Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 175 The Giant Deer Prelude
By the way, here is also a general introduction to the situation of Zhao State. After Chen Sheng became king, it was Chen Sheng's generals and military officials who first raised the Zhao State banner again. The Zhao State regime was established, and it also successfully forced Chen Sheng to recognize Wuchen as the King of Zhao.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. Wuchen's subordinate Han Guangxian sold what he learned and took advantage of the opportunity of going north to pacify Yandi, and established himself as the king of Yan in Yandi. Not only seriously weakened Wuchen's power, but also turned against Wuchen.Then, Wu Chen's brother, Mo Sister, drank again and insulted Li Liang, the general of Zhao State. Li Liang was so angry that he directly launched a mutiny, slaughtered Wu Chen's family and occupied Handan, the capital of Zhao.During the period, Zhang Er and Chen Yu were well-informed, and they ran away first, and gathered the remnants of the Zhao State to support the pure blood of the Zhao King's family. After that, Zhao Xie became the King of Zhao, defeated the unpopular Li Liang, and regained Handan. It also forced Li Liang to surrender to Qin Jun Wang Li's troops and rebuild Zhao Guo again.

Previously, relying on the Chu army's hatred in the Yellow River, which attracted the attention of Zhang Han's main force, and relying on the Taihang natural danger to block the Qin army's Great Wall Corps, the situation in Zhao State was not bad. Not only was the situation relatively stable, but it also took the opportunity to establish a A strong army, but the main force of Zhang Han, who was troubled by the autumn rain, suddenly crossed the Yellow River north and pointed his blade at Zhao State, the situation in Zhao State immediately became tense, so before the Qin army took further actions, it was very self-aware Zhao Xie and Zhang Er couldn't wait to send envoys to ask for help from other anti-Qin forces.

Zhao Guo's request for help was quick, but Zhang Han's action was even faster. It only took three days after crossing the Yellow River to the north. Zhang Han defeated Zhao's army in the Anyang area, and then divided his troops to attack Fukouxing, and cooperated with Wang Li to attack. , Completely wiped out the Fukouxing defenders of Zhao State, joined forces with the Great Wall Corps of the Qin Army, and their strength increased to nearly 40. Then they took advantage of the victory to break through Handan and razed the city wall of Handan to the ground. Abandoning Zhao Du Xindu, whose city defense was not strong enough, withdrew to Julu, which was high in the city and deep in the moat, and closed the city and stood firm, not daring to fight the Qin army head-on.

During this period, Zhang Han made the mistake of using troops too cautiously. When he clearly had the opportunity to go north from Handan to Julu, Zhang Han was unwilling to divide his troops too much, and did not send an army in advance to take Julu first. The main force of the Zhao army was given the opportunity to transfer calmly. It was only after discovering the important situation that the main force of the Zhao army had transferred to the main city that Zhang Han realized that he had missed the opportunity and hurriedly led the main force northward to attack Julu, but it was too late. Not only has the main force been successfully transferred to Julu, but it has also seized the time to repair a large number of city defense fortifications, making the already very difficult Julu even more difficult to fight. As a result, the Qin army failed to succeed in several frontal assaults. something is wrong.

As a last resort, Zhang Han had no choice but to make the wrong decision. He arranged for Wang Li to lead the Great Wall Corps of the Qin Army to encircle Julu. He led the main force to retreat a little. First, he built a strong camp in Jiyuan, directly south of Julu, built a pier, and relied on the Yellow River to stockpile food and grass. They also built tunnels between Jiyuan and Julu with walls protected on both sides to transport food and grass to the front line, so as to besiege Julu for a long time, besiege the city and fight for aid, and lure Zhao's army north of Julu to go south to die, and also tried to lure other soldiers. The anti-Qin forces came over and defeated the Qin army one by one.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if the tactic of besieging the city and fighting for aid is unsuccessful. With the Yellow River waterways and tunnels to transport grain, the Qin army is absolutely sure that it can consume the main force of the Zhao army, and then the Qin army can calmly sweep all the anti-Qin rebels north of the Yellow River. Or go directly south to clean up the Chu army that has been seriously injured.

