Chapter 315: The Chaos Begins
After Yue Fei received the order, he led 150,000 horses out of the city, and at first he entered directly with a single army, wanting to test the enemy's strategic policy.
But unexpectedly, Long was cunning by nature, and did not choose to send an army to meet Yue Fei, but let him move forward.
As long as he enters his own defense hinterland, then Long Fen is sure enough to eat Yue Fei's troops.
Yue Fei knew this in his heart, and when he saw that he couldn't seduce the main force of the enemy army to appear, he slowed down the progress of this army.
At the same time, Huo Qubing also transferred his troops out of the city at this time, keeping a certain distance from Yue Fei, the two of them were traveling in different directions, but they were each other's horns.
This is Yue Fei's strategy, since one army is not enough for the enemy's appetite, then two are always okay, right?
As long as he created a temptation in the hearts of the enemy and forced their main force out of the city, Yue Fei would have the confidence to be able to annihilate the enemy in the wilderness.
In the Wei army, it is said that Yue Fei won the battle in a stable word, but I really don't know that it is because he has a good way of governing the army, and he can win the battle just by relying on the combat ability of the army, so he is not very clear, that is, he is the general who is the best at making yang schemes in the Wei army.
The same is true in history, whether it is to smash Huanglong or recover Xiangyang, it is to divide the troops into multiple fronts, and then the troops are united to start a decisive battle with the enemy, which is almost an insoluble tactic, as long as the enemy army is hooked, it can only follow Yue Fei's rhythm.
This is also why, after his death, he was called a martial saint by later generations, just imagine, before the war began, he was already inherently undefeated, such a posture, how many enemy generals can stand it?
The most critical point is that Yue Fei is not a defensive general, he is an offensive general, to sum up, Yue Fei is not an ordinary bull in battle.
In the history of Zhao Changqing's previous life, he was known as the existence of the first combat power in the early Southern Song Dynasty, how could it be in vain?
At this time, Long Fen has always been puzzled and frowned.
Zhao Changqing knew Yue Fei, but he didn't understand.
He really didn't understand, why did the Great Wei Emperor actually change generals on the spot?
Huo Quai's illness is more likely to fight, lightning tactics are the best in the contemporary era, and can once be compared with Chen Qingzhi, the general of Wei and now the king of Jin, what is the reason for giving up such a general who can fight and using Yue Fei?
If it is said that today, the general who is fighting against him is Chen Qingzhi, then Long Fen will be cautious.
Because Wei can afford to lose, but Chu can't afford to lose.
However, what is the plan of the Great Wei Emperor to replace the generals who can be compared with Chen Qingzhi?
Long Fen has been thinking hard about this name, and finally searched for a little impression in his mind, as if the battle against the Tiger Roar Pass of the Jin State was led by this person, but he was able to capture the Tiger Roar Pass, all relying on the robe Ze to set off, that battle was not so much an attack on the Tiger Roaring Pass, but rather a comprehensive battle with the Jin army that other generals in the Wei army showed their abilities.
In any case, this Yue Fei in recent years, the reputation is not prominent, looking at the character of Emperor Wei, has always been the ability to live in, the talented make the best use of things, these years, Yue Fei's identity is not obvious, it should be the ability has not been reused by Emperor Wei.
If this is really the case, then why did he transfer the responsibility of the pioneer to him today?
To change the commander in battle, it is necessary to understand the opponent's consistent tactics or strategies, otherwise, if you fail to know yourself and the enemy, you will easily suffer losses.
However, immediately afterward, he received a less reliable message, which was also a rumor.
It is said that Huo Qu was not inferior to his illness, relying on his previous little credit, and he was dissatisfied with Emperor Wei handing over the position of deputy marshal to Bai Qi, and there was a gap between the monarch and the minister.
Emperor Great Wei was afraid that the temporary dismissal of the generals would make the army's morale fluctuate, so he asked Yue Fei to take Huo Quzhi's place, wanting to weaken Huo Quzhi's influence in the army.
However, the general seal who led Huo Quai's troops was not dismissed, mainly because he was afraid that the dismissal of the generals would affect the morale of the whole army.
After Long Fen heard the news, he didn't know whether it was true or not, and he was puzzled at that time, if this matter was true, then everything would be logical.
But what if it's fake?
This will make you despise Yue Fei.
Thinking of this, Long Fen found the key to the problem.
