Chapter 13: The Battle of Hebei
On the battlefield of Hebei, Zu Ti ordered Zu Jixi to go to the foot of the mountain to prevent the Shangdang army from attacking the army from Baicheng, and then the main force went north from Chaoge, and the mighty slaughter came to Dangyin.
Don't order Wei Ce to lead the army east to take Neihuang, according to Huangchi.
Grain and materials were continuously transported from Luoyang to the front line, because the entire southern part of Hanoi County and Ji County had already descended, and grain could be transported by boat through the Yellow River, and it entered the canal from the vicinity of Jianjin, and it was still in the canal. This winter's climate is unusually warm, and the Yellow River has not been frozen, which has greatly reduced the logistical pressure on the Chinese army.
Let's say that Zu Ti surrounded Dangyin County, Wei Ce attacked Neihuang County, the defenders of the two counties were only thousands, under the onslaught of the Chinese army, the city wall was quickly broken, and the defenders either surrendered or fled.
After Zu Ti broke through Dangyin, he immediately pointed to Anyang in the north, and sent the Shao family army to the west to occupy Lin Shu again; Wei Ce went down to the Inner Yellow River and entered the Dunqiu County in the east, in order to cut off the fortress placed by Qian Zhao in the middle reaches of the Yellow River from his headquarters.
Less than half a month after the war began, the southernmost of the three lines of defense planned by Zhang Bin was already in tatters. But this is also an unthinkable thing, after all, the Chinese army came too fast, too fierce, although the Zhao side has a plan, in fact, it has not had time to really build the southern front.
Fortunately, after receiving the urgent edict from Xiangguo, Jiao'an did not dare to delay a little, and handed over all the defensive affairs of Shangdang and Leping counties to Zhiqu Liu, and led 20,000 soldiers and horses to go east to Taihang to return to Hebei.
The Shangdang army was divided into three routes, and Xuan An led the main force out of Fukou, and went south to Linzhang with Zishe County - Zhao State still called it Ye, and the Jin side changed its name to avoid Sima Ye's obscenity, and the Hua Dynasty was therefore led by Wang Sheng, the general of Xiyi Zhonglang, out of Baicheng, and plotted to cut off the back road of the Chinese army; The other was led by Yin Nong, and went around the well to the north.
Because Taihang Zhucheng is really too difficult to walk, the more soldiers and horses pass, the slower the speed, and Shi Le's edict of 100,000 was sent in a hurry, and Xuan An was reminded by Zhang Bin in advance, and he really didn't dare to be rash, so he was forced to part ways.
Let's say that after the king won the white run, he immediately faced the camp set up by Zuji. Zu Chuzhong was reprimanded by Zu Li before, and was almost beheaded by the leader, so he wanted to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions to redeem his previous sorrows, but to defend the road and kill the enemy bravely. Wang Sheng attacked for a day, but could not advance an inch, but his army suffered heavy casualties, so he had to temporarily retreat into the mountains.
Anyway, after the general has ordered, you are going to pick up the leaks, if the enemy has been prepared, there is no need to attack hard, so as not to damage the soldiers in vain. Now that we are outnumbered, we really can't afford to lose.
Wang Sheng was defeated because of this, but he set up an ambush in the mountains to lure Zuji to chase after him. If this was changed to Zu Chuzhong half a month ago, maybe he would have been fooled, but if he had eaten a trench before, how could he not grow wise and become more stable in the use of soldiers? Because he returned to the base and refused to chase him, Wang Sheng had to retreat to the party, and went back to chase after Xuan.
When he arrived in Linzhang, he heard the news that Dangyin had fallen and Anyang was besieged. All the generals asked to save Anyang, but Gan'an did not allow it; re-requested to give up Linzhang and retreat to Santai, but Jiao'an still did not allow it.
He said to the generals: "The king of heaven and the prince have passed on the book, and they have planned it very well. Now there are many thieves and I am outnumbered, if I fight with them for a city or a place, I will have no chance of winning, and if I only retreat, I am afraid I will not be able to hold on for a long time. Instead, I should hand over the matter of guarding the palace to other armies, and I will respond with guerrilla tactics, so as to exploit the weak points of the thieves, and strive to achieve merit in one blow......"
Now that the country is in Hebei, how can we fight positional warfare or even defensive warfare with the Chinese army? Once we are bitten, the Chinese army will leave a surveillance, and the main force will be able to ravage the cities unscrupulously, and even take Xiangguo directly!
So he rested in Linzhang for three days, mobilized supplies, and then dived through Changle and turned inward. Wei Ce Fang went to Fanyang, heard the news and hurriedly went west to rescue, but was attacked by Xuan An pretended to attack the city, but in fact, he set up an ambush in the east of the city and killed the Chinese army by surprise. Wei Ce retreated ten miles, and when the whole army wanted to fight again, it was reported that the army had released the siege of Neihuang, and he didn't know where to go......
