Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 405
After finalizing the strategic plan to go north to block Xiang Kang, Liu Laosan, who acted decisively, took immediate action. When he had just won Nanjun and had no foothold, he divided the Nanyang Army's army in Nanjun into two on the same day. Half of it was handed over to Han Xin, who had been reused again, and Han Xin was allowed to lead the north to act.

In addition, of course, Liu Laosan, Han Xin and others must make a lot of publicity, claiming that the Nanyang Army's division of troops to the north this time is to take advantage of the false attack on the Sanchuan important area of ​​the Han Army and cut off the main force of the Han Army from the main road behind Guanzhong. Cooperate with the military operations launched by the Western Chu Army on the northern front battlefield.

In addition, after gaining the temporary control of the local and Korean troops in Nanyang, Han Xin sent people north early to transport grain and grass to Xiangcheng for stockpiling. He also prepared ships in Xiangcheng and Jiaxian, and recruited sailors. Rushui transported grain to Liang County, and directly entered the hinterland of Sanchuan from the weak point of the Han army.

Also, without hesitation, Liu Laosan naturally had to send someone to contact the Liji Division of the Southern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army currently stationed in Deng County, and asked Liji, who was in charge of guarding against the Han army in Hanzhong, to lead the army northward and help Han Xin Stabbing Xiang Kang in the back, Liji saw that Liu Laosan's move was to share the pressure for Xiang Yu, so he naturally agreed, and made preparations for departure early. Join forces with him, and join forces to march northward aggressively.

At the same time, the Han Army, who was closely watching the Nanyang Army and the Western Chu Army's Southern Front Corps, sent information on the movements of the Nanyang Army and the Western Chu Army to Hanzhong through various channels at the fastest speed, so as to report to the people in charge of containing Nanyang. General Li Shang of the Han Army and the Southern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army reported.

It is human nature, just as Han Xin expected, when he learned that the Nanyang Army had split up and went northward, and that the Southern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army, which had held the Hanshui Channel, also went northward together. Li Shang immediately felt that his opportunity was coming, and couldn't help but Zhu lived in his heart and said: "There is a chance, the Nanyang bandit army is greedy for the land near the river, refuses to withdraw all to the mainland, and uses all the divisions to fight on the northern front, and their hinterland will definitely be empty. If I seize this opportunity and suddenly leave Sending troops from Wuguan to enter the hinterland of the Nanyang bandit army will not only turn the Nanyang bandit army's hinterland upside down, but it may also hope to cut off the Nanyang bandit army's north-south connection and create opportunities for our main force to defeat the Nanyang bandit army one by one!"

It was precisely because he saw such an opportunity, and Yingbo, who was eager to recapture the homeland, was desperately instigated by the side, and when the distance from Xiang Kang was too far away, Li Shang had no time to ask Xiang Kang for instructions. The county guard Cangpi discussed for a while, and immediately started preparing for a surprise attack, planning to decisively send troops from Wuguan as soon as the opportunity arises, take advantage of the emptiness to enter the hinterland of the Nanyang army, and stab the Nanyang army in the back!

At this point in the matter, Han Xin's strategic plan has actually succeeded more than half, and the rest is just deliberately revealing flaws, and then using some tricks to lure jade out of the hole, it is not difficult to get Li, who has been idle for a long time, to feel uncomfortable. Shang lured into the hinterland of Nanyang to open up the battlefield in the hinterland of Nanyang, which is currently the most unfavorable to the Han army.However……

However, Han Xin has calculated thousands of times, but he underestimated the most important point, that is, the main force of the Han army and the anti-Han coalition forces will decide the outcome on the northern front so quickly, let alone the anti-Han coalition forces will lose so miserably Before Xiang Yu arrived for rescue, the three major main forces of Zhao Qichu were wiped out together, and the isolated remnants of the Jibei Army could only run for their lives obediently. Naturally, they would not know that the main forces of the two major corps of the Han Army could Free up your hands so quickly, gaining plenty of time and strength to deal with changes in the rear.

Of course, this is definitely not Han Xin’s incompetence in parallel imports. It is the limitations of the times that limit Han Xin’s thinking. The defense of Julu City, which blocked Zhang Han's 500 troops, was so vulnerable that Julu City was captured by the Han army in just one day, which then caused a chain reaction, leading to the rapid collapse of the main force of Qi and Chu.And this omission by Han Xin is also doomed to add countless variables to the strategic plan he formulated for Liu Laosan...