When Zhang Han made these arrangements, it was already the first ten days of September in the second year of Qin II, and the continuous autumn rain that had been falling for three months finally seemed to have stopped. The living conditions and morale of the soldiers of the Qin Army who kept the tents out of the rain have been greatly improved.At this time, the Great Wall Corps of the Qin Army wiped out the forwards of the Zhao Army Chen Yu who came from Changshan for reinforcements in the northern suburbs of Julu, and beheaded the generals of the Qin Army Zhang Wei and Zhang Ji. Chen Yu didn't dare to take another half step south. Zhang Han was overjoyed when he heard the news, and he strengthened his tactical determination to besiege the city and fight for aid.

The good news came one after another. First, Han Guang, King of Yan, resolutely learned the lesson of his death, and sent General Zang Tu to lead an army of more than 3 troops to the south to reinforce Julu. Tiandu, Tianjian and Tianjia led [-] troops westward for reinforcements. In addition, Zhao Guo generals such as Zhang Ao, Sima Ang, and Shen Yang also led troops from various places to reinforce, and were forced to form a decisive battle with the Qin army. There are many orders, there is no unified order and command, and they are intriguing with each other. They all just want to preserve their strength and dare not advance at full speed. Even if they rush to the vicinity of the Julu battlefield, they are far away to seize the dangerous place and set up camp. Seeing that the situation was not good, they were ready to run away, and the true colors of the mob were fully exposed.

Therefore, the situation on the battlefield is obviously beneficial to the Qin army. If Zhang Han is willing, he can send troops to the north at any time to defeat the armies of the princes who do not have a unified leadership. When the princes came to help the army, Zhang Han shook his head and said with a smile, "What's the hurry? What should we do if we are in such a hurry to scare off these bandits? We have plenty of food and grass, and it is convenient to transport food. Just wait patiently. The thieves will definitely take the initiative to come to the door to die, isn't it more convenient and easier than us attacking their camp?"

Perhaps Zhang Han's decision was correct. At the end of September, good news came from Chu, saying that Xiang Yu, Xiang Liang's nephew, did not know whether he was alive or not. Zhao Guo and Zhang Han were overjoyed when they heard the news. In addition to arranging manpower to closely monitor every move of the main force of the Chu army, he also ordered decisively: "Also in Dang County, let me keep an eye on Xiang Kang's son. If he does anything, no matter when, he must report to me immediately! Xiang Yu is brave and foolhardy, not to be feared, Xiang Kang is treacherous, especially good at attacking the enemy, he is the most dangerous and most needed by us Beware of opponents!"

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Xiang Yu is brave and intrepid, so he is nothing to be afraid of?
Zhang Han may have to withdraw this comment, and after defying all opinions, he made the decision to personally lead the army to the north to reinforce Zhao. The preparations for the war and the allocation of food, grass, and military supplies were methodical and thorough, and the comfort and morale of the soldiers were orderly and orderly, which was very general. In addition, under the astonished eyes of the generals of the Chu army, Xiang Yu even took the initiative to send envoys to contact the Qi State and borrow the road from Qi State to go north. Prepare to take the Chidao in Qi State to go north to the plains and cross the Yellow River to the west, and then take the Chidao straight to Julu. This will not only bypass the frontal defense of the Qin Army, but also reduce the difficulty of marching for the soldiers of the Chu Army and reduce the burden of food transportation.

Seeing that Xiang Yu made this decision, not to mention Ying Bu, Ji Bu, Liu Laosan and other generals of the Chu army who knew Xiang Yu well, were speechless. , the old man thought that you were going to go directly north to Dongjun and forcibly break through the Yellow River defense line of the Tyrant Qin army, but I didn't expect you to be so calm and think of borrowing the road from Qi State to save the giant deer."

