Chapter 8 The Situation in Hanzhong
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Yes, the King of Wei was a little hesitant, he knew that Hangu Pass was a hard bone, and Wei would not fight the idea of Hangu Pass. Wouldn't it be better to keep Hedong County honestly! At most, the tiger's body was shocked, and the attacking Qin army was beaten! Now it's good! The defenders of Hangu Pass don't know how many there are! Wei is a little unable to advance or retreat!
Doctor Duan Ganchong immediately discovered King Wei's regret, he was the initiator of the joint Korean conspiracy Hangu Pass! If King Wei stops, the first person he will find after the autumn will definitely be himself! No, King Wei can't be allowed to hesitate, and let him firmly go on the "right" path.
"Your Majesty! The minister heard that the original Hangu Pass guard Huan Qi had been surrounded by General Xin in Wu County, and the successor Hangu Pass guard was Li Yao, who was also besieged by the army of the tyrant Taiwei less than fifty miles away from Hangu Pass in order to rescue Huan Qi! These are the two main generals of Hangu Pass! Duan Ganchong reminded loudly.
Ah, the two main generals were dumplings by the armies of Han and Wei, and the current garrison of Qin in Hangu Pass must be panicked when they learn about it, and when will it take Hangu Pass without more effort at this time!
Afraid that his prompt was not clear enough, Duan Ganchong continued to analyze: "Your Majesty! The back road of the Huan Qi army was cut off, and the influence of this matter was so great, it was impossible for Li Yao, who was an outstanding young general in the Qin army, not to know it! Open up the way back and rescue Huan Qi for such a big thing! What is puzzling is that Li Yao only brought 20,000 troops! If the minister was Li Yao, how could he bring out more than half of the army! ”
King Wei was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Aiqing means that the Qin army is now understaffed in Hangu Pass?" ”
Duan Ganchong was ecstatic in his heart, and King Wei finally understood. Nodding approvingly, Duan Ganchong said, "Now the Qin army in Hangu Pass definitely does not exceed 10,000. There may even be only a few thousand people stationed! Chen Jian yì immediately increased his troops to help General Xin take the Huan Qi army as soon as possible. The soldiers are very fast, and when we join the Han army, even if the Qin State wants to send a large army to reinforce from Xianyang, it will be too late. ”
King Wei calculated in his heart, and now Huan Qi has an army of 20,000 under him. That's 5,000 more than I had expected! Xin Huanyan's side wanted to take down the Qin army, but it was still very difficult. The Han army's side must be stabilized, otherwise, most of the plots against Hanguguan will fall short.
"Xinling-kun, what do you think about this matter?" King Wei decided to ask the prime minister for his opinion first.
For King Wei's style of wanting to take advantage and being afraid of losses, looking ahead and looking ahead, Xin Lingjun is no longer surprised. On the surface, South Korea and Wei now have the upper hand, but they have been slow to turn the upper hand into victory. The stakes are only growing. When the judgment continued to be affected by its chaos, so Xinling Jun stood up and echoed: "The minister also built yì to increase the army!" Judging from the current battle situation, 50,000 is enough to deal with any sudden war! ”
"Fifty thousand!" The king of Wei groaned, and if he sent another 50,000 troops, the Wei army would reach as many as 180,000 troops to attack Qin this time, which could be endured according to the national strength. For Hangu Pass, fight!
Xin Lingjun was worried about the rebirth of the accident, so he threw a look over. Lang Zhong ordered Wei Qing, Zhong Dafu Yan En, and Guowei Xin to second. Even Dr. Zhongda, who has always been at odds with Xinlingjun, knows that now is not the time to be rash. He said, "Your Majesty! It's a matter of success or failure! The sooner you send troops, the better! ”
King Wei waved his hand and said domineeringly: "Since this is the case, the widow will appoint Lang Zhong Ling Wei Qing as the main general and send 30,000 troops to support Hedong!" ”
Lang Zhong ordered Wei Qing to be overjoyed, knelt down and thanked: "The minister's order!" ”
May 1, Hanzhong County. West Side.
Hanzhong County has jurisdiction over Xun County, Tin County (also known as Baihe County), Xunyang, Xicheng, Wuling, Shangyong, Fangling, Chenggu, Nanzheng, Baozhong, Chuyang, Anyang 12 counties. Among them, Wuling, Shangyong and Fangling are located in the southeast corner of Hanzhong, Anyang is located in the northwest corner, and the other eight counties are all located along the Hanshui. Among them, Xicheng County is more than 300 miles away from Chenggu County. The road is the hardest to navigate. More than 260 miles west from Xicheng County belong to the jurisdiction of Xicheng, which shows the size of Xicheng.
