Li You stayed in Xingyang for more than a month. Seeing that Wu Guang's army was very large, he pondered a strategy in the city. One day, he summoned the generals to discuss and said: "Now the entire ground is full of rebel disciples, and it is difficult for the imperial army to reach. Zhou Wen almost reached Xianyang. Thanks to the full resistance of General Zhang Han sent by the imperial court, he has been defeated." The rebels, the Qin State has reoccupied Hangu Pass. This is great for us! Now I want to send someone to sneak out of the city, find out the truth among the rebels, and then formulate a battle plan." The staff encouraged. Hua said impassionedly: "I am willing to go out of the city to find out." Li You was overjoyed. So he prepared guard clothes for Gu Hua. That night, he had him put on the clothes and ordered the sergeants to hang him down from the city. Gu Hua slandered and sneaked into Wu Guang's camp.
Wu Guang besieged Xingyang, and the rebel army had been exhausted for a long time. At this time, it was heard that Zhou Wen failed miserably in entering the pass, and was driven to Mianchi by the Qin army. There was an uproar in the army, and the false king became depressed, especially because his temper changed. Became very irritable. He couldn't listen to what the soldiers were saying. One day, Tian Zang and Li Gui discussed privately: "I heard that Zhou Wen entered the pass and failed miserably, which is very detrimental to our army. Now our food and grass have been exhausted. If we don't capture Xingyang as soon as possible, once the Qin army reaches , if Li You fights out of the city again, we will be attacked from both sides." Li Gui said: "That's true, but General Zhou Wen is defeated and must want our assistance. If he divides his troops and marches westward, he can kill Zhang Han by surprise. Once Zhang Han dies, we can enter the pass again." Tian Zang said: "What you said makes sense, but I'm worried that the false king will not listen to our suggestions." The two came to discuss with the military advisor. Chai Jing said: "When the false king heard about Zhou Wenxin's defeat, his temperament suddenly changed. I have offered suggestions many times, but he didn't listen. Now I have thought of three more strategies. Let's go to see the false king together and be sure to ask him. Act according to the plan.”
As the three of them talked, they came to the false king's tent. Chai Jing said: "Judging from the current situation, the situation is getting worse and worse. I wonder what the false king thinks?" The false king said: "Now that General Zhou Wen has suffered a tragic defeat, the West There is not much left in the road army. I am worried about this. The situation is in chaos. Moreover, the army is starting to lack food. If everyone cannot eat, the situation will be even worse." Chai Jing said: "Because of this, we can no longer delay. I have already I have thought up three strategies for you, and the King of Leave has decided: The first strategy is to divide the troops and march westward, quickly rescue General Zhou Wen, take advantage of him when he is not prepared, kill Zhang Han by surprise, and enter the pass again. The winning strategy is that our army will do it at all costs. Attack the city day and night, first capture Li You alive, and once the city is defeated, then make a noise to advance westward, and Hangu Pass will be captured again. The next plan is to retreat with the entire army, first go south to defend Chen City, and then join the Qin army after all the armies have gathered Decisive battle. Any of these three strategies will work. Will the King of Leave decide as soon as possible?"
The false king thought for a long time and said: "If we retreat without fighting, the king will definitely blame us, and the next plan will not work. If we divide our troops to the west and Li You attacks from behind, the upper plan will not work. So we should use the middle plan?" "After everyone discussed it, Wu Guang ordered Tian Zang and Li Gui to attack the east gate; Zhu brothers to attack the south gate; Hou Rui and Han Fei to attack the west gate; Gongsun Xin to attack the north gate; military advisors guarded the camp, and the fake king personally led an army. Accept all directions. Everyone is well assigned and must use all their strength to capture Xingyang City. When the soldiers and horses from all directions were ready, they launched an attack on Xingyang.
