Chapter 69 Tricks
Zhou Bo thought about it and said, "The old general thought how should he fight against the enemy." Wang Ben said, strode down the ground: "Since Zhang Er wants to win by tricks, we might as well play with this old guy. General Zhou ordered the blacksmith in the army to build a hundred-foot iron chain overnight, and block the river with sharp wood and iron chains early tomorrow morning. If you continue, no one is allowed to cross the river. The flowers will bloom next spring, and I have his own plans. Otherwise, I will not be able to kill you."
Zhou Bo is a very smart person. He rushed up and asked a few steps. "It's not easy for the general to numb Zhang Er." Wang Ben smiled. "General Zhou, marching and fighting is not a matter of one person. Zhang Er is not easy to be confused. It is not necessarily that Tianjiao is not deceived. Even if Tianjiao is not deceived, their soldiers cannot bear the hardship of the severe cold. We are here every day, warm the beds and warm the pillows, singing and dancing, and they lose their brothers and ambushing in the cold weather. How can there be no complaints? Don't worry about watching the show. However, don't let others know about this."
Zhou Bo hurriedly said, "How dare the general reveal the military affairs?"
The next morning, the Qin army firmly sealed the river with huge pointed wood and twenty iron chains on the south bank of the Zhang River, which isolated the traffic between the two sides on the surface. But in fact, the pointed wood was not reliable and would fall down as soon as it was pushed.
Wang Ben held his troops for three consecutive days, and the generals in the army came to ask for his orders in turn. Wang Ben responded with the same reply. When the flowers bloomed next spring, he would make plans. The weather is too cold now and it is not suitable for war. All the generals of Qin State had the same idea in their minds. The dignified and famous general Wang Ben was old after all.
Zhang Er looked at all this with a sneer at first, thinking, Wang Ben is too ignorant to treat his brothers as a dish, and he also uses such tricks of using the tricks of being a worm. It's almost the same to go home to fool your grandson who is not a month old, lie to me? But after five days, he was a little shaken. Is this old guy really going to wait until next spring when the flowers bloom? If that's the case, should he withdraw the corridor and the soldiers ambushed by the river first? Stay in the snow all winter, and he must be frozen. However, Zhang Er thought again, it still can't be done. How could a famous general like Wang Ben stop fighting because he was afraid of the cold? It must be a trick. After half a month, Wang Ben still didn't move, and Zhang Er was a little convinced. The soldiers lying outside had already started to open their mouths and fuck their mother at the top of their throats. In this damn weather, wouldn't it be a suicide every day?
The generals under Zhang Er responded one after another, saying that the soldiers were almost mutiny and asked him to order the person to be withdrawn. Zhang Er was in a dilemma, but he couldn't make up his mind. What kind of thing is Wang Ben, an old guy. After weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Er decided decisively; "Wait a minute, now is not the time."
His time is not yet here, but Wang Ben no longer wants to wait any longer.
On the evening of the 20th day, a grand party was held in the Qin army camp on the other side of the river. Looking down from the city of Julu, the entire south bank of the Zhang River, in the Qin camp that stretched for dozens of miles, lanterns and torches were red in the sky. The military camps were singing and dancing, lively and noisy, and the rough and high-pitched Qin opera was loudly on the south bank, and they tossed all night. The Zhao army lying on the other side of the river was as cold as pheasants with hairs, trembling, and their two rows of teeth were trembling, their faces were like blue-gray walls, and they opened their mouths and spit out mist. When they spoke, they found that their tongues were weak and they were out of tune.
"Damn it, people are eating delicious foods, drinking spicy foods, playing beautiful foods, and gamble big things. Our buddies are eating wind and cigarettes here, looking at them, what's the point?" Zhao Xiaoer is an ordinary soldier from Zhao State. He has been lying in the woods by the river for a while.
"Have you heard it? The Qin people said that because they were afraid that the soldiers would be too cold, they did not plan to attack this winter. They would not attack Julu until the spring of March next year. In other words, we must also guard here until next spring." Soldier Wang Ming looked at the fireworks on the other side, covered his ears, and stamped his feet.
The two of them immediately attracted a large group of soldiers, and everyone talked about the rumors they heard. Some of the essays that had been exaggerated and processed immediately had the largest market.
"I heard that King Zhao and his ministers are in the city every day, and they don't care about our lives or death when singing and dancing."
"I also heard that the ambushers on the other side of the corridor have been withdrawn, leaving only us to guard here!"
"Why? I don't believe you said this!"
