Chapter 24: The Battle of Hanoi (I)
Hanoi, Chao Song.
On the fifth day of the ninth month, Zhao led an army of 200,000 troops to attack Hanoi County. Chao Ge bore the brunt of the attack and was surrounded by 50,000 former legions of the Zhao army.
After receiving Chaoge's request for help, Meng Fu led an army of 100,000 to rush to help. Waiting for the Mengfu army to rush to the city of Chaoge, they fought with the front army of the Zhao army, won a small victory, and beheaded more than a thousand. Two days later, the main force of the Chinese army led by Lian Po arrived! Both sides, who were afraid of each other, were cautious and did not start another war. Now, 100,000 Han troops and 200,000 Zhao troops have been facing each other on the front line of Chaoge for more than three days.
Under the command of Lian Po, the Zhao army was divided into three parts in an orderly manner, and 20,000 people besieged Chaoge to prevent the Chaoge defenders and the Mengfu army from joining forces inside and outside; 20,000 men guarded the river defense line to prevent the Korean army in Dongjun from crossing the river and cutting off their own retreat; The remaining 160,000 troops began to test the Korean army, looking for flaws.
After some temptation, Lian Po had to admit that Meng Fu was indeed quite accomplished in defense! The South Korean army's camp was rigorous and not conservative, integrating attack and defense. If you want to break through the camp of the Korean army, there is no good way except to fight hard! Hanoi is definitely a tough bone to gnaw, not the fat that Zhao Guo imagined! Not only that, if you are not careful, this bone can break out the most important teeth of Zhao Guo!
Meng Fu also had a secret headache against the Zhao military camp that stretched for dozens of miles. Lian Po is a famous general of Zhao State, and the use of troops is to pay attention to opening and closing, and the pressure on dealing with such enemy defenders is not ordinary. Today, all the Korean troops in Hanoi are under their command, and if the army is defeated, Hanoi will not be able to protect itself. Although King Han said that Hanoi could abandon Hanoi in order to relieve his pressure, as a general, how could he be cowardly before fighting?!
Although this time, the South Korean army is completely at a disadvantage, it is not a situation where defeat is guaranteed. The way of employing soldiers is to pay attention to the virtual and the real. Although Zhao Jun has 200,000. But you may not be able to fully exert your strength. And in a certain situation, the South Korean army can indeed take one as two.
Meng Fu is now more worried about Zhao Guo's other line of soldiers and horses. According to the intelligence, Zhao Guo mobilized 300,000 troops, and now only 200,000 appear in Chaoge. The remaining 100,000 are nowhere to be found! Who the commander of the 100,000 Zhao army is and where he is at present, Meng Yu does not know anything. So. Before the traces of the other 100,000 Zhao troops were confirmed, Meng Fu could not mobilize 50,000 Han troops guarding Shangdang County to reinforce them.
Compared with the Zhao army, Meng Fu's only advantage is that the Han army's grain and grass are abundant and the supply is convenient, unlike the Zhao army's grain and grass that was transferred from Handan. Although Handan seems to be only three hundred miles away from Chaoge, in order to escort and transfer grain and grass, Zhao Guo needs to pay an additional price that is not small. In addition, Zhao Guo has not had much grain and grass, and Meng Fu believes that as long as he can stick to it. You can wait for the opportunity to turn defeat into victory!
For Zhao Guo, the song of the dynasty is inevitable. If the song is not broken, there will be no way to talk about Hanoi. Zhao is not conducive to a long war, and he will definitely attack himself! However, the more eager Zhao Jun is, the easier it is to travel on business. Meng Fu used such words to inspire the officers and soldiers of the whole army, on the one hand, it implied that the offensive of the Zhao army would be fierce, and he should be psychologically prepared; On the other hand, it is to boost morale.
What about the 200,000 Zhao Army?! Offend me Korean. Even if it is far away, it will be punished! As long as the morale of the Zhao army is exhausted, South Korea will settle either of the two countries of Qi and Chu. It's time for a counteroffensive! When the time comes, drink Ma Handan and accept the begging of Zhao Guo, wouldn't it be happy! This period of defense is the best time to make meritorious contributions. And in South Korea, military merit means one qiē.
On the ninth day of September, the weather was fine. The breeze is the perfect weather for the big game! Lian Po personally led 5,000 Zhao troops out of the camp, provoked the Korean army, and wanted to force Meng Fu to send troops to fight. Meng Fu was naturally unmoved, although he was not incorruptible. The soldiers of the Han army were even more eager to try, wanting to make meritorious contributions to the head of the Zhao army, but it was obviously not wise to have a strong camp to deal with the Zhao army without waiting for work, but to fight with the Zhao army in the field!
