The pressure faced by Cao Wei was not only the three corps of Li Jing, Zhuge Liang, and Guan Yu, but also the Xu Da Corps stationed in Luoyang and the Xu Huang Corps that captured Hedong County were also eyeing Yecheng and living in Hanoi, forming a flanking attack on Cao Ren's corps.
Xu Huang took Chen Ping as his military advisor, led Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Nangong Changwan, Xu Ning, Cheng Yanjin, Zhong Wuyan, Meng Liang, Qi Guoyuan and others to raise 100,000 troops, crossed the Yellow River in February this year and captured Hanoi County, and then captured Yi County, controlled Hanoi in the east, and forced Huguan in the north, forming a huge threat to Cao Wei.
After Fu Youde was ambushed and killed by Sima Yi, Xu Da quickly raised troops from Chenliu to return to Luoyang, collected Fu Youde's old troops, and led Weijiang, Hu Sanniang, Zhang Xutuo, Huo Jun, Han Baohu, Wang Ping and others to Xingyang, confronted Cao Ren across the river on the other side, and waited for an opportunity to move.
The Five Route Han Army was dispatched at the same time, with a total strength of nearly one million, forming a momentum of Mount Tai against Cao Wei, and life and death were only tied to the first line.
At the critical juncture, Han Xin decisively ordered to abandon the Leling position, and ordered Li Mu to lead Wang Bodang and Yuan Chonghuan to raise 50,000 troops to the north to defend Nanpi and block the road for the Han army to go north.
He took Hu Luguang, Mao Dun, and Mao Wenlong to lead 100,000 soldiers and horses to the west in the starry night, and arrived in Yecheng to unite with the Wei army to storm one of the Han troops, and cut off one of its fingers first. has been Li Ji's deputy for many years, and I thought that Li Ji would be in charge of the army alone after returning to China, but I didn't expect Han Xin to fall from the sky and steal the position of coach for no reason, and he had to continue to be a "second thousand-year-old".
Although the eldest grandson Wujian stamped the holy decree of the jade seal, although there was Li Ji's private message to enlighten Li Mu to focus on the overall situation, although Han Xin's exploits were indeed very dazzling, Li Mu still held back a resentment in his heart, and not openly contradicting Han Xin was already the maximum limit of patience.
At this moment, hearing that Han Xin ordered the troops to be divided into two routes, Li Mu immediately raised an objection: "Li Jing led more than 200,000 Han troops to be stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River, and now that the Empress Dowager He's January mourning period has passed, the Han army is afraid that it is about to cross the river and attack, as long as our army retreats slightly, the Han army will inevitably drive straight into Liaodong and threaten Liaodong, why did General Han make this decision?"
Han Xin stroked his sword and said confidently: "Brother Li, now that the Han army is attacking with millions of people, our army and the Wei army are united, and there are only about 500,000 of them. ” Han Xin stretched out a finger as he spoke: "It's better to break one finger than to hurt his five fingers."
Rather than being beaten everywhere, our army should concentrate its forces and storm the weakest of them, and cut off a finger of the Han army first, so that there is hope of turning the situation around. ” Li Mu is a far-sighted commander in the end, although he is not angry because he was pressed by Han Xin, he can also distinguish the priorities and know that the overall situation is the most important.
After thinking about it carefully, what Han Xin said was by no means alarmist, the mourning period of the Empress Dowager He had expired, and the weather was getting cooler day by day, and the Han army, which had been fighting for a long time, was about to cross the Yellow River and storm Hebei, and it was bound to be a situation where the five roads went hand in hand; With the current strength of the Tang army and the Wei army, it is absolutely difficult to compete, and the pressure on Tang and Wei will be unprecedentedly strong at that time, and there is a danger that the country will be ruined and wiped out at any time.
Moreover, more than 100,000 of the more than 300,000 Wei troops were recruited around the Spring Festival this year, and last year they were still farmers with hoes or woodcutters wielding axes.
If the strategy of blocking separately is adopted, the final result can only be broken by each one, and finally the Han army pacifies Hebei in one fell swoop, and then goes north to Youzhou, pointing at Liaodong.
In such a sinister situation, only the strategy mentioned by Han Xin could turn the tide and survive in a desperate situation under the pressure of millions of Han troops.
After pondering for a while, Li Mu finally bowed his head in approval: "This strategy that General Han said, I, Li Mu, agree with it.
But after Li Jing crosses the river, there is a good chance that he will choose to go north to attack Youzhou, and then go straight to Liaodong, you only give me 50,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid I can't stop Li Jing's offensive."
Han Xin smiled and said solemnly: "This is natural, Li Jingnai is the number one general under Liu Wei, and he has not tasted defeat for more than ten years.
Mo said that the 50,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of General Li Mu could not compete with the 250,000 horses under Li Jing's command, even if all the soldiers and horses in our hands retreated to Nanpi, I am afraid that we would not be able to win, and we could only slightly block the speed of Li Jing's northward movement. ” Li Mu stroked his beard and looked at Han Xin, silently listening to the opinions of this guy who had been on the rise and had taken away his military power from an unknown person in just one year "General Li, it is better to take the initiative to attack than to be beaten passively, I plan to unite with the Wei army to storm Xu Huang's army first, and then counterattack Chang'an and Luoyang after they are heavily damaged, and use the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao.
In this way, Li Jing will not dare to go north, and then return to the army to rescue, then Liaodong will be in danger.
If Li Jing really goes north after our army retreats, we only need Brother Li to block it in Nanpi for about half a month.
Han Xin saluted Li Mu with a fist and said sincerely.
Li Mu was shocked when he heard this, and said politely: "General Han, although you are young, but your strategy and insight are far above my Li Mu, what I said today makes Li Mu unconvinced, it seems that the Great Wei Emperor's trust in you is not a whim."
Don't worry, give me 50,000 soldiers and horses, and with Nanpi City, you can stop Li Jing for at least twenty days."
Han Xin hurriedly bowed and thanked Li Mushi: "Han Xin has thanked Brother Li here, now Tang and Wei are in danger, we must work together and unite to turn the danger into a disaster and tide over the difficulties."
After the two discussed, they parted ways, Li Mu led 50,000 horses to the north of Nanpi in the starry night, blocking the way for the Han army to continue northward, while Han Xin led 100,000 soldiers to march westward in the starry night, preparing to go to Yecheng to meet the Wei army, and open a breakthrough with Xu Huang's army as the goal.
When the army set off, Han Xin ordered to leave the fence and flags as a suspicious tactic to delay the speed of Li Jing's army crossing the river, so that the Han army had some scruples and would not catch up quickly.
With Han Xin's order, the Tang army moved overnight, keeping silent, picking up the bells from the horses, and abandoning the Leling camp in the dark in the starry night, all the way to the north and all the way to the south.
At noon the next day, the vanguard troops led by Huang Zhong, Yu Juluo, and Wei Chigong crossed the Yellow River and cautiously approached the Tang army's walled fence.
Fearing that the Tang army would deceive, the three of them did not dare to approach, and sent a small team to test while sending scouts to report to Li Jing, until the evening it was determined that the Tang army abandoned the camp and left, leaving only an empty camp t1706231537: