Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 178
There are 20 Qin Army Great Wall Corps on the Julu battlefield, and 8 troops directly under Zhang Han. If such a large army wants to quickly withdraw from the fighting area in a short period of time, it is certainly not something that can be said and done. Fortunately, Zhang Han has always managed the army well. Wang Li, who commanded the Great Wall Corps, was also a famous general after the Great Qin. The Qin army quickly made preparations for the retreat, and began to retreat in the early morning of the third day when Zhang Han decided to withdraw.

The retreat plan arranged by Zhang Han himself was very orderly. First, the [-] Great Wall Corps' Qin Army escorted the food and grass to withdraw first, Zhang Han led the troops of the headquarters in the second place, Wang Li led the main force of the Great Wall Corps in the third place, and Wang Li led the main force of the Great Wall Corps in the third place. At the same time, in order to prevent the main force of the Chu army from crossing the river immediately, Zhang Han arranged for the Qin army stationed in the sand dunes to temporarily stay still, waiting for the main force to move out in sequence before coming west and going south with the main force of the Qin army.

Of course, such a big move by the Qin army was discovered by the anti-Qin coalition army at the first time, but it is a pity, because the strength is weak, and Zhang Han used a plan to vaccinate in advance, so whether it is the Julu defenders or the Julu defenders The other anti-Qin troops in the northern suburbs of Lu did not dare to take the opportunity to send troops to stop them and entangle the retreat speed of the Qin army, let alone the Qi and Yan troops whose camps had been taken away by the Qin army before.

The same is true for the Chu army. Although Xiang Yu never minded and was afraid of taking risks, but because of old man Fan who made a wrong judgment and tried to dissuade him, the main force of the Chu army also did not take the opportunity to initiate a rush to cross. The Qin army garrison in the sand dunes took the initiative to withdraw Afterwards, Xiang Yu ordered the soldiers of the Chu army to rush to build a pontoon bridge on the Zhangshui River and set about crossing the Zhangshui River.

At this time, different voices rang out again from within the Chu army. After learning about the movement of the Qin army outside Julu City through the scouting report, Liu Laosan, who should not have appeared on the Julu battlefield, realized something was wrong, and hurriedly said to Xiang Yu: "Former general, the situation is not right. The Tyrant Qin army moved food and supplies and abandoned the camp. Why do I feel that they are really retreating? If the Tyrant Qin army is to lure us to launch a pursuit, is it worth the money? Too big? Aren’t they afraid that luring the enemy would be a waste of hard work, allowing the trapped Julu army to take the opportunity to escape?”

"This man is insightful, sees the details, and has a keen mind."

The soldier surnamed Han next to him raised his eyebrows, and he couldn't help but look at Liu Laosan, who was relatively low-key in the Chu camp, with admiration. At the same time, the soldier surnamed Han hurried to see Xiang Yu's reaction.But it is a pity that although Xiang Yu obviously hesitated, he still said: "It's not surprising that Julu City is strong. Before that, the Baoqin army could not attack for a long time without rescuers. Now rescuers from all walks of life have gathered in Julu. Of course Not to mention that we are not sure that we can break through the giant deer, and if we spend a lot of money to lure us to pursue it, this risk is worth taking for the Tyrant Qin army."

"Is this really the case?" Liu Laosan was skeptical, and after a little calculation, Liu Laosan simply said: "Former general, how about this, let me take the army across the river immediately to chase and kill the tyrant who just withdrew. Garrison in the sand dunes, let's see how they react, if something is wrong, I can withdraw immediately if my soldiers are small and the target is small."

"Pei Gong, you can't take any risks." Old man Fan, who has a good impression of Liu Laosan, said, "You have only [-] troops under your command. Even if you launch an immediate pursuit, it won't be of much use. If there is any accident, The consequences will be unimaginable."