On April 21, the scouts reported that the waterway ahead was difficult, so Li Mu decided to divide his troops into four routes. All the way for the 10,000 Yulin army led by Han Teng, Li Mu appointed it as a pioneer to attack Xicheng and Chenggu. All the way for the 25,000 naval army, Li Mu ordered it to go down the river and attack the three counties of Wuling, Shangyong and Fangling. On the other hand, the main force of the Chinese army led by Li Mu followed the Yulin Army westward. The fourth road is the 5,000 sailors who stayed in Xunyang and blocked the Meridian Road.
On April 23, at the cost of 2,000 casualties, the Yulin army killed 5,000 enemies and collected 15,000 households.
On April 24, Li Mu's army rushed to Xicheng, and Han Teng immediately led 8,500 soldiers of Yulin's army to continue westward.
On 27 April, South Korea's first naval army went all the way down the river to Shangyong County and made a forced landing.
On April 28, the Yulin army arrived at Shiquan Town, a subordinate of Xicheng, and attacked it, completely annihilating the unsuspecting 1,000 Qin troops. The Yulin Army is less than two hundred miles away from the heartland of Hanzhong!
On April 29, under the cooperation of the Shangyong County Order, Wuling was captured by the Korean army.
On April 30, Li Mu's Chinese army and Yulin's army converged at Shiquan Town. Since then, there are 12 counties in Hanzhong County, and 6 counties in South Korea have been retained, with a population of 50,000 households. In terms of land, it occupies three-quarters of the area of Hanzhong County.
In Shiquan Town, Li Mu convened a meeting of all officers above the rank of lieutenant to discuss the next course of action.
"General! Since Danyang moved south, our army has suffered more than 12,000 casualties among cavalry and foot soldiers, including 8,000 killed in battle! Of the 4,000 wounded, half were lightly wounded, and they have been treated and returned to the army! Aside from the 5,000 troops now stationed in Xunxian, Baihe, and Xicheng, there are now 105,000 soldiers in the whole army that can fight! ”
"On the water army, there are five thousand left behind on the Xunyang side, guarding the Meridian Road. 25,000 sailors went to attack the three counties of Shangyong, which could contain about 6,000 Qin troops for our army. ”
"After statistics, the four counties under the attack have annihilated more than 17,000 Qin troops! Considering that Hanzhong County has about 75,000 soldiers. Therefore, the last general can conclude that in the most prosperous areas of Hanzhong, such as Chuyang, Baozhong, Nanzheng, Chenggu, and Anyang, the Qin army has about 50,000 to 55,000 troops! ”
"The current position of our army is at this point on the map. Two hundred miles west will lead to Chenggu. According to the information provided by Fangfang to our army, Chenggu garrisoned 5,000 soldiers, all of whom were the elite of the old Qin people in the pass, and their combat power was comparable to that of the Qin army in Xicheng! The most important thing is that Chenggu is less than eighty miles away from Nanzheng. The Qin army garrisoned 25,000 troops in Nanzheng! Therefore, it is not appropriate to take the previous night raid or raid! ”
After the deputy general Han Teng finished reporting these situations. Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, and said in a deep voice: "You also know the current situation, everyone has been fighting smoothly along the way, but you must not be complacent because of this." The prosperity of Hanzhong County is all gathered in this part of Nanzheng, and these five counties feed two-thirds of the county's population with one-quarter of the land of Hanzhong County, and the military strength also accounts for two-thirds. If anyone thinks that the attack on Hanzhong County is about to be completed, then Ben will advise him to take off this military uniform as soon as possible, and don't embarrass our Korean army! ”
Wait for everyone to put away the contempt on their faces. Li Mucai continued: "Everyone must know that among the 17,000 Qin troops annihilated, the Yulin Army occupied 6,000 of them. It can be said that among the Qin army in the four counties of Xunxian, Baihe, Xunyang, and Xicheng, the Qin army in Xicheng is the strongest! General Han sent people into the city, and after the foreign army poured into Xicheng in the middle of the night, the Qin army in Xicheng still swore not to retreat! After paying the price of more than a thousand people, the Yulin army wiped out the 5,000 Qin army! If you are not convinced. Think about how much it would cost you to bring a battalion of men and horses to achieve such a result! ”
"The 50,000 Qin troops we face next are all so capable of fighting! And they are not like the Qin army in the other four counties. Fight for yourself! The farthest distance between them is only one hundred and fifty miles, and the distance between most of them and the county seat is only seventy or eighty miles! ”
"Ben wants you to realize that the rest of the battle will not be so easy! Our casualties will multiply, and the war will be extremely difficult! At this moment, our robes are storming the pass, just to cover our actions. Seeing that the city is in sight! What should you do, I think you should know very well! ”
Captains, you look at me, I look at you, and said solemnly from the bottom of my heart: "The last general understands! ”
"Then let's discuss how to eat these 50,000 Qin troops and raise my strength!" Li Mu just admitted that the Qin army on the opposite side was strong. Turning his face revealed his strong confidence.
