Entering the twelfth lunar month of the eleventh year of Shaolong, the Yellow River suddenly lost its turbulence, like a giant dragon trapped by solid ice, lying quietly on the earth, still maintaining its ferocious appearance.
Xu Huaai boarded the dilapidated city wall of Dongming County, which was destroyed by the war and has never been repaired, and looked northward at the vast snowy wilderness.
Groups of people and horses are walking along the snowy field on the south bank of the Yellow River from west to east, and the Yellow River to the north seems to be two giant black and white dragons spanning the sky and the earth, riding together in the clouds and mist.
As the focus of the war to recover throughout the winter quickly shifted to the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the north and south banks of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, except for a few cities such as Caozhou governing Jiyin, Puzhou governing Puyang, Weizhou governing Guixiang and Dangyin, were still under the control of the stubborn enemy forces.
, nearly thirty other county cities either surrendered upon hearing the news, or were conquered without any effort.
The victory at Yingzhou was a key battle that reversed the balance of power between the enemy and ourselves. Regardless of whether the Chihu people were willing to do so, the general trend was already established.
The recovery of Zheng Bian and Heluo further proved this point.
In the past two or three years, although Sikong Prefecture did not launch a major reconquest campaign, the enemy troops stationed in Yunji, Caopu, Mengwei, Xianghuai and other places were already in dire straits due to the continuous harassment by the rebels, and their morale was extremely low.
Jiyin, Puyang, Guixiang and other prefectures govern large cities. In addition to the fact that some Chihu garrison troops are directly stationed and are closely supervised by the Prince of Pingyanzong, the guards have also followed the Chihu people in the Hehuai area in recent years.
The surrendered generals and ministers who burned, killed, looted, committed evil deeds, and had their hands stained with blood knew that there was no way to survive if they surrendered, so they still led their direct troops to resist in the hope that there would be a chance to turn defeat into victory on the east road.
As for the garrison of the county city, most of them were brought down by the tide when the Red Hussar cavalry swept through the Central Plains in the early years. The defenders were mostly county soldiers recruited from local areas. Over the years, they mainly maintained local security for the Chihu people.
Seeing that the general trend has been lost at this time, how many people will think of fighting to the end with their heads on their necks???
Even though some people are trusted generals and officials by the Chihu people, how many of the soldiers under their command are really willing to stand on the city wall with swords and guns and defend to the death, instead of surrendering to the wind and collapse at the first touch?
"Taking the three cities of Shenxian, Juancheng, and Yanggu, Chen Jin led his troops to garrison, connected with the towering Taishan Mountain in the southeast, basically blocking the east road. The main force of the Japanese soldiers marched westward along the Yellow River from the northern foot of Mount Tai.
It is possible to break out of the siege in a roundabout way into the hinterland of the Hehuai River. The cities of Shanghe, Jiyang, Yangxin, Leling, Ningjin and other cities located in the northern area of Qizhou and Zizhou and along the lower reaches of the Yellow River are the main force of the east-route rebel troops in the north this winter.
The only way to escape..."
Fan Zongqi, who traveled north from Songzhou to Bianzhou and accompanied Xu Huai, Chen Zixiao, Han Gui and others to the Dongming County Gate Tower, introduced the latest developments along the Yellow River.
At this time, Su Mi and Xu Pang had already led their troops to capture Yangxin, Ningjin and other cities in the north of Qizhou. In addition to Fan Zongqi who led the rear army to garrison in Dongming and Bianzhou, Chen Jin led his troops to Shenxian and Yanggu.
Outside Juancheng and other cities, Yang Qiye personally commanded 80,000 cavalry and infantry from Shi Hu, Wu Chihai, Wu Sanrong, Xiao Xu, Jiang Ang, Sun Yanguan and other troops, and entered the area east of Yangxin and Ningjin, preparing to intercept the east-route pirates.
The main force of the army fled north.
This is almost all the mobile combat power that can be mobilized from the four major camps in Heluo, Jingxi, Jingnan and Xuzhou.
