Zhang Fei heard Yuan Tan's words and sneered: "You are just saying this to protect your position. Now there are 150,000 cadres in Yuzhou alone, and there are nearly 100,000 cadres opposite us. If Lei Gong Luoyang City's 200,000-strong Dagan army was transferred to Yingchuan. What can we do to defeat Dagan's 300,000-strong army? And don't forget that among Lei Gong's 200,000-strong army, there are 50,000 cavalry alone. In Yingchuan, How can we defeat Lei Gong's 50,000 cavalry! Now we retreat, preserve our strength, and use the numerous waterways in the south of the Yangtze River to block the cavalry is the best choice!"
Jian Yong also persuaded: "General, we have been completely defeated in the battle of Yuzhou. If we continue to stay here, it will easily put our army in a dangerous situation. We should have made plans early, otherwise we will run away even if we want to." Don’t fall!”
"The current situation is that our army's defeat has been determined. General, if you don't want to leave, I will take away the Hanzhong Army!" However, Zhang Wei did not want to waste his soldiers in Yingchuan like this. Zhang Wei was very self-aware. His eldest brother, the elder, is a good man in governing the local area. In recent years, after Hanzhong was defeated, he managed it like a paradise on earth, but he was not good at fighting foreign wars.
Although the soldiers in his hands have been trained for several years, they have never experienced foreign wars. Now the soldiers of other princes in the world are elites who have experienced more than ten years of melee fighting. Zhang Wei discovered in the coalition camp that the soldiers in Liu Bei's hands were elite. The level far exceeded that of the Hanzhong Army in his hands, and even the soldiers of Yuan Tan came later. Although they were defeated generals, the evil spirit on their bodies was far beyond that of the Hanzhong Army soldiers. Compared with these Central Plains princes, , the soldiers in his hands are no different from new recruits.
Zhang Wei deceived himself and others, thinking that his soldiers could fight just as well on the battlefield, but when they fought against Lei Gong's men, they were completely defeated and needed Liu Bei to rescue them.
The generals in the military camp advised Liu Bei to retreat, but Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "With this retreat, the Central Plains will really be captured by Thunder Lord. After all, we have to fight with Thunder Lord, so as not to weaken the morale of the army. We must Otherwise, the Lieutenant General will still dare to confront the Daqian army in the future! And if we don’t defeat Huang Long’s army head-on, how could Huang Long see us retreat?”
At this time, Zhao Yun said: "My lord is right. Only if we defeat Huang Long first, so that Huang Long has scruples, can we retreat safely!"
The other generals thought about it and believed that Liu Bei's concerns were justified. Huanglong still had 20,000 cavalry in his hands. If they had been following the army, it would be difficult for them to withdraw from Yingchuan County!
After everyone came to a common understanding, Liu Bei said firmly: "Tomorrow we will launch an active attack on Huanglong. We will first severely injure Huanglong so that Huanglong loses the power to pursue us, and then retreat towards Nanyang County!"
After speaking, Liu Bei said to Zhang Wei: "Huan Gongze will lead 20,000 Hanzhong troops as our reserve army and appear at the most critical moment!"
Zhang Wei said excitedly: "The last general will definitely not disappoint the great general!"
In fact, Liu Bei knew that the Hanzhong Army had poor combat effectiveness, and was afraid that the Hanzhong Army would collapse on the battlefield and harm them. It can be said that Zhang Lu's ten years of rest and recuperation in Hanzhong had completely separated the Hanzhong Army from the Central Plains Army. The soldiers brought by Zhang Wei even They are not as good as the soldiers from Jizhou in those days. They are even worse than Liu Bei's soldiers who have been fighting fiercely in the Central Plains for ten years. Not to mention anything else, there is a huge difference in equipment.
Among the coalition forces, both Liu Bei and Yuan Tan had 30% of their soldiers with iron armor, while the Hanzhong Army did not even have 10% of the soldiers, not to mention 30%. Only officers at the rank of Army Sima had iron armor. There were not even hundreds of pairs of iron armor among the 20,000-strong army. It may not be possible to raise the funds, and Liu Bei has been in the army for more than ten years, so he can naturally see that the Hanzhong Army has not only seen no blood, but is even very lazy in daily training.
