Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 461 Preemptive Strike
After Zang Yan was seriously injured and fell into a coma, his brother-in-law Li Liao temporarily acted as the commander-in-chief of the Yan State army.But fortunately, Li Liao knew very well that the main reason for the Yan army's disastrous defeat last time was that Zang Yan was too greedy for merit and had little to do with the Han army. Zang Yan also respected Uncle Zhou very much, and continued to work hard to maintain the current friendly relationship between the Yan army and the Han army.

Because the Yan army is only the servant army of the Han army. Although the Han army has the right to dispatch and command the Yan army, it has no right to intervene in the specific internal affairs of the Yan army. Finally, they crossed the Jishui River that once cost the Han-Yan coalition army a heavy price. Later, according to the habit of the princes and allied forces of this era, Yan Guo still camped alone on a high ground about eight miles east of the Han army camp to avoid accidents caused by inconsistent orders, flags, and formations. He took up the task of monitoring the defenders in Licheng led by General Tian Ji of the State of Qi.

In return for being loyal and obedient to the Yan army, Uncle Zhou also took care of the Yan army a lot. In addition to providing enough food, grass and military supplies, he tried his best to win over the generals of the Yan army, and specially sent a group of Han soldiers to the Yan army. On the military side, the high-quality iron weapons smelted and forged with the technology of later generations helped the army of Yan State, which was still mainly equipped with bronze weapons, to improve its combat effectiveness. In order to send an invitation to Li Lao, he also inquired about Zang Yan's recovery from his injury.

Because of this, Li Liao also knew the good news that 12 Han army reinforcements were coming to Licheng on the day of the incident. While envious of the Han army's great foundation and rich capital, Li Liao would never send the reinforcements who arrived later. The reinforcements from the Western Chu Army were taken seriously, and after receiving the report from the scouts that the reinforcements from the Western Chu Army had arrived at the Jinjiling Battlefield, Li Liao sneered complacently and said, "Good job, you only added 12 troops, and we added [-] troops." Wan, you can still use more soldiers to bully you with fewer soldiers!"

Of course, learning the lesson of Zang Yan's greed and underestimation of the enemy last time, Li Liao still did not relax his vigilance because the reinforcements from the Han army were about to arrive. In addition to sending more people to closely monitor the enemy in Licheng opposite him, he did not need Zhou Shu's instructions. Organized the generals of the Yan army to build the camp very strong, deep ditches and high fortresses were not counted, and it was not too troublesome to bury dense pickets in the trenches at several key positions. The Economic Union Army is overcast.

For well-known reasons, it is of course impossible for the Han-Yan coalition forces to wait until the reinforcements arrived at the Licheng battlefield to join forces. At midnight on the third day after the reinforcements from the Western Chu army arrived at the Licheng battlefield, three soldiers were killed when the Yan army was defeated. The generals of the Yan Army who were forced to surrender to the Chu-Ji Allied Army took advantage of the darkness of the night to escape from the Chu-Ji Allied Army, and after the dawn of the fourth day, they fled into the defense area of ​​the Yan State Army and asked to return to the army, saying that there was an important military situation. Report to the army of Yan State.

After it was verified that these three soldiers were indeed old soldiers from the army, the Yan Army naturally sent officials to find out the situation with them. As a result, the three Yan Army soldiers actually reported that there were rumors in the camp of the Chuji coalition army that Xiang Zhuang and Tian Da Because it was confirmed that reinforcements would arrive from the Han army, a decision had been made to withdraw overnight and return to Boyang, and there was a possibility of a sudden withdrawal within a day or two.

Knowing this situation, the officials of the Yan Army certainly did not dare to be negligent, and quickly reported the news to Li Liao, and because Li Liao knew that the news that the reinforcements from the Han Army were about to arrive was true, of course he immediately believed it was true. In addition to monitoring the movement of the Chuji allied army camp, he immediately sent people to the Han army camp to report this important situation to Uncle Zhou.

What happened next almost didn't make Li Bao's nose crooked. After a while, another general of the Yan Army came to report in a hurry, saying that one of the three former soldiers of the Yan Army who had just returned had suddenly turned against him and left his companions to report to him. The whistleblower admitted that they were actually let go by the Chuji Allied Forces on purpose, and they received a heavy reward from Xiang Zhuang and came back to report false news to the army of the old country.Li Liao was furious when he heard the report, and immediately summoned the surrendered soldier who took the initiative to inform, and at the same time ordered the remaining two traitorous soldiers to be taken for interrogation immediately.