The six thousand mixed cavalry who accompanied Xu Huai from Biyang for reinforcements also went to Yanggu under the leadership of Wang Jun to join Chen Jin's troops to guard against the possibility of reinforcements from Zhennan Zong's palace coming from Jingxing or Fukouxing.
Entering the Hebei Plain.
"When the late Emperor was here, he still thought of first establishing a foothold on the Huaihe River, and then spending twenty or thirty years to recuperate and strengthen his army. He did not expect that the situation would reverse so quickly," Liu Shiwang said with emotion, "If we can encircle and annihilate Dongfang in this battle,
The main force of the Lu Lu soldiers should not regain their homeland in the Central Plains. It may only take ten or eight years to lead the army directly towards the Mobei grassland!"
The ninety-five thousand households enfeoffed by Chihu when they unified the southern and northern desert grasslands and founded the country were the core ruling force. Over the years, they had settled down and multiplied to compensate for the years of battles. The total number of young and strong men who were good at riding and shooting was about
Around two hundred thousand.
And because after the Chihu people established the country, they completely dismantled the traditional tribal governance structure and initially formed a unified national consciousness. If the Chihu people were allowed to withdraw all the direct cavalry back to the grassland unharmed, the Chihu people would be able to fight in the vast Monan.
On the Mobei grassland, there is always a mobilization capacity of more than 100,000 cavalry. Recovering the Central Plains is already just around the corner. However, in the future, we want to enter the hinterland of the grassland and completely eliminate the threat of the Red Husbands to the Central Plains. Or we want to conquer Liaodong.
It would be too difficult if the peninsula, the Great Xianbei Mountains, and the Yanran Mountains were all included in the empire's territory.
In addition to the need for a large-scale cavalry to carry out expeditions that are often two to three thousand miles away, in addition to the unimaginable consumption of logistical supplies, the greater difficulty is that it is difficult to capture the Red Husband on the vast grassland of thousands of miles.
The main human force engages in a decisive battle.
During the Han and Tang dynasties, when the Central Plains dynasties were at their peak, it almost took decades or even hundreds of years to completely disintegrate the Xiongnu and Turkic dynasties that once occupied the grasslands.
If this battle can successfully encircle and annihilate the main force of the East Route rebels, in addition to being able to recover the lost territory in the Central Plains more smoothly, more importantly, it is expected to severely damage more than 30,000 elite troops of the direct descendants of the Red Army.
Coupled with the previous results, it is expected that the number of young and strong men in the direct line of the Red Hu people will be reduced to less than 150,000.
It seems that it has only weakened the young and strong men of the direct descendants of the Red Army by a quarter.
However, the balance of power in this world can never escape the constraints of the law of one rising and the other falling.
Severely damaging or even encircling and annihilating the main force of the East Route rebels will first cause an imbalance in the internal power structure of the Red Husband.
After the death of the previous Khan King of Chihu, the eldest prince Kuosa ascended to the throne of King Khan with the support of the second prince Ulullie and the third prince Tu Ge. Although the fourth prince, King Jingpan Kusigu, was the most powerful among the princes in terms of military affairs.
He was the strongest and wanted to be the heir apparent, but in the end he had to take a back seat.
It is worth waiting to see whether King Wu Lulie of Zhennan and King Tu Ge of Pingyan suffered devastating losses in the Central Plains. Will the Red Hu people become more united or have conflicts deepen?
Severely damaging or even encircling and annihilating the main force of the East Route rebels can greatly reduce the control of the Red Husbands over the surrendering and surrendering forces.
Among them, the most affected and the most direct Those include Yanji, Liaodong, Bohai and other Khitan hometowns east of the Daxianbei Mountains.
These areas are the fiefdoms of Prince Ping Yanzong. Once the East Route soldiers are surrounded and annihilated along the Yellow River, the foundation of the Chihu people's rule over these areas will be completely shaken.
After the Sikong Mansion regained the Central Plains, it could almost without hesitation send a force directly into Liaodong, Bohai and other places to completely dismantle the rule of the Chihu people in the area east of the Xianbei Mountains, without having to wait ten or eight years.
Later we will consider the expedition to Liaodong.
