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Chapter 386 Deploying troops and generals, the decisive battle is imminent(1/2)

As the Jiuyuan Army Supervisor, Fusu is the most suitable person to take over the Jiuyuan Army.

But Fusu has already died in society. Now letting Fusu take over the Jiuyuan Army is equivalent to admitting that he is "resurrected from the dead".

Let’s not talk about whether Fusu is willing or not, just talk about whether the people of the world can accept a "resurrected from the dead" eldest son of the Qin Dynasty?

Just as everyone looked at Fusu with complicated eyes, Fusu was also struggling.

He had defrauded him of Jiuyuan because he was worried that Zhao Kun would be in danger. Now Zhao Kun is not only not in danger, but also led his troops to rebel against Qin.

What's even more strange is that he himself became a member of the anti-Qin period.

In the past, Fusu didn't even dare to think about this.

But this is the case. He not only became a member of the anti-Qin period, but also became Zhao Kun's capable helper.

Sometimes, Fusu wondered whether Zhao Kun had cast a magic trick on himself to make himself no longer look like him.

Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Fusu no longer thought about it. He looked up at the generals, then looked at Han Xin, and said in a deep voice: "If the general needs it, Fusu is willing to take over the Jiuyuan Army!"

"Then I'll bother the eldest son!"

Han Xin nodded with a smile, then looked at Zhang Han: "General Zhang, I ordered you to be the eldest son and deputy general, are you willing?"

Zhang Han, who thought he had lost the opportunity, heard Han Xin's words and felt like a dead tree was in spring, and immediately bowed: "I will be willing!"

"good!"

Han Xin nodded slightly, then looked around the generals and said, "Since there is something wrong with the Jiuyuan border, we cannot be idle. We must resolve the civil strife for you before the spring of next year. Now Han is a general, please obey your order!"

"promise!"

All the generals took the order with a loud bang.

"Ma Liang obeys the order!"

"The last one will be here!"

"I asked you to lead 20,000 soldiers north to Qishan and approach Linyou. Remember, I am not asking you to attack Linyou, but let Linyou's enemy know that you are approaching!"

"No! I will understand!"

Ma Liang retreated after receiving the order.

Han Xin looked at Zhou Yin again: "Zhou Yin, I order you to lead five thousand cavalry to attack Linyou's food and grass!"

"promise!"

Zhou Yin bowed and agreed.

Han Xin continued: "Zhonglimei, you will lead 50,000 central troops and join us with Wu Guangjun!"

"No!" Zhong Limei bowed and left the line.

Han Xin continued: "Wang Yan, Wang Yue, I will order you to lead the army to escort our army's supplies, food and grass, and go to the battle with me!"

"I will obey the order!"

Wang Yan and Wang Yue looked at each other, and then bowed to take the order.

"The rest of the generals stay in Duyang and must maintain the smooth supply of food and grass in our army. Those who violate the order will be killed!"

Han Xin finished his order, glanced at everyone and said seriously: "This battle is of great importance. I hope that all generals will work together. Otherwise, the emperor will come in person and we will have no face to face the emperor's valuation!"

"We understand!"

When the generals heard this, they looked at each other and received the order with a loud bang.

...........

The next morning, Han Xin came to Linyou near to check the terrain under the escort of Baiqi.

After a while, he felt attentive and revised the entire strategy again, and smiled to his side, "Generals, the terrain is flat and easy to attack and difficult to defend, but Linyou's garrison is fighting to the death. What do you think?"

Wang Yan thought for a while and said, "Linyou, Duyang, Qianxian is a pincer force, facing Qishan in the south, Duyang in the back, and Chaishan between Qianxian and Linyou..."

Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered something again, and said to Han Xin, "General, Lin You's troops are fighting to defend their lives, and they may be suspected of seducing the enemy!"

Han Xin smiled and praised: "General Wang Yan is worthy of Deputy General Pinyang, and he is indeed well versed in military tactics!"

"Thank you, General for the praise!"

Wang Yan bowed his hand and said curiously: "Since we know that the enemy is luring us into Linyou, how should we deal with it?"

Hearing this, Han Xin did not answer directly, but turned to the other generals: "What do you think?"

Wang Yue frowned and replied, "If the last general leads his army, he will take advantage of the enemy's encirclement before it is formed, and attack fiercely on three sides, leaving one side to let the enemy abandon the city and escape, and then gather with ambush!"

Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Our army can mobilize less than 100,000 troops. Even if the Wu Guang army is added, it is less than 200,000. The Chu army in Linyou City is at least 80,000. If the ambush is a prince of various vassals, then it will have to add 200,000!"

Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "With such a huge gap in troops, and if you want to divide your troops to fight, wouldn't you be looking for a dead end? I don't think it's better to join forces and attack fiercely!"

The generals looked at each other after hearing this, and seemed to think it was inappropriate, but they couldn't think of a better strategy, so they didn't dare to speak.

