Qin Official

Han Xin had to admit that the "Wing Camp" that the Regent tinkered with last month was indeed of great use.

Not only were the "Four Generals" who were in charge of food and storage communicating with Xianyang, they were able to communicate with Xianyang and provide grains so that the three armies would not be sleepy. They could even clearly calculate how much food the army would need to sustain the battle.

They are not just military law, flags and drums, and soldiers. They are either experienced old officials who have fought in more fortresses than Han Xin has fought, or military officers who are ruthless and ruthless. They are divided into different ranks according to different levels. He took charge of the rewards, punishments, order and other details of the camp. At least Han Xin did not have to worry about the punishment of more than twenty soldiers.

"General Han, the most detailed maps of Hedong are all here."

The three people responsible for "managing the movement and movement of the three armies" were also very efficient. What they sent to Han Xin was far more than the general map of Hedong County stored in the Yushi Mansion during the time of Emperor Qin Shi Huang:

Hedong County is adjacent to Chengshan and Wangwu Mountains in the south, across the north bank of the river, and overlooks the Central Plains. Fenhe and Huihe surround it on the right; Zhangshui and Bishui surround it on the left. It can be used for agricultural irrigation and is conducive to canal operation. Lose; if you go west to the Jindu River, you can reach the hinterland of Guandong, go south to the Zhongtiao Mountains, to Hanoi, and pass through Mengjin to reach the Sanchuan Liangdi. And through the Shangdang Mountains, and east to Taihang, you can overlook the core area of ​​Zhao State... …

It is such a battleground for military strategists, and it actually has a developed culture and economy. As the ruins of Tang Yao and Xia dynasties, the two places have a long history. They were also cultivated by the Jin Dynasty, the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, for many years. Now the land is fertile and the people Thrifty. There are 136,896 households and a population of 692,900. There are 20 counties and 2 counties with 10,000 households. They are:

In Anyi County, Wuxian Mountain is in the south and Yanchi is in the southwest. Wei Jiang moved here from Wei until King Hui of Wei moved to Daliang. There are Tieguan and Yanguan, which are the county offices.

Pingyang County was home to Zhenzi, the great-great-grandson of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. It was originally the capital of South Korea, and was later annexed by Qin. It had iron officials and was the northern city of the county together with Taiyuan.

There are four counties close to the river crossing: Puban, Fenyin, Ruicheng, and Xiayang, which correspond to Pujin, Longmen, Fengling, and Maojin respectively.

There are also Gencang and Shicang in Hedong, both of which are large warehouses with 100,000 stones of grain. They are located in Puban and Anyi respectively.

All the above information is embodied in the new map surveyed and mapped by the envoys under the orders of the regent: in addition to the distance between the city roads and how long it will take for the enemy armies to support each other, there is also the outline of the terrain. The mountains are made of earth, and Huotai, Jieshan, Zhongtiao, the mountains and rivers are all well restored, as if looking down from the sky.

“It’s really every detail!”

This is Han Xin's evaluation. He is from Huainan. He has never been to Hedong before and is not familiar with the mountains and landforms there. He can get such a most accurate map of Hedong in half a month. For him, Very helpful.

This is also the purpose of Heifu setting up the Femoral Wings. It is impossible to fight every battle by relying on the commander's sudden inspiration. Without good generals, he can only fight randomly.

Instead of doing this, it is better to gather the wisdom and talents of everyone, prepare all the details, and formulate a military plan, so that the generals only need to consider how to implement the plan and create victory.

The mountains and terrain are dead, but the enemy's deployment is alive. The guard Ji Ying personally selected and trained a group of Hedong refugee scholars to return to Hedong, collect intelligence from everywhere, and then use a certain person who can freely move in and out of the Wei army. "Youshi" handed back the information to let Han Xin know the opponent's movements.

But who the mysterious traveler is, not even Han Xin knows.

However, all of the above are peripheral personnel. They have the responsibility of providing intelligence and handling miscellaneous tasks, but they have no right to know military information.

The core personnel of the Feather Wing Battalion are twelve military officials who have been screened and reviewed at all levels and determined to be loyal to Xia Gong. They are called "staff officers". Or they might talk about the similarities and differences in ancient military use, success or failure, simple weapons, and illegal assassination. Or the master may do something strange, set up something different, make endless changes, and put forward some bold suggestions.

At this moment, under the leadership of Chen Hui, they discussed the military strategy for Hedong in front of Han Xin.

Staff officer Yang Wu suggested this: "According to the Hedong line report, Wei Prime Minister Zhang Er took command in Anyi, and sent General Zhou Shu and deputy generals Zhao Cheng and Baizhi to guard the ferry, opposite Xihe and Ningqin, with deep ditches and high fortresses to transport grain. He accumulates armor and wants to defend his territory."

The current situation is that if you want to reach the east of the river, you must cross the river, and where to cross becomes the key.

