Ragnarok is born

Seeing this, Liu Bang continued to explain, "Although the Western Chu Army is powerful, looking at the series of achievements of Overlord Xiang Yu in the past, it can be clearly seen that the Western Chu Army is unparalleled in field battles, but has no advantage in attacking the city."

"As long as our army sticks to the city and uses Xiang Yu's ability to attack the city, maybe after you have successfully defeated all the rebel princes, he may not be able to capture a single city."

Cao Shen and others' eyes lit up when they heard this.

Everyone recalled Xiang Yu's achievements in their minds, and found that, as Liu Bang said, compared with the strong field strength, the siege strength of the Western Chu Army is simply not worth mentioning.

Moreover, Liu Bang did not send all the generals under Han Xin's command. He still retained many trusted generals, such as Fan Kui, Xia Houying, Jin Qiang, Ji Xin, and Lu Ze, Lu Shizhi, etc., who still stayed with him. beside.

These people are either relatives of Liu Bang, or Liu Bang's most trusted cronies. The reason why he keeps these people by his side and defends the city with him against Xiang Yu is that Liu Bang's cautious attitude can be seen from this.

Because from a certain point of view, it must be a thankless task to confront Xiang Yu head-on. Not everyone can still be loyal to Liu Bang without seeing the slightest victory.

It's hard to guarantee that when there is no hope, someone will have a dissatisfaction with Liu Bang, turn to Xiang Yu, and deal with Liu Bang in turn.

It is precisely Fan Kuai, Xia Houying, Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi who have a close relationship with Liu Bang, and it can be said that they share weal and woe, so it is impossible to easily betray Liu Bang.

So from this point of view, Liu Bang's dispatch to Han Xin's command and the number of places left by his side proved Liu Bang's uniqueness in employing people.

Han Xin watched coldly, sighing secretly in his heart.

Volume 75 Chu-Han Struggle for Hegemony Chapter [-]; Zhang Han's Defeat

Look at the generals Liu Bang stayed by his side.

Fan Kuai is Liu Bang's brother-in-law, Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi are Liu Bang's brother-in-law, Jin Qiang, and Ji Xin have attended the grand banquet with Liu Bang.

Among them, after the defeat of Xingyang in history, Ji Xin pretended to be Liu Bang and surrendered to Xiang Yu, covering Liu Bang's successful escape;

Xia Houying drove the carriage for Liu Bang and charged into the battle. Zhou Bo was later called by Liu Bang as "those who secure the Liu family in the world must be Bo also."

Lu Wan is Liu Bang's younger brother. The two were even born on the same day in the same year, and their relationship is closer than anyone else.

On the other hand, the generals sent by Liu Bang to Han Xin, such as Cao Shen, Guan Ying and others, were indeed rare fierce generals in terms of ability, and they were the kind of subordinates that any leader of the army would like to meet most.

But they and Liu Bang belonged to a normal superior-subordinate relationship. Compared with Liu Bang's relatives, close friends and others were undoubtedly farther apart.

Han Xin glanced across the faces of the generals.

What Liu Bang said is very clear, he will treat the generals who follow him to conquer the rebellious princes equally, and will not treat them differently.

Being able to do this is the so-called "reward for meritorious deeds and punishment for demerits", which is in line with the tolerance of a wise king.

When Sun Wu defected to the state of Wu, he was introduced by Wu Zixu to Wu Wang Helu, who asked Sun Wu to train soldiers as a court lady.

Despite Sun Wu's repeated orders, the court ladies just thought it was fun and didn't listen to orders at all, and there were laughter from time to time in the team.

So Sun Wu beheaded the two leading captains according to the military law, and the two beauties who were favored by King Helu of Wu.

The ladies in the palace were terrified, and no one dared to continue to make mistakes. They disobeyed Sun Wu's order. Under the leadership of the two newly appointed captains, they moved forward, backward, left, and right, kneeling, crawling and rolling.

This is the "clear rewards and punishments" required by military strategists.

The vast majority of generals are not afraid to fight the enemy and fight the enemy bravely. What they fear most is that their achievements will be detained by others for corruption.

Therefore, when Liu Bang declared that following Han Xin's conquest of the rebellious princes and generals, the credit will not be discounted, everyone's face showed an excited look.

As long as there is credit to be made, and at the same time, this credit can be fulfilled perfectly, it will be very attractive to these fighters.

Han Xin weighed it in his heart, if he sent Fan Kui, Lu Wan and others to his command to follow him to conquer the rebellious princes, then he would need to spend extra thought on arranging these people.

On the contrary, Liu Bang's current arrangement just allows Han Xin to display his greatest ability without any unexpected twists and turns.

Liu Bang's behavior of seemingly giving orders at will, but in fact his watertight behavior proved that he was able to achieve his current status and become a great prince against the overlord Xiang Yu. It was not just a mere fluke, but the result of his own ability.

He will arrange the right person to the right position according to each person's own characteristics, so as to achieve the effect of getting half the result with half the effort.

This is the most powerful manifestation of a superior person.

The main reason for the final failure of many superiors is that they don't know people well, they don't know how to allocate the many people under their command, and they can't know people and make good use of them to make the best use of their talents.