Maybe this is the plan of the Wei army, the emperor of Wei can't just send someone to be the vanguard, he came to conquer the Chu State, he wanted to take the land territory of the Chu State, how could there be a problem in the matter of changing generals, the consequences of this will be very serious.
Long Fen took a deep breath, ordered the whole army to enter a state of readiness, and asked the front army to retreat sixty miles.
He is quite cunning, and if something goes wrong, he will change his usual strategy.
As for the estrangement between the monarchs and ministers, and the discord between Bai Qi and Huo Quai, Yue Fei suggested that Emperor Wei do this, the purpose of which was to make him confused, so that Long Fen could not figure out his head, and then despise himself.
But I didn't expect that this Long Fen was so steady that he directly ordered the front army to retreat sixty miles.
This approach is tantamount to narrowing the battle line, once Yue Fei continues to rampage and smash Huanglong, then what awaits him is likely to be encircled and suppressed by the enemy army in many aspects.
At that time, it was impossible to escape.
Since Long Fen had ordered the front army to retreat, it was impossible for Yue Fei to foolishly get into this trap.
However, how to lure the main force of the enemy army to show up has become a top priority now.
Otherwise, this battle will become a protracted war.
For every additional day that the army stays outside the customs, the state will bear the burden of one more day.
Moreover, the army of Wei is the best treatment among the armies of all countries.
Especially when you're away on the road.
Yue Fei ordered the whole army to set up camp.
In the tent.
All the generals were by Yue Fei's side, waiting for orders on how to fight this battle.
But the main general seemed to be drinking tea in addition to staring at the map, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.
This can make the generals wait anxiously.
They followed Yue Fei out because they wanted to make a contribution, but what was the situation now?
The enemy army does not dare to compete with him, at this time, he should take advantage of the morale of the enemy to fight to the death!
Hiding here and facing the enemy in pairs, cowering, is really not the Wei army's previous way of fighting.
In the end, one of the generals couldn't help it, and he asked Yue Fei: "General, why don't we take advantage of this time to annihilate all the enemy forwards in one go?"
Yue Fei glanced at him, but he was not angry, but very pleased.
Wei has such soldiers who are not afraid of war, which is the innate condition for winning every battle.
He replied with a smile: "The retreat of the enemy's front army seems to be because they don't want to compete with us and want to temporarily avoid the edge of our army, but in fact, it is a strategy to delay the troops, lure our army forward, so as to create a situation of flanking and encirclement of our army. So now, it is not an excellent time to send troops, just now, this general has asked His Majesty to attack Suizhou City, as long as Suizhou is captured, we can use Suizhou as a springboard to attack Heiyuan City, and when the time comes, we are not afraid that their main force will not show up. ”
'Attack Suizhou?'
The hearts of the participants were filled with doubts.
Suizhou City is sparsely populated, and attacking there is no benefit to us!
Yue Fei knew their doubts, and explained: "After Suizhou is captured, the three cities where the enemy's main force is deployed will be exposed in front of our eyes. ”
The generals were relieved when they heard the explanation.
At the end of April in the sixth year of Taichu, Yue Fei wrote a letter to ask for a battle in Suizhou, broke it, and then divided his troops to fight the enemy in the field.
Long Fen sent the general Xiang Fei to attack Suizhou, and Yue Fei ordered 30,000 soldiers to defend Suizhou.
On the seventh day of the battle, Xiang Fei fought in Suizhou, could not be broken for a long time, and retreated to Deyang City.
Yue Fei was full of enthusiasm and ordered Huo Qubing to besiege Deyang, contain the sight of the enemy's main force, and then divide the troops, one to attack Yancheng and the other to leave Heiyuan.
Xiang Yu sent 30,000 cavalry to attack Fengyang, in order to attract the firepower of the enemy's main army and buy time for Yue Fei to capture Yancheng.
Long Fen felt that it was tricky, so he closed the battle line and transferred back all the Chu troops who were guarding various mountains and bridges, so far, the Wei army broke through the Chu army's defense line and launched a decisive battle with the enemy.
At the beginning of May, Zhao Changqing sent 200,000 reinforcements on the battlefield of Yue Fei, plus the original army under Yue Fei and the number of troops under Huo Quzhi and others, a total of nearly 500,000 troops were dispatched.
This is already an all-out battle for both sides.
(End of chapter)