Chapter 53 4. Scolding is also a means

During the tug-of-war in Xingyang, there was another thing that also reflected Liu Bang's style.Xiang Yu captured Chenggao and confronted Liu Bang. On the one hand, Liu Bang was stubbornly resisting, and on the other hand, he sent Peng Yue to attack Xiang Yu's defense line.Peng Yue was born reckless and used guerrilla tactics. Taking advantage of Xiang Yu's overwhelmedness on the front line, he captured Liang land in one fell swoop and completely cut off Xiang Yu's food supply.In desperation, Xiang Yu had no choice but to personally lead his troops to fight back against Peng Yue, leaving Cao Jiu, Marquis of Haichun, Dong Yi, Chang Shi, Sima Xin, King of Sai, and others to guard Chenggao.

Before leaving, Xiang Yu confessed to the general: "Be careful to guard Chenggao, and the Han will challenge you. Be careful not to fight, or let you win the east. I will punish Peng Yue on the 15th, fix the land of Liang, and return to the general." That is to say. : When I am not around, you must keep the door behind closed doors, and you must not act rashly. No matter how provocative the Han soldiers are, even if you scold your eight generations of ancestors, you should not fight.I will destroy Peng Yue within half a month and regain the land of Liang. I will make a decision on what to do when I come back.

From this military deployment, we can also see that Xiang Yu is not blindly reckless, he has his own sober judgment on the battle situation.And the facts were exactly as Xiang Yu expected. After Xiang Yu led his troops away, Liu Bang became energetic and courageous.Cao Jiu and the others obeyed Xiang Yu's orders, took necessary precautions, and then drank and chatted in the city, ignoring them. Liu Bang saw that it didn't work, so he resorted to tricks, "to make people humiliate him", and sent people to scold the battle outside the city every day. He was as timid as a coward, and dared not compete with my mighty Han army. , twitching like a woman, wait, anyway, I will do everything I can.The purpose is to anger the Chu army and let them go out of the city to fight.Because without Xiang Yu, Liu Bang still doesn't pay attention to these people.Besides, there are not many great opportunities in Xiang Yu's absence, so we must not miss it.

As the saying goes, a scholar can be killed but not humiliated.Cao Jiu and the others are all veterans who are used to fighting in the battlefield, how can they stand such uselessness!Liu Bang only scolded for five or six days, and before he got tired of scolding, a few people couldn't bear it anymore, so they "crossed the river with soldiers" and went out of the city to fight.Liu Bang is waiting for this day, the pocket array has been arranged for you a long time ago, just waiting for you to drill it.Just when the Chu army was halfway across the river, the Han army quickly encircled the Chu army, defeated the Chu army, and captured Chenggao in one fell swoop.Poor Cao Jiu and others felt that they could not explain to Xiang Yu, so they drew their swords on the Sishui and committed suicide by dying.

Scolding, of course, is also a commonly used tactic in the battlefield, the purpose is to irritate the opponent and make the opponent mess up, so as to achieve the purpose of taking advantage of the vacancy.This kind of tactic is generally tried and tested, because people have dignity and face. In the face of insults, verbal abuse and provocations, it is difficult for anyone to let them go and remain unmoved.But the problem is that Xiang Yu has besieged Liu Bang many times, but he did not adopt such inferior methods.That's the difference.