Chapter 413: The Long March of the Three Kingdoms II
Youzhou.
Zhuo County, Liangxiang City.
This city, which is not a great shore, is the last barrier of Guangyang County, the county of Yan State, and it is Guangyang, the county seat of Guangyang County, beyond Liangxiang.
Although Guangyang City is the county seat of Guangyang, the terrain is flat, and the left and right sides are the capital of the Yan Kingdom, Jicheng, which is directly connected to the back, and it cannot be stopped at all in the face of the impact of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.
Liangxiang City is the last pass of Yan Kingdom today, located in the Fangshan area of later generations, the terrain is complex and changeable, it is at the junction of the North China Plain and the Taihang Mountains, backed by the remaining veins of the Taihang Mountains Dafang Mountain and Da'an, the west and north are mountains and hills.
As long as the Jin army crossed Liangxiang City, it was followed by Pingchuan, Guangyang City and Jicheng, which could be attacked at the same time, and took Youzhou in one fell swoop.
So Yan Guo regards this place as the last hope.
Gongsun Zhan handed over the battle to Tian Kai in the south, and Tian Kai concentrated 100,000 elite soldiers of the entire Yan State and guarded here.
He used the peaks of Dafang Mountain on the northwest side and the slopes of Da'an Mountain on the southeast side, together with a Liangxiang city in the middle, which was like a nail household, to pull in the defense line and form a solid triangular formation like a rock.
Dafang Mountain, Da'an Mountain, Liangxiang City, triangle staggered, offensive and defensive exchanges, stubbornly defending.
At the same time, Yuan Shao, the king of the Jin Kingdom, naturally also understood the importance of taking Liangxiang City, after the troops came out of Jizhou, the three-way army, the progress was rapid, and within a month, Daijun and Zhuo County had been taken.
So, he directly gathered more than 100,000 elite soldiers from the north of the Jin Kingdom in one go, crossed Daijun and Zhuo County, and approached the city.
The triangular formation that Yuan Shao was haunting directly pulled a sharp formation of one-word attacks, striking left and right, and attacking three parties at the same time. Dead to the good country city.
For more than ten days, the two sides came and went, and the tragic battles continued to clash in Liangxiang City, Da'an Mountain, and Dafang Mountain, and the battlefield was stalemate within a radius of 100 miles.
Yuan Shao's soldiers are wide. Menacing, morale is strong, the soldiers are sharp, and the strategists under his command have come up with strategies one after another, three times to break through the good township, has always had the upper hand, and the Yan army under the command of Tian Kai who is desperately pressed to fight, but he has never been able to break through the Yan army camp formed by the entire triangular terrain.
This is the last line of defense of the Yan Kingdom, and it is also the strongest direction. As long as he defeated Tian Kai's 100,000 elite soldiers, even if Gongsun Chan led his troops back, it would be useless.
However, Tian Kai, the general of Yan State, is a peerless general who followed Gongsun Zhan's southern expedition to the north, and now he has added Guan Jing, the first strategist of Yan State, and the nearly 100,000 elite Yan army under his command is not weak, and it is not something they can swallow in one breath.
The strong attack for several days in a row, whether it was the Jin army or the Yan army. Both sides paid a lot of casualties, so they both hung up the free battle card. Each hides and licks his wounds.
The strong attack and the holding have consumed too much of their energy, too much body, and too much morale, and they must recuperate for a period of time before opening a new battle.
In fact, Yuan Shao didn't think in his heart that he could directly hit Jicheng in one breath. He has prepared a lot for this battle, as long as he can capture Jicheng in half a year before the heavy snow comes this year. Youzhou naturally fell into his hands.
Historically, in the Battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zhan, but he sent troops to completely exterminate Gongsun Chan and capture Youzhou, which took at least several years.
Today's Gongsun Zhan, known as Wang Liguo, consolidates the hearts of the people of Youzhou, establishes the port of Youzhou, communicates with Jiangdong Wuguo, has rapid economic development, has hoarded a lot of grain and grass, has sufficient soldiers and horses, and his strength is several times stronger than that of him in history.
Naturally, the battle has become more difficult.
Of course, Yuan Shao also has enough self-confidence that he can finally capture the Yan Kingdom, Gongsun Zhan's strength is not comparable to him, whether it is soldiers and horses, generals, grain and grass, and morale are too far behind him.
But at this time, a piece of news from China shocked him.
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Liangxiang City, ten miles away, a hilly area.
The Jin army, the camp tents are all opened, with the hilly terrain, undulating, the sky above the battle flags fluttering in the wind, showing dozens of miles of camps, majestic and fierce.
The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.
