Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 311 The Battlefield on the Northern Front (2)

"Uncle Zhou! Idiot! You gang of shameless thieves are not good at all! It's okay for Xiang Kang to be treacherous and shameless, but I didn't expect you to be so despicable! You talk about attacking Yanmen County, but in fact Taiyuan County, who sneaked here to attack this king! This time, this king has been fooled by you!"

"Shameless bastard! This king swears against you!"

The former commander of the Qin army, Shi Sima Xin, was born as a civil official, and his personality was quite elegant and refined. It was difficult for outsiders to see him get angry. However, after receiving the urgent report that the Han army had successfully attacked Lishi, Sima Xin tore off his The elegant mask, the one who bared his teeth and claws just yelled and cursed, as if he was possessed by Xiang Yu after being shot by an arrow and losing one eye!The soaring anger almost burned the ancient city of Jinyang, which had been built in the Western Zhou Dynasty, to ashes!

I really can’t blame Sima Xin for being so desperate. The main reason is that Taiyuan County in this era is still underdeveloped, with a vast land and sparse population. The entire county is only seven counties. The three counties of Hejiexiu were immediately exposed to the sword of the Han army, but the poor Jin king Sima Xin concentrated the main force in Jinyang early because of being tricked, and it was too late to send troops to rescue, and half of the country was about to be lost. Sima Xin, king of Jin, whose territory is only one county in Taiyuan, of course has difficulty not being furious.

"My lord, it's useless to regret it." General Zhao Han suggested: "The most important thing right now is to keep the three cities of Zishi, Wuxian and Jiexiu with all our strength. The last general suggested that our main force should go south immediately to rescue and stop the Han thieves. The army has taken our city."

Sima Xin quickly calculated with a dark face, and after a while he said with an extremely ugly face: "We can't take risks, we only have more than 3 troops in total, but Zhou Shupifu has [-] troops, and places like Zishi and Wu County are too far away from Jinyang City. If something goes wrong, not only will we lose our main force, but our capital, Jinyang, will also be in danger of being captured by the Han bandit army."

"But we can't just watch the traitors take advantage of the emptiness to take down Zishi?" Zhao Han reminded: "Zishi is next to Wuxian County and Jiexiu. If Zishi's family is not protected, Wuxian County and Jiexiu will certainly not be able to keep it either."

"We can only ask Dai Wang (Zhang Han) and Di Wang (Dong Yi) for help." Sima Xin said painfully: "First concentrate our forces and keep our most important capital Jinyang City, and wait for Dai Wang and Di Wang Our reinforcements have arrived, helping us to clean up the Han bandit army, and then find a way to recover the fallen southern city."

Sima Xin made an absolutely correct choice. In fact, Uncle Zhou did make two-handed preparations. One was to lure the main force of the Taiyuan army to the south for a decisive battle. Supply food and grass to the army, and then go north to attack Jinyang.Now that Sima Xin is unwilling to take the risk of dispatching the main force to go south for a decisive battle, Uncle Zhou has no choice but to attack Zishi and other cities first, clear the remaining enemies in the south of Taiyuan County first, and then go north to seek a decisive battle with the main force of the Taiyuan army.

Of course, the capture of the city by the Han army gave Sima Xin the opportunity to seek help from his allies. There was also a clear road from Jinyang to Yanmen County to govern Shanwucheng, and the news was transmitted quickly. It took a little more than three days to send the news to Shanwu, and the result was the same as Sima Xin. Zhang Han and Dong Yi, who had already rushed to Shanwu with the main force when they learned that Uncle Zhou suddenly sent troops to attack Sima Xin, also yelled at each other, and they all hated him. Uncle Zhou was despicable and cunning to the bone, he clamored to attack Yanmen County, but in fact he suddenly stabbed Sima Xin in the side of the waist.