Han Xin looked up at Zhonglimei: "What do General Zhonglimei think?"

"I?"

Zhong Limei was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and said, "I have no objection. The general said that I will fight as much as I want!"

"Hahaha--"

The generals smiled loudly.

But as they smiled, the smile on their faces suddenly froze because they found themselves feeling a little like a hundred steps of laughing, and they couldn't help scratching their heads with embarrassment.

But Han Xin, the other half, thought for a moment, and said sincerely: "The strategies of all generals have their own strengths, but it is difficult to ensure that the enemy's entire army is wiped out, and there will be great casualties!"

"How can there be no reason for the loss of casualties in war?"

Wang Yan frowned and said with some dissatisfaction: "With the general's opinion, how should we fight this battle?"

Although Zhao Kun appointed Han Xin as the general and gave Han Xin all the affairs in the general, Han Xin's prestige in the army was not very high.

After all, Han Xin did not have any results in making a move.

Moreover, half of the Battle of Yongcheng was commanded by Zhao Kun, so Han Xin's military capabilities still need to be verified.

Han Xin is a smart man, so he naturally knows the thoughts in the hearts of the generals, so he said calmly: "It is better to use the general's opinion. Since Xiang Yu intends to lure our army, our army might as well take the initiative to join the trap and gather all the troops outside Linyou City, waiting for the arrival of the ambush army!"

"ah?"

When the generals heard Han Xin's words, their faces changed drastically and they exclaimed in surprise.

Han Xin smiled and comforted: "Don't panic, please listen to me and finish your words!"

"If I guessed correctly and Xiang Yu was reluctant to send troops for a long time, he should be waiting for our lord. Otherwise, if Wu Guang's army attacked the city, why would he not come out to annihilate them?"

"If it is as I expected, then we might as well increase our bargaining chips and place our main force in front of Xiang Yu to see if he eats or not. If he doesn't eat, Linyou is ours. If he eats, then we can use the trick and wipe him out in one fell swoop!"

"But...."

Gu Nao

Wang Yan hesitated for a moment and asked: "The strength of our army and Xiang Yu's strength are huge. How can we annihilate him in one fell swoop?"

Hearing this, Han Xin smiled meaningfully and said, "The decisive factor in the outcome of a war is not the force, nor the weapons, but the strategy!"

"strategy?"

When the generals heard this, they were stunned and wanted to hear Han Xin's strategy.

But Han Xin said again: "Although Linyou is a strong city, many of the walls around Linyou City are of newer quality, obviously they were damaged in previous siege battles!"

"If we hide artillery in the army, we can have an opportunity to take advantage of it. I also conducted an investigation in advance. This Linyou City is not entirely made of bluestone, a large part of it is rammed with loess!"

At this point, the generals looked at Linyou City carefully and soon discovered clues.

Because the terrain outside Linyou City is flat and there is no stone available on Qishan south, the construction of Linyou City is a last resort.

In addition, Wu Guang's army repeatedly attacked the city and guarded Linyou's Chu army did not have much time to repair the city wall, so some of the walls were damaged.

After thinking about it carefully, Wang Yan seemed to understand something and was immediately overjoyed: "The general plans to attack the rammed earth area? With the help of artillery, he should be able to break the city soon. At that time, counterattack and defense will be used. Even if there are ambushes, he will not do anything to us!"

"No, you can't break the city soon!"

Han Xin shook his head and said, "If we break the city soon, Xiang Yu will not send troops to ambush us, but he cannot break the city very late. Otherwise, once he is surrounded by them, it will be very troublesome!"

As soon as these words came out, the generals were stunned.

But Wang Yue said curiously: "General, you can turn around to deal with Xiang Yu's ambush first, why do you have to send troops to ambush first and then break the city?"

"I naturally have no intention of this!"

Han Xin smiled and said, "There are three reasons for breaking the city late. First, we ensure that our army will not be in a situation of attack on both sides, and we have a certain amount of time to prepare for Xiang Yu's attack. Second, we must let Linyou defenders notify Xiang Yu of the ambush at the critical moment;

Let them come without stopping, and then our army will wait for their tired army to deal with their tired army!"

"The last reason is due to casualties. If our army uses the method of concentrating its forces to fight the enemy, let alone whether we can win this war, even if we can win, it will probably kill a thousand enemies and lose 800 of them!"

Speaking of this, his face became solemn, and he continued: "My plan is to attack every 10,000 people, including five thousand cavalrymen, as a support, and raided Linyou City day and night;

Although there are about 80,000 troops in Linyou City, most of them are infantry. Facing the support of our cavalry, we cannot fight back. In this way, in just a few days, we can drag down Linyou's defenders. When they ask for help from Xiang Yu, they will attack Linyou and kill two birds with one stone!"

"In addition, I sent Zhou Yin to attack Linyou's grain and grass and sent Ma Liang to attack him in order to cooperate with our army to counter Xiang Yu. In this way, our army's losses will be minimized!"
To be continued...
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