Qin Shi: I only work eight hours

Chapter 265 I'm waiting for reinforcements, what are you waiting for?
Xu Lin wrote down two plans.

First: Feign defeat, abandon the supplies, lure the enemy to attack, and when the enemy is seizing the supplies, launch a surprise attack.

Second: With a large number of banners, thousands of soldiers can move in and out, giving the enemy the feeling that you have tens of thousands of soldiers, and then you can use a feint attack.

After reading it, Huan Yi and Yang Duanhe felt even more admiration for Xu Lin.

"The Grand Advisor's plan is excellent, but I would like to make some modifications."

"Zhao general Hu Zhe is well-versed in military strategy and is unwilling to leave the city, but his men may not be able to resist leaving the city."

“We can split our forces into two groups. I will stay at the west gate of Ye City, and Brother Yang, you will lead your troops to the east gate of Ye City.”

"If we send out troops at the same time, we can definitely prevent the Zhao army from being able to defend both ends!"

After a moment's thought, Huan Yi spoke.

"good idea!"

"I am the illusion, and you are the reality?"

Yang Duanhe nodded, then asked.

"No, I am the illusion, you are the reality."

"I'll hold off Hu Zhe."

Huan Yi shook his head.

Then he told Yang Duanhe about his plan.

After listening, Yang Duanhe nodded thoughtfully, finding it feasible.

So, after midnight, he personally led an army of 40,000 to detour to the east gate of Ye City.

"General."

Should we retreat?

The next day at dawn, a commander asked Huan Yi a question.

They only have 10,000 men left. If Hu Zhe leads the entire city's army out, they will surely be defeated!
"No!"

"Not only can we not retreat, we must continue forward and continue the war of words!"

Huan Yi immediately refused.

If he retreats, he'll be exposed!
Therefore, not only should we not withdraw, we must be even more aggressive than usual!
"But if that scoundrel Hu Zhe leads his army out of the city, the disparity in strength will be too great for our army..."

The commander's eyes showed worry.

He was interrupted by Huan Yi before he could finish speaking.

"He didn't dare."

Huan Yi said.

Then he sent his trusted confidant to secretly lead 5,000 soldiers away from the camp.

As evening approached, Huan Yi's confidants led five thousand soldiers into Huan Yi's camp in a grand manner.

"Continue tomorrow!"

Huan Yi said solemnly.

"promise!"

The generals immediately accepted the order.

Are there any fools among those who can become generals in the Qin Dynasty?
Therefore, they already knew Huan Yi's intentions!

……

the other side.

The east gate of Ye City.

Yang Duanhe personally led his trusted confidants to the city gate to challenge them to battle.

The guard of the east gate of Ye City was named Hu Tao, a cousin of Hu Zhe. Unlike Hu Zhe, he was outwardly lenient but inwardly suspicious.

Therefore, after Yang Duanhe had greeted Hu Zhe's entire clan, Zhao Wangyan's entire family, and the entire family of the Empress, Hu Tao could no longer bear it and led his troops out of the city.

"ordinary man!"

"You have insulted me greatly!"

Hu Tao said angrily.

"So there are men in the city?"

"I thought the city guards were all women!"

Yang Duanhe sneered.

Upon hearing this, Tiger Head was so enraged that the veins on his forehead bulged, and he spurred his horse to charge at Yang Duanhe.

Upon seeing this, Yang Duanhe immediately gave a wink to his trusted confidant.

Then he led his troops to attack Hu Tao.

Although the Zhao army had become very strong after adopting the Hu-style cavalry tactics, the Qin cavalry was not weak either.

In order to capture the east gate of Ye City in one fell swoop, Yang Duanhe chose to feign defeat after a minor victory over the Zhao army.

Upon seeing this, Hu Tao was overjoyed and wanted to lead his troops in pursuit, but was stopped by his men.

"General."

"The enemy is likely feigning defeat; don't pursue a cornered foe!"

The thousand-man commander advised.

"A feigned defeat?"

"The main force of the Qin army is all at the west gate. They only have a few thousand soldiers in total. How dare they feign defeat?"

Hu Tao retorted.

Just now, Yang Duanhe insulted him too much, saying that the upper beam of Zhao is crooked and the lower beam is crooked, and that the king married a prostitute. So, the wives and daughters of you generals are probably all prostitutes too.

"The general is absolutely right!"

“The Qin army’s morale has collapsed. If we don’t pursue them now, when will we?” another centurion said.

After he finished speaking, he pointed to the Qin army not far away, where the Qin soldiers were fleeing in all directions, abandoning their armor and weapons!
"Books are inanimate, but people are alive."

"If everything in the book is true, why do some people still fail?"

Seeing this, Hu Tao spoke up.

After saying this, he led his troops into pursuit.

……

at the same time.

The west gate of Ye City.

The Qin army was still challenging the enemy at the city gate.

The Qin army used extremely offensive insults, branding all the previous Zhao kings with shame.

Many Zhao soldiers were so angry that their scalps tingled. They drew their bows and arrows, trying to shoot the Qin soldiers challenging them at the city gate, but they couldn't hit them.

Hu Zhe then found it sweet and delicious.

He knew that the harsher the Qin soldiers' insults, the more desperate they were, and the more they wanted him to lead his troops out of the city.

Do you want me to leave the city?
I refuse to leave the city!
See who can outsmart whom!
"General."

"A Qin army suddenly appeared outside the East Gate."

"There are only about ten thousand soldiers guarding the east gate. Should we send reinforcements?"

Half an incense stick later, someone suddenly came to report.

Upon hearing this, Hu Zhe frowned slightly and then tugged at his beard.

"No need."

"Tell Hu Tao not to leave the city!"

"The art of war says, 'If the enemy has ten times the strength of your forces, surround them; if they have five, attack them.' Unless the enemy has more than fifty thousand men, if they hold their city, the Qin army will not be able to take it!"

Hu Zhe disagreed with this.

Huan Yi and Yang Duan together have only about 50,000 men. Huan Yi's camp hasn't changed much, and every night thousands of soldiers return to camp after training. Clearly, Huan Yi's side has at least 30,000 to 40,000 men.

Therefore, Yang Duanhe's side had at most ten or twenty thousand people.

What's there to fear about 10,000 or 20,000 people?
"promise!"

The messenger immediately accepted the order.

Then they returned to the East Gate.

When he arrived, Hu Tao had not yet led his troops out of the city.

……

Outside the east gate of Ye City.

Hu Tao led his troops in pursuit for more than ten miles, getting closer and closer to Yang Duanhe.

Seeing this, Yang Duanhe ordered his men to abandon their baggage, weapons, and armor and flee at full speed, reasoning that as long as they survived, they could always find a way to rebuild.

Hu Tao was overjoyed when he heard the saying, "Where there's life, there's hope."

Then squeeze the horse's belly and whip it loudly.

The Qin state was extremely skilled at bronze smelting, so the armor and weapons lost by the Qin army were of very high quality. This caused many Zhao soldiers to stop and plunder the armor and weapons.

……

Half an hour later.

Hu Tao drove Yang Duanhe to a large river.

Yang Duanhe had only about twenty people left by his side.

Why aren't you running anymore?

Seeing this, Hu Tao couldn't hide his joy and asked.

He wanted to personally kill Yang Duanhe and let his clansmen know that he was no less than his cousin Hu Zhe!
"Do you dare to fight me one-on-one?"

Yang Duanhe turned his horse around and looked at Hu Tao, who could not hide his smugness, and asked.

He is deliberately stalling for time.

"hehe!"

"Do you think your father is a fool?"

"You only have twenty-odd men left, while I have hundreds by my side. Why would I choose to fight you one-on-one?"

Hu Tao found it laughable upon hearing this.

Then he drew his sword and pointed it at Yang Duanhe.

Just as he was about to order Yang Duanhe's execution, Yang Duanhe suddenly burst into laughter.

What are you laughing at?

Hu Tao asked with a stern face.

“I’m laughing at you for being born of a courtesan.”

"I'm waiting for reinforcements, what are you waiting for?"

Yang Duanhe asked in a loud voice.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the thunderous sound of horses' hooves came from not far away.

Upon hearing the sound, Hu Tao immediately sensed something was wrong and looked in the direction of the sound.

Dust billowed in the distance as nearly ten thousand Qin soldiers, like a giant black dragon, hurtled towards them!

Upon witnessing this scene, Hu Tao realized he had fallen into a trap, but it was too late.

(End of this chapter)