Chapter 281 Yuan Shao sticks to his defense and seeks the literary platform
Chapter 281 Yuan Shao sticks to it and seeks to capture Wentai
Author: smug eyebrows and droopy eyes
Chapter 281 Yuan Shao sticks to it and seeks to capture Wentai
Why Dong Zhuo targeted Han Fu first was because in his opinion, Han Fu's Youzhou governor's department was not strong and should be the easiest to be defeated.
As a native of Yingchuan County, he suddenly crossed over to the northernmost territory of the Han Dynasty to serve as a supervisor, and for such a short period of time, the cohesive force of the army he organized must not be strong, and it was likely to be defeated in one attack.
In addition to the weak combat effectiveness of the Youzhou Governor's Department, Dong Zhuo also felt that Han Fu was quite hateful.
When Dong Zhuo recruited party officials to serve as officials, the man named Han responded to Dong Zhuo's recruitment the fastest and showed his loyalty the most resolutely. However, when he got to the place and took office, he turned around and disowned them. This is also true.
It really made Dong Zhuo mad.
Dong Zhuo really couldn't swallow this feeling if he didn't take care of Han Fu first.
However, Dong Zhuo also had no intention of letting go of the other people.
The targets at the second level are these bastards like Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, and Bao Xin.
Dong Zhuo sent his subordinate Hu Zhen, who was in charge of the Xiliang cavalry, to lead the Xiliang cavalry to attack Han Fu. This was regarded as giving Han Fu the greatest preferential treatment.
Lu Bu, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Yang Ding went to attack the other four respectively.
Although these people are all in deep ditches and high barriers, Zizao is located in Henan after all.
The biggest landform feature of Henan is that it is mostly plains with few mountains and forests.
Fighting on plains is the most advantageous for cavalry.
The most indispensable thing in Dong Zhuo's hands was cavalry.
And his cavalry are all the best in the world!
On the third day of August in the third year of Chuping, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, under the command of Hu Zhen, made a surprise attack on Han Fu's camp in the northwest of Suizao.
Less than two days later, Lu Bu, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Yang Ding also changed their previous fighting style and attacked Zhang Miao, Qiao Mao and others respectively.
Originally, when Hu Zhen was in charge of the Xiliang Army, most of the Xiliang Army was on the defensive and fought for two consecutive months. Most of the coalition forces were constantly harassing the Xiliang Army.
Although Cao Cao's defeat in Xingyang was due to his rash advance, it was not the Xiliang soldiers who took the initiative to attack.
Therefore, in the concept of the Mu Shou in Guandong, the Xiliang Army should not attack easily, so they were a little slack in defense.
The problem is that Dong Zhuo's methods of using troops are very different from Hu Zhen. Decades of combat experience have made him proficient in various tactics, especially this kind of plain field battle. In the Han Dynasty, he was able to compete with Xiliang cavalry and Bingzhou
There are almost no armies that resist cavalry.
He was keenly aware of his opponent's shortcomings, and immediately fought back as quickly as possible!
This battle was the second great victory for the Xiliang Army after the Battle of Xingyang. The armies of Zhang Miao and Liu Dai suffered heavy losses because they were directly attacked by Lu Bu and Zhang Ji.
After losing most of their money, the two of them were as panic-stricken as a bereaved dog. They didn't even return the jujubes and ran straight back to Chenliu.
Qiao Mao relied on Jujube County and barely managed to support him. Guo Si was not able to kill the entire group, but he suffered heavy casualties and completely lost the ability to fight back. He could only huddle among the jujubes and wait for rescue.
Bao Xin belongs to the direct lineage of Yuan Shao and has certain military talents. Although he was defeated in the battle with Yang Ding and was defeated again and again, he retained the effective strength of his army to the maximum extent.
However, compared to Bao Xin, Han Fujun's performance is really surprising.
He relied on the camp and used a crossbow formation to defend the camp. He did not let Hu Zhen succeed, but instead caused some damage to the Liangzhou cavalry led by Hu Zhen.
Despite this, the overall situation in the Central Plains Theater has completely changed, and the scales have begun to tilt toward Dong Zhuo.
As a result of several coalition forces, Qiao Mao welcomed back Bao Xin and barely held on to the jujube, but was unable to attack again. The armies of Liu Dai and Zhang Miao suffered total losses and were directly pushed back to Chenliu to reorganize the army. Han
Fu held on for a while with the help of the crossbow array organized by his men, but he had no strength to fight anymore. In order to preserve his strength, he went south to join Yuan Shao.
Zhang Chao, Zang Hong and others simply withdrew without fighting.
It took Dong Zhuo less than fifteen days to basically settle the battle situation in the Central Plains, and then he went non-stop to Yangren County in the south to supervise the formation.
