Humane Yongchang

Chapter 457
The night wind flapped the battle flag of the Red Clothes Army and made a loud noise.

Standing on the high observation deck, Chen Sheng looked at the fiery red sunset in the western sky.

Under the gorgeous sunset, there is a majestic and winding [-]-mile Han Valley...

At this moment, he is located in Xiaohan (SMX) at the east end of Hangu, and below him is the Red Second Army Camp in Ershili!

Yes, when he returned from northern Xinjiang, he did not turn back to the Huben army camp in Hengshan County, but took a ride on Damao and went straight to the Heluo Basin, where he took command of the Second Red Army.

Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army...not worth mentioning!
It's not that Chen Sheng looked down on Han Xin.

But the situation has come to this point, Han Xin really has no qualifications to play games with him!

To be precise, from the moment Xiang Yu surrendered to the great Han, Bingzhou, which was surrounded by enemies on three sides, had already lost its separatist regime.

Before Han Xin, there were only two paths.

Either flee west.

Either go east.

Fleeing west, Chen Sheng was waiting for him outside Hangu Pass.

Going east, if Li Xin teamed up with Xiang Yu and commanded 15 Huben Army and 30 to [-] Xiangyu Army, a total of nearly [-] troops, they would not be able to stop the bereaved dog Han Xin with more than [-] soldiers...

Then they don't need to lead soldiers anymore, let's go home and farm while they are young!
So, compared to Han Xin who is jumping up and down.

What really needs to be vigilant at present is actually Bai Qi in Hangu Pass!
Anyway, Chen Sheng braced himself up and waited for the battle. Even the news of entering the Second Red Army camp, he ordered the Special Warfare Bureau to completely block it and never allow it to be leaked... Who knows how many kills the killer on the opposite side has been holding back for more than a hundred years? Tricks, black tricks?
"Your Majesty!"

Ji Bu, who was wearing a soldier's armor, walked up to the watchtower quickly, cupped his fists and saluted Chen Sheng's back: "There is news of the battle in Jizhou."

Chen Sheng said without turning his head, "Read!"

"only!"

Ji Bu clasped his fists again, then lowered his voice, and reported one sentence at a time: "On the ninth day of August, Han Xin led [-] soldiers, crossed the Lishui River, and lined up to attack Jingxing Pass. Han Xin withdrew his troops ten li and set up camp."

"On the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, General Zheng Bei led [-] generals to detour south to Fukouxing, defeated Han Xin's right wing, beheaded [-] ranks, and drove [-] defeated soldiers to flee to Jingxing..."

The General Zhengbei he was talking about was Li Xin, and the General Zhenbei was Chen Dao.

According to Ji Bu's report, Chen Sheng took a quick inventory of the battle situation in Hengshan County based on the map of Hengshan County, and slowly frowned.

This battle is not right!

With Han Xin's rank, how could he go to death at the beginning?

Bingzhou and Jizhou are separated by the Taihang Mountains.

Among them, there are eight interconnected mountain roads, collectively known as Taihang Eight Xings.

Among the Eight Xings of Taihang, three or four are close to the north and south of Bingzhou, very close to the Shangdang area.

Wang Ben led the Pingxi Army to control the Shangdang area. Han Xin must not dare to go to those mountain roads. He must consider the consequences of the North-South attack between the Huben Army and the Pingxi Army!
Aside from the few mountain trails close to the Shangdang area, there are only three left for Han Xin to choose from.

The northern line is near Feihuxing in Youzhou.

The middle road is near Jingxing in Hengshan County.

The southern line is close to Fukouxing in Handan.

Han Xin's eastward advance this time seems to be under the guise of dividing his troops into three groups, but in fact he is concentrating superior forces to storm Jingxing Pass.

From a strategic point of view, this indeed looks like Han Xin's handwriting.

But his tactics are too crude!

Jingxing is hundreds of miles away, and the roads are dangerous and narrow. Cars are not allowed to have square rails, and riders are not allowed to form a row.

If you want to go to Jingxing, you have to make a plan!

However, Han Xin missed the truth too early, so that both Li Xin and Chen Dao knew his true intention to concentrate superior forces.

No, Li Xin backhanded through Fukouxing and attacked Han Xin's right wing, instantly trapping Han Xin in a dilemma.

If you advance, you cannot break Jingxing Pass.

To retreat, he had to consider the possibility of Li Xin and Chen Dao attacking back and forth.

According to the battle plan previously submitted by Li Xin, Xiang Yu's army going south will be stationed at Feihuxing... Of course Chen Sheng knows Li Xin's unwillingness to let his allies intervene in this battle, and Li Xin also knows that Chen Sheng knows.

It is a tacit understanding between them to see through but not to tell.

But with the temperament of Li Xin and Xiang Yu, once Han Xin's army shows signs of decline, Xiang Yu's army will pass through Feihu Xing, cooperate with Li Xin in the south, and attack Han Xin from north to south.

