Chapter 23 3. Fight to Fame
Jingxing is Han Xin's giant deer.
Xing (read like shape) is the place where the mountains are interrupted.Jingxing is Jingxingkou, also known as Jingxing Pass. It is one of the eight Xings of Taihang and has always been a battleground for military strategists.It was in Jingxing that Han Xin defeated Zhao Xiang Chen Yu, and he showed his prestige, wisdom, and bravery, which convinced all the generals.
However, this battle is not easy to fight.
If it's not good, it's not Chen Yu, but Li Zuoche.
Like Han Xin, Li Zuoche was also a genius strategist.He knew very well that Han Xin and Zhang Er were not friendly, so he reminded Commander Chen Yu not to underestimate the enemy.
Li Zuoche said that the Han general Han Xin crossed the West River, captured the king of Wei, captured the prime minister, and turned to attack Zhao after a thousand miles of blood.Therefore, it can only be outsmarted, not forced.
So, is outsmarting possible?
Yes, because Han Xin has a weakness.
Han Xin's weakness lies in grain and grass.Jingxing, in what is now Jingxing County, Hebei Province, belonged to Hengshan County at that time, not far from the present Shijiazhuang City.Liyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty (Qiao reads like the moon), is in today's Xi'an City.Xingyang, the main battlefield, is now Zhengzhou City.Looking at the map, you can see how difficult it is to transport grain from Liyang to Jingxing, not to mention satisfying Xingyang first.
This is the problem of fighting far from base camp.Li Zuoche said that when grain is transported thousands of miles away, scholars will look hungry; when materials are collected locally, teachers will not be full.Can an army without enough food fight a war?cannot.Food and grass is a big problem for Han Xin.
Of course, Han Xin would not fail to think of this, he must have prepared food and grass.The problem is that even if there is food, it must be able to be brought in.The topography of Jingxingkou is "cars are not allowed to have square rails (cannot be side by side), and riders are not allowed to line up".As long as the vanguard marched a few hundred miles, the food and grass would definitely fall behind.
Therefore, Li Zuoche suggested that he himself lead 30,000 troops to send out surprise troops to rob Han Xin of food and grass, and cut off his retreat.Chen Yu stood firm and cleared the fields in Jingxing, sticking to his post.As a result, Han Xin and Zhang Erjin couldn't fight, they couldn't retreat, and they couldn't find anything to eat in the mountains and plains.Within ten days, the two of them could only sacrifice their heads.
But Chen Yu didn't listen.
Chen Yu said, righteous soldiers don't need to cheat!What's more, Han Xinbing claims to be tens of thousands, but in fact it is only a few thousand.Thousands of miles to attack, already exhausted.Wouldn't he be underestimated if he didn't dare to fight head-on when he encountered such an enemy?What should I do in the future?
Li Zuoche was helpless.
In fact, Li Zuoche's strategy was exactly what Han Xin was worried about.Hearing that the spies reported that Chen Yu did not use Li Zuoche, Han Xin was overjoyed.He immediately ordered: Everyone, eat some snacks first, and then defeat Zhao Jun today and then have a big dinner!
Of course, ghosts don't believe this.
So all the generals responded and said: promise!
Han Xin also ordered that 10,000 people cross the river and line up with their backs.
It's more like nonsense.In history, no one fought like this.Therefore, even the generals of Zhao Jun laughed together when they saw it from a distance.
Han Xin put up the general flag and marched with drums beating.At this time, Zhao Jun, how can he put Han Xin in his eyes?Also open the gates of the camp to fight.Han Xin and Zhang Er fought and walked, fighting and retreating until they reached the river, losing the military flag and military drum all the way.
In Zhao Jun's view, it was a foregone conclusion who would win and who would lose at this time, so he went out to fight for the banner of the Han army.How could they expect that Han Xin's 2,000 light cavalry who were ambushing next to him the night before took the opportunity to enter the empty Zhao camp and replaced all the Zhao army's military flags with the Han army's red flags.
At the same time, the Han army who retreated to the river had no way to retreat, and each of them fought desperately.The Zhao army was unable to win before, and had no way to retreat behind. The army's morale was in turmoil, and they had no fighting spirit. They scattered like birds and beasts.The fighting spirit of the Han army was even more high-spirited.They attacked from both sides of the river and the Zhao camp, and the Zhao army was in chaos, and they were either dead or surrendered.