However, it cannot be said that Han Xin has no chance at all. Limited by the road traffic and the speed of information transmission in this era, it was more than 20 days after the end of the Julu War that Xiang Kang received the urgent report from the rear, knowing that Liu Laosan sent troops The news of going north is also due to the fact that time and the careful investigation of the news by the Han army also takes time. Xiang Kang only knows that Liu Laosan sent Han Xin to lead nearly [-] Nanyang troops to go north, and the Southern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army also Helping Han Xin, I didn't have time to know Han Xin's route and attack target, let alone whether Liu Laosan would have follow-up actions, and whether there would be a follow-up Nanyang army going north.

But this is enough, Guangguang is only Han Xin's name, Xiang Kang couldn't help but shouted luck, and said repeatedly: "Fortunately, fortunately, fortunately, we have already established a victory on the northern line, and we have not been defeated by the Xichu bandit army and others. The bandits are entangled, and there is no problem in withdrawing and returning to the rear, otherwise, we will be in big trouble!"

"Liu Jizhen is an outstanding man!" Zhang Liang, who has an outstanding strategic vision, couldn't help but praise: "Yingbu's main force has been broken by him, and the whole of Linjiang is at his fingertips, and the Hengshan King Wu Rui next to him is weak and can be destroyed with a single hand." , Putting such a big piece of fat in front of him, he can still restrain his greed, he would rather slow down the speed of swallowing these two pieces of fat, but also decisively choose to send troops north to help the Western Chu thief army, With such vision and courage, there is probably no other person in the world who can match it except you, the King of Han! Even the King of Western Chu, who dominates the world, is far behind him in this respect!"

"It's also fortunate that my elder brother can't even match half of his strategic courage. Otherwise, where would we be so easy now?"

Xiang Kang smiled, and without hesitation issued an order to let the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army immediately prepare to retreat south. Then he returned to Sanchuan to personally preside over the battle with Han Xin——Facing Han Xin, apart from Uncle Zhou who was currently inseparable, the only person Xiang Kang could trust was himself.

Then, Xiang Kang sent someone to call Uncle Zhou to the front, first told Uncle Zhou about the situation on the southern front, and then told Uncle Zhou: "General Zhou, after I leave, all the battlefields on the northern front will be entrusted to you." Yes. If my elder brother, King Xichu, loses composure and sends troops from the plains to counterattack Julu, you will hold on firmly and drag him into a war of attrition. If my elder brother is lured back to the middle battlefield, you will play by ear If you want to go north, go north, if you want to go east, go east, and you must wipe out the remaining enemies on the northern front for me as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Uncle Zhou clasped his hands and replied, "Your Majesty trusts your subjects so much, even if your subjects are terrified, they will definitely not let your Majesty down."

Uncle Zhou never needed Xiang Kang to worry about fighting, so Xiang Kang naturally didn't say much, and after a few casual words of encouragement, he entrusted all the battlefields on the northern front to Uncle Zhou with great confidence.On the contrary, Uncle Zhou seemed to be a little uneasy about Xiang Kang. After taking over the burden of the northern line, Uncle Zhou hesitated, and suddenly said to Xiang Kang: "My lord, do you feel a little bit about the Nanyang bandit army sending troops to the north?" strangeness?"

"What's strange there?" Xiang Kang asked a little puzzled, and said: "Most of our main force is on the battlefield in Zhaodi. Liu Ji sent troops northward to attack our hinterland at this time, encircling Wei and saving Zhao to share the pressure for the Western Chu bandits. Righteous?"

"Besieging Wei and saving Zhao is indeed a military strategy." Uncle Zhou said with a slight frown: "But Liu Ji and Your Majesty are worried about that Han Xin, so it is impossible not to consider such an issue? With their current strength, even if they resolutely send troops to the north, they can fight The threat we pose will not be too great. As long as we send our troops back for reinforcements in time, we can easily stop them and let them return without success. Liu Ji and Han Xin are so benevolent and selfless. Can the Xichu bandits help?"

"This is what makes Liu Ji so scary." Xiang Kang said without thinking, "He knows very well that once the Xichu bandit army is destroyed, our next goal will only be that he will not be someone else, and we want to keep him. For himself, he can only do his best to help the Western Chu bandits defeat us, so even if sending troops to the north is doomed to be futile, he will only choose to send troops instead of watching us defeat the Western Chu bandits in order to preserve his strength."

