Chapter 36: Preparations for War
The generals are full of enthusiasm and high emotions, and they all hope to have the opportunity to fight, as for who is the most suitable to send and how to fight, this is the responsibility of the commander.
Deng Yulong said: "If you want to attack Dasanguan at night, you must climb the city wall as quickly as possible, seize the city, and open the city gate. ”
He said to Han Xin: "Han Xin, this important task will be handed over to your Tiance Army!" ”
This is Deng Yulong's care for Han Xin, training the Tiance Army, the most important thing is to seize the Dasan Pass, and he will lead and support the troops, so that he can make a contribution. Deng Yulong should not give Han Xin too high a position at the beginning, but he will try his best to give him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.
Han Xin said loudly: "No! The end will definitely complete the mission! ”
Fan Xi'an couldn't bear it anymore and said loudly: "General, this battle can't be without me." ”
Deng Yulong ordered: "Fan Xu, Lu Xuan, Chen He." ”
"The last general!"
The three of them replied in unison, they were called by name, they must have been assigned a task, and they were all happy.
"I will allocate 6,000 elite soldiers to you, halberders, swordsmen, and spearmen 2,000 each, and follow the Tiance army to move together. When the gates are opened, you rush into the Great Scatter Pass at full speed. ”
"No!"
The three of them replied aloud.
Deng Yulong then ordered the officers and men involved in the operation to be prepared, and after they had eaten enough, the scouts would lead the way, quietly approach the mountains and forests closest to Dasanguan, and carry out a sneak attack in an appropriate practice. After the Dasan Pass was taken, the team commanded by Guan Ying and Li Shang worked overnight to open up the last eight or nine kilometers of Chencang Road as quickly as possible, so that the main force could go to Dasan Pass as soon as possible.
This is Deng Yulong's first battle as a general, and the stakes are very high, and he will personally follow the battle.
As soon as the order was issued, the corresponding officers and soldiers went into action.
Among the three branches of the armed forces, the halberd soldiers, the sword soldiers, and the spearmen, 2,000 people with better training results were each selected and handed over to the command of three people, and among them, Qian Deya, Gong Zhi, and Yu Wei, who had the strongest individual ability among the three services, were also among them.
Han Xin also gathered more than 500 of his men, and among these soldiers, each of them was equipped with a single knife, the scabbard was tied to the back. In addition, a hundred men were equipped with ropes with hooks at one end, and the ropes were made into loops and hung over their shoulders.
Deng Yulong is also here, and he wants to see how Han Xin arranges his work.
"The general has an order, tonight is a surprise attack on Dasanguan, and our Tiance army will take the lead."
In the past few months, I have been practicing my skills hard, and what I am waiting for is this day, and the young and dark faces of the 549 soldiers are full of excitement.
As a man with great military ability, Han Xin was meticulous in this regard, and he had to do his work very meticulously and strive not to make any mistakes.
He first detailed the task of the night raid on Dasanguan, and arranged specific tasks for each military candidate and Dubo, such as which team would be the first to climb the city wall, which team would go all out to kill the city gate, and which team would seize the city tower.
Next, Han Xin listed several possible scenarios for the raid, and issued different response instructions for each situation.
Deng Yulong was more satisfied with this arrangement, if Han Xin's arrangement was not good enough, he would make additions, and Han Xin really did not disappoint him.
After Han Xin finished arranging, Deng Yulong said a few words to encourage morale.
After the disbandment, Han Xin pulled Wang Dahu, who was still excited, aside.
"The general sent us to take the lead, it is to rely on us, but also to give us the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, as long as we successfully open the city gate, the first merit in the soldiers out of the customs is ours."
Deng Yulong appointed Wang Dahu as his subordinate, and he has always paid special attention to this person.
"The subordinates understand that the subordinates will definitely fight bravely to kill the enemy! Can't live up to the general, the Tiance Army will definitely succeed! ”
Wang Dahu has both a strong fighting spirit and a belief in victory.
In the morning, the man brought a large amount of food, not only dry food, but also air-dried meat.
In the past few days, because of the ban on making fires, the Han army mainly relied on dry food to satisfy their hunger, and Deng Yulong asked the six or seven thousand officers and soldiers who were about to set off to eat a good meal first.
All the people involved in the operation gathered, each general can receive a large piece of meat, Deng Yulong is also a piece in his hand, he is eating meat, while drinking the cold water in the sheepskin water bladder, he has been so hungry for three consecutive days, the weather is cold, it is really uncomfortable to live like this, if the battle goes well, he may be able to drink hot soup in Dasanguan in the early morning.
When he set out on the expedition, Liu Bang couldn't wait to rush to Dasanguan immediately, but now that the battle was about to begin, he was a little worried.
Before leaving, Liu Bang called Deng Yulong aside.
"Deng Aiqing, Zhang Han is a general of the former Qin after all, with outstanding achievements, and among the princes who rebelled against the tyrannical Qin, no one is his opponent. If it weren't for the extremely brave Xiang Yu who defeated him in Julu, I'm afraid that the Qin State would not have been able to perish. How sure are you in this battle? ”
In the war at the end of Qin, except for Xiang Yu, the other rebels were really scared by Zhang Han, and they were all afraid of it, and Liu Bang was no exception.
"King Han, please rest assured, the minister is sure of victory!"
If you say that you will win 100%, it must be a lie, but the boss asks, you can't say those frustrating words, and you must give the boss the confidence to win.
Deng Yulong judged according to objective rationality, this battle has at least a 90% chance of winning, this is the first battle of his life, and he can't help but be a little worried. However, the road must always move forward, and we must unswervingly continue to walk.
"The widow is waiting for your good news here!"
Deng Yulong said goodbye to Liu Bang and set off with 6,850 people.
Among these people, 300 people are his personal soldiers, Deng Yulong, as the commander, unless it is a last resort, otherwise it is impossible to personally pick up arms to fight, he is to command at the forefront this time, otherwise he is really a little uneasy.
Eight or nine kilometers away from Dasanguan, several thousand people marched slowly towards the set target in the dense forest at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains.
In ancient times, it was sparsely populated, and there were almost no traces of human activity here, and it was not easy to march in this dense forest, but fortunately, it was not far from the target, and it was not a big problem to reach the destination before dark.
Because of the scouts leading the way, when they gradually approached the target, they avoided the sight of the defenders of Dasanguan.
Dasanguan, because it is built in the Dasanling and gets its name, there are two precipitous mountains in the Dasanling, there is a valley between the two mountains, the Dasanguan is built at the entrance of the valley, in the case of inconvenient transportation and poor technical conditions in ancient times, if you want to go out of the Guanzhong from Chencang Road, you must first seize the Dasanguan.
When night fell, all the animals around the Great Scattered Mountains were dormant, and only the sound of the whirring north wind was there.
Thousands of Han soldiers came to the woods south of Dasanguan, which was only a few hundred meters away from Dasanguan.
The soldiers sat down to rest for the time being, and Deng Yulong, Han Xin, Fan Xu, Lu Xuan, and Chen He observed the Dasanguan a few hundred meters away.
The enemy was in front of him, and Fan Xu seemed to be unable to wait, and said, "General, isn't the Tiance Army very good at climbing?" Let them climb the wall, slaughter the soldiers, open the gates and let us in, and the Great Scattered Pass will be in hand. ”