After several attacks failed to gain any advantage from Xiang Liang, Zhang Han began to change his attack into a siege, and no longer recklessly sent troops to attack the high and thick walls of Surabaya. But Zhang Han also understood in his heart that this

The city of Surabaya is rich in food and grass, and it is completely impossible to capture it just by surrounding it. So while he ordered the army to surround the city of Surabaya, he was also discussing with a group of counselors and generals how to capture it with the least casualties.

This city.

"General, in fact, the city of Surabaya is not completely blocking our way forward. Why not abandon this city and take a detour to Kuaiji?" asked a general.

"Our purpose this time is to destroy the Chu State, not to capture Kuaiji. If we only capture Kuaiji, I can send a light cavalry to attack Kuaiji now. The Chu people have already put the entire country's strength on Surabaya.

In the city, Kuaiji must be empty, and our army will definitely be defeated once it arrives. However, the Chu army is still safe and sound. They only need to establish another leader to form a new Chu state. Therefore, only by removing them all can we conquer Chu.

The country will be completely destroyed." When Zhang Han saw that many people agreed with the general's words, he clarified the problem. Only then did everyone realize that he had put the cart before the horse.

"General, I heard that the famous general of the Qin Dynasty, General Wang Jian, had a dispute with Li Xin in order to destroy Chu. At that time, Li Xin said that he only needed 300,000 horses to destroy Chu, but General Wang said that he needed 600,000 horses.

.The First Emperor thought that General Wang was already old, so he listened to Li Xin and gave him 300,000 horses. However, he returned with a great defeat. In the end, he was unable to serve as the emperor before inviting General Wang to fight again. He still had 600,000 horses.

, then the Chu Kingdom was destroyed, I wonder if this is possible?" one person asked.

Zhang Han nodded and said: "It is indeed true. When General Wang returned in triumph, the emperor personally went to greet him ten miles outside Xianyang City and said to him: 'It was because I didn't listen to the general that the time to destroy Chu passed.

"Commander, the general is worthy of being our number one general in Great Qin!" This statement can be said to be a great compliment to General Wang and a reflection on his own mistakes. Why did you mention this?"

"What I want to say is whether the general's attack on Chu is too big. Even General Wang needed 600,000 horses to destroy Chu, but the general came to Chu with only 100,000 horses." As the Sishui City

After being unable to attack for a long time, some generals had already doubted Zhang Han's strategy. In addition, with the incident of Wang Jian decades ago as a backdrop, it seemed that Zhang Han was indeed too overconfident.

Zhang Han had already thought that his subordinates would raise this question, so he said without taking it seriously: "This time, that time. The Chu State back then had hundreds of years of foundation. Although there were internal struggles, they were still able to work as one. Those Chu

Soldiers are also people who have experienced hundreds of battles, so to destroy Chu, hundreds of thousands of horses and horses are needed. But today, the state of Chu is just resurrected. The monarch and ministers are suspicious, and the generals and soldiers are not under each other, so I only need 100,000 horses and horses.

Destroy it. Although we are currently blocked by Surabaya City, I think we will have a chance soon."

"What does the general mean by this?" all the generals asked strangely.

"Before I set out, I heard that Xiang Yu had brought his children of the Xiang family to occupy Jiujiang County. This must have caused the King of Chu to be uneasy about the Xiang family. And now that Xiang Liang controls all the people of the Chu State, the King of Chu will

Are you so comfortable handing over your wealth and life to the Xiang family? So I predict that Xiang Liang will not be the commander of these 200,000 troops for too long. By then, he will be dismissed by the King of Chu, and the Chu Kingdom will have no one other than Xiang.

There is no general outside Liang who can fight with me. So I concluded that there will be a chance soon." In order to maintain the morale of his generals, Zhang Han had to make the matter so clear.

Upon hearing this, all the generals suddenly said: "So that's the case, then I'm willing to wait a few more days with the general."

But everything did not go as smoothly as Zhang Han expected. The King of Chu did send Liu Bang to replace Xiang Liang, but Xiang Liang still stayed and assisted Liu Bang in defending the city. Zhang Han was on the high platform outside the city every day.

Looking at the defense situation in the city from a distance, he did not find any signs of confusion due to the change of commanders. This made Zhang Han very puzzled. Could it be that his idea was wrong? The King of Chu did not treat Xiang Liang because of Xiang Yu's incident.

Have doubts?

On this day, Zhang Han had just seen the situation in the city when a scout came to him and said: "General, we have discovered that Qi State has also sent 50,000 troops to aid Chu. Now there are only a few kilometers left from Surabaya City.

It’s a hundred miles away.”

"What? The Qi people really came to Chu's aid? Have they forgotten that the Chu army just invaded their Linzi city?" Zhang Han took advantage of his expression. As soon as the Qi army arrived, he had more enemies to deal with. Originally, he had to deal with more enemies.

It is difficult to capture the city of Surabaya. If the Qi army and the Chu army join forces to attack, I will really be defeated by the city of Surabaya. "No, I must find a way to capture the city of Surabaya before the Qi army comes."

Take down the city!" Zhang Han wandered back and forth in the camp, and suddenly a bold idea jumped out of his mind.

