Chapter 1706: Capture Yecheng
Chapter 1706 Occupying Yecheng
Chapter 1704: Occupying Yecheng
Zhang Liang’s plan this time can be said to be complicated or complicated, but it can also be said to be simple and simple. He took advantage of Han Xin’s desire to preserve his strength.
There are ambushes on three of the four roads returning to the north. Although Yecheng's troops may not be able to forcefully break through, the cost of forcefully breaking through is unacceptable to Han Xin, so the north, which was ignored by both sides from the beginning, is the safest.
After the skill is activated, Zhang Liang, who has an intelligence of 104, sets a trap specifically based on Han Xin's temperament. It is difficult for Han Xin not to fall for it.
If Han Xin's intelligence is not suppressed, with his 96 points of intelligence, it is difficult to see through Zhang Liang's calculations, but if he adds 103 points of commander, he may not be able to detect something amiss.
It is a pity that Han Xin, whose intelligence was suppressed to 90, was completely led by Zhang Liang.
As for the other members of the Korean and Zhao armies, they have blind confidence in Han Xin. Han Xin said that the most dangerous north is now the safest. Will they break out in the other three directions?
Tian Feng, Ju Sue, Xun Kan and other wise men, although they are famous counselors in Hebei, their intelligence is not over 100 after all, and they are still a little short of seeing through Zhang Liang's plan.
Midnight, midnight is approaching.
After Han Xin raised his head and glanced at the night, he realized that the time was almost up and immediately ordered: "Breakout."
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The north gate was opened, and a large number of cavalry with cotton hooves wrapped in cotton rushed out and headed straight for a Qin army camp in the north. Their mission was to break through the Qin army's encirclement.
“Report...to inform my lord, the Qin army’s troops have indeed been transferred to other places. The troops in the Qin camp in the north are extremely empty. Generals Yuan Hong and Zhang Kui have captured this camp, and now the road to the north has been opened.”
"good."
A hint of joy flashed in Han Xin's eyes, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Nangong Changwan and Ma Shanwei, I now order you two to lead an army of 10,000 each to block the reinforcements of the Qin army in the southeast and two directions to buy time for the army to retreat."
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The two generals were ordered to leave.
Subsequently, under the command of Han Xin, a large number of grain trucks and material trucks were dispatched from the north gate and quickly headed towards Beiying.
"Report...to inform my lord that reinforcements from the Qin army are coming from the east, and the leader is Zhang Liao."
"Report...to inform my lord that reinforcements from the Qin army are coming from the west, and the leader is Long Qie."
Han Xin suddenly changed his expression and ordered: "Immediately send an order to Nangong Changwan and Ma Shanwei, asking them to hold on for two hours, and additional reinforcements will be sent to them immediately."
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“Immediately send an order to Yuan Hong and Zhang Kui, ordering each of them to lead five thousand elite cavalry to form blocking armies on the east and west sides.”
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The Qin army's reinforcement counterattack was very fierce, and the leading generals were Zhang Liaolong and these two famous generals. Han Xin was worried that Nangong Changwan and Ma Shanwei could not handle it, so he sent Yuan Hong and Zhang Kui out.
With the cavalry support of Yuan Hong and Zhang Kui, the pressure on the east and west sides to intercept the army was greatly reduced, and the Qin army's offensive was finally blocked.
Two hours later, when the last grain truck drove on the road heading north, Han Xin's hanging heart was finally half relieved.
“Immediately send a signal to Yuan Hong and the others to withdraw the blocking army.” Han Xin ordered.
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The blocking armies from the east and west, after receiving the order to retreat, retreated at full speed towards the Beida camp, and the Qin army immediately launched a pursuit upon seeing this.
About 4,000 coalition troops died in blocking enemy reinforcements, while as many as 6,000 enemy troops died in pursuit.
Just to delay, the coalition forces lost another 10,000 troops, while the Qin army's losses were minimal. Han Xin had actually expected this, but as long as he could bring the remaining 100,000 troops out of the Qin army's encirclement, it would be worth sacrificing even 10,000 troops.
“Hurry up, hurry up…”
Yuan Tan shouted anxiously, and his heart was bleeding when he saw those soldiers who were running slowly died under the Qin army's arrows one by one.
Most of those who died in the battle were soldiers of the Zhao army. After losing Yecheng, Zhao had no land and no reinforcements. Every soldier who died was one less soldier.
“Lord, most of the blocking troops have already withdrawn, and the remaining ones have been entangled by the Qin army and are destined to be unable to withdraw.” Zhang Kuihui reported.
Han Xin nodded and said decisively: "In this case, we can only abandon them. Let's set fire to them."
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Following Han Xin's order, Beiying, which was filled with kerosene, sulfur and other fire starters, instantly turned into a sea of fire. A large number of coalition soldiers who did not escape were burned to death, which also completely blocked the Qin army's northward pursuit. the way.
“Okay, hurry up and retreat quickly.”
Han Xin looked at the fire camp not far away and said calmly: "This fire can't stop the Qin army for long, so we will continue to set fires at important roads along the way to delay the Qin army's pursuit, while our army will take advantage of this Run as far as you can in the gap.”
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On the other side, when Qin Hao saw Han Xin using fire to block the road, he couldn't help but chuckled: "This Han Xin really does everything in order to escape, but he is destined to be unable to escape."
Originally, Qin Hao was not 100% sure, but when he learned that Beiying was occupied, he could already conclude that Han Xin was trapped, and the next step was to see the performance of Bai Qi and Zhang Liang.
“My lord, it’s time to take over Yecheng completely.” Guo Jia said with a smile.
"Um."
Qin Hao nodded, waved his hand and said: "Let's go, follow this king into Ye City, to see this third most famous city in the world."
Yecheng is both a large city and a fortified city. Under the fierce attack of the Qin army's more than 500 catapults, more than 400 well traps, and more than 200,000 troops, it persisted for more than a month.
Now this fortified city with a population of 500,000 people was captured by the Qin army without bloodshed.
At this time, Yecheng was far less magnificent than it had been more than a month ago. There were dense cracks everywhere on the city wall, and most of the houses near the city wall were smashed.
The people in the outermost area of the outer city have been moved to the inner city by Han Xin, so Qin Hao didn't see a single person after entering the city.
Qin Hao glanced around, but what he saw was devastated ruins. Nearly half of the houses in the outer city had collapsed. It was conceivable that the inner city must be crowded with people.
“Fortunately, there was no decisive battle in Yecheng, otherwise we would not know how many resources would be invested in post-disaster reconstruction alone.”
Qin Hao sighed lightly, and then led everyone under his command into the prefect's mansion.
"I would like to report to my lord that when Han Xin withdrew from Yecheng, he did not burn the supplies that could not be taken away. The grain depot, armory, salt depot and other warehouses were all intact."
"What?"
Qin Hao's voice couldn't help but get louder. After all, this was an enemy. With Han Xin's shrewdness, how could he do this?
When Guo Jia heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he smiled and said: "Congratulations, lord, congratulations, lord, Han Xin may have expressed his intention to surrender."
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