Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 330 The Newborn Calf
Zhao Guo's reinforcements came faster than the Han army expected. They arrived just before noon, and the surrendered soldiers of the Zhao army had just finished screening and dismissed. The scouts had already discovered the traces of Zhao Guo's reinforcements, and preliminarily speculated that Zhao's reinforcements could enter the Jingxing Basin at least before Shenshi.

During this period, Jingxing County, located in the lower part of the Beiling Mountain, accepted Xia Yu's persuasion very simply, and chose to open the city to surrender to the Han army. However, Uncle Zhou did not send troops to set up camp under Jingxing City, but only mobilized a thousand troops. Enter the county seat and control the city.

In addition, Uncle Zhou ignored the careful reminders of the Han army's civil and military forces, and hurriedly returned the weapons to the [-] soldiers of the Zhao army who voluntarily left behind. Set up camps outside, and changed to fight with the banner of the Han army to cooperate with the Han army. The [-] Han troops stationed in the Xiguankou camp left by the Zhao Guojiang army, and used the strong camp left by the Zhao Guojiang army to fight against the enemy.

After Uncle Zhou quickly made arrangements, not to mention the veterans of the Han army such as Chongda, Ling Jing, and Yang Xi, even Zhou Shu, the old man from Shangshan who came with the army, saw that Uncle Zhou's deployment was very problematic, and he was very worried. Asked strangely: "General Zhou, don't blame the old man for talking too much. Why are you making such an arrangement so that the two wings are full of flaws? Jingxing County is located on the other side of the Mianman River. You only send [-] troops to garrison. Once the Zhao State's bandits attack the city, you only need to defend it." The river bank, it will be difficult for us to send troops to rescue?"

"There are also soldiers from the State of Zhao. They are unreliable when they just surrendered. You can let them stand alone. Why do you let them set up a camp to the south of our camp to face the enemy directly? If the bandits from the State of Zhao send troops to attack their camp, it will be easy. Success in the First World War will affect our military spirit and morale?"

"Mr. Luli, if we don't have many loopholes, what should we do if Zhao's bandits run away?" Zhou Shu asked with a smile, "The east of Jingxing is all plains. Once Zhao's bandits run away, how can we think about their decisive battle?" Isn't it going to be much harder?"

"Did the general deliberately reveal his flaws to lure Zhao's bandit army to enter without worry?" Zhou Shu guessed what Uncle Zhou meant.

Uncle Zhou nodded and said: "On the Central Plains battlefield, the main force of Zhao's bandit army has gone south to Hanoi to attack the flanks of our main force. I guess they can be dispatched to Jingxing to meet our bandit army. They should be led by Zhang Ao. There are [-] troops here. If we can seize the opportunity to wipe out this bandit army, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er will have no soldiers on their northern front. They can only deploy troops from the southern front to help the northern front. , and asking for help from the Western Chu bandits, as long as they do this, the pressure on our main force will be much less.”

After explaining this, Uncle Zhou smiled slightly, and then said: "Therefore, Zhang Ao must not run away, and he must see that he has a chance of winning, so that he can safely enter the Jingxing Basin and fight us to the death in the Jingxing Basin! "

Because I don’t know if Xia Shuo will be shameless enough to take Jingxing Zhao’s army into formation and surrender to the Han army, or when the Weishi is approaching the first moment, when Zhao’s reinforcements are about to enter the Jingxing Basin, Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and Tian, ​​who lead Zhao’s reinforcements Uncle and others learned this amazing news from Zhao Jun's soldiers who were dismissed by the Han army.Surprised, in addition to immediately ordering Zhao Jun to slow down his marching speed, Zhang Ao quickly dispatched scouts to enter the Jingxing Basin to find out the enemy's situation.

During this period, in order not to waste manpower, of course Zhang Ao had to order his team to gather the soldiers of the Zhao army who had been dismissed by the Han army, and persuade and force these soldiers to return to the army. At the edge of the battle, nearly ten thousand Zhao troops who had been demobilized by the Han army suffered a stroke, but Zhang Aojun gathered more than 5 troops, and quickly expanded the strength of Zhang Aojun to nearly [-].

At this time, the deployment of the Han army has been basically ascertained by Zhao Jun's scouts, and the report is in front of Zhang Ao...

"Is the army deployed by the traitors like this? Are you sure you didn't make any mistakes?!"