Only then did his career become a mess.

Han Xin lowered his eyelids, making a decision in his heart.

Although he left Xiang Yu and went to Liu Bang, he didn't know when he would be able to be appreciated by Liu Bang, and thus soared into the sky.

Sneaking fish in a humble position, still can't imagine that Liu Bang would follow Xiao He's suggestion and boldly worship himself as a general.

This is the treatment of "national scholars".

If you treat me with a state scholar, I will repay it!

Yurang was able to secretly assassinate Zhao Xiangzi several times after Zhibo's death because of Zhibo's courtesy.

I, Han Xin, can also do my best for you because of the courteous reception of the King of Han, conquer the rebellious princes, and eliminate Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu.

This time, let's see my dragon ascend to the sky and transform into a dragon.

**** **** **** ****

Although it has been decided to let Han Xin divide his troops, take away most of the main generals of the Han army, and conquer the rebellious princes.

However, a series of pre-combat preparations, such as dividing the soldiers under the command, allocating the necessary rations for the conquest army, and the procedures for the generals to go on the expedition, all take a lot of time.

The conquest army here is not yet fully prepared for the expedition, everything is under preparation, Han Xin has not yet become the generalissimo of the conquest, he is taken by Liu Bang's side, rushing to the waste hill battlefield in a hurry, to give Zhang Han the last blow.

Along with Liu Bang, there are Lu Zhi, Liu Le, Liu Ying, and Liu Taigong and other old women and children of the family.

Liu Ying has been named the Crown Prince of the Han Kingdom, so it is naturally impossible to continue to stay in Xingyang City, which is on the edge of the war front.

Therefore, Liu Bang decided to let Liu Ying move to Liyang City in the rear, and let the children of the Chinese and military officials under his command accompany Liu Ying to serve as the prince's guard and guard Liyang together.

This is a blatant conspiracy, even Liu Le can't refute it, can't Liu Ying stay at the front line and face danger?

Although many people are very clear in their hearts, with Liu Le's terrifying strength, no matter where Liu Ying stays, he can save the day.

Even if Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu, came to attack Liu Ying in person, he could not hurt a single hair of Liu Ying.

But Liu Bang claimed that for the sake of Liu Ying's safety, at least Lu Zhi was hard to refuse, and he didn't intend to refuse.

From Lu Zhi's point of view, relying blindly on Liu Le was not a good thing for Liu Ying. At this time, it was indeed the right choice for Liu Ying to go to the rear of Liyang City.

Liyang City was originally the ancient capital of Qin State. Qin Xiangong built Liyang City in Liyi, and then moved the capital from Yongcheng to Liyang City.

It was not until more than 30 years later that Qin Xiaogong adopted Shang Yang's suggestion and moved the capital from Liyang City to Xianyang City.

Xiang Yu entered Guanzhong, and after the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, he granted the feudal lords and Sima Xin the king of Sai, with his capital in Liyang City; when Liu Bang returned to Guanzhong with Han Xin's plan, he defeated Sima Xin and moved the base of the Han Kingdom from Hanzhong to the Han Dynasty. Liyang City.

According to the original history, it was not moved to the newly built Chang'an City until the seventh year of Gaozu, two years after Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, was eliminated.

The country is the most important thing in a country, and letting the prince live in the capital is a strong protection for the prince throughout the ages, and it is also a policy to stabilize the country.

Although Liu Ying was young, Xiao He, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, was in Liyang to assist the prince Liu Ying to collect food, grass and soldiers, and transport them to the front in time for military supplies.

It is also to cultivate and deepen the concept of Liu Ying as the crown prince in everyone's minds, so that everyone knows who the heir of the Han Dynasty is.

Lu Zhi had no way to refute, Liu Le seemed to turn a blind eye to this, and let Liu Bang arrange without saying a word.

It's as if he didn't see Liu Bang's little tricks.

In Liu Le's expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, Liu Bang secretly trembled a little, and was quite afraid of this mysterious daughter.

However, according to the arrangement, Liu Le also needs to follow Lu Zhi and Liu Ying to Liyang City, and he will not have to continue to look at Liu Le's eyes and act in the future.

Thinking about it this way finally made Liu Bang feel happier.

However, Han Xin was wrapped up by Liu Bang, making him very depressed.

In Han Xin's view, Yongwang Zhanghan was trapped in the abandoned city, and he had no escape, and fell into a desperate situation.

From the moment the Han army successfully returned to Guanzhong, the final defeat of Yongwang Zhanghan was doomed.

In any case, after being defeated by the Han army, Zhang Han, who was besieged in the ruined hill city, could not see a chance of a comeback.

The Qin people in Guanzhong hated Zhang Han's surrender to Xiang Yu; Xiang Yu was far away in Pengcheng, and could not descend from the sky to Guanzhong to rescue Zhang Han from danger.

Dealing with such an enemy who has no power to fight back is actually a very boring thing.

However, Liu Bang was somewhat afraid of Zhang Han after all.

