Chapter 362: A game of chess in the country (eleven)

Yu Ziqi's death made Liu Kan really worried for a while.

In fact, when the Chu army spent countless money and food and was difficult to maintain, the Tang army also reached its limit. Although the Lantian camp reopened, the Bashu army and the northern border troops continued to settle in. The vast Guanzhong was no longer able to hold on after four years of Ying Hu Hai. Xiao He had sent people to tell Liu Kan more than once that the battle must be ended before spring begins.

Especially when the action began in northern Xinjiang, Henan could no longer provide any support to Guanzhong.

If Xiang Ji is angry and embarrassed, but if everything is to avenge Yu Ziqi, the pressure in Guanzhong will inevitably increase, which is not conducive to development.

To this end, Liu Kan immediately made a gesture of preparing to fight after turning back to Mianchi.

But after waiting for three days, the Chu army did not return.

The horses and horses of Chu had retreated to Luoyang. One day before, Xiang Yu personally led a 100,000 army from Luoyang, and Fan Zeng was appointed as the military advisor to help Dong'a. As for Luoyang, it is now handed over to Zhang Han and Dong Yi and the other two to manage, Chen Ying was the chief minister, named Assistant, and was actually surveillance and responsible for governing the Heluo area. At the same time, war reports from all parties were continuously transmitted to Mianchi.

"I didn't expect that Xiang Ji actually held it back!"

Liu Kan breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhang Liang: "If that guy really disregarded the Sanqi Rebellion and insisted on avenging his brother-in-law, I would be really worried."

But Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Why do you have to worry, even if Xiang Ji comes to attack Mianchi, then give Mianchi to him."

At that time, we will station in Hangu Pass in Shan County, and we will also block him outside of Guanzhong... But if this is the case, then the State of Chu will be over."

Liu Kanshen agreed.

If the three Qi lands become turbulent, with Tian’s prestige in Qi land, it will be easy to gain a foothold.

Once Sanqi has gained a foothold, Xiang Yu will be in big trouble... Even if he seizes Mianchi, he will also lose the land of Sanqi.

The most important thing is that Sanqi borders Chu State...

Fortunately, everything was developing in the direction Liu Kan expected.

This is also the last strategy left by Gong Shuliao during his lifetime. The State of Chu was exhausted, and Guanzhong could take the opportunity to rest and accumulate strength. As long as the weather was good, Guanzhong would be a good harvest year next year. At that time, he would send troops to Guandong and sweep the world.

Zhang Liang wanted to hold Xiang Yu in Mianchi, which to some extent coincided with Gong Shuliao's plan.

He held back the main force of the Chu army and took advantage of the situation, and then provoked the melee of Guandong to reap the benefits of the fisherman. However, the most urgent task is to solve Zhang Han and Dong Yi in Luoyang first.

After Zhang Liang thought about it, he raised this question to Liu Kan.

Liu Kan smiled and said, "This matter should be left to Zifang to solve it. Zhang Han and Dong Yi were originally a general of Qin, but surrendered to Chu State, and he was exhausted from 100,000 Qin troops were killed. The people in Guanzhong wished they could eat their meat. So these two people would never bow their heads easily. Zifang might as well consider Chen Ying.

I have already arrived at the Che Mansion Qin Tongxingye, and I am expected to arrive in the next few days.

At that time, the ovary can listen to his opinions and may get unexpected answers."

After hearing these words, Zhang Liang was stunned.

From Liu Kan's tone, he seemed to hear a message: Liu Kan is leaving!

"Why are you going to return to Xianyang?"

Liu Kan nodded, "Tomorrow, I will turn to Xianyang... I will not hide it from Zifang, Daozi has begun to act, I must pay attention to it at all times.

If Daozi succeeds this time, he can guarantee Jiuyuan’s worries for a hundred years.”

"Does it mean..."

Of course, Zhang Liang knew who Liu Kan said was. He had always heard of his name, but he had never seen him. It seemed that the King of Tang had planned a big game of chess in his heart. Not only Guanzhong, but also the territory outside the border was already in his heart.