The most important thing is that Liu Bei asked Zhang Wei to attack Huanglong's army, but the Hanzhong Army of 20,000 people was defeated by a battalion of soldiers from Dagan. If he had not provided timely support, the Hanzhong Army would have been completely annihilated by Dagan's army. , the Hanzhong army's combat effectiveness was so poor, he didn't dare to let Zhang Wei face Lei Gong's tiger and wolf army!
The words were divided into two parts. Huanglong and others on the other side of the Rushui River were also thinking of ways to defeat Liu Bei's army!
"How many enemies do Liu Bei have across the Rushui River? Do they have any reinforcements?" Huang Long asked in a low voice, looking at the Yuzhou sand table in the tent.
He had 150,000 troops in his hands, but he was forced by Liu Bei to ask Xu Wei for help. This seemed to be a very embarrassing thing for Huang Long. He also wanted to teach Liu Bei a lesson before Xu Wei's reinforcements came to his aid! Save his face!
"There are about 100,000 troops. Liu Bei brought 50,000 troops from Jingzhou. These soldiers are relatively elite. It is difficult for our soldiers to gain the upper hand on the battlefield!" Fuyun said with a slightly worried look.
"Fortunately, there are not many such armies. After Yuan Tan has been attacked many times by us, he no longer has many veterans in his hands. The combat effectiveness of the 30,000 soldiers he brought this time has been more than doubled compared to two months before the war started. ! And the Hanzhong Army was still alive when Emperor Ling was not dead. It can be said that the army of 20,000 is not much worse than trash. One battalion of our army is enough to annihilate them!" After saying that, Fuyun's face of the two armies behind him finally relaxed. Some!
Huang Long said solemnly: "Although the combat effectiveness of these two armies is poor, Liu Bei is a ferocious tiger. The ruler said that sheep led by ferocious tigers can defeat ferocious tigers led by sheep! It is because of Liu Bei's leadership that Yuan Tan and Zhang Wei The army broke out with a fighting power that far exceeded their own!"
"I want to teach Liu Bei a lesson before he comes to power and supports us. I wonder what your opinions are!" After saying this, Huang Long looked at the generals under him!
There was silence in the big tent, and everyone was thinking about how to teach Liu Bei a lesson!
At this time, Liu Shi said: "We have the advantage of mobility and can send cavalry across the Ru River to attack Liu Bei's flanks. The elite Han coalition forces are all in the Central Plains, with Hanzhong Army and Yuzhou Army on both sides. This will create opportunities for us to defeat the coalition flanks." Opportunity!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Song Yi said with a smile: "We have crossed the Ru River, why don't we think of a way to completely defeat the Han coalition forces, but only defeat a part of the coalition forces. With the war now Judging from the current situation, Yuan Tan has been completely defeated by us. They can no longer be an obstacle to us. From now on, our biggest enemy must be Liu Bei. The 50,000-strong army of annexing Zhang Wei and Yuan Tan is not as good as defeating Liu Bei. Ten thousand troops, if the general can keep Liu Bei in Yingchuan County, for me, Dagan, this will be an unparalleled achievement!"
Huang Long said: "Is it easy to kill Liu Bei? I fought with Liu Bei all the way from Jizhou to Yuzhou now, but Liu Bei is still alive and well!"
Song Yidao said: "Even if Liu Bei cannot be killed, annihilating Liu Bei's 50,000 elites is still a great achievement! We can send a team of cavalry to kill Liu Bei's rear along the Rushui River, to Nanyang, and cut off the connection between Nanyang County and Yingchuan County.
The grain road, if the grain road is blocked, the Han coalition will be defeated."
Fuyun saw the sand table and said: "Then we will attack Luyang in Nanyang County. That should be where the food and grass of the Han coalition forces are! Luyang's defense must be very strong. It will be difficult to attack Luyang City with cavalry alone!"