Of course, refusing to fight would hurt morale, and Meng Fu also came up with a way to deal with it, that is, to announce who can take the first rank, reward a cloth coin, and a beauty. That's right, I heard it right, it's a cloth coin, a beauty. Because only in this way can the Han army's contempt for Lian Po be demonstrated, Meng Fu hopes to use this to provoke Lian Po and make Lian Po angrily storm the Han army camp.
Lian Po did so, but not out of anger and loss of reason, as Meng Fu expected, but because he intended to do so in the first place. In addition to the fact that the South Korean army camp was not sufficient for food and grass, it was also for the purpose of mobilizing the South Korean army. Lian Po had to convince Meng that Zhao's target was Hanoi. When South Korea can't support it in Hanoi, it has to mobilize reinforcements, and this is when the 100,000 troops left by Zhao come into play!
Five thousand Zhao troops marched to the beat of drums, slowly but surely rushing towards a Korean army camp protruding from the outermost side. After Lian Po inspected the Korean army camp, of course he knew that the South Korean army's camp was closely linked and each other's horns, no matter which camp was attacked, the other camps could be quickly reinforced! But no defense is perfect, and there is no camp that cannot be conquered if the attacking side dares to sacrifice and has enough troops.
How to take out the outermost camps of the South Korean army with minimal losses, Lian Po has made many ideas, but the ideas are ideas after all, and Lian Po must send troops to test the defense of these camps in order to learn lessons and prepare for subsequent attacks! Five thousand is already a lot in Lian Po's opinion, and it should be enough to test a lot of things!
Discovering that the Zhao army had launched an attack, the camp of the Korean army immediately took action. The archers quickly stepped forward, ready to be suppressed from a distance. The trebuchets were in place, but the number of only five in the camp proved that this was more of a demonstration! This is a small village with 3,000 people stationed, and there are eight more on the periphery of the Korean army like this one.
The whimpering horn sounded inside the South Korean military camp that was attacked was a signal for help. Hearing the sound of the horn, the Han military camps on the north and south sides also began to mobilize archers and pawns under the command of Ling Qi. But when they saw the more than 5,000 cavalry behind Lian Po, the garrison of the camp wisely gave up the idea of sending soldiers to support. On the open plains, no outnumbered light infantry was willing to face a cavalry ready to attack, and if the light infantry had to fight, it would be to their death!
But even if Lian Po used cavalry to dispel the idea of directly sending reinforcements from the Korean army camps on the north and south sides, just facing archers and catapults in three directions also made the charging 5,000 Zhao troops experience what is called a stormy offensive. The continuous rain of arrows and stones falling from the sky caused heavy casualties to the Zhao army, although the Zhao army had already held their shields high and slowed down. The entire formation was extremely compact, but there were always arrows that passed through the finger-width gap and shot into Zhao Jun's body. The stones fired by the trebuchet were more domineering, and with their huge kinetic energy, they often directly knocked the shield away, smashing the Zhao soldiers under the shield into pulp. Either the former or the latter. The casualties of the Zhao army often increased uncontrollably as the shield array broke.
It turned out that the offensive of the South Korean army was airtight, and there were almost no dead ends. Captain Zhao, who realized this, gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers beside him to blow the horn of the charge. Zhao Jun wanted to rush through this most dangerous area with great speed, and as long as he was in close contact with the Korean army, he would not have to face the other party's damn archers.
This strategy obviously worked, and after emptying half of their quiver sacs, the archers of the Korean army in the northern and southern camps found that the Zhao army was already outside the range of the bow and arrow, and there was nothing they could do! Zhao Jun now only needs to face the archers of the Korean army directly opposite! Zhao Jun seemed to have seen the flustered faces of the Han army archers and their hands trembling from excessive nervousness!
But the mutation suddenly happened. At a distance of only forty steps from the Han army's camp, Zhao Jun, who was rushing to the front, only felt that his feet were empty, and then fell to the ground due to huge inertia. A few who reacted quickly barely adjusted their posture to avoid the fate of falling to the ground. In such a charge, the robe behind him will not have time to pity the fallen Zhao Jun, so falling to the ground means that he will be trampled into meat paste! The lucky ones will die on the spot, and the unfortunate will watch their bodies turn into a puddle of flesh. And then died of blood loss!
