Youzhou in the Wei and Jin dynasties, from west to east, were Dai County, Shanggu County, Fanyang County, Yan County (Yan State in the Cao Wei era), Yuyang County, Youbeiping County and Liaoxi County. The five counties of Changli, Liaodong, Xuan, Lelang, and Daifang further east belong to the category of Pingzhou.

For the Jin state, Pingzhou was very important, as it was the first line of defense against Goguryeo and Murong Xianbei further northeast. But as far as this Han and Jin War is concerned, the Han army across Yanmen and Yunzhong to capture Youzhou is already the limit of logistics, and it is impossible to go east to capture Pingzhou. Therefore, the strategic position of the five counties of Pingzhou in this campaign is very low.

As far as the seven counties of Youzhou are concerned, the most important places are, of course, Dai County and Shanggu County, and the most important places in these two counties are Gaoliucheng (now Datong Yanggao County) and Guangning County (now Zhangjiakou).

Because this is the node of the Great Wall, it is also the junction of the Yinshan Mountains and the North China Plain. After these two places, the entire Youzhou is a thousand miles of Pingchuan.

As far as Meng Guan is concerned, he has 60,000 troops under his command, but only 10,000 are veterans. Although these 10,000 people are skilled in archers and horses because they have been fighting with foreign races on the border of Youzhou all year round, the number is too small after all.

The remaining 50,000 were all recruits who were recruited at the end of last year. Among them, 20,000 from Youzhou Pingzhou are okay: Youping is the border after all, and there are not many large-scale invasions by foreign races, but there are many small attacks. If the men here don't have a few hits in their hands, they can't survive at all. Therefore, although these 20,000 are new recruits, although they are still far away from "commanding their fingers" soon after joining the army, they have basically achieved the order and prohibition, and their combat effectiveness is quite good.

But the remaining 30,000 recruits from Jizhou are a bit miserable: Jizhou has been peaceful for more than 60 years since Cao Cao pacified the Yuan clan, which is enough time for three generations to be born and grow. The recruits recruited from Jizhou, that is, thorough farmers, participated in the village weapons fight at most before enlisting in the army. In fact, due to the relatively good ecology of North China in this era, all kinds of resources are abundant, and there are very few things even about fighting.

Therefore, after receiving the news of Jiang Wei's launch, Meng Guan's arrangement was: to put all 30,000 Jizhou recruits into Gaoliu County and Guangning County to rely on the city wall to defend. Advance 20,000 Youzhou recruits to the Great Wall defense line north of Gaoliu and Quang Ninh. And the most elite 10,000 Youzhou elite horsemen stayed in Jixian County, where Youzhou's state seat was located.

"In this way, Guan will lead the troops north, and the matter in the rear will be entrusted to the three generals."

"Envoy, you are the number one general in the north of the country, and the Shu thieves are coming, and you need to sit in the rear to command in a unified manner. At this time, you go to the Great Wall in person, what if you ...... Otherwise, let's swap it with you, right? ”

Under Meng Guan's command at this time, there were mainly three generals.

The first Gou Gou Taoist general, which was sent by the Luoyang Imperial Court to support. Among the generals of the new generation of the Jin Kingdom, after Meng Guan, he was another general who was good at commanding cavalry. This time, Meng Guan arranged it to sit in Jixian County.

The second place is Huan Hao Huan Zhongran. This is the grandfather of Huan Wen, a powerful minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was later posthumously named the existence of the emperor. Of course, at this time, the Long Kanghuan clan was not a super-first-class family, and the reason why he was able to have a considerable status in the Youzhou Legion was mainly because he and Meng Guan cooperated well on the battlefield during the Jinwu Yangzhou War. After Meng Guan was appointed as the assassin of Youzhou, he transferred him over to be a farewell. At this time, according to Meng Guan's arrangement, he led 15,000 Jizhou recruits to sit in Gaoliu.

The third is Li Zhao and Li Zichu, this one is a good friend of Meng Guan. On the historical plane, these two good friends made great efforts in the process of Jia Nanfeng bringing down Yang Jun. Meng Guan stationed him in Guangning this time, and the number of troops was also 15,000.

