Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 285
Even if there is a chance to annihilate the mobile army of the Henan Army, they will not grasp it, and they will also have a certain opportunity to storm and take Luoyang City, but they will not fight for it. They use feints to cover up feints, and use despicable means to cover up more shameless means. In the end, they turned around and chose the difficulty Xiang Kang, who worked out the tactical plan in the largest main camp of the Henan army, did so, besides Xiang Kang's courage and courage, there is another very important reason.

The important reason for this is that Xiang Kang has scruples about one person, and this person is none other than Li Zuoche, the chief think tank of the Henan Army.

At the beginning of the tactical deduction, Xiang Kang actually did not consider attacking the main camp of the Henan Army for the sake of safety, and the reason was very simple. The casualties were too high, so what Xiang Kang deduced at that time was only how to wipe out the mobile troops of the Henan Army that he had lured out of the camp, and whether he could take Luoyang City directly in one go.

However, when studying the specific targets, Xiang Kang suddenly realized that something was wrong—how could Li Zuoche, who even Zhou Shu and Chen Ping were extremely vigilant, not understand that there were only two targets for his attack, which were the maneuvering of the Henan Army. Army or Luoyang City?If I just arrange tactics around these two goals, wouldn't the possibility of being quickly spotted by Li Zuoche be very high?
The dangerous consequences of being seen through by the enemy's tactical purpose are self-evident. If you want to achieve unexpected results, your best way should be to break the shackles and choose a tactical target that the enemy will never expect!

Having come to this conclusion, the bold idea of ​​taking down the main camp in Henan naturally jumped out of Xiang Kang's mind. Combined with the battlefield and the actual situation of both the enemy and us, Xiang Kang quickly discovered that if he let the army that ambushed the enemy's reinforcements be the Taking on the task of surprise attack will definitely exceed the expectations of all the enemies, so after careful consideration, Xiang Kang boldly decided to copy his tactics of breaking through the enemy's city when he was in Fuli, and take a risk with the enemy!
If the bet is lost, the Han army's previous efforts will be wasted, and all previous tactical preparations will be in vain!But if the bet wins, the Han army will have the opportunity to take down the main camp of the Henan army in one fell swoop, and decide the outcome of the Sanchuan battlefield many times in advance!
Fighting a war is originally a kind of gambling, and Xiang Kang has the courage and courage to bet his chips on it!
Then, as Xiang Kang expected, the whole Henan army, including the dangerous man Li Zuoche, really broke their heads. I didn't expect that the Han army would be so bold as to try to swallow their main force in one go. Five hundred Han soldiers disguised as Henan soldiers Under the cover of the night, the warriors of the army successfully mixed into the defeated crowd of the Henan Army. Guided by the five hundred main flag of the Henan Army, which was deliberately torn in half, they rushed into the main main force of the Henan Army surrounded by the enemy's defeated crowd. The east gate of the battalion, like a sharp dagger covered with poison, silently penetrated into the waist of the main force of the Henan army.

The rewards of a successful gamble are naturally huge. Seeing that the Longqie army has thrown primitive grenades one after another to send a signal, the Han army warriors disguised as the defeated Henan army immediately started to attack, or threw hidden primitive grenades to harass the enemy, or rushed straight Going forward to slash and kill the Henan soldiers who were closing the door, and some Han warriors were even more shameless. They simply shouted that I am one of our own, and at the same time greeted the enemy with their weapons without hesitation, desperately trying to create a knife for the enemy. confusion.

The Henan army's east gate position, which was full of defeated soldiers returning to camp, was already extremely chaotic. After being disturbed by such a shameless sneak attack by the Han army warriors, the area around the east gate of the Henan army's camp was of course even more chaotic. The camp gate that was about to close was opened again. , the Han soldiers who had been prepared for a long time charged wildly, and quickly rushed into the enemy camp with the support of their companions in the camp, protecting the road for the Han army to advance. The Henan soldiers who shot arrows behind the camp to cover them were screaming and screaming, and ran away with their heads in their arms. The counterattack organized by the Henan soldiers was quickly defeated by the Han army, and they missed the last opportunity to block the gap.

