Chapter 1533: Sweeping Jizhou (II)

The ** of the Qin army has 200,000 cavalry, plus the 20,000 surrendered troops of the Ming system, a total of 220,000 cavalry.

This time only in the early stage of the Jizhou Campaign, Qin Hao dispatched 100,000 cavalry at one time.

What is the concept of 100,000 cavalry? The cavalry of the four kingdoms of Han, Zhao, Yan and Qi combined, only barely reached 100,000, which shows that Qin Hao is determined to win Hebei.

Such a large cavalry, if it is concentrated and acted together, is indeed a waste of manpower, after all, the biggest advantage of cavalry is speed and impact.

Sometimes 10,000 cavalry can have the same impact on a war as 100,000 cavalry.

If some of the fortifications on the border between Han and Zhao can be broken by only 10,000 cavalry, why do you have to dispatch 100,000 cavalry?

Zhang Liao naturally understood the meaning of Guo Jia's words, although he had done his homework before leading the army, compared to Guo Jia, who had been in Jizhou for many years, his understanding of Jizhou was still much worse.

"What the military advisor said is reasonable, now that Han and Zhao are not yet vigilant, and the troops have not been mobilized, it is indeed better to divide the troops to fight at this time than to concentrate the troops."

As he spoke, Zhang Liao spread out the map, quickly glanced at it, pointed to several important places above, and said in a deep voice: "Here, here, and here, as well as the fortifications here, must be broken as soon as possible, so the general thinks that the troops should be divided into four ways to act at the same time." ”

Guo Jia nodded with a smile, and said in his heart: It is worthy of being the general appointed by the lord, and he does have a few brushes, just a little mention, and he already has a complete plan.

"This general personally led 30,000 cavalry to raid the border of the southeast Zhao State, and was responsible for destroying the five villages and seven forts along the way.

General Zhao Yun, you led 30,000 cavalry to raid the border of Zhao in the northeast, and were responsible for destroying the Sanzhai and Nine Forts along the way.

General Long Ji, you lead 20,000 cavalry from your headquarters to raid the border of Northwest Korea, and are responsible for destroying the two villages and four forts along the way.

General Xu Huang, you lead 20,000 cavalry to raid the border of central Korea, and are responsible for destroying one wall and five forts along the way. ”

"No."

The 100,000-strong army was divided into four, and quickly galloped towards the border of Han and Zhao, like four sharp swords straight into the throat of Jizhou.

South Korea, Hejian County, Lecheng County.

Han Fu first served as the Taishou of Hejian, and after completely losing Yecheng, Han Xin moved the capital back to Hejian Zhishuo, Lecheng County.

Now although Han Xin has temporarily formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, and the war has ended, there are many headaches for him.

First of all, the loss of Wei County made Korea lose nearly half of its population and one-third of its land at once, and the war potential can be said to be greatly reduced.

The second is the renegade of a large number of civil officials led by Xin Ping and Guo Tu, which suddenly reduced the number of civil servants in South Korea by half, so that there are few available people under Han Xin.

As for the military generals, there were relatively few defectors, only a few people such as Ju Yi, but they took tens of thousands of Korean troops and surrendered in one fell swoop.

For a powerful country like Qin, the loss of tens of thousands of troops can be made up for soon, but Han Xin's South Korea is different, tens of thousands of troops are already broken.

After dealing with a day's official business, Han Xin stretched his waist, walked to the window and looked at the north, and said to himself: "Wang Mang went to lobby Liu Che, saying that he wanted to form an anti-Qin alliance, but I don't know if it will succeed." ”

And at this very moment.

"Report ...... Qi Yu lord, and important information came from Bingzhou, the Qin army suddenly assembled and was heading towards Huguan, with unknown intentions. ”

A hint of understanding flashed in Han Xin's eyes, and he smiled lightly: "This is soft, not ready to come hard, I hope that Long He can hold out for a while more in Huguan, so as to buy time for the Anti-Qin Alliance." ”

Next.