Everyone's hearts shook, and an inexplicable excitement stirred in their hearts. The previous 17,000 Qin troops were just hors d'oeuvres, but the 50,000 Qin troops in front of them were the main meal! No matter how strong the Qin army is, in front of themselves who are not weaker than them, they don't want to bargain! The Qin army has walls, and we have twice as many as them! This is the glory of our Korean army!
A lieutenant said excitedly: "General! There will be an idea at the end, and I don't know if it will be feasible or not. ”
Li Mutou said with an encouraging look: "Today's discussion is not right or wrong, everyone can speak freely!" "In the previous Han Army, all the main generals made decisions alone, and the subordinates just did it step by step! In the long run, the jade that could have been carved by the new members of the army has become a stubborn stone, and it will not be seen by everyone!
Now Han Wangran stipulates that officers above the rank of lieutenant in the army must regularly go to participate in advanced training courses, and the subordinate chiefs of the grassroots level are the objects of Han Wangran's vigorous training, and if they have not studied in the military academy for a few months, they will definitely not stay in their positions for long!
Han Wangran's request to the chief general is that you can be arbitrary, but the senior officers under him also have the opportunity to speak freely! As long as the final military order is not issued, senior officers have the right to make a statement.
The lieutenant quickly said: "General! The last general thinks that our army should attack Chenggu at any cost, and it is best to take Chenggu in one day, without giving Nanzheng's Qin army time to react! After taking Chenggu, he divided 30,000 troops to the north, attacked Anyang, crossed the left valley water, went south along the Baoshui, took the Baozhong, and cut off the oblique Baodao. At this time, whether it is attacking Chuyang to the west or Nanzheng to the east, the strategic initiative is in the hands of our South Korean army! ”
Li Mu nodded in his heart, if it is realistic, this strategy should be good! Of course, the premise is to win Chenggu. At this time, the attraction of the Qin army should be focused on conquering the main force of the Korean army in Chenggu, and finding another way to take Anyang should have a good effect. If there are more troops, there is a great possibility of winning Baozhong and then conquering Yang! But. Alone in the depths, without backup, it is really dangerous!
Someone immediately objected: "No! Inappropriate! The number of Qin troops is half of ours! If the army does not divide its troops, the Qin army can only retreat in the city! If our soldiers are divided into two routes, let's not talk about whether Anyang is good or not, and the path is not familiar. Going deep alone is really a taboo in the art of war! If it's a little bit wrong, it's too late to regret it! ”
"That's right! The last general thinks so too! After conquering Chenggu, we should blockade Nanzheng before the Qin army in Nanzheng can react. Cut off the connection between Nan Zheng and Chuyang and Baozhong! Anyang is located in the northwest corner, and there is no obstacle in the overall situation! When the time comes, with our advantage of four times that of the enemy, we can take Nanzheng by force! Another lieutenant chimed in.
At this time, a lieutenant jumped out, shook his head and sighed: "There are more than 8,000 Qin soldiers in Bao. There are more than 7,000 Qin soldiers in Chuyang. These two cities and Nanzheng are each other's horns, and it is not easy to attack them in a hurry! The three cities have a Qin army of 40,000 people! It's Anyang, like Chenggu, there are only 5,000 people in the Qin army! Our army has a partial division, and the probability of taking it is very high! If we don't divide the troops, the army is trapped in Nanzheng and can't advance or retreat, and if Xianyang sends troops to praise or pamper Jia, we will suffer from the enemy on our backs! ”
Those who opposed the division of troops retorted: "After Nanzheng was besieged by our army. The messengers of the Qin army will arrive in Xianyang in five days at the earliest, and when the Xianyang army arrives. Half a month has passed. I don't believe it, we won't be able to take Nan Zheng for half a month! ”
In response to the other party's strong words, those who supported the division of troops were obviously angry, and said: "Nanzheng Qin has been in business for a long time, and if you talk about defense alone, you will hardly lose Wancheng!" The Qin army only had to hold on and wait for reinforcements. We don't want to pay too many casualties, and it will be difficult to win it in half a month! ”
At this time, a lieutenant interjected: "We are the attacking side, and the battle is always not good for us!" Why not stop fighting. Send a small army to attack! Or in other words, sending the elite into the city in batches, and the inside and outside should be combined, wouldn't this reduce casualties! ”
A word woke up the dreamer, and the captain's unintentional words made everyone pause. But the topic of whether to divide troops to attack Anyang is intensifying, which involves a strategic issue! Whether it will be a one-time battle or a gradual cannibalization depends entirely on the time of the Korean army! As far as the current situation is concerned, the news that South Korea sent troops to attack Hanzhong is still in the stage of secrecy, at least Nan Zheng and Xianyang do not know yet, if South Korea wants to take Hanzhong without much effort or at a very small price, the strategy is the most important!
