Sima Yi led 45,000 troops and horses straight to Liucheng. Suddenly a sergeant reported that Jingju had sent Liu Bang to lead an army and horses to resist. After a while, someone came to report that Liu Bang's army and horses were missing. After hearing this, Sima Yi laughed loudly and said: "Liu Bang was so frightened that he must have gone to Mangdang Mountain to fall grass again, haha!" At this time, the sergeant from the front reported again that Liu Bang had gone around behind the Qin army. Lieutenants Chen Bi, Zhou Zao and others said: "The Chu bandits are coming around behind us, they must be attacking us." Sima Yi said: "How dare a pavilion chief dare to attack us? He must be frightened and run away with his tail between his legs! Hahaha!" Sima Yi just laughed. Chen Bi disagreed and said seriously: "General, I heard that Liu Bang once gathered in Mangdang Mountain, killed the county magistrate, and beheaded the county guard. This man was extremely cunning, and many desperadoes followed him. Now he has sneaked away quietly. Behind our army, there must be other plans, right?" Sima Yi said very contemptuously: "Even if he comes from behind, am I afraid of him? This time I must conquer the remaining city and capture Liu Bang and Zhang Liang, just wait and see! The Sishui governor was killed because of his own incompetence, not because of Liu Bang's hero. Hahaha!" He refused to listen to Chen Bian's advice and only urged the army to advance.
After walking for a while, a military detective suddenly came to report that Liu Bang divided his army into two groups, one to attack Dang County and the other to attack Sishui County! "Sima Yi asked again how many troops Liu Bang brought. The spy replied: "About a few thousand people, but Liu Bang recently got one person. Sima Yi asked who he had found. The sergeant replied: "It is Zhang Liang, the assassin who assassinated the late emperor in Bolangsha before. He was the one who advised Liu Bang." Sima Yi was shocked when he heard Zhang Liang's name and said, "Is the person you mentioned really the assassin who assassinated the late emperor in Bolangsha ten years ago?" The military detective replied affirmatively: "Yes, the people in Peixian County are rushing to join us!" Sima Yi became angry at this moment. He gnashed his teeth and said, "Zhang Liang, you are so brave!" I didn’t catch you ten years ago, so I wouldn’t have expected you to be hiding here! I vow to capture Zhang Liang first, and then attack Jingju! "So he ordered the troops to stop, and then ordered the deputy generals Ding Li, Wei Xuan, Liu Jian, Dai Ye, Chen He, Chen Juan and other generals to lead the brigade to stand by. Sima Yi brought 10,000 elite cavalry to attack Chen Bi and Zhou Zao, Chen Lan, Guo Xi, Liu Tang, Wu Xian and others said: "Zhang Liang once assassinated the late emperor in Bolangsha and was a key criminal in the country. Now he colludes with Liu Bang to cause trouble. It is a heinous crime! If Zhang Liang is captured, it will be the same as capturing Jing Ju, and the court will definitely reward him heavily! All the generals shouted in unison: "Capture Zhang Liang first, then Jing Ju, destroy the false Chu, and wipe out the rebellion!" "Sima Yi was so arrogant that he rushed towards Dang County to kill him.
Peigong followed Zhang Liang's plan and marched quickly to Dang County. The Qin army defending the city was naturally unprepared. Coupled with the sudden attack, they occupied Dang County in one fell swoop. After the Chu army entered the city, Zhang Liang first preached to the people about Pei Gong's benevolence, coupled with the strict discipline of the army and the army of the Chu state, the people rewarded them with cattle and wine, and the city was full of joy. On the same day, Pei Gong asked Zhang Liang in the lobby of the county government how he knew he would be able to capture Dang County. Zhang Liang said: "First, Sima Yi was arrogant and did not take us to heart at all, so he never thought that we would come to capture Dang County; second, Sima Yi demobilized all the troops and horses in Dang County. This is what the art of war says It's like 'avoiding reality and turning to fiction'." All the generals were very impressed after hearing this. Pei Gong asked again what to do next. Zhang Liang said without thinking: "Sima Yi heard that we have occupied Dang County, and he will definitely come to fight in person. It is estimated that his troops will arrive soon, and now he will rely on the city to face the enemy!"
