Chapter 208: Be prepared
At the end of February 198, the harsh winter had just passed, but the weather was still unusually cold.
Han Cheng's army of 60,000 had already set off for Youzhou Daijun, but the speed was very slow.
Such a big military operation cannot be concealed from Yuan Shao.
The army has just started to move on the side of Bingzhou, and the side of Yecheng in Jizhou will get the news in a few days.
Yuan Shao, who got the news, said disapprerovantly to the strategists around him, "This Han Cheng is really bold
He occupied my Changshan County and Bingzhou and other places, and before I could go to his trouble, he actually tried to find trouble with me
It seems that it is time for him to know what the sky is high and thick. ”
Speaking of this, Yuan Shao's tone suddenly became loud, and he said to all the advisers
"This time, I not only want to defeat him, but also hurt him, recapture my Dai County and Changshan County, and if it is suitable, I can also take the annex state in one fell swoop, so that he knows that there is a price to be paid for offending Huwei."
Guo Tu has been figuring out Yuan Shao's thoughts, and when Yuan Shao's voice just fell, Guo Tu immediately said, "The lord is right."
Han Chengcheng is like a leper dog, if you don't hit it, it will lie next to you and bite you from time to time. Only by killing it can we never suffer from future troubles. ”
Yuan Shao looked at Guo Tu with approving eyes, and couldn't help but say in his heart, "What a good dog." ”
And Tian Feng, who had regained his reuse, suddenly stood up when Guo Tu finished speaking, and after saluting Yuan Shao, he said with a solemn attitude, "Lord, according to Tanma, although Han Cheng only sent 60,000 troops this time, 50,000 of them are elite troops. Don't be underestimated."
Yuan Shao looked at Tian Feng with dissatisfied eyes, and couldn't help but scold in his heart: "Tian Feng, you really can't speak, where did I underestimate the enemy, I said that I underestimated the enemy, if it weren't for your ability to give advice higher than others, I wouldn't need you." You're a mallet. ”
After Tian Feng finished speaking, he only heard Yuan Shao's slightly dissatisfied voice coming: "Hmph, what's the use of elite people, at most, there are only 60,000 at most." This time, I'm going to send 180,000 horses, can't I take them?"
Tian Feng was not stupid, so he naturally heard the dissatisfaction in Yuan Shao's words, but he still stubbornly said, "The lord led an army of 180,000 to attack, and he was naturally not afraid of Han Cheng."
This time we need to fight in Youzhou, we need to pay attention to two points, one is the logistics of food; The second is Han Cheng's cavalry.
As long as we can ensure a good supply of food and a large army, we will not be left alone.
Step by step, under the attack of city by city, this battle will be won"
Youzhou has been the forefront of resisting the northern ethnic minorities since ancient times.
Although several Xiongguan passes were built according to the dangerous terrain, they were mainly aimed at the attack of ethnic minorities outside the pass, and there was no pass to defend inside Youzhou.
Tian Feng is worthy of being the first strategist under Yuan Shao, and a few simple words point out the main points of this battle, with the advantage of a large number of people, as long as the battle is steady and steady, the victory will inevitably belong to Yuan Shao.
After hearing this, Yuan Shao put away his dissatisfaction, and after thinking about it for a while, he said to the soldiers outside the door, "According to Tian Beijia's intentions, pass on my order, let Chun Yuqiong serve as the main general, and Wei Yuanjin, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang, and Zhao Rong are the deputy generals, and jointly lead 50,000 horses and horses, responsible for the supply of food for this battle." ”
As for the place where the grain is stored, it is an absolutely confidential matter, and now that there are many people, Yuan Shao will not say it in front of everyone.
After Tian Feng heard the general arranged by Yuan Shao, his face showed a hint of disappointment.
But knowing that he couldn't contradict Yuan Shao, otherwise, it wouldn't be as simple as going to prison.
After thinking for a while, Tian Feng still cautiously said to Yuan Shao, "Lord, General Chun Yuqiong, whether it is martial arts
or ability, they are the best candidates for food protection.
