Chapter 85 4. Reenactment of Tiaohulishan

After sneaking into Xiao Xiuwu and seizing the military power, Liu Bang assigned tasks to Zhang Er and Han Xin. Send Zhang Er to the countryside to inspect all parts of Zhao State to see what he finds.Send Han Xin to attack Qi. Han Xin said dejectedly: "Okay, my lord, I'm going to fight against Qi. How many people can your lord give me this time?" "People?" Liu Bang said, "Xiao Han, I don't have enough manpower here, why don't you think of a way yourself?" Liu Bang snatched all the people in Han Xin's hands, making Han Xin extremely depressed.But Han Xin didn't dare to say a word, because Liu Bang urged him to send troops to rescue him several times, and Han Xin didn't act for a long time because of the two sides of the mouse.

In desperation, Han Xin asked Zhang Er to find a way, gathered some manpower, and prepared to attack Qi.Here Liu Bang transferred all Han Xin's people to Gongdi to prevent the Chu army from advancing westward. At this time, Liu Bang's new strategy was to take advantage of Han Xin's opportunity to send troops to Qi, intending to form a strategic encirclement of Chu from the north and northwest, thereby threatening the Chu army's back and forcing Xiang Yu to disperse his forces again.But Liu Bang took the opportunity to fight mobile warfare and ate up the Chu army piece by piece.

According to this arrangement, Liu Bang led his army out of Xiaoxiuwu excitedly, arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, and was about to cross the river, when suddenly a doctor Zheng Zhong came over. The position of doctor is equivalent to Liu Bang's guard battalion commander.He took the opportunity of Liu Bang passing by to persuade him: "My lord, why do you want to cross the river? Is the purpose of crossing the river to fight Xiang Yu? But the problem is, we can't beat Xiang Yu at all. Even if we can't fight, we still have to go across. Aren't you making fun of yourself?"

Liu Bang said: "Then what do you mean?" Zheng Zhong said: "What I mean is that it is not important to cross the river or not. The important thing is that you must not really fight Xiang Yu. So the best way is to quickly build the strongest camp, dig deep trenches, and fight as many times as possible. Save some food and grass, and when Xiang Yu finds it, we can hide inside and not come out." Liu Bang was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Your suggestion is good, it's really great, we will follow you." So Liu Bang decided to repeat the story of Wuguan, and then built a fortress on the bank of the Yellow River to attract Xiang Yu.When Xiang Yu came and did not fight, and when Peng Yue followed Xiang Yu's back, if Xiang Yu sent fewer people to attack Peng Yue, he would be killed by Peng Yue.But if Xiang Yu sent more people to attack Peng Yue, the number of Chu troops staying on Liu Bang's side would inevitably decrease, and Liu Bang could fight a beautiful battle of annihilation.

Since this trick worked, we must continue to use it, so Liu Bang ordered to build a fortress.While he was in a hurry, he suddenly remembered another thing: in the last battle of Wuguan, he played a beautiful game of Tiaohulishan, it was because Peng Yue fought well.But if this time, Peng Yue's performance is not effective, what should we do? Liu Bang decided to send more reinforcements to Peng Yue, and he must let Peng Yue play the effect.So he sent two generals, Liu Jia and Lu Wan, with 20,000 infantry and hundreds of cavalry, to cross Baimajin and enter Chu to support Peng Yue. This Liu Jia is Liu Bang's eldest cousin, and Lu Wan is a partner who was born on the same day, the same month, and the same year as Liu Bang.These two are fighting for the first time, and they are fighting guerrilla warfare.It can be seen that at this point in the battle, Liu Bang's resources have been exhausted, and there are no available manpower.

Therefore, Liu Jia and Lu Wan's expedition, whether they win or not, is of secondary importance. The most important thing is not to let the Chu army beat them to death.According to historical records, after the two living treasures went out to fight, they first found a place to build a strong fortification in Chu, and then looted and burned the food and grass of the Chu army.But once the Chu army mopped up, the two of them quickly fled back to the camp, closed the camp gate firmly, and resolutely refused to fight. Although Liu Jia and Lu Wan were nothing promising, they brought 20,000 Han soldiers into the Chu territory after all, which meant extremely powerful support for Peng Yue.Seeing that the two were involved in the Chu army, Peng Yue and his brother became ruthless, conquered Suiyang, swept Waihuang, and captured seventeen cities in Chu.

Xiang Yu really couldn't support the chaos in Chu State.After thinking and thinking, he called Grand Sima Cao Jiu and King Sima Xin over, and said, "Listen, you two, what I want to tell you now is very important, it concerns our life and death. You must Listen to each word clearly, keep it firmly in your heart, do you hear clearly?" Chief Sima Cao Jiu said, "What's the matter, boss, I see you are so nervous." Xiang Yu said: "Old Cao, life and death are at stake in the military affairs, don't be foolish like this." Cao Jiu: "I don't, boss, you have to order."

Xiang Yu said: "Old Cao, listen, the situation is very critical now, Han Xin of the Han Kingdom attacked Qi, Qi was unable to hold back, we sent generals Long Qie and Zhou Lan to go there, the manpower here is obviously insufficient. Unexpectedly, another Peng Yue appeared from behind and took seventeen of our cities in a row. The current situation is that if I don't return to the teacher, I will not be able to restrain Peng Yue and regain the lost ground. But if I go back, Liu Bang will definitely rush out of the stronghold Lei, come and hunt you down. And you and Sima Xin are definitely not Liu Bang's opponents. If you fight, you will die a terrible death."

Chief Sima Cao Jiu said: "Understood, boss, you can rest assured, we will close the city gates and not fight Liu Bang." Xiang Yu warned: "Don't think about things too simply. Liu Bang is full of tricks. If you don't fight, he will do everything possible to lure you to fight. You must remember that once I go back, I only need ten times at most." In five days, fifteen days, I can take back the lost city and drive Peng Yue away. And within these fifteen days, no matter how the Han army seduces you, you must be determined to ignore it, and you must wait for me to come back. You can fight. Do you hear me clearly?"

Cao Jiu said, "Okay, okay, boss, go quickly. Isn't it just closing the door for fifteen days and ignoring the provocations of the Han army? It's an easy thing to do. After fifteen days, I look forward to joining forces with Your Majesty in victory." "Please." Xiang Yuqian exhorted and Wan exhorted, "Fifteen days, as long as you endure for fifteen days, I'll be back. Within fifteen days, don't fight with Han soldiers, don't... " With one heart hanging, Xiang Yu drove his troops eastward to chase and kill Peng Yue.This information was reported to Liu Bang's desk by Uncle Xiang at the first time, and Liu Bang was so excited that he almost passed out: "Send the order, open the gate, take Lu Chenggao, break the city with me, capture and kill Cao Jiu and Sima Xin."

Just as he was about to go out, suddenly a person stopped in front of Liu Bang: "Is the king busy? If not, let me tell you something small." Liu Bang looked at the person carefully and was overjoyed.The appearance of this person led to the rapid transfer of the Chu-Han war from the main battlefield to the branch battlefield, and also caused the most foolish lobbyist in the Chu-Han era to be put in a pot and boiled into a fragrant broth.