Song Yi smiled and said: "Our cavalry is highly mobile. Why do we only go around these few hundred miles instead of continuing deep into the Nanyang Army? Our army can send a battalion of cavalry to cross the Rushui River and then rush all the way to Kunyang.
Ye County, bet Yang to go south, attack Wancheng directly, attack the city if you have the chance, if you don't have the chance, go deep into Nanyang County, kill him, turn everything upside down, and make Liu Bei's rear completely chaotic. Maybe we can also take the opportunity to occupy Nanyang County, for the next
Lay the foundation for attacking Xiangyang County in one step!"
"I have a better plan!" At this time, a person walked in outside the big tent, and everyone saw that it was Li Ru!
Huang Long asked strangely: "Why did you come to Yuzhou if you didn't follow Zhang Baiqi?"
Li Ru smiled and said: "General Zhang Baiqi has led an army of 50,000 to attack Luyang City behind Liu Bei from Liang County and cut off Liu Bei's retreat, so your idea of cutting off the Han coalition's retreat is redundant. And I
So I come here because I have a way to help you defeat Liu Bei!"
Huang Long asked: "What can you do?"
Although Huang Long asked this question, he didn't have too much hope. They had fought against Liu Bei for many years and knew that Liu Bei was their biggest enemy. How could they defeat him so easily? Although he knew that Li Ru was the top strategist of the Han Dynasty.
, but they don’t think they can come up with any strategies to help them defeat Liu Bei in such a head-to-head battle on the battlefield!
Li Ru smiled and said: "This time, in order to defeat our Dagan, Liu Bei only led an army of 50,000 to attack because of the lack of food and grass, but all of these 50,000 troops were Liu Bei's elites, and among these 50,000 elites there were many
My old friend, I can instigate them to rebel!"
"Old friend!" Huang Long immediately said in surprise: "You mean Hu Zhen, Zhang Ji and the others?"
At that time, the Xiliang Army was completely torn apart because of Dong Zhuo's assassination. Most of the generals fled to their hometown in Xiliang, and then defected to Daqian again after the Daqian Army occupied Xiliang, like Li Ru, Jia Xu and Niu Fu.
, and some of them went to Liu Bei, like Hu Zhen, and some wanted to support themselves in old age, and went from Xiliang to Shuzhong to join Liu Zhang, like Zhang Ji. After Liu Zhang was annexed by Liu Bei, Zhang Ji and other soldiers of the Xiliang army
Now he has also taken refuge with Liu Bei.
Li Ru nodded and said: "Last year's battle in the Central Plains severely damaged Liu Bei's vitality, but Zhang Ji's men in Shuzhong escaped. This time, there are probably tens of thousands of soldiers from the Xiliang Army following Liu Bei. As long as these
If a large army instigates rebellion, Liu Bei will definitely be defeated by us, and it is even possible that the 100,000 Han coalition forces will be annexed by us!"
Huang Longchi asked: "Liu Bei has treated Hu Zhen and the others well these years. Will they really surrender to us?"
If Hu Zhen decides to betray Liu Bei and leads more than 10,000 Xiliang troops to rebel and defect on the battlefield, this will be an opportunity to severely damage the Han coalition forces. This will not only mean that Huanglong has 10,000 more elites and Liu Bei has 10,000 fewer elites, but also on the battlefield
At the critical moment, Hu Zhen and the others defected before the battle, and a backhand attack was almost devastating to the Han coalition forces. Guan Hu Zhen and his Xiliang coalition forces were enough to defeat the Hanzhong Army and the Yuzhou Army, and the army in his hands only needed to hold back the four troops in Liu Bei's hands.
Ten thousand elite troops can guarantee this victory. He has an army of 80,000 in his hands, which is twice the army in Liu Bei's hands. He can completely defeat Liu Bei's Jingzhou Army.
