Chapter 1706: Ambush from Daggers (Part 1)
The Qin army had 210,000 troops in Yecheng, but this time in order to confuse Han Xin, Zhang Liang used a full 110,000 troops to stage a show.
Therefore, the actual number of troops who ambushed the coalition forces was only 100,000, and the coalition forces that fled north also happened to have only 100,000 troops left.
A hundred thousand people ambushing a hundred thousand people, this is definitely a difficult task in the eyes of others, but in Bai Qi's eyes, it is just a routine operation.
Bai Qi is good at using terrain to fight. Even if the opponent has the same number of people as himself, as long as the terrain is used well, he can still completely annihilate the opponent.
As for the 110,000 troops remaining in Yecheng, Qin Hao naturally had another role. After all, after Han Xin fled north, if the Qin army did not pursue him, wouldn't he tell Han Xin that there was an ambush ahead?
"Where are Gao Shun and Yu Jin?" Qin Hao ordered in a deep voice.
Gao Shun and Yu Jin stood up together and shouted: "The end will be here."
"Gao Shun, I have ordered you to be the chief general, with Yu Jin as the deputy general, and lead an army of 50,000 to guard Yecheng, to appease the people and prevent the mob from causing chaos."
"No." Gao Shun and Yu Jin shouted.
Qin Hao nodded and continued to order: "Where are Zhang Liao, Long Qie, Xu Huang, Yue Xi, Li Jin, and Jiang Yan?"
"The general is here." The six generals stood up together and responded.
"I will leave 60,000 troops to pursue Han Xin. Each of you will lead 10,000 troops. One thing must be urgent, that is, the bigger the momentum, the better. It is best to pretend to be 150,000 troops for me." Qin Hao He ordered with a confident look on his face.
"No." The six generals responded in unison.
Although Han Xin piled up a large amount of tinder in the northern camp and even burned it for a day, it only burned for half a day before it was put out by the Qin army.
After the fire was extinguished, Zhang Liao and his men quickly cleared a road. Then, under the personal leadership of Qin Hao, the 60,000-strong army embarked on the road to pursue northward.
Although there were only 60,000 soldiers pursuing the army from the north, they carried a large number of flags and made a huge noise along the way. At first glance, I thought it was an army of 150,000 people pursuing them.
Soon, Han Xin received the news that the Qin army was pursuing them through the spy left behind, and immediately ordered: "Send an order to Zhang Kui in the rear to set fire to the Qin army's pursuers after they enter the important road."
That's right, even if he was running away in embarrassment, Han Xin didn't want to be passively beaten all the time. Instead, he wanted to use fire attacks to ambush the Qin army who came to pursue him.
"Report... report, lord, the Qin army discovered our intention. Instead of coming in, they shot and killed many of our people. General Zhang Kui had no choice but to prevent the pursuit by blocking fire."
Hearing He's words, Han Xin's eyes suddenly showed disappointment, and he murmured to himself: "Sure enough, it still failed."
Generally, after the army retreats, the chasing opponent will overtake the enemy as soon as possible and will ignore some details in their impatience. This is the most suitable time to set up an ambush.
However, it is also necessary to identify who the opponent is. If it is a famous general like Bai Qi, it is almost impossible to successfully ambush him with such a little trick.
Han Xin also knew that the chance of success was low, but there was no harm in trying. What if he succeeded because of his carelessness? But the fact is that it failed in the end.
"Instruct the front troops to speed up."
Han Xin's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "Our army does not have much fire oil left, and there are not many important roads that it must pass through. We can still use one or two more methods of attacking with fire to block the road." This time, if we can't take advantage of this gap to completely get rid of the Qin army, there will only be death if Ten Thousand is overtaken."
"promise."
The speed of the coalition army's march was already fast enough. After all, this time they hastily abandoned the city and retreated, they only took away materials, not the officials' family belongings.
Most of the officials of the Zhao State had already been taken over by the Qin army in the Bohai Sea, and the Korean officials' families were all in northern Hebei. Without women and children to slow down the march, the army's march was naturally faster.
The coalition's marching speed was far faster than usual, but Han Xin was no longer satisfied. For some reason, he always had an uneasy feeling in his heart. He seemed to have missed something important, but he couldn't tell what it was.
"Am I too worried?" Han Xin asked secretly.
At the same time, a hundred miles away, Bai Qi had already set up his pocket array, waiting for Han Xin to come to his door.
At this time, besides Zhang Liang, there was another person beside Bai Qi. He was Li Jing who left the Bohai battlefield and took the initiative to go to the Yecheng battlefield.
Not long after Li Jingcai arrived in Yecheng, he received news that Yecheng was about to collapse. He concluded that Han Xin would not sit still and wait for death, but would definitely abandon the city and break out, so he prepared to ambush Han Xin on his way back north.
The ambush location prepared by Li Jing was much further than Bai Qi, and was already within South Korea.
Although Li Jing didn't know which side Han Xin would break out from, no matter which direction Han Xin went, he was destined to return to South Korea, so he prepared to ambush Han Xin at the gate of South Korea.
In Li Jing's view, Bai Qi was there again in Yecheng. Even if Han Xin finally broke out, his army would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and the 30,000 troops in his hands could just capture Han Xin's depleted remnant army.
What Li Jing didn't expect was that Zhang Liang also thought of an ambush strategy, and deceived Han Xin into ordering him to break out from the north. Then it would be useless for him to continue setting up an ambush at the gate of South Korea, so he immediately led his army to fight Bai Qi.
After Bai Qi and Li Jing joined forces, the army increased to 130,000. Even without setting up an ambush, Han Xin's 100,000 coalition troops could be defeated head-on. However, in order to minimize casualties, Bai Qi still chose to ambush.
Facing famous generals like Han Xin, ordinary ambush troops are destined to be difficult to achieve success. If the arrangement is improper, Han Xin will see the flaw.
It is precisely because of this that Zhang Liang suggested to Bai Qi that he should not set up an ambush in a dangerous place, but instead set up an ambush in a relatively flat place. This could also minimize Han Xin's vigilance.
"This place is the only way to go north to northern Hebei. As long as Han Xin wants to return to South Korea, he will definitely pass through here."
Zhang Liang pointed to a plain on the march map and said confidently: "Although the terrain here is flat, which is not conducive to an ambush, there are many pits and slopes, making it easy for the army to shield.
Therefore, setting up an ambush here has two advantages. First, it can catch Han Xin by surprise, and second, it can fully unleash our army's strength. "
After Bai Qi stared at the map for a long time, he slammed the table and said in a sonorous voice: "Here, Han Xin's 100,000 Northern Han coalition troops will be completely destroyed."
Zhang Liang smiled and then offered another suggestion: "Liang has one more shot. If used in conjunction with an ambush, it can easily destroy Han Xin's army."
Bai Qi's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked: "Military advisor, please tell me."
A strange color flashed in Zhang Liang's eyes, and he smiled lightly and said: "This plan is called: Ambush from Flying Daggers."
