Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 408 What does the traitor want to do?
Out of caution, on the night of receiving Feng Zhong's letter, Han Xin dedicated a lot of time, in the name of thanking Feng Zhongxin for sending the letter across thousands of miles, hosted a banquet for Feng Zhongxin's messenger and accompanied him in person, while making hypocritical inquiries The recent situation of the old boss Feng Zhong, while taking the opportunity to obtain the current specific situation of the main force of the Han army, in order to compare the truth and falsehood of the current strategic situation of the Han army introduced by Feng Zhong in his letter.

However, tricks are useless. The situation Feng Zhong introduced in the letter is not false, and the Han army did not deliberately ask the messenger who sent Feng Zhong’s letter to lie. Of course, the general situation of the Han army introduced casually is not the same as Feng Zhong’s letter. There is no difference, and every sentence is frank and frank, without any hypocrisy. Finally, the information of the Han army that Han Xin has is also completely consistent with what Feng Zhongxin envoy explained. There is no discrepancy. Han Xin is very happy. He quickly came to the conclusion that the current strategic situation of the Han army introduced by Feng Zhong to himself was not false. The main force of the Han army has now freed up its hands to launch the southern expedition, but it is most in line with the current situation of the Han army to take down Qi land first. strategic interests.

It is also because of this that Han Xin, who had been a little shaken for a while, became more and more determined, completely dispelled the idea of ​​retreating first, and decided to continue to act in accordance with the original strategic plan, and try his best to lure the Han army's Lishang Department out of Wuguan and force the Han army to retreat. The army opened up the Nanyang battlefield that is most beneficial to its own army.

At the same time, in order to temporarily stabilize the main force of the Han army, Han Xin personally wrote a reply letter to Feng Zhong, politely declined Feng Zhong's solicitation, and said that he led the army northward to act on orders, unless he died in battle, or Liu Laosan ordered him to withdraw his troops, so he decided not to give up his plan to go north, and responded to the bluff of the Han army with bluff, inducing the Han army to think that his northward move was just to make a deal with Xiang Yu, and he would not make any adjustments The Sanchuan Han army that dealt with it posed a fatal threat.

It was only after sending away the envoy sent by Feng Zhong that Han Xin personally visited Li Ji, the commander of the Southern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army, in the Western Chu Army camp, and took the initiative to introduce to Li Ji the situation of his negotiation and communication with Feng Zhong's envoy. In addition, Liji was finally informed of the true strategic purpose of the Nanyang Army's northward march-it was false to cut off the main force of the Han army from the rear of Guanzhong by going north, and it was true to set up strategic traps to lure the Hanzhong Han army to take the initiative to break out of Wuguan!
Needless to say, after learning the true purpose of the Nanyang Army's northward march this time, Liji, who had been kept in the dark before, was naturally extremely angry. Han Xin shut Liji's mouth in Henan County, the traffic throat of the Han army, "It is easy to take Henan County, but if the main force of the Han bandits is forced to return to the hinterland of Sanchuan, how can we resist?"

Considering that the [-] Western Chu army in his hand is by no means the main opponent of the Han army, Li Ji can only sit down and reconsider honestly, "Don't worry, General Li, our arrangement is also for the king of Western Chu's great plan to destroy thieves." Thinking about it, if we can lure the Hanzhong rebel army led by Li Shangpifu out of Wuguan, and then suddenly turn around and surround the Hanzhong rebels in the hinterland of our Nanyang. The army has to be dispatched back to the division to rescue, and the pressure on the central battlefield has been greatly reduced by the King of Western Chu, and he will definitely approve of our approach."

"It doesn't matter much even if we can't lure Li Shangpifu out of Wuguan." Han Xin said again: "We just need to hold our breath for a while and wait patiently for a while. With the main force of the thieves, we can go north with all our strength and boldly, directly cutting off the main force of the Han thieves and the Chidao connection in Guanzhong, and we can still make great contributions to the King of Western Chu. Wouldn't the choice be better than going straight north now?"

The Western Chu army invested too little troops on the southern front, and it was doomed that Li Ji could only adopt Han Xin's suggestion. Considering that he only had [-] Western Chu soldiers in his hands, if it was too exciting, the Han who had already freed up his hands The main force of the army, the main force of the Han army can slap himself all over the face just by turning around, Liji finally nodded, acquiesced to Han Xin's strategic plan, and then asked Han Xin: "Then what should we do next?" ?”

