There are 200,000 cavalry in the Qin army, plus the 20,000 surrendered 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.
If such a large cavalry were to move together, it would indeed be a waste of manpower. After all, the greatest advantages of cavalry are speed and impact.
Sometimes the impact that ten thousand cavalry can have on a war is actually about the same as that of one hundred thousand cavalry.
If some of the fortifications on the border between South Korea and Zhao could be broken down with only 10,000 cavalry, why would it be necessary 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 adviser said is reasonable. Now South Korea and Zhao have not yet been alert and have not mobilized their troops. At this time, it is indeed better to divide the troops for fighting than to concentrate the troops."
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 simultaneously."
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 cavalrymen to raid the southeastern border of Zhao Kingdom, and be responsible for destroying the Five Villages and Seven Forts along this route.
General Zhao Yun, you lead 30,000 cavalry to raid the northeastern Zhao border and destroy the three villages and nine forts along this route.
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."
"promise."
The 100,000-strong army was divided into four and quickly rushed 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, Lecheng County.
Although Han Xin has temporarily formed an alliance with Yuan Shao and the war has ended, it still causes him 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, relatively few rebelled, only Ju Yi and a few others, but they took tens of thousands of Korean troops with them and surrendered in one fell swoop.
For a powerful country like Qin, the loss of tens of thousands of troops can be quickly compensated, but Han Xin's Korea is different. The tens of thousands of troops have already been damaged.
After finishing the day's official duties, Han Xin stretched his waist, walked to the window, looked north, and said to himself: "Wang Mang went to lobby Liu Che, saying that he would form an anti-Qin alliance, but I don't know whether it will succeed."
And just then.
"Report...to my lord, important information came from Bingzhou. The Qin army suddenly gathered and is marching towards Huguan. The intention is unknown."
A hint of understanding flashed in Han Xin's eyes, and he smiled lightly and said: "This is too soft and we are ready 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 has surrendered. The Qin army has 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.
"No, 150,000 Ming troops surrendered to Qin, and with the addition of hundreds of thousands Qin troops, Jizhou is in danger."
Han Xin's eyes were full of solemnity, and he was thinking a lot, and then he 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."
After Han Xin sighed, he quickly went to make arrangements.
Since the Qin army has entered Jizhou and has eleven counties in western Hebei as its base, it will definitely 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, but before he had even done so, he received a series of bad news.
"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 violently. Although Han Xin issued an early warning in advance, the garrison troops in various places also needed time to react, and Zhang Liao used this gap to attack.
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?
It has to be said 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.
"Go down with the order and set up camp on the spot." Han Xin ordered coldly.
Zhang He was stunned when he heard this and said: "But my lord, the Dongwu camp has not fallen yet."
Han Xin did not answer, but the military advisor Jushu said: "It's too late. When we get there, Dongwu Camp will definitely fall, so it's better to camp in a dangerous place and defend it."
As soon as he finished speaking, another spy came to report.
"Report... Dongwu camp was breached 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 here so quickly?"
"It seems that all the troops coming from the Qin army are cavalry."
After Han Xin sighed, he ordered: "The Qin army's cavalry is numerous and cannot be defeated. We order all cities to close their gates tightly and are not allowed to fight."
"promise."
On the other side, the situation on Yuan Shao's side was even worse than that of Han Xin's. 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, the reinforcements had not yet arrived, and the remaining camp was captured by Zhang Liao.
By the time Lian Po arrived, the Qin army had already packed up and left, leaving only ruins everywhere.