Chapter 847: The Han Army Attacks (I)
After three days of stopping at Lingshou, Gao Yuan began to make public appearances, but only one day later, Gao Yuan led the army and left Lingshou.
Although Lingshou had gathered 180,000 troops at this time, this time the troops were dispatched, and the plateau only took away 50,000 troops from Lingshou, and the remaining 100,000 troops remained in Lingshou to protect the needs of logistics and transportation, and in addition, it was used as a reserve force, because the plateau knew that this battle was not a short-term battle, even if it captured Handan, it would have to go all the way south, at least to the edge of the Yellow River, so it was necessary to prepare enough reserve troops to replenish it at the very time.
At this time, on the border of Han and Qin, 180,000 troops had been gathered, plus 50,000 troops brought by the plateau, and the total strength was more than 200,000, and now the defenders of Handan were only 60,000 or 70,000, and the Han army still had a large number of internal responses in Handan City, so it was absolutely enough to capture Handan.
And although the plateau took away not many people and horses, but the quality is not bad at all, in the battle of the girder, proved the great power of the lightning car, and after the system, now Lingshou still has thirty-five lightning cars, the plateau took away thirty at once, and at the same time ordered the craftsman to step up the lightning car. In addition to the lightning strike car, the plateau also took away more than 500 other combat vehicles. Another important force is the 5,000 Beast Training Army, with nearly 10,000 tigers, wolves and beasts, and such a beast army alone is equivalent to tens of thousands of troops. At the same time, he also brought three thousand daughters and children of the Bailing clan as a medical team.
Before Gao Yuan left Lingshou, he also made some arrangements for Lingshou. This time, Li Yinghong did not stay in Lingshou and preside over government affairs, but went out with the plateau, and among the concubines in the harem of the plateau, Chun Yu Zhongxiu and Yun Yao were also accompanying him.
This time to participate in the Triple Alliance, it proves that Chun Yu Zhongxiu's ability to deal with complex situations on the plateau is even stronger than Li Yinghong, so he naturally has to go out with the plateau, and this time the battle is also the largest number of Bailing tribesmen, with a total of about 8,000 people, although after the Bailing tribe moved to Daijun to settle down, they got along well with the Huaxia people, on the one hand, because the Huaxia people are a relatively open and tolerant nation; On the other hand, it is also because of the unique ability of the Bailing clan, but this time the relationship between the battle is heavy, which can be said to determine the future development trend of the Han Kingdom, and there is absolutely no room for failure, so Yun Yao, as the side concubine of the plateau and the dual identity of the Bailing clan's great master, naturally has to accompany the army to deal with and coordinate the relationship between the two sides.
And there are a large number of women who will fight this time, and all the female troops will also be dispatched, Han Xiuwan, Wu Hongyan and Jiang Mingxia will naturally all participate, and Luo Huan will certainly not miss this opportunity to make contributions.
Therefore, after the plateau left Lingshou this time, the daily administrative affairs of the Han State were handled by Ning Qi, Shen Shen, Geng Zhong, Chun Yubo, Zhang Liang and other cabinet members, and at this time, the cabinet system set up by the plateau can play a considerable role, even if the king is not there, it can also ensure the smooth progress of daily government affairs, and general affairs, cabinet members can decide how to deal with them, and if something serious happens, you can use a bird to pass a book or a fast horse to send to the plateau, after all, Handan is not far from Lingshou, Even fast horses can arrive in just one day.
Although Chun Yubo is not a member of the cabinet of the Han State, in fact, he is not even an official Han official, but he is just a guest secretary of the Han State, but his status is special and he is the only abbot of the Han State at present, so it is reasonable for Chun Yubo to participate in the administrative affairs of the Han State when Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong are not in Lingshou. What's more, Chun Yu Boke is not an incompetent person, he is not only a well-known bachelor in the world, but also has really helped Han Guo do a lot of things in the past few years, and he is fully qualified and capable of participating in the handling of administrative affairs.
Among the other ministers, Yuan Xuan also stayed in Lingshou and cooperated with the cabinet to deal with military and political affairs, because Yuan Xuan was getting older and could not withstand the labor of the war, and the Han army was full of talents and shining stars, so there was no need for Yuan Xuan to go on the expedition, and it was also necessary to leave a veteran general who had been in battle for a long time in Lingshou to sit and coordinate the relationship between the front line and the rear.
And another important official of the Han State, Zhao Xuan, the envoy of the Jinyi Guard, participated in the war with the army very rarely.
Although Zhao Xuan has excellent marksmanship, he has not been very proficient in marching combat, and when Li Mu was alive, his main responsibility was to protect Li Mu's safety, not to lead the army to fight. But the plateau does not need Zhao Xuan's protection, but under the rule of the plateau, Zhao Xuan was very surprised to find a suitable position for himself, and the facts have also proved that Zhao Xuan does have a good ability in intelligence affairs, and the intelligence fortifications of the Han State have been impressive.
