Chapter 565: Jingzhou Offensive and Defensive Battles
The Sili Friendship Alliance organized an army of 300,000 troops, which was strong, and set off from Chang'an and rushed to Wuguan City in two days. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Wuguan is the fortress of the three Qin, the throat of Qin and Chu, and Gu Zuyu of the Qing Dynasty said in the volume 54 of "Reading the History of Fang Yuji": "Strangling the friendship of Qin and Chu, according to the danger of mountains and rivers." Dao Nanyang and the east moves, into the blue field and the right danger. Wuguan huge defense, in one fell swoop. "It has always been a battleground for soldiers, when the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao proposed a three-way march, one of which is to force Xingyang and Chenggao to seize the granary of Luoyang; Second, Lin Sen led the Hanoi armies to cross the Yellow River and looked at Luoyang; Third, Yuan Shu led the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou out of Wuguan and stirred Jingzhao, which was talking about this important pass - Wuguan, but unfortunately, it was unsuccessful.
Due to the lack of troops, Lou Gui and Wen Ping only had a few 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the imperial court did not take this Wuguan seriously at this time, thinking that the Si Li army would participate in the war, but what he never expected was that he did not gallop along the avenue to help Luoyang, but came to Wuguan, Wuguan should have been controlled in the hands of Si Li, but it was taken by Cao Cao first, and then it never spit out.
Lou Gui and Wen Ping are both great talents in the Three Kingdoms era, Lou Gui can be Wen Nengwu, Wen Ping is still young now, and his reputation is not obvious, but none of the players despise him, they all know what kind of character he is, the three emperors of Cao Wei in history, Wen Ping has always been one of the generals of Jingzhou Barrier, one Zhang Liao and one Wen Ping, forcing Sun Quan to neither go north nor eastward The two famous generals.
Lou Gui is both a strategist and can lead the troops to fight, but it is not his forte to win a victory thousands of miles away, Weishui broke the horse and overtime, and the plan to build a city in the sand and earth river lies in him, and Liu Cong in Jingzhou can also see his figure when he surrenders, and he has also made meritorious contributions with Cao Cao's pacification of Jizhou, and his talent is rare.
It's a pity that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses under her command, Wuguan is not like the county and county seats, it is just a pass, there are no horses or soldiers can be found around, and the grain and grass are also dependent on Wancheng for transshipment, it can also be said that Cao Cao put the two of them here in order to experience Wenpin, after all, Wenpin is still young, Lou Gui mainly manages Jingzhou affairs, and by the way, take Wenpin.
Just two days, Wuguan was conquered by the Si Li army, most of the 10,000 defenders were killed and wounded, Wen Ping and Lou Gui fled back to Wancheng in embarrassment, on the road to the Xudu Imperial Court urgently, one side to Xiangyang to report to the matter, did not spend much energy, the Si Li army passed through the Wuguan mightily, straight to Nanyang Wancheng.
The soldiers are fast, 50,000 vanguard troops under the leadership of the general Pang De followed Wen and Lou to Wancheng, Wen and Lou did not dare to withdraw this time, Wancheng is a strategic place in Jingzhou, Jingxiang in the south, Yan and Henan in the north, and the Xudu court is no longer unobstructed, and can go directly to the city of Xudu, so the gains and losses of Wancheng are related to the safety of the court, and there must be no loss.
The two of them continued to recruit soldiers and horses on the road, and other counties in Nanyang were also not wanted, and the fast horses were transferred from the nearby cities, even if it was a government service, and the road led to Wancheng to assemble, as well as grain, grass, ordnance, rolling wood and stones, and other materials to defend the city can not be in short supply, at least they have to prepare for half a month, at that time, Cai Mao, who was stationed in Xiangyang, could arrive.
The cavalry pursued and killed all the way and did not completely annihilate Wen and Lou's subordinates, but they still let the two of them flee into Wancheng with dozens of people, and the reason is that the northwest of Nanyang is mountainous, and the cavalry cannot be large-scale, galloping at high speed, and they have to be explored before they can catch up, so the speed slows down a lot.
The things of the strategy are all planned by Lou Gui, and the defense of the city is the task of the civil service, and the soldiers and horses recovered in the city are not small, and the total number of zero and zero is sixty or seventy thousand, as for the combat effectiveness, the rabble is just a rabble, suppress the people, or clean up the bandits and bandits are enough, fight and defend the city? Look.
