He Hun's evil method is not to break hard, but to take a detour.

After passing Luoyang, the Yellow River flowed eastward for 200 li, and after reaching Xingyang County (Xingyang), it was divided into two branches.

One is still the Yellow River, heading northeast, passing through Puyang County (Puyang), Jibei County, Jinan County (Jinan), Le (Lao) Ling County (Huimin) and other places, and ending into the Bohai Sea; One is Jishui, which also goes to the northeast, basically parallel to the section of the Yellow River, and to the south of the Yellow River, Jingyin County, Dongping County (Dongping), Jinan County, Le'an County and other places also flow into the Bohai Sea.

In the section of the Jishui River between Jiyin County and Dongping County, there is a large river called Juyeze.

This Ze is 200 miles long and about 100 miles wide, and it is the predecessor of Liangshanbo in later generations.

At present, Gaoping County, where the two armies of He Hun and Murong Zhan are facing each other, is in the south of Juyeze.

Puyang, Jibei, Jiyin, Dongping, and Gaoping counties all belong to Yanzhou; Jinan, Leling, Le'an and other counties are all Qingzhou.

The three counties of Puyang, Dongping and Jibei are lined up from south to north, and are the border counties in the west of Yanzhou, from these three counties to the west, they are almost about 200 li, that is, Yecheng, the capital of Wei. To the east of Puyang are Chenliu and Jiyin counties, and to the east of Jiyin is Gaoping County. - To the north of Gaoping is Rencheng County, and the west, south, and east sides of Rencheng County are all enclosed in Gaoping County, and its north is bordered by Dongping County; The eastern part of Gaoping is bordered by Lu County, and the north and east of Lu County are bordered by Taishan County.

To the north of Jibei County and Taishan County is Jinan County in Qingzhou.

The main force of the Wei soldiers led by Murong Zhan is currently mainly stationed in Changyi County, the county of Gaoping County; There is also a partial division stationed in Linyi County, the county of Jibei County.

It can be seen from Murong Zhan's troop deployment that his defensive strategy, in short, is: concentrate forces, stick to Gaoping, and strive to block He Hunye's troops outside the two counties of Gaoping and Rencheng; At the same time, in order to prevent He Hun evil from bypassing Gaoping and Rencheng, he went up to the northwest through Lu County and Dongping County, and joined forces with He Hun Leopard Division, which had roughly captured Qingzhou, in Jibei County, and then his two armies joined forces to raid Yecheng to the west.

Objectively speaking, Murong Zhan's defensive measure is very correct.

As mentioned above, there are not many mountains and rivers in Yanzhou, only the Yellow River, Jishui two big rivers and a giant Yeze, in addition, although Yanzhou is famous for its many hills, but those hills are not big, completely not enough to play the role of a barrier, and the most important thing, the depth of Yanzhou is not large, from Lu County to Jibei County, a total of only 300 miles away, cavalry can reach in two days, and foot soldiers can not take a few days; Therefore, if you want to hold Yanzhou, you must first defend Gaoping and Rencheng, the frontline in the east of Yanzhou.

It is said that it is guarding Gaoping, but in fact, the focus is on Rencheng.

Rencheng County is very small, less than 100 miles from north to south, about 100 miles from east to west, there are only three counties within its jurisdiction, but although its soil is narrow, among the three counties in the territory, there is a county, which is the gateway to the east of Yanzhou, and this county is Kang's father.

Kang's father and Liang's father in the northeast of Taishan County, these two places, since ancient times, are the place where the soldiers must fight, the so-called: "Mount Tai is on the left, Kang's father is on the right, Kang's father knows life, and Liang's father is dead." ——The "left" and "right" are according to the orientation habits of the ancient map "left, east, right, west". Liang's father's risk is the risk of Mount Tai, needless to say; The danger of Kang's father is the danger of the Jinxiang Mountain and the Surabaya Valley near this place, especially the vast swamps around this county, which is extremely unfavorable for marching and fighting.

In the original time and space, at the end of the Han Dynasty, Lu Bu took advantage of the void to enter and lay down Puyang, but he was unable to occupy Dongping, cut off his father, and the way of Mount Tai, so Cao Cao thought that "I know that he is incapable", and as Cao Cao expected, Cao Cao Guo successfully killed back from Xuzhou, and then beat Lu Bu to a meat. It can also be seen from this that Kang's father is the status of the east gate of Yanzhou. - To put it down, He Hun Xie happened to send troops from Xuzhou to fight Yanzhou, but it was the same as Cao Cao's return from Xuzhou and his attack on Yanzhou.

According to Murong Zhan's assumption, relying on Gaoping County as the rear, as long as he can guard his father, then even if He Hun is fierce, he will not be able to enter the land of Yanzhou.

As for whether He Hun will make a detour to Jibei in the northwest direction and attack Yecheng? With the partial division of Jibei as the guard, you don't have to worry. Just imagine, if He Hun really made a detour to Jibei, and when there were Jibei defenders in front of him to resist, Murong Zhan did his best to attack from the rear, and maybe he could defeat He Hun evil, thus getting rid of him, the henchman of the Wei State.

Therefore, Murong Zhan's defensive strategy, objectively speaking, is quite correct.

However, what Murong Zhan didn't expect was that in the face of the Wei soldiers' chain of horse formations, He Hun Xie could not break through several attacks, but his own troops suffered a lot of losses, he would really decide to give up the continued attack on Kang Father and Gao Ping, and turned to Lu County to try to attack Jibei.

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He Hun evil camp, in the tent of the handsome.

The person who made this suggestion was Zhang Shi, the right chief under He Hun's evil account.

