Chapter 255: The Battle of Shao Ping (27)
Last night, Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) estimated that the Black Turban Army would not give up, and after finding out the reason, he learned that the mare's trick to seduce the stallion was very likely to be concocted in the same way, so last night he sent twelve scouts to the north to strictly monitor it.
Early this morning, the cavalry of the Black Turban Army did not chase and kill, and there was no infantry to follow in formation, so the illusion of poor combat effectiveness confused the Xian army, and now it can be basically concluded that the Black Turban Army made a detour to rob and kill the Xian army, and after the robbery, they fought and retreated, and retreated to Shaoping.
Thinking of this, Bai Liyan asked Sikong Nan:
"Sikong Nan, do you think the Black Turban Army will send cavalry to rob and kill our army's people and horses to build bridges, and at the same time build bridges and cross the river at the same time in the upper reaches of the Changchao River south of Shaoping?"
"It may be very big, but our army is cavalry after all, it is difficult for the Black Turban Army to catch up, and the grain and grass can still support for 15 days.
"That's so. However, if Chen Feishi's eastward retreat is blocked by the Black Turban Army, our army will inevitably go to meet it, and in this way, our army is very likely to fall into the trap of the Black Turban Army. ”
"But I can't count the time. Eighty miles south of Shaoping, the Changchao River is wide, and it takes at least twice as long as the Anping Ferry to erect a pontoon bridge. At that time, our army has also crossed the river to the east, and if the Black Turban Army wants to engage our army, it must pull 70,000 or 80,000 people across the river and deploy them secretly, so that it can not be completed in one or two days. ”
"But General Chen Feishi will arrive in Shaoping in six or seven days at the latest, and if it is on the east side of Shaoping, it may arrive in four or five days. At that time, the Black Turban Army will go east to the river to block it, even if our army breaks through the defense line before the main force of the Black Turban Army is deployed, what about Chen Feishi's naval army? ”
"This ...... Either abandon the ship and go ashore and ride a horse, or you can only fight against the Black Turban Army. "Sikong South Road.
"That's right, if Chen Feishi is trapped, our army will save him, so the warship can't be taken away at all, and it won't have time to sink itself, so it can only be obtained by the Black Turban Army.
In this way, our army can be described as suffering heavy losses, no stronger than the loss of more than 20,000 war horses by the Black Turban Army. Moreover, in the future, the Black Turban Army will be able to balance our army with a naval army, and it will be extremely difficult for our army to be unhindered. Overall, our army suffered greater losses.
Moreover, the Black Turban Army will definitely wait for work on the south bank where Chen Fei was trapped, and Chen Fei will not be able to go ashore on the south bank at that time, if he goes ashore from the north, our cavalry will not be able to respond, and the naval army will become a foot army, and it is very easy to be trapped by the Black Turban Army. If we forcibly land on the south bank, our cavalry will have to be saved, and if we do so, we will have to fight a decisive battle with the Black Turban Army, which is a dilemma. ”
"How's that good?" Su Hong said.
Baili Yan frowned, paced back and forth, and twisted the short whiskers of her jaw with her hands on her chest.
The whole plan can be described as quite precise, even if it is detected and wants to be saved, it is too late, because of the lack of time, the distance spans more than 600 miles, and the fighter is difficult to master, and it is quite passive.
After thinking for a long time, Baili Yan said:
"Sikong Nan, what if our army suddenly turns around at this time and grabs the pontoon bridge of the Black Turban Army?"
"Just with 3,4500 of our army to seize the pontoon bridge? The difference in strength is too great, and the Black Turban Army will definitely take precautions. ”
"No, it's the whole army that turned around and went east to kill the north bank of the Changchao River south of Shaoping."
"But even so, according to the current marching speed, it will take more than two days to arrive, wouldn't it have been investigated by the Black Turban Army earlier? If you set a trap, it will be a battle against the water. ”
"Yes, if our army drops more than 70,000 donkeys and horses in their hands, makes a light cavalry assault, sets off tomorrow morning, travels 150 miles a day, and can assault to the south of Shaoping the morning after tomorrow, even if the Black Turban Army reinforces from Shaoping, it will take more than a day, and it will be too late at all."
