Chapter 1097: The Battle of Jingxiang Twenty-Eight

The first merit of the victory of Jia Mengguan, whether it is Zhang Hu and Zhang Liao who personally commanded the battle, or the Son of Heaven who is thousands of miles away, all belong to the third rate without exception, although he is not a person in the army, but Liu Yi has long been under the rule of such a convention, if there is no lack of his advice, I don't know how many soldiers will lose their lives under Xiongguan! Of course, these soldiers are also the biggest contributors to the battle, especially the Tiger Guards! At this point, Zhang Liao, the commander of the Yanyun Army, praised his comrades after the war, saying that the Tiger Guard Army was indeed above the armies in Hanzhong, and only Gao Shun's Liaodong Army could be in the same ranks.

Zhang Liao's words have been unanimously recognized by Zhang Hu and the generals in the army, this attack on the Tiger Guard is indeed worthy of the title of the first strong army, whether it is the formation of the coordination or the tactical execution is a step higher, especially the strong sense of honor of the soldiers, these in the battle report Zhang Hu did not hide the slightest! However, Zhang He was very humble at this time, the Tiger Guard Army did not lose to any strong army in terms of morale, and the training was average, but the way of siege was not as sophisticated as the Liaodong Army.

Liu Yi attaches great importance to the communication between the various armies under his command, and the battle report is always transmitted to the leading generals as soon as possible, and there will be soldiers and generals who have experienced the war to exchange experience with various armies, which is of great significance for the exchange of strengths and weaknesses between the various departments of the Han army, and is also one of the reasons for their continuous increase in combat effectiveness. Based on this, Zhang He knew the strengths and weaknesses of all friendly forces, and he and Xu Huang were temporarily under the command of Gao Shun when they attacked the Tiger Prison, and they were extremely recognized for their ability to attack fortifications, and the previous battle was the first Liaodong Army to take Leping.

The appreciation of his comrades and even the fear of the enemy army is undoubtedly the greatest affirmation of Gao Shun, but now Jing Ke does not have the mood to care about these, and a big problem of risking a lone army to cut behind the enemy is that the information transmission is not smooth, at this time the Liaodong Army does not know the news that Hanzhong has taken the Jiameng Pass, it should be said that even if Gao Shun learns that he will not be too happy, the strength of the enemy general Li Dian, Xiahou Yuan's attack here is the most important thing for him to pay attention to at the moment, and there is not much danger to defend where the opponent is attacked from both sides. It is also necessary to guard against the reinforcements that the enemy army may add at any time, and I am afraid that Gao Shun's troubles in this life will not be as many as in the first few days of the Yongan Guandao battle.

With the White Tiger Battalion's cloud-piercing arrows, the Han army avoided the dilemma of being impacted by the Xiahou Yuan cavalry, but don't forget that the enemy general Xiahou Miaocai is by no means an easy person, no matter the cavalry foot soldier, his ability to command the army will not be under the Han army's several famous generals, and the position of the White Tiger Army is by no means as stable as the strong city in hand, and at this time, the military resources in Pei Yuanshao's hands are always limited, and it is not realistic to completely block the tiger and leopard cavalry with the archers alone, and now the foot soldiers have been engaged in the battle with the other party.

The infantry army against the cavalry army is still on the relatively wide terrain on the official road, which cannot contain the opponent's mobility and impact to the greatest extent, and the disadvantage of the former can be imagined! At any time and place, Gao Shun and Pei Yuanshao would never use such troops, but at this point in Yong'an Guandao, this point has become their only choice, no matter how bad the casualties are, they must stop Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan's two armies and let them not converge, in order to create an advantage for the overall battle situation!

In the fierce battle a few days ago, aside from the evil, Dian Wei regardless of the Han army has always been in the advantage, but now Dian Gongyi has been wounded and can not go into battle, but it is still difficult to open the situation of the Liaodong Army, the tenacity of the enemy and the morale of the arrival of reinforcements is certainly one of the main reasons, and the casualties and fatigue of the Liaodong Army itself in the previous battle have also begun to show. Since the beginning of the Battle of Qingzhou, Gao Shun has repeatedly carried heavy burdens, Leping captured Lejin in the first battle and took the Jiancheng Liaodong Army, and the price paid was more than half of the casualties, and then there was the Battle of Lu and the pursuit of annihilation, indeed they got the greatest replenishment and rest time, but no matter how well-trained those county soldiers are, it is still difficult to compare with the previous veterans of a hundred battles, especially in the current hard and protracted war, rich experience is the biggest gap! After a few days of desperate killing, the elite of the Liaodong Army killed countless Cao troops, dragged down the fierce general Dian Wei, and paid the price himself, that is, the casualties and morale of the veterans, which is the weakness of the recruits.

The veterans of the Liaodong Army, who originally had less than 20,000 people left in the First Battle of Guandao, suffered more than half of the casualties again, and even the trapping camp of Gao Shun did not move lightly, and the newly replenished soldiers could not occupy the advantage in combat power when facing the elite of the Cao Army, which also caused the battle for the crossing to be still in a stalemate! However, it is too harsh to attribute these to the poor planning of Zhao Yun, Guo Jia and others, and it is too harsh to blame it, the lone army to go deep into the original is an adventure, Xiangyang Jiangling is a heroic city, and it is understandable that the relatively complete Longxiang Beiping Army is responsible for the main attack, and then it is even more necessary to consider Gao Shun's command and tenacity.