At that time, the soldiers and horses of the three routes will be encircled, and Han Xin will try to escape and ascend to heaven... unless he can put on wings and fly to the sky and escape from the earth!

The situation is what it is.

Obviously the battle has just started, but it seems that the winner has already been decided!

It's fine if it's someone else, in the current situation of the Yellow Turban Army in Bingzhou, it's not all because of the poor command that the battle has turned out like this.

But that's Han Xin!
It was Han Xin who used [-] soldiers to leverage the three-way army in Jizhou to encircle the Taiping Road grand strategy!

That was Han Xin who dug a big hole for Li Xin without making a fuss, and Li Xin jumped in with an army of [-] tigers without knowing it!
How could he make such a low-level mistake?
Is this a trick of suspicion?

Or put it to death and survive?
Chen Sheng tapped his saber, pondered for a long time but couldn't get rid of the fog in front of him.

From the analysis of the battle situation alone, the Yellow Turban Army in Bingzhou is already at the end of the day, and there is nothing they can do!

But from Han Xin's point of view, he seems to have countless ways to break the situation...

Han Xin's art of war has indeed reached the level of no taboos. The taboos of military art that other generals use must be defeated, but in Han Xin's hands, they can always play a magical role.

"Send my king's order to the tent of the Huben army commander on Mount Heng."

Chen Sheng breathed out a long breath, considered his words, and said while thinking: "The battle of Hengshan is to contain the eastward advance of the Han Xin Department. Jingxing Pass must not be lost. If the Han Xin Department can be wiped out, it will naturally be the icing on the cake. If it cannot be wiped out, it will not affect the overall situation, and I hope that you must think twice before acting!"

Speaking of such words, Chen Sheng really has the mentality of an old father who wants to help his children tide over the difficulties, but is also afraid of hurting their self-esteem.

As for the situation of the battle in Hengshan, he really couldn't understand it at the moment, so he had to order Li Xin and Chen Dao to follow each step, so as not to change!
As the saying goes, everything changes.

No matter what kind of tricks Han Xin was playing, there was only one purpose in the end, and that was to break through the interception of the Huben Army and enter the North China Plain eastward.

As long as Li Xin and Chen Dao can give up their thoughts of sinking Han Xin and rely on their strength to firmly grasp the defensive position, then no matter how happy Han Xin is jumping up and down, he will be just a grasshopper after autumn. When will Chen Sheng take off? If you make a move, you can crush him to death anytime!

Ji Bu took the order, turned around and hurried down the watchtower to deliver the order on behalf of Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng raised his eyes again, looked at the dim sky in the west where there was only a faint afterglow of the setting sun, and muttered to himself: "Should I say that you are calm, or should I say that you have too much confidence in Han Xin?"

According to his judgment, the Yongzhou Army in Hangu Pass should have fought out two days earlier.

After all, if Han Xin falls, Yongzhou will really be completely isolated and helpless, and the world will be enemies!
But he waited patiently for two days. The Yongzhou army in Hangu Pass never even shouted or scolded.
If the Yongzhou army doesn't fight out, it will be difficult for Chen Sheng to send his troops to fight up.

It's not that he really can't do anything about Hangu Pass.

He has a way to break through Hangu Pass.

What he really finds troublesome is Shili Hangu!

Ten miles of Hangu, west of the plateau, east of the Jujian, south of the Qinling Mountains, north of the Yellow River, in the middle of the valley, as deep and dangerous as a letter.

Hangu Pass is just a city pass set up in a more dangerous section of the ten-mile Hangu. It is hard to say whether it is the most dangerous valley.

If you don't defeat the defenders of Yongzhou in Hangu Pass first, and rush in with your head depressed, you may have to fill in hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to pass through the ten miles of Hangu!
If Hangu Pass hadn't been so precipitous, in another time and space, the armies of the Six Kingdoms against Qin would not have stopped at Hangu Pass several times!
"Report..."

Just as Chen Sheng was thinking of finding a way to lure the Yongzhou army in Hangu Pass out of the city to fight, he suddenly heard a distant high-pitched cry, accompanied by the crisp sound of horseshoes from the west, speeding from far to near!
Chen Sheng subconsciously fixed his eyes on the west, scanned several times in a row, and finally found a dim light of fire burning in the night.

"Master!"

He sighed sincerely in his heart, taking advantage of the chaos of the beacon signal at the turn of day and night, he quietly sent troops to attack his red army camp, and the scouts who returned to report the news all rushed into the camp. The flames of foreign news were finally ignited...

Beacon fire reports, the day is smoke, and the night is fire.

The fire does not travel far during the day, and the smoke is invisible at night.

Abolishing the beacon signal is equivalent to abolishing most of their early warning systems.

A humble little gimmick.

But very useful!

Chen Sheng sighed "tsk tsk tsk", and walked down slowly while holding his saber.

Before he stepped down from the watchtower, the steady sound of drums and horn blowing had already connected the ten-mile camp, and the chaotic but not panic-stricken footsteps swept across the world like a mountain roar and a tsunami!
"Your Majesty, please stay!"

