Chapter 15 Fighting to Suppress the Rebellion
The Wuhuan people are a branch of the northern nomadic people, mainly in the northern border of Youzhou, Liu Yu became the pastor of Youzhou, opened the market with foreign races, so that Wuhuan can trade with the Han people to obtain some necessities of life.
Liu Yu practiced benevolent government in Youzhou, so that people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and at the same time adopted Huairou for other races, but this was contrary to Gongsun Zhan's philosophy.
Gongsun Chan was one of the warlords in the late Han Dynasty, he advocated countering violence with violence, and now Gongsun Chan was promoted to Zhonglang General because of his military exploits during the rebellion against Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, and was named the Marquis of Duting, stationed in the subject country, and has been fighting with the northern nomads for five or six years, thus achieving his reputation as a white horse general.
However, now that Yao Jie is here, will this White Horse General still be like history in the future?
Jicheng," reported to the state pastor, Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebel army of 30,000 people was less than a hundred miles away from Jicheng. ”
"What, what about the army of the rebels encircled by the imperial court?" Liu Yu was surprised, the history of this world seems to have changed to a certain extent, Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, who originally rebelled in the fourth year of Zhongping, rebelled six years ahead of schedule.
"Lord Zhou Mu, the rebels left some of the old, weak, sick and disabled to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, Zhang Chunqin led 30,000 elites to Jicheng, and it will take three days for reinforcements to arrive." Scout said.
"What other troops are there near Jicheng?" Liu Yu asked his subordinate officials.
"Lord Zhou Mu, there are only five thousand recruits in Jicheng, and there are three thousand cavalry outside the city, and there are ......" Speaking of this, the official obviously hesitated.
"Say." Liu Yu glared at him and said.
"There are also five hundred cavalry from Yao Jie's department who just arrived from Luoyang a few days ago."
Hearing this, Liu Yu also hesitated, he knew very well the ability of everyone in Jicheng, none of them could lead the troops to resist the enemy, as for Yao Jie, Liu Yu didn't believe in his ability very much.
"Immediately invite Yao Jie to come to the discussion." After a while, Liu Yu said.
A moment later, Yao Jie entered the state pastor's mansion.
"Pengju, Zhang Chun's rebel army of 30,000 people has approached Jicheng, what strategy do you have to resist the enemy." Liu Yu said.
"Lord Qiqi Prefecture, Jie thought that the rebels were a dangerous move this time, although they temporarily confused the imperial army, but the supplies of these 30,000 people must not be sufficient, in order to speed up the speed, the rebels did not attack the city, even if they looted some villages, it will not be much, just order the nearby counties and counties to clear the wall, and then send a cavalry to disrupt its rear road, and finally our army desperately held Jicheng for three days, the rebels will be defeated, when the imperial army arrives, the rebels have absolutely no way to escape." After learning more about the specific situation, Yao Jie analyzed.
"Okay, Yao Jie, the Governor of Benzhou ordered you to command 500 cavalry and 3,000 Youzhou cavalry to attack and harass the rebels, and be sure to delay the rebels' advance and let them consume more supplies." After listening to Yao Jie's analysis, Liu Yu was relieved and said with a smile.
"The last will obey." Yao Jie was also very excited, he was just a teenager, and he could command 3,500 cavalry so quickly, which was a reinforced regiment in later generations, or a tank regiment, and the cavalry was not a tank in the era of cold weapons.
After receiving the order, Yao Jie did not delay, and immediately led the troops to set off, due to the urgency of the incident, Yao Jie did not have time to run in the three thousand cavalry, but the five hundred cavalry of the headquarters were more familiar.
"Order the scouts to go out and look for enemy troop tracks." Yao Jie ordered.
"According to the battle report given by the state pastor, there are about 8,000 rebel cavalry, and the rest are infantry, the cavalry is the Wuhuan cavalry that rebelled with Zhang Chun, and the combat effectiveness is very strong, although the infantry is also known as the elite, but at best it is only a group of untrained young people, although they have fought a lot of battles, but they are still a group of rabble, so the main enemy of our army is those Wuhuan cavalry." Yao Jie said.
"Big brother, my Han cavalry is no longer the world-famous Han iron cavalry led by Wei Huo, on the other hand, the riding skills of the Wuhuan people are not much worse than the former Huns." Guan Yu said worriedly.
"Second brother, what is such a mother-in-law and mother-in-law, didn't you hear the eldest brother say that the rebel infantry is just a rabble, although those Wuhuan people are good, but in the hands of my old Zhang, they will definitely kill him without leaving a piece of armor." After Zhang Fei finished speaking, he made a movement to wipe his neck.
"The order goes down, our army does not light fire, only eats dry food, does not camp at night, sleeps on the spot with clothes, and is ready to attack at any time, in addition, after the scouts find the traces of the place, send a small cavalry to harass the other side, do not need to cause many casualties to the rebels, just slow down their march as much as possible." Yao Jie ordered.
On the official road, a large army is advancing rapidly, these people are Zhang Chun's rebels, the rebels are less than seventy miles away from Jicheng, Zhang Chun feels that there is no point in hiding his whereabouts, so he ordered the whole army to take the official road and arrive at Jicheng as quickly as possible.
Youzhou Mu Liu Yu is a member of the Han family, and he is a rare capable minister among the Han family, as long as he can catch him, he will have a bargaining chip with the Han court.
A hundred miles behind the rebels, a full 50,000 Han troops are marching rapidly, they are the army of encircling and suppressing the rebels, this time the rebel golden cicada ran away, the main general Han Feng must be questioned, if the rebels are allowed to attack Jicheng again, what is the mistake of Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, then he is even more unforgivable, on the contrary, if he arrives and destroys the rebels before the rebels break through Jicheng, he may be able to offset part of the guilt, so, under the urging of Han Feng, the Han army is far faster than before.
"General Qiyu, the last general thinks that it is impossible to stop the rebels with the five thousand recruits and three thousand cavalry in Jicheng, although this rebel army has not been trained, it can be regarded as having experienced many battle formations, far from the group of recruits who have not seen blood can be compared, the last general is willing to lead five thousand cavalry to chase after the rebels first, just in case." At this time, Gongsun Zhan, who had been promoted to Zhonglang General, asked for his life.
Han Feng thought about it for a while, and finally agreed that Gongsun Chan would lead the troops first, and he still knew Gongsun Zhan's ability, so it was reassuring to let him lead the troops.
But the other generals were not convinced, in their opinion, Gongsun Chan was just a shit lucky person to make a few contributions, and on how the qualifications could be compared to their group of veterans, they spoke out against it.
"General, General Gongsun Zhonglang has less qualifications, I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the public, and the last general is willing to lead the troops to attack instead of General Gongsun Zhonglang." A general said.
Soon, there was a chorus of echoes below, and Han Feng frowned and said, "The military order has been issued, how can the order be changed overnight." Han Feng knew the virtues of this group of people very well, so naturally he would not listen to their requests, and Han Feng was not at ease to let them go.