Chapter 131 Soldiers Entering the North
If you give up going south today, it will be difficult to have such a good opportunity in the future. If you want to go south again, it will be very difficult!
From ancient times to the present, if you want to accomplish great things, how can you not take risks? As long as the Northern Expedition Army can successfully occupy the Northern Expedition County and resist Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's attack, the situation of the Northern Expedition Army entering the Central Plains can be said to be opened up!
Chen Chu thought for a long time and finally decided that the plan to capture Beidi County remained unchanged. At the same time, in order to defend the enemy's attack in Huguan and Jiguan, Chen Chu also decided to transfer the 50,000 Canglang Camp in Yunzhong immediately back.
Chen Chu made such a decision not because he was very nervous, but after careful consideration. Although this arrangement made the troops defending Bingzhou only 210,000 in a short period of time, the Northern Army was able to withstand a considerable period of time with its geographical advantage, bravery and a large number of new equipment.
Seeing Chen Chu make such a decision, Lu Su and Xu Shu repeatedly advised him, but on this issue, Chen Chu did not listen to the suggestions of these two important advisers.
In fact, it was not just Lu Su and Xu Shu who tried hard to persuade Chen Chu to give up his plan to go south, but even Tian Feng, who was not in Bingzhou, sent an urgent letter, begging Chen Chu to give up his plan to go south. However, no one's persuasion could shake Chen Chu's determination to go south!
Although most of the strategists advised Chen Chu to give up his plan to go south, there was only one person who did not express an objection. This person was Chen Gong. On this issue, his idea was the same as Chen Chu, and he also believed that this was a risk worth taking.
In fact, both sides’ arguments are not wrong on this issue, the difference is just stability and radical.
Seeing that Chen Chu had made up his mind, the advisers stopped admonishing and began to plan how to retreat Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's army of 700,000, which is the most critical and difficult at present.
For several days, Chen Chu and Xu Shu and Lu Su were planning strategies to repel the enemy in the inner hall, and often forgot to eat. Zhang Rui and Diao Chan felt very distressed when they saw this, but the two women had no choice.
"Lord, Gongsun Zan tasted the sweetness in the previous battle in Jizhou. We can send envoys to persuade him and let him send troops behind Yuan Shao." Lu Su suggested.
Chen Chu's expression moved, showing a moving look.
At this time, Xu Shu said, "But it is OK. However, with Gongsun Zan's character, I am afraid that I will not send troops easily. Only when our army is in a clear advantage can Gongsun Zan be able to send troops, so Gongsun Zan's role is not very important."
Lu Su nodded, a look of depression flashed across his face, but he immediately began to think hard again.
Although Lu Su's suggestion was not very effective, it was beneficial to the Northern Expedition Army, so Chen Chu still adopted this suggestion. Chen Chu said to Lu Su: "Although this strategy is not effective, it is beneficial to us. You might as well give it a try. Zijing, wait a while and you will choose an eloquent person to send you to Beiping to know the pros and cons, and try to convince him to send troops from Yuan Shao's flank immediately." Beiping is located east of Youzhou, closely adjacent to the western part of Liao, and is Gongsun Zan's nest.
"Yes, lord." Lu Su agreed with his promise with his fists.
Then the hall calmed down again, and everyone continued to rack their brains to think about strategies to retreat to the enemy.
After a while, Lu Su suddenly clasped his fists at Chen Chu and said, "Lord, Su believes that you can send a secret envoy to Luoyang to bring a generous gift to see Xu You. Let Xu You influence Yuan Shao's decision."
Chen Chu nodded, showing a thoughtful look. The strategy proposed by Lu Su is worth a try. Xu You has already taken many benefits from the Northern Army. To a certain extent, he is already in a difficult position. In addition, this person is greedy for money, Chen Chu can definitely instigate him to speak for himself.
"Zi Jing's plan is good, you can start implementing it immediately! Zi Jing, you can do this immediately now!"
"Yes, lord. Su leaves." Lu Su stood up and agreed, and then quickly withdrew from the inner hall.
After Lu Su left, the inner hall calmed down again. After a while, Xu Shu, who had not spoken, finally spoke.
Xu Shu sat upright and clasped his fists at Chen Chu and said, "Lord, there is a plan that may be able to retreat Yuan Shao's army." When he said this, Xu Shu's expression was a little hesitant.
Hearing Xu Shu say this, Chen Chu couldn't help but feel happy and asked quickly: "What's so wonderful about Yuan Zhi...
Scheme? Tell me quickly!”
Xu Shu stood up, walked to Chen Chu, first clasped his fists and saluted, and then whispered in Chen Chu's ear.
