Xiao He and others have always respected Li Sheng, although they have the intention of not giving up Hengshan, but the matter has come to this point, they have no right to confront Xiang Yu, it is better to follow his wishes, this is a plan to delay the army, and Xiang Yu will not have any scruples when he sees Liu Bang showing weakness.
"Although Hengshan County is big, after all, it is surrounded by people, and it is not a good thing to hand it over to Gongao, I just hope that the overlord will not be aggressive."
Liu Bang said helplessly.
Li Sheng was beside him, smiling, "The king is too worried, in fact, the old man feels that Xiang Yu has never put the king in his eyes, and in his eyes, the Qin State has always been a fierce enemy!"
” Although the atmosphere was a little awkward, what he said did make sense, "Mr. has been taught, this king can order Fan Hao to withdraw the army of Hengshan County, but it is just the property in it?"
” When Xiao He heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said: "There is no shortage of property, why bring it from Hengshan County, is it possible that the king just wants to be a rich man?"
Such a small thing is naturally unavoidable, otherwise it will definitely lose the support of the people, what is the use of seizing Hengshan County when the time comes?
” "As the lord said, tell Fan Hao to go for the time being."
Liu Bang said with some shame.
In the early morning of the next day, according to the instructions of Emperor Chu, all the Han troops in Hengshan County were withdrawn.
In three months, the Qin army had no intention of retreating, after all, Hanzhong Bashu had sufficient food, and since they chose to occupy Linjiang, they had to be prepared for a long war.
Zhang Han and Wang Li studied the art of war every day, and at the same time surveyed the map, hoping to find a breakthrough, and there were 10,000 Qin troops training water combat every day, after all, Jiangling relies on water, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to advance by land and water.
In the city of Jiangling, Gongao heard that the envoy of the Chu Emperor was coming, and immediately sent Sima Yin to greet him, and Zhou Lan also knew that the Qin army was not far away, so he did not enter the city, but presented the edict to Sima Yin.
Seeing this, Sima Yin was a little surprised, so he asked in a low voice, "Messenger, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?"
” "There's nothing wrong with it, a certain has to go back to Pengcheng to resume his life, you serve the king of Linjiang, a certain is also to serve the overlord, and now he is the envoy of the Chu Emperor, it is a last resort."
"Besides, the Qin army is not far from the city, if I enter the city, there will be a little more trouble for no reason, so forget it."
Sima Yin saw that Zhou Lan insisted on leaving, and he didn't keep it anymore, "Since the envoy of Chu is like this, he won't keep it anymore, and be careful all the way." ” Zhou Lan bowed slightly, "It's okay, there is another word, please tell the king to send troops to Hengshan County as soon as possible, and now Hengshan County is a hundred miles of open space, just waiting for the king to go." ” After that, he immediately rode his horse away, leaving Sima Yin a little dazed, so he had to take the silk book to the city and hand it to Gong Ao, Jiangling City, Gong Ao looked embarrassed, and took the silk book helplessly.
"Hey, now that the two armies are in a hurry, and Emperor Chu has issued an edict again, I really don't know what the intention is!"
There was a lot of grumbling between the words.
Sima Yin was beside him, and said quite comfortingly: "Brother, that envoy is not the person of Emperor Chu, but the minister of the overlord, and before he left, he warned a certain person, hoping that the king will send troops to Hengshan as soon as possible. ” Gong Ao's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly opened the silk book, and said: "Emperor Chu's edict, now the king of Linjiang is in charge of the two counties, which is really a blessing for the people. ” "However, Liu Bang is called Han, which should be the land of Hanzhong, but although Qin is weak, the soldiers are still there, leading the troops to Hengshan, and he has no choice but to do it, but he never expected Liu Bang to be unrighteous, taking advantage of the danger of others, and spitting on him, so that Jiujiang was restored to his own."
"Both of them are the pillars of Chu, I should not be punished, I should hope to destroy Chu as soon as possible, so the two sides reconciled, ordered Liu Bang to withdraw from Jiujiang, vacate the county of Hengshan and give it to Aiqing, and changed his title to the king of Hengshan."
