Chapter 2015: Yue and Han join forces (Part 2)
Chapter 2015 Yue and Han join forces (Part 2)
Chapter 2013: Yue and Han join forces (Part 2)
Three days later, the spies who went to explore the upper reaches finally returned and reported their findings along the way to Liu Ji and Liu Xiu.
"Your Majesty, we went all the way upstream along the Han River. We were intercepted and killed by the Qin army five times on the way. Of the three hundred scouts who went there, only four were left when they came back. Still no trace of water storage was found. ”
“No? How could there be no?”
Liu Ji's brows furrowed. He was not concerned about the casualties of the cavalry. He only cared about whether the intelligence received was accurate, so he asked, "Is it because your detection distance is not far enough?"
The returning Tanqi replied: "My lord, we are going west to explore for more than a hundred miles. If Yue Fei really wants to implement the flood plan, it is impossible to store water hundreds of miles away."
Hearing this, Liu Jicai nodded. After all, water attack has a distance limit. A few dozen miles is far enough, but storing water hundreds of miles away will obviously not have the effect of water attack.
"Then what is Yue Fei's intention in stationing troops at the Han River? Is it really possible to fight with his back to the water?" Liu Ji asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Liu Xiu also had a puzzled look on his face. He originally thought that Yue Fei wanted to attack with water, but it turned out that this idea was wrong. So what did Yue Fei want to do? He was also a little confused.
Chen Ping looked thoughtful. He seemed to have thought of something, but was not sure, so he did not speak out.
Although the flooding plan was ruled out, Liu Ji still didn't know Yue Fei's purpose, so he naturally didn't dare to launch a decisive battle easily, so he sent people to inquire around to find out Yue Fei's purpose of sending troops to Hanshui.
On the south bank of the Han River, the Qin army camp.
Qin Yong asked: "Grand Governor, are we stationing troops on the south bank of the Han River without any preparation? If Liu Ji and Liu Xiu lead the army to attack, wouldn't it be completely over?"
After Yue Fei and Lin Xiangru met and smiled, they explained: "Liu Ji and Liu Xiu are both suspicious people. If our army is stationed in the south of Hanshui without any precautions, they will definitely think that this is a strategy to lure the enemy, and they will even be suspicious. Our army will adopt a water attack strategy and will not act rashly until it is confirmed."
In fact, it's not that Yue Fei has never thought about the water attack strategy, but with Chen Ping by Liu Ji's side for a day, it would be difficult for him to make any plans against Liu Ji, so he gave up the plot long ago and prepared to defeat the Shu-Chu coalition in an upright manner. .
"But Commander, it's been three days. Liu Ji must have figured out the truth. Isn't it too dangerous for us to stay here?" Pei Yuanqing said with an uneasy look.
“What General Pei said makes sense.”
Yue Fei smiled calmly and ordered: "Send the order and the entire army will withdraw to Xiangyang."
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“Report…to inform my lord that the Qin army has withdrawn.”
"What?"
Liu Ji and Liu Xiu were immediately startled, while Chen Ping's eyes flashed with a stern look, and then he smiled bitterly and said: "It's not a good idea to fall into the trap. We fell into Yue Fei's false and true plan.
Yue Fei had no intention of attacking with water, and had no other arrangements at the Han River. He deliberately made this gesture just to make our army think that he had a conspiracy and delay time. "
“Damn.”
Liu Ji clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "I really underestimated Yue Pengju. What should the military advisor do now?"
"Chase."
Chen Ping's eyes flashed: "In terms of distance, I can still catch up."
"good."
The 180,000-strong army immediately broke out of camp, followed closely the Qin army, and launched another pursuit. But only twenty miles outside Xiangyang City, something shocking happened.
“Report...to inform my lord, the Qin army stopped withdrawing and instead lined up to prepare for battle.”
“My Lord, something bad has happened. The Qin Army’s 100,000 Hebei reinforcements have arrived in Xiangyang, and the leading general is Han Xin, the famous Hebei general.”
Everyone who had been extremely puzzled by the sudden stop of the Qin army suddenly realized after hearing the news. No wonder the Qin army suddenly stopped when they returned. It turned out that reinforcements had arrived at that time.
If a decisive battle is launched at this time, one hundred thousand Qin reinforcements may arrive halfway through the battle and join the battle. At that time, the pursuit battle will turn into a field battle, which is completely different from the plan before dispatching the troops.
