Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 261 Nanyang Battlefield
In the battle of Yexian County, the Yexian garrison of the Han army with good combat effectiveness was thoroughly annihilated, as well as the main force of the Han army. Ren Kai, a veteran of the young marshal army, was captured alive. The reason why the Allied Forces of the Three Kings, Yingbu, and Chai Wu fought so beautifully is because the Allied Forces of the Three Kings are indeed powerful, but the biggest behind-the-scenes hero is Han Xin, the general of the Liu Army who just joined Liu Laosan's team.

After the soldiers approached the city of Ye County, Han Xin judged that the Han army and the Han army planned to stand by and wait for reinforcements through field surveys and collected information from the Han army. He suggested that Liu Laosan dispatch the main force of the Liu army in the afternoon and attack outside the city The Korean army camp in the south, first took advantage of the opportunity of sufficient light to clear the outer fortifications of the Korean army camp, and then made a real effort when it was dark, and stormed the Korean army camp with all its strength. Just as unwilling to help Liu Laosan seize the fiefdom and city, in fact, he is recharging his energy and preparing all kinds of siege weapons secretly, preparing to launch a surprise attack on Ye County.

After Liu Laosan acted according to his plan, the main force of the Liu Army, which had a huge advantage in strength, basically cleared the fortifications outside the Han Army camp during the day, opened the way to directly enter the Han Army camp, and suddenly launched its force at night according to the plan. Attacking the Han army camp with all their strength, Han Cheng, Han Xin and others couldn't stand it anymore and were forced to abandon the camp and retreat south. Liu Laosan led the army to pursue with all their strength, and soon left the Ye County battlefield.And because Yingbo and Chai Wu had been standing still before, the soldiers of the Han army led by Ren Kai were really fooled, believing that the danger had passed, and it was impossible for the enemy to attack this night.

Then, at four o'clock in the middle of the night, when the Yingbu and Chaiwu coalition forces that had been preparing for a long time suddenly launched a sneak attack on Ye County, the Han army was immediately killed and caught off guard, and was caught off guard by the more experienced and stronger combat forces. The Yingchai allied forces rushed to the top of the city in one fell swoop and seized a large area of ​​the city. Even if Ren Kai personally led the army to launch a counterattack, they failed to drive the enemy down the city. Occupying the North Gate position in Ye County, covering the rear army smashed open the city gate, opening the way to directly enter the city.

At the critical moment, Ren Kai, a veteran of the Young Marshal Army, also made a wrong choice. In the case of great disparity in strength, Ren Kai not only failed to decisively lead the army to break through the encirclement and flee south, but also personally led the army to start street fighting with the enemy. After being beheaded by the soldiers of the Yingbo army in the middle of the war, the leaderless soldiers of the Han army had no power to fight back. Some soldiers were killed, others were forced to put down their weapons and surrender, and some were killed by Liu Laosan after fleeing south. Unfortunately, he became the first Xiangkang army to be completely wiped out by the enemy since the prime minister raised his army.

Liu Laosan's luck on the battlefield has always been good. Although he pursued the Han army with all his strength to paralyze the Ye County defenders, what Liu Laosan did not expect was that his soldiers actually captured Han Cheng alive during the pursuit. The Allied Forces of the Three Kings won an all-round victory in the Battle of Ye County.Then, as Chen Ping analyzed, when there was no need to execute Han Cheng at all, in order to show his generosity, and to let Han Cheng go back and make things difficult for Xiang Kang, Liu Laosan waved his hand and was stunned. People sent Han Cheng to Yangcheng, and handed it back to the remnants of the Han army who fled to Yangcheng.

Liu Laosan's action did indeed play a big role. Seeing that Ye County, which was second only to Wancheng in strength, was easily captured by the Allied Forces of the Three Kings, and seeing that Liu Laosan was so generous that even an important prisoner like Han Cheng They could all be released unconditionally. In addition, the remnants of the Korean army fled southward to Wancheng first. The surrender of the city gate allowed Liu Laosan, who was about to take over, to take down an intact Nanyang County.

