Chapter 20 The Prelude to the Decisive Battle
Xiang Yu and Wu She went through a lot of hardships and returned to the Western Chu camp. Due to arrow injuries and fatigue, the King of Chu was bedridden. This disease lasted for half a month.
On the surface, half a month is nothing. In fact, this half month is enough to influence the trend and success or failure of the entire war.
Guan Ying, Wang Ben and Peng Yue were neither good men nor women. After stabilizing the Yan King Han Xin on the border, Wang Ben moved his army from Zhao to Wei County and surrounded Gaomi in two ways. Peng Yue crossed the Yellow River again to attack Dong'a, and unexpectedly cut off Xiang Yu's supply line on land.
Wang Ben is the head coach!
He clearly realized that to defeat Xiang Yu, there is only a quick battle.
Gaomi is a major border defense center bordering Qi and Chu, so there are heavy troops stationed.
Having heavy troops does not mean being solid. A heavy army must be commanded by a general to exert its super strength.
The senior generals of Qi State were basically dead in the Linzi War.
The ones stationed in Gaomi were Ding Fu, Fu Kuan, and the son of King Gongao of Linjiang, Gongwei.
After Gongao died, Gongwei fled to Qi State. Gongwei Kong Wu was powerful and the tiger general of the world, Tian Heng liked him very much, so he took him in and let him guard Gaomi.
After Linzi was captured, Tian Guang had already ordered that all the cities and towns of Qi must surrender. The Gongwei believed that this was a good opportunity to restore the country and revenge. Not only did he not open the city to surrender, he publicly posed the banner of "anti-Qin" and proclaimed himself as "King of Linjiang".
There are 80,000 elite soldiers in Gaomi City. Three cavalry, three infantry, and two chariot soldiers.
Wang Ben and Guan Ying discussed it and realized that they could only implement dictatorship against reactionaries like Gongwei. It would not have any effect at all. The reason was that Gongwei was born. Gongwei was from Chu. Although he was proclaimed as the King of Linjiang, he would definitely try to unite with Western Chu to fight against Qin and must be eradicated as soon as possible.
As the two thought, the Gongwei had no way out. He sent a "chicken feather letter" to Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu who was stationed in Dingtao. Xiang Yu was ill and knew that the situation was critical, but he could not cross the horse and fight.
Comrade Zhonglimei realized that this was the time to help King Chu solve his problems, so he stood up and asked to rescue Gongwei, and sent his chest to ensure that Wang Ben and Guan Ying would be crushed and ashes.
Xiang Yu didn't even look at him, and said softly, "Long Qi, Zhou Lan!"
Zhong Limei suddenly blushed and stepped aside in a depressed state, feeling extremely uncomfortable. Long Qi and Zhou Lan trembled the scales on her armor and flashed out of the group of generals: "The last general is here!"
Xiang Yu was still very weak and said in a deep voice, "Give you 100,000 people and go through Weishui to rescue Gaomi immediately, so there must be no mistakes." Long Qi looked at Zhonglimei and wanted to say a few words for him, but he thought that Xiang Yu would definitely say that he was afraid. His lips moved twice, closed them again, and only two streams of heat sprayed out from his nostrils.
"Get orders!"
Zhong Limei's eyelids drooped and his head drooped. His already red face was filled with this passion.
Before the army set off, Zhonglimei came to Longqi's camp.
Long Qi was a little embarrassed and patted Zhong Limei's shoulder and said, "What's going on--" Zhong Limei shook his head, said it was hard to say anything, and said, "I have a few words to tell you." Long Qi frowned.
Zhonglimei sighed, "It's about Gaomi and Gongwei." Long Qi said lightly; "What do you think!" His face changed slightly.
Zhong Limei did not notice that he followed his own ideas and said, "Brother Long. The Qin soldiers went deep into Qi territory. The situation was unclear and the conditions were difficult. They would definitely fight hard, and their sharp and sharp edges were irresistible. On the contrary, the Qi Chu soldiers fought on their own ground, because they were nostalgic fortifications and were easily defeated and dispersed because they took into account the Qin people and were nostalgic fortifications. We might as well stick to our positions, build high fortifications, and then recruited the Qi army that had lost its cities under the name of King Tian Guang of Qi. Those Qi soldiers who had no city land to rely on. They heard that the Qi King was in exile and had 100,000 Chu troops helped them, and they would definitely rebel against Qin and return to Qi. The Qin army was far away in a foreign land two thousand miles away. Many cities and towns of Qi suddenly betrayed. The Qin army would definitely have no place to get food. Qi army in various places attacked each other. The entire Qi army attacked head-on, and the Qin army would undoubtedly be defeated."
After listening to it, Long Qi laughed: "Listen to your words is better than reading for ten years. Brother Zhongli, I have a deep understanding. Long Qi admires it. Don't worry, I already know it in my heart." As he said that, he quickly walked out of the war. Zhongli saw Long Qi accepting his suggestion, and was extremely happy. He took a few steps and chased him out, saying, "If Brother Long can do this, he will be the number one hero in Western Chu in the future." Long Qi smiled dryly, "Don't worry, don't worry, oh, I should go and prepare to set off, say goodbye."
Zhong Limei said excitedly, "Brother Long, be careful." Long Qi sneered, "Don't worry, don't worry." He turned his head and bowed straight to the gate of the village. Zhou Lan had already gathered troops there. Long Qi walked and thought, "You Zhong Limei is a general, and I, Long Qi is also a general. I know how to fight. Do you still need to teach me a lesson?