When Li You saw the rebel army attacking the city, he and Qiang Yuan immediately commanded the Qin army to rise up to resist. Although the rebels were brave, due to the large number of people, the food in the army had long been exhausted, so morale was very low. They attacked from morning to night, but still made no progress. The false king was furious and drove around the city himself to supervise the battle. Because the carriage was running very fast, Li You asked his sergeants to shout in unison on the city: "Wu Guang is defeated! Wu Guang has escaped! Kill!..." The Chu army who was attacking the city stopped when they heard that the false king had escaped. During the siege, some people followed the false king's chariot and ran around the city. At this time, Wu Guang mistakenly thought that the Qin army was fighting out of the city, and ran towards his camp.
Tian Zang and Li Gui were attacking the city. Suddenly, news came that the false king had fled, and everyone in the camp ran away. The two of them were confused and had to withdraw the team. When the military advisor saw the false king running back from the Chinese army camp, he asked: "Has the city been conquered?" The false king also realized that he had made a mistake, so he had to answer: "The soldiers are very sleepy. Li You's trick Du Duan, I was afraid that he would attack suddenly, so I retreated!" The military advisor stamped his feet and said: "The soldiers fought with their lives to attack the city, from morning to night, and we were about to capture the city, but you suddenly gave up. This is a failure. ? If Li You strengthens his defense again, it will be difficult to conquer again!" The false king said disapprovingly: "Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers. If we fight again tomorrow, the city will definitely be captured!" The military advisor lamented: "General Zhou Wen suffered a defeat. , are now waiting for us to rescue. What if the time is delayed and General Zhou Wen completely fails?" At this time, some people around the fake king shouted: "Now everyone can't even eat enough, how can we go to war? If you want to fight, why don't you fight yourself?" As they said this, everyone dispersed in a hurry, and some brave ones even ran to people's homes to steal food. Military discipline was getting worse and worse, and the false king could not stop it.
At this moment, Tian Zang and Li Gui came in again. When they saw the false king, they said angrily: "The city gate was about to be breached, why did the false king suddenly escape?" Wu Guang originally felt guilty for his mistake. He was angry, but was accused by Tian Zang face to face. He suddenly became furious and said: "The three armies should obey Gu's orders. Do you also accuse me?" After saying that, he let Tian Zang be blasted out. After Tian Zang was driven away, he returned to his camp angrily.
At this time, Gu Hua, a spy sent by Li You, had been hiding in the camp for many days. After he found out what was going on in Chu's camp, he secretly came to the city and sent out a signal. The people in the city came to help, and they lowered the rope and hoisted the drum into the city. Gu Hua entered the city and reported everything he heard and witnessed to Li You. He also said that the wise man Wu Guang relied on was military advisor Chai Jing. After hearing the report, Li You said: "The thieves are now out of food, and they are still grabbing food everywhere. In addition, they have no training and the generals are ineffective in commanding. They are a mob. But I have to find a way to get rid of the dog-headed military advisor first!" Li You After thinking about it, he said: "Tomorrow, Mr. Qiangyuan will supervise the battle. You can set up an 'invincible formation' under the city, and then ask Wu Guang to come and break the formation. Wu Guang is an old man, and he must not know anything about the formation, so he will bring The dog-headed military advisor, I will hide under the gate. When Chai Jing approaches, I will shoot him to death with one arrow. Wu Guang will have no backbone. As time goes by, the thieves will have internal strife, and then they will find ways to defeat him." Qiang Yuan. He was very happy after hearing this, but said, "I don't know how to set up an invincible formation?" Li You laughed and said, "The invincible formation is just a 'shit formation'!" Qiang Yuan suddenly understood and laughed: "Li Does the general really know how to be deceitful?"
