Chapter 235: The Attack Doesn't Go Smoothly
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In Dong Zhuo's army, there are many generals who can fight well, and they can really be called war generals. *\\Reading New Fast\\*Welcome to Reading If you talk about leading the army in battle, there are countless brave and resourceful generals.
Zhang Ji, Li Dao, Guo Yan, these three people all have the ability to stand alone.
Under Li Ru's supervision, they were more cautious. It can be said that they tense their nerves almost every day and are paying close attention to Luoyang's movements.
A few months ago, Liu Yi was not in Luoyang, and they were indeed relieved, but since Liu Yi returned to the capital, they immediately became vigilant again.
Lewi's prestige also made them wary. Even if there is no reminder and supervision from Li Ru, they themselves will always be vigilant and vigilant.
Liu Yi was preparing to set up the parliamentary cabinet, and in a hurry, it was just a nomination, although the four major military divisions were extremely resourceful, and for the first time they formulated a plan to attack Dong Zhuo this time, and all aspects were taken into account, but they were still very secret, and they missed a little bit of the situation.
In a delicate battle, the two armies must not only know themselves and know each other, but also take into account some countermeasures on the enemy's side while formulating their own actions.
Not only the four major military divisions, but even Liu Yi also missed Dong Zhuojun's situation on his own side, and he also knew himself and his opponent.
This crusade against Dong Zhuo was different from Liu Yi's crusade against the Black Mountain thieves. And Dong Zhuojun and the Montenegrin Army are also fundamentally different.
The Montenegrin army is a thief, they have a naturally timid nature towards officers and soldiers, and from the very beginning they are at a passive disadvantage. The officers and soldiers dared to attack them, but few of them dared to attack the officers and soldiers in turn. The previous Yellow Turban Army dared, but after repeated defeats, the Black Mountain Army did not dare. The fact that their 300,000 troops entered Youji and the three states respectively, but never made any achievements, and never failed to contain the officers and soldiers.
However, Dong Zhuojun, they are also officers and soldiers, and. I've always been arrogant. They came from Xiliang violently, and despised the heroes of the world according to Luoyang, and their Xiliang iron cavalry was not afraid of any force in the world at all. They fought against the allies of the world. In the end, although Dong Zhuo was defeated and retreated to Chang'an, it was also a non-war defeat, mainly because Dong Zhuo did not want to fight a decisive battle with the allies in order to preserve his strength. If he is really desperate and fights a decisive battle with the allies to the end, he will not consider moving the capital to Chang'an. Then Liu Yi didn't have a chance to let Liu Yi take advantage of it, and it was impossible to launch a series of targeted attacks on Dong Zhuo and attack him unprepared, so that he could take advantage of such a big advantage. Of course, this is also possible only with the foresight of Liu Yi.
Dong Zhuojun's tenacity can be seen from the repeated losses of the allies, such figures as Sun Jian and Cao Cao. They all lost their troops under the attack of Dong Zhuojun, and all the princes suffered losses, and from these aspects, we know that Dong Zhuojun is not useless.
It's like. Huang Xu sneaked to Hongnong County to inquire about the enemy's situation and find out the situation of Dong Zhuojun, how could they not send a large number of spies to keep an eye on the situation in Luoyang?
The two generals Li Wei and Guo Yan suffered losses under Liu Yi, so in addition to their scruples about Liu Yi, they were also very unconvinced by Liu Yi in their hearts, and they were resentful, thinking when they suffered such a blow in Xiliangheng? They were always thinking about washing away the shame of being defeated by Liu Yi so wolf. Dong Zhuo appointed them to stay in Hongnong County to guard. Far from being afraid, they were a little happy, because this was also their chance to make a name for themselves, as long as they held on to Hongnong County and maintained their oppression of Luoyang. In the future, when Dong Xiangguo wants to send troops to Luoyang again, when he conquers the world, they will be the vanguard, make meritorious contributions, and become famous in the world, at this time.
