Chapter 275: The Battle of Hebei
In the middle of April of the third year of Jian'an, Zhang Liao attacked Anyi, and Yang Feng of Hedong surrendered.
Anyi immediately descended, Yang Feng surrendered, and the 8,000 army that held on to Huayin with Gao Shun also surrendered.
Gao Shun's soldiers besieged Huayin, Xu Huang also led the army to help, Zhang Ji was cornered, and he had to surrender at the end of the road, and at this time, after his nephew Zhang Xiubing was defeated and fled, there has been no news so far, and I don't know whether he is dead or alive.
Zhang Ji is descending, and Guanzhong is down.
Luo Zheng immediately surrendered and Xu Huang led 8,000 Hedong soldiers out of Huayin and eastward, and went straight to Hangu Pass.
The general Gao Shun led the army to the north, stationed troops in the east of the river, and suppressed the Xiongnu tribes in Xihe and Shangjun; He also ordered Zhang Liao to lead 5,000 cavalry to the south in the starry night, stationed in Wuguan, and guarded the passes and gates in various passes in Guanzhong.
Unexpectedly, before Xu Huang's army arrived, Li Dao sent people to take the opportunity to rob Hangu Pass.
Hangu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is a husband blocking the pass, and the momentum of ten thousand people is not open, Luo Zheng ordered Xu Huang to attack Yueyu Buke, so he had to order Xu Huang to garrison Xin'an, and WWW.UUXS.CC to prevent the Xiliang Rebellion under Li Dao from plundering Guanzhong with the Xiliang Rebellion under the command of Li Dao.
Hanzhong Taishou Zhang Lu, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao and others all mobilized troops and horses at the first time, and strictly guarded the passes everywhere to prevent Luo Zheng from taking the opportunity to raise troops to attack.
As for the Hu people such as the Qiang, Di, and Xiongnu in Xihe and Shangjun, they sent people to send cattle and sheep and goods for stability.
The change in the situation in Liliang immediately aroused the vigilance of all princes in the world.
A group of ants fight in a nest, everyone is about the same size, and occasionally there is a particularly strong one.
But if a praying mantis rushes in, it's a big problem.
Originally, the strength of the princes in the world was about the same, even if there were strong and weak, the strong ones were not much stronger.
After the fall of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu can be said to be strong and complacent.
But now it's a mess. was beaten by Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Liu Biao and other princes.
Guo Yan is a martial artist, even if he occupies Guanzhong, no one will care.
But Luo Zheng is different. This guy is a real wolf, and he has been in Liangzhou for two years. Originally, the strength was not weak, but now that it has been leveled again, it has immediately become a big praying mantis in a group of ants, and it is impossible not to attract attention.
While the princes were fighting hotly, they were also thinking about this issue in their hearts.
At this time, Yuan Shu once again sadly fell for Cao Cao's tricks.
Originally, I heard that Cao Cao led the army into Runan, and even more than ten cities, surrounded and pacified. Yuan Shu immediately burned his eyebrows, and in a hurry, he led the army back, preparing to fight Cao Apu to the death.
Unexpectedly, Cao Cao accepted Guo Jia's skills, so the technique was repeated, and a group of people were forcibly recruited, and hundreds of Cao troops were armored, so that Li Dian took 2,000 people to guard these people, and surrounded the Pingyu group, but the main army stayed overnight and rushed to an ambush in a valley twenty miles north of Xiyang. Take advantage of Yuan Shu's army to cross the Yingshui in one fell swoop.
Yuan Shu was caught off guard and was killed, and the 30,000-strong army was forced close to Yingshui.
And most of the soldiers did not know how to be watery and were drowned alive.
Yuan Shu lost his armor and removed his armor. With more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated generals, he escaped from Huaishui until he got rid of the Cao army's pursuers.
However, at this time, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were left with less than 3,000 remnants of Zhen's defeated generals, and most of the soldiers were either killed or captured by Cao's army when they retreated in panic, or they scattered and fled for their lives.
Yuan Shuqi couldn't afford to be sick, and he lay on the bed for more than half a month before he barely recovered.
Cao Cao seized the opportunity to capture all the lands north of the Huai River, including all of Yuzhou.
At the same time, Sun Jian also won consecutive battles in Jiangdong. Xu Gongjie, who was beaten, retreated and was trapped in Nanchang.
June. Sun Jian raised troops to attack Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, who temporarily lived in Pengze, and captured the fierce general Tai Shici according to the plan of Xiping. Later, Tai Shi Ci surrendered, worshiped as a cavalry under the tent, commanded the cavalry, and won Tai Shi Ci's loyalty.
In July, Sun Jian's troops entered Nanchang and attacked the city for nearly a month, so they had to surround the city and prepare to trap Xu Gong.
In the same month, Cao Cao was invited by Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and other strategists, because Puyang was connected to Jizhou in the north, located at the junction of Yanzhou and Jizhou, and the strategic location was extremely passive, and he was under the nose of the Jizhou army at any time, so he moved to Xuxian County, Yingchuan and changed its name to Xuchang.
Cao Cao seized Yuzhou, and there were already two states of Yan and Henan under his rule, and the weather was suddenly new.
Yan and Henan have always been the world's big states, densely populated, rich in money and food, although since the first year of Zhongping, the two states have experienced wars, and Yuzhou has been plagued by Yuan Shu for several years, and the people have long been exhausted.