The soldier who spread the rumors suddenly became popular; "Why? Are you really stupid or fake stupid? You don't know. Our team was the old subordinate of General Chen Ze in the past. General Chen Ze had a marriage with Xiang Yu, and our King of Zhao was supported by Xiang Yu. Of course, they would not regard us as human beings!"
Zhao Xiaoer kicked his hand and ran over, threw the cold spear on the ground with a sound, and said sternly, "What is the evidence you say?" the soldier glared at him, "This - this is evidence. You are all deaf. You didn't hear that General Chen Ze's home was raided by Xiang Yu's son Xiang Sheng, Chen Ze's family was killed, and his daughter was ridden by Xiang Sheng's soldiers!"
"I have heard of this, but I heard that Xiang Sheng is not Xiang Yu's son, but his uncle--"
"Stop, stop, I tell you, no matter whether it is a son or uncle, there is no good person in the surname Xiang." This sentence means that the hearts of the soldiers of Zhao State were in the hearts of the Zhao State. When the Chu army attacked Zhao last time, it caused a disaster to Zhao State. The capital of Zhao State, Handan, was originally a disaster to Zhang Han, but unexpectedly, the barbarians of Chu State were even more inhumane. They turned Handan into ruins overnight, with corpses everywhere in the streets and alleys, and blood was covered with blood. The food and grass were plundered, and the rest was only a sea of fire. The unpleasant smell of burning dead bodies in the fire could be smelled ten miles away. It was a disaster that the Zhao people would never forget.
They hated the Qin people, and they also hated the Chu people. However, it is said that the last time the Qin King performed well in the territory of Zhao, the residents of Jinyang were not slaughtered. The people of Jinyang were still a little grateful to the Qin soldiers. It is impossible to find a "benevolent and righteous army" these days, as long as it is not a super 'beast group', the people can accept it.
The soldiers became more and more angry. If the officers who led the lead discovered it in time and used a whip to stop the anger of these people, everyone would have dispersed. A hot drunken night passed, but what was annoying was that the Qin people were still caring the next day, the atmosphere was more intense than yesterday, and the mood was even higher than yesterday. The meat and rich wine aroma of barbecue came into the nostrils of Zhao's army. The soldiers of Zhao were all thinking: Why is the gap between being a soldier? It is important to know that after countless wars, the country of Zhao has been poisoned by more than half, and countless people have been displaced.
The fields are deserted. Zhang Er is not a politician. Faced with this broken situation, he still thought about how to expand his territory, which led to local tyrants desperately annexing land, raising serfs, reselling people, and reducing grain output significantly. The soldiers' food rations became a problem when winter came. Although there was food transported over Jiyuan, it was really impossible to open it to the soldiers. The soldiers who had worked hard for a day could only eat two meals a day, and their stomachs were rumbling at noon. There was no way to compare with the Qin Bing who was full and warm and lustful. They were both wine and meat, and they couldn't even think about it.
Zhang Er asked the general Gao Qi in the city: "What's wrong with the Qin army? It seems that he really doesn't plan to cross the river." Gao Qi smacked his lips; "It's possible that he has been drunk every day in the past few days." Zhang Er raised his eyebrows; "It's better to cross the river and attack while they were so proud." Gao Qi shook his head and said, "King, this is probably difficult to do. Wang Ben has been prepared for a long time. He blocked the river with pointed wood and iron chains, and the boat could not pass at all, unless it was - unless swimming."
Zhang Erxin said, it is impossible to say nonsense.
On the third day, the Qin army was still singing, dancing and drinking every night, having endless fun, making Zhang Er too lazy to listen to reports. He believed that the Qin people would not cross the river so quickly, so he jumped onto the bed and slept. Even the boss thought this way, and the soldiers who were suffering from the cold wind had this idea even more. Anyway, there was no situation. The soldiers of Zhao gathered together, gambling, rolling dice, chatting in groups of three or five, and having fun. Even a few people standing guard could not withstand the loneliness and coldness and squeezed together to keep warm. These ambush soldiers were really unlucky. In order not to expose their goals, they could not make fires under any circumstances. They ate cold coarse rice sent from the city every day, which was extremely bitter.
In the Qin camp, drums and music were heard, and soldiers sang, danced, drank, and punched the fists around the piles of bonfires. The entire southern bank was shrouded in a hustle and bustle. The Qin camp was in a mess and was completely different.
In the tent!
Wang Ben's tent was almost empty. It was in a sharp contrast with the relaxed and relaxed outside the tent. All the generals were armed with armor and swords. Their faces were as if they were frozen to death in the 39th day.