Li Mu roughly knew what his lieutenants were thinking, and Li Mu had an attitude of watching the excitement about their arguments, so he didn't stop it. What to do in the end, the right to make the decision is in your own hands. What you need is to weigh the pros and cons, and it's not that whoever has a loud voice has to listen to him.
"Captain Han! What do you think we should do? Li Mu asked Han Teng, who had been waiting to see what was happening, and did not say anything.
Han Teng hesitated and said an opinion that no one expected.
Qin State, Yaoguan.
On 1 May, the allied forces of Han, Wei, and Chu attacked the pass and entered the 24th, but still found nothing. On the 24th, 8,000 Han troops were killed, 10,000 Wei troops were killed, 7,000 Chu troops were killed, and the lives of 25,000 Triple Alliance troops were exchanged for more than 13,000 soldiers of the Qin State. The casualty figures of both sides relied on the siege weapons of the South Korean army, and the ratio was maintained at 1:2.
In the past 20 days, the offensive of the Triple Alliance has been erratic, sometimes it is a three-day storm, sometimes it is harassment day and night, and it is often that the Qin army is too tired to adapt to the offensive of the Korean army, and the Triple Alliance Army has changed its way.
The casualties of the Qin army exceeded Wang Qian's expectations, and more than half of the 20,000 Qin troops who originally guarded the pass were killed in battle! As early as more than ten days ago, Wang Jian had to mobilize 20,000 troops from Lantian County behind him to send the surviving 5,000 Qin troops to the rear to recuperate.
It's not that Wang Jian didn't think about counterattacking, but if he wants to fight back, he has to grasp the situation of the other party. The scouts he sent were all elite in the army, but the other party stubbornly relied on the numerical superiority to turn himself into a deaf and blind man. After losing hundreds of scouts, Wang Jian gave up the idea of sending scouts to find out the news.
At the beginning, Wu Anjun Bai Qi dared to be outnumbered in Yique, and what he saw was the flaw of Han and Wei's discord, but Wang Jian himself did not dare to use Yaoguan as a block. He can only rely on human lives and tenacious defense to deal with the coalition forces of Han, Wei, and Chu that should be at odds!
Wang Jian calculated, and now he has lost one-third of his army, but in exchange for more than 30,000 enemy casualties. If the Triple Alliance Army really attacked at any cost, wouldn't it be that the Triple Alliance Army only needed to pay another 60,000 casualties to break through the defense line of Yaoguan! When the time comes, there are still 50,000 troops of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, which can surround Xianyang like entering the Lantian in a no-man's land! Thinking about such a scene, Wang Jian felt that the burden on his body was so heavy.
Fortunately, Han, Wei, and Chu were jealous of each other, and no one wanted to pay too many casualties. Especially the State of Chu, with only 30,000 troops, although the hatred with the State of Qin is the deepest, but the offensive is the least powerful! Perhaps, they want to wait for Han and Wei to break through the pass, and then the Chu army will enter Lantian to take revenge! Wang Jian thought secretly in his heart.
In the past few days, the offensive of the Triple Alliance has obviously weakened again! I don't know what conspiracy is brewing! On the northern front, Wu Anjun Baiqi has besieged the armies of Zhao, Yan, and Qi for almost 20 days, and the two sides have fought small battles with each other. Wang Jian really doesn't know how long such a hard life will last!
"General! The enemy army has gathered under the city again! The guard's voice suddenly interrupted Wang Qian's thoughts.
"What?!" Wang Jian was stunned, the Three Kingdoms Alliance Army had not moved for several days, why did it suddenly attack the city again! (To be continued......)