Chapter 1 Princes and Kings
One month later, the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty issued an order, General Wang Ben and the new Jiangling Hou Huanqi, and the commander of 300,000 troops crossed the river from the mouth of Wujiang River and attacked the two counties of Dongyang and Kuaiji south of the Yangtze River. The rest of the troops were led by the emperor to personally conquer Yan State and eliminated King Han Xin of Yan who had no representatives to participate in the emperor's ascension ceremony. King Qi, Huainan, Liang, King Han, were all on the list of personal conquests. Wang Zhu always thought about how to let all the princes kill each other and die together.
Han Xin didn't want to send representatives to the emperor's throne ceremony. First, Wang Zhu didn't inform him at all, and second, the Yan army had been fighting with the Huns and had no time to take care of themselves, so there was energy to take care of these idle things.
A few days later, Wang Zhu's army crossed the Yellow River and advanced to Yan State along the Jinyang of Zhao State, passing through Dai County, crossing the Great Wall of Yan State, and advancing to the territory of Yan State. At this time, Han Xin was working hard to deal with the Xiongnu army in his generation. Shanggu County and Yuyang County bordering Qin State in the rear had no extra troops to defend. A group of generals and strategists were all transferred to the front line, and half of Yan State was in an empty state.
When Wang Zhu found that there were less than 10,000 troops in Shanggu County, he almost jumped up happily. Chen Xi, Fan Kuai and Wang Ling captured ten counties outside Shanggu overnight, almost without any effort. At noon the next day, Wang Zhu's army had already arrived at Shanggu and dispatched 300,000 troops to attack the city gates on the south, west and north, leaving the east gate for the guard general Chai Wu to escape. Chai Wu had no soldiers and horses in his hands, and indeed followed Wang Zhu's thoughts, and Wang Zhu then occupied Shanggu.
The army kept advancing towards Yuyang, and before Han Xin returned to the army, he swallowed all the cities he passed by. Even Han Xin's capital Jicheng was Han Xin's confidant Wang Huang. Wang Huang heard that the King of Qin had attacked from the border, and the number of troops reached one million. He knew that it could not be stopped, so he fled without fighting and went to the front line to report to King Yan Han Xin.
Han Xin was on the front line to deal with the Huns Maodun. He suddenly heard the bad news and was surprised and angry, not knowing what to do. Han Xin's adviser Kuai Tong offered his advice to make him submit to the Huns, and conveyed the news that Yan State had been captured by the King of Qin to the Huns. The Huns were indeed very angry and made an appointment with Han Xin to stop the troops to deal with the tyrannical Qin. Han Xin stabilized the Huns and then led his troops back to regain Jicheng.
Han Xin had about 250,000 troops, less than one-quarter of the Qin army. It was difficult to get the city again, but he was not worried. He always claimed to be a god of troops and was not worried about the amount of troops. The army came to Jicheng City and ordered Ji Xin and Lou Fan to lead 30,000 troops to surround the city, cut off the food routes that were coming and going, and wanted to trap the Qin soldiers in the city.
After hearing this, Wang Zhu almost laughed to death. It was ridiculous that 250,000 people wanted to trap a million troops to death. He immediately sent 400,000 troops from all four junctures to completely defeat Ji Xin and Lou Fan's besieged troops, and then established four camps between the official roads and the throats of the hills on all sides to facilitate the attack and defense from a distance. Han Xin was not in a hurry for some purpose, but just retreated all the troops and fought against the Qin soldiers.
Han Xin was very upset when he heard that the King of Qin had destroyed Xiang Yu and proclaimed himself emperor again, and kept sighing, "I didn't expect that the dead ashes could be rekindled. It's a miracle." In his heart, Xiang Yu was much easier to deal with than the cunning King of Qin. When Xiang Yu was defeated, he felt a bit sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox.
For several days, Wang Zhu has been speculating on Han Xin's thoughts, not understanding why he has been slow to attack. In the end, Wang Ao reminded him to be careful of the Huns taking the opportunity to attack Shangjun. Wang Zhu was not worried about this. There was Meng Duo in Shangjun defending, and even if Maodun went, he would definitely return in a bad situation. Besides, Maodun was surrounded by him with a spy, Li Deyang, and he would be informed at any time. If there was any movement, the news would probably have arrived long ago. However, Han Xin was not an incompetent person. He was still in a state of defense. What was he waiting for?
According to Fan Kuai, Han Xin was waiting to be beaten if he didn't move. If he didn't move, our army could seize the initiative and take the initiative to attack. Wang Zhu did not dare to act rashly. Han Xin and Zhang Liang were not easy to mess with. Just like Sima Yi dealt with Zhuge Liang, as long as he attacked, he would inevitably fail. The only strategy to confront was to use defense instead of attack. If he didn't move, he would drag him to death.
Han Xin had already set up a trap waiting for the Qin soldiers to attack, but he did not expect that Wang Zhu would just wait and see, but sent troops to repair the city and the moat outside the city to arrange the antlers, and did not send anyone to attack the Yan army's big village, so that all his tricks would fail. Zhang Liang offered his plan, asking him to lure the enemy, and sent a letter of war to the King of Qin, asking the King of Qin to fight in the valley, but Wang Zhu ignored it. Han Xin had no choice but to make a bad plan to attack the city.
