Chapter 441: Offensive and defensive relocation, unhappy retribution
War is a comparison of strength, which includes strategy and tactics;
Combat is also a comparison of strength, but strength does not include strategy so much, but more tactics.
The next battle in Quzhou is - fighting. As long as the commander's head is not kicked by a donkey, the door is pinched, or water is poured, then there is no face in fighting, as the saying goes.
A human head is not a leek, which can grow again after being cut, nor is it a matter of face, which can be picked up after being lost. It is a life that only exists once. Do not let your soldiers lose their lives in vain because of unimportant disputes of temper.
, this is the character that a qualified general must possess. Although in the history of the earth or in the history of this time and space, there are countless generals who have been defeated or even annihilated due to conflicts of will!
Gong Rui is a qualified general. He is not among the three commanders above. So when the 30,000 Han troops marching south arrived at Dongjiang, Wei County's
In Zhou Dynasty, the Zhongshan Allied Forces retreated.
At the foot of Guangyang County, more than 50,000 Han troops came fiercely on foot and cavalry. However, what they had to face was the three-party coalition of Zhou, Zhongshan, and Ji Kun who held a fortified city and numbered more than 60,000.
Although they suffered heavy losses in Dongjiang County, the coalition forces were composed of 40,000 Zhou troops and 100,000 Zhongshan troops. The losses of Luo Longguang and Yan Wei in Dongjiang, Gong Rui's losses in Guangyang County, and the losses in the contact battle in Wei County,
After calculation, the coalition still maintains half of its military strength, and after deducting injuries and disabilities, it still has more than 60,000 troops.
The Han army invested only 75,000 troops, and together with the troops and horses loyal to the Han Dynasty in Quzhou counties, the total number was only 80,000.
The main loss was of course the battle outside Guangyang County. Three thousand cavalry troops and seven to eight thousand infantry troops were lost, making the total number close to 12,000 troops. In addition, the battle outside the west gate of Wei County
In the battle, after deducting the disabled and sick, Zhu Biao's total troops did not exceed 60,000. Because it is impossible for the thousands of local county soldiers in Quzhou to participate in the war in Guangyang County.
They had already suffered heavy losses before the counter-rebellion army arrived. Zhu Biao also allocated a considerable portion of his military force to guard the more than 35,000 prisoners in Dongjiang Military City, and sent small groups of troops to restore order in the counties.
There is a scene like this where more than 50,000 people are attacking a city held by more than 60,000 enemy troops!
Riding his horse and standing at the foot of Guangyang City, Zhu Biao calmly looked at the densely packed defenders at the top of the city. He had expected this scene. He had won consecutive victories, and it was when morale was high. Damn it, that Gong would be there.
The people in Wei County are competing with themselves.
But behind him were Sheng Tengfang, Li Xian, Yunyi, Yun Zheng, Luo Yaxiu, Zhu Zhong, etc. The first wave of counter-rebellion generals all had ugly expressions. Compared with Zhu Biao's huge results in Dongjiang, their battle was really hard.
It was so ugly. Everyone's face was very dull. They were looking forward to another good fight from Guangyang County. Yixue was humiliated by being surrounded earlier, but he didn't want the coalition forces to stay in the city. No matter how much he yelled, he could
Not coming out.
"Lock the city. Again, seize the time to build the thunder chariot!" Zhu Biao will never attack Guangyang City by force. Now every Han soldier is the most important part of the Northern Han Dynasty, and he must not stand in this stronghold.
His head was bruised and bloody after being hit on the wall of the city.
In this way, locking the city is the best way, which is much better than besieging the city. Moreover, the Han army only has more than 50,000 infantry and cavalry, and does not have the enemy's strength of more than 60,000 to besiege the city.
Just like the allied forces locking up the city at the foot of Wei County, they pressed hard to the city gate of Guangyang County, and the bed crossbows were pointed directly at the city gate, not even allowing the coalition forces to leave the city to form their formations.
With an order, the more than 40,000 infantry troops were evenly divided into four parts, each guarding a gate. The elite Bodaoling troops with about 11,000 riders reined up their horses outside and patrolled the surrounding area.
The Han army was no better than the Zhou army, which had no mass base. The Zhongshan army shouted in the villages around Guangyang County. At dusk, more than 10,000 young men gathered, and many horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts came. Such a huge army
It reduced the burden on the Han army.
At the head of Guangyang County City, Gong Rui's face turned black. What could he not know about what he had done himself? If the camps outside the four gates were set up, the more than 60,000 troops in the city would be a turtle in the urn.
Without external military rescue, there is a high possibility of being trapped to death.
"The offensive and defensive positions are changed, and the retribution will be unpleasant!" Sheng Tengfang and other generals looked at the military camp that was basically completed but was still being replenished inside. They opened their mouths and smiled ferociously.
Even Yun Zheng's handsome face was so stubborn that it was almost twisted. It was he who led his troops to defeat the Battle of Ximen in Wei County. Two to three thousand people were killed and wounded in the two battles, and almost all his troops were wiped out.
"Starting tonight, it's time for me to come and have fun!"
The Han army fully accepted the measures taken by the Allied forces to set up a military camp under the city of Wei County, and took the lead in attacking cattle and horses. They strengthened measures such as deer antlers, horse rejection, and horse traps. It can be said that they further strengthened and improved the existing skills of the Allied forces.
Some.
This is enough to make the coalition forces pay greater sacrifices and a more tragic price.