Liu Kan smiled but didn't answer.

Zhang Liang said: "The king is going to return to Xianyang, who will those tens of thousands of soldiers in Mianchi give to him?"

Liu Kan smiled and said, "Of course I'm going to hand over to the sir."

"No!"

I thought Zhang Liang would be grateful for this, but I didn't know that before Liu Kan finished speaking, Zhang Liang stood up, waved his hands repeatedly, and expressed his rejection.

He said seriously: "You can plan your own strategy, but you are not a good general."

The military strategy says: One is Tao, two is heaven, three is earth, four is general, and five is law.

Generals are wise, trustworthy, benevolent, brave and strict. Good people have little wisdom but no courage, strict... Therefore, good people are not suitable for being in charge of the position of commander. You also ask the king to ask for a good man and a good wish to assist you, and to serve the work of a dog or a horse."

Zhang Liang meant: The position of the head coach cannot be done casually. Let me give you an idea and help me. I am good at this, but I can't lead the army. The reason is very simple. I am a surrendered general and without any prestige, so I cannot obey me.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Liang was able to plan and command properly under the city of Mianchi, but a large part of the reason was that Liu Kan.

If Liu Kan had not been in charge of Mianchi and had nothing to say about anything else, Zhang Liang would probably find it difficult to mobilize commands, both big and small generals in the army.

After hearing this, Liu Kan felt that he had been a little casual in his consideration.

Although Zhang Liang was in command of the battle in Mianchi, the real coach was still in the city, and Liu Kan himself had almost never played for a long time. But suddenly, Liu Kan couldn't think of a suitable candidate, so he couldn't help but frown and ponder. Zhang Liang stood there with a little panic, and he was also worried that if he rejected Liu Kan like this, would he anger Liu Kan and blame him?

"Who thinks that can be the head coach?"

Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment and said softly: "I don't know much about the generals under the command of the king.

However, there is one person, which may be appropriate. To put it bluntly, it was a confrontation between the Qin people. Zhang Han was a famous general of the Qin people and needed to be defeated by the Qin people.

There is one person who is a famous general from the old Qin family and has a high reputation among the Qin people..."

"You mean, Monk?"

"Of course!"

Zhang Liang took a deep breath, "I have confronted Shaojun. Although the troops are disparate and I am not careful to lose, I can talk about my ability to grasp the situation and command ability, and I am worthy of the descendants of famous families. Shaojun inherited the name of loyalty and righteousness for three generations, and the Qin people loved him very much. He has stayed in Bashu for many years, and many Bashu children are convinced by him... If Shaojun is in charge of the throne, I will assist him on the side, Zhang Han and Dong Yi is not worth worrying about, and the land of Heluo is within easy reach."

This is a kind of self-confidence and a guarantee.

Zhang Liang made a military order and would take Luoyang down.

Liu Kan looked at him and suddenly smiled after a while, "Since the ovary is not grudges, I strongly recommend it, what should I worry about?

In this way, I immediately wrote a letter to Xianyang, and the Prime Minister's Office sent a command of General Mengke, the Hexi Province, to order him to come to Mianchi immediately."

This is also a kind of trust.

Zhang Liang felt warm and intervened, "I have another plan, so that the king can obtain all the two counties in Chu without spending one army or one soldier."

"Oh? Please give me some advice."

Zhang Liang said: "Wu'an Hou led his troops to attack Guanzhong and left Zhang Chu's former general Lu Chen to station in Nanyang.

Although Zhang Chu's army was not worth worrying about, Lu Chen was indeed a good general... This person was an alien among Zhang Chu's army, calm mind and able to judge the situation.

The Cangtou Army under his command was one of the few elites in Zhang Chu's army. Unfortunately, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were ignorant of others. Xiang Liang and Mi Xin were accepted by him, but he refused to use it even though he accepted it. The king only needed to send a suitable person to understand his feelings and move him to reason, so he could make Lu Chen surrender."

