Chapter 1236: First Battle: Zero Defeat vs Zero Defeat
In the current situation, why is the South Korean army still insisting on storming and defending the country?
Zhao Hongrun has never been able to figure out this reason. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Perhaps many people will take it for granted that the Korean army stormed Weiguo, either to open the way to attack Wei, or to occupy the land of Weiguo, or even to destroy Weiguo altogether.
But in fact, this speculation is untenable.
Let's talk about the South Korean army's attack on the defense of the country, why it can't be the purpose of wanting to occupy the defense of the country.
The reason is simple, even if the Korean army can defeat the defense of the country, Korea will not be able to defend it: first, the Wei people will not submit to the Koreans, and second, the Wei state will never allow the neighboring Wei country to be annexed by Korea.
In Zhao Hongrun's view, the Han soldiers who fled from the Battle of Shanyang must have informed Kang Gong Han Hu of the existence of the Qin army, so it is not difficult for the latter to deduce the strength of the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
Zhao Hongrun did not attack Ningyi a few days ago, it was because of the lack of troops, I believe this, Han generals Li Mu and Le Yi can also guess it.
At least 300,000 troops!
If Zhao Hongrun stood in Han Jun's point of view, he would be able to speculate on his own.
Since he can speculate, I believe that Li Mu and Le Yi are also clear in their hearts.
Therefore, Li Mu and Le Yi can also speculate on what the large force of the Qin-Wei coalition army is currently doing - recovering Hedong.
Subtracting the 60,000 or 70,000 Qin-Wei coalition troops led by Zhao Hongrun to Shanyang, the Qin-Wei coalition army still has at least 200,000 troops in Hedong, and the Han army in Hedong County, Taiyuan Shou Lecheng and Yangyi Hou Han Xu's troops, together are only 40,000 or 50,000 people, how can they defeat at least 200,000 Qin-Wei coalition forces?
Wuxin Marquis Gongsun Qi, Changxin Marquis Wang Jian, Wei general Sima An, Lintao Jun Wei Ji, these well-known generals of Qin and Wei are not dry meals.
In other words, Hedong County will eventually end up with the defeat of Han General Le Cheng, Han Xu and others, which is already a sure thing.
And once the Han army in Hedong County is defeated, even if Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin, Wang Jian, and others will lead their troops to attack Taiyuan, and the Wei general Sima An, Qu Cheng of the Yanling army, and Bo Xile of the Qianjiao army will obviously support Hanoi County.
When these reinforcements arrive, the South Korean army will have no advantage.
Of course, it does not mean that the Qin-Wei coalition army can defeat the Korean army, if it does fight, it is conservatively estimated that both sides should lose both.
But in the case of these two defeats, even if the Han general Sima Shang captured the Wei State, it would be impossible to hold this land - and even if the Wei State did not need to send troops at all, the Wei people themselves would see that the Han army was weak and fought back to recapture the territory.
If the generals of the Korean army can't even see this, then it is not worth Zhao Hongrun to be afraid of them.
In the same way, it is impossible for the Korean army to attack Wei in order to open up a road to attack Wei.
Because in Zhao Hongrun's view, even if Wei Guo was captured by the Han general Sima Shang, Wei State could quickly requisition the army of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, from Yuanyang and Nanyan to the Wei and Wei borders.
Yes, it is undeniable that in this way, the defenses of Yuanyang and Nanyan will be empty, and the Han army in Jixian will be able to cross the river from this area and reach Daliang.
But the key question is, with the Qin and Wei coalition forces eyeing the Shanyang area of Hanoi, will the Korean army dare to cross the river?
If the Korean army really crossed the river, then Zhao Hongrun would dare to cut off the return route of the Korean army, and see whether Daliang was broken by the Korean army first, or whether the Korean army was defeated first because the grain route was cut off.
Daliang, after all, is the royal capital of Wei, how could it be so easy to be captured?
Therefore, the purpose of the Korean army's attack on Wei was not to open the way to attack Wei.