When Sima Yang hurriedly sent reinforcements to the East Gate position, everything was over. Most of the more than 1 Longqie soldiers rushed into the enemy camp. He also ignited countless tents of the nearby Henan army camps. Panicked Henan soldiers were everywhere in the camp, as well as red-eyed Han soldiers who murdered and set fire. There was no way to regain control of the camp gate, let alone It is said that the Han army who entered the camp will be expelled again.

The Henan army was even worse. It didn't take long before the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army who were advancing in carriages also arrived at the scene. When the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army wearing heavy steel armor joined the battlefield, the offensive of the Han army soldiers became even more serious. The invincible and invulnerable heavy armored soldiers of the Han army just slashed at people with their knives and spears, chopped off the heads of Henan soldiers one after another, cut off their limbs, pierced their chests and abdomens, and blood gushed like a fountain. However, the weapons of the soldiers of the Henan Army had almost no way to cause damage to the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army, and they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army.

Longqie, the Han army with a heavy responsibility, did not just fight blindly. After almost all the brigades entered the camp, under the command of Longqie's banner, the soldiers of the Han army resolutely went north again to attack the northern camp of the Henan army, which was resisting the main attack of the Han army. Behind the defenders, the main force of the Han army entered the camp from the north gate.Sima Ang saw that the situation was not good on the high ground in the camp. Although he immediately sent troops to rescue him, he still couldn't resist the Longqie army's tide-like offensive. , and in a blink of an eye, the Henan soldiers who were resisting the main attack of the Han army were killed and scattered. The main soldiers of the Han army took advantage of the momentum to go up one after another, and joined forces with the Longqie army to attack the gate of the North Camp of the Henan army.

After the Han army soldiers broke through the north gate of the Henan army's camp under the support of the Longqie army, the main camp of the Henan army basically lost its value of holding on to it. All kinds of military supplies in the camp must have suffered huge losses.However, Sima Ang refused to give up. In addition to organizing the army to resist desperately, he also adopted Du Wanda's suggestion and dispatched the general Sun Yin who had committed crimes and meritorious service with red eyes to lead an army out of the camp from the west gate to attack Xiang Kang's banner in vain. Surround Wei to save Zhao and reverse the defeat.

It's a pity that although the number of local troops is roughly equal, Xiang Kang has also been prepared for this. Sun Yin's army did not go far north after leaving the camp, and just saw Xiang Kang's flag formation. He suddenly burst out from the darkness and charged Sun Yin's rear with a saber. Xiang Kang ordered the beating of drums and launched a general attack. Counterattacked, joined hands with the cavalry of the self army, and flanked the troops of the Henan army. Sun Yinjun was attacked one after another, and soon fell into a disadvantage.

At the same time, various units of the Han army, which was attacking across the board, also rushed into the enemy camp one after another. Together with the former army and the Longqie army, almost all the outer camps of the Henan Army camp were set ablaze, and the Henan soldiers in the outer camp were also killed to death. After a long time, they fled countless times. At dusk, the Han army used heavy armored soldiers as the vanguard, forcibly broke through the camp of the Henan army's Chinese army, and went straight to Sima Ang's tent. Sima Ang led the Chinese army to launch counterattacks several times. He didn't succeed, so in the end he had to listen to Li Zuoche's persuasion, roaring and leading the army to abandon the camp and go eastward. He didn't even dare to enter Henan County, and fled eastward to his old lair in Luoyang.

Seeing that Sima Ang fled eastward, the main force of the Henan army collapsed quickly. Countless generals and soldiers scrambled to be the first to flee to Luoyang. After arresting the defeated soldiers of the Henan Army, Xiang Kang led his direct troops and cavalry to defeat Sun Yin's troops of the Henan Army. To the end! We must kill Sima Ang! We must not give Sima Ang the chance to escape back to Luoyang!"

