034 Against the South Korean Army
In the face of so many prisoners of war, Li Ling quickly came up with a solution, that is, to absorb and dilute it for my use
Do a good job of registering the roster, put down your weapons and armor if you want to go, and if you encounter or catch them on the battlefield again, you will be killed.
Those who want to stay with the Qin army can be guaranteed the same treatment as the soldiers of the Qin army, and meritorious service on the battlefield can still be added to the rank of knight, and at the same time, their families are allowed to move into the territory of the Qin state at the right time in the future.
Such a plan is backed by the most powerful Qin State at the moment, and the effect is very significant, more than 500 people chose to join the Qin army on the spot, and the rest were disarmed and returned to the field.
For these people who joined the Qin army, Li Ling also made targeted arrangements, and all of them were scattered and incorporated into the ordinary Qin army, not giving them a chance to conspire together at all.
After dealing with these things, taking advantage of the opportunity for the army to recuperate, Li Ling carefully studied the map and the information he obtained.
The Zhou royal family may not have many troops at all, and not only that, but the only remaining 10,000 or so main forces of the Zhou royal family are not in the direction of Li Ling's army at the moment, so the only thing he needs to consider in the future is the enemy he may face after entering Korea.
Sure enough, as Li Ling thought, until the border, in addition to these 3,000 people, the largest force encountered by the Qin army was only a few hundred people, and when they saw the Qin army from a distance, they all fled without exception, and there was no conflict at all.
As for entering the borders of South Korea, he still did not encounter any decent enemies.
The situation deviated greatly from the initial prediction, and Li Ling's strategy was also adjusted in due course, no longer planning to open a wide passage from Gongcheng to Qinjing, but instead hiding his whereabouts as much as possible and not engaging the Korean army.
Four cavalry teams of 1,000 men changed into the armor and banners of the Korean army and operated within 20 miles on three sides of the army, and once they found a small group of Korean troops, they met them and waited for an opportunity to destroy them.
If a large number of ROK troops are found, they will choose to bypass them from a distance.
Relying on this method, Li Ling led such a huge army to quietly walk for two days and two nights in a row, crossing almost the entire South Korea, until it was only less than fifty miles away from Gaocheng, and was finally discovered by the main force of the Korean army.
"All the troops are in formation! Get ready to attack! ”
Meng Wu rode a horse and stood at the forefront, drew the long sword in his hand, and made the final preparations and pre-battle mobilization before the charge according to the deployment.
Under the instruction of Li Ling, Wang Jian ordered 2,000 cavalry, led the team to go around, and waited until the two armies were fully engaged, and then quickly found the weak point of the Korean defense line to assault, and caught as many tongues as possible, so as to inquire about the situation on Meng Qiu's side.
As for Li Ling, he was not with the army at all, but took three thousand men and horses to the north in the direction of the bank of the Yellow River to kill him.
It stands to reason that under the current situation, Li Ling really has no reason to lead troops to the banks of the Yellow River, but Li Ling always feels that there will be problems in the north, and he always trusts his instincts, so this is what seems to be an extra move.
The 100,000 Qin army against the 150,000 troops of the Han army, the difference in strength looks very great, and the main cavalry that can be used in the hands of Meng Wu is only 10,000 people, and these 10,000 cavalry are still stolen war horses, to put it bluntly, they are not orthodox cavalry, and their combat effectiveness is not very good.
But if there is a problem, solve it!
Since there are few cavalry, then the cavalry is not used as the main force!
The foot soldiers were divided into three arrows lined up, behind them were the crossbowmen, and at the back were the heavy crossbows, and the hundreds of chariots that had been stolen and temporarily modified were all divided to the central troops, and the 10,000 cavalry were concentrated together as the central assault force.
After making a full deployment, the South Korean army also stabilized from the initial panic in the face of such a large number of Qin troops who suddenly emerged from behind, and began to adjust its deployment.
"Drums! Offensive! ”
With Meng Wu's order, 10,000 cavalry directly charged, and the rest of the troops also began to advance in an orderly manner, but the speed of advance was relatively slow, and the formation was always tight.
This is Mengwu's tactic.
The army slowly pressed forward and maintained the formation, so that it could effectively resist the chariot and cavalry group charges that the South Korean army might take, and he himself put all the cavalry together to form a local advantage and charge directly into the formation, disrupting the deployment of the South Korean army, relying on the flexibility of the cavalry to create enough opportunities for the army to press up.
A battle finally kicked off at this moment.
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"Strange, how can this be? It really shouldn't be! ”
Occupy three villages in a row, and in all three villages there are only old and weak women and children left, and not a single young man has been seen.
Li Ling couldn't understand that if this was really the case, South Korea would almost be in a state where all the people were soldiers, so there should not be only such a part of the Korean army that Mengwu was fighting at the moment.
Stumped to be wiped out by the Devil for the most part?
But it doesn't make sense when you think about it, Meng Fu only has 30,000 horses in his hands, and even if he is strong, it is impossible to destroy so many Korean troops.
"What do you think is wrong?"
"The subordinates are stupid and can't see what's wrong."
"Okay, okay, I see."
After inquiring about Baili Meng, but finding that he didn't see anything, Li Ling couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
As a descendant of Baili Xi, he can't even see such an obvious abnormality, let alone expect him to put forward any constructive opinions for himself.
"Let's go, keep going! Speed up the march! ”
The uneasiness was getting heavier and heavier, and Li Ling could only speed up his march, he had to figure out what was going on as soon as possible.
On this side, Meng Wu launched a full-scale attack, and not long after Li Ling quietly went north, Meng Fu, who had defeated Gaocheng and garrisoned it, finally knew that a powerful Qin army had appeared behind the main force of the Han army besieging Gaocheng, and a battle had already begun.
As soon as I thought about it, I knew that this army must be the army led by Wang Su to attack Gongcheng, so it would be equivalent to the Korean army being attacked on the back, how could Meng Fu let go of such a good opportunity in front of him?
Decisively opened the city gate, Meng Fu directly ordered the existing more than 20,000 men and horses in his hands to rush out.
Without the support of a modern communications system, the large-scale wars of more than 2,000 years ago could only rely on the research and judgment of limited intelligence by the commanders to make deployment adjustments and tactical coordination.
Until this time, the 200,000 troops from Xianyang had been divided into four parts, 20,000 cavalry in the hands of Meng Fu rushed out of Gaocheng, Meng Wu led 100,000 troops to kill the main force of the Han army, Wang Su's only remaining 20,000 horses had withdrawn to the territory of Qin, and Li Ling led 3,000 people to the north to reconnoiter and attack.
These four main generals have no effective contact at all, and they don't even know the slightest bit about other people's circumstances, and they don't have any understanding of the overall situation at all.