In the Battle of Hanzhong, the Han Dynasty tried their best, but for the Daqian army, they only mobilized the troops from Liangzhou and Sili. The entire Daqian army invested only 20%, and Lei Gong still had a large number of troops. To launch attacks in other directions, even Liu Bei's biggest worry in the past two years was that Lei Gong mobilized troops from Yuzhou and Xuzhou to attack Jingzhou and Yangzhou.
Although Yangzhou and Jingzhou combined still had about 100,000 troops at this time, these soldiers did not have many elite veterans, because all the elite veterans were brought to the Hanzhong battlefield by Liu Bei, and their weapons and equipment were even second-class, with only a small amount of iron armor. , most of them are old leather armors, which cannot withstand the steel swords of the Daqian Army. It can be said that the current armies of Jingzhou and Yangzhou have no chance of rivaling the elite of the Daqian Army.
Opposite them, Yang Feng can mobilize 200,000 troops in Yuzhou, and Wang Lei in Xuzhou can also mobilize 200,000 troops. By then, not only will they have no geographical advantage, they will not even have a military advantage. It can be said that Hanzhong This form of local war is beneficial to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was worried that if the Jingzhou Army and Yangzhou Army were sent out to launch an all-out war against Daqian, the Han Dynasty would be defeated faster. It would be better to limit the battlefield to Hanzhong. This was also the battle of Hanzhong that lasted more than two years. The reason why he never dared to let Zhang Fei and Guan Yu fight.
But at this time, Yizhou's power has almost been squeezed out by Liu Bei. Will the situation in Hanzhong change again? In less than a year, Hanzhong may be captured by the Daqian Army, and even the entire Yizhou may be occupied by Lei Gong. By then, the Yangtze River The upper reaches of the defense line are occupied by the Daqian Army. Jingzhou and Yangzhou are in a state of being surrounded and suppressed by the Daqian Army on three sides. With the strength of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, they may not be able to withstand it for even a year. Therefore, Yizhou is now the entire If Yizhou cannot protect the lifeline of the Han Dynasty, then the Han Dynasty cannot protect it.
At this time, the Han's life can be said to be hanging by a thread. The only possible turning point is to simply launch a full-scale war. If you win, the Han can gain some time and get a chance to breathe. If you lose, the Han will be completely destroyed. From the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, the Han will be completely destroyed. It seems that the possibility of Han's failure is as high as 90%. Liu Bei would not want to bet on this 10% chance of winning no matter what choice he made!
But this time, after Liu Bei hesitated for a long time, he found out that this was his last resort. The big man was no longer qualified to gamble. If Zhang Fei and Guan Yu couldn't mobilize the army. Based on Yizhou's current grain reserves, it would be impossible. Hanzhong's army will be short of food. Without food and grass, no matter how large the army is, it will definitely be defeated. By then, the entire Shuzhong may be attacked by Daqian's army.
Now was the most critical moment for the Han Dynasty. Liu Bei pondered for 10 days and finally followed Yuan Ji's strategy and ordered Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to find a way to attack the Central Plains and mobilize Lei Gong's main force back to the Central Plains.
Jingzhou, Nanyang County Government Office!
It was very difficult for the Jingzhou army and the teams transporting grain and grass to go upstream to Hanzhong, but it was extremely easy for Liu Bei's people to go down the river to Nanyang County. Liu Bei's order came into Zhang Fei's hands in less than three days.
After Zhang Fei read Liu Bei's order, he immediately summoned the civil and military officials who were staying in Jingzhou.
Zhang Fei looked at the crowd and said: "The order from the general is for our soldiers and horses from Jingzhou to attack Yuzhou and try to threaten the counties in the Central Plains to assist the Hanzhong battlefield."
Zhang Fei had just finished giving Liu Bei's order, and all the civil and military ministers in Jingzhou showed ugly expressions. Now most of the military forces in Jiangnan are concentrated in Hanzhong. Originally, Jingzhou was the place where Liu Bei started, accounting for half of the Han Dynasty. Jingzhou's military strength and strength are The most powerful, but now most of the army soldiers in Jingzhou have been transferred to Hanzhong by Liu Bei. There are only 50,000 county soldiers remaining in Jingzhou. Not only have they been in the army for a short time, they have poor combat experience, and even their weapons and equipment are very poor. The equipment rate does not even exceed 10%. Facing Daqian's fully armored army, such an army is simply looking for death!
Although the battlefield was in Hanzhong in the past two years, the generals of Jingzhou were also worried for two years. They were afraid that Yang Feng would mobilize an army to attack Jingzhou, and they might not be able to defend it. However, they did not expect that the general would actually want them to take the initiative to attack. It’s simply life-threatening!
