Chapter 24 2. Xiang Yu kills captives

Just when Liu Bang took over Xianyang City, Xiang Yu was marching from the north towards Hangu Pass with a mighty army of 600,000.However, on the way, his so-called million-dollar army machine broke down. This problem was not a small problem, but a big problem-there was a sense of uneasiness among the more than 200,000 captured soldiers of the Qin Army. The thing is like this, many of the soldiers of the army of princes led by Xiang Yu were people who fled from Xianyang. He was once bullied by Qin Bing.Ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi, those people from the six countries who were bullied in the past, now it is their turn to bully Qin Bing.

In ancient China, as long as you were a prisoner, it was no different from being a slave. If you want human rights, you don’t have human rights. It’s good to have a bite of food for you. Therefore, there are still huge class conflicts between the Qin army and the princes’ army who were captured. .Qin Jun was bullied during the day, and came back at night to complain to each other. Some said they were being used as cattle, and some said they were being ridden as horses.They not only hated the princes and armies, but also hated Zhang Han.If Zhang Han does not surrender, 200,000 will kill him and 400,000. If you fight with the confidence of death, you may not be able to lose to the Chu army.Well, now everyone is made to live like death, living day after day, really useless.

Since there are people who complain, there are people who will listen to the complaints.These complaints were unfortunately heard by Yingbo and other generals, so they reported to Xiang Yu: Qin prisoners all said that they regretted surrendering to the princes' army with Zhang Han. If the princes' army can enter Guanzhong, they can save their wives and children. , Then they have to be taken back to Jiangdong by the Chu army, but the wives and children who stay in Guanzhong will be killed by the Qin army, so why bother. Xiang Yu was shocked when he heard this.These words of the captives are not angry words, they are simply public opinion campaigns before the rebellion, the trouble is serious, 200,000 people, once an outbreak occurs, it is even more terrifying than a flash flood, what can we do?

So Xiang Yu held a military meeting to discuss strategies, discussed and discussed, and came to a result, that is, to kill all the 200,000 captive soldiers. Xiang Yu was going to kill the Qin soldiers for the following reasons: First, the armies of the princes were about to attack Hangu Pass. If the 200,000 captives mutinied when the Chu army was concentrating on attacking the pass, causing the armies of the princes to be flanked back and forth, then It's too late to regret.To take a step back, even if they don't rebel at Hangu Pass, there is no guarantee that they will break out one day, so it is impossible to let these people go, and it is extremely dangerous to bring these people with them. There is only one choice, kill!Second, there is no food left in the army.When Zhao Guo attacked Zhang Han, one of the reasons why Xiang Yu accepted Zhang Han's surrender was that he had no military supplies.It is estimated that Zhang Han still has a little food in his hands, but the entire vassal army has 600,000 troops, and they need to eat and drink every day. How much food is enough to eat? Eat up.Since they can't support so many people, there is only one word, kill!

Please close your eyes when it gets dark, the ghost is coming. One night in November 206 BC, Xiang Yu sent Yingbu and General Pu to take advantage of the darkness to surround the Qin army on three sides in the south of Xin'an (now Mianchi County, Henan Province), and deliberately left an exit for them.The captured soldiers of the Qin army didn't know what happened in the middle of the night, and they fled with the instinct of survival. The frightening thing is that the captured soldiers of Qin fled into a valley involuntarily along the opening of the Chu army. The Chu army had already ambushed on the valley. The mountain was full of flames, thousands of arrows were fired, and the rocks rolled down.

In the history of wars in which human beings killed each other, this is the real ghost crying and wolf howling.Overnight, Zhang Han, an army of more than 200,000 tigers and wolves who once ruled half of China, turned into a ghost for no apparent reason! Only Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Yi survived the Qin army.When Sima Xin was an official of Qin, he had saved Xiang Liang, so Xiang Yu was grateful for not killing him, and entrusted him with a heavy duty. Dong Yi had meritorious service in persuading Zhang Han to surrender, but he also kept him.Don't say anything about Wang Li, he can only cut him off to sacrifice to his grandfather Xiang Yan.

