Chapter 203 Battle of Jinbei (Part I)
Xu Rong led the army to the north, three days later, the brigade had arrived at the Mengjin Pass on the south bank of Heyangjin, it was night, all the generals and schools gathered in the tent, discuss the decision. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
According to the report from Tanma, Wang Kuang's troops and horses have now expanded to more than 22,000 people, divided into 11 divisions, with 10,000 crossbowmen stationed in Heyangjin, and Wang Kuang and his headquarters troops and horses stationed in Zhancheng, which is about 30 miles away from Heyangjin. Wang Kuang himself was not a general who was good at commanding troops and fighting, nor did he have the ability to strategize, and most of the Liangzhou generals looked down on him.
However, more than 10,000 crossbowmen were stationed at the Heyangjin Ferry, which was really a great force, and Xu Rong was keenly aware of the sinister place: Heyangjin was the throat of Zhancheng, and if he wanted to break through the ferry, he would inevitably suffer heavy losses. There is a cloud in the art of war, and if you fight it twice, you will attack it if you attack it, and now Xu Rong's troops and horses together are only more than 18,000 people, compared with Wang Kuang's 22,000 people, they can't have any numerical advantage.
Dong Zhuo's brother Dong Huang was also in the army at this time, this person was twenty years old, which was the age of blood and impulsiveness, so he should even ask for battle:
"Wang Kuang has never been prestigious, but now watching him act, looking forward and looking backwards, and having no talent to lead the army, Huang is willing to lead a thousand cavalry and storm Heyangjin. Although there are more than 10,000 Taishan soldiers guarded, they are all rabble, Wang Kuang is cowardly and incompetent, and he must only leave the main elite soldiers by his side. Therefore, the army opposite us must be dominated by newly recruited soldiers, so with the prestige of our Xiliang cavalry, we only need to break its front, then the defenders of Heyangjin will inevitably be in chaos, at that time, General Xu will lead all the troops and horses to launch a fierce attack, and it will definitely be able to successfully occupy Heyangjin and approach Zhancheng! ”
Dong Huang's slightly young and immature face was full of confidence, in fact, what he said was not unreasonable, judging from Wang Kuang's timid attitude, he would definitely not leave most of the main force in Heyangjin. Presumably, the elite soldiers of Taishan are all in Zhancheng, and Zhancheng is only more than 30 miles away from Heyangjin, only need a rapid march, or a few hours to reach the front line of Heyangjin, Wang Kuang left the main elite soldiers to guard around himself, and left a considerable number of non-main forces stationed in Heyangjin, from a conservative point of view, he is very cautious.
Mengjin Port and Heyangjin are the throat of Hanoi County, and Wang Kuangtun's troops in Zhancheng can be seen from afar, and the defenders of 10,000 people, even if their combat strength is not good, it is impossible to quickly rout for a while. At that time, Wang Kuang will bring troops to help, and he will definitely be safe, and this is indeed a troop arrangement suitable for both advance and retreat.
Dong Huang's strategic plan is very in line with the thinking of the Liangzhou army, Liangzhou is located in the border, because of the perennial war with foreign races, even the women of Liangzhou can bend their bows and shoot arrows, and the soldiers and horses are strong, which can be described as the first in the Han Dynasty. Moreover, the people in the Central Plains often frightened before they could fight when they saw a large number of cavalry troops coming from afar, so this kind of all-out onslaught was a major feature of the Liangzhou soldiers. Dong Huang is worthy of being a talent who has followed Dong Zhuo since he was a child and honed in the military formation.
However, Xu Rong shook his head:
"No!"
"General Xu!"
As soon as Xu Rong opened his mouth, he said no, which naturally seriously hit Dong Huang's self-confidence, although he saw that his uncle valued Xu Rong so much, and he didn't dare to underestimate her. But there is still a disbelief in my heart: he is just a strategist who is good at maneuvering, how can such a thin literati really lead the army?