Without Yanji, Liaodong would be considered a vassal state, and the remnants of Zhennan Zong's palace would retreat to Yunshuo. What would there be to fear?
After the Sikong Mansion regained Yunshuo, Yanji, Liaodong and other homelands of the Han and Tang Dynasties, it then gathered troops and horses to march into Hexi. With only a single army of Prince Jingpanzong's Mansion occupying the homeland of Hexi, how could it be used as a chariot?
In other words, if all the elite members of the direct lineage of the Chihu people are really asked to withdraw into the grassland, it may take ten years for the Sikong Mansion to truly organize an expeditionary force across the Mobei grassland. However, as long as this campaign can encircle and annihilate the East Road bandits along the Yellow River,
With the main force of troops, this time may be shortened to within ten years.
How could Liu Shiwang not be excited or emotional about this scene?
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the encirclement and annihilation war, Xu Huai also dispatched 10,000 soldiers from Heluo, Jingxi Camp and Xuzhou Camp each, and were advancing to the lower reaches of the Yellow River day and night. On the one hand, he ensured that from Bianzhou to Yangxin and other places
On the one hand, the supply and transportation of grain and fodder was to prevent Zhennan Zong’s palace from gathering its few tens of thousands of elites to enter the Hedong Plain to participate in the battle.
If the remnant soldiers from the Zhennan Zong Palace in the middle route dare to come, Xu Huai will let them be buried on the Hebei Plain to relieve the pain of the Central Plains being trampled over the years.
Now, in addition to retaining a certain amount of elite soldiers at Hangu Pass, Maojindu, Mengjin, Xingyang, Hulao Pass and other places, the Heluo and Jingxi marching camps also filled in more soldiers, horses and garrison troops from various prefectures.
The main thing is to take advantage of the dangers of mountains and rivers to block the west of Tongguan by blocking the remaining strong soldiers from the Western Route who belong to Prince Jingpanzong's palace.
This is also the key to completely reversing the situation after recovering Heluo.
Heluo dominates the world, and uses high mountains and rivers to separate Guan, Shaanxi and Hehuai, making it difficult for the remaining Xilu soldiers to participate in the military competition in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. However, after Xu Huai married Yingyun,
Completely inheriting the political legacy of Emperor Jianji, the Sikong Mansion can more thoroughly mobilize the military power of the entire empire and focus all its efforts on fighting a battlefield. With one thing going down and the other going down, how can the Chihu people still have room to struggle in the Central Plains?
Thinking of this, Xu Huai couldn't help but think of the wedding night with Yingyun. Yingyun had been living in seclusion in the palace for these years. He was almost thirty years old. When he first met people, he was so shy and couldn't bear the punishment. He didn't know how to express his inner feelings.
The passion is released, only to tremble like an octopus and struggle to death.
Xu Huai tapped his temples with his fingers, driving away from his mind Yingyun's body that was still as smooth and red as a girl, as well as the tender elastic touch and the sucking wrapping feeling that still lingered on his fingertips.
Get rid of it and focus on the current development of the war situation.
By now, they have completed the encirclement and annihilation of the main force of the East Route Lu soldiers. The East Route Lu soldiers must either gather 100,000 infantry and cavalry to cross the river and engage in a decisive battle with the main interception force of Sikong Mansion in Yangxin, Ningjin and other places on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yellow River.
Either stay in Qi Zi and other places and wait for death, waiting for the troops in southern Beijing and Xuzhou to march from west to east and from south to north to recapture the cities outside Qi Zi, and finally besiege them in Qizhou and Zizhou, and annihilate them.
Of course, it cannot be said that the reaction of the East Route soldiers was slow.
At the beginning of the winter war, the East Route soldiers gathered the main force of highly mobile cavalry on the southern front. From a traditional strategic perspective, there was nothing wrong.
Whether it is forcing the main troops of the Xuzhou camp to retreat, attracting reinforcements from the main troops of the Jingnan and Jingxi camps, or defeating the main troops of the Xuzhou camp in Yizhou first, they will gain a strategic advantage in the entire battle.
of initiative.
The only thing they missed was that they did not consider that the Xuzhou camp, or the four major camps under the Sikong Mansion, each had the strength to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the cavalry.