Now it has entered the middle of April, the weather is very cool, and a breeze blows, as if people have a drowsy mood and want to enjoy, but at this moment, Yuan Shao feels a scorching fire burning in his heart, and the whole person is hot.
"Yuan Hao, you come to see the news from Fu Zhu, what a Wu country, they actually dare to play with Gu Lai!"
In the big tent, Yuan Shao sat in the first place, dressed in armor, his back was straight, his body exuded a thick murderous aura, and his cold voice filled the camp.
The Black Mountain Yellow Turban has always been a thorn in his flesh and a thorn in his eye.
Although these people were nothing more than a group of unsightly thieves in his eyes, he had to deny that the population of the Yellow Turban of Montenegro had occupied about one-tenth of the Jin Kingdom.
He has always wanted to completely incorporate this huge population into the arms of the Jin Kingdom, but the survival of Zhang Yan, the marshal of Montenegro, made him return several times, but he never got this population.
As for recruiting Zhang Yan, he hadn't even thought about it.
What kind of person is he Yuan Shao, the son of the Yuan family, the first family, and the current king of the Jin Kingdom, how can he recruit a notorious Yellow Turban thief, which insults the reputation of the Jin Kingdom and the prestige of the Yuan family.
Originally, he wanted to wait until he seized Youzhou, and after he had no worries, he would send troops, even if he paid a big price, he would eliminate this group of rebels and plunder the population among them.
But he didn't expect that Wu Guo, who was far away in Jiangdong, would have such courage and appetite, and he would join Zhang Yan to swallow millions of Black Mountain Yellow Turbans in one go under his nose.
Isn't this a naked slap in the face?
After receiving the news sent by Fu Zhi, Yuan Shao naturally had a flame of anger in his heart, which almost made him lose his mind, and he wanted to immediately turn around his troops, return to the river, and catch them by surprise.
But as the lord of a country, he still has to face the Yan Kingdom of Youzhou, so he must calm down. Restore the reason, the generals gathered early in the morning to deliberate, think about what to do.
"King, Wu Guo is indeed a little bold!"
Tian Feng was sitting on the left side of Yuan Shao, looking at the file with news from the country, his eyes were a little sharp. The corners of his mouth involuntarily sketched a sneer, and said: "They want this group of people, but Montenegro and the Bohai Sea, separated by thousands of miles, nearly a million people have moved, this is a huge action, the distance is more than a thousand miles, and at least a dozen cities must be crossed in the middle, they are looking for death!" ā
Millions of people are moving at the same time. And most of them are unarmed people, such a team, slow progress, big goals, weak defense, as long as Jin Guo casually sent a cavalry to rush over, they can be directly slaughtered like a flock.
In Tian Feng's eyes, Zhang Yan's move was so risky that he couldn't take any more risks. Jizhou is the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, even if the main force is now in Youzhou. However, there are many garrisons in Qingzhou, and it is easy to combine tens of thousands of cavalry.
"Lord Taiwei, now that General Zhang Jaw has been ordered by the prime minister to lead his troops south, the river will inevitably be empty. Now, even if he wants to go north, he will be entangled by Zhang Yan's forces. ā
Sitting next to Yuan Shao, he was not as confident as Tian Feng, his brows furrowed, and his face was a little worried. He said in a low voice: "Wu's navy has already appeared in the Bohai Sea, once these Black Mountain thieves cross the river, they will be picked up by Wu, how is it good?" ā
Time.
Wu Guo played a beautiful time difference this time, Zhang Yan led his troops south, surrounded Wei to save Zhao, and had already attracted Zhang Jaw stationed in Hejian to go south, Hejian County was empty, and after all, there were still a lot of young people in the millions of Black Mountain Yellow Turbans, as long as there was a general to lead, there should be no problem in breaking through, if he accidentally let him go, I am afraid it will be difficult to clean up.
In the tent, the faces of all the generals became solemn.
"What Zhengnan said is true, this matter must be cautious, no matter what, Wu Guo must not be allowed to succeed."
Today's Yuan Shao is in the prime of life, ambitious, enterprising, even if there are some arrogant flaws in his personality, he is still the king of the wise Shenwu Jin Kingdom, a king who can listen to the advice of his subordinates.
"Or we withdraw our troops!"
"The situation in Jizhou is more obvious, no matter what, the millions of people should be saved, and Youzhou can fight whenever you want!"
Several generals stood up and raised yƬ to retreat.
"No!"
Yuan Shao shook his head directly.
At this time, under Liangxiang City, Yan Guo and Wu Guo actually fought with a morale that did not give up, and this momentum could be maintained to the position of one side winning or losing.
