Chapter 431: A Trick to Surrender
Ho Jing, Prime Minister's house.
After receiving the military information from the land of Hehuang, Yang Xian shook his head.
Yang Xian wasn't worried that Qin Feng's 10,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry wouldn't be able to clean up the barbarians, but the land of Hehuang was just a secondary battlefield derived from the Yongzhou battlefield. Win or lose, it's not about the big picture.
The topography of Yongzhou is similar to that of Yizhou, and as long as a few key exit passages are guarded, the entire Yongzhou can be protected.
Taolin is one, Shangguan is one, Chongguan is one, and Huoshankou is also one.
However, these passages, except for Huo Shankou, are all in the hands of Zhou Jun. Huan Qi personally led an army of 100,000 and marched along the waterway from Shendu to the peach forest.
At this moment, the Liang army has three battlefields, 100,000 Northern troops outside Taolin, 100,000 Nanyang troops outside Shangguan, and 20,000 righteous soldiers in Hedong County.
The Liang army put pressure on the Zhou army from three directions, but the 100,000 northern army, as the main force, stopped when it reached a hundred miles beyond the peach forest, and there was no sign of an attack for several days. It is far inferior to the 100,000 Nanyang army under Chu Lian, who stormed Shangguan day and night, and is not as good as the righteous soldiers under Zhu Jian, who are in an uproar along the river from time to time.
Most of Yongzhou fell into the hands of the Zhou army, and if Huan Qi was not ruthless at this time, then there would be no choice but to move the capital.
After all, the Shendu is too close to Yongzhou, if Huan Qi and other Yang Xian stabilize the situation and hundreds of thousands of troops advance eastward, then the Shendu is really too dangerous.
And once the gods are defeated, then the Great Liang can be regarded as a dead country. The strength of the Liang army at this moment still has a huge deterrent effect for the Zhou army. However, in the eyes of Yang Xian and even the ministers of the Prime Minister's Mansion, if Huan Qi was an early army, then the Zhou army would not be able to get Yongzhou so easily.
It's too late to be ruthless now.
"What the hell is this Huan Chi up his mind? Just put the army in Huayang City, a hundred miles away from the peach forest, do you plan to fight us? ”
Huang Yan was a little confused, you must know that at this moment, the peach forest is garrisoned by Yang Chun, the strength of the Zhou army is only 10,000, and there are only 6,000 Yingyang troops in Shangguan, so it is not this consumption method? The Zhou army along the river in Hedong County had tens of thousands of people, but compared with the entire Liang army, it was still much less.
Is it necessary to spend tens of thousands of people with an army of about 200,000?
The special topography of Yongzhou can use a small number of soldiers and horses to hold the pass and block external forces. The rest of the Zhou army is now in rectification, and Yang Xian needs time to deal with the sequelae of the short-term capture of Yongzhou.
Impetuous people's hearts, short-lived loyalty, and the contradictions between Yongzhou's local and foreign forces.......
Huan Qi is not a fool, although Yang Xian captured Yongzhou, but the crisis has not been resolved. He chose to be outside Chen Bing at this time, in addition to wanting to put pressure on Yang Xian, he also had no intention of turning the tables.
However, in Yang Xian's view, this is useless after all. If Huan Qi has the courage of Huan Wu, then the outcome of this war is difficult to predict. At least, even if the Zhou army finally took Yongzhou, it would suffer heavy losses, and it would not be like now, the city was not broken, the soldiers and horses were not damaged, and Yang Xian picked up a big bargain in vain.
Except for the first few battles, the Zhou army did not experience much attrition after that. The new army in Yongzhou was not a descendant of the Huan clan, and the hasty training did not make them loyal enough. Therefore, as soon as Cangqiu City was broken, Yongzhou waited to surrender. Huan Qi wanted to use them to consume the strength of the Zhou army, but in the end he failed.
Huan Qi regarded the 100,000 northern army as private property, and didn't want to lose a point. Otherwise, as early as when our army attacked Yongzhou, the 100,000 northern army had already moved to Cangqiu, so why wait until now? Huan Qi didn't want to capture Yongzhou by force, he didn't understand the military, he was timid and fierce, even if he had generals like Huan Zhong and Huan Gong under his command, and he didn't have the heart to fight, how could he dare to attack the peach forest where Chun Ye was stationed? I think he just wanted to create an atmosphere of siege and prepare for the relocation of the capital. ”
Yan Le touched his beard and finally came to this conclusion.
"In this way, the Liang army will not be besieged for long, and at most after winter, the army will be withdrawn."
Inspired by Yan Le, Huang Yan reasoned.
This is a very close inference to the facts, because Shendu and Yongzhou are too close. Zhou Jun now needed time to digest the fruits he had obtained. The 30,000 forbidden army with Xia Gong Nirvana was heading north, and the speed was very slow, and it was only fifty miles a day.
It will take at least a few months to stabilize the situation in Yongzhou. And these days, Liang Jun still has a chance.
Huayang City.
"Your Majesty, the manpower we arranged in advance in the capital city has not been searched by Tsing Yi, and it is very safe to hide."
Before the throne, Fang Yuting gave up. It's just that at this moment, his face is full of worry.
"Your Majesty, Chang Yu has surrendered to Yang Xian at this moment and obtained the position of Taifu. Won't he carry out this plan as he was? ”
Meng Qing's surrender caused the entire situation of the Liang army in Yongzhou to collapse, and the strategy set up by Chang Yu was to surrender after the Zhou army captured Cangqiu. But now, Zhou Jun is unscathed, and Meng Qing has been reused by Yang Xian. Even Chang Yu himself is a high authority in the Great Zhou court, and it is still unknown whether he will carry out this deceptive surrender strategy as before.
It is more likely that Chang Yu changed this fake to a real one, and was the Taifu in the Great Zhou court peacefully.
Regarding Chang Yu's loyalty, Huan Qi actually didn't have much confidence in his heart. Although Huan Qi held a handle that was unfavorable to Chang Yu in his hand, this handle could even make him ruined.
But at this time, this handle has no deterrent effect at all for Chang Yu, who is in the enemy camp.
But even so, Huan Qi still maintains the most standard appearance that can show demeanor, at least at this critical time, to give his courtiers confidence.
"Chang Yu knows about this plan, and he also knows about our lurking people in this city, but he didn't tell Yang Xian, which says it all."
Huan Qi was beating a drum in his heart, but he still had a calm expression on his face.
"Either way, this plan must be implemented."
This strategy is the lowest-cost and most effective plan in front of Huan Qi today. At this time, for Liang Jun, it has reached the most dangerous situation. If he really sent an army to attack, Huan Qi was not sure that he would be able to break through the peach forest guarded by Yang Chun.
When Xia Gong Ni returned to Haojing, he used all the soldiers and horses in the city to kill the Zhou family. Then take advantage of the chaos in Guanzhong, raise a large army, and recover Yongzhou and even the whole world. ”
"Obey orders!"
"In addition, order Huan Youjian and Huan Zixiu to lead the heavy armor to the Shendu, and then order the sheep inspection to speed up the training of the rhino rider."
Huan Qi has the mentality of a gambler at the moment, if he succeeds, he will be able to regain the lost ground, and maybe he can even enter Yizhou. But if it fails and Yang Xian gains a firm foothold, then the 30,000 heavy armor and 100,000 northern troops can also escort him to move the capital.