But after all, the foundation is placed there, and as long as it takes a few years of hard work, it can be restored.
Cao Cao was ambitious, while wantonly using the Yuzhou scholars to govern the place, while actively recruiting troops and horses, preparing to take the opportunity to take Xuzhou and unify the Central Plains, Yuan Shu, who fled to Huainan, made a comeback again.
In August, Yuan Shu renamed Jiujiang County as Huainan County and moved to Shouchun.
After his injuries healed, Yuan Shu couldn't wait to recruit troops and pay food, preparing to recapture Yuzhou.
Cao Cao had to temporarily abandon his plan to enter Xuzhou, and temporarily deployed his army north of Huaishui to meet Yuan Shu's army.
The Central Plains is a flat river, there is no danger to defend, and geographically speaking, it can be said to be extremely passive and unfavorable.
Although Cao Cao drove Yuan Shu to the south of the Huai River, he had to garrison troops and horses in Ruyin, Fubo, Yuanlu and other cities north of the Huai River to prevent Yuan Shu from raising troops to cross the Huai River and re-enter Yuzhou.
Geographically speaking, Guanzhong has a great advantage.
As long as a small number of soldiers and horses hold a few passes, the foreign enemy can be firmly blocked outside the pass.
And when Cao Cao moved to Xuchang, in July, after the autumn grain was sent to the ground, Sun Zhan, the prince of Youzhou Thorn History, raised the people of Youzhou to the south again after collecting enough money and grain, and Yuan Shao, the Thorn Shi of Jizhou, had to lead the army north again to meet the enemy.
Luo Zheng defeated Guanzhong, and Cao Cao drove away Yuan Shu and occupied Yuzhou.
Yuan Shao also felt a lot of pressure, and after gathering a group of strategists to discuss, he decided to finish the battle.
In order to realize Tian Feng's grand strategy of first leveling Hebei, then determining the Central Plains, and then driving the division south to Jingyang, it is necessary to solve the biggest enemy in the north, Gongsun Zhan, and there is not much time left for Yuan Shao.
The rapid growth of Cao Cao made Yuan Shao feel great pressure, and even in order to delay Cao Cao's pace, Yuan Shao even adopted the land of Tianfeng, sent people to form an alliance with Li Dao, gave a number of military rations, and asked Li Dao to send troops to attack Xuchang.
Cao Cao was caught off guard and was almost attacked by Xuchang and suffered a big loss.
Cheng Yu found out that Yuan Shao was doing things behind his back, and Guo Jia immediately offered a plan to lead the Montenegrin army to send troops.
When Yuan Shao was inseparable from Gongsun Zhan at the boundary bridge, the Montenegrin army suddenly sent troops to help Sun Gongzan attack, Yuan Shao retreated more than 100 miles after being defeated, and retreated until Wangdu, only to barely stabilize his position and make the army rest.
Tian Feng offered another plan, promising some money and food for the Montenegrin Army to let the Montenegrin Army retreat.
Unexpectedly, in the process of transporting money and grain, the Ji army soldiers were disguised as Youzhou soldiers to rob the grain and grass.
Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegrin army, was on guard against Gongsun Zhan, and the garrison did not advance, so Tian Feng used a series of schemes to keep dividing.
Zhang Yan sent someone to question Gongsun Zhan, but was driven out by Gongsun Zhan, who was also full of fire.
Zhang Yan was furious and led the army back to Taihang Mountain.
Gongsun Zhan led the army to attack fiercely, and he was sharp.
At this time, Tian Feng once again offered a plan.
Yuan Shao then led the army to retreat, leading Gongsun Zhan's army to the swamp plain north of Lunu, the two armies drove horses to fight, Gongsun Chan sent cavalry to assault, but the cavalry was difficult to exert a strong impact in the swamp area, Yuan Shao ordered the army to dig many traps in advance, laid many traps, so that Gongsun Chan suffered a big loss.
When he was about to reorganize his troops and fight again, Yuan Shao ordered the army Ju Yi to lead 3,000 Xiandeng dead soldiers to rise up and assault, and everyone held a hard crossbow to shoot, defeating Gongsun Zhan, and when he wanted to escape into the camp, he was attacked by the Jizhou army that followed the pursuit.
The big battalion was lost, and the three armies had no place to stand.
According to Tian Feng's words, Yuan Shao ignored the fatigue of the soldiers, personally led the army to catch up, chased out of the Jizhou boundary, and took advantage of the situation to capture the important town of Fanyang, before stopping to gather the army to rest and wait for heavy grain and grass.
Gongsun Zhan was pursued and killed for nearly 200 miles, and most of the 30,000 troops fled, and when he fled to Zhuoxian, there were less than 3,000 soldiers and horses around him.
Tens of thousands of troops were wiped out in one battle, and no one could stand it.
Under the rule of Gongsun Zhan, there was only one state, and his command was full of battles, but only 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, and excluding the national teams stationed in various places, there were more than 30,000 soldiers and horses that could be mobilized.
What's more, even Tun's money and grain in Fanyang were robbed by Yuan Shao.
Hit by this, Gongsun Chan collapsed, and after returning to Jixian County, he fell ill and ordered his eldest son Gongsun to continue to temporarily state affairs. (To be continued) R466