The information about the Nanyang Army from Xiang Kang's mouth is very limited, and like Xiang Kang, he still doesn't know the target of the Nanyang Army. He could only nod in agreement with Xiang Kang's opinion.However, in Uncle Zhou's heart, there was always a question, and he thought to himself: "It's really that simple? The Nanyang bandits have a shortage of soldiers and food, and they have to be responsible for supplying [-] Western Chu troops with military supplies. It costs such a big price. The Nanyang bandits Is the army really just sharing the pressure for the Western Chu army to encircle Wei and save Zhao?"

The matter is not over yet. During the preparation to go south, Xiang Kang did another immoral thing. The cause was that Xiang Kang's head of guard Xu Ji had a whim, and suggested that Xiang Kang use Feng Zhong to take advantage of Feng Zhong's hard work. Liu Laosan's wife, children, and children brought from Pengcheng made some articles, and used Lu Zhi and others as threats to force Liu Laosan to make concessions on the battlefield.Although Xiang Kang, whose history was not so messed up, shook his head with a smile, he finally remembered Liu Laosan's family members who had been detained in the army, so he casually ordered someone to bring Liu Laosan's family members to meet him.

As a cultured and moral modern five-good young man, after the meeting, of course Xiang Kang did not threaten to cook Liu Taigong like Xiang Yu did. On the contrary, he comforted Liu Laosan's family and patted his chest to promise that he would not embarrass them.Then when Liu Taigong's family was in shock, Xiang Kang started to have bad ideas, thinking about how to use Liu Laosan's family members to make something, and then quickly noticed Liu Laosan's daughter Liu Le.

Thanks to Lu Zhi's blessing, Liu Le's appearance is quite beautiful, but it's a pity that he is too young, less than ten years old, Xiang Kang and Liu Laosan are brothers, and the only son Xiang Zhi is still too young, so Xiang Kang racked his brains, he could only think of Ding Li, the younger brother of his general Ding Ji, and immediately called Ding Li, who was about the same age as Liu Le, and pointed Liu Leqiang to Ding Li as his wife with a wicked smile. Of course, Qingmeixiu didn't refuse, and quickly agreed with a blushing face. Although Lu Zhi and the others knew that Xiang Kang was uneasy and kind, but their thin arms couldn't twist their thick thighs, they could only swallow their anger and agree.

"Then I would like to thank my sister-in-law, Ding Li, why don't you greet your aunt (mother-in-law) soon? Also, don't worry, sister-in-law, the marriage of these two nephews, Liu Fei and Liu Ying, is also wrapped up with this king. We have picked the right family for them, and we must arrange a good marriage for each of them!"

After finishing speaking with a smirk, Xiang Kang, apart from paying out of his own pocket to support the younger brother of his favorite general, he naturally had to order the news to be published to let his overlord cousin Xiang Yu know—brother, your hard-core ally Liu The third child is now a relative of our Han army. Do you still dare to rest assured of him? You can figure it out yourself!

After experiencing this small episode, two days later, the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army completed the preparations for departure according to the order, and under the personal leadership of Xiang Kang, they set up their camp and retreated along the Chidao to Puyang. Uncle Zhou also personally led the Han Army The civil and military officials of the Northern Front Corps came to see Xiang Kang off, and sent Xiang Kang, the plague god who had been doing nothing all day long, to get out.

After all the formalities were over, Xiang Kang personally gave the order to set off. When the soldiers of the Han army lined up and set off towards the south, a light carriage suddenly came from the south, and there was a flag on the car that represented the urgent report of the military. Xiang Kang Not ambiguous, he immediately pouted to Xu Ji who was next to him, Xu Ji understood, and immediately sent guards to meet the carriage, and soon sent an urgent military report just sent from Sanchuan to Xiang Kang.

This military emergency report is obviously not very important. After Xiang Kang quickly read it, he passed it on to Chen Ping, Zhang Liang and others, and his expression did not fluctuate. Uncle Zhou who happened to be right in front of him was not at ease, so he asked a lot. He said, "My lord, what's the situation?"

"It's nothing, it's just a report that the Nanyang bandit army is hoarding food, grass and military supplies in Xiangcheng, and collecting ships and recruiting sailors in Xiangcheng and Jiaxian County." Xiang Kang replied casually: "If nothing else, the Nanyang bandit army this time I intend to learn the lesson from last time, go upstream along the Ru River, avoid our heavily guarded Gou's Chariot and other places, first take Liang County, and then take advantage of the emptiness to attack Henan County, a new city where our troops are relatively empty."

"Attack Xincheng Henan?" Uncle Zhou, who has excellent geography, immediately heard something wrong and said, "How is it possible? We are indeed relatively empty in the Xincheng Henan area, but the road is relatively long and the terrain is relatively complicated. The Nanyang bandit army is along the way." And there is no reliable food storage place, if we want to fight in our hinterland for a long time, how will we solve the food problem?"