As Zhang Liang expected, military detectives came to report that the Qin army did not attack Liucheng, but stationed a large force halfway along the road, and led a cavalry group to Dangjun, less than ten miles away from the city. Zhang Liang said happily: "Sima Yi has divided his army. This will be easy to deal with. I already have a strategy to defeat the enemy! But I am worried about one thing, which may make my strategy go away." Pei Gong asked hurriedly. Worry about something. Zhang Liang said: "When Sima Yi comes, I don't want to start a war immediately, I'm afraid the generals won't obey my orders!" Pei Gong took off his sword and said, "This sword is called 'Chixiao'. I used it to kill snakes." Uprising. Now give it to sir. Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished with this sword!" Zhang Liang was very happy, took the sword and held it in his arms. At this moment, people exclaimed: "The Qin army is coming to kill!" Zhang Liang ordered the generals to listen to the order at the east city gate. When everyone came to the city tower, they saw dust rising several miles away, and soon the Qin army's cavalry arrived at the bottom of the city.
When the Qin army came to the city, Sima Yi stopped the troops and cursed arrogantly: "Village Liu Bang, please hand over the assassin Zhang Liang quickly, or else I will skin you when we come into the city!" Fan Kuai was furious and ordered Ask Pei Gong for a battle. The generals were all gearing up and eager to try. Pei Gong said: "Everything must be obeyed by Mr. Zifang!" The soldiers asked Zhang Liang to go to war, but Zhang Liang did not allow it. After a while, the Qin army under the city was shouting and cursing, which was unbearable. Until dark, the Chu army did not go out to fight. Sima Yi was very angry and thought that the Chu army was timid. The next day, the Qin army continued to fight and scolded them even more fiercely than the previous day. Pei Gong also couldn't bear it, but he thought: he had already ordered Mr. Zifang to mobilize the army, how could he go back on his words, so he suppressed his anger. On the third day, all the generals were going to fight, especially Fan Kuai, who was furious and said: "Sir, even the First Emperor was not afraid before, why are you afraid of Sima Yi now?" Zhang Liang said: "The military order is like a mountain, since Pei Gong wants me to execute it. Military order, you must not act on your own, otherwise you will fail!" Fan Kuai said: "Sir, since you are afraid of the Qin army, but I am not afraid, how about I go out and chop Sima Yi first?" The generals were also very angry and wanted to kill him. . Zhang Liang said: "There is Pei Gong's sword here!" Everyone had to leave in anger.
On the fourth day, Zhang Liang saw the commotion in the enemy camp, but no Qin general came to scold the formation, so he said to Pei Gong: "Sima Yi must have prepared siege equipment, and now he is sending a deputy general to fight." Pei Gong asked strangely why he sent him. The lieutenant went to battle. Zhang Liang replied: "Let's explore the truth first." Pei Gong sent Zhou Ke to lead a group of troops to fight out. Sima Yi heard that the Chu army was attacking and led his troops to fight. When he saw Zhou Ke, he shouted loudly: "You nameless rat, go back and replace him with a capable man!" Zhou Ke was furious, and he stabbed Sima Yi with his arms and horses. Sima Yi raised his sword to greet him, and the two fought for more than ten rounds. Zhou Ke could not defeat Sima Yi, so he turned his horse and ran into the city. Sima Yi chased closely from behind. When Zhang Liang saw Zhou Ke entering the city, he immediately sent an order to close the city gates. Sima Yi saw this and laughed wildly while looking at the top of the city. He withdrew his troops and horses to the camp and ordered the construction of siege equipment overnight. That night, for some unknown reason, the drums in the city rang all night long. Sima Yi thought that the Chu army was coming to steal the camp, so he didn't sleep all night.
