Chapter 1049 Ninety-Five-One
The Battle of Hanzhong, Wei Yanqi's attack on Micang Mountain, and the Battle of Yanzhou, King Yan personally blocked Guomaling, these two battles and the battlefield of hundreds of thousands of horses were not magnificent, but they directly determined the success or failure of the war on the east and west fronts. Cao's army rations were burned and had to retreat, Liu Bei's rescue of Lu Guo was unsuccessful, and it was necessary to leave quickly in order to prevent falling into the heavy encirclement of the Yan army, coupled with the breakthrough of Chen Liu, Cao Ang and the two generals of Cao Ren, the battlefield has formed a trend of Cao's army retreating on the whole line, and the Yan army did its best to launch a pursuit with the power of total victory and strive to further expand the results, and the decisive situation of this nearly half a year is clear.
The first large-scale duel between Liu Yi and Cao Cao at the end of the Han Dynasty ended with the victory of the Yan army on both fronts, regardless of the strategic planning of the generals on the battlefield on both sides, the strong logistics and scientific and technological strength of Yan played a decisive role, both offensive and defensive between the strength of the Yan army exceeded the expectations of Cao Cao and his ministers, Liu Yi's two-year strategy brought too many "surprises" to his number one enemy and this battle, and also received excellent results.
Now Zhang Hu and Zhao Yun led the Yan army to chase and suppress the retreating Cao army and the Yangzhou army on all fronts, this war still needs to have a perfect ending, in Liu Yi's imagination, it is better to leave Liu Xuande's army across the river in Jiangbei! However, as the end of the war, King Yan himself did not personally participate in the command, he defeated Zhang Fei and injured Guan Yu Shenwei in the battle, but the defeat of these two bear and tiger generals also made themselves pay a heavy price, according to the diagnosis of the accompanying doctor, it must be recuperated for three months without fighting and can not be angry, and needs to be calm and calm to recuperate.
Originally, Liu Yi was going to personally lead the army to join the final pursuit of this war, in his opinion, his injury was not as serious as the doctor said, at most, he would no longer be in the battle formation, in the past half a year, in the hard work and war, now the battle situation is clear, the Yan army has won a complete victory, and he also wants to draw a successful end for it! But this idea has been fully persuaded by Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and others, in the current situation, whether King Yan personally participated in the pursuit is only symbolic, and can not play a too critical role, compared to his body is the most important, I can hear the soldiers talk about Wen He and other advisers after the battle that day, they can't help but feel frightened, when Huang Zhong suddenly threw cold arrows, Liu Yi was indeed life and death!
Naturally, there were more than a group of civil and military officers who spoke to dissuade Liu Yi, hearing that her husband was injured, Feng Ruoxi was the first to rush to the army to serve properly, Zhen Mi and Fang Xian'er's two daughters also rushed from Yecheng regardless of the bumps, looking at her husband's slightly pale face, Concubine Xi's pear blossom brought the rain to Chu Chu pitiful, and there was a burst of soft words to beg each other, this kind of combination was in one place, and Lang Sheng also had to press the plan to personally pursue it. However, in later generations, he was accustomed to negotiations, and he also had conditions, that is, he would not be in Yecheng for the time being, but would sit in Lu to stabilize the new two states, and secondly, to strictly supervise the three armies to advance bravely.
In this regard, Jia Xu and the others unanimously chose to agree, the prestige of King Yan will not only play a great role on the battlefield, but also in political affairs, with him sitting high in the country of Lu, it will have a far-reaching impact on the stability of the people of Qingzhou and Yanzhou! When the sergeants heard that King Yan personally went into battle to defeat Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and other fierce generals in the world, they were all wounded, and they all marched forward bravely, and performed a full-line pursuit battle vigorously, so that Cao's army, Hanzhong and Yanzhou suffered a heavy blow when they retreated.
Of course, it is a fact that Liu Yi defeated the Yanren Zhang Yide with the power of heaven and earth with the power of heaven and earth, and then fought Guan Yu but was really defeated, and his right arm was injured under the attack of Yun Chang and Wuying, but his counterattack in the spring and autumn slash also left a knife mark on Liu Yi's right rib that was nearly a foot long, and the knife qi entered the abdomen so that Lang Sheng's internal organs were slightly damaged, otherwise Wu Pu would not have said that he would have rested for three months. Just talking about the injury, I am afraid that Liu Yi will be a little above Guan Yu, and it is somewhat of an intention to boost morale when he is defeated, but before the battle with the force, Lang Sheng had already fought with Zhang Fei for more than 100 years, and his physical strength was extremely high, and he was slightly injured under Huang Zhong's arrow, and at this time, it is not an exaggeration to say that he and Guan Yu were both defeated.
Sitting in the land of Lu State, Lang Sheng stayed for half a month, although the Cao army suffered a strong blow from the Yan army, Liu Bei's Yangzhou army was also very difficult under the encirclement and interception of Xu Huang Yi, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, and the number of generals, fortunately, Zhuge Liang saw the opportunity very quickly, the army retreated very quickly, and the help of Cao Jun and the county of Yuzhou was able to return to the riverbank line in general intact, but in the process, the Danyang elite soldiers, the Wudang Fei Army, especially Zhang Fei's Feiyan cavalry were all damaged to varying degrees, If it weren't for Zhou Yu personally leading the navy to answer them, I am afraid they would not have been able to return to Yangzhou.
