10. This is the war between Axis County and Allied County (1)
Wang Kuang was defeated, very quickly and very miserably.
Facing the army led by Li Jue, Guo Si and Zhang Ji, Wang Kuang was lucky to be able to barely escape. The pressure on him from the big man in Zhang Ji's army was too great. His number one general Fang Yue and
The fight didn't last more than five seconds before the tiger's mouth burst open and he fell off his horse. If Fang Yue's bodyguards hadn't vowed to protect him, he would have died on the spot.
As for Wang De, the kinsman general who escorted Wang Kuang to escape, he was surrounded by troops led by Li Jue. Seeing that his lord had escaped, he chose the most tragic strategy of perishing together. Unfortunately, all the personal guards around him died in the battle and were used.
Together, Li Jue killed instantly.
Han Hao, who originally led his troops to attack Mengjinguan, knew that something was wrong as soon as he heard the news that Dong Zhuo had crossed the river from Xiaopingjinguan. But what he didn't expect was that Dong Zhuo's army was moving much faster than he imagined. Before he could call for help, Han Hao knew that something was wrong.
The messenger arrived at Wang Kuang's camp, where Dong Zhuo's army had already begun to take action.
Han Hao originally planned to follow Dong Zhuo's army. Firstly, he could provide support if Wang Kuang was defeated. Secondly, if Wang Kuang could hold on (although Han Hao himself felt that the possibility was too low), then he could lead his troops to form a formation against Dong Zhuo's army in the rear.
The momentum of a pincer attack.
However, although he successfully rescued Wang Kuang who fled in a hurry, most of the thousands of troops he brought became meat buns thrown to wild dogs, and they really could not return home. At the same time, it also marked the last branch of Hanoi County.
The warworthy soldiers disappeared.
Dong Zhuo just used bluffing and attacking in the east to attack the west to completely wipe out Wang Kuang's army, which was ranked in the middle and upper reaches among the princes. This was undoubtedly a morale booster for Dong Zhuo's army.
However, when Dong Zhuo received the messenger reporting the victory from Li Jue and others, he did not show much joy. He just nodded slightly to indicate that he was aware of the matter and asked the messenger to retreat. If the generals in the tent were careful,
If you observe, you will find
At this time, there was no joy of victory in Dong Zhuo's eyes. There was only calmness and a few strange emotions buried under the calmness. It was a pity that Dong Zhuo's reputation in the Xiliang army was too prosperous, and no one
Willing to offend his majesty.
The news of Wang Kuang's defeat soon spread all over the Han Dynasty as the scattered troops had wings. Ordinary people, officers and soldiers, and even some princes who were better at administration secretly smacked their lips at the combat effectiveness displayed by Dong Zhuo's army.
, he had a clearer understanding of the ferocity of Dong Zhuo's army, so that soldiers in many places suddenly experienced emotional fluctuations.
However, in the eyes of professionals who are well versed in military affairs, the technical content of this war is far less high than it appears on the surface.
Dong Zhuo has as many as 200,000 combatable troops. Even if the troops needed to defend the four sides and Niu Fu to eliminate the Baibo bandits are deducted, Dong Zhuo still has the mobilization capacity of nearly 150,000. After all, Han Sui in the northwest reached an agreement with Dong Zhuo.
In order to reconcile, Liu Yan of Yizhou in the south could not enter Guanzhong as long as he held on to the pass, and the princes of Guandong were all in the preparation stage, so Dong Zhuo's defensive pressure was really light. This is why he had such abundant troops on hand.
On the other hand, Wang Kuang, in Hanoi County, can recruit a large number of soldiers by virtue of his population advantage. However, Wang Kuang does not have such a rich family background. Secondly, even if he recruits them, they will only be a group of new recruits. In addition to risking death and causing harm to the people,
It is of little use outside the vast ocean of war, and may collapse first when the war goes unfavorably.
Therefore, even if Wang Kuang absorbed some veterans who had withdrawn from the northwest and recruited many powerful Taishan crossbowmen from his hometown of Mount Tai, his total force would not exceed 30,000. Compared with the more than 100,000 available soldiers of Dong Zhuo's army, Wang Kuang's family wealth
It seems even thinner.
Of course, this is a conclusion made without calculating the individual combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides.
Although Hanoi and Henan are separated by a natural barrier of the Yellow River, which theoretically allows the defenders to play a one-for-ten role, when the number of attacking and defensive soldiers reaches a certain level, this original advantage turns into a crushing disadvantage.
Dong Zhuo had so many soldiers, so many that he would casually throw out tens of thousands of them as bait, and Wang Kuang would have to take the bait, otherwise the fragrant bait would turn into an extremely cruel blade in the blink of an eye, and it would be useless if it didn't poke a few holes.
He won't give up. What's more, now that Dong Zhuo is willing to spend a lot of money to get himself out, Wang Kuang really has no other choice but to take the bait.
Of course, the most important thing is that although the weather is getting warmer now, the originally frozen Yellow River has begun to thaw. Even if it is impossible to run a horse, for ordinary soldiers, as long as they do not goose-step on it, the ice will begin to be able to withstand it. This is also
The biggest reason why Li Jue and others' troops crossed the Yellow River so quickly.