Liu Laosan is not a person who likes to make jokes about the army directly under him, but comprehensive analysis of various enemy situations, Liu Laosan with a keen intuition still insists on asking for orders to pursue him, and he refuses to listen to old man Fan's persuasion.As a result, the soldier surnamed Han next to him couldn't bear it anymore, and stood up again and said: "The former general, I think Pei Gong's suspicion is right. Judging from the actions of the Tyrant Qin army, they definitely don't seem to be trying to lure the enemy on purpose. If we really retreat, our army should seize the opportunity to launch a pursuit, and we must not miss the opportunity."

"Bold! What kind of person are you, dare to speak here?" Uncle Xiang on the other side was furious, and immediately jumped out and shouted: "Come on, take down this pawn who is lying about military plans, push him down and behead him!"

Fortunately, Feng Zhong, who personally discovered the soldiers with the surname Han, was also at the scene, and he hurriedly stood up and interceded: "Master, please calm down, the former general is merciful, when Han Xin was under the account of the last general, the last general always allowed him to speak freely, yes The last general spoiled him, and please forgive him this time for the sake of the master and the former general."

Feng Zhong, who used to be the same general as Xiang Yu under Xiang Liang's tent, was somewhat popular. Seeing Feng Zhong's face, Xiang Yu also nodded, and waved his hands to make the soldiers who came forward to arrest the soldiers surnamed Han retreat.However, Feng Zhong made an inch of progress, and then cupped his hands to Xiang Yu and said: "The former general and the last general also think that the retreat of the Tyrant Qin army is very strange. It may be that they are really planning to retreat south. Please allow the former general to let the last general lead the troops. Cross the river first, chase the Tyrant Qin army that retreated from the sand dunes, and test their reaction."

Feng Zhong's words finally moved Xiang Yu. He always liked to take risks when using soldiers, and his ears were particularly soft. Seeing that Liu Laosan and Feng Zhong both insisted on sending troops to pursue immediately, Xiang Yu hesitated again and again, but nodded and said: "Okay, Then I ask General Feng to lead his troops to launch a pursuit, and Pei Gong to lead his troops to follow up and report to me at any time. But remember, if the situation is not right, you must withdraw immediately, and you must not be greedy for meritorious deeds."

Feng Zhong bowed his hands and agreed, first winking at the soldiers surnamed Han, using an excuse to teach him not to interrupt casually, and asked Xiang Yu to agree to take him to the side to whisper alone.The soldiers surnamed Han are also Feng Zhong's confidantes, and he said in a low voice as soon as he arrived at the side: "After catching up with the enemy, immediately form an formation and fight. Facing the enemy on the defensive, if the Tyrant Qin army really intends to retreat, they will definitely not entangle you for a long time, and will only leave the battlefield as soon as possible. But if the enemy is defeated at the first touch and is defeated immediately, then they must not take the risk of pursuing them."

Feng Zhongxin nodded understandingly, and hurriedly led more than [-] people from his headquarters to rush across the Zhangshui River, and chased after the Qin army garrison who had withdrawn from the sand dunes before. Zhong's department is always ready to respond to Feng Zhong who may be in danger.

Feng Zhong's troops, who were chasing lightly, moved very quickly. Before the Qin Army's sand dune garrison had time to catch up with the main force of the Qin army, Feng Zhong's troops had already caught up behind them. The sand dune garrison had no choice but to turn around and fight quickly. Keeping in mind the advice of the soldiers surnamed Han, decisively let the troops in the headquarters form a circular formation, and take a defensive position to deal with the counterattack of the Qin army.

At this moment, the Qin army's tactical policy also appeared contradictory and chaotic. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Zhang Han not only strictly blocked the news that the young commander had taken Puyang, but also declared in the army that the southward retreat was to lure the enemy. Although it succeeded in avoiding the panic of the army, it also caused the sand dune garrison who was overtaken by Feng Zhong to be at a loss. They didn't know whether to take the initiative to retreat and continue to lure the enemy, or to resolutely attack and kill Feng Zhong's troops who were not strong enough. Therefore, the Shaqiu garrison had no choice but to form an formation to confront Feng Zhong, while dispatching fast horses to contact the main force, asking Zhang Han to make a decision.