Liu Ji couldn't accept the fact that the duck was flying. He asked angrily: "Why did the Qin army's reinforcements come so fast? Didn't it say that it would take ten days at the earliest?"
Gao Yao smiled bitterly and said: "The Qin army has always been famous for its fast march. Now that Jingbei is in danger, Han Xin must not dare to slack off at all, so he arrived in Xiangyang a few days in advance."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone fell silent. Now the coalition forces have entered a dilemma.
Let's go to war. I'm worried that if Han Xin's 100,000 troops join the war, the situation will be out of control.
Let's not start a war and let the 70,000 elite Qin troops leave. Everyone in Shu and Chu is unwilling to do so.
"Let Xia Houying and Xing Tian bring back the 20,000 cavalry, so as not to be surrounded by Yue Fei and Han Xin. The subsequent decisive battle will require the strength of the cavalry." Liu Xiu sighed lightly.
Liu Ji also sighed and nodded.
At this point, it is impossible to retreat without a fight, but even if a head-on battle begins, with 200,000 people versus 170,000 people, the coalition's chances of winning are not low.
Xia Houying and Xingtian, who were ordered to take the rear route of Yue Fei, detoured to the rear of Yue Fei's army and positioned themselves between Yue Fei's army and Xiangyang City. They were waiting for Liu Ji's order to start the war, but what they finally waited for was the order to retreat.
Although both Xia Houying and Xing Tian were extremely puzzled, they did not dare to disobey their orders. They could only lead 20,000 cavalry back to join Liu Ji and Liu Xiu's 180,000 troops to prepare for the final decisive battle.
Not long after Xia Houying's cavalry returned, Liu Ji and Liu Xiu received a piece of news that made them furious. They were deceived by Yue Fei again. What arrived in Xiangyang was not the reinforcements from Hebei at all, but Qin Qiong's army from Xinye.
Yue Fei ordered Qin Qiong to lead 20,000 troops disguised as Han Xin's 100,000 reinforcements. Qin Qiong divided the 20,000 troops into four groups, each with 5,000 men, and passed through Xiangyang repeatedly. Only then did the Shu army spies in the city mistake Han Xin's 100,000 troops. The army has arrived.
“Yue Fei, a common man, bullied me too much.”
Liu Ji shouted angrily, with barely concealed murderous intent in his eyes.
This is not the first time. Yue Fei deceived him twice through false and deceptive tricks. Even a human being can't bear it.
Liu Xiu's face also became a little ugly. He thought that Yue Fei was better at fighting, but he didn't expect that he was so good at strategy, and he toyed with them all.
It is too late to regret now. The ten days have passed. The real Han Xin army has arrived in Xiangyang and is on its way to join Yue Fei. The great fighter opportunity has been missed.
On the other side, after Han Xin arrived in Xiangyang, he led his army southward without making any stops and came to join Yue Fei as quickly as possible.
After Yue Fei learned about it, he led his troops ten miles away from the camp to greet Han Xin and the arrival of reinforcements from Hetao, Hebei Province.
“Grand Governor, reinforcements are coming.” Yue Yun said with excitement.
Hearing this, Yue Fei looked intently into the distance and saw billowing smoke and dust in front of him, which was obviously a sign of the arrival of a large group of cavalry.
“It’s Zilong.” Qin Yong said with a smile.
"There is also General Han Xin. I met him once when he was fighting against Dong. I don't want to be a minister in the same palace now." Pei Yuanqing also smiled.
Han Xin, who was leading the cavalry with Zhao Yun, saw that Yue Fei had brought so many people to greet him. He did not dare to overwhelm such a large formation. He quickly turned over and dismounted and saluted: "I will see the governor, Han Xin is late."
Yue Fei hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Han Xin's hand, saying: "No need to do more, General Han, it's not too late, not at all."
Han Xin also held Yue Fei's hand and smiled: "Han Xin, on the order of General Li Jing, led 70,000 Hebei troops and 30,000 Hetao troops, a total of ten armies to support Jingbei. Now all the 100,000 troops have arrived and are at the disposal of the governor. "
"Well, with this hundred thousand troops here, the Shu-Chu coalition will be defeated." Yue Fei said with a smile.
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