After the defeat of the Yizhou battle, on the one hand, nearly 30,000 troops from Pingyanzong's palace in Jiqiu, Tancheng and other cities surrendered to the Han army, and were either directly defeated and annihilated, or became a lone army trapped in a tight siege. On the other hand, five of them
Even though the main force of the Wanduo cavalry retained their strength, they were forced to retreat to Mizhou and other places. Their morale was extremely low, and they were deeply confused about the follow-up war.
Most of the Chihu generals were not willing to admit the defeat of Yizhou, could not find a new direction for the battle, and were also trapped in supply difficulties, so they had to disperse and station themselves in cities to the north and east of Yishan and retreat in scattered directions.
There were also serious disagreements within the palace of Ping Yanzong regarding Su Mung and Xu Peng's troops who had crossed over to the east of Weizhou in early November.
Some people think that the situation is over, and they should decisively abandon the occupied area south of the Yellow River and retreat northward as soon as possible to prevent the retreat route from being cut off. However, more generals think that this is the southern army's intention to attract their main cavalry to the north so that their Xuzhou camp can go more smoothly.
They occupied the city east of Yishan, and were worried that if their main cavalry were to attack Weizhou and other places, the cunning southern soldiers might have escaped long ago, leaving them empty-handed.
Amid disagreements and confusion, the East Route soldiers retreated slowly to the Qizi area, thinking that it would still be some time before the ice period passed. No matter how powerful the Southern Dynasty's troops were, they would not be able to conquer Weizhou during this ice period.
The gap of more than three to four hundred miles to the east was blocked.
The most important thing was that they were still reluctant to leave behind the more than 50,000 surrendered Han troops in Qi Zi and the area east of Zizhou. At the same time, they did not expect that Sikong Mansion would gather along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and mobilize the horse and infantry so quickly.
The slow-moving east-route soldiers almost watched helplessly as hundreds of thousands of southern soldiers, like a torrential tide, penetrated into Shenxian, Yangxin and other places on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yellow River in less than a month...
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Time flies to the middle of the first month of the twelfth year of Shaolong.
The Yellow River spans thousands of miles from west to east, and the weather warms up at different paces in various places. Some places thaw first, while some parts of the river remain frozen, and freezing floods occur almost every year.
Especially in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, not only is the river channel divided, but it also turns northward, flowing through the hinterland of the Hebei Plain, which remains as cold as ever after spring, and mainly enters the sea from the south of Jizhou.
This often results in a large amount of floating ice that thaws first in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, accumulating in the river channels in Zhengbian and other places, forming ice dams that block water from the upper reaches.
This not only causes the upstream water to be blocked by ice dams and cannot be discharged, but can only be poured into the plain areas on both sides of the river from the incomplete dams, causing flooding. It also makes the ice in the river channels downstream of the ice dams fragile and constantly breaking, causing harm to people and animals.
Difficult to do. ??
Generally speaking, before the ice of the Yellow River completely melts, traffic on both sides of the Yellow River from Zhengzhou to Puzhou and Weizhou will be interrupted for nearly a month.
In Qizhou and north of Zizhou, groups of red cavalry were like a flood, choosing this moment to retreat north.
The total number of surrendered Han troops was as high as 60,000, including Han soldiers signed from Yanji and Bohai. Although they were on their way home at this time, their morale was much worse than that of the red cavalry.
Chen Tushen, the magistrate of Qizhou and the captain of ten thousand men, who was conferred the hereditary title of Leling Marquis by the Red Husbands, sat on the saddle and looked at the vast snowy land. He looked confused for a moment, not knowing whether he was going home or a dead end.
A young general rode his horse from behind. He babbled and motioned for the cavalry to disperse. He came close to Chen Tushen and said, "Master Marquis, even if we escape death this time and return to Jizhou, there will be a chance next time."
Are you going to defend Yanji? Or should the Marquis, his brothers and tens of thousands of children continue to flee north with the Red Husbands, into the vast grassland, and live the days of drinking blood like hair?"
Chen Tushen looked solemn and seemed to have turned a deaf ear to the young general's words.