However, if the troops are suddenly withdrawn at this time, the morale of the army on their side will inevitably be greatly damaged, and the morale will be leaked, and the morale of the war will be fought.
An army has strong morale, 3,000 Yuejia can swallow Wu, and a broken cauldron can destroy Qin, but if there is no morale, it is equivalent to having no heart to fight, even if it is reluctant to go to the battlefield, it is just a dead end.
If he withdraws from the army, the morale of the Jin State will be gone, and even if the rebellion of the Yellow Turban of Montenegro is pacified, he will not want to go north to Youzhou again within this year.
Together with the people in the later period, the Jin State has dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is menacing, if he retreats like this, he Yuan Shao will be shameless.
"King, this battle in Youzhou has reached this realm, we must not take a step back, and now the strategy is only for the eldest prince of Qingzhou, and the senior cadre general of Bingzhou, to lead troops to stop!"
Tian Feng nodded and agreed with Yuan Shao's objection, but the situation in Jizhou made his face solemn.
"That's a good idea!"
Yuan Shao heard this, thought for a while, and then nodded, but there was still a trace of worry in his eyes, and said loudly: "There are tens of thousands of elite cavalry in Bingzhou that can be mobilized, and they can be reached in less than ten days, but they must pass Zhang Yan's pass. It is even easier for Qingzhou to go north, but since Wu Guo is prepared, he must find a way to drag down Xiansi's troops, or will he leave a chance for Wu Guo, and he can't let Wu Guo succeed in this matter! ā
He Yuan Shao absolutely couldn't let Wu Guo get millions of Black Mountain Yellow Turbans, his deep groaning eyes looked at Tian Feng with a scorching light, and said: "Yuan Hao, these million Black Mountain Yellow Turbans are the people of the Jin Kingdom, since they are out of Black Mountain, they are alone, do you have a good plan?" ā
It is not easy to get these million Black Mountain Yellow Turbans out of the Taihang Mountains, and it just so happens that he took advantage of this opportunity to directly take them down, so that he has no worries in the future.
"King, now we are in a truce with Yan Guo, the previous attack was too fierce, the casualties on both sides are not small, within ten days and half a month, I am afraid we will not be able to fight"
Tian Feng thought for a while, and then said: "This is not far from Hejian County, we can send a general, quietly with 10,000 cavalry, not let the soldiers do it, and then quietly leave the camp, quickly go south, within three days, we can attack Hejian!" ā
The Yellow Turbans of Montenegro are talking about having millions, but they are all a rabble, and the only tens of thousands of elite soldiers have been dragged south, and now the defensive force is definitely insufficient, as long as 10,000 cavalry, it is enough to stir up this matter.
"General Ju, who can take on this task?"
Hearing this, Yuan Shao thought about it, his face was calm, he nodded, turned his head, and looked at Ju Yi, the general of the Jin Kingdom, who had been sitting next to him and was silent, and asked.
Ju Yi, the general of the Jin State, is also the strongest general of the Jin State, the first to go to the camp trained by one hand, and directly broke the myth of Gongsun Chan's White Horse Yicong, speaking of which Gongsun Chan was the sharp spirit that was defeated by him, and he has been sluggish ever since.
"The king, General Han Meng, brave and brave, unparalleled in archery and cavalry, three times as the vanguard, the Yan army is unstoppable, and he can be the general of the general!"
When Ju Yi heard Yuan Shao's words, his eyes opened, his eyes were sharp, like a goshawk, facing the generals in the battalions, swept by, and finally landed on a burly man at the end of the military tent, and said loudly.
"King, the last general is willing to go, and he will kill Zhang Yan!" Han Meng was about thirty years old, his body was majestic, like a small mountain, he stood up directly, knelt down on one knee, arched his hands, and said in a deep voice.
"Okay."
Yuan Shao's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at Han Meng, and nodded, this is a super fierce general, in the Jin Kingdom, the force is only the fierce general under Ju Yi, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou.
"Han Meng, this battle will be handed over to you, tonight, lead 10,000 troops, and leave the camp silently, remember, no matter what, you must not let the Black Mountain Yellow Turban leave Jizhou."
"The last general is guaranteed to complete the mission!"
"And!" Yuan Shao squinted his eyes and said in a low voice: "The news of the spy, the Donghou of Wu State, the prince of Jiangdong Quan, is now in Fuyang, if you can capture him alive, you will be rewarded!" ā
"No!"
Han Meng was no stranger to Sun Quan, the name that made the Yuan family lose face, and the corners of his mouth licked involuntarily, and a bloodthirsty light flashed in his eyes. (To be continued......)