Zhang Han was indeed very decisive. After receiving the report, in order to cover the main force to quickly withdraw from the Julu battlefield, Zhang Han decisively ordered the sand dune garrison to launch a counterattack, preparing to bluff and intimidate the main force of the Chu army before withdrawing to the sand dune Qin army.As a result, the order was sent to the front line, and the Sand Dune garrison also launched an attack on Feng Zhong's army without hesitation, and fought fiercely with Feng Zhong's troops in the eastern suburb of Julu.

The battle was very fierce. The Qin army with superior strength in the sand dunes divided into three groups and attacked Feng Zhong's circle from three directions. At one point, they surrounded Feng Zhong's circle, but Liu Laosan who came later disrupted it. Seeing Zhang Han's wishful thinking, seeing that Feng Zhong had successfully entangled the Qin army in the sand dunes, and confirming that the Qin army had not divided up to respond, Liu Laosan seized the opportunity to attack immediately, and cooperated with Feng Zhongli to capture the Qin army in the sand dunes. Killed too hard to parry, was forced to withdraw hastily.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qin army's voluntary retreat in the sand dunes, Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan had a hasty meeting on the battlefield, and they quickly discussed and decided that Feng Zhong would continue to lead the army in pursuit, and Liu Laosan would continue to cover behind, and then Feng Zhong's troops would In the pursuit of each step, he quickly caught up with the Qin Army's rear team led by Shejian. As a result, Shejian did not hesitate and immediately led the army to turn around to fight. Start a battle.

When fighting against Shejian with a force of up to [-], Feng Zhong's troops faced even greater pressure. Almost from the beginning, they were surrounded by Shejian on all sides, and they were suppressed to the point where they could only parry and have no power to fight back. Liu Laosan who rushed over did not dare to take the risk of attacking. He also hurriedly formed a circular formation and slowly approached Feng Zhong's army formation. Stop Liu Laosan, and don't give Liu Laosan and Feng Zhonghui a chance to become one.

At this time, the well-prepared main force of the Chu army had already built a sufficient number of pontoon bridges on the Zhangshui River. At the same time, the situation of Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan was reported to Xiang Yu by the Chu army scout Kuaima, and he was immediately informed by the Chu army. There was a huge controversy among the generals. Some people thought that they should immediately send troops to reinforce Feng and Liu's second army, while others thought that Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan's army should be withdrawn as soon as possible, and the troops should be concentrated together as a precaution.Xiang Yu hesitated in his heart, while letting the main force of the Chu army rush across the Zhangshui immediately, he quickly discussed countermeasures with Old Man Fan, Cao Jiu and others.

Fortunately, the Overlord of Chu is the Overlord of Chu after all. Although there are still many generals in the Chu Army who are worried that after dispatching the main force to reinforce the Second Army of Feng and Liu, they will give the main force of the Qin Army a chance to start a decisive battle, but Xiang Yu, who is very confident in his military capabilities, thinks Wanting to go, he still waved his hand and shouted: "Go to reinforce Feng Zhong and Liu Ji, the decisive battle will be decisive, we are afraid that Zhang Han will not succeed?!"

Unable to resist Xiang Yu's unruly temper, only Cao Jiu was left to lead his troops to transport food, grass and military supplies. The main force of the more than 3 Chu army, led by Xiang Yu, immediately marched westward and rushed to the southern suburb of Julu to reinforce Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan. Tian An, the general of the Qi army who had voted for Chu, also led his troops to follow, and approached the enemy at the risk of giving the main force of the Qin army an opportunity to fight a decisive battle. ——By the way, at this time, Xiang Bo, who was in poor health, of course Master Xiang found that his condition was getting worse, so he voluntarily asked to stay in Cao Jiu's army and assist Cao Jiu to lead the rear army to carry the military supplies.

