Chapter 426 [Attack that Doesn’t Distinguish Between False and Reality]
In the tower at the top of Yizhou City, Lion General Hong Wei was looking exhausted. On several chairs, several generals were also exhausted. They even ignored etiquette and took a nap on their chairs.
Beside Hong Wei, Yin Houzhang of Yizhou Prefecture had dark circles under his eyes and yawned repeatedly, but he did not dare to find a place to rest.
The Chu army has been besieging Yizhou City for three days. Although the Chu army has not carried out large-scale siege operations during these three days, the Chu army besieged on all sides of Yizhou City has been blowing trumpets from time to time, day and night, and doing things.
Out of an attacking mood, the Chu troops brandished their sabers and charged toward Yizhou City in a menacing manner.
However, as soon as the defenders were ready to fight, the Chu army who had rushed halfway turned back and stopped attacking.
The Chu army was even organized into several camps, and each camp was responsible for a certain period of time. During this period, they were responsible for the charge and harassment, and other soldiers could rest fully.
On average, the Chu army had to feint attack twenty or thirty times a day.
The Chu army can feint to attack, but the defenders cannot feint to defend. Who knows which of the Chu army's charges is real? If suddenly one of the charges is real and the defenders are not prepared, the consequences will undoubtedly be disastrous.
Therefore, for three days, the soldiers guarding the city did not have a good night's sleep. Even when they were eating, the Chu army would launch a feint attack. The soldiers had to abandon their jobs and face the enemy again.
Withstood two or three intrusions.
As the commander-in-chief of the garrison, Hong Wei's mind has been tense for the past three days. He did not dare to close his eyes, because as soon as he closed his eyes, he would probably fall asleep. He was afraid that when he opened his eyes, Yizhou
The city has been occupied by the Chu army.
Before Dou Andao left, he gave countless instructions to use all his strength to protect Yizhou City, because this was of immeasurable significance to the strategic situation of the Northwest Army.
To be able to gain the trust of Dou Andao, Hong Wei's ability and loyalty are naturally impeccable. He is an authentic Northwest native, and his will is naturally as strong as steel.
It's just that no matter how powerful a person is, he is still a human being after all, a body of flesh and blood. In the past three days, his total sleep time has only been two hours, and he has to command round after round of defense at all times.
The strength of the Chu army was too strong. If commanded improperly, Yizhou City would be in danger. Therefore, in order to ensure that Yizhou City was defended to the greatest extent, Hong Wei did not dare to relax at all. Every time the Chu army made a feint attack, the loudest shouts would be heard.
It's Hong Wei.
His physical strength and energy have been greatly depleted.
"This cunning Xue Poye...he is trying to drag us to death!" Hong Wei looked serious: "If this continues, we will be exhausted to death without them attacking the city."
Hou Zhang yawned again and said with a grimace: "General Hong, have Marshal Dou's army captured Qingzhou? When will Marshal Wei's army come to rescue?"
"Rescue?" Hong Wei said coldly: "When it's time to rescue, there will naturally be reinforcements. If there are no reinforcements, it only means that the situation does not allow the reinforcements to move without permission. Then we have to guard this place for King Mingyue... You...
There are still hundreds of thousands of people in the city. After all the soldiers have been beaten, the young men will come to fight. The men are dead and there are still women. It won't be long over there in Qingzhou."
Hou Zhang said cautiously: "The imperial court is now powerful, and... and their supplies will be endless. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long."
"The imperial court?" Hong Wei said contemptuously: "Are you afraid? Hou Zhang, it is not easy to be a founding hero." After a pause, he said calmly: "You don't have to panic. Although the imperial court is powerful and has sufficient reserves,
...But as long as something happens in Kyoto and they lose their master, the Chu army will completely collapse."
Hou Zhang was surprised and said: "General Hong, what do you mean?"
Hong Wei said calmly: "As long as you understand, I just want you to feel at ease. Your mouth has always been very strict."
At this moment, drums were beating loudly outside the city again, and shouts of death were heard.
"Damn it!" Hong Wei slammed the table, waking up several of his generals who were napping: "They are having a cat fight again."
"General." A general clasped his fists and said, "General, give me a thousand cavalry, and I will rush out of the city and capture Xue Poye...!"
"Capture Xue Poye? A thousand cavalry?" Hong Wei sneered: "A commander who wants to engage in cat fighting, a commander who is always draining our energy, you want to capture him with just a thousand cavalry?"
Leng shouted: "It is a great achievement for us to defend the city. Anyone who dares to make false claims and leave the city will be killed without mercy!" He took the lead and walked out of the tower, preparing to defend against another false or real attack by the Chu army.
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Chu army commander's camp.
