Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 242
For the sake of caution, on the night when Hangu Pass was recaptured, Xiang Kang still held a meeting to tell the main young commanders, Wen and Wu, that Zhao Guo's army was coming to attack Guanzhong, so that they also had a feeling in their hearts. In the end, be mentally prepared for a tough battle.

He had just recaptured Hangu Pass, the blood in the pass was still wet, the soldiers hadn't had time to reward them, and the gains hadn't been counted yet, and when they heard such bad news immediately, the young generals were all stunned, and then most of them were very upset. Puzzled, Ding Ji asked directly: "General You, wasn't the former general seriously injured? Why did you send so many Zhao Guo troops to attack us? Zhao Guo's army also had no enmity with us, how could they be all over the place?" Come out and fight us hard?"

"Ninety-nine percent should be the ghost of the gang around my brother. While blocking the news that my brother was seriously injured, they pretended to be my brother's banner and promised countless benefits to encourage Zhao's army to attack us. The time and opportunity to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong also bought time for my brother to recover from his injuries."

Xiang Kang analyzed the reasons for Zhao's army to send troops, and said: "As for the Zhao's army, one must be greedy for the various benefits promised by my brother, and the other is that we are jealous that we have the fertile soil in Guanzhong and Qin's hundreds of years of treasures. Guan Zhong took the lead, so even if I know that my brother and his gang are using them, I am willing to be used by them."

Having seen the covetousness and greed of the Qi army towards Guanzhong, the young generals, all civil and military, also nodded one after another, no longer wondering why the Zhao army would kill them in such a large scale, and then Zhujishi said quite fortunately: "Fortunately, we have already taken the lead. We have recaptured Hangu Pass, otherwise this battle will be a big one, with 13 troops, three times as strong as ours, it is by no means an ordinary difficulty to defeat them in field battles.”

"If Zhao's army comes directly to attack Hangu Pass, then we don't have to worry about it. Even if it is difficult to win a frontal battle, we are sure to consume them." Uncle Zhou said worriedly: "I am afraid that they will divide their troops in Hedong. If we rush to cross the Yellow River from Puban or Xiayang and directly enter the hinterland of Guanzhong, then our situation will be dangerous."

"This is what I'm most worried about." Xiang Kang also said with a worried look on his face, "After I seized the letter from General Zhao Chen Yu to Tian An today, I immediately sent an order to Uncle Ya and Chao Zhi, Tell them to speed up the recruitment and march. In any case, they must gather at least [-] recruits within five days and go to Puban and Xiayang to establish the Yellow River defense line. But even if Uncle Ya and the others can do this smoothly, can they rely on I am not sure that these recruits will block Zhao's army."

"General You don't have to worry." Shusun Tong, who seldom speaks at military meetings, said, "Among the six countries outside the pass, the state of Zhao has the deepest hatred for the Qin people in Guanzhong. General You only needs to send someone to spread the news in Guanzhong. Let’s say that Zhao’s entry into Guanzhong this time is to avenge Changping’s revenge and the hatred of destroying the country. They are recruits urgently recruited, and they are definitely willing to fight to the death, General You only need to send a good general to lead, and then you can use the recruits in Guanzhong as elite soldiers."

Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Unexpectedly, Mr. Uncle Sun also has unique insights in the military. Yes, I have already arranged manpower to do this. I hope that as Mr. Uncle Sun said, the recruits we recruited urgently can be put to good use."

"The right general has already arranged people to do this?" Shu Suntong was full of surprise and joy, and immediately said, "Your official is really stupid. He only wants to share the worries of the right general, but he completely forgets that the right general is far-sighted. How could it be possible to forget the enmity between the Qin people in Guanzhong and the soldiers and civilians of Zhao State? Don’t use the Qin people in Guanzhong to resist the unjust soldiers of Zhao State? With the strategy of the right general and the clever calculation, we will wait Why are you afraid of the clowns of Zhao's bandit army jumping on the beams? The gnats shaking the trees? The right general is talented, both civil and military..."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Shusun, I will talk about these words when I am free." Xiang Kang quickly interrupted Shusuntong's flattery, and then turned to everyone and said: "Urgently recruit recruits to form The Yellow River line of defense is just an emergency measure. To be cautious, we'd better come up with a way to prevent Zhao's army from dividing troops to the east of the river and threatening our Guanzhong rear. Regarding this point, what advice do you have?"

