Chapter 26 Pie becomes a trap

Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 26 Pie becomes a trap

It's coming, it's coming, the vast desert is coming.

I look far away to the edge of the White City, where hundreds of horses are riding in frost and the sun is dim, the iron horses are golden and the sand is like snow, and the beacon fire is filling the sky with smoke.

They follow each other drunkenly all their lives, the wild sun separates the enemy's shadow, the stars in the sky combine with the sword, and they bury the bones by the river, crushing the enemy's soul with one shot.

Over the past few decades, I have never been sad about the desolate smoke. I have traveled thousands of miles and looked away, and I no longer have the heart of a young man.

I dare to look at the smoke in the desert, and the flags are curling up in the smoke on the road. I am going back, I am going back, the mountains are full of mountains, there is a slight frost on my temples, and my eyes are broken by four hundred states.

Xiang Yu rode his horse forward and looked back for a moment. He could not see the thousands of miles of desert and thousands of miles of meadows.

The Huns were originally a nation on horseback, and their ancestors had lived a life of chasing water and grass for generations. However, in order to survive, they had to be willing to become vassals of the Eastern Han Dynasty, crossing the Yinshan Mountains, leaving large grasslands, and living in an enclosed area.

inside.

The fertility of grassland is very limited. A large number of cattle and sheep consume green grass at an alarming rate. The conditions of grassland are very different in different climates and seasons, so nomadic people often need to migrate continuously.

They are looking for a place suitable for grazing and living. Once they are enclosed in an area that is not large enough, the degradation of grassland caused by livestock will seriously affect their production and survival capabilities, which forces them to find alternatives or

A partial alternative to animal husbandry.

So some southern Huns imitated the Han people and planted food on the land. However, the climate environment in Bingzhou was not very good. Although it was better than that in the north of Yinshan Mountain, it was only better. They still needed the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The dynasty provides them with a considerable amount of various materials every year, including food such as grain and cattle and sheep, as well as some daily necessities such as pots and bowls.

It is obvious that these Southern Huns who chose to rebel are not satisfied with this kind of life at all. In the eyes of many of them, this is a quite humiliating lifestyle. They would rather live a dangerous life of licking blood on the sword than be like being raped.

Domesticated dogs live a life of wagging their tails and begging for food. This is a kind of wild nature hidden deep in their blood.

Of course, Xiang Yu chose to take them back, and a very important reason was because of the wild nature of their blood and bones. Xiang Yu knew that after his careful training, such a team would definitely become a team that would frighten the enemy.

, the tiger and wolf army fled, but now there are two very critical issues before Xiang Yu. One is the appointment and removal of officers for this southern Huns army that has become the majority, and the other is the issue of food supplies.

After receiving the letter from Dong Zhuo, Xiang Yu also wrote back a letter to Dong Zhuo, briefly reporting in his own words the process of his battle with the Southern Huns rebels, as well as the surrender of these rebels.

Dong Zhuo may have known these situations for a long time, but after Xiang Yu reported these, he also mentioned that he must first contact the county government to make short-term repairs and replenish enough food before going to support Dong Zhuo.

Xiang Yu led his troops to station in the north of Chang'an for repairs and at the same time replenishing food. During this period, Dong Zhuo replied to Xiang Yu with a letter, saying that he had informed the emperor about Xiang Yu's meritorious service in quelling the rebellion, and the emperor's edict of reward was expected to arrive in the near future.

The letter also told Xiang Yu not to be too anxious, as those Yellow Turbans were nothing to worry about and he could definitely handle them.

A few days later, the emperor's edict arrived. Xiang Yu was named "General Ping Hu" for his meritorious service in quelling the Southern Xiongnu rebels, and ordered him to immediately set off with Dong Zhuo to defeat the Yellow Turban Army. However, what Xiang Yu did not expect was

, he could not take his troops there because he did not know the military system of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the military system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for the general "Dian Jingcheng Military Guard", the number of troops the other generals bring depends on their needs. It is not that you will have troops when you are a general, but "you will be appointed when something is done, and you will stop as soon as the matter is completed." Therefore, "there is no permanent general in terms of soldiers."

