Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 363 Uncle Zhou's version is upright

Uncle Zhou was a little conservative in the psychological analysis of the enemy this time, and he underestimated the desire of the Western Chu Army’s Northern Front Corps to fight. Dare to fight head-on with the Northern Front Corps of the Han Army, and will make other choices when the Northern Front Corps of the Han Army initiates a decisive battle, so the established battlefield is chosen to be the Boren Sishui battlefield where it is difficult for the Western Chu Army to retreat, so that the Western Chu Army can avoid it. There is no way to avoid it, only to fight to the death with oneself.

Without God's perspective, what Uncle Zhou didn't know was that Zhou Yin, the commander of the Northern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army who happened to have the same surname as himself, would look down on him so much. Still eager to fight the Han army head-on, especially after suffering a big loss in front of Uncle Zhou's shameless tricks twice, Zhou Yin can't wait to pull the army into the wild immediately, and fight to the death with the shameless rat Han army openly, To avenge the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who unfortunately died under the despicable means of the Han Army.

It can’t be blamed on Zhou Yin’s underestimation of the enemy’s arrogance. The key is that the Chuji coalition forces still have the upper hand in terms of military strength. The Western Chu army still has about 12 troops, and the Jibei army still has [-] people. Because of the protection of the city's grain and roads, only [-] troops marched to the Bairen battlefield, and they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength.In addition, the Han army had been conservative and avoided fighting before, and had never dared to face the Western Chu army head-on, so Zhou Yin of course looked down on Uncle Zhou, who had the same surname, and believed that he was sure of victory in the decisive battle.

What worries Zhou Yin the most is whether the Han army will hide in the strong camp and stick to it like they did on the Dongyuan battlefield. It was found that although the Han army repaired the fence of the camp that was destroyed yesterday, it did not spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build a solid wall, but only allocated some troops to dig a trench to protect the camp and build antlers to resist horses. The camp is no longer like Dongyuan Camp It was so unbreakable, so Zhou Yin also made up his mind early on, deciding that even if the Han army still couldn't hold on, he would unceremoniously launch a frontal assault and directly attack the Han army's camp.

What surprised Zhou Yin so much that he couldn’t believe it was still to come. At noon, a soldier from outside the tent came to report, saying that the Han army sent envoys to come with the letter of war, and wanted to invite the Western Chu army to meet in the camps of the two armies the next day. In the wilderness between them, Zhou Yin suspected that his ears had misheard, and hurriedly asked: "The envoy of the Han bandit invited us to a decisive battle? Is it true? Did you hear wrong?"

"Reporting to Chief Sima, the villain can be sure that I heard correctly." The soldier who entered the account said truthfully: "That's what the person sent by our camp gate officer told the villain."

"The sun is coming out from the west today!" Zhou Yin came to a conclusion, and before he had time to think about it, he immediately ordered: "Quickly, bring the envoy of the traitors in!"

The soldiers sang promises and rushed away immediately. After a while, a Han army envoy who was a civil official was led to Zhou Yin. He first saluted Zhou Yin according to the rules, and then presented Zhou Yin with the Zhou Yin couldn't wait to take the appointment letter that came, and secretly opened it excitedly, only to see that Uncle Zhou wrote very directly in the appointment letter:

"The book was submitted to General Zhou Yin, the great Sima of Western Chu. The general received high hopes from the Western Chu Army and led the people of Western Chu to the north into the Zhao territory. He should think about putting on a strong and sharp head, and decide the male and female early. Zhou was also entrusted by the King of Han to raise troops. Confronting the general, in order to repay the great kindness of the King of Han and live up to the hope of the three armies, I am determined to meet with the general. Tomorrow, I will fight in the wilderness outside the camp. I also hope that the general will not guard the earthen nest, avoid the sword, approve the tactics, and go to the battle as scheduled. !"

