01 Before the Battle of Julu, Zhang Han reached the peak of his military exploits
The Qin army, which Zhang Han led the Lishan soldiers and a small number of regular troops to temporarily put together, not only drove out the Chen Chuyi army that had entered Guanzhong, but also slaughtered all sides in the Kwantung region. He successively destroyed Chen Sheng's Zhang Chu regime, Wei Ji's Wei State, killed Qi Wang Tian Dan, and Chu army leader Xiang Liang, broke through the Zhao capital Handan, and drove Zhang Er and Zhao Wang Xie into Julu City. After the battle of Julu, Zhang Han lost more than he won.
In the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han, Zhang Han, as the king of Yong, was first attacked by Liu Bang, the king of Han, and trapped in the ruined hills of the capital. But Zhang Han's military ability is still very strong, in the Han soldiers irrigated the waste hill, before Zhang Han committed suicide, Jiaodong Wangtian City, Jibei Wang Tian'an, Liaodong Wang Han Guang was killed successively; Sima Xin, King of Zhai, Dong Peng, King Wei of Western Wei, and Shenyang, King of Henan, descended to Han; Changshan Wang Zhang Er Ben Han; Sima Wei, the king of Yin, was captured by the Han army, and the king of Qi Tian was in Chu, and Zhang Han insisted on it for a long time among the eighteen princes of Xiang Yu.
02 The mystery of the whereabouts of the Northern Army of Qin
When Hu Haijiao gave the dead son Fusu and the general Meng Tian, Meng Tian once said to Fusu that His Majesty asked his ministers to lead 300,000 people to guard the border.
The strength of the Northern Army of Qin is huge, and at the end of Qin, why did the powerful Northern Army disappear?
In fact, it is not that they are sticking to the northern border and watching the storm rise, but that they have been sent to the interior in batches to suppress the rebels. After Meng Tian was imprisoned, the Northern Army was taken over by the general Wang Li. The troops besieging Julu were Wang Li's troops, and it can be seen that the elite main force of the Northern Army was brought by Wang Li to the Kanto region to quell the rebellion. As Wang Li's troops under Julu City were surrounded and annihilated, Qin's northern army was disabled.
Chapter 03: The mystery of the relationship between Han and Wang Li
The relationship between Zhang Han and Wang Li does not seem to be friendly.
Wang Li's grandfather Wang Chong was ranked among the four famous generals of the Warring States, and his father Wang Bian was also a famous general of the Qin State, and his grandfather and father destroyed the other five countries except Korea.
Wang Li and Meng Tian were both born in famous families, belonging to the important noble generals relied on by the first emperor, and they had long held heavy troops, and they were strong, Meng Tian committed suicide, although Wang Li did not suffer, but it was still inevitable that there was a sense of sadness for the rabbit and the fox.
Zhang Han was transformed from a young government to a general in the internal power struggle of the Qin Dynasty, with prominent authority, a red man in the eyes of the Second Emperor, and a dazzling political star. Zhang Han ordered Wang Li to besiege Julu, and at the same time gave him food and salary support, indicating that Wang Li was controlled by Zhang Han. But Zhang Han's support for Wang Li obviously did not do his best. The road was cut off, causing the king to leave the army and lack food; Zhang Han's army retreated, causing the princes' reinforcements to dare to attack Wang Li's troops with confidence. Later, the second emperor sent envoys to Zhang Han many times to hold him accountable, including the factor of the ineffective rescue of the king.
04 The mystery of the grievances between Xiang Yu and King Chu Huai
Hearing the news that Xiang Liang was killed by the Qin army, King Chu Huai was surprised and delighted, and was surprised that the pillar of the Chu army had fallen, and the Chu army had no leader.
When a family member dies, the family is bound to be in turmoil; Of course, the earth will turn the same way without everyone. While mourning the death of Xiang Liang, the great leader of the Chu army, King Chu Huai was also overjoyed, his daughter-in-law had finally come to an end, and the state of Chu had a chance to return to the hands of their Chu royal family.
The main force of the Qin army is in the eastern part of the country to quell the chaos, and the Guanzhong area is empty, as long as it can pass through the Hangu Pass or the Wuguan Pass, the Guanzhong area will be a flat river. Xiang Yu asked to lead his army west to attack Xianyang, but King Chu Huai vetoed his request, and instead sent Liu Bang westward, and at the same time sent Xiang Yu Mingsheng to surrender secretly.