Wei Ce was forced to remain in charge of Neihuang, and reported the battle situation to Zu Ti to know. When Zu Ti saw the newspaper, he couldn't help but bow his head and said, "This is the correct Fa to deal with, and there are people in the karma." β
According to Wei Ce's report, the total number of Shangdang troops was around 10,000 - it is estimated that not all of them - if such a mobile force responded to the Great Plain of Hebei, it would inevitably make the ancestral army dare not divide its troops; However, if the army is not divided to expand the results of the battle, and only one way to the north, the passage is narrow, and it is easy for the army to disturb its grain route......
However, looking at the problem from another angle, it can be seen that the only thing that the Qiang people can use to resist the Chinese army is this Shangdang army. At that time, even if Zu Ti bypasses a few cities and approaches the city of Xiangguo, the danger factor is not very great.
Therefore, Zu Ti continued to besiege Anyang, but did not fight hard first, but divided his troops to take Changle County in the east, and then near Changle and Anyang, looking for traces of the Shangdang army everywhere, looking for opportunities to destroy it. The two sides were entangled like this for half a month, during which the Chinese army encountered the Shangdang army twice, and barely fought to a draw, but before all the troops gathered together, Jiao'an hurriedly disengaged and drifted away......
Zu Ti also dealt with Xuan An on the battlefield in Hanoi, and knew that this general's ability was not comparable to other generals, so he couldn't help but sigh: "Under Shi Le, only Xuan An also, if this person is not removed, Zhao will not die!" β
I had to ignore Gan'an for the time being, attack Anyang with all my strength for three days, conquer the city, and after a little rest, I was stationed in Linzhang in the north to force Santai.
But on the other hand, Dian An is not very comfortable. At this time, Wang Sheng, Yin Nong and other troops all rushed to the party, and the party army gathered, nearly 20,000 people, but because of repeated maneuvers some time ago to avoid being bitten by the Chinese army, the soldiers were generally tired and their combat effectiveness plummeted. Once the Chinese army conquers Santai and retraces Zhangshui to the east, it will be able to capture the entire Wei County, and then the Shangdang army will no longer be able to maneuver inside Wei County, and will be forced to flee to the north of Zhangshui, and the operational space will be even more compressed......
Xuan An couldn't help but wonder, should I just find a place to rest for ten days and a half months, and then attack with all my strength to attack the Chinese army? The opponent is less than twice as large as our armyβbecause some of them have swept the surrounding citiesβas long as the command is correct and the soldiers use their lives, there may not be no chance of victory. And as long as the fight is fast enough, and the Chinese army does not wait for the Chinese army to join forces, it will destroy half of it first, and the situation of this battle will still have a turning point.
But this is really risky, and it is not in line with the preset strategic policy of the Xiangguo side, should I do this?
was thinking about it repeatedly, and suddenly the ministry came to report: "Taifu Feng ordered the army to supervise the army, and he has arrived at Yuanmen!" β
Zhang Bin had been assisting Shile in Xiangguo for a while now, dispatching troops and horses from all over the country to fortify at all levels and block the Chinese army. Occasionally, Shi Le asked him: "In Taifu's opinion, is General Xuan Zu Shizhi's opponent?" β
Zhang Bin replied: "General Xuan, the national general, with His Majesty to fight in the north and south, bravely know the opportunity, and win the heart of the army, the minister thinks that his talent is really above Pei and Zu......" Of course, he couldn't directly tell Shi Le that he couldn't beat it, it was too prestigious, but then he changed the conversation:
"However, the army is widowed, the Shangdang army may not be suitable for fighting on the plains, and there are too few war horses, and Zu Shizhi has Henan and Hanoi as the backing, and there is no shortage of grain, which will lead to great morale. At this time, only trickery may be victorious, but General Yu Qiluo is not good at it, so it is quite difficult to control it......"
Hearing Zhang Bin talk about the trickery, Shi Le asked: "If Kong Chang is easy to be safe, what can it be?" β
Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "General Kong is good at trickery, but he is too light, and when it comes to this heavy task, it is not as good as General Xuan." After a pause, he said: "It's better for the minister to go south to supervise the army and plan for General Gan." β
So when the strategic deployment was almost over, Zhang Mengsun immediately left Xiangguo and came to the army of Jiao'an.
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When Zu Ti fought fiercely in Hebei, Pei should be in Luoyang, and he also planned to take the opportunity to take all the states, and when the time came, he could respond to Zu Shizhi from the flank.
The original plan was to order Zhen to lead a brigade into Hanoi and seek an opportunity to break through Taihang, while Liu Yang marched east from Taiyuan and attacked from two sides. However, before the plan was drawn up, news came that the northern police had been encountered-the Tuoba tribes had gathered in Pingcheng, and there seemed to be an attempt to invade the south.
Let's say that before that, Pei should send Sheng Le to worship Tuoba He Wei as the acting king, because it was difficult to reach the distance, Tuoba got the news first. The "female envoy" Qi summoned all the ministers to discuss, saying that we should join forces with the new Central Plains Imperial Court?
Naturally, Tuoba Tou advocated it, but it was opposed by many tribal leaders. The main reason is that Yu Lu was defeated in the south before, losing a full 200,000 cattle and sheep, causing famine in all departments, and this winter was extremely difficult. Originally, he hoped to take advantage of Shi Hu's southern invasion to send a few dependent tribes to take advantage of it and fight Caogu, while the main force marched east to aid Yuwen in order to rob the Murong Tribe.