"Do you have to give up more than 70,000 donkeys and horses to the traitor cavalry?" Su Hong was surprised.
"Yes, from here to Shaoping, to drive such a large group of horses, it takes less than two days to go. The black-turban cavalry must have marched westward in advance tonight, so tomorrow they will at least talk about two hundred miles with the men of the Metropolitan Governor's headquarters, that is, a day's journey.
And our army will turn around and head east tomorrow, and wait until the black turban cavalry discovers it, it will be noon tomorrow, and under hesitation, even if there are 70,000 donkeys and horses in front of them, they may not dare to take them, and at the same time they have to rest after driving two hundred miles, so they are afraid that they can drag on for another night.
The next day, the whereabouts of our army were unknown, and the Black Turban cavalry came again to take away the horses, and they had to turn back and run two hundred miles, and rest for another night, before they could move the horses, and it was 110,000 donkeys and horses, so it was three nights and two days, and our army had already arrived south of Shaoping at this time, ambushed the Black Turban Army, burned the pontoon bridge, and could repair it a little.
At this time, the cavalry of the Black Turban Army had just driven the horses to Shaoping, and our army returned to the division and marched westward again, annihilating the horses and the cavalry of the Black Turban Army in one fell swoop! ”
The key to this game lies in time, and the magic power will calculate the time exactly the same, if you cross the river from Anping according to normal thinking, it will never be too late to rescue Chen Feishi's water army.
But Bailiyan did not play cards according to common sense, threw the burden of horses to the Black Turban Cavalry first, led the army to kill a horse pistol, and killed the Black Turban Army Bridge Troop on his back. Then he sent someone to cross the river along the south bank of the Changchao River to send a message to Chen Fei, so that he could buy three or four days in advance, so that Chen Feishi had enough time to turn around and retreat to the Yongxing River.
At the same time, the Xian army returned to the horse gun again, to kill the black turban cavalry who drove the horses to Shaoping, this came and went, rushed, rested, delayed and waited, the black turban cavalry said that it would take about four days to rush back to Shaoping from the Anping Ferry, in fact, the Xian army only needed three days to kill back and forth.
Su Hong and Lu Gao's minds couldn't turn for a while, and only Sikong Nan suddenly realized:
"Wonderful, wonderful, if this plan succeeds, our army will be another big victory!"
"Don't be in a hurry to be happy first, you still need to report this matter to Governor Ye, you wait to rest first, you will personally present this matter to Governor Dadu."
The situation is changing too fast, it is still unknown whether Ye Xin can adopt it, and more importantly, whether he can make this decision if he leaves these 70,000 donkeys and horses in his hands.
Changing into a fast horse, it was already late at night when I arrived at the Chinese army:
"Wei Xian, see the Metropolitan Governor."
"Well, excuse me." Ye Xin's eyes were worried, and he opened his mouth to yawn tiredly: "What is the urgent military situation, let's talk about it." ”
"Qiyu Dadudu, at dusk, our army found nearly 20,000 cavalry on the north flank of the Black Turban Army, which set off overnight last night, marched at night, and repaired during the day.
After explaining the situation in detail, Ye Xin was completely tired, and he said:
"It's very likely that General Wei is here to annihilate this cavalry?"
"If we fight, our army is bound to suffer heavy casualties, and our army is a day march and camp at night, the black turban cavalry, on the contrary, camp during the day, march at night, and when our army camps, they just arrive at their departure place, even if our army is many, but if the black turban army waits for work, our army is physically exhausted, and it will have to be dragged to death by it.
Therefore, if it is a force battle, the casualties of our army will definitely be not small. The extra wounded will drag down our army's march, the main force of the Black Turban Army can still cross the river in the Shaoping River section to block our army, and General Chen Feishi's naval army will also have to be trapped, and our army will not be able to fundamentally reverse the current predicament. ”
"So, General Wei must have already had a plan to break the enemy?"