No matter how much you curse, Sima Xin is not only Zhang Han and Dong Yi's staunch ally, but the relatively affluent Taiyuan County is also an important source of money and food for Zhang Han and Dong Yi. There must be no mistakes, so Zhang Han and Dong Yi are helpless. They had no choice but to quickly discuss how to reinforce Sima Xin.The result was also very natural. Dong Yi immediately proposed that Zhang Dong's two armies join forces and go south at full speed to reinforce Sima Xin when the force in his hands was not as good as before.

Zhang Han thought for a moment, then shook his head and rejected Dong Yi's proposal, and said, "Don't forget the Han thief king's tomb in Yunzhong County. He is still stationed under Yunzhong City. If he finds out that we are going south together, he will definitely take the opportunity to send troops. Attacking Yanmen County will make us face the enemy from the front and back, and it will be hard to care about it. The best way is to divide the troops into two groups. You first take your troops to the south to reinforce Sima Xin, and I send troops to attack Yunzhong. Go south to help you."

Dong Yi thought so, and immediately nodded in agreement, hurriedly organized troops, and led his more than 2 troops to the south along Chidao that day, and rushed to Taiyuan County to reinforce Sima Xin.On the other hand, Zhang Han organized troops to prepare to attack Yunzhong in the west, and at the same time sent people to inquire about the specific situation of Yunzhong County, so as to grasp the movements of the Han Army's Royal Tomb.However, to Zhang Han's surprise, more than three days later, before he could take any action, news came from Yunzhong first, saying that Wang Ling had led his army to leave Yunzhong and went south, and voluntarily withdrew. Saibei battlefield.

"Go south to reinforce Uncle Zhou? Are you going to fight us in Taiyuan?"

Zhang Han analyzed the reason for Wang Ling's southward movement, and suspected that Uncle Zhou lured all the main forces of himself and Dong Yi to the Taiyuan battlefield to reduce the logistical pressure on the Han army. However, for the sake of caution, Zhang Han did not rush to lead My main force went south, but I calmed down and sent more people to carefully observe the situation in the cloud to prevent Wang Ling from going back and forth, and suddenly killed one back with his carbine.At the same time, because Yunzhong City was strong and difficult to attack, and Taiyuan County was about to fight, Zhang Han also gave up the idea of ​​marching into Yunzhong, unwilling to waste his military power for a currently insignificant city.

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Let’s take a look at Uncle Zhou’s side. In the battle of the three cities of Zishi, Wuxian and Jiexiu, the Han army only encountered a little strong resistance under the city of Zishi. It took three days for the Han army to win by force. After Zishi County, the two cities of Wu County and Jiexiu opened their cities and surrendered under the persuasion of the Han army envoy, allowing the Han army to easily flatten the Taiyuan Army in the south of Taiyuan County.

Then, the generals of the Han army and the old Shangshan men Cui Guang and Zhou Shu who accompanied the army to the expedition suggested that Uncle Zhou hurry up and go north, taking advantage of the opportunity before the enemy's reinforcements arrived, and annihilate the main force of the Taiyuan army as soon as possible.Uncle Zhou shook his head resolutely and refused, saying: "Don't be in a hurry, wait patiently for a few more days, and wait until our grain transportation brigade delivers the food."

"General Zhou, is this necessary?" General Ling Jing asked very strangely: "Although the food we seized in Zishi, Wu County and Jiexiu was not much, it was enough for us to go north to Jinyang and persist until we Why do we have to wait for our food to arrive at the front line? If Zhang Han and Dong Yi are given time to let their reinforcements arrive at Jinyang first, wouldn’t it be even more difficult for us to take Jinyang’s Fortified City?”

"You put it the other way around. If we hurry up and go north, it will be even more difficult to win Jinyang City." Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Jinyang is a big city, and it is entirely possible to accommodate Mr. Sima Xin if we squeeze it together." If we go north too quickly and arrive at Jinyang City before his reinforcements arrive, Sima Xinpifu will definitely choose to retreat into the city and stick to it in order to preserve his strength. At that time, if we want to take Jinyang again, we will definitely It is even more difficult, and the grasp is extremely small.”