"I hope that Aiqing will move the capital to Bin County as soon as possible."
Gong Ao read the edict and was furious in his heart, "How unreasonable!
This king thought that Emperor Chu would send troops to rescue him, but he never thought that he would just send Hengshan to me!
” "That Hengshan County is less than three hundred miles, and my Jiujiang County is nearly six hundred miles away, he Emperor Chu will really help Liu Bang!
He is so clearly looking down on me!
” Sima Yin was beside him and comforted him a little: "Brother, Emperor Chu has no soldiers, Liu Bang can listen to his opinions, it is completely Xiang Yu's meaning, Emperor Chu is just giving orders." ” "Now that Qin has not been extinguished, Xiang Yu must not want to split within the Chu State, so using this method to solve the contradictions between the two families can be regarded as well-intentioned, Liu Bang is also afraid of Xiang Yu in his heart when he does this."
"Otherwise, how could he give up three hundred miles of land, and now His Majesty has ordered that my brother can let the co-captain go to Hengshan to stabilize the hearts of the people, and I feel that this Jiangling cannot stay for a long time."
"Jiujiang County exists in name only, it is already all Liu Bang's land, he is indignant in his heart, he will definitely be angry with Jiangling, and ask his brother to make a decision as soon as possible!"
When Gong Ao heard this, his face was in a trance, "Is it really what Xiang Yu meant?"
” "Hey, for today's plan, it's not the time to dwell on this matter, we should quickly send troops to Hengshan, lest Jiangling be lost, and we will have nowhere to stay!"
Sima Yin said anxiously.
"It's okay, just like the words of the virtuous brother!"
Gong Ao had to spread his hands.
So, 10,000 troops were transported to Hengshan County, led by the lieutenant, and secretly went out of the city to Hengshan at night, and the soldiers and people of Jiangling were all soldiers, leaving 20,000 soldiers!
Xiakou City, Jiujiang County, guarded by the Han generals, waited for the battle every day, I thought that Jiujiang and Hengshan were exchanged, and there should be no big things happening, but who knew that there was a secret letter sent from the six counties that night.
Guan Ying was a little dazed in his heart, and immediately opened and read it in the city, Liu Bang's meaning was obvious, that is, he ordered Guan Ying to lead 10,000 soldiers to help the Qin army capture Jiangling!
After reading the words in his heart, Guan Ying was very surprised, according to reason, Liu Bang and Gongao are fellow travelers, but they didn't expect to help Qin attack Gongao today.
It's just that Liu Bang wants to solve the depression in his heart, Emperor Chu in the east can't attack, and Pengcheng in the north is far away, so he can only take Gongao and Sima Yin in Jiangling.
Where did Guan Ying dare to go against Liu Bang's will, he had to personally lead a large army to conquer Jiangling, Xiakou was temporarily guarded by Zhou Bo, and the news that the lieutenant took away 10,000 soldiers was soon learned by Zhang Han and others.
Such an opportunity could not be missed, so he and Wang Li divided into two lines of soldiers and horses, Zhang Han led 10,000 prisoners to attack from the land, and Wang Li led 10,000 sailors to attack from the river.
Gong Ao's heart was also depressed, hearing that the Qin army was attacking on a large scale, and he put on armor to go into battle, Wang Li thought that the Jiangling soldiers would not dare to fight, but he never thought that he would be so brave.
Therefore, first made a thousand Qin soldiers hide in the water, tugboat forward, along the coast of Zhanghan, the two armies took care of each other, Gong Ao saw that Wang Li wooden boat was an iron rope and wanted to go hand in hand, he sneered, and then ordered the shooter to attack.
Wang Li was not afraid at all, and the soldiers held shields to block, and then the soldiers jumped into the river from the back of the ship, and everyone worked together to push the fire ship to the enemy camp.
Gongao sensed that the momentum was not right, and wanted to Mingjin to withdraw his troops, how could Zhang Han be willing to let him go, and the soldiers on the shore immediately threw out the iron chain and detained Gongao's wooden boat.