Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 431
Han Xin's anger and revenge succeeded and disgusted Xiang Kang. After receiving a scout report, he learned that the main force of the nearly [-] Western Chu army led by Xiang Yu suddenly marched westward from Yancheng, went upstream along the Ru River, and killed in the direction of Xiangcheng. Xiang Kang was not just taken aback, but was completely caught off guard, and just like Xiang Yu adopted Han Xin's tactical suggestion for the first time, he screamed and lost his voice in front of the civil and military soldiers of the Han army for the first time...

"How is it possible? Logically speaking, in the current situation, my elder brother should either withdraw to Chen County, or directly kill Ye County, or directly kill Nanyang County? Why did he go northwest to the hinterland of Yingchuan? Isn't that My brother's style of using troops?!"

This move is indeed not Xiang Yu's tactical style. Xiang Yu always likes to stare at the enemy's main force when using troops. He almost never uses any shameless tricks to avoid the real and attack the weak. He had never used the main force to take chances, so before that, Xiang Kang had long concluded that Xiang Yu had only three choices this time, one was to retreat to avoid food shortages, the other was to come to Ye County in a fit of anger to find himself desperately, and the third was to go directly to Nanyang to get through with him. The Western Chu Army’s liaison with several divisions has already made corresponding preparations. Now that Xiang Yu suddenly makes a fourth choice that is completely different from usual, it is of course difficult for Xiang Kang not to be shocked and surprised. .

Chen Ping, Zhang Liang, Lou Jing and other Han army counselors were also extremely surprised. After calming down, Zhang Liang quickly suggested to Xiang Kang: "My lord, Xiangcheng tightly controls the water and land throats in the hinterland of Yingchuan. Once it falls, although it cannot be completely Cutting off our connection with the rear of Sanchuan and Guanzhong also made it much more difficult for us to communicate with the rear. The position is very critical. The minister suggested that we should send a force to the north immediately and rush to Xiangcheng to help defend the city. "

Xiang Kang didn't think too much, and immediately decided to send Zeng Ji to lead [-] troops northward, and rushed to Xiangcheng to help defend the city at full speed. However, after Xiang Kang's chief guard Xu Ji sang his promise, he had not had time to send the guards to pass the order to Zeng Ji Xiang Kang had already changed his mind, and said: "Wait a minute, there is no need to send orders, it's too late, my elder brother sent troops from Yancheng to the west the day before yesterday, and when Zeng Ji rushed to Xiangcheng with the army, my elder brother will definitely It's here."

"Your Majesty, don't you try harder?" Zhang Liang said unwillingly, "Let General Zeng's army go day and night, maybe there is still hope."

"There is no hope." Xiang Kang shook his head helplessly, and said, "My elder brother has always used troops to invade like fire. After identifying the target, the army advances very fast, and never hesitates. Moreover, Xiangcheng is located on the north bank of Rushui River. No matter how fast Zeng Ji's army reinforces, it is impossible to reach Xiangcheng in advance, and it will only give my brother the opportunity to take the opportunity to fight in the field for nothing."

Knowing that Xiang Yu was invincible in field battles, if the emergency reinforcements could not enter the city ahead of time, they would be doomed to be beaten by the Western Chu army, so Zhang Liang had no choice but to change his words and asked, "What about Xiangcheng?" What to do? There are less than [-] local troops in Xiangcheng, and it is absolutely impossible to stop the [-] troops of the King of Western Chu. If we lose, what shall we do?"

"It's not a big problem. We don't need to care too much about the gains and losses of a city or a place." Xiang Kang, who has more and more money, is very free and easy in this regard, and said: "Although the location of Xiangcheng is important, even if it is lost, we will not lose it." You can use the road of Yingting to get in touch with the rear, it’s just a little troublesome, and it won’t have any major impact.”

After Dadu said these words, Xiang Kang frowned again and said: "But what makes me strange is, why did my elder brother enter the hinterland of Yingchuan? Our main force is in Ye County. Surely he would not dare to go directly into our Sanchuan hinterland regardless of his back? If he has been entrenched in Yingchuan for a long time, his rear will be empty again, so he is not afraid that we will take the opportunity to invade his rear hinterland?"

In terms of strategy, Zhang Liang has always been the best. After a little calculation, Zhang Liang said: "The king of Western Chu should have three purposes for doing this. One is to lure our main force to go north to rescue the hinterland of Yingchuan, and take the opportunity to fight us decisively. We mobilized troops from other battlefields to support Yingchuan, giving him a chance to breathe in the middle and Qi battlefields, and also created opportunities for Liji to gain a foothold in South County. The third is to force us to draw troops from the northern battlefield, which has the largest number of mobile troops. Attacking his rear hinterland can not only share the pressure for the Qi army and the Jibei army who surrendered to him, but also create opportunities for him to return to the rear and find us."

