Early May of the second year of Jian'an (AD 197)! Heyang Military Camp, Hanoi County.
Compared with the other forces of Da Gan, Wang Yong's 50,000-strong army is the easiest to attack Hanoi County. The dangerous places in Hanoi have long been occupied by Da Gan. The entire Hanoi County is undefeated. Yuan Xi is just a symbol. They deployed 5,000 troops to garrison Hanoi County!
So when Wang Yong and his troops attack, just one vanguard of Wan Lang's 10,000 cavalry will be overwhelming in Hanoi County. Basically, wherever Wan Lang's cavalry charges into the county, the local county will immediately hoist the lowering flag. Wan Lang's Along the way, it can be said that they captured three cities in the day and eight villages at night. The speed of the attack even exceeded the speed of Wang Yong's subsequent troops. It can be said that the entire Hanoi County was captured by Wan Lang's cavalry.
After all the land north of the Yellow River was occupied by Wang Yong and others, what was left were the hard bones!
So Wang Yong led the army to hoard Heyang County, preparing to launch the final attack on the eight passes outside Luoyang City!
Wang Yong stood in front of the sand table and explained to the generals the current situation of the various armies in the army.
"Now we are the closest to the city of Luoyang, and the only one standing in front of us is Meng Jin. As long as Meng Jin is defeated, the eight defenses of Luoyang City will collapse, and our 200,000-strong army of the Da Gan Army will be destroyed. You can march to Luoyang City.
"And we are not without opponents now. Yang Feng's army has already reached Hulao Pass. If Hulao Pass is breached, the eight-pass defense line will be completely breached. There is also the Taiyuan Army led by the ruler who is also attacking cities and territories in Hedong. I'm afraid it will In a few days, it is possible to cross the Yellow River and attack Shaanxian County, and the Xiliang army has completely occupied Guanzhong. If the two armies merge, there will be an army of 150,000. If this happens, I am afraid that the ruling party will follow the trend and attack directly. Luoyang City!”
"If Luoyang City is conquered by the Taiyuan Army and the Xiliang Army led by the ruler, our only achievement will be to occupy one Hanoi. If our 50,000-strong army occupies one Hanoi, it will be a shame for our entire army! So everyone wants to do something Quickly attack Mengjin Ferry!"
Wan Lang said: "Mengjin is only 50 miles away from Luoyang. Yuan Xi must have a heavy army here. If our army wants to quickly cross the Yellow River and capture the Mengjin ferry, it must have the help of the Yellow River Navy. Otherwise, it will be very difficult." "
Sun Qing said with a grimace: "Fan Xian's navy is still in Jizhou. Even if we send the message, it will take ten days for the Yellow River navy to arrive on the battlefield!"
At the beginning of this war, no one thought that Yuan Tan's army would be so vulnerable. Wang Yong and his army were just sheep attack. They were waiting for Yang Feng and others to break through Hulao Pass and join the siege of Luoyang City. Now Wang Yong does not want to regard his army as a sheep attack army!
Wang Yong said seriously: "Without the navy, wouldn't we have a war?"
Wan Lang wondered: "Without the help of the navy, it will be very difficult for us to conquer Mengjin. How to cross the Yellow River is a big difficulty! I think it is better to wait a few days and wait for Fan Xian's navy to arrive in Hanoi before crossing the river. Same! Hulao Pass is the first pass in the Central Plains. It is difficult for Yang Feng and others to break through it in a short time!
There are also ferries in Hanoi, but these ferries are obviously not the same thing as warships. If these ferries are really used to transport soldiers, the Daqian Army will probably suffer heavy casualties!
But Wang Yong said disdainfully: "I wouldn't have worried about Yuan Shao's soldiers before, but now you have seen the soldiers under Yuan Xi. Anyone who surrenders when the wind blows can be regarded as brave. I have been fighting for so many years, but I am still This is the first time that the Chinese army cannot catch up with the forwards. Yuan Xi's soldiers are simply made of mud, and they are useless!"
Then Wang Yong continued: "You don't need to underestimate the natural dangers of the Yellow River. The Mengjin section of the Yellow River is about 120 miles long. The larger ferries are Mengjin, Pingyinjin, Yebanjin, Wesujin, Xiaoshijin, and Shuijingjin. With seven crossings of Pingjin and Fuping, how many thousands of troops does Yuan Xi have now?
How could he deploy too many troops to garrison these ferries? Could it be that he can no longer defend Luoyang City and Hangu Pass? There are so many places to defend, and tens of thousands of him can focus on guarding only a few places! We only need to guard everyone If seven routes are divided and the situation is set to attack these seven ferries, I don't believe that Yuan Xi can defend these seven ferries with all the forces of Luoyang City!"
