Chapter 70 9. Legendary generals

In the winter and October of 204 BC, Liu Bang was fifty-three years old and Xiang Yu was twenty-nine years old. On the main line battlefield, Xiang Yu is gathering troops to advance to Xingyang, and wants to completely destroy the annoying old man Liu Bang.On the branch battlefield, the 28-year-old Han Xin and Zhang Er commanded 50,000 Han troops and slowly advanced towards Zhao. When Chen Yu heard that his old buddy Zhang Er was coming, he hurried to report to Zhao Wangxie. The two held a small military meeting. Pass, that is, take the road of Jingxing pass to break into our Zhao country. Therefore, I suggest that we gather troops at Jingxing pass to deal a head-on blow to Zhang Er, a shameless person."

Zhao Wang said goodness, so he ordered Guangwu Lord Li Zuoche, and his subordinates drove to Jingxing in an endless stream to confront Han Xin and Zhang Er. On this occasion, the order of battle between Han and Zhao is as follows. The battle sequence of the Zhengfang Han army: Commander-in-Chief: Han Xin, Prime Minister of the Left. Deputy Commander: Former Changshan King Zhang Er. General 1: Cao Shen, the false left prime minister. General 2: The doctor of the Chinese government orders the person who pays attention to Guanying. General Three: Cavalry Captain Jin She. General 4: Zhang Ao, the guard of Changshan—he is the son of Zhang Er and the son-in-law of Liu Bang.The daughter he had with Liu Bang's daughter married Liu Bang's son, so he is the brother-in-law of Liu Bang's son and the father-in-law of Liu Bang's son.He is the initiator of this weird incest family, normal people would go crazy when they heard his name.

The total strength of the Han army is about 50,000. The order of battle of the opposing Zhao army: Commander: Zhao Wang Zhaoxie. Deputy Commander: Dai Wang and Zhao Xiang Chen Yu. General: Guangwu Lord Li Zuoche. The total strength of the Zhao army is claimed to be 200,000, but no one can say for sure how many are actually there. The situation of the Han and Zhao armies is that although the total number of soldiers in the Han army is not large, there are many famous generals, all of whom are iron-blooded fighters fought on the battlefield.Although there are a little more soldiers on Zhao Jun's side, the general only has one Li Zuoche, and this Li Zuoche, with his own strength, even if it is Liu Bang Hanxin plus everyone on the Han Army's side, they are all added together , and may not be Li Zuoche's opponent.

Although Sima Qian did not write a biography for Li Zuoche, Li Zuoche's influence on Chinese culture was extraordinary.There is a saying that the rook on Chinese chess refers to him.The arrangement of Chinese chess pieces is to imitate Li Zuoche's arrangement on Guangwu Mountain.In addition, Li Zuoche enjoys a very high status among the people. He is the God of Hail in folklore. There is a section of "The God of Hail" in Pu Songling, which tells a magical story about Li Zuoche.There are also relevant records in Ji Yun's book.It can be seen how deep his influence on the Chinese people is.

At present, there are six tombs of Li Zuoche across the country, distributed in Henan, Hebei and Shandong.According to Henan "Tongxu County Chronicles" and related temple inscriptions, a legendary story about Li Zuoche can be outlined. Folk culture firmly believes that Li Zuoche's ancestral home is Qi State, and his grandfather is Li Mu, a famous general in the Warring States Period.Qi State is the fief of Jiang Taigong, a military strategist in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and many first-class masters of war have emerged.However, due to the turbulent political situation in Qi State, these strategists left Qi State and went to other places. Sun Wu went to Wu State, while the famous general Li Mu avoided the chaos and went to Zhao State to defend Zhao State from the north.Later, Qin Shihuang wanted to pacify the world, and he attacked Zhao State twice, but Li Mu beat him to the ground and fled in defeat.So Qin Shihuang used countermeasures, sent people to sneak into Zhao State with gold, bought the spy Guo Kai, and lied that Li Mu was rebellious, so King Zhao killed Li Mu, which led to the rapid demise of Zhao State.