Zhongli Mei didn't think so much. He thought Long Qi had accepted his suggestion. Looking at Long Qi's back, he thought that the Qin people would suffer a great loss. He suddenly remembered a complete set of strategies. If Long Qi defeated Wang Ben and Guan Ying's army in Qi, the entire battle situation could be reversed immediately. The Overlord could join forces with Yan King Han Xin to seize the Three Jins and attack the Qin land from Wei. In this way, the Qin army outside Hangu Pass would be useless. When Long Qi occupied Guanzhong and turned around to attack Hanoi, wouldn't it be possible to attack the Overlord? What a perfect strategy.
Zhong Limei became more and more excited as she thought about it. She actually forgot about the fact that she had just been defeated. She licked her face and ran to Xiang Yu's handsome tent to hit the wall. This time, it was better than last time. Xiang Yu didn't see him at all. The personal soldiers came out and said to Zhong Limei, "The King is not in good health, so the general invites him back." Then he sent him away. Zhong Limei thought, the King is not in good health, why don't I come again tomorrow. But when he turned around and was about to leave, he happened to meet Mr. Ding, and he came to report the military situation. The personal soldiers came in and came out to "invite" Mr. Ding in. Zhong Limei was stunned and held his breath in front of his chest and almost sprayed blood.
Gongwei was still a talented person, but he was not scared by the 200,000 to 300,000 troops of the Qin army.
The third day after Wang Ben and Guan Ying attacked the city.
Long Qi and Zhou Lan led an army of 100,000 to Gaomi.
The Gongwei fought while strengthening the men. The harvest was greater than the losses and the troops increased. The Qi and Chu army united the troops on the east bank of the Weishui River, and the total force reached 220,000.
After Wang Ben learned about it, he concentrated his troops on the west bank of Weishui and did not dare to attack for a while. The two armies were across the river, with vast people and dark clouds like oceans, and the momentum was extremely terrifying.
Guan Ying, Zhou Bo, Zhang Han, Sima Xin, Feng Jing, Luo Shen, Ren Jun and Li Shiqi all had different opinions on this.
At night! The soldiers in the camp shuttled and lined up, and the torch at five steps shone brightly on the entire camp as bright as day. With the radiated light, the sentry on the arrow tower could reach twenty feet away.
In the tent of the commander, torches were high, and generals gathered, everyone was solemn and the atmosphere was tense.
Zhou Bo took a big step, shook his scales, walked to Wang Ben with a crack, bowed and said sternly, "General, Long Ji, Zhou Lan came from afar, why don't we wait for it to be hard and wipe it out in one fell swoop?"
Guan Ying stood at the top of her left hand, with her waist straight and said in a solemn manner; "General, you must be disastrous and you will be confused. This is a good opportunity, so don't miss it."
Zhang Han said, "Zhang has always admired the general for his decisive actions and use troops as if he were invincible. Why is he so timid in fighting today?!" Li Shiqi coughed and said, "I believe the general has had a clever plan to defeat the enemy. Don't be nervous, please listen to the general's detailed explanation." Li Shiqi realized that this was very appropriate.
Wang Ben sighed sadly, "You can only know the enemy, but not yourself. The Chu soldiers are tired from afar. This general knows. However, our army has been fighting for several days, which is even more exhausting than the Chu army. It is really not suitable to fight at this time. This general predicts that the Chu army will rest on the other side for a while, and our army should also take this opportunity to accumulate strength. It is a situation of resistance for the time being."
All the generals were a little discouraged when they heard this. The young general was full of strategies and military theories. He was dissatisfied with him and wanted to debate with Wang Ben. Wang Ben knew how to be a general very well. Before these people could say it, he added: "In three days, if anyone dares to fight, he will not be able to kill him!" After that, he left with his sleeves.
Everyone looked at me, but no one dared to speak. They came out of the handsome tent, stamped their feet, spread their hands, sighed, shook their heads, and went back to their tents.
Wang Ben looked behind him, just sneering.
Three days later, the generals came to ask for a fight again. Guan Ying was a little dissatisfied with this old man these days. He thought that Wang Ben should have retired. It would be better if the first general was the yellow flower yesterday. He thought, I saw what else do you have to say today.
Wang Ben’s remarks are very shocking.
When the generals knelt down in public, they were about to ask for a fight with tears and tears. Wang Ben suddenly stood up after the case and said, "Tomorrow morning, I will lead my troops across the river to defeat the enemy!"
Zhang Han said in disbelief, "The general is the commander of the army, and you must not move lightly. If you have to instruct thousands of armored generals in the army, please give it a chance. Why take risks? If the general fails, our army will be over."
Wang Ben suddenly stroked his beard and laughed, "You have your mission, and the decisive battle between the river must be the general." Guan Ying thought to himself, this old guy is crazy, do you want to find his son?
Wang Ben said, "Guan Ying and Zhou Bo stay, the other generals go back to prepare, and go to war with me tomorrow." The generals were puzzled and looked at each other for a moment, turned around and left the tent!
"Abide by the order!"
Guan Ying asked in wonder, "What else does the general have to give?"
Wang Ben held his chin and stood in front of the map, saying slowly, "Come here."
The two frowned and walked behind Wang Ben, who said, "Wei River, the river channel is wide, the river channel is hundreds of miles, the water flows violently, I think this is Long Qi's burial place."
Guan Ying's throat made a sound, and was immediately interrupted by Wang Ben's raising his hand; "What I pay most attention to in my life is to rely on the environment. Strategy is generated by relying on the environment. Do you think, right?" Wang Ben was teaching like a teacher in a university.
Zhou Bo asked anxiously, "General, what should we do?"
Wang Ben said, "Haohao Weishui - order soldiers to fill the sand and stones with ten thousand bags in the dark night to block the river channel upstream of the Weishui. The water in the lower reaches naturally broke off and was shallow, and some places even exposed to the bottom of the river. We can cross the river."
Guan Ying suddenly said, "Does the general want to lure the enemy to chase him?"
Chapter completed!