The trap that Zhao Jun encountered was one of Meng's masterpieces. Distance is the key to the success of the trap. If it's too close, it will lose its meaning, and if it's too far, the opponent's charging speed won't rise, and it won't cause much damage. Forty paces away, the enemy who had crossed the rain of death arrows would definitely subconsciously move closer together in the face of the nearby camp, ready to rush into the camp with collective strength!
First, there are scattered potholes to deal with the enemy. Then there is the whole pit to deal with the enemy. In this chaotic battlefield, the enemy forces eliminated by the former will never attract the attention of others. Because there are too many that can cause this phenomenon, maybe it is an arrow, maybe it is a twisted foot. Only after the latter suffered a large number of casualties will the enemy realize that they have fallen into their trap! But this time. His purpose has been achieved.
In order to prevent Zhao Jun from learning a lesson in time, Meng Fu naturally made different changes. The traps outside each camp are different, and there are more than a dozen traps large and small, although they cannot have a decisive impact on the battle situation, but they can always weaken the morale of the Zhao army, and even make the Zhao army frightened! From then on, every time Zhao Jun charged, in addition to worrying about the rain of arrows in the sky, he also had to distract his feet!
When the two sides are evenly matched and there are no obvious flaws, victories tend to accumulate little by little. Meng Wei very much agreed with what King Han said, not to say too much, if it could add 100 casualties to the Zhao army every time, then when the Zhao army took the outermost camp of the Han army, it would add thousands of casualties. The strength advantage of the Zhao army can be wiped out little by little. Moreover, if you want to surrender the army without a fight, so that the Zhao State will be shaken, you must let the morale of the Zhao army be low. And sometimes, wounded soldiers have a greater impact on morale than soldiers killed in battle!
In the face of the sudden change, Captain Zhao reacted unhappily! At this time, his first reaction was not palpitations, not to retreat, but to face the difficulties. Thousands of casualties have been paid along the way, and the Korean army has not lost a single loss so far, if he retreats like this, not only will Lian Po not be able to spare himself, but he will also die of shame. Therefore, nearly 4,000 Zhao troops, under the leadership of the captain, went straight to the rejection array set up by the Korean army.
By this time, the archers had stepped back, leaving space for the guards behind them. Across the rejection of the horse, the Han army fought with the Zhao army in groups of three. A pikeman attacked, a swordsman assisted, and a crossbowman struck with a cold shot. In the narrow repulsion formation, it becomes extremely difficult to maneuver. In the face of the spear or sword stabbed by the enemy, there is no other way, either hold it or kill the weapon in your hand with your life.
Before leaving, Zhao Jun practiced how to engage the Korean army in the horse rejection array. After all, the Han army's simple and crude defense had made the Qin army suffer, and it was impossible for the Zhao army not to plan. It is better to sweat more before the war than to bleed more during the war.
It's just that Zhao Jun still has a feeling that he has been cheated by Han Jun. Because Zhao Jun found that the Han army's rejection array was too short. According to Zhao Jun's height, he walked through the rejection array, and always bumped into the rejection horse without paying attention. So in a lot of the time. Zhao Jun could not concentrate on fighting the Han army.
This is another small ploy of the Underdogs. Meng Fu applied to King Han to assign Nanyang's 20,000 troops to his own use, because he took a fancy to the relative shortness of the local soldiers in Nanyang. Don't underestimate the difference of a few inches, because the horse rejection array is tailor-made for the soldiers in Nanyang, and the Zhao army is invisibly greatly discounted when fighting inside. Moreover, all the South Korean troops held in their hands were repeating crossbows. Although it is only a three-shot crossbow arrow, and the range is relatively close, it is already a bargain compared to the crossbow arrows in Zhao Jun's hand, which can only be fired once at a time.
With so many advantages in hand, plus the Han army is waiting for work, and the individual soldiers are not inferior to the Zhao army, so soon, Captain Zhao found that the casualties under his men were getting bigger and bigger! If huge casualties can break through the rejection formation, then there is nothing to say. The Zhao army can completely annihilate the Korean army in this camp by virtue of its numerical superiority! But there is a problem. After a fierce battle for most of the hour, except for less than one-tenth of the horse rejection array was destroyed, the South Korean army's horse rejection array can basically be called intact!