In Yangren County, the opponent's main combat strength is the army of Jing and Yu.
Among them, the governor of Yuzhou, Kong Niao, the governor of Nanyang, Zhang Zi, and the governor of Runan, Wang Fen, were all well-known party officials who were sent to their respective places by Dong Zhuo.
But after they took office, Kong Min and Wang Fen both rebelled and defected to the Yuan family.
Zhang Zi actually didn't want to betray the imperial court, but the problem was that Dong Zhuo arranged a special place for him... Nanyang Prefect!
To put it bluntly, Dong Zhuo directly arranged for Zhang Zi to go to Yuan Shao's base camp.
Although in Zhang Zi's view, Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo are both like wolves and tigers, in comparison, the one who is closer to him and can control his life is the tiger Yuan Shao.
The hungry wolf Dong Zhuo is still far away.
Therefore, Zhang Zi decided to support Yuan Shao.
In this way, it is equivalent to the local governors of Jing and Yu being basically integrated by Yuan Shao to fight against Dong Zhuo.
Hua Xiong, the vanguard general Dong Zhuo sent to Jingyu, was a very brave man. He had followed Dong Zhuo for many years and was good at charging into battle. When he suppressed the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou, he had many good achievements and had rich experience in battle.
Huang Zu, Yuan Shao's pioneer, was exactly the opposite of Hua Xiong.
This person's enterprising ability is not as good as Hua Xiong's, but when it comes to his ability to defend his homeland, it is really not comparable to ordinary people.
Huang Zu adopted the same defensive methods as Zhu Jun, stationing troops and horses in Yangren, and mobilized a large number of local civilians to repair the city walls, build fortifications, and set up a solid defensive posture in Yangren County.
After Yuan Shao learned about this incident, he was speechless.
Huang Gong! We are the attacking party, okay!?
Why did you arrange so much defensive work in Yangren City? Are you too timid?
But the facts proved that Huang Zu’s strategy was right.
As soon as the army led by Hua Xiong arrived, they immediately launched a fierce attack on the Yang people.
As a warrior from Liangzhou, Hua Xiong’s fighting method is just one word—go!
When it comes to the combat quality of a general, Hua Xiong is far superior to Huang Zu. When it comes to the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, the Xiliang soldiers are also superior to the Jing and Yu armies.
After several confrontations, Huang Zu was almost always at a disadvantage against Hua Xiong. It could even be said that he was defeated repeatedly. However, no matter how he was defeated by the opponent... Huang Zu was able to do one thing, that is, not to give up an inch of ground.
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Although Hua Xiong won consecutive battles, they were all small victories. In the overall situation, no matter how hard they fought, they could not break through Huang Zu's tortoise-shell defense.
As a fierce general from the Liangzhou clan, Hua Xiong had only one method to force Huang Zu out of the city, and that was to make the Xiliang troops scream!
He really couldn't think of any other way.
And the method of yelling and scolding was not a problem at all for Huang Zu.
Go ahead and scold me, you are so exhausted that I will not pay you any compensation!
Therefore, the two armies are currently in a stalemate here.
At the same time, Han Fu, the governor of Youzhou, led his troops into the territory of Luyang to make peace with Huang Zu.
Han Fu temporarily placed his elite soldiers and horses in Luyang, while he himself went to Wancheng to meet Yuan Shao.
After meeting Yuan Shao, Han Fu burst into tears and gave Yuan Shao a general description of the war involving wild jujubes.
Cao Cao's previous defeat and loss of troops and generals had already made Yuan Shao quite depressed.
In order for Cao Cao to regroup, Yuan Shao personally came forward and asked for a lot of resources from various families in Jingzhou, Runan, and Yingchuan to support Cao Cao in recruiting troops for the second time in Danyang County, Yangzhou. After the recruitment was completed, he returned to Ruying to join forces.
Discuss Dong.
Unexpectedly, Han Fu would arrive just after sending Cao Cao off, and at the same time bring such a huge defeat to Yuan Shao.
When Yuan heard that Qiao Mao, Liu Dai, Bao Xin and others had been taken care of by the Xiliang army, she felt a little dizzy with anger.
Although he knew in advance that Dong Zhuo's army was powerful and powerful, he never expected that the princes in each formation would be defeated so quickly.
Fortunately, Huang Zu guarded Lu Yang impregnably and did not let Hua Xiong directly attack the hinterland of Nanyang. Otherwise, Yuan Shao really didn't know what to do.
It was at this juncture that Xun Yue and Xun Chen, representing the Xun clan of Yingchuan, came to Wancheng and defected to Yuan Shao.
These two people are both representative figures in the Xun family and are extremely cunning.
Previously, Xun Yu went north to Jizhou to submit to Liu Jian as assigned by his family. Now these two men also came to serve under Yuan Shao for the benefit of the Xun family in Yingchuan.