Born in a famous family, his father was Zhang Er, a well-known figure known even to Emperor Qin Shihuang. He had received a good education since he was a child. Zhang Ao had always been a modest and prudent boy. However, after confirming the deployment of the Han army on the Jingxing battlefield, Zhang Ao Ao still couldn't help laughing out loud, and said: "Are the Han thieves being stupid? Jingxing County is located on the east bank of Mianmanshui, and the camp of the Han thieves is at Xiguankou on the west bank of Mianmanshui. A thousand troops are stationed in Jingxing City, so he wants to return Jingxing County directly to us, right?"

"Xia said that the traitor is probably regretting it now." Uncle Tian also gloated and said, "Uncle Zhou asked him to lead four thousand soldiers to run alone. His camp was directly attacked, obviously wanting him to die in vain so that we could easily take his camp."

"Don't underestimate the enemy." Guan Gao, who was nearly [-] years old, scolded: "Uncle Zhou entered Hedong, and within a few days he took down Jiancheng in Anyi, captured the King of Wei Wei Bao alive, and broke the rules in one fell swoop with one enemy and three in Jinyang. Han, Dong Yi, and Sima Xin are three armies with outstanding military exploits and are famous all over the world! Although his deployment has flaws on both wings, there must be a deep meaning in it. If we underestimate the enemy and are careless, we will be in danger of falling into his trap!"

Zhang Ao is really well-behaved and humble, he quickly handed over his hand and thanked Guan Gao for his suggestion, and then adopted Guan Gao's suggestion, quickly found a favorable position at the east exit of Jingxing Basin, established a strong camp to prepare to confront the Han army, and at the same time sent people to rush back Julu reported the situation to Zhao Xie and Zhang Er, and asked Zhao Xie, Zhang Er and others to make a decision. ——It’s just that because the Han army looks so easy to bully, neither Zhang Ao nor Guan Gao thought about taking advantage of the fact that the Han army’s foothold is not stable, and the backup food and grass can’t see the shadow yet, so they ran away quickly. Taihang Mountains.

During the establishment of the camp, Zhang Ao and others also encountered an unexpected problem, that is, many soldiers of the Zhao army who had just returned to the army made small reports, saying that many soldiers of the Zhao army who had just returned to the army were bribed by the Han army, and some of them rebelled at any time and even became Han soldiers. After Zhang Ao sent people to investigate the possibility of the army acting as an internal response, he had no choice but to dispel the idea of ​​letting the returning troops be organized into an army separately, and chose to completely break up and reorganize the returning soldiers and supplement them with the troops he brought. Forty thousand troops digested and absorbed.

In addition, Zhang Ao adopted Guangao's suggestion and arranged for people to clearly tell the soldiers who returned to the army to return to the army, expressing that they would never hold those soldiers who were bribed by the Han army accountable, let them confess their own affairs, and clearly demanded that they should not be confiscated and returned to the army The bounty received by the soldiers from the Han army, so as not to cause dissatisfaction with the soldiers and leave more hidden dangers.

Zhang Ao and others' handling of this matter is actually not bad, at least it did not intensify internal conflicts. However, it is inevitable that after the reorganization and reorganization of the army, the ranks of the generals who have been demoted are affected. I am still somewhat dissatisfied, and feel that I was wronged by being relegated and adjusted for no reason. At the same time, after more than 8000 soldiers returned to the team suddenly, there is still some confusion in the Zhao army. The newly added soldiers and generals are not familiar with each other. Without any time to get to know each other, internal management problems naturally increased rapidly.

Those soldiers of the Zhao army who picked up the bounty of the Han army were also affected. Those who confessed and admitted were naturally jealous and excluded to varying degrees from their peers, and there were all kinds of sarcastic remarks. , and was afraid that Dongchuang's incident would be discovered and reported by his companions.Therefore, even if Zhang Ao and others did not pursue it, a large number of contradictions and problems at the grassroots level of the Zhao army still inevitably appeared, making it more difficult for new and old soldiers to integrate quickly, which indirectly affected the overall combat effectiveness of the Zhao army.

Located at the highest level of the Zhao army's food chain, it is of course difficult for Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and others to immediately discover these grassroots problems. What Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and others are most concerned about at present is still the next tactical choice. Steady, advance troops as soon as possible to drive away the Han army and regain control of Jingxing?Or confront the Han army with deep trenches and high fortresses, waiting for reinforcements from Zhang Er and the Western Chu army?

