Chapter 458: Trapped Dragon (Part 2)
Under the blow of betrayal and separation, Xiang Yu actually no longer wanted to live, but he didn't want to die with doubts. He continued to live just to understand the doubts in his heart.
Now Guiguzi told Xiang Yu that he could not die yet, which made Xiang Yu feel extremely guilty.
Xiang Yu laughed at himself and said bitterly: "Just because I mistakenly believed in Shan Xiong's letter and did not listen to Zhang Liang's advice, as a result, the entire army of 400,000 was wiped out. Yu has no face to see his father in Jiangdong..."
Nan Hua rolled his eyes and interrupted calmly: "The entire Yellow Turban will be defeated because of you. Your shamelessness shows not only the elders of Jiangdong, but the people of the world."
Xiang Yu also became excited instantly and said anxiously: "This is also what the younger generation is puzzled about. The Yellow Turbans currently have one million troops and still have an absolute advantage in military strength, but Zhang Liang said that Yu will become a sinner for the ages."
Xiang Yu still doesn't understand why Qin Hao did not hesitate to risk his own life to mislead him. What is the reason behind doing this?
Xiang Yu himself couldn't figure it out, so he could only place his hope on Qin Hao's teacher Gui Guzi. He felt that since Gui Guzi had saved him, he would definitely tell him something.
However, Guiguzi still did not answer directly, but pointed to the chess game on the table and said calmly: "If you can understand this game, you will understand everything naturally."
Xiang Yu looked at the chess game puzzled, but it was just an ordinary chess game, and he didn't see any mystery in it.
Seeing Xiang Yu's confused look, Guiguzi pointed to the center of the chess game and reminded: "This is like Sizhou, you are taking a look now."
Sizhou?
Xiang Yu had an idea and looked at the black and white chess game, while the black flag in the center was gradually surrounded by white chess pieces...
Looking at it, Xiang Yu seemed to have noticed something, and murmured to himself: "Dragon trap? How is this possible? It can't be like this?"
What is the trapped dragon situation?
There are enemies on all sides. You can't attack if you advance, and you can't defend if you retreat. All you have to do is wait and drag the enemy to death. This is a sure-win situation, which is to trap the dragon.
"Children can be taught."
Gui Guzi's eyes flashed with admiration, and then he continued: "Sizhou is bounded by Jibin to the north, Jingxiang to the south, Yanyu to the east, Yongliang to the west, and surrounded by eight passes. This is both the center of the world and the center of the world. The land of trapped dragons.
The defeat of your southern army and the loss of Guangcheng Pass are equivalent to allowing the Han army to close the southern gate of Sizhou.
Hangu Pass as the west gate was not lost, but the south gate was acquired again, and the two southwest gates are now in the hands of the Han Dynasty.
If the Han Dynasty retakes the Northeast Gate, no matter how many Yellow Turban troops there are, it will only be a trapped dragon locked in Sizhou. "
That's right, the core of Guiguzi's mission to help the Han Dynasty defeat the Yellow Turbans was to use the entire Sizhou as a prison cage and then implement the "Trapped Dragon Situation"
In history, the most classic "dragon trap" is the "Battle of Changping" between Qin and Zhao.
Bai Qi trapped 400,000 Zhao troops to death in Changping, and finally forced them to surrender and killed 400,000 Zhao troops.
In that battle, Bai Qi had the advantage of the land and the people, so the shackles he used to trap the Zhao army were the unique terrain of Changping and the tenacity of the Qin army.
The situation in Sizhou that trapped the dragon was due to the right time, place, and people. However, what Guiguzi used to trap millions of Yellow Turbans was the entire Sizhou, the Eight Passes of Luoyang, the severe cold climate, and the three million people of Sizhou.
"Do you understand now why the Yellow Turbans were defeated because of you?" Nan Hua said lightly, and he was also very sad in his heart. After all, Zhang Jiao was his apprentice, but he...
Xiang Yu still didn't understand. He shook his head and said: "It's impossible. Even if Qin Hao defeats me, with the current strength of the Han army, there will be no extra troops to carry out..."
As he talked, Xiang Yu finally figured out where Qin Hao's hidden troops were used.
"Daguguan, it turns out that Qin Hao did not hesitate to take the risk of using a hundred thousand troops to fight against my 400,000 troops. His real purpose was to capture Dagong Pass."
After Hulao Pass was burned down, Dagong Pass behind became the only pass between Sizhou and Yanzhou.
Dagu Pass is indeed extremely important, but because it is located in the rear area, there are only a minimum of 10,000 defenders in the pass.
After all, according to common sense, it is almost impossible for the Han army to get here, but who would have thought that Qin Hao would not play his cards according to common sense at all.
Once Dagong Pass is lost, the communication between Sizhou and Yanzhou will be cut off, and the east gate of Sizhou will naturally be closed.
Xiang Yu is not stupid. Guiguzi has already mentioned this, so he can naturally think of the key.
"So it turns out that the real purpose of Shan Xiongxin's counterintuitive plan was to present a fake force distribution map so that I would think that the main force of the Han army was on the opposite side.
But the real main force of the army is to go back to the weak rear and take the opportunity to capture Dagong Pass and Guangcheng Pass, so as to cut off the connection between Sizhou and Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and complete the trap of the dragon. "
Xiang Yu felt even more bitter at the thought. He regarded Qin Hao as his lifelong rival, but Qin Hao didn't seem to care about him.
While fighting him, Qin Hao also took into account the overall situation. In the end, he did not even use the main force and only led a partial force to defeat himself.
"I lost, completely lost."
Only then did Xiang Yu realize that what he saw was not on the same level as Qin Hao. Qin Hao had completely defeated him in terms of vision.
I am convinced! Even if Xiang Yu didn't want to, he had to admit it.
Only then did Xiang Yu remember how similar the Han army's resistance in Sizhou was to Qin Hao's actions in Jingzhou.
In the entire four counties of Sizhou, except for the capital Luoyang, which had stronger resistance, the other cities were basically given up by the Han army on their own initiative.
At that time, Xiang Yu was dazzled by the victory, but now it seems that Dahan and Qin Hao had one idea, which was to lure the enemy deeper.
"Luring the enemy deep, using an entire state as bait, just for an uncertain future, so much determination, so much courage... That's not right..."
Xiang Yu seemed to have thought of something again, like a drowning man grabbing the last straw, and said excitedly:
"To the north, there is Mengjin, which can only be captured with the cooperation of naval forces, and the Han army has no naval forces at all in the Central Plains. As long as one of the four gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest is still there, the trap of imprisoning the dragon will not be established."
Meng Jin in the Yellow Turbans' hands was captured by Xiang Yu himself, so Xiang Yu knew how difficult it was to capture Meng Jin, and it would be almost impossible to succeed without the cooperation of the navy.
"Who said that the Han Dynasty did not have a naval army? Liangshan and Song Jiang were devoted to the Han Dynasty. Isn't that just another ready-made navy?"
Xiang Yu opened his mouth, but was speechless.
There are indeed sailors who are not weak in the eight hundred miles of water in Liangshan, and Liangshan Songjiang is really not tenacious.
After surviving several sieges by Zhang Bao and Huang Chao, although Liangshan's power on land was greatly damaged, the navy suffered no damage.
Song Jiang had already fallen out with the Yellow Turbans, and Song Jiang was devoted to the Han, and even wanted to turn against the Han. If the Han wanted to recruit people as a condition, then Song Jiang would happily turn to the Han. chapter;