Xiang Yu originally thought that after his uncle's death, his uncle's position should be inherited by him, but unexpectedly, King Chu Huai appointed Song Yi as the general, Xiang Yu as the second general, and Fan Zeng as the last general, led the troops to rescue the Zhao State, and ordered all the troops to be under the command of Song Yi.
After Song Yi led his army to Anyang, he stopped. Xiang Yu proposed to quickly cross the Yellow River and flank the Qin army inside and outside. Song Yi rejected Xiang Yu's proposal, saying that he would let Qin and Zhao fight, wait for one of them to lose, and the other side to be disabled, and then clean up the mess himself.
It is normal for the two to have differences in combat strategy, but Song Yi said next: "The husband is stubborn, and righteousness is not as good as the public; Sitting on strategic planning, justice is not as good as righteousness. And ordered: "Fierce as a tiger, as ruthless as a sheep, greedy as a wolf, and strong as a messenger, all of them will be killed!" ”
This is a humiliation and a naked threat to Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu dared to kill Song Yi because Xiang Yu was not alone, and he had the support of the Xiang family and the Jiangdong children brought out by Xiang Liang. Killing Song Yi one day earlier, Xiang Yu was able to take over Xiang Liang's military and political legacy and become the real speaker of the Chu State, but the result was as expected, after Xiang Yu killed Song Yi, King Chu Huai had to appoint him as a general, but the relationship between the two has deteriorated since then.
05 Zhang Er and Chen Yu's plastic brotherhood
Zhang Er and Chen Yu became brothers in life and death, and because they did not want to serve Qin, after Qin destroyed Wei, they changed their names together and fled together. During the more than ten years that Qin Shi Huang ruled the world, the two lived and died together, shared weal and woe, and the brotherhood was so deep that people could sing and cry. After Chen Sheng's uprising, the two went to visit Chen Sheng together, got an appointment, and then jointly developed their careers in Zhao State.
During this period, the state of Zhao was nominally ruled by King Wuchen of Zhao and Zhao Xie of Zhao, but the actual power was in the hands of the two. When Zhang Er and Zhao Wangxi were trapped in Julu City, Chen Yu collected a team of tens of thousands of people from Changshan and stationed them in the north of Julu. Zhang Er repeatedly asked Chen Yu for help, but Chen Yu refused to attack the Qin army.
After a few months, Zhang Er sent Chen Ze to reproach Chen Yu: "At the beginning, I was friends with you in life and death, but now you have tens of thousands of troops, but you refuse to come to the rescue, where is the spirit of going to the disaster and dying together!" ”
Chen Yu replied: "I think if you go, you will die." The reason why I didn't die with Zhang Er was to retain my strength so that I could avenge the Qin army for King Zhao and Zhang Er in the future. ”
But Chen Ze insisted that Chen Yu die together, of course Chen Yu didn't do it, so he gave Chen Ze 5,000 people and asked him to try the strength of the Qin army first, and the result was that the sheep were like a tiger's mouth, helping the Qin army to fight monsters and upgrade.
Later, after the siege of Julu was resolved, Zhang Er suspected that Chen Ze was killed by Chen Yu, and Chen Yu was angry and untied the ribbon of the seal letter and stuffed it to Zhang Er; Zhang Er took the opportunity to take over Chen Yu's army, Chen Yu resented Zhang Er's refusal to give in, and left with hundreds of his cronies, and since then the brothers have turned against each other.
06 Zhang Er and Zhang Ao's father-son relationship
His father was trapped in Julu, and Zhang Ao, as his son, recruited more than 10,000 soldiers from Daidi, fought as his own brothers, and went into battle as father and son soldiers, but Zhang Ao, as the future King of Zhao and Liu Bang's son-in-law, was also worried that his team would be wiped out, so he had to endure humiliation and wait silently for a good opportunity to attack the Qin army.
As the old saying goes, Zhizi is suspicious of his neighbor, his own children are rational and objective if they don't attack the Qin army, and if they don't attack the Qin army, they are unkind. The Qi army and the Yan army, who came to rescue Zhao later, also followed suit, and set up camp next to the camp of Chen Yu's army, endured humiliation and burden, and silently waited for a good opportunity to attack the Qin army.