It was true that Xiang Kang led him under the influence, and after a low-pitched discussion, Ding Ji, a fierce general who has never been good at tactics, said, "General You, why don't you use the old method, send someone to feign surrender, and pretend to want to attack Hangu Pass?" Dedicating it to Zhao's army made Chen Yupifu feel that Hangu Pass could be taken easily, so he should not waste time dividing his troops."

"I've also considered using this method." Xiang Kang smiled wryly, and said, "But we have used this trick too much. As long as Chen Yu inquires a little bit, he will know that sending people to feign surrender has always been my forte. Basically, every time we encounter a strong enemy, there will be some traitors and scum in our army. While talking about wanting to surrender and preparing to surrender, and surrendering with hands, while the enemy is not paying attention, they will immediately sap and stab the knife in the back. Chen Yu If you don't want to repeat the same mistakes, you will never believe that there are really traitors in my army."

Before Xiang Kang finished speaking, the young generals present, Wen and Wu, had already burst into laughter. Only then did they realize that they had indeed used too many false surrenders to trap their own troops. Shuaijun will talk nonsense about someone offering the city to surrender.After laughing loudly, Uncle Zhou thought about it and proposed: "General You, can you think of a way to arrange the Hedong battlefield to be an illusion of our trap, so that Zhao's bandits dare not take the risk of dividing troops in Hedong?"

Uncle Zhou’s proposal belongs to the category of 36 strategies. Using false soldiers to create something out of nothing to intimidate the enemy from taking advantage of the situation to advance troops is quite common in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign battlefields. Xiang Kang also immediately began to ponder the feasibility of this strategy.Unexpectedly, Zhang Liang, who took the initiative to ask Xiang Kang to stay by Xiang Kang's side for a while, suddenly said, "General You, excuse me for my foreign minister's blunt remarks, we don't need to deliberately mislead Chen Yu not to divide troops in Hedong. If he succeeds, after Chen Yu wakes up, he will be more determined to divide his troops in Hedong and attack the hinterland of Guanzhong."

Xiang Kang looked at Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang understood, and then explained carefully: "General Right, please think about it, if Chen Yutie is determined to enter Guanzhong, even if he is temporarily deceived by the illusion we arranged, he did not divide his troops decisively. After attacking Hangu Pass for a long time, he found out the reality of the battlefield in Hedong by means of scouts. When Chen Yu found out that he was fooled, he would decisively divide his troops and force us into the dilemma of fighting on two or even three fronts. He also retreated [-] troops In other words, even if Chen Yu never divides his forces in Hedong, as long as the Zhao army does not withdraw from the Hangu Pass battlefield, our main force will not dare to leave Hangu Pass for a day. Guanzhong territory."

"That's why the foreign minister believes that General You doesn't need to waste time and energy thinking about whether Zhao's army will divide into Hedong. He should go straight in and give priority to how to drive away Zhao's army as soon as possible. Even if Zhao's army divides into Hedong, as long as there is no main force of Zhao's army For the frontal threat of Hangu Pass, Zhao's army's partial division is not enough for us to fear. At the same time, you can also free up your hand, General Right, to integrate Guanzhong, Bashu, and completely gain a firm foothold in Qin's old land."