And the Hanzhong Yan army under the command of Zhang Hu is also like a rainbow, the Tiger Guard, Yanyun Army, Chang'an Battalion, Sizhou Battalion, the four strong armies go hand in hand, tightly cling to the Cao Army Brigade, and the battle of Micang Mountain to establish the greatest merit of this battle Wei Yan and build miraculous feats, he disregarded his own safety and resolutely led the army from the ribs of the Cao Army Brigade, like a sharp blade to cut the other party hard, this battle Yan Army as a strange soldier used by the 15,000 Tiger Guard soldiers injured more than half, but Cao Cao had to abandon the tail of nearly 40,000 soldiers, After this war, the strength of the Hanzhong battle situation became more obvious, and Zhang Hu and others drove Cao Cao's army into Jiameng Pass before they quit.
At this point, the overall situation in Hanzhong and Yanzhou has been decided, but Liu Yi will not settle down the place first to recuperate and then forge ahead like before, and in the face of the continuous expansion of the strength of the three southern heroes in the two-year strategy, the forbearance is for this moment! Whether in terms of troops, logistics or economic strength, the Yan army has the conditions for long-term continuous combat, and Liu Yi wants to continue to use endless offensives to recover all the achievements of the three parties in those two years in addition to the great victory, and add interest.
After the war, it is necessary to settle the place to recuperate and comfort the people, and it can be Yandi's rich administrative experience and solid economic foundation for many years, which can coexist with the war, and the only thing that needs to be concerned is to control the scale of the war, as if the two wars in Hanzhong and Yanzhou at the same time and invested hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of people will still have an impact on the development of the territory and the recovery of production. Therefore, after fully exchanging views with Jia Xu, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Guo Jia and others, and carefully listening to the detailed reports of Tian Yu and others on combat preparedness, Liu Yi's choice was to storm the part.
After half a year of fighting, at this time, the whole territory of Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou fell into the hands of the King of Yan, and the land of Yuzhou was inevitable, and the battle damage of the war determined that for a long time, both Cao Cao and Liu Bei would be on the defensive against Liu Yi and unable to fight back, as for Sun Ce, as the weakest link among the three heroes, he could not form a huge threat to the Yan army alone. Stabilizing Xu Yanqing's four states and storming Jingxiang has become the best choice at the moment, and Liu Yi can also make steady progress without seeking the truth, but through continuous battles and attrition, Cao Cao's foundation that has suffered a heavy blow will be completely collapsed!
With the heavy cavalry battalion and Tai Shi Ci's Beiping Army, Gao Lan's Wind Army continued to deter the Shouchun Cao Army, Gao Shun's Liaodong Army took into account the line on the north bank of the Yangtze River occupied by the Yan Army, the Agni Army of Liyi and the Flying Tiger Army of Gan Ning coexisted hand in hand to deter Liu Bei of Yangzhou, Xu Huang's Long Xiang Army and the White Tiger Xuanwu Zhuque Three Battalions of the Yanwang Directly Affiliated Corps could join the Jingxiang battle situation, plus the Yan Army Iron Cavalry Battalion that crisscrossed here, the absolute advantage of the force still belonged to Liu Yi's side. Cao Mengde wants to reinforce Jingzhou, he must mobilize troops from Shu, and regardless of this, Cao Jun has become a tired army, Zhang Hu's 100,000 army, Chen Jun, and Jia Meng will not dare to move, maybe in this local battle, Sun Ce is the only variable, but even if Xiaobawang personally leads the army to come, Liu Yi is not afraid, and the powerful iron cavalry can deal with everything.
Before Liu Yi had formed a large corps for the decisive battle, it was also just right to use it at this time, where Zhao Yun could sit in the overall situation, supplemented by Guo Jiajia and a group of fierce generals, Xu Nan was assisted by Gan Ning, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, and Xu Huang and Gao Shun helped in the war, Jia Wenhe was responsible for the war in Yuzhou, Hanzhong was naturally dominated by Zhang Zicai, and the four major corps complemented each other, such as Mount Tai, the Yan army could attack and retreat, and the fierce attack and slow attack were all in the choice, and its momentum was also incomparable.
This is the overall deployment of the military, Xi Zhicai, Tian Yu, Chen Qun, Jian Yong, Jiangdong Erzhang, Guo Tu and others will join in the acceptance of the newly acquired territory and the strengthening of logistics supplies, Liu Yi's prediction is to completely restore the land of several states within a year or higher than the pre-war production level, and the eight main forces and the iron cavalry battalion will also reach the full number, this is by no means Lang Sheng's own imagination, everything is calculated through the detailed consultation and calculation of the talents under his command. Different from the two-year strategy, this year, the Yan army will continue to use local offensives to give the southern three heroes not much respite, and this battle is not only in the military field, but also in the scope of confrontation.
When the news reached Beiping, it caused more than 100,000 cheers in the city, and the prince Liu Huan ordered all over Beiping to put up lanterns to celebrate the victory of King Yan This time, which is enough to influence the general trend of the world, and also organized many parades of young students of Youzhou Academy! This is still the propaganda that his father once mentioned to him that day, and Liu Huan is also handy in the actual use of it now!
No matter in that dynasty, young students are the easiest part of the force to be inspired, and often the big changes start from here, coupled with the promotion of the mainstream society, this activity is becoming more and more intense, and there is only one core of it, the Han has lost the monarch for two years, such as today, all the people need a leader with enough prestige to raise their arms and lead the Han to the next glory, this person undoubtedly has only one choice, that is Liu Yi, the king of Yan!