Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 217

By the way, I would also like to introduce Li Zuoche's situation. After offering a plan to help the Chu army push Zhang Han into a desperate situation, the relatively low-key Li Zuoche did not go to Xiang Yu to ask for credit and reward, and left Chuying directly to return to Zhao Guo's army. However, when Chen Yu, General of Zhao State, asked Li Zuoche about the situation, Li Zuoche did not hide anything, and directly told Chen Yu what had happened.

Knowing Li Zuoche's strategy, Chen Yu was very happy, and also thought that Zhang Han had to surrender this time.Then when it was close to noon the next day, Chen Yu suddenly sent someone to find Li Zuoche in a hurry, and happily said to Li Zuoche: "Mr. Guangwu, good news, Mr. Zhang Han sent an envoy to meet with Chu State again." The general negotiated and surrendered, and the former general asked us to go to his camp with the other princes immediately to meet with Zhang Han's emissary. Hurry up, Lord Guangwu, let's go to the Chu army's camp together."

Upon hearing the good news, Li Zuoche, who planned the forced landing, did not show joy. Instead, he froze for a moment and asked in surprise, "Mr. Zhang Han made up his mind so quickly? Did you send an envoy to ask for surrender this morning?"

"Mr. Guangwu's ingenious plan has forced Mr. Zhang Han to have nowhere to go. Of course he has no choice but to surrender." Chen Yu replied with a smile on his face.

"It's broken!" Li Zuoche stomped his feet angrily, and said with great regret: "Yesterday, I was so careless and left without asking General Qian. Now we will miss a good opportunity!"

After finishing his annoyance, Li Zuoche refused to give up. He hurriedly stepped forward to pull Chen Yu up and walked out. He hurriedly said, "General, hurry up. Let's go see the former general of Chu State right now. Maybe there is still time to make up for it."

It was still on the way to Chuying that Li Zuoche explained the reason for his annoyance to the puzzled Chen Yu, and said, "My original plan was to force Zhang Han to surrender secretly. Then he used his army to lure Wang Li's Tyrant Qin army from Huai County, and let Zhang Han's army join forces with us, attacking Wang Li's Tyrant Qin army back and forth."

"In this way, we can not only quickly annihilate Wang Li's tyrannical Qin army and save the time to directly enter Guanzhong, but also let Zhang Han's army get blood on their hands and completely cut off their retreat route for rebellion and return to Qin. Feel free to drive Zhang Han's descending army to be the pioneer, capture Hangu Pass and break through Xiaohan Road, and reduce our soldiers' casualties. But I really didn't expect Zhang Han to make up his mind so quickly, and the former general of Chu State summoned them again with great fanfare. If news of the meeting between the princes and Zhang Han's envoy gets out, we don't know how much time it will take to wipe out Wang Li's tyrannical Qin army."

Hearing Li Zuoche explain the whole story, Chen Yu was quite anxious, and rushed to Chuying with Li Zuoche, trying to prevent Xiang Yu from announcing the secret of Zhang Han's surrender.But it is a pity that when Chen Yu and Li Zuoche rushed to Chuying, the leaders of the anti-Qin coalition forces, such as Tian An, Tian Du, Sima Ang, and Zang Tu, had already arrived at the door, and they were excitedly shouting Zhang Han. Regarding the surrender, the soldiers at the gate of the Chu army's barracks were also all beaming. It was obvious that they already knew that Zhang Han's army was about to surrender.

Seeing this scene, Li Zuoche certainly knew that there was little hope of keeping it secret, so he could only sigh helplessly, and followed Chen Yu into the Chu camp to meet Xiang Yu, the commander of the anti-Qin coalition army recommended by the princes.However, to Li Zuoche's surprise, when he entered the central tent of the Chu army, a general of the Chu army happened to be admonishing Xiang Yu, urging Xiang Yu to block the news of Zhang Han's surrender, and first use Zhang Han to arrest him. Wang Li lures out of the camp in Huai County, and after Wang Li is defeated, Zhang Han's surrender will be made public.

Li Zuoche was even more surprised. Faced with the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Qin army in the Central Plains, Xiang Yu not only shook his head, but also scolded: "It's easy to say. Now we can force Zhang Han to surrender. The most important thing is One point is to surround him on the east bank of Shaoshui, what if we let him cross Shaoshui to help us lure the enemy, but he regrets and refuses to surrender?"

