In mid-January, at the Xiangyang camp, Heifu was reviewing the situation of the three parties on the map, but someone came to pay him a visit. When he turned around, it was Han Xin who came.
Anyone who is familiar with Han Xin can see that he is completely different from what he was after the defeat of Dan Shui a few months ago. The anger and anxiety emanating from his body are gone, and his confidence has returned to this tall young man with a rosy complexion and a bright face.
God's eyes were filled with light.
Only men who have tasted the wonderful taste of life will be like this.
Heifu smiled and said, "It's Han Xin. There's no one else here, so there's no need to be polite. What should you call me?"
Han Xin blushed and bowed again: "Father Zhong!"
Heifu laughed: "That's right!"
Now that they are married, Han Xin becomes a relative of the Wei family, and they are called after his wife.
However, Han Xin said this sincerely, "Father Zhong", because Marquis Wu Zhong really helped him too much in this marriage!
The marriage between Han Xin and Heifu's daughter was arranged intensively in the winter. The previous etiquette was fine, but when asked about the name, Naji was a little embarrassed. After Heifu's brother Wei Zhong agreed to the marriage, the matchmaker had to arrange the horoscopes and
Give the date of birth to Han Xin and ask him to go to the ancestral temple for divination...
At that time, Han Xin looked embarrassed, and the inferiority complex of a humble background came back - he grew up in a poor family and had to eat food from hundreds of families. He couldn't even remember where his father was buried. How could there be any ancestral temple?
But Heifu laughed out loud when he found out.
"Han Xin, Han Xin, you are so much like me. To tell you the truth, my family has had no surname for eight generations. The ancestral temple of the Wei family was repaired in a hurry before I got married."
Then, the grandfather's name was Chongba, the great-grandfather was named Wusi, and the great-grandfather was named Chuyi. They were all made up by Hei Fu to cope with Naji's gift.
At that time, Heifu had a straight face and encouraged Han Xin: "What I did back then, you will do today. Anyone who dares to laugh at you is laughing at me!"
"Besides, among the Northern Expeditionary Army, except for Xiao He and a few others who are from local wealthy families, the rest of the generals and officers were not all Guizhou chiefs, farmers, garrison soldiers, petty officials, and poor men in the past. Who is more noble than the other?"
"Although many of us are not native Qin people in Guanzhong, we are an army that implements the Qin system most thoroughly - regardless of origin or family background, we only look at talent, learning, and military merit!"
Heifu's words made Han Xin's doubts disappear. He straightened his back and completed a series of etiquette.
On the first day of the first lunar month, he and Wei Yue got married. Because Han Xin had no father or mother, he asked Xiao He to sit at his father's table instead. Han Xin was indeed a man who repaid his kindness and never forgot Xiao He's kindness to him.
And took him to the army...
After getting married, Han Xin had a deeper understanding of the situation of "commoner generals" in the Northern Expedition. Three days after the wedding, he accompanied his wife back home and had a conversation with her for the first time.
Wei Zhong is almost fifty years old. Although he is the captain of the field, and as Xiao He's assistant, he is responsible for the affairs of the field. His monthly salary is 600 dan, but he is still simple. He likes to squat on the ground when eating. What interests him most is the fields.
In the local affairs, Han Xin was treated very kindly and there was no discrimination against him because of his past.
Only then did Han Xin believe Wu Zhonghou's words. There was no class gap between the two sides. His inferiority complex gradually disappeared and he could treat these new family members calmly.
On the other hand, his newlywed wife was not at all like a woman from a poor family. She was polite, a lady, and didn't talk much, but she treated him well, and Han Xin was very satisfied.
After Han Xin and his niece got married, Hei Fu quickly returned to Xiangyang, where a large army was still gathered to confront Wang Bi of Nanyang.
Hei Fu asked Han Xin to sit down and asked, "I gave you permission to take one month's rest after marriage. Why did you come to the front line in ten days?"