Uncle Zhou's nonsense deployment played a role again at this moment. Except for Guan Gao, all the generals of the Zhao army believed that they should take advantage of the emptiness of the Han army's wings and take the initiative to send troops to take down Jingxing County and Xia Shuo's surrender camp. Cut off the soldiers on both wings of the Han army, strengthen the morale of the self-army, and then take the opportunity to lure the Han army to send troops to a decisive battle.

Guan Gao resolutely opposed to taking the initiative to send troops, saying: "Don't take risks. The main force of our Zhao State has already gone south to fight in Hanoi, and the rear is empty. It depends on our army to guard the east entrance of Jingxing to prevent the Han bandits from entering our hinterland. If we take the risk and take the initiative Sending troops to attack, if there is any mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable. The best way is to guard the dangerous points, confront the traitors for a long time, and force them to take the initiative to attack."

Guan Gao is Zhang Er's absolute confidant, Zhang Er trusts him very much, and his age is here again. When he objected, the generals of Zhao Jun naturally did not dare to refute too much.However, Zhang Ao, who has always been obedient to Guan Gao's words, had a different opinion this time, saying: "Old Mr. Guan, if it is risky to say that crossing the long river to attack the camp of the Han bandits, this junior admits that, if the bandits choose to It would be troublesome for us to attack halfway across the river. However, Jingxing County is located on the east bank of the Mianmanshui. We send troops to attack Jingxing County. Not only is there no danger, but we also hope to force the Han bandits to cross the river to reinforce Jingxing County. In turn, we can win the bandits. A chance for the army to attack halfway through?"

Mianmanshui is the place where the last battle famous in history took place. The river is difficult to cross, forcing Han Xin's army to fight to the death. Now it is rainy in spring, the river is rising, and of course it is even more difficult to march.So considering this favorable terrain, Guan Gao hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "If you don't cross the river and only attack the city, then I have no objection."

"Then it's settled." Zhang Ao made a decision and said, "Start immediately to build siege weapons and attack Jingxing County. It is best to lure the Han bandits across the river for reinforcements. Take Jingxing County, and rely on the city to confront the Han thieves."

In this way, envious of the current favorable situation, Zhao Guo's army not only did not consider retreating and slipping away, but also did not choose to take advantage of the danger. Instead, they chose to rush to build siege weapons and prepare to attack Jingxing County, where the Han army had few defenders, launched an active attack.

After two days of hasty preparations, the Zhao army's siege weapons were quickly ready. However, what made Zhang Ao and others vomit blood was that when they were about to attack the city the next day, Uncle Zhou unexpectedly In the evening, [-] troops were deployed overnight to cross the Mianmanshui and stationed in Jingxing City to help defend the city, which instantly shattered Zhao Jun's hope of quickly taking Jingxing County.

"Shameless traitor, how do you know that we are going to attack the city today?"

Thinking angrily for a moment, Zhang Ao once planned to continue to attack the city regardless of the fact that the Han army had increased its troops, but Guan Gao stopped him and said, "Calm down, Major General. Uncle Zhou suddenly increased his troops in Jingxing. Taking advantage of the favorable terrain of the city to consume a large amount of our military strength, we insisted on continuing to advance troops. If we fail to take down Jingxing city smoothly, we will be exhausted by the Han bandit defenders relying on the city defense and we will be at a disadvantage in the battle. Anyway, Jingxing County is just a small city , there is neither much population nor much food in the city, even if it is taken down, it does not mean much, it is better to give up the attack for the time being, and wait patiently for our reinforcements to arrive."

The good boy Zhang Ao didn't dare to go against Guan Gao's intention, he could only nod to accept Guan Gao's suggestion, and ordered the soldiers to stop rushing to build siege weapons, and no longer coveted to take down Jingxing County quickly.And Zhang Ao's choice really disappointed the Han army. The scouts of the Han army found that Zhao Jun hadn't remade siege weapons. After reporting this situation to Uncle Zhou, Uncle Zhou couldn't help but sighed and said: "I underestimated Zhang Ao, who is so stern, he can hold back his temper even if he puts the fat on his mouth."

"General, what should we do then?" Chong Da asked anxiously: "The bandit army of the Zhao Kingdom refuses to send troops. We have no chance of a decisive battle. How can we defeat the enemy?"

"Don't worry." Uncle Zhou said with a sneer, "Zhang Ao can't eat this piece of fat in Jingxing County. When another piece of bigger fat is placed in front of him, I don't believe he can still eat it." Hold your breath."

"Another piece of fat? Where is it?" Chongda asked suspiciously.