"Targeting troops in the new city for the time being, pretending to be stockpiling grass and food and preparing to go northward, delay for a while." Han Xin replied: "Then play it by ear, and of course it would be best to lure Li merchants out of Wuguan. If you really can't, After the confrontation, we confirmed that the King of Western Chu had returned to the middle of the army, and then we really went northward, trying to take Henan and Luoyang, and helping the King of Western Chu break the main force of the Han rebels."

"Insufficient strength, so I have no choice but to do this." Liji sighed, first made an excuse for himself, and then formally agreed with Han Xin's decision. There is another option—that is to go north quickly to cut off the three rivers, and force the main force of the Han bandits to return to aid Sanchuan, creating opportunities for the main force of the Western Chu army in the middle road or the northern battlefield—such a stupid thing, General Liji can’t do it Of course, Han Xin couldn't do it.

The once fierce battle in the south of Sanchuan also temporarily stopped. After successfully taking Xincheng, Liu Xiang's coalition forces decisively stopped continuing to go north, and instead chose to confront the Han army in Henan and Luoyang. The Han army in Henan and Luoyang also because of insufficient strength Because of this, they did not dare to launch a counterattack to recapture the fallen southern city, but blindly built deep ditches and high fortifications, repaired the city defenses, and were only tens of miles away from Liu Xiang's coalition forces, but they lived in peace for the time being.

During this period, Han Xin was most concerned about the situation at Wuguan, and the result was just as Han Xin expected, and news soon came from the rear, saying that Wuguan had suddenly issued an order to close the customs, prohibiting all idlers from waiting. When entering and exiting Wuguan, all the small roads in the Qinling Mountains were also tightly sealed, causing the rear of Nanyang to lose contact with the secret agents sent to Hanzhong and Guanzhong to investigate the enemy's situation. Han Xin knew that this was a signal that the Han army would make a big move by analyzing his toes. Can't help but secretly happy.

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Han Xin was secretly happy in Xincheng battlefield. His colleague Zhou Chang, the governor of Yingchuan County in the Nanyang Army, gradually began to scold his mother in Yangcheng, more than 100 miles away. There was no other reason. When the soldiers arrived in Yangcheng, they helped Han Xin contain the Sanchuan Han army stationed at Cheyuanting and Goushi. This naturally brought a lot of inconvenience to Zhou Chang, the governor of Yingchuan, in handling the affairs of the county.

At the same time, in order to supply the nearly [-] troops led by Han Xin and Liji to fight on the front line, Zhou Chang was also forced to recruit many civilians in Yingchuan County to deliver food, grass and supplies to Han Xin and Liji. Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, there is a severe shortage of civilian labor. As a good official who loves the people with integrity, Zhou Chang certainly hopes to satisfy the wishes of the people under his rule as soon as possible, and naturally he will not have anything to do with Han Xin who launched the Northern Expedition at this critical moment. good view.

But it’s okay, no matter how dissatisfied with Han Xin, Zhou Chang also understands that Han Xin is doing this for the sake of the great cause of Liu Laosan, the boss of Pei County, so as long as it is a request or order from Han Xin, Zhou Chang will only try his best to do it. It was done, implemented without any discount, and never thought of making excuses and perfunctory.

However, because of this, Zhou Chang has recently added a new worry, that is, since the secret work under his command confirmed that the main force of the Han army and Xiang Yu were confronting each other in Julu and Pingyuan, he and the previous ones were sent to Sanchuan County to investigate. The enemy's secret agent lost contact, and there was no new news for many days in a row. Zhou Chang vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he had no choice but to quickly send a new spy to Sanchuan to investigate the specific situation.

On this day, when he was bowing his head at the edge of the field and thinking about when to use the army to help the people of Yangcheng harvest the crops, the soldiers suddenly brought two men dressed as common people to Zhou Chang, and reported to Zhou Chang: "Reporting to the county lord, The secret agents we sent to investigate the enemy's situation have returned, and these two, who have already experienced their identities, are indeed our people."

"Very good." Zhou Chang nodded in satisfaction, and quickly asked the two secret agents: "Have you found anything useful? Have you contacted the person we sent before?"

