Chapter 11 1. Huobin

Zhang Han was defeated in a row, and he fought and retreated.He had tasted how good the Chu army was at fighting, and the secret phrase "Although there are three families in Chu, the death of Qin must be Chu" was by no means false. The biggest advantage of Zhang Han is that he is sober no matter whether he wins or loses.He's not a gambler, he won't be jealous when he loses, and he will try to come back at any cost.He was surprisingly calm, lying down wherever he fell, recharging his energy, replenishing his strength, and waiting for an opportunity to move. Xiang Liang was not the case, he had already swollen and become a little domineering.The officials of the state of Chu were unhappy, but they praised wildly on their faces: learn from Xiang Liang!Congratulations to Xiang Liang!

Xiang Liang became more and more complacent.He believes that the complete defeat of Zhang Han is just around the corner. Generals underestimate the enemy, and soldiers will naturally slack off. Those who should be on guard are not on guard, and those who should be vigilant are not vigilant.Briefly speaking, Zhang Han led his army to take Dingtao when Xiang Liang was not prepared enough, the Chu army was defeated, and Xiang Liang died in the rebellion. The Chu army had no leader for a while, and the generals had different ideas.Many of them are afraid of the Qin army in their bones. At the beginning, the Qin army swept across the world with a ferocious aura, and they had taken their guts away long ago.Now in the uprising, Chen Sheng was defeated because he knew neither politics nor the art of war.Xiang Liang was better than Chen Sheng, but he didn't get an erection all the way to the top, and he also withered halfway.Could it be that the Qin army is always invincible?

No doubt their confidence was thwarted and they began to doubt their own strength. This kind of doubt, for anyone, is the most deadly emotion in the struggle.Fortunately, Xiang Yu did not lose confidence, he only had grief and anger in his heart, and he only wanted revenge.Qin country dog ​​thief, kill my uncle, I hate you day and night, three rivers and four seas, don't let me capture your city, if I capture one, I will bloodbath one. King Huai of Chu thought differently from Xiang Yu.When Xiang Liang died, he was both happy and sad. The sad thing was that the Chu army failed; the happy thing was that he could take the opportunity to get rid of Xiang's shackles and leap from a puppet to a righteous god.

What about Liu Bang?At this time, he has a bit of a sense of immortality that responds to all changes without change.In fact, it can only be so.He is now just a general under the command of King Huai of Chu, all he can do is obey orders. At this time, who would have thought that he would be the final winner? Whether Liu Bang, Zhao Kuangyin, or Zhu Yuanzhang, they were all inconspicuous, but it was these inconspicuous people at the time who eventually became the founding emperors and stood above ten thousand people.And those guys who seem to be glamorous and famous for a while seem to be very mainstream. In the end, they are either defeated or killed, or they belong to others.

There is a saying that China's founding emperors are nothing more than two types, one is powerful and the other is rogue.Gein is powerful and powerful, and the hooligans have no scruples.This is just one of them. You only see that they are not afraid of the sky and the earth, but you don't see how they won the hearts of the people. What is mainstream?Those who win the hearts of the people are the mainstream, and those who lose the hearts of the people are the non-mainstream. King Huai of Chu also wants to become the mainstream, but right now he is not thinking about how to win the hearts of the people, but how to take power in his hands.

As soon as Xiang Liang died, King Huai of Chu took action immediately.He resorted to a trick - to seal the official.Hiring officials is not promotion, but division of power, which is a common tactic used by leaders and even kings. Xiang Yu was conferred the title of Marquis of Chang'an, named Duke of Lu; Liu Bang was conferred the title of Marquis of Wu'an, and served as the head of Dang County; both were Marquises, so there was a big gap in reality, as Duke Lu was just an empty title and had no actual position; Dang County The chief holds real power, and the entire Dangjun army is commanded by Liu Bang alone.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that King Huai of Chu's move is to demote Xiang Yu, promote Liu Bang, and use Liu Bang to restrain Xiang Yu.Why did Xiang Yu always treat him as a puppet! Xiang Yu was very unhappy with such an arrangement. Looking back, Cao Shen, Liu Bang's fierce general, was the first to attack the city when he attacked Father Kang; when he attacked Zhencheng, it was Liu Bang's vanguard, Fan Kuai, who was the first to ascend the city. This was enough to make Xiang Yu lose face. Got real power again.Xiang Yu will inevitably be jealous and envious. Liu Bang is very clever, he knows he has to keep a low profile.Low-key is the best show off.

He knew better that Xiang Yu's temper was greater than his IQ.So, he hurriedly found Xiang Yu and applied, hoping to become brothers.From now on, we will prosper together, and we will lose together.My father is your father, my brother is your brother, and my wife is still my wife. Liu Bang is 24 years older than Xiang Yu. He is obviously an elder, but he is willing to be a brother. Seeing Liu Bang's self-deprecation, Xiang Yu blindly flattered his vanity, and his vanity was satisfied, so he cheerfully made obeisance to Liu Bang. If you don’t look at it, you won’t know it. It’s amazing to see it. Many things in the world appear to be winning, but in fact they are losing.

On the side of the Chu army, the main general died in battle, and there was internal turmoil.But Zhang Han led his army across the Yellow River and went north to attack the rebel army in Zhaodi. Zhang Han should continue to attack the Chu army at this time, why did he go to attack Zhao's land? The reason is very simple. Although Xiang Liang died, it did not hurt the vitality of the Chu army.The Chu troops from all walks of life retreated to Pengcheng.If Zhang Han fought desperately, he was not sure of victory.If you can't take it in a short time, the food will inevitably be tight.