After a while, Xu Shu stood upright and waited for Chen Chu's decision.
After hearing what Xu Shu said, Chen Chu frowned and didn't say anything for a long time, as if he was hesitant.
Chen Chu was indeed hesitating. Xu Shu's plan was said to be a strange plan that no one could imagine, but it was a dangerous move. The general who carried out the execution and his soldiers were likely to be wiped out.
Chen Chu hesitated for a long time, and finally his eyes narrowed and he made up his mind, "I'm afraid that's all that is the case at the moment!"
After pausing, Chen Chu turned to Xu Shu and said, "Yuan Zhi, immediately use this to order General Zhang Liao of Zhuo County."
"Yes." Xu Shuyingnui said.
Under the leadership of Zhang Hegaoshun, the Bingzhou Legion arrived in Shangjun in just seven days.
At this moment, Chang'an still did not know the mobilization of the Northern Expedition Army.
The Bingzhou Legion repaired Shangjun for a day, and the next day he set out with Lu Bu's Luoyang Legion, and a 150,000 army rushed to Beidi County.
This time, when he went south to Beidi County, the head general was Lu Bu, the deputy general was Zhang He and Gao Shun, and Chen Gong did not accompany him, but stayed in Shangjun.
This time, Lu Bu was the first time that he led the army as the head coach, which made Lu Bu very excited. However, one thing made Lu Bu more depressed. Although Zhang He was only a deputy general, he was appointed as the military supervisor by Chen Chu. In his order to Lu Bu, Chen Chu said that military transfers must be approved by Zhang He.
Chen Chu did this to prevent Lu Bu from doing brainless things.
After five days of march, the army finally arrived at the Great Wall north of Beidi County. Dong Zhuo arranged 20,000 defenders here, and dozens of sentry posts within a few miles north of the Great Wall.
Lu Bu led a large army to stop in a forest ten miles away from the Great Wall. What the whole army has to do now is wait until the sky gets dark. Although Lu Bu is a rough man, this does not mean that he is a fool. He still understands some of the basic principles of marching and fighting, not to mention that Zhang He, a future general, checks for omissions and fills in the gaps.
During the long wait, the sky gradually darkened, and the jade rabbit replaced the position of the golden crow in the sky.
Thousands of cavalry rushed out of the woods quietly. The sound of these thousands of cavalry running on the grass was very small, and even in this silent night, it was difficult to hear any noise.
It turned out that the horse hooves of these cavalry were wrapped in thick cotton cloth. No wonder they ran so little.
A sentry guard five miles north of Beidijun Great Wall is the farthest sentry guard placed outside the Great Wall by Dong Zhuo's army. There were originally a further sentry guard, but it had been abandoned long ago.
The so-called sentry guards are guarding people and related facilities. In ancient my country, the Central Plains people often set up many sentry guards outside the Great Wall. Their function was to discover the sudden enemy troops in time and transmit the information to the bases in time.
Build a watchtower with wood and place several soldiers in the watchtower. This is the most basic sentinel on the grassland.
This is the type of sentry posts outside the Great Wall of Beidijun.
Under the farthest post from the Great Wall, five soldiers were sitting around a bonfire. Although it was still summer, the evening on the grassland was extremely cool.
The five soldiers were chatting, looking very lazy, and there was no one on the watchtower. In fact, they cannot be blamed for their slack vigilance. After all, for Dong Zhuo's army, there were no enemies around Beidi County. Even if the Zhengbei Army wanted to attack Beidi County, they had to destroy Shangjun first. Dong Zhuo's army thought that Shangjun had been controlled by them, and they didn't know that this was just a strategy of the Zhengbei Army's generals.
While the five soldiers were chatting, dozens of black shadows suddenly surged from all sides, and the five soldiers were still...
He didn't understand what was going on, so he was killed instantly. Blood donated splattered in the fire, causing the flames of the fire to darken. In this quiet night, this scene seemed a bit mysterious and terrifying.
The same scene happened one after another outside the Great Wall. About half an hour later, Lu Bu, who was anxiously waiting, received the news that all the posts arranged by Dong Zhuojun outside the Great Wall were pulled out.
Lu Bu couldn't help but scream excitedly, and then ordered the entire army to advance immediately.
That night, just as Dong Zhuojun, who was defending the Great Wall, was sleeping sounds, they suddenly woke them up with thunder.
Dong Zhuojun jumped up from the bed in panic and hurriedly put on his armor. At this time, the Northern Army had already rushed into their barracks.
Under such circumstances, Dong Zhuo's army still tried to resist stubbornly, but when Lu Bu killed two generals of Dong Zhuo's army in a row, Dong Zhuo's army all put down their weapons.
Chapter completed!