"I'm not a fool." Xiang Yu smiled and said, "We had already suffered a big loss in Jishui, the Yellow River is far wider than Jishui, if I don't know how to learn the lesson, how can I avenge my uncle? "

Xiang Yu's wise decision also greatly stabilized the hearts of the Chu army, and made the worried generals of the Chu army feel at ease. After the two generals Xiang Sheng and Xiang Ta were assigned to guard Pengcheng, Xiang Yu personally led the Chu army with a total strength of more than 5 to go north, first went straight to the East China Sea along the Chi Road, and then went north from the East China Sea to Zou County, and then walked the Chi Road Go north directly to Jibei County.

I have to explain that because of the influence of Xiang Kang's demon moth wings, Liu Laosan, who should not have appeared on the Julu battlefield, couldn't stand Xiang Yu's coercion, and reluctantly brought more than 8000 troops to join the main force of the Chu army , under the leadership of Xiang Yu, went north to reinforce Julu.As a result, the wheel of history has completely entered a huge fork.

Closer to home, although Xiang Yu's decision to borrow a road from Qi State made the Chu army applaud, but no one expected that when the main force of the Chu army was about to enter Jibei County, the envoy of the Chu army who went to contact Tian Rong brought back bad news. Qi Wang Tianshi and Qi Xiangtian Rong didn't know what medicine they had taken wrongly. Perhaps they were worried that the main force of the Chu army was going to destroy Guo by false means, so they refused Xiang Yu's plea to borrow a way, and asked Xiang Yu to go to Julu to rescue them by other ways. .

Tianshi and Tianrong's selfish decision made Xiang Yu furious. Regardless of everyone's obstruction, Xiang Yu resolutely led the main force of the Chu army to the north, forcibly borrowed the road to Julu to reinforce Zhao, and directly said that if the Qi army dared to stop it, then Chu The army and the Qi army fight together!The result is also wrong. Tian An, the general of Jibei County of Qi Army and the grandson of the King of Qi, was dissatisfied with Tian Dan and Tianshi for being king with a side branch, and hated Tian Shi and Tian Rong for disregarding the overall situation. Not only did they not send troops to stop the Chu army, On the contrary, he directly defected from the state of Qi, resolutely led more than ten thousand troops under his command to join the Chu army, and joined forces with Xiang Yu to go to Julu to reinforce the Zhao army! (historical event)
Xiang Yu was overjoyed by Tian An's abandonment of the dark and turned to the bright, and it also greatly increased the prestige of the Chu army. After receiving the news, Tian Shi and Tian Rong were furious, but they did not dare to openly confront the Chu army. , And since then forged a mortal enmity with Xiang Yu.After Zhang Han received the news, his expression changed immediately, and he blurted out: "Oops! I underestimated Xiang Yu, I didn't expect this ordinary man to be so calm, and he would rather go a long way on purpose to avoid our Yellow River." The line of defense is to cross the Yellow River from the plain west to reinforce the Zhao bandits, now we have no chance to defeat the main force of the Chu bandits alone."

"General, it's not too late. We'd better hurry up and wipe out part of the bandits on the Julu battlefield first, and then calmly deal with the main force of the Chu bandits." Sima Xin suggested: "Otherwise, if the Chu bandits also If we successfully arrived at the Julu battlefield, then General Wang Li's troops will be at a disadvantage, which will be very disadvantageous to us."

Zhang Han didn't answer, but was thinking about the possibility of defeating Zhao's reinforcements before the main force of the Chu army arrived at the Julu battlefield, and asked casually, "What's the situation with Xiang Kang, where are you?"

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At the same time, the main force of the Chu army heading north along the spacious road has also successfully arrived at the plain, and quickly raised a large number of boats to prepare to cross the river. Before leading the army to cross the river, Xiang Yu also asked Old Man Fan and the others: Is there any news from the general, where has he been?"

