Chapter 672 Shi Dakai raided Henan Yin, Han Ling Emperor Luoyang panicked
By this time, it was already late December.
Heavy snow is flying in the sky, and the entire Central Plains is freezing.
According to common sense, there is no way to fight a war.
There is a saying that goes well, common sense can sometimes kill people. In this era, there are many people who like to not play by common sense, such as the Yellow Turban Military Advisor Su Zhe.
He also grasped the psychology of most people, so he proposed such a surprise strategy.
Moreover, Su Zhe still divided his forces into two groups.
On the first route, Hong Xiuquan's general Shi Dakai, leading more than 10,000 Yellow Turban elites, set out from the land of jujube and launched a brazen raid on Yin, Henan.
The reason why Su Zhe chose jujube instead of Chenliu was naturally because of his own thoughts!
After all, Chenliu at this time was the base camp of a million Yellow Turban Army. There were not only spies sent by the aristocratic families, but also spies from the imperial court, such as He He, lurking among them.
If you make a surprise attack from here, you will most likely be discovered by the Han army in advance.
But Suizao is different. This is just a city under the jurisdiction of Chenliu County. It can be used for military training.
After all, in order to cover up the purpose of Su Zhe's raid on the Han army, Zhang Jiao acted in coordination, and then Shi Dakai and the others, without knowing it, led fifteen thousand elite Yellow Turban troops towards Henan Yin.
Launch an attack.
Su Zhe chose jujube as the starting point for the army's attack, naturally because of its geographical advantages.
In original history, when the heroes were fighting against Dong.
Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Han Fu, Kong Miao, Liu Dai, Wang Kuang, Zhang Miao, Qiao Mao, Bao Xin, Cao Cao and more than a dozen people gathered in Jujube to hold a meeting to criticize Dong Zhuo.
It can be said that this is the most suitable place to attack Henan Yin.
Of course, before Su Zhe made this plan, he explained to everyone that this raid was not a decisive battle and that now was not the time. It was just preparations for the decisive battle in the coming year.
Su Zhe took advantage of the weather and took advantage of the relatively lax defense of the Han army, and prepared to let Shi Dakai, who had excellent leadership ability and explosive force, command the elite troops and completely push the battle line to Xingyang and Chenggao.
Of course, it would be better if Shi Dakai could capture Xingyang and Chenggao, because they only need to capture Hulao Pass and they would be very close to Luoyang.
Of course, Su Zhe also knew that it was basically impossible to achieve such a result. It was not that Shi Dakai was incompetent, but that the Han army was not an incompetent general!
Although Lu Zhi returned to Hulao Pass, this does not mean that he will give up several cities between Hulao Pass and Chenliu. After all, among these cities along the way, there are also Xingyang and Chenggao, two strong cities.
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Xingyang City, because of its dangerous terrain and important geographical location, has been a battleground for military strategists in the past dynasties.
At the same time, this was also the main battlefield in the battle between Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu.
There is a chasm in the east connecting the Huaihe River and Surabaya River;
It is adjacent to Mang Mountain in the north and the Yellow River;
It borders Suohe and Songshan Mountains in the south;
It passes through Hulao Pass in the west and connects Luoyang and Chang'an. It has a dangerous terrain and convenient transportation. It was an important place for county administration in history.
As for Chenggao, it is a huge gateway to Hulao Pass, because it was called Little Hulao Pass by people at the time. If the Yellow Turban Army could not capture this place, there would basically be no need to consider Hulao Pass.
Therefore, Lu Zhi must have arranged for troops to be stationed here, and this was also the case. During this period, Lu Zhi also set up more than ten dangerous fortresses along the route from Chenliu to Xingyang and Chenggao.
The purpose of setting up these more than ten dangerous strongholds is for the two cities of Xingyang and Chenggao. Once these more than ten dangerous strongholds are attacked, the Han army stationed in Xingyang and Chenggao can respond in time.
Lu Zhi's idea was very simple. Although Xingyang and Chenggao could not really stop the Yellow Turban Army's offensive, they could at least delay their attack.
Moreover, there are more than ten dangerous fortresses in front of these two fronts. As long as the Han army can hold on to these places, they can use them as a line of defense to launch continuous resistance and further consume the strength of the Yellow Turban Army.
It also buys precious time for the arrival of reinforcements from all walks of life.
It has to be said that Lu Zhi's calculations were really good. If the Yellow Turban Army really followed the ordinary conventional fighting method and slowly advanced to Hulao Pass, the losses involved would not be ordinary.
As the Yellow Turban Army's military advisor, Su Zhe made a special estimate based on the Han army's defense situation and the Yellow Turban Army's own combat strength.
With fortifications like Lu Zhi's, if they were to strictly defend the