Most of the dependent tribes such as Tiefu went south, and when Yu Lu attacked Zhao, the conscription and grain collection were less, so the disaster was not deep, and there was not much motivation to fight and survive, so it was procrastinated, and as soon as he heard that the party was reduced to Jin, he took the initiative to retreat. The lords of the various tribes originally wanted to force these dependent tribes to spit out some spoils and share the profits, but they basically got nothing, and there was no excuse for you to squeeze.
As for the eastward army, Liu Kun sent Wen Qiao to retreat, and accepted the tribute from the Yuwen Ministry but did not give him anything, which has already caused a deep rift in the relationship between Tuoba and Yuwen. In the past few years, the Yuwen Ministry has been oppressed by the Murong Ministry, and it is already weak, and it can't get much out of it, and more than half of them are empty promises, hoping that your ministry will go to Murong to snatch it...... And since your department retreated after a little battle, in addition to a little cattle and sheep supplies in the early tribute, don't want us to have another big son!
Originally, there was not much gain, but afterwards, the Qi family took the big head, and leaving a little residue for other parts was not enough to stuff the teeth.
Based on the attributes of Tuoba's nomadic tribal association, its structure is centered on Shengle's Shan Yuting, and gradually radiates to the outer layer, like a circle. The center of the circle is naturally Tuoba headquarters, that is, the descendants of Liwei, and the most noble is the descendants of Yi Hui (Qi's husband); The marginal part is the dependent tribes such as Tiefu and Jinhu.
In fact, the largest number is between the center of the circle and the edge, many tribes have been attached for a long time, have long been integrated into the big family of the association, and also regard themselves as Tuoba - although the variety is complicated, many of them are not Donghu-Xianbei from the roots. These tribes suffered the most losses because of the defeat of Yulu and the subsequent civil strife in Tuoba, but they didn't get any real benefits last winter, so if they don't go out to grab a vote, then it is estimated that they can only kill each other, and they can hope to survive!
As a result, the adults of various ministries have said, I was originally from Jin Shuo, and I was only sealed by the Jin court, how could I change to Hua in a blink of an eye? It is better to take advantage of the fact that the Chinese envoy has not yet arrived, and first go south to Xinxing and Taiyuan, grab some population, land, and materials, and then sit down and negotiate conditions with the Chinese.
The Qi clan was still hesitant - she fundamentally lacked the enterprising spirit of her predecessors Yilu, Yu Lu and others, and only wanted to maintain the status quo - but suddenly, she received a secret report that Yu Lu still had two sons hiding in the Helan Ministry. Qi was shocked, and hurriedly sent someone to ask Helan Oi for it, and Oi replied honestly, saying that one son had been picked up for Pei's family, and one son I handed over to Tuobatou......
Tuoba is a gossip about the Qi family, and he is good at dealing with the people of the Central Plains, this period of time is infinitely beautiful, which naturally aroused the jealousy of the adults of various departments, so he excavated its secrets, and revealed the matter of Yu Lu's second son by taking advantage of this bone.
Qi was furious, so he called Tuoba to scold, Tuoba knelt on the ground and said perfunctorily: "The villain originally wanted to take the second son and dedicate it to Mo Dun, but he had already been taken away by the Jin people, and the villain only had to be a winged Qian, so he was afraid that Mo Dun would be angry and punished, and he did not dare to sacrifice it...... I wanted to ask the Jin people for the acacia first, and offer it together, but I really didn't deliberately want to deceive him! The villain is loyal to Mo Dun, and has no dissent, and he hopes that Mo Dun will forgive him......"
Immediately ordered someone to bring Tuoba Shiyigan to him, but it was just a baby that was still in swaddling clothes. The Qi family wanted to kill Shi Yiqian, and his last son, Su Na, persuaded: "There is only one milk baby left and right, what do you know?" Even if it grows up, it is impossible to threaten Elder Brother's single position. The child happens to have no children, so why don't you give this place to me as a fake child? β
Qi reprimanded him: "I still hope that in a hundred years, you can assist Brother Ru and make this line sit in a single position forever, how can you be so naΓ―ve?" Xiang Yu Lu killed your brother, how can there be today? By analogy, how can we not take precautions? β
Su Na pouted and said: "The eldest brother (Pu Xiu) took it away for the sky, and Yu Lu succeeded Shan Yu because of this, and the two families have no enmity, why do you want to kill my brother?" However, Mo Dun killed Yu Lu and killed his son, and the grudge was so deep, and he saw that he was in the Central Plains, and most of the time he would come back to take revenge in the future. β
Qi reprimanded angrily: "The orphan outside must also be killed, and the baby in the palm of his hand must not be left behind!" He still ordered Shi Yiqian to be carried out of the tent and thrown to death.
Within a few days, the Chinese envoy arrived at Shengle to announce his order, and the Qi family gave him a warm welcome, so he asked about Tuoba Huaihuai during the banquet......
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