Chapter 828: Surprise Attack on Ma Han
After making up your mind, the next step is to start mobilizing troops.
It is very simple to mobilize soldiers and horses, this time Ye Chen plans to mobilize 15,000 men and horses, and with the current 3,000 soldiers and horses in Lelang County, the men and horses are very sufficient.
Ye Chen was not a reckless man, and after planning to attack Goguryeo and swallow the Mahan region, Guo Jia began to plan carefully.
"My lord, pretending to use the Mahan region is the best way, if they don't agree, we will attract their attention on the northern front, and then sneak attack from the south and attack the Mahan region in one fell swoop."
There is a good reason for the excuse, that is, Goguryeo sneak attack Lelang County, but Ma Han may not buy it.
It's very simple not to buy it, this kind of thing usually requires a "national certificate", but now Ye Chen, where can they come up with a national certificate, even if they can get it, there is no way if people don't admit it.
Because today's emperor is not even recognized by the Han Dynasty, let alone "foreign".
"Salute first, then send a letter to Ma Han, use Ma Han to attack Goguryeo, and at the same time start to form a fleet and prepare for a surprise attack on Ma Han."
Ye Chen knew very well that time waited for no one, and he had to sweep these two places away before Yuan Shao could react, otherwise when they found out, they might add a lot of trouble to it.
Moreover, Ye Chen also needs to solve the battle as soon as possible, with development as the main task.
Originally, Ye Chen planned to "drive the expedition in person", but was stopped by a group of people, and now it is impossible to say that Youzhou is in ruins, but in the rapid development, many things need Ye Chen to take the idea personally, so Ye Chen really can't leave easily.
In the end, Ye Chen could only compromise and did not personally lead his troops to attack Goguryeo.
"Alas, the expansion of the territory can be passed down through the ages, but it's a pity that I can't show it in person in Goguryeo." was vetoed by his subordinates, and Ye Chen was very helpless.
More than five days later, Tai Shi Ci set off with the army, Tai Shi Ci was the main general, and Zhao Yun, Hu Tou, and Huang Zhong fought together.
The rest of the generals had to defend other places, and Ye Chen also needed the protection of the generals, so Zhang Yi stayed behind to protect Ye Chen.
Dai County has Xu Huang here, which is very stable, and several counties in the state are still defended by Guan Yu, and other places are not much of a threat for the time being.
The fleet was quickly organized, and there were a large number of large and small ships in Liaodong, and the capacity was very strong, and it did not take long to organize it.
As Ye Chen expected, Ma Han rejected Ye Chen's proposal to borrow the way, and also refused to help Ye Chen and them provide logistics.
So there was only one way left: surprise attack.
Previously, Guo Jia sent Li Ren to lead 2,000 soldiers and horses to set off first.
Ye Chen had already sent an order to Li Ren before, if Ma Han did not cooperate, he would make an attack in the north to attract Ma Han's attention.
After receiving the order, Li Ren began to reconnoiter activities on the border, and Ma Han quickly became vigilant and deployed his troops to the north.
At this time, Tai Shi Ci had already led dozens of large ships and hundreds of other types of ships to set off.
By sea, starting from Liaodong and arriving in Mahan, it will only take a day or two to reach Mahan, and you can do the gods descending from the sky.
However, Tai Shici did not choose to attack immediately, but waited until Ma Han transferred his troops to the north before starting to act.
Ma Han did not have many soldiers and horses, and he was in his early 10,000s, and sent most of his troops to the north.
The rest of the men and horses were scattered in the cities.
It turned out that there was little protection along the coast of Ma Hanyu, and later the fleet of Liaodong often appeared in the waters near them, so they sent some soldiers and horses to defend the coast.
However, Ma Han was not very attentive to the coastal areas, and although he sent troops to defend, he did not pay much attention to defense.
After Tai Shici arrived at the coast, he first let the fleet hide.
"Big brother, let's split up and attack, or sweep together." Zhao Yun asked.
"Divided into three ways, swept Ma Han, and with Ma Han's little strength, he didn't know how to lift it." Tai Shi Ci said.
Huang Zhong and several other generals all nodded, they didn't take Ma Han's strength in their eyes, it was not arrogance, but Ma Han's strength was really not enough in their eyes.
"We went ashore in the early morning, and after dawn the three ways attacked together, no special cooperation was required, and we attacked all the way and swept directly." Tai Shi Ci said.
The rest of the generals nodded in agreement, and they received news that Mahan's garrison soldiers numbered at most a thousand, and most of them only had a few hundred, perhaps more in the capital.
Under the surprise attack, if it can't be swept away, the army of Youzhou will not have to compete with the major princes of the Central Plains for the world.
In the early hours of the morning, the ship quietly docked.
One by one, the soldiers quietly jumped into the sea, and then walked ashore, and the boat could only sail about 100 meters from the shore.
The soldiers soon lined up on the shore, waiting for orders from the generals.
The three places landed almost simultaneously, and after all landings, before dawn, the soldiers began to gnaw on dry rations and jerky.
Tai Shi Ci looked at the land in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking, maybe he was thinking that he had actually begun to open up the territory, maybe history would leave something.
"Kill, but there is resistance, and there is no forgiveness for killing."
For foreign races, Tai Shici didn't have such good patience, and directly issued a killing order.
As soon as dawn came, the three-way army began to attack.
"Well, how can there be an army?" A Mahan soldier defending the city said.
"I haven't woken up yet, it's the sea, and there are no ghosts."
"But it's like an army."
"You better go back to sleep, like me against the wall, with my eyes closed, and the day will pass quickly."
"Kill."
The two soldiers were still discussing whether they had just woken up to see the dazzling eyes, and Tai Shici had already led the troops to kill.
The defenders of the city were not prepared for the arrows attacking the city, they did not think that the enemy would come from the sea, although the fleets of Liaodong were often present in this area.
There was a wail on the head of the city, and many people did not know how they died.
The city was easily broken, and there were only five hundred defenders inside, how could it hold off five thousand elite divisions.
The other two roads were also very smooth, and there was no decent resistance at all.
Three people, when they entered the city, they immediately blocked all news, and the city was only allowed to enter, not out, and the situation was quickly controlled.
Then, the three men only stopped for a moment, destroyed the city's defenses, then disarmed all the cities, and then slaughtered the other cities.
The other cities were the same, there was no resistance at all, mainly because they didn't expect the Youzhou army to surprise them.
Rushing all the way, there was no need to stop at all, after sweeping half of Ma Han, their king received the news, but what was the use of receiving the news at this time, half of the country's army was wiped out.
"General, this battle is too easy to fight, basically take the city with one charge." Tiger Head said to Tai Shici.
"They are defenseless, the army has never fought any battles, they don't even have weapons, they are poorer than our previous Liaodong, what to fight."
Tiger head thinks about it, there is no strategic depth, no kind of war has been experienced, and at the same time the population is not large, it is strange that it can win.
The three armies swept across the entire Mahan like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and there was not much suspense about swallowing the entire Mahan.