A word to wake up the dreamer, and after listening to Zhang Liang's reminder, Xiang Kang realized that he was really on the edge of his head in this matter, and he was only worried about Zhao's army dividing troops to the east of the river, threatening his rear and grain roads, but completely Forgot how to defeat Zhao Guo's army, so that he could free up his hands to digest the victory.So after nodding his head, Xiang Kang immediately said: "Uncle Zhang's words are very true, yes, our priority is indeed how to kill Zhao's army as soon as possible, and whether the Zhao's army will divide the troops in Hedong?" It’s a waste of time and energy.”

"It doesn't necessarily have to be killed and retreated." Zhang Liang got straight to the point again, and said: "If we have the right means, maybe we don't need to fight any hard battles, and we can make Zhao's army retreat on its own initiative."

"Uncle, please give me some advice on how to retreat from the enemy. My nephew is all ears." Xiang Kang replied quickly.

"The right general forgives the sin, but the foreign ministers are stupid. There is no good strategy to retreat from the enemy. They can only point out a direction for the right general." Zhang Liang first sinned, and then said: "The right general said before that Zhao's army will Entering Guanzhong, it must be because of the covetousness of the benefits that the former general and his people promised them, and because you are jealous that you have the fertile soil in Guanzhong, and you want to enter the pass to make a fortune, so you are willing to be used by the former general. In this case , why don't we start with this point, and find a way to make Zhao's army retreat on its own initiative, and don't fight to the end for the former general and us?"

Xiang Kang and the young generals, civil and military, all made up their minds to plan, but this time it was a surprise that Mr. Shusun Tong and Shusun first came up with a solution and said, "General You, since Zhao's army is greedy for the benefits promised by the former general and wants to If you grab one, then why don’t we come to fight poison with poison? Send people to contact Zhao Guo’s army. As long as they retreat, no matter what benefits the former general promised them, we will give them double. They want to rush into Guanzhong to grab one. , We don’t have to do anything, they just ask what they want, and we give what we want! Anyway, there are mountains of rare treasures in the palace of the Qin Dynasty, as long as it can buy us time, it is worth sacrificing some jade and jewelry.”

Not to mention, after listening to Mr. Uncle Sun's suggestion, Xiang Kang was really tempted, but Zhang Liang immediately objected: "It's very safe to do this. If I expect it to be correct, in order to drive Zhao Guo's army Entering Guanzhong, the former generals must have promised the throne to Chen Yu, and they may even have promised the throne to Shen Yang and Sima Ang, two self-contained Zhao generals. The former general was the commander of the coalition of princes. The King of Chu, the leader of the Qin Alliance, was firmly controlled by the former general. Chen Yu and the others are sure to get the throne he promised. But you, General You, are neither the commander of the coalition of princes, nor have you held the King of Chu in your hands. Even if you promise Chen Yu and the others that the throne is only an empty title, Chen Yu and the others will never turn against the former general for an empty throne that they cannot get."

Xiang Kang nodded slowly, and knew very well that unless he agreed to give up the land in Guanzhong to Chen Yu as king, Chen Yu would never offend Xiang Yu to death for an empty throne.But Mr. Shusun refused to give up, and said: "We can buy it with money. I don't believe that if the gold as high as the mountain is placed in front of Chen Yupifu, he will not be tempted?"

"It's still almost impossible to succeed." Zhang Liang continued to shake his head, and said, "Chen Yu will not easily ruin his reputation for money, and he received the money to withdraw from the army. The former general will definitely not let him go. He will not ignore this as a result of."

Mr. Shusun still refused to give up, and said: "Mr. Zifang, I'm afraid not necessarily. Don't forget that the former general was seriously injured. No one can guarantee whether he can survive. Chen Yupifu still has to weigh this... .”

Before Mr. Uncle Sun could finish his words, Chen Ping, who had been lowering his head and thinking, suddenly raised his head, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Uncle Sun, what did you just say? Can you say it again?"

"Say it again?" Mr. Shu Sun was stunned, but still said: "I just said, don't forget that the former general was seriously injured, no one can guarantee whether he can survive, Chen Yupifu will not ignore the consequences, He will not consider accepting our offer."

