Yu's eyes could no longer conceal the loneliness that was ruthlessly washed away by the years.

The once high-spirited princes and generals have fallen to the point where they are today, Han Xinxin is filled with emotion.Perhaps Xiang Yu only wanted to be a god himself, but refused to be made a god by others. This was unacceptable to Han Xin, so he chose to leave.

The situation is changing, and the years pass by like a fleeting horse. Is King Xiang safe?

The little Jijilang who was once wantonly abused by Xiang Yu now stands proudly in front of him as the supreme military commander of the enemy country, which is the greatest denial and irony of Xiang Yu.Xiang Yu stared closely at Han Xin, whom he had not seen for more than four years. From Han Xin's face, he no longer saw the prudence and humility of the past.

Han Xin stood in front of the horse, and the generals behind him were like stars holding the moon, hundreds of thousands of banners were flying in the wind, and hundreds of thousands of Han soldiers were armored, holding spears and halberds, and stood in full formation.This kind of scene was only qualified by Xiang Yu back then. The general of the princes admired by thousands of people, and the ceremony of conferring gods under Julu City are still frozen in Xiang Yu's mind until now, although the color has turned yellow.

Xiang Yu never imagined that when he was enshrining the gods in Julu, the halberd man standing behind him would be the end of his great life. Xiang Yu was both ashamed and angry.I'm ashamed that I didn't reuse Han Xin back then, so that today!Angry at the injustice of the heavens, since Xiang Yu was born, why should Han Xin be born!
Xiang Yu knew that his current situation was extremely dangerous, and if he was not careful, he would die without a place to bury him.But Xiang Yu's greatness is that he never bows to fate, even if the god of death stands in front of him with a terrifying smile.

Without any false greetings, Xiang Yu slowly raised his halberd. He wanted to challenge fate one last time, and he must win the final victory.Not for the sake of being famous forever, nor for a single shame, but for Yu Ji, his most beloved woman, who was eagerly waiting for the news of victory in the Chu camp.

Hundreds of thousands of Chu troops almost moved out. The angry Chu people waved their spears and followed behind Xiang Yu. They marched forward with the tragic pulse of history. They wanted to prove the bloodiness of Chu people in front of Chu people Han Xin.

Xiang Yu's consciousness of the state of Chu is very strong, far stronger than that of Liu Bang, Han Xin and others who lived in Chu, and this also limits Xiang Yu's tianxia thinking, which is one of the important reasons for his failure.In Xiang Yu's group, the generals and soldiers are mainly Chu people, and it is difficult for other people to squeeze into Xiang Yu's group.Xiang Yu treated Chu people like disciples, Chu people valued righteousness, and respected Xiang Yu as a father and brother, so the Chu army could always maintain a high fighting spirit.In the eyes of the soldiers of the Chu army, it was a great honor to die for King Xiang.

Throughout the ages, people have lamented Han Xin, the God of War. In fact, Xiang Yu can also be called the God of War, and he is the God of War in the true sense.Han Xin is not a general, he focuses on strategic planning, and fighting to the death is not his strong point.Strategic planning is Xiang Yu's shortcoming, but Xiang Yu's individual combat ability is the best in the world. Although the Han army has a large number of people, it may not be able to gain the upper hand in the face of the red-eyed Chu army.

Sure enough, the battle situation was developing in favor of the Chu army. The Chu army did not have an advantage in numbers, but their desire to survive was too strong, just like the Han army fighting to the death with their backs overflowing with water.From a certain point of view, the people of Chu are fighting for the survival of the Chu state, while most of Han Xin's subordinates are Qi people, who are closer to "mercenaries". They don't know who they are fighting for.

Han Xin was well-known in the world for his strict military administration, but he couldn't hold back the Chu army's strong desire to survive from death.