Then the question arises, why did the South Korean army defend the country? And hit the ground so fiercely?
Is it to plunder some wealth from the Patriotic State before retreating, and to make up for the loss of this military dispatch? Or does the commander-in-chief of the Korean army, Kang Gong Han Hu want to fight in the end?
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Hongrun didn't come up with a clue.
At noon the next day, a group of green crows that he had sent to Ningyi and Jixian a few days ago to inquire about the intelligence of the Korean army returned to Shanyang.
Those green crows told Zhao Hongrun that the Han troops in Ningyi and Jixian did not seem to have any intention of cutting wood to build pontoon bridges, and they had been staying in the city or the barracks honestly in recent days, without any changes.
After hearing this information, Zhao Hongrun couldn't believe it.
The Korean army in Ji County didn't even build a pontoon bridge? Could it be that Kang Gong Han Hu didn't plan to cross the river? So what are these Korean soldiers doing in Jixian and Ningyi? Could it be that there is too much food in the spare country, and a batch is ready to be consumed?
No, no, no, no......
When Qin Shaojun came over to discuss the military situation with Zhao Hongrun, he saw Zhao Hongrun sitting on the main seat in the house muttering to himself.
Under Qin Shaojun's surprised gaze, Zhao Hongrun walked to the table where the map was placed in a few steps, and stared intently at the map on the table.
The Han army in Jixian County did not build any tools to cross the river, so the speculation that Kang Gong Han Hu wanted to fight in the last fight could not be true.
Unless the Han soldiers are prepared to jump into the river one by one and swim to the other side of the river.
Of course this is not possible.
So what exactly is the reason?
Looking at the marching map, Zhao Hongrun muttered to himself.
From the side, Qin Shaojun heard Zhao Hongrun's muttering, and saw that his brows were furrowed, so he said on the side: "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, when the reinforcements from Hedong arrive, you can launch a general attack on the Korean army......"
"If you can't figure it out, don't think about it? , the court scholar of Xianyang Palace, that's how he taught you? Zhao Hongrun glanced at Qin Shaojun and said impatiently.
"You!" Qin Shaojun's face turned crimson angrily, and he said indignantly: "I am kind enough to persuade you, but you actually speak ill of each other?!" ”
"......" glanced at Qin Shaojun, whose face was flushed, and Zhao Hongrun also realized that his words were a bit excessive, so he said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm a little impatient." ”
Seeing Zhao Hongrun apologize to himself, Qin Shaojun was surprised, and the anger on his face gradually subsided.
In fact, on the way to Hedong with Zhao Hongrun, Qin Shaojun had already learned from Wei Jiao and other Zong Wei about the suicide of Zhao Yuanyan, the king of Yi, and at that time she finally understood why this friend's temperament changed greatly when he conquered Sanchuan and fought against her Qin army, and even his attitude towards her was full of hostility.
Sighing secretly, Qin Shaojun said with a straight face: "I came to tell you that the coalition army is running out of food. …… Although His Royal Highness Gongzijiang provided us with a sum of food and grass, we couldn't hold on for long. ”
Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this, then glanced at the city representing Ningyi on the map, and said with a smile after half a sound: "I can't figure it out, so I just don't want to, first test the Han army who tested Ningyi, maybe I can get something useful." ”
Qin Shaojun was stunned when he heard this, and then a few smiles flashed in his eyes: "I will immediately send someone to inform Lord Yingyi." ”
On March 12, Zhao Hongrun led 50,000 Shang Shui troops to the expedition, and on the same day, Yangquan Jun Yingyi, who was stationed in Huaiyi, received the news, leaving 3,000 soldiers to stay in Huaiyi, leading 20,000 Qin troops, and joined the Shang Shui Army halfway, and slaughtered towards Ningyi.
At this time, the Yanmen cavalry under Li Mu was wandering in the areas of Shanyang, Huaiyi, and Ningyi, and after noticing the abnormal movements of the Qin-Wei coalition army, they immediately returned to Li Mu, Le Yi, and Storm Kite.