"In addition, the money and food in the hinterland of Yingchuan may also be an important goal of his." Zhang Liang added: "Although Yingchuan has suffered from wars many times, there is still some foundation. Now that the autumn harvest has just ended, there are a lot of food in various places. As long as the Chu army raids the hinterland of Yingchuan, they will definitely reap a lot of benefits."

"Enough!" Xiang Kang came to his senses and had to praise: "A brilliant move, which can not only reap a lot of benefits, but also force us to deal with it, and no matter what kind of countermeasure we make, it will only do him more good than harm , my elder brother has improved a lot."

Still talking about this, Xiang Kangcai suddenly remembered another important matter, and hurriedly said: "This trick must be Liu Ji or Han Xin's bad idea, only these two traitors can come up with such a wicked trick to disgust us, My elder brother absolutely does not have such a mind, and even if someone under my elder brother's account can come up with such an idea, it will be difficult to persuade my elder brother to do so. Only Liu Ji has this ability and can lead my elder brother by the nose !"

"My lord, how should we deal with it?" Chen Ping asked.

Xiang Kang thought about it, and it was rare that he could not make up his mind, so he could only change his mind and ask Zhang Liang: "Mr. Zifang, you are good at strategy. How do you think we should deal with it?"

Zhang Liang didn't rush to answer, and he replied after a while: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are three strategies. The best strategy is to recall our main force from the northern line and the army from the middle line, and then call back the army from the southern line, and concentrate our forces to fight against Western Chu. Wang will fight a decisive battle in Yingchuan, and use our superior force to drown the Western Chu bandit army."

"I'm afraid it's not that easy." Xiang Kang said without thinking: "The terrain east of Yingchuan is open, and it's easy to retreat. My brother is not a fool. I'm afraid he ran away before our army was assembled. At that time, our various armies will not talk about it, and they will definitely give Tian Da and Tianjia in Qidi a chance to breathe, and Liji is likely to take the opportunity to gain a firm foothold in Nanjun."

"The middle strategy is to ignore it, shrink the troops in the middle to defend the three rivers, and continue the offensive on the north and south fronts, sacrificing Yingchuan to create opportunities for us on the north and south." Zhang Liang continued: "The worst strategy is to gather troops in the middle. Massively attack the rear hinterland of the Western Chu army, encircle Wei and rescue Zhao and force the Western Chu army to return to the division to rescue their rear."

"The bad strategy is absolutely unworkable. It will waste time and opportunities on the northern front, and it may also give my brother a chance to find our army in the middle for a decisive battle." Xiang Kang rejected the bad strategy without thinking, and said hesitantly: " The middle strategy is to sacrifice the hinterland of Yingchuan..."

After hesitating for a moment, Xiang Kang made up his mind and said: "Using the middle strategy, we can afford to sacrifice in the hinterland of Yingchuan. Nanyang, Hanzhong, and Guanzhong supply food and grass, and we can also afford to consume it in Ye County and the Xichu bandit army." , take down Qidi and Nanjun first! Let's see who can't hold back first!"

When Zhang Liang was about to nod, Lou Jing opened his mouth and reminded: "Your Majesty, the middle strategy may not be the best choice. If the stalemate continues for a long time, the rear of Western Chu, which poses the greatest threat to us, will be able to restore order and restore people's livelihood. At that time, if Yafu Fan Zeng recruits and organizes enough troops in the rear of Western Chu to reinforce the king of Western Chu, we might have a chance to be defeated by the Western Chu bandits!"

Xiang Kang was taken aback, and only then did he think of another terrible problem-Yingchuan, which has been repeatedly hit by wars, still has a foundation and potential to tap, let alone the vast rear of Western Chu. As long as Old Man Fan, who doesn't match his horoscope, can get Xiang Yu another [-] troops, Xiang Yu will be sure to go north to take the important land of Sanchuan, and go south to find himself desperately in Ye County!

"In my humble opinion, Mr. Zifang's best strategy is the best choice." Lou Jing said again: "We will shrink our troops to encircle the Western Chu bandit army. Although we will give the enemies in Qidi and Nanjun a chance to breathe and gain a foothold, we will respond accordingly. Yes, but we hope to have the opportunity to completely annihilate the main force of the Western Chu bandits in the hinterland of Yingchuan."

