Chapter 343: risk one's life
Chapter 343 Taking risks
Chapter 342: Taking risks
Hearing what Qin Hao said, everyone couldn't help but feel shocked.
No one would have thought that, just like the Yellow Turban at the height of its power, there would be such a huge hidden danger inside.
And if Qin Hao sticks to his logic, this is almost a sure-win war.
Seeing that hope was rekindled in most people's hearts, Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "So even if the battle with Huang Chao doesn't mean much, we still have to fight for the final victory. Now everyone Do you still have any objections?”
“It is at your disposal.” Everyone shouted in unison.
Qin Hao nodded with satisfaction and asked: "Where is Huang Chao's encirclement deployed now? Are there any weaknesses?"
Yuchi Gong, who was in charge of the reconnaissance, immediately stood up, clasped his fists and said: "To inform you, young master, the entire Chenliu County is basically surrounded by Huang Chao's army, while only 50,000 troops are deployed in Xiangyi County in the north, which is the weak point in the encirclement... "
“Let’s talk about the south.”
Before Yuchi Gong finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Qin Hao. Although Yuchi Gong did not understand Qin Hao's thoughts, he still reported honestly: "The Yongqiu generation in the south has an army of approximately 100,000, and..."
Hearing this, Qin Hao slapped the table and said decisively: "Let's break out from Yongqiu in the south."
“Huh?” Everyone looked puzzled.
Obviously there are fewer people in the north and more people in the south, so why do we need to break out from the south?
"Now Huang Chao has a full 400,000 troops at his disposal, so it is impossible to leave such an obvious loophole. Xiangyi is definitely a trap to lure our army to break out, and I gave Huang Chao the opposite approach. You can escape smoothly," Qin Hao said calmly.
When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but admire this young man who had not yet been crowned. Qin Hao was so thoughtful, no wonder he was the champion but he was not.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Qin Hao immediately ordered: "Now I order Lu Bu as the chief general, Yue Fei and Qin Qiong as the deputy general, and lead all the troops to break out in the direction of Yongqiu."
Lu Bu and the other three generals stood up, solemnly clasping their fists and saying, "Promise!"
Seeing this, Qin Hao felt a little worried and emphasized: "Remember, never fight with the Yellow Turban Army unless absolutely necessary. Use mobile warfare to break away from the encirclement first, and then retreat to Kaifeng. I will rush back before the decisive battle. "
The reason why we turned around and returned to Kaifeng was because that was the best place for the decisive battle, where the Han army's cavalry advantage could be maximized.
By then Huang Chao must come and fight Qin Hao head-on, otherwise he would have to watch Qin Hao lead his army back to Xuanyuan Pass.
If that happens, Huang Chao will be unable to compete with Xiang Yu. Of course, the consequences of losing will be even worse, and Huang Chao will have no chance at all.
“Promise.” The three generals responded again.
In addition to breaking through, Qin Hao has another option, which is to continue the eastward attack to break Chenliu.
However, Chen Liu currently has nearly 50,000 defenders, and Qin Hao's troops are all cavalry, so there is no guarantee that they can capture it, so it is better to break through in time.
“Zhao Yun, Ran Min.” Qin Hao ordered again.
“The end will be here.”
Zhao Yun and Ran Min stepped forward.
“You two will go to Yingchuan with me.”
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Seeing this, Qin Zheng stood up and said: "Fifth brother, now that the breakout is imminent, do you really want to break away from the army and risk yourself to go to Yingchuan?" In Qin Zheng's view, Yingchuan is the territory of the Yellow Turbans. At this time, Qin Hao Going is obviously not a wise move.
"Yeah." Qin Hao nodded solemnly and said seriously: "This matter is more important than breaking out, so I must go there in person."
Seeing that Qin Hao did not listen to the advice, Qin Zheng had no choice but to say: "Then it is better to bring more followers, just in case."
“No need, no matter how smart Huang Chao is, he would never have thought that I would leave the army and go to Yingchuan at this time. However, with the support of Zhao Yun and Ran Min, it is more likely to be exposed due to the large number of people.”
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With the strength of Chen Liu's garrison, Qin Hao would never be able to break through, so Huang Chao expected Qin Hao to break through.
Huang Chao deliberately deployed weak troops in Xiangyi in the north just to lure Qin Hao into being fooled. But what he didn't expect was that his trap would be easily seen through by Qin Hao, who instead broke out to the opposite place.
After learning about this, Huang Chao couldn't help but regret not decisively shrinking the encirclement.
If Huang Chao shrinks the encirclement when Qin Haogang and Lu Bu meet up, even if they cannot completely annihilate them, at least half of them can be retained.
Precisely because he wanted to pursue perfection, Huang Chao missed an opportunity to severely damage Qin Hao. Although he regretted it, it was not too late to make amends.
A cold light flashed in Huang Chao's eyes, and he ordered coldly: "Send the order and order all the cavalry to go and intercept, and they must slow down the Han army."
The total number of Yellow Turban cavalry is only 50,000, Xiang Yu has 30,000, and the remaining 20,000 cavalry at Hulao Pass were defeated by Qin Hao in a battle before 6,000, and the remaining 14,000 cavalry were all killed by Zhang Jiao Sent to Huang Chao.
"Brother Huang, our cavalry is not as good as the Han army. What's more, the total number of cavalry in our hands is less than 20,000. If we really want to intercept the nearly 50,000 Han cavalry, I'm afraid we can't stop it with this small manpower!" As Huang Chao Lieutenant General Li Mi advised.
Wang Bodang, the only general under Li Mi, was also temporarily transferred to Xiang Yu's command, so he could only go out in person, and was assigned by Zhang Jiao as Huang Chao's deputy general for this battle.
"You have to stop them even if you can't." A trace of determination flashed in Huang Chao's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "The cavalry on the Luoyang side has been defeated by Xiang Yu, and as long as Qin Hao's cavalry can be completely wiped out, the Han army will have no more cavalry to use. . So as long as the Han army can be held back, it’s worth it even if all the cavalry is used up.”
Li Mi naturally knew the significance of letting the Han army lose all its cavalry, but he preferred to believe that this was Huang Chao's excuse for not wanting to lose to Xiang Yu.
However, Huang Chao did face great risks in this battle, and the success or failure had little to do with Li Mi, so he didn't say much more.
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Just when Huang Chao sent out troops to intercept Lu Bu, Qin Hao had already rushed to Yingchuan.
Qin Hao, Zhao Yun and Ran Min all had good horses. In order to ensure the speed of the journey, Qin Hao lent Qin Hu's mount to Xun Yu to ride on, so he could arrive so quickly.
Yingchuan is named after Yingshui. It belongs to Yuzhou and is governed by Yangzhai. It has seventeen counties under its jurisdiction and borders the three prefectures of Yansi and Jing. It is the intersection of the four prefectures.
Yingchuan County is also the capital of the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty in Chinese history, so it is also one of the origins of Chinese civilization.
Yingchuan also had a lofty status in the Han Dynasty, because Yingchuan College, the literary holy place that literati all over the world yearned for, was located in Yangzhai.
The Yellow Turban Uprising spread to the entire Guandong and caused great damage to all counties in the Central Plains. However, only Yingchuan County was least affected. It can be seen that the Yellow Turbans, whether Confucian or Baijia, are still in awe.
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