Chapter 243: The Battle of Xiangping
The land of Liaodong, located in the northeasternmost part of the entire Han Dynasty, is located in a remote and cold area, and it is difficult for people who have lived in Middle-earth for a long time to come here. Come on,.!
The land of Liaodong was originally located in a cold and sparsely populated area, but in recent years, because of the frequent wars in China and the displacement of the people, the land of Liaodong, which was not disturbed by the war, ushered in a lot of displaced people, and gradually prospered, and the population increased day by day, so that it played a very huge role in the development of Liaodong and the expansion of soldiers.
At that time, the barrier of Chang Lizhi, an important town in eastern Liaodong, was the White Wolf Mountain, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the troops were sent to defend it, it was extremely difficult to shake, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi arrived at the White Wolf Mountain, just a little observation, and felt that it was too much energy to attack here, and it was really difficult to shake, or it was better to have another way.
After returning to the tent, Yuan Shang immediately convened a military meeting and convened important Youzhou generals under Yuan Xi to discuss countermeasures.
"Everyone!" In the tent, Yuan Shang pointed fiercely at Changli City on the sand table, and said fiercely: "Gongsun Du and I pretend to be the old king, abide by the old nest Changli City, and send elite soldiers to stick to the key checkpoints of White Wolf Mountain, our army is difficult to break through, we must think of strange plans, you are all generals in Youzhou, stationed in Youzhou for many years, you should be familiar with the boundaries of Liaodong, but what can I do, tell me a charter." ”
The generals of Youzhou also frowned deeply, and one by one they either touched their chins or dragged their beards. is full of sorrow, and seems to be trying his best to make up a strategy.
After a while, there were important generals under Yuan Xi who led Zhao, stepped out of the class, and said to Yuan Shang: "Back to the lord, the land of White Wolf Mountain is the foundation of Changli, and I want to break Changli." You must first break through the White Wolf Mountain, but this place is really sinister, if it is a hard attack. The losses are inevitably too great, and in the intention of the last general, it is better to give up the plan to attack Changli for the time being. Move east to south, go to Xiangping, another important town in Liaodong, and use this as the foundation to slowly devour the realm of Liaodong, which is the best policy! ”
"Xiangping?" Yuan Shangyan looked down at the sand table, rubbed his chin gently, and said: "There are still many cities in Liaodong, except for Changli, where Gongsun Du lives, why did General Xiang choose Xiangping alone?" ”
Hearing this, Zhao Zhao hurriedly said: "Return to the lord." Although the land of Xiangping is not the capital of Gongsun Du for the time being, its city is tall, the population is sufficient, and there are a lot of military food and equipment. Most of the commercial fields are gathered here, which is actually the lifeblood of the entire Liaodong, and it is directly linked to the consumption of troops to fight Gongsun Du's old nest Changli, you might as well take it here first, as the foundation, and break Gongsun Du's power in Liaodong. At that time, the morale of the enemy army will decline, and they will be in chaos without a fight, and they will take the opportunity to capture Changli City in one fell swoop, isn't it beautiful? ”
Yuan Shang nodded when he heard this, turned his head and asked, "Second brother, what do you think of General Zhao's suggestion?" ”
Yuan Xi smiled and nodded heavily in agreement: "General Qian is my general in Youzhou, who has mastered the art of war, and has been on the battlefield for a long time, and knows the pros and cons of Liaodong, according to his words, there is no mistake." ”
Yuan Shang nodded when he heard this, and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then follow what General Qian said, and attack Xiangping instead." ”
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Gongsun Kang asked for orders to send heavy troops to consolidate the White Wolf Mountain and consolidate the barrier of Changli City, and sure enough, he successfully blocked the Yuan army, and the Yuan army did not want to fight hard, so he immediately took the words of Zhao Zhao and turned around to attack Xiangping, and the news was quickly transmitted back to the camp where Gongsun Kang was located through the report of the spies.
After hearing Yuan Shang's strategy of turning the road to attack Xiangping, Gongsun Kang almost jumped up from his seat excitedly, his face was full of joy, he clapped his hands excitedly and laughed, and shouted loudly while patting: "Sure enough, as I expected, as I expected!" Yuan Jun attacked White Wolf Mountain for a long time, and turned to Xiangping, so my plan was successful! The soldiers of Youzhou can be wiped out in one night! Hahaha, wonderful, wonderful! ”
Under Gongsun Kang's command, all the Liaodong generals were confused and did not know the meaning of Gongsun Kang's words.
But seeing a general step forward, he said to Gongsun Kang: "Childe, although Xiangping City is not our main city, it is also a critical place in the entire Liaodong land, and most of the ordnance, money and food in Liaodong are hoarded here, if it is really captured by Yuan Shang, it will definitely drop the morale of our army, but after you heard the news, Gongzi, didn't you rush to laugh?" ”
Gongsun Kang Ha Lu Ha Le said: "You mediocre talents, you have followed me for so many years in vain, but you can't even see this strategy, how can you follow this son to conquer the world in the future?" It needs to be reluctant! ”
Facing the strange gaze of everyone, Gongsun Kang coughed and whispered: "You said that Xiangping City has a lot of soldiers, horses, equipment, grain and grass, and if it is captured by Yuan Shang, it will inevitably affect the morale of our army, how can I not know this simple truth?" For the conquest of the Yuan army, when I united Liu He, Xianbei and other forces, I had already done the disposal, and now most of the military supplies in Xiangping City have already been transferred by me, and the entire Xiangping City is just an empty skeleton with a false appearance, there is not much ordnance and food in the city, and some are just a big pit, a pit waiting for Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi to jump down! ”
The generals couldn't help but be surprised when they heard this.
But he saw Gongsun Kang looking up at the sky, his eyes were deep and profound, and he said: "Now there are not many troops in Xiangping City, and Yuan Shang has captured this city only in the evening. These are all within the expectations of this son., but also in Yuan Shang's expectations, but Yuan Shang does not know the way, now it is the rainy season, the water level of the Prince River next to Xiangping City soars at this time every year, as long as Yuan Shang captures Xiangping, it must be all the soldiers and horses hoarded in the city, when the time comes, as long as our army can master the canal in the upper reaches of the Prince River, then Xiangping City will become a land of the ocean, all the Yuan army is a fish, crab, shrimp and turtles, Yuan Jun is the whole army is wiped out overnight, and the capture of Yuan Shang Yuan Xi is just a snap of a finger! ”
Speaking of this, Gongsun Kang couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile, but when he saw his subordinates, the face of a general twitched, and he stepped forward and admonished: "Lord, although your plan is good, once the Yuan army of the Taizi River is submerged, it will be destroyed together, as well as the people of the entire Xiangping City, but they are all the people of our Liaodong, can you just abandon them like this?"
"Shut up!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Gongsun Kang rudely interrupt the general's sincere admonition, and said angrily: "Some people who are merely mustard, to this general, are like pigs and dogs, they will die, what a pity!" If this flood plan can be successful, and Yuan Shang is captured in one fell swoop, let alone defending the land of Liaodong, it is not a problem to conquer the four states of Hebei in the future. ”
When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, and they couldn't help but feel a little more inexplicably trembling when they looked at Gongsun Kang's face.
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Sure enough, out of Gongsun Kang's expectations, Yuan Shang packed up his troops and horses, and turned to Xiangping, Xiangping Taishou Beiye is a general who followed Gongsun Du to fight in the south and the north, he has not many soldiers and horses in the city, and in the face of Yuan's fierce attack, he really can't resist, so he can only send a messenger to ask Gongsun Kang's soldiers and horses to rescue immediately, I don't want Gongsun Kang to treat him as an outcast, and he didn't send a soldier to the rescue. Seeing that he was standing at the head of the city and fell, Beiye had no choice but to commit suicide and die, and Xiangping City fell into the hands of Yuan Jun in an instant.
Although he took the city and pacified the people, everything was moving forward according to Yuan Shang's expectations, but Yuan Shang was very uncomfortable in his heart, for some reason, he always felt that things were going too smoothly, and he smoothly confused his imagination, and it seemed that there was something wrong with it.
When the "second brother" rode towards the city, Yuan Shang hesitated to ask Yuan Xi beside him while beating his horse: "This time we captured Xiangping, do you think there is any problem here?" ”
Yuan Xi was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Question? Hehe, what's the problem? ”
"Don't you think it all seems to be going a little too well? Xiangping City is an important town in Liaodong, and Beiye is also the favorite general under the command of Gongsun Du in the past, let's attack Xiangping, the number of defenders on the other side is small, why did Changli and White Wolf Mountain not send troops to rescue? ”
Yuan Xi blinked and said, "Perhaps, they are afraid that we will use the strategy of encircling the point to send reinforcements, so they dare not send troops out easily, right?" ”
Yuan Shang fell into deep thought while beating his horse, and said, "Even if we use the encirclement point to send reinforcements, they should see what kind of place we are surrounding?" If I were Gongsun Du, I would rather be tricked than ignore Xiangping City, an important town in eastern Liaodong, something big must have happened here. ”
Yuan Xi thought for a while and said: "Third brother, you think too much, I heard that Gongsun Du is old and frail, and it is his concubine Gongsun Kang who is the governor of all the soldiers and horses for him this time. ”
Yuan Shang thought for a while and said: "Second brother, I don't think this is appropriate, we are not familiar with Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang father and son, and we don't know the geographical environment of Liaodong, let alone the weather and wind direction here, and we don't know the national customs here. The people of the geography of the heavens? Youzhou is so big, there will be some such talents. ”
Yuan Xi thought about it when he heard this, and suddenly patted his head and said: "If you don't say it, I really forgot that there is a person who is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, understands the folk customs of the northern border, and should know everything you want to know about the Dao." ”
Yuan Shang perked up when he heard this, and said, "Who?" ”
"His name is Tian Yu!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )
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