Before Mr. Shusun finished speaking, Chen Ping had already applauded and laughed, and said, "Okay, I was worried that I couldn't stabilize Mrs. Chen Yupi for the time being. Fortunately, Mr. Shusun thought more deeply than us. What happened now That's easy."

Hearing this, Mr. Uncle Sun was inevitably confused. Xiang Kang immediately understood what Chen Ping meant, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Chen Ping, so you already have a clever plan to defeat the enemy?"

"I don't dare to think of a clever plan, it's just a superficial alienation plan." Chen Ping was as modest as Zhang Liang, and said with a smile: "Actually, when Mr. Zifang said that the former general must have bought Chen Yu with the throne to send troops, I already thought of an important thing. The question is, Chen Yupifu himself is definitely greedy for the throne, but Zhao Xie, the king behind him, how could he tolerate the former generals and others canonizing Chen Yupifu and other Zhao country generals as kings?"

"Since that's the case, if we directly send someone to contact King Zhao, explain our interests to King Zhao, and warn that Mr. Chen Yu is about to lose his life, and that he will definitely coerce many Zhao troops away, then Zhao Xie may order Chen Yu and Zhao to be recalled." For the army, Chen Yupifu took orders, Zhao’s army would retreat without fighting, and if Chen Yu’s army did not take orders, Zhao’s army would definitely fall apart. No matter how Chen Yupifu chooses, the result will only be of great benefit to us without any harm. "

Speaking of this, Chen Ping couldn't help laughing even more happily, and said: "Of course, there are two problems with doing this. One is that it takes too much time, and the other is that Zhao Xie may not easily make a decision to recall Zhao's army because he is afraid of the former general." Determined, fortunately, Mr. Shusun thought more thoroughly than me, reminding me that the former general may not be able to be rescued after being seriously injured, and these two problems can be easily solved."

Xiang Kang, who had a similar taste with Chen Ping as soon as they met, also smiled and said: "Mr. Chen Ping, I understand what you mean, let's talk about how to do it."

"Immediately send two groups of envoys." Chen Ping replied, "I went all the way to Zhao to meet the king of Zhao, and the former general was seriously injured, and the former general encouraged Chen Yupifu to lead Zhao's army in exchange for the canonization of the throne." Tell King Zhao everything about coming to attack us, and tell him that even if the former general survives, he will not be able to lead the army to fight for a long time. To lay down the throne and betray the State of Zhao to become the king on his own will be detrimental to the State of Zhao regardless of success or failure. In exchange for our friendly relationship with the State of Zhao and becoming an ally, we persuade the State of Zhao to order the recall of the State of Zhao’s army and not to give Chen Opportunity for Yu Pifu to treason and stand on his own feet."

"Of course the other envoy went to see Chen Yu directly." Chen Ping said quickly again: "Lied that we had received accurate information, and said that the former general had died of serious injuries, and the coalition forces of the princes would soon be completely disintegrated. With huge profits, buy Chen Yupifu to retreat."

"In this way, although Chen Yu will never believe the news that the former general has died of serious injuries, in order to prevent any contingencies, Chen Yu will definitely use his troops cautiously, and will not dare to take risks easily and recklessly. At the same time, he will send people back Sanchuan County asked for accurate information about the former general, so that even if he captured Hangu Pass, he would not be able to get the promise the former general made to him, and there might even be a danger of not being able to supply food and grass.”

"At the same time, I can also be sure that in order to stabilize the morale of the army, the people around the former general will do everything possible to conceal the news, and will never let the people sent back by Chen Yupifu to see the former general easily, and may even deny that the former general has been tortured." As a result, Chen Yupifu naturally did not dare to take risks. After a long delay, King Zhao sent someone to send an order to recall Zhao's army, and we will be invincible. "

After listening to Chen Ping's detailed plan, Xiang Kang didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately said: "Let's do it this way. Immediately arrange two envoys to act according to the plan."