Zhang Fei has become an independent general in recent years, so he naturally understands the strength of the Jingzhou army in his hands. Although he has trained these soldiers hard in the past two years, the veterans with combat experience have all supported the Hanzhong battlefield. The new recruits have not experienced the battlefield and have no experience at all. With such strong fighting power, facing Yuzhou's Yang Feng tribe, it is basically impossible to defeat them in the wild, and even if they are not careful, the whole army may be annihilated.
This situation is not only like this in Zhang Fei's place, but also in Yangzhou. Now 70% of the military strength of the Han Dynasty is dealing with the Daqian army. The troops left in Jingzhou and Yangzhou are already difficult to resist the Daqian army. Don't say they are attacking. , the defense may not be able to defend it, and now Liu Bei wants them to open a battlefield in the Central Plains. This is the reason why everyone is frowning.
But others can frown, but Zhang Fei cannot. If he had no way to stop Liu Bei, he would not have issued this order to him. Now he and Guan Yu have become Liu Bei's only hope, even if this hope is slim, Zhang Fei I also want to help Liu Bei.
He said angrily: "General, we have been fighting hard for two years in Hanzhong. Now it is time for us to help. You are all frowning. What do you mean? Do you want to be a deserter? I am watching the battle in Hanzhong. I just want to fight against the great army, do you all want to hold me back?"
At this time Ma Liang said: "General, we naturally know that the general is fighting hard against Lei Gong and needs our support. It's just that all the elite forces in Jingzhou have been taken away by the general. Now there are only 50,000 army, county and national soldiers and 10,000 soldiers left." With the current strength of Jingzhou, the navy army cannot be Yang Feng's opponent."
"Yang Feng in Yuzhou already has a standing army of 50,000 people. According to the system of all people serving as soldiers during the Daqian War, he can assemble an army of 200,000. Our army is not as good as Yang Feng in terms of strength, equipment and even combat effectiveness. In this situation We have to go to the Central Plains, which is more suitable for cavalry operations, and our army has almost no possibility of defeating the Daqian Army."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gan Ning said: "General, although the Daqian Army has disbanded most of the cavalry, Yang Feng has a force of 5,000 cavalry. Just this cavalry, It is difficult for us to deal with it. If we rush to Yuzhou at this time, we are not helping the general, but seeking death.
If Yang Feng takes the opportunity to conquer Nanyang County and Xiangyang City, we will still need the general to rescue us. If this is not the case, but if it affects the war in Hanzhong, we will surely die."
In Gan Ning's opinion, taking the initiative now is courting death. Even if he wanted to help Liu Bei, he would not use this method!
Gan Ning, Huo Dai and other frontline generals all knew the gap between the Daqian Army and the current Han Army. If Liu Bei's elites were still in Jingzhou, they would still have the confidence to fight, but now the entire Jingzhou is second-rate. Not many soldiers have been on the battlefield. They really don't dare to go to the Central Plains to fight in this situation.
Zhang Fei naturally also knew what Gan Ning and others knew, but if he didn't send troops in this situation, Hanzhong Liu Bei would be really in danger, so he said angrily: "Well, now is the time for me to serve the imperial court, you guys What does it mean to push three and block four one by one? No matter how difficult this battle is, we must fight it!"
Gan Ning thought for a while and said: "General, attacking Yuzhou now is a dead end, especially attacking from the Central Plains, but it is not impossible. The general wants us to annihilate the large army in the Central Plains so that Lei Gong's elite troops in Hanzhong can be transferred back. The Central Plains. But he did not say that we should take the initiative to attack the Central Plains. The general meant that we should annihilate the soldiers of Daqian."
"This will require the advantage of our army to annihilate the Daqian army in Yuzhou. Our army can completely attack Runan County from Jiangxia County with the navy, and harass the Daqian army with the navy along the way. The attack range of the army cannot be exceeded. Leaving Funiu Mountain, we did not fight the cavalry of the Daqian Army, but induced Yang Feng to block and attack us on unfavorable terrain, so that we could kill a large number of soldiers of the Daqian Army!"
Gan Ning's method is considered to be the best of all methods. With the current strength of the Jingzhou Army, even defense is difficult, and it is impossible to take the initiative to attack. It is better to let Yang Fenglai take the initiative to attack, and they can use the defense fortifications built in Jingzhou for many years to kill and injure people. Gan Ning did not dare to think about the outcome of the battle and could only resign himself to fate. However, this strategy was the safest way for the Jingzhou Army. They built hundreds of miles of fortifications, which was enough to delay Yang Feng's army. It's been several years.
Zhang Fei looked at the map and frowned. Obviously, he was not satisfied with this proposal. The support for Liu Bei was not strong at all. In his opinion, it was best to rush into the Central Plains and annihilate Yuzhou's 20,000 to 30,000 troops. This would have the effect of The role of containment, but he also thought that Yang Feng could recruit 200,000 troops in Yuzhou. The loss of 20,000 to 30,000 troops was nothing to the Yuzhou Army, but if the current Jingzhou Army was to achieve greater results, Zhang Fei You knew it was impossible.
