Chapter 376 The Han army lost in three major battlefields, and the Battle of Hetao began
If the Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Han armies are just in a stalemate with the Yellow Turban Army, no one can devour the other in one go. They can only continue to consume it and see who can't hold on and reveal the flaws in the end.
The situation in Yuzhou can only be described as a complete defeat.
As one of the three famous generals of the Han Dynasty, Zhu Jun's commanding attributes are not bad, reaching the peak bronze level, directly reaching the peak period of his previous life.
In original history, when the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out, Zhu Jun was appointed Youzhonglang General, and together with Huangfu Song and others suppressed the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan, Runan, Chen and other places.
Immediately afterwards, they besieged the Yellow Turban Army of Zhao Hong, Sun Xia and others in Nanyang. Finally, they returned with a great victory. For their merits, they advanced to the title of Marquis of Xixiang and transferred the traitor Zhonglang General.
In the second year of Zhongping (185), he went to worship General Youqi and Cavalry, and was granted the title of Marquis of Qiantang. Later, he was appointed as the prefect of Hanoi. He repelled the advancing leader of the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan, and forced him to accept the recruitment of the Han army.
When the powerful minister Dong Zhuo was in power, he wanted to use the well-known Zhu Jun as his deputy, but he declined. He fled Jingzhou and stationed his army in Zhongmou. Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, and others wanted to recommend him as the grand master, and sent a message to the shepherds in each state to invite him to attack. The powerful minister Li Jue welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
But Zhu Jun was not stupid and did not accept Tao Qian's deception. Instead, he went to Beijing under the imperial edict. After all, the latter had a shady reputation and would only get burned if he rashly joined it.
Therefore, Zhu Jun chose to go to Beijing according to the imperial edict and took up the post of Imperial Servant. Soon after, he was promoted to Imperial Lieutenant and recorded the affairs of Shangshu. The following year, he was awarded the title of Military Cavalry General and held the post of Zhijie in Guandong, but for some reason he did not make the trip.
In the second year of Xingping (195), Li Jue and Guo Si attacked each other, and Guo Si took Zhu Jun as a hostage. Zhu Jun fell ill and died that day because of his strong character.
It can be said that in the original history, Zhu Jun led the army to conquer the Yellow Turbans in the Central Plains. He was as famous as Huangfu Song and achieved "prestige all over the world". People at the time praised him as "his natural appearance is bright, his skills are brilliant, his strategies are flawless, and his conquests are complete." consider.
But in this life, he brought more elite troops than in the original history, and was assisted by generals such as Cao Cao.
It stands to reason that such a lineup, not to say invincible, can definitely be called a rare enemy, but the key is that his opponent is a local famous general, Yun Ji, the head of the Yun family with a commander-in-chief of 97, and beside him, Also assisted by Zhu Yuanzhang.
More importantly, Zhu Jun's expeditionary army, even including Cao Cao's Changshui Camp, only had 100,000 people. Facing Yunji, who had an army of 200,000, he was naturally at a disadvantage.
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In the first battle of the day, Zhu Jun wanted to end the battle quickly. After all, the soldiers he brought this time were elites. Both the soldiers' equipment and combat power were far superior to the Yellow Turban Army.
Therefore, he planned to follow the example of Xiang Yu, the former overlord of Western Chu, and planned to kill all the cooks in one battle.
Cao Cao immediately sneered at Zhu Jun's plan, because he was not the overlord of Chu and did not have that kind of unparalleled courage. Once the Yellow Turban Army blocked the attack of the Han army, destruction would be waiting for them.
Therefore, Cao Cao firmly disagreed.
But even so, Zhu Jun was still stubborn. When Changshui Camp chose not to dispatch, he personally led an army of 70,000 to attack Yun Ji's military formation head-on.
Zhu Jun thought very well. As long as he defeated Yunji's army this time and slowly conquered Yuzhou, he could march eastward to Yangzhou and wipe out Zhang Shicheng's troops who were causing trouble in Yangzhou.
It's a pity that the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny. Zhu Jun's desperate strategy did not produce any results. Instead, he plunged into the pocket array carefully laid out by Zhu Yuanzhang.
After seeing that Zhu Jun had been fooled, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately called for a fight and personally led the entire elite army to block the Han army's attack head-on.
Yun Ji did not refuse. He still recognized Zhu Yuanzhang's ability very much. His ability was not inferior to him. What's more, he had several sworn brothers and was a famous general. He was enough to deal with Zhu Jun.
In this way, under the personal command of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Jun began to feel miserable. He dealt with the Great Tomorrow Group headed by Zhu Yuanzhang alone, and was instantly beaten to the point of doubting his life.
