Chapter 189 Meeting is not as famous
On behalf of the main force of the Korean army, he first contacted Xiang Kang to negotiate. Han Xin, the clan brother of King Han Cheng, was definitely the best choice! The reason was that when he was in Pengcheng, he heard that Han Xin was actually Han Cheng's brother. Xiang Kang, a famous snobbish, immediately changed his attitude towards Han Cheng, but he also tried hard to get close to Han Cheng. He also praised Han Xin, who had never met before. Every word and sentence was full of admiration. Han Cheng was very impressed by this. Now he wanted to follow the main force of the Young Marshal's Army to get a bargain. Of course, Han Cheng ordered Han Xin to take action first and would not consider others.
Han Xin himself was also very happy to accept this task, because Xiang Kang is now absolutely famous all over the world. As long as he is a little concerned about current affairs, no one who doesn't know that the Xiang family of Chu had a villain. He raised an army to rebel against Qin one day earlier than Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, revived a large area of the old land of Chu, bullied the Qin army in the Huai and Si area to tears, and defeated Zhang Han's side many times, creating countless miracles on the battlefield. Therefore, Han Xin not only admired Xiang Kang more, but also admired Xiang Kang very much, so naturally he would not refuse the opportunity to meet Xiang Kang as soon as possible.
Of course, Han Xin was also very puzzled. How could Xiang Kang, who was thousands of miles away, know that he was an unknown man and praised him very much in his words?
The answer to the mystery finally came to a moment of uncovering. After quickly settled down the more than a thousand mobs he brought, Han Xin rushed to the gate of the Young Marshal's Army to ask for a meeting. What surprised Han Xin was that Xiang Kang, who was notorious all over the world, actually brought the main civil and military personnel of the Young Marshal's Army to greet him. When Han Xin hurried forward to salute, Xiang Kang couldn't wait to stop Han Xin and held Han Xin's hand and said happily: "General, you don't have to be too polite. I have heard of the general's name for a long time, and it is well-known. I have seen him today. Xiang is really lucky to have three lives."
"The Right General has said it." Han Xin hurriedly and humblely, and said sincerely: "Han is just an unknown person. How dare he be the Right General to comment like this? On the contrary, the right general's great reputation is known to everyone in the world. Han Xin is the real blessing of being summoned by the Right General."
"General, humble." Xiang Kang laughed loudly, pulled Han Xin up and walked into the camp, and said excitedly: "General Han Xin is welcome to come in. The banquet is ready. We must drink it today."
Not to mention, the first impression that Han Xin left on Xiang Kang was really good. He was eight feet and five inches tall (Qin Chi, Yuehe 196 meters), almost one head taller than Xiang Kang with a medium figure. He has a good face and looks like a general in every move. No matter how you look at it, he looks like the legendary military immortal Han Xin. Therefore, in addition to being extremely intimate with Han Xin in his words, Xiang Kang also made up his mind early and was ready to pull Han Xin over at all costs.
In contrast to Xiang Kang, the main civil and military officials of the Young General Army were not so cold to Han Xin. Especially Uncle Zhou, who Xiang Kang trusted most in military affairs, was even more dissatisfied with Han Xin. After sitting down at the central army tent, he introduced each other politely. After drinking for three tours, Uncle Zhou tentatively asked Han Xin: "General Han Xin, I heard that the King of Han regards you as a general and leads his troops to recover Han's cities. I wonder which cities have been broken? Those tyrannical Qin troops have been defeated?"
Uncle Zhou's question just hit Han Xin's itchy heart, and he immediately replied with a lustful answer: "It made General Zhou laugh. Although Han Xin was wrongly loved by Brother Wang and was used as a general, because we were too late, Brother Wang's army was not many, so I never had the opportunity to command troops alone. I was the only one who attacked Yanling. Fortunately, I didn't disappoint Brother Wang. Finally, I took Yanling by chance and seized some food, grass and military supplies."
