After Meng Tian's army captured Taiyuan, they did not take advantage of the situation to attack Shangdang County. Instead, they went north to capture Yanmen County, Yunzhong County, and Jiuyuan County, which were unprepared. Originally, Qin Ting faced a tiger's gaze.

Meng Tian's army was still somewhat on guard, but unexpectedly they were just torturing the northern counties, which greatly reduced the fear in the court. Everyone thought that Meng Tian and others were just taking advantage of Qin's army to conquer Chu to expand their territory.

At the same time, he was afraid of offending the imperial court, so he took action against the border counties.

So when some people from Taiyuan and other counties fled to Xianyang City, Zhao Gao, Hu Hai and others didn't take it seriously. After all, although these counties were nominally Qin's territory, they actually could not bring any benefits to the court.

, and even the imperial court used part of the tax revenue to support the people in these places. But Zhang Han saw the importance of these places. On the surface, these counties did not contribute to the imperial court, but they

But there are extremely elite warriors in Da Qin. Since the people here live on the border, they will always encounter unexpected dangers, such as the beasts scattered outside the county, and the Huns, although not many, still appear. If not

With their strength and martial arts, the people here have long since died, but because the court did not pay attention to them, the people here were not recruited into the army. Perhaps it is also because the Qin army is already a powerful existence, so they are not soldiers to these people.

The common people did not attach too much importance to their birthplace. However, Zhang Han served as a general in the North for a period of time. He had seen the fighting power of the northern men who were not inferior to the main force of the Qin army. Now these counties are actually successively

Being broken made Zhang Han unable to sit still, so he entered the palace.

"Emperor, now Mengtian's army is constantly taking over those counties in northern Xinjiang, which is very detrimental to us." Zhang Han said anxiously.

"Now that the inner circle of our country, Great Qin, is already in raging war, why do we still have the energy to take care of those less important border areas? What's more, Meng Tian and others are just taking advantage of the situation to expand their power, and they will not threaten them.

The survival of our Great Qin. With them in the north, they can help us stop the Huns, so why not do that?" Compared to Zhang Han, Hu Hai looked relaxed.

Zhang Han had known for a long time that the emperor would have such a reaction, so he hurriedly told the truth about the northern counties that he knew, and then analyzed: "Now it will indeed be as the emperor said, Meng Tian's actions will have a negative impact on our country, Da Qin"

There is no harm at all, but if they are allowed to increase in strength due to the support of the people in the northern counties, our Qin Dynasty will have to face a more powerful opponent than Chu, Qi and other armies. Therefore, the general hopes that the emperor will surrender as soon as possible.

General Mo will lead his army to help the remaining counties to prevent them from falling into Meng Tian's hands."

Zhang Han, the figure he used to restrain Zhao Gao, Hu Hai, naturally would not let him leave, so he said awkwardly: "Let me think about it. If I go to the counties in northern Xinjiang to guard it, I will send tens of thousands of troops. Then I, Xianyang,

The troops and horses in the city and Hangu Pass will be greatly reduced, which means the interior will be empty."

"Emperor, our enemies now include the Qi, Chu, Zhao and Mengtian armies. The Qi people have been severely injured by the Chu people in several battles. For a while, they will not have much power to cause trouble. The Chu people are at war with General Bai and the others.

, we will definitely not be able to take action, and as for the Zhao people, they only have one city in Handan, and they are just surviving, so it seems to me that these enemies are no threat to us, so why should the emperor care?" Zhang Han's thoughts are now completely focused on the north.

Zhujun, so I take it for granted.

After hearing his analysis, Hu Hai felt that it was reasonable, but he refused to ask Zhang Han to lead his army anyway, so he proposed another method: "Then I will let other generals lead their troops to assist.

General, it’s better to stay by my side.”

After Hu Hai said these words, Zhang Han also remembered that he was the person who balanced Hu Hai and Zhao Gao. If he defeated the north now, no one in Xianyang City could control Zhao Gao. So he said helplessly

: "According to the order. I wonder who the emperor will send to support the northern counties."

"This..." Hu Hai couldn't find a general who could take on this important task for a while. There were quite a few generals in Xianyang City now, but most of them were Zhao Gao's people. He really couldn't transfer them to the north.

I didn't know what to say for a moment.

Zhang Han also saw Hu Hai's helplessness, so he said: "My deputy general Wang Li is the grandson of Wang Jian who helped the First Emperor to pacify the six kingdoms. He is also the son of Wang Ben and is a good general. We can let him lead the troops.

"

"Wang Li," Hu Hai read this unfamiliar name and asked, "Since he is a famous general, why have I never heard of him?"

"Because Wang Li is too upright, he offended Zhao Gao and Li Si, so although he has talents and learning, he has nowhere to use. I only learned about him after arriving in Xianyang. I hope the emperor can reuse him."

"Since he is recommended by General Zhang, I naturally trust him and let him bring 50,000 troops to the north for support."

