Chapter 678 The war intensifies, Zhao Shuo is worried!

Chapter 678 The war intensifies, Zhao Shuo is worried!

"What!" Zhao Shuo was so shocked when he heard this that he couldn't close his mouth. He didn't expect the situation to change so quickly. The Southern Border Army actually attacked his left wing army directly, and it was successful.

Ten thousand cavalry! It's only been a short time! Zhao Shuo widened his eyes and looked at the battlefield in front of him in amazement. He had never expected such a situation to happen.

At this moment, Zhao Shuo suddenly remembered Han Xin's intentional delay. At that time, Zhao Shuo thought Han Xin was just pretending to be calm, trying to cover up his inner fear and anxiety. However, looking back now, Zhao Shuo suddenly realized that Han Xin's delaying tactics had a purpose!

Zhao Shuo realized that Han Xin was deliberately delaying time in order to buy enough time for a surprise attack on his left wing army. However, because he was too cautious and kept his troops in place, he fell into Han Xin's trap.

Zhao Shuo was filled with regret. He originally thought that his caution was a wise move, but now it seemed that this caution was the key to his failure. If he had concentrated his superior forces at the beginning and launched a fierce attack on Han Xin's base camp, perhaps the development of the situation would be more favorable to him.

Now a bigger problem was before Zhao Shuo. According to the messenger's report, the southern border army that had successfully launched a surprise attack did not attack his base camp as expected, but turned around to cause trouble for his right wing army. Why was this? This sudden change made Zhao Shuo very confused and uneasy.

Because this is totally inconsistent with the normal logic of a sneak attack! According to common sense, after successfully attacking the left wing of the army, it should be possible to sneak attack the main camp of the army. In this way, the army will not be able to take care of the front and rear, and fall into a passive situation. This is the normal tactical routine!

Unexpectedly, Han Xin did not do so. Instead, he ordered the soldiers who won the surprise attack to attack his right wing army directly. This is really confusing! Zhao Shuo pondered over it, but still could not figure out Han Xin's intention.

Now, Zhao Shuo could only think of two possibilities. The first possibility was that all this was deliberately arranged by Han Xin in order to deceive his scouts. He made the scouts mistakenly believe that the enemy army was heading towards the right wing army, but in fact, Han Xin secretly attacked back and his real target was still his own camp. After all, a surprise attack on the camp would bring the best effect and maximize the benefits.

Once the main camp is raided, the morale of the soldiers fighting on the front line will inevitably be unstable. Even if Zhao Shuo can barely hold the entire battle situation, he will definitely be greatly affected.

Of course, if this situation really happened, it would not be completely unacceptable to Zhao Shuo. Although the defeat of the left wing army was indeed hard to accept, after all, they had a clear advantage in terms of manpower. Even if they were attacked by surprise, they still had a certain combat capability.

In addition, his right-wing army will also directly attack Han Xin's base camp. The impact of this move on Han Xin will undoubtedly be much greater than the impact on Zhao Shuo himself. In this way, the advantage of the situation will still gradually turn to Zhao Shuo's side, but it may bring some additional losses, but this is not unbearable.

What Zhao Shuo was really worried about was another possibility, that is, the enemy's real combat target was actually the right wing army. This was the situation Zhao Shuo was most worried about. Instead of taking a method that could easily gain an advantage, they chose to take the risk of attacking the right wing army. What was the enemy's purpose? Did they want to try to block the advance of the right wing army and force Han Xin's central army to fight to the death? This idea was obviously not realistic.

Although Zhao Shuo was extremely reluctant in his heart, he had to admit a fact: the Southern Border Army was obviously superior to the Wei Army in terms of both weapons and equipment and individual soldier quality. However, the huge advantage in numbers was something the Wei Army could not ignore, and this gap was difficult to make up for with other factors.

When the war enters a white-hot stage and both sides begin to fight for the number of people, that is when the real climax comes. Only those who have truly experienced the battlefield can deeply understand this cruelty and intensity. Under the stimulation of blood and death, people will gradually lose their reason and fall into an instinctive state of dullness, as if they have become a tireless war machine, only knowing how to mechanically swing their swords and kill.

The Wei army led by Zhao Shuo was large in number, with more than 45,000 soldiers. This was undoubtedly a huge army. Not only that, but the soldiers who had withdrawn from the left wing of the army were continuously returning to the central army, further strengthening the strength of the Wei army.

In contrast, the Southern Border Army led by Han Xin had much fewer troops, only about 30,000. Despite this, the difference in numbers did not give the Southern Border Army a clear disadvantage in the early stages of the war. On the contrary, the Southern Border Army, with its sophisticated equipment and high-quality soldiers, successfully suppressed the Wei Army for a time, causing the Wei Army's front line to retreat continuously.

As time went by, the situation on the battlefield changed unconsciously. The originally narrow battlefield space was gradually expanded in the fierce fighting between the two sides, and the battle line was also lengthened. This change caused the scale of the battle between the two sides to continue to expand, from only a few hundred people fighting at the same time to thousands of people fighting at the same time.

For the Southern Border Army, this change was actually very disadvantageous. Because their numbers were relatively small, and as the battle line lengthened, the area they needed to defend also increased accordingly, which led to their forces being more dispersed in local areas. In contrast, the Wei Army could use its numerical advantage to concentrate more forces in various local areas for attack, thus putting greater pressure on the Southern Border Army.

At the same time, Zhao Shuo secretly thought in his heart that although he was puzzled by how the Southern Border Army defeated his nearly 20,000 left-wing troops with only 10,000 cavalry, he speculated that it was mostly due to a sneak attack when the enemy was caught off guard. However, now that the right-wing army has learned of this news, they will certainly be on high alert and make full defensive preparations. In this case, it is almost a pipe dream to want to recreate the previous battle situation.

Zhao Shuo could not help but start to wonder why Han Xin had his men act this way, even at the cost of the entire army being annihilated. After careful consideration, he realized that this was most likely Han Xin's attempt to achieve a more ambitious plan, which was to annex his central army in an attempt to achieve success in one battle.

Although he had not noticed anything unusual yet, Zhao Shuo was becoming increasingly uneasy. He was worried that at this moment, there might be an ambush by Han Xin behind his central army, waiting eagerly for the best opportunity to attack.