Zhang Shi said: "The Qin lord Pu Mao personally led his troops and horses, known as 100,000, to besiege Luoyang. This has both advantages and disadvantages for our army. The disadvantage is that if Luoyang is defeated by him, then the western soil of Wei will no longer be mine! The advantage is that he besieged Luoyang, which is equivalent to containing a large number of Wei soldiers in Zhongzhou, Yuzhou and other places for our army, and Luoyang is only 400 miles away from Yecheng.

"Our army is now hindered by Kang's father and Gao Ping. Murong Zhan, the famous handsome of Wei; Kang's father, the dangerous place; The chain of horses is not easy to break. Our army and Murong Zhan have been in a stalemate for a long time, and the outcome is unpredictable. The current plan, why not temporarily abandon Gaoping and Kang's father, divert Lu County, pass through Dongping County, and attack Jibei? Jibei is down, and Yecheng can be reached at dawn and evening. Pu Mao besieged Luoyang, Zhongzhou's troops were empty, and Ye Zhong was afraid, although it had three solids, my army was like a god soldier descending from the sky, why is it difficult to take? Yecheng has been conquered, and it is easy to take back Gaoping and Rencheng, and then Yan, Qing, Zhong, and Hebei Prefectures will all belong to the king! At that time, if the Qin lord attacks Luoyang, the king of heaven will lead his troops to the south, and then fight with Luoshui, the king of heaven will coerce the soldiers and people of several states, with my victorious soldiers, Pu Mao's disciples will be related to the land of several counties, and the tired army can only look at the wind and escape! If he still hasn't captured Luoyang, then when he hears that Yecheng is occupied by the Heavenly King, he can only return to Guanzhong. ”

"Zhongzhou" was one of several states in the Wei state. In the middle, the meaning of the center. This state is the state where Yecheng is located. Wei was divided into more than ten states. From west to east, it is the three states of Bing, Luo, and Jing from north to south in the west; To the east of these three states, from north to south are the four states of You, Hebei, Central and Henan; Yanzhou to the east of Zhongzhou; Qing and Xu prefectures in the east of Yanzhou from north to south; and Pingzhou to the east of Youzhou.

These states are large and small, such as Naluo Prefecture, Jingzhou, Zhongzhou, all of which are small states, with jurisdiction over only a few counties, or even a county, and some are still set up for political significance, like Najingzhou, the Nanyang County under its jurisdiction is indeed the land of Jingzhou, but the main counties of Jingzhou are now under the rule of Jiangzuo Tang State, and the reason why Wei State established this state is nothing more than to occupy a name.

He Hun frowned, thought for a while, first scolded Murong Zhan, and said: "Murong Zhan, this little thing, relying on the geographical advantages of Kang's father, has made some kind of serial horse, but he dares to shout with Lao Tzu!" If it weren't for the low-lying swamp around Kang's father, Lao Tzu's high-force guards couldn't be placed, otherwise Lao Tzu would surround him on all sides, and see what use this little thing's serial horse array could be! ”

Murong Zhan is in his forties, the same age as He Hun evil, but in He Hun evil's mouth, he has become a "little thing".

But it was said that since there were many swamps around Kang's father, and He Hunxie's high-force guards were infantry, and they couldn't be placed, how did this Murong Zhan's chain of horses be set up?

There are many swamps near Kangfu, but there is flat land outside Kangfu City.

Murong Zhan's chain of horses was placed outside the city.

To put it mildly, this chain of horse formations was used by Murong Wutai to deal with the Qin soldiers, which is really a bit off-topic.

After all, the most suitable thing for this horse formation is actually the main force of elite infantry soldiers. Although there are a lot of elite infantry soldiers of the Qin soldiers, there are also a lot of cavalry, and He Hun is in Xuzhou all the year round, and there are not many good horses in his hands, and his main force is mainly infantry, that is, the more than 30,000 high-force guards.

But then I said, doesn't cavalry have a natural advantage over infantry? Why did Murong Zhan still make a chain of horse formations, but instead became a passive defender? This is because the more than 30,000 high-powered guards under He Hun's evil tent are really brave and incompetent.

This Caucasian army composed of the Qian, Yue, and Sogdians used the tactics of the Central Asian troops in their ancestral hometown, shooting arrows from afar, and marching into a spear formation with shorter fighting spears at near, all of them were good at shooting and daring to fight, and their strength was strong.

On the other hand, the Wei State, since the founding of the country, has long been in decline, and the troops composed of the Xianbei people of the Murong Department and its affiliated departments are no longer the bloody nature of the earlier when they first entered the Central Plains, so even if they occupy the advantage of many cavalry, they are still inferior on the battlefield.

For Murong Zhan, He Hun Xie actually attaches great importance to him, and he also appreciates his ability to command and use troops. Picking up Zhang Shi's words, He Hun sat on the Hu seat with a golden sword, pressed his knee with one hand, crossed his waist with the other hand, tilted his head, and said: "Don't fight Kang's father and Gao Ping, take Lu Guo and Dongping, and attack Jibei, this method sounds good, but the right marquis, there are Murong Zhan's other troops guarding in Jibei, if our army can't be quickly overcome and is wrapped up by Murong Zhan from behind, then our army will fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the belly, isn't it very dangerous?" ”

Zhang Shi twisted his beard and said unhurriedly: "If Murong Zhan dares to wrap it up from behind, wouldn't it be in line with the Heavenly King's wishes?" ”

He Hun laughed loudly, looked forward to the officials and generals in the tent, and said: "Youhou is really a roundworm in my stomach!" What I'm thinking, you know it! Slapping his thigh, Huo Ran got up, the fierce light in his eyes was exposed, and he said viciously, "Murong Zhan, that little thing, if you dare to chase me, Lao Tzu will set up an ambush for him in Jibei and Dongping, and use the leopard's department to beat him with a falling flower!" ”