Qin Official

At the end of August in the thirty-seventh year of Qin Shihuang, Kunyang County, Yingchuan County (Yexian County, Henan Province).

A great battle has come to an end, the losers have been routed and dispersed, and the winners have begun to clear the battlefield and relieve the "rebels" in the city.

"I can't believe it, we actually won!"

Sitting next to an overturned chariot, Wu Guang was a little lost as he allowed the medical soldiers to wrap up his wounds.

Looking at the mountains of soldiers and food in front of him, he admired Marquis Wu Zhong and Han Xin even more!

Recalling that more than half a month ago, when Wu Guang, who was ordered to recruit Chen people in Runan, learned that he had been transferred to Han Xin's command and that he would leave Runan and go north deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains, he resisted in his heart.

At that time, although Wu Guang had regained a foothold in Runan and had gathered three to four thousand men under his command, he was still fighting on a small scale and did not dare to fight against the Northern Army in Xia Cai. In June, he and Chen Sheng The shadow of the tragic defeat under Huaiyang City still lingers in Wu Guang's heart.

But the elite of Han Xin's army made Wu Guang pay attention!

This 20,000-strong army is not only well-equipped, but its armor rate is not even comparable to that of the Qin army, let alone Wu Guang's rabble. Almost everyone is wearing armor. Almost all the mules and horses of the Northern Expedition are also assigned to Han Xin. A mobile army was formed. The heavy loads were handed over to the mules and horses, and the soldiers were able to walk quickly, covering fifty miles a day...

Han Xin was lucky. Xiang Ji, a Chu bandit from the east, attacked Huaiyang and attracted almost all the troops of Chen County. When Xiang Ji fought a decisive battle with more than 10,000 Qin troops at the foot of Huaiyang City, Han Xin took the opportunity to occupy Wufang County and defeated Shang. Cai Shoujun completely controlled Runan.

Han Xin's dispatch of troops this time is the most important part of Heifu's defense and counterattack strategy. In the words of Commander Hei, it is: "a sharp knife inserted into the enemy's heart."

"Wang Ben's main force has been attracted to Jianghan and Suixian, and the rear will inevitably be empty. If a general can be sent out of Runan to attack Wancheng in Nanyang, the food supplies in Guanzhong, Yingchuan, and Luoyang will be cut off!"

Encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao was Heifu's best way to break the situation when he was no longer strong against Wang Ben. This task was naturally handed over to his most capable general: Han Xin.

When Han Xin occupied Shangcai, there were two roads in front of him: one was to go directly to the west, cross the Xia Road of Fangcheng, and attack Wancheng.

Nanyang County is originally a large basin, surrounded by Qinling Mountains in the west, Daba Mountains in the south, Dabie Mountains in the southeast, Funiu Mountains in the north, and Tongbai Mountains in the east. Among them, there are many intermittent hills between Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain. This is the "Fangcheng Summer Road".

Because the breaks between these hills are too large and numerous, it is not conducive to defense. Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn Period, after the Chu people finally captured the Nanyang Basin, they thought of a way to build a Great Wall here to connect those mountains for defense.

This is the famous Fangcheng of Chu. Because the Fangcheng is a city and the Han River is a pond, it has become a barrier to the north of Jingchu.

Although Fangcheng was later captured by the coalition forces of Zhao, Wei, Han and Jin, Nanyang was also occupied by South Korea, and decades later it was captured by Qin. But from beginning to end, Fangcheng has always been maintained. In this war, Fangcheng also became Wang Ben's eastern defense line. Twenty thousand people guarded the north and south passes of Fangcheng. After learning that Heifu had sent a partial force out of Runan, the Nanyang County Sheriff immediately led his troops out of Wan and defended Fangcheng. Royal.

Seeing the army gathering on the front line of Fangcheng, Han Xin did not take a shortcut, but took a long detour: he led his army straight north, entered Yingchuan County, and occupied Wuyang County (Wuyang, Henan)...

So Wu Guang and others had to put down their jobs in a hurry and continue their rapid march north.

It didn't matter that Han Xin went north, but it frightened the governors and lieutenants of Nanyang and Yingchuan.

It should be noted that Wang Ben gathered an army of 200,000 in Nanyang and required 300,000 shi of grain per month. Nanyang County alone could not supply this grain, and had to transport grain from three places.

One is Guanzhong, taking the Wuguan Road, but due to the long distance and the high cost along the way, only 50,000 stones can be transported every month.

Then there is Luoyang. If you go south from Luyang to Wancheng, you can transport 100,000 shi per month.

The most important thing is Aocang's grain. As the largest granary in Guandong in the Qin Dynasty, Aocang stored millions of stones in grain. Aocang drove south to Yingchuan, then passed through Kunyang and Ye County, and entered Nanyang County - this was also the king's The reason why Ben would rather give up many counties in Guandong, but demanded that Yingchuan should not allow any loss!

