Chapter Seventy-Three: Withdrawal
On the north bank of the Great River, rangers roamed around.
They had nothing else to do, but they divided into groups, herding horses and patrolling the shore all day long, observing the conditions on the river.
From August 20, the situation was somewhat wrong, and the Jin army began to send people downstream, cutting down wood on a large scale, making rafts and boats, and tying them up as if they were building pontoon bridges.
After the news was reported, the Shamati battalion immediately sent people to row a small boat to observe closely.
Stone men and stone beasts are being placed on the Zhongyun City, and it seems that the pontoon bridge will be paved to the north bank. As a result, the new pontoon bridge downstream is more confusing......
On the 21st, Liu Fu, the general and king of Bohai, led more than 10,000 people to Yewang, and in the afternoon of the same day, he galloped to the camp of Shamadi.
"General." Wang Zhangqin went out to greet him.
Liu Fu was the prince, the king of Bohai, and the general.
Wang Zhang is the general of the Chinese army, adding the word "big" to respect his position, and the level of opening the government is higher, in fact, there is no essential difference from the general of the town army, the general of the Fu army, and the conquest of Zhen'anping.
In other words, there is no essential difference between Wang Zhang's official position in Liu Han and Pingdong's general Shao Xun's position in the Jin State, and they belong to the same echelon.
Before Liu Fu came, Wang Zhang was the commander of the army.
After Liu Fu came, he naturally came under his command.
To put it bluntly, Liu Cong still didn't feel at ease with Wang Zhang, and he didn't seem to have any merits, so he was replaced.
"How's the thief?" Liu Fu didn't have anything else in his eyes, only the Jin army on the south bank.
For the thief Shao Xun, his feelings are very complicated.
On the one hand, he was grateful to Shao Xun for defeating Jin Zhun in Gaoping, and made his brother who loved luxury and pleasure disgraced - Liu Cang, the king of Hanoi, was the boss in the end, and it was impossible not to take responsibility at all.
On the other hand, he is also worried about Shao Xun's growing momentum.
Since the Fenshui Fish Watching Turmoil, His Majesty sincerely admitted his mistake and temporarily calmed down the dissatisfaction of the ministers.
But Liu Fu knew that his father was already worried.
After King Ye returned to Pingyang, he took Wang Yi of Hejian as the general of the chariot and cavalry, and Wang Yi of Pengcheng as the general of the guard, and guarded the army.
Gaoping Wang Kui was the general of the expedition to the south, and the town was separated from the stone.
Wang Ji of Jinan was the general of the expedition to the west, and built the city of Pingcheng in the west to live.
Wei Wang Cao was the general of Zhengdong and the town of Puzi.
He was the king of Bohai, and led his army to the front line of the Zama Causeway and took over the post of commander of Wang Zhang's army.
Isn't it clear what the father thinks of the six princes who are in charge of the armies of China and foreign countries, although not all of them, but more than half of them?
Having more sons has such benefits, which can help the father share the pressure.
As the fifth prince, Liu Fu also wanted to fight for his future while fighting for the Han Dynasty.
Wang Zhang is also a simple person, directly led Liu Fu to the river embankment, pointed with a whip, and said: "General, please see, the city of Taozhu is called 'Zhongyu City', and it has been completed." From the north gate of Zhongyun City to Hepu, stone beasts and molten iron chains have been buried, intending to lay a pontoon bridge to the north, directly under our feet. ”
"There is also the South City on the other side of Zhongyun City, which has not yet been completed. A few miles downstream of Nancheng, the rangers detected that the Jin were cutting down wooden boats, as if they were going to build bridges to cross the river. ”
"There is news from the south bank that the Jin lord sent an edict to Heyang, ordering Shao Xun to cross the river as soon as possible and attack Hanoi, and there must be no mistake."
"With these three articles, I think Shao Xun is a little anxious, and he plans to make a desperate bet and break into the north bank in one fell swoop and build a city to live in."
Liu Shi carefully observed for a while, and suddenly sneered.
Wang Zhang looked at him puzzled.
"How do the Chinese army think Shao Xun will cross the river?" Liu Fu asked.
"Or a three-way march." Wang Zhang said.
"You try to say it."
"On the first road, while laying a pontoon bridge, we headed towards the north bank; the second way, ferrying people by boat, storming up; On the third road, the downstream adventure to build a pontoon bridge, the sound of the east and the west. ”
"Three-way march?"
"Three-way march."
Lonely felt that Shao Xun would not do this. Of these three roads, one or even two of them must be false, and only one of them is true. Liu Fu said.
