Chapter 320: Thunder (1)
When the line reached the second day, Bailiyan (both Wei Xian) and the carriage and horses were tired, and more than 100 people were repaired in situ until the afternoon Shenshi, and Ye Xin, Ding Yanghou encountered again, the sky was dark, Bailiyan chariots and horses broke away from the brigade, continued to hurry, and at noon the next day, repaired again. So far, it has been more than 500 miles in a row, and it is less than a day away from Dingyang City.
Ye Xin was overtaken by 30,000 horses led by Sikong Nan and Su Hong in the afternoon of the second day, and the two armies marched alternately, and met Bailiyan twenty miles south of Dingyang City on the morning of the third day. At this time, the 150,000 horses of the Black Turban rebels were less than two days away from Dingyang City, and more than three days away from Guangxin.
To Bailiyan's surprise, Jiang Qian resigned from Liang Jun's envoy and rushed to Guangxin with the army.
According to Jiang Qian, his father Jiang Min absolutely did not believe it when he learned that Qin Han was Guangxin Neiying, and tried his best to justify Qin Han, and finally it was ironclad evidence, Gongsun Yue personally admitted the fact that there was a huge internal response in Guangxin City, forcing him to bow his head.
Obviously, the one who can cover the sky in Guangxin City is Qin Han except for Jiang Min, the Duke of Guangxin. Taishou Yuzhuang, Sima Xu Tan of the city government only had more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in his hands before the war, only Jiang Min had thousands of people under him, and there were hidden private soldiers.
Qin Han has been actively inciting Jiang Min's rebellion for more than ten years, but he can't bear it, what is the reason? Since the start of the war, Jiang Min's intelligence network has only known one and not the other, isn't it strange? All kinds of signs pointed the finger at Qin Han, and Jiang Min couldn't afford to deny it.
Leaving the Yongxing River camp and returning to the Yangting Guangxin camp, Jiang Min couldn't afford to have a high fever and didn't go away, so he planned to rush to Guangxin in person, but he had to let Jiang Qian do it for him.
"General Wei, the governor of Bendu will lead the army into Dingyang, General Wei will take care of your care, if there is an accident, send someone to contact me at any time, Ye should do his best to answer General Wei."
"Thank you Dadu, this time stationed in Dingyang, Dadu Governor must remember to rush forward, must not rob grain for the sake of robbing grain, if the rebels know that it is our cavalry stationed in Dingyang, it is bound to design a lure, so the final will let the pioneer battalion Captain Sikong Nanbaotao Battalion, go with the Dadu Governor, if you don't know, you can ask him."
The Leopard Tao battalion led by Sikong Nan has always been an establishment of 2,000 people, and because there is no military exploits and recommendations, Sikong Nan is actually still in charge. In the previous battle of Shaoping, Sikong Nan was promoted to captain, and the rest of the people were promoted or rewarded.
In the vanguard camp, in terms of wisdom and strategy, in addition to Baili Yan, Sikong Nan should be the first, horizontal comparison, inferior to Chen Yunfeng, longitudinal comparison of military, Sikong Nan is more knowledgeable than Chen Yunfeng, and is deeply influenced by Baili Yan's tactical thoughts, can well implement the essence of tactics, and he led the Leopard Tao Battalion to enter Dingyang City with Ye Xin, Baili Yan can rest assured.
Ding Yang Hou Zhang Jun is the core of this rescue war, Ding Yang City is his fief base camp, if Ding Yang City is lost, Guangxin is to hold on for a year, it will not help, not to say that Zhao Xun can not draw troops, to go to Guangxin, if Ding Yang is lost, it will attack the city, with the current strength of the Xian army, it is impossible to draw 100,000 horses, and then fight a tough battle under Ding Yang City.
After explaining everything to Sikong Nan, Bai Liyan immediately led the pioneer battalion and Jiang Qian's department to rush to Guangxin in the starry night.
As soon as he parted ways with Ye Xin, Jiang Qian rode to the outside of the chariot and said:
"Wei Xian, how sure are you that you will keep Guangxin this time?"
"Why, the young master still plans to defend it."
"You!" Jiang Qian was very angry in his heart, but he couldn't say anything: "Wei Xian, my sister is still in the city, you can't have no scruples." ”
"Hehe, young master, rest assured, as long as Qin Han hasn't made a move yet, we can enter the city smoothly, and everything is easy to say."
