Chapter 24 Go back and forth

Liu Bang got the general of Yingbu, and Zhang Liang's words really came true afterwards, but there was also a little episode during this period.Although Yingbu returned to the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang ran away from the camp. In 204 B.C., when Liu Bang was recuperating in Xingyang, King Bao of Wei took leave of absence to go back to his hometown to visit his parents. As soon as he arrived in Wei, he destroyed the ferry of the Yellow River and turned against Han to help Chu. Wei Bao was originally the son of Wei State during the Six Kingdoms period.His elder brother is Wei Jiu, who was named Lord Ningling in Wei State.When the Qin State destroyed the Wei State, he was exiled to other places and became a commoner.Chen Sheng revolted and became king, Wei Jiu went to follow him.The king of Chen sent Zhou Shi, a native of Wei, to lead troops to seize the land of Wei. After the land of Wei was captured, everyone discussed with each other and wanted to support Zhou Shi as the king of Wei.

Zhou Shi said: "The world is in chaos, and loyal ministers can be revealed. Now that the world has betrayed Qin, from a moral point of view, we must support the descendants of King Wei." Qi and Zhao each sent fifty chariots, Assist Zhou Shi to be the king of Wei.Zhou Shi refused to accept his resignation, but went to Chen Guo to meet Wei Jiu.After going back and forth five times, King Chen agreed to put Wei Jiu back and make him king of Wei. Not long after Zhang Han defeated the king of Chen, he sent troops to Linji to attack the king of Wei. The king of Wei sent Zhou Shi to Qi and Chu to ask for reinforcements.Qi and Chu sent Xiang It and Tian Ba ​​to lead the army to follow Zhou Shi to rescue Wei.Zhang Han actually defeated the reinforcements, killed Zhou Shi, and surrounded Linji.For the safety of his people, Wei Jiu put forward the condition of surrender.After the negotiation was successful, Wei Jiu set himself on fire and died.

Wei Bao fled to the state of Chu, and King Huai of Chu gave Wei Bao thousands of troops to go back and seize the land of Wei.At this time, Xiang Yu had already defeated the Qin army and surrendered Zhang Han.Wei Bao conquered more than 20 cities one after another.Xiang Yu made Wei Bao king of Wei.Wei Bao led the elite troops to follow Xiang Yu into the pass.In the first year of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu enfeoffed the feudal lords, and he planned to occupy the land of Liang, so he moved Wei Wangbao to Hedong, established his capital in Pingyang, and named him King of the Western Wei Dynasty.

The King of Han returned to his army to pacify the Three Qin States, and led his troops across the Yellow River from Linjin. Wei Bao then assigned the whole country to the King of Han, and followed the King of Han to attack Pengcheng.Perhaps seeing that Liu Bang was defeated in Xingyang and had no future with him, Wei Bao slipped away without making a sound. Although the king of Han heard the news of Wei Bao's rebellion, he was worried about the state of Chu in the east. Before he could attack him, he said to Li Sheng: "Go and persuade Wei Bao for me. If you can persuade him, I will make you Marquis of Ten Thousand Households. " Li Sheng went to lobby Wei Bao.Wei Bao politely refused, saying: "Life is very short, like the shadow of the sun passing through the gaps in the wall. Now the king of Han is arrogant and insulting to people, scolding the princes and ministers is like scolding slaves, there is no up and down at all. Courtesy, I couldn't bear to see him."

Wei Bao actually eats the weight like a bully, and he is determined to confront Liu Bang.Liu Bang can be regarded as a talkative person. This time he couldn't bear it anymore, so he sent general Han Xin to attack. In August of this year, Han Xin’s first battle in the north——the battle of attacking Wei started. Han Xin took the strategy of attacking the west, avoiding the real and attacking the false. , secretly crossed the river from Xiayang upstream, attacked Anyi by surprise, suddenly appeared behind the Wei army, defeated the Wei army, and captured Wei Bao.The Wei State was pacified and three counties were set up: Hedong County, Taiyuan County, and Shangdang County.

In the first battle of going north, the flag was won.In September, Han Xin took advantage of the victory and swung his troops to the east to attack Yanyu with lightning speed. He defeated the Dai army in one fell swoop and killed the leader of the country. , was conquered by Han Xin, and Zhao Guo's arm was cut off! Han Xin conquered Wei and Dai two countries in a row, and the Han army's morale was greatly boosted for a while, and the situation of the Chu-Han War showed signs of turning to Liu Bang.If Han Xin makes persistent efforts and takes advantage of the victory to capture the State of Zhao, Xiang Yu Group will be put in a dangerous situation.

Liu Bang then ordered Zhang Er and Han Xin to lead troops to attack Jingxing and attack Zhao Guo.