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The story of a battle

author:Jacques

In 204 BC, Liu Bang, the King of Han, sent Han Xin to lead an army to attack King Xie of Zhao, and Han Xin learned that Zhao had gathered Chen Yu's 200,000-strong army at Jingxingkou to prepare for a frontal battle with the Han army.

Han Xin gathered his soldiers and horses more than thirty miles away from the mouth of Jingxing, and then sent two thousand light cavalry to the rear of the Zhao camp at night to ambush them. Then he sent 10,000 soldiers and horses, and swung his back against the river. Prepare to go to war with the Zhao Army.

Chen Yu laughed when he saw this: "Fighting with the back to the water is a big taboo for soldiers, and Han Xin is seeking his own death." So Chen Yu immediately led an attack to annihilate the Han army by the river.

At this time, the Han army had no way to retreat, only to resist to the death, and fought with the Zhao army. At this time, the Han army, which had been ambushed in advance, took advantage of the emptiness of the Zhao camp, entered the Zhao camp, pulled out the Flag of the Zhao Army, and replaced it with the Banner of the Han Army. At this time, Zhao Jun saw that his military camp was full of Han flags, and his army was suddenly confused and fled.

After the war, the generals asked Han Xin for advice: "It is a taboo for soldiers to form a battle behind the water, and the general knows that he has committed a crime, so why did he win a great victory?" Han Xin laughed, "This is the soldier's book's 'Put the place of death and then live, throw the place of death and then survive'." Put the soldiers in a place where there is no way back, only to fight to the death! ″

It can be seen that han's way of believing in soldiers lies in making use of it.

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