Chapter 77: Surprise Attack

Just when Wang Quanbin wanted to explain his attention to his subordinates, he suddenly scouted and reported that Li Chongjin in Fengqiu City was dispatched. Wang Quanbin felt "groan" in his heart, His Majesty attacked Bianjing, and nine times out of ten he fell for the enemy's tricks. And he now understands better why Jack Ma would grant him the right to arbitrarily at such a critical time.

"General, let's send troops to kill Li Chongjin first, and then wave the army south." A regimental trainer stood up and suggested.

Wang Quanbin said: "Everyone, Li Chongjin's troops are only 5,000 people, even if he has some cavalry, but as long as we deal with it properly, it should be easy to eliminate Li Chongjin." However, there is a question, I don't know if you have thought about it, why did Li Chongjin come out of Fengqiu City now? ”

"General, it must be Li Chongjin who got the order of the Zhou army and intends to surround our army! Now that His Majesty has retreated to the east of the Bianhe River, and the main force of our army has also moved forward a little, it is presumable that the enemy will fight a decisive battle with our army east of the Bianhe River. Therefore, Li Chong entered and left the city in order to compress our army to the south of Baigou. A regimental envoy said.

Wang Quanbin smiled: "With Li Chongjin's 5,000 men and horses, can we compress our army to the south of Baigou, and he is not afraid that we will suddenly attack him in an ambush and eat his troops in one bite?" ”

Wang Quanbin's words made the three regimental training envoys fall into deep thought, and one of them reacted quite quickly: "General, you mean to say this... This Li Chong did not enter and leave the city to fight a decisive battle with us, but thought that our army would inevitably retreat south to Baigou, and deliberately went out of the city to contain our army? ”

Wang Quanbin slapped the table and said: "You are very right, I guess the intention of the Zhou army is to prepare to break our army separately." The Zhou army wanted to crush the main force of our army east of the Bianhe River first, and then north of Baigou. I have two ideas, the first is that we mobilize all our men and horses to move in the direction of Baigou, make a gesture of crossing Baigou to rescue the driver, and lure Li Chongjin to pursue our army, while we set up an encirclement north of Baigou to annihilate Li Chongjin's troops; Second, let's leave some of our men and horses to fight with Li Chongjin again, and the rest of the men and horses will quietly go south and attack Bianjing City! Do you think that's better? ”

"Attack Bianjing? General, our army's 70,000 horses have been attacking Bianjing for half a month and have not been defeated, can we still defeat Bianjing with less than 10,000 people now? A regimental trainer said in disbelief.

Wang Quanbin stood up, took two steps with his hands in his hands, and said: "Generals, in fact, the reason why our army is passively withdrawing to the east of the Bianhe River tonight is that the emperor's decree makes it very clear that the army is exhausted. The three generals felt that the emperor wanted us to go south to rescue, while the general believed that this was the emperor talking about the matter and telling the true situation of our army, so that we could make a correct judgment. Our elite troops are all exhausted, so the Zhou army in Bianjing City must also be sleepy. Our sneak attack on Bianjing is like a sneak attack on our army's camp in the south of the city; What's more, tonight, our army was defeated west of the Bianhe River, and the Zhou army was bound to relax, and what they wanted was to make persistent efforts and catch up, and what they wanted was to cross the Bianhe River and continue to attack our army. Judging from this, the Zhou army seems to have won the "" victory, then, the defense of Bianjing City will inevitably be relaxed, besides, tonight is chaotic, I think there is a personnel connection between the white-clothed army and Bianjing, if we can take the opportunity to open the city gate, then the certainty of conquering Bianjing will be greater. ”

"But, general, the white-clothed army is under Bianjing, if our army suddenly attacks Bianjing, even if we can lay down a city gate, but as long as the Zhou army sends a signal, the white-clothed army will inevitably enter the city and defend it, so our army will be in deep danger!" A group drill made a worried statement.

"Hahaha... Wang Quanbin smiled, he glanced at the man appreciatively, and said, "Li Wen, what you said is good. The white-clothed army is under Bianjing City, and if they come to help, it will definitely be much more convenient. However, as you know, the main force of our army is exhausted, and if the white-clothed army crosses the Bianhe River by force, I am afraid that our army will not be able to resist it. Your Majesty will be in danger then. On the other hand, if we enter Bianjing City, do you think the white-clothed army will recklessly attack the Hedong camp? I'm sure they'll come back to help. When they come back to help, let's give them a stalemate for a period of time, and create time for the main force of our army to rest, and we may not necessarily lose this war. Taking a step back, even if you lose, the loss is far smaller than the rout. ”

"However, if the enemy is not fooled, and we do not open the gates, or if the enemy is prepared, and we cannot sneak attack, then ... Then our army will be surrounded by the Zhou army. That... So what to do? "There was one person who raised the question.

"Didn't you just say that you want to force your way across the white ditch and rescue Your Majesty? If we attack Bianjing, even if we can't enter the city smoothly, we will inevitably attract the enemy's army. In this way, the pressure on His Majesty's side is much less. It can be regarded as encircling Wei to save Zhao. Ladies and gentlemen, this opportunity must not be lost, if there is no doubt, this general will dispatch troops! Wang Quanbin said.

The three regimental training envoys glanced at each other, and they also fought in Hexi and Hedong. What's more, if you go to the east of the river, you are likely to be completely surrounded by the enemy, and to the west of the river, you may break the enemy's offensive. The three of them made up their minds and arched their hands and said, "Only the general's order!" ”

Wang Quanbin nodded with satisfaction, if it was in the past, he would probably have given orders directly and commanded the army to fight. But today, if you want to go to a place of death, you can't help but explain it clearly to the officers under your command first, so that they can understand their strategic intentions, so as not to have any unexpected forks in the way of danger.

He immediately issued an order, leaving all the men and horses of the capital, all of them under the banner of the Chu army, and made a quiet retreat in Baigou in the middle of the night, and fought sloppily with the oncoming Li Chongjin department, he ordered the men and horses of the capital, and when they encountered the enemy's attack, they immediately stopped and counterattacked. Taking advantage of the late night, Li Chongjin did not know the reality of our army, and when the sky was bright, he quickened his pace, retreated eastward along Baigou, and advanced into Shandong. Wang Quanbin repeatedly warned the head of the capital that after dawn, Li Chongjin must understand that he had been fooled, and at that time, the people of the capital must not forget to retreat to the south of Baigou, and must go east. In order to compete for military merit, Li Chongjin will definitely go south to pursue the main force of our army, and he will not care too much about this man.

After Wang Quanbin personally led the rest of the army, only brought two days' rations, surrounded the flags, picked up the bells from the horses, and marched towards Bianjing. It is only an hour and a half away from Bianjing, and it can be around the end of the hour, just under Bianjing. In the present winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and it is often not until the end of the day that it is bright, and there is an hour of night "color" cover, which is very beneficial to the surprise attack on Bianjing.