"Wang Kuang's soldiers and horses left in Heyangjin are tens of thousands, and our army is only more than 18,000 people, and we do not have a great advantage in terms of troops. Once it can't quickly defeat its front, its rear army, as well as Wang Kuang's headquarters reinforcements will soon be killed, and at that time, the enemy will be more and less, and it will be difficult to win! ”
"Hmph, our Liangzhou army is strong and strong, how can it be compared to Wang Kuang's 10,000 rabble? General Xu knows that our Liangzhou army fights and never asks how many enemies there are! ”
A rugged man with a tiger beard on his face said loudly, Xu Rong glanced at him: This person is Fan Chou, he was originally from Dong Zhuo's subordinates, and now he is serving as a lieutenant in the army. Xiliang Jun has always only recognized Dong Zhuo as the master, and if anyone else is the main general, they will not accept it, and today she Xu Rong has become the target of this public.
Xu Rong glanced around, except for the generals and colonels of the Imperial Forest Army and the Bingzhou Army, most of the generals and colonels from Liangzhou were contemptuous, and the disdain was written on their faces without concealment: It's just a literati, what qualifications do you have to lead the troops? They are not convinced!
Not convinced, right? Xu Rong sneered, if she didn't accept it, let them obey, she was naturally sure to shock these people, if she couldn't deter them, then they might not be able to listen to any of her own words. These veterans are very cunning, if you don't show your hand and come out to see, they won't carry out the order wholeheartedly, then it's a mistake.
"Xinyi, get a bow for Ben General!"
"Yes."
Dressed in military uniforms, Xin Yi and Ah Chu, who pretended to be men, stood behind Xu Rong, and the two of them were secretly worried when they saw that many Liangzhou generals were dissatisfied with Miss, but seeing that Xu Rong was calm and unmoved, they both believed that Miss must have a way to convince these people.
At the moment, after listening to Xu Rong's order to let him go and get the bow, Xinyi hurriedly responded and took a jade waist bow with a whole body crystal from Xu Rong's barracks as quickly as possible.
This jade waist bow was specially made by Sima Li for Xu Rong over the years, because Xu Rong was weak and did not have much strength, although he had Sima Li's observation and learning ability, he was never good at fighting with weapons. In the end, Sima Li specially made such a delicate bow for her, the bow body is small and light, but it can exert the maximum effect with the least strength, it can be said that it just makes up for Xu Rong's shortcomings that his strength is too small.
When Xu Rong took the bow, the generals and colonels present secretly laughed at themselves: such a beautiful appearance is just a pretending decoration, what is the literati.
Fan Chou laughed even more, and put his mocking look at Xu Rong on his face without scruples.
Xu Rong ignored everyone's ridicule, she picked up the jade waist bow, and then said to everyone:
"Everyone, please follow Ben to the outside of the tent!"
Go and see how you make a fool of yourself! Most of the generals and colonels followed Xu Rong out of the Chinese military tent with such a mentality.
At this time, it was the season when the geese flew south, Xu Rong took a bow and arrows, and aimed the arrows at the sparsely arranged geese in the air.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow broke through the clouds and went straight into the sky, and in a few moments, a wild goose fell.
Xu Rong did not stop, but one after another, and in an instant, she shot out all the more than ten arrows in the quiver, and its speed was so fast that it made people think that she did not aim at the geese at all, but took the bow and arrow and shot it.
However, the flock of geese in the sky disappeared, and they were all shot down by Xu Rong's arrows!
"Count and see."
In an instant, the school grounds, which had been a little noisy, became quiet.
Xu Rong said coldly to everyone.
A quiver has a total of eighteen arrows, and everyone counts: the number of geese that fell down is twenty-one, and three of them are still killing two birds with one stone!
At this moment, everyone's faces turned gray: they never thought that Xu Rong, who was thin and weak, and had always regarded himself as a literati and strategist, turned out to be a marksman! This kind of archery skill is rare in the world.