Just after roughly reading Uncle Zhou's letter, Zhou Yin laughed out loud, and said to the Han army envoy in a very mocking tone: "General Zhou Uncle, your Han thief, is really thick-skinned. This general doesn't want to guard the earth nest and avoid the sword, if he really has the guts, why did the general send envoys to fight over and over again when he was in Dongyuan, but he always talked about him and didn't dare to agree?"

"Reporting to Da Sima, because your army had too many allies at that time, and our army was outnumbered, it was unwise to have no chance of winning. That's why we, General Zhou, dare not accept your army's appointment to fight." Han army envoy The answer was more direct, and he immediately said: "But the situation is different now, the troops of Zhao and Qi have already moved south, and the strength of your army and ours is not much different, so of course our General Uncle Zhou has the courage to confront you, Da Sima. war."

After all, the envoy of the Han army added another sentence boldly, saying: "Da Sima, without the help of Zhao Qi's army, you will not have the courage to accept our engagement?"

Zhou Yinyi laughed loudly, and said: "I'm not a coward. I am alone in our army camp, but I have the guts to dare to challenge my commander? Well, it's because you gang of thieves have finally grown some courage. Shuai agreed, tomorrow we will fight to the death outside the camp, whoever dares to break his promise will be the slave girl!"

"Please rest assured, Great Sima!" The Han army envoy immediately clasped his hands and replied: "Our general Zhou asked the envoy to promise him that if he fails the appointment tomorrow, he will definitely kill himself to thank the world!"

Zhou Yin laughed again, and immediately wrote the words "Fighting Battle in the Future" in Uncle Zhou's letter of engagement, and threw it back to the Han army envoy. The Han army envoy was overjoyed to see Zhou Yin's instruction, and hurriedly bowed his hands to thank Zhou Yin. Then he left immediately, leaving Zhou Yin rubbing his hands in the tent. He couldn't wait to imagine the beautiful scene of the Han army being killed by himself tomorrow, and he couldn't wait to call all the generals in the army to send Zhou Shu to make an appointment. The good news is made public, so that the generals of Western Chu will be ready for the decisive battle tomorrow.

Knowing that the Han army, which is more slippery than loaches, finally had the courage to fight head-on, the generals of the Western Chu army, who had already suffocated their anger, applauded loudly, scrambling to say that they must let the Han army rats know that death should be fought on the battlefield tomorrow. How to write it, but the cousins ​​Xiang Guan and Xiang Sui have solemn faces, and Xiang Sui said directly: "Da Sima, don't blame the general for pouring cold water on you, I'm afraid we are too happy."

"Why?" Zhou Yin asked in amazement.

"Because my younger brother Xiang Kang has always been cheating and cheating on the issue of decisive battles, and has never really accepted the appointment." Xiang Sui replied: "And he also has a habit of inviting the enemy to fight on the second day." In the decisive battle in the sky, he sent troops to sneak attack on the enemy's camp that night. Uncle Zhou was his confidant and favorite general, and his style of using troops was almost the same as his. Send troops to attack our camp tonight."

"It's not possible, it's for sure!" Xiang Guan yelled: "Uncle Zhou is more insidious than our younger brother. If he really fights us head-on, I will be the first to not believe it!"

In the end, after carefully listening to Xiang Guan and Xiang Sui’s introduction, and knowing Xiang Kang’s good habit of dispatching troops to sneak attack the night before every time he took the initiative to make an appointment for a battle, Zhou Yin faintly began to regret it, but after thinking about it, Zhou Yin immediately Turning worry into joy, he said: "It doesn't matter, since the Han thieves have such a shameless habit, then we just plan to plan an ambush in advance tonight, and kill the Han thieves who dare to attack us!"

Xiang Guan and Xiang Sui immediately nodded their heads together, thinking that this should be the arrangement. Then Zhou Yin hurriedly discussed with the Western Chu Army, and quickly arranged a tactical plan to ambush the Han army to rob the camp at night, and arranged The general commanded the army to implement.But just waiting for Zhou Yin to make arrangements, another soldier from outside the account rushed to report, saluted and said: "Report to Da Sima, our army scouts came to report, the Han bandits sent people to fly the white flag, and went to the Jibei barracks to meet with Tian Xin's soldiers Contact, but don't know what to do."