"The Marquis was a Han general in Jizhou. When the Yan Kingdom was destroyed, the Marquis was forced to surrender to the Red Husband along with Yang Jingchen and others. However, the Marquis always loved the people like his own son, maintained strict military discipline, and never condoned the soldiers' burning, killing, and looting. This is
It’s all clear to Sikong Mansion in Nanchao,”
The young general said,
"The Marquis does not need to do anything extra. He only needs to lead his troops to move slowly and keep a distance from the red cavalry. Don't participate in the breakout operations of Yangxin and Leling. I believe that the Sikong Mansion of the Southern Dynasty will eventually accept the Marquis.
This is a favor. Besides, the upper reaches of the river have thawed. Now the Yangxin and Leling areas will probably become muddy in another ten days and a half. By then, except for the cavalry who can get across, our generals will
, how can you walk from the mud to Jizhou, which is seven or eight hundred miles away, with just one pair of feet? The Marquis cannot ignore what the Chihu people are thinking. They are purely using us as bargaining chips to divert the attention of the Nanbing soldiers.
, create opportunities for yourself to break through!"
After a long time, Chen Tushen seemed to have come to his senses and asked the young general in a low voice, "What will Hu Yongtai and the others choose?"
"Up to this point, Zhennan Zong's palace has not sent reinforcements to Hebei. Hu Hou and the others are not stupid, how can they continue to hang themselves on the old and dying tree of Chihu? It's just Chen Sanshi and the others.
Their hands were stained with too much blood and they had to flee, but it was impossible for them to take all the infantry and flee north. Unless the Zhennan Zong Palace sent the main force eastward to Hebei to meet them, except for the cavalry, the infantry would not be able to cross the vast vastness.
Seven to eight hundred miles of shoals and swamps. Once spring has fully arrived in Hebei in seven or eight days, they will definitely abandon the infantry as a burden and take a small number of direct line cavalry to follow the Red Husbands to escape! Of course, if the Marquis plans this too
, you can take the humble head and offer it to the Red Husband!"
"If I suddenly lead my troops back to Qizhou tomorrow or the day after, can it be considered as a city offering?" Chen Shishen asked thoughtfully.
"It's a matter of great importance. I can't give you an answer now, but I think there must be a difference between doing it and not doing it," the young general said.
Chen Shishen nodded and said, "I understand..."
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Cizhou, which borders Xiangzhou and Weizhou to the south, was once an important iron smelting town in Dayue. It once produced more than two million kilograms of iron annually, accounting for 40% of the government-run iron yards in Dayue. It belongs to She County and Wu'an County, and it spans the
Hedong and Hebei are the gateway to the west pass of Jinfukouxing, and Shexian County is even deeper into the deep mountains at the eastern foot of Dahang Mountain. The entire terrain slopes slowly from northwest to southeast, with many peaks and steep cliffs.
Zhong Changqing, escorted by dozens of guards, accompanied Mo Lihu to climb Tianci Ridge. After climbing to the cliff with intertwined trees, they looked to the northeast and saw a building stretching for more than 20 miles from east to west, and seven or eight miles from north to south.
An open valley of varying depths lies before our eyes.
Shexian County, which is only four to five hundred paces square, is located in the middle east of the valley. The Qingzhang River, one of the two sources of Zhangshui River, bypasses the south side of Shexian County and flows gurglingly.
After the beginning of spring, the ice and snow on the top of Taihang Mountain have not yet melted, but the river in the valley is gradually becoming more powerful. It extends from the east of Shexian County into the mountains, until it merges with the Zhuozhang River, and flows down from the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain.
Out of the Yellow River, the Yellow River is divided into two rivers downstream, together with Mingshui, Fushui and other rivers, roaring wildly on the Hebei Plain.
At the mouth of the West Gorge of the basin, a smaller stone castle is located on the bank of the Qingzhang River.
Since the rocks on the cliffs along the Qingzhang River in this section are red in color, Zhong Changqing could easily identify the location of Red Cliff Castle without any explanation from the guide.