In the past few days, the Qin army no longer attacked the city, which made the Chu army defending the city breathe a sigh of relief. However, Xiang Liang did not relax too much. He would climb to the top of the city every day to see the movements of the Qin army below the city.

Prepare for defense work at any time. This day Xiang Liang came to the top of the city as usual and looked at the Qin army's formation from a distance. Suddenly he found something strange inside the Qin army. It seemed that a large group of men and horses were retreating back. This made Xiang Liang very worried.

It was strange, so he turned to a soldier and said: "Go to the scout camp and ask what happened to the Qin army." After giving the instructions, he walked down the city and returned to his residence.

Fan Zeng was drinking in his residence when he saw Xiang Liang come in and said hurriedly: "General, now you are just assisting Liu Bang and others to defend the city, why are you so tired?"

Xiang Liang said: "I stayed here to defend Sishui County. Since I am here, I should protect this city. And I am not doing it for Liu Bang or anything, but for the people of Chu. If the Qin army attacks,

When the time comes, everything will be destroyed and all lives will be reduced to ashes, so I must defend this Sishui County."

Hearing Xiang Liang's words, Fan Zeng was immediately in awe. He stood up and bowed his head and said, "I made a mistake. The general is really the pillar of our great Chu."

At this time, a scout came in and said: "Scout Ma Er has met General Xiang and Mr. Fan." He said with a salute. The two hundred thousand men were completely impressed by Xiang Liang's ability, so even if

He is no longer the commander-in-chief of the entire army, they still treat him as the commander-in-chief.

After Xiang Liang ordered him to get up, he asked: "I just saw something wrong in the Qin army's formation. I wonder if your scout camp can see anything?"

Ma Erdao: "We did find out a piece of news, saying that there were some problems within the Qin State. Now Hu Hai has sent someone to deliver the message and ordered Zhang Han to lead his troops back. But this news has not been confirmed yet.

Therefore, my subordinates dare not report to the generals." As he spoke, Ma Er took out a few bamboo slips from his arms and handed them to Xiang Liang. "These things were also found by our brothers near the Qin army's camp."

Xiang Liang took the bamboo slips and looked at them. Although these bamboo slips were not coherent, Xiang Liang could still see some clues from them. It said that a large number of rebels were attacking Shangdang County, but specifically

But he didn't know where the enemy came from. After reading this, Xiang Liang closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then asked Fan Zeng: "Mr. Fan, do you think this is true? If someone really attacks the Shangdang, then who should

Who is he?"

Fan Zeng said without hesitation: "The Qin Dynasty is ruthless. There are many people with lofty ideals in the world who want to overthrow it. However, under the attack of Zhang Han and others, the only one who can still pose a threat to Qin is Hu Hai's brother Fusu."

It seems that he also saw this opportunity and wanted to take advantage of Zhang Han's army to conquer Chu and Qin's internal emptiness to capture Xianyang in one fell swoop. So I think this news should be reliable."

Xiang Liang nodded after hearing this and said: "Mr. Fan is right. This seems to be true. Then we can take advantage of Zhang Han's retreat to lead troops to attack his rear army, so as to save the lives of those soldiers who died in the battle."

Let’s take revenge.” He stood up and walked out.

"Wait!" Fan Zeng suddenly stopped Xiang Liang and said, "General, go and tell Liu Bang now. He will definitely send troops to attack the Qin Army's rear route, and most likely he will send generals there. If this is the Qin Army's

A plan, wouldn't it put the general in danger? In my opinion, the general should wait and talk."

"I see that the Qin army has already moved back a large number of troops. If we don't send troops now, we will not be able to catch up with them by then. Now we have no choice but to take a risk, and Liu Bang may not let me lead troops out of the city." Xiang

Liang said and left regardless of Fan Zeng's dissuasion.

After listening to Xiang Liang's words, Liu Bang fell into deep thought. He was not sure whether the news was true or false. If he led his troops to pursue him, he would be afraid of being ambushed, but if he did not pursue him, he would be afraid that the news was true and it would be wasted.

When he got this opportunity, he didn't know what to do for a moment. Suddenly he thought of what Qu Dou told him that day, that he wanted to get rid of Xiang Liang with the help of the Qin army, so he said: "Since General Xiang has received the news, let's get rid of Xiang Liang by himself."

You lead troops to attack the Qin army's rear. I wonder how many people the general wants to take?"

Xiang Liang didn't expect Liu Bang to send himself out of the city to attack the enemy as Fan Zeng said, but he couldn't refuse, so he said: "I think it should be enough to bring 30,000 troops. If the Qin army really retreats, then their rear army

If they dare not engage in battle, then 30,000 troops are enough, otherwise even if they send out all the troops in the city, they may not be able to defeat the Qin army."

"Okay, then as the general said, I will give you 30,000 elite troops. I hope General Xiang can accomplish this great feat." After Liu Bang finished speaking, he handed the troop talisman to Xiang Liang. Xiang Liang went to the military camp to lead the troops.

However, Liu Bang was very proud, because if Xiang Liang won this battle, he would have the greatest credit. If Xiang Liang was defeated, then he would die at the hands of the Qin army. Thinking of this, Liu Bang couldn't help but feel a sense of great pride.
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