Lu Chen, Cangtou Army?

Liu Kan didn't have much impression, but since Zhang Liang recommended this, he must be not an ordinary person.

After pondering for a moment, he asked, "But I don't know, Zifang thought that he could surrender to Lu Chen?"

"I have one, but I don't know if the king dares to use it."

"who?"

"Lu Wan!"

After thinking about it, Liu Kansi never expected that Zhang Liang would recommend such a person to him, and he was stunned.

Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Does the king think that Lu Wan is not worthy of use?"

Liu Kan nodded, "I know Lu Wan, and it has been more than ten years since I talked about it... Can he persuade Lu Chen to surrender? I really don't think so."

"Haha, Lu Wan is indeed ignorant."

Zhang Liang smiled and said, "But this person has one characteristic, that is, he is good at socializing. From this point of view, Lu Wan learned from Wu'an Marquis. When Lu Chen was not successful, it was Lu Wan who had a close relationship and secretly helped Cangtou Army more times, which allowed Cangtou Army to be preserved. Now that Wu'an Marquis is dead, King Mi Xin of Chu may have even forgotten Lu Chen, and Xiang Ji was busy with the battle, so he had no time to pay attention to it. This was when Lu Chen was unstable. The king only needed to send Lu Wan to come and understand the benefits and disadvantages, and he would definitely surrender."

“Um…”

Liu Kan let out a long sigh and frowned and thought for a long time.

"Since Zifang thinks that Lu Wan can take on this important task, then I will start to arrange this after I turn to Xianyang."

In this way, on the second day, Liu Kan left Mianchi and turned back to Xianyang.

At the same time, a transfer order was issued from the Prime Minister's Mansion of Xianyang. After the handover between Puban and Lu Shizhi was completed, Mengke set out for Mianchi.

In this matter, General Pu Chai Wu had also received news that Han Xinlong and died in battle and Zhang Er surrendered to Peng Yue.

Although Chai Wu was brave, he was not a mindless person. He knew very well that with the death of Han Xin and others in battle, he had become an isolated army in Hebei. The rebellion of the Three Qis also made Xiang Yu unable to take into account the form of Hebei in a short period of time. He would be eaten sooner or later when he stayed in Zuoyi. Especially when Handan was captured by the remnants of the Qin army wandering in the Taihang Mountains, Chai Wu knew that the situation was over.

So while Lu Shizhi was in charge of military power and had not yet had time to take action, Chai Wu decisively gave up Zuoyi and led his troops to retreat along Shaoshui, retreated from the Henei army into Heluo, and joined Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu also expressed his understanding of Chai Wu's retreat without fighting. Moreover, although Chai Wu escaped, there were only 20,000 soldiers under his command, which was undoubtedly a great helper for Xiang Yu.

With the arrival of winter, Xiang Yu led his troops to Dong'a and began a war with King Tian Rong of Qi for the land of the Three Qis.

Tian Rong took his clan's brother Tian Heng as the commander, and Tian Rong's son Tian Guang as the deputy commander, and started a deal with the Chu army.

The war quickly spread across the Sanqi area, and in Hebei, Guan Ying quickly captured Taiyuan County, killed Sima Jue's head, and took advantage of the opportunity to capture Shangdang.

Lu Shizhi led his troops eastward, occupied Hedong, and joined forces with Guan Ying.

Three days later, Wang Qiong, the Qin general in Handan, sent people to contact Guan Ying, expressing his willingness to obey the command of the Tang army. At this point, the Tang army sent troops in October to the end of the war, and took a total of twenty-three days to occupy all counties in Hebei except for the two counties of Julu and Henei.

King Xie of Zhao arrived in Xianyang on the fifth day of November and was named Duke of Zhao. He stayed in Xianyang and died ten years later at his home in Xianyang.

Battle of Mianchi, Hebei!

As Liu Kan's continuous victory continued, the turbulent Guanzhong completely calmed down.
To be continued...