During the Qin Shihuang period, Zhao Gao and Li Si could be said to be strangers, completely different people. Li Si entered the Qin Dynasty when he was a teenager in the reign of Emperor Qin Shihuang. He was a disciple of Lu Buwei in his early days and had little foundation in the Qin State. But Li Si had extraordinary talents, and with his low eyebrows and bowed waist, not only did he occupy the position of Prime Minister Zuo, but his eldest son Li You also married one of Qin Shihuang's daughters and served as the prefect of Sanchuan County.
Dune Strategy , Zhao Gao and Li Si are in a cooperative relationship that utilizes each other.
Qin II came to the throne and killed Meng Yi Meng Tian brothers. In Li Si's view, things could end here. Qin Chao was still extremely powerful, and he was even more powerful. Li Si never expected that Zhao Gao, the grasshopper on a rope, would actually deal with him.
Zhao Gao accused Li Si and Li You of treason, arrested all the guests of the Li family, and tortured them severely. While Li Si was in jail, he was quite tough-talking, but the others could not withstand the torture and accused Li Si of treason one by one. Qin II was furious after reading hundreds of confessions with blood-red handprints, and tacitly allowed Zhao Gao to kill Li Si.
The jailer pushed Li Si out of the cell door and put him in the prison car. Li Si's family, young and old, and members of the clan were all tied up and followed behind. Li Si and his son cried bitterly to each other, and hundreds of family members and guests also cried together.
Li Si sighed several times, looked back at his second son and said, "Son, I want to lead the yellow dog with you again and chase the cunning rabbit outside the east gate of Shangcai." Li Si was from Shangcai, Chu State, and studied under Xunzi learned the art of emperors and entered Qin from the west before Qin destroyed the six kingdoms.
Li Si was subjected to five tortures . First, he was tattooed on the face, then cut off his nose, chopped off ten toes, owl's head , and finally chopped his flesh and bones into paste. The dignified Da Qin Prime Minister Zuo suffered this torture. Li Si killed three clans and worked hard for more than 20 years, but in the end it came to nothing.
The right prime minister Feng Quji and the imperial censor Feng Jie both committed suicide because they refused to be humiliated.
In the Qin Dynasty, the left and right prime ministers and imperial censors all died, and the thrones of the three princes were all vacant. Qin II ordered Zhao Gao to be the middle prime minister, and he was the only one in power. From then on, Zhao Gao took sole power, and Qin II was happy to ignore worldly affairs.
The Guanzhong of the Qin Dynasty was in chaos. General Zhang Han was fighting hard in Guandong. At this time, Xiang Liang defeated Zhang Han's army in the east of Puyang , and Zhang Han retreated to Puyang City.
During the Zhou Dynasty , Weiguo had been operating in Puyang for hundreds of years. The city was high and the pond was wide, making it difficult to conquer for a while. If Wang Li conquers Julu and goes south to reinforce Zhang Han, Xiang Liang will be in danger. So Xiang Liang bluffed, put pressure on Zhang Han, and prepared to open a second battlefield.
In July 208 BC, Xiang Liang made a strategy of dividing his troops and led his army to besiege Puyang. He ordered Xiang Yu and Liu Bang to go south and attack the Jishui line to ensure that there were no enemies on the south side of Xiang Liang's army. At the same time, there is also a task, which is to take Wei King Jiu's younger brother Wei Bao to Linji to rebuild the Wei Kingdom .
The total strength of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang is about 42,000, and the strength of Xiang Yu's legion is about 25,000. Xiang Liang gave all 8,000 Jiangdong elite cavalry to Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu's strength was about 15,000, all of them elite. In addition, Dangyang Junyingbu led his headquarters with more than 5,000 people, and General Pu led his headquarters with more than 4,000 people, both of whom were under Xiang Yu's command. Xiang Liang was worried that the three men were young and energetic, so he appointed the steady but accomplished Liu Bang as his deputy, leading his own army of more than 17,000 men to assist Xiang Yu.