After being brought in front of Li Lao, the surrendered soldier who voluntarily reported not only handed over the money rewarded to him by the Western Chu Army, but also admitted that what they had reported before was false news that the Chu-Ji coalition army was about to retreat secretly. Zhuang ordered them to report like this, and at the same time the other two soldiers also told the truth under torture, admitting that they had indeed received benefits from the Western Chu Army.Li Liao, who was almost cheated, was even more furious after hearing this, and immediately ordered the two traitors to be beheaded and go to the back of the text to investigate their family members' joint responsibility. Uncle pleaded guilty and took the initiative to confess the truth.

Li Liao's willingness to confess without fear of embarrassment certainly won Uncle Zhou's praise and kind words of comfort. Li Liao felt a little relieved in addition to being ashamed, and then asked Uncle Zhou very curiously: "General, the Chuji bandit army sent someone What is the purpose of deceiving the last general?"

"Of course I want to mislead me through you, so that I can't judge the real change in the enemy's situation, and let them take advantage of it." Uncle Zhou smiled and said: "Because the Chuji bandit army is very clear, with General Li, you are loyal to our King of Han. , Hearing such important news, he will definitely report it to me as soon as possible, as long as he deceives you, he also deceives me."

Hearing Uncle Zhou's compliment in disguise, Li Liao, who really didn't have any dissatisfaction, felt quite at ease. However, at this moment, the guards of the Han army suddenly entered the account and reported to Uncle Zhou: "General, our scouts are here to report. The amount of smoke they stole from the Chuji bandit army camp was [-]% more than yesterday and the day before yesterday, and the duration was more than half an hour longer than yesterday and two days ago. The bandit camp on Jinji Ridge and the camp below the mountain were both same situation."

"Understood, continue to investigate, and must continue to steal some of the thieves' dinner smoke." Uncle Zhou replied calmly.

The guard sang a promise and left, but Li Liao, who was next to him, heard something was wrong, and hurriedly said to Uncle Zhou: "General, the Chuji bandit army has quietly increased the cooking stoves and extended the cooking time. Could it be that they are rushing to make dry food? What despicable attempt is there?"

"This is the only possibility." Uncle Zhou nodded, and after thinking for a while, Uncle Zhou ordered: "General Li, after you return to the camp, immediately get your army ready for night battles, and prepare more dry rations and torches. Double the army on duty at night, be careful to prevent the enemy from attacking at night."

Li Liao immediately clasped his fists and sang promises, but Uncle Zhou warned him uneasy: "Remember, no matter what happens, you must pay attention to the safety of your camp, and you must leave enough troops to guard your camp."

Li Lao agreed again, and seeing that Uncle Zhou had no other orders, he hurriedly left and went back to organize the army to prepare for the night battle.After Li Liao left, Uncle Zhou immediately gave another order: "Command, each battalion prepares more torches for night battles, and distributes the baked biscuits and food we prepared in advance before nightfall, and distributes the quantity for two days. In addition, dinner will be given to our soldiers today. Extra meals, double the number of troops and guard posts on duty at night."

It was only after the guards went out to send orders that Zhou Shu, the old Shangshan man on the other side, asked curiously, "General, what do the bandits want to do?"

"I don't know yet." Uncle Zhou replied calmly: "However, if there is no accident, the Chuji bandit army will definitely make a big move tonight, because they only need to calculate the time to know, and the soonest will be within the day after tomorrow." , our reinforcements should be arriving soon, and the time left for them is running out."

Zhou Shu nodded, but felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Uncle Zhou's arrangement, but where was it wrong? Zhou Shu, who didn't know much about the army, couldn't tell why.

Let’s look at the situation on the side of the Yan army. After returning to the self-army camp, Li Liao immediately sent orders to the Yan army battalions according to Uncle Zhou’s request, telling the Yan army battalions to take the time to prepare for the night battle, and decided to arrange the last battle. The capable general led the army on duty at night, and even more cautiously decided to arrange for [-] soldiers to put on armor at night, ready to take precautions against any eventuality.

Quickly arranged the preparation room, the day passed quickly, and at night, Li Lao, who was very conscientious, not only led the team to patrol the camp, but also refused to take off his clothes and armor, so he went to sleep directly with his clothes on. Not tossing around, when the second watch was about to pass halfway, an unknown number of enemies suddenly touched the gate of the Yan Army's camp under the cover of night, trying to sneak open the camp gate and directly enter the Yan Army's camp. The guards were tight, and the alarm was issued before the enemy touched the gate of the camp. The soldiers of the Yan army who were on high alert immediately rushed to the front of the camp and shot a volley of arrows, shooting back the enemies who tried to destroy the gate. Get up and go out to gather, and quickly prepare for battle.

After several attacks were shot back by the Yan army's random arrows, the enemies outside the camp saw that the Yan army was well-prepared, so they had to retreat and fled to the direction of Licheng. After a while, he shook his head and said: "The enemy retreated too fast, there is a possibility of luring them, and it's only late at night, the situation outside the camp is unknown, so be cautious, don't chase."

Following Li Liao's order, he continued to closely monitor the movement outside the camp for a period of time. Seeing that there was no new situation, the enemy who had sneaked up before also fled back to Licheng City with torches. The officers and soldiers of the Yan army returned to their tents to continue resting, leaving the night watch army to continue to guard against the enemy. Li Liao repeatedly told the night watch army to be careful, and then returned to his bed tent to continue undressing and rest.

After a period of time, Uncle Zhou sent someone to contact Li Liao with a message saying that the enemy was cunning, and he had to guard against the enemy's false sneak attack in the first half of the night, making the Yan army officers and soldiers take it lightly. Sneak assault.Li Liao listened deeply, and once again told the general on duty to be careful in the middle of the night.

This night, the weather that has plagued the Han army for many days is still not very good. There is no starlight in the dark night sky, and the field outside the camp is even darker. , although the weather was very cold, the officers and soldiers of the Yan Army on duty at night still cheered up, carefully guarding against the enemy's sneak attack again.However, the problem of the biological clock is difficult to overcome. At the end of the fourth watch and the fifth watch, many soldiers of the Yan Army who were on duty at night still could not resist the power of the Sandman, and gradually fell asleep while yawning, even many guard posts .

As expected by Uncle Zhou, when the Fifth Correction just arrived, a group of black shadows sneaked up to the gate of the Yan Army's camp. Taking advantage of the exhausted opportunity of the Yan Army sentry, they managed to reach the gate of the Yan Army's camp. When they were going to get the latch, they were discovered by the generals of the Yan Army. They quickly raised their weapons and stepped forward to block them.

This time, the Chu-Ji Allied Forces really came for the truth. Even though they were discovered by the generals of the Yan Army, they still swung their sharp axes and crazily chopped down the gate of the Yan Army’s camp. Entering the Yan Army's camp, it almost literally split the gate of the Yan Army's camp open.Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the Yan army on duty at night still maintained a certain degree of vigilance and quickly dispatched to come for reinforcements, which blocked the crazy attack of the Chuji coalition forces.

However, the Chu-Ji coalition forces still refused to give up. After changing the sneak attack into a strong attack, the Chu-Ji coalition forces fired rockets and threw straw bundles into the Yan army camp one after another, and indeed ignited some of the Yan army's tents and wooden fortifications. He was furious, and immediately dispatched troops to the camp gate to assemble and wait for orders. He was ready to reinforce the camp gate battlefield at any time, and was also ready to go out of the camp to fight back at any time.

The attack by the Chuji allied forces lasted for nearly half an hour. It was only after seeing that the Yan army had been dispatched, and seeing that the Chuji allied forces had no hope of succeeding, they gave up the attack, hurriedly regrouped and retreated to Licheng. When retreating, he yelled at the camp of the Yan army, showing contempt for the Yan army in his words. When the generals of the Yan army asked again whether to send troops to pursue them, Li Liao first looked at the dripping pot next to him, and saw that it was not far from dawn. Then he gritted his teeth and said, "Chasing! Let Zhang Gu lead an army of [-] to pursue! Teach the Chuji allied forces a lesson and let them know that we Yan people are not easy to bully!"

As soon as the order was issued, Zhang Gu, the general of the Yan army who had already suffocated his anger, immediately led [-] elite troops out of the camp to pursue them. With red eyes, he killed the enemies in Licheng who had repeatedly harassed and despised their own army. The enemies in the city also quickened their pace to lure the Yan army away from the camp. As a result, when the Yan army was about to catch up to the Licheng city, there was a sudden sound of killing in the dark place to the west. kill back.

"There is an ambush! Quickly withdraw!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, and he didn't know how many ambushes the enemy had in the dark night before dawn, Zhang Gu could only quickly order to retreat, leading the soldiers of the Yan army to retreat to the way they came, but those who caught the Yan army by surprise were still behind, they When they were about to retreat to the gate of the camp, a Western Chu army unexpectedly came out from the northwest again, and they were all cavalry. In their formation, the generals and soldiers of the Yan army were flustered and did not dare to fight. They could only flee to the camp in a panic, and quickly entered the camp to escape for their lives under the cover of the bows and arrows of their comrades on the base.

At this time, Han Xin's real trump card finally appeared. When the soldiers of the Yan Army who were in a state of chaos hurried back to the camp, more lights of torches suddenly appeared on the northwest side of the Yan Army camp. Hehaoban lit torches and shouted to kill. The number of torches was so dense that it was impossible to judge how many enemies were coming. The army officers and soldiers took advantage of the opportunity to return to the camp and rushed into the Yan army camp.

Seeing this situation, the generals and soldiers of the Yan Army could only go back to the camp even more desperately. Fortunately, they retreated in time before the Yan Army, and somewhat opened up some distance from the enemy. In the end, they were still [-] in front of the gate of the camp after the enemy pursued them. When they walked around, they all fled back to the camp, and the soldiers of the Yan army who guarded the camp gate also hurriedly closed the gate...

"kill--!"

The accident happened again, among the soldiers of the Yan Army who had already fled into the camp, nearly a hundred soldiers rushed out suddenly, wielding sharp steel knives and iron knives, and killed the soldiers of the Yan Army who were closing the door. The enemies wearing the uniforms of the soldiers of the Yan Army slaughtered, and the gates of the camp that were about to be closed were reopened. The soldiers of the Chu-Ji coalition army who had chased nearby took the opportunity to speed up, and under the support of the soldiers who mixed into the crowd of the Yan Army, they seized it in one fell swoop. The gate of the camp that is crucial to the army of the Yan State...

"How is it possible?" Li Liao screamed loudly from the heights of the Chinese army's camp, and continued to roar angrily, "What does Zhang Gu do to eat? The bandits from the Chuji bandit army have infiltrated our army. Didn't notice?"

"How is it possible?" Zhang Gu, the general of the Yan army who made a big mistake, also screamed near the camp gate, "When did the bandits sneak into my army? I didn't contact our other troops before? Why did they let them Unknowingly sneaked in?"

After recalling for a while, Zhang Gu suddenly screamed again, and said with a hammer on his chest: "I was too careless! I am sure that when the bandit cavalry killed us, the bandit soldiers wearing our uniforms also rode over on horseback, riding our chaotic cavalry. Time to mix in!"

Of course, it was too late to discover something strange. The Chuji coalition forces had successfully seized the entrance of the camp gate, and even destroyed the gate of the camp in the first place, forcing the soldiers of the Yan army to quickly dispatch the gate knife cart to make up for the leak, and at the same time desperately went up Before blocking the enemy's entry into the camp, he fought with the Chuji allied forces near the camp gate, and it was impossible to fight. Li Liao had no choice but to send someone to call Uncle Zhou immediately, and then quickly sent an order to the camp gate, demanding that the Yan army The soldiers guarded the gate of the camp with all their strength, absolutely not allowing the Chuji allied forces to rush into the depths of the camp.

On the side of the main force of the Chuji Allied Forces, in fact, as early as the fifth watch, when the former army of the Chuji Allied Forces started to attack the Yan Army camp for the second time, the main force of the Chuji Allied Forces had already started to gather from the camp, and it only took time In less than half an hour, the whole army was assembled and prepared for battle. Then under the command of Han Xin's staff and Xiang Zhuang, the Chuji coalition army not only immediately dispatched an army lightly loaded to the Yan army camp for reinforcements, but also immediately set up torches. Striding forward, overwhelming crowds flocked to the Yanjun camp to prepare for the battle.

During this period, the cavalry of the Yan Army who successfully covered their comrades in the enemy's situation, of course, quickly reported the good news that they had successfully fished in troubled waters to Xiang Zhuang. He rushed to the Yan army camp to prepare for the decisive battle.Han Xin, who likes to pretend to be cool, also rarely showed some smiles, and murmured:

"Uncle Zhou, I know that you will definitely plan that we will attack the Yan army camp first and force you to fight decisively, but you must not have thought that I will use this method to attack the camp of the Yan army's bandit army? The plan is going well, the Yan army's camp Urgent, now it’s up to you to send troops or not?”

At this point, Han Xin smiled and added in a low voice, "I know you have a solid foundation, even if you lose the camp of the Yan State's bandit army, or even cause the Yan State's bandit army to be severely injured, you will not feel bad, but you If you see death and don’t save you, let’s see if the bandit army of Yan State will bow down to you in the future? Let’s see who of the princes outside the pass will dare to give their lives to you Han bandits.”

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At the same time, in the Han army camp, the old man Shangshan, who had already come to the tent of the Chinese army to help Uncle Zhou with military affairs, suddenly remembered what he found out during the day. At that time, you asked General Li Liao to strengthen his defenses at night, why didn't you remind General Li Liao that no matter what happens, he can't send troops out of the camp?"

It was Uncle Zhou's turn to pretend to be cool like Han Xin, and he replied with a blank expression: "Mr. Luli blamed me, I was careless during the day and forgot about it."

(End of this chapter)