"Yanling?" Xiang Kang was stunned and thought to himself, why don't I remember the county town in Yingchuan called Yanling? In a puzzled manner, Xiang Kang subconsciously looked at the Yingchuan map hanging in the tent. As a result, it might be that it was dark and the light was too bad, so Xiang Kang still couldn't find the place name Yanling on the map.
"No Yanling City?" Ding Ji, who happened to be sitting next to the map, was also confused. He looked back at the map and searched everywhere, and asked curiously: "Where is Yanling City?"
"Yanling is not a county town." Yu Que, who is familiar with Yingchuan geography, took over the conversation and introduced: "Yanling is a market in the southeast of Changshe. Because it is protected by the city wall, the locals in Yingchuan like to call him Yanling City."
The young commander and civil and military officials present were a little laughed. Han Xin also found something wrong and quickly added: "In addition, in Xu County, Xiangcheng, Xinzheng and other places, Han also led his troops to defeat the tyrant Qin defenders who went out of the city to fight. In the battle of Yingyin, he also led his troops to cut off the rear, blocking the pursuers led by Xu Wei, the chief minister of the tyrant Qin County, and covering our main force to retreat to Xiangcheng."
Uncle Zhou was silent. He really didn't understand how Han Xin's insignificant record was worthy of Xiang Kang's attention. Xiang Kang was also a little strange. He didn't understand how the legendary soldier immortal Han Xin was so proud of such a small victory. But after thinking about it, Xiang Kang coaxed himself and said, "Don't be anxious, everyone needs to grow and experience in actual combat. Han Cheng raised an army too late, and his subordinates were full of mobs. It would be quite good that Han Xin could fight like this."
At this time, Han Xin, who vaguely found that the atmosphere was wrong, had changed the topic and explained to Xiang Kang: "Right General, I have something to do. I will ask you to forgive me. You send a letter to let us king temporarily restrain Changshe's tyrannical Qin army for you. Brother Wang originally wanted to do his best, but there was no way. Changshe's tyrannical Qin army had sent troops north to attack our main force. Our army was weak, and there was no danger to defend Fu Jiting, so Brother Wang and Zhang Situ could only make a temporary decision to avoid the tyrannical Qin army's tyrannical Qin army, and take the main force north to meet with the right general and seek your help from the right general. If you fail to reach the right general's instructions, please don't mind."
"It's okay, a small matter." For the sake of the military immortal Han Xin, Xiang Kang waved his hand and wiped it out. But after thinking about it, Xiang Kang hurriedly asked again: "General Han, where is the tyrannical Qin army from Changshe north now? At what time will he catch up with your main force?"
"This..., the right general forgives, this will not be clear."
Han Xin's answer shocked Xiang Kang again, and Uncle Zhou next to him quickly said: "General Han, can we send someone to contact your main force immediately and explore the movements of the tyrannical Qin army as soon as possible. This is very important to us."
"It's very important for your army?" Han Xin asked back in confusion and said, "Your army is strong and powerful, so why should you care about the tyrannical Qin army that was chasing from Changshe?"
Uncle Zhou was also stunned by Han Xin's retort and said strangely: "General Han, don't you know we are going to attack Yangdi? The main force of the county soldiers of the tyrant Qin army actually went north to pursue you from Changshe. We can just ask the main force of your army to lure them into a decisive battle? The main force of the county soldiers of the tyrant Qin army in the field battle made them unable to return to Yangdi to defend the city. If we want to attack Yangdi, wouldn't it be much easier?"
Han Xin opened his mouth wide and said with a embarrassed look on his face for a while: "It turns out that General Right is planning. OK, no problem. General Xu immediately sent someone back to contact the main force. Please find out the trends of the tyrannical Qin army as soon as possible, and try to lure the tyrannical Qin army to fight you."
After saying that, Han Xin really immediately ordered the followers to return to the camp immediately to send orders and send people to contact the main force of the Korean army. Xiang Kang, who was sitting in the middle of the main position, was becoming more and more inexplicable, and couldn't help but say in his heart: "Even if the famous generals need time to grow, Han Xin's starting point is too low, right?"