There will be no permanent soldiers."

This time Xiang Yu was awarded the title of "General Ping Hu", but he could only mobilize the Central Army sent to him by the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Xiang Yu received the imperial edict, he had to let his subordinates return to Bingzhou first, while he had to take office and lead the court.

The troops assigned to him.

To put it bluntly, one of the important reasons why Dong Zhuo was asked by the emperor (Emperor Han Ling) to fight against the Yellow Turban Army this time was that Lu Zhi, the Zhonglang general originally sent by the emperor, failed to destroy the bandits. Lu Zhi was originally fighting against the Yellow Turban Army.

The situation went very smoothly. Although the Yellow Turban Army was large in number, it was still a mob and its overall strength was very limited. Lu Zhi fought continuously all the way until he surrounded a large group of Yellow Turban Army in Guangzong.

However, because the eunuch sent from the imperial court to supervise the army was severely rejected by Lu Zhi when he asked for a bribe, the eunuch who supervised the army reported to the emperor after returning: "Guangzong's thieves are easy to break, Lu Zhi

Zhonglang established a stronghold and rested his army, waiting for heaven to punish him."

This means that the Yellow Turban Army in Guangzong is already a cooked duck and can hardly fly. Originally Lu Zhi could have wiped them all out with a slight attack. However, Lu Zhi was quite lazy and was reluctant to attack. Obviously this

People are very problematic!

So the emperor was very angry and quickly recalled Lu Zhi to the court to impose heavy responsibilities. Then he named Dong Zhuo the East Zhonglang General and asked him to replace Lu Zhi to attack the Yellow Turban Army who had been besieged in Guangzong.

Dong Zhuo was happy when he heard this order at first. After all, judging from the emperor's tone, the Yellow Turban Army was already within his grasp. It would be easy to deal with them. Accepting this order himself would be like pie in the sky.

It was a good thing, so he gladly accepted the emperor's order.

However, after Dong Zhuo actually came to Jizhou, conducted on-site inspections and fully understood the battlefield conditions, Dong Zhuo, who was very experienced in combat, discovered that this was not a pie falling from the sky, but a trap falling from the sky. It turned out that this was not a pie falling from the sky.

Guangzong is by no means an easy place to fight.

Both Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo were experts at leading troops in battle. They all knew that the reason why the Yellow Turban Army was defeated repeatedly was because although they were large in number, the peasant army lacked actual combat experience.

They do not know how to use battle formations on large-scale battlefields, and they do not have excellent generals to command in real time. Therefore, they are easily defeated when they encounter regular troops on large-scale battlefields, and then a large-scale army rout occurs.

But now that the Yellow Turban Army is besieged in Guangzong City, it has changed from a large-scale outdoor battlefield to an urban offensive and defensive battle. At this time, the advantages of their regular army's battlefield formations cannot be used at all. The offensive and defensive battles on the city wall

War is often a meat grinder battlefield, and the battle is about who has more troops and whose willpower is stronger.

The number of the Yellow Turban Army is still very large. Now they are forced into a desperate situation and have no way to retreat. They will inevitably rise up to resist and defend the city to the death. Therefore, it will definitely be very difficult to attack by force in this case, even if they can win in the end.

A high price must be paid, so it seems that Lu Zhi surrounded the city without attacking, cutting off the food supply in the city, and ultimately forcing the Yellow Turban Army to either break out of the siege desperately or surrender. This is undoubtedly the best strategy.

But what is helpless is that the hateful eunuch has already given the emperor slander, making the emperor believe it and think that this battle is very easy to fight. Lu Zhi's siege and failure to attack is entirely a matter of Lu Zhi's personal command. In this case, Dong Zhuo took over

This mission is really a hot potato. If I don't get it right, I might end up here.

The current situation is neither to attack nor to attack, so Dong Zhuo began to plan to attack Quyang, which is located northwest of Guangzong. Anyway, attacking anywhere is not an attack. The Yellow Turban Army here in Guangzong can't escape anyway, so he will attack Quyang first.

Beat it down, so that the emperor will at least have an explanation when he asks.
Chapter completed!