Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 177 A Different Giant Deer
From the moment Zhang Han adopted Sima Xin's suggestion and decided to launch an active offensive on the Julu battlefield, history took another completely different fork.

In the original history, the confident Zhang Han resolutely implemented the tactics of besieging the city and fighting for aid on the Julu battlefield, and almost all the anti-Qin rebels who could be lured were lured to the Julu battlefield, but he met Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. He broke the boat and created a miracle. He defeated the Great Wall Corps of the Qin Army in charge of the siege. The main force of Zhang Han stationed in Jiyuan was held back by Yingbu and Chaiwu of the Chu Army. The allied forces of the princes took advantage of the fire to besiege and beat them to death, which was self-defeating, and was completely overthrown by the Chu army and the allied forces of the princes.

The development of the Julu battle in this era is completely different. Although Zhang Han also attracted a large number of anti-Qin volunteers, but because of the wings of Xiang Kang, a demon moth, the vitality of the main force of the Chu army not only recovered faster than in history. It approached the Julu battlefield earlier than in history, and Xiang Kang's troops were hovering behind the main force of the Qin army like a poisonous snake, and they might take advantage of the situation at any time. Zhang Han no longer underestimated the enemy, and decisively chose the first Acting aggressively, he took the initiative to attack before the main force of the Chu army arrived at the Julu battlefield, and launched an attack on the anti-Qin coalition forces who arrived first. The battle trend of the Julu war became even more different from history.

After receiving the news that the main force of the Young Marshal's army suddenly rushed to Puyang, although Zhang Han immediately arranged for Sima Xin and Zhang Ping who stayed in Jiyuan to rescue Puyang, he did not immediately disclose this news that might affect the morale of the army. He gritted his teeth and continued to storm the already unsupportable Qi army camp. The result was just as Zhang Han had hoped. Tian Jian and Tian Jia, etc. will be unable to parry, and can only flee northward with the defeated generals in a hurry. The Qin army pursues the victory and kills more than 2000 Qi troops, and seizes almost all the military supplies of the Qi army. The main force of the rescue.

Then, when the main force of the Chu army had reached the east bank of the Zhangshui River, Zhang Han only dispatched [-] troops eastward to reinforce the sand dune platform, temporarily blocking the way for the main force of the Chu army to cross the river, and resolutely marched toward the Yan army led by Zang Tu. The national army launched an attack, and it took less than two days to break through the Yan army camp, and temporarily drove the remnants of the Yan army out of the Julu battlefield. Terrified, the main force of the Chu army was beating their hearts. They didn't dare to cross the Zhangshui immediately, and were forced to temporarily station on the east bank of the Zhangshui to wait and see the situation.

If God could give Zhang Han a few more days, Zhang Han might be able to completely rewrite the ending of the Julu War, but it is a pity that at noon on the day when Zhang Han's troops successfully defeated the Yan Army camp, the Jiyuan Camp sent Kuai Ma sent bad news, saying that the main force of the Young Marshal's army had quickly captured Puyang City by shameless fraud, cutting off the main artery of the Qin Army's food road.So after taking down the camp of the Yan Army, even though the generals of the Qin Army had high morale and asked Zhang Han to strike while the iron was hot and continue to attack the anti-Qin Yijun camps such as Chen Yu, Zhang Ao, and Sima Ang, Zhang Han smiled wryly. Dare to answer.

In the end, after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Han secretly introduced the sad news that Puyang had fallen to several of his trusted generals. As a result, Zhao Ben, Shi Cheng, Zhou Lei and other generals were all shocked when they heard it, and hurriedly asked He said: "General, have our troops launched a counterattack against Puyang? Are we sure we can bring Puyang back as soon as possible?"

"If I'm sure we can get Puyang back as soon as possible, I won't be so worried." Zhang Han said with a wry smile: "Our main force is in Julu, and the garrison in Jiyuan has to guard grain, grass, tank boats and docks. Send [-] to [-] troops to attack Puyang, Sima must guard Aocang without moving lightly, and Dong Kan has only [-] troops. Even if we join forces with our Jiyuan garrison, they can only be on par with Xiang Kang'er at best, and even more so. Not to mention taking back Puyang Jiancheng."

"But if we can't retake Puyang as soon as possible, we will be in danger over time." Shi Cheng said in a panic, "After a long time, our food and grass supply will not be enough. The news that Puyang has been captured will definitely take advantage of the fire and rob us, and entangle us until we run out of food, then we will not be able to fight this battle."