Han Xin won a complete victory, beheading Chen Yu and capturing Zhao Xie.
Afterwards, the generals asked Han Xin for advice and asked him what kind of tactics this was.
Han Xin said that there are actually some in the Art of War, but you don't pay attention to them. What about "Sun Tzu's Art of War"?Put it to death and then live, put it to death and then survive.Our army has not received strict military training, and it is tantamount to driving a group of mobs to fight.How can we defeat them without driving them to a dead end?
This is the battle of Jingxing.Like Xiang Yu's "break the boat and sink the boat", Han Xin also left us an idiom: fight with one's back.
Jingxing is indeed Han Xin's giant deer.
Han Xin did not get carried away, he knew why he won.Therefore, when Li Zuoche was taken as a prisoner, he untied the rope himself, asked Li Zuoche to sit on the west bench, and respectfully asked for advice like a student.
Li Zuoche didn't dare to do it.
Li Zuoche said: A defeated general dare not speak bravely, and a subjugated doctor cannot try to survive.The left car is the general's prisoner of war, how dare he talk nonsense?
Han Xin said: No.The prisoner of war was almost Han Xin.
Only then did Li Zuoche say: "A wise man who worries a lot will surely lose something; a fool who worries a lot will definitely gain something."The general loves so wrongly, Zuo Che is willing to serve foolishly and loyally.From Zuo Che's point of view, if you are victorious in all battles, you are the strength of the general;Therefore, whether strong Qi or weak Yan, neither general can attack now.
Han Xin asked: What should we do then?
Li Zuoche said: Disarmament and rest.
this is correct.As Li Zuoche said, Han Xin's best strategy is to rest in place, recharge his energy, and expand his army to prepare for war.After the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, start a diplomatic offensive.At that time, the soldiers of Yan and Qi can be defeated without a fight.
Han Xin adopted this suggestion.He humbly consulted the defeated, which is more worthy of recognition.In fact, those who achieve great things must dare to slack off every day, and dare to be sloppy in nothing.Han Xin has achieved this, and there is no reason why he should not succeed.
It's a pity that Liu Bang disagreed.
Liu Bang has Liu Bang's reason.At that time, the Chu-Han War was in a stalemate, and Liu Bang's army was also surrounded by Xiang Yu in Xingyang. He urgently needed reinforcements to break the deadlock. How could he have time to wait patiently for Han Xin to prepare his troops?
So one morning eight months later, when Han Xin and Zhang Er woke up, they found that their general seal and soldier talisman were gone, but Liu Bang was dispatching troops in the army.It turned out that Liu Bang only brought Tenggong Xia Houying alone, claiming to be an envoy of the Han Dynasty, galloping into the barracks, and seized the military power while Han Xin and Zhang Er were sleepy.
Han Xin had no choice but to fight Qi.
Qi State surrendered.
The one who persuaded Qi Wang Tianguang to surrender was Li Shiqi, the Gaoyang drunkard who helped Liu Bang destroy Qin back then.Li Shiqi said, do you know who the world will belong to in the future?Chinese.Do you know why it returned to Han?Because Xiang Yu ate alone, Liu Bang shared the world with others.Therefore, those who surrendered to the Han first took advantage, and those who surrendered later perish first.
Tian Guang thought it made sense, so he surrendered to Han.
At this time, Han Xin had no name, and he was about to retreat.
Kuai Tong, however, objected.
Kuai Tong was also a strategist.In Chen Sheng's time, he was the one who helped military ministers persuade Xu Gong, the county magistrate of Fanyang, to surrender.Strategists always want to disrupt the situation.Kuai Tong said that Li Shiqi, with his three-inch tongue, conquered more than 70 cities in Qi; the general led tens of thousands of troops, and only conquered more than 50 cities in Zhao.Could it be that the general's years of fighting are not as good as Li's words?
Han Xin said: But Qi has already surrendered!
Kuai Tong said: "Then, has the King of Han ordered the withdrawal of troops?"
Han Xin suddenly realized.
In October of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, that is, one year after the Battle of Jingxing, Han Xin entered Qi.Qi Wang Tianguang thought he had been deceived, so he threw Li Shiqi into the oil pan.However, the unsuspecting Qi, who is Han Xin's opponent?The reinforcements sent by Xiang Yu were also beaten to the ground.More than 70 cities in Qi State belonged to Han Xin.
Han Xin became the king of Qi.
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