It cannot be considered that Han Xin is inferior to Xiang Yu just because of this defeat. On the whole, in this battle with as many as 40 participants, Han Xin did not try his best to fight, although he was infinitely eager to defeat Xiang Yu.The biggest difference between Xiang Yu and Han Xin's soldiers is that Xiang Yu focuses on preemptive strikes, destroying the enemy with the momentum of rivers and waves;

Han Xin had already laid the groundwork for this battle of Gaixia that would surely shock the world. It was the left and right armies of Kong Xi and Chen He.During the fight between Han Xin and Xiang Yu, the Kong and Chen armies sat still, waiting for the exhaustion of the Chu army's physical strength.Han Xin should know the famous allusion of "Tian Ji's horse racing", at least his principle of using troops in the Battle of Gaixia is very close to the winning idea of ​​"Tian Ji's horse racing".

There are three classes of horses: upper, middle, and lower. The Chu army has the highest field strength in the world and can be called the upper Si. The Qi army is weaker than the Chu army and can be called the middle Si.Han Xin used one of the Zhongsi to fight against the top Si of the Chu Army. As a result, the Chu Shangsi won, but the already panting Chu Shangsi would continue to compete with the other Zhongsi of the Qi Army, and it was still a sneak attack. The result was predictable. And know.

The Chu army was divided into cavalry and infantry. The cavalry charged forward and made a way out, while the infantry followed up and chased down the enemy.Because Gaixia is surrounded by wilderness, the Qi army has a lot of room to turn around. Han Xin chose to quickly feign defeat and retreat, attracting the Chu army's cavalry to pursue, thus gradually opening up the space between the Chu army's cavalry and infantry.

Before Han Xin fought against the Chu army, he gave Kong Xi and Chen He the task of combat: as soon as the Chu people come out, hit them from the waist.

The lives of Kong Xi and Chen He are unknown, but Han Xin was able to put Cao Shen and Guan Ying aside. Taking these two as the left and right wings shows that they are both good fighters, and Han Xin can trust them.Han Xinxin and the others may have another consideration. The two generals are not famous generals. They are eager to become famous in the first battle, so their desire to fight is even stronger, which is the so-called "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers".

The Qi army lined up in a fan formation, Han Xin was in the middle, Kong Xi and Chen He were placed at the two corners of the fan formation, and they were relatively far away from the main formation, so they were not discovered by Xiang Yu, otherwise Xiang Yu might not have been fooled.After Han Xin's main force successfully attracted the Chu army and exhausted the Chu army's physical strength, it was time for Kong Xi and Chen He to perform.

The number of Qi troops on the two wings is unknown, but each has tens of thousands, and the superposition of the two is nearly [-], or even more.The Chu army is only [-], and has become exhausted. The balance of victory has obviously tilted in the direction Han Xin intended.Kong Xi and Chen He were overjoyed to see that the Chu army had come out as expected by the general. Knowing that their chance to become famous had come, they each drew their swords and issued a general attack order.

Just when Xiang Yu was full of hope to pursue Han Xin, he didn't know that there were already two large flanking troops of the Han army rushing towards his formation.When the Chu army found itself cut off by two Han armies, it was too late to turn around and retreat.

The Chu army has now been divided into two large chunks, with the cavalry in front and the infantry in the rear, which has become top-heavy.Kong Xi's army marched towards the southwest at an angle of about 45 degrees from the northeast, and drove straight into the open space between the Chu cavalry and infantry armies, forcibly cutting off the two Chu army units.Kong Xi's task was to resist the retreat of the Chu army in front and buy time for General Han Xin's main force to turn around and kill Chu.From the northwest direction, at an angle of about [-] degrees, Chen He's army went straight into the Chu infantry formation, killing the Chu army with lightning speed.

The Han army successfully divided and surrounded the Chu army, and Han Xin's battle plan was perfectly realized.As a native of Chu, Han Xin is well aware of the advantages of the Chu army's large group operations, so he must attack the Chu army piecemeal, and cannot provide the Chu army with space for large group operations.

Although Han Xin's 30 troops lost a lot in the previous battle, they still maintained an absolute numerical advantage over Xiang Yu's army. The Chu army also lost part of its strength in the battle with Han Xin's army, and its physical strength was exhausted.Han Xin saw that Kong Xi's army cut Chu's waist, and knew that it was time for him to counterattack. More than 20 Han troops from the rear turned into the front, and swarmed south, carrying a suffocating breath of death, to attack Chu, who was firmly nailed by Kong Xi's army. The army launched a counterattack.