As the last famous general of the Great Qin Dynasty, when Zhang Han galloped on the battlefield, Liu Bang was just an unknown little traitor in Pei County.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang raised troops, and the sound shook the world. Zhou Wen and other generals were sent to attack Guanzhong.

Then he led the Qin soldiers to march eastward, defeated Deng Shuo continuously, defeated Xu, beheaded Cai Ci, surrendered Song Liu, and achieved a series of victories, enabling Qin Ting to survive.

Later, he killed Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Liang in Dingtao, and on the battlefield of Julu, made the monarchs and ministers of the Six Kingdoms who had just returned to the country silent.

Fortunately, Xiang Yu was born, and with the attitude of "breaking the boat", he inspired the morale and fighting spirit of the Chu army, and defeated Zhang Han in one fell swoop.

If there is no Xiang Yu, then after the Allied Forces of the Six Nations are defeated one by one by Zhang Han, there may be a chance for Qin to revive.

If such a famous general hadn't been caught off guard by Han Xin's strategy of "clearly repairing the plank road and secretly hiding Chen Cang", how could he have lost so quickly?

And Zhang Han relied on the remnant soldiers and defeated generals to stick to the ruined Qiucheng. Of course, it was because the main force of the Han army was all pulled to the front line to fight against the overlord Xiang Yu.

At the same time, it can also be seen that he has no intention of surrendering to Liu Bang.

On the other hand, Sima Xin, king of Sai, who was also the three kings of Guanzhong with Zhang Han, and king Dong Yi of Zhai, immediately surrendered to Liu Bang when they saw the situation was not good.

However, King Sima Xin of Sai and King Zhai Dong Yi were repeated villains. They followed Liu Bang to go out to conquer Xiang Yu. After being defeated in the Battle of Pengcheng, they turned around and joined Xiang Yu again.

Standing in Liyang City, on the Qin Palace built during Qin Xiangong's time, Han Xin showed a slightly impatient look on his face, and shook his head at Liu Bang, "Zhang Han's life is already in the king's pocket, so why should I come from Xingyang City?" return?"

Liu Bang narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a soft smile, "The widow relied on the general's strategy to defeat Zhang Han."

"So the last blow given to Zhang Han was also carried out by the general himself. This can be regarded as a beginning and an end."

"This is the first achievement of the general. Don't you want a happy ending for you?"

Han Xin was shocked when he heard this.

Indeed, as Liu Bang said, this is his first contribution to Liu Bang, allowing the Han army to break free from the shackles and gain the qualification to compete with Xiang Yu again for the world.

Seeing Han Xin's disturbed appearance, Liu Bang pretended to be casual and said, "But the conquest of those rebellious princes is coming soon, General, you need to calm down Zhang Han as soon as possible..."

Before Liu Bang finished speaking, Han Xin's eyes flashed, and he said without hesitation, "What's so difficult about this?"

"Just flood the ruined hill city."

Volume 76 Chu-Han Struggle for Hegemony Chapter [-]: Farewell

Liu Bang was shocked when he heard this.

Han Xin's answer revealed a sense of taking it for granted, as if this answer was just the result of his thinking when he turned his eyes.

Liu Bang was still thinking about it. In the face of the final attack launched by the Han army, Zhang Han in Abandoned Hill City would definitely fight to the death to ensure his own life. It would be good if he could live one more day in this world.

Therefore, it must be a very difficult thing for the Han army to capture Feiqiu City. It needs to face Zhang Han and the last group of his most loyal soldiers to counterattack.

On the battlefield, such soldiers with no possibility of survival can cause the most terrible damage to the enemy.

They are not afraid of death, and even regard death as home. When they regard it as the highest glory, they will explode with unimaginable fighting power.

When you win the respect of the army you are fighting against, it is like a comet passing through the night sky, leaving an indelible and deep memory.

However, Han Xin's strategy of "flooding and abandoning hills" blurted out completely wiped out this gorgeous scene that might happen.

It also made Zhang Han's last desperate effort disappear in an instant.

Liu Bang's eyes fell on Han Xin's calm and watery face, and he was full of admiration in his heart, and then a secretive fear arose.

This man is so talented, especially in the military field, he is so unconstrained and amazing that even Zhang Liang, who is as wise as the sea, admires him very much.

Fortunately, he is one of his subordinates.

At this moment, Liu Bang remembered Zhang Liang's pre-set defense against Han Xin, and secretly thought that Zhang Liang's worries were not groundless.

No matter who it is, facing such a scheming opponent on the battlefield, it will become a headache, sleepless, and even worried.

Fear of being defeated by the opponent.

Liu Bang filtered it in his heart, sent him to Han Xin, and followed him to conquer the rebel princes, and the loyalty of those Han generals to him.

Only then did I feel a big sigh of relief.

Han Xin's biggest problem was that his starting point was too low, and he didn't have enough contacts at the beginning, so he recruited a group of subordinates who were devoted to him.

If we say that the rise of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, is because he is the shadow of the long-established aristocratic identity of Chu State.

Then my own rise is due to the fact that there are such a group of friends in Peixian County who call me brothers and sisters.

But Han Xin, who was scorned as a "crotch boy" and bullied by his fellow countrymen, really had nothing.