This year Qin II Hu Hai 22 years old, Xiang Yu was 24 years old, and Liu Bang was 48 years old.
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang led their troops south, first captured Chengyang and massacred the city.
Liu Bang's official official (6th level/13th level) Fan Kuai, as the first ascendant, beheaded 23 people and was given the title of Duke Duke (7th level/13th level).
then attacked Dingtao , an important town on Jishui River. Seeing that it was difficult to do so, he turned westward. Zhou Bo under Liu Bang attacked Wanqu and captured Shan's father, the county magistrate.
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang made great progress in the west, and quickly captured Linji . Wei Bao led a thousand troops to stay in Linji, proclaimed himself King of Wei, and sent envoys out to recruit nearby cities.
Picture - Dingtao Ancient City
At this time, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang were going to return to Dingtao to fight back. But suddenly they received news that Li Youzheng, the governor of Sanchuan County, was leading the navy to march eastward.
Before Li Si was arrested, Li You got the news that Qin II and Zhao Gao sent people to investigate him. When Li Si was captured, Li You immediately led his army eastward. He knew that if he was captured back to Xianyang, everything would be over. If he followed Zhang Han and fought a few victorious battles, there might be room for change, and he might even be able to save his father.
In the previous battle of Linji, Zhang Han used his navy to surprise Qi Chu's supplies, and most of the battleships were prepared by Li You. Zhang Han would not repeat his old trick. He ordered Li to advance by land and water, take the Chasm, Suishui and enter Dang County , meet up with Sima Zhu, and then go east to Sichuan County and stab Xiang Liang in the back.
Li You entered the divide by land and water. It happened that Xiang Yu Liu Bang had just captured Linji and intercepted Li You's scout sent to Zhang Han, and learned that Li You's fleet was entering the divide. The Qin army scouts did not know the full story of Zhang Han's strategy, but only dictated the general location of Li Youjun. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang guessed that Li You wanted to go south through the chasm to attack Lu Chen in Chencheng. The two of them decided on a plan to go overland to cover up the situation, and joined forces with Lu Chen to besiege Li You in Chencheng.
So Xiang Yu and Liu Bang crossed the Jishui River south, holding the coin in their hands and walking quickly, and came to Yongqiu (today's Qixian County, Henan) on the Suishui River. At this time, the sentry sent to Daliang came to report that Li Yu's fleet turned into Suishui and headed for Yongqiu.
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang were shocked when they heard this, thinking that Li Youjun had discovered their own army. After careful consideration, both of them thought it was impossible. Even though Li You had extraordinary abilities, it was impossible for him to predict his own route. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang coincidentally looked at the map and saw that Li You's destination was Suiyang, the capital of Dang County. They joined forces with Sima Qu to attack Xiang Liang's back.
Since Xiang Yu and Liu Bang arrived first, it was really a God-given opportunity! The two immediately set up an ambush and sent people to Chencheng to contact Lu Chen and ask him to send reinforcements.
Picture - Yongqiu (now Qixian County, Henan)
On the water of Sui, Li Youjun's more than one hundred warships, with their sails high, broke through the thin white fog and arrived about half a mile west of Yongqiu.
There were six ships on the floor, more than 20 fighting ships, and hundreds of warships. The majestic momentum made the Chu army feel like they were swallowing mountains and rivers and oppressed them. The building ship is in the middle, the fighting ships guard the left and right, and the walking boats are on the outside, forming a defensive circle with several layers inside and outside. Six tower ships, like six castles, rolled forward. The waves are rough and stir up thousands of waves. Thousands of boats racing, thousands of oars working together, creating millions of waves, it is really beautiful to watch.
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang stood at the top of the city and looked at the Qin army's warships, while Li You also stood on the building ship and looked at Yongqiu City. Both sides had their own ideas.