After listening to Uncle Zhou's reminder, Xiang Kang realized that something was wrong with the situation. Although the Nanyang Army did not march north, Han Xin's army and the Western Chu Army's Southern Front Corps also had nearly 5 people, and the daily consumption of food and military supplies was the same. It is not a small number. It is possible to go directly northward to attack the hinterland of Sanchuan County from Jiaxian and Liangxian through the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains, but if you want to ensure that there is no shortage of front-line military supplies, you must be willing to spend money. Therefore, a large number of civilians must be recruited to transport grain, and a large number of troops must be used to protect the grain roads.

"Could the Nanyang bandit army want to fight a raid?" Zhou Shu, an old man from Shangshan next to him, proposed a possibility, saying: "Bypassing our heavily guarded Gou's line of defense, go to Liang County and go directly north to enter the hinterland. We will cut off our connection with Guanzhong, if we don’t cut it off, we will have already retreated!"

"Impossible!" Uncle Zhou shook his head immediately, and said decisively: "The purpose of the Nanyang bandit army going north is to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao and share the pressure with the Western Chu bandit army on the northern line. In addition to forming a deadly threat, we must also be prepared for a long-term battle. Only in this way can we force us to deploy troops from the northern line to support Sanchuan, and run away after fighting. Such a strategic goal cannot be achieved. The Nanyang bandit army is so big. It is absolutely impossible to go north and spend such a high price just for bluffing, just hit and run!"

Xiang Kang frowned, and once suspected that Han Xin wanted to support the war in the hinterland of Sanchuan by robbing food and supplies on the spot, but after careful consideration, he found that something was wrong—the hinterland of Sanchuan, an important traffic route, has always been the hardest-hit area affected by the war, with a sparse population and people's livelihood Withered, it is absolutely impossible for folk food to supply Han Xin to fight in the hinterland of Sanchuan for a long time.At the same time, before this, in order to prevent the Western Chu army from dividing troops into the hinterland of Sanchuan, Xiang Kang had already asked the hinterland of Sanchuan County to transfer as much food as possible to the city of Luoyang, where the city was high and deep. Han Xin wanted to take food in the hinterland of Sanchuan to support himself , unless he is sure that he can quickly take down Luoyang City, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty.

This is absolutely impossible. The Han army in Sanchuan County is not a fool. Seeing that the Nanyang Army and the Western Chu Army have joined forces to go north, threatening the hinterland of Sanchuan, Qi Ji and Fu Kuan who are currently staying in Sanchuan, no matter how stupid they are, they will know to send reinforcements to Luoyang immediately. , to reinforce the troops.In the absence of a counterweight trebuchet, even Han Xin dare not say that he is sure to take Luoyang Jiancheng quickly.

At this time, Chen Ping next to him was ingenious and asked Uncle Zhou: "General Zhou, since you find that the situation is wrong, if you are the commander of the Nanyang bandit army, why did you choose to go northward by Liang County to attack our rear?" ?”

Uncle Zhou put himself in the situation and calculated, but the more he calculated, the more he frowned, and he couldn't figure it out. If he was the commander of the Nanyang Army, why would he choose to take this dangerous road to the north?Fortunately, Uncle Zhou also knew how to be flexible, and quickly figured out another point. If he led the Nanyang Army to the north, what kind of changes would happen to the battle situation?Not long after that, Uncle Zhou, who is also a master of soldiers, quickly laughed and said: "So it turns out that the Nanyang bandit army is really cunning. On the surface, they sent troops to attack our rear hinterland. In fact, the real goal is not Our Sanchuan hinterland has another goal!"

"What target?" Xiang Kang asked quickly.

"Your Majesty, please put yourself in your shoes and think about it now. If you were General Li Shang stationed in Hanzhong, and you saw the Nanyang bandits marching northward along the Jialiang Road, what would you choose?" Uncle Zhou asked with a smile.

Xiang Kang didn't even blink his eyelids, just rolled his eyeballs a little, and he suddenly understood, and said: "Understood! That traitor Han Xin is actually trying to lure a snake out of his hole! He deliberately took the Jialiang Road to the north, so he can justifiably go from Nanyang The hinterland mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources to transport food northward, which made Li Shang feel that the hinterland of the Nanyang bandit army was empty. At the same time, seeing that the Jialiang Road was inconvenient and difficult to retreat, Han Xinping only needed to do a little trick to lure Li Shang to join the army. Guan sent troops to take advantage of the emptiness and enter the hinterland of Nanyang."