Zhou Yin raised his head immediately, and his expression changed slightly, but Xiang Sui and Xiang Guan snorted together, and said, "Sure enough, you are here, as expected of our brother's general, and he really learned our brother's usual methods." .”

Xiang Kang's bad reputation of being fond of discord and instigating rebellion has long been well-known in the world, so there is no need for Xiang Sui and Xiang Guan to waste their saliva on introducing it carefully. Zhou Yin immediately guessed the general purpose of the Han army envoy, and immediately turned to Yu Xiang, a competent civil servant next to him. He ordered: "Yu Xiang, go to the Jibei army camp to see what's going on. If the Han bandits have letters to Tian Xin, bring back the originals."

Yu Xiang sang Nuo and hurried to the Jibei Army camp to find out the situation, and after a while, Yu Xiang came back and reported to Zhou Yin: "Da Sima, the lower officials have already asked about the situation. When General Xin met, he just handed over a letter written by Uncle Zhou to General Tian Xin, and then left. General Tian Xin also handed over the original letter to the lower official, and asked the lower official to bring the message, saying that he would like to invite Don’t worry, Sima, he is willing to swear by Dahe, no matter how the Han bandits try to bribe and lure him, he will never betray our King of Western Chu and their King of Jibei.”

Of course, Zhou Yin would not easily believe Tian Xin's promise, but immediately took the letter brought by Taixiang and read it carefully, but found that the letter was written by someone else, signed by Uncle Zhou, and the content was to confuse Tian Xin in Uncle Zhou's tone, listing The situation in the world pointed out that the Western Chu Army was doomed to defeat, and advised Tian Xin to abandon the secret and turn to the open, and led the Jibei Army to turn against him, and suddenly stabbed Zhou Yin in the back, helping the Han Army to kill the Western Chu Army's Northern Front Corps, and promised to succeed in the end. Afterwards, Tian Xin was asked to replace Tian Du as the king of Jibei, and he also promised to entrust Langya County and Xue County of Western Chu to Tian Xin as his country. In addition, he promised to give Tian Xin 50 gold, three thousand pieces of jade, and gold beads Baidou, and half of the trophies captured by the Western Chu Army.

After reading the letter over and over for a long time, Zhou Yin threw the letter on the table in front of him, and said with a sneer: "Shameless traitor, red mouth and white teeth don't cost a penny, and with just one letter, he also wants to drive a wedge between the commander-in-chief and the Jibei Army." Relationship, it's a good idea!"

"Marshal, General Tian Xin vowed not to rebel, and frankly handed over the letter that the traitor instigated against him, shouldn't we show something?" Yu Xiang suggested: "The lower official thinks that the commander-in-chief should send someone to carry a reward The battalion rewards General Tian Xin, so that General Tian Xin will be more loyal to us."

Zhou Yin nodded, but changed his mind and said: "You can just give Tian Xin a few words of verbal praise for the commander-in-chief. There is no need to give him a reward. If you give him a reward because he has contact with the traitors, wouldn't he like it more in the future?" Contact the traitors? When he sends the head of the traitor's envoy, we will reward him soon."

"Also." Zhou Yin added: "By the way, tell Tian Xin about the Han bandits sending envoys to fight, and tell him that the habit of Han bandits is to make an appointment to fight, and at the same time send troops to sneak attack that night, calling his army Also be prepared to prevent the Han army from taking over his camp."

Yu Xiang agreed, and went to the Jinbei Army camp to verbally reward Tian Xin for Zhou Yin, and also informed Tian Xin to prepare for night defense. After this episode, Zhou Yin was of course more wary of the Han army's attack Shameless gimmick, in addition to making up his mind to guard against death tonight and not allowing the Han army to use despicable means to sneak attack on the camp of our own army, he also sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor every move of the Han army camp, not daring to take it lightly.