"So, we can only do the opposite, and deliberately give him the time for reinforcements to arrive in Jinyang first, so that Mr. Sima Xin has the courage to confront us head-on." Uncle Zhou added with a smile: "Only in this way, we can fight again." When going north to Jinyang, Sima Xinpifu will not pull his army back to defend the city, but will join forces with his reinforcements to fight us head-on, so that we can hope for a quick victory and avoid falling into a siege Hard work."

The civil and military forces of the Han army suddenly realized, but while praising Uncle Zhou for his clever calculations, Ling Jing said: "General Zhou, don't blame the last general for his bad words. If we are too arrogant, we will give Zhang Han and Dong Yi two men to take them with us. When their main force rushed to the Jinyang battlefield first, I am afraid that the situation will be very unfavorable to us. After all, our army is all new recruits and inexperienced, and Zhang Han, Dong Yi and Sima Xin have a general offensive. There are about [-] veteran soldiers of the Qin Dynasty."

Uncle Zhou laughed loudly, and said: "If this is the case, then God will help me, and the time for us to completely wipe out the evils of Qin and Qin will be shortened even more."

After laughing, Uncle Zhou didn't explain, but ordered the [-] Han troops to be concentrated under the city of Zishi, seize the time to strengthen training, sharpen their guns before the battle, let the recruits of the Han army familiarize themselves with the army and accumulate experience, and wait patiently for the arrival of the Han army's food delivery brigade.In the end, when the Han army’s grain transportation brigade sent the grain and grass to the city of Zishi, and let the Han army soldiers and the grain transporters rest for two days, Uncle Zhou calmly led [-] Han troops to the north, via the west bank of Fenshui to the north. Jinyang came to kill.

Uncle Zhou’s procrastination of course gave Dong Yi time to reinforce Sima Xin. The Han army had just completed half of the road northward from Zi’s to Jinyang, and Dong Yi had already arrived at the city of Jinyang with more than 2 troops. Sima Xin's main force joined forces at one place, which also brought the total strength of the Jindi coalition to nearly 6, completely reversing the disadvantage of the Han army's partial division.Needless to say, after making up his mind, Sima Xin not only dispelled the idea of ​​retreating to the city immediately when the situation was wrong, but also conceived a plan to fight the Han army's partial division head-on, and wanted to defeat the Han army's partial division head-on, taking advantage of the situation to regain his control. Occupy territory.

Dong Yi held up his hands in agreement with Sima Xin's plan for a decisive battle, thinking that although the Han army's partial division had [-] troops, they were all recruits who had just been conscripted. They had never seen blood and lacked actual combat experience. , He also advocated taking the initiative to go south to meet and fight against the Han army.Sima Xin stopped Dong Yi and said, "There is no need for that. The Han thieves are far away, and it is inconvenient to transfer food and grass. I am also afraid that the Dai Wang will also send troops to the south to reinforce us. I will definitely hope for a quick victory. In this case, why don't we wait patiently for their arrival?" After entering the city of Jinyang, he took the initiative to attack us, and then defeated his bandit army with ease."

As soon as Dong Yi heard the applause, he also calmed down and told his army to quickly establish a strong camp under Jinyang City, waiting patiently for the arrival of the Han army.As a result, Uncle Zhou naturally did not disappoint them. Two days later, the partial division of the Han army, which was protecting a large amount of food and grass, finally arrived near Jinyang, and set up a camp in the area of ​​​​Jianyang, which is more than 20 miles away from Jinyang City. Sima Xin He and Dong Yi were overjoyed when they heard the news, and they were gearing up just waiting for the Han army's partial division to take the initiative to attack and die.

The little-known Uncle Zhou also exposed his low-level commander-in-chief at this moment. On the day he arrived near Jinyang, Uncle Zhou sent an envoy with a letter of war to negotiate with the Jin and Di coalition forces. Tian led the army to the decisive battle in Ganyang, hoping for a quick victory.Sima Xin, who knew what Uncle Zhou was thinking, smiled and refused, and said: "If you want a decisive battle, you can, but we are not interested in running so far to fight you. If you want a decisive battle, you go to Jinyang City by yourself. This king, King Zhai and your Han bandit army I will accompany you to the end."

