280 Northern Expedition 3
"As soon as the Yellow River moves, Li Chongshan will start to get nervous, but he doesn't know when we will launch a full-scale attack, and we must first strengthen the defenses of various places. With vigilance, it will be difficult for the Hedong Army to turn over the Taihang Dynasty. Before the official Northern Expedition, the Enemy Intelligence Division could operate wantonly in various areas controlled by the enemy, creating a momentum of all-out attack, and the Jinning Army cooperated to constantly harass the passes, especially Jingcheng Road and Yanmen Pass, and Yanmen Pass could also begin to go out of the pass to harass Yunzhou, causing us to go out of Yanmen Pass to copy his back road, and disperse Li Chongshan's military strength. The main force of the Jinning army secretly went south in batches, and finally concentrated in Changzhi. The road to Hedong to attack Hebei was the Fuguan Road. However, Jingcheng Road and Yanmen Pass must leave enough defensive forces and should not be neglected. ”
Everyone was puzzled, not to mention the detour of Fuguan, and the difficulty of attacking was no less than that of Jingcheng Road, but they knew that Lin Jianyue directly decided on his own without asking everyone's opinions, and there must be a plan, so he didn't ask more.
"Finally, there is the Fifth Route Army, the Guanzhong Army. Because the distance is too far, it will play a huge role in the later stage, and I won't say much about how to fight it, there is only one, and I must wait for me to cross the river before I can officially attack the North Hetao. ”
"Li Ziyang, you go back and tell Pu and Wu that after defeating Mo Han, you don't need to wait for orders, you can directly attack Yuguan and attack Dadu, if the other roads do not go well, you need to leave a retreat back to Liaodong."
After the roads are arranged, the next thing is the main battlefield in Hebei.
"You must have some doubts in your hearts, especially how to fight here in Hebei, this is back to the topic just now, why do I have to go to the front line? There has been top-secret news, Li Chongshan and his subordinates have discussed it many times, but they have not reached an agreement on whether to withdraw from the Han land, and they have repeated it many times. Think about it, now you have the intention of running, once the Liaodong War is over and the Wuwei Army lands in the east, what do Li Chongshan think? ”
Whether to leave or not, Li Chongshan naturally had to ask Qin Zhenghao, who was the most trusted and respectful, for advice, and Qin Zhenghao, whether he was a traitor or not, was unwilling for Li Chongshan to leave, and the news was also passed on to Lin Jianyue by him.
"If I were Li Chongshan, I would definitely run in this situation, and I would still be able to keep the opportunity and strength to make a comeback, so if you want to keep Li Chongshan and his army, you must give him a Jedi hope and opportunity to turn the tables."
"Killing me is the most hopeful and most likely opportunity for him, so I must appear on the main battlefield in Hebei."
Seeing that everyone is going to talk again, what do you want to say Lin Jianyue also knows, it is nothing more than that Li Chongshan would rather run away, and His Royal Highness should not take risks or anything.
Lin Jianyue didn't give them a chance to speak, and said directly: "Since the anti-Hu resistance, I have taken many risks, and everyone knows very well, is that a random adventure?" I still have a little confidence to do this, and I don't hide it from you, who wants to die if they have nothing to do? I'm afraid of death, too! ”
Lin Jianyue pointed sideways to the map and said: "This place is where I want to go across the river, Handan City, close to Taihang Mountain, on the edge of the Hebei Plain, and behind it is Fuguan, now everyone understands why I want the main force of the Jinning Army to gather in Changzhi." Taihang is very dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there are not many defenders because of this. Before I go to Handan, I will order the Longjie Regiment assigned to the forward battalion to secretly advance north along Taihang Mountain first, and sneak attack Fuguan from behind, and Shen Zhixing will listen to the order! ”
Shen Zhixing was not qualified to participate in the meeting, Lin Jianyue specially asked him to participate, many people were still very strange, and now they naturally know what Lin Jianyue meant.
Except for the time when Liu Jiahao fought Luoyang, although Shen Zhixing was under the command of an army, there were not many opportunities for meritorious service, Shen Zhixing stood up with excitement on his face, there may only be this opportunity to perform like this, and the opportunity to make great contributions may only be this once, he came out of the Liu family and is familiar with the situation in Taihang Mountain.
"When I crossed the river and stationed in Weizhou, it was when you led the army to attack Fuguan, the people of the Enemy Intelligence Department had set off in advance, chose to clear the road against the enemy army, and strengthened the connection with the Jinning army. Shen Zhixing, your actions are the first battle of the Northern Expedition, so be careful. ”
"Your Highness, don't worry, if this still fails, Shen Zhixing will come and see you!"
Everyone looked at Shen Zhixing, which made him very uncomfortable, and he also knew that his success or failure was related to the safety of His Highness, but he was confident because it was really not a difficult task.
"Liyang already has more than 40,000 people in the advance heavy infantry regiment of the Guards, plus 30,000 elites of the forward battalion, and Shen Zhixing's Long Jie army attacked all the way north at the same time, Xiangzhou Anyang but more than 10,000 defenders don't care about him, Handan defenders are more, there are more than 20,000 people, there is no cavalry, a sudden attack, it is not a problem to take it."
Everyone roughly understood what Lin Jianyue meant, and Hao Tianfeng immediately said, "There is no need for the forward battalion to attack." According to His Royal Highness's arrangement, after the Guards crossed the river to occupy Puyang County, they were close to Liyang, and His Royal Highness could lead the forward battalion to sit in Liyang, and the Guards sent 20,000 cavalry plus Liyang's original 40,000 infantry, with enough horses, to quickly take Handan for His Highness. His Highness may act as he sees fit. ”
Lin Jianyue thought about it, in this way, the remaining 60,000 infantry and 60,000 cavalry of the Guards in Puyang would be enough to defend.
It would be a little inappropriate if they didn't even agree to this, Lin Jianyue understood that Hao Tianfeng could stay in a safe place as much as possible without letting him move, and he also added 20,000 cavalry to himself in disguise.
"That's fine, I'm waiting for your good news in Liyang, I believe you already know what I'm going to do. Handan is located in the southwest of the middle of Zhending Mansion and Daimyo's Mansion, there is a threat to both places, but this distance is relatively far, if the armies of both places come to fight Handan, then it is best, I immediately retreat to Fuguan, and even retreat to Hedong, the enemy will accidentally be hidden at the foot of Taihang Mountain Wuyang Jinning Army main force ambush. Therefore, you don't have to worry about my safety, there is the main force of the Jinning Army behind me, even if Li Chongshan's whole army comes, I can only look at Taihang Mountain and sigh. ”
Liu Hesheng immediately said: "Your Highness, rest assured, at most one month, the main force of the Jinning Army will be able to reach Fuguan Road with the whole army, and Your Highness can cross the river at this node." ”
The predecessor of the Jinning Army was the First Army of the Long Jie Army, the main force of the main force, the combat power is known to the world, and it also faced off against Li Chongshan's cowardly Xue Army, even Batusu was a little afraid, and Liu Hesheng was confident that he could protect Lin Jianyue thoroughly.
At this point, everyone knows that in this way, it is equivalent to breaking the defensive formation of the main enemy army in Hebei. The enemy can not move, but what kind of person is in Handan, it is the actual Han emperor, is the core of the entire Han military and political affairs, Li Chongshan is now in a weak position, if he defeats Lin Jianyue on the battlefield or forces him away, there will be a qualitative change in morale, if he kills or captures Lin Jianyue, there is even more hope of turning the tables, Li Chongshan is difficult to give up this temptation, and he will not run.
Needless to say, how to fight next.