"Former general, we can take hostages." General Na Chu insisted, "Let Zhang Han leave the token of surrender and the hostages, and then let him cross the river to help us lure the enemy, so we won't be afraid that he will go back on his word."

"Don't talk about it." Xiang Yu waved his hand resolutely, and shouted: "It's hard to force Zhang Han to surrender, don't make extra troubles, let Zhang Han surrender directly first, and talk about Wang Li's matter later."

Seeing that Xiang Yu refused to listen to the persuasion, the general of the Chu Army had no choice but to retreat in disappointment. Li Zuoche was glad in his heart, knowing that he was lucky that he did not make this suggestion to Xiang Yu first, otherwise Xiang Yu's short-sightedness would probably ignore him as well. Suggestion, let yourself open your mouth once to pay back the anger in your heart.At the same time, out of curiosity, Li Zuoche couldn't help but asked Chen Yu in a low voice: "General, who is General Chu who spoke just now?"

"Pei Gong Liu Ji." Chen Yu replied in a low voice, which also made Liu Laosan leave a deep impression on Li Zuoche.

The next thing is relatively simple. After the princes arrived in Qi, Xiang Yu immediately announced the good news of Zhang Han's request to surrender, and introduced the two surrender conditions Zhang Han offered, and solicited the opinions of the princes symbolically. Of course, the anti-Qin princes unanimously begged Xiang Yu to make a decision, and then Xiang Yu said grandly: "In this case, then I think, one is to save food and time, and the other is to reduce the casualties of our soldiers. We accept Zhang Han's surrender. gone."

The anti-Qin princes unanimously praised Shicheng, and Xiang Yu also sent someone to send the Qin army's surrender envoy, Shicheng, to tell Shicheng the unanimous decision of the anti-Qin coalition army, and then made an oath in front of the princes outside the pass, vowing not to hurt anyone. The generals of Zhang Han's army, let alone pursue Zhang Han's grievances for killing Xiang Liang before, and personally promised to make Zhang Han, Dong Yi, and Sima Xin three princes and kings after the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, and even broke his own blood. Saber, swore that if he broke his promise, he would be cut in half like his own sword in the future.

Seeing that Xiang Yu made a poisonous oath in public, Shi Cheng made up his mind and hurried back to the Qin army camp to report the news to Zhang Han. Zhang Han didn't hesitate after hearing the news, and immediately summoned all the generals in the army to make his surrender decision public. As a result, although most of the generals of the Qin Army raised their hands to express their willingness to support Zhang Han's surrender because of despair and homesickness, but there were still a few generals of the Qin Army who refused to bow to the six countries outside the pass. Nodding his mouth, the guards in the tent rushed forward immediately, and beheaded those generals of the Qin army who opposed the surrender with a flurry of swords.

If 10,000+ troops want to put down their weapons and surrender together, it is of course not an easy thing to say and do. In order not to make changes and misunderstand the anti-Qin coalition forces, Zhang Han asked the generals in the army to appease the soldiers under his command, and once again Send someone to contact Xiang Yu and ask Xiang Yu to do a good job in suppressing the soldiers of the Qin army who refused to surrender.

Fortunately, the soldiers of Zhang Han's army who were tired of the veterans had long been generally war-weary, and they had long been eager to end this endless war. They basically chose to follow Zhang Han to surrender to the anti-Qin coalition forces, and a few opponents were also killed on the spot. Cleaning up did not cause any disturbance.Then at si o'clock in the morning of the next day, Zhang Han also fulfilled his promise. Under the watchful eyes of the anti-Qin coalition army officers and soldiers who were waiting in full battle, he led the Qin army officers and soldiers who had put down their weapons and surrendered out of the camp to surrender, and immediately took Dong Yi and Sima Xin with them. When the important civil and military officers of the Qin army came to Xiang Yu, they crouched in front of Xiang Yu's horse and surrendered, begging Xiang Yu to accept with tears.