It's a pity that although the main force of the Han army pursued them extremely resolutely and resolutely, they also beheaded tens of thousands of defeated soldiers of the Henan army in the pursuit battle, and captured countless prisoners. Sun Yin, a general of the Henan Army, but Sima Ang put down his commander-in-chief early on, changed into the clothes of ordinary soldiers, and fled in embarrassment among the crowd. Therefore, even if the Han army pursued to the Luoyang city, they still failed. Find the trace of Sima Yang.

Seeing the defeated troops of the Henan Army fleeing, the Zhujishi Division of the Han Army stationed in the northwest corner of Luoyang worked tirelessly and immediately sent troops to intercept them. They fled all over the mountains and plains, and it was impossible to stop them. In addition, the Han army spent a lot of energy under the city of Luoyang last night, so the soldiers of the Han army still failed to kill or capture Sima Ang, and they watched countless people in Henan. The defeated army fled to the west of Luoyang City, and under the cover of the defenders' bows and arrows, they entered the city in embarrassment to survive. Zhujishi was so angry that he screamed, but he was still helpless.

In the end, there were still close to tens of thousands of defeated soldiers of the Henan Army who managed to escape into Luoyang City to linger, allowing the main force of the Henan Army to escape the doom of the entire army being wiped out. Ang's handsome flag appeared on Luoyang City again, officially announcing that Sima Ang, the biggest target of the Han army soldiers, escaped by chance. Xiang Kang had no choice but to clean up the battlefield while hunting the remnants of the enemy. , while gathering the army, withdrew to the main camp to rest, and prepared to take down Henan County first, and then come to clean up the remnants of Luoyang City.

It was only after seeing Xiang Kang leading the main force of the Han army to withdraw with his own eyes that Sima Ang, who was covered in dust and sweat, heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that he had escaped a catastrophe, but Li Zuoche beside him did not dare to do anything. Slack, he immediately said to Sima Ang: "Your Majesty, Xiang Kang will make a comeback soon, and there is not much time left for us. The only way we can do now is to send envoys to seek help from Han Wang Shenyang. Only if he immediately leads his army north to rescue us, can we hope to hold out until the army of King Xichu arrives."

Still had to be reminded by Li Zuoche, Sima Ang suddenly remembered Shen Yang, his comrade-in-arms in Zhao State, and hurriedly asked everyone: "Where are Shen Yang's reinforcements? This king has sent envoys to him several times to ask for help. Why is there no news of his reinforcements?"

No one could answer Sima Ang's question, only Li Zuoche analyzed for Sima Ang: "Your Majesty, Shen Yang's delay in replying must be trying to take advantage of the fire and extort a sum of money from us. When things have come to this point, we will I don't care about that much anymore, I should send an envoy to contact him again, and take the initiative to promise Shen Yang that as long as he can help us block the Han bandit army and persist until the rescue of the King of Western Chu arrives, we will give him 50% of the Ao Cang grain , and give him another [-] gold as a thank you, Shen Yang covets the money and food we promised, and will definitely send troops immediately."

The grain stored in Ao Cang is incalculable. Historically, Xiang Yu led [-] princes into the pass. The Han army fought against the Chu army in Xingyang for five years, and all they ate was Ao Cang’s grain. There is still a surplus of this, [-]% Naturally, the amount of food stored in Ao Cang is already an astronomical figure, and it is also a figure that makes Sima's heart ache.However, considering that his current situation is critical and he cannot save his life, no matter how much money and food he has, Sima Ang gritted his teeth, nodded, and said, "Let's do it this way, and send an envoy to Yingchuan immediately to ask that idiot in Shenyang." Call for help."

"My lord, I can't send ordinary envoys this time." Li Zuoche hurriedly said again: "To be on the safe side, your lord, you'd better send an envoy who is strong enough and good at discerning tongues to Shen Yang, and explain to him the truth , advise him to send troops to the north immediately, so that he will be more sure of getting Shen Yang's reinforcements."