Half a day later, after learning that Wei Gongzirun had led troops, Li Mu, Le Yi, and Storm Kite gathered at the Shuai Institute to discuss countermeasures.
Since there was no Kang Gong Han Hu in this meeting, the atmosphere of Li Mu, Le Yi, and Storm Kite was much better.
Li Mu was the first to speak: "Wei Gongzirun is starting to be suspicious...... Thinking about it, he executed Ju Xin and killed more than 20,000 of my soldiers, but our army was stationed in Ningyi, no wonder it made him suspicious. ”
Hearing this, Le Yi said indifferently: "I said earlier, I should have sent troops to fight Shanyang a few days ago, Shanyang City has been besieged by Juxin for nearly a month, and there must be loopholes in the city defense......"
After that, he glanced at the kite, intentionally or unintentionally, because it was the kite's strong opposition at that time.
Probably seeing the embarrassment on the face of the violent kite, Li Mu smiled and relieved the siege for him: "Actually, the violent kite is right, in this battle, our army will withdraw its troops horizontally and vertically, and there is no need to fight with Wei Gongzirun's army...... There is no point in fighting senselessly, wasting the lives of soldiers in vain. ”
"But this time the other party called the door...... Do you want to refuse war? Le Yi asked lightly.
I saw Li Mu ponder for a moment, and said with a smile: "Let's go out of the city to fight, in fact, Li also hopes to fight with that Wei Gongzirun, and if there is a chance, try to capture him...... The threat of this person is very great, and if he is tolerated, he will definitely become a problem for my henchmen. ”
With that, he turned to look at the kite, asking what the latter meant.
Storm Kite thought about it for a moment, and felt that refusing to go to war would damage the morale of his army, so he nodded.
Although he was very jealous of that Wei Gongzirun, he was also much more relieved when he thought that he had Li Mu and Le Yi, two famous generals who had never been defeated.
About an hour later, Li Mu, Storm Kite, and Le Yi each led their troops out of the city, and lined up in the open space west of the city, waiting for the arrival of the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun also led the Qin-Wei coalition army to the west of Ningyi City, and when he saw the Han army outside Ningyi City from a distance, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
He didn't expect that Li Mu, Storm Kite, and Le Yi would actually give up Ningyi's city defense advantage and go out of the city to fight him.
It is worthy of the two generals of the South Korean army who have no defeats......
Secretly praised in his heart, Zhao Hongrun ordered the whole army to stop advancing when the two armies were far apart.
He carefully observed the formation of the South Korean army, and saw that this South Korean army was composed of three armies under different banners: the Yanmen Army, the Northern Yan Army, and the Handan Army.
Among them, the Northern Yan Army is in the center, arranged into? several phalanxes in the shape of a zigzag, with a small number of cavalry in the rear; The left flank (south) is the Yanmen Army, which is in the shape of a zigzag, with an infantry phalanx near the center and a cavalry phalanx on the outside; The Handan army was on the right flank (north), with two rows in the shape of Lu in front and back, and each row had about several infantry phalanxes.
Seeing this formation, relying on his general understanding of these Korean troops, Zhao Hongrun secretly thought in his heart.
The infantry of the Northern Yan Korean Army, its main general, Le Yi, is quite confident in his subordinates, and he is still thinking about supporting the two wings at any time? …… The Yanmen army on the north side, most of those cavalry were planning to outflank them in a roundabout way...... I feel that the Handan army is still the weakest.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun ordered in a deep voice: "Lord Yingyi, you lead the Iron Eagle to ride as the left wing (north), Wu Ji, you temporarily assist Lord Yingyi." …… Zhai Huang and Nanmen Chi, the two of you lead the merchant army in the center. …… General Wang Ling, you led the shield soldiers and the black-faced army to the right flank (south). ”
"Understood!" The generals were ordered to go.
Looking at the Wei army adjusting the formation from a distance, Li Mu and Le Yi were calm and calm, squinting at the Wei army's change of formation, but there was a few wry smiles on the face of the violent kite.
Targeted...... Is it?