Chapter 18 7. This is called the Art of War

Xiao He and Xia Houying went to Huling to talk to the Sishui county supervisor.Yong Chi guarded Fengyi for everyone, and Liu Bang was full of confidence, so he led everyone to Xue County in the northeast of Pei County. This place in Xue County is the hometown of Meng Changjun in the Warring States Period, and it was the territory of Qi State a long time ago.But after so many years of fighting and fighting, the geographical boundaries are twisting like a snake in heat.After twisting and turning, Xue Di now belongs to Sishui County, and it is the county guard's resident.The county guard of Surabaya is named Zhuang. In terms of his position, he is the direct leader of the county magistrate of Peixian County who was killed by Liu Bang.

But everyone was not interested in this old leader, and no one went to him for peace talks. Instead, they drove straight in and captured Xue Di with lightning speed. After entering the city, everyone looked for the sheriff everywhere, but they couldn't find it.When I was confused, I heard someone scolding outside the city.Everyone went up to the city gate and saw that they were immediately happy. Hey, the old leader and the sheriff are leading soldiers, shouting and cursing under the city. The sheriff of Sishui County, he may have escaped when Liu Bang invaded the city, or he may not have been in the city at all.Anyway, he managed to get back with his troops just in time.

The arrival of another old leader gave Liu Bang and others another chance to learn.This course is mainly about offensive and defensive warfare. This time, Liu Bang led everyone to defend the city in person.After the county guards at the bottom of the city were tired from fighting, they suddenly saw the gates of the city opened wide, and both the dog-killer Fan Kui and the warden Cao Can rushed out.After a bloody battle, the two are now veterans on the battlefield. As soon as they fought, the county guard was overwhelmed, and was killed by Cao Can and Fan Kui, and they fled in defeat. According to the history books, the sheriff fled to Qi County, and was chased by Liu Bang's Zuo Sima, who was named after him, and killed him.

After killing the sheriff, great news came from Hu Ling.Xiao He and Xia Houying, with their three-inch tongues, understanding of reason and emotion, even convinced the Surabaya County Supervisor to surrender. So Cao Can and Zhou Bo hurried to Huling to take over the small city.But at the time of the takeover, a series of unexplained battles still broke out.So Cao Shen and Zhou Bo's credit book has added another stroke. In 208 BC, the 48-year-old Liu Bang set out from Peixian County, and it took two months to clear the surrounding areas of Peixian County and establish a base.This made Liu Bang's life and career reach an unexpected peak.

Summarize Liu Bang's maiden battle.This round of competition consists of four small battles: attacking Huling, attacking Fangyu, fighting Fengyi, and fighting Xuedi.These four battles taught Liu Bang what the art of war is—but perhaps, he had already studied it thoroughly before Peixian left his army. The art of war is the use of troops, that is, avoiding the real and using the empty.Taking Huling and Fangyu as an example, Huling is true, while Fangyu is false.Huling was protected by the county supervisor, but Fang Yu was not defended.Therefore, Liu Bang's tactic is to seize it without fortification, and isolate it where there is a strong defense line.The reason why Huling surrendered voluntarily despite being unable to defeat it was because it was isolated.

The so-called art of war is to use a small number of troops in a joint posture to level the empty ground and isolate the solid ground.In the end, the strong opponent will have the illusion of being weak.And let the own side, which is obviously weak, form a strong reality.Since then, Liu Bang's invasion of Xianyang and the battle with Xiang Yu have all adopted this eternal strategy. In addition, Liu Bang's strategic goal appears to be extremely large, but in essence it has only one purpose: not to let war break out in his hometown at any time.Always fight in other people's homes to win moral resources with strategic value.

Of the four cities centered on Fengyi, Fangyu is the farthest away. Liu Bang sent Cao Shen to guard it, and then recruited troops in the city.The subordinates made a roster of newly recruited personnel and reported it to Liu Bang for review. Liu Bang took the roster and scanned it with his eyes, not looking at the first and last names, but only at the place of origin.He wanted to find people from Peixian County, people from the village in Peixian County, people from the village, and the generations knew each other well, so they wouldn't easily fall out.This is Liu Bang's method of employing people. Fellow villagers are the most reliable, but this fellow must be well-known.

He discovered that there were two Zhou brothers, the elder brother Zhou Chang and the younger brother Zhou Ke.The two brothers lived in Peixian County, and both served as the death history of Sishui under the county supervisor.The death history is the official name at that time, the salary is not low, the salary is less than 100 shi, and the more is 200 shi. It is not clear how much the two brothers eat. So Liu Bang specially approved, Zhou Chang and Zhou Ke brothers, the organization recognized their previous work qualifications, and they were regarded as uprising on the day they became the history of death.Then he appointed his elder brother Zhou Chang as his post, which was to manage the banner.The younger brother Zhou Ke couldn't find a suitable place to arrange it for a while, so he temporarily served as a guest under Liu Bang's tent, and was actually a combat staff officer.

The uprising situation in Peixian County was very good, Qin II got angry, and Wei Jiao was the first to bear the brunt and was abolished. Speaking of Weijiao, it is extremely funny, he is the last monarch of Weiguo.Although Qin Shihuang ruled the world, he left a small city in Weiguo. Weijiao, the king of Weiguo, squatted in his ancestral temple every day.Now that the world is in chaos, Qin Er Shi suddenly thought of him, worried that he would follow the incident to add to the chaos, so he abolished Wei Jiao as a commoner. The next unlucky ones were Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, both of whom were killed by their own brothers.