"The last news I received was that he had already arrived at Yongqiu, and he was still more than 200 miles away from Aocang." Old man Fan replied truthfully, and casually introduced the time when he received the news.

Counting the time, Xiang Yu nodded and said, "According to the distance, he must have reached Aocang. I hope he will go well and put more pressure on Mr. Zhang Han. Otherwise, if Mr. Zhang Han grabs him Before we reach Julu, if we kill some of the reinforcements from the princes, or drive them all away, even if we reach Julu smoothly, this battle will not be easy."

"I hope so." Old man Fan nodded and said, "After all, the Tyrant Qin army has nearly 40 troops. Without the help of the princes' reinforcements, it would be difficult for our army alone to create a miracle and defeat the Tyrant Qin to rescue the main force of the Zhao Kingdom."

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It's time to take a look at the situation on Xiang Kang's side. In fact, just after confirming that Xiang Yu led the main force of the Chu army to the north to reinforce Julu, Xiang Kang also quickly dispatched troops from Dang County with the main force of the young commander's army. Marching eastward, marching towards Aocang, the largest granary in the world established by Qin Shihuang, but there was no clear road from Dang County to Aocang, and all places along the way were severely damaged by the wars under the repeated seesaw of Qin and Chu armies. Terrible, there is a shortage of food and grass, and the young commander's army has to march with a large amount of food, grass, and military supplies, so the marching speed is not fast. The main force of the Chu army who has detoured has already gone northward into Jibei County, and the main force of the young commander's army has just advanced to the outskirts of Yongqiu. .

There is also an advantage of being severely damaged by the war, that is, the Qin army can't organize heavy guards in Yongqiu, Chenliu and other places. There is a solid foundation of popular support, so before the young commander-in-chief launched an attack on the city, the people in Yongqiu city had already rioted under the instigation of the young commander-in-chief Yongqiu's soldiers, and forcibly opened the city gate to welcome the young commander-in-chief to enter the city. The main force of the Young Marshal took down Yongqiu City very easily - but unfortunately, the food in the city was very poor.

There is another advantage of winning the hearts of the people, that is, without Xiang Kang sending people west to investigate, countless people have taken the initiative to report the situation of the Qin army west of Yongqiu to the young commander. After carefully studying the situation of the Qin army, Xiang Kang Uncle Zhou, the most powerful accomplice in the military, hesitated again and again, and couldn't help but said to Xiang Kang: "General You, forgive me for speaking bluntly, if we just focus on the grain roads of the main force of the Tyrant Qin, I'm afraid we will miss an opportunity." A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

"What good opportunity?" Xiang Kang asked casually.

"Rush to Guanzhong!" Uncle Zhou said in a deep voice, "Baoqin's main force is already in the Julu battlefield, and Guanzhong is very empty. This is a great opportunity for us to attack Baoqin in one fell swoop! If we can be bold, bypass Xingyang and Aocang It is entirely possible to go straight to Xianyang and establish unrivaled achievements!"

"General Zhou, are you kidding me?" Chen Ping asked in surprise, "How narrow is the Xiaohan Road, and how difficult is Hangu Pass? How can we succeed in attacking the pass alone?"

"Don't take the Weihan Road to enter the pass." Uncle Zhou quickly replied: "From Yongqiu directly to Yingchuan in the west, then from Yingchuan to Nanyang in the south, take Wuguan and enter Guanzhong. This road was not damaged much by the war. There is a lot of food stored in the folk, and the source of soldiers is also very abundant, we can completely support the war with war, from Wuguan to Guanzhong, and establish the situation of the world in one fell swoop!"

Chen Ping hurriedly calculated, but Xiang Kang sighed lightly, and said: "General Zhou, I know your method is feasible, but if we don't cut off the food road for the main force of Tyrant Qin, what will happen to the Julu battlefield? Our main force What should I do?"

