Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 367

He is as outstanding as Uncle Zhou, but he still lacks people's hearts. After defeating the Chuji coalition forces, he was greedy for merit. He wanted to strike while the iron was hot and win the unparalleled feat of defeating the main force of the Zhao Qi coalition forces. Naturally, he won't get Xiang Kang until after Uncle Zhou Another great general of the Han army, Zheng Bu, was used.

It was precisely because he was eager to win the merits that he had just won the important town of Handan and basically wiped out the main force of the Zhao army on the southern front, so that the army was allowed to rest for a day. In the middle of the day, a banquet was held to celebrate the victory in Handan and discuss the tactical plan to take advantage of the victory to attack Julu.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and they have just won a large-scale victory. Of course, the atmosphere of the celebration banquet of the Han army is very enthusiastic, including Ni Ji, who is very likely to become the captain of the death squad for the Julu vs. Ants attacking fortifications. They drank non-stop, and when Zheng Bucheng asked the generals of the Han army how to enter the army next, the generals of the Han army spoke enthusiastically, and agreed with one voice that they should hurry up and advance to Julu City as soon as possible , and strive to directly take down Julu City, the current capital of Zhao State, before the enemy on the northern front returns to aid.

"The opportunity is rare, we must not miss it!"

The one who yelled the loudest was still Zhong Limei. Pu Shan held a wine jar in his big hand and said loudly: "The distance from Handan to Julu is less than a hundred miles, and there is a fast road. Our army is heading north at full speed. , it will take at most two days to kill Julu City. Even if the small town of Quliang on the way is still in the hands of Zhao Guo's bandit army, it can be easily cleaned up by just arranging a rear army. Such a good opportunity to attack is in front of us. If you don't catch it quickly, wouldn't you be too sorry for Zhao Guo's bandit army?"

The generals of the Han army agreed one after another, and Gongsun Tong also rushed to say: "We must not miss this opportunity. Hasn't our detailed operation been confirmed? Hasn't Zhao's bandit army rushed to move troops from the northern line to go south? Since this is the case, we will advance at full speed." When we get to Julu City, even if we won’t be able to take Julu City for a while, we can still seize the favorable terrain in advance, and wait for work to easily deal with the Zhao country’s bandit army who came back from the northern line. No matter how the situation changes, it will only be beneficial to us.”

Zheng Bu, who was in a hurry to make contributions, of course also hoped so. Fortunately, Zheng Bu did not forget that Xiang Kang had to listen to Li Zuoche's advice before leaving, so he turned to Li Zuoche who was next to him and asked, "Mr. Guangwu, What do you think?"

"General Zheng, generals, don't blame me for pouring cold water on you, I think there is no need to be so anxious."

Li Zuoche's answer surprised the generals of the Han army again, and then Li Zuoche pointed out patiently: "Generals, please don't forget that before this, all the arrangements made by the traitor Zhang Er were all in the hope of luring us to go directly north as soon as possible." Julu, this is enough to prove that Zhang Er's traitor must have made comprehensive preparations in Julu, and he is confident and sure to hold on to Julu for a long time, and persist until his northern army goes south to help Julu."

"Since this is the case, what's the point of us rushing north to Julu?" Li Zuoche asked back, and then said: "Even if we now have the counterweight trebuchet invented by Hanwang himself, it is not too difficult to siege the city, but in In a short period of time, can we build so many trebuchets that can guarantee the victory of Julu City? In order to fight Handan, it took us a full seven days to build 25 trebuchets. Julu is operated by the traitor Zhang Er for many years The city is far stronger than Handan, and we will definitely need to prepare for longer. After such a long delay, the enemies on the northern front must have returned to the city of Julu, and we have another opportunity to calmly attack Julu. Lucheng?"

Considering that it takes a long time to manufacture the counterweight trebuchet, and the materials for the most important throwing arm are hard to come by, no one can guarantee that the soldiers of the Han army can quickly find enough qualified materials on the Julu battlefield. Zheng Bu nodded, Said: "What Mr. Guangwu said is very true. Now we have the opportunity to quickly advance to Julu City, but we are not sure that we can quickly win Julu Jiancheng. We want to take it before the northern bandit army returns to the division. Julu City basically has no hope."

The generals of the Han army kept silent, but Gongsun Tong refused to give up, and said: "But at least we can win the opportunity to wait for work, and advance to the Julu City first, while preparing to attack the city, calmly tidy up and return from the northern line to help Julu." Lu’s Zhao State’s bandit army is better than Zhao’s bandit army returning to Julu first and setting up defenses in advance.”

"There is no need to be in such a hurry." Li Zuoche replied: "The traitor Zhang Er received the news of Handan's disastrous defeat, and sent someone to send a message to the enemy on the northern front. The enemy on the northern front returned to the south and rushed to Julu. It will take a certain amount of time. In this case, we can let our soldiers rest at ease for a few days, and then go north calmly, so that our soldiers can calmly respond to the enemy when they are full of energy. It is better than not taking any rest and rushing Go directly north to Julu's strength."

After that, Li Zuoche added: "There is another very important point, that is, we don't know how many troops Zhang Er will send from the northern line to the south to help. If we reach Julu first, the enemy who came back from the northern line The overall strength is higher than ours, so not only do we not dare to wait for work at ease, besieging the city to fight for aid, on the contrary, there is also the danger that it will be difficult to withdraw to the south. Therefore, our best way is to calm down and slowly go north, and find out the enemy's reality. Goodbye Act on the machine."

Unable to argue with Li Zuoche, Gongsun Tong could only keep his mouth shut, while Zheng Bu thought about it and asked, "Mr. Guangwu, in your opinion, how much time should we rest before sending troops north?"

"It's best to be five days." Li Zuoche raised his hand and said, "We took Handan City the evening before yesterday. If there is no accident, Zhang Er's treacherous prime minister had already received the defeat of Handan at around noon yesterday." His courier hastened to deliver the news to the front line of Dongyuan within three days, and the enemy on the northern line went south at full speed along the Chi Road, and they could rush back to Julu for reinforcements in about eight days. After a few days, the enemy on the northern front will be able to drive back to Julu."

"We rested for five days before setting off. It took about three days to get to Julu with food, grass and supplies. Even if it took one day to take down the Quliang on the way, we could at least arrive at Julu one day earlier than the enemy's reinforcements and take control of the battlefield. Then, if the enemy from the northern front is stronger than us, we can seize the time to set up a camp and confront the enemy for a long time. If the enemy from the northern front is not strong enough, we can take them with confidence, and we don’t have to worry about wasting opportunities.”

Zheng Bu nodded slowly after thinking about it, and then said with a smirk: "It's better for Mr. Guangwu to be more considerate. Well, we can rest at ease for five days and then go north to march. We will arrive at the foot of Julu City within four days, and then play by ear. Shou, if you are sure, you will resolutely eat up the bandit army who came back from the northern line!"

Li Zuoche's suggestion gave the soldiers of the Han army a relatively sufficient rest time after the war, and also gave the Han army the opportunity to calmly recruit Zhao Guo's soldiers. After careful selection, the soldiers captured by the Han army on the Handan battlefield Among the more than 8000 Zhao soldiers, more than [-] were incorporated into the main force of the Han army, and another [-] soldiers cooperated with the [-] Han army to attack Wu'an and enter Huguan to the west, eliminating the threat of the Han army. There are hidden dangers on the flanks, and the rest will be sent to dry food and travel expenses to be dismissed on the spot, so as to buy Zhao's people's hearts.

Five days later, according to the scheduled plan, the main force of the Han army on the southern front set off northward with a large amount of food, grass and military supplies, and calmly arrived at the small town of Quliang between Handan and Julu. Although the Quliang defenders resisted tenaciously during the siege, the disparity in strength was too great. After holding on for more than half a day, the small town of Quliang was easily captured by the Han army. The generals of the Han army restrained him and buried him, and then led the main force of the Han army to go north calmly. According to the original plan, they arrived at the outskirts of Julu City at noon on the ninth day, and immediately set about eight miles away from the south of Julu City. Set up camp.

Li Zuoche calculated the time for Zheng Bu so successfully that Zhang Er, who actually held the power of Zhao, saw the arrival of the Han army on Julu City. If it’s not too early or too late, why did you arrive at Julu today? Counting the time, our main force will be back tomorrow. The Han bandits are one step ahead. If they find any traces of our reinforcements, they will take the opportunity to send troops to intercept and kill our main force , our main force may be in danger."

"You don't have to worry, Enxiang." Mencius Meng Sui comforted: "The Qi army has long agreed to go south to reinforce us. With the help of [-] Qi troops, plus our [-] main force, the Han bandits will be the first to discover us. The whereabouts of the reinforcements have come to an end, and our troops are sure to respond."

"You know what!" Zhang Er scolded angrily, and said, "Do you think that the army of Qi State is our army of Zhao State, and they will be so enthusiastic about rescuing Julu with all their strength? I bet the truth, they definitely let our army of Zhao State work hard. They worked hard at the front, and they followed behind with ease, our army will arrive within tomorrow, and they will arrive the day after tomorrow, all because of the conscientious discovery of that fellow, Tabe!"

Meng Sui shut up, and Wei Wuzhi on the other side said: "Master En, don't worry, we still have time to contact General Gan Gong, since you are worried that the Han bandits will send troops to intercept and kill, and Qi's army is out of touch with our army. Then you might as well take advantage of the still time and immediately send someone out of the city to contact General Gan Gong, tell him the situation of the giant deer, let him slow down, and join hands with the Qi army to come for reinforcements, so we don't have to worry about anything worried."

Zhang Er was helpless. For the sake of the safety of the reinforcements, he could only nod his head and agree with Wei Wuzhi's suggestion. With a thought in his heart, he suddenly thought of another idea, and after thinking for a while, he ordered: "Don't be in a hurry, go back to the prime minister's mansion first, call Liu Jian to see me."

After Wei Wuzhi and others followed Zhang Er back to his prime minister's residence inexplicably, Liu Jian, who had previously appeared to feign surrender to the Han army, was also called in front of Zhang Er. Zhang Er put aside everyone, leaving only his absolute confidant Wei Wuzhi beside The servant, and then ordered to Liu Jian: "General Liu, write another letter to the Han bandits asking for surrender, saying that you will throw a torch from the city as a signal to open the north gate of Julu at three o'clock tomorrow night. Dedicate the city to the Han thieves, and then send someone to deliver it to the Han thieves tonight."

"Enxiang, are you still going to come forward to feign surrender?" Liu Jian asked in surprise.

"What are you afraid of? I didn't tell you to go to the Han bandit camp to feign surrender. What danger do you have?" Zhang Er sneered and said, "Last time you sent someone to Handan to surrender to the Han bandits, although you couldn't deceive the Han bandit army directly They went north to Julu, but they didn’t expose it. Now that the Han bandits are approaching Julu City, they must be eager to take down Julu City as soon as possible. If you go to feign surrender and offer the city, the Han bandits will definitely believe it.”

With a soft mouth and Zhang Er's salary, Liu Jian certainly did not dare to disobey Zhang Er's order, even though he knew that he would be hated to death by the Han army if he did so. Still according to Zhang Er's request, he wrote a letter of false surrender to the Han army on the spot. Zhang Er carefully checked the content and told Liu Jian to send a reliable messenger out of the city to pretend to surrender. Wei Wuzhi ordered: "Mr. Wuzhi, draw up an order for Mr. Gan again."

Wei Wuzhi quickly sat down and picked up his pen, and asked, "Enxiang, what's the content?"

"As soon as he receives the order, he will select [-] elite soldiers and hand them over to the capable generals to lead them. They will go south at full speed under the cover of darkness, and will lurk in a hidden place to rest at dawn. Don't let the traitor scouts going north discover the presence of our former army." Whereabouts." Zhang Er ordered: "After Shen Shi tomorrow afternoon, our former army will continue to go south, and we must arrive at the ten miles outside the north gate of Julu before the third watch to ambush. If there is a fire on the top, immediately go south and fight out, and we will attack the army of stealing the city with the Han thieves."

"A wonderful plan!" Wei Wuzhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "The Han bandits are greedy to take down the giant deer quickly. Seeing General Liu Jian come forward to pretend to surrender, they will definitely not miss this opportunity. Even if they are prepared, they are at most just guarding against us. Arranging an ambush in Julu City will definitely not prevent us from having an ambush in the north outside the city, our ambush will fight back and forth, and attack from the north and the south, even if we don't want to win a complete victory, it will be difficult!"

"That is to win a battle first, to boost the morale of the army, and it will not play a decisive role in determining the outcome." Zhang Er was a little self-aware, and voluntarily admitted that his plan was at best to teach the Han army a lesson, and it would not play a decisive role, and said: " Also, don’t forget to tell Duke Gan that his rear army must wait until Qi’s army goes south to join him, and then they can join forces to go south to Julu, and they must not go south alone, so as to give the Han thieves a chance to defeat our reinforcements one by one.”

Wei Wuzhi sang promises, and hurriedly wrote the order for Zhang Er, and gave the opportunity to Gan Bus, who was leading Zhao's army to go south for reinforcements. The opportunity to break the city is in front of you, so I don’t believe you are not tempted! Let me give you a lesson first, and hit your morale. When the main force of the Western Chu Army also goes south and returns to Julu, the truth shows that you can still fly Heaven!"

(End of this chapter)