Then, after discovering that the reinforcements of the Han army, Zhong Limei, had already arrived in Wancheng, Liu Laosan adopted Han Xin's suggestion and deliberately did not rush to enter Wancheng. Li County, in order to lure Zhongli Mei to the north to rescue Li County, and annihilate Zhongli Mei's troops in the field - even if it fails, it can shake and hit the morale of the Han army, so that other Nanyang county defenders can clearly see Xiang Kang's so-called reinforcements What kind of virtue is that.

The disparity in strength was too great. Zhong Limei and Lu Yu, the governor of Nanyang County of the Han army, were forced to choose to let the defenders of Li County abandon the city and flee south. assigned tasks.When Liu Laosan discovered this situation, he immediately became alert and said in surprise: "It's just a county of Li, but if other cities in Nanyang do this, then I will be in big trouble. If you don't take the food back There is no military rations available, and the robbing of rations has lost the support of the people, how can we gain a foothold in Nanyang?"

"Your Majesty, we should send troops to Wancheng as soon as possible." Cao Shen suggested: "Take Wancheng as soon as possible, so that Xiangkang's bandits in Nanyang will be leaderless and lose their unified command, so that other cities in Nanyang will not dare to do so."

"You can't enter Wancheng, that will only hit Xiang Kang's arms." Han Xin objected, saying: "Wancheng is the county government of Nanyang. , it is difficult for us to win quickly. Once the Xiangkang bandit army is dragged into a war of attrition, the Xiangkang bandit army in southern Nanyang can take the opportunity to implement scorched earth tactics, calmly transfer troops and food, and leave countless empty cities for us to clean up the mess. In the end, even if we succeed in capturing the entire Nanyang County, we will only get an empty Nanyang."

"Then what do you think should be done?" Cao Shen asked in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, please personally come forward and persuade Yingbu and Chaiwu's one of the troops to monitor the bandit army in Wancheng." Han Xin replied: "The main force of our army and the other army take the opportunity to enter Xixian County and Danshui, and first cut off the hinterland of Nanyang and The connection in Guanzhong formed a trend of closing the door and beating dogs, and then calmly seized other cities in the south of Nanyang, and finally marched into Wancheng to annihilate the bandit army of Lu Yu and Zhonglimei. The defenders of other cities dare not cut off their retreat."

Liu Laosan is indeed a military and political genius. He felt that Han Xin's suggestion would be more beneficial for him to take control of Nanyang, so he adopted his suggestion on the spot, and immediately sent people to invite Yingbu and Chai Wu to persuade them to follow their plan and help him stop Xiangyang. Kang implements scorched earth tactics.

It's a pity that Yingbo and Chai Wu are not willing to be at the mercy of Liu Laosan this time for their own interests. Among them, Chai Wu is better, and he must rely on Liu Laosan's money and food support to enter Hanzhong and Bashu. Opposed, Yingbo, who was anxious to go south to seize his fiefdom, refused to agree to anything. He insisted that doing so would be a waste of time, and there was a danger of being defeated by the Han army. He insisted on directly entering Wancheng and taking Wancheng as soon as possible to open the way to the south. , so that he can free up his hands to seize Nanjun, Changsha and Qianzhong.Anxiously persuaded by Liu Laosan, Yingbo even threatened that if Liu Laosan didn't listen to him, he would lead the army to bypass Wancheng and go directly south to his fief, and let Liu Laosan deal with Lu He and Liu Laosan by himself. Zhongli is ignorant.

Knowing that Yingbo only wanted to take down his fief as soon as possible, and did not want to consider Liu Jun's strategic interests, Liu Laosan was furious, but now he was begging Yingbo and Chai Wu, and he did not dare to attack him in person, so he was forced to act in desperation Liu Laosan could only ideally agree to directly march into Wancheng, first kill the main force of the Han army in Nanyang as soon as possible, and then seize the entire county of Nanyang.Han Xin was also helpless, so he had no choice but to try his best to help Liu Laosan take Wancheng quickly.

It was only when the Allied Forces of the Three Kings approached the city of Wancheng that Liu Laosan regretted that he had not insisted on persuading Yingbu to adopt Han Xin's proposition, because the generals of the Han army led by Lu Yu and Zhong Limei had already built Wancheng like an iron wall. The barrel is like a barrel. The Han Army Zhongli Mo stationed outside the west gate of Wancheng. As many as four trenches were dug for the guard camp alone. The walls were built comparable to ordinary county walls. It is armed to the teeth, and there is almost no possibility of taking it down quickly.

