Chapter 613: Attack on Xindu

Regarding this situation, both Huangfu Chaobo and Pang Tong found it very strange. Zhang Han clearly had an army of 100,000, so why not use the Chu army to accumulate food and grass for a period of time before crossing the river, and then the army swarmed up and quickly defeated Julu City? .

Well, the two looked at each other helplessly for the last time. It seems that there are some unknown secrets here, but these have nothing to do with themselves and others. All he had to do was find Wang Li before the Great Wall Army was defeated by Xiang Yu, but the current situation made Huangfu Chaobo afraid to act rashly.

You know, although the hundreds of thousands of troops from the princes did not attack Wang Li, they were all ready. If Huangfu Chaobo led more than 3,000 cavalry and rushed in at this time, they would probably never return. By then, only how many could come out. God knows.

Just when everyone thought that the military intelligence report was completed, Hao Jian suddenly said: "General, when I returned, I returned from the side of Xindu City. I found that the number of Zhao troops in Xindu City did not seem to be large. Moreover, it may be because the armies of the princes have surrounded the Great Wall Army, and the defense of Xindu City does not seem to be very tight. "

Pang Tongyi heard this and asked, "Are you sure?"

Hao Jian hesitated for a moment and said: "Because I was in a hurry to recover my life, I didn't dare to confirm it. However, according to the general's observation, it should be close to ten."

Pang Tong immediately walked to the map and looked at it carefully. After a long time, he said: "General, immediately send someone to investigate the situation in Xindu. If you are not wrong, the breakthrough in this battle will be in this city."

When Huangfu Chaobo heard this, he immediately ordered He Ruolong and Hao Jian to find out the military situation in Xindu City as soon as possible, and the two immediately followed the order and left.

It is said that Xindu City was originally an important town of Zhao State, and it remained so after Qin unified the six kingdoms. However, when the Six Kingdoms rebelled, Xindu City had been reoccupied by Zhao State. When Wang Li led the Great Wall Army southward, he attacked Xindu City again. Next, thousands of Qin soldiers were stationed to garrison. It is a pity that when the Great Wall Army besieged Julu, Xindu was once again occupied by the State of Zhao. It can be said that it changed hands several times.

After entering the dungeon, Huangfu Chaobo also got a military position in the Qin Army as a captain. Of course, the force he led was the more than 3,000 soldiers under his command, and all the soldiers' armors were replaced by The color of the Qin army, and his name was the reinforcements sent by the Great Wall Army to Wang Li's army.

Now, if Huangfu Chaobo wants to get the token from Wang Li, the best way is to rescue Wang Li and the Great Wall Legion. But the question is, will the current Great Wall Army and generals such as Wang Li retreat? Would they be willing to retreat without witnessing the powerful combat power of the Chu army under Xiang Yu?

But when they discovered that Zhang Han's army was no longer able to support them, the Great Wall Army had no chance to withdraw.

In the afternoon of that day, the situation in Xindu City had been detected. Sure enough, Xindu City, which changed hands several times, is now under the control of the Zhao Army. Except for Julu and several cities around Xindu, the Zhao Army is still in the hands of the Qin Army, so there is a large amount of grain and grass stored in Xindu City. However, because the Qin army has been restrained by the armies of the princes, the defense of Xindu City has become very lax.

Taking the information about Xindu City, Pang Tong slowly walked to the map. After thinking for a long time, he slowly said to Huangfu Chaobo: "General, the breakthrough in this battle is in Xindu City. General, please see, although Zhao Jun occupied Xindu City, However, there are less than 3,000 soldiers on the defensive, and most of the other soldiers are led by General Chen Yu to rescue Julu. According to the current intelligence, the army of princes has now surrounded General Wang Li. The two armies of Zhao and Yan are on the front, the Qi and Chu armies are on the south, and the Wei and Han armies are on the west.”

As he said that, Pang Tong paused for a moment, and then said: "Although the Wei and Han armies and the Xindu garrison behind them are all allies, they are far from the close relationship that the three families had at the beginning. According to historical records, the combined forces of the princes are more powerful than the Chu state. In the army, Xiang Yu and Song Yi had tens of thousands and hundreds of elite soldiers, and the rest were just a mob. Otherwise, they would not have hundreds of thousands of troops and would not dare to fight against General Wang Li's troops.

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"Although our army only has more than 3,000 soldiers, its combat power is far better than that of Zhao's army. It is not difficult to capture Xindu whether by calculation or not. After our army has Xindu, we can advance and attack, and we can retreat. If you keep it, you will be invincible.”

Then, he explained his next plan one by one to Huangfu Chaobo and the generals present. After hearing Pang Tong's plan, everyone's eyes lit up.

Afterwards, Huangfu Chaobo arranged according to Pang Tong's plan.

First, Gao Shun led two hundred soldiers from the trapped camp to dress up as a caravan and approached Xindu City when the city gate was about to close. If everything went well and Gao Shun's troops successfully entered Xindu City, they would steal the city at night and then open the city. The gate will welcome the army as it enters the city. If that doesn't work, then attack the city gate and the army will be ready to support you at any time.

As Pang Tong expected, the Zhao army in Xindu City had indeed relaxed, and Gao Shun led two hundred soldiers from the trapped camp to sneak into the city smoothly.

After nightfall, Gao Shun led two hundred soldiers to seize the north gate of Xindu City, and then led the army into the city. It took half a night, and Huangfu Chaobo's army successfully took control of Xindu City. What surprised Huangfu Chaobo was that there were five thousand prisoners of the Qin army in Xindu City. With these five thousand prisoners of the Qin army, Pang Tong's plan was more certain to be implemented.

Using his position as a lieutenant of the Qin army, Huangfu Chaobo quickly reorganized the Qin army prisoners in the city, and selected a thousand soldiers as the vanguard, preparing to use these soldiers to charge the battle formation, and the remaining 4,000 people were used to defend Xindu City in the early stage, and they would also rely on these soldiers to support the army when it broke through. While reorganizing the soldiers, he arranged people to pay close attention to the battle in Julu, and also made final preparations for the war.

In the afternoon, Hao Jian and He Ruolong both brought back the latest progress of the war. In just one day, the war deteriorated so quickly that Huangfu Chaobo was a little unprepared.

After Xiang Yu arranged Pu Jun and Ying Bu to lead 20,000 Chu troops to cross the river to cut off the Qin army's corridor, he also led 30,000 Chu troops across the river, so the famous "burning the boats and breaking the cauldrons" in history happened as expected.

After crossing the river, Xiang Yu joined up with the army that had crossed the river earlier and launched a frenzied attack on Zhang Han's army. In just one day, Xiang Yu led the Chu army to launch nine attacks on Zhang Han's Qin army. Zhang Han was defeated in nine battles and had to lead his troops to retreat. He only stopped the collapse when he retreated to Jiyuan, dozens of miles away from Julu. However, the army no longer had the courage to advance towards Julu.