Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 436 The Hexi Corridor (Part [-])

"Rush, kill! Brothers, hurry up." Zhang Han waved his saber to encourage the soldiers to fight the enemy bravely.

Inspired by him, the soldiers were desperate, and the battle cry of Long Live the Great Qin resounded across the sky. The soldiers rushed over like a sea tide, and soon smashed King Hunxie's army to pieces.

Zhang Han rode a horse and inspected the circle. There was nothing unusual. He jumped off his horse and went into King Hunxie's big tent. Han Dale said: "Damn, King Xiutu is very hospitable. He entertained me as a distinguished guest. I didn't expect King Hunxie to welcome me with such a big dish. King Hunxie, you are welcome. I'm not polite." Zhang Han sat down, tore off a leg of lamb and began to gnaw.

It was a big leg of lamb. Zhang Han was full, hiccupped, and said, "Let's go to sleep first." As soon as his head touched the ground, he fell asleep. Suddenly a barbarian popped out while he was sleeping, with a horsewhip in his hand. He drew it straight at him and shouted, "Give me back my leg of lamb!"

Zhang Han was startled awake with pain in his leg, and shouted: "You barbarian, what are you doing so violently? I just ate your leg of lamb. You need to beat me so hard. It hurts me to death!" Jumping up, he pressed his right hand on the handle of the knife, and was about to draw the knife out of its sheath to deal with this barbarian, but he saw Han Xin holding a whip in his hand, staring at him with eyes as wide as copper bells.

Zhang Han thought it was a dream, he hesitated for a moment before saying: "The last general has seen the general."

Han Xin said coldly: "Sleeping like a dead pig, it took me three whips to wake you up. If I were the enemy, you would have died long ago."

Zhang Han recalled the scene of eating lamb leg just now, and realized that it was just a dream. He hurriedly said: "The last general is guilty, please punish him." According to seniority, Zhang Han is much older than Han Xin, and the Western Expedition Army was led by Han Xin. Next, even the battles were victorious, Han Xin's military skills were admirable, Zhang Han had to admire him, and respected Han Xin very much.

Han Xin didn't speak immediately, sat down, pulled off a piece of mutton, threw it to a soldier, and said: "You guys also eat some, these days I haven't had a full meal, and I haven't had a good night's sleep." A piece of mutton, I ate it on my own.Those soldiers responded and came over to eat the mutton by themselves.

Zhang Han complained: "What the general said is very true. Since the expedition, we have not been marching for a day, and we have not had a full meal a day, and there is no rest time. The brothers are sleepy and can only sleep on horseback. General , Now that King Xiutu has been defeated, can we rest for a while before going west?"

"Bitter, who doesn't? I am also very bitter. Look at my eyes, they are red, and I haven't slept for several days." Han Xin asked: "It's a bit bitter, but we have a good harvest. Let me ask you, since the war started for half a month, how much has my victory been?"

Zhang Han thought about it and said: "In half a month, we went deep behind the enemy for more than a thousand miles, fought more than [-] times, beheaded nearly [-] people, and defeated more than [-] enemies. The results of the battle are indeed great."

"Yes, you are very good at calculating, and our results are almost like this." Han Xin asked back: "Do you know why we have such results?"

Zhang Han is a man with unique insight, and he replied without thinking: "General, the general thinks there are three main reasons for this: one is that the soldiers worked hard and dared to fight. The other is that the supplies are endless. The crown prince sent us all the materials we needed, which made us have no worries. Third, the general commanded properly, adopted the tactics of large roundabouts and deep penetration, and used the rapid maneuverability of the cavalry to attack the enemy where the enemy least expects it. The attack was launched at the most unexpected time. We have fought so many battles, and in no one has the enemy been prepared.

Han Xin swallowed a piece of mutton, nodded and said: "The analysis is still objective. So far, we have achieved such results, and our casualties are less than two thousand."

"This is all because of the general's command." Zhang Han had no choice but to obey, and said: "I, Zhang Han, followed the emperor to fight in the north and south, and there have never been any battles like this one that were so hearty and hearty. Can't find it."

Han Xin analyzed: "Don't put money on my face, this is comparable. The battle you participated in before was a confrontation between two armies, and there were camps, but our current style of fighting has no camps. You know the reason Where is it? The reason is that I mainly use cavalry. As for infantry, let them follow up to protect our logistics and prevent our rear from being threatened. The previous style of play is exactly the opposite. Mainly infantry and supplemented by cavalry, the main reason is that there are not enough cavalry. Over the years, the emperor adopted Mr. Zhou's idea and formed a large number of cavalry, so I dared to fight like this. The real credit is still the emperor, Mr. Zhou, if there is no Mr. Zhou I can only play the same way today as I did in the past."

The information revealed by these words is that the strategy and tactics of the Qin Dynasty are about to undergo a comprehensive change.

These words hit the nail on the head, Zhang Han couldn't stop nodding, and said, "That's true, that's true. But, this way of fighting is good, but the brothers are too tired, so tired that they don't even have time to catch their breath."

"Bitter and tired, it's better than losing your life." Han Xin remained unmoved, and said, "If I want to avoid suffering and tiredness, I can spread out my formation and fight from east to west, but this will increase the number of casualties. Besides, this expedition to the Hexi Corridor has a very important strategic purpose, which is to test the combat capability of the cavalry, so it must be fought in this way, and the cavalry must be used to the limit."

What he didn't say was to test the combat capability of the cavalry and make preparations for sweeping Mobei and taking down Shanyu Wangting in the future.Zhang Han naturally understood what he meant, and said: "The general is far-sighted, and the general admires it."

"It's not what I mean, it's the crown prince's will, and Mr. Zhou's." Han Xin clapped his hands together and said, "Bring me in."

The soldiers escorted King Xiutu in, and Han Dao said, "This is King Xiutu. I happened to meet him when I came here, so I brought him along. I will give you back the credit."

It was a pity that Zhang Han didn't catch King Xiutu, but he was caught by Han Xin, saying: "He was caught by the general, how dare the general take credit for it."

"If you hadn't defeated him, I wouldn't have been able to catch him. The credit is still yours. I just happened to meet him. His golden man who worshiped heaven has been found and sent to Xianyang." Han Xin ordered.

Zhang Han asked: "General, we have seized a lot here, how should we deal with it?"

Han Xin didn't even think about it, and said: "What else can we do? Of course, we should leave a small group of people to watch. When the infantry arrives, they should send someone to escort them back to Xianyang. You, immediately take the cavalry and set off. stay."

Zhang Han responded and was about to leave the account. Han Xin shouted: "Slow down. You tell the brothers, when King Hunxie is captured alive, I will give the brothers a holiday and let them have a good sleep."

(End of this chapter)