Wang Ben took two steps back, pointed to the battle map behind him, and said loudly, "Victory and defeat are here. Dear soldiers, the rise and fall of the country and the survival of the Qin Dynasty are of great importance to this battle. If Zhao State is merged today, the Qin State can prosper. If we are defeated, we will die without a place to bury the Qin State, and we will have no face to see the king again. Zhang Er has been confused. This general will completely eliminate him within three days. I hope all the generals will work together."
Luo Shenzhen said, "General, don't worry, your general, your flag will definitely be planted on the top of Julu City in less than two days." Zhou Bo said, "General, as you ordered, all the elite troops have been assembled in the back village. A thousand 'wooden boats' built can be launched at any time. The last emperor has ordered people to demolish the sharp wood in the dark. Can our army cross the river?"
Wang Ben's eyes showed a decisive look, and he pointed to the map on the wall with two fingers, saying, "Luo Shen, E Qianqiu, Jiang Ji, you three crossed the river from a hundred miles east. There are three dangerous places there, all of which are the entrances to the corridor. No matter what the price is, they must intercept the reinforcements in the corridor and the food and grass transported there.
"The last general obeys the order!" Luo Shen and Jiang Ji turned around and walked straight to the back camp, where there were real elite Qin troops. The drunken and carnival of the front camp were just the old, weak and resilient soldiers.
"Zhou Bo, Ren Ao, E Qianqiu!"
"The last one is here!" Zhou Boren Ao flashed out and agreed in unison.
Wang Ben said, "After crossing the river, we will immediately attack the city from three sides. Our general attacked the east gate, E Qianqiu attacked the west gate, Ren Ao Bei Gate, and Zhou Bo went to ambush outside the south gate. Never reveal his whereabouts. Our general predicted that Zhang Er would escape from the south gate."
Zhou Bo and others looked at each other.
Wang Ben immediately said, "When encircling and annihilation of the Zhao army, if you don't open the net and trap them to death, Zhang Er will definitely fight with all his might. The desperate army, the soldiers without a retreat, will definitely cause great casualties to our army. Therefore, we left a gap in the south gate to lead Zhang Er's army to break through into the encirclement we arranged in advance.
Zhou Bo asked in surprise, "How did you see them break through the south gate?"
Wang Ben said, "Zhang Er heard the Qin army's attack from his sleep, and he would not believe his ears. After he woke up, he would be frightened. The name of the Qin army's tiger and wolf, coupled with the last battle of Julu, Zhang Han left him an indelible impression on him, plus the Zhao army's soldiers who were hungry and cold for days, must be vulnerable. The Qin army has been raising their energy for many days, and its momentum is extremely majestic. Zhang Er was afraid and would definitely abandon the city and walk. Where would he go? He must go to Jiyuan in the southwest to ask for the Tian brothers' reinforcements, so he would definitely go out of the south gate to break through. We tighten on three sides and relax on the other hand. When they enter our encirclement, they will be like wild beasts entering a net with nowhere to escape. There is one thing that is, beat hard and fight to the death. Only in this way can he be afraid."
Everything was arranged, and the Qin army, which was moving quickly, immediately began to cross the river. The team was divided into three groups, Luo Shen and Jiang Ji crossed the river from a hundred miles away in order to intercept reinforcements in the corridor. Wang Ben and E Qianqiu and Ren Ao crossed the river in the second group, sent a vanguard army to push all the sharp woods in the river with lightning speed and speed. The large army followed the wooden binge through the river. Finally, they were cavalry led by Zhou Bo. There was no infantry in his team, because they were the last to hit the water dog, so they required speed and suddenness.
More than half of the Zhao army, who were ambushing in the woods thirty miles away from the river, had fallen asleep. Because he was hit by Wang Ben's plan, these soldiers mistakenly thought that the Qin army was holding a party again and would not make trouble in the border, so the posts were withdrawn and everyone was crowded to sleep.
The first group of people crossed the river were a thousand cavalry led by Wang Ben. The horse's hooves were wrapped in thick sacks and cotton wool. The horse's mouth was strangled to death by ropes. The soldiers held plum branches and quietly approached the woods.
Wang Ben didn't know where Zhang Er ambushed the ambush, because the traffic between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait was cut off and he couldn't do it. He could only guess. Since no one stood guard, Wang Zhu heard the neighing of a horse in the woods a mile away, thinking, it was indeed not as expected that there were ambushes here.
Chapter completed!