Xue Poye sat down on the table and looked at the map on the table.
This map is a map of the northwest starting from the Yihe River. The map has extremely detailed illustrations and markings of the topography of the northwest. The Yongzhou City in the center of the northwest is even more painstakingly and carefully explained.
The terrain in the northwest is mainly hills, mixed with mountains and rivers. The further north you go, there will be large areas of sandy land, which is extremely difficult to walk, and in this season, sandstorms are most likely to occur.
The climate in the northwest is dry and there are not many water sources. For the Chu army, this will be an urgent problem to solve.
Although Yizhou City has not yet been captured, Xue Poye knows in his heart that the defenders in this city have been exhausted in the past three days. After another two days, I am afraid that the defenders will even have the heart to die.
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What he wants now is to exhaust the opponent's energy, then concentrate his forces for the final attack.
In Xue Poye's heart, Yizhou City must not be treated as a real strong enemy, because he knew in his heart that the strength of the northwest was not reflected in Yizhou at all. If he thought he was facing a strong enemy at this time, then
When actually attacking Yongzhou, the strength of the northwest will definitely bring fear to the soldiers.
Only by letting the soldiers understand that Yizhou is just a training battle, will the soldiers be mentally prepared to face more powerful challenges.
In fact, Xue Poye was somewhat confident about winning Yizhou.
A strong attack is the worst strategy, and the real best strategy is to harass the enemy with false attacks, which will wear down the physical strength and energy of the defenders. The most important thing is that once such attacks that appear to be real but are actually false are carried out for several consecutive days, the defenders will be overwhelmed.
No matter how wary they are, their will will relax, and as the number of false attacks by the Chu army increases, their wariness will become weaker and weaker. When they really relax, it will be the time when the Chu army launches a large-scale attack.
Although the defenders were exhausted, the Chu army attacked in groups, and every soldier would get adequate rest. It can be said that even though the Chu army was weaker than the Northwest Army in terms of combat skills and strength, after these few
Due to Japanese harassment and false attacks, the physical strength and energy of the Chu army were no longer comparable to those of the Northwest Army and the Yizhou Army.
As long as Yizhou is captured, the next step will depend on the situation along Song Fei's side. If Song Fei repels the Northwest Army and saves Qingzhou, then the two armies can advance simultaneously from the upper and lower reaches of the Yi River and attack from both directions.
Yongzhou.
If you want to attack Yongzhou, you must understand the terrain and climate of Yongzhou.
Xue Poye saw the huge mark on the map of Yongzhou City, and was a little confused. He had never seen Yongzhou City, so he didn't know whether the mark was to highlight the status of Yongzhou City, or because Yongzhou City itself was a huge city, or
...a bit of both.
Xue Poye actually knows nothing about military affairs, even though he has not experienced actual combat. First of all, he has read a lot of ancient war history in his previous life, from books, TV, and movies, and he also understands ancient wars.
What is going on? In addition, after coming to this era, I also studied the "Chu Family Military Book", so I can't be considered military illiteracy.
In this era of cold weapons, the success or failure factors of war are also very complex, such as troop strength, morale, soldier cohesion, individual combat effectiveness, tactics, formations, strategies, climate, terrain, equipment, logistics, political stance, intelligence work, public sentiment, etc.
Each item will have an impact on the war. Whoever has more troops will definitely win.
Just like the Battle of Yizhou, on the surface, the Chu army had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers and logistical supplies, but it did not win Yizhou easily. This is because other factors have not yet taken advantage.
For example, in terms of combat power, climate, terrain, people's support, etc., the Chu army may not have the upper hand. Because of this, Yizhou still held on tenaciously and never captured it. Therefore, Xue Poye could only supplement his strategic advantage with a deeper level.
Only in this way can we win this battle.
"General Yang Yijun asks for an audience!" Just as Xue Poye was looking at the map, Yang Yijun's voice sounded outside the tent.
"Come in!"
After Yang Yijun entered the account, he clasped his fists, knelt down and said respectfully: "Commander, I will report something at the end."
Xue Poye sat down and said, "What's the matter?"
"I just got the report that on the way from Taizhou to Qingzhou, Commander Song encountered the Northwest Army from Yizhou. The two sides fought at Motian Ridge. Our army has captured Motian Pass. Commander Song personally led 50,000 people to defend Motian Pass.
Blocked the Northwest Army heading to Qingzhou." Yang Yijun's face showed excitement: "Liu Xiao led other soldiers to Qingzhou. It is said that the Northwest Army in the lower reaches of the Yi River has begun to attack Qingzhou City. Qingzhou tried its best to protect the city and defended the three
On the 5th, there should be no problem waiting for Liu Xiao's reinforcements. The Northwest Army, which is now blocked at Motian Pass, storms the pass and also wants to support the Qingzhou rebels. Although our army suffered heavy casualties, the Northwest Army is also unable to move forward. Both sides are now at Motian Pass.
