Chapter 1535 Sweeping Jizhou (Part 2)


    Chapter 1533: Sweeping Jizhou (Part 2)


    There were 200,000 cavalry in the Qin army, plus 20,000 surrendered troops from the Ming army, which was 220,000 cavalry in total.


    This time, just in the early stages of the Jizhou Battle, Qin Hao dispatched 100,000 cavalry at one time.


    What is the concept of 100,000 cavalry? The total of the cavalry of the four countries of Han, Zhao, Yan and Qi was barely enough to reach 100,000, which shows that Qin Hao is determined to win Hebei.


    If such a huge cavalry is concentrated together, it will be a bit too waste of manpower. After all, the biggest advantage of cavalry is speed and impact.


    Sometimes the impact of ten thousand cavalry on war is actually similar to that of ten thousand cavalry.


    If only 10,000 cavalry can be broken if only 10,000 cavalry is dispatched, why do you have to dispatch 100,000 cavalry?


    Zhang Liao naturally understood what Guo Jia said. Although he had done his homework before leading the army, he still had a much worse understanding of Jizhou than Guo Jia who had been in Jizhou for many years.


    "What the military advisor said is reasonable. Now, the two countries of South Korea and Zhao have not yet been alert and their troops have not been mobilized. It is indeed better to divide troops and fight at this time than to concentrate troops."


    As he said that, Zhang Liao spread out the map, quickly scanned it, pointed to several important places above, and said in a deep voice: "Here, here, here, and here, and fortifications here must be broken as soon as possible, so I believe that the troops should be divided into four groups and acted at the same time."


    Guo Jia nodded with a smile and thought to himself: He is worthy of being the general chosen by the lord. He does have a few tricks. Just a little mention, he already has a complete plan.


    "I will personally lead 30,000 cavalry to raid the border of the southeast Zhao State, and be responsible for destroying the five villages and seven forts along the way.


    General Zhao Yun, you lead 30,000 cavalry to raid the border of Zhao State in the northeast and be responsible for destroying the three villages and nine forts along the way.


    General Long Qi, you lead 20,000 cavalry to raid the border of Northwest Korea and be 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 South Korea in the central region and be responsible for destroying one village and five forts along the way. ”


    "No."


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


    South Korea, Hejian County and Lecheng County.


    Han Fu initially served as the prefect of Hejian. After completely losing Yecheng, Han Xin moved the capital back to Hejian Prefecture and Lecheng County.


    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 caused South Korea to lose nearly half of its population and one-third of its land at once, and its war potential was greatly reduced.


    Secondly, a large number of civil officials led by Xin Ping and Guo Tu turned against each other, which suddenly reduced the number of civil officials in South Korea, so that Han Xin had fewer than many people under him.


    As for military generals, there were relatively few who turned against each other, only a few of them, including Ju Yi, but they took away tens of thousands of Korean troops to surrender in one fell swoop.


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


    After handling the official duties for a day, Han Xin stretched, walked to the window and looked 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 be successful."


    And at this moment.


    "Report to the lord... I reported to you that important information was sent from Bingzhou. The Qin army suddenly gathered and headed towards Huguan, with unknown intentions."


    A hint of clarity flashed in Han Xin''s eyes, and he smiled faintly, "This is so soft that it''s not good, and I''m ready to be hard. I hope Long can hold on at Huguan for a longer period of time, so as to buy time for the Anti-Qin Alliance."


    The next day.


    "Report... lord, the big thing is wrong, the Ming army surrendered, the Qin army occupied Huguan and the eleven counties of Jizhou without bloodshed, and now a large number of Qin cavalry are heading towards the border."


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


    Han Xin''s eyes widened, his eyes full of disbelief. Wang Mang had mentioned it to him before, but he did not say any basis, so Han Xin naturally did not believe it, but he did not expect that the Ming army would actually surrender to Qin.


    "No, 150,000 Ming troops surrendered to Qin, and hundreds of thousands of Qin troops are added to Jizhou, Jizhou is in danger."


    Han Xin''s eyes were full of solemn expressions, and he thought a lot in his heart. Then he ordered: "I ordered the battalions on the border, no matter how provoked the Qin army was, they were not allowed to fight. They must guard the camp for five days, and reinforcements will arrive soon."


    Looking at the spy''s departure, Han Xin''s eyes were filled with gloom.


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


    "I hope it''s still time."


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


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


    Han Xin quickly made adjustments and prepared to lead the army himself to the border to resist the Qin army, but before he arrived, he received a series of bad news.


    "Report... The Qin army came too quickly. Before our army could react, the Beiqiu camp was captured by Long Qi."


    "Report...Guangchuan Camp was captured by Zhang Liao..."


    "Reported... Jiubao has been captured seven of its troops, and our army suffered heavy casualties."


    “It’s abominable.”


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


    The Qin army was really coming too fast and too fierce. Although Han Xin issued an early warning in advance, the troops stationed in various places also needed time to respond, and Zhang Liao fought this gap.


    In just one day, wars ignited everywhere in South Korea''s hundreds of miles of borders. Before the third battalion and nine fortresses were able to react, they were broken one after another under the iron hooves of the Qin army. After all, how could the camps and fortresses of hundreds or thousands of people resist the impact of tens of thousands of cavalry?


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


    "Send the order and set up a camp on the spot." Han Xin ordered coldly.


    Zhang He was stunned when he heard this and said, "But lord, the Dongwu Camp has not yet fallen."


    Han Xin did not answer, and military advisor Ju Suze said, "It''s too late. When we go over, the Dongwu Camp will definitely fall, so it''s better to choose a dangerous place to camp and defend."


    As soon as he finished speaking, another spy came to report.


    "Report... Dongwu Camp was captured by Xu Huang."


    "What?"


    Zhang He widened his eyes and said in shock: "Dongwu Camp and Guangchuan Camp are dozens of miles apart. How could the Qin army break through so quickly?"


    "It seems that all the Qin army came from cavalry."


    Han Xin sighed and ordered: "The Qin army''s cavalry is numerous and cannot be defeated. He ordered the city to close the gates and not to fight."


    "No."


    On the other hand, the situation on Yuan Shao was worse than that on Han Xin. Most of the Eight Villages and Sixteen Forts on the border were also destroyed, causing the entire Zhao State to turmoil.


    Yuan Shao also responded quickly and sent Lian Po to lead reinforcements to support him, but before the reinforcements arrived, the remaining camp had been captured by Zhang Liao.


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


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    (This chapter ends)