Of course, these unfavorable factors are from the perspective of the Han army, but for the Cao army, the stalemate in the battle of Yong'an Guandao is even more unfavorable, and now Liu Yi is more personally leading the army to come, it can be said that every moment the pressure on the hearts of the generals of the Cao army will increase a little, and the worries of Li Dian, Xiahou Yuan and other generals will never be under Gao Shun, but as a general of the first army, in this entangled battle situation, any negative emotions that damage the morale of the army will not be revealed in them.

Gao Shun believed that with the mobilization of Cao's army, King Changshan and the two military divisions would never abandon the battle of the official road, and reinforcements would definitely come to help, but as the supreme commander of the Han army in this war, he could not pin his hopes on the reinforcements, but tried to deal with the situation in front of him with the strength in his hands. The battlefield is a place of uncertainty, and everything except the actual forces in your hands has the potential to be variable. Since it is difficult to take the crossing by storming and taking it for the time being, and the stalemate is beneficial to the overall battle situation, he must immediately change his tactics and defend on both sides to reduce the casualties of his soldiers and soldiers, so as to achieve the goal of supporting here for a longer time.

Adaptable, these four words are simple to say, but it is extremely difficult to really get to the battle array, and it requires the greatest determination and firmness of the main general! Gao Shun's change of offense to defense is by no means blindly defending, he still has to maintain active high pressure on Li Dian's department, the best means of defense is to attack, the degree of which needs to be carefully considered, as for the tiger and leopard riding this way, he also used the method of night raid to fight back, and for the sake of morale, he can not form a situation of blindly being beaten passively.

No matter what the situation is, General Gao, who is always calm as a mountain, is the largest Dinghai Shenzhen in the army, Li Dian marched forward bravely, Xiahou Yuan fully cooperated, but the Han army was still like a mountain between the two armies, so that they were only more than ten miles apart, but they could not find a way to break through! Gao Jingfang's army is not only invincible, but also has a lot of experience in this way of defending, the Han army at this time is like a cowhide wrapped tightly in one place for Li Dian Xiahou Yuan, you can compress it but you have to face their strong backlash at any time.

The White Tiger Battalion is one of the old four battalions when Liu Yi raised the army, and when it comes to qualifications, they are still above the eight main forces, and their combat power is not weak at all, which is vividly reflected in the face of the impact of the tiger and leopard cavalry, no matter how strong the impact of the other party is, they always have a way to make a strong counterattack! And looking at its tactics, it is by no means relying on a bloody courage to fight to the death with the enemy, the fighting spirit of the White Tiger Battalion is by no means lacking, but in the face of superior enemy forces, flexible tactics and the use of favorable conditions are the greatest reliance, after two days of attack, Xiahou Yuan also had to admit that the enemy in front of him was the most difficult foot soldier he had ever encountered, and every grass and tree on the official road could be used by the other party!

When it comes to these, I can't help but mention one person, that is Pei Yuanshao, the commander of the White Tiger Battalion, who died under Zilong's spear in the romance, and the historical facts are not even more detailed. But in this life, because of Liu Yi's coming, the trajectory of his life has changed, from an unknown person to a qualified general, at least in this battle, his performance is definitely excellent! It is precisely because of his dispatch and presence on the front line that the tiger and leopard ride has made rare progress for several days.

If Xiahou Yuan and Pei Yuanshao were really allowed to lead an army to fight, the latter would not be the enemy of the former, but in the part of Yong'an Guandao, the strategic intentions of both sides were extremely obvious, even Xiahou Miaocai would not have a very good way to take the other party, if he was asked to use two words to describe Pei Yuanshao's use of troops, it would be called cunning if it sounded good, and it was called a scoundrel if it didn't sound good! He will never fight you with you in a dignified manner, but uses all kinds of means to make you uncomfortable, and the official road is made full of potholes, and even has all kinds of tricks in the use of cloud-piercing arrows. But on the battlefield, there is no distinction between gentlemen and scoundrels, only the most appropriate response, and the White Tiger Battalion dragging the tiger and leopard ride is victory.

But in this way, after two days of exhausting all the crossbow arrows carried, the White Tiger Battalion had to fall into the rhythm of short-handed combat with the tiger and leopard cavalry, although Pei Yuanshao tried every means to destroy the terrain so that the advantages of the enemy cavalry could not be fully utilized, but the advantages of the tiger and leopard cavalry in the arms could not be ignored, at this time, there was nothing else to stop the enemy's attack except the flesh and blood of the soldiers, since Pei Yuanshao, the White Tiger Battalion from top to bottom had made up its mind to die, and General Gao would not have reinforcements to give him in the face of Li Dian's army, He can't let the enemy attack the back of his comrades before he falls, he doesn't have the bravery of Dian Wei, but his fighting spirit is not lost!

What's the most frustrating thing about people? After a series of hardships and efforts, he finally saw hope, but he was seriously hit at the moment before he took it into his arms, and Xiahou Yuan was exactly like this, seeing that another hour or two would be able to disperse this difficult enemy army, but the smoke and dust raised in the distance and the roar of the earth made him extremely depressed for a while!