For such a situation, Liu Laosan is of course worried. He is extremely worried that the Allied Forces of the Three Kings will be exhausted by the defenders of Wancheng and retreat. It doesn't matter at all, and even some hope that the Allied Forces of the Three Kings will take the initiative to give up attacking Nanyang, so that they can go south to seize the fief as soon as possible.

At this time, an accident suddenly appeared. The coalition forces of the three kings had just set up their own camps, and a team was sent out from Wancheng with drums and gongs. Come to Linjiang Wang Yingbu to deliver the Han army's credentials.Liu Laosan and Chai Wu didn't dare to be negligent when they heard the news, so they hurried to the Yingbo camp together to learn about the contact situation between the Han army and Yingbo in person.

The content of Xiang Kang’s letter of credence need not be elaborated. In short, it is desperately wooing Yingbo, who has almost no direct conflict with the interests of the Han army. One of his daughters married Yingbu's son and established an in-law relationship.In the end, there was no need for Liu Laosan and Chai Wu to speak, Yingbo immediately understood Xiang Kang's meaning, and said with a smile: "Xiang Kang's son has a good idea, and he wants to drive a wedge between the king and the king just by relying on a fluffy so-called letter of credence." The relationship between the King of Hanzhong and the King of Nanyang is as despicable and shameless as ever, which makes people sick."

The Han army envoy who came to contact Yingbo was a disciple of Mr. Shusun. He had learned from Mr. Shusun that his face was thicker than the city wall. He was not angry when he heard Yingbo's sarcasm. : "Your Majesty, don't misunderstand, our King of Han sent a small envoy to present the letter of credence, it is definitely just out of good intentions, and please read it for the sake of you and our King of Han who fought side by side, and also for the sake of your country and the thousands of sons of our Han Kingdom. For the sake of the people, establish an eternally difficult friendly relationship with our country, never give up swordsmanship, and forever become a country of brothers."

"Don't do this!" Ying Bo said very rudely: "I have received the great kindness of King Xiang, but I haven't reported it yet. How can I establish an in-law relationship with a rebellious minister like Xiang Kang? Get out of here, go back and tell Xiang Kang's son, Xiang Kang When the king enters Guanzhong, I will definitely lead the army to the north for reinforcements, and help King Xiang fight against this despicable, treacherous and shameless villain, and tell him to wash his neck and wait for me to die!"

"Since the king refuses, the emissary will definitely report the exact words of the king to my king." The Han army envoy replied very politely, and then said: "In addition, our king of Han also said that if you refuse to agree now, my king, no Whatever the relationship, if you have figured it out, Your Majesty, just send someone to Xianyang to make contact with our King of Han at any time, and our King of Han will definitely welcome you backwards and continue our friendship with Your Majesty."

Yingbu sneered and didn't answer, but urged the envoys of the Han army to leave quickly, and then said to Liu Laosan and Chai Wu: "King of Nanyang, King of Hanzhong, don't worry, no matter how Xiang Kang's son wins and bribes, this king will absolutely I will not be fooled by him! I will only work together with you to defeat the Xiangkang bandit army!"

"Linjiang Wang Dayi, Xiao Wang admires." Liu Laosan nodded with a smile, his face was full of absolute trust in Yingbu, but he cursed in his heart, "You don't want to do this to me! If you really want to be with Xiang Kang The child is irreconcilable, why don't you take his envoy out and boil him to death with a cauldron?! Deliberately just drive Xiang Kang's emissary away, leaving room for future relaxation, I am your ancestor to play this trick!"

"Brother Ying, you don't need to explain. I don't know who you are." Chai Wu also laughed, but sighed in his heart: "Yingbu is unreliable. If he is attracted by Xiang Kang's son, I want to come from Bixian County. , Fangling marched into Hanzhong, there must be no hope."

It's no wonder that Chai Wuhui was targeted by shameless villains Xiang Kang and Chen Ping from thousands of miles away. He is indeed an egg with seams. Among Yingbo, Liu Laosan and his fiefs, his fief is the most It is remote and the most difficult to get in your hands—Hanzhong and Bashu are the rear of Guanzhong. Xiang Kang will never tolerate anyone's involvement. The road is extremely steep and difficult to walk. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. With so much power, there is almost no hope of winning Hanzhong Bashu, which Xiang Kang will definitely guard with heavy troops.