After hearing Wang Yong's words, Wan Lang's eyes lit up and he said: "Because Xiaopingjin is the closest to Luoyang City, Yuan Xi's troops stationed at most are about 3,000 people. Mengjin Ferry and Fupingjin Ferry also have a lot of troops, about 2,000 people. Others are stationed there. The defensive strength of the four ferries is relatively weak, only about a thousand people, and most of them are new soldiers. If we use a small force to attack Mengjin, Xiaopingjin and Fupingjin, force Yuan Xi to support these three ferries, and then suddenly use the main force If we launch a surprise attack on any of the ferry crossings of Pingyinjin, Yebanjin, Weisujin and Xiashijin, they will definitely not be able to defend it! And as long as we conquer any of the ferry crossings, the Eight Passes of Luoyang will be conquered!"
Sun Qing asked: "How do we cross the river? With the ships we have now, it is difficult to transport 10,000 soldiers at one time, so how can we concentrate our forces for an attack?"
Wang Yong smiled and said: "Mobilize the people in Hanoi and ask them to help us make sheepskin rafts. We launched an army of 20,000 in the middle of the night to attack Pingyinjin. I don't believe that the current Han army can resist dozens of times our army." attack!"
After the generals discussed for a while, they found that Wang Yong's plan was feasible, so they acted according to the plan!
Then Sun Qing led an army of 7,000 to pretend to be an army of 7,000, and then divided the troops into seven groups and came to the opposite side of the seven ferries, pretending to attack!
Gao Rou, the guard general of Mengjin, knew clearly that the Daqian army was bluffing, but he did not dare to ignore it. He sent a large number of detective horses to explore the Daqian army, and not only asked Yuan Xi for help!
But what can Yuan Xi do at this time? Hedong County asked him for help, Hulao Pass asked him for help, Hangu Pass asked him for help, reinforcements were needed everywhere, and the enemies everywhere were extremely powerful. He had this in Luoyang City The troops can support that route! Now he can only watch hundreds of thousands of troops slowly surrounding Luoyang, but can't find any solution. He can only let Gao Rou find a way to resist Da Gan!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gao Rou did not wait for Yuan Xi’s reinforcements. Instead, like a frightened bird, he defended tightly by the Yellow River for three days, but the army only played drums and did not attack. , the most immoral thing is that the drum beats non-stop from morning to night, Gao Rou's soldiers don't even dare to rest, for fear that the Daqian Army will really come in like this! But after listening to the drums for three days, Gao Rou's soldiers are exhausted. !
At Pingyinjin Ferry, the moon was sparse, and the majestic Yellow River was bathed in the white moonlight. The Han soldiers who had been tired for several days were holding their spears and dozing off with their sleepy eyes slightly closed, without even noticing that they were not far away. There are some strange things everywhere on the Yellow River. Just get close!
I don’t know how long it took, but the Han army sentry suddenly heard a loud noise. When he blinked his eyes, he suddenly realized that there were people everywhere on the Yellow River!
It's the Daqian Army! The soldiers suddenly felt a chill, and then shouted loudly: "The Daqian Army is coming, everyone is ready to fight!"
"Dongdongdong..." The Han soldiers immediately thought of using war drums to remind everyone to pay attention.
The sound of war drums woke up all the soldiers in Pingyinjin. When everyone was panicking and getting ready to fight, they found that there were already countless soldiers from the army in front of them, forming a military formation and preparing to attack them!
In the dark night, the Han soldiers did not know exactly how many Han soldiers were attacking them. Ten thousand? Twenty thousand or thirty thousand?
Anyway, the number of Daqian Army soldiers they saw now was dozens of times more than theirs! This caused all the soldiers in Pingyinjin to die. It was impossible to win!
So when the Daqian army rushed up, only a few Han soldiers dared to fight. However, after these Han soldiers died in the battle, the Han soldiers at Pingyinjin Ferry, led by Army Sima, surrendered to the Daqian army. Just like that, Pingyinjin was captured without any bloodshed!
The news of occupying Pingyinjin quickly spread to Wang Yong's camp, and Wang Yong immediately led 20,000 troops to cross the river! In just one night, 30,000 soldiers of the Gan Army crossed the Yellow River. After these soldiers repaired a little, they arrived at Wang Yong's camp. Under the leadership of Yong, they fought towards Mengjin Ferry.
Before Gao Rou could react, he was surrounded by Mengjin. The soldiers in Gao Rou's hands were not as many as Wang Yong's, and they had no morale. Seeing the large army several times larger than his own, the 3,000 soldiers in Gao Rou's hands were The soldiers were defeated on the spot, and Gao Rou himself was caught up and hacked to death by Wang Yong! Then Wang Yong led the army to attack the soldiers stationed at other ferries, and 10,000 Han soldiers were wiped out by Wang Yong!
When the morning sun rose, all the seven ferry crossings near Mengjin were captured by the Daqian Army. The remaining soldiers of the Daqian Army also crossed the Yellow River one after another. The 50,000 soldiers of the Daqian Army were ready to march towards Luoyang City.
The words were divided into two parts. After the defeated troops fled to Luoyang City, Yuan Xi learned the news that Mengjin had fallen!
"How many Daqian troops crossed the Yellow River?" Yuan Xi asked!