Moreover, they also know very well that holding on to Liu Yi in Hongnong County is not a one-time thing, it may be a few months or even a few years, so they dare not relax at any time, for fear that if they relax, they will be put in an irreversible situation by Liu Yi.
Now is different from the past, after seeing how powerful Liu Yi is, they also began to face Liu Yi squarely. This, just like Liu Yi gave Wen Chou, Li Ling and other generals, let them guard the Tiger Prison Pass and Bishui Pass, they must always be on guard against enemy troops coming to attack, always be ready for battle, and dare not have the slightest slack.
Liu Yi's people can do this, but for the two armies against the two armies and other generals such as Li Dao and Guo Yan, how dare they be lax?
When Liu Yi's army was mobilized, when he set off from Liu Yi to Lushi County, there were secret agents who urgently reported to Zhang Ji, Li Wei, Guo Yan and other generals.
Luoyang is so big, it is naturally impossible to keep the transfer of the army secret and not let people know. Moreover, they are so close to each other, and it is difficult for both sides to escape from each other's eyes and ears if there is any movement.
Therefore, even if Li Ru has not yet rushed from Chang'an to Hongnong County, Zhang Ji, Li Dao, and Guo Yan have all taken action and are ready to fight when they know that Liu Yi has an army transfer.
On the day that Liu Yi led his army to Lushi County, after Li Dao Guo Yan received a report from the secret agents, they immediately dispatched troops and ordered the guards of various towns in Hongnong County to enter a state of first-class combat readiness.
In fact, Dong Zhuojun of Hongnong County has always been in a tense state of combat readiness.
It rained at night, but the rain did not paralyze Dong Zhuojun, and they were ready to fight at any time.
Drama Zhicai Jia Xu Xun Wenruo, the three of them were together with Tai Shi Ci Xu Zhu Huang Xu. In addition, there are several other lines of soldiers and horses.
The military horses of all walks of life do not need to set off at the campus of the Xishan Military Academy, because they are already fighting against Dong Zhuojun, and the two armies are separated by a distance of only a few miles.
The horses of each army have increased or decreased, but the overall shape has not changed.
As soon as the morning dawned, Tai Shici and Xi Zhicai, together with Xi Zhicai, led the army from Caoyang City and went straight to Jiaguan. However, before attacking Jiaguan, it was necessary to capture two or three towns between Caoyang and Jiaguan.
These towns are not big, they were originally developed by some small towns, after Dong Zhuo moved the capital, after the turmoil of the forced relocation of the people, there are not many people in those places, but every small town, there are still 20,000 or 30,000 people. The town will generally have a few thousand Dong Zhuojun garrisoned.
Dong Zhuojun will force the people to increase and thicken the city walls of small towns, and also dig moats around the walls of small towns, and introduce river water, the moats are generally two or three zhang wide, more than one zhang deep, and the prancing horse is sad. Also, they were around the city walls. It was also full of traps, full of traps.
More importantly, from Caoyang to Jiaguan, it is only sixty or seventy miles. Two or three towns along the route are only ten miles apart from each other, and they can mobilize troops and horses to support each other at any time. This caused a lot of obstacles to Tai Shici's attack.
Tai Shici's army, there are 20,000 captive soldiers, that is, the sergeants captured by the coalition that defeated Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and others, of course. It also includes some of Dong Zhuo's captive soldiers. After the whole training of the Xishan Military Academy, they have long forgotten their previous identities and belong to the formal Han army of the new Han court. Tong guò let them train and learn, and they were also proud to be Liu Yi's soldiers, so this was their first battle after forming an army, and everyone was very popular, hoping to make a contribution in the first battle.