But his penchant for drinking is a drawback. If the lord puts him in charge of military rations, it is better to ban alcohol and prohibit him from drinking. ”
Yuan Shao saw that Tian Feng was kind, so he said softly, "I will remind him"
But Yuan Shao then said, "Give Ju Yi an order, let him lead 30,000 Youzhou garrisons to take Dai County and Sanggan County." In mid-March, I will arrive with an army of 150,000. ”
After Tian Feng heard this, he felt speechless to say, "Alas, as soon as he finished speaking, he took a city first. Lord, when will you be more decisive? ”
In winter, because of the weather, it is not suitable for combat, let alone for operations in the Youzhou area.
When Han Cheng led an army of 60,000 to Youzhou Dai County, it was already the third day of the third month of March.
At this time, the plants are just sprouting and the animals are thriving, so it is indeed a good time to conquer the city.
Han Cheng took the initiative to lead the army to come this time, and he came prepared. The biggest preparation is the intelligence battalion.
In the past few years, the intelligence battalion took advantage of the great battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in the Youzhou area to arrange a large number of elite personnel into various positions in Youzhou.
At this time, in all the counties and counties of Youzhou, there should be the shadow of the intelligence battalion.
It doesn't matter, it's high, it's low, it's important, it's indifferent.
Therefore, Yuan Shaojun's every move was under the supervision of Han Cheng's intelligence battalion.
On the sixth day of the first month of March, Ju Yi received an order from Yuan Shao to attack Sanggan County, so after preparing food, he led 30,000 Youzhou garrisons and went straight to Sanggan County, Dai County.
On the eighth day of the third month, Han Cheng received the news of Ju Yi's troops, so he ordered Wei Yan to lead 10,000 ordinary soldiers of the Fenwu Army and 5,000 Suzaku Army to Sanggan County to strengthen the defense of Sanggan County.
If Dai County is the center of Dai County, then Sanggan County is the eastern gateway of Dai County.
If Sanggan County is breached, Yuan Shao's army can drive directly to the city of Daixian.
The entire eight counties of Dai County will also be exposed to Yuan Shao's military might, and Han Cheng does not have so many generals and men to guard the eight counties of Dai County.
Therefore, the situation of Sanggan County being breached was something that Han Cheng could not see.
After sending Wei Yan, Han Cheng ordered Zhao Yun to lead 10,000 Qinglong troops to be stationed in Macheng County, the nearest Dai County to Sanggan County; Liu Bao led 10,000 sharp knife troops to be stationed in Xialuo County, Shanggu County.
Hagara County belongs to Shanggu County, and the distance from Sanggan County is not very far.
At this time, Shanggu County did not belong to Yuan Shao's sphere of influence, but belonged to the sphere of influence of Xian Yufu and Yan Rou and others in Liu Yu's old department.
And Xian Yuyin, Qi Zhou and others from Liu Yu's old department have already offered themselves to Youbeiping County and took refuge in Yuan Shao.
Because Xian Yufu and Yan Rou were not optimistic about Yuan Shao, who was very powerful for the time being, they occupied Shanggu County and had been in a wait-and-see state, waiting for the appearance of the Ming Lord.
Ju Yi raised troops from Zhuo County, the road is far away, although it has been two days, but there is still a distance from Sanggan County.
However, the Fenwu Army is very close to Sanggan County, and neither the speed of raising grain nor the speed of marching is comparable to that of Ju Yijun.
Therefore, Wei Yan's army reached Sanggan County first.
Ju Yi's army was a full hour behind Wei Yan's.
After Ju Yi learned that the reinforcements on the opposite side had just arrived, he wanted to take advantage of his unpreparedness and immediately let the 18,000 men of the front army launch an attack on the county seat of Sangan.
First, the 18,000 people of the former army were not from Jizhou, and most of them were composed of Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou surrender army, and after these surrender troops were defeated by Ju Yi, they were quite unconvinced.
