Chapter 1608: Ran Min VS Zhou Yafu
The Qin army has many elite troops, such as the Nine Dragon Guards, Iron Guards, Guards, Flying Tiger Army, etc., but the most representative ones are the trapped camp and the broken barracks.
Among the many elite troops of the Qin Army, Huben Camp's status is relatively awkward, neither above nor below, but this does not mean that Huben Camp's combat effectiveness is not strong.
In the hands of any other princes, Huben Camp is a well-deserved strong army. However, the Qin army has too many elites and the competition between the armies is extremely fierce. Therefore, Huben Camp's presence is not that strong, but Huben Camp Its comprehensive combat power is also beyond doubt.
Although the Huben camp is strong, the opponent this time is not weak either. Gongsun Shu's Liaodong cavalry and Zhou Yafu's Youzhou cavalry are both world-famous strong armies, and they will not fall behind even if they go head-to-head with the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.
It can be seen from this that the overall quality of the Northern Han cavalry is not much worse than that of the Qin army, but their total number is indeed more than three times that of the Qin army.
One can imagine how dangerous this mission is.
Li Jing naturally knew that this mission was extremely dangerous, so he organized all the strong generals into the Huben Camp, in order to try his best to increase the combat effectiveness of the Huben Camp, minimize casualties, and at the same time hope that the Huben Camp could return safely.
General Ran Min, Tai Shici and others took the Huben Camp away. Looking at the Huben Camp gradually disappearing, Yin Shiniang asked, "Sir, can General Ran Min and the others successfully complete this mission?"
"Definitely."
Li Jing's eyes were full of determination and he said solemnly: "Just follow the strategy I set."
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On the other side, 10,000 Northern Han cavalry were also galloping towards Beihai, with the purpose of intercepting Li Jing's 55,000 Qin army.
Among the 10,000 Northern Han cavalry, Zhou Yafu and Gongsun Shu each had 5,000. Although Wang Mang did not explicitly appoint who would be the chief general, Zhou Yafu was a member of the Northern Han Emperor Liu Che, so this 10,000-strong army was also led by Zhou Yafu.
Zhou Yafu was the second son of Zhou Bo, the famous founding general of the Western Han Dynasty, and he was even better than the bully. Not only was he a famous general, he also became the prime minister and served in both Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.
Among the sixty-four generals awarded the title of "Taiwei Jianghou Zhou Yafu" in the Tang Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty followed the practice of the Tang Dynasty in setting up temples for famous ancient generals, and Zhou Yafu was among the seventy-two famous generals.
Zhou Yafu is known for being good at running the army and leading troops, and for being outspoken and holding the witness. His military talent is outstanding, which was most vividly displayed in the Wu-Chu Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.
In the third year of Emperor Jing's reign in the Han Dynasty, King Liu Bi of Wu united with King Liu Wu of Chu, King Liu Xian of Jiaoxi and other seven countries to launch a rebellion under the banner of "Execute Chao Cuo and clear the emperor's side".
At that time, there were 500,000 troops in the Seven Kingdoms, but only 100,000 troops in the Han Dynasty. For a time, the whole court was shocked and people were panicked.
Zhou Yafu was ordered to lead the Han army to fight against the rebels of the Seven Kingdoms. Against all opinions, he sent 3,000 troops to attack the enemy's grain roads and seize all their food and grass. The Seven Kingdoms were defeated without a fight, and the allied forces lost their ability to return to their fiefdoms. The chaos subsided.
From the beginning to the end of the war, Zhou Yafu took only three months to completely pacify the rebels of the Seven Kingdoms and save the Han Dynasty.
Zhou Yafu excelled in Sheji, but in the end he was unjustly imprisoned and committed suicide.
Birds are hidden behind bows, rabbits are dead and dogs are cooked. This can be said to be vividly demonstrated in the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
"Speed up, as long as we pass here, we will catch up with Li Jing soon." Zhou Yafu waved his riding whip and shouted.
[Ding dong, Zhou Yafu's skill 'Strong Army' is activated. 】
[Strengthening the Army: Showing strength with a strong voice strengthens the power of our army. (Different people have different effects.)
Effect 1: When commanding cavalry, the commander gets +2 and the marching speed increases significantly.
Effect 2: When leading the infantry, the commander will gain +3 and the morale of the whole army will be partially increased.
Effect 3: When personally participating in the battle, the force will be +3 and the morale of the whole army will be greatly improved. 】
[Ding dong, Zhou Yafu's skill 'Strengthening the Army' effect 1 is activated. When commanding the cavalry, the commander gets +2 and the marching speed increases significantly.
Zhou Yafu's commander was 96, and the current commander rose to 98. The marching speed of the entire army increased significantly. 】
Under the command of Zhou Yafu, the Northern Han cavalry galloped all the way. The strange thing was that they were marching against the wind, but their speed was three minutes faster than the fastest.
"Report... General Qi, a large number of Qin Army cavalry have been spotted ahead."
"Sure enough, it's here."
Zhou Yafu sneered, and then asked: "How many people are here?"
"About five thousand riders."
Although Li Jing sent Jintai back to Beihai the night before, this was a secret operation and Wang Mang was completely unaware of it. Therefore, as far as the Northern Han generals knew, Li Jing still had five thousand cavalry.
Li Jing knew this, so he asked Ran Min to use three thousand tigers to camp and pretend to be five thousand cavalry, in order to confuse Zhou Yafu and increase his momentum.
If they are facing the main force of the Qin army, even if Zhou Yafu's side is full of cavalry, they still need to avoid the sharp edge.
But if there was only the Qin Army cavalry, and the strength was only half of its own, then the Northern Han cavalry would naturally not be able to retreat. After all, it would have eliminated the Qin Army cavalry and easily intercepted the Qin Army's main force.
After hearing the soldiers' report, Zhou Yafu said decisively: "Our army now has Liaodong cavalry and Youzhou cavalry, and their strength is twice that of the Qin army. However, the Qin army's cavalry is better equipped and well-trained, so it is not appropriate to Head-to-head.
General Gongsun Shu, you lead the 5,000 Liaodong cavalry to engage the Qin army head-on. I will lead the 5,000 Youzhou cavalry to bypass the rear and launch a surprise attack on the Qin army. Attack from both sides to annihilate the cavalry. "
Although Gongsun Shu was a little reluctant, he did not refuse and said solemnly: "No."
Zhou Yafu nodded and said: "Two generals, Tantaiyu and Juwuba, you will also act together with General Gongsun."
"promise."
On the side of the Qin army, on a hillside, Qin Ming saw that the enemy army was divided into two, and he immediately said excitedly: "As the prefect expected, the enemy army has divided its troops even more."
All the generals also showed excitement. After all, it was a good start, and if it was the same in the future, this mission would only be a near miss.
Although Ran Min had already made a plan in his heart to save the entire army even if he sacrificed Huben Camp, but Huben Camp was an army he personally trained after all. Now that he could save Huben Camp, of course he also hoped to reduce it as much as possible. loss.
"Send the order and the whole army will retreat immediately and lead the Northern Han army away." Ran Min ordered.
"promise."
On Zhou Yafu's side, when he saw that the Qin army had fled before the battle, he thought that the opponent's general had seen through his strategy and retreated early to prevent being attacked from two sides.
"Pursue the whole army." Zhou Yafu ordered.
The two separated Han armies reunited and pursued the Qin army in the direction of their escape.
Seeing that the Han army was catching up, Ran Min was overjoyed and shouted: "Withdraw the entire army to the southwest, lure the Northern Han cavalry away, and stay as far away from the main army as possible."
"promise."