The defeated soldiers said in fear: "It's boundless. Tens of thousands of people have captured Mengjin. They are so tall and powerful that we are no match for them!"
Yuan Xi was furious and said: "They are a bunch of trash, kill them and let everyone know the consequences of being a deserter!"
After saying that, a few soldiers grabbed the defeated soldiers and dragged them away!
Yuan Xi was in extreme pain at this time. He knew that the Eight Passes could not be defended! Daqian's army was about to attack the city! Although he had known that this would be the result, it was still difficult to bear it when he actually faced it.
Yuan Xi issued an order and ordered the Eight Pass defenders to quickly withdraw to Luoyang. At this time, the Eight Pass defenders were already like frightened birds. After hearing the thorough order, they all rushed to Luoyang City under the command of the defender!
Yang Feng and others at Hulao Pass soon discovered the news that Hulao Pass was deserted. Yang Feng immediately sent 1,000 cavalry to catch up with the fleeing soldiers at Hulao Pass, and killed the commanding officers. Only a few guards escaped.
After a disaster, the rest were either killed by the cavalry or captured.
After interrogating these captured soldiers, Yang Feng found out that it was Yuan Xi who ordered them to abandon Hulao Pass and return to Luoyang City!
Xu Huang said in surprise: "It was our army that broke through the defenses of Luoyang Eight Passes!"
Then Xu Huang thought about it and smiled: "It should be General Wang Yong who defeated Mengjin!"
Yang Feng also laughed and said: "That must be the case. The ruler should still be outside Hangu Pass. There is no one else except them. This time, Wang Yong made the first contribution!"
Yan Liang said angrily: "The credit has been taken by others. Now I just hope that we are the ones who break through Luoyang City!"
Xu Huang said with a smile: "Brother Yan Liang wants to make more contributions. It is not impossible for the defenders of Luoyang Eight Passes to receive orders at about the same time. Brother Yan Liang can lead the cavalry to stop these thorough soldiers and reduce the number of Han troops entering Luoyang City.
Our army will attack Luoyang City next and make great achievements!"
Yan Liang looked at Yang Feng!
Yang Feng smiled and said: "How much credit our army can get depends on you Yan Liang!"
Yan Liang laughed and said: "My subordinates will definitely not let the general down!"
After saying that, Yan Liang led 1,000 cavalry to the direction of Yinque!
"Xianyi! Something bad happened. After hearing your order to retreat, the guards of the Eight Passes of Luoyang did not arrange to defend the pursuing soldiers. Now they are being chased all the way by the Daqian Army. Now there are all the soldiers of the Four Passes.
The army was destroyed and not even 10,000 soldiers returned to Chang'an City. Soon the entire city of Luoyang will be surrounded by more than 200,000 Daqian legions. You'd better leave Luoyang as soon as possible." Guo Tu advised anxiously.
But Yuan Xi said in despair: "Where can I retreat now? With me in Luoyang City, everyone can still defend Luoyang City for a few days, but if I also escape, I am afraid that Luoyang City will be like Chang'an City without a fight."
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Outside Luoyang City, the two armies of Yang Feng and Wang Yong met outside Luoyang City!
Yang Feng laughed loudly when she saw Wang Yong and said: "Wang Yong, you have conquered the Eight Passes of Luoyang before you even reached Luoyang City. If you can conquer Luoyang City this time, you have made your first contribution!"
Wang Yong smiled and said: "This is because I have taken advantage of the location. There is no danger to defend Hanoi County, and Yuan Xi did not arrange many soldiers to defend it. Unlike when he was in power in Hedong, the terrain is difficult, and the resistance of the noble families in Hedong is also very fierce. It is far away from Luoyang."
The city is still relatively far away, otherwise I wouldn’t be the first to break into Luoyang City!”
Then Wang Yong asked: "The two of us combined have an army of 100,000. With the current state of the Han army's lack of morale, maybe we can conquer Luoyang City in one battle and achieve unparalleled achievements. Yang Feng, are you willing to give it a try?"
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Yang Feng looked at Luoyang City and said: "Luoyang City is high and deep, there are 30,000 to 40,000 troops, and there are many defenses on the outside. One hundred thousand of us alone are not enough to attack Luoyang City!"
Wang Yong was still disappointed after hearing this!
But Yang Feng approached him and said carefully: "Luoyang City is the capital of the Han Dynasty after all. The current government is only a few hundred miles away from Luoyang City. If we capture Luoyang City now, do you want the government to run these hundreds of miles in vain? , and this war is so huge, do you want the government to only conquer one Hedong County?"
Wang Yong broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this. He was not satisfied with capturing a Hanoi county, let alone being in power. Now that the war has been going on, Daqian's occupation of Luoyang City can be said to be a treasure hunt. If he had captured it in advance Luoyang City, this is not taking away the credit for being in power!
Wang Yong immediately saluted and said: "If it weren't for the reminder from Brother Yang Feng, I would have done something wrong!"