At four o'clock the next day, Qiangyuan ordered the sergeants to suddenly beat drums and prepare for battle. When the false king heard the sound of drums, he thought that Li You was about to come out of the city, so he came to the city to check, but when he saw it was the Qiangyuan governor, he asked: "Why doesn't Li You go to fight? Let your defeated general be the governor here?" Qiang Yuan said: "General Li is invincible in the world, but he doesn't know how to set up a formation. I want to use formations to defeat you today, but you are also an amateur?" The fake king smiled and said: "I can only break formations. It doesn't matter what formation you put up!" Li Youdao: "You don't even know the formation. How can you laugh at it? How can you break the formation? I have known for a long time that you are a garrison soldier. Today, if Chen Sheng worships you as a general, his affairs will definitely be over. Huh?" The fake king was very angry and asked Chai Jing: "Have you studied the battle method?" Chai Jing said: "I know some." The fake king laughed and said: "You can show it to me?" Qiang Yuan asked. Three hundred soldiers were sent out of the city to form a formation. Li You disguised himself as a sergeant and went out of the city together. The sergeants in front all held flags and stood still in front. When the Qin army behind saw the Qiang Yuan military flag, they changed their queues at will and stood still.
Of course the fake king didn't know the formation, so he asked Chai Jing to come forward and learn the formation. Chai Jing came to the front and saw that the formations set up by the Qin army looked nothing like anything. He was about to return when suddenly an arrow shot from the opposite side, hitting the center of the cave, causing him to turn over and fall from his horse. The false king was shocked and hurriedly ordered his sergeants to come forward and snatch the strategist back. The false king was furious and asked Qiang Yuan, "Why is this?" Qiang Yuan laughed and ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, and the three hundred Qin troops immediately withdrew to the city. Li You came to the city and laughed loudly: "Wu Guang, do you know the 'Invincible Formation'? Hahaha!" The false king found out that Li You had tricked his military advisor into shooting him. He was furious, but he could do nothing. When it fell, the false king had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
That night, the false king and his soldiers set up a mourning hall to pay homage to the military advisor. The soldiers were in mourning and their morale was very low. The next day, Chai Jing was buried somewhere outside. Seeing that Tian Zang had lost his military adviser, he returned to the camp. He was so angry that he didn't sleep a wink all night and only waited until dawn. Suddenly someone came in and reported that a spy had been caught. Tian Zang jumped up and ordered the spies to be brought in for interrogation. The spy said that he was a soldier of Qin who had just come out of the false king's camp. Tian Zang was shocked and found a letter from his body. When Tian Zang opened it and looked at it, it read:
General Li You: Chen Sheng and I raised troops in Daze Township and made equal contributions. But Chen Sheng established himself as the King of Chu, and he was sitting in Chen City and enjoying everything he had. However, I was on the front line personally risking stones and dying to serve, and my status was no more than that of a general. Now that I think about it, I really shouldn't have been tempted by him and rebelled, but my heart embarked on a road of self-destruction. I really regret it. If I could be a new person, sooner or later I would tie up this gang of tough men and surrender. I hope the general will vouch for me, and I must convey my feelings to His Majesty the Emperor, so that the criminals will dare to surrender. General Li responded quickly. Wu Guang paused.