"Are you serious?"
Jiang Qian was skeptical, and Bai Liyan comforted him and said:
"Young master, don't look at the time when Han He besieged Yin Yangcheng with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, the defenders of Yin Yangcheng back then were only more than 10,000 people, but the Jin army under the city was tens of thousands, and now Guangxin has a population of hundreds of thousands, can't it stop the rebels?"
"But Yin Yangcheng is surrounded by water on all sides, and Guangxin City has no moat, what if the rebels burn the city gate with calcium carbide."
"This matter is indeed a headache, but it is not that there is no way to deal with it, and when it comes to Guangxin, Wei has his own way to deal with it."
Calcium carbide is a completely asymmetrical product at the moment, which has had a huge impact on the current historical process.
At present, the city gate is dominated by wooden gates that open and close left and right, and the iron grilles that open and close up and down are not the mainstream city gates, so burning the city gates with calcium carbide will be a huge threat to the city. This time, the rebellion in Chenling was also due to the burning of the city gate by calcium carbide, otherwise Ye Xin would not have been able to arrive in time.
The best way is to add an iron fence that opens and closes up and down in front of the wooden gate to prevent the rebels from piling calcium carbide under the wooden gate, but due to the limitations of technology and iron production, equipping such a huge iron gate is a huge challenge to technology and resources.
As a result, only the two technical measures of blocking the city gate and digging a pit in the city gate hole are left.
Blocking the city gate is tantamount to sealing oneself in establishment, and it is extremely inconvenient to enter and exit. Although digging a pit can lay a bridge on the pit, once the city gate is breached, the enemy can still fill the pit, which leads to the appearance of calcium carbide and completely breaks the balance of the defending side.
It is obviously too late to renovate the Guangxin City Gate, and Bailiyan is now thinking more about how to solve the problem of guarding the gate.
When Bailiyan was still rushing to Guangxin, far away on the west bank of the Yongxing River, in the big tent of the Black Turban Army, two men with masks sat opposite each other and drank, among them, the tallest man wearing armor was the King of Heaven, and the other was the King of Heaven.
"Shentong, I just received the news that a cavalry of 30,000 people of the Xian army set off from Chenling two days ago and headed north, and there seem to be signs of military horse mobilization on the banks of the Yongxing River, do you say that the Xian army will reinforce Beihai County in a big way?"
"It is impossible to reinforce on a large scale, unless the Liang army and the Jin army are willing to fill in the Yongxing River, it is impossible for Zhao Xun to send 100,000 horses to reinforce Guangxin and Dingyang."
"Then what did they do when they transferred 30,000 cavalry, could it be that they still want to hit stones with eggs?"
"Yes, although 30,000 cavalry is not enough to repel the 150,000 horses of Thunder, it is more than enough to defend one of Guangxin or Dingyang."
"That must be Dingyang City. Immediately let Lei Ting lead the army to surround Dingyang, how about surrounding Dingyang, the Xian army of 30,000 or 40,000 people was trapped in Dingyang, and Guangxin's soldiers and horses were even less worried. ”
Sheng Yan proposed to fight Ding Yang first, and the divine power thought for a moment and said:
"No, the cavalry of the Xian army is careless, it will not put all the men and horses in the city, and the population of Dingyang is nearly 300,000, once we are captured by the Xian army, we will lose the capital to control Dingyang, after the Xian army completely controls Dingyang, it will definitely send 350,000 men to defend the city, and the main force of the Xian cavalry will be outside the city.
Since the battle of Shao Ping, the king of Shentong has fought three times in a row, and has suffered losses again and again, and now he sees the scalp of the Xianjun cavalry numb, and this time he heard the news that the Xianjun cavalry went north, and the Shentong was worried that it was Wei Xian who led the army, so the trick was repeated.
Although the Thunder King is a strong soldier and a strong horse, this time it is different from Shao Ping, it is the Xian army that is on the defensive, occupying the geographical advantage and people, 30,000 cavalry with 50,000 or 60,000 strong men defending the city, and the inside and outside should be combined to do it several times, and the 150,000 army can not bear to lose a few thousand men and horses, and it will be tens of thousands in a month or two.
