Chapter 324: The situation is critical
"Lord, now it seems that this Xiongnu will not break through in Xuansu County, and the focus of our defense should be elsewhere." Guo Jia said after understanding the situation.
Zhang Chun used to be the Taishou of Zhongshan, but his hometown was in Yuyang County, and now he is rebelling in Yuyang County, so the Xiongnu can drive straight in from Yuyang County.
Daigun-gun and Kamitan-gun were originally defended by the Great Wall, but now the Great Wall has also lost its role.
After the Xiongnu entered Yuyang County, they could attack Youbeiping in the east, Fanyang County where the state administration was located in the south, and Shanggu County in the west.
After entering Yuyang County, the Xiongnu entered the hinterland of Youzhou, which was extremely harmful.
"Lord, we have to immediately adjust the direction of defense, enter Youbeiping from Yuyang, and then enter Liaoxi, I'm afraid it won't take a few days to enter Liaodong or Xuansu County." Guo Jia said.
Ye Chen has been thinking quietly and thinking about what to do, in history, Zhang Chun and the Wuhuan people have been wreaking havoc in Youzhou for two years, he can't let this kind of thing happen again, he must be curbed.
After thinking for a while, Ye Chen spoke: "There are two important things at present, one is to ensure Liu Yu's safety, and the other is to curb the footsteps of the Huns, not only can we not be allowed to enter our territory, but we should stop them before they get close to our territory. ”
Liu Yu is very important to Youzhou, once something happens to him, then the entire Youzhou may collapse, and Liu Yu's existence can also enhance the cohesion of the entire Youzhou, except for Liu Yu, no one can unite the entire Youzhou.
And second, Ye Chen resolutely couldn't let the Huns get close to his territory, he knew the cruelty of the Huns, plus it was a cavalry, and if he was careless, he let a group of cavalry slip into his territory, then the matter would be serious.
Several people deeply agreed with Ye Chen's words and discussed these two issues.
"Second brother, Yun Yuan immediately led his troops to block the Xiongnu and prevent them from advancing eastward." Zhao Yun clenched his fists and said.
"Okay, third brother, you will lead two thousand troops later, set off first, go to Wangping County to meet Sun Qian, and arrange defenses there."
"Yes."
"Lord, this Xuansu County must be defended, and it is also necessary to prevent the Huns from entering Liaodong through Liaoxi, so we must not guard against it."
Ye Chen didn't answer Guo Jia's question immediately, but said: "Gaoxian County has Wuhuan as our barrier, just leave five hundred people, if necessary, you can let the Wuhuan people enter the city to help defend, I think even if the Huns really want to come in from here, they must pass through Wuhuan first, we have enough time to react." ”
"Wangping County is not very far from the grassland, it is very vulnerable to the attack of the grassland, and it must be defended, and Liaodong, even if the Xiongnu want to enter Liaodong, they must first enter Youbeiping, and then enter Liaoxi. You Beiping didn't know, but Liaoxi was Gongsun Zhan's territory, and it was impossible for him not to be prepared. Therefore, in the direction of Liaodong, let the Tuntian soldiers defend the city first. Plus there are two thousand guard battalions in Liaodong, so it is enough. ”
"Then calculated in this way, we have a few places to defend, Gaoxian 500, Wangping County must have 2,000, Liaodong 2,000, and we only have 3,500 troops left to use."
Ye Chen calculated his strength and found that it was still too little, and the only amount of troops that could be used was that he didn't feel it when he only had Liaodong before, but now that the territory has expanded, it is imperative to expand the army.
Now, unless the Xiongnu directly entered Xuanwu County through the grassland, it would not be so fast to attack Liaodong, and Ye Chen had enough time to prepare.
Liaodong's preparations were perfect, and the mobilization of resources was very simple, and Xuanwu County had been well prepared before, so Ye Chen was still very confident that he would keep the Xiongnu out.
"Lord, in this way, Liu Yu's side should be fine for a while, this Jixian County is not so easy to break. It's just that we don't know the exact information of the Xiongnu yet, and it's okay to arrange defense, and if you want to take the initiative to attack, it's not so easy for the time being. After some analysis, Guo Jia knew that Ye Chen tended to take the initiative to attack, so he euphemistically proposed that it was not a good time to attack.
"I know, but we have to do it first. Today, the third brother set off, and Feng Xiao, as the third brother's military advisor, set off with the army. The rest of the men waited for a day to set out with me, and at the same time ordered Yun Chang to step up the training of the soldiers, as our general support, so that they could be ready to participate in battle at any time. ”
In the end, Ye Chen ordered everyone to start acting.
Zhang Chun colluded with the Xiongnu and entered Yuyang, which made Ye Chen's defensive pressure increase instantly, because Liaodong, as his foundation, could not afford to lose, and there must be superior forces to defend.
In fact, what Ye Chen is looking forward to most now is the white horse general Gongsun Zhan, I don't know what he is doing now.
If the two forces of Liaodong and Liaoxi can effectively unite, it will be no problem to block the Xiongnu, and maybe they will be able to take the initiative to attack.
A day later, some news slowly came over, but it was not good news, the entire Youzhou, the long border has found traces of the Xiongnu, and even next to Wuhuan there are signs of Xiongnu activities.
This made Ye Chen very difficult to judge, he didn't know how many Xiongnu had entered Yuyang County, and how many troops had been invested by the Xiongnu this time.
But no matter what, Ye Chen had to take action, and the next day, the escort battalion set off as soon as it was ready.
And Ye Chen sent several waves of people to contact Gongsun Zhan, and at present, only Gongsun Zhan has the ability to fight against the Wuhuan people with him.
At this time, Liu Yu's situation was very dangerous, Zhang Chun's sudden rebellion made him unprepared at all, and the Hun cavalry directly attacked Jixian all the way.
Jixian County, as the seat of Youzhou, cannot afford to lose, but there are only more than 5,000 people in the city, fortunately, the city is strong and the materials are sufficient.
After Liu Yu received the Xiongnu invasion of Youzhou, he knew that the big thing was not good, and immediately sent several waves of people to ask all counties to rush to the aid of Jixian, especially Gongsun Zhan, and he asked Gongsun Zhan to attack the Xiongnu from behind at the right time.
For Ye Chen, Liu Yu didn't dare to ask too much, only asked him not to let Wuhuan go south.
Although Liu Yu's approach is not very clever, it is a relatively safe way, relying on the city to strengthen and block the Xiongnu.
But what Liu Yu and Ye Chen didn't expect was that this time the Xiongnu were menacing, and there were 30,000 cavalry killed to Jixian alone, and at the same time, under the leadership of Zhang Chun, tens of thousands of cavalry killed to Youbeiping.
Before Liu Yu had time to mobilize his troops and horses, the Xiongnu had already made a breakthrough in depth.
The situation is extremely critical, and the entire Youzhou is once again in the midst of war.
After Zhao Yun set off, Ye Chen also simply set off with a lot of supplies, and he also had to issue orders, requisition people, and transport supplies, so the speed was much slower.
Ye Chen only arrived two days after Zhao Yun arrived in Wangping County, and when he arrived, he saw that the entire Wangping County had just begun to build the foundation, and it would take more than half a year to build the city wall, and Ye Chen and they didn't have this time at all now.
At this time, Gongsun Zhan in Liaoxi was also very anxious, the news from the front was very bad, the Xiongnu were powerful, and there were about 70,000 Xiongnu who entered Youzhou.
With 70,000 cavalry, the destructive power can be imagined.