Chapter 1703: True and False

Since most of the Wenchen of Zhao State were wiped out by Su Dingfang in the Bohai Sea, Tian Feng and Xun Kan, who escaped unexpectedly, have become the pillars of Zhao State's Wenchen.

Under the persuasion of Tian Feng and Xun Kan, Yuan Tan, who had been hesitant, finally made up his mind and decided to abandon Yecheng and break out with Han Xin.

After Han Xin learned about it, he was also secretly relieved in his heart, after all, if he didn't join the Zhao army, it would be impossible for him to break through from the encirclement of more than 200,000 Qin troops with only the 30,000 infinite Han troops under his command.

"The entire Yecheng is under the siege of the Qin army, and if our army wants to break through smoothly, we must choose the right direction."

Han Xin looked at the people below and said unhurriedly.

Hearing Han Xin say this, Han Zhao, Wenwu, and all the ministers couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in their eyes.

Yuan Honggang wanted to ask a question, but was also preempted by Ma Shanwei.

"King Han, we only have a chassis in northern Hebei, can we break through in other directions besides the north?"

Seeing this, Han Xin's eyes couldn't help but flash a hint of surprise, and everyone else's eyes also flashed a trace of surprise.

Since Wang Mang fled to Sanhan, Ma Shanwei, who became an abandoned general, has also become silent, basically not making peace remarks, Han Xin will do whatever he arranges, but he didn't expect to speak at this life-and-death juncture.

Han Xin hadn't spoken yet, but Fu Zhi replied on his behalf: "General Ma doesn't know, it is precisely because the only remaining territory is in the north, in order to prevent our army from breaking through to northern Hebei, the Qin army must set up layers of ambushes on the road to the north, so the only thing is not to break through to the north." ”

Ma Shanwei showed a sudden look: "I see, I understand." ”

"But in the east, west, and south directions, even if we break through, it is also the territory of the Qin army, so how can we return to northern Hebei?" Yuan Hong asked.

"This question has long been thought of by this king."

Han Xin walked to a huge map, pointed to the map and said: "Everyone, please see, this is the terrain around Yecheng, and the terrain of Jizhou is flat, and there is no way to go at all.

As long as you can break through, after traveling a hundred miles to the east, turn north, and take the road of Yin'an County, you can also reach northern Hebei.

Similarly, after traveling 80 miles to the south, turn to the north and take the road of Yuancheng County, and you can also reach northern Hebei.

As for the way to the south, although there is some trouble, it can also be diverted to reach northern Hebei. ”

"Isn't that too risky?" Yuan Tan asked with some uneasiness.

"Isn't there a big risk of staying?" Han Xin asked rhetorically.

Yuan Tan was speechless for a moment, and simply shut up, and Han Xin, who was deep, was afraid of himself.

Han Xin saw that Yuan Tan stopped talking, and his face immediately showed an expression that he knew you, he was completely speechless by Yuan Tan's indecision, so his temper has not been very good recently, and he can't help but scold Yuan Tan whenever he has the opportunity.

"Okay, everyone, where to break through, you will know when the time comes."

Han Xin's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "The top priority is to block the offensive of the Qin army and delay time for the final preparations for the breakthrough. ”

It is impossible for an army of 110,000 to go, and the march route of hundreds of miles is not short, and there may be attacks along the way, so it is necessary to bring enough supplies such as grain, grass, arrows, etc.

Even if it is to carry these massive materials, it will also take a certain amount of time, and during this period, it is impossible for the Qin army not to attack the city.

"The equipment of the east and west gates of the city is completely destroyed, even if all the survival in the treasury is taken out, it is not enough to fill this big hole.

At present, we can only use the method of demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall, and transfer some emergency responses from the north and south gates, and this will inevitably cause the defense of the north and south gates to decline.

Yecheng's defense power has dropped significantly, and the attack power of the Qin army will not only not decrease, but will be saddened by last night's victory. ”

Han Xin looked at everyone below, and said: "The next battle to defend the city is the most difficult one so far, this king will personally go up to the city tower to boost morale, and I hope that everyone can work together to tide over this difficulty." ”

"No." The generals shouted in unison.

In this way, Han Xin and Yuan Tan divided their labor, with Han Xin personally leading the army to resist the attack of the Qin army, while Yuan Tan was responsible for preparing the materials used for the breakthrough.

As soon as the sky dawned, the Qin army had already killed the city and launched an offensive in Yecheng.

It's just something that Han Xin didn't expect, the number of siegers is much smaller than before, so the offensive is not as fierce as he expected.

"Why is the number of people besieging the city of the Qin army less than half of what it was before? So where did the other half go? ”

Han Xin's eyes were full of doubts, after all, the Qin army had twenty major armies, and there was no shortage of troops at all, so why would he reduce the number of siege teams?

"Report ...... Lord Qi, our army's secret agents outside the city have made a major discovery, and the Qin army has mobilized a large number of troops and went to the east, west and south. ”

"What?"

Han Xin was stunned for a moment, and after pondering for a long time, he suddenly showed a solemn expression.

After defending the city for most of the day, the preparations for the breakthrough had been completely made, and Han Xin also summoned everyone again.

"Guys, there's bad news and good news." Han Xin said with a serious face.

Hearing this, Yuan Tan's heart suddenly trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "What's the bad news?" ”

"Qin Hao expected that our army would break through, so he mobilized a large number of troops and went in three directions, east, west and south, obviously to arrange an ambush so that we could be wiped out."

"What?"

All the generals exploded at once, after all, they couldn't run away if they wanted to, and how sad it was to fight to such a point.

"It's over, it's completely over."

Yuan Tan wailed, but when he thought of the good news, he immediately asked expectantly, "What is the good news?" ”

"The good news is that the Qin army has arranged ambushes in three directions, east, west, south, but has ignored the north." Han Xin said with a light smile.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as long as there was still a glimmer of life.

Tian Feng frowned and asked, "In order to prevent our army from escaping, the Qin army arranged ambushes on three roads and three roads, why did it only omit the nearest north?" ”

"If Su Dingfang leads the army to return, the Qin army can naturally set up an ambush in all directions in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

But now the Qin army only has 200,000 troops, if the troops are forcibly divided and ambushes are set up in all directions, the strength will be seriously insufficient, and the ambush troops will be in danger of being swallowed up by our army. ”

Speaking of this, a gleam flashed in Han Xin's eyes, and he sneered: "The Qin army has calculated that our army will not break through from the north, and I don't know which side our army will break through from the east, west, south, and middle, so ambushes have been set up in the southeast, south, and west, and the most dangerous north has become the safest direction." ”