At present, Han Xin captured Wuyang County, which was only a few dozen miles away from the Qin army's grain road. He sent light troops to burn and loot the grain teams. For a while, the grain trucks were parked in Xiangcheng and did not dare to go to Kunyang again.

In order to eliminate this serious problem, Nanyang County Lieutenant had to leave Fangcheng and go north with 20,000 people, while the Qin Army of Yingchuan County was also ordered to go south from Yangzhai, hoping to encircle Han Xin in Yedi.

Fighter opportunities are always fleeting. At this moment, the Korean survivors in Kunyang County heard that "rebels" had entered Yingchuan, and they could no longer hold back. They launched an anti-Qin riot, killed officials and occupied the county seat.

The captain of Yingchuan County had to besiege Kunyang first, which was a fatal mistake. After Han Xin learned the news, he immediately led his entire army northward, and a big battle broke out with the Yingchuan army under the city of Kunyang...

The result is the current situation. The Northern Expeditionary Army was victorious, and the Yingchuan Army was defeated and dispersed to the north.

Wu Guang wrapped up his injured arm and immediately rushed to Han Xin and Li Cang. He happily reported his success and said: "General Han Bi, we have captured a lot of grain, which is enough for the soldiers to have a full meal!"

In order to open up the situation before the two Qin armies in the north and south encircled each other, when leaving Shangcai, Han Xin ordered everyone to abandon most of their baggage and move forward lightly. The significance of winning this battle greatly boosted the morale of the doubtful soldiers.

"General Han Pi is truly a master of war."

Li Cang also had to admire him. As a captain, when he went to Shangcai, he advocated marching westward and storming Xia Road in Fangcheng. What he wanted in his mind was that he would rescue Heifu's siege at the expense of this partial division.

But Han Xin rejected his suggestion.

The two had a big fight over the route issue, but now it seems that Han Xin's strategy is right.

Seeing that Li Cang was finally convinced, Han Xin felt a little proud in his heart and said with a smile: "The Art of War says that if you are good at moving the enemy, the enemy will follow him. Instead of confronting him on the battlefield chosen by the enemy, it is better to move and pull him away." Just follow their noses, this was Marquis Wu Zhong's tactics when he captured Nanjun, Han Xin was just imitating him."

Li Cang nodded: "Kunyang is the thoroughfare between the north and the south. Seizing this place is equivalent to cutting off the most important food route for Wang Ben's army. The surrounding rebel armies will probably be unable to sit still."

Han Xin said: "This also means that we may be chased and intercepted by the rebels from the Central Plains!"

"With General Han Bi in command, you have nothing to fear. As many as come, you will destroy as many as you come!"

Li Cang was happy in his heart, because the more noise they made, the more likely Mr. Wang Ben was to withdraw his troops and come back for reinforcements, which would make him worthy of the commander-in-chief.

Han Xin turned his head and looked at Kunyang, which was in ruins after being besieged for several days: "Let's not talk about this, let's go to the city first!"

Kunyang was besieged by the Yingchuan Army for several days, but the Koreans in the city resisted fiercely. The city was not broken, but there were also heavy casualties.

When the Northern Expeditionary Army fought against the Yingchuan Army, the people in the city were still a little hesitant, but when they saw that the Northern Expeditionary Army was holding a banner with the word "Han" and fighting to the death with the Qin Army, some beautiful misunderstandings arose and they thought They are comrades who came to Korea!

As a result, someone actually led troops to fight out of the city and attacked from both sides. This was the defeat of the Yingchuan army.

Seeing that the battle was over, the Koreans who came out of the city to help also came to see them. The leader was an eight-foot-five-inch white-faced man, about thirty years old, wearing a military uniform. In addition to being brave, he also had a bit of aristocratic temperament. Just now he He fought bravely and killed many Yingchuan soldiers, with blood still on his body.

This man was stopped by his personal guards and had to get closer after removing his sword. He asked Wu Guang and others where they came from, but everyone remained silent. They only knew that they spoke with a Chen Chu accent.

At this moment, the Korean leader looked at Han Xin, Li Cang and others again, and finally fixed his eyes on the big flag with the word "Han" behind them. He no longer had any doubts, and moved his hands towards Han Xin and said:

"Han Xin, I have met the general!"

Han Xin was a little stunned and thought he heard it wrong. Wu Guang and others on the side thought it was disrespectful that he called General Han by his first name, so they shouted loudly.

Han Xin stopped them and asked the man again:

"what's your name?"

The white-faced man was also confused and could only bow again:

"My name is Han Xin, the evil grandson of King Han Xiang. I have been waiting for many days, and finally the righteous army from Chu has arrived. There is hope for the recovery of Korea!"

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ps: Chapter 2 is at night