After getting rid of his worries, Xiang Yu moved forward with peace of mind. When he came to Hangu Pass, he was surprised to find that Hangu Pass had been closed. What shocked him even more was that it was none other than himself who sent people to guard the pass. Former old partner Liu Bang. The reason why Liu Bang retreated was because when he was still in the army, someone suggested to him, "Pei Gong, you finally conquered Guanzhong, but I heard that Xiang Yu has made Zhang Han the king of Yong. If Zhang Han comes with Xiang Yu, Guanzhong will surely be defeated." No more for you.So you have to send people to guard Hangu Pass to prevent the princes from entering the pass, so that no one can compete with you for this piece of fat in the pass.

This suggestion is reasonable in theory, but unreasonable in practice.Because the opponent Liu Bang met was none other than Xiang Yu, the most powerful general in history. Xiang Yu is like a boxer who dares to fight desperately. The more you push him, the more you will stimulate him. Is never give up. Xiang Yu named Zhang Han the King of Yong, which was probably one of the conditions for Zhang Han's surrender.Zhang Han also came out of the way. If there was no benefit, he would not be able to obediently let more than 200,000 troops be captured. However, now that Liu Bang has robbed Zhang Han's king, how can Xiang Yu step down?Taking a ten thousand step back, even if King Huai of Chu said that the one who enters Xianyang first will be the king, you still have to inform the princes, suddenly making such a secret move and closing yourself off, is it just for nothing to let you occupy the pass alone?

Xiang Yu really couldn't help being angry, okay, Uncle Liu, since you have already booked Guanzhong, even if you don't have time to call me, you should at least buy a pigeon and send me a text message, but you refuse me so much In addition, the only way to win or lose is to start the fight. I'd like to see whether you are strong at defending the level, or I am hard at tackling it. So, Xiang Yu immediately sent Yingbo to attack Hangu Pass, and it was this Yingbo again, as if Yingbo had these four words tattooed on his face: firefighting captain.In case of difficulty, look for Yingbu; in case of fire, look for Yingbo.He was the one who broke the king's Liliang way, he was the one who killed the 200,000 prisoners of the Qin soldiers, and he was the one who attacked Hangu Pass.

At Hangu Pass, Yingbu lined up his troops and started fighting.There is no dangerous pass in the world that cannot be broken, but you have not met the real nemesis. In the legend, the Hangu Pass opened by Wan Fumo was knocked open by Yingbo. Immediately afterwards, Xiang Yu broke through the barrier and entered to play in the water.How many winds and rains, how many sorrows, seeing off the old and bringing the new again, playing in the water, was once the place where Zhang Han led his army out of the city and defeated Zhou Zhang's 200,000 troops. Now Zhang Han has returned to his hometown, but Xiang Yu let him witness What is true winner takes king.