Then, Uncle Zhou, who was always caring about Xiang Kang's instructions, tried Han Xin several times and understood Han Xin's ability to use troops indirectly. As a result, Han Xin was just the norm. Although there were no major omissions, there was no highlight. His understanding of strategy and tactics could only be ranked second-tier. Not to mention that he was not as good as Uncle Zhou, who was a genius, even Long Qi and Zhongli Mei, who were still accumulating military achievements under Xiang Kang's command, were not as good as Zhong Limei. As a result, although Xiang Kang's face was still silent, he was extremely puzzled, "What's going on? Is this a soldier immortal?"
"Look at it again. Perhaps Han Xin is only good at practical combat and not good at talking about war on paper." In the end, Xiang Kang could only comfort himself like this, and ended the banquet to entertain his idol Han Xin with a strange heart.
The next morning, the main force of the Korean army, with a force of about 8,000, also caught up with the main force of the Young Commander Army. Out of trust in Xiang Kang, Han Cheng and Zhang Liang also visited Xiang Kang at the first time. After telling each other about their separation, Zhang Liang apologized to Xiang Kang with shame and said, "Good the right general. Yesterday, our scout made a mistake. Just when we found that Changshe's tyrant Qin army had signs of assembly, we immediately reported to our king, which caused our king to mistakenly think that the tyrant Qin army was going north to pursue our army, and could only leave Fu Jiting immediately to avoid the edge. But in fact, Changshe's tyrant Qin army did not go north, so we can't lure them to fight you."
He had long suspected that Han Xin didn't tell the truth last night, so Xiang Kang could only sigh and then said generously: "Uncle Zhang doesn't have to mind. It's okay if the tyrannical Qin army didn't come. We just need to seize the time to arrive at Yangdi as soon as possible and not give them the chance to return to Yangdi first."
Zhang Liang nodded in a hurry and took the initiative to express his willingness to lead the main force of the South Korean army as a pioneer and lead the way to attack Yangdi. Unfortunately, Xiang Kang could not believe the marching ability of Han Cheng's mobs. On the excuse that the main force of the South Korean army was exhausted, he insisted that the young commander's army continue to move first and arrive at Yangdi as soon as possible, so that Han Cheng and Zhang Liang led the army to the future. Zhang Liang and Han Cheng, who were less powerful in the army, did not dare to persist, and immediately agreed to Xiang Kang's request.
There are also things that make Xiang Kang sad. During the Young Marshal's Army's camp, when Xiang Kang asked about the situation of Han Li, the Zhang Liang's family who had helped him a lot, Zhang Liang told Xiang Kang sadly that Han Li, whose real name was Zhang Li, had unfortunately died in Xu County. Xiang Kang, who originally wanted to repay Han Li, had no choice but to pay Han Li's helplessness and could only sacrifice Han Li to the distance to complete his grief.
Then, Xiang Kang certainly did not dare to waste time. He led the main force of the Young Marshal's Army to travel all the way. It took only two days to arrive at the suburbs of Yangdi. Gao Jing, the governor of Yingchuan County, who personally led the army to guard the city, saw that the Young Marshal's army was powerful and did not dare to cross the Yingshui battle. He decisively gave up the position on the east bank of Yingshui to retreat to the west bank, guarding the ferry crossing the river. Xiang Kang did not hesitate when he saw it, and quickly visited the Yingshui bank to explore hydrology. He adopted the suggestion of Zhou and decided to force the Yingshui crossing the river to force the river to save time and show off his military power. In addition, he tried his best to kill the enemy's vitality outside the city.
