The allied forces of Liu Bang, Yingbu, Wu Rui, and Zangdi stopped when they entered Puyang.

First, if you go further, it will be difficult to get the grain and grass transported from Guanzhong and Sanchuan County to the army in time, and furthermore, the network of four positives, six strange and ten sides envisioned by Zhang Liang is almost Puyang, and Liu Bang's army is sitting in Puyang, so you can get the news of Qi, Zhao, Han, and Liang in the shortest possible time, and then you can respond quickly.

Puyang County Shoufu, four more lamps illuminate the entire hall as bright as day.

Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping are standing in front of the screen with solemn expressions, and on the screen hangs the topographic map of Qi, Zhao, Liang, and Han drawn by Zhang Liang himself.

Zhang Liang pointed to this march route and said to Liu Bang: "King, according to the local express, the minister roughly deduced the Chu army's course of action in the past few days, about seven days ago, the Chu army attacked Linzi successfully, and then burned down the city of Linzi, tens of thousands of houses and thousands of shops and warehouses in the city were all burned. ”

"This Xiang Zhuang is even more ruthless than Xiang Yu?!" Liu Bang said in horror, "When the Chu army sacked Guanzhong, Xiang Yu didn't burn Xianyang. After saying this, Liu Bang sighed again, "However, as soon as this fire burns, the people's and financial resources of Qidi will shrink a lot, alas, Linzi's money and food are afraid that they can't be counted on." ”

"My lord, I'm afraid it's not just money and food that have been lost." Chen Ping said in a deep voice, "The Chu army burned and plundered in Qidi, all under the banner of the Han army, Xiang Zhuang was indifferent and ruthless, and Wei Yi was even more vicious and vicious, the minister was very worried, and now the people of Li in Qi are afraid that they have hated the king to the marrow!" ”

"Huh?" Liu Bang was shocked, "What can I do about this?" ”

Zhang Liangdao: "This matter is really troublesome, the people of Qi have preconceived ideas, and now we are posting articles around, and it is too late to try to refute the rumors, fortunately, most of the powerful clans in Qi can distinguish between right and wrong, and they will never be deceived by the little tricks of the Chu army, so the king can still get their support." ”

"That's fine." Liu Bang hurriedly said, "As long as there is the support of the Haoqiang family." ”

Zhang Liang nodded, and said: "The Chu army rested in Linzi for two days, and then ransacked Bochang County to the north, then to Di County, and then Lixia County. ”

Liu Bang's face was a little not good-looking, thinking that he and Xiang Yu couldn't confront each other on the front line of Xingyang, so he once asked Peng Yue to use this yin trick to deal with Xiang Yu, and achieved unexpected results, but now, Xiang Zhuang Xiaoer used the same trick to deal with him Liu Bang in turn, which is really lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

After a pause, Zhang Liang continued: "Two days ago, the Chu army ransacked dozens of villages near Gaotangyi and Yuanyi, robbed hundreds of fishing boats, and got the track after crossing the river! Obviously, the Chu army still wanted to repeat the old trick, and unknowingly quietly touched the city of Handan, and killed Zhao Jun by surprise. ”

Chen Ping said: "The minister summed it up and found a rule in the Chu army, they always quietly march first, take advantage of the unpreparedness of the sneak attack, and then make a big fanfare and build momentum around, while killing people, setting fire to and plundering supplies, while deliberately destroying the image of the Han army, and then stealing the traces to kill the next target, Liang Di is like this, Qi Di is like this, and Zhao Di is probably still the same. ”

"Hmph." Zhang Liang snorted lightly and said coldly, "But one can not be three, if the Chu army still wants to repeat the old trick this time, then it will be a miscalculation!" After saying this, Zhang Liang said to Liu Bang again, "King, now you can fly and pass the order, so that Zhou Bo, Wang Su, Mei Kai, Fu Kuan, Li Shang, Xiahou Ying and other six-way elite soldiers will encircle Handan!" ”

As early as three days ago, Zhou Bo and Wang Shu each led 20,000 elite soldiers from Baimajin to cross the river and enter Zhaodi.

Almost at the same time, the 40,000 elite soldiers of Wang Su and Mei Kai also crossed the river from Dunqiu to the north, and the 40,000 elite soldiers of Lishang and Xiahou Ying should have crossed the river from Guanyi by now.

"Good!" Liu Bang immediately turned his head and shouted, "Immediately send out flying horses and order the six armies to attack Handan!" ”

"No!" The soldiers outside the tent agreed with a bang, and in less than a moment, more than a dozen fast horses galloped out of the camp of the Puyang Han army, and went to Zhao Di in six ways.

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When Liu Bang ordered the six armies to prepare to attack Handan, the Chu army had quietly advanced into the dense forest near the sand dunes.

More than 5,000 officers and soldiers of the Chu army ran around all night, and after eating dry food, they fell asleep one after another, and only more than 100 cavalry scouts were scattered at the edge of the dense forest, responsible for guarding.

Speaking of which, the Chu army now has more than 500 war horses, plus more than 700 mules and horses snatched from Qi and Wei, which is almost enough to form a cavalry, but this is just a good wish, it is not so easy to form a cavalry, in addition to having enough war horses, there must be soldiers who are good at riding and shooting.

Xiang Zhuang didn't want a group of infantry on horseback, he needed real cavalry!

Of course, as long as there is enough time, Xiang Zhuang has enough confidence to train all these more than 5,000 people into excellent cavalry, but unfortunately, Xiang Zhuang has no time at all now! Therefore, the matter of forming cavalry can only be said later, and the only thing Xiang Zhuang can do now is to form a small-scale scout cavalry.

Zhang Liang has a clear view of the weaknesses of the Chu army, how can Xiang Zhuang and Wei Yi not know?

The biggest weakness of the mobile warfare is that it cannot grasp the deployment of the enemy forces in a timely manner, so one careless person may fall into the enemy's heavy encirclement.

Historically, there have been many such wars.

Shi Da's army defeated Dadu River because he had no intelligence about the Qing army.

Li Zicheng, the most famous king of Liukou in history, was forced into a desperate situation by the siege of Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ming Dynasty, and thousands of people retreated in Shangluo Mountain, and could not advance, retreat, if it were not for the large-scale invasion of Jiannu to force the Ming court to transfer away the main force of the border army, Li Zicheng would have starved to death in Shangluo Mountain at that time.

Only the Red Army is an exception, but the biggest reason why the Red Army was able to break through the encirclement of the first is the continuous intelligence provided by Shanghai Teke.

The Chu army also has no intelligence support, the reason why it has been fighting in Wei and Qi before, and it has also achieved brilliant results, it is because the garrison of Wei and Qi is empty, and now Liu Bang's army has returned to the division, and this time the battle in Zhao will never be as easy as the first two times, and the real test has just begun.

Now, the only thing Xiang Zhuang can rely on is more than a hundred scout cavalry!

Xiang Zhuang selected more than 100 sharp soldiers who can ride and shoot well from more than 5,000 people, and formed a scout team, which was personally led by Zuo Sima Gongsun of the first camp, Xiang Zhuang also equipped each scout with two good horses, in case of replacement at any time, in order to keep secret, Xiang Zhuang did not give the scout team a stirrup, this thing is a big killing weapon, and it is used when the cavalry is really formed.

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang, Wei Yu, and Wu Shi were sitting around the grass, discussing tactics on the map.

Not far from the forest is the sand dune eup, and from the sand dune eup, less than 200 miles to the south is Handan.

Although the sand dune is not big, it is a historical city, the king of Shang has built a palace here, stocking all kinds of strange birds and beasts, the famous allusion "Jiuchi Meat Forest" describes the sand dune garden, during the Warring States Period, the king of Zhao Wuling, who advocated Hufu riding and archery to make Zhao become a strong country, finally starved to death in the sand dune palace, and then later, Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ages, finally died of illness in the sand dune palace.

From the sand dunes to the south, began to enter the core area of Zhao Di, this area is not only many cities, villages and towns are even more like a cow's hair, but also the longitudinal and horizontal, dock forts, there are almost no forests, and Zhao Di is mostly an endless plain, so it is difficult for the Chu army to hide after passing the sand dunes.

Sneaking into the city gate of Handan is not a problem, whether it is Qiao Xianghu people entering the city, or pretending to be a pawn of a peddler to enter the city, or simply sending a sharp man with good water ability to sneak in from the mouth of the drainage channel, or even a multi-pronged approach, it is worth trying, the real problem is, how can the 5,000 army move outside the city of Handan unnoticed?

Handan is a plain for hundreds of miles, densely populated, and there is no forest, how can you hide your traces? The 5,000 Chu army can't fly through the sky, or drill a hole in the ground, right? But as long as you walk on the ground, you will definitely be discovered, and once your tracks are exposed in advance, the sneak attack will become a strong attack.

The three of them have been discussing for a long time, but there is still nothing to do.

"If you really can't do it, then let's attack." Xiang Zhuang said, "Since it is a war, casualties are always inevitable!" ”

Since walking out of Dabie Mountain, the Chu army has really not fought any big battles, the sneak attack on Aocang only killed and injured dozens of people, the sneak attack on Linzi is considered to have encountered a little resistance, but only more than 200 casualties, but this time the strong attack on Handan, the casualties will not be small, especially the first camp of 500 dead soldiers, I am afraid that there are not a few left after the end of this battle.

Wei Yu shook his head, and said worriedly: "General, what the old man is worried about is not casualties, but whether Liu Bang will set up a pocket in Handan and wait for us to drill into it?" ”

Wu Shi said awe-inspiringly: "Strategist, are you saying that Liu Bang has already seen through our strategy?" ”

Wei Wei shook his head and said: "Liu Bang is just a scoundrel in the market, how can he see through the old strategy?" However, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping beside Liu Bang are all unborn wise men, as the saying goes, but one can not be three, we have successively attacked Wei Di and Qi Di, and if we want to sneak attack Zhao Di again, I am afraid it will not be so easy. ”

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but be silent, yes, why did you ignore this stubble?

Although Wei Yi's strategy is powerful, although he can break the general trend of Liu Bang sweeping the world, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping under Liu Bang's account are not idle people, how can they watch Liu Bang lose power?

If Zhang Liang and Chen Ping had already seen through Wei Yu's strategy, the situation would be complicated.

It is conservatively estimated that Liu Bang should have known the news of the burning of Linzi nine days ago, with these nine days, it is enough for Liu Bang to make full arrangements, is it possible, Handan has really become a dangerous road? ####5420520#ps# Blue broken hair, the ancestor of kendo, crying little purple, quiet gentleness, and other generous rewards from book friends, thank you very much.