Sima Ang nodded again helplessly, and after a moment of calculation, he pointed to his eunuch Cheng Lian and ordered, "You set off to see Shen Yang tonight, tell him the reason why your lips are dead and your teeth are cold, and tell him clearly that as long as he Send troops to help me persist until King Xichu's rescue arrives, and I promise him that he will not lose any of his money and rations!"

The matter was not over yet, and then, Li Zuoche persuaded Sima Ang to send someone to contact Sima Xin and Dong Yi, asking Sima Xin to send troops to attack Hedong, the area controlled by the Han army, and Dong Yi to take the opportunity to send troops to attack Shangjun, which was controlled by the Han army. Surrounding Wei and saving Zhao to share the pressure on the Henan Army, Sima Ang agreed to it all, and immediately sent someone to do it.Li Zuoche still refused to give up, and hesitantly said: "Your Majesty, we'd better send an envoy to Zhao Guo."

"Zhao Guo?" Sima Ang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head immediately and said: "There is no need for Zhao Guo, how much Zhao Xie and Zhang Er hate this king, and you are not ignorant of Lord Guangwu, sending envoys to ask them for help, not only It will definitely be useless, and it will definitely bring shame on itself.”

"Your Majesty, the State of Zhao may not be able to save us." Li Zuoche said in a deep voice, "It is true that the State of Zhao hates us, but the current situation is that Xiang Yu is strong and weak, and we ask the State of Zhao for help. If the State of Zhao refuses to send troops, The King of Western Chu will definitely be furious, Zhao Guo will not ignore this point. If we make some concessions to Zhao Guo in terms of land and cities, Zhao Guo may not send troops to rescue us with all his strength."

Sima Ang hesitated for a long time, and then said: "Let's have a try, send an envoy to Zhao Guo, and tell Zhao Xie clearly that as long as he sends troops to help us get through this hurdle, I will send troops to the north of Zhangshui, Handan County. All the land and cities that I have, all rewards will be given to Zhao Guo."

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Let’s take a look at the situation on Xiang Kang’s side. When he led the main force of the Han army back to the camp, it was already past Shenshi in the afternoon of the day. The Han army, including Xiang Kang himself, was already exhausted, tired and hungry. Fortunately, Chen Ping, Zhang Liang, Qi Ji and other young commanders who stayed in the camp had anticipated this in advance, and prepared hot meals and syrup for the Han soldiers, so that they could have a full meal immediately after returning to the camp. Rest, and welcome Xiang Kang, who is also covered in sweat and dust, into the tent, and let Xiang Kang rest while eating.

Next, the central tent of the Han army has completely become Mr. Shusun's stage, in front of Chen Ping, Ding Ji, Zhong Limei and other major civil and military personnel of the Han army, and also in front of Shangshan, who accompanied the army this time. In the face of Tang Bing and Wu Shi, the second of the Sihao, Mr. Uncle Sun is eloquent and eloquent, pouring out thousands of words in one breath without changing his face, and he just keeps complimenting Xiang Kang's ingenuity , strategized, decisively won thousands of miles, defeated Sima Yang's main force, saved the army and people of Sanchuan from suffering, and raised the prestige of the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains.

Really couldn't stand Mr. Uncle Sun's warm compliments, Xiang Kang could only quickly find an opportunity to change the subject, and said to everyone: "Although we defeated the main force of the Henan bandit army in this battle, it is a pity that we failed to capture Sima Yang himself. I was lucky enough to escape back to Luoyang City. Today I also took a look at the situation in Luoyang City. It is true that the city is high and deep, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is a bitter siege to be fought."