Other than that. There are also young and strong people who were selected from the more than 100,000 people who participated in the defense of the palace at the beginning, and a total of 30,000 people were recruited. The 10,000 people were the local hooligan soldiers under the control of Huang Zheng Wuyang. Of course, now it may not be said that it is a rogue soldier, but after the baptism of training, it is now a dignified army with strict military discipline. Originally, these 10,000 people would have other tasks in the future, and Tai Shi Ci did not plan to let them participate in the war, but under the strong request of Huang Zheng Wuyang, Tai Shi Ci let them participate in the attack on Dong Zhuo together.
Huang Zheng and Wuyang have not really been on the battlefield for a long time. After a few years, he embarked on the journey again.
In this way, there are 50,000 military horses, plus 5,000 elite soldiers originally stationed in Caoyang, these 5,000 elite soldiers were originally military horses led by Xu Zhu, and they were led from Dongting Lake Xinzhou. After they captured Caoyang, they have been stationed in Caoyang City.
From Caoyang to Jiaxian. There are three small towns along the road, namely Zhangmao Town, Caiyuan Town, and Sanmen Town. These three towns, vaguely forming a zigzag, blocked between Caoyang and Jiaxian, forming a horn trend with each other, becoming the former acropolis of Jiaxian. If you want to attack Jiaguan, you must capture these three towns.
Of course, in addition to these three towns, there are actually several small towns, but those small towns have not become the key towns guarded by Dong Zhuojun, and there are generally a few hundred sergeants left to maintain local order and maintain control over those towns. In peacetime, if Liu Yi's army wanted to attack those towns, they would immediately withdraw and withdraw to the three main towns to strengthen the defense of those three small towns.
When they knew that Liu Yi was leading his army to march to Lushi County, they had already ordered the sergeants of the small towns below to withdraw to the important towns. Therefore, for those small towns, Tai Shici only needs to send a small group of sergeants to receive them, and there is no need to send a large army to attack them. The main thing is to concentrate forces against these three important towns.
Zhangmao Town is the first small town that Tai Shici wants to capture.
Dong Zhuo's army in Zhangmao Town has 5,000 troops, and the troops of several nearby towns have been withdrawn to the town, so the actual strength is almost close to 7,000 men.
Tai Shi Ci had 55,000 sergeants in his hands, so naturally he would not attack this town alone, and after he and Xi Zhicai combined, they decided to attack the three towns together.
Huang Zheng and Wuyang led 10,000 military horses to attack Zhangmao Town, in addition, let a general who was promoted lead 10,000 military horses to bypass Zhangmao Town and attack Caiyuan Town, and the remaining 35,000 military horses went straight to Sanmen Town with Taishi Ci Xi Zhicai and pressed Jiaxian at the same time.
In this way, the troops attacked in several ways, so that the three towns did not dare to go out of the city to support other towns, Tai Shici directly led the army to suppress Jiaxian, and it could also make Dong Zhuojun of Jiaxian County not dare to go out of the city to support the three towns. In this way, it can also be achieved to attack Dong Zhuojun at the same time, so that Dong Zhuojun is in a passive situation and does not dare to move.
Naturally, the town is far away from Caoyang, and strictly speaking, it is impossible to launch an attack at the same time. Therefore, it was Huang Zheng Wuyang's 10,000 soldiers who really attacked Dong Zhuojun first.
After fighting each other for so long, both sides can actually know the strength of the other side. It is indispensable to plant spies on each other. It's just that Dong Zhuojun's disadvantage is that they failed to grasp the movement of Liu Yi's troops in time, and during the period of confrontation between the two sides, they were only in a passive situation. Therefore, they did not really grasp the real detailed deployment of Liu Yi's troops for their attack this time.
It's like Tai Shi Ci led a large army to attack their town, and they didn't know how many troops and horses Liu Yi would send to attack them at the first time. However, Tai Shi Ci can know how many troops they have in their fixed towns, and how many troops they withdraw from other towns, and Tai Shi Ci can also know.