Xiang Yu is a face-saving person, and he just swore to forgive Zhang Han in public yesterday. Even if he still wanted to avenge Xiang Liang, he quickly restrained the impulse in his heart, got off his horse and helped Zhang Han with his own hands. Waiting for someone to comfort him, Zhang Han wept bitterly. He just talked about the suspicion and persecution he had suffered during this period of time. He tried his best to present himself as a loyal minister who was framed by traitors in the court and was forced to surrender. He succeeded. Xiang Yu, who is notoriously well-developed lacrimal glands, shed a few tears of sympathy.

Next, after the anti-Qin allied forces took over the camp of the Qin army and confirmed that all the soldiers of the Qin army were disarmed, Xiang Yu handed over the task of arranging the soldiers to his confidant Cao Jiu, and led Zhang Han and Dong Yi. When the Qin army surrendered and returned to the Chu army camp, they also arranged a banquet in the large tent of the Chinese army, and led the princes outside the pass to scare Zhang Han and others who voluntarily surrendered, and took a step closer to appease the Qin army generals who voluntarily surrendered.

Because more than 12 soldiers of the Qin army were successfully forced to surrender, the atmosphere of the banquet was of course very festive. It was publicly announced that Sima Xin, Zhang Han's confidant, would act as the general of the Qin State to replace Zhang Han in commanding the more than [-] soldiers of the Qin army who surrendered, and take up the task of assisting the anti-Qin coalition forces. The Qin army surrendered.

Seeing that Xiang Yu kept his word and fulfilled his private promise in public, Sima Xin, who had also made great efforts in Zhang Han's surrender, was of course extremely happy. He immediately stood up and bowed to Xiang Yu, vowing to follow him faithfully Xiang Yu destroyed Qin.But at this moment, a messenger rushed in from outside the tent, knelt down on one knee to Xiang Yu, clasped his fists and played loudly: "Report to the former general, the Huai County Ferry has an urgent report. This morning, we are stationed in Huai County. Wang Li’s troops of the Tyrant Qin army suddenly left the camp and marched westward with some luggage and light equipment, voluntarily abandoning his camp outside the city and the ferry in Huaixian County, and there were still many luggage that were difficult to carry.”

"Wang Lipifu abandoned the camp and went west?" Xiang Yu was shocked and asked, "We haven't crossed Shaoshui yet, why did he just run away?"

"The news of General Zhang Han's surrender must have leaked out. Mr. Wang Li was afraid that we would cross Shaoshui from Wude and surround him in Huai County, so he quickly slipped away." Old man Fan analyzed.

"Cowardly thief!" Xiang Yu slammed his fist heavily on the case table, smashing the case directly, spilling wine and food on the case, but Xiang Yu didn't pay attention to it at all, but asked the messenger who came to report: "Is there anyone?" Haven't found out where Wang Li is going to retreat?"

"Reporting to the former general, time is running short. The spy scouts we sent to Huai County didn't have time to find out the whereabouts of the Tyrant Qin army. We only know that they went to the west." The orderly replied truthfully.

"A bunch of trash!" Xiang Yu scolded angrily, and shouted: "Quickly, continue to investigate, and you must find out where the Tyrant Qin army is going as soon as possible."

The messenger took the order and rushed out immediately, while old man Fan stood up and said, "Former general, if there is no accident, Wang Li's tyrannical Qin army is probably planning to withdraw to Mengjin, cross the Yellow River there, and then Going south to Luoyang, guarding the dangerous pass to prevent us from entering Hangu Pass, the old man thinks that we should immediately send troops to launch a pursuit to slow down Wang Lipifu's retreat and buy time for our main force to pursue."

Xiang Yu nodded quickly, and after thinking for a while, he immediately ordered the general of the Qi army, Tian Du, to lead his troops to cross the river and pursue him. Xiang Yu felt at ease, and first ordered all the troops to prepare for the pursuit immediately, and then he sat down again, greeted everyone to continue drinking, and said confidently: "Everyone, don't worry, Wang Li can't run away, we will definitely get him back." Annihilated on the north bank of the Yellow River."

Everyone said yes together, but unfortunately after the turmoil, the atmosphere of the banquet was greatly affected, and it was no longer as festive as before, so Xiang Yu gave up his plan to get drunk with everyone, and went to the party before Shen Shi. After the banquet was over, the princes outside the pass were asked to go back to rest and prepare. At the same time, they ordered Zhang Han, Dong Yi, Sima Xin and others to be invited to the guest tent, and repeatedly urged them to treat them well.