Seeing Sima Xin's refusal, the envoy of the Han army did not force him, and left after a salute. However, just at night, Uncle Zhou began to retaliate against the coalition forces of Jin and Zhai for their lack of face—it was night, and every other hour, all A group of Han cavalry suddenly rushed to the camp of the Jindi coalition army, beat gongs and drums, and used Xiang Kang's signature moves copied from Xu Da to disturb the Jindi coalition army. The falsehood suddenly turned real, and every time they were forced to send out troops to guard the camp, carefully guarding against the sudden surprise attack by the Han army, they were tortured quite painfully.

The situation changed on the second day. In order to lure the Jindi coalition forces to go south to the decisive battle in Gangyang, Uncle Zhou simply sent a thousand cavalry outside the camp of the Jindi coalition forces to insult and fight. Sima Xin and Dong Yi were furious and sent cavalry to fight. When the Jindi Allied Forces dispatched troops, the cavalry of the Han army immediately turned their horses and fled back to the Gengyang Camp.In one day, he used such a shameless method three times.

The next night was still the same. The cavalry of the Han army dispatched in turn in units of hundreds of people. Every once in a while, they ran outside the camp of the Jindi coalition army to shout and beat gongs, disturbing the rest of the Jindi coalition army. The soldiers of the Jindi coalition army complained. Dong Yi's anger also began to accumulate in his heart.

On the third day, Uncle Zhou’s tricks were renewed again. As soon as the genius was bright, he sent someone to send a letter to ask for a battle in Jiyang. , kept adding fuel to the fire, burning the anger of Sima Xin and Dong Yi.And in the evening, Uncle Zhou actually sent an envoy to fight for the second time in one day, and he openly threatened in the book of the fight, saying that if the Jindi coalition forces still refused to accept it, he would definitely try his best to make Jindi The coalition forces are restless day and night.

I have never seen a person so shameless before, Sima Xin and Dong Yi were furious, thinking that it was a decisive battle anyway, they simply agreed to Uncle Zhou's appointment and agreed to fight with the Han army the next day Yu Jiyang.Not to mention, Uncle Zhou really fulfilled his promise, he didn't send any more cavalry to harass him that night, and let An Sheng, a soldier of the Jindi coalition army, rest for the night.

In the early morning of the fourth day, in order to repay Uncle Zhou's promise, Sima Xin and Dong Yi led the main force of the Jindi Allied Forces southward to Geng, fulfilling their promise to fight the Han army, but what surprised Sima Xin and Dong Yi was At that time, their troops had already lined up outside the Han army camp, but the Han army was still silent and motionless, not a single soldier came out of the camp to fight.But when Dong Yi and Sima Xin were puzzled, their very familiar singing voice suddenly sounded in the camp of the Han army...

"There are chariots and neighbors, and horses and white horses. If you don't see a gentleman, the order of the eunuch. There is lacquer in the hills, and chestnuts in the sun. When you see a gentleman, you sit on the drum and harp. The present is not happy, but the dead are old. There are mulberries in the hills. , Xi Youyang. When you see a gentleman, sit on the drums together. If you are not happy today, you will perish if you pass away."

Hearing this folk song from the Qin region that they knew since they were young, Dong Yi and Sima Xin's Zhang Er King Kong was puzzled, but after singing "Che Neighbor", the melody in the Han army camp turned, and countless Han soldiers gathered again. Neatly sang another Qin folk song...

"The reeds are green, and the white dew is frost. The so-called Yiren is on the side of the water. If you follow it back, the road is blocked and long. If you follow it back, you will be in the middle of the water. The reeds are luxuriant, but the dew is not yet clear. The so-called Yiren is on the riverside. Follow the whirling back, the road is obstructed and join. Follow the whirling back, and you will be in the water. The reeds are picked, but the white dew is not finished. The so-called Yiren is in the water. Follow the whirling back, the road is blocked and right. In other words, it’s like floating in the water.”

