"The Western bandits went to Jingling in Mangling and did not attack Jinyong City?"
But when Zhu Hunyuan heard the report from the defeated generals on the enemy's movements, even if he ignored the so-called "Tianlei" junk message, he was quite surprised by the rest of the content.
He made successive mistakes in judging the enemy's movements, which was definitely a very serious mistake. However, Zhu Hunyuan did not bother to do self-examination at the moment, but began to think about why Li Boshan took the risk of being attacked by a middle-of-the-road sniper.
Crossing the Heluo Plain and heading towards Jingling?
"Mangling is close to Mengjin Ferry. Could it be that the main force of the Western Bandits from Guanxi is coming from the east by water this time, so Li Boshan wants to seize Mengjin in advance for the landing of the army?"
Thinking of this possibility, Zhu Hunyuan couldn't help but feel secretly surprised and a little unsure.
The previous Western Wei Dynasty's several eastward marches were by land, and the Yellow River waterway was underused. Firstly, the northerners were not good at water warfare, and secondly, if tens of thousands of troops marched through waterways, the number of boats and ships needed would be
The scale is also very large, which is also a big burden on the national power of the Western Wei Dynasty, and it cannot be prepared in a short time.
But this is not absolute. After all, the Western Wei Dynasty is no longer what it used to be, especially in the Jianghan area where it has made huge profits.
Starting last year, Li Boshan led his army to occupy large areas of territory in eastern Han Dynasty and Huainan. He may have looted a large number of craftsmen and materials and transported them back to Guanzhong, and then built boats in preparation for a surprise voyage to the East. This may also be true.
In addition, the terrain of Mangling has a certain suppressive effect on the river valleys and tidal flats where various streams such as Zhang River, Gu River and Luoshui meet. Especially when they have elite cavalry, what kind of personnel do these rivers want to carry out?
The dispatch of supplies will be under the attack of its iron-hoofed soldiers.
In this battle report, in addition to the more than 3,000 light cavalry led by Li Boshan, the opponents the Qi army fought also had a group of men and horses who had been ambushing Mangling early in the morning, but the number was not large. Judging from the situation reported by the generals
, seems to be the local bandits who moved from Guannan to Mangling.
There are thousands of these bandits, and they usually only disperse in the mountains around Heluo. They occasionally bring some harassment and trouble to the defenders, but most of the time they are not enough to cause trouble. Moreover, the cost of in-depth suppression is very high.
It's huge, and the success rate is very low, so it has been kept.
Now these people are also involved with Li Boshan, which has undoubtedly added many unpredictable variables.
But Zhu Hunyuan imagined many possibilities. If it was the first scenario and the main army of the Western Wei Dynasty crossed the river by boat, this would be beyond the scope of what he could handle.
Due to the more convenient means of transportation such as river bridges, and the fact that Jinyang soldiers did not like to travel by boat to both sides of the river, Mengjin Ferry was not a key fortification area, and of course there were no boats parked.
If Li Boshan's goal is there, Zhu Hunyuan can only give up temporarily. Even if he divides his troops to garrison now, it will probably be in vain, and it will further dilute the force at hand. He can only rely on the arrival of reinforcements from the rear of the country.
Stop the Kansai army.
But if Li Boshan's intention was to rely on the Mang Mountains and the Xianshui River to cut off the connection between Heyang and Yiyang, then his idea was wrong.
Previously, the transfer station for material transfer between Yiyang Jiuqu City and Heyang was set up at Qianjinyan to the west of the old city of Luoyang. The last time Li Boshan entered Kouheluo, he captured it after a fierce battle with Xue Guyan.
Cangcheng, this Cangcheng was greatly damaged as a result.
After regaining Heluo River, although they built many more forts, they abandoned Qianjincang City and instead built Baiting City dozens of miles upstream of Luoshui River to replace this city.
It played the role of Qianjin Cangcheng and became the material transportation and storage center between Yiyang and Heyang.
Although Baiting City does not have the convenience of being close to various rivers like Qianjincang City, it is located exactly between Jinyong City and Jiuqu City. The location selection for the transportation of materials to Yiyang should be more reasonable.
Now Li Boshan's men and horses are entrenched in Mangling Mountain, less than twenty miles away from Qianjincang City. They are within a distance that can be dispatched to attack at any time. However, it is nearly fifty miles away from Baiting City, and there are several cities in the middle.
garrison, it is difficult to carry out light cavalry raids.
If Li Boshan's purpose was to harass Yiyang's logistics, then he rashly entered Mang Mountains, which meant that he had thrown himself into a trap. The defenders of Jinyong City and Baiting City were like two pliers, relying on the Luoshui River to block it in Mang.
It is difficult to move within the ridge area. If we can gradually shrink the encirclement with our superior troops, it is even possible to directly capture the turtle in the urn of Mount Libo!
There are two possibilities, one bad and one good, but Zhu Hunyuan certainly hopes in his heart that it will be the latter, but he has to guard against the former.
So he sent people back to Hebei through Heqiao to report the enemy's situation and remind Jinyang to prepare for contingency. At the same time, he led an elite team back to Jinyong City to personally command and strengthen the blockade of Xianjian.