"Hey, the official is convinced of the talent of the Taoist general. But Dao Jiang is young after all, and he has just come to Youzhou. This time, our army went out to the front line of the Great Wall, which was indeed quite dangerous. But because of the danger, the official must go north in person. Otherwise, the soldiers were uneasy and could not fight effectively. ”

“…… The last general understands, and I only wish to make you go north this time and break Jiang Bo's covenant and return! ”

"Hahaha, that's the auspicious words of the general. Ladies and gentlemen, this time the Shu thieves invaded, and the country was in danger. We are deeply favored by the emperor on weekdays, and this is the time to repay the service. If there are more, the official will not say anything, only one, fight to the end! ”

"Whoa! He will live up to the king's command! ”

…….

"Report ~~ General, our division has sent information from Cao, and the distribution of the enemy's forces is roughly as follows."

"Oh...... I see, this Uncle Meng is really a person who knows soldiers. ”

On 10 November, more than 50,000 troops of Jiang Weijun's division had crossed Yanmen County and arrived at the foot of Danhan Mountain, more than 300 miles north of Gaoliu.

It is only more than 30 miles away from the nearest Great Wall. After crossing the Great Wall, more than 200 miles to the southwest is Gaoliu, and more than 100 miles to the northeast is Guangning.

It can be said that Meng Guan chose the location of the garrison very correctly, and he was directly stuck on the road that Jiang Weijun had to pass.

After showing this information to the generals and waiting for everyone to think for a while, Jiang Wei said loudly: "Everyone, this Uncle Meng is indeed a person with real skills, and now where is our army going, please speak freely." ”

After a while, Wen Yang got up: "General, the last general heard that in the past year of the Jin-Wu-Yangzhou War, it was this Uncle Meng who led the cavalry to defeat Ding Feng's 150,000 army. At that time, the trebuchet technology that my Han transferred to Wu Gou was leaked to the Jin Kingdom. From this point of view, this Uncle Meng is very aware of the ability of our army's trebuchet. Youzhou, although it is a border, but where do the alien races of these grasslands have any ability to attack fortifications? Therefore, whether it is Gaoliu or Quang Ninh, its city defense cannot prevent our army's trebuchet. I believe that Uncle Meng is also clear in his heart. ”

"Well, please continue."

"Well, general, everyone, why did the enemy commander put so many soldiers in the city when he knew that his own walls could not stop our army's trebuchets? The reason for this is that the last general only thinks of one, that is, the enemy has too many recruits and cannot fight in the field at all. It can only be caged and stubborn. And since the death of Tanshi Huai, the grassland aliens have never been able to go deep into Youzhou. Therefore, relatively speaking, border counties such as Gaoliu and Quang Ninh have the strongest city defenses. In other words, the 30,000 people of the enemy army deployed in the two places of Gaoliu and Quang Ninh are dead chess. If our army wants to attack one point, it does not have to worry about the rescue of the other point, and if the other point dares to come to the rescue, our army can defeat it with only two or three thousand cavalry. ”

"Hahahaha~~ Very good, then Ciqian, what about the 20,000 people personally led by Uncle Meng?"

"20,000 people are more troublesome. Therefore, the last general thought that our army should divide its troops at this time, and the general led the troops to take Gaoliu or Guangning, and the last general led a team of men and horses to the foot of the Great Wall to contain this Uncle Meng. ”

"Hmm~~~" After taking the test for a while, Jiang Wei said: "How many soldiers and horses do you need for Ciqian?" ”

"10,000 cavalry is enough! In addition, dial Ziyang (Beigong Xiong) to me. ”

"Yes." After nodding his head, Jiang Wei got up: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to Da Sima's strategy, our army's goal is to occupy Youzhou, and according to this arrangement, it should be more convenient for our army to take Guangning." However, according to the current battle report of the state, Da Sima's troops were blocked by Du Yuankai in Taiyuan County and could not go south for the time being. Therefore, after our army was divided, except for Ciqian's troops, the rest of the troops went south to Takayanagi. After taking Gaoliu, continue to the south, completely open up the passage between Yanmen County and Taiyuan County, and ensure that the grain route of Dasima is completely unblocked! ”

"Whoa! Obey the General's orders! ”

"In addition, the movements of our army do not have to be kept secret, and we must let the Jin State's marching Cao figure it out. I want to see how Uncle Meng will respond when he knows the movements of our army. Hey, if only he could get the 15,000 men in Quang Ninh out of the city walls. In this way, Ben will have a lot less trouble. ”

"Hahahaha~~ General, Uncle Meng is only twenty-five years old this year, so he should be extremely easy to mobilize!"