Chen Sheng had just straddled his horse when he heard a loud cry.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Ji Bu who had just left, and came hurriedly on his horse.

Chen Sheng sighed in his heart, and let go of the hilt of his saber... Well, the joy is gone!
"The enemy attacked the camp!"

Ji Bu rushed in front of Chen Sheng, and he didn't care to keep Chen Sheng's secrets anymore, he said anxiously: "The soldiers are divided into two groups, there are about [-] infantry and [-] chariots. Please move to the commander's tent and sit in the central army!"

"Let's go."

Resigned to his fate, Chen Sheng turned his horse's head and walked towards the commanding tent of the Chinese army, asking as he walked, "Which division will be the forward?"

When the enemy army attacked the camp, it was naturally impossible to leisurely gather troops and horses and form an army formation. It was necessary to send some soldiers and horses out of the camp first to withstand the enemy's attack and buy time for the Paoze brothers who were gathering in the rear.

Ji Bu hurriedly replied, "Back to Your Majesty, it's the Twelfth Division!"

Chen Sheng thought for a while: "Which teacher is Zhong Lixuan?"

Ji Bu: "Your Majesty, it is Mr. Zhong Lixuan."

Chen Sheng nodded, said no more, and rode his horse towards the tent of the commander of the Chinese army.

……

"Report...the Twelfth Division hastened to retreat the enemy forward!"

The messenger rushed into the commander's tent and reported the situation of the battle without any extra etiquette.

Ji Bu glanced at the war chess sand table, and then at Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng also stared at the war chess sand table, sensed Ji Bu's gaze, waved his hand without raising his head, and said, "You are the commander of the army, how to deal with it, you can make your own decisions, you don't need to ask me for everything, I want to take over the command, I will speak up myself!"

"The last general will obey the king's orders!"

Ji Bu clasped his fists together, and then loudly ordered: "Order the Twelfth Division to stick to the formation, and order the Ninth Division to move to the right flank of the Twelfth Division, clear all enemy troops within five miles northwest of the camp, and expand the alert area to the fifteenth division. inside!"

"Here!"

The messenger took the order, turned around and hurried out of the commander's tent.

Chen Sheng started to advance the war game representing a Han army division to the right flank of the [-]th division.

The situation is chaotic.

The enemy army came so fast, they almost came straight to their red army camp after leaving Hangu Pass, and most of the nearby areas were high slopes and plains where it was difficult to hide, and the scouts scattered outside the camp had not yet arrived. No matter how much useful information was obtained, they were pushed back into the camp by the enemy's soldiers.

As a result, even Shuai Zhang's eyes are now smeared.

In addition to knowing the general strength and type of the enemy army...

Who is the commander of the enemy army, I don't know!

I don't know where the enemy troops line up and how many routes they divide!
I still don't know whether the enemy army ever carried the ordnance of pulling out the village...

As a result, Ji Bu obviously held the superior force, but he could only stabilize the basic market first, and then expand his horizons step by step.

Chen Sheng didn't think there was anything wrong with Ji Bu's command.

He just felt that the strength of the enemy's attack did not match their strength and purpose!
The configuration of [-] infantry plus [-] chariots is not considered strong.

But as a group of soldiers and horses attacking the camp, their attack power should be at least two to three times stronger than the current one!
At the very least, those [-] infantry should try their best to create a chance for the two thousand chariots to rush into the camp.

But the reality is that their striker was defeated within a quarter of an hour of fighting with Zhong Lixuan's [-]th Division...

Chen Sheng pondered and inspected the entire camp.

"Send a troop to the northeast corner of the camp!"

He drew out the Tai'a sword, and tapped the northeast corner of the camp, where the Wei River was located, and it was the place where the army drew water.

Ji Bu took a look along the long sword, understood it in his heart, and immediately shouted: "Come here!"

An orderly rushed into the commander's tent in response, cupped his fists and said, "The bid is here!"

Ji Bu: "Order the eleventh division and one regiment to quickly inspect the northeast corner of the camp near the Wei River!"

"Here!"

The messenger took the order, turned around and hurried out of the commander's tent.

Chen Sheng stared at the sand table, thought about it, and said again without raising his head: "Pass the order to the forward, line up to guard the camp, and don't pursue it!"

Ji Bu summoned the messengers again to relay Chen Sheng's military orders.

Chen Shengxu closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "What trick do you want to play?"

This is the first tentative confrontation between the two generations of Seven Kills!
Both sides have advantages and disadvantages.

Chen Sheng's advantage lies in the overall situation, in absolute strength.

The disadvantage is that his understanding of this Bai Qi is close to zero!

And Bai Qi's advantage is that Chen Sheng and the Red Army are in the clear, and he has sufficient information to study the method of defeating the enemy.

The disadvantage is that the general situation is not with him, and the absolute strength of the Yongzhou army is far less powerful than the Han army.

Whoever wins and loses will be more clever!

(End of this chapter)