Moreover, since ancient times, there has been no reason and logic for cavalry to defend the city, and when the infantry is sufficient, the main force of cavalry is bound to concentrate outside the city to look for fighters. At the same time, forage is also a big problem, 60,000 war horses are enclosed in the city, and the daily cost of eating, drinking, and Lazar is huge.
But it's different outside the city, people are guaranteed to eat and feed horses. Therefore, in the siege war, when the defender's troops are sufficient, a large number of cavalry stationed in the city is a taboo for soldiers.
Thinking of this, Shentong continued:
"If the main force of the cavalry of the Xian army goes to Dingyang, the Xian army will definitely not divide the main force of soldiers and horses to guard Guangxin, so Guangxin will definitely be empty."
"Why is that?" Sheng Yan asked.
"Because there are many people in Guangxin, do you know how many people Jiang Min has hidden."
"How much?"
"According to insider information, there are nearly 700,000 people in Guangxin, and Jiang Min has recruited displaced people from other counties on the one hand, and concealed the household registration of people on the other hand, and in the past 20 years, the population of Guangxin has only increased by 60,000 or 70,000 on the surface, but in fact there are 250,000."
"So much!" Sheng Yan was taken aback.
"I think that the Xian army must want to defend the city with the manpower of Guangxin."
"Then we won't be in vain if we wait for the internal trouble!"
"I originally thought that Gongsun Yue could drag on for three or five days in Chenling, but who knew that it would only drag on for one day, and then he would die down, but I really didn't expect that Wei Xian's son would be so capable that he would be able to turn things around overnight." The supernatural power said with pity, and then changed the conversation and said: "The Xian army suddenly transferred troops to the north this time, and it is bound to contain our army in Beihai County!" ”
"Then Guangxin can't take it?"
"Not really. Thunder is carrying a large amount of water and coal, as long as the city gate is breached, there is no reason not to break it. ”
"Then what if there is a pit inside the city gate, just like Xu Song guarded the city of filial piety, why don't you attack it?"
"No, no one would have thought that Xu Song would be able to dig a hole in the ground when attacking Xiaocheng. This time the preparation is sufficient, as long as the city gate is burned and the pit is filled. I was worried that the Xian army might rob our army's grain routes, so I should order Xianxi County to immediately transport all the grain and grass used by the 150,000 army for two months to Leiting, so as not to be plundered by the Xian cavalry in batches. ”
"But why do I always think that the Xian army is so weird, once Guangxin gets into trouble, how can it be delayed for three or five days, and the thunder army will be able to arrive after three or five days, but the Xian army is so leisurely and leisurely, will the Xian army have already seen through the strategy."
"What about seeing through, Zhao Xun can't afford to transfer troops to the north, and he doesn't have time. Count on Guangxin to start an incident, unless it can be rushed before the envoy of the Xian army arrives in Guangxin.
We should be cautious and careful in Guangxin, unless the Thunder Army has a day to go, it will definitely not rush things, and the Xian army set off from Chenling three days ago, and it is calculated that it will be able to reach the Guangxin territory tonight and enter the city tomorrow.
The Thunder Army will not enter the Guangxin territory until the day after tomorrow at the earliest, and it will take one day to arrive at Guangxin City, and there is a day in the middle, unless the internal affairs should be raised in advance and the four gates will be closed first.
If the envoy of the Xian army happens to catch up with the incident, he may be able to drag it until the Thunder army kills. If the move fails, the Thunder Army will immediately attack the city after it arrives, and the Xian army will have no time to prepare. ”
The supernatural power is basically predicted, it is likely that there will be only one day to decide the success or failure of Guangxin City, and the Xian army will not have time to organize an effective defense within one day, and recruit enough strong men to defend the city, and the army led by the Thunder King will inevitably collapse under the strong attack, and there should be no suspense in capturing Guangxin.
The only thing to worry about is the grain and grass of the 150,000 army, Shao Ping suffered a huge loss, and the divine power no longer dared to underestimate the ability of the Xian army to attack and disturb, and decisively asked Xianxi County to transport the grain and grass needed by the 150,000 army for two months to Beihai County, and then the Thunder King sent another 50,000 horses to meet it, even if the Xian army 30,000 cavalry was exhausted, it would not necessarily take advantage of anything.