A Small Biography to Yu Yuyu - Mou Sheng Zhang Liang (II)

It is said that when Qin Shi Huang unified the world, the Chu general Xiang Yan struggled to resist and died on the battlefield. When Hu Hai arrived at Qin II, Xiang Yan's descendant Xiang Liang inherited his legacy and raised an army against Qin. Xiang Liang's name may not be known to ten out of a hundred people, but his nephew is a big name and a household name, and he is Xiang Yu. By 208 BC, the anti-Qin forces led by Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu had grown to 60,000 or 70,000 people, and Liu Bang and Zhang Liang also took advantage of the situation to lead an army to follow Xiang Liang.

Zhang Liang has always been obsessed with reviving Korea, and he uses his three-inch tongue to lobby Xiang Liang. Zhang Liang proposed to Xiang Liang that the King of Han become the King of Han, so that Han and Chu could form an alliance to jointly resist Qin, and it would be easier for other princely states to unite together. Xiang Liang felt that what Zhang Liang said was very reasonable, so he supported Han Wangcheng and appointed Zhang Liang as the Situ of Korea, which was similar to the position of prime minister. In this way, Zhang Liang had to leave Liu Bang and began to do his best to support Han Wangcheng. He used the few borrowed soldiers and horses to try to regain the land that Korea had lost. In the initial war, several cities were successfully captured, but they were retaken by Qin soldiers not long after, so they fought or retreated, and they failed to create a big situation for Korea.

On the other hand, Xiang Liang also established Xiong Xin, a descendant of the King of Chu, as the King of Chu Huai. But in fact, this King huai of Chu was just a puppet, and the real power was still in the hands of Xiang Liang.

In 207 BC, King Huai of Chu ordered Liu Bang to lead an army to capture Xianyang, the old lair of the Qin state, and shouted, "Whoever enters Xianyang first will become the King of Qin." Liu Bang was bent on grabbing the top spot and occupying Xianyang ahead of others. The battle plan he formulated was to first attack Luoyang East, attack Hangu Pass, and attack Xianyang. However, after several battles, Liu Bang's attack was not very smooth, and he ran into walls everywhere. At this moment, the person who sent charcoal in the snow came and solved Liu Bang's urgent need. The person who sent the charcoal was Zhang Liang, Zhang Zifang. Zhang Liang led a group of soldiers and horses to join Liu Bang and help Liu Bang capture Xianyang. It was Zhang Liang's arrival that pointed out the direction for Liu Bang, who looked like a headless fly. O sub-room, sub-room, you are really my ice cream in the summer, the cotton jacket in the winter, the bread in the hunger, the light bulb in the dark.

Zhang Liang believed that Hangu Pass was heavily guarded, and the terrain was dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it was better to attack Xianyang in a curve, take a detour to attack Nanyang first, break through Wuguan, and attack Xianyang. Liu Bang, according to the plan, did not take long to successfully capture Nanyang, and when he continued to advance west, he encountered Wancheng. Liu Bang was anxious to destroy Qin and planned to bypass Wancheng and directly attack Wuguan. Zhang Liang believed that it was inappropriate, if he directly attacked Wuguan and the Defenders of Wancheng came from behind, it would form a trend of wolves before and tigers after them, and it would become a sandwich biscuit and it would be difficult to get out. Liu Bang suddenly realized, adopted Zhang Liang's suggestion, and secretly returned to Wancheng at night. In the early morning, the defenders of Wancheng found that they had been encircled and could only surrender to Liu Bang.

Taking Wancheng was very crucial for Liu Bang, not only relieving Liu Bang of his worries about moving west, but also making Liu Bang's army mighty, and later other cities and pools that passed through saw that Wancheng had fallen, and they also fell without a fight. Liu Bang also collected many soldiers along the way, expanded his grain and grass for himself, and made sufficient preparations for the attack on Xianyang.