"Reporting to Junzun, the little one is incompetent, and he didn't find anything useful, and he couldn't even cross the border of the Han thieves." A small worker saluted and replied: "The little one is waiting to walk on the mountain path, who knows that Jing County The traitors over there actually blocked all the mountain roads, even the remote path that the herb pickers took back, and no one was allowed to pass by. Suspected by traitors, he was arrested and searched closely, but fortunately nothing was found before the little one was released, and when he saw that he really couldn't enter Sanchuan, he had no choice but to come back and report to you to plead guilty."

After saying that, the two negligent agents hurriedly fell to the ground to plead guilty, but Zhou Chang ignored them, and secretly said: "It's strange, why did the Han thieves in Jing County block the road so tightly? Why did they do this? This matter, Do you want to report to the general?" Xinzheng

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Chang wrote a letter on the spot to be cautious, reporting this situation and the recent situation in Yangcheng to Han Xin, and sent a fast horse to the new city to deliver the letter to Han Xin, and then sent a letter to Han Xin. The soldiers ordered: "Send someone to contact Xinzheng, and ask Xinzheng to send a special agent to the north to investigate the situation in the Suanzao area of ​​Yangwu. If there is a major transfer of Han thieves, report back immediately. Also, send a special agent to Lun Let’s try our luck at the Shi’s side, see if we can avoid the blockade of the Han thieves, and go to the Gou’s and Gong counties to find out about the enemy’s situation.”

Perhaps Zhou Chang shouldn't have mentioned Xinzheng County, the middle gate just north of Yingchuan. In the afternoon, he had just returned to the military camp outside the city. A soldier came in, saluted Zhou Chang and said, "Reporting to the county, Xinzheng sent a fast horse messenger, saying that there is an urgent military situation that needs to be reported to you face to face."

"Xinzheng?" Zhou Chang's heart skipped a beat, thinking to himself why I only thought of sending someone to contact Xinzheng at noon, and now Xinzheng has sent someone to contact me on his own initiative?Immediately there was an extremely ominous premonition, and he hurriedly shouted: "Quickly, bring the Xinzheng messenger in."

The soldiers sang promises, and within a short while, a courier was led to Zhou Chang's tent of the Chinese army. After entering the tent, the courier didn't even have time to practice etiquette, and immediately stumbled to Zhou Chang and shouted: : "Junzun! Hurry up and save Xinzheng! Hurry up and save Xinzheng! The Han bandits suddenly rushed south from the north direction. When we found the whereabouts of the Han bandits, the former army of the Han bandits was less than [-] miles away from Xinzheng!"

"Sure enough, it's not good news." Zhou Chang groaned in his heart, and hurriedly asked again: "How many troops do the Han thieves have? Who did the forward general find out?"

"Reporting to Jun Zun, we haven't had time to find out exactly how many troops the Han bandits have come." Xinzheng hurriedly replied: "I only know that the former army of the Han bandits is about [-] people, and the commander of the army is the Han bandit general Zhong Limei!"

"What?" Zhou Chang almost didn't suspect that he had heard it wrong. He stood up abruptly and exclaimed, "The Guangqian team has tens of thousands of people? The general in command or the veteran Zhong Limei of the Han bandits? The descendant of the Han bandits?" How many troops does the army have? Who is the commander-in-chief? Who can command Zhongli Mo, that traitorous traitor?"

Of course, no one could answer Zhou Chang’s question. After Zhou Chang’s nervous calculation for a moment, he could only make a decision like this: “Quickly, send someone to contact the general, report the situation to him, and ask him to decide how to deal with it. If there is, you can set up your camp and start your army, and retreat back to Yangdi first!"

"Junzun, what should we do with Xinzheng?" the Xinzheng courier who finally came to call the police asked hurriedly.

"It's too late." Zhou Chang closed his eyes in pain, and said, "Yangcheng is hundreds of miles away from Xinzheng. When you found the Han bandits, the front team of the Han bandits was already less than [-] miles away from Xinzheng. At this time, the Han The thieves not only must have surrounded Xinzheng City by the front team, but maybe the rear army team has also arrived in Xinzheng. Even if the thousands of county soldiers in my hands go there immediately, they will die in vain. Therefore, we can only rely on our Xinzheng defenders The army defended the city by itself."