A day later, the main force of the Young Marshal's Army quickly prepared for the ferry. During this period, the main force of the Han army also arrived at the Yingshui Ferry under the leadership of Han Cheng and Zhang Liang and others. However, just as the main force of the Young Marshal's Army was about to launch the ferry, the scout came to report that the Qin army's reinforcements led by the Yingchuan County Chief Xu Wei also rushed to within twenty miles east of the ferry. As a result, the Qin army reinforcements were only more than 6,000. The generals of the Young Marshal's Army immediately asked for their orders to lead their troops to defeat the Qin army reinforcements for Xiang Kang.
After careful consideration, Xiang Kang made up his mind and said, "We will concentrate on rushing to cross the border and let Han Cheng and the others deal with the tyrannical reinforcements. I want to take a closer look at what our friendly army is like."
"Right General, it is best to arrange an army on both wings of our position." Uncle Zhou suggested: "Otherwise, if the Korean army is unfavorable in fighting, the defeated soldiers will storm our queue."
For security reasons, Xiang Kang nodded and agreed to Uncle Zhou's suggestion, and immediately ordered General Li Shang and Ding Ji to lead the first army to station on both wings of the position to prevent it. He also ordered Uncle Zhou and Long Qi to lead the troops to take on the heavy responsibility of rushing to rush to the ferry, and to lead the main force to take on the central response, calmly face the enemy on the two fronts and fight separately.
After a moment, the ferry began. Nearly a thousand young generals under Long Qi drove ships of all sizes and yelled and rushed towards the west bank of Yingshui. The Qin army on the west bank was like raining arrows, but it still could not stop the brave attack of the young generals. The fleet quickly crossed the heart of the river and gradually approached the west bank. At the same time, at the request of Xiang Kang, Han Cheng and Han Xin also led the main force of the Korean army to form a formation and intercept the Qin reinforcements coming from the east.
God gave Han Xin the opportunity to show his performance in front of Xiang Kang. Seeing that the young commander's army had already launched a rush to cross the army, Xu Wei, the governor of Yingchuan County, who had only more than 6,000 troops in his hand, resolutely launched an attack on the ferry entrance and bumped into the intercepting troops of the Korean army. As a result, seeing this situation, Xiang Kang no longer cared about the rush to crossing, and focused on paying attention to the battle between the Korean army and the Qin army.
Unfortunately, on the battlefield, the performance of the main force of the Korean army led by the military immortal Han Xin made Xiang Kang fall out of his glasses. Before the Qin army could rush into the range, the soldiers of the Korean army had already rushed to shoot arrows under the command of the flag, wasting a large number of arrows but not very effective. Then, when the Qin army soldiers rushed to the South Korean army in the rain of arrows to fight, the central defense line, which was obviously not strict enough, quickly bent backward, completely exposing their mob nature. At the same time, what Xiang Kang didn't understand was that the central army's position was just tight, and Han Cheng and Han Xin even ignored the Qin army's sufficient reserves to be available, and immediately commanded the two wings of troops to attack the Qin army's front team, as if they were only planning to force the Qin army to retreat without considering the reactions of the Qin army's back team.
"It's a very typical bandit tactic." Chao Zhi, who is good at battles next to him, commented, "I just like to bully the few people because of the large number of people. If the front army of the tyrant Qin army can quickly defeat the front army, then everything is easy to say. If the front army of the tyrant Qin army survives this wave of fierce rush and persists for a while, and when the rear army finds an opportunity to take action, Han Cheng and the others will undoubtedly lose."
Xiang Kang was silent and muttered in his heart for a while, "Is this the military immortal used troops? If Han Xin was at this level, I wouldn't want such a military immortal."
Having said that, the performance of the main force of the South Korean army was not completely useless. At least the morale and fighting spirit were relatively high. Although he ignored the head and tail and invested the forces on both wings too early, relying on the local military strength advantage, the mobs under Han Cheng and Han Xin fought very well for a while, making the Qin army front team attacked from three sides unstoppable. However, as the battle continued, the Qin army front team, which had relatively advantageous weapons and equipment, gradually formed a round formation, and the Han army soldiers gradually had no choice but to be blocked by the Qin army from the round formation. No matter how they attacked, they could not break through the Qin army's small round formation.