The matter was not over yet, and after the crowd had dispersed, Xiang Yu was planning to go and see how the soldiers of the Qin army were placed, but unexpectedly, there was a report from the soldiers outside the account, saying that it was General Liu Laosan of the Chu Army who asked to see him, and that there was someone there. Xiang Yu casually ordered the important military report to be summoned, and Liu Laosan immediately entered the tent, saluted Xiang Yu, and said impatiently: "The former general, the last general heard the news that Mr. Huai County has fled, and you, the former general, sent Qi State General Tian Du to lead the army to chase after him, may I ask if this is really the case?"

"What's the matter?" Xiang Yu asked casually.

"If there is such a thing, then there will be a plan, maybe it can help the former general trap Wang Lipifu to death on the north bank of the Yellow River." Liu Laosan said convincingly: "The general guessed that Wang Lipifu fled west first, and he must have wanted to escape. Go to Mengjin to cross the river, guard the dangerous roads of Luoyang and Xiaohan, and prevent our army from directly entering Hangu Pass. The last general is not talented, and he is willing to lead his troops to carry ten days of food and grass to launch a pursuit immediately, cross the Yellow River in Chenggao, and then rush day and night to Ping Yin, seize the Mengjin Ferry, make it impossible for Wang Lipifu to cross the south and escape, and help the former general completely annihilate Wang Lipifu's Tyrant Qin army on the north bank of the Yellow River, please allow the former general."

"Pei Gong, do you dare to attack alone, interspersed to cut off Wang Li's retreat?" Xiang Yu became interested.

"As long as I can help the former general destroy Qin, why wouldn't the last general dare?" Liu Laosan replied confidently, and then said: "Chenggao Ferry is too small, and it is difficult to collect boats. It is impossible for Wang Li to cross the river there, but the last general's headquarters There are less than [-] people, and crossing the river there is not a big problem. As long as the general can cross the Yellow River as soon as possible, there is hope to rush to Pingyin before Wang Lipifu, seize the Mengjin Ferry, and completely cut off Wang Lipifu's return route. , to help the former general achieve great success."

After finishing speaking, Liu Laosan added: "Taking a step back, even if the last general fails in his attack and fails to capture the Mengjin Ferry first, he can play by ear on the south bank of the Yellow River and disrupt Wang Li's defensive deployment. The opportunity for everyone to deploy their defenses calmly can still help the former general defeat the enemy as soon as possible."

Seeing that Liu Laosan was justified, and seeing that Liu Laosan had the courage to take risks, Xiang Yu, who had drunk a lot of wine, immediately said without hesitation: "Okay, since Pei Gong has the courage, then I will allow you to lead the team If you can succeed in attacking Pingyin, I will reward you, Pei Gong, in the future!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Liu Laosan clasped his fists and sang promises loudly, turned around joyfully and was about to go out to command the troops to attack, but the old man Fan who was next to Xiang Yu suddenly spoke and shouted: "Pei Gong, wait a minute!"

Liu Laosan's complexion changed slightly, then he turned around, cupped his hands to old man Fan and asked, "What orders does Father Ya have?"

"Be careful." Old Man Fan ordered: "If the attack fails, don't force it. You are commanding the Chu army. If there is any mistake, it will dampen our army's morale."

Liu Laosan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly clasped his fists again and said, "Thank you, Father Ya, for your guidance. In the end, the general will definitely act cautiously."

Walking out of the Chinese army tent with a respectful attitude, Liu Laosan immediately changed his eager expression, and returned directly to his own army camp without touching the ground. According to Liu Laosan's instructions, Liu Laosan's headquarters had already been prepared. The preparations for the attack were ready, so Liu Laosan didn't have to worry about it. In addition to ordering Xiao He to take people to collect the military supplies and food, he also directly told Cao Shen, Fan Kui and other cronies about the purpose of his army's attack. As a result, Cao Shen, Fan Kui and others Everyone was surprised when they heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Pei Gong, we want us to cross the Yellow River in Chenggao and rush to Pingyin to seize the Mengjin Ferry. How is this possible? We are not sure that we can do it?"

"If we're not sure how to do it, we should try to gamble." Liu Laosan's voice was cold, and he said: "Wealth and wealth are in danger, this is our best chance to get ahead, if we don't want to follow other people's orders for the rest of our lives, This risk has to be taken.”