Originally, the town guarded by six or seven thousand Dong Zhuojun had 10,000 soldiers and horses attacking it. The troops were slightly insufficient, but Tai Shi Ci knew that this attack was aimed at being fast. His goal is not these small towns, but Jiaguan, as long as he takes Jiaguan, these towns can also be taken without attacking. Therefore, the order he gave to his generals was to attack if he could. If they can't attack, they can't support each other lightly.
Jiaguan and the three towns, in a small part, form a horn trend with each other, and can echo each other at any time and send troops to support each other. From the perspective of the overall situation, Jiaguan and several large towns such as Hongnong County, Hangu Guan, and Lushi County have formed a horn trend, as if they were a whole. In general. Attack any place and you may receive support from them from all directions. However, that is all based on the fact that the two sides are equal in strength. Based on the lack of troops of the attacking side.
Now, the total strength of Dong Zhuojun's army in Hongnong County is only more than 100,000, but Liu Yi can mobilize 200,000 or 300,000 soldiers and horses to attack it at the same time.
One of the most useful strategies for attacking Dong Zhuo's army discussed by the four major army divisions and several generals was to divide the troops to contain Dong Zhuo's army, so that the unfavorable situation would become a situation favorable to oneself, and the enemy's horns would become their own horns.
Be just like. At this moment, Tai Shici divided the troops into several routes, first restrained the towns, so that the soldiers and horses in their towns did not dare to move, and when the soldiers and horses from all walks of life were in place, although their own military horses were not based on the city. However, it is equivalent to forming a trend of each other's horns. The strength of their own army was slightly more than Dong Zhuo's, and as long as they had enough troops to fight against them in front of each town, they would not be able to support each other.
In terms of the strategy of coping, there was no problem, as soon as Liu Yi's various armies moved, they really shocked Dong Zhuojun, and asked them to hold their own towns, and did not dare to mobilize troops and horses to support other towns lightly.
It can be said that when the army was moving, it had already suppressed Dong Zhuojun in terms of general trend and strategy.
However, in the actual attack, a little trouble was encountered.
In the process of containing and attacking the strongholds of the towns and cities where Dong Zhuojun was stationed, the attacks did not go well, and many towns were in a hurry.
Liu Yijun, to attack Dong Zhuojun's town, you must first clear the traps around the town, and then you can advance under the town, and then, there is a moat, you must fill the moat first, and then it is possible to attack the town again. And at the same time of attacking, from time to time, the cavalry of the same Dong Zhuojun will suddenly kill out of the city to attack for a while. Although they didn't dare to really leave the city to support other towns, they still dared to fight against Liu Yijun. In this way, after Liu Yijun launched an all-out attack, he suffered a series of setbacks and the attack did not go well.
However, due to the thorough preparations before the war, although there were setbacks, the casualties were not too great, and the losses were still within a tolerable range. Mainly when destroying the traps around the town, Dong Zhuo's army suddenly killed, delaying the time to break the slope trap, and the sergeants who had no time to retreat to the big formation were killed by Dong Zhuo's cavalry. In addition, when filling their moat, they fired arrows on the city, causing some damage to the sergeants of the Liu Yi army.
Well, siege warfare is like this, if you want to attack the town, you must first destroy some traps, and then fill the moat, and then you can directly attack the city walls, and then you can go to the city to fight. These tasks are inevitable.
Especially when the enemy was prepared, Liu Yijun's attack did not play a role in launching a sudden attack and disturbing the enemy's morale. At the beginning, Dong Zhuojun was very determined, defending the city, advancing and retreating with Liu Yijun, and it was not as expected by the four major military divisions, Dong Zhuojun would be defeated in panic, and did not ask for help from each other at the first time.
However, it is also true that Liu Yi's current strength is indeed more than Dong Zhuojun's troops, but when he scattered his troops to attack separately, his own troops were not so large that Dong Zhuojun, who was defending the city, was frightened at first sight.
However, although the offense was a bit unsmooth, it was also temporary.
No, the first to make contributions was not Huang Xu, who attacked Hongnong City, nor Xu Zhu and other generals who divided their troops to attack near Hongnong County, but Huang Zheng and Wuyang.
