Chapter 22 The Battle of Vengeance
Historical records: Liu Bangxi, the prefect of Dang County, Wu'an Hou, fought with Qin general Yang Xiong, and met with the West, and fought against Baima, and defeated him. Yang Xiong left in Xingyang, and the second generation sent an envoy to behead him for favor.
Like Li You, Yang Xiong is both Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's heroic background. Li You is pretty good. He defeated Zhang Chu's fake king Wu Guang and killed Chen Wangsheng and others for a series of military achievements. Yang Xiong completely became a tragic figure in Sima Qian's works. Due to his glorious record of losing streaks, he became the first famous Qin army defeated on Liu Bang's journey to the West.
The Buddha said: All conditioned dharmas are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows, like dew and lightning, and you should observe them like this. Now, facing the real Yang Xiong standing in front of you, Li Yuan felt a sense of intertwining time and space.
Is this life still the same as the previous tragedy, or has everything been around since the beginning? Li Yuan is like this, and why is Yang Xiong the same?
Yang Xiong, who was recruited from Li Yuan to kill Fan Kuai, a famous enemy general, was full of interest. He was determined to win greater honors in the next battle with the Chu army in the Western Expedition. He held a banquet and introduced Li Yuan to his generals.
In addition to Gongcao Guan Yue, Yang Xiong also had deputy general Sima Yin and some other intermediate officers, and their names were reported to each other. However, Li Yuan did not remember that the reason why Sima Yin was impressed was that one was because the surname Sima was so easy to remember. In the era of the splendid stars of the Three Kingdoms, the Sima family was famous; the other was that Sima Yin, like Yang Xiong, left a note in history books.
I was drunk all night and had nothing to say.
On the morning of this day, Yang Xiong ordered Gongcao Guanyue, and Sima Hou Xi of Li Yuan's troops led more than a thousand people withdrawn from Junyi to Xingyang. He and Li Yuan's army marched eastward towards Daliang.
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The two armies were facing each other and the war was about to break out.
Li Yuan actually reserved his mind for the decisive battle with Liu Bang at this stage. Not only according to historical records, Yang Xiong would be defeated by Liu Bang, but also because Yang Xiong's army's retreat, that is, the ownership of Xingyang City, would have variables, which is the most deadly. Intuition is sometimes very effective. The moment when Guanyue and Hou Xi crossed the river, Li Yuan's heart flashed with sword light and blood in Xingyang City.
"The county magistrate originally had a discussion. From Xingyang to Daliang, there were two ferry crossings. Yao Jiajin was one of them, and the second was the Baima Ferry in the upper reaches. In order to protect the food route of our army, we originally asked our troops to station at the two ferries. I wonder if the county magistrate could agree?" Li Yuansi was about to set out, but he always thought it was inappropriate, so he bit the bullet and proposed an advice to Yang Xiong.
After hearing this, Yang Xiong looked a little unhappy, but nodded and said, "Since Li Duwei has this intention, we should lead our troops to station the white horses. Yao Jiajin has our own guards. However, the contribution of guarding the ferry and going to the battle formation is far from the credit!"
When Li Yuan heard Yang Xiong's agreement, he nodded and agreed. Fan Kuai's death made Liu Bang extremely angry. At this time, the Liu army soldiers were at the moment of the strongest combat effectiveness. No matter how powerful Yang Xiong's troops were, they could not defeat Liu Bang and his group of Peixian brothers who were determined to revenge.
Li Yuan had only a thousand soldiers under his command, and only Wang Shang, Gan Houbo and others were only a few. Of course, these were promoted by Li Yuan. In terms of command and combat capabilities, there was still a big gap compared to real officers. Baima Ferry is a ferry located upstream of Yaojiajin. Although it is not as prosperous as Yaojiajin, it is also a place where merchants gather and rich trade. Li Yuan's army is stationed here, so he can rest and expand his army and prepare for war. Since Yang Xiong was actually appointed as the commander and gave two thousand troops, it cannot be wasted.
October 3.
Li Yuan and Yang Xiong said goodbye at the ferry. Yang Xiong and Sima Yin led nearly 30,000 troops from Sanchuan County to advance east, while Li Yuanse led more than a thousand people from the headquarters to the west towards Baima.
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Daliang.
It's like hell on earth.
Liu Bang, who witnessed Fan Kuai's headless body, burst into tears. Fan Kuai was like a brother. If his brother-in-law gets along well, his trust is sometimes even stronger than that of his brothers. After all, the power of the wind beside him is not something that any man can afford.
Junyi's people have been executed by Liu Bang for all his affair with the Qin thieves. In addition to being used by Liu Jun's soldiers, all of Junyi's houses were demolished and burned, and all their property was confiscated. These untouchables from Wei land did not seek help with the rebels who opposed Qin, but were even involved with Qin Gou. Liu Bang mercilessly killed such ungrateful people.
Benevolence and righteousness are only for colleagues or for forces that are not related to the moment, as for the enemy, there is no need to mention the word benevolence and righteousness.
Liu Bang took the shaved three days and learned that Yang Xiong led his troops to attack. Old Liu, who had not completely lost his mind, adopted Li Shiqi's idea, followed Li Yuan's previous plan, led his troops to defeat him for 30 miles to retreat to Quyu. Yang Xiong and Sima Yin rushed to attack, thinking that Liu Bang's army was distorted and could not stand a battle, so he did not argue about the true or false pursuit.
On the 9th, the Qin army was besieged by Liu Bang's army west of Quyu. Before this battle, the thief Peng Yue's troops from Juye were invited to participate in the battle, Huang Xin, the anti-Qin forces in Wei, and Wu Pu led the headquarters. These people may not have many soldiers, and at most Huang Xin was only 10,000, but the victory was gathered by all parties, which was enough for Yang Xiong to bear it.
Liu Bang has this advantage compared to Xiang Yu. He is a gentle elder who lobbies and makes many people feel that cooperating with him is the least risky thing, and there is no need to worry about being annexed by him. So, when Liu Bang said he wanted to help him, Huang Xin and others came without hesitation.
If the enemy is strong, the other is weak.
What's more, Yang Xiong's mentality still has a big problem. With underestimating the enemy, there is no need to describe the victory or defeat of this battle.
The Qin and Chu army fought fiercely at Quhui. At the first battle, Yang Xiong sent out the Qin crossbow soldiers, the most combative long-range unit of the Qin army, to suppress Liu Bang's army. The dense crossbow arrows were so powerful that they shot down a large number of Liu's soldiers in the front line. However, stimulated by the slogan of avenging Fan Kuai, Liu Bang's soldiers rushed up like they had taken phantom medicine. At the same time, Cao Shen and Li Shang on the other side also led their troops to attack the Qin army's central army.
When all the roads attacked together, Yang Xiong suddenly fell into a chaotic situation. This was not a battle between the two armies and a stern battle. Liu Bang did not want to fight with the Qin army, who was well-trained and well-studied and studied formations. His tactics were very simple, which was to mobilize the maximum force that could be mobilized under the ambush at the pre-dated location, and then ambushed from all sides, and the ambushed troops came out together to disrupt the Qin army's fighting spirit and formation, so as to catch up with the water and defeat the enemy in one battle.
Cao Shen and Xiahou Ying stared with red eyes, each leading elite soldiers to shout and rush to the Qin formation. They were only waving their weapons, and killed one Qin soldiers in the formation with a hoarse voice. One and two were not satisfied. What they were looking for was the damn sinner who let Fan Kuai die in Daliang, Li Yuan.
Chapter completed!