Once again, Zhou Yin was surprised. Not long after, scouts outside the camp came to report that they found that the Han army was slaughtering sheep and pigs wantonly in the camp, preparing to feast on the soldiers. The Chu army killed none of them, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a decisive battle will be launched the next day.Zhou Yin was very surprised when he heard the news, and asked doubtfully, "Could it be that the Han bandits really plan to fight us to the death tomorrow?"

"This is a common trick of the traitors. In order to cover up their sneak attacks at night, they can use any means. So the more the traitors seem to want to fight tomorrow, the more careful we have to be today."

This is the unanimous conclusion drawn by brothers Xiang Guan and Xiang Sui, and it is also a conclusion based on their familiarity with the unscrupulous pair of Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou, and it is precisely because of this conclusion that Zhou Yin The idea of ​​killing pigs and goats to boost the morale of the soldiers was resolutely dispelled-ninety percent of tomorrow's decisive battle will not be fought, and now it is in chaos, and pigs and muttons are more expensive than gold. It would be a pity to waste them in vain.

In this way, a very rare situation occurred. When the decisive battle of the next day has been decided, when the sun sets, the soldiers of the Han army are the same as all the troops before the decisive battle. Everyone can eat it only during the New Year. The good food and dishes, the delicious meat that can replenish physical strength to the maximum, and the morale and fighting spirit will inevitably improve.The Western Chu Army, which is famous for its decisive battles, is uncharacteristically. Ordinary soldiers and generals at the middle and lower levels are still eating rough meals mostly wild vegetables and beans. Many soldiers who eat a lot have not been able to fill their stomachs. what a difference.

Not to mention, after nightfall, the two Western Chu army teams had to leave the camp quietly and ambush to the fields on both sides of the camp to feed the mosquitoes. They didn't dare to make a sound even if they were bitten by the insects. It was extremely hard work.More soldiers of the Western Chu Army followed the order, continued to wear armor and fight, sat down in line outside the tent, and dozed off to prepare for the battle at all times, which was also very hard.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Western Chu Army did not wait in vain. When it was halfway through the second watch, there was a sudden loud noise outside the Western Chu Military Camp, and several primitive grenades were suddenly thrown into the Western Chu Military Camp and exploded. Of course, the explosion was even more clear, and it woke up the entire Western Chu Army camp. The soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were always preparing for battle quickly stood up and held their weapons tightly. The weapons are waiting for the Han army to attack.

Immediately afterwards, there were several loud noises from the Jibei Army camp. Of course, the West Chu Army was even more vigilant. Even the soldiers of the West Chu Army who did not carry out the ambush mission hurriedly got up and put on their armor, took up their weapons and prepared to fight.The same is true of the Jibei Army, which had been explained by Zhou Yin before, and the whole army has entered a state of combat readiness urgently.

Whispering, the imaginary cry of killing never came. The soldiers of the Western Chu Army inside and outside the camp all stared wide-eyed, but they never saw half of the soldiers of the Han Army attacking their camp. The same is true for me. I came to the big tent of the Chinese army early to meet with the civil and military soldiers of the Western Chu army, and stretched my neck to look around the scene outside the camp—but unfortunately, there was no new movement.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, Xiang Sui said with a gloomy face: "We have been fooled again. This is our younger brother's good at disturbing tactics. Uncle Zhou must have guessed that we will definitely prepare to ambush him tonight. They robbed the camp of the army, so they deliberately sent a few cavalry to disturb us with palm mines, so that we could not rest in peace."