Moreover, another Qin army led by Wang Li is currently attacking Zhao, but has not been able to capture it.If Wang Li were to abandon Zhao and attack Pengcheng together, the rear would be attacked by the Zhao army.If you can't advance forward and you can't retreat behind, the whole army will be wiped out. Zhang Han made this decision after all the weighing. At this time, the king of Zhao in Zhaodi was called Zhao Xie, and the prime minister was Zhang Er, Liu Bang's teacher and friend.Although Zhang Er has some wisdom, he is a scholar after all.The Qin army attacked fiercely, and they were unable to parry, so they retreated into Julu City to defend to the death.

When Zhang Han arrived in Zhao, Wang Lijun was fighting with Zhao Jun in Julu. Zhang Han ordered that the city walls of Zhao's capital be demolished, and the people in the city be evacuated.Then, they moved troops to Jiyuan in the south of Julu City, built tunnels, transported food and grass for Wang Li's army, and guarded the flanks of Wang Li's army, forming a pincer attack. The Zhao army in Julu City was in danger, and they asked the Chu army for help. The situation is obvious. If the Qin army destroys Zhao, its strength will increase sharply, and the pressure on the Chu army will be even greater.On the contrary, if Zhao went north, the situation would be quite different.On the one hand, the main force of the Qin army was attracted to Hanoi, and on the other hand, it could take advantage of the emptiness of the Guanzhong area and go straight to Xianyang. This account is easy to calculate, and any fool can understand it.King Huai of Chu immediately made a deployment: the troops were divided into two groups, one went north to rescue Zhao, and the other went west to attack Xianyang. On this road north, Song Yi was appointed as the general, Xiang Yu was the second general, and Fan Zeng was the last general; on the west road, Liu Bang was in command.And it was agreed that whoever invaded Guanzhong first would be the King of Qin. King Huai of Chu made such an arrangement, although he had his own calculations, but it was also very wise.Although Xiang Yu was a strong man and fierce in battle, he killed too much, and all Qin people were enemies.Today, what the people of Qin hate most is tyranny. If there is another more violent master, their resistance will be stronger. Liu Bang's temperament is much milder, and it is more appropriate to send him westward. Of course Xiang Yu didn't want to take his own soldiers to the front to fight Zhang Han to the death. He wanted to go west with Liu Bang. King Huai of Chu refused to agree. I just want to weaken your strength in the army. Not only will you not be allowed to go west, but you will also not be allowed to command the entire army.In fact, the supporting roles are all exalting you, so just play a role and be a desperate stand-in. However, King Huai of Chu was wrong.War is not about filming, it is not about going to bed with the director before you can be in the movie and be the protagonist.War is based on strength. It seems that in the northward army, Song Yi is the top leader, Xiang Yu is the second leader, and Fan Zeng is the third leader.But Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng were of one mind, and their generals, such as Yingbu and General Pu, were all single-handedly promoted by Xiang Liang. In fact, Song Yi is very isolated.It is easy to plunder his leadership.Even Xiang Yu knew it, not to mention the old fox Fan Zeng. Poor General Song Yi, who is an empty-headed general, doesn't know that if he goes here, he will die, either at the hands of the Qin army, or at the hands of his own people.He was originally from a famous family in the state of Chu, and he also had some talents. He once advised Xiang Liang, but unfortunately he was not adopted. He and Xiang Yu have completely different ideas about this expedition.For Xiang Yu, since he wanted to fight, it was a battle of revenge, and he must kill Zhang Han, commander of the Qin army, to avenge his uncle. Song Yi's idea was to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, let Qin Jun and Zhao Jun fight fiercely, wait until they were both injured, and then attack to clean up the mess. Therefore, this army going north stopped when it arrived in Anyang, and it was delayed for 46 days and still did not advance. At this time, winter has come.The winter rain is continuous, and the raindrops are like ice particles flying in the wind, hitting the face with pain.The soldiers of the Chu army were hungry and cold, and they only had taro and beans to eat every day.It was clear to all that there was not much food left in the army, and their prospects were as bleak as the sky that was always clouded. Song Yi doesn't care about the life and death of soldiers, he only cares about his own affairs, and he plans to send his son Song Xiang to be the prime minister in Qidi. Presumably he also knew that he was an empty general with an uncertain future, so he paved a way out first. He personally sent his son to a place called Wuyan, and set up a practice banquet. He walked forward, and Xiang Yu jumped out on the back foot, and gave a very provocative speech. Xiang Yu said: "The soldiers can't eat enough, but the general is drinking and having fun."He didn't lead his troops to Zhao's land to grab food, and joined with Zhao's army and Qin's army, but sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight.Once the Zhao army is destroyed, the Qin army will be stronger, and our army will have no chance. These words resonated with all the soldiers.Yes, you can't just stay where you are and wait to die, you have to go to Zhao to get food and fight the Qin army, and you will die like a full ghost! All the desperate things in the world stem from hunger and greed.And hunger is more terrifying than greed. Without hunger, there would be no poverty; without hunger, there would be no slavery, prostitution, or even cannibalism.In short, hunger can make or change history. At this time Song Yi was a typical full man who didn't know how hungry a man was hungry, completely unaware that the military had changed. He returned to Anyang from Wuyan without any scruples.As soon as he entered the tent, he saw Xiang Yu glaring at him with a knife in his hand.Before he understood what was going on, Xiang Yu chopped him down to the ground.