The river is a natural and dangerous pass, and the number of ferries is limited. They can only send thousands of people across at a time. If they cross against the enemy's main force, the forwards will be attacked halfway across the river. Attacking the river bank from above will inevitably cause heavy losses. If a bridgehead base cannot be established, there will be no way. Building a pontoon bridge to connect the rear troops and crossing the river will inevitably lead to failure.

As for the Jindu that can supply tens of thousands of people to cross the river, there are only four places: Puban, Longmen, Fenling and Maojin.

Puban is the first choice for travel between Guanzhong and Hedong in peacetime, but if it is too obvious, the enemy will definitely station troops for defense. The staff prefer to set up suspicious troops in Puban and force the crossing from another place.

"Zhang Er saw that our army was gathered at Xihe. Chen Chuan wanted to conquer Jin Dynasty, so he must lead the army to Pu Ban and block Jin Dynasty."

"And I can take advantage of his large army to arrive at Pu Ban, and the ambush troops will cross from Longmen in Xia Yang, break their partial division, and attack Anyi."

"Crossing the road openly and secretly?"

Han Xin nodded, but then shook his head. He didn't know that in the original history, he relied on this attack to defeat the Western Wei Dynasty, but now, the situation is obviously different.

"Although this strategy is good, it can only deceive Zhang Er and Uncle Zhou, but it can't hide it from anyone."

"who?"

"Zhao General Li Zuoche."

Last autumn, Han Xin had an indirect battle with Li Zuoche of Taiyuan in Shangjun. He knew that this man was very sensitive to the situation of the battle and must not be careless. But he still remembered that the only stain of his defeat on the river in his life was due to underestimating the enemy and half-crossing the river... …

"Thanks to the regent's trust, Han Xin will never fail a second time!"

He pointed to the Fen army on the other side of Longmen Crossing: "A few months ago, when the Zhao army and the Wei army retreated from Xihe, they were ambushed by Dong Duwei at Longmen Crossing. They suffered a big loss. It was impossible for them to be undefended." Hedong line reported , Zhao troops continued from Taiyuan to Beiqu and Pishi, all in order to help defend the river bank. Li Zuoche knew that Taiyuan and Hedong were close to each other, and the lips were dead and the teeth were cold, so he sent Zhao soldiers to help Zhang Er guard the river bank. What we are guarding against is our army sneaking into Longmen..."

“If you don’t choose Longmen, where should you cross?”

"Feng Ling?"

"Motsu?"

The advisers made suggestions and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the two places.

The advantage of Fenlingdu is that it is close to Guanzhong and it is convenient to move troops there. The disadvantage is that the enemy is also tightly defended on the other side and has eight thousand troops.

The advantage of Maojin is that the enemy's defense is slightly sparse, but the disadvantage is that it lacks ships.

But Han Xin smiled and said something incredible:

“Why do we have to use boats to cross the river?”

The staff members were all stunned. We couldn't let the soldiers swim over, right?

"Why not, I can use Xia Yang's wooden poppies to cross!"

The speaker was the deputy general of this battle, Dong Yi, the eastern captain of Neishi who was stationed in Xihe. A few months ago, his river boatmen used the large fou that was common near Xia Yang, tied them together with ropes, and then clamped them with wood, called The "Wooden Poppet Fou", with its buoyancy, could carry several people without any problem. With this, they made a surprise attack on Longmen Crossing and captured Zhao Gao.

"In addition to wooden poppets, there are many ways to enable a few people to cross the river secretly."

But Han Xin did not want to explain in detail. He had the right to adopt the suggestions of his staff, but the final decision was in his own hands. He already knew how to fight this battle.

He pointed to his brain: "Second and third sons, don't be restricted by rules and regulations."

"The combined forces of Zhao and Wei only have 50,000 troops. Excluding the 10,000 who guard Anyi and Pingyang, the remaining 40,000 can defend the four Dajin crossings. But, can they defend the hundreds of miles of river banks?"

"Since there is no need for boats, where on this river bank that stretches for hundreds of miles can't people ferry people?"

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that although the staff members could concentrate their wisdom, they could easily fall into the constraints of military art and common sense.

In Han Xin's eyes, Hedong is now like a leaky sieve. It can block one big hole, but cannot block countless other small holes!

"In Linjin, Chen ships and troops made a big show to attract the enemy's main force, and then sent people to Longmen to make preparations, pretending to be discovered by the other side, and concentrated the enemy forces in Puban and Longmen."

"And our army first took the people from Hedong who were eager to return home as the vanguard, used wooden poppets and Beidi sheepskin rafts to ferry 3,000 people across, attacked a township, completely disrupting the enemy's deployment in the south, and the army at Fenlingdu was waiting for an opportunity. Cross the river!"

"General, where should we cross the vanguard?"

Han Xin asked everyone: "When did Qin reverse its repeated defeats against Wei?"

"When Qin Xiangong..." The staff looked at each other and said in unison:

"The Battle of Stone Gate!"

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ps: There is only one chapter tonight, and the punctuation has not been changed.