"Commander Ge, I remember you wrote in your art of war that after the army moves, the most important thing is to use the word "quick" to penetrate the enemy at the most unexpected position at the fastest speed. Before the enemy notices the war, Destroy the enemy from the beginning!"
"Especially when the enemy is strong and we are weak, a quick word is the key to turning defeat into victory!" The new general asked Liu Bang seriously.
"Yes, this is written in my book!" Liu Bang nodded and said, "But..."
"I think what you said is very good. I plan to use this word now. After the previous defeat, the Scourge Legion will definitely despise us, especially the organization of our army."
"But they don't know that after your one-year training, our army has become completely different, so I plan to give them a little shock."
"In fact, I have been sending people to conduct reconnaissance on the entire defense line these days. Now the Scourge Legion is deploying defenses on the front. Almost all the direct passages into Ding Province are guarded by enemy troops. It is difficult for us to rush in directly."
"But if we are willing to take a detour and send an elite force to rush through the jungle next door, it will only take seven days to appear directly behind the enemy and attack Ding City."
"Now all the forces of the Scourge Legion are concentrated on the frontal defense line. We appeared directly in Ding City. The Scourge Legion never expected that we would be able to capture the city as quickly as possible, and then cooperate with the frontal troops to attack from front to back. Then we can completely defeat the Scourge Legion and retake Ding Province."
The young general excitedly told Liu Bang his plan, but Liu Bang frowned and said, "General, can our army endure such a long journey in seven days?"
"Don't worry, we are all fighting for the great god Zhou. As long as we have firm faith, we will be able to do it. My Sixth Division and I will be at the forefront and set an example for everyone. As you said, it will be The soul of an army. As long as my soul is brave enough, the soldiers behind can be as brave as me!" The young man said proudly. Liu Bang opened his mouth and said nothing more. He could only sigh that half a bucket of water is really good. horrible.
The young generals around him were very resolute. As soon as they made up their minds, they led their troops from the Sixth Division and the 10,000 carefully selected strongest hunters to kill them directly.
"Poor kid, your plan may be good, but I'm an undercover agent!" Liu Bang sighed, and then told Liu Xu the news, telling the general's carefully crafted surprise attack plan in detail. .
After Liu Xu got this confidential information, he immediately felt like he had found a treasure. Just when he was about to tell Han Xin beside him, Han Xin said, "Did that old bastard Liu Bang tell us that the enemy is going to sneak attack us from this forest!"
"How do you know!" Liu Xu was very surprised. Not to mention that he had never told Han Xin the relevant information. He only said that this decision was made by the general a few minutes ago. How could Han Xin know it now? !
"The last thing that old bastard Liu Bang paid attention to when he was fighting was intelligence. His spies were the worst spies I have ever seen. They couldn't even find out the intelligence within a hundred miles radius, otherwise they wouldn't have been attacked by Xiang Yu." He directly killed 500,000 people, so that I had to spend three months training a group of spies for him!" Han Xin snorted coldly.
"So this guy doesn't pay attention to the training of spies at all. Those spies have no quality at all. They don't even pretend to be and just fly around in front of my spies. And I have placed more than 100 spies in this forest. 500 spies, I know every move they make."
"Terrible!" Liu Xu opened his mouth to express shock.
"A war is actually about intelligence!" Han Xin said lightly. "If the entire battlefield is like a fog, then even I am not sure of victory. But if all the intelligence on the entire battlefield is in my hands, then there will be no One person can defeat me, even if he is Xiang Yu, this is the real secret of my victory in every battle."
"Then what should we do next?" Liu Xu asked curiously, "Should we ambush a surprise soldier in the forest, or secretly transfer the army back to the city, and wait for the opponent to attack the city and kill them directly. It was just a surprise."
"The general army can do it, but the Sixth Division can't!" Han Xin shook his head and said, "That old bastard Liu Bang can't lie about this. The Sixth Division is indeed extremely capable. If our army goes to ambush them, I'm afraid they will be annihilated by then. But it’s us.”
"If you hide your troops in the city, although you can catch the opponent off guard, there is actually no difference. At most, it will just drive the opponent away."
"But as a result, the real battlefield has been moved from the border defense line to Ding City. No matter how we fight, we are the ones who will suffer!"
"Then how do we fight?" Liu Xu asked.
"Simple, if he hits his side, I'll hit mine!" Han Xin glanced at the bright sun outside the camp and was about to order the soldiers to return to the camp to rest and recharge their batteries.
But then I thought about it, these damn soldiers were all soldiers with 100% morale, so I immediately lost my mind and drove Liu Xu out of his tent.
On the other side, the 10,000 elite troops led by the general had already set off. Before leaving, he took Liu Bang away, leaving his deputy to control the millions of coalition troops.
At the beginning, the general was still full of confidence and made a plan to march for 20 hours a day, leaving only 4 hours for eating, sleeping and resting. He planned to speed up the original seven days to about five days. Give the other person a complete shock.
But it turns out that you can't fight just by reading a few military books. On the first day after setting off, more than 20% of the 10,000 elite soldiers fell behind. They were simply unable to keep up with the rapidly marching army. This made this great general The general had to stop and wait for the soldiers.
By the second day, the entire team was filled with complaints and a lot of discordant voices. At the same time, more people were suffering from serious fatigue problems. Some soldiers actually died of exhaustion directly.
Naturally, the general refused. He first killed more than a hundred soldiers who complained the most, and then used the elite of the Sixth Division to set an example and let everyone learn from the Sixth Division.
As a result, on the third day, the Sixth Division rebelled directly, saying that they must rest in place for at least two days, otherwise they refused to take another step forward. Good guy, they have lived for decades, and two days has never happened. Not showering, that's really bad.
The general can intimidate the soldiers with their heads, but he cannot control the Sixth Division. After all, whoever is not a nobleman and does not have a huge network of people behind him will be afraid of the other.
In desperation, the general could only order a day's rest in place, and at the same time shorten the daily march time from 20 hours to 16 hours, encouraging everyone to arrive in Dingcheng according to the original 7-day plan.
But when they finally walked out of the jungle and were still one day away from Ding City, it was already half a month later.
(End of chapter)