Confrontation."
"Oh!" Xue Poye stood up and said: "This Motian Pass is the key, get the map quickly!"
At that moment, a soldier took the complete picture of Da Chu and put it on the case. Yang Yijun pointed to a pass between Yizhou and Qingzhou: "Commander, this is Motian Pass. The fastest way to enter Qingzhou from Yizhou
, is Motian Pass. If you want to bypass Motian Pass, you can only turn to Huizhou and pass through Huizhou from the northeast to Qingzhou. However, it is a long journey and it cannot be reached in less than ten days and a half.
The most important thing about Qingzhou is that once it passes through Huizhou, the Huizhou Army will definitely intercept it. When the time comes, Song Shuai will outflank him from behind and attack from both sides. Even if the Northwest Army is capable and knows how to fight, it will be completely wiped out. So.
Now the Northwest Army can only attack Motian Pass with all its strength and go to support them."
"Shuai Song, this skyscraper barrier is really beautiful. It will be of great benefit to our army's war situation." Xue Poye said excitedly.
He knew that to be able to occupy Motian Pass before the Northwest Army, Sein Fei must have traveled day and night, and he must have had a fierce battle with the Northwest Army. Now it seems that even though this battle suffered heavy losses, he still occupied Motian Pass.
, which is equivalent to taking the lead in the overall situation.
"There won't be too many Northwest troops in the lower reaches of the Yi River." Yang Yijun said with certainty: "The total military strength of Yongzhou is only 150,000, and Yizhou accounts for nearly 20,000. Motianguan was held back by Song Shuai for 30,000. In total, Song Shuai held back 30,000.
There are only 50,000 people, so the Northwest Army in the lower reaches of the Yi River will probably not exceed 30,000 people. Yongzhou will not dare to send out the main force until Qingzhou and Yizhou are completely captured. After all, they still have to defend Yongzhou
Before the city becomes a corner, our Chu army can break through the northwest defense line at any time and attack Yongzhou City. Therefore, Yongzhou City must retain enough troops."
"If there are really only 30,000 Northwest troops in the lower reaches of the Yi River, as long as Qingzhou holds out for a few days, once Liu Xiao's army arrives, they will not be able to capture Qingzhou. If the Northwest troops at Motian Pass cannot break through, then the Northwest troops under Qingzhou City will be alone.
We fight hard, but we can't hold on for long, so we have to retreat." Xue Poye looked serious: "And if our side captures Yizhou, we can dispatch a support army to rush over from Yizhou and attack the Northwest Army from behind.
Marshal Guan Song's army is attacking us from both front and back, and these turtles from the northwest are the turtles in the urn."
"But once the Northwest Army breaks through Motian Pass and joins up with the Northwest Army under Qingzhou City, Qingzhou may not be able to hold it." Yang Yijun looked at the map and said: "So now in the three battlefields, Yizhou, Motian Pass and Qingzhou, both sides will
If either side wins on any battlefield, it will have an impact on the overall strategy."
Xue Poye touched his nose and thought deeply. After a moment, he asked: "General Yang, in your opinion, what are the chances of our army winning in the three battlefields?"
"Commander, this...!" Yang Yijun hesitated.
Xue Poye said warmly: "If you have any ideas, it's okay to say it. Even if you say it wrong, I won't blame you."
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief." Yang Yijun pointed to Yizhou City on the map and said slowly: "Let's talk about Yizhou first. According to the current situation, our army is 70% sure of winning. But Commander-in-Chief knows that first of all, the number of our troops
We have an absolute advantage. Our army has nearly 200,000 people. However, the Northwest Army and Yizhou Army in the city combined are only 40,000 to 50,000 people. This disparity is huge. In addition, even if our army has an advantage in numbers,
But if the commander-in-chief hadn’t come up with this false attack to disturb the enemy, we might not have been able to capture Yizhou City in a short time... Based on General Mo’s original expectation, Yizhou City would not be captured in a battle.
Shuai's plan, we will be dragged here by the opponent for at least half a month, and once we are wasted here for half a month, the situation on the entire battlefield will be quite unfavorable to us."
"You are right. Our ability to have an advantage has a huge relationship with our military strength." Xue Poye nodded: "If we only have 70,000 or 80,000 people, I even think the defenders in the city would dare to rush out to fight with us.
A showdown between males and females."
"The Northwest Army has such courage." Yang Yijun looked solemn: "The siege battle three days ago showed me the bravery of the Northwest Army. I fully believe that their combat effectiveness is definitely superior to our army. They have 20,000 soldiers.