If Zhu Jun hadn't been cunning and cunning, with keen intuition on the battlefield, and had made the decision to break out the moment he noticed something was wrong, he might have been dumped by Yun Ji.
However, even so, Zhu Jun's men still suffered heavy losses. If Cao Cao hadn't immediately sent out the elite Changshui Battalion to support him after discovering something was wrong, even if Zhu Jun broke out, he might not have many men left.
However, even if Cao Cao sent troops to support in time, under the command of Zhu Yuanzhang, the military emperor, the Han army still suffered heavy losses. More than half of the 100,000-strong army was injured and only a little over 50,000 people returned.
After this battle, Zhu Jun finally realized that the enemy general was too strong for him to handle alone, so Zhu Jun asked Cao Cao to join the army and the two of them jointly commanded the army.
Since the battle was a complete defeat and the morale of the army was low, Cao Cao suggested to Zhu Jun not to confront the Yellow Turban Army head-on, but to fight and retreat, while recruiting troops on the spot to resist, while asking for reinforcements from the court and waiting for reinforcements from the court.
Zhu Jun thought it was reasonable, so he chose to follow Cao Cao's strategy, and thus the army survived the defeat and was not swallowed up by Yun Ji and Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, there is one thing Zhu Jun should feel lucky about.
That was the weakened version of Xiang Yu, also known as Yun Kuang. He was not with Yun Ji, but was sent to Jingzhou by Zhang Jiao, preparing to attack Nanyang, the number one county in the world.
If Yun Kuang is here, it is a question whether Zhu Jun can break out. After all, with the Yellow Turban Army having the upper hand, and if a big killer like Yun Kuang comes out, it is also a question whether Zhu Jun can survive.
If Zhu Jun dies in battle, then these elites who have been struggling to hold on may no longer be able to resist and completely collapse. Cao Cao alone may not be able to save himself.
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Since the Third Route Army had Da So He He who was deployed by Liu Hong, the news that they had made no achievements was quickly spread to Liu Hong's ears by Da So He He. This made Liu Hong, who was waiting for the good news in the palace, Completely stunned.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The three-pronged army consists of nearly 250,000 elites of the country, and this does not include the elite Northern Army soldiers of the Han Dynasty. But even so, the Han army still has no Achieved great results.
Zhu Jun, in particular, suffered a complete defeat in the Battle of Yuzhou. If Cao Cao had not led troops to rescue him in time, he might have faced the crisis of annihilation of his entire army.
These bad news made Liu Hong angry, and he immediately held a morning meeting to discuss future matters. At this moment, Liu Hong finally had a true understanding of the Yellow Turban Army's combat power.
It's not as if you don't know, it's astonishing!
Even the most elite troops of the Han Dynasty were unable to turn the tide, let alone the local troops. The occurrence of such an arrangement was also related to Liu Hong's laissez-faire.
If he had immediately sent troops to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion when it broke out, he might not have faced such a situation. Of course, Liu Hong would not admit his mistakes foolishly, because that would only provide an excuse for the family.
At the moment, Liu Hong is basically sending out all the generals he can send out. The only one who really has the qualifications of a famous general in Luoyang Huaxia is General Xiao Mohe.
However, even Huangfu Song and the other three famous generals with outstanding achievements could only achieve such a record. Liu Hong did not think that Xiao Mohe would do better than them.
Therefore, even if they did not win Liu Hong's heart, for the sake of the overall situation, Liu Hong could only appoint them to continue to be generals and provide military support.
After all, he couldn't just watch them fail.
However, at this time, there were not many troops left in the DPRK. Except for the Northern Army soldiers stationed in Luoyang and the Southern Army soldiers stationed in the Eight Passes, there were only 250,000 new recruits who had never been on the battlefield. .
However, at this time, the Han Dynasty could no longer care about this.
In early April, the Han Dynasty recruited 250,000 troops in the capital through preferential policies. After giving 50,000 troops to three groups, there were still 200,000 troops left.
Although these 200,000 people have not been on any battlefield, they have also received two months of training.
Of course, these men and horses alone were not enough. Liu Hong also drew 50,000 troops from the 150,000 troops he had just recruited and placed them among them, making up a total of 250,000 troops.
Moreover, Liu Hong also sent Huben Zhonglang General Yuan Shu out, asking him to lead his Huben guards and an army of 90,000 to support Zhu Jun in Yuzhou.
Liu Hong had no choice. There was basically no one available in the court, and the 90,000-strong army had to be led by someone, otherwise what if they ran away halfway.
The reason why Yuan Shu was sent was because he was from Yuzhou and his hometown was gone. Liu Hong didn't believe that he would still choose to hide his clumsiness, and he would definitely deal with the Yellow Turban Army with all his strength.