Uncle Zhou pouted his mouth towards the south, and said, "Of course it's at Xia Shuo's place. Some people in his camp must have lost their composure."

As Uncle Zhou expected, after another two days of confrontation, Xia said that some people in the camp finally lost their composure, and quietly elected a representative, who slipped out of Zhao Guojiang's camp overnight with blood books, and ran to Zhao Jun met Zhang Ao in the camp and asked Zhang Ao to send troops to attack Xia Shuo's camp. All topographic maps were dedicated to Zhang Ao.

Of course, Zhang Ao had to suspect that this was a trick of the Han army to lure the enemy, but it could not be true. After repeatedly interrogating Zhao Jun, who voluntarily returned and surrendered, Zhang Ao confirmed that this was true, and immediately understood what Xia said. The camp can be broken in one attack, and it is easy to capture.Under the excitement, Zhang Ao naturally had to call the generals of the Zhao army to discuss and discuss the tactical plan for attacking Xia Shuo's camp.

Out of hatred for Xia Shuo, the generals of the Zhao army naturally agreed to send troops to clean up the family and clean up Xia Shuo, a shameless traitor. Countless soldiers hoped that anyway, we could not take the risk of marching. Xia said that Pifu’s camp was only five miles away from the camp of the Han bandits, and we had to cross the river when we marched. If we retreat, won’t our troops crossing the river be in danger?”

This time, Zhang Ao finally couldn't restrain his desire to swallow the fat. After thinking for a while, Zhang Ao said: "Since it is too dangerous to send troops across the river to attack Xia, how about we dispatch the main force to attack across the river? If the traitors don’t send troops for a decisive battle, we’ll take down Xia Shuopifu’s camp and capture that shameless traitor! If the traitors send troops, we’ll take the opportunity to launch a decisive battle with them, and use our superior force to defeat the traitor in one fell swoop!”

"Major General's ingenious plan!" Uncle Tian applauded and cheered, "If the traitors really send troops to fight us, our advantage will not only lie in the large number of soldiers, but if the traitors send troops to fight, Xia said that the common man will definitely send troops to help. At that time, as long as we give priority to attacking Xia Shuo Pifu, with the help of our internal staff, we will definitely be able to win easily. Xia Shuo's defeat will inevitably affect the morale of the Han bandits. The formation of the team makes us more confident of winning the game!"

Zhang Aofei nodded quickly, and admitted that there is indeed such a possibility—strictly speaking, this possibility is really not small!
"Then how do we cross the river?" Guan Gao poured cold water on him and said, "If we make a big move, we will definitely not be able to hide from the eyes of the traitor scouts. When the traitors send troops in time and give us a half-cross, how sure can we be? victory?"

Uncle Tian closed his mouth, but Zhang Ao was a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers. He squeezed the beard on his chin and thought about it for a long time, then suddenly said: "There is a way, we dispatched [-] troops at night, crossed the long river by night, Line up on the west bank of the Mianmanshui, and at the same time rush to build multiple pontoon bridges, try to open up the way for troops to enter, and then at dawn, we will send out the main force to cross the river, and we will be safe."

"Young Commander's brilliant plan." Uncle Tian complimented again, and said: "Crossing the river at night is not easy to be discovered by Han thieves, even if we are discovered, our partial division can quickly withdraw to the east bank of the Mianmanshui without worrying about too many losses. As long as our partisans cross the river smoothly and form a strong formation to protect the ferry, the Han bandits will not be able to stop our main force from crossing the river even if they send out a large number of troops!"

After all, Uncle Tian also took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the army to serve as the vanguard, sneak across the Mianmanshui overnight and cover the main force to cross the river. Guan Gao originally wanted to object, but considering that he should not rely too much on the old and sell the old, Zhang Ao's arrangement is also more appropriate , Even if there is any danger, it is easy to retreat, so he nodded reluctantly, and said: "It is possible, but while crossing the river and attacking, we must leave an army to guard against the Han bandit army in Jingxing City."

Zhang Ao, who was afraid of Guan Gao's opposition, was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly discussed with Zhao Jun's generals a plan for an absolutely safe decisive battle of marching troops across the river, and arranged for the generals to implement it.After dispatching troops and generals, Zhang Ao rubbed his hands excitedly, and said to himself: "Uncle Zhou, I heard that Xiang Kang's traitor left the army and chased dozens of people alone in order to keep you. Here, General Ben wants to take a look this time, what kind of color are you? Is your reputation just for nothing?!"

(End of this chapter)