After successfully arriving at Xianjian in Mangling Mountains, Li Tai was not in a hurry to plan the next move. Instead, he set up camp in Xianjian for two days to rest. On the one hand, he was waiting for the arrival of Han Xiong and other rear troops, and on the other hand, he was waiting to leave Iraq.
Some of the personnel arrangements made before Que were fermented.
He is not worried about being surrounded by the enemy in this river. The Xianshui River Valley is like a trumpet-flowered opening facing the entire Heluo Plain. Now Li Tai is stationed in the trumpet-shaped middle section. The Qi army wants to advance in front.
Setting up a containment line of defense is impossible without tens of thousands of troops.
Moreover, even if there are tens of thousands of troops deployed in the wild, the effect may not be good. It is better to rely on key defenses in Luoshui, Gushui and other rivers to more effectively cut off Li Tai's retreat.
The Qi army did exactly this. During the two days when the Jingzhou army rested here, the scouts explored the section of Luoshui and Gushui. Many Qi army camps were added to the area. They responded to each other and seemed to want to completely defeat Li Tai.
The posture of besieging here.
Seeing that the enemy army was well prepared, Li Tai was no longer idle and began to plan the next move. Of course, the main reason was that with the arrival of the Guannan Rebel Army's back-up troops, the logistics pressure on the team increased sharply.
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In order to quickly pass through the Heluo Plain and arrive here smoothly, Li Tai and his party did not carry too much supplies. Even the heavy armor and heavy equipment such as the sword that usually relied on for victory only carried more than ten
Most of the soldiers went into battle lightly, and they all brought food and grass with them, even though the amount of luggage was not much.
However, the situation of the Guannan Rebel Army is very miserable. In the past few years, they have been wandering around the mountains and fields, and each of them has something to eat. After arriving, the first thing they do is not to discuss killing the enemy, but to eat porridge with ease. Just what Li Tai and his party brought
The food and cakes were originally expected to last about twenty days, but when the rebels arrived with more than 2,000 people, they ate more every day than Li Tai's 3,000 people.
Li Tai doesn't feel bad about this stutter. The key is that we can score a point with Qiufi. Judging from this posture, I'm afraid that they will have to kill horses to satisfy their hunger in less than ten days. So it is better to kill the opponent quickly and enter Xiongcheng.
This was a serious plan. Even though Li Tai was quite bold, he still felt a little nervous when he stayed with these hungry guys with green eyes every day.
Because the front of Xianjian was not blocked, Li Tai left a few hundred soldiers to guard the camp, and at the same time continued to set up flags and bluff, while he himself led about 5,000 men and horses to leave Xianjian, supplemented by the Guannan Rebel Army.
Jian, stationed at the White Horse Temple to the west of the ancient city of Luoyang.
At this time, Zhu Hunyuan had already moved to Jinyong City not far away, and had been paying close attention to the enemy's movements in Xianjian, so the information about the enemy's garrison at Baima Temple was soon delivered to his desk.
"If a thief enters the trap, God will destroy him!"
When Zhu Hunyuan heard the news, he was overjoyed and couldn't help but clap his hands and burst into laughter. His mood was even more joyful than when he successfully escaped from Longyou back to Jinyang last year.
Although they only advanced a dozen miles, this action directly revealed that Li Tai's men had no intention of advancing on Mengjin Ferry, which meant that the worst case scenario that Zhu Hunyuan expected did not happen. So now
What naturally happened was that Li Tai's cleverness was mistaken for his cleverness, and he fell into a trap and fell into a dead end!
That is to say, Li Tai didn't have the unique skill of eavesdropping on his opponent. If he knew about Zhu Hunyuan's guess about his intentions, he would definitely be able to sneer at him: How can you think that my relationship with my boss is so good? I'll give it to you.
We need to send the craftsmen's supplies obtained from the southeast to Guanzhong. Black Otter wants to eat them! I'm going to do you Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, and it has nothing to do with my loyalty to Yuwen Tai, right?
Of course, Zhu Hunyuan couldn't hear Li Tai's voice, so he repeatedly misjudged Li Tai's plot. But this time, he finally saw the hope of victory.
Since Li Tai's intention is not Mengjin, it means that the main force in Kansai is still marching in a conventional way. As long as Yiyang cannot break through, it will not be able to successfully enter the Heluo area.
In other words, Li Tai was alone all the way. Although many of his men were bluffing, Zhu Hunyuan had already estimated that he only had a few thousand men and horses, and the supplies he carried were very limited.
On the other hand, here at Zhu Hunyuan, there are 50,000 troops in the entire Heluo War Zone. Excluding the more than 20,000 troops deployed around Jiuqu City in Yiyang, there are still more than 30,000 troops. Although these 30,000 troops are scattered everywhere,
Now that the most ferocious enemy has been blocked here, Zhu Hunyuan can mobilize the troops in other places at will.
So Zhu Hunyuan mobilized a total of 20,000 troops and set up two blockades along Gushui and Luoshui. He was bound to capture Li Boshan alive or snipe him to death within the encirclement!