Such a Yellow River can be said to have weakened Wang Kuang's original geographical advantage to the minimum. And these disadvantages are superimposed. As long as Dong Zhuo is not as stupid as a pig and only knows how to advance by leaps and bounds, it is really not easy to lose.
However, this battle also revealed a lot of things, but because of the different angles, their opinions are also different, so I will not list them one by one here. In a word: at the expense of Wang Kuang's ego, achievement
You are great to many people.
Of course, the most important point is that Wang Kuang used his failure to send a clear signal to the princes of the world, that is: if you want to defeat Dong Zhuo, then fighting alone will definitely not work, otherwise you will have to be defeated by Dong Zhuo one by one.
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Since the princes want to unite, what methods will Dong Zhuo use to deal with it?
"The governor of Hedong and the governor of Hanoi, Dong Zhongying's skills are not small. But what do you think he is doing?"
Li Shushi, who returned to Jinyang City from Yanmen's Yin Pavilion, immediately summoned his men to a meeting at his prefectural governor's office. Because they had already agreed on their positions before, Yanmen Prefect Guo Yao and Shangdang Prefect Zhang Yang did not attend this meeting.
attend, remain where they are
The management office handles official business. After the Spring Festival, as the soil thaws, the new year's farming season is about to begin. There is a lot of corresponding work. If you don't work hard, it can easily lead to civil unrest. Even if the scale is small, it will reduce the official's confidence.
Wind review.
As soon as the meeting began, Li Shushi circulated the edict sent by Dong Zhuo to everyone present.
Apart from the official articles, the meaning of the edict is very simple - Hedong and Hexi are under the control of Li Shushi. Li Shushi can recommend two people to serve as governors of the two places. As long as they comply with the laws of the court, Dong Zhuo will not stand in the way. Of course, there is no white man in the world.
After lunch, as long as Li Shushi decided to gain control of these two counties, he would have to assume corresponding obligations, including exterminating the stubborn Baibo bandits and being responsible for resisting the attacks from the Kanto princes from the north of the Yellow River and ensuring the safety of Luoyang's northern flank.
The price Dong Zhuo offered was not low, and to some extent it was even beyond Li Shushi's imagination. However, although the price was not low, it was not easy to get it into your mouth first. It can be said that this multiple-choice question was not
So easy to make.
The common feature of Hanoi County and Hedong County is fertile land. One is located on the north bank of the Yellow River and has a large alluvial plain. It also has large and medium-sized rivers such as Jishui and Qinshui; the other is located in the Fen River Valley, which is an important tributary of the Yellow River.
The downstream area has the most fertile alluvial soil, and the Fen River provides most of the irrigation water sources east of the river.
It can be said that as long as they have these two counties, as long as there is no big disaster, Li Shushi's Bingzhou Army does not have to worry about military rations. Even if some savings are made or new planting techniques are adopted, maybe Li Shushi can also provide Shuozhou's military rations.
It will solve a large share. At that time, Lu Zhi may not need to be so careful when deciding strategies.
Of course, food is only one aspect. The more important point is that as a former governor of Hedong, Li Shushi knew very well what kind of wealth there was - Hedong had a large-scale salt mine that was rare in the north of the Han Dynasty.
The significance of salt as a commodity to human beings and the wealth it can create can be said to be terrifying. Although the extraction of rock salt is more cumbersome than sea salt, in terms of cost, it can still be regarded as a very profitable commodity. Think about it.
A big reason why Yidun, a famous businessman in Hedong, became a super businessman that the world looked up to was because of his mining of salt mines in Hedong.
Even without mentioning the generous tax revenue that the salt mines can bring, the money saved by importing salt in Bingzhou every year in the future is a considerable amount. This will also become another benevolent policy implemented by Li Shushi to the people of Bingzhou.
In addition, there are very rich mineral resources in Hanoi and Ha Dong. Others may not be effectively utilized with the smelting level of this era, but with Binzhou’s coal resources, at least there is no problem in smelting iron ore and converting it into high-quality steel ingots. Whether it is
Lin Lu County in Hanoi County, Phi Thi County, Binh Duong County, and Anyi County in Hedong Province all produce iron ore of qualified quality.
With high-quality steel ingots, coupled with the outstanding craftsmen and their descendants that Li Shushi brought back from Luoyang, among other things, Li Shushi might be able to accumulate more wealth than he could spend for several generations just by being an arms dealer.
Others, such as Hanoi's fruit trade, water transportation, handicraft processing, etc., can effectively enrich Li Shushi's local economic activities, allowing his previous plan to promote population development through economy to be implemented more effectively, and at the same time, it can also ensure that he has more opportunities.
A lot of money was spent on foreign wars.
Well, just thinking about it really makes people drool.
Therefore, it is precisely because the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi are not large in size, but they are extremely rich in resources. Since the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, these two counties have always been part of the Gyeonggi Province and are directly controlled by the state.
The more I think about this, the more people drool. So when Dong Zhuo's edict was circulated, except for a few reasonably sensible guys, most people's eyes were blood red. After all, here
Most of the people have spent some time in Hedong.
Is it really that easy to eat Dong Zhuo's tempting bait?
PS: When I was at my lowest point, I went to watch The Phantom Box. I was really looking for death...