Han Xin said: "My wife said that before peace is achieved, as a general, I cannot indulge in the love of my children. Now that spring has begun and the war is about to start again, I can't stay idle in Jiangling, so I came to the army to listen to the commander... Zhong
Father dispatches.”
Hei Fu shook his head: "Today's young people don't take a break after marriage, but they are very diligent. I think back then... I wish Emperor Qin Shihuang would give me three months' leave!"
It's not that he didn't know. After careful recall, Hei Fu discovered that the time when he returned to his hometown after getting married eleven years ago was actually his last long vacation. After more than ten years, he worked hard and slept hard, fighting in the north and south, and then again.
No rest.
Are you tired?
tired.
Humans are not machines and have limited energy, so they need assistant ministers and generals who are good at fighting. Instead of taking the lead in everything by themselves, even if they are like the First Emperor, they will die of exhaustion before the age of fifty.
That’s why Heifu needs to win over Han Xin and let this sharp sword act alone, blooming from both sides, and cut through the mess quickly! End this troubled world!
"Are you here to ask for a fight?"
Heifu drank tea and glanced at Han Xin.
It stands to reason that Han Xin suffered a major defeat last year. With his character, he should be thinking about avenging his past humiliation, but Han Xin shook his head:
"The commander-in-chief is standing still, he must have a plan!"
It was already half a month since the beginning of spring. As Guanzhong sent a large number of troops to Hanzhong, the Northern Expeditionary Army was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. The West City was gained and lost again. The Dongmen Leopard's offensive in Hanzhong came to a standstill. They had to use Shangyong as their base to wait for Zhao Tuo and Wu Chen's troops to move north.
But on the southern front, Heifu was as steady as an old dog. He did not launch an attack on Nanyang. Instead, he let some soldiers recover and planted the rice at home first, pretending to be passive.
Wang Ben was not fooled. He still stayed in Wancheng with a main force of 100,000, and started to build the Nanyang defense line. He did not dare to relax at all.
Heifu was happy: "Now that you can see it, just tell me about it."
Han Xin said: "The commander-in-chief wants to imitate Bian Zhuangzi and attack the tiger!"
"Two tigers eat cows together. They will fight for the sweet food. If they fight, they will fight. If they fight, the bigger one will be injured and the smaller one will die. If you stab one from the injury, you will definitely be named as two tigers."
"In winter, Wang Ben had already used troops against Han and Wei. First, Shejian beheaded Han Cheng, and then Su Jiao killed Wei Jiu's body. Now the Han people had fled into Putianze, and the Wei people had retreated to Puyang in the east county. The bandits from the Six Kingdoms were massive.
Frustration. If the commander-in-chief attacks Nanyang at this time, Wang Ben will stop using troops on the eastern front and save them. But if the commander-in-chief does not move, Wang Ben's spear may stab the Chu people!"
Heifu asked: "Why must it be from Chu?"
Han Xin walked to the edge of the map and pointed to the thin ditch between Liang and Chen: "Because of the gap, this is where the two tigers must compete!"
Honggou is an artificial canal built more than a hundred years ago by King Hui of Wei and ordered by Prime Minister Bai Gui of Wei.
Bai Gui renovated Putianze to the west of Daliang, diverted the Yellow River water southward into the lake, and transformed it into a huge lake with a radius of 300 miles. Then he dug trenches and built canals to divert water from Putianze to Daliang. Over the next 20 years,
, King Hui of Wei ordered people to continue digging to the southeast, so that the water system continued to expand. With the permission of later generations, Taikang extended to the southeast of Huaiyang, flowing into the Ying River, and finally merged into the Huai River...
From then on, water networks extended in all directions between Liang and Chu, and the two cities along the divide, Daliang and Huaiyang, became metropolises in the Central Plains.
However, when the Wei State was rich, it also fell by the chasm. In the 22nd year of Qin Shihuang, Wang Ben dug a chasm to pour water into the beams. This destroyed the Wei state and completely ruined the prosperity of the beams.