At this time, on the hillside northeast of Chiya Fort, there were dense crowds of people and horses moving around. From a rough look, there were two to three thousand people and horses.
"It's not that there are only three or four hundred southern soldiers guarding Chiya Fort. How come there are so many people gathered?" Mo Lihu's expression suddenly changed, staring at the guide who had sneaked into Shexian and Wu'an counties several times to act as an informant and reconnaissance, Qiu
Jin's hand held the saber at his waist and asked.
"Although Chiya Fort is right next to the Qingzhang River, this section of the river flows fast and deep. For thousands of years, households can only cultivate dry land on the cliffs, often without achieving anything. But it was the Southern soldiers who colluded with the people in the mountains many years ago.
The bandits raided and occupied Shexian County, saying that they could dig a horizontal canal between the mountain slopes west of Chiyawu and divert the water from the upper reaches of the Qingzhang River eastward through the horizontal canal to irrigate the dry land halfway up the mountain and seduce thousands of people in the area.
Ignorant households You are just fooling around!" The guide pointed in the direction of Red Cliff Castle and said, "There are only three to four hundred people in the garrison, and the rest are ignorant civilians who have been deceived!"
Zhong Changqing looked carefully at the past, but there were hundreds of people waiting to build plank roads and dig river canals on the slopes on both sides of Chiya Fort. Unexpectedly, the war in Hebei was not over, and the southern soldiers had just occupied Shexian County, and they were still responsible for
The Prince of Nanzong in Xiju Town had the important task of sending reinforcements to the east, so he couldn't wait to mobilize local households to build canals and roads.
However, just like this, Zhong Changqing felt even more frightened and desperate, and looked at Mo Lihu silently.
Mo Lihu was also silent. He watched for a while, and then went down to Tianci Ridge with Zhong Changqing. Dozens of people walked around the mountain trails for a day, and finally returned to the Licheng County camp before dark, and met the king of Zhennan, Ullu.
Lie and many generals from Prince Zong's Mansion rushed to Licheng County.
"There are not many Nan soldiers stationed in She County, but it seems that our army will not dare to attack She County..." Mo Lihu is now in charge of the bodyguards around Zhennan King Ulullie. Like this, he personally sneaks to the front line to detect the enemy's situation. Zhennan
The king could not trust anyone more than him.
It's a pity that Mo Lihu can't bring any good news to King Zhennan. He will tell him everything he witnessed on the Tiancifeng.
In the Southern Dynasty, Sikong had less than two thousand troops stationed in Shexian County and Chiyabao. Most of them were resistance troops who had been digging into the ravines over the years, but they couldn't wait to organize local people to build roads and open canals. It gave people the impression that they were ignoring them in Licheng and Xiangyuan.
Soldiers and horses gathered at other places.
King Wululie of Zhennan and many generals could not hide their anger at being slighted.
Zhong Changqing stood aside silently - all his elite troops had been killed in the battle of Yingzhou. He was disheartened and had no intention of reorganizing his troops, so he stayed with King Zhennan to provide military advice.
The scouts had already reported more detailed military information, and he and Mo Lihu had sneaked into Shexian County this time. In a hurry, they could only check the situation in a few specific places, and it was impossible to compare what they could learn.
Ten elite scouts went deep into the hinterland of Cizhou to find out more.
It's just that none of the intelligence that the scouts have come back from in the past few days can make people feel relieved. King Wu Lulie of Zhennan is in a anxious mood, so Zhong Changqing can only drag Mo Lihu to make more trips without any trouble.
The current situation is that the Nan soldiers did not specifically defend She County. The 30,000 infantry and cavalry gathered by the Zhennan Zong Palace in Xiangyuan, Licheng, Lucheng and other places east of Luzhou can attack She County by force. The problem is how to use them to attack She County.
After going to Shexian County, do we really want to go east from Fukou and enter the hinterland of the Hebei Plain?
The reason why the troops on the east route waited until this moment to break out from Qizhou and Zizhou to the north is that Zhong Changqing was very aware of the intentions of Pingyan Zong Wang Tu Ge.