Li Ru said firmly: "Hu Zhen and the others did not have the help of the Prime Minister at the beginning, and they were just small tyrants from Xiliang. It can be said that their current prosperity and wealth are all because of the help of the Prime Minister. Hu Zhen also wanted to avenge the Prime Minister.
He took refuge in Liu Bei just because he could no longer avenge the Prime Minister and wanted to have a place to live.
And now Yuan Tan is the enemy of the Prime Minister, and the three princes and nine ministers of the Jingzhou court are the enemies of the Prime Minister. They cannot let go of this hatred so easily! The hatred between the two sides is as deep as the sea, and there is no possibility of reconciliation.
Chance Hu Zhen and others must have a reason to defect to power!"
Li Ru was very confident in this. He had been inquiring about Hu Zhen and the others over the years, and found that although Hu Zhen and the others had taken refuge with Liu Bei, they had not been taken seriously or trusted. The three nobles and nine ministers in the imperial court were already their enemies.
, even Lu Bu hated them. If it weren't for Liu Bei's guarantee, I'm afraid they would have died in the hands of Wang Yun and others.
But Liu Bei had no choice but to go against the wishes of many people, so he could only place Zhang Ji and others in the remote areas of Jingzhou and Yizhou. This allowed Zhang Ji and others to escape the Central Plains War. But when Liu Bei needed elites, he would have to
Recall Zhang Ji and the Xiliang soldiers!
And Zhang Ji and the others knew that the Han Dynasty was already sunset, and joining Lei Gong was the best choice. Zhang Ji had started to contact Li Ru a few years ago, so Li Ru had the confidence to severely damage the Han coalition forces!
Huang Long thought about it and felt that the failure didn't matter, but if they succeeded, they could completely defeat Liu Bei.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So he asked: "Are you planning to send someone to contact Hu Zhen and the others?"
Li Ru smiled and said, "I'll go there myself!"
Midnight the next day!
Li Ru contacted his spies in the Xiliang Army, and then sneaked into the Xiliang Army's camp!
"Wencai, long time no see!" Li Ru looked at Hu Zhen and said.
Hu Zhen looked at Li Ru in surprise and said: "Wenyou, why did you come to the coalition camp? You are not worried about being discovered by Xuande Gong and hacked to death!"
After saying that, he looked outside the big tent and found that no one was paying attention here, so he felt relieved! After all, Li Ru and Jia Xu are now the two most famous people in the Xiliang Army in Hebei. Jia Xu was originally more famous, but this time
As soon as Li Ru entered Luoyang City in the Second Sili War, turmoil began in Luoyang City the next day, which eventually turned into a mutiny. Everyone was saying that Li Ru was sowing discord, and this was the reason why Luoyang City was in chaos. Everyone was attracted by Li Ru
Describing him as a vicious person and giving him the nickname "Vicious Man".
Zhang Ji smiled and said: "I invited Wenyou!"
Li Ru looked at Hu Zhen and asked, "Do you want a chancellor to take revenge?"
Hu Zhen nodded firmly and said: "Of course I want to, but I have never been able to do this. Wang Yun and Yang Biao are in high positions and there is nothing I can do against them. Lu Bu is very skilled in martial arts and I can't beat them at all. Even Yuan Tan can't defeat them."
This is a prince, and there is no way a defeated general like me can deal with it!"
Li Ru smiled and said: "Now our opportunity has come. Although we can't kill Wang Yun, Yang Biao and Lu Bu now, we can find a way to kill Yuan Tan and the others! Yuan Tan has now become a lost dog, as long as this time
The Han coalition is defeated in Yingchuan County, and Yuan Tan will definitely die!"
Hu Zhen said in surprise: "You want me to surrender to Thunder Lord?"
Li Ru said: "It's not about surrendering, it's about surrendering to the government. Sooner or later, the government will be in power in this world. After conquering Yuzhou this time, as long as Cao Cao in Qingzhou is wiped out, the government can send a million troops to attack Xiangyang City. At that time, Wang Yun,
Neither Yang Biao nor Lu Bu can escape, we can personally avenge our country!"