After all, judging from the battle reports, the situation in Yuzhou is the most dangerous, while other states can still barely survive.
As for Huangfu Song, Liu Hong naturally sent an army of 80,000 troops, under the command of General Xiao Mohe, starting from Hanoi, detouring to Jinyang City, and heading towards Wei County.
As for Lu Zhi, Wang Yun recommended Wang Xun, who was born in the Wang family of Qi County, saying that he was familiar with military books, had strong martial arts skills, and had excellent strategies, so he could lead the army to support Lu Zhi.
To this, Liu Hong could only agree, because at this critical moment, he would not dare to offend the Wang family to the point where he would not be able to sleep well at night. After all, the Wang family was almost guarding the Northern Territory of the Han Dynasty.
And this Wang Xun, because he pays a lot of attention to Wang Yu, naturally indirectly knows that this person, the escort team of the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce, was trained by this person.
Since Wang Yu entrusted him with such an important task, he must have some real talents and knowledge. Therefore, out of his trust in Wang Yu, Liu Hong agreed to Wang Yun's advice.
He appointed Wang Xun as a captain and led an army of 80,000 to support Lu Zhi. Of course, when he arrived in Yanzhou, the command of the 80,000 troops was still in Lu Zhi's hands.
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However, as the Han Dynasty once again sent three lines of reinforcements, Sili's originally decent number of troops became empty again, leaving only 100,000 recruits, so Liu Hong ordered another 100,000 recruits to give himself a comfort
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However, he also knew that although 250,000 troops had been sent out, these were new soldiers and their combat effectiveness was really limited. No matter how large the number was, it would still be difficult to wipe out the Yellow Turbans.
After all, the Yellow Turbans had more people and could be replenished at any time, while the Han army and Sili's young and middle-aged labor force were almost exhausted by two conscriptions.
However, the Central Plains, Jizhou and other places with a large number of people were still in the hands of the Yellow Turbans at this time. How could they provide troops for the Han Dynasty?
With no other solution, Liu Hong asked Situ Wang Yun to provide some good strategies to defeat the enemy. At this moment, Wang Yun immediately offered his own strategy, which was to mobilize elite border troops to suppress the Yellow Turbans.
After all, the strength of the border army is obvious to all.
In this regard, Liu Hong could only agree, after all, there was no other way now.
However, what Liu Hong didn't know was that his call this time did not call out the army he wanted most, that is, the Bingzhou Army, because the current Bingzhou Army was preparing to grease its feet and run away.
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Bingzhou, Taiyuan County, Jinyang City.
"Everyone, our army has been preparing for war for several months. Food and grass have been prepared, and all kinds of ordnance have been put in place. Now is the time for the army to move out."
"The land of the Hetao was originally the territory of our Han people, but now it is in the hands of foreigners. This is a shame for us Han people. As a Han people, I am even more ashamed of it."
"Today, I, Wang Yu, swear here that I will personally lead the Bingzhou army to drive away Hu Qi. I will not turn back until I break the enemy army." Inside the Governor's Mansion, Wang Yu said with murderous intent.
"I will never turn back until I defeat the enemy's army." All the generals also shouted in unison.
"However, the scale of this Yellow Turban Rebellion is very large, so I decided to leave a few people to defend in case..."
"My lord, the last general invites you to fight."
Before Wang Yu finished speaking, there was a sound of thunder in everyone's ears. This person was none other than Luo Shixin, one of the people in charge of Bingzhou's military force.
He was afraid that he would become a member of the Bingzhou base camp, so he immediately took the lead in calling for a battle. No matter what, he had to participate in this battle of Hetao.
"My lord, the last general invites you to fight."
"My lord, the last general invites you to fight."
"My lord, the last general invites you to fight."
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As Luo Shixin made this move, as if the valve had been opened, all the generals in the army asked for battle. The calls for battle were endless and could not be heard. Even Jiang Song, who had always been calm, felt Wang Yu's intention at this time and hurriedly
Take the initiative to come forward and ask for a fight.
After all, the Battle of Hetao was a great battle, with nearly 300,000 troops composed of the Bingzhou Army, Liaodong Army, Xiongnu Army and other forces alone.
As for the foreign races, even if the number is not as large as this, it will definitely not be much different. After all, the land of the Hetao is also very important to them.
Once the land of the Hetao is lost, the foreign tribes will lose a natural place to herd horses, and the Han army will have a place where they can really raise horses. As one goes, the strength of the foreign tribes will definitely be weakened.
Therefore, in this battle, the number of foreign coalition forces dispatched will only be higher than that of the Han army, not lower than that of the Han army.