Chapter 993 - Draw Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
Sima Shi couldn't help but be shocked, as the leader of the general, Sima Shi also knew that it was not Liu Jing, who used to be the captain of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, since he defected to Cao Liang, he took the position of the general of the right guard and commanded the right guard battalion.
Sima Shi has always served as the Central Protector, and he is still quite familiar with the officers above the captain of several battalions of the Chinese Army, so when Liu Jing appeared in the city, Sima Shi recognized him at a glance.
It's just that Sima Shi feels strange that the previous intelligence has not always said that Liu Jing led the Right Guard Battalion to be stationed in Leping, Leping is hundreds of miles away from Pingyang, plus the mountains are blocked, the road is difficult to travel, if you rush from Leping to Pingyang, it will not be possible to do it in about ten days.
The Right Guard Battalion is also a team of tens of thousands of horses, if it acts, how can it avoid the eyes and ears of Sima Jun and quietly take Pingyang City?
Although Pingyang is in the rear of the battle line, it does not mean that Sima Jun does not pay attention to the situation here, every few days, Pingyang will report the situation to the front line, so that there is no communication.
But all the attention of the Sima army is on the area from Jiexiu to Qi County, so the situation in Pingyang and the area east of the river is naturally not too concerned, in fact, when the right guard battalion left Leping and marched westward, it was the time when the battle of Qi County had not yet begun, at that time Sima Yi led 70,000 cavalry to advance northward with the momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers, all the people of Sima Army were full of confidence in this battle, who would have thought that at this time, Cao Liang would suddenly transfer the right guard battalion to attack Pingyang?
Of course, even if they think about it, they will probably laugh at it, Jinyang will be difficult to preserve, even if they take Pingyang, what can they do?
But no one expected that Sima Jun would be defeated so badly in Qi County, and the situation was chaotic at this time, so naturally no one paid attention to the situation in Pingyang.
The right guard battalion's sneak attack on Pingyang was originally one of Cao Liang's many plans, and this move was to cut off Sima Jun's back road, not only the right guard battalion, but also Cao Liang sent Wang Jun's Changshui battalion to attack Anyi.
Attacking the two county towns of Pingyang and Hedong at the same time, Cao Liang completely cut off the last hope of the Sima army, in Hedong, only these two cities have enough rest to accommodate the 100,000 troops of the Sima army, and only these two county towns can have solid defense facilities and the capital to resist.
Other small county towns, in terms of size, simply cannot accommodate many men and horses of the Sima army, and there is not enough grain and grass materials to supply the Sima army, so after the Sima army retreats, it must be withdrawn to these two cities, Cao Liang took the first step and captured these two county towns, which is to force the Sima army to have no place to stay, and in the field, the Bingzhou cavalry can easily teach them how to behave.
In fact, it is not difficult to attack Pingyang Anyi, after all, this time the Sima army launched a large-scale northern expedition and took away most of the troops in the Hedong area, and now in the Hedong area, the Sima army's defense is empty.
What's more, it is the problem of the weak sense of defense in the rear, which no one can understand, and the state army will be in the situation where the Sima army's army is pressing the border and the front line is extremely tight, and it will also send troops to attack the rear city of the Sima army, which is simply a futile and dying move, and will not play any role in the battle situation on the front line.
In this case, when Liu Jing led the right guard battalion to leave Leping and go all the way to the west, Sima Jun was completely unaware, of course, it is no wonder that Sima Jun, the right guard went westward, walking in the area of Shangdang, this area is still under the control of the Bingzhou army, even if the Zhenbei general Lu Zhao, who attacked Leping County, found that the right guard battalion was missing, it could not be transmitted to the Sima army on the Jiexiu front line in time.
Due to the isolation of mountains and rivers, the news from the Jizhou army could only be transmitted to Yecheng first, then to Hanoi through Yecheng, from Hanoi to Hedong, and then to the Jiexiu front.
Going around in such a big circle, even if it is a quick horse, it may not be able to pass the news to Jiexiu in a timely manner, not to mention that Lu Zhao got the news, it was also a few days after the disappearance of the Right Guard Battalion, plus the time for verification, when he found out that the situation was wrong, the daylily was almost cold.
At this time, the right guard battalion had already traveled between the mountains and mountains of Shangdang, and they traveled lightly, along the winding valley road, all the way smoothly to Guyuan County, the westernmost part of Shangdang County.
At this time, Liu Jing did not rush into the army, but first sent a team of about 1,000 people, changed into the banner and armor of Sima Jun, took advantage of the dark night, quietly crossed the Taiyue Mountain, and at dawn, arrived at the city of Pingyang.
At this time, Pingyang City is the most lax time of defense, although the battle of Bingzhou has entered the most critical time, but Pingyang City, which is hundreds of miles away, has no tension at all, the city gate is still opened at the time of the rooster crows, and closed at sunset, when the vanguard of the right guard battalion resists the city, it is when the Pingyang City Gate has just opened.
The sudden appearance of an army made the defenders a little flustered, but when they saw the banner of Sima Jun, everyone was relieved, it was their own soldiers and horses, so what was there to worry about?
After all, it is hundreds of miles away from the front line, and how can the state army attack so far, not to mention that on the road from Pingyang to Jiexiu, I don't know how many of their own troops have come and gone, this small army must also be a team transporting logistics materials, and the army defending the city doesn't even bother to carry out the inspection procedures.
When the Bingzhou army arrived at the gate of the city, they found that Pingyang City was negligent in guarding the city gate, and only a small number of troops guarded the city gate, so they rushed up and killed the army guarding the city.
The sudden attack made the army defending the city completely stunned, what was going on, why did their own army commit suicide.
When they realized that the situation was not right, it was already too late, and the vanguard of the state army had already controlled the city gate of Pingyang, Pingyang Taishou Hu Fen went to the front line, Sima Yi did not reappoint the Taishou, and now there is only one county surnamed Qiao who presides over the overall situation in Pingyang City, he is just a civilian official, and he is not good at fighting at all.
Moreover, after the vanguard succeeded, the right guard battalion immediately drove straight in, killed it from the side of Taiyue Mountain, and smoothly entered Pingyang City, and took Pingyang City almost without blood. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" for free for the first time.