Chapter 964 How Dare You Provoke Da Qin?
Han Xin was extremely excited at this time. He had been at the border for several years and finally waited for this day!
The positions of Chehou and Wangjue are right in front of you!
Soon, groups of messengers dispersed in all directions, and all the Qin troops scattered on the grassland quickly moved.
It is not that easy to prepare the army for war, even if the food, grass, baggage, etc. have been prepared in advance.
It will take several days to be transferred to the front line.
This is because there are so many horses on the grassland, and it would take a lot of time just to transport grain, grass, etc. inland.
A few days later, Zhou Bo, Lu and others also came to the Qin Army's frontline camp. According to the Qin Army's latest rules, they just happened to make a pre-war mobilization and plan.
Han Xin was talking to a few people about the news he had received these days.
"Everyone must have known about Liu Bang's actions in the past two years. Now dozens of small countries in the entire Western Region have been nominally connected and are all under Liu Bang's control."
"Their army is said to number 100,000. In addition, they have done a lot of business with our army in the past two years, so their equipment is pretty good."
"We only have 20,000 troops now, do we have confidence?"
The main transaction with the other party was that Da Qin bought something from the other party that His Highness the Crown Prince called oil.
They also stocked up a lot on the front line, but it was extremely difficult to store this stuff and it was also troublesome to transport it.
But paired with an average crossbow, the effect is extremely good.
It's just that this time, they don't have many kinds of equipment, so the boundary is still too far away.
The large area of uninhabited grassland in the middle places a great burden on supply transportation.
Therefore, apart from the two Feitian Ink Lanterns that can be disassembled, folded and transported, they only have less than a hundred large repeating crossbows.
The main force is still their cavalry.
But cavalry attacking a city is actually a disadvantage.
Lu said in a deep voice at this time,
"General, most of these city-state armies are slaves. No matter how well-equipped they are, the general will be sure to knock them down in one fell swoop!"
He also understood the slave armies of various city-states in the Western Regions, and they were able to fight each other within the city-states with style.
But these people have no military spirit and morale at all. It is impossible for these people to stop the charge of 20,000 Qin elite cavalry!
Han Xin shook his head slightly,
"Let's not talk about whether these people will fight us head-on on the battlefield. Even if they give us a chance, without enough infantry to cover the front and charge forward, our army will suffer heavy casualties."
"Zhou Bo, what do you think?"
This time he went for the position of prince. He had to win this war without causing too many casualties.
Otherwise, he would lose a disastrous victory and would have no shame in asking for the throne from the Crown Prince.
Zhou Bo did not answer the other party's question directly, but showed a smile and said,
"The general has a plan in mind, so why bother the general?"
Upon hearing this, Han Xin suddenly smiled and said with a bit of pride,
"Yes, I do have a plan, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that we must discuss it with each other before we can improve each other."
"Zhou Bo, just tell me."
Only then did Zhou Bo say,
"Then the general will be embarrassed. Although the countries in the Western Region have been united in name, they are not monolithic. They claim to have an army of 100,000, but only 50,000 can really be gathered together."
Han Xin also nodded. This is indeed the case.
"But even if it is fifty thousand, if it is used to defend the city, it will be difficult for our army to easily capture it."
When cavalry siege a city, they use their own shortcomings to deal with the strengths of others. In addition, they know the usefulness of oil, and of course the other party also knows.
Even if the opponent does not have a long-range crossbow like Da Qin, there is still no problem in using it for defense.
If they attack by force, their losses will be huge.
Zhou Bo continued at this time,
"In my opinion, our army can use the Xiongnu's tactics this time."
"My 20,000 Qin army cavalry are divided into 20 thousand-man teams, and they go deep into the Western Regions and cooperate with each other."
"When they find small cities with low walls, they gather together and destroy them. If they disperse, they cut off the connections between the cities."
"As a result, their alliance will inevitably be shaken, and the coalition will naturally collapse."
"As long as they withdraw from the city, our army can annihilate them all on the move!"
After listening to Zhou Bo's words, Han Xin also glanced at Zhou Bo with slight surprise. He did not expect that the other party coincided with him. Xiao He was right, the other party was indeed a talent.
Speaking quickly,
"This plan has a good chance, but there is one shortcoming."
"If there is no manpower to contain the opponent on the frontal battlefield, and if the opponent is prepared, the result of the surprise attack may not be very good."
Hearing this, Zhou Bo showed a look of admiration and said,
"The general is wise! The last general is far behind!"
Hearing the compliment, Han Xin nodded slightly complacently and said quickly,
"So this time, Zhou Bo, my general will give you a thousand elite cavalry and four thousand herdsmen, so that you can contain the opponent's city. Can you be sure of it?"
Hearing this, Lu Du was stunned for a moment. Isn't it a joke to use just a few people to contain the other side's entire city?
But Zhou Bo returned with a smile at this time,
"The last general takes command!"
Han Xin did not hesitate and ordered,
"In that case, let's act separately!"
After saluting, Zhou Bo and Lu left the camp.
Lu quickly said to Zhou Bo,
"Brother Zhou, why did you agree just now? How can you contain that city with one thousand elites and four thousand civilians?"
Even if the opponent's main city garrison does not have one hundred thousand, there must be forty or fifty thousand.
If you are really brave, it is not difficult to eat Zhou Bo's five thousand people.
The two of them had a good relationship in private, and they didn't want each other to just disappear.
Zhou Bo also smiled and comforted,
"Brother Lu, don't worry, five thousand people are enough."
"General Han's order is to contain these people. Who said we are going to fight with them?"
"When the time comes, just give me all the tents in your army."
Lu frowned upon hearing this,
"You only have five thousand people, why do you need so many tents?"
Zhou Bo asked at this time,
"Brother Lu, how do you usually count the number of enemy troops?"
Lu quickly said,
"Look at the queue, count the pits, stoves, and tents left behind..."
Before he finished speaking, Lu stopped and then said with some excitement,
"You want to pretend everyone is here!"
Zhou Bo smiled and nodded,
"That's right. Anyway, I don't need to wait too long. I think the results of this raid can be seen in as long as one month or as short as half a month."
"And don't forget, I still have nearly a hundred repeating crossbows and flying ink lanterns in my hands, so the other side doesn't dare to act rashly."
The Qin cavalry is not short of horses now. There is no problem at all for one person and two horses.
So the raid won't last long,
Seeing that Zhou Bo had been prepared, Lu breathed a sigh of relief, but asked with a bit of curiosity,
"Then Liu Bang has been doing well, so how come he suddenly dares to cause trouble for us?"
After hearing the question, Zhou Bo also shook his head slightly.
"I don't know either."
Even if the countries in the Western Regions are a little arrogant, how dare Liu Bang?
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In a city-state in the Western Regions, Liu Bangzheng shouted to everyone,
"How dare you provoke Da Qin!? Don't you want to live a better life?"
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