Lian Po, who was watching the battle behind him, also discovered this, although the Zhao army entered the rejection formation wave after wave, but it would not last long and would be driven out by the Korean army, Lian Po looked at the Chinese army of the Korean army with banners, and there were faint signs of mobilizing troops and horses, worried that the Korean army would counterattack. He ordered the police to withdraw their troops. Today is just a temptation! Anyway, the purpose of the temptation has been achieved, and there is no need to increase casualties. Demoralize!
The horn sounded, and although Captain Zhao was unwilling, he did not dare to stubbornly resist the military order, so he could only retreat with the extremely aggrieved Zhao army! However, even when the army retreated, Zhao Jun still advanced and retreated to a certain extent! Seeing this, the Han army did not go out of the village to pursue. It was only with a dense rain of arrows that more than 300 corpses of Zhao Jun were left.
The first confrontation ended with the South Korean army being a complete victory! The Korean army died no more than 300 people in this battle, in exchange for more than 2,000 casualties of the Zhao army. It seems that the battle loss ratio is quite large, but considering that this is a series of elaborate arrangements that Zhao Jun is not familiar with the Korean army, the Korean army wants to achieve such great results in future battles. It won't be that easy! For the South Korean army, the test is still ahead!
Hanoi, Chao Song.
On the fifth day of the ninth month, Zhao led an army of 200,000 troops to attack Hanoi County. Chao Ge bore the brunt of the attack and was surrounded by 50,000 former legions of the Zhao army.
After receiving Chaoge's request for help, Meng Fu led an army of 100,000 to rush to help. Waiting for the Mengfu army to rush to the city of Chaoge, they fought with the front army of the Zhao army, won a small victory, and beheaded more than a thousand. Two days later, the main force of the Chinese army led by Lian Po arrived! Both sides, who were afraid of each other, were cautious and did not start another war. Now, 100,000 Han troops and 200,000 Zhao troops have been facing each other on the front line of Chaoge for more than three days.
Under the command of Lian Po, the Zhao army was divided into three parts in an orderly manner, and 20,000 people besieged Chaoge to prevent the Chaoge defenders and the Mengfu army from joining forces inside and outside; 20,000 men guarded the river defense line to prevent the Korean army in Dongjun from crossing the river and cutting off their own retreat; The remaining 160,000 troops began to test the Korean army, looking for flaws.
After some temptation, Lian Po had to admit that Meng Fu was indeed quite accomplished in defense! The South Korean army's camp was rigorous and not conservative, integrating attack and defense. If you want to break through the camp of the Korean army, there is no good way except to fight hard! Hanoi is definitely a tough bone to gnaw, not the fat that Zhao Guo imagined! Not only that, if you are not careful, this bone can break out the most important teeth of Zhao Guo!
Meng Fu also had a secret headache against the Zhao military camp that stretched for dozens of miles. Lian Po is a famous general of Zhao State, and the use of troops is to pay attention to opening and closing, and the pressure on dealing with such enemy defenders is not ordinary. Today, all the Korean troops in Hanoi are under their command, and if the army is defeated, Hanoi will not be able to protect itself. Although King Han said that Hanoi could abandon Hanoi in order to relieve his pressure, as a general, how could he be cowardly before fighting?!
Although this time, the South Korean army is completely at a disadvantage, it is not a situation where defeat is guaranteed. The way of employing soldiers is to pay attention to the virtual and the real. Although Zhao Jun has 200,000, he may not be able to fully exert his strength. And in a certain situation, the South Korean army can indeed take one as two.
Meng Fu is now more worried about Zhao Guo's other line of soldiers and horses. According to the intelligence, Zhao Guo mobilized 300,000 troops, and now only 200,000 appear in Chaoge. The remaining 100,000 are nowhere to be found! Who the commander of the 100,000 Zhao army is and where he is at present, Meng Yu does not know anything. Therefore, before the traces of the other 100,000 Zhao troops were confirmed, Meng Fu could not mobilize 50,000 Han troops guarding Shangdang County to reinforce them.
Compared with the Zhao army, Meng Fu's only advantage is that the Han army's grain and grass are abundant and the supply is convenient, unlike the Zhao army's grain and grass that was transferred from Handan. Although Handan seems to be only three hundred miles away from Chaoge, in order to escort and transfer grain and grass, Zhao Guo needs to pay an additional price that is not small. In addition, Zhao Guo has not had much grain and grass, and Meng Fu believes that as long as he can hold on, he can wait for the opportunity to turn defeat into victory! (To be continued......)
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