Uncle Zhou was dumbfounded, and Xiang Kang said again: "If we do this, it may be possible to break through Wuguan and enter Guanzhong, but no one can guarantee how long it will take us to achieve this goal? , Zhang Han defeated the allied forces of the feudal lords on the Julu battlefield, and returned to reinforce Guanzhong in time, so we are still in a dead end?"

It is rare for Xiang Kang to say this from the bottom of his heart. Although Xiang Kang is very clear about the situation of the Julu battlefield in history, and he also knows that the way to enter the army proposed by Uncle Zhou is also the correct way for Liu Laosan to create a great Han Dynasty, but history has changed after all. A lot, and Xiang Yu has been weakened to a certain extent. Xiang Kang can no longer guarantee that Xiang Yu will be able to create miracles like in history, defeating 40 Qin troops with [-] troops.So after pointing out the danger, Xiang Kang said: "So we can't be dangerous. We must give priority to helping our main force win. After we have established a victory in the Central Plains battlefield, we can consider entering the Guanzhong."

After resolutely refusing the temptation to march directly into Guanzhong, Xiang Kang continued to advance his troops westward. As a result, Chen Liu's Qin army defenders stayed behind closed doors, refusing to fight or surrender. Xiang Kang, who had no food at all, refused to go. After paying attention, he led the army to bypass Chenliu and go straight north, and soon took down Daliang City whose walls had been soaked to pieces more than ten years ago.Then it was at this time that Xiang Kang made adjustments in the route of advancing troops. Instead of going directly to Aocang via Bolangsha, he chose to go north to attack Yangwu.

The distance was only more than 100 miles away, and of course the movement of the Young Commander was soon reported to Sima Jin, the general of the Qin Army who led the army to guard Aocang. As a result, Sima Jin quickly came to a conclusion and said with a sneer, "It's pretty smart, knowing First attack Yangwu and Suanzao, where there is food, to seize food and grass to supply the army, and then calmly attack Aocang, and take the opportunity to lure me to send troops to rescue Yangwu. Unfortunately, this general is not fooled. I want to take a look. Take Yangwu, Suanzao, and Juanxian all, can the food you grab consume more than me?"

Maybe Xiang Kang was really trying to lure the enemy. After he led his army to the city of Yangwu, besides arranging troops to prepare to attack the city, Xiang Kang also ordered Zhu Jishi, the young commander in chief: "General Zhu, lead your troops immediately. Go west to Ao Cang, go to the bank of the chasm to confront the Tyrant Qin army, fight every day, and lure the Typhoon army to cross to the east to attack you. Also, if the Typhoon army transports grain to the lower reaches of the Yellow River through the chasm, it will stop at any cost! "

Zhujishi clasped his fists and sang promises, and then said very worriedly: "General You, the last general is not sure that he can lure the Tyrant Qin army across the chasm? Also, even if we take all the grain around Yangwu, we won't be able to It may be more expensive than the Tyrant Qin army with its huge warehouse in Ao Cang, and there is no way to cut off the food supply of the Tyrant Qin army for a long time?"

"Don't ask too much, you will know in the future." Xiang Kang said casually: "Go quickly, remember, you must fight every day, and you can't be lazy."

In a chain reaction, after the news of the young commander's army approaching Aocang was reported to Zhang Han, Zhang Han, who was hesitating whether to launch an attack before the main force of the Chu army arrived at the Julu battlefield, was also relieved. In addition to launching the attack, he also ordered the 40 mobile troops he had previously deployed in Chaoge to move westward immediately and rush to Aocang for reinforcements to avoid accidents. ——After all, Xiang Kang's behavior is too despicable and vicious. Zhang Han is also afraid that Xiang Kang will make another trick, and if he really wins the important place of Ao Cang, the nearly [-] Qin army will really be finished.

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