"Taking a step back, even if the Western Chu bandits escape, after they retreat to the rear, we only need to deploy an army with sufficient strength in the middle to firmly restrain the main force of the Western Chu bandits and prevent them from going north. Rescue Qidi and go south to reinforce Nanjun. The great thing about us is that we spend a little more time to win Qidi and Nanjun, and we can form a three-sided encirclement advantage against the Western Chu army. If we take time to expand the army, we will concentrate our forces to attack Western Chu. It will be easy for Luoxi Chu to rule the world."

Xiang Kang fell into deep thought, and it was very rare that he couldn't make up his mind. Lou Jing said again: "Your Majesty, I know that you don't want our army to work hard back and forth. If you miss the opportunity on the north and south fronts, you may not be sure that you will succeed." Surround the main force of the Western Chu bandit army, but there is no way, our army is too scattered, if we don't drive the Western Chu army from the hinterland of Yingchuan, we will have no chance to redeploy, adjust our strategy, and we will not concentrate our forces to deal with the great vitality. The wounded Western Chu bandit army has formed an advantage, only by driving away the Western Chu bandit army first can we regain the strategic initiative in the world battlefield."

Xiang Kang is actually a suspicious and selfish despicable villain. Considering that if his army is allowed to be too scattered and out of his control for a long time, then as long as one of the generals in the Han army has a different heart, it may lead to a chain attack. Reaction, causing his own total collapse-especially now that Xiang Yu has the help of Liu Laosan, a despicable villain, he will definitely not miss the opportunity to instigate rebellion or encourage various generals of the Han army to rebel and stand on their own.

So after thinking about it, Xiang Kang still nodded and said: "Lou Shilang is right. Tian Jia, Tian Da and Li Ji are three jumping clowns. It doesn't matter if they live a few more days!"

After finally making up his mind on this idea, Xiang Kang issued a series of orders immediately without blinking his eyelids. First, he sent an order to Ding Ji on the southern line to temporarily give up helping Li Shang and Yingbo to cross the Han River and enter South County. Strategic opportunity, lead the army back to Ye County to join the main force, reinforce Ye County's troops, and let Li Shang and Yingbu temporarily take on the task of containing and guarding against Lijiu's troops.He also sent an order to Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche on the middle road to give up attacking Dingtao and return to Sanchuan to join Qi Ji and Fu Kuan's troops and prepare to go south from Goushi.

Xiang Kang's third order was of course to Uncle Zhou, who had a large army in his hands, to lead the main force of the northern line of the Han army to retreat to the middle battlefield along Chidao, return to Yangwu, go south from Quyu, and attack Wei's three-sided encirclement of Xiang Yu. The last main force at present is trying its best to fight on the Yingchuan battlefield to decide the world and end the Chu-Han war that has gone through for many years.

After promulgating these three important orders, Xiang Kang personally wrote a letter mocking Xiang Yu for not daring to come directly to a decisive battle with him, and handed it to Chen Ping to order: "Arrange an envoy who is not afraid of death, and let him take the This letter is to contact my elder brother, and try to inspire my elder brother to come to Ye County to fight with us."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find." Chen Ping said with a wry smile: "The envoys we send out are easier to sacrifice than the dead soldiers who were sent out during the siege. We arrange envoys in normal times. The civil servants in our army It has been pushed back and forth, and now it has been explained that it is looking for an envoy who is not afraid of death, and it must be even more difficult to find."

"Tell them clearly that if you come back alive this time, you will be rewarded three times." Xiang Kang said without blinking an eyelid: "If you don't come back, you will be rewarded three times. Literary officials, even if they are soldiers in our army, as long as they dare to send this letter."

Not to mention, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, and there really was such a courageous little official of the Han army who was greedy for Xiang Kang's heavy reward, and the next mission, which was almost doomed to death, went north with Xiang Kang's letter When he came to Xiangcheng, he sent Xiang Kang's provocative letter to the Western Chu army who arrived in Xiangcheng first.But what surprised Xiang Kang, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping was that the Han army official who was not afraid of death not only returned to Ye County with a smile on his face to receive the reward, but also brought Xiang Kang a set of clothes worn by little girls. Children's clothes, and a reply letter written by Xiang Yu himself to Xiang Kang - Needless to say, Xiang Yu scolded his scumbag cousin in the letter, and in turn laughed at Xiang Kang for being less courageous than little girls.