It was easy to make a decision, but Xiang Kang was scratching his head when it came to arranging an envoy, because Li Shiqi, who had a sharp mouth, had already been detained by Xiang Yu, and Xiang Kang, who had few diplomats under him, thought about it for a long time, but only found out Chen Hui, who surrendered himself in Nanyang, could be used as an envoy along the way, but there was no suitable candidate for another envoy that had to be sent at the same time.In desperation, Xiang Kang had no choice but to turn his attention to Shusun Tong, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shusun, it seems that you have to work hard this time. You can choose for yourself. Are you willing to go to Zhao Guo to meet King Zhao?" ? Or are you willing to go directly to see Chen Yu?"

The moment Xiang Kang's triangular eyes saw him, Mr. Uncle Sun had already realized that the situation was not good. After hearing Xiang Kang's direct request, Mr. Uncle Sun, who hated the profession of envoy from the bottom of his heart, turned pale, and said with a mournful face: "General You, can you arrange for other people to go? I am a coward, I really don't have the guts to go out to the enemy's camp."

"It doesn't matter. Courage is developed slowly. No one will be as brave as a child from birth." Xiang Kang comforted, and said: "Since you don't like to go to the enemy's camp, sir, then go to the country of Zhao. The current king of Zhao, Zhao Xie, is the orthodox descendant of Queen Zhao, and he will never lower himself to embarrass the envoy, and you will definitely not be in any danger when you go to the country of Zhao."

"But the road is dangerous!" Mr. Shusun almost didn't cry, and said: "It's so far from Hangu Pass to Zhao State, and the road is full of soldiers and horses. If any bandit comes out, it may kill the head of the lower official. !"

In fact, Xiang Kang, who didn't like Mr. Shusun's personality very much, fell silent, and his expression began to be a little unfriendly. Mr. Shusun observed his words and saw that Xiang Kang was already angry. Let the lower officials go on an envoy to Zhao Guo's army to contact Chen Yupifu."

"That's right." Xiang Kang smiled a little, and encouraged him: "Unfortunately, Mr. Li was detained by the treacherous villain next to my brother, and I lack eloquent lobbyists around me. Mr. Uncle Sun, please work harder and temporarily replace him." Mr. Li took up this burden, and I will reward you for your merits in the future, and I will never treat you badly."

"Don't! It's best not to ask me for an envoy to the enemy's camp forever!" Mr. Shusun screamed in his heart, and then prayed silently in his heart: "General Chen Yu, you are a celebrity in the world anyway, but don't imitate me." Those good-for-nothings killed the envoys indiscriminately, the old man managed to get to this day, but I definitely don't want to die in your hands!"

1 Mr. Uncle Sun were unwilling to go to the enemy camp, but Xiang Kang soon regretted his arrangement, because after sending Mr. Uncle Sun and Chen Hui separately, one day later, Xiang Kang suddenly thought of He asked an important question, and secretly said: "Ask Shusun Tong to contact Chen Yu. Isn't it a bit risky to arrange this? This sycophant is not only greedy for life and afraid of death, but also knows the reason and purpose of my sending him to Zhao Guo's army." , and you know that I sent people to Zhao to sow discord, don't this sycophant sell me out just because Chen Yupiff put a knife on his neck?"

Regretted, Xiang Kang simply sent someone to chase after Mr. Uncle Sun in order to make amends. He wanted to chase this unreliable flatterer back, and sent someone else to contact Chen Yu. Unfortunately, it was too late for Xiang Kang to do so. Before the fast horse sent by Kang could catch up with Mr. Shusun, Mr. Shusun had already got in touch with the Zhao army's front team, and was immediately taken by Zhao soldiers to meet Chen Yu and other senior Zhao generals.Xiang Kang was helpless when he heard the report, and he could only blame himself for lack of consideration and taking too many risks in employing people.

(End of this chapter)