What did Han Xin do to wipe out 200,000 enemy troops with only 10,000 horses, but no one dared to follow suit?

In the early years of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin defeated more than 200,000 enemies with an army of 20,000 people, creating a miracle in history, which is known as the "last battle". The reason why no one dares to follow suit in later generations is that this tactic is too dangerous, and the other is that some people follow suit but fail miserably.

At the beginning of Han Dynasty, Han Xin led troops to attack the Prince of Zhao. When the prince of Zhao knew about it, he assembled 200,000 troops to deal with Han Xin. At that time, only about 20,000 people in Han Xin's team could fight. When Han Xin arrived, he asked the soldiers to spread out the camp by the river and let more than two thousand soldiers ambush near Zhao's camp at night.

After dawn, Han Xin took the soldiers out of the camp. When the prince of Zhao saw it, he was very happy and immediately sent troops to attack them. But before long, Han Xin deliberately pretended to be defeated and retreated into the river. The prince of Zhao sent troops to surround Han Xin, trying to completely defeat Han Xin's team.

However, Han Xin's army saw that there was no retreat, and everyone fought bravely, but Zhao couldn't capture it for a long time, so he wanted to withdraw and return to camp. However, it was found that the military camp was already covered with the flag of the Han army, and Zhao soldiers panicked and fled. Han Xin took the opportunity to pursue, so he defeated more than 200,000 Zhao troops.

Later, others imitated, not as successful as Han Xin, but failed. During the Three Kingdoms period, when Ma Su was stationed in a street pavilion, he refused to listen to advice and insisted on camping at the top of the mountain. He said: "If Wei Jun cuts off the waterway, then the Shu soldiers will bravely kill the enemy, and take one as a hundred." This is undoubtedly imitating Han Xin in those days. But in fact, he failed and lost the street pavilion.