417 Han Xins Plan (1/2)
”General, what's the next step?”
Although Baiqi heard these words, he did not respond. He just sat behind his desk and wrote his battle report for the lord. At the same time, Baiqi included his plans for the next part of the battle.
”Men!”
”Present!” An iron eagle swordsman walked into the room.
”Send this letter to the lord!”
”Yes, general!”
The iron eagle swordsman took the letter and swiftly backed away.
After replying to the letter, Baiqi turned around to look at Lin Yi, ”We will defend the city and not go out. No matter how he provokes us, remember, don't go out.”
”Understood!”
Lin Yi nodded his head in response.
All the Shanhai City generals respected and listened to commander-in-chief Baiqi.
Talking about a face off, one had to mention the overlord, Xiang Yu.
After successively breaking through the three defensive lines, Xiang Yu led his troops to the east gate of Jiyuan City.
Xiang Yu was not only good in battle but also a great strategist. He knew that even though over ten days of battle had passed, the Qin Dynasty Army had not suffered much losses. Their main force remained in the city.
Facing a fortified place defended by a million soldiers, Xiang Yu did not have the confidence to take it down.
No matter how arrogant he was, he would not act so stupid.
Luckily, Xiang Yu had his own ways of doing things.
He charged ahead with his horse, spreading the word under the east gate. He wanted to fight one against four. No matter which four generals the Qin Dynasty sent out, he would fight them all.
Such provocation instantly sent the Qin Dynasty Camp into an uproar.
Er'Lai was furious and wanted to head out.
Luckily, Baiqi managed to stop him in time.
Xiang Yu’s courage was unmatchable.
However, for him to say that he would take on four generals alone was still really preposterous. He definitely did not know that amongst the players, there were so many strong generals. Er'Lai, Zhang Liao, Qinqiong, Wang He….
Apart from that, the other lords also had many fierce generals.
If Baiqi had not made matters clear, a face off would have been imminent.
Baiqi definitely would not be baited.
To face off against Xiang Yu would be bad whether they won or lost.
If they lost, they would lose a general; if they won, the enemy would surrounded and kill them.
Needless to say, it was hard to win against Xiang Yu and even harder to kill him.
If they could not kill him, it would all be rendered useless.
Furthermore, Baiqi hated such one-on-one battles to the core.
As a military god, the battlefield to Baiqi was between big armies.
Childish!
Long before Xiang Yu attacked the defence chains, Baiqi had arranged for Wang Li's forces to go along the Taihang route and enter the Henei Prefecture.
From there, they would head north to enter Anyang City.
It was mentioned that Jiyuan City occupied a very special position, the bottom of the pocket. Anyang City was the opening of that very pocket.
Every line of defence the Anti-Qin Army broke through, they would venture further into the pocket. When they broke through all three, they had totally entered the valley.
Just as Ouyang Shuo had guessed, the current Julu was an empty city.
The moment Wang Li's army reached Anyang City, he could coordinate with Jiyuan City to collapse onto the Anti-Qin Army.
Baiqi's arrangements were really simple.
His three defensive lines were defence constructs, but they also acted as bait.
The reason he was so confident that the Anti-Qin Army would fall for it was because he understood Xiang Yu’s personality, and the core problem he faced—grain.
In terms of battle prowess, Baiqi naturally could not beat Xiang Yu. But in terms of strategy, Xiang Yu could not catch up even if he tried.
It was not that no one sensed the trap that Baiqi set. Unfortunately, Xiang Yu would not listen.
The person that noticed something was the grain general, Han Xin.
Han Xin was really smart. When he observed the surrounding land area, he started to suspect that something was up. When the Qin Dynasty Army kept backing off, as they advanced, he grew more and more suspicious.
Han Xin went to look for Xiang Yu to discuss his suspicions, but he only received mocking and indifference.
In Xiang Yu's eyes, he had taken down the defence with his own strength. How could it be a trap? One could tell how much disdain he felt when Han Xin brought up such an idea.
When Han Xin walked out of the tent, he gave out a long sigh.
”Mister, why are you sighing?”
At this moment, a young man slowly walked over.
”Your are?”
They were currently outside Xiang Yu's tent; this was not a place that normal people could enter. Although Han Xin was not treated with importance, he knew all the generals under Xiang Yu. A person like this did not exist.
The young man smiled and bowed, “Player representative Di Chen greets mister!”
”Player representative?”
Han Xin eyes tightened.
”That's right.”
Han Xin nodded. He did not saying anything and just wanted to leave. Han Xin had not come into contact with the players before, and he did not want to talk much.
However, Di Chen would not give up.
One must know that Di Chen had waited a week before he managed to meet Han Xin.
The lords in the Anti-Qin Camp had all done their homework. They knew that under Xiang Yu, there was a God General that could match up to Baiqi.
Unfortunately, his position in the army was low and no one recognized him.
Only Di Chen could use his position to look for Han Xin in the camp.
Even so, he did not obtain any rewards so far.
In the end, Di Chen decided to just camp there and wait.
The heavens would not forsake hard-working men.
Finally, Di Chen managed to meet Han xin.
”I've prepared some simple wine. Please, give me some face.”
”I don't drink.”
Han Xin shook his head and rejected Di Chen once more.
”Mister!” Di Chen bowed, ”Please, sir. Give me some face!”
Since he was so sincere, Han Xin could not reject, so he could only nod his head.
Di Chen was delighted to see this response.
Sometimes, if your face was thick enough, it would be of great use.
”Mister, please!”