Zhang Han's famous battle was leading tens of thousands of demons from Mount Li to suppress the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising, but in reality, it was the battle he hated the most and least wanted to recall.
At that time, Zhang Han's Qin army was weak and was caught off guard by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.
Zhang Han hastily assembled only 50,000 Qin troops. He originally intended to mobilize convicts and sons-in-law who had worked on the Great Wall to form an army, and to use the 50,000 Qin troops as the core to suppress the uprising.
What he found instead were corpses, countless corpses!
These convicts and sons-in-law were all transformed by Xu Fu into monsters called the Lishan Demons. Zhang Han was furious and complained to the First Emperor. Xu Fu, however, said that these Lishan Demons could be given to Zhang Han as compensation, so that he could quell the rebellion.
With the First Emperor on Xu Fu's side, Zhang Han had no choice but to lead 50,000 Qin soldiers and tens of thousands of demons from Mount Li to quell the uprising.
Unexpectedly, those immortal monsters were so amazing that they managed to resolve the rebellion with zero casualties.
However, the way those monsters killed people sent chills down Zhang Han's spine.
Those immortal monsters seemed like demons crawling out of hell. Unless there were special circumstances, Zhang Han could say he never wanted to stand with these monsters again.
However, this time the anti-Qin forces in Chu were too big. Of the 250,000 troops, some died and some surrendered. Even Ying Tao, the Lord of Xinyang, who was highly regarded by the First Emperor and Xu Fu, died in Chu.
As the Minister of the Imperial Household of Qin, Zhang Han, a renowned general, how could he possibly not take action?
Moreover, since he had previously led the Lishan Demon to suppress the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising, it was just right to assign the Lishan Demon to him this time.
Just as Zhang Han was lost in thought and sighing, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"General Zhang, the rebels have already arrived, why haven't you made a move yet?"
As Zhang Han turned his head, a young man in black rode up to his side.
The young man in black had a delicate appearance, with red lipstick on his lips, and a voice even higher than that of the eunuchs, which Zhang Han found extremely repulsive.
But this guy is Cao Feng, Xu Fu's personal disciple, and only he can control these Lishan demons.
So, while Zhang Han was ostensibly the commander of this army, Cao Feng actually wielded a power of influence no less than Zhang Han's.
Zhang Han frowned and said, "This is an army of hundreds of thousands. To put all our forces into it right away is simply courting death!"
Wang Li's main army is still in the rear. We don't need to fight the rebels to the death. We just need to hold them off until Wang Li comes and surrounds them.
Cao Feng sneered, "General Zhang, we marched here at breakneck speed and finally gained the upper hand. Why are you thinking of giving the credit to outsiders?"
Have you forgotten how we suppressed the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising?
"Once the demon from Mount Li appears, these guys will definitely run away in a panic."
Zhang Han said in a deep voice: "That's different!"
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's forces consisted mostly of convicts and commoners. They were full of passion but were not professional soldiers. Once the front lines collapsed, the rear would collapse as well.
But these people are the elite forces created by the remnants of the six states, as well as the elite forces of my Qin army. They are not the same as those convicts and civilians!
In the previous battle, they also sent out thousands of Lishan demons, but they were killed in the same way.
Therefore, I believe they have even grasped the weaknesses of the Lishan demons, and we absolutely cannot act rashly in this battle.
Cao Feng snorted coldly: "Can a thousand Lishan demons be the same as tens of thousands of Lishan demons?"
General Zhang, you may not want this credit, but I certainly do!
"Go ahead and stall here if you want. Watch me break through the enemy lines first and kill Yang Chengli to claim the greatest credit!"
Before Zhang Han could even speak, Cao Feng spurred his horse and galloped to the front of the Lishan demons. He planted a large black banner into the ground, and instantly a chilling wind swept through the air. Tens of thousands of Lishan demons roared deafeningly and charged straight towards the anti-Qin alliance's formation!
At this moment, in the anti-Qin alliance, Zhang Liang was stunned to see so many demons from Mount Li ignoring Zhang Han's 100,000-strong army and rushing straight towards their formation.
What does the other party mean by this?
Zhang Han was one of the Nine Ministers of Qin and a famous general of his time. Why would he make such a rash move?
Instead of keeping us waiting for Wang Li to arrive, he just released the demon from Lishan? Could he be plotting something else?
Strategists like Zhang Liang always planned three steps ahead before taking any action.
He guessed that Zhang Han would definitely choose to delay their army's advance, waiting for Wang Li to come and surround and kill them all.
Therefore, Zhang Liang had already devised a plan on how to launch a surprise attack on Zhang Han and not give him a chance to delay.
But to his surprise, things took an unexpected turn.
The other party actually released tens of thousands of Lishan demons so bluntly, acting like a new recruit who had never fought a battle. No wonder he was suspicious.
Fan Zeng smiled and said, "Zifang is overthinking things."
With armies clashing and both sides laying bare their strengths and trump cards, what kind of conspiracy could there be?
The most likely explanation for this situation is that Xu Fu's men, leading the demons of Lishan, did not follow Zhang Han's orders.
Although Zhang Han once led the Lishan Demons to a great victory over Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, he was not actually one of Xu Fu's men. The Lishan Demons must have been led by someone else.
I dare say that the current situation is definitely due to a conflict between Xu Fu's confidant, who controls the Lishan demons, and Zhang Han, so he led the Lishan demons into battle without authorization.
"Zifang, you are a man of strategy and wisdom, but I have lived several decades longer and have found that my judgment of people is far superior to yours."
Fan Zeng smiled with a hint of smugness.
Zhang Liang smiled modestly and said, "What the senior says is true. Since that's the case, we can save a lot of time and just make our move."
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