The melancholy and ethereal "Jianjia" made Sima Xin and Dong Yi, who were riding together under the flag formation, couldn't help but think of many of their past events in Qin, and then the soldiers of the Han army were about to finish singing this song. At that time, Sima Xin and Dong Yi suddenly realized that something was wrong—many soldiers of the Jinzhai coalition army around them wiped their tears, and many soldiers couldn't help but sang songs from their hometown along with the soldiers of the Han army. folk song.

"I've been fooled!" Dong Yi and Sima Xin finally understood Uncle Zhou's vicious intentions—the core backbone of the Jinzhai coalition army was all Qin soldiers who followed them to surrender to the princes' coalition army, and they have not returned to their hometown and relatives for several years. The reunion, and hearing the folk songs of their hometown, the old Qin soldiers in the Jindi coalition army naturally became homesick, and their morale and fighting spirit were affected together!
"Hand in the yellow bird, stop at the thorn. Who is from Mugong? Ziche is dying. Wei is dying, the specialty of a hundred people. When you come to his cave, you feel anxious. The sky is heaven, wipe out my beloved! If you can redeem it Come on, people have hundreds of bodies..."

At this time, another Qin folk song "Yellow Bird" was sung in the Han army camp. Of course, Sima Xin and Dong Yi did not dare to let their soldiers continue to appreciate it, so they decisively mobilized the troops to attack the Han army camp. However, the soldiers of the Han army still refused to go out to fight. They kept on retreating with random arrows. The Jinzhai coalition forces were shot back by random arrows in several charges. Whenever the fighting stopped and the shouting stopped, the soldiers of the Han army in the camp immediately fell to the ground. Sing Qin songs together to arouse the homesickness of the old soldiers of the Qin army in the Jindi coalition army—all the recruits of the Han army were soldiers recruited in the Qin land. Of course, it is not difficult to sing a few folk songs that they have been familiar with since childhood. thing.

Keenly found that the morale of the self-army had been significantly affected, and seeing that Uncle Zhou was breaking his promise and refusing to send troops to a decisive battle, Sima Xin and Dong Yi discussed it for a while, and could only yell at him and retreat back to the camp to rest, so as not to shake the morale of the army. This gave the Han army the opportunity to take advantage of the fire to loot.Seeing them in the camp, all the generals of the Han army ran to Uncle Zhou to ask for a fight, begging to take the opportunity to send troops to chase him down, but Uncle Zhou shook his head and said with a smile: "No hurry, Sima Xin and Dong Yi must be angry now. Soaring to the sky, eager to find an opportunity to vent, the old Qin soldiers in their army have just remembered their hometown, and they still have morale and fighting spirit to continue fighting. At this time, we are not very sure of the decisive battle, and even if we win, the loss is certain It’s not small, there’s no need to head-on now.”

After saying that, Uncle Zhou beckoned Chongda and General Yang Xi to the front, and told them: "You should take the time to rest and prepare dry food and water. After dark tonight, Yang Xi, you take three thousand Jingqi, ambush in the dense forest of Luliang Mountain, ten miles away from Jinyang, Chongda, take five thousand infantry, and ambush in the forest fifteen miles away from Jinyang. Be careful to hide your whereabouts, don't be caught Enemy spotted."

"Tomorrow morning, I will personally lead the troops to fight under the city of Jinyang. I will pretend to be defeated and lure the enemy to chase after me. At that time, the enemy will definitely divide into two groups and chase back and forth. Yang Xi, remember, when the enemy's former army passes by your position, thousands Do not attack, let them go and let Chongda take care of them, wait for the enemy's rear army to reach your position, and then send troops to attack their waists! Chongda, you are the same, wait for the enemy's front army to pass a part, and then send troops to attack Their waists!"

It was night, in the camp of the Jinzhai coalition army, Qin folk songs were humming softly everywhere. Many Qin soldiers of the Jindi coalition army who had not returned to their hometown for several years shed tears while humming the folk songs of their hometown. Then wept uncontrollably.And when Dong Yi and Sima Xin found out about these things, their chests became more and more angry, and they hated Uncle Zhou even more.

(End of this chapter)