As a result, the already small guard force in Xianyang City was reduced by several percent. At this time, Meng Tian had already occupied Jiuyuan County and then led his troops back to Shang County. Next was their highlight. The attack made Qin Ting nervous.

Shangdang County. His original intention of attacking the northern counties was to give the Qin people the illusion that he did not want to destroy the Qin Dynasty. Now attacking Shangdang is just an act to continue to expand the territory. In this way, although Qin will send a large army

, but they would not risk everything and made preparations for Fusu. But at this time, Wang Li's 50,000-strong army happened to arrive at Shangdang County.

After all, Wang Li was from an aristocratic family and was familiar with military literature. After learning about Meng Tian's actions, he instead thought of attacking Shangjun, so that he could turn passivity into initiative. As long as Shangjun was attacked, Meng Tian, ​​who was fighting in the north, would inevitably return.

The division came to rescue him, so that he could confront Meng Tian head-on, and at the same time the crisis in the north would naturally be relieved. Therefore, his army did not go straight to the north, but wanted to pass through Shangdang County and go to Shangjun. At this time, the two armies happened to be at

The party met.

In the Chu camp outside Jiujiang City, Xiang Yu kept asking Xiang Liang: "Uncle, now our army has the upper hand, but why don't you always let me lead the troops to attack the city? It's only been five days.

It’s over.”

Xiang Liang looked at his nephew leisurely and said with a smile: "Yu'er, the last time our army was able to defeat the Qin soldiers so easily was due to luck. It's not that our soldiers are braver and better at fighting than the Qin soldiers. This time if we force

If we tighten it too much, I'm afraid they will kill everything, and our Chu army will suffer heavy casualties, and it will still be us who are at a disadvantage."

"Does uncle want to trap them in the city like this and let them starve to death in the end?"

"That's not necessary. I think if we survive for a few more days, the turmoil in Jiujiang City will become even greater. By then our strategy will be implemented, and we can take down Jiujiang City without too many casualties."

Xiang Yu looked at Xiang Liang who was holding the pearl of wisdom, but he couldn't think of any way to easily take down Jiujiang City. At this time, he saw Fan Zeng in the corner of the tent, looking at the slips, and asked: "Is it Fan Zeng?"

It’s a plan sir.”

Fan Zeng put down the slip and said with a smile: "Exactly, I also came up with it from the Qin soldiers' strategy to defeat Jiujiang City last time. I will use their method to take Jiujiang City back."

"I heard from the Chu soldiers who escaped that the Qin soldiers shot a letter urging them to surrender, which made the soldiers guarding the city confused. As a result, Jiujiang City was destroyed before we could come to our aid. Could it be that Mr. Fan also wanted to do this?" Xiang Yu

He asked, with a look of contempt on his face.

"The people of Qin know very well that if Kaicheng surrenders now, our Chu army will definitely not let them go, so we can't persuade them to surrender." Fan Zeng seemed to know Xiang Yu's contempt for him, and hurriedly explained the impossible reason.

Said it out.

"In this case, sir, you still said that you should use the Qin people's method to break the city?" Xiang Yu was very puzzled.

"I saw from the battle that day that although the Qin army numbered 100,000, they were not united and divided into two factions. When they fought with our Chu army that day, the tens of thousands of people in front were trapped.

During the fierce battle, tens of thousands of people in the rear abandoned their robes and fled back. I think these two groups of troops must not belong to each other, and there is even a rift between the two generals. As long as we grasp this point

, this city is very easy to break."

After all, Xiang Yu is also a general. After listening to Fan Zeng's words, he already understood what he meant: "Sir, are you saying that we can use counterintuitive tactics to turn the two Qin armies against each other? We will take the opportunity to enter the city?"

"Yes, that's why I asked General Xiang to stay put these days, just to look for an opportunity."

"What chance?" When Xiang Yu heard that he could enter the city smoothly, he put aside his anger.

"Our people have the opportunity to enter the city. As long as our people can sneak into the city, they can provoke the two Qin generals in the city to be hostile to each other, which will cause conflicts and even fights between the Qin troops. In this way, the protection of the city

It will naturally weaken, and our army can easily enter the city."

"And now we have found a gap, and our spies have entered with secret messages hidden in their arms." Xiang Liang, who had not interrupted until now, also said.

"Where is it?" Xiang Yu asked hurriedly.

"A gap was found in the northwest corner of the city wall, which is just right for people to climb in and out. Unfortunately, only one person can enter, so we can only let spies in. Otherwise, we can let a large number of soldiers enter the city at night and open the city gate."

Xiang Liang said with some regret, "And we know that one of the generals named Zhao Changke is the younger brother of Zhao Gao. He will definitely guard against other generals, so I want the spy to be caught by his people. The secret message in it

But it was written to me by the day shift. Do you think if Zhao Changke knew that the day shift had contact with me, how would he react?" He laughed.

"Then nephew, go and order all the troops now so that you can take advantage of the chaos in the city and rush in." Xiang Yu said and ran out of the camp.

"Is it too early for the general to tell the young general all this?"
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