On the morning of the same day, after a rapid march, it took less than half an hour for Huang Zheng and Wuyang to lead 10,000 troops and horses from their headquarters to the city of Zhangmao Town.
However, Huang Zheng and Wuyang did not immediately order the sergeants to start an attack on Zhangmao Town, but let the army set up a meal and sit back and watch Tai Shici and other troops go away to attack other towns.
His 10,000 rogue soldiers, almost all of them have bad stomachs, how can they quickly capture such a strong city?
It's kind of funny when you talk about it.
They set up camp and cooked food at the same time, ate and drank enough, and did not even bother to destroy the traps in front of the town, but let some guys with very loud voices approach the town to curse.
This scolding, compared to these hooligans and scoundrels, is naturally the best trick, not only scolding, but also many obscene satirical actions, which made Dong Zhuojun's eyes burn when he saw it. Especially when the group exposed Xiao JJ to Dong Zhuojun in the city, Qi Qi's radiation situation made Dong Zhuojun really unbearable.
Huang Zheng Wuyang's people all seem to be hanging. From a distance, it looks like a plate of loose sand, and the vigilance is lax, which makes people see that they don't seem to be here to fight at all, but to travel and relax.
Also, he sent people to scold the war, but he did not make any preparations for the battle, and the army did not even list the formation, except for the sergeants who scolded the war, the army was loose in the barracks.
Moreover, what made Dong Zhuojun unbearable was that the military camp of Huang Zheng and Wuyang was set up less than two miles away from the city, just one kilometer away, just outside the trap in front of their city wall. In this way, Dong Zhuojun was on the city wall, and he had a clear understanding of the situation in the military camp of Huang Zheng Wuyang.
One kilometer away, what is this concept? That's a thousand meters, according to the running speed of ordinary people, how can you say that you can always run more than ten seconds in 100 meters, right? What about kilometers? It's only a few minutes, no matter how slow it is, you can always run in four or five minutes, right? Not to mention that most of Dong Zhuo's army are cavalry, with the speed of cavalry, this kilometer distance can really be killed into this military camp in the blink of an eye.
The two armies fought delicately, the two sides lined up, separated by a kilometer, this is already considered close, this girl, actually camped two miles away from the city, right under their noses, as if they were nothing, so big and arrogant set up camp, how did this not make Dong Zhuojun's guards look at the fire twice?
The guard who stayed in this Zhang Mao Town was a personal general of Guo Yan, named Tuo Pa Liang, and he was a Hu man.
He is brave, but not strategic, but he has followed the cautious Guo Yan for many years, learned a lot of ways to use troops from Guo Yan, and also implemented Guo Yan's orders 100%. Guo Yan had already given him an order, so that once he found out that Liu Yijun was attacking the town he was defending, he would definitely not lightly lead his army out of the city to fight against Liu Yijun, and hold the city as soon as possible. Then, depending on the situation, if he saw that Liu Yi's army was strong, he would immediately send a report to the nearby towns, informing the nearby towns to be prepared for vigilance and support.
He had a few thousand troops, including two thousand elite cavalry, and it would never be a problem to hold on to a well-prepared town for a while. Guo Yan asked him to defend the city first, and strive for other towns to prepare for the enemy, until he could no longer deal with Liu Yi's army, so he could lead 2,000 cavalry to retreat. Of course, when he was defending the city and fighting against Liu Yi's army, there might have been troops from other towns to support, so that the towns he was defending would not be lost. When reinforcements arrived, he could lead his army out of the city and attack Levion's army with reinforcements.
Anyway, all the time, Tuo Pa Liang has carried out Guo Yan's orders to the letter and meticulously.
However, this time, he was teased by Huang Zheng Wuyang, and he couldn't help it.
He decided to lead the army out of the city, enter the barracks of this Levian army, completely destroy this loose barracks, and defeat this Levian army! (To be continued......)
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