When Xiang Yu's butt was still hot from playing in the water, a little-known figure in Liu Bang's camp quietly sent someone to ask to see Xiang Yu. This person was Liu Bang's staff officer, Zuo Sima Cao Wushang.Cao Wushang sent someone to pass the message to Xiang Yu as follows: Peigong wants to become king in Guanzhong, make Ziying the country's prime minister, and then monopolize all the jewels in Xianyang. Xiang Yu didn't play with Infernal Affairs, Cao Wushang is a real informer.Informers, spies too.I have watched a lot of American blockbusters, and I know that there are two types of spies: one is to eat inside and outside, Cao Wushang is purely this type;Cao Wushang is the staff officer next to Liu Bang, no less than today's Kberg and CIA officials, the value of such a person to inform is really too great. Both Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng were present at the time. They understood this statement in two parts. First, Pei Gong wanted to be the King of Qin and wanted to promote himself.Second, Liu Bang didn't want to share the spoils with Xiang Yu and others.From Liu Bang's selfish point of view, the first one is understandable, because King Huai of Chu once promised that whoever enters Guanzhong will be the king of Guanzhong first, and it is his business to promote whoever he likes. However, if Liu Bang didn't want to share the spoils with Xiang Yu, it would be too shameful.The Qin Dynasty was wiped out by the princes together, and the brothers were working hard outside. Why do you, Liu San, monopolize the world's jewels and beauties? Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng were angry. We all lost, but you made money alone. Who wants to do such a business?Hangu Pass incident has already been angered, but another incident occurred unexpectedly.Fight, you should fight if you don't divide the spoils, you can't even be the king of Qin. But before starting the fight, I have to ask Cao Wushang, what is your purpose in doing this?Cao Wushang is also an unambiguous person, he just wants to abandon the weak and invest in the strong, I hope you, General Xiang, can make him a king.One piece of information wants to make a king, thanks to you, Cao Wushang, you can figure it out, if you want to make a king, just wait, wait until I get rid of Liu San and then turn around and kick you away! In order to inspire Xiang Yu to destroy Liu Bang in one go, Fan Zeng made a big effort to encourage Xiang Yu, saying that Liu Bang is a well-known alcoholic, lustful, and money-grubbing person, but since he entered Guanzhong, I heard that he has become neither greedy for money nor greedy for money. horny.Dogs can't stop eating shit, he's clearly doing a political show, and his ambitions are not small.I once asked someone to watch the sky, and found that wherever Liu Bang appeared, the sky above showed the colorful aura of dragons and tigers that only the emperor has. You should attack quickly, otherwise it will be too late to regret later. Fan Zeng's words are not nonsense, and the latter part of the statement about the Qi of the Son of Heaven is probably embezzled from Lu Zhi's version.But no matter what, Liu Bang must fight. I, Fan Zeng, have passed my seventy years of doing whatever I want, and I still want to follow you young people around, why?The purpose is to get a piece of venison one day. You Liu San are even reluctant to keep a piece of deer bone. If you don’t beat you, who will you beat? Fan Zeng's words fueled Xiang Yu's fire even more. The emperor's anger on Liu San's head is the anger in his stomach that is swollen and flustered. If you don't hit you, the emperor's anger will not go away. He can't wait, and the fight will start tomorrow.So, Xiang Yu ordered the army to eat and drink enough, and prepare to fight at dawn! At this time, Hongmen, where Xiang Yu garrisons were playing in the water, was only 20 kilometers away from Bashang by air. If this distance was taken by plane, it would probably land before taking off.Before the fight, let's compare the military strength of the two sides: Xiang Yu has 400,000 soldiers, known as an army of one million; Liu Bang has 100,000 soldiers, known as an army of 400,000.When Xiang Yu was saving Julu City in Zhao State, he killed Wang Li out of ten one by one. His claim of millions is not in vain.But Liu Bang is far behind. If you give you sunshine, you want to be brilliant, and if you have a satellite, you dare to call it heaven. But if we watch a lot of Chinese martial arts movies, we will find such a routine. When the protagonist of the movie is facing life and death, a masked man suddenly descends from the sky to rescue him, and thus he is reborn from the Jedi.History is not a movie, but they have amazing similarities. One night before the war, a masked man suddenly ran out of the barracks and rode a fast horse to inform the other party. This person is none other than Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Bo.It must be clarified that Bo Xiang did not save Liu Bang, he went to save Zhang Liang.As mentioned earlier, when Xiang Bo killed someone, he hid in Xiapi with Zhang Liang.Uncle Xiang owed Zhang Liang a favor, and Zhang Liang's death is approaching tomorrow, the debt is repaid, the debt is repaid, when will the debt be repaid? After Xiang Bo arrived at Hongmen, he secretly met with Zhang Liang and told him to pack his bags and run for his life.It happened so suddenly, Zhang Liang said to Xiang Bo, if you want to escape, everyone should escape together, I must tell Peigong immediately. Uncle Xiang stomped his feet anxiously. The world said it was not too big, and it said it was not too small. Where can Pei Gong escape with a hundred thousand people?You'd better save your own life first. Zhang Liang said to Xiang Bo again: "I sent Peigong to Guanzhong for Han Wangcheng. Now he is in danger. It would be unjust to abandon him." This statement is absolutely correct. Didn’t you, Uncle Xiang, come to save me for the sake of righteousness?It was also right for me to save Pei Gong for righteousness.Moreover, Liu Bang has shown me the kindness of knowledge and understanding. You, Uncle Xiang, saved the benefactor's benefactor, isn't that also equivalent to repaying a great kindness? Xiang Bo was speechless for a while, so he had to let Zhang Liang inform Liu Bang to go.