The messenger from Xinzheng burst into tears, but Zhou Chang looked helpless. He had no choice but to let his troops seize the time to set up an army, planning to withdraw to Zhai City, Zhiyang, Yingchuan County to take charge of the overall situation, and then make a decision.However, just after Zhou Chang's troops loaded all the camp tents, food, grass and luggage into vehicles, and before Zhou Chang even gave an order to let his army set off to the south immediately, another fast horse rushed in front of Zhou Chang and shouted: "Qi Junjun, the Cheyuanting thief army suddenly made a big move, and they are rushing towards Yangcheng at full speed."

"The Cheyuanting thieves have already dispatched?" Zhou Chang was stunned and said in surprise, "How is it possible? So fast? How could the Han thieves react so quickly?"

"Junzun, the villain thinks you can ignore it." A doorman remonstrated: "The Cheyuan Pavilion is forty miles away from Yangcheng. By the time the Han thieves chased to the foot of Yangcheng, it was already dark, and the Han thieves attacked in a hurry. , there must be no time to prepare torches, dry food and other things for the night march. At most, we will not be able to continue the pursuit until we reach Yangcheng.

Zhou Chang thought about it carefully, and immediately ordered his army to dispatch immediately. Before the sun started to set, they withdrew from the Yangcheng battlefield at full speed, and then they traveled for more than [-] miles before dark, and then went to the battlefield. Stopped to cut down trees and firewood, started a fire to make food and rushed to make dry food, prepared to sleep in the open for a night, and set off early the next morning to continue the southward retreat.

Thanks to Zhou Chang's carefulness, he didn't forget to set up sentries on the roadside high ground to monitor the surrounding area. After it was completely dark, the generals of Zhou Chang's army just fell asleep after dinner, and the night watchmen were still hurrying to build the next day. When eating dry food on the road, the alarm gong was already ringing on the roadside high ground. Before they had time to rest for a long time, the soldiers of Zhou Chang’s army hurriedly got up to prepare for the battle. Zhou Chang also rushed to the roadside high ground, asking why the sentinel suddenly called the police?

"Junzun, please take a look!"

Following the guidance of the sentinel, Zhou Chang turned pale with just a glance to the north. On the way to the north, at this moment, countless lights of torches appeared, lined up, and they were moving quickly towards the camp where Zhou Changjun was camping. come over.When Zhou Chang listened carefully again, he could vaguely hear the sound of war drums and gongs coming from that direction, which was obviously the sound of golden drums from that team.

Here is an explanation of why there are drums and gongs. During the cold weapon war, if the army needs to march at night, and there is no need to keep its whereabouts secret, and do not consider exposing the position of the army, then in addition to the necessary torches for lighting, in order to guide the army To advance and prevent soldiers from falling behind, when the army is marching, they usually have to keep beating drums or gongs to let soldiers who are accidentally singled out or left behind know where their team is. This can effectively reduce the losses of soldiers during the march. A very common means of marching at night.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Chang, who was standing on the high ground, suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and secretly said: "The Han bandits are so well prepared, it seems that they have already made all corresponding preparations. How did the thief know that the official would suddenly rush south? Could it be that the Han thief had predicted all this beforehand? The Han thief knew this would happen a long time ago?"

What puzzled Zhou Chang was still behind. After thinking for a while, Zhou Chang resolutely decided to let his army line up to fight against the Han army in the dark. After seven or eight miles away, they suddenly stopped advancing. They also chose to line up on the spot and confront Zhou Chang's troops several miles away. Wait patiently for Zhou Changjun to take the initiative to attack.

After confirming the situation, Zhou Chang also immediately understood the meaning of the Han army, and secretly said: "Too bad, the Han thieves chasing from Cheyuan Pavilion are actually not in a hurry to defeat my army, they just want to entangle me. When I can't hold back and take the initiative to attack, it is of course best to defeat me by defensive counterattack. Even if I can't defeat me, I can slow down my marching speed. However, I am retreating in the direction of Yangdi. Instead of heading east directly to rescue Xinzheng City, which is being attacked by the Han thieves, why do the Han thieves hold me back? It doesn’t make any sense to do so? What exactly are the Han thieves trying to do?”

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