In May of the third year of the Han Dynasty (204 BC), under the all-out onslaught of Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, Xingyang saw that he could not hold on, and Liu Bang nai used Chen Ping's strategy of escaping the shell of the golden cicada, so that the general Ji Xin pretended to be out of the city and surrendered, and disguised himself, left the city from the West Gate and fled to Guanzhong.
At this point, Xingyang had already made a case of fish and meat, Xiang Yu was not busy eating, he ordered Zhong to continue to besiege the city, but he personally led Rui to ride and attack Chenggao.
Because, Xiang Yu's other old enemy, Yingbu, was still in Chenggao, and it was not bad to eat a big fish and eat a small fish.
Yingbu was most afraid of Xiang Yu in his life, and he did not see him, so he did not wait for King Xiang to arrive, so he abandoned the city and fled, following Liu Bang to the court.
Xiang Yu entered Chenggao, climbed the city tower, looked at the dust that Yingbu was far away, and sighed: What a useless guy, the widow used to value you.
At the same time, Liu Bang had returned to Guanzhong, gathered soldiers and horses, and prepared to make a comeback.
In the Battle of Xingyang, the Han army lost more than 100,000 troops, and without the replenishment of new forces, this battle could not be continued.
Therefore, Xiao He helped Liu Bang recruit more than 100,000 soldiers and let him take them to the front line to serve as cannon fodder.
Poor Guanzhong people, killing one batch after another, Xiang Yu killed and killed, endlessly, when is the end.
A strategist named Yuan Sheng suggested to Liu Bang that xiang wang was powerful, so it was better to send troops out of Wuguan and lead the Chu army south, and then build a high fortress deep and hold out to relieve the pressure on Xingyang.
Liu Bang was deeply impressed, so he sent his troops from Wuguan to Wan (present-day Nanyang, Henan) and Ye (present-day west of Ye County, Henan) to join the defeated Yingbu army that had escaped from Chenggao and provoke Xiang Yu to attack to the north.
Xiang Yu really couldn't stand the stimulation, and immediately led a large army to the south, hoping to find Liu Bang's main force for a decisive battle. Liu Bang was firm in the wall and clear the wilderness, allowing Xiang Yu to challenge, it was not out, anyway, Wanye was close to Guanzhong, grain and grass were easy to transport, not afraid of you surrounding, to see who consumed whom.
He dared to confront the Western Chu God of War head-on, and although he was repeatedly defeated in battles and defeated in a few years, he made himself "twelve times in the body, and there were four people who passed through Yashitong", but he still lost many battles and fought repeatedly, persevered, and never thought of staying in Guanzhong for a moment to hide and idle - Liu Bang, this person, is really a difficult opponent. Xiang Yu was finally defeated at his hands, which was not unjust.
But if the Chu army continued to attack, Wanye estimated that it would not last long. However, at this critical moment, there was a problem in the rear of the Chu army, and the result was a good situation, but it was still a failure.
It turned out that in Liangdi, north of Pengcheng, there was a trickster, often tricking Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu originally did not put him in his eyes, but did not expect that small tricksters could also set off a big storm.
This little troublemaker is Peng Yue.
Peng Yue was originally an independent armed force active in Liangdi, first surrendering to Wang Tian Rong, as a result Tian Rong was killed by Xiang Yu, and then defecting to Liu Bang, the king of Han, and as a result, Liu Bang was defeated at Pengcheng, and Peng Yue also had to flee to the Yellow River to lurk along the Yellow River and fight guerrillas between townships. This guerrilla group often attacked the grain delivery lines in the rear of the Chu army during the Chu-Han War, and ran away after the battle, which was very troublesome.
Such a small brat was not worthy of Xiang Yu personally going out on the horse at all. However, when the Chu army marched westward into Xingyang, especially after Xiang Yu commanded the elite Chu army to go south to Wuguan, Peng Yue felt that the opportunity was coming, so he took advantage of the emptiness in the rear of Chu, suddenly went crazy, led his troops across Surabaya, through Xue County, detoured thousands of miles to the southeast of Pengcheng, defeated the Chu generals Xiang Sheng and Xue Gong, and in one fell swoop captured the Chu rear town of Xia Pi (present-day Pi County, Jiangsu), directly threatening the safety of the Chu capital Pengcheng.
Peng Yue is recognized in Chinese history as the originator of guerrilla warfare, and the success of his guerrilla warfare method has also made future generations realize how important it is to open up battlefields behind enemy lines for a protracted war.
On the other hand, Xiang Yu heard that lao's nest was dangerous, and of course he could not stay any longer, so he ordered his general Zhonggong to stay in Chenggao and lead his troops alone to kill Peng Yue.
Xiang Yu was invincible, and Peng Yue was quickly defeated by him, so he quickly retreated with his guerrillas, and then flowed back to the bank of the Yellow River in Dong County, continuing to fight his guerrillas and continuing to harass the Chu army's grain lines.
Xiang Yu was invincible, but his generals did not seem to be like this, Xiang Yu Fang left, Liu Bang attacked, the final battle fell into the flow of flowers, Cheng Gao fell back into the hands of the Han army.
In fact, the talent formation of Xiang Yu's military clique was extremely unsuccessful, none of his generals could stand on their own like Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Yingbu under Liu Bang, and no matter how invincible he was, he had no way to split his body, either he was broken by the Han army, or he was exhausted and exhausted, and he was finally undefeated.
To use an inappropriate analogy, Xiang Yu is like the Japanese army in World War II, although strong, the battle line is too long; Liu Bang is like the Kuomintang, responsible for resisting the Japanese offensive head-on; Peng Yuyu is like a communist, responsible for fighting guerrillas in the rear of the Japanese occupation zone and harassing the Transportation Lines of the Japanese army; Han Xin is like the American army, responsible for clearing the Japanese Pacific islands and Southeast Asian colonies. In the end, the forces of all sides formed a strategic encirclement, and the Japanese army surrendered unconditionally.
This is the essence of the protracted war, the War of Resistance Against Japan will therefore lead to the defeat of the Japanese army, and the Chu-Han War will therefore lead to the defeat of the Chu army.