At dawn the next day, all the Qin army's siege equipment had been built. Sima Yi led the army to the city. At this time, he found that the soldiers on the city were motionless. When he looked carefully, they were all straw men in military uniforms. Sima Yi felt very strange and ordered the sergeant to attack the city directly. Only then did they realize that the drums beating on the city were all live sheep, and Pei Gong's army had already disappeared without a trace. I also found two sentences written on the city wall: The rebels were afraid of hurting the people, so they walked out of the north gate. If General "Dead Horse" has the courage, he will chase him. If he doesn't have the courage, this city is a gift to General "Dead Horse". This is called "Yanggu Plan" to make General "Dead Horse" angry. After Sima Yi saw this, he was so angry that he immediately led his troops out of the city to catch up. Chen Bi dissuaded him and said, "I'm afraid Liu Bang is up to something." Sima Yi said angrily, "They escaped and were afraid of the ridicule of the people, so they deliberately wrote such words. If they don't pursue them, they will fall into his trap." He immediately led his sergeants. Go out of the north gate to catch up. After Sima Yi came out of the city, he came to a place and saw a low flat land in front of him filled with many clothes and luggage. He was a little confused, so he reined in his horse and asked the guide where it was. The guide replied: "This place is called 'Fox Father'." Chen Bi said to Sima Yi: "There are dense woods all around, and there is a faint murderous aura, and Liu Bang's shadow is missing. What if we are ambushed? ?" Sima Yi smiled and said: "Liu Bang is a villager, how can he use an ambush? These things must have been left behind when they escaped." He asked the sergeant to snatch the items.
The Qin army then went to grab things in a chaotic manner, and got everything. Seeing that there were more good things in front of them, they continued to grab them. Suddenly there was a sound of drums, and ambush troops came out from the surrounding grass. It was Pei Gong's soldiers and horses, and they fired arrows at the Qin army. The Qin army was hit by countless arrows. After the arrows were fired, they launched a charge. Pei Gong and Xia Houying came from the front, Cao Shen came from the left, Zhou Bo came from the right, Zhou Ke and Cao Wushang came from the back, and the four groups of troops joined forces to attack the Qin army. Sima Yi said: "Liu Bang's villagers dare to use tricks!" He quickly sent an order to fight. At this time, the Qin army was shot by a burst of arrows, and its position was already in chaos. Sima Yi panicked and ordered the Qin army to resist the Chu army on all sides. Cao Shen came to the center of the formation first and attacked Sima Yi directly. Sima Yi fought with Cao Shen, and the two fought for several rounds. Seeing that he was no match, Sima Yi abandoned Cao Shen and broke out to the outside, but Cao Shen pursued him closely. When Chen Lan, Sima Yi's deputy general, saw Cao Shen chasing the general, he raised his weapon to intercept him, but Cao Shen swung his Sky Sword and hacked him to death with one blow. Zhou Bo also killed the Qin general Guo Xi who intercepted him; Xia Houying pierced Liu Tang's throat with a spear; Zhou Ke and Cao Wushang killed Wu Xian together. The Qin army's cavalry were all surrounded. Sima Yi fought hard and fought his way out of the encirclement. After running for a while, he was blocked by Pei Gong. Sima Yi fought with Xia Houying. After a while, Cao Shen and others caught up again. Sima Yi saw that the Chu generals were gathering more and more, so he fought hard to open a bloody road and fled to the northwest. The other troops were surrounded by the Chu army. The deputy generals Chen Bi and Zhou Zao fell into a tight siege. They rushed left and right and were unable to break through the siege. In the end, they were captured by the Chu army.