"Yes, I'm afraid that the Metropolitan Governor won't be able to make up his mind?"
Ye Xinfu said with a smile:
"Do you know how Zhao Shuai explained to the governor of Pontus before leaving?"
Bai Liyan looked at Ye Xin and didn't feel any malice: "I don't know, please ask the Metropolitan Governor to make it clear." ”
Ye Xin stood up and approached and said:
"Zhao Shuai knows that you are resourceful and decisive, and you can fight habitually, so I will follow General Wei's strategy more. In fact, there is one thing that General Wei may not know, in the first battle of Jiangdong that year, the governor of Bendu and the generals served under Lu Jing, and many things were only known afterwards. General Wei's defeat of Han He was really beautiful, if Lu Jing and Marquis Ding Yang had listened to General Wei's strategy back then, I am afraid that this is not the situation today. ”
"I see, the Metropolitan Governor saw with his own eyes that the last general had defeated Feicheng."
"That's true. At that time, you lied to Yin Yang to lose, Lu Jing led the army to rescue Yin Yang, I had some doubts, how could Zhao Shuai not be guarded at all, and then heard that Zhao Shuai ambushed the Jin army cavalry, and deceived Lu Jing to rescue Yin Yang and led out the Feicheng defenders, and then suddenly realized that this was a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain and lure the snake out of the hole, which not only deceived his own family, but also acted a good show, leading the Jin army out of Feicheng.
This time all the way to the west, our army has gained a lot, even if it is defeated, the brave generals of the Xian army can be tempered, the soldiers and horses of the Black Turban Army are pinned down by our army in Shaoping, and the Xian army of Yongxing River has a chance to breathe, Zhao Shuai's goal has been achieved, and the governor of Bendu still has any worries at all. Let's say, what is the strategy to break the trap of the Black Turban Army? ”
Ye Xin's words immediately swept away Bai Liyan's worries, and he said:
"Thank you for your trust. The last general thought that at that moment, our army should completely throw off all the horses that had been in hand and concentrate on killing back to Shaoping. ”
"Tell me why."
"If our army continues to cross the river in Anping as originally planned, it will definitely be too late, and it will have to be ambushed by the Black Turban Army, and Shao Ping's Black Turban Army will inevitably build a pontoon bridge eighty miles south of Shaoping to cross the army, and block the waterway for Chen Feishi's department to go east, and then use Chen Feishi's water army as bait to force our army to fight a decisive battle.
At that time, the battlefield, troops, and timing of the decisive battle will not be decided by our army, and with the strategy of the generals of the Black Turban Army and the supernatural king, our army will not win. ”
Bai Liyan explained the plan in detail, and Ye Xin was silent for a long time and asked:
"What if Shao Ping's Black Turban Army sees through General Wei's strategy and sends troops to meet the Black Turban Cavalry who have already led the horses into their hands?"
"They don't stand a chance!" Bai Liyan said affirmatively.
"Tell me about it."
"Our army will set off early tomorrow morning, still one man and two horses, only leaving more than 40,000 donkeys and horses, and then galloping all the way, until the horse is exhausted, and then abandon the horse, and use another war horse to continue to drive, so that it can gallop 250 miles or even 300 miles a day, and the scouts of the Black Turban Army will not have time to transmit the movement of our army back to Shaoping that night, which is one of them.
Second, our army repaired for one night on the same day, and at noon or afternoon on the second day, it could reach the bank of the Changchao River south of Shaoping, and even if the Black Turban Army sent reinforcements from Shaoping to rescue, it would take a day and a night to march urgently.
And our army will leave as soon as it is done, and the brigade will never cross the river. At this time, the cavalry of the Black Turban Army must have been shocked when they learned that the traces of our army had disappeared, and they would not dare to act rashly, and they would have to delay at least one day to determine the intentions of our army during the period.
