Chapter 28 5. Foresight and foresight, Overlord's sneak attack reversed the situation

After Liu Bang returned to Sanqin, Xiang Yu had a premonition that Liu Bang would go eastward, but there was a letter from Zhang Liang at that time, and he wanted to pacify Qi State first, and then deal with Liu Bang wholeheartedly, so Liu Bang took advantage of the loophole. Faced with Liu Bang's offensive, Xiang Yu did not do nothing. On the one hand, he sent Zheng Chang as the king of Han to resist Liu Bang's eastward advance, on the other hand, he sent Longqie to resist the North Army, and sent troops to guard Yangxia to block the South Army.Unexpectedly, all other blocking plans failed.However, Yingbo, who Xiang Yu placed high hopes on, took advantage of this to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.Liu Bang's mighty army of hundreds of thousands occupied Chu in a few months.Xiang Yu is caught in an unprecedented crisis, and he will face a battle as difficult as the Battle of the Julu. Will he be able to dance a perfect dance on the tip of the knife this time?

Xiang Yu analyzed the situation he was in: the state of Qi had not yet settled down, and if he returned to rescue Chu, he would be confronted by the enemy; Traveling long distances, the enemy is waiting for work, using fortifications to resist the return of the Chu army; the allies betrayed, and the political environment fell into an extremely isolated situation... Xiang Yu asked his subordinates: "Generals, what is a good strategy?" This situation made Xiang Yu's generals very headache. They scratched their heads and couldn't tell why.Xiang Yu also seemed to expect that they had no good strategy, so he decisively ordered: "You lead the army to continue to pacify Qi, and subdue them for me. I personally led 30,000 elite soldiers to bypass Pengcheng and destroy Liu Bang's army." With a puzzled look on his face, he didn't know which tendon of Xiang Yu had a problem.Not only did he want to use 30,000 to Liu Bang's 560,000, but he also traveled long distances to set up a sneak attack? !Fan Zeng was about to say: "My lord..." Xiang Yu waved his hand and didn't let him continue. Everyone could see that Xiang Yu had been planning this plan for a long time.

Xiang Yu moved quietly. The large army still stayed in Qi State and continued to fight, which made Liu Bang relax his vigilance.With 30,000 elite cavalry, Xiang Yu detoured through Xiao County, southwest of Pengcheng, and quietly stationed there, quietly observing Liu Bang's movements. At this time, Liu Bang's princes' army had all entered Pengcheng, with lax discipline and chaotic formation.The general was busy deploying and building defenses in the north, while Liu Bang and other coaches held banquets every night.Xiang Yu realized that although Liu Bang's army claimed to be more than 500,000, it was just a mob, and he was secretly happy.

At night, Xiang Yu ordered 30,000 elite soldiers to prepare their troops and wait for orders.Xiang Yu's big tent was brightly lit, and he was drinking in silence.In the middle of the night, Xiang Yu suddenly ordered to leave Xiao County in the west and attack Pengcheng in the east.When they arrived in Pengcheng, the genius was dim. After several days of revelry, the Han army was very tired. At this time, Pengcheng was quiet, and occasionally heard a few cock crows. Xiang Yu ordered a sneak attack, which broke the silence before dawn.I saw Xiang Yu's 30,000 cavalry riding horses into Pengcheng from the east where the Han army's defenses were weakest.

The Han army was still asleep, and suddenly encountered a large-scale sneak attack. One can imagine the panic!At this time, the sky was already bright, and Xiang Yu quickly found out the deployment of the Han army and quickly made a plan.Liu Bang, here I come, this time I want to wipe out the Han army. Next, a cavalry of Xiang Yu directly attacked Liu Bang's command center, causing the command system of Liu Bang's coalition army to be paralyzed!This coalition army lacked organizational discipline in the first place, and became a mess all of a sudden, unable to organize effective resistance at all.When Liu Bang heard the news, his eyes were still sleepy, and he asked the soldiers to repeat it several times before he could figure out what happened.Isn't Xiang Yu fighting Qi?Why did he come back all of a sudden?Get up and get dressed quickly, ready to face the battle.But at this time, Xiang Yu had already turned Pengcheng upside down. Liu Bang shouted that this should not be answered, and that that should not answer.Liu Bang was so anxious that he cursed.