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang originally planned to use siege ropes to make several large ropes to block the river. Xiang Yu asked several of Xiang's former subordinates for questioning. They learned that during the Battle of Linji, the opponent's buildings and ships were unstoppable, so he immediately changed his tactics. . They secretly attacked Yongqiu City, and sent spies dressed in Qin army uniforms to pretend to be defeated troops from Dang County, and told Li You's cavalry sentry that Suiyang, the capital of Dang County, had been lost.
Li You was originally doubtful about the fall of Dang County, but when he saw the Chu army's war flag flying at the top of Yongqiu City, he no longer dared to go to Suiyang. Regardless of whether Suiyang is still in the hands of the Qin army, his retreat will be cut off.
The war drums sounded, the fleet adjusted the position of the sails, the big ship paddled in the opposite direction, the small boat turned around to cover the big ship, and retreated against the current in the direction of chenliu.
At this time, the alarm sounded, and the rear team found dozens of big trees cutting off the river. The fleet used walking boats to clear the way, and the vigilance of the rear was indeed insufficient. The Chu army cut down a big tree and dragged it into the river. The Suishui River was not a big river. This section was flat and the water flow was very slow. The big tree just floated on the water and blocked the way. Walking boats or even fighting boats may still be able to pass, but the draft of the building boats is deep, and hitting the big trees may stir up the boulders on the river bottom and cause them to run aground. The solution is very simple, that is to send people to the shore and use ropes to pull the big tree to the shore.
It took a lot of time for the Qin army's fleet to turn around, which gave the Chu army time to make arrangements. After turning around and sailing for a mile, they found a big tree floating in front of them.The Chu army repeated its old tricks in the west and kept cutting down trees. Li You could only send people ashore to clean up. This is the mystery of this battle between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. As long as the opponent lands, the initiative lies with Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, and the opponent must also land. There is no chance to create opportunities in war.
The hundreds of people sent by Li You to clear the big tree died and surrendered, and the Qin army lost the initiative.
In the battle of Xingyang, Li You fought fiercely with Wu Guang for several months and suffered considerable losses. Most of the soldiers he added later were Korean and Chu Kingdom people. At this time, some Koreans and Chu people who did not want to serve Li You fell into the water and prepared to swim to escape. The Suishui River is gentle and people with good water skills can easily swim ashore.
Li You saw this and immediately ordered the escapers to be shot. Some of the fast swimmers were already close to the river bank, and Xiang Yu also ordered that no one should be left alive. These people in the water were really unlucky. They were shot mercilessly from both sides, and the water in Sui quickly turned red.
Li You saw that both front and rear were blocked, and Yongqiu not far away also fell into the hands of the Chu army. He just wanted to retreat to Chenliu quickly, and then walked across the chasm into Jishui to Dongjun to meet up with Zhang Han to pursue Protect.
At night, Li You stood on the boat and looked at the south bank. Yongqiu was submerged in the darkness, not even an outline could be seen, and Li You's mood fell to the bottom. Last year in Xingyang, Wu Guang besieged Li You for several months. Although he lost his troops and generals, Li You never flinched. At that time, the court had the support of his father Li Si, and all he had to do was defend the city. Now there is a chaos in Guanzhong, and his father is in jail (Li You doesn't know yet that Li Si has been executed). He is trapped on the building and boat, unable to move forward or retreat, and his future is bleak.
Most of the generals under Li Si followed him to guard Xingyang and assisted Zhang Han in winning the Battle of Linji. Many of them were promoted to nobility. However, the current situation, whether in the political arena or on the battlefield, everyone knows that something is not good.
Li You sent an army to land and camp, and connected the buildings and ships with ropes on the shore, quickly supporting each other.
The generals of the Qin army on the shore are Li You's confidants, and most of the soldiers are from Qin. They number about three thousand and are definitely elite. After the Qin army set up camp, they set up sentries in all directions and sent out reconnaissance cavalry. It was certain that no Chu army could approach within a radius of more than ten miles.