This relationship is embarrassing, but as a later generation, Heifu knows the gap because of its status as "the realm of Chu, River and Han".
As long as it is this period of time, tigers fighting for the world will never be able to bypass the gap.
The current conflict between Northern Qin and Chu is also about this canal!
Han Xin also saw it clearly: "The grain of the Central Plains is gathered in Aocang. Aocang is the starting point of the chasm. Although it is shielded by the danger of Chenggao, if the southern section of the chasm is controlled by Chu, Aocang will not be safe. So continue
After Han and Wei, if Wang Ben can free his hands, he will definitely attack Chu. The first thing to fight is Honggou and Huaiyang!"
"Married men are indeed different from virgins."
Heifu nodded secretly. Han Xin had indeed calmed down a lot after a setback, and he had grown somewhat in terms of the overall situation.
He said: "Of course, sometimes the enemy's enemy also needs to be used. I can obviously let Jiangdong attack Huainan, why not do it? It is because the north is strong and the south is weak. Our army needs a group of bandits from Shandong to contain Wang Jian."
"Last year, Wang Ben wanted to conquer Jianghan quickly and allowed the bandits from the East to cause chaos. Now they have become a climate. If they don't care anymore, they will attack Aocang and knock Hangu pass. That's why there are Shejian and Sujiao's attack on Han and Wei. These two
This person is the partial army arranged by Wang Ben to the east."
"Compared to the Battle of Jianghan, it was too easy for the two generals to win. As long as they defeat the Chu State again, they can relieve the troubles in the east and concentrate on dealing with the Northern Expeditionary Army. As you expected, I just got the news from Runan. Shejian
Having left Korea and marched eastward, Sima Yang also led an army into Runan and forced Wu Guang back. This was to protect Shejian's flanks, and Su Jiaoju Liang must have also moved south along the chasm."
The previous strategy was to attack from the south and defend from the east. Now, it is to defend from the south and attack from the east. This is Wang Ben's strategy.
Heifu asked Han Xin: "If you were Shejian, how would you fight?"
After thinking about it, Han Xin said: "The main attack is on Huaiyang. Huaiyang is to the west of the chasm and has no obstacles from mountains and rivers. The Northern Army is advancing eastward, and Chen Di is the first to bear the brunt. During the She period, Su Jiao combined tens of thousands of troops to besiege Huaiyang without attacking.
If the Chu army comes for reinforcements, gather them together and annihilate them, then Chu will not be in trouble."
Heifu asked again: "Who do you think is the winner between the two armies?"
Han Xindao said: "I'm afraid the Northern Army will be victorious. In Shejian, Su Jiao's combined troops numbered fifty or sixty thousand, and they were newly defeated by Han and Wei, and their morale was strong. Although the Chu people captured Suiyang, they suffered heavy losses and their troops were scattered over a vast area.
In Chu territory, less than 30,000 troops can be invested. If Shejian surrounds the enemy to attack the reinforcements, if Chu does not rescue them, they will lose.
He suggested: "In my humble opinion, the six countries are like a strong crossbow and will not last long. Our army still needs to put some pressure on Nanyang and Runan to prevent the six countries from being completely defeated. With the power of the south alone, this battle will probably continue to be a stalemate.
Already."
Heifu agreed: "It makes sense. Our army should be ready to go north at any time... But in this battle, I am still more optimistic about Chu."
Han Xin was surprised: "Why?"
Heifu picked up two dried persimmons from the plate on the table, held one in his mouth, and handed the other to Han Xin.
"Persimmons are too soft to pick up. There is nothing wrong with this book, but the problem is..."
He took a bite of the persimmon, which was as sweet as sugar and a little sticky to the teeth.
"Among the pile of soft persimmons in the Six Kingdoms, there is an iron egg that can break a person's teeth..."
Looking to the east, above the chasm, there were already dense clouds of war, and Heifu thought to himself:
