Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 1535: Sweeping Jizhou (Part 2)

Chapter 1533: Sweeping Jizhou (Part 2)

There are 200,000 cavalry in the Qin army, plus the 20,000 surrender troops of the Ming Dynasty, the total is 220,000 cavalry.

This time only in the early stages of the Jizhou campaign, Qin Hao dispatched 100,000 cavalry at once.

 What is the concept of one hundred thousand cavalry? The total cavalry of the four kingdoms of Han, Zhao, Yan and Qi barely reached one hundred thousand. This clearly shows that Qin Hao is determined to win Hebei.

It would indeed be a waste of manpower for such a large cavalry to move together. After all, the greatest advantages of cavalry are speed and impact.

 Sometimes ten thousand cavalry can have about the same impact on a war as one hundred thousand cavalry.

If some of the fortifications on the border between South Korea and Zhao can be broken with only 10,000 cavalry, why do we have to dispatch 100,000 cavalry?

Zhang Liao naturally understood the meaning of Guo Jia's words. Although he had done enough homework before leading the army, his understanding of Jizhou was still much worse than that of Guo Jia, who had been in Jizhou for many years.

"What the military counselor said is reasonable. Now South Korea and Zhao have not yet been alert and their troops have not yet been mobilized. At this time, it is indeed better to divide the troops for fighting than to concentrate them."

As he spoke, Zhang Liao spread out the map, scanned it quickly, pointed to several important places on it, and said in a deep voice: "Here, here, and here, and the fortifications here must be broken as soon as possible, so I think, The troops should be divided into four groups and act at the same time.”

 Guo Jia smiled and nodded, thinking: As expected of the general appointed by the lord, he does have a few brushes. With just a little reminder, he already has a complete plan.

“I will personally lead 30,000 cavalry to raid the southeastern Zhao border and destroy the five villages and seven forts along this route.

General Zhao Yun, you will lead 30,000 cavalry to raid the Zhao border in the northeast, and be responsible for destroying the three villages and nine forts along the way.

  General Long Qie, you will lead 20,000 cavalrymen from your headquarters to raid the northwest Korean border and be responsible for destroying the second village and the fourth fortress along this route.

General Xu Huang, you will lead 20,000 cavalry to raid the central Korean border and be responsible for destroying one village and five forts along the way. "

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The one hundred thousand army was divided into four and quickly galloped towards the border between Han and Zhao. It was like four sharp swords piercing Jizhou's throat.

 South Korea, Hejian County, Lecheng County.

Han Fu first served as the governor of Hejian. After completely losing Yecheng, Han Xin moved the capital back to the seat of Hejian and Lecheng County.

Although Han Xin has temporarily formed an alliance with Yuan Shao and the war has ended, he still has a lot of headaches.

 First of all, the loss of Wei County caused South Korea to lose nearly half of its population and one-third of its land. It can be said that the war potential was greatly reduced.

Secondly, a large number of civil servants led by Xin Ping and Guo Tu rebelled, which suddenly reduced the number of civil servants in Korea by half, so that Han Xin had few available people.

As for the generals who rebelled, there were relatively few, only a few such as Ju Yi, but they took tens of thousands of Korean troops and surrendered in one fell swoop.

For a powerful country like Qin, the loss of tens of thousands of troops can be quickly made up for. However, Han Xin's South Korea was different. The tens of thousands of troops were already exhausted.

After finishing his official duties for the day, Han Xin stretched himself, walked to the window and looked north, muttering to himself: "Wang Mang went to lobby Liu Che and said he would form an anti-Qin alliance, but I don't know whether it will succeed."

 At this moment.

“Report...to my lord, important information has come from Bingzhou. The Qin army suddenly gathered and is marching towards Huguan with unknown intentions.”

A hint of understanding flashed in Han Xin's eyes, and he smiled lightly and said: "This is too soft to be prepared to be hard. I hope Long Qie can stay in Huguan for a while longer, so as to buy time for the Anti-Qin Alliance."

 The next day.

"Report...Lord, something bad has happened. The Ming army surrendered. The Qin army occupied Huguan and the eleven counties of Jizhou without bloodshed. Now a large number of Qin army cavalry are heading towards the border."

"What? The Ming army surrendered to Qin? How is this possible?"

Han Xin's eyes widened with disbelief. Wang Mang had mentioned it to him before, but he didn't give any basis for it, so Han Xin naturally didn't believe it, but he didn't expect that the Ming army actually surrendered to Qin.

 “Not good, 150,000 Ming troops surrendered to Qin, plus hundreds of thousands of Qin troops, Jizhou is in danger.”

Han Xin's eyes were full of solemnity, and he was thinking a lot, and he immediately ordered: "Send an order to all the camps on the border. No matter how provocative the Qin army is, they are not allowed to fight. They must guard the camp for five days. Reinforcements will arrive soon." "Promise."

Looking at the spy's leaving figure, Han Xin's eyes were full of gloom.

Without the Ming army and Huguan as a barrier, Han and Zhao would have to face the Qin army directly, which made Han Xin feel a great pressure.

 “I hope it’s still too late.”

Han Xin sighed and quickly went to make arrangements.

Since the Qin army has entered Jizhou and has eleven counties in western Hebei as its base, it must be a protracted battle to drive the Qin army out of Jizhou, and the previous arrangements alone are obviously not enough.

Han Xin quickly made adjustments and prepared to personally lead the army to the border to resist the Qin army. However, he received a series of bad news before he arrived.

"Report...The Qin army came too fast. Before our army had time to react, the Beiqiu camp was captured by Long Qie."

 “Report…Guangchuan camp was captured by Zhang Liao…”

"Report...seven of the nine forts have been captured, and our army has suffered heavy casualties."

 “Damn it.”

 A series of bad news made Han Xin clenched his fists.

The Qin army came too fast and too fiercely. Although Han Xin issued an early warning in advance, the garrison troops in various places also needed time to react, and Zhang Liao took advantage of this gap.

In just one day, war broke out everywhere along the hundred-mile border of South Korea. Before the three battalions and nine forts set up had time to react, they were trampled one after another under the iron hooves of the Qin army. After all, hundreds of thousands of How could the human camp and fort withstand the impact of tens of thousands of cavalry?

I have to say that this action by Zhang Liao and Guo Jia immediately overturned all Han Xin's previous arrangements and made a perfect start for the Battle of Jizhou.

 “Send the order and set up camp on the spot.” Han Xin ordered coldly.

Zhang He couldn't help but be startled when he heard this, and said: "But my lord, the Dongwu Camp has not fallen yet."

Han Xin did not answer, and military advisor Jushu said: "It's too late. When we get there, the Tobu Camp will definitely fall, so it's better to choose a dangerous place to camp and defend now."

As soon as he finished speaking, another spy came to report.

"Report... Dongwu camp was captured by Xu Huang."

"What?"

Zhang He's eyes widened and he said in shock: "The Dongwu camp and the Guangchuan camp are dozens of miles apart. How could the Qin army break through so quickly?"

“It seems that all the Qin troops came are cavalry.”

After Han Xin sighed, he ordered: "The Qin army's cavalry is numerous and invincible. We order all cities to close their gates tightly and are not allowed to fight."

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On the other side, the situation on Yuan Shao's side was even worse than that of Han Xin. Most of the Eight Villages and Sixteen Forts on the border had also fallen, causing turmoil in the entire Zhao Kingdom.

Yuan Shao responded quickly and sent Lian Po to lead reinforcements to support him. However, before the reinforcements arrived, Zhang Liao had already captured the remaining camp.

By the time Lian Po arrived, the Qin army had already packed up and left, leaving only ruins all over the place.

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