"That's why I blocked the news and didn't dare to make this matter public." Zhang Han said with a wry smile, "Fortunately, judging from the current situation, the bandit army must have not had time to get in touch with Xiang Kang Otherwise, Xiang Yu will definitely seize the opportunity to forcibly cross the Zhang River to entangle us, and will not give us a chance to calmly withdraw from the Julu battlefield."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Han sighed, and said with a sad face: "We have only two options left now. One is to mobilize heavy troops to counterattack Puyang and reopen our food roads. But if we do this, our army will be destroyed." Being deployed to the three battlefields of Puyang, Jiyuan and Julu, the division of troops is too much, it must be extremely dangerous..."

"General, you must not divide our troops." The wise Shi Cheng quickly objected: "Once we divide our troops, the bandit army on the Julu battlefield will definitely understand the changes in our rear immediately, and will definitely take advantage of the fire to loot us and attack us in the spine. Yuan or Julu's army, we will be in danger of being defeated by the bandit army one by one."

Zhang Han, who had already suffered a lot from dividing his troops several times, nodded, and said, "The second way is not to divide our troops. First, we and Wang Li's main force should be withdrawn southward to Jiyuan to protect the stockpile of food, and then withdraw westward to Puyang. To the west is food, first establish an invincible position, and then find a way to deal with the bandits outside the pass."

"General, forgive me for speaking bluntly, it is still very dangerous to do so." Shi Cheng reminded again: "Our army has won consecutive battles and defeated the bandits from Yan and Qi. Zhao bandits dare not move and Chu bandits dare not cross the river. , At this time, there is no reason to suddenly retreat southward, the bandit army will definitely understand that there is a change in our rear, even if they don't get in touch with Xiang Kang's traitor, they will definitely take the opportunity to send troops to pursue, and we will still fall into a passive position at that time."

"This is also what I'm most worried about now." Zhang Han's face became more sad, and he said: "The bandits are not fools. They must know the reason for our sudden retreat. As long as they decisively launch a pursuit and bite our main force, Not only would we be completely passive, but it would be very dangerous."

"We can neither divide our troops at risk nor retreat directly, so what should we do?" Nei Shibao, Zhou Lei and other generals panicked when they heard this, and they all said: "If we don't make adjustments as soon as possible, we will wait until the bandits know our supply. The road has been cut off by Xiang Kang's son, so we are even more dangerous."

"Don't panic, we still have a chance." Zhang Han said very calmly: "We just need to hurry up, take advantage of Xiang Kang's son who has not had time to get in touch with the bandits on the Julu battlefield, and set up a false cover as soon as possible to cover our retreat. , Let the bandits feel that our retreat is not a fire in the rear, but an ulterior motive, and the bandits may not take the opportunity to launch a pursuit."

All the generals of the Qin Army nodded their heads in agreement, and immediately came up with ideas in a hurry. As a result, everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high. After carefully listening to the suggestions of their colleagues, Shi Cheng, the general of the Qin Army who is very popular with Zhang Han, proposed He made a good suggestion and said, "General, how about this? Didn't we capture some captives of Yan and Qi thieves in the past two days? Why don't we choose a few from among them, buy them with money, and let them pretend to be Escape from our prisoner-of-war camp, report to the Chu thief and Zhao thief separately, and tell the general that you were shot by Liu Ya in today's attack on the camp, and the injury is still quite serious. With the army retreating south."

"In this way, as long as the thieves outside the pass find out that the captives we sent reported false news, and see us suddenly retreating southward, they will definitely suspect that we are deliberately luring the enemy, and dare not immediately launch a pursuit. Our main force will be You can take the opportunity to withdraw back to Jiyuan as soon as possible, and then move west.”

As soon as Shi Cheng finished speaking, all the generals of the Qin Army present objected one after another, saying: "It's too risky to do this. If it is self-defeating, what if the bandit army believes it is true and really resolutely pursues us?"

"It will never be self-defeating." Shi Cheng said confidently: "The matter of the general being shot by the arrow is so confidential. How could the Chu thief and the swallow thief easily believe the reports of several prisoners? If we know the truth, we will definitely inform each other and warn other thieves not to be fooled by us."

The generals of the Qin army were still very worried, but Zhang Han thought about it, and when there was no better way, Zhang Han gritted his teeth and said, "That's the way we do it, we have to take a risk, otherwise Xiang Kang will be defeated." Once the thieves get in touch with the group of thieves outside the pass, we will have no chance to retreat calmly."

After all, Zhang Han, besides arranging for Shicheng to handle the matter himself, also ordered: "Remember, you must make it clear to those captives who are going to inform you, and say that the reason why we did this is because of the bandits outside the pass. The camp is too difficult to fight, and there are too many casualties in the forcible attack, and we are not sure of taking Julu City, so we can only find a way to lure the bandits out of the camp for a decisive battle. In addition, tell them that as long as they help us lure the enemy successfully, we will continue to fight. Make them officials."