Because of this, besides relying on the help of Yingbo and Liu Laosan to hope to get Hanzhong Bashu, Chai Wu also had to guard against Yingbo or Liu Laosan's sudden defection, and stood up to Xiang Kang On the one hand, after seeing Xiang Kang desperately trying to win over Yingbo, Chai Wu was actually more worried than the cunning Liu Laosan, and even more worried that he would be used by Yingbo as a bargaining chip in reaching a despicable deal with Xiang Kang.

After returning to his camp worriedly, Chai Wu couldn't help drinking, and once again secretly cursed Xiang Yu, who was unfairly rewarded and punished, for conferring the remote and hard-to-reach Hanzhong Bashu to himself with outstanding achievements , Nanyang was granted to Liu Laosan, the clown jumping beam——Nanyang, which has no danger to defend, is much easier to fight than Hanzhong Bashu, and it has not been damaged by the war. It is no less than Hanzhong Bashu in the poor mountains and rivers. place.

Of course, Chai Wu also knew that he was not without a chance. As long as Liu Laosan and Yingbu could fully support him to enter Hanzhong Bashu, and when Xiang Yu recovered from his injury and entered Guanzhong, he would also have a good chance of taking Hanzhong Bashu by himself.But Chai Wu had to worry, whether Liu Laosan and Yingbo could tolerate the self-army living on their territory for a long time, until the day when Xiang Yu entered Guanzhong?And will Xiang Yu give up entering Guanzhong due to other accidents in the future? ——After all, Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang are cousins ​​of the same great-grandfather, broken bones and connected tendons, whether they will shake hands and make peace in the future, even ghosts and gods cannot guarantee.

"Let's take it one step at a time. Luckily, Liu Ji and Yingbo are asking for me now. Don't worry about rations and supplies for the time being. When they successfully win the fief, maybe that one-eyed boy Xiang Yu will join the army. Closed."

He poured the remnant of wine into his mouth sullenly, seeing that it was already getting dark, Chai Wu was planning to arrange night defense affairs and went back to rest with his arms around the maid he had snatched from Ye County. One person claimed to be a secret envoy of the Han army, and came to contact Chai Wu's army with two entourages, and said that there was a very important event to report to Chai Wu in person.

"Ninety-nine percent are here to sow discord, can you see me?"

Chai Wu was not confused, and immediately guessed the purpose of the Han army's envoy, but after a little calculation, Chai Wu found that he had better figure out how the Han army planned to sow dissension, so as not to be fooled, Liu Laosan and Yingbu two idiots But he fell into the trick, and in the end he suffered a loss and was fooled, and he didn't know why.So Chai Wu still ordered: "Bring him in."

After a while, the handsome Han army envoy was brought in front of Chai Wu. He first reported his identity, saying that he was the son of the Han army's Nanyang County guard Lu Ji, and then presented the item with both hands. Kang wrote the letter to Chai Wu, but after the personal soldiers passed the letter to Chai Wu, Chai Wu didn't bother to reach out to receive it, and said with a sneer: "Tell me, how does Xiang Kang plan to buy this king? Don’t you also want to get married with this king? Yes, this king can agree, but he has to hand over Hanzhong Bashu to this king first.”

"Your Majesty, please read our letter from the King of Han first, and then discuss it with the envoy in detail." Gong Liangzao, the envoy of the Han army, said sincerely: "The envoy can assure you that after reading it, the king will be astonished. You will definitely understand our King of Han's good intentions immediately."

Unable to restrain his curiosity, Chai Wu finally picked up Xiang Kang's letter. The contents of the letter need not be elaborated. The army expressed its goodwill, hoping to reach a secret deal with the Han army, by selling Chai Wu in exchange for the Han army to voluntarily give up Nanyang, and then conclude an alliance with the Han army to fight against other princes, and Xiang Kang persuaded Chai Wu to form an alliance with the Han army to help The Han army killed Liu Laosan, promised to give Nanyang to Chai Wu Jianguo afterwards, and threatened that if Chai Wu refused to accept the Han army's kindness, Xiang Kang would instead form an alliance with Liu Laosan, sacrificing Chai Wu in exchange for Taiping on the southern front of the Han army.