After Li Mu's death, his grandson Li Zuoche, with the help of his family general, cleverly stole his grandfather's bones and transported them to his hometown. He built a tomb as a mountain and named it Baoquan.When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, the state of Zhao was restored. After Li Zuoqi became a famous general, he was also a famous military strategist at that time, and was invited back to the state of Zhao.But this Zhao country has always been caught in civil strife, leaving Li Zuoche empty with the ambition to serve the country, but it is useless. Zhao Guo, who was troubled by many disasters, finally calmed down, but Han Xin and Zhang Er called again.Li Zuoche went to find Chen Yu and suggested, "Han Xin is nothing. He crossed the Yellow River, captured King Bao of Wei, captured Xia Shuo alive, and fought against Que and Yu. Now he has to assist Zhang Er in an attempt to destroy our country of Zhao. I firmly oppose it. The current situation is that the Han army is unstoppable when it wins and goes on an expedition. I heard that if the army rations are transported thousands of miles, the troops will be starved and emaciated. When chopping firewood for cooking temporarily, the troops will not be able to rest or eat. Now the road at the Jingxing pass is extremely narrow, and chariots cannot pass in parallel, and cavalry cannot form a single column. When marching for hundreds of miles, the Han army's food and supplies must be dragged far behind the main force. Please allow me to lead 30,000 cavalry, from The small road intercepts the transport vehicles of the Han army, and you stay here, with deep ditches and high fortifications, and stand firm without fighting. In this way, the Han army will not find a decisive battle opportunity in advance, and will lose its retreat when retreating. I will lead the detour troops and attack Behind the enemy, the Han army is trapped in the wilderness, so that they have no food and no rest. If this is the case, it will only take ten days at most, and I can carry the heads of Han Xin and Zhang Er to report to you. I hope you must adopt my suggestion, otherwise we will die and be wiped out by Han Xin."

Hearing Li Zuoche's words, Chen Yu was shocked. He said, "Old Li, what's wrong with you? Are you talking nonsense with a high fever? You said just now that we will all be wiped out by the Han army. Is this what normal people say?" ?Listen to me, Lao Li, what is the most important thing in a person's life? It's decent! It's dignity! Let's talk about the current situation. How do you say it? Ten times surround it. Ten times the strength of the enemy, you can surround the enemy and force the enemy to surrender. If you have twice the strength of the enemy, you must try to defeat the enemy. Now Han Signal says tens of thousands, In fact, it was only a few thousand people. He came thousands of miles to attack me. The so-called end of the crossbow, his strength is too weak. When he arrived in Jingxing, he was extremely exhausted and unable to fight. Facing such a weak enemy, he did not dare to attack, but he said that we would All wiped out by the enemy, Lao Li, think about it, are you in a normal mind? You are afraid of such a weak enemy, how can you deal with a powerful enemy? If the princes heard about this, wouldn’t it be Do you have to laugh all over the floor and find your teeth? People know that we are so cowardly and cowardly, so more people will come to bully us and attack us. I hope Lao Li will be calm and calm, and don’t be afraid of being like this. With me here, you What are you afraid of?"

Li Zuoche backed away silently, and sighed: "Whoever is troublesome, go back and prepare the coffin for me, Zhao Guo is really doomed this time." But Han Xin waved his troops forward, and when he reached Jingxing Pass, he stopped and sat alone in the tent, with a worried look on his face and fear.Zhang Er and Cao Shen asked him: "Xiao Han, what's the matter with you? What made you so afraid?" Han Xin said: "Have you heard of Li Zuoche? This man is now a general of the Zhao army. He is a genius in using troops. If he fights with me this time, he will definitely lead Qingqi to take advantage of the path, cut off our food roads, and cut ours." The way back. I really shouldn't have come here, this time we are completely dead."

Is there such a thing?Zhang Er and the others were also terrified: "Then hurry up and send spies to Zhao Guo to find out. If Li Zuoche really wants to do this... If he really does this, then everyone will really have no curse." Soon the spies reported back, saying that Li Zuoche had indeed suggested to Chen Yu to ride lightly out of the path and copy the back of the Han army, but Chen Yu refused. Upon hearing the news, Han Xin was ecstatic, and immediately ordered the Han army to set off and approach Jingxingkou.