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Xiang Guan said: "Uncle Zhou has always been treacherous. When he was in Suiyang, he made an idea to let the young commander at that time pretend to rob the camp. First, he deceived the Qin army into thinking that they could rest in peace. , In the middle of the night, they took precautions, and then suddenly sent troops again, and really launched a raid on the camp, killing the [-] Tyrant Qin army led by Dong Yipifu and fled. "

"There is also this possibility." Xiang Sui did not dare to deny this possibility, and said: "Uncle Zhou's best tactic is to sneak attack at night, first fake and then real, suddenly kill us by surprise, he can definitely do such a thing."

Zhou Yin nodded slowly, then gritted his teeth and said, "Send an order to our ambush soldiers outside the camp, tell them to continue to lurk, and the Han thieves will attack again! In addition, send someone to contact Tian Xin, tell him the situation, and tell him to continue to be careful." Be careful, don't be taken advantage of by Uncle Zhou!"

Zhou Yin's order was resolutely carried out, and the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were lurking outside the camp also continued to stay in the field and continued to feed the mosquitoes. The soldiers in the camp who thought they could rest also yawned and continued to prepare for battle outside the camp at all times. , Not a single soldier returned to the warm military tent to rest, and of course the Jibei Army was the same, so there is no need to repeat it here.

Uncle Zhou's shameless tricks really failed to deceive Xiang Sui and Xiang Guan, who were familiar with his temperament. Nearly half an hour later, there was a loud explosion from the Jinbei Army camp, and then, the West Chu Army's camp gate. The explosion of the original grenade sounded again before, and Zhou Yin, who was dozed in the tent of the Chinese army, jumped up immediately after being awakened by the loud noise, gritted his teeth and said with a ferocious expression, "It really is here!"

Helpless, after the Western Chu Army entered the state of combat readiness again, the land quickly returned to calm. The camps of the Western Chu Army and Jibei Army were still empty, and no soldiers of the Han Army appeared. Xiang Guan and Xiang Sui He was tongue-tied, but Zhou Yin was so angry that he drew his sword to kill the case, and shouted: "I've been fooled, the Han thieves are just trying to disturb us, and have no intention of actually attacking our camp!"

"Marshal, why don't you send troops to attack the camp of the traitors!" A general of the Western Chu Army with black eye circles roared angrily, "Let the traitors have a taste of not being able to sleep well!"

"Are you stupid?" Xiang Sui scolded angrily, "It's almost five o'clock, and when our army arrives at the gate of the camp of the traitors, not only is it dawn, but the traitors have already cooked food and finished breakfast." He told us to starve all night and the soldiers went to storm the camp of the traitors, didn’t they send us to death?”

The general of the Western Chu Army who suggested the attack kept his mouth shut, while Zhou Yin looked at the clepsydra in the large tent of the Chinese Army, and saw that the time was indeed almost five o'clock. , I could only helplessly order: "Call our army outside the camp to come back, and the whole army will cook and prepare breakfast."

The order was conveyed, and the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who had been lurking all night in vain could only return to the camp honestly and wait for orders. Sure enough, it was already faint, and because of being teased by the Han army again, Zhou Yin and the others were of course not very interested in eating. After eating, Zhou Yin, who had hardly slept all night, yawned and went back to the tent to rest , I was so sleepy that I completely forgot that I had agreed to a decisive battle with Uncle Zhou yesterday.

Zhou Yin forgot, but his family uncle Zhou did not. Not long after Zhou Yin returned to the dormitory and lay down, his captain suddenly shook him awake and said loudly: "Da Sima, wake up quickly, Wake up, the scouts have come to report that the Han bandits have sent troops, Mr. Zhou Shupifu personally led the troops out of the camp, and came to fight us!"

"What?" Zhou Yinteng jumped up, asked loudly for the details, and after confirming that Uncle Zhou really led the main force of the Han army out of the camp, Zhou Yin immediately had a grimace on his face, and said through gritted teeth: "It's really here, good time !"

"Order the whole army to prepare for battle immediately! This commander will personally lead the army out of the camp, and fight to the death with the traitors!"

"Don't forget about the Jibei Army, tell them to send troops to help us!"

(End of this chapter)