In addition, of course, the envoy of the Han army also handed over a forged letter from Liu Laosan - but unfortunately, there is no Liu Laosan's seal.

Xiang Kang played too many similar tricks, so after quickly reading the two letters, Chai Wu, who had heard about Xiang Kang's bad nature for a long time, not only didn't get angry, but immediately sneered and said: "Come on, tell me The envoy of the bandit army was pushed out and beheaded."

Lu Wei, the governor of Nanyang County of the Han Army, is not very capable, but he has a unique vision for recruiting Luomen guesthouses. Chen Hui, who was recruited before, and even Xiang Kang admired it quite a lot. The same is true for Liangzao. At the critical moment of life and death, Gong Liangzao not only did not panic at all, but also asked very calmly: "Dare to ask the king, why did you kill the little envoy?"

"Why do you want to kill you?" Chai Wu said with a sneer: "You used a fake book to deceive me for Xiang Kang's son, in a vain attempt to make me and Nanyang king turn against each other. Why didn't I kill you?"

"Your Majesty thinks that Liu Jipifu's letter is a forgery?" Gong Liangzao asked in amazement, "Why didn't Your Majesty take a closer look at the handwriting of the letter? Is this letter written by Liu Jipifu himself?"

"Is the handwriting difficult to forge?" Chai Wu asked with a smile, "If this letter is really written by King Nanyang, why didn't he put his seal on the letter?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly, it's no wonder Mr. Liu Jipi dared to betray you so confidently and boldly." Gong Liangzao chuckled and said, "Mr. Liu Jipi didn't stamp his seal. This is exactly his brilliance. He He wrote this letter without stamping his seal on purpose. This can not only express his intentions to our King of Han, but also prevent our King of Han from publishing his letter to the public. No matter who reads it, he can use the excuse that there is no seal. , Your Majesty is very discerning, can't you see this at all?"

Chai Wu was at a loss for words, and Gong Liangzao took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, if you still want to ask why Liu Jipifu betrayed you behind your back, the emissary can answer now, if our King of Han is determined to keep Nanyang outside the Guxu Pass , and sent reinforcements from Guanzhong to the south, or personally led the army to the south to rescue Nanyang, how sure do you think Liu Jipifu can win Nanyang? Dedicate you, my lord, as a gift to our King of Han, in exchange for our king allowing him to be here Nanyang has a foothold and let him become our Hanwang's southern barrier, wouldn't it be a win-win deal for us Hanwang and him?"

"The mouth is quite good." Chai Wuyi sneered, and said: "Well, even if what you said is quite reasonable, how can you prove that this letter was not forged by Xiang Kang? It was written by Nanyang King himself?"

"If the envoy can't prove that this letter is written by Mrs. Liu Jipi himself, he won't dare to come and die in vain."

Chai Wu was taken aback by Gong Liangzao's answer, and then Gong Liangzao said in a deep voice, "My lord, tomorrow we, the King of Han, will find an excuse to send someone to contact Liu Ji to get his reply that he tried to betray you. Please send someone to keep an eye on him secretly." Liu Ji’s every move will be known at that time. If you can’t prove that Liu Jipifu is really planning to betray you secretly, please feel free to send the envoy, and the envoy will die without regret.”

General Chai Wu was skeptical and decided not to speak, but Gong Liangzao said plausibly: "Your Majesty, the emissary also has to tell you a piece of news. Our Han army has successfully captured the east of the river and forced Wei Bao, the king of the Western Wei Dynasty, to open the city and surrender. The front line has turned from danger to safety, and our King of Han is now also considering whether to increase troops to the south line to keep Nanyang with all our strength. Whether you can replace Liu Ji as the Lord of Nanyang, Your Majesty, is probably the only chance."

After pondering for a while, considering that the possibility of Liu Laosan sacrificing himself to please Xiang Kang cannot be ruled out, and Yingbo is a little unreliable, Chai Wu still nodded and said: "Okay, I will take a look at it tomorrow. How to prove that Liu Ji betrayed me behind his back, so that you can die without regrets."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gong Liangzao nodded quickly, and then urged: "My Majesty, please keep an eye on Liu Ji tomorrow. When our envoys go to contact him, Your Majesty may as well come to the scene in person to see what Liu Jipifu looks like." despicable face!"

(End of this chapter)