After Tian Zang read the letter, he felt like a wake-up call and said angrily: "That's it!" He killed the Qin soldiers with one sword, and then sent someone to invite Li Gui. After Li Gui arrived, he read the letter and was shocked. He said, "The false king is so unrighteous. What should I do?" Tian Zang said angrily, "He has humiliated me many times. Now I know why he didn't focus on attacking the city. He He was originally arrogant and did not understand the art of war. Now he rebels and surrenders to the enemy. It is an unforgivable crime!" Li Gui said: "What should we do now?" Tian Zang said: "It is better to kill him and we will attack the city ourselves!" Li Gui was surprised and said: "Killing the fake king is the following crime. What should I do if the king blames me?" Tian Zang said: "Now that the military advisor is dead, who can we discuss these matters with? Instead of letting Wu Guang tie us up to surrender Qin State, it's better to take action in advance!" Li Gui felt it was wrong and hesitated: "It is better to send a horse to Chencheng to report first and let the king decide the matter personally." Tian Zang said: "The matter is urgent, I'm afraid the person who asked for instructions will not be able to do it. Without coming back, our heads have been sent to Li You. I have a way to solve this problem!" Li Gui asked what the way was. Tian Zang said: "I will write an edict in the name of the king. I will first kill Wu Guang and then report to the king. What do you think?" Li Gui said: "What if the king gets angry?" Tian Zang said: "Your Majesty. The killing of Ge Ying is a precedent. I know the king's character best: he hates others for having second thoughts. Now that Wu Guang is the false king, the king must have some scruples in his heart. And by killing the false king, we are actually getting rid of it for the king. There will be trouble in the future. Your Majesty, it's too late to thank us, so how can you blame us?" Li Gui fell silent upon hearing this. Tian Zang urged again: "It's not too late. After dawn, if Li You doesn't see the messenger and returns, he will definitely send someone to contact him again. The matter will be leaked. We must act immediately!" The two immediately wrote a corrective edict, Wait until dawn.
Early the next morning, before the false king got up, he suddenly saw Tian Zang and Li Gui breaking in. Wu Guang asked, "Why did you break in without notifying me?" Li Gui ignored him, and took out the edict and said, "Your Majesty, please let Wu Guang receive the edict." Wu Guang didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly knelt down to receive the edict. . Li Gui immediately read out:
The false king made too many mistakes. He besieged Xingyang for more than two months and could not conquer it, let alone enter the pass to destroy Qin. Now he secretly communicated with Qin general Li You and prepared to treason and surrender to the enemy. As a false king, you did not care about loyalty and sacrificed your life to serve the country. Instead, you turned traitor and betrayed the country. You are such an unjust person. I originally wanted to punish you for the crime of genocide, but for the sake of jointly raising the army, I only gave you Once you die, disaster will not affect your family!
After Wu Guang heard this, he was shocked like a bolt from the blue. Tian Zang stabbed Wu Guang from behind. Unfortunately, Wu Guang and Chen Sheng raised an army together. In order to punish the violent Qin, he only fought for more than four months before he was assassinated by his subordinates. After reading history to this point, later generations wrote poems and sighed:
Diao Pan Xuan blood mud ditch, the warriors are still fighting on the battlefield.
When I went to the end of the world, I didn't expect the rain. When the garrison came, I wanted to make him a marquis.
Baifu Lu rose to the sky from the left, and a document fell to the ground.
Although the stars streak across the sky are short-lived, their light will shine for thousands of years.
The two killed the false king, then walked out of the tent and announced to the soldiers: "We have obeyed the king's secret order to kill the traitor Wu Guang!" They told everyone the belief they had found from the Qin army. The soldiers were all shocked when they heard this, but at this point, the situation could not be restored. Some soldiers were very sad, and knowing that Tian Zang was stubborn and stubborn, it was difficult to achieve anything, so most of them immediately dispersed and disappeared without a trace. The Zhu brothers had always supported the false king the most, but now that the false king was dead, they buried the body hastily. Then he cried loudly and pulled a group of brothers to flee to the East.
When generals such as Hou Rui, Han Fei and Gongsun Xin saw the letter written by the false king to Li You, they did not know whether it was true or false, and they felt sad and regretful. Tian Zang then wrote a memorial, vividly describing how the false king stood still and how he collaborated with the enemy without any trace of it. He also sent someone to immediately take the letter of "fornication" with Li You and send it to him quickly. Chencheng. The messenger came to Chencheng and reported the matter clearly. King Chen was shocked when he heard that the false king had treason. Cai of the Shangzhu State said: "This must be Li You's plan to alienate each other! Tian Zang and Li Gui were both military men. They fell into Li You's scheme!" After saying this, he lamented. King Chen was furious and wanted to punish Tian Zang and Li Gui. Shangzhu Guodao said: "The matter has come to this. If we kill the two generals Tian and Li, Li You will be very happy. Now that there is no general to send, it is better to make the mistake and transfer the seal of the general to Tian Zang and let him continue. Are you going to fight Zhang Han?" King Chen had no choice but to follow Shangzhu's advice and gave Tian Zang the seal of Ling Yin of Chu to show his trust in him. The envoy took the seal and ribbon and immediately rushed to Xingyang to grant the title of Tianzang.
