"Has there been a slight commotion in Sun Jian's troops? Our army should not have sent anyone to harass the other side's food routes. Is this... could it be a trick set up by the Guandong children to lure us?"
Hu Zhen looked at the information sent by Xizuo in his hand, his brows furrowed, and his eyes showed confusion and entanglement.
Since the end of the last battle, although the Xiliang army's morale has not improved much after the battle, there is no need to worry about a decrease in morale. Therefore, no matter how hard Sun Jian tried, he was unable to stimulate them out of the revolving gate.
Although Hu Zhen is very happy with his achievements and is quite harsh on his subordinates and a bit timid, but from another perspective, timidity means caution, so Hu Zhen, who has accumulated enough advantages, naturally will not ask for trouble. What's more, that day
He saw very clearly from the gate during the First World War. Although Sun Jian's troops failed to suppress the Xiliang Army, Sun Jian and several of his generals were extremely active. The middle-level officers in the Xiliang Army were not at all like them one-on-one.
opponent.
The situation became stalemate, and Hu Zhen and Sun Jian each sent messengers to their base camps in the rear. On the one hand, they introduced the development of the war situation, and on the other hand, they applied for awards for meritorious soldiers and requested reinforcements. Although the Hulao area has steep mountains and narrow terrain,
However, if the attackers adopt a wheel-and-wheel battle, the troops and horses that Hu Zhen currently controls may not be enough.
The most important thing is that after breaking through the Chenggao-Hulao line of defense, the Guandong princes have a smooth road. The only thing that needs to spend effort and human life to capture is the lonely city of Luoyang, so even wasting some men and horses at Xuanmen Pass is extremely cost-effective.
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What Hu Zhen was waiting for was Dong Zhuo's commendation order and the reward of money, silk and meat. Sun Jian, on the other hand, had already seen through the lack of food and grass that was originally abundant. If Sun Jian hadn't accumulated a lot of power and used a lot of stock for rewards, he might have mutinied.
It may happen.
As for the armies of the princes, you can completely imagine them as the armies of the warlords in the Republic of China. Except that they did not have cigarettes and guns or were paid with cigarettes and soil, the compositions of the two were extremely similar.
During this period, even officials' salaries were settled in grain, which was later changed to half grain and half equivalent in copper coins. Therefore, military pay was basically settled in grain, while money and precious metals were mainly distributed in the form of rewards.
Generally, it is not included in the daily wages.
In addition, the status of ordinary soldiers during this period was generally very low. Although the officers' personal soldiers were slightly more special, they were also directly related to the status of the officers. It can be said that they were similar to domestic slaves or private soldiers. Therefore, in this era, in order to prevent
The emergence of deserters even led to the separate registration of soldiers' household registrations, called "military households", in order to prevent soldiers from escaping. Moreover, once they entered the military register, they would not only have to be soldiers for the rest of their lives, but also engage in this profession for generations to come.
Of course, this system was not obvious when the Han Dynasty was strong, because it was possible to gather a large number of soldiers through corvee service alone. Therefore, except for some special areas, most areas still adopted a military service system similar to the compulsory service system.
It was only in the future that as the melee among the princes gradually intensified, the demand for soldiers increased sharply, and the military household system became normalized.
But it can also be seen from this that apart from those good soldiers who were determined to become generals from the beginning, most of the remaining soldiers in the Han Dynasty were bankrupt farmers and small craftsmen. They who could not survive became soldiers to obtain food and wages to survive.
, if you can get a reward occasionally, you will be able to live a little happier in the next period of time.
It can be seen that once the food and salary are insufficient, it not only means that the soldiers will go hungry in the war, but more importantly, their future life is likely to become unstable. The example of Qin Jie, the governor of Jiangxia, is enough to illustrate this truth.
That's why Hu Zhen is so entangled, because once the intelligence is confirmed to be true, then Sun Jianjun's military morale will definitely not be stable at this time. Fight? Or not fight? What if it is a trap?
This kind of thinking is really difficult for a general who is cautious by nature (ahem...) and greedy at the same time.
However, Hu Zhen finally did not hesitate for too long because a guy familiar to Hu Zhen appeared.
"General, I just received news from Luoyang that Sun Jian has offended Yuan Shu for some reason, and now all the food and grass that should be allocated to him has been withheld by Yuan Shu. These guys from Guandong are really interesting, they actually regard the battlefield as their court.
, you can do whatever you want, but it’s okay, it just allows us to deal with Sun Jian, our number one enemy.”
"Oh? Li Deyong, what did you just say?"
Hu Zhen had just been fighting over Sun Jian's problem, so he didn't hear clearly what the visitor said. However, when he saw the visitor's appearance, Hu Zhen was still slightly happy, and he quickly and enthusiastically pulled the other person to do what he wanted.
around.
The visitor was none other than Li Su, the Chenggao general appointed by Dong Zhuo. He was a miraculous being who, as a Bingzhou native in the rather xenophobic Xiliang army, was able to mix quite well among a group of Xiliang people.
Speaking of which, Li Su is also an old man under Dong Zhuo. Although he has not followed Dong Zhuo as long as Li Jue and Guo Si, who have been in contact with Dong Zhuo since he started his career and even defected to the old team, he has been with him for quite a long time.