07 Unusual Qi and Yan reinforcements
After Tian Dan, the king of Qi, was attacked and killed by Zhang Han, Qi was in civil strife, and the Qi people set up Tian Jiao, the younger brother of Tian Jian, the last king of Qi, as the king, and Tian Dan's younger brother Tian Rong was not convinced, and raised troops to drive Tian Jiao away. After Tian Jiao fled to the Chu State, Tian Rong established Tian Shi (Fu), the son of Tian Dan, as the king of Qi and asked the Chu State to hand over Tian Jiao, but the Chu State simply ignored his unreasonable demands, and in retaliation, when the King of Chu Huai asked the princes from all walks of life to rescue the Zhao State, Tian Rong refused to send troops. Tian Rong refused to send troops, but someone in the Qi State was willing, and the Qi general Tian Du betrayed Tian Rong and led part of the Qi army to confront the Qin army under Julu City, and Tian Du was later named the King of Qi (Linzi King) by Xiang Yu.
When Xiang Yu crossed the river to save Zhao, Tian An, the grandson of Tian Jian, the last king of Qi, captured several cities in Jibei and led his troops to defect to Xiang Yu. Tian An was later named the king of Jibei by Xiang Yu. Unexpectedly, Tian An is the direct ancestor of Wang Mang, the founding emperor of the new dynasty.
Han Guang, the king of Yan, sent the general Zang Tu to lead the army to rescue Zhao State, after the battle of Julu, Zang Tu followed Xiang Yu into the pass, and was later named the king of Yan by Xiang Yu, and soon destroyed Han Guang, the king of Liaodong who was sealed by Xiang Yu, and occupied Yan and Liao. Zang Di has a granddaughter named Zang'er, and Zang Er has a grandson named Liu Che, known as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
08 The essence of the Battle of Julu is a battle for food
Fighting a war is about logistical supply, and only when there is enough food can the soldiers have enough to eat.
Seeing that the food in Julu City was getting less and less, Zhang Er was worried; Wang Li, who was besieging the city, was also worried about food. At that time, the entire Kwantung region was full of flames, and the people of Kwantung regarded the Qin army as an invading army and a devil of the Qin State, and it was very unrealistic to want to collect grain from the local area in this situation.
The Qin army's massive grain was mainly transported from Guanzhong to the front line over long distances. Zhang Han's garrison was in Thorn Plain, mainly responsible for transporting military rations for Wang Li, and specially built a Yongdao to connect the Yellow River. In the later period, Xiang Yu sent troops to cut off the Yongdao built by Zhang Han, so that Wang Li's army was short of food, the soldiers could not eat, and the combat effectiveness plummeted.
09 The truth about the shipwreck
After Xiang Yu led the whole army to cross the Yellow River, he scuttled the boats he was riding, smashed the pots and pans, and only carried three days' rations, so as to indicate that the army would fight to the death and had no intention of returning. The Chu army was like a tiger and wolf army, with one as ten, defeated the Qin army, and the brave combat power of the Chu army frightened the princes of all walks of life.
Xiang Yu led a large army, usually the number of troops is inversely proportional to the quality, small troops can be called elite, and it is unreasonable that the large troops of the Chu army that constantly have new people joining are elite.
What if the Qin army is not defeated? Gambling on everything?
Xiang Yu is a military strategist, not a gambler, he has already planned, as long as he can be a soldier and a god, he will be able to cut off the grain road, retreat from Zhanghan, and destroy the king.
The shipwreck was to prevent it from being used by the Qin army, and to prevent the Qin army from using the ship to transport supplies to Wang Li. Throwing away the bottles and cans was to travel lightly, speed up the march, and catch the Qin army off guard. Zhang Han, Wang Li and the grain road constitute two points and one line, breaking the siege of the giant deer requires cutting off the grain road, and the grain road may be outflanked by Zhang Han and Wang Li before and after. After getting the news that the grain road was destroyed and Zhang Han returned to defend the Thorn Plain, looking at the Chu army that seemed to be a divine soldier descending from the sky, and looking at the hungry and weak subordinates around him, Wang Li had a premonition that the sky was going to change.
10 - The Battle of the Giant Deer, Xiang Yu's biggest gain
Seeing that Wang Li's army was abused, the surrounding reinforcements also beat the water dogs. Before the Chu army's three-day rations were finished, Wang Li's troops were completely annihilated, Wang Li was captured, and Julu was victoriously relieved.
Fighting depends on strength, and Xiang Yu's biggest gain in the battle of Julu is that his strength has increased greatly, and the armies of all the princes who rescued Zhao have all been incorporated by Xiang Yu. In the past, the princes of all walks of life did not belong to each other, but now they all obeyed Xiang Yu's orders, and the strength of the military group led by Xiang Yu had far exceeded the military strength of any kingdom at that time.
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