Tian Zang was so happy that he became the commander-in-chief and general of Chu State. Suddenly, a messenger came to report that Zhang Han's army had occupied Mianchi and that General Zhou Wen had died. Tian Zang immediately raised his tent and told everyone: "The situation is very critical. If we don't divide our troops to fight, our army will be completely defeated." So he asked Li Gui to continue to besiege Xingyang, and he led tens of thousands of soldiers to meet Zhang Han westward.
Tian Zang led his army to Chenggao and met the Qin army. At that time, the two sides set up their positions, and the rebels hurriedly responded. Under the handsome banner of the Qin army, I saw a veteran general who was tall and strong, with a fluttering silver beard. He was wearing a black robe and silver armor, and a horse with a golden saddle under his crotch. It seems that Wu Zixu is not alive, but Lao Lianpo is resurrected. He has a sword in his left hand and a sword on his waist. He is majestic. He points his whip at Tian Zang and says: "You nameless rat, please tell me your name?" Tian Zang said angrily: "I am Chu. General Tian Zang, you are just an old pawn, how dare you come to fight?" Zhang Han laughed and said, "You fell into the trap of General Li You and killed your false king by mistake. This is the following crime. For this serious crime, Chen Sheng will definitely chop off your head in the future! Why don't you surrender as soon as possible? Hahaha!" Tian Zang was shocked and confused after hearing this. At this time, Zhang Han sent his troops to cover up and kill him. Tian Zang had no choice but to instruct everyone to fight head-on.
The two sides fought fiercely for an hour, and a group of tiger generals including Zhang Han, Yang Xiong, and Sima Yi surrounded Tian Zang from all sides. Although Tian Zang is brave and invincible, how can he withstand the attacks of so many people? He rushed left and right, unable to break through, and thought that he had fallen into Li You's alienation plan and killed the false king. He felt very regretful and thought it would be better to die in battle. He shouted and rushed towards Zhang Han on horseback, thinking Zhang Han was stabbed to death with a spear. Unexpectedly, the generals of Qin State stood in front of Zhang Han, and the swords stabbed at him. Poor Tian Zang was extremely brave, but because his mind was too simple and his actions were simple and crude, he only ended up with a heroic sacrifice. One poem sighed:
Mountains and rivers turned into ashes after a hundred battles? The bones are piled up in mounds and piles.
Don't lament that fresh plans are based on blood and bravery, and death on the battlefield is as good as home.
When the rebels saw that their commander was dead, they all fled for their lives, and the rebels retreated across the board. Zhang Han ordered the horses to rush towards Xingyang without stopping.
In Xingyang City, Li You made a plan to divorce based on the news heard by Gu Hua. He only sent one person who had committed a capital crime and promised to reuse his son if he completed the task. The condemned prisoner deliberately wandered outside Tian Zang's military camp with the false letter. As a result, he was captured by the sergeant, so Tian Zang and Li Gui teamed up to kill the fake king. Li You was very happy to see that Wu Guang was dead. He also heard that Zhou Wen was also dead and that the Qin army had reached Xingyang City, so he led the Qin army to fight out of the city. Li Gui was attacked from both sides, and eventually died in the army. Hou Rui, Han Fei, Gongsun Xin and other generals were all killed in battle. The siege of Xingyang was lifted. After Zhang Han and Li You joined forces, Sanchuan County returned to the hands of Qin. The first anti-Qin army sent by King Chen failed.