Zhang Liang and Kuai Tong firmly opposed this. The number of Yan troops was originally smaller than that of Qin troops, and their combat effectiveness was relatively weak. Now they were risking to attack the city, and the enemy was condescending and didn't know how many soldiers' lives would be consumed. However, procrastination was not a solution. Zhang Liang and Kuai Tong were speechless when asked by Han Xin. "The Yan army has no place to stand, and the food and grass are only enough for half a month. After half a month, if the Qin army does not come to attack, we will be in chaos first. How to defeat the enemy, we can't wait to die here, right?"
When the Qin army in Jicheng City saw the Yan army siege, they were all very happy. This was equivalent to committing suicide, and Han Xin had been forced into a desperate situation.
Although he was sure to win, Wang Zhu still dared not underestimate it. He sent Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, Ying Bu and Fan Kuai to defend a city gate, with a force of 200,000 per gate. The archers alone were equipped with ten people for each pile of arrows. Ten people rotated to shoot arrows, which could ensure that the arrows were like rain and never stopped flowing.
Han Xin only had 250,000 troops, so of course it was impossible for four city gates to surround each other at the same time. Only the main attack on the north gate was defended by Zhou Bo. The turbid oil on the city wall was high, and huge rocks and wood piled up like mountains. He had been impatient for a long time. Wang Zhu personally arrived at the top of the city wall and directed the battle with Zhou Bo.
Han Xin saw Wang Zhu standing on the top of the city wearing a yellow robe at the city. Suddenly, he had a plan. The commander soldier went to the edge of the trench, turned over and dismounted, and knelt on the ground and shouted, "Your Majesty, King Yan Han Xin, is loyal to Your Majesty and loyal. I don't know whose slander Your Majesty has heard, and he has promoted this nameless soldier to come to fight. Do you do this so that Han Xin, the princes of the world, will everyone be in danger? I am wronged!"
Wang Zhu didn't expect Han Xin to do this, and he was a little panicked for a moment. Han Xin's words were very powerful. This was not for him, Wang Zhu, but for a few princes of different surnames, if something went wrong, something would happen.
Wang Zhu thought for a long time and still put the charge of not sending anyone to the emperor's throne ceremony on his head. "Han Xin, you are serious on the surface but are dissatisfied with the heart. The reason why I sent troops to attack is because you are rude to me. If you don't send someone to participate in my throne ceremony, it is obvious that you are despised by the Qin Dynasty. Do you still dare to say that you are innocent?"
Han Xinxin said, "You didn't even inform me, how could I know what kind of bullshit ceremony I sent to attend? It was clearly an excuse. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty did not send someone to inform me. Why am I guilty?" Wang Zhu had already prepared him for this question and said sternly; "Everyone in the world knows that I have destroyed Xiang Yu and unified the world. All the princes and kings came to express their congratulations and asked me to restore the throne. You are the only one who pretends to be stupid and pretends not to know. Don't you admit it?"
Han Xin said angrily, "If you want to add a crime, there is no point in saying that I have to be on the front line to block the Hun army for Your Majesty. Where can you know what is happening thousands of miles away? Your Majesty clearly is making excuses to kill me. I and the 250,000 Yan troops will not be convinced, and the people in the world will not be convinced. Please think twice!"
Wang Zhu said angrily, "You did not express congratulations and did not send anyone to participate in my throne ceremony. This means that you are not my minister at all. What's wrong with sending troops to attack you? I heard that you have surrendered to the Huns and became a rebellion in the Central Plains. Everyone in China can be punished. What do I think of! Today I announce in public that I will remove Han Xin from his post as King Yan and demoted him to a commoner. Han Xin, please get the order!"
Han Xin stood up from the ground in anger and cursed with a stern finger. "Qin II, you, the tyrant monarch of Qin, are you who are tyrant and tyrant, and you can't tolerate the princes of the world. King Huainan, King Liang, King Han, I think you'd better rebel together. The tyrant monarch can come to harm me today and will harm you tomorrow, so don't wait until the next day to regret it!"
Peng Yue and Han * were both standing behind Wang Zhu. After hearing Han Xin's words, his face changed color. Wang Zhu rubbed his hands anxiously and quickly explained, "Two Qing families, don't listen to him talking nonsense. I attacked Han Xin because he was a traitor. You are both loyal ministers, and I will not punish him!" Peng Yue and Han * hurriedly knelt down. Peng Yue said, "Your Majesty is wise, I will not listen to his nonsense. I ask for orders to leave the city, but the guy's life is gone."
Han * got up and went to the chassis, poked his head out, and shouted at Han Xin, "Han Xin, you are a traitor and evil person, and you are not the same as our princes. I advise you not to make random calls." Han Xin turned over and pointed at Han * and said, "You will regret it sooner or later. Qin II is a person who can only share hardships and hardships but not enjoy them. Can't you see?" Wang Zhu sneered, "Han Xin, don't try to provoke the relationship between us and the ministers. You are the Huns and the mortal enemy of our Qin State. If you have the ability to attack the city!" Han Xin said, "King Han, King Liang, I have to surrender to the Huns. You must think clearly, the foolish lord—"
Chapter completed!