To put it bluntly, King Ping Yanzong thought that at this time, the river ice had just melted and the flood season had not yet arrived. The entire eastern coastal area of Hebei Road would become muddy, which would prevent the elite armored infantry of the Southern Dynasty from entering Yangxin, Leling, and other places.
Conduct field battles in Wudi and other places.
As long as King Ping Yanzong decided to abandon the Han infantry, or just use the Han infantry as a bait to attract and contain some of the southern troops, the main force of the East Route cavalry would have the opportunity to break through the shallow waters in the coastal area of eastern Hebei.
past.
In other words, King Ping Yanzong led 50,000 elite cavalry to the north. He only had to consider the small main force of cavalry in the Southern Dynasties and the horse infantry who were not very good at mounted combat. There were more than five or six years between Yangxin north to Jizhou.
Fighting in hundreds of miles of deserted swamps, the chances of winning are definitely far greater than forcing through the hundreds of thousands of Southern infantry and cavalry in cooperation with the interception defense lines set up in Yangxin, Wudi and other places in winter.
Zhong Changqing had to admit that King Ping Yanzong did choose the opportunity when the Southern Dynasty's interception troops and horses were weakest to break out northward. However, the problem was that even the elite infantry of the Southern Dynasty Sikong Mansion could not participate in the field battle. They gathered in Yangxin, Wudi, and Leling.
In this area, in addition to the 30,000 elite cavalry selected from the vanguard, the number of horse infantry also exceeds 60,000, which is still far superior in strength to the main cavalry force breaking through from the east to the north.
What's more, Nanbing's advantages in armor and equipment are too outstanding.
Just saying "not good at riding and shooting" can only erase the differences in troop strength, armor and equipment?
In any case, Zhong Changqing did not advocate that Zhennan Zongzong led 30,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Shexian County and enter Hebei at this time.
This looks like a trap no matter how you look at it.
"Changqing, what do you think of the deployment of the Southern Army in She County?" Wu Lulie looked at Zhong Changqing and asked.
"I know that She County is a trap, but Changqing doesn't know how to break it. Please forgive me for your stupidity," Zhong Changqing said.
"Oh, what do you say?" Wu Lulie looked at Zhong Changqing and asked.
"Shexian County was poorly defended, and it was easy for the King Zong to capture it. But after taking Shexian County, if the King Zong really wanted to lead his troops into Hebei, he would probably fall into the big net set by the Southern soldiers if he dared to leave Fukouxing.
"In the middle," Zhong Changqing said, "however, the King Zong stood still and the soldiers and horses on the east route failed to break through successfully. I am afraid that the King Zong will be extremely passive in the Khan's court..."
"Southern people are really cunning!" Someone couldn't help but cursed angrily.
Wu Lulie waved his hand feebly. The situation in front of him clearly showed that the Nan soldiers not only wanted to eat the main force of the East Road, but also wanted to use this to drive a wedge between the internal relations of the Red Army.
Yes, no matter how severe the main force on the east route suffers, a small number of troops will eventually escape. How will this small group of people ultimately view the fact that the troops on the middle route did not come out of Taihang Mountain to receive reinforcements?
Is it possible for them to rationally view Shexian County as a trap deliberately set by Nanbing?
"Whether the troops on the east route can successfully break through depends on whether they can tear apart the dragnet set by the cavalry and infantry of the Southern Dynasty in Yangxin and Leling; while the southern troops are in Yangxin, west of Shanghe, in Cizhou and Xiangzhou, there are a large number of
The elite infantry and armor have been assembled, and we have thirty thousand infantry and cavalry to fill in. It is impossible to reach Yangxin and Leling, let alone meet up with the troops and horses on the east route!" Although he knew that if he advocated holding back at this time, he would probably be angered in the future,
But Mo Li suddenly had no choice but to remain silent and gritted his teeth and said, "Prince Zong should consider abandoning Pinglu, Yuanqu, and Zelu at this time, and evacuate to Taiyuan, or even to Shuozhou and Yunzhou!"
Wu Lulie closed his eyes in pain. He knew very well that the situation was over, but when it came to giving up Hedong, retreating to Yunshuo, or even completely withdrawing to the grassland, how could he easily give up?
