Fortunately, at dusk, along with Zhao Kuo's order, there was also the latest report from the scouts.
After daybreak, based on the conspicuous green armor of the Korean army, the scouts finally determined that those who left first belonged to the Korean army, while those advancing slowly and slowly behind were the troops of the Qin army.
Looking at the latest information from the scouts, Li Mu finally understood: the Qin and Han coalition forces were not just divided, but distracted!
Before Li Mu could feel happy, the intelligence behind made Li Mu frown again.
The Qin Army deserves to be the Qin Army after all! Although the Korean army was distracted, they kept a distance of about two to three hours from the Korean army.
As a result, the Han army almost replaced the Qin army's scouts and became a vassal of the Qin army. With the change in the marching pattern of the Qin and Han coalition forces, the original three-day journey was naturally reduced by more than half.
In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, the Korean army will arrive at its ambush location tomorrow morning.
What's even more terrible is that there are a lot of cavalry in the Qin army. Once they ambush the Korean army and cannot quickly resolve the battle, the two-hour journey will take less than half an hour in front of the swift and windy cavalry. Can be reached.
There is no solution, just send out thousands of soldiers to intercept the Qin army.
But the question is, where should the battlefield to intercept the Qin army be placed?
Put it outside the valley? It was almost a plain. It would be suicide to use infantry to block the cavalry. Using cavalry to block it, he only had three thousand cavalry, so he might not be able to stop it.
Put it at the mouth of the valley? That would be worse than being flanked by the Qin and Korean armies.
Even if he could barely block it, his troops would surely suffer huge losses. What's even more terrible is that his losses were only casualties of the Korean army, and he hardly caused much damage to his main enemy, the Qin army.
Even after the Qin army disabled itself, it could continue to move towards Xinzheng.
It can be said that if we fight like this, Zhao Guo will lose more than he gains.
In this case, it is better not to fight.
Just when Li Mu was shaken, an accidental inspiration suddenly broke into Li Mu's head - don't fight!
Yes, we don’t have to fight!
Since the Han army came to serve as scouts for the Qin army, just let these scouts pass.
Judging from today's situation, the Qin army will hardly conduct another inspection of the valley pass that the Korean army has successfully passed. This is also the reason why the Qin and Han coalition forces have made rapid progress in one day today.
With the smooth passage of the Korean army, the Qin army will most likely not conduct an inspection of its ambush location. Even if it does, it will most likely be a rough inspection and cannot be as detailed as the day before.
In this way, he could launch a sudden attack on the Qin army of more than 25,000 people with a force of 45,000.
It has the advantages of both military strength and geographical location. It is still a sudden attack. It is simply not perfect. Li Mu was almost 90% sure that the Qin army would retain most of its troops.
The only problem is-Han Jun.
Although it is now certain that Qin and Han will be distracted, will the Korean army that has already passed the ambush zone turn around to rescue the Qin army that follows?
Once the Korean army attacks from the north, the troops left behind at Taniguchi will face a two-sided attack from both Qin and South Korea. This would not be a good thing for any army.
It would be great if there were troops in front to hold back the 30,000 Korean troops.
Divide your troops? It's not impossible, but the risks and costs are a bit high.
The reason is very simple. The Korean army is already less than half a day's journey away from here. It's about time that our side is about to die down. If we separate thousands or even tens of thousands of troops to retreat, it will definitely cause a huge disturbance. If they are scouted by the Korean army, As far as we can tell, everything is over.
On the other hand, one move can affect the whole body. Once you mobilize thousands or even tens of thousands of troops to retreat, the entire ambush position will need to be rearranged, not to mention whether it will be detected by the Korean army.
, just moving the formation lightly before the battle is not what a mature general should do.
However, war is not a gamble, and Li Mu cannot pin his hopes of victory on the kindness of the enemy.
Suddenly, Li Mu saw the warrant given by Zhao Kuo again!
Yes, isn’t there a king? Although the king only has 25,000 troops, it is not a problem to hold back a mere 30,000 Korean troops.
Even if the king fights the Korean army before him, it can also attract the Qin army to move north quickly. In this way, the possibility of the Qin army exploring the valley where our army will set up an ambush will be even smaller.
The more he thought about it, the more Li Mu thought it was feasible.
Immediately, Li Mu took the cloth and wrote down his plan. Then he called his soldiers and said, "Give this letter to my king personally."
"Yes." After hearing this, the soldier immediately took the silk book with both hands and agreed.
Soon, a group of cavalry hurried towards Xinzheng under the cover of night.
"The only problem." Li Mu looked at the cavalryman's retreating figure, then looked at the already high moon, and murmured in his heart: "It's time."
Yes, time.
The moon is high in the sky at this time. If the performance of the Korean army last night is followed, the Korean army may be on the march again at this time. In other words, in less than three or four hours, the Korean army will pass through its ambush site.
The journey from the ambush site to Zhao Kuo's camp took about three or four hours. If we add in the time Zhao Kuo spent thinking, it is very likely that when the Korean army arrived, Zhao Kuo's reply order had not yet arrived...
But no matter what, Li Mu has done all he can do, and what happens next depends on God's will.
As time passed, God's will failed to stand on Zhao's side after all, or it should be said that Han Jun used their actions to gain another glimmer of hope for themselves.
Han Jun, who had been running around all day, did not stop his steps. Even at night, he still shuttled under the vast moonlight.
Therefore, the Korean army, which was expected to arrive in three or four hours, had already approached Li Mu's ambush site in less than three hours.
And in just three hours, it was obviously not enough for the soldiers who carried the message to go back and forth.
In other words, Li Mu had not yet obtained Zhao Kuo's authorization, and he did not know whether Zhao Kuo would agree to his tactics.
Looking at the information handed over by the scouts and the bright eyes below, Li Mu knew that he had to make a decision without Zhao Kuo's instructions.
The safest thing is to immediately order the troops to enter their respective positions and intercept the Korean army.
Because it is not bright yet, it is very likely that the Qin army is still resting, which will buy him an extra quarter of an hour to deal with the Korean army.
But the problem is that if he fails to encircle or defeat the Korean army before the Qin army arrives, then this "encirclement and reinforcements" operation will be completely declared a failure, and with it the entire southward movement to contain the Qin army. The army's plan may be aborted.
This is what Li Mu never wants to see.
There is another way, which is to continue the previous plan, let go of the Korean army, and prepare to encircle and annihilate the subsequent Qin army.
This is obviously risky. If the king does not agree with his opinion, or the troops have not moved in place, it is very likely to cause the king's side to be passive. It is also possible that the Korean army will retreat directly after the battle starts. Withdraw, and then threaten to encircle and annihilate the Qin army.
Obviously, neither method is perfect, and both have risks of one kind or another.
Taking a long breath, Li Mu immediately looked at Zhao Kuo's last warrant, the warrant that told him to "make a decision with the camera." Immediately, Li Mu gradually made a decision in his heart.
Since the king can trust me so much, why don't I trust the king?
I know that the latter approach is the best choice, so how could the king not know? Since the king knows, how can he disagree with me?
"Send the order." After thinking about this, Li Mu no longer hesitated and immediately stood up and said.
"The general is here." All Zhao Jun officers, including Zhao Wei, immediately stood up and agreed in unison.
"The whole army should cease its flags and drums, extinguish the lights, maintain absolute silence, let go of the main force of the Korean army, and focus on the Qin army to annihilate the enemy." Li Mu immediately ordered.
"Yes." The generals agreed again.
Soon, as Li Mu's general order was issued, the camp that was still somewhat popular just now suddenly became dark and dead, as if the world was suddenly swallowed by a black hole.
But as Zhao Jun's camp ceased its activities, the sun gradually showed its face.
Along with the arrival of the sun, there was also the sound of Han Jun's horse hooves and slightly messy footsteps.
After a night of running around, Han Jun was really tired. The only thing that kept them running was the belief in going home.
On the high slope, Li Mu was lying with Zhao Wei and others in the bushes, observing the Korean army below. Looking at the slightly scattered formation and the slightly vain footsteps of the soldiers, it was a pity that it was fake. .
If the Qin and Han allied forces had not separated, and he led his troops to rush into the Korean army, he would be sure that the Korean army on the opposite side would be defeated immediately. Once the Korean army was defeated, it would inevitably attack the Qin army's line. I was taking the opportunity to cover up the killing. In the past, it was not easy to defeat the coalition forces.
It's a pity that at this last moment, Qin and Han separated.
However, this is fine. If there was no separation, maybe the Qin and Han coalition forces would not have rushed so fast, or maybe they would not have the chance to ambush at all.
Watching the Korean army gradually leave the valley and move away towards Xinzheng City, Li Mu also let out a long sigh of relief.
"Pass the order and prepare for war!" Li Mu slowly straightened up and said to Zhao Wei beside him: "The Qin army should be on the way too."
"Yes." Zhao Wei agreed immediately.
Immediately, the originally silent camp became slightly noisy again. Of course, the main noise was the clash of swords and arrows. Fortunately, the Korean army had gone far away, and the Qin army had not yet arrived, so some noise was made. There's nothing wrong with that.
In less than half an hour, Li Mu's more than 40,000 troops had completed their tactical deployment, and at this time, Zhao Kuo's order finally came to Li Mu.
Opening the silk book carefully, there were only two big words on it: Agree!
When the sledgehammer landed, Li Mu felt completely relaxed. The next thing to do was to wait quietly for Qin Jun to come.