Although he surrendered to Yuan Shao and served as a soldier under Ju Yi, he complained a lot about Ju Yi on weekdays.
Ju Yi used their front army to attack the city, and he was not distressed at all.
Second, for Sanggan County, which does not rely on mountains and water, and has thick and tall walls, Ju Yi has no other way but to lead the army to attack.
If you attack strongly, you will lose men and horses, so you will naturally have to use the front army.
That's it, the war between the Fenwu Army and Yuan Shaojun began.
Although Juyi's former army was a surrendered army, it had been following Gongsun Chan to fight in all directions, and its combat effectiveness was good.
On the second day of the siege, the city walls were attacked several times.
If Wei Yan hadn't used the Vermilion Bird Army to set up another layer of defense within the city wall, Sanggan County would have changed hands.
In the evening, after a day's battle, the corpses of soldiers were lying everywhere in the city and outside the city of Sanggan County, including those of Yuan Shaojun and those of Fenwu.
Although Yuan Shao's soldiers were relatively strong, they still had more corpses, after all, the casualties of the besieging side would definitely exceed those of the defending side, and among the troops defending the city, there were still 5,000 soldiers of the Suzaku Army who were good at archery.
By this time, there were more than 18,000 people in the front army led by Ju Yi, and after this day's attrition, there were only more than 10,000 people left.
During the night, both sides collected their troops and returned to their camps.
Ju Yi frowned in his tent.
After nearly two days of campaigning, Ju Yi, who was particularly sensitive to the war, found a major problem: the cavalry of the Fenwu Army did not participate in the battle.
Because there are only archers and ordinary soldiers of the Fenwu Army on the city wall of Sanggan County, what about the cavalry of the Fenwu Army
Either he didn't come to Youzhou, this possibility is not big, because everyone knows that in Han Cheng's Fenwu army, cavalry accounts for a very large proportion.
Either hide somewhere, waiting to give yourself the fatal blow.
Although Ju Yi already knew that this battle was not as simple as it was in front of him, Yuan Shao's military orders were like a mountain, and he had to listen to them.
Tomorrow, he will continue to lead the army to attack Sanggan County.
Thinking of this, Ju Yi was helpless for a while.
Han Cheng from Dai County didn't sleep either, he wasn't worried, he was nervously arranging.
Because tomorrow, Juyi will lose.
Han Cheng had already given orders to Zhao Yun and Liu Bao.
Let the two of them send their troops tomorrow morning, and at noon they must reach the city of Sanggan County and launch an attack on Juyi's army.
He also ordered Fu Luohan to immediately lead 10,000 sharp blade troops to the road between Dai County and Zhuo County, and after Zhao Yun and Liu Bao launched an attack on Ju Yi's army, they began to harvest the deserters of Ju Yi's army, either killing or surrendering.
The next day, Ju Yi still let the soldiers and horses of the former army continue to attack Sanggan County.
The elite Jizhou army of nearly 10,000 was under the city of Sanggan County, setting up a phalanx.
At the same time, Ju Yi also asked the reorganized 3,000 Xiandeng battalions to meet him on the road between Daijun and Zhuojun in case of emergency.
In the morning, both sides of Sanggan County were fighting desperately.
And by noon, discontent appeared in the front army of the siege.
At this time, Ju Yi also got urgent information from Tanma.
"Report to the general, a cavalry of more than 10,000 people has appeared in the direction of Shanggu County, and it is less than ten miles away from here."
"Report to the general, a cavalry of more than 10,000 people has appeared in the direction of Macheng County, and it is less than twenty miles away from here."
Ju Yi raised his head and looked in the direction of Daixian.
Muttered to himself, "It's time to come." I don't know whose plan it was, whether it was Han Cheng or Zhang Liao, but fortunately, I was prepared. ”
Ju Yi turned his head and immediately ordered, "Mingjin collects the rear army, don't care about the front army, and quickly withdraw to the camp." As for the front army, let's count as much as it can withdraw. Whether they live or not depends on their blessings."
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