Chapter 473 Suspending the City and Waiting for the Scouts
The night passed quickly. After the carnival, Zhao Jun's spirit was obviously on a higher level. Now that he no longer had any worries, Zhao Jun quickly accepted the fact that he would continue to deal with Yan Jun.
However, Zhao Kuo ordered the entire army to recuperate for half a day and wait until night before setting off. This military order spread throughout the military camp, and the soldiers were naturally happy and relaxed for half a day. Although they had the trouble of marching late at night, it was still better than the worst.
March with the tiredness after the carnival.
Li Mu and Zhou Qi also seemed to feel that the general was probably planning something else, otherwise he wouldn't have wasted an entire day at this time when the troops were so quick.
However, the two of them discussed what the general wanted to do for a long time, but they couldn't figure it out for a while, so they could only follow orders.
To say who is most annoyed by this military order is none other than Lord Pingyang. A half-day delay in marching means that he will have to return to Handan half a day late, and he will have to worry for half a day more. If the army had not yet passed through the city of Yanyang, Lord Pingyang might have
He had already escaped from the army and returned on his own.
Of course, if he had learned that Yan's army was approaching Handan, he might not be so anxious.
Zhao Kuo didn't even give a reason for Lord Pingyang's anger. He just sent his own soldiers to inform him, but Lord Pingyang really didn't dare to make a mistake.
As a result, a seemingly unreasonable military order passed through the city's military camp without any hindrance.
Zhao Kuo's prestige in the military can also be seen from this. However, in fact, Zhao Kuo is not as calm and calm as everyone seems to think!
In fact, Zhao Kuo had no plan at all on how to deal with the Yan army. Zhao Kuo only knew that if he went south with great fanfare now, he would not be able to cause any threatening damage to the Yan army!
If his 30,000 elite men want to make a final decision, they must strike at the softest belly of the Yan army.
Therefore, Zhao Kuo is betting! Betting that the Yan army will not march so fast, betting that Sun Gu will rush to Yanyu City day and night after getting his command, betting that Yanyu City, defended by heavy armor and swords, can stop Yanyu City.
Even if the army strikes with all its strength.
As long as Yanyucheng attracts the attention of the main force of the Yan army, and his 30,000 troops are mobilized at night, and penetrates into the flank of the Yan army day and night, even if the Yan army cannot be wiped out with one blow, it can at least be defeated.
As long as the main force of the Yan army can be defeated, the follow-up matters will be much simpler. Whether it is to gather the 30,000 troops from Handan and enter Jicheng, or to lead the victorious army to continue to manage Daidi, it is a good choice.
This risk was worth taking. And the facts soon brought rewards to the brave Zhao Kuo. Just after Shen Shi passed, the scouts sent by Dangcheng finally paid off, and the military information they brought back was better than expected.
A lot.
Zhao Kuo was so happy that he almost forgot about it! What genius came up with the idea of dividing the army into two groups! He simply didn’t regard Zhao Guo as a piece of cake!
If you have an army of 100,000 to besiege Handan, forget it. Although there are hundreds of thousands of people in Handan City, after all, there are only 30,000 troops in Handan City.
They sent three times as many troops to besiege. Although they still looked down upon Zhao, they were still the one with the superior force, which was not too outrageous.
The most outrageous thing is that a mere 60,000 troops came to Daijun to block the road? Are you, King Yan, crazy, or am I, the Zhao people, stupid?
!The army of Dai Di originally numbered more than 60,000 people. With the addition of the soldiers and horses Zhao Kuo brought north, the number had already exceeded 70,000, and even developed towards 75,000 people. They were still there every day.
The kind of elite troops with galloping war horses.
Their general is Zhao Kuo, the popular hot chick who has just become famous all over the world. He is a new generation of military god that both Ling Bai Qi and Sima Cuo are ashamed of.
What do you mean by King Yan sending 60,000 people to fight against him? Do you look down on Zhao Kuo? Or do you look down on Zhao Jun?
! Attack more with less, but we are still in the hinterland of Zhao State, and the logistics line is still under constant threat from the Zhao army.
It's strange that such a battle can be won! Why can't the Zhao army go south collectively? Even if they don't go south collectively, don't say anything else, leave 10,000, go south 60,000, first deal with your 60,000 broken pawns, it won't be easy
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Even in the current mode, Zhao Kuo only has 30,000 troops in his hands. He can still slowly wear out the Yan army with you. Attack your food road today and attack your flank tomorrow. Anyway, you can't take Handan.
You can't even hope to succeed here in the city.
The 30,000-strong army is slowly wasting away with you. After all, you are far away from the army, but I have sufficient strategic depth, okay?
Therefore, even if the troops are divided, it should never be such an equal division that is almost a child's play. We must show absolute strength in one place, either an army of 150,000 people directly attacks Handan, and another 10,000 troops circle around the north, or 150,000 troops
The army will go to Liedaibei, and the 10,000-strong army will delay Handan's support.
As long as one end is broken, the other end will be broken naturally. Zhao Kuo really can't imagine that there is any benefit in dividing the Yan army like this?
Even when the scouts first reported that the Yan army was divided in this way, Zhao Kuo did not believe his ears.
But as the scouts who reported the news returned one by one, they all said the same thing. Even if they didn't believe it, it wouldn't work.
As a result, two sets of combat plans were formed in Zhao Kuo's mind almost instantly. Needless to say, the first set of plans was to install the above-mentioned ideas and take advantage of the Yan army's large-scale division of troops and weak attack power to boldly stay in Dai County
, with an army of 30,000, the Yan army's strength in Dai County was slowly worn away.
Then the troops moved south to cut off the Yan army's return route and supply lines, forcing the Yan army to withdraw from the battle.
Of course, such a plan is the safest. But at the same time, it may also be the most dangerous. Because there are too many uncontrollable forces in this plan, and the biggest uncontrollable force comes from Handan.
Although according to common sense, Handan City, which was short of troops in history, faced nearly five times the Qin army, it defended it for a year without wavering. Now, Handan City, which has sufficient troops and food supplies, is even weaker in combat and has a disparity in military strength.
The smaller Yan army is almost impossible to lose its defenders.
Even though we had enough troops and food, we were defeated by a mere three times the number of troops. However, who can say for sure about this matter?
After all, the Zhao State in history lost the Battle of Changping and Bai Qi buried 400,000 young men. It can be said that the people of Handan shared the same hatred of the enemy, and they all ate pots of pulp and assisted in the defense.
With such a united effort, even the Qin army was a little frightened. But now Zhao Guo has won the battle of Changping, and he is the one who can twist the people into a rope - Zhao Kuo is still in Daidi, Handan City
There's really no telling what will happen.
In case Handan fell, Zhao Kuo tried to turn the tide, but it was too difficult. Without you, the Qi State was destroyed, and even after King Qin unified the six countries, he never recovered.
This is not a simple matter of adding up the population. The capital of the country has been destroyed, the clan has been destroyed, and the king has been insulted. This is an almost devastating blow to a country's self-confidence and cohesion.
Even if Zhao Kuo can finally lead Zhao Guo out of the quagmire, he doesn't know how much time and hardship it will take.
Therefore, the first plan seems to be safe, but it may lead Zhao Kuo and his Zhao country to the abyss, the abyss of failure.
As for the second plan, that is to boldly give up the entanglement with the Yan army in Laidai County, use a small number of troops to defend Yanyu City to delay the Yan army, and the main force immediately goes south to Handan, and first defeat the Yan army with the Handan defenders.
The main force of the army, and then turned around to clean up the partial divisions of the Yan army.
This plan is obviously not perfect. The most difficult part is not how to defeat the unsuspecting 100,000 Yan army with 30,000 main troops outside Handan City, but how to defend Yanyu City with only a few thousand troops.
, firmly attracted the attention of the Yan army's 60,000 partial troops.
You must know that although Yanyu City can be regarded as a fortified city, it is just a city close to Daijun. The height of its walls and the depth of its ravines are much inferior to those of Handan City.
It is not unusually difficult to defend such a place with less than one-tenth or even one-twentieth of the troops.
Compared to this, the sneak attack under Handan City took advantage of the right time, place and people. Although the total number of troops may be smaller, it is obviously still very easy to fight a defeat.
What's more, it is not enough to just defend Yanyu City, but also to attract them firmly here, so that the Yan army cannot be distracted from other battlefields.
This also means that there must be something they are determined to win on the battlefield. What is it?
Without hesitation, Zhao Kuo thought of one thing - himself! If Zhao Kuo, the general of Zhao State, was besieged in Yanyu City, even if he knew that the bait was poisonous, I believe the generals of the Yan Army would not hesitate.
If you swallow it, you will go to great lengths to break through Yanyu City and capture yourself.
This was not only a military victory for the Yan army, but also the best moment for Yan's partial division general to leave his name in history.
Danger always coexists with opportunity. In fact, when he thought of the second plan, Zhao Kuo already had a conclusion in his mind.
Of course, it was not just the so-called uncertainty that ultimately prompted Zhao Kuo to make up his mind. More importantly, it was not only a trap for the Yan army, but also a trap for some Zhao people.
If someone wants to use the hands of the Yan people to get rid of him, this may be the best opportunity! There is no need to do anything more, just hold the returning Zhao army in your hands and let the partial division of the Yan army attack Yanyucheng.
Eighty-nine times, Zhao Kuo had to hate this.
Of course, the premise is that he can control these 30,000 troops! But besides Zhao Kuo, who can control these 30,000 troops?
King Zhao's tiger talisman? You must know that these 30,000 troops have just followed Zhao Kuo to defeat two barbarian nests. Zhao Kuo's prestige can no longer be replaced by a dead thing.
Chapter completed!