But this is never enough. The coalition forces in Guangyang City are not rootless duckweeds. They have deep roots and backgrounds behind them. If Zhu Biao only led his army to besiege the city, then he would not wait until he trapped these six
If there are more than 10,000 enemy troops, an additional 60,000 people will rush towards Zhongshan like a flood.
If you want to eradicate it, you must push the war into the Zhongshan Kingdom and under the capital of the Zhongshan Kingdom! It will cause irreparable losses to the Zhongshan Kingdom, cause irreparable trauma to the Zhongshan Kingdom, force the King of Zhongshan to negotiate a peace, and force the King of Tang to give up his power.
Intend.
"I am the commander of the army, and it is up to me to take care of it. If there is a problem, it will be my responsibility."
Sheng Tengfang, Li Xian, Yuan Hong, Luo Yaxiu and others certainly had no objection to the rebels' invasion of Zhongshan Kingdom, but the Yun brothers, especially the civil servant Yun Yi, firmly disagreed.
The soldiers and horses counterattacked Zhongshan. The matter was of great importance and the relationship was important. Yunyi realized that he must report to the imperial court for severance.
It's a pity that he was only the leader of the first wave of counter-insurgency armies, rather than the commander-in-chief of the two groups of counter-insurgency armies. Zhu Biao paid attention, how could Yunyi, a small man, stop him?
More importantly, the performance of the first wave of counter-insurgency troops was far worse than that of Zhu Biao. It was completely different, which caused the generals of Sheng Tengfang's army to lose face and their prestige. However, Zhu Biao was able to win consecutive battles.
With great authority and authority, his command in the army is stable, and his prestige is to the point where he can speak for himself.
"The remaining infantry is led by General Xie Shuyan, with General Sheng Tengfang as deputy."
Zhu Biao could even point out the overall command of the remaining infantry to Xie Shuyan, who had no military exploits. You can know how disgraced the counter-rebellion army was after Wei County was besieged.
Every night the coalition troops sent out troops to attack, and every night the two sides fought until dawn. Outside the south and north gates, corpses lay everywhere, and the ground was covered with blood.
The Famen coalition that the Han army originally thought of also used it. But what was different from the time in Wei County was that the Han army under the city had twenty more Thunderbolt chariots, and the number had gradually increased over the past three days.
The thick city gate was smashed, and the suspension bridge was smashed on the first day. The moat under Guangyang County, before it became an obstacle to the Han army's attack, became an obstacle to the Allied army's attack. Black Sky
At night, when the Allied forces rolled out the trench chariots and the flying bridge paved the moat, the Han army's thunder chariots had already crashed and beaten together. Although the point facing them was always the city gate!
No matter how strong a farm ox is, it will immediately burp when a flying stone hits it. Not to mention a delicate war horse. If the horse's hoof is injured, it will be completely useless.
The military stronghold outside the Han army withstood the Zhou army's attack on the first night, the second night, and even the third night when their masters cooperated to attack and destroy the Han army's thunder chariots and other equipment.
At this moment, Zhu Biao's 10,000 cavalrymen [leaving thousands of cavalry police posts to the south] galloped for seven to eight hundred miles and had already reached the territory of Yuzhou.
Quwo County.
There was a faint thunder in the sky, and there was no light in the sky. It looked like it was going to rain.
If it had been in the past, there would have been no one else on the streets except for the watchmen who were on night watch and patrolling the six gates in the streets and alleys. But today, almost all the people in Quwo County have been mobilized
.
Thousands of mountain bandits arrived at the city without any warning in the morning, demanding that the Quwo County Magistrate immediately open the city and surrender. After the magistrate refused, the Thousands of Mountain Bandits immediately launched a fierce attack.
Fortunately, everyone has already known that Yuzhou was invaded by the Zhongshan Army, and the county magistrate also organized a militia of four to five hundred people early, and they are always ready. Things are always going to happen today, and the four to five hundred militiamen
Go to the city immediately to resist the enemy.
Coupled with the help of the people in the city, it lasted until nightfall. However, the city defense of Quwo County had also reached a precarious stage.
Because in the afternoon, another Zhongshan Army rushed outside the city, with no less than a thousand people, and they joined forces to attack. The intensity was so powerful that Quwo County could not support it. Facing the Quwo soldiers and civilians who had crude equipment, rigid means, and lack of means, Zhongshan
The army fought quite openly. Every time they attacked, they came in large numbers. They set up a ladder and rushed forward one after another to climb up. The armor was bright and the morale was high.
As for the four to five hundred militiamen organized by the county magistrate, although many people fought hard, many people lost their courage before the war started. Looking at the large number of soldiers in Zhongshan, they were so afraid that the city walls were covered in daylight.
It was almost lost several times. If it weren't for the enthusiasm and courage of the county lieutenant and the captain, the city would have been lost long ago.
After repelling the attack of the Zhongshan Army again, the county captain in military uniform sat down under the battlements and rested with his sword in hand. Around him, gathered a few county soldiers and six soldiers.
Looking at them, the county lieutenant couldn't help but feel burning inside.
There were fewer and fewer people as they fought, but the intensity of the Zhongshan Army's attack did not show any decline. Perhaps the next attack would be when the city was broken. The county magistrate simply prepared the oil materials, and just waited for the city to fall before setting fire to the county government office.
, all the information in Quwo County is not left behind. The money and food in the county treasury was spent completely when recruiting militiamen, and some of the shortfalls were donated by merchants and squires in the county.
But that's not the way to solve the problem. The key is to find ways to defend the city.