"General, the most taboo speculation in a war is to be prepared." Wang Zhang persuaded.
Liu Fu turned his head abruptly and stared at Wang Zhang.
Wang Zhang looked at him calmly and did not flinch.
Liu Fu suddenly turned his anger into joy, and said: "The general of the Chinese army is old in the battle array, and he listens to you alone." ”
Wang Zhang withdrew his gaze from Liu Fu.
It is not difficult to see that King Bohai is not really willing to listen to his advice.
Speaking of which, although Wang Cang of Hanoi likes extravagance and indulges in pleasure, he is much more open-minded and can listen to opinions.
This Bohai King has a simple life, never let go of his hands, and never stops practicing martial arts, and has a good reputation in Beijing, but it is difficult to say what kind of heart he is.
As far as the Han is concerned, he would rather the emperor live a more luxurious life than let him mess around.
"Other directions, arranged?" Liu Fu asked again.
"I can't talk about how good the arrangement is, but it's arranged. How it becomes, it's up to fate. Wang Zhang told the truth.
Liu Fu was not very happy in his heart.
But he also knows that what kind of fight you make is not just on your own, but also depends on the enemy.
The strength of the two sides is similar, and they do not make mistakes, and in the end, even if one side wins, it is a miserable victory, and the loss is huge.
In most wars, it's about who makes fewer mistakes, and then they can catch the enemy's mistakes and win in one fell swoop.
Shao Xun is a seasoned opponent.
It's not that he's infallible, but it's really rare. Also, there are a lot of mistakes that you only find out later, only to miss out on the best fighter at that time.
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However, he was still a little depressed, and said bluntly: "Before Gu came here, he had thought about it carefully, two battles of Luoyang and one battle of Gaoping, Shao Xun was able to maintain an undefeated situation at most, why did he take the initiative to attack today?" ”
"Thinking about it, it's really incomprehensible. There are no less than 200,000 people in the Han Dynasty, and Shao Xun is just tens of thousands of foot soldiers, so it's incredible not to press him to the ground and beat him, why is this? ”
When Wang Zhang heard this, he was also a little silent.
yes, why?
To be fair, the Han Dynasty has become stronger and stronger in recent years, with bigger and bigger territory, more and more household registrations, and more and more money and food.
Even if the siege of Luoyang was frustrated, even if the southward march to Yanyu failed, they were never severely damaged with the cavalry as the main force. On the contrary, it has also been compensated for from other directions, and the national strength has increased instead of decreasing.
But while fighting, the battlefield is almost on the north bank of the Yellow River, why?
There is almost no cavalry force, and it is outrageous to rely on the battalion step by step, and it is pressed over little by little.
To tell the truth, Shao Xun's strength is not as good as Guanzhong Jia, Liang and others, they can at least bring in a lot of cavalry, and they are not inferior to King Zhongshan (Liu Yao) too much in this regard.
Within the Han Dynasty, Wang Zhang used to be the most taboo about Shi Le, for no other reason, just because Shi Le at most once recruited 30,000 cavalry from various places, Wuhuan, Xiongnu, and Xianbei cavalry, and the threat to the Han Dynasty was much stronger than 50,000 or 100,000 infantry.
But now, Shi Le honestly obeyed the orders to fight, Shao Xun built a city on the river, coerced Hanoi, and it was this person who was the most prominent.
"Don't worry, general." After thinking for a while, Wang Zhang said: "If our army is defeated, it will not hurt its muscles and bones, and if Shao Xun is defeated, most of the army will be annihilated." Our army can be defeated many times, Shao Xun will be shaken if he is defeated once, his momentum will collapse if he is defeated twice, and he will die without a place to be buried if he is defeated three times, and he will slowly wait for him to make a mistake. ”
"That's a good thing to say, no ambition!" Liu Fu sneered.
Wang Zhang didn't answer, just looked at the river.
After a while, he subconsciously rubbed his eyes, and saw that on the river, one after another ships had left the anchorage, shaking their oars vigorously, and gathering on the surface of the river.
One, two, three...... Gradually, dozens of ships gathered, divided into several groups, and rowed towards the north bank of the Shama Causeway.
Liu Fu also saw it, and his expression was surprised and delighted.
"Command, gather the cavalry." Liu Fu crossed Wang Zhang and ordered directly.
Wang Zhang did not object, after all, King Bohai is the coach.
What's more, this order is not wrong.
The infantry troops were stationed behind the camp and desperately resisted.
The cavalry lined up in the field, and when the enemy was disorganized and unmanned, they rushed out and drove them down the river in one fell swoop.
