Chapter Seventy-Seven: Dividing the Troops to Attack
"Yes, with the hussar general at the lead, we should take the order. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Sun Jian looked at Tang Quan and said firmly.
When the two said this, Yuan Shao didn't feel anything, but Yuan Shu showed a disapproving appearance, but Tang Quan's position was more respected than that of the third duke, and if he objected, he would understand that it was a mantis arm as a car.
Kong Rong smiled on the side:
"My Beihai is adjacent to the Hussar General's Mansion, and the general controls the military of the three continents, and he should obey orders."
Tao Qian can be regarded as an old schemer, he glanced around, the other small princes should not be, and he Xuzhou happened to be under the jurisdiction of Tang Quan, he laughed and said:
"The soldiers and horses of Xuzhou are willing to listen to the general's orders."
Just when Yuan Shao was about to express his position, Tang Quan shook his hand and smiled:
"Have you seen the route into Luoyang? When the direction of the attack is decided, we will talk about the matter of command. ”
Cao Cao had always done a good job of preparation, and he nodded and said:
"Two hundred miles here is Bishui Pass, from here you can attack Luoyang along the river, and the other is the Tiger Prison Pass two hundred and forty miles away on the other side of the river, but these two passes are very strong and easy to defend and difficult to attack, Dong Zhuo has ordered Huaxiong to go to Bishui Pass, more than 200,000 troops are not so easy to attack;
And the narrow city wall of the Tiger Prison Pass is as high as several zhang, since ancient times, there is a saying that the husband is not open, once attacked, the Tiger Prison Pass is Luoyang after crossing dozens of miles, so where the reinforcements will arrive in half a day.
From our aggregate intelligence and the news from the Guannei, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army has as many as 230,000, of which 30,000 Xiliang iron cavalry is not willing to provoke even foreign races, and he annexed the Bingzhou army controlled by Lu Bu There are also 70,000 or 80,000, including more than 20,000 Bingzhou cavalry, they can attack and retreat at high speed in the open field, which is not good for our large number of infantry raiding teams.
There is also Dong Zhuo who took over the Eighth School of Xiyuan and is still recruiting soldiers, it is estimated that there are at least 400,000 of their elite soldiers, and the number of our eighteen teams here is only 3.67 million, the number of troops is about the same, and we are still on the attacking side, if we attack the battle, we will definitely suffer, the only thing we have an advantage is that Dong Zhuo does not dare to fight a tug-of-war with us, otherwise there will be problems within them. ”
Cao Cao didn't say that Dong Zhuo still had seventy or eighty thousand troops in Chang'an, Tang Quan nodded and said:
"The two passes in the north and south are the main roads into Luoyang, as long as they take a place at will, it will be beneficial for our attack, I have also entered Luoyang from the Tiger Pass to Qingzhou from the Bishui Pass, although the terrain is open in front of the Tiger Pass, but it is surrounded by mountains, although it is convenient, but it is extremely difficult to operate;
The terrain of Bishui Pass is open and the roads extend in all directions, which is conducive to the surprise transfer of large-scale troops, so let's propose that the troops be divided into two routes, one of which will go to the Tiger Prison Pass, which is the best to break through the Tiger Pass, and if it can't be broken, it will have to forcibly drag Dong Zhuo's half of the soldiers and horses;
And the other way to gather superior forces to attack Bishui Pass, no matter which way to take the pass, the other side will be fast, now it depends on how to divide the troops, who commands the two sides. ”
"What the hussar general said is extremely true, although it is difficult to attack the Tiger Pass, it is not without opportunities, but how is the general going to divide the troops everywhere?" Cao Cao nodded when he heard this.
Tang Quan said in a deep voice:
"The Tiger Prison Pass is suitable for cavalry, I only brought cavalry troops this time, Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong should have been left in the Tiger Prison, but he still has to be careful to guard against the opponent's cavalry attack, so his team must be in the Bianshui Pass;
I plan to attack the Tiger Prison by me, Taozhou Mu's 20,000 Danyang soldiers are suitable for mountain sports, maybe if necessary, they can be surprised, Han Zhoumu's men brought 30,000 troops, plus Kong Taishou's 10,000 Beihai soldiers are responsible for transporting grain and grass, I plan to call these 70,000 people to go to the Tiger Prison, and the remaining 300,000 superior troops will gather in Bishui Pass, as for who is responsible for commanding this team, this is up to you to determine, at least you can know who is most suitable to command the attack on Bishui Pass. ”
The battle of Dong Zhuo is a battle in which everyone seeks benefits, without Tang Quan, it is a few happy and a few worried, this time Tang Quan is still for his own interests, in addition to letting the troops accept the real test of war, there are other plans to be carried out.
Tang Quan wanted to fight the hard bone of the Tiger Prison, Cao Cao opened his mouth and did not persuade, anyway, he must need a team to pass, but he gave up commanding the superior forces, he still felt that Tang Quan's choice was wrong.
The Yuan Shao brothers looked at each other with joy, this is their chance, but Tang Quan let them choose the leader of Bishui Pass by themselves, which is a troublesome matter.
Tao Qian, Han Fu and Kong Rong have been transferred to Tang Quan's subordinates, but they don't express any opinions, but when it comes to command, there are two state pastors over there, Liu Dai and Kong Ling, and Yuan Shao doesn't dare to arrange his own military positions at will, so he also looks very depressed.
Yuan Shao thought about it, his eyes lit up, he looked at Tang Quan and said:
"General Tang, the more than 300,000 troops on the front line of Bishui Pass really need unified command and dispatch, but the people and horses are all from all over the place, and it is indeed very difficult to unify, I wonder if the general can order all troops to act according to orders?"
Tang Quan didn't know what Yuan Shao was thinking at this time, if he couldn't become the leader of the alliance, he would have to get a leader to command the Battle of Bishui Pass, and the people over there were the only ones who had this qualification, but once they formed a coalition army, it would be a headache if the people below did not cooperate.
With Tang Quan, a hussar general, he gave an order, and if anyone disobeyed, it would be a disobedience to the military order rather than a loose relationship with the coalition army.
Don't think about it, Tang Quan said directly:
"This is feasible, no matter who is in charge of the front line of Bishui Pass, they must obey the commander you elected, otherwise it will be disobeying the military order, and they will deal with it themselves when the time comes."
With Tang Quan's words to support him, it was much easier for anyone to be the commander of Bishui Pass, and after a heated discussion, Yuan Shao finally became the commander of Bishui Pass, and after discussing for a while, everyone went back to the camp to transfer troops.
Tang Quan's cavalry was fast, crossed the Yellow River and quickly headed for the Tiger Pass, and in the afternoon of the next day, the army set up camp by a small stream thirty miles away from the Tiger Pass.
Since learning that the princes of the world had raised an army to fight, Dong Zhuo ordered to strictly guard against Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass, and when the coalition army claimed to be 800,000 soldiers came in two ways, Dong Zhuo also seemed very vigilant.
The Tiger Prison Pass is only 500 meters wide, and there are cliffs on both sides, if you want to pass it, you must lay down the pass, Dong Zhuo is quite relieved about this, even if he learns that the hussar general has led the army here, he only strengthens the defense and does not plan to send troops.
In the camp of Bishui Pass, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, rashly attacked and was killed, Sun Jian's attack along the way to defend all the way smoothly, but Yuan Shu, who was in charge of grain and grass, pressed the military rations and forced Sun Jian to retreat, but unexpectedly was surrounded by Hua Xiong, the general of Bishui Pass, and almost died.