Then, as Chao Zhi predicted, when the morale of the Korean soldiers gradually began to decline, the Yingchuan County Chief Xu Wei, who was obviously good at battles, decisively dispatched troops from both wings, and in turn attacked the two wings of the Korean army's front team, joined forces with the trapped front team, attacked the Korean soldiers inside and outside, quickly reversed the battlefield situation and gradually gained the upper hand.
If Xiang Kang had encountered such a situation, it would definitely allow the rear team to strengthen their position so that they could cover the retreat when the front army lost. However, the so-called military immortal Han Xin once again made Xiang Kang fall into his glasses and even beat the general attack drum desperately, allowing the Korean army's rear team to attack in an all-out manner, trying to turn the situation around with the local military strength advantage. Seeing this, Xiang Kang could only sigh and said, "It turns out that it is better to meet than to be famous than to be famous."
Fortunately, the main force of the Korean army fought a mess on the eastern front, but the battlefield on the Western Front, which was responsible for the Young Marshal's Army, was full of joy. Two waves of crossing the river successfully rushed to the west bank of Yingshui, occupying a large area of the west bank positions, and also beat the Qin army reserves that were rushed to the ground, retreating in a mess, and seeing the dawn. So Xiang Kang was not in a hurry, but ordered the soldiers on both sides early to let Ding Ji and Li Shang go out immediately after the main force of the Korean army was defeated, and attacked the Qin army's pursuers, so as not to expel the mobs under Han Cheng's command as free vanguard, and disrupt the position of the Young Marshal's army's central army - Xiang Kang had to kill Han Cheng with one knife!
As expected, when the third wave of the Young Commander's army successfully rushed to the west coast of Yingshui, the Qin army's rear team on the eastern front battlefield did ring the advance drum, maintaining a strict formation and slowly approaching the front battlefield, which was already fighting in the dark. The main force of the Korean army, who had been barely defended the draw, was panicked, and the soldiers retreated one after another. The Qin army's front team took the opportunity to fight hard. With the help of the rear army, they killed the main force of the Korean army and ran away in a panic, collapsed completely.
After the defeat, the main force of the Korean army fled directly to the position of the young commander's army for help. The Qin army was just a chaotic front squad and pursued with all their strength, while the rear army still maintained strict formation prevention. Fortunately, the young commander's army on both wings immediately rushed out decisively, attacking the Qin army's pursuers one left and one right, which did not make the Korean army panic and directly disrupt the position of the young commander's army's army.
The battle situation reversed again. The young generals who had been through many battles were attacking like a tide. With just one encounter, the Qin army chased the Qin army and screamed constantly. Although the Yingchuan Qin army, who had been bullying the small thieves in Yingchuan County, also struggled to resist, it still could not stop the young generals' fierce offensive and was soon forced to retreat. Ding Ji and Li Shang, the two generals, chased each other, forced the Qin army's rear team to quickly change the formation, set up a circular formation to resist the young generals' impact, and cover the front army to retreat and reorganize the team.
At the same time, Han Cheng left Han Xin and Zhang Liang to reorganize the army, and came to Xiang Kang in front of him panting. As a result, he saw in the high ground that the Young Marshal's army had crossed the river in large numbers and basically controlled the Yingshui Ferry. Of course, Han Cheng bowed and bowed, and even praised the Young Marshal's army for being sharp. He actually succeeded in rushing to cross so quickly. Xiang Kang was too lazy to pay attention to Han Cheng's flattery, but just asked directly: "King Han, the army launched the general attack just now. I wonder if it was your decision or if he listened to someone else's advice?"
"It's the suggestion of my brother Han Xin." Han Cheng replied: "Just now, my brother Xin believes that our front army is in a tight situation and will inevitably suffer a defeat if the stalemate continues. So he suggested launching a general attack bet. In order to try to fight for the right general, I followed his advice."
Chapter completed!