It was Zhang Han's turn to complain. Originally, the Chu army pursued aggressively, and the Qin army had the opportunity to take the opportunity to start a decisive battle in the field. However, if they did so, it would definitely disrupt the opportunity for the main force of the Qin army to retreat. Once the main force of the Chu army could not be quickly defeated in the field battle , Delayed time, let the messenger that Xiang Kang must have sent get in touch with the main force of the Chu army, then the main force of the Chu army will definitely hold on to the main force of the Qin army. Huan River going south to Jiyuan, must pay a heavy price while crossing the river.Therefore, after hesitating for a while, Zhang Han could only decide to take the risk and continue to make false claims. He sent Kuaima to order Shejian to immediately lead the army to retreat south, and at any cost to get rid of the entanglement of Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan, so that the main force of the Chu army could not judge himself. The target of the army's movement was too timid to pursue it to the end.

Zhang Han's action did indeed confuse the Chu army's pursuers. The Shejian troops, who were originally in the upper hand, suddenly retreated in front of the battle. San couldn't help feeling uneasy, not sure what kind of medicine was sold in Zhang Han's gourd, afraid of falling into the trap of the Qin army, Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan simply gave up the pursuit for the time being, and chose to wait for the main force to join them.

After another period of time, Xiang Yu personally led the main force of the Chu army to the scene. Liu Laosan and Feng Zhong hurried forward to meet the marquis and personally reported the situation of the pursuit to Xiang Yu. During this period, Feng Zhong naturally had to peek at the soldiers surnamed Han The soldiers surnamed Han understood the reaction, and pouted their mouths in the direction where the Qin army was retreating. Feng Zhong finally settled down, and hurriedly said to Xiang Yu: "The former general, the last general thinks that we should continue to pursue, even if we don't take the risk of attacking. It is also necessary to entangle the main force of the Qin Dynasty, so that they cannot calmly go south, and then play by ear."

Of course, Feng Zhong's suggestion of taking risks was opposed by many generals of the Chu army, but it was still good. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, always liked to take risks. After hesitating for a while, Xiang Yu still made up his mind and said loudly: "Chasing! Let's entangle the main force of Tyrant Qin first!"

After all, Xiang Yu also arranged for people to rush to the northern suburbs of Julu to contact other anti-Qin volunteers, told them his decision, and asked other anti-Qin volunteers to also go south to join in the pursuit.Then Xiang Yu ignored the dissuasion of many civil and military forces of the Chu army, and resolutely led the main force of the Chu army to pursue southward, carefully keeping a distance from the main force of the Qin army, and followed the main force of the Qin army to go south quickly.

Xiang Yu's decision to pursue the main force of the Qin army with a weak force is of course extremely risky, but there are mistakes, and his decision just happened to hit Zhang Han's fate, which made the main force of the Qin army retreat faster. In any case, it will not get up soon, and what is worse is that at this time, the Qin army's front team that retreated first has already reached the north bank of Zhangshui (Zhangshui is surrounded by Julu in a semicircle), if the front team is allowed to cross the river immediately , the main force of the Chu army will definitely guess that the Qin army is really planning to retreat rather than lure the enemy.Zhang Han was forced to have no other choice but to order the front team not to cross the river, and formed an formation on the spot to meet the enemy. He planned to launch a decisive battle when the main force of the Chu army came close, defeat the main force of the Chu army, and then calmly cross the river.

Zhang Han underestimated Xiang Yu's military capabilities this time. The scouts of the Chu army had just found out that the main force of the Qin army was formed on the spot on the north bank of the Zhangshui River. Stop advancing inside and outside, and immediately set about repairing fortifications to prevent the main force of the Qin army from counterattacking.

They are still afraid of beating wolves with a stick. At this point, the main force of the Chu army still does not know how to fight the next battle. Should they muster up the courage to fight the Qin army head-on, or should they wait until the Qin army has the opportunity to cross the river? Carry out an assault, or run away if the situation is not good?In addition, the other anti-Qin righteous forces on the Julu battlefield were afraid of giving the main force of the Qin army a chance to fight a decisive battle, and none of them dared to send troops south to reinforce the main force of the Chu army, so let alone the generals of the Chu army, even Xiang Yu made his decision early He made up his mind and decided that as long as the Qin army counterattacked aggressively, he would immediately flee with the main force of the Chu army.