"Report ...... Lord, the big thing is not good, the Ming army has surrendered, the Qin army has occupied Huguan and the eleven counties of Jizhou without blood, and now a large number of Qin cavalry is heading towards the border. ”

"What? The Ming army surrendered to Qin? How is this possible? ”

Han Xin's eyes widened, his eyes were full of disbelief, Wang Mang had mentioned it to him before, but he didn't say any basis, so Han Xin naturally didn't believe it, but he didn't expect the Ming army to really surrender to Qin.

"It's not good, 150,000 Ming troops have surrendered to Qin, and with the addition of hundreds of thousands of Qin troops, Jizhou is in danger."

Han Xin's eyes were full of solemnity, and he thought a lot in his heart, and then ordered: "Order all battalions on the border, no matter how provocative the Qin army is, they are not allowed to fight, and they must hold the camp for five days, and the reinforcements will arrive soon." ”

"No."

Looking at the back of the spies leaving, Han Xin's eyes were full of gloom.

Without the Ming army and Huguan as a barrier, Han and Zhao would have to directly face the Qin army's troops, which made Han Xin feel a great pressure.

"Let's hope it's still in time."

After Han Xin sighed, he hurriedly went to make arrangements.

Since the Qin army has entered Jizhou and has eleven counties in western Hebei as a base area, if you want to drive the Qin army out of Jizhou, it must be a protracted war, and the previous arrangement alone is obviously not enough.

Han Xin quickly made adjustments and prepared to personally lead the army to the border to defend against the Qin army, but he didn't get a series of bad news before he could get it.

"Report ...... The Qin army came too fast, and before our army could react, the Beiqiu camp was captured by Longji. ”

"Report ...... The camp of Guangchuan was captured by Zhang Liao......"

"Report ...... Jiubao has been captured and seven of them have been captured, and our army has suffered heavy casualties. ”

"Damn."

A series of bad news made Han Xin clench his fists.

The Qin army came too fast and fiercely, although Han Xin issued an early warning in advance, and the garrisons in various places also needed time to react, and Zhang Liao fought this gap.

In just one day, the hundred-mile border of South Korea was lit up everywhere, and the three battalions and nine forts set up were broken one after another under the iron hooves of the Qin army before they had time to react, after all, how could the battalions and forts of hundreds or thousands of people withstand the impact of tens of thousands of cavalry.

I have to say that this action of Zhang Liao and Guo Jia overturned all of Han Xin's previous arrangements at once, and also made a perfect start for the Battle of Jizhou.

"Give the order to go down and set up camp on the spot." Han Xin coldly ordered.

Zhang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said, "But my lord, the Dongwu camp hasn't fallen yet." ”

Han Xin didn't answer, and the military advisor said in frustration: "It's too late, when we pass, the Tobu camp will definitely fall, so it's better to camp in a dangerous place to defend." ”

As soon as the words fell, another spy came to report.

"Report ...... The Tobu camp was broken by Xu Huang. ”

"What?"

Zhang's eyes widened and he said in shock: "The Dongwu camp and the Guangchuan camp are dozens of miles apart, how can the Qin army break through here quickly?" ”

"It seems that the Qin army is all cavalry."

After Han Xin sighed, he ordered: "The cavalry of the Qin army, which is numerous and invincible, has ordered all cities to close their gates and not to fight. ”

"No."

On the other side, the situation on Yuan Shao's side was even worse than Han Xin's here, and most of the eight villages and sixteen forts on the border also fell, causing turmoil in the entire Zhao country.

Yuan Shao also reacted quickly, and sent Lian Po to lead reinforcements to support, but the reinforcements had not yet arrived, and the remaining camp was broken by Zhang Liao.

After Lian Po arrived, the Qin army had already rolled up and left, leaving only ruins and broken walls everywhere.