"Then the Nanyang bandit army can take the opportunity to return to the division suddenly and open up their hinterland battlefield." Uncle Zhou added for Xiang Kang: "As long as we succeed in doing this, the Nanyang bandit army can at least force us to draw troops from the northern line and return to the division. Rescue General Li Shang, who was besieged in the hinterland of Nanyang, if we are lucky, if we can annihilate our Hanzhong main force in the hinterland of Nanyang, then the Nanyang bandit army will not only have no worries, but also hope to take advantage of the emptiness and enter our Hanzhong and Guanzhong. It can make huge profits, and it can also share the pressure for the Western Chu thief army."

Xiang Kang's expression became extremely ferocious, and he immediately shouted: "Xu Ji, immediately arrange fast horses and reliable messengers to send an order to Li Shang, telling him that he must never take the risk of entering the hinterland of Nanyang. That is a strategic trap for the Nanyang bandits!"

Xu Ji immediately agreed, and immediately went to arrange manpower to prepare the order. Chen Ping next to him immediately picked up a pen and wrote the order for Xiang Kang to send to Li Shang. The courier will have to detour a long way, but it will also take a lot of time for the Nanyang bandit army to march northward and design to lure General Li Shang, and General Li Shang's troops out of Wuguan. Our courier should have time to send the order to General Li Shang before."

Because Han Xin hadn't had time to take action, Xiang Kang also nodded, admitted that there was still time, and said to Uncle Zhou very gratefully: "General Zhou, thanks to you, this time, even this king was almost shot." It's a trick. If we can't discover the strategic tricks of the Nanyang bandit army in time, Li Shang is greedy for meritorious service, and is really tricked out of Wuguan by the Nanyang bandit army, then our troubles will be more than ordinary."

Uncle Zhou said modestly, "I don't know who gave this bad idea to the Nanyang bandit army. The purpose of attacking our hinterland is actually to lure our Hanzhong army into their hinterland. Such a big deal is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people. figured it out."

"Who else could there be except Han Xin?" Xiang Kang answered with gritted teeth.

At this point in the matter, it stands to reason that as long as Xiang Kang's letter order is delivered to Li Shang in time, the matter can be understood.However, there was an accident. At this time, Mr. Shusun on the other side came out of nowhere and said angrily: "It's a pity that we still have to guard against the Xichu bandit army, otherwise, our two main forces will be killed at random." Take one back and use this opportunity to destroy the Nanyang bandit army!"

The speaker had no intention, but the listener meant it. Hearing Mr. Shu Sun's words, Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou who were talking suddenly stopped talking together, and turned their eyes to Mr. Shu Sun at the same time, and their expressions became extremely strange.Mr. Shusun was a little flustered when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, forgive me. I don't understand military affairs, so I just said something casually. If I make a mistake, please don't take it to heart."

Neither Xiang Kang nor Uncle Zhou said a word. After thinking for a long time, Xiang Kang suddenly said to Uncle Zhou: "General Zhou, Mr. Uncle Sun is right. This is indeed an opportunity. Among our two main forces, no matter which one is transferred, When the main force goes back, they are sure to win in front of the Nanyang bandit army. In addition, the Nanyang bandit army deliberately exposed so many flaws in order to lure us into being fooled, so that we have countless opportunities to seize. As long as we follow the trend, we will definitely be more confident Get rid of the Nanyang bandit army and completely wipe out our hidden dangers on the southern line!"

"Does Your Majesty want to go in person? Or let the minister go down?" Uncle Zhou immediately asked back.

Considering that Uncle Zhou is more familiar with the situation on the northern route than himself, and that the arrogant soldiers on the southern route and the central route can only be controlled by himself, Xiang Kang immediately replied: "I will go! After the king leaves, The Xichu bandit army is counting on you!"

"Please don't worry, Your Majesty." Uncle Zhou immediately saluted and replied, "After you leave, Your Majesty, if the Western Chu rebels come straight to Julu, they will trap them for you! If the Western Chu rebels go to attack Xingyang Aocang, my servant I will return to the division immediately and stop the Western Chu bandit army for you! I will definitely not let the king be distracted on the southern line, and worry about our northern line or the middle battlefield!"

Xiang Kang was overjoyed, and personally helped Uncle Zhou, grabbed his hands and shook them vigorously, then turned to the southwest direction of Nanyang, gritted his teeth and said: "Han Xin, Liu Laosan, wait for me! It's time to deal with you !"

(End of this chapter)