The Xun family is still very famous in the land of Ruying, and has been transferring interests to the Yuan family for many years. Now two outstanding figures from the next generation of the Xun family have come to represent the family. Yuan Shao is overjoyed, and naturally it is particularly special.
favor.
At the same time, General Yuan Shao made a statement to the two about the unfavorable situation of the alliance of princes against the Xiliang army.
The children of the Xun family have all received higher education from the family since childhood, and have learned a lot of things. Among their peers, no one is a parallel importer, and everyone has some skills.
Especially Xun Chen, who is Xun Yu's direct brother, is also a handsome figure among his peers.
He saw the problem at a glance.
"Your Majesty, the Xiliang army first divided its troops into three groups to fight with the princes. The Suanzao group was originally a stalemate, but suddenly it lost consecutive battles. On the other hand, the Mengjin group has been a confrontation between the two armies so far, and there has been no movement. In fact,
It’s unreasonable.”
After hearing Xun Chen's analysis, Yuan Shao said: "If you have any great opinions, it's okay to say it?"
"Dong Zhuo is a veteran of three dynasties. He has served in the Western Regions and Bingzhou. He has rich experience. Among the Xiliang army, the one with such vision and courage who can defeat the guards of the Central Plains in a short period of time must be Dong Zhuo!"
Xun Yue said from the side: "Could it be the method of virtuality and reality?"
"That's right. There may not be Dong Zhuo on Meng Jin's side."
Although Yuan Shao can occasionally be a bit "scheming and undecided", overall, he is still a smart person. Most of the time, his IQ is online and he is quite wise and wise.
After listening to Xun Chen's analysis, he felt that it made sense.
"So, it is very likely that Mr. Dong will send troops to Luyang?"
Xun Chen said: "That's it. I'm afraid Dong Zhuo has arrived in Luyang now."
"Hua Xiong alone may not be able to defeat Huang Gong, but when Dong Zhuo comes, I'm afraid Huang Gong may not be able to hold on for a long time!"
Yuan Shao was silent for a while and sighed: "Sure enough, we still need reinforcements!"
After saying that, Yuan Shao looked outside and ordered the guards: "Cai Mao, Lu Gong, and Wenpin are here to see you!"
The guard immediately took the order and left.
Not long after, three representatives of Jingzhou's local rightists came to Yuan Shao.
These three people are from Nanjun's wealthy families and are valued by Yuan Shao, and they also admire and admire Yuan Shao's identity as the fourth and third prince.
Since Huang Zu, these wealthy members of the Nanjun family have also been recruited by Yuan Shao to serve in the army.
Cai Mao and others saw the courtesy and then asked: "Your Majesty, why did you call us?"
Yuan Shao sighed loudly and said: "Brother Huang is fighting the Xiliang army on the front line. Although the battle is unfavorable, he can still persist. However, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo will arrive soon. By then, I am afraid that Brother Huang will be unable to support himself with one arm. Please lead your troops there." Help!"
When he said this, Yuan Shao looked at Wenpin and said: "Although Zhongye is young, he once discussed military plans with his subordinates. I know that Zhongye is a good defender. I still need to trouble Zhongye to help him this time." Keep it!"
"Don't worry, Wen will do his best!"
"It's not too late, you still need to set off as soon as possible!"
"Here!"
After the three people left, Yuan Shao fell into deep contemplation again.
It was obvious that he was still not at ease about the situation on the front line.
Xun Yue said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, if you want to defeat Dong, you still need to subdue one person to achieve great things!"
"Who?"
"Sun Jian must send troops!"
When Yuan Shao heard this, he sighed.
"To be honest, Sun Jian is currently the governor of Changsha and lives in southern Jingnan. I am the herdsman of northern Jingbei. He is not affiliated with me. Moreover, he has an arrogant temperament. In the past, he was on good terms with my brother. Now, this time The highway can't cure the disease, and Sun Jian can't cure the disease. It's clear that he is devoted to the highway, so how can I use it?"
Xun Yue said: "Your Majesty, although Sun Jian is acquainted with Gao Dao, it is only a superficial friendship in the past when we worked together to take over the Yellow Turbans. When it comes to reputation, prestige, knowing people and making good use of them, how could Mr. Yuan be inferior to Gao Dao? Sun Jian was not a scholar, so he Cunningly claiming to be the successor of Sun Wu is just to enhance his own reputation, and anyone can see his upward ambition."
"Moreover, Sun Jian is now in Jingnan, far away from Yuan Shu, but he is very close to the envoy. The reason why he does not join the envoy is because he does not know you."
"According to Mr. Yuan's vision and strategy, as long as you are willing to do it, it may not be difficult to summon Sun Jian from Yuan Shu!"