Needless to say, Liu Laosan's command value, Cao Shen, Fan Kui and others are Liu Laosan's absolute buddies. Seeing Liu Laosan's firm attitude, which cannot be disputed, he dared not say anything more, but immediately organized soldiers to set up an army , set out to gather outside the camp, and just after Xiao He received ten days of food, grass and necessary military supplies, Liu Laosan immediately led more than 9000 soldiers from his headquarters to the west, and used the pontoon bridge left by Zhang Han's army and Tian Du's army to directly cross Shaoshui , rushed directly to Chenggao Ferry in the setting sun, which was not suitable for a large army to cross the river.

In the afternoon of the next day, Liu Laosan's army, which was running lightly, arrived in Chenggao smoothly. In order to save time, he just collected a ferry that could only carry 800 people in the evening. Liu Laosan decisively ordered the army to cross the river overnight, and made it clear It was requested that all the troops cross the Yellow River before dawn, and the result was not bad, because the Qin army in this area was relatively few in strength, and Liu Laosan, who was also from the Huaisi battlefield, also had many sailors in his army. Tomorrow they all crossed the Yellow River, and Liu Laosan didn't let his soldiers rest, and immediately led the army to stride westward, rushing to Pingyin day and night.

In the next two days or so, Liu Laosan's army marched directly for more than eighty miles a day, neither attacking the city nor plundering the land, and even did not plunder the pavilions and villages along the way. It is to run in the direction of Pingyin desperately.The result is also Liu Laosan's luck, because Liu Laosan came so fast, I don't know if there are other anti-Qin allied forces following him, the Qin army's rather strong garrison in Luoyang did not dare to send troops to intercept, He watched helplessly as Liu Laosan passed around the city and rushed towards the intersection leading to Pingyin from the west of Luoyang.

To the surprise of Cao Shen and others, after arriving at the intersection leading to Pingyin, Liu Laosan, who kept urging the army forward along the way, seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, and suddenly asked the army to stop at the intersection to rest instead of rushing to the north at full speed for 30 minutes. Pingyin County, which is many miles away, just sent scouts to the north to investigate the situation of Pingyin County and Mengjin Ferry.

In the middle of the night, the scouts who went north to investigate the enemy's situation flew to report that a Qin army had rushed to Mengjin Ferry from the north bank of the Yellow River, had crossed the Yellow River, and controlled the North and South Ferry Wharf, as well as all the ships in Pingyin. .When they heard the news, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Fan Kui and others were of course greatly disappointed, and they all said angrily, "It's been a waste of hard work. We said earlier that there is no way to attack Mengjin."

Contrary to the dejected Cao Shen, Fan Kui and others, Liu Laosan laughed and applauded: "Wang Li is not stupid enough to go home, and he still knows how to divide his troops to attack and protect his Meng Jin's retreat. Now I don't have to worry about it. The method is explained to that idiot Xiang Yu."

"Pei Gong, what do you mean by that?" Cao Shen asked suspiciously, "From your tone, it seems that you don't want to rush to Mengjin Ferry at all?"

"Assault on Mengjin Ferry? Am I stupid?" Liu Laosan asked back with a smile: "Wang Li is not a fool, so can we prevent our light soldiers from rushing to Mengjin and cutting off his retreat? If we retreat [-] steps, we will be lucky If the raid is successful, what kind of benefits can we get? Is the little money Xiang Yu rewarded us worth our hard work?"

"Then what do you want to do, Mr. Pei?" Fan Kui asked with a puzzled face.

"If you eat too much dog meat, you are really as stupid as a dog." Liu Laosan cursed, and then said with a smirk, "Have you forgotten? Our King of Chu has issued an edict that the first person to enter the Guanzhong shall be the king. Now you should understand why I said that when I set off, right? Wealth and wealth are all in danger!"

Cao Shen, Fan Kui and others finally came to their senses, and they admired Liu Laosan even more. Liu Laosan looked relaxed and said lightly: "Rest for one night, and continue westward tomorrow to attack Xin'an Mianchi. Seize the favorable position in Jinbing Pass. In addition, send someone to contact Xiang Yu, saying that the Tyrant Qin army has arrived first, and we have no way to seize the Mengjin Ferry. the way."

(End of this chapter)