"It's definitely the trick of that bastard Liu Ji." Xiang Kang said helplessly: "Only he can figure out a way to appease my brother's temper, and it is definitely his idea to give me the little girl's clothes." , Even if you know you won’t be able to provoke me, don’t forget to disgust me once.”

"With the help of Liu Ji's traitor, the king of Western Chu is really like a tiger with wings." Chen Ping said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why don't you think of a way to drive a wedge between the Western Chu king and Liu Ji's traitor? It poses a big threat to us."

"The time is not ripe." Xiang Kang shook his head more helplessly and said: "Now Liu Jipifu just gave my brother the city land he was destined to lose, and he and my brother are in an adulterous relationship, and the relationship is so good. Well, trying to drive them apart at this time will not be effective, on the contrary, it may make my elder brother trust and reuse that traitor Liu Ji even more."

Having said that helplessly, Xiang Kang said in his heart again: "Liu Laosan is too treacherous, it's not easy to make a fuss about him, but I can quickly do something about Han Xin, this guy's temper can't get along with anyone , and even look down on anyone, as long as he is cleaned up, even if Liu Laosan helps Xiang Yu, it will not pose too much threat to me."

How to frame Han Xin could not be figured out quickly. On the contrary, the news that Xiangcheng was captured by the Western Chu Army was sent to Ye County first, and the relationship between Xiang Kang and the Han Army's rear was greatly affected. It could be that he took the remote road from Yingting to go north to Jia County, and then returned to the hinterland of Sanchuan to pass orders and deliver news for Xiang Kang. The efficiency was greatly reduced.

This is just the beginning, and the next thing is the real disgusting Xiang Kang, who easily captured Xiangcheng and seized a lot of military supplies and food. Xiang Kang's direct contact with the Han army's rear led the main force to the north and captured Yingyang, and then separated two divisions to conquer the east and west, and continued to attack the city and land in the hinterland of Yingchuan, plundering money and grain to force soldiers, He brutally killed the local officials and generals in Yingchuan who had just changed to fight the banner of the Han army, and beat Xiang Kangfeng's South Korean Taiwei Han Xin to the point of losing his helmet and armor, crying ghosts and wolves, and was forced to flee back to Yangzhai and kept asking Xiang Kang for help.

This was also Xiang Kang's most useless period of time. Even if Ding Ji returned to Ye County with his army, the main force of the Han army who lost a lot during the Southern Expedition was still no match for the main force of the Western Chu army. There is no way to fight against Liu Laosan and Han Xin, and Xiang Kang can only swallow his breath and stick to the important place in Ye County, allowing the Western Chu army to kill, set fire, rape and loot in the hinterland of Yingchuan that he just captured, not only The loss of manpower and material resources was huge, and the people of Yingchuan were disappointed with Xiang Kang because of this. The county magistrate of Xu County, who felt that he was abandoned, simply abandoned the city and fled alone, allowing only a few thousand Western Chu troops to easily take down the village with a large amount of autumn grain. The county seat of Xu County.

Fortunately, such useless days are destined not to last long. After winter, Zheng Bu brought the main force of the Han army back to Sanchuan and completed the strategic deployment of attacking the main force of the Western Chu army from north to south. In the cold wind of winter, news was sent that he had successfully returned to Puyang and was marching against Weishi according to Xiang Kang's request. The Han army's strategic encirclement against the main force of the Western Chu army was about to be completed.

After confirming this point, he estimated that Uncle Zhou was about to enter Yingchuan County. Xiang Kang, who was very relieved of Uncle Zhou, did not hesitate any longer, and first went to Ling Zheng Bu and Fu Kuan and other departments, and let Zheng Bu lead the main force of the Han army's middle road from Gou His family went south, marched into Yangzhai to rescue Han Xin who had been besieged by the Western Chu army for a long time, and personally led the main force of the Han army north to Xiangcheng to find the main force of the Western Chu army stationed in Yingyang for a decisive battle. , don’t you like to fight with me? This time, if any of us dare not fight to the death in an upright manner, whoever is not worthy of being a descendant of the Xiang family! You only deserve to change your surname to the turtle bastard!"

I have to explain that although Xiang Kang currently has an army of less than [-], he is still not an opponent of the main force of the Western Chu Army, but as long as he entangles the main force of the Western Chu Army and delays the retreat of the main force of the Western Chu Army, When Zheng Bu and Uncle Zhou's troops arrive, then needless to say, the historical drama of the Battle of Gaixia must be staged ahead of schedule!There is not much time left for Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu!
(End of this chapter)