I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 238 Preparations for the Han Army

By the river.

Zhou Bo, Xia Houying and other generals surrounded Han Xin with anxious expressions.

"General, I'm not questioning your decision, but fighting against the water. It's really unreasonable. Even if the cavalry of the Huns is not as good as that of the king of Chu, we will not be able to resist after a few rounds of charging." In the Han Dynasty After its establishment, Zhou Bo systematically studied the art of war, combined with his previous war experience, and made further improvements.

Generals with extremely low command ability will choose to trust Han Xin without thinking and follow the command.

As for the generals with superb commanding ability, they can probably see Han Xin's next plan and won't say much.

It happened that Zhou Bo, a general with his own unique understanding but poor vision, raised such a question and felt that Han Xin's choice was not appropriate.

However, Han Xin didn't explain, but just waved his hand, indicating that they don't need to say more.

It will take at least two or three quarters of an hour, or even half an hour, to explain your plan to everyone.

Now they are forming an formation by the Mianman River. When they just crossed the river, they repelled a small group of Huns who came to harass them, but the main cavalry of the other side will arrive at some point.

If you spend a lot of time describing your plan to everyone, there may be two more serious consequences.

One is that his arrangement on the bank has not yet been completed, and the Huns cavalry came to charge, which made the Han army confused and pushed into the river by a wave of flat.

Although Han Xin felt that he would not be able to do so, but he did not fully hold on to it, which was not conducive to the development of subsequent plans.

Second, if you reveal your plan, the Huns charge and capture captives, and you can learn your complete plan from their mouths.

In that case, the plan will lose its secrecy, and correspondingly, it will completely lose its due effect.

Seeing that most of the generals around him still had worried expressions on their faces, Han Xin took a deep breath and said, "I, Han Xin, and my comrades have experienced so many wars together, you should know something about me.

I never put myself, or the soldiers under my command, in danger.

If I do it, it must be with the certainty of victory. "

Everyone gradually quieted down and did not continue to raise new questions.

Zhou Bo clenched his fists, gritted his teeth suddenly and said, "General Han, then Bo will trust you just once."

"Great General, give the order." Xia Houying, who had been silent all this time, said.

The rest of the generals nodded one after another: "Please give instructions, General."

Seeing the change in everyone's attitude, Han Xin's expression did not change at all.

Now his heart is in a mixed state of extreme calmness and extreme fanaticism. Because of the upcoming war arrangement, he must be extremely calm, but because of the next adventurous war plan, he is extremely excited.

"Everyone, return to the army and form a phalanx. Zhou Bo will go to the southeast, and Xia Houying will go to the east..." Han Xin narrowed his eyes slightly, suppressing the fluctuations in his heart, and without a word of extraneous words, he ordered everyone exactly what to do like a machine. waiting position.

After the order was finished, the generals left according to this fairly clear instruction.

Looking at Xia Houying who was traveling with him, Zhou Bo asked suspiciously, "You didn't seem to have raised any objections when the General's order was first issued, right?"

"Yes." Xia Houying nodded.

Zhou Bo frowned and said: "Xiahou, don't you think this order is not in line with the law of war? Even though it is an order from a general, I think it is right to question it.

Think about it, we were conquering Jiujiang before, and we fought an army by the lake. After we defeated the enemy and drove them to the lake, more than 3000 people drowned in a short while.

If we were to fight on flat ground, if we wanted to kill these 1000 soldiers, we would have to pay at least [-] casualties, right? "

"Yeah, Lao Zhou, what you said makes sense." Xia Houying continued to nod, looking like a good old man.

Seeing this, Zhou Bo was a little helpless, but Xia Houying was indeed like this in his daily life, and he was not trying to perfuse himself.

He rubbed his brows and said, "Then you don't think we should retreat to the other side of the river, hold a confrontation first, and then send troops over continuously, and then steadily attack Jingjing Pass after gaining a firm foothold. What the general is doing now is too reckless."

The tactics used by myself and Han Xin are actually very similar, and I am used to defeating the enemy with steady tactics.

For a long time, he regarded Han Xin as the object of his study and imitation.

As a result, Han Xin made such an unreasonable arrangement today, which made Zhou Bo doubt his life, so his reaction was a little excited.

After pondering for a moment, Xia Houying did not continue to "hmm", but took the initiative to say: "Old Zhou, I am not as good as you in the study of military strategic battle formations, and I am also not as good as General Han.

Therefore, I cannot make an accurate judgment on the pros and cons of the plans you two mentioned.

It's just that if you want to persuade General Han to change the arrangement, you should actually go to Yang Xiahou. "

"Oh yes, if Yang Xiahou supports my tactics, then..." Zhou Bo stopped suddenly in the middle of his words, turned his head to find a faint smile on Xia Houying's face, and said in surprise, "I don't seem to have met Yang Xiahou today. , he will attend the meeting in the future."

Although Yang Xiahou's military strategy is ordinary, he can offer a lot of constructive suggestions occasionally, not to mention that he is also the nominal second in command of this Han army. Even if he will not intervene in military deployment, he will always participate in it. Into the large and small meetings in the barracks, basically not absent.

It was probably the last meeting before the decisive battle with the Huns, but Yang Xiahou suddenly disappeared, which was obviously unusual.

My mind was all on the army array arranged by Han Xin, I ignored this point, and I suddenly remembered it after getting a hint from Xia Houying.

Zhou Bo lowered his voice and asked, "Did Yang Xiahou go to carry out the special mission arranged by the general? Xiahou, what do you know, let me know, so that I can feel at ease."

Xia Houying waved his hand and said with a smile: "Old Zhou, you are thinking too much. I may not know as much as you. How could I know where Yang Xiahou went?
But you can also pay attention to who is not present at this meeting. "

"Huh?" The meeting held not long after the successful forced escape was really hasty, and Zhou Bo really didn't pay attention to these details.

After thinking hard for a moment, Zhou Bo saw that the two were about to part and go to the army he commanded, so he couldn't help asking: "Xiahou, just tell me, I really won't remember it for a while."

"Old Fan isn't here." Xia Houying said helplessly, obviously dissatisfied with Zhou Bo's memory.

Zhou Bo suddenly said: "I actually forgot his loud voice, no wonder there was a sense of incompatibility in the meeting."

Looking at Xia Houying's leaving back, he associated Han Xin's arrangement from these two names.

For an instant, his breath was stagnant.

"Looks like I have to think more." Zhou Bo patted his forehead, and then he felt very relieved.

(End of this chapter)