Is there anything wrong with Liu Bang's idea?
Absolutely not!
As an excellent commander of a large army and the leader of a party, Liu Bang's idea is completely correct.
Zhuo Qun also told Liu Bang that Xiang Ji might be able to fight back from the front line with some of his elite troops, so it was better to be careful.
But Liu Bang disagreed a little.
Because no idiot commander would abandon his army, and the movement of the army would be known to the whole world. As long as Xiang Jui made a big move, Liu Bang would know about it, and even if Liu Bang didn't say anything, Qi Guo Tian Heng would not let Xiang Jui go. of.
Moreover, Xiang Jiu cannot leave Qi if he wants to.
After all, the hatred of massacre is not so easy to forget. Xiang Jui's massacres have long lost the hearts of the people in the world.
In Qicheng before, he directly killed the people who had helped him, making everyone in Qi want to eat Xiang Jiu's flesh and sleep with his skin. How could they let him go? Therefore, Liu Bang did not have this option in his mind.
To be honest, Liu Bang also massacred the city.
The first massacre of the city was done together with Xiang Zhui, but the second massacre of Yingyang was done by himself. However, after massacring the city once, Liu Bang never did such a thing again.
Compared with Xiang Ji, Liu Bang knew his mistakes and could correct them. When he found that massacring the city would not bring him any benefits, he stopped massacring the city completely. Not only did he quit, but even his Han army was not allowed to massacre the city. .
On the other hand, after Xiang Jui committed the first post-war massacre in history, that is, after Xiang Jui massacred Xiangcheng, Xiang Jui continued to massacre cities as if he was addicted to it.
It was because of this that all the heroes in the world began to rebel against Xiang Ji.
But after Liu Bang stopped massacring the city, he realized that he was like a man of many virtues. No matter where he went, he was welcomed by everyone, and no matter who he was, he would be called Pei Gong. This made Liu Bang, who had a good reputation, even less likely to massacre the city. Pei Gong, I wish he, a big bastard who has been stealing all year round, would one day be called fair.
This made Liu Bang cherish his feathers even more, and his reputation became even better.
Xiang Yu's repeated massacres of the city left him without help. No matter where he went, he was hated by the local people. In the past, everyone found that those who opposed would be massacred, but later everyone found that the city would be massacred even if they watched. In the end, everyone They found out that helping Xiang Jui would result in the massacre of the city, so everyone risked their lives and fought with Xiang Jui. Anyway, they would die anyway, so they might as well fight.
Just like the current state of Qi, Xiang Jui has been pinned down there for almost a year. His divisions and veterans are already exhausted. Once the troops withdraw, they will lose their troops. By then, Xiang Jui will not have many troops even if he is in front of him. , and the combat power is very low, so Liu Bang doesn't think there is anything wrong with letting the army train here.
"Have you never thought that Xiang Yi would launch a surprise attack on you with tens of thousands of cavalry?"
Zhuo Qun tried to let Liu Bang know his problem, because he felt that there were still some problems in the Battle of Pengcheng. That was why Liu Bang didn't discover Xiang Yi's troops, nor did he do any defense against the cavalry?
Obviously at this period, Qin and Zhao both had established cavalry. Didn't everyone find that it was easier for cavalry to defeat infantry than for me to defeat my son? Why didn't they have any plan to defend against cavalry?
"Cavalry, you are talking about the auxiliary troops who pursue the enemy. They will not succeed."
Liu Bang waved his hand indifferently.
The First Emperor also took out a historical record and handed it to Liu Bang and then talked to Zhuo Qun about the cavalry problem.
That is, before the Battle of Pengcheng, no one cared much about cavalry.
The Central Plains region already had cavalry as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, but at this time the cavalry was small-scale and mainly used to carry people. There is no historical data proving that there are records of cavalry combat.
The real large-scale use of cavalry in military affairs in the Central Plains was King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period. From then on, cavalry entered the battlefield as an auxiliary unit.
During the Warring States Period, because Qin and Zhao were close to the Hu people in the north, they had many cavalry. But at this time, whether it was Qin or Zhao, the cavalry was used as an auxiliary unit. The cavalry was placed behind the wings and equipped with bows and crossbows. Used for reconnaissance, harassment, sneak attack, interruption, pursuit, etc.
This is what Liu Bang said about the use of searching for and chasing enemies. In fact, infantry was the main force during this period, and large forces used crossbows most often in combat, and cavalry were naturally defeated by crossbows, especially It was in this era without stirrups.
A neat military formation cannot be touched by cavalry, so Liu Bang was right about everything he thought. However, the Battle of Pengcheng was a revolution in the history of war. It was the first battle in history where cavalry was independently used on a large scale to annihilate infantry. It is said to be an example of cavalry fighting infantry.
Before the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Jue abandoned his army and traveled thousands of miles, making full use of his mobility, and the use of cavalry was reasonable. During the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Jui attacked Liu Bang in a sneak attack and used the impact of the cavalry to disperse the army and then drove it into the water, as well as the cavalry chasing and surrounding Liu Bang. The shadow of the tactical use of cavalry can be seen here.
These are abilities that the previous Qin and Zhao cavalry did not have, and the First Emperor also watched the Han army formations around Pengcheng through the invisible camera that was previously released. They were all loose on the outside and tight on the inside. They seemed to be recuperating and alert. Everything has been put down, but in fact the internal situation is very strict. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are waiting for disaster.
At this time, Liu Bang had also read the cause and effect of the Battle of Pengcheng, which made his face turn blue and white. The book said that the Surabaya River was blocked, and the 560,000-strong army was wiped out in half a day. After the defeat, Xiao He found out What an embarrassing situation it was for the old and weak people in Guanzhong to reach Xingyang. Liu Bang could imagine that after seeing the old Qin cavalry form an independent cavalry corps, he appointed Guan Ying to command, and also recruited a large number of Hu people and Lou Fanren. One thing can be seen, that is, the cavalry suffered a big loss.
This made Liu Bang think about what Zhuo Qun said before, cavalry!
Xiang Jiu led a large-scale cavalry raid and killed an army of 560,000 in half a day. Such a powerful impact made him feel a little chilled. Even the chariots were not that powerful!
In fact, Zhuo Qun is a little dissatisfied with the historical records given by the First Emperor. He should have given them this, but he didn't think about it because he wanted to know how strong the cavalry led by Xiang Jui was.
Liu Bang was there thinking about what kind of situation would cause his army to be wiped out.
And Yu Ji, who was treated as a plaything by her, looked at the history book with gleaming eyes. He could understand the words on it and naturally understood that Xiang Jiui would defeat the Han army in the future. This made her shocked and surprised. happiness.
What was surprising was that Xiang Jui actually took tens of thousands of people on the adventure. Fortunately, Xiang Yu defeated Liu Bang.
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