At that time, Dong Zhuo was promoted to the governor of Bingzhou and led a group of soldiers from Xiliang to the northern battlefield from the northwest battlefield. Although the battlefield changed, the tone of the war remained unchanged. Dong Zhuo was still fighting on the front line against the foreigners.
As a fellow villager of Lu Bu, Li Su was also born in Wuyuan County where Hu and Han were mixed. He had been exposed to the bloody jungle law since he was a child, that the strong is king and the weak is slave. Naturally, he had an extraordinary admiration for Dong Zhuo, who fought bravely.
The children of Wuyuan, even the scholars who aspire to be literary, have a strong aura, which naturally suits the appetite of Dong Zhuo and the group of Xiliang troops, and Li Su's own quality is second only to Li among the Xiliang troops.
Among the talents of Confucianism, such a brainy guy gradually gained a high status among the muscles of the Xiliang Army, and many people even liked to discuss some issues with him.
It's just that Li Su's ambitions don't stop there. He hopes to obtain a higher status and greater power. However, the strength he possesses is not enough to support his ambitions, so he is self-aware and chooses to remain dormant temporarily.
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"There is reliable news that someone within the coalition forces wants to cause trouble for Sun Jian. I am afraid that there is already a problem with his food and fodder."
"Okay, this is really a God-given opportunity. Deyong, what can you do? Even if we don't have enough food and grass, fighting Sun Wentai head-on is not worth the gain. After all, we still have to face a coalition of hundreds of thousands of princes.
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Although the Xiliang army is nominally under the control of Dong Zhuo, powerful tycoons like Hu Zhen, Duan Xuan, and Yang Ding have tens of thousands of troops in their own ranks, plus small tycoons or families who are closely related to them.
, the strength they control is very impressive. This is why Dong Zhuo asked Hu Zhen to lead his own troops plus Li Meng, and Zhao Cen's troops went to Xuanmen Pass.
If all these troops are used up, Hu Zhen's status will immediately be shaken, and may even be annexed by others. So how to win the battle without spending too many troops, this is what Hu Zhen fought for
Little abacus.
"Then I will lead an army down the pass from the pass and attack Sun Jian's stronghold. The general will attack his front stronghold. Jian can be captured."
Li Su just rolled his eyes, and a new plan was immediately hatched. But he didn't know whether this speed was because Li Su's hidden attribute was a microwave oven, or because he had been waiting for this moment for quite a long time. Maybe he was the only one
You only know it yourself.
Hu Zhen trusted Li Su, so he agreed to Li Su's plan after some thought. After that, the entire Xuanmen Pass became busy.
In fact, veterans will know that they are about to face a war as long as they hear the order of "sergeants have a good meal" from the heralds, because this is also a habit. Let the soldiers who are about to go to dangerous places have a good meal, and they must die to be a well-fed ghost instead of a dead man.
The innocent souls who starve to death are just like the last meal of death row prisoners before execution, which is often very rich.
Hu Zhen left a total of 5,000 people to guard the gate. The general who guarded the gate was Zhao Cen. Although his strength was not outstanding, he was able to perform important tasks such as escorting grain and grass in the Xiliang army. He was steady and careful and did not make mistakes easily.
It can be said that with Zhao Cen watching the revolving door pass, Hu Zhen even felt that he was more confident than himself in guarding the pass.
Compared with the large army, Li Su's small unit used to attack the rear army set off much earlier, and it was unusually inconspicuous in the high-profile layout of the pass. This was obviously to guard against the spies of the Allied Forces ambushing the Xiliang Army.
Hu Zhen put a lot of thought into this advance team.
Although according to Li Su's plan, the success or failure of this battle is obviously determined by this special team, then Li Su can obviously get enough credit through this battle. However, as the leader, Hu Zhen wants to get enough credit.
It is not difficult to obtain a share, not to mention that his diversionary attack in front can be changed into a strong attack at any time according to the situation. Secondly, because the number of people in that small team is too small, the variables are too large, and the risk factor is definitely as high as 3.5, which is obviously not in line with Hu
Zhen's "cautious" character.
Since the victory or defeat is determined by the special team, this team must be given sufficient strike capability, so Hu Zhen assigned Li Zhuo, who performed well in the previous battle, to that team, and also sent additional
He recruited many elite soldiers, allowing this small team of a thousand people to exert a combat effectiveness of one against ten and completely disrupt Sun Jian's army.
In the battle in front of the pass, although Cheng Pu and others killed Yang Ke and Dong Zhuo's army suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, Sun Jian's army lost more than 3,000 troops. It can be said that in front of the pass guarded by elite soldiers and strong generals, with almost equal numbers
It is indeed extremely difficult to make a difference with even slightly inferior numbers. Sun Jian definitely did not want heavy casualties. Without being sure of breaking the city, Sun Jian chose to wait for the arrival of the main force. Does this mean that Dong Zhuo's army has an opportunity?
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The answer will be revealed tonight.
PS: I caught a cold again, this time it was worse, which triggered an asthma attack. It’s really painful to be out of breath...
