Chapter Nineteen: The Great Victory of the Qin Army
When there is no hero, even a mediocre person can become famous.
"Wang Jun beheaded Fan Qian!"
"Fan Kuai has been executed! The great Qin is powerful and mighty! Commander, you are powerful and mighty!"
Perhaps one day, the name Wang Shang will also be recorded in history, but it is unknown whether the once-great name of Wang Lao Liu will still be mentioned by those great historians who write books.
If Fan Kuai could still speak, at the moment of his death, he would probably ask only one question: why? His eyes were still wide open in the last moment, this defeat was thorough and enjoyable, not only did he lose his army, but also lost his life, he no longer had the chance to come back again.
It's unbearable! As an excellent butcher, Fan Kuai has slaughtered countless pigs and dogs under his knife; as a general, there were even more heads rolling under his sword. But today, it was someone else who held his hair bun, trampled on his body, and won the cheers of glory.
The Qin army officers and men were excitedly shouting, Wang Shang beheaded Fan Kuai. When Li Yuan heard this news, he was surprised at first, but then felt a little relieved. As the saying goes, "the winner is the king, the loser is the thief". Although Fan Kuai was a famous historical figure, it didn't mean that Fan Kuai was really invincible. Under specific conditions, the strength of military power cannot represent the final victory or defeat.
Having a plan and being prepared is the key to Qin's victory. Fan Kuai made mistake after mistake in pursuit, was repeatedly trapped and fell into despair, and when he finally saw the Qin cavalry approaching, he collapsed.
The Qin army wins a great victory!
It was a role, Fan Kuai came to offend the six hundred elite soldiers except for individual lucky ones who escaped, almost all were killed by the Qin army. Compared with this, the loss of the Qin army was only about 100 people lost in the defense of the city last night. As for the later battle of Da Liang Ghost City, it can be described as negligible.
The perfect combination of bamboo spears and excavation work, coupled with the specific battlefield environment of Daliang, maximally tilted the balance of victory in war towards the Qin army.
Li Yuanjun led a thousand troops against Fan Kuai's 600 elite soldiers, achieving such brilliant results that not only did the Qin army officers and men not expect it beforehand, but even Li Yuan himself had not anticipated that the combination of city moats and long-distance bamboo spear thrusts would be so effective. To know that at the time of the military council discussion about Liu Bang's army marching speed, he just flashed through his mind the city roads with zippers installed in later generations, filled up and then dug out, dug out and then filled again, repeating this process, and the city's sewer system was also the same. Every time it rained heavily, it was like a flood of gold, making pedestrians walk on thin ice, because if they were not careful, they would be sucked into the deep and unpredictable pipes, ending up with no survivors.
In addition, on the psychological level, Fan's soldiers were also at a disadvantage. Many of them said that they were not defeated by the Qin army, but rather frightened by the imaginary ghosts and gods. The gods are above, how can mortals ask for their help! Whether it is a fierce and evil demon or a weak and timid commoner, everyone will have fear in their hearts, and it was this inexplicable sense of fear that gave Fan's army its final blow!
Li Yuan is very proud and proud. The accumulation of a large amount of knowledge is his greatest reliance on survival in this era, the integration of technology and ideas brings a different paradigm of learning to use.
The 15th day.
Li Yuanjun, after winning the victory of Da Liang, began to withdraw from Wei according to plan. For this place that provided him with his initial rest, Li originally thought it would only take a few months and there wouldn't be much sorrow in parting. However, when he saw group after group of elderly people sending him off, he realized that people are not like grass or trees, who can remain unfeeling?
"My child, take care on your journey!"
"When going out, you must listen to commands and don't cause trouble."
The county soldiers are about to leave, and the anxious old parents in the family have come to see them off. In fact, Li Yuan can also see that according to these old people's thoughts, it would be best if their own children stayed in Daliang forever and didn't go anywhere else. Xingyang, although not too far away, has already given the county soldiers a different mindset.
Fighting in one's hometown and fighting abroad are two completely different concepts. When defending the home country, soldiers often fight exceptionally bravely because they know their loved ones are behind them. In contrast, when fighting in a foreign land, many soldiers without grand goals think only of how to preserve their lives and return safely to their hometown.
What brought comfort to Li Yuan was that, under the stimulation of continuous victories, the morale of Li Yuan's soldiers reached an unprecedented height, which made the withdrawal order well implemented. The retreat was not only for soldiers, but also for some craftsmen and temporary residents who followed Li Yuan's army to move to Xinyang. Among them were rich people like Zhang Fu, who closed their doors and windows during the day when Fan Jun entered the city, Zheng Youfu, a carpenter who trembled in his bed, and farmers like Han Si.
"I heard that this time, General Li's troops killed many of the rebel army. Now those rebels will surely go crazy and take revenge! Let's escape early!" Zhang was anxious in his heart, not knowing where their future lay. His ability to predict impending danger was quite accurate. Before Xiang Yu's massacre at Yangwu, they had managed to run away with their family. It seemed that the same situation was about to unfold again.
"It's right, General Li is kind and righteous, following his army is correct, wherever they go, we'll go too." Zheng Youfu and Han Si were refugees who fled from Zhao to Zhuji due to the war. The strong premonition of the impending war made them decide to leave again. Years later, when they looked back, they couldn't help but feel grateful for this wise decision at that time.
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Liu Bang's army surged towards Wei Liang like a tide, on the seventeenth day. On the third day after Fan Kuai's defeat, Cao Shen and Lu Shang arrived at Da Liang with more than 4,000 elite soldiers, only to be met with an empty city and the corpses of Fan's soldiers.
"Ah!" Seeing Fan Kuai's headless body, Cao Shen's knees softened and almost fell to the ground. Liu Bang, Cao Shen, Xiahou Ying, Lu Wan, Xiao He, Fan Kuai... were all fellow villagers from Pei County, who had risen together in rebellion and fought side by side, as close as brothers. Now, with the great cause still unfinished, Fan Kuai was already dead, which made Cao Shen's heart ache endlessly.
Fan Zeng died!
Who was the Han general who danced with Xiang Zhuang at the Hongmen Banquet?
Will this historical inertia change direction due to Fan Zeng's death? No one can answer, neither Xiang Yu, Liu Bang and other Qin heroes nor Li Yuan, a time-traveler.
Faced with the tragic situation, Liu Bang's army, in a state of furious anger, no longer cared about the face of benevolence and righteousness. Under Cao Shen's tacit consent, Liu's soldiers began their frantic slaughter of the city.
Massacre of civilians!
In this bloody era, it is not uncommon. Not long ago in Yongqiu, after Xiang Yu broke into the city, he also slaughtered all the civilians inside the city of Yongqiu.
All who resist must die.
This is the will of the strong, and it cannot be disobeyed in the slightest.
October 1st.
Liu Bang led the army to Jiyuan, and when he heard that Fan Kuai's army was defeated and he died, Liu Bang personally guarded his spirit and held a funeral for him. He also ordered the burial of the remains of the soldiers who died in battle and erected a monument with their names to await transportation back to their hometown on a later day.
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