All the civil and military members of the Han army nodded, and Mr. Uncle Sun immediately changed his tone, and began to shout arrogantly that with Xiang Kang's wise leadership, it would definitely be easy to capture Sima Ang alive in Luoyang. He hurriedly said: "King of Han, what we should be most worried about next is not Luoyang's high walls, deep moats and strong defenses, but Sima Yang's Shenyang reinforcements from Yingchuan."

"Mr. Zifang is worried that Shen Yang will send troops to rescue Sima Ang?" Xiang Kang asked.

"That's right." Zhang Liang nodded and said, "The puppet Han king Shenyang has not sent troops to rescue Sima Ang until now. There are two reasons. Rescue is necessary; second, Shen Yang must want to take advantage of the fire to rob and extort a sum of money from Sima Yang."

"But the situation is different now." Zhang Liang continued: "Sima Ang suffered a disastrous defeat last night, and the situation is in dire straits. Under the dying struggle, he will definitely promise a lot of money to lure Shen Yang to send troops to rescue him. Shen Yang and Sima Ang have already had a good relationship. , thinking about the coldness of the lips and teeth, it is very likely that the troops will really send troops northward to share the pressure for Sima Ang from the side. Regarding this point, the King of Han had better try to prevent problems before they happen, lest Shenyang's reinforcements suddenly arrive and make us panic."

Xiang Kang nodded and said, "After taking Henan County, I will immediately divide up the Gou Clan to prevent Shen Yang from going north to Luoyang."

Zhang Liang didn't answer, and his expression was rather hesitant, but Wu Shi, one of Shangshan's four nobles, spoke directly, saying: "Does Your Majesty intend to make enemies and just use military force to solve the problem? Sima Xin asks for help, and promises a huge profit to ask them to send troops to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao or directly rescue them, how does Your Majesty plan to divide the troops to fight against the enemy?"

"Your Majesty, don't think that Zhao Guo and Sima Ang have a grudge, so they will definitely not send troops to help Sima Ang. It's just wishful thinking." Tang Bing also said slowly: "During the Warring States Period, seven countries fought against each other. Fighting to the death for the land and the city, and fighting side by side for the common benefit tomorrow, are there not many examples like this?"

"Now Western Chu is strong and Han is weak, and Zhao Xie and Zhang Er are typical idiots. As soon as the King of Western Chu agreed to reconcile with them, they immediately broke the alliance with us and turned against each other. Zhao Guo did not save Sima Ang. It is possible to offend the King of Western Chu, if Sima Ang agrees to cede some land and cities to Zhao, I am afraid that Zhao will soon leave Handan and attack our partial division in Hanoi County."

Xiang Kang was silent, and nodded slightly, approving the analysis of Tang Bing and Wu Shi.Only then did Tang Bingye say: "Your Majesty, it was unrealistic for you to try to persuade the princes outside the pass to rebel against Chu and return to the Han in the pass. But the situation is completely different now. In less than a month, Sima Ang's main force was defeated, and Sima Ang, who was in charge of the three counties, was driven into a desperate situation. You have already shown your sharp edge and unrivaled majesty, and those princes outside the customs will not ignore it. Both hands are ready. Therefore, the old man thinks that you should also use the art of maneuvering, lord, to weaken the enemy and strengthen yourself, and hold high the banner of the Han Dynasty to fight against the King of Western Chu."

With a bang, the table in the tent that was suddenly overturned attracted everyone's attention. Xiang Kang and everyone in the tent turned their heads in surprise, only to see that it was Mr. Uncle Sun who jumped up suddenly and directly knocked over the table in front of him. Strange, he hurriedly asked, "Mr. Uncle Sun, what's wrong with you?"

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, my minister..., my minister..." Mr. Shusun's face was obviously a little wrong, he hesitated a few words, and then continued: "My minister is in a hurry, it's convenient to go out and accuse me of a crime."

After all, Mr. Uncle Sun, who has always paid attention to etiquette, did not even practice etiquette for the first time. He rushed out of the Han army's central army tent in a flash, looking very much like a rabbit being chased by a hungry wolf.

(End of this chapter)