Under the dim moonlight, the sentries in the camp were patrolling with the help of torches. There was no chance of a sneak attack by the Chu army, but General Qin was in a bad mood. It was not because of the war, but because Li You had a bright future, and he would definitely be implicated.
Nearly an hour later, the number of sentries coming from all walks of life to report the news suddenly decreased significantly. General Qin had an ominous premonition and immediately summoned the deputy general and several captains for discussion.
After a while, the hounds began to bark and the horses neighed uneasily. The deputy general who had his ears on the ground to listen was shocked and said: "This is impossible, it seems that a large number of enemy soldiers are coming."
General Qin personally put his ears to the ground. Hearing the sound on the ground, he said decisively: "It's cavalry, very fast, and the horse's hooves are covered with cloth."
Before he could finish his words, General Qin had already drawn his sword and ordered all his strength to stop the enemy. Before the Qin army's formation was set up, thousands of Chu army cavalry rushed into the camp, shooting arrows like locusts.
General Qin reined in his horse and directed the battle. Screams came from beside him. He looked in shock. In the darkness, the deputy general had turned over and fell from his horse. A spear pierced the armor and came out from the vest through the chest. This shows the strength of the enemy's spear thrower. How violent. A Chu general in front stood high on the back of a horse, with a tiger's back and a wolf's waist vaguely visible. It was Yingbu .
It turns out that Xiang Yu trained cavalry in Kuaiji , specializing in field battles and rushing battles. This time, on the basis of the 8,000 Jiangdong elite cavalry, he also incorporated the cavalry of General Yingbu and Pu. With 10,000 cavalry, he quickly destroyed the 3,000 Qin army with the force of plowing the court and sweeping holes.
The Chu army set fire to the grass. For a moment, the flames shot up into the sky, and drums sounded loudly everywhere. What's even worse is that this army on the shore has ropes connected to the building and the boat.
After the Chu army discovered this secret, they worked hard to pull Li You's six tall ships to the south bank, and all the tall ships ran aground.From Xiang Yu's attack on the camp to the moment the ship ran aground, in less than a meal, the Qin army on the water was in chaos. Li You knew that the situation was over, so he put down dozens of boats from the building boat and rowed to the north bank first.
At this time, the vanguard of the legion led by Liu Bang also rushed to the battlefield. Looking at the messy battlefield in front of them, the corpses of the Qin army were strewn across the field, but Xiang Yu's Chu army had few casualties. They used the darkness to hide their dumbfounded expressions.
Xiang Yu was still unfinished. He took a breath of moist and bloody air and said to Liu Bang: "Prefect Li is mine, Pei Gong don't compete with me."
Liu Bang came back to his senses and pretended to be sincere and said: " Li Taishou's ship is high and the walls are thick, and his troops are strong and powerful. Even the false king (Wu Guang) can't defeat him. I don't have this ability. It's not Major General Xiang who can't break it. "
Xiang Yu once killed the prefect of Kuaiji County Yin Tong, but His performance was far inferior to that of Liu Bang, so he said in a commanding tone: "I will cross the river and lead the army to the west, and Pei Gong will go to the east. After three days, regardless of whether Li You is captured or not, we will immediately retreat to Yongqiu."
After Li You fled to the north bank, he did not retreat westward to Sanchuan County. Perhaps he had completely given up on Qin II and Zhao Gao. Instead, he went eastward to Suiyang to join Sima Zhu.
Xiang Yu missed the opportunity to capture Li You, but Liu Bang missed him instead. His subordinate Cao Shen's troops chased Li You, but because his own soldiers resisted fiercely, he shot him with a powerful crossbow. There are two prefects in Liu Bang's record of military exploits, Sichuan Prefect Zhuang and Sanchuan Prefect Li You.
This was the first time Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fought together, and it was also the only time they defeated Li You, the son of Li Si, the prefect of Sanchuan County.
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