Seeing the Qin army's defeat, Pei Gong said to Zhang Liang: "Sima Yi has been defeated now, but his large army is still in the county. How can we annihilate them?" Zhang Liang said: "Pei Gong, don't worry, Sima Yi will die soon." , his troops will disappear into thin air!" Pei Gong asked Zhang Liang what he had in mind. Zhang Liang smiled and said: "I have sent people disguised as Qin soldiers to report to Ding Li and Wei Xuan, saying that Sima Yi died in the battle at Hu's Father. When Ding and Wei heard the news, they I dared to come rashly, but retreated to Xiao County. I sent a quick horse to notify Qin Jia and asked him to lead his troops to attack Xiao County. Xiao County is the closest to Pengcheng, and Qin Jia will definitely arrive in advance. I sent someone to notify him again. Xiao He asked him to send Ji Xin to lead an army to pretend to attack Xiao County from the north. Pei Gong personally led the army to fight. In this way, the three armies and horses attacked the Qin army together. Although the Qin army is large, how can it be undefeated?" Pei Gong listened. Mr. Fang was very pleased with the military strategy, so he asked Cao Shen and Zhang Liang to guard Dang County, while he led Fan Kuai and Zhou Bo to attack Xiao County. When Qin Jia was in Pengcheng, he heard that Sima Yi was leading an army to attack Liu City, so he mobilized all Chu troops to defend Liu City. On the way, he received a notice from Zhang Liang, and he attacked Xiao County. When the Qin generals heard that the Chu army was attacking in three directions, they were all frightened. Ding Li, Wei Xuan and others were worried that something might go wrong, so they led the Qin army to retreat westward. When they came to Xiao County, three armies and horses from Chu State attacked together. In order to avenge Xiangxian County, Qin Jia led the Chu army to pursue the Qin army madly. The Qin army lost their commander and didn't know what to do, so they fled in defeat and fled for their lives. However, the three Chu armies pursued the Qin army until they stopped at Shanzhiyi in Qicheng. The Chu army won a complete victory and captured many trophies.
Then Pei Gong met with Qin Jia. Pei Gong was ready to join forces with him and continue to pursue the Qin army, preparing to conquer Sishui County in one fell swoop. However, Qin Jia was worried about staying in the city, so he resigned and hurried back to the city. . Seeing that he was single and weak, Pei Gong sighed that he had lost the opportunity to annihilate the Qin army again, so he asked Ji Xinyuan to return to Peixian County, leaving Fan Kuai to guard Xiao County, while he led his troops back to Dang County to join forces with Zhang Liang. When the army arrived at the gate of Dang County, Zhang Liang and Cao Shen came out to greet them. Everyone happily told the story of the battle. Pei Gong took Zhang Liang's hand and said, "Sir, you are indeed strategizing, and you can win thousands of miles away. Even Sun Wuzi can only do this with his troops!" Zhang Liang said, "If the soldiers are not brave enough to kill the enemy, it will be useless even if I have a great strategy. !”
When everyone came to sit down in the palace, Pei Gong told Zhang Liang that Qin Jia had hurried back. We had lost an opportunity to annihilate the Qin army. Zhang Liang said with a smile: "Qin Jia has evil intentions. He must be thinking about other things. Maybe he will cause some trouble, but this person can't be successful!" Liu Bang ordered the sergeants to escort Chen Bi and Zhou Zao, and then They were advised to surrender. The two raised their necks and wanted to be loyal ministers of Qin. Pei Gong cursed loudly: "I, Liu Bang, advocate great righteousness and punish the unjust and violent Qin Dynasty. I am following the story of King Wu of Zhou and saving the people of the world. But you bastards can't distinguish right from wrong and confuse black and white. I don't like it at all." You guys. But there’s no point in killing you because I don’t think there’s any point in killing you! If you want to die, let’s stop gossiping. If you want to do big things with me, just fucking follow me?” When Chen and Zhou saw Pei Gong speaking so cheerfully, they He simply surrendered to Pei Gong. Duke Pei was overjoyed and reorganized the entire Qin army. There were about 6,000 men, and the strength was greatly increased.