Xiang Yu still bit Liu Bang's main force to attack, not giving Liu Bang a chance to breathe.Xiang Yu's cavalry led the coalition army to Gushui and Surabaya in the south, and launched an attack here, while Liu Bang's coalition army seemed to have fallen into a bottomless abyss from the clouds and mist. Why!The coalition forces that don't understand the truth have not been effectively organized, running around like headless chickens.The 100,000 troops were tightly pressed against the river by Xiang Yu's 30,000 cavalry, and the coalition forces no longer cared about fighting, and ran for their lives one after another. After a while, a stampede occurred, and many people were squeezed into the river, causing countless deaths and injuries!The coalition forces desperately fled south to survive, and fled to the south of Lingbi Dongshui. At this time, they began to kill each other in order to fight for the chance of survival, and more than 100,000 people were squeezed into the water.For a while, the Sui water was blocked, and even the water could not flow.

The battle of Pengcheng finally formed a one-sided situation. Liu Bang was also besieged three layers inside and outside by the Chu army, and it was difficult to fly with his wings.Liu Bang thought to himself, this time it's over, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape Xiang Yu's palm.However, people are not as good as heaven is. At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew from the northwest direction, destroying trees and houses, flying sand and rocks, making the sky dark and the earth dark, and the Chu army went straight to the front.The Chu army was in chaos and the formation collapsed. Liu Bang took this opportunity to lead dozens of cavalry to flee the battlefield in a hurry.

Xiang Yu originally wanted to pursue the remnants and defeated generals to expand the results of the battle, but his troops were still too small to match his ambitions, so Liu Bang was able to escape. When Liu Bang, who had been defeated, retreated westward, he scolded all the way and was so embarrassed that he even lost one of his shoes.On the way, under Xia Houying's reminder, Liu Bang sent people to look for his family members, but the family members had already fled.Liu Bang had no choice but to continue to flee for his life. Unexpectedly, he met his son and daughter on the way, so he took them into the car and fled west together.

The cavalry of the Chu army chased after him. Liu Bang was anxious, thinking: If Xiang Yu falls into the hands again this time, he will be afraid to make a comeback.He was anxious for a while, and kept urging Xia Houying: "Hurry up, hurry up, or you will die!" The car continued to accelerate, but Liu Bang still felt that the car was running slowly, so in order to reduce the weight, he pushed his children off the car.Seeing Xia Houying, he quickly got out of the car and helped them back into the car. Liu Bang pushed them down again, and Xia Houying got out of the car and helped them up again. Even if you throw them away, the horse can’t run faster.” In this way, the siblings were able to get in the car and escape together.

After he was out of danger, Liu Bang looked for his father and Lu Zhi everywhere, but they couldn't find them.At that time, Shen Shiqi took Mr. Liu and Lu Zhi to search for Liu Bang on a small road, but unfortunately, he was caught by the Chu army.Xiang Yu got Mr. Liu and Lu Zhi, so he detained them in the army as hostages, and took them wherever he went. The Battle of Pengcheng was a landmark battle in Xiang Yu's life, and once again demonstrated his extraordinary military talent.In terms of the general political environment, the allied forces that had originally defected to Liu Bang betrayed Liu Bang at this time, and some defected to Xiang Yu, such as King Sai and King Zhai; Chen Yu and others.

But this victorious battle left regrets. Xiang Yu had too few troops, and in the end he failed to capture the coach Liu Bang, causing Liu Bang to escape and leave future troubles.Although Liu Bang suffered a disastrous defeat this time, and left a bad impression in history of ignoring his children when he escaped, he was not discouraged, and later occupied the geographical advantage of Xingyang and Chenggao, relying on the favorable resources of Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and opened the four-year war. The long contest between Chu and Han. The Battle of Pengcheng was another battle in which Xiang Yu defeated the many with the few and the strong with the weak, which is enough to shine in the annals of history.Xiang Yu's foresight before the war, bold layout, and fighting on two fronts, not only ensured the victory of the strategic sneak attack, but also strictly prevented Qi from taking the opportunity to outflank.Tactically, he chose to directly attack Liu Bang's command center, causing the command system of Liu Bang's coalition army to be paralyzed.This battle ended in a complete victory, which not only wiped out Liu Bang's main force and plunged Liu Bang into a crisis situation, but also reversed Xiang Yu's beleaguered and isolated political situation, allowing Xiang Yu to regain the initiative in the Chu-Han War.