Shi Cheng agreed to follow Zhang Han's instructions immediately, and Zhang Han personally wrote a book and sent secret envoys to Wang Li's camp to contact Wang Li, secretly informed Wang Li of the rear situation, and asked Wang Li to take a day to prepare for the camp. To prepare for the army, I moved south with myself to Jiyuan early in the morning on the third day.In addition, Zhang Han arranged for the army to tightly block the road, trying to prevent Xiang Kang's messengers from getting in touch with the coalition forces of the princes, and at the same time asked the generals of the Qin army to secretly inform the soldiers of the army about their decision to retreat and lure the enemy, so as to avoid their own accidents. The decision to retreat made the generals of the Qin army suspicious and affected the morale of the army.

Finally, after all these arrangements were made, Zhang Han slammed his fist on the table in front of him, and said through gritted teeth, "Xiang Kang, you're messing with me again! When the general retreats to a safe place , Free up your hand, let's see how this general will deal with you, a jumping clown!"

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Not to mention, Zhang Han's Ai General Shicheng really got the idea of ​​the coalition forces of the princes this time. On the second day, when the main force of the Qin Army was preparing to retreat southward, the Qi Yan prisoners who had been bought by the Qin Army split up and drove away. After reporting to the camps of the Chu and Zhao troops, not to mention the treacherous and suspicious general Chen Yu of the Zhao army, even the straight-hearted Xiang Yu immediately became suspicious. He immediately interrogated the informants separately, coerced them into telling the truth, and It was still expected that under the careful interrogation of the officials of the Chu army, a prisoner of the Qi State who came to the Chu camp to inform him turned traitor again and confessed the truth.

"Except for the captive who told the truth, all the others were buried alive!"

After Xiang Yu ordered the other captives who refused to tell the truth to be buried alive with a livid face, old man Fan immediately stood up and said to Xiang Yu: "Former general, this matter cannot be ignored, we must send someone to inform the other anti-Qin Yishi immediately. Let them also know that Zhang Han's plan to retreat is deliberately luring the enemy, otherwise, if they fall into the trap, we will be even weaker."

Xiang Yu treated his allies with some loyalty, and he agreed immediately without thinking about it. However, when Old Man Fan arranged for people to contact other anti-Qin Yishi, a soldier suddenly reported from outside the account, saying that it was Chen Yuqi, the general of Zhao Guo. After envoys to the camp, there are important confidential matters to be reported to Xiang Yu.Xiang Yu didn't hesitate, and immediately ordered the summoning. What made Xiang Yu, Old Man Fan and others laugh was that Chen Yu's emissary came to issue a warning to the main force of the Chu army, saying that they had also carefully interrogated the prisoners who had gone to the Zhao army camp to inform them. It is known that the so-called Zhang Han was shot by Liu Ya is false, and he took the opportunity to lure the enemy.

"It's time to worry about it." After sneering, Xiang Yu politely thanked Zhao Jun's envoy, and asked someone to take him down for dinner, and then smiled at Old Man Fan: "Yes, Father Ya, we don't need to work hard anymore. Chen Yu must have already told other people the news, there is no need for us to send envoys to contact other people."

When old man Fan nodded with a smile, the soldier surnamed Han recommended by Feng Zhong to Xiang Yu suddenly stood up and said to Xiang Yu: "The former general, Mr. Fan, please speak frankly that the Qin army designed to lure the enemy. , don’t you realize that the flaw is too big?”

"How old is it?" Xiang Yu asked casually.

"Why did we ask the truth from the informant captives, and General Chen Yu also easily asked the truth?" The soldier surnamed Han pointed out: "When Mr. Zhang Han arranged to lure the snake out of the cave, didn't he consider him? The captives sent here are not strict, and will betray his secrets? Also, when Zhang Han sent people to arrange for these captives to inform them, how could he tell them his purpose and intention? There is no need for this at all?"

"It's not necessary at all?"

When Xiang Yu was thinking about it, old man Fan had already heard some clues, and hurriedly asked: "So, you are suspecting that Mr. Zhang Han did it deliberately, and deliberately asked those informants to tell us his purpose?"

The soldiers surnamed Han nodded frankly, and old man Fan asked again: "Then what is the purpose of Mr. Zhang Han doing this?"

"If it's false, it's false, and do the opposite." The soldier surnamed Han replied in a deep voice: "Use a fake to lure snakes out of the hole to cover his real withdrawal of troops, so that we are afraid of falling into his trap and dare not take the risk of sending troops to pursue him. You can take the opportunity to withdraw, calmly get rid of our pursuit, and quickly withdraw to a safe place."