However, after taking charge of the Jinyi Guard, Zhao Xuan basically bid farewell to the army and never fought with the army again. But this time the attack on Handan was actually a combination of internal and external tactics, and the Han army in Handan was all arranged and arranged by Jinyiwei, and Zhao Xuan, as the supreme commander of Jinyiwei, of course, it was necessary to go to the battlefield in person and command the arrangement. In addition, Zhao Xuan's superb spear skills are also needed to fight on the plateau this time, because in this battle, it is possible to face the Jiuli clan with many masters.
Among the Guigumen people of Lingshou, except for a few people who majored in government affairs and had not studied martial arts, everyone else also went to war with the army, which also shows that Gao Yuan regarded this battle as a battle of life and death related to the Han Kingdom, so it can be said that he dispatched the power of the country.
In fact, there are some ministers in the Han State who cannot understand the decision of the plateau, because now the Han State is on the rise, and its strength has surpassed that of the Zhao State back then, and there is no need to make a desperate bet at this time, in case of any mistakes, the Han State may be in danger of destroying the country. Only a few people understand that if this battle is not won, then the momentum of Qin's unification of the world is bound to be unstoppable, and with the current strength of Han, it is impossible to compete with Qin for a long time, so this time it is actually a life-and-death battle for Han, if you win, you can curb the development of Qin, and win space for yourself to survive, and losing is nothing more than a few years of early destruction, but this battle is indeed the last chance for Han.
After arranging the administrative affairs of Lingshou, Gao Yuan led the Han army to set off from Lingshou and march towards Shangyuan on the border of Qin and Han.
Shangyuan is only more than 70 miles away from Lingshou, so the army set off early in the morning, all the way to the fast, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, arrived at the Han army's Shangyuan Dazhai.
After receiving the report, Sima Shang and Jiang Huanwu, the main generals of the Han army stationed in Shangyuan, went out of the camp to welcome the plateau and his party into Dazhai. At this time, the Han army had been stationed in Shangyuan for more than a month, but only Sima Shang and Jiang Huanwu knew about the plan of the plateau in the whole army, and the other soldiers did not know, but the matter of the Three Kingdoms and the invasion of Qin was known, so the whole army did not understand why they wanted to be stationed here, instead of participating in the joint army and attacking Qin.
It was learned that the Hezong army fought well in front of Daliang City, and repeatedly defeated the Qin army, and the soldiers of the Han army stationed in Shangyuan were even more uncontrollable, and many people came to Sima Shang and Jiang Huanwu to ask, and both of them could only push to the plateau, saying that this qiē was the arrangement of the king, which made sense.
The plateau still has a very high prestige in the hearts of the officers and men of the Han army, and the whole army respects him like a god, so when they hear that it is the arrangement of the plateau, they have nothing to say, and they all believe that the plateau must have a clever plan in this arrangement, and it has settled down a lot.
When they learned that the plateau had come to Dazhai of the Han army, the soldiers of the Han army immediately became excited, thinking that the plateau was here to lead them to set off and join the joint column army to attack the Qin state. The soldiers were also talking about which team would set off first, which team would stay in Uehara, and so on.
After entering Dazhai, the plateau immediately recruited the middle and lower generals of the Han army, and announced in public that this time he came to Dazhai in Shangyuan, and would lead the Han army to the south, attack Handan, and collect the old territory of Zhao State.
After hearing this, the generals were stunned at first, but immediately burst into a burst of enthusiastic cheers, because most of the middle and lower-level generals of the Han army were Li Mu's old department back then, and the others were also recruited from Daijun, and they were originally from Zhao State, so being able to collect the old land of Zhao State has always been the expectation of everyone, and no one thought that this day would return to Mo suddenly coming.
However, after the excitement, a few sober-minded generals and commanders immediately thought that the Han Kingdom had already joined the Three Kingdoms Alliance? Moreover, the Hezong army is attacking Daliang, so now that the Han army is attacking Handan, what should I do on Daliang's side? Is it difficult to say that the Han Kingdom is going to withdraw from this merger?
After listening to their inquiry, Gao Yuan was quite happy, because this showed that the middle-level generals of the Han army had learned to think holistically, not just in one corner. But Gao Yuan immediately explained to them that this time the three kingdoms combined column was not the previous mode of joint army attack, but divided into joint attacks, and attacked Daliang in the early stage, just to attract the attention of Qin, Han and Chu took advantage of the situation to attack from the north and south, attacked Handan and Nanyang respectively, and realized the meeting of the north and south, and then the three kingdoms attacked Daliang together.
Gao Yuan's explanation not only relieved everyone's doubts, but also made everyone more excited, because now Qin's attention is focused on the direction of Daliang, and there are not many defenders in Handan, so this time the Han army's attack on Handan has a great chance of success, and this is still Gao Yuan did not tell the generals, the Han army has arranged a lot of internal responses in Handan City, and the actual capture of Handan is almost nine out of ten. It's just that this is the biggest secret of the Han army, and of course it can't be said on this occasion.
But despite this, the prosperity of the generals was still mentioned to the extreme, first, it was possible to restore the old land of Zhao and return to his hometown; The second is that there is a great chance of success in this battle, and they can establish their military exploits and be rewarded for their official increases, so they all hate to send troops immediately and enter Handan City immediately.