On the plain on the north bank of the Huaihe River, hundreds of thousands of passionate men fought a brutal decisive battle for their own survival.The sound of fighting was deafening, and the world changed color!

Xiang Yu is still fighting for his own destiny, and he has already seen the flag of the Han general flying not far from the rebellious army. If he can capture and kill Han Xin, Xiang Yu will make a magnificent comeback.Han Xin knew that Xiang Yu liked to engage in raids, so he would never give Xiang Yu a chance to sneak attack. Han Xin is an expert in sneak attacks.

In a relatively small space, tens of 10 people crowded together, with a very limited range of activities, and people were constantly killed and fell to the ground, piled up with corpses, which greatly affected the speed of the horses' rush.Not only did Xiang Yu have no chance to get close to Han Xin, but the Chu army around him became less and less as the battle progressed.

Although the Chu people were fierce and killed a lot of the Han army, in this tragic and cruel decisive battle, the Chu army also suffered a lot of casualties, and the advantage was still on the Han army's side.The absolute base of the Han army is too large, and the total strength of the Han army in Gaixia should be around 60, which is six times that of the Chu army.Even if the Chu army only lost 7 people, 30% of the Han army died, the Chu army had only [-] people left, and the Han army still had [-] people, not to mention that Liu Bang could continue to mobilize troops from the periphery.

Xiang Yu couldn't hold on any longer. He realized that Han Xin's army Jia Kong and Chen Erjun who fought against the Chu army were only half of the Gaixia Han army. Even if the Chu army could kill 40 Han troops, it was already at the end of their strength. Liu Bangjun can go down the mountain to pick peaches at any time.

The Chu army led by Xiang Yu is the only capital he has left to conquer the world. If it is exhausted, what qualifications does Xiang Yu have to continue to challenge Liu Bang?Therefore, keeping this army is the most important issue that Xiang Yu should consider now. If the green hills are kept, he is not afraid of running out of firewood.

Han Xin will not let Xiang Yu, a big fish, escape from the net. Once Xiang Yu is allowed to escape, Han Xin's plan to become a god in the world will be delayed indefinitely, which is unacceptable to Han Xin.Even if Xiang Yu cannot be captured and killed in this battle, all the capital in Xiang Yu's hands must be spent, and then wait for an opportunity to capture and kill him.

Although the Chu army fought less and less, their loyalty to Xiang Yu was very high. They only died in battle and did not surrender, which bought time for Xiang Yu to stand out from the encirclement.In addition, the Chu army has experienced hundreds of battles and has very rich combat experience. The more difficult the battle situation is, the better it will be for them.The Qi army was mainly recruits, and they were not good at field battles. In the end, Xiang Yu managed to break out of the siege, although behind Xiang Yu lay countless corpses of the Chu army.

Xiang Yu led a part of his troops to flee back to the big camp, with deep ditches and high fortifications, and did not fight.Han Xin looked at Xiang Yu's back calmly, he was also tired and needed to rest.Xiang Yu was not captured this time, but fortunately Xiang Yu was still surrounded by the absolute superiority of the Han army, and he still had the opportunity to admire Xiang Yu's body.

There is currently no winner in this Gaixia battle that shocked the world.Xiang Yu is still alive, it is not a successful battle for Han Xin.Next, Han Xin will be preparing to film the sequel of "The Battle of Gaixia", and he urgently needs a perfect ending that he hopes to see.

The decisive victory of the two armies was based on "potential", that is, they had the initiative. No matter how many casualties the Chu army suffered, the initiative was no longer in Xiang Yu's hands.The Han army gathered more and more. Although the Chu army still had a certain combat effectiveness, the Chu army had a fatal wound: the Chu camp had no food.The grain and grass in the rear were continuously transported to Gaixia for the Han army's soldiers and horses to eat. The Han army could compete with the Chu army for time, which meant that one more day of stalemate in the battle situation would bring Xiang Yu closer to hell.

Although the game of gambling is not over yet, everyone knows that Liu Bang and Han Xin will have the last laugh, and the first name of the Overlord of Western Chu is destined to become a swan song.

(End of this chapter)