Before they began to return to Shaoping with a large number of horses, our army had turned around and marched westward again, if Shaoping sent troops to reinforce the black turban cavalry, it could only be an infantry army, and there was no cavalry available, so it was too late to say, but it was easy to be broken by our army from behind, so it was impossible for the black turban army to reinforce the cavalry from Shaoping west. ”
"General Wei's mind is really thoughtful, if it was Ye, he would have fallen for this person's poisonous plan."
"The ability of the Metropolitan Governor is actually not inferior to others, but this time the Divine Power Heavenly King who sits in Shao Ping is all above everyone, and Wei is only a little more knowledgeable than him, and in terms of wisdom, I am afraid that he will lose to him."
"Oh, General Wei also compares himself to the opponent of this supernatural king?"
"Yes, the wisdom of a single word, it is a little worse than the next, our army wins in the innovation of tactics, and the knowledge is above it, only these two points can win back a game. Long-term wrestling, the slightest carelessness may be eaten by it.
Today's plan, according to common sense, our military will never have time to build a bridge in Anping to save General Chen Feishi, to say the least, it will be two days away. If you can't use the war horse as bait and save yourself with a broken arm, you will never be able to solve this crisis. The victory of our army is due to the fact that it does not follow common sense, so that it cannot deduce the strategy of our army by common sense. ”
"Well, that makes sense. In this case, the governor of Bendu immediately ordered Xu Jin to lead the army back overnight to join our troops and set off early tomorrow morning. ”
"No, the cavalry of the Black Turban Army is marching westward tonight, so that the distance between Xu Jin's troops is less than one hundred and sixty or seventy miles, General Xu Jin should set off to the east tomorrow morning, change the front army to the rearguard, and quickly withdraw from the garrison, and then change horses here to catch up with the main force of our army.
In this way, the cavalry scouts of the Black Turban Army can be confused, and when the cavalry of the Black Turban Army gets the news, at least tomorrow afternoon, when they hear the news that our army has suddenly retreated, they must think that their whereabouts are exposed, and they dare not easily return to the army to pursue.
Moreover, they marched continuously, very tired, and it was impossible for them to catch up immediately, at least until the day after tomorrow to find out the situation and recover their physical strength before chasing our army, by then our army had already killed Shaoping, where would they still have time. ”
So he acted accordingly. Set off early tomorrow morning and kill one of the Black Turban Army. ”
"No!"
That night, the Chinese army repaired overnight, and the next day before dawn, the battalions of the Chinese army received a military order, immediately gave up their horses, turned back to the east to attack the enemy in Shaoping, and all the armies and battalions were talking about it, and there were many people who did not know what was powerful.
simply came all the way and won one battle after another, and the middle and high-level generals did not have much objection. Only Bai He, Fang Qian, Lu Zhao and others accompanied the woman, although there were not many people, but they turned around and marched quickly, where could the woman eat.
"General Wei, the army suddenly turned around and marched quickly, what should I do with my female dependents." Fang Qiandao.
"Xu Jin's department is the rear guard battalion, General Fang and everyone can go east with the army, if they can't keep up, there is Xu Jin's department behind them. When the army has laid the pontoon bridge of the Black Turban Army, it will immediately return the same way, join Xu Jin's department, and then move westward, so that it will be foolproof. ”
"I see, the Black Turban Army all say that the supernatural king has no last resort, and it seems that General Wei is even higher than him today."
"General Fang has won the award, and this plan is also motivated. The Divine Power Heavenly King intended not to make our army sometimes respond to Chen Fei indirectly, and he would not have time to save himself. Wei thought about it, since the Divine Power Heavenly King can cut off our army's time, why can't our army cut off his time. The supernatural power only gave our army four or five days before and after, and our army had to use a shorter time to rob him of his life.
Only in this way, the Black Turban Army had no time to intercept our army, so it only took two days to kill the Black Turban Army by surprise, and then return the same way. In this way, only two days are enough to kill Shao Ping with a return gun. ”