By the way, the reason why Xiang Yu dared to break the boat in history was because there were two very important objective reasons at that time. One was that the main force of Zhang Han at that time was in Jiyuan, which was far away from the Julu battlefield. Chai Wu's troops were temporarily restrained and could not immediately go north to reinforce Julu. Second, the anti-Qin coalition forces on the Julu battlefield at that time were strong and had many helpers. They launched an attack on Wangli's corps.But now that these two objective reasons do not exist, and the main force of the Chu army is fighting against the well-organized Great Wall Corps alone with less than [-] troops, and Zhang Han's [-] elite troops, of course Xiang Yu dare not fight to the end.

Closer to home, when the Chu army and Xiang Yu himself were feeling uneasy, the Chu army scouts who were out looking around suddenly escorted a young man, saying that he was a suspicious person found in Quliang Pavilion in the west, and that the The man claimed to be a messenger sent by Xiang Kang to contact the main force of the Chu army.Xiang Yu was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly ordered the man to be brought in front of him. As a result, after the rat-headed man was brought in front of Xiang Yu, before Xiang Yu asked him about his identity, Feng Zhong who was beside him asked in surprise: "Wei Shan? Why are you?"

"Tingchang Feng, are you here too?" Wei Shan, who used to be a servant of the pavilion, also recognized his old boss at a glance, and couldn't wait to say: "Tingchang Feng, good news, great news! General, he has captured Puyang and cut off the food supply of the Tyrant Qin army, as long as you entangle the Tyrant Qin army for a while, the Tyrant Qin army will run out of food!"

"What? Brother, he has already captured Puyang?!"

Xiang Yu's joy was of course no small matter. He hurriedly asked Feng Zhong about Wei Shan's origin and identity, confirmed that Wei Shan was indeed Xiang Kang's accomplice and running dog, and asked Xiang Kang clearly. Three secret envoys were sent to the Julu Battlefield by three different routes, and after reading Xiang Kang's handwritten letter, Xiang Yu of course cheered and shouted excitedly: "No wonder the Tyrant Qin army hastily withdrew. Their food supply has been cut off, if they don’t run for their lives, they will definitely die!”

"It turns out that the situation is so favorable to us!" All the generals of the Chu army were also ecstatic, and then they all rejoiced: "Fortunately, we entangled the main force of the Tyrant Qin army and did not let them cross the Zhang River calmly." Opportunity, otherwise, we will miss this rare opportunity!"

When the generals of the Chu army were cheering, the soldiers surnamed Han suddenly winked at Feng Zhonglian. After Feng Zhong finally found out, he hurriedly walked to the soldiers surnamed Han in a casual manner. While whispering a few words, Feng Zhong showed joy, changed his position casually and said to Xiang Yu: "Ex-general, if there is no accident, the news that General You has successfully cut off the food road of the Tyrant Qin army, Zhang Han must not have heard of it." Dare to announce to the soldiers of Tyrant Qin. In this case, we should immediately send some rangers to go south to the front of the Tyrant Qin army to loudly publicize the news that their food roads have been cut off by us, so as to hit the morale of the Tyrant Qin army. After Mr. Zhang Han knows that we have contacted the right general, he will definitely be in chaos, looking forward and backward and revealing countless flaws. It will definitely be much easier for our army to take advantage of the opportunity to defeat the enemy."

"Good idea! Let's do it! Do it now!"

Xiang Yu was even more overjoyed, and immediately sent someone to follow the plan.However, Liu Laosan, who was standing next to Feng Zhong before, was as careful as a hair. He noticed the small movements of Feng Zhong and the soldiers surnamed Han. The soldier surnamed Han thought to himself, "What's the matter? Feng Zhong's plan just now seems to be the result of this halberd master? Feng Zhong is a famous general in our Chu army, how could he be willing to speak for a small soldier?"

(End of this chapter)