Huo Dai was deeply afraid that Zhang Fei would make more demands, so he immediately said: "General, the defense of Jingzhou is also very important. We can't all go to Yuzhou to fight, but we can only rely on tens of thousands of troops to severely damage the Yuzhou army, forcing Yang Feng to go to Yuzhou." It is obviously extremely difficult for Lei Gong to ask for help, and it is even easy to disperse the troops and lead to failure. If Jingzhou is destroyed, I am afraid that the general will not be able to support Hanzhong anymore. We cannot afford to be defeated, so we might as well lure Daqian's army to Jingzhou. Come, our army can concentrate its forces to severely damage Yang Feng's tribe!
Zhang Fei thought for a long time. With the current strength of the Jingzhou Army, he was also worried that instead of helping Liu Bei, it would drag Liu Bei down. Then he would die without mercy, and finally nodded helplessly.
Determine the strategy of using a small force to lure a large army to attack the fortifications they have established.
Zhang Fei began to mobilize the entire Jingzhou army to prepare to attack Yang Feng. Jiangnan, which had been peaceful for several years, became angry and nervous. People in the world were opposed to the battle to determine the ownership of the world, even if it started in full force.
As soon as Zhang Fei mobilized his army, Yang Feng quickly found out. The news made him ecstatic.
When Xu Wei went to Hanzhong the year before last, he asked for orders to fight. If he wanted to attack, Nanyang County would coordinate the Hanzhong battlefield. However, Xu Wei felt that the navy in Runan County had not been built yet. If he attacked Jingzhou, he could occupy the area north of the Yangtze River. It's a bit cheap, but without the help of the navy, it is obviously difficult to penetrate deep into the area south of the Yangtze River, let alone capture the entire Jingzhou.
Such a battle would be better than just waiting for the navy to be established. Only then can the large army, with the help of the navy, take the strategic initiative in Jingzhou. So Yang Feng could only suppress the idea of attacking Jingzhou and instead He desperately tried to get the shipbuilders in the shipyard to speed up the construction of the navy. In the past few years, Yang Feng came to the shipyard more often than to the military camp. He watched the Yuzhou navy build up bit by bit. Every time a new ship was built, he He must personally lead the navy soldiers to take over the warship, and then direct the training of the sailors.
This training lasted more than two years. Now Yuzhou's navy is about to take shape. Now Zhang Fei takes the initiative to attack, which is in line with Yang Feng's wish. So Yang Feng summoned his generals.
Seeing the many generals under his command, Yang Feng smiled and said: "Our spies in Jingzhou came to report that Zhang Fei in Jingzhou is gathering an army and is preparing to attack Yuzhou!"
Yan Liang said: "Zhang Fei is looking for death. He actually wants to attack our Yuzhou. He still has a few soldiers in Jingzhou. He doesn't even know whether he can fight. Yet he dares to take the initiative to attack. Zhang Fei is really loyal to Liu Bei!"
Wang Dang smiled and said: "The general asked me to go to war. After returning from the Western Regions, I have been training in Yuzhou. I haven't fought any bird wars. I should be allowed to go to the front line, especially since Zhang Fei killed many of us. This time I You have to teach him a lesson."
After Wang Dang came back from the Western Regions, Xu Wei transferred him to Yang Feng's command. The two of them were friends at first, and Wang Dang adapted quickly.
It's just that Wang Dang felt that he had wasted a lot of time in the Western Regions over the years. He did not go to Jixian when he was awarded honors last time. Even if he did it later, his level was still much lower than that of Yang Feng, so he wanted to make contributions and pursue his career. Come up. You must know that when he was under Zhang Yan's command, he and Yang Feng were at the same level. Now that he saw his old friend being reused, he was happy, but he didn't want to lose too much.
Yang Feng said: "Your battle is indispensable, but I have more on my mind. I not only want to annihilate Zhang Fei's army, but also want to break through the Yangtze River defense line and capture the entire Jingzhou. Now the Han Dynasty only has four states left. It can be said that as long as it breaks through Without the Yangtze River defense line, the entire south of the Yangtze River will be undefendable, and my drive to unify the world will be unstoppable."
Wen Chou thought for a while and said: "Originally, Jingzhou was Liu Bei's base camp, and the soldiers of the Jingzhou army were also the most elite. But now Liu Bei has taken the Jingzhou army to Hanzhong, and most of the troops staying in Jingzhou are second-class county soldiers with little combat effectiveness.
It's not strong, and its weapons and equipment are even worse. There aren't even 5,000 pieces of iron armor among the 50,000-strong army.
Such a force cannot be our army's opponent in a field battle. Now Jingzhou's strength can be said to be at its weakest and easiest to defeat. If our army can annihilate 20,000 to 30,000 Jingzhou troops in the field, how can we still defeat it?
I really have a chance to go all the way south to Jingzhou."