Old man Fan was a little shaken, but Xiang Yu asked angrily: "Mr. Zhang Han is crazy and wants to really retreat? He has broken through the camps of Tian Du and Zang Tu one after another in the past few days. His troops are sharp and his strength is far away." On top of us, why really retreat?"

"There is only one possibility, his rear is on fire." The soldiers surnamed Han clearly pointed out the only reason for Zhang Han's retreat, and said: "Please don't forget the former general. If he succeeds in Ao Cang, the largest granary outside the pass, Mr. Zhang Han will definitely receive the news before us.”

"So, do you think my younger brother has taken down Ao Cang?" Xiang Yu finally became interested.

"I'm not sure." Without God's perspective, the soldiers surnamed Han couldn't be sure that Xiang Kang, who has always been fond of stealing, raping and playing tricks in wars, can successfully take down Ao Cang, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. He just said: "But this possibility cannot be ruled out." , In addition, there are obvious loopholes in Zhang Han's plan to lure the snake out of the hole, so I suggest that the former general better think twice, and don't miss the opportunity of pursuit, which gave Zhang Han the opportunity to escape in front of the battle."

If it was Feng Zhong, he would definitely seek the opinions and suggestions of Han's soldiers, but Xiang Yu is notoriously headstrong, so he waved his hand and ordered: "Retire, this general will consider it carefully. .”

After finally catching an opportunity to show off, the soldiers surnamed Han certainly didn’t want to miss it, and hurriedly cupped their hands and said, “Ex-general, the opportunity to fight is rare, and our army had better not be too conservative and passive. The pawn suggested that our army might as well prepare for it immediately.” Prepare for the crossing. Once the Tyrant Qin army on the sand dune platform is found to have withdrawn, we will immediately launch a rush to cross, and then divide the army into two. Seize the opportunity and pursue to the end, if the Qin army really has an ambush, we can also rely on the rear team to respond and rescue the front team in time without suffering too much loss."

This suggestion from the soldiers surnamed Han is very appetizing to Xiang Yu, but it is still a pity. Before Xiang Yu can figure it out, the old man Fan who is next to him has already opened his mouth and scolded: "Enough! Ignorant pawns, talking about military plans, it's not good at all." You know that the sky is high and the earth is thick! You said that Mr. Zhang Han didn’t consider the captive’s lax tone because he did it on purpose. He wanted to use a fake trick to lure snakes out of the hole to cover his real withdrawal of troops, so that we dare not take the risk of sending troops to chase him. Then you can guarantee that Mr. Zhang Han is so Is it a trick hidden in a trick, alternating between false and real, deliberately revealing flaws to lure us to pursue it with confidence, and then take advantage of it?"

Of course, the point that Old Man Fan pointed out is also possible. The soldiers surnamed Han who do not have the perspective of God can’t refute it, but Old Man Fan is not polite, and shouted: "Back to the train, this is not a place for you to talk!"

The soldier surnamed Han still refused to give up, and when he secretly looked at Xiang Yu's expression and reaction, old man Fan had already spoken again, and once again ordered the soldier surnamed Han to retreat. class train.Then the old man Fan said to Xiang Yu: "Former general, no matter whether Zhang Han will retreat in real or fake, we can only make a decision before making a move. Don't rush after him and fall into Zhang Han's trap."

After all, old man Fan added another sentence, saying: "Even if Mr. Zhang Han really retreats, we will not miss the opportunity to do so. If General You really takes down Ao Cang, as long as he guards against danger , to block Zhang Han for a while, our pursuers will arrive quickly, and we can still flank the right general's army back and forth, and smash the violent Qin army."

Xiang Yu thought about nodding his head, but the soldiers surnamed Han sighed softly beside him, and said to himself, "It's a good idea. If Xiang Kang just cut off the Raid Qin's grain road and didn't take Ao Cang, wait for the Tyrant Qin army Withdrew to a place where we can safely get food, let alone seize the opportunity to defeat the enemy, whether we can spend more than Zhang Han is definitely a big problem."

Fortunately, the soldiers surnamed Han still have a chance. When discussing with old man Fan, Xiang Yu made another decision on his own, saying: "It doesn't matter whether Mr. Zhang Han is really retreating or pretending to retreat, as long as he voluntarily gives up the sand dune ferry , we all have to seize the opportunity to cross the river as soon as possible to join Zhao's army, so that we can reduce the loss of crossing the river, and we can concentrate our troops in one place to prevent any emergency."

(End of this chapter)