The reason why the half-crossing attack is famous is because it is really easy to use.
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Under the city of Xin'an, another siege battle ended in failure.
The left guard was killed by Sima Chen Yong of the base battalion, and more than ten generals under Sima Huang Biao of the advance battalion were wounded, and more than 3,000 soldiers were lost.
This time, there was really no one stealing and cheating, and the generals all went into battle shirtless to boost morale, but they were still short of breathing, and they were beaten down again when they attacked the city.
When the troops were withdrawn, they did not know where a cavalry army came from, and they went around from behind the mountain and attacked by surprise, causing heavy losses to the broken troops and many officers.
At this point, it was really impossible to fight, and anger was accumulating in the camp, which seemed to be about to explode at any moment.
"Governor, you can't fight anymore." Pei Kuo, the general of the Left Guard, had a scruffy beard and sunken eye sockets, obviously he hadn't rested well recently, and he was extremely anxious, so he only heard him say: "In the past few days, people have been fleeing, and the morale of the army is low, and I am afraid that I will not be able to fight again." ”
"It's just a breath away." Xun Song was a little reluctant.
"Always one breath away." Sima Huang Biao, the Left Guard Forward Battalion who had just wrapped up his wounds, didn't give Xun Song face at all, and mocked: "Wang Mi's casualties are not small, but our casualties are even greater. Those homeless newcomers, I don't know who recruited them, they were greedy for life and afraid of death when they attacked the city, and they ran away when they broke off, and once night fell, they tried every means to leave the camp and flee, affecting morale. What's the point of continuing to fight? ”
Xun Song shot the case and glared at Huang Biao.
Pei Kuo said that he would forget it, what kind of thing are you Huang Biao? The goods that have been farmed for generations dare to be ashamed?
The handsome soldiers looked at Xun Song, as long as he gave an order, he could punish Huang Biaoming.
Xun Song hesitated for a moment and sat back again.
The soldiers were a little disappointed, but not surprised.
You don't even deal with people who cry loudly in the barracks and play songs of grievance that affect morale, and you expect him to deal with the generals?
The patrol seven days ago is still fresh in everyone's memory.
As soon as he returned to the Shuai tent, he received a military report: Wang Mi went out of the city to attack at night, won a big victory, and beheaded more than 1,000 people, including several members of the right guard generals, and those who broke up at night are even more unknown.
If it weren't for the angels who arrived later, brought some money and silk, and ordered the camps to continue the siege, they would have retreated.
Now that it's been seven more days, it doesn't seem to be of much use other than the number of dead people.
Li Yun, the general of the right guard, kept his head down and was silent.
The losses of his troops were greater than those of the left guard, and the morale was lower, but he did not dare to stand up and speak.
Seeing that Xun Song was still hesitating, he sighed silently in his heart, fortunately, the wounded soldiers had been sent to Luoyang a few days ago, and there was a lot less burden, otherwise the morale would be even lower when retreating.
"The enemy cavalry that is pursuing today is likely to be reinforced from Pingyang." After receiving Pei Kuo's signal, Xu Lang, the governor of the third division of the left guard, said: "Governor of the capital, the Xiongnu have increased their troops, and they are still a new force, our army is tired from fighting for a long time, and we are unable to fight again, so let's withdraw our troops." ”
Seeing that all the generals were reluctant to fight anymore, Xun Song sighed in his heart.
If he goes back this time, he may never get the chance to lead the troops again.
The commander of the forbidden army is a big fire pit, and whoever jumps into it will be disgraced.
Just as he was about to say something, a staff member hurriedly came and said: "Dadu Governor, there is a messenger from Yiyang, Yanzhongwu Army was suddenly attacked by Shile in the second tomb of Kunban, losing 2,000 soldiers, and the rest of the people were routed. Hongnong Taishou Yuanyan has summoned all the troops of Zhuwu Fort and defended back to Xiban. The matter was so important that a messenger was sent to report it. ”
"It turned out to be Shiler's people." Pei Kuo suddenly realized.
Li Yun couldn't hold back either, got up and said, "Governor, the sons and daughters have no intention of fighting, it's time to withdraw and rectify." Shileduo's cavalry is a new force to recuperate, and if it drags on any longer, the losses will only be greater. ”
Xun Song also felt nervous.
He couldn't help but spread out the map and look left and right.
Everyone looked at him, and the meaning in their eyes was almost the same: don't look at it, give the order.
Xun Song glanced at everyone, couldn't resist this pressure, slowly raised his hand, and hung down weakly: "Order to withdraw the army." ”
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