People can definitely eat up 40,000 to 50,000 of us. The big reason our brothers here can still have confidence is because we have the advantage in numbers. Once our army is numerically weak, I don’t think our brothers will have the northwest.
He was so calm and collected."
"At that time, during the battle to defend the city, they were well-organized and brave and powerful. Even the Yizhou Army was resisted by them. They resisted to the death and their morale was like a rainbow. This Northwest Army can indeed fight." Xue Poye sighed: "This bright moon
Wang's rebellion is indeed well-founded." He looked at Yang Yijun and said, "Keep talking!"
"Our army has the initiative in the battle in Yizhou." Yang Yijun clicked on the steep Motian Pass at Motian Ridge on the map: "Here, in terms of military strength alone, Commander Song has no more men than the Northwest Army. Facing the enemy head-on, Commander Song
It is even possible that he is at a disadvantage. Song Shuai can be in a confrontation with the Northwest Army only because he occupies the danger of Motian Pass. This Motian Pass is one of the four great sky passes in our country. It is narrow and steep. Song Shuai can fight with the Northwest Army.
The process of fighting to occupy Motian Pass must be extremely dangerous, but being able to occupy Motian Pass actually safeguards our army's initiative. Thinking about it now, if the Northwest Army had occupied Motian Pass, the overall battle situation of our army would have been quite dire.
It’s dangerous.”
Xue Poye nodded and said thoughtfully: "So what do you mean, our army has a very high chance of winning on the Motianguan battlefield?"
"No!" Yang Yijun shook his head and said: "Although our army occupies Motian Pass, the odds of victory or defeat can only be 50-50. The commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army who stormed Motian Pass is one of the most powerful generals under the command of King Mingyue.
1. Dou Andao, who is known as the "wonderful general". This man's way of using troops is so mysterious that he creates confusion in Yihe River, secretly infiltrates Chencang, and takes a detour from the upper reaches of Yihe River to attack Yizhou. But he did it himself. Now he
In the confrontation with Song Shuai, it is really difficult to decide who will win or lose. However, as long as Song Shuai can hold the Motian Pass within ten days, then our army will win the entire situation." He smiled slightly and said: "Big
Commander, within ten days, the city of Yizhou must be in our hands. When the time comes to send reinforcements to approach Motian Pass, the Northwest Army will be unable to fly under the attack from the front and rear."
"That's right." Xue Poye sighed: "But the northwest army at Motian Pass obviously also understands this situation, so they will definitely use all their strength to capture Motian Pass before Yizhou falls...Song Shuai's pressure
It’s huge!”
"Song Shuai guarded Motian Pass, which played a great role in the war in Qingzhou." Yang Yijun pointed at Qingzhou and said: "If Liu Xiao's army does not rescue, the strength of the Northwest Army advancing to Qingzhou from the lower reaches of the Yi River will
, is fully capable of taking Qingzhou, it is just a matter of time. But if Liu Xiao's army can arrive quickly, then combined with the strength of Liu Xiao's department and the Qingzhou Army, it will be able to suppress the Northwest Army. At that time, the Qingzhou Northwest Army
The pressure will be extremely huge. At first, they obviously wanted to cooperate with Dou Andao's troops to attack from both sides and quickly capture Qingzhou. However, they did not expect that Dou Andao was blocked by Song Shuai at Motian Pass. The reinforcements from the Northwest Army did not arrive, but the reinforcements from Qingzhou did.
.This will inevitably disrupt their military plan. If they cannot capture Qingzhou within a few battles, or even suffer heavy losses, then the northwest army in Qingzhou will most likely withdraw and return to the north bank of the Yi River to set up defenses."
After listening to Yang Yijun's analysis, which was reasonable and logical, Xue Poye was very satisfied, nodded and said: "General Yang really understands the art of war, and he has learned from it."
Yang Yijun hurriedly said respectfully: "I don't dare!"
"It seems that the battle at Motian Pass is more important than I thought. It seems that the war in Yizhou will end as soon as possible." Xue Poye touched his nose and said.
"What do you mean, Marshal... prepare for a real siege?" Yang Yijun's face showed excitement.
Commanding fake sieges every day these past few days made Yang Yijun feel very depressed. Although he knew that this was a clever move by Xue Poye, he still felt a little unsatisfied when doing it.
Xue Poye laughed and asked: "How many times have you rushed?"
"From midnight last night to now, I have flushed sixteen times." Yang Yijun said with a smile.
Xue Poye laughed and said: "Then Hong Wei is afraid that he won't even have time to go to the latrine. At this time, Hong Wei is just afraid that he wants to have a good sleep... No, it's boring for him to sleep. General Yang, please let me