Soon, the army of Si Li surrounded Wancheng, Wen Ping Chu was in charge of the army, after inspecting the armament, he shook his head again and again, he wanted to lead the troops out of the city, build a fortress on the road in the mountains, and set up a few more lines of defense, but whether such an army can defeat the thousands of cavalry outside the city is a problem, let alone build a wall, the defense of the cottage is very different from the city, or honestly stick to it.
Wancheng is indeed a strong city, Wuguan will be taken in two days, I can't imagine that this Wancheng actually blocked the army of Sili for seven days, the city has not been broken, Wen Ping and Lou Guizhi army can really be, the mud and sand in the hand really turned into pearls, although the casualties are serious, the strong city is not broken, but the heart is much more steady.
"Mr. Lou, Mr. Lou."
"General Wen, what's the matter? In such a hurry, but the city is broken? "Lou Gui does not often go to the city to supervise the battle, he has always been in the middle of the dispatch, only when the enemy attack fiercely, he will go to the emergency when the clone is lacking, the rest of the time is busy in the city, on the one hand, to care for the people, on the other hand, to dispatch ordnance, busy feet hit the back of the head, but it seems to be orderly, his talent is vividly displayed.
Wen Ping hurriedly ran over, took a breath, and said, "Mr. Lou, something happened, and the thieves shouted one thing loudly when they attacked the city today... ”
"What's the matter? Come on, what's going on again. ”
"The thief shouted, shouted... shouted that Xiangyang City was broken, and the Yangzhou soldiers broke through Xiangyang City a few days ago, Mr. Lou, do you say this is true? ”
"Shhh Lou Guichang took a breath of cold air, held his back and left, thought for a moment, and said: "General Wen, if Xiangyang loses, we should receive a military report, but there is no news yet, Xiangyang must be stable, this must be a trick of thieves, if you want to make our army panic, so that they can attack the city, General Wen should not believe such a fallacy." ”
"I'll just say, Xiangyang City is solid, Jingzhou Sailor has few opponents, how can it fall, the thieves are really treacherous, damn, I almost fell for them, but Mr. Lou, it's been nearly ten days, how can there be no news from Xiangyang and Xu Du, it won't be that the urgent report has not been delivered, right?"
Lou Gui said: "Cao Chengcheng is in the big war, Yanzhou is surrounded by enemies, the imperial court will definitely not be able to send troops and horses to help, for today's plan, we have to stick to Wancheng, wait for Xiangyang to send troops, Xiangyang still has soldiers and horses, from the transfer of troops to Wancheng how it will take half a month, let's wait a few more days." ”
Of course, Xiangyang City is safe and sound, but the reinforcements that Wen and Lou are looking forward to will not arrive for a while, and there are even no reinforcements, Yangzhou Evil God has indeed sent troops, after repeated internal discussions, or the huge benefits brought by the capture of Jingzhou, Xuzhou's affairs are complicated and changeable, there have been millions of troops in the melee, rashly involved, once the wind direction is not accurate, there will be many people who are offended, and it is unwise to make enemies everywhere.
Jingzhou is much simpler, Cao Cao himself is difficult, I heard that the army is stretched, as long as the Jingzhou sailor is defeated, the rich Jingzhou will fall into his own pocket, and what he gets is not only the wealth of a state, Jingxiang extends in all directions, but he can also drive directly to the Central Plains, which is very convenient, otherwise how can Jingxiang be wanted by everyone.
The first is Jiangxia County, the big granary of Jingzhou, the confluence of the Han River and the Yangtze River, the rivers and ports are dense, without the assistance of the naval division, it is not easy to attack, fortunately, in order to drive the Taiwan Associated Press out of Yangzhou, in the past two years, the stars have also purchased and manufactured some warships, organized and trained a naval division, the number is not much, or the army is the mainstay, and the naval division assists.
Cai Mao first thought about rescuing Jiangxia, Jingzhou sailors went down along the Han River, raised a large army to rescue Jiangxia, as for Wancheng, that is something that the imperial court should consider, Jiangxia County is the eastern barrier of Jingzhou, Jiangxia is gone, relying on Jingzhou's extensive water network, the enemy army can capture any county at will, at that time in the rescue I am afraid that it will be too late, Wancheng is a strong city, it should not be a problem to defend until the imperial court reinforcements arrive.
And then Cai Mao may not be so loyal to Cao Cao, Jingzhou is his home, and it is also the foundation, he is good at governing the water army, Jingzhou is gone, and there is no use in the Central Plains, the empty shell general is not a general, not even a dog, and it means very much to him to hold Jingzhou.
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