Everyone knelt on the ground, arched their hands and shouted to Xu Rong:
"General Xu Shenwu! General Xu Tianwei! ”
Although Xinyi and Ah Chu already knew that Miss Rong's archery skills were extraordinary, when they saw it today, they were still shocked, and they couldn't help but kneel down in front of Xu Rong with everyone. Ah Chuchu firmly believes that today's Miss Rong, even if she is said to be a god descending from heaven, she also believes it.
Xu Rong's tone softened a little, and she said to everyone:
"No more kneeling, please get up."
Everyone then stood up one after another, Fan Chou's eyes were full of admiration at this time, such archery skills, he was indeed unheard of, and now he was even more convinced of Xu Rong, in the shouting just now, he shouted the loudest, which has shown that his attitude towards Xu Rong has changed fundamentally.
Seeing that many generals and colonels who had a contemptuous look on their faces just now had changed their cautious expressions, Xu Rong chuckled:
"You don't have to worry, Fang Cai just wanted to add food for you, so he came out to shoot geese."
"Thank you, General!"
Xu Rong's impeccable marksmanship and witty conversation narrowed the gap between the generals and her in a blink of an eye, especially for rough people like Fan Chou, seeing that Xu Rong was not only skilled, but also able to make such jokes, his heart was full of good feelings.
After everyone returned to the Chinese military tent, Xu Rong continued:
"However, as you can see, Ben will only be one man, and he can still shoot twenty-one geese. Wang Kuang's army has 10,000 people, and the armament is complete, if our army crosses the river Yangjin, the enemy army fires 10,000 crossbows together, even if you are all experienced in a hundred battles, unstoppable, but in the face of the rain of arrows, what can you do? In that case, even if Hayangjin is captured, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, do you want the brothers to fall here one by one? ”
Now that everyone has been shocked by Xu Rong, and when they heard Xu Rong's analysis like this, they naturally nodded yes.
"General Xu, may I ask you what is your best plan?"
Fan Chou asked with a straight face, and Dong Huang and the others also looked at Xu Rong with expectant expressions.
"Everyone, please see!"
Xu Rongyi pointed to the sand table map in the account: "The east of Heyangjin is Xiaopingjin, where the river is not turbulent, and at present, it is the most negligent place for Wang Kuang's army to fortify." Wang Kuang did not know the art of war, and only cared about strengthening the frontal garrison, but ignored the importance of Xiaopingjin. ”
"What do you mean, Adult?"
Gao Shun, the general of the Bingzhou Army, who had been silent at this time, asked.
Xu Rong glanced at him, Gao Shun was about twenty years old, the same age as Lu Bu, his face was fair, he was very elegant, and he stood with a group of rugged generals, looking very eye-catching.
"Exactly, what is General Gao's opinion?"
Looking at his expression, it was obvious that he was a little disapproving, and Xu Rong intended to let him talk about what he was worried about.
"General Xu, the last general just thought that if he wanted to defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop, he would have to invest most of his main force to cross the river from Xiaopingjin, but if the defenders of Heyangjin found that most of our army was not there, I am afraid that the scope of his patrol post would be expanded, and the time would ...... Once they are on guard, our army will not be able to make a secret crossing, but will be controlled by it, and there will be no way out at that time, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to win. ”
After Gao Shun finished speaking, he arched his hand towards Xu Rong, very humble and polite, after all, if he said this defeating word, he would not give face to the main general.
"How could those Tarzan soldiers be so shrewd? You don't want to grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige! ”
Fan Chou puffed up and reprimanded Gao Shun.
"General Fan is a little calm, General Gao's words are also very reasonable, soldiers are a major matter of the country, even if the opponent is weak and incompetent, we must not underestimate the enemy. Even if it is a tiger, it will use all its strength when hunting rabbits. Therefore, General Ben naturally has a way to confuse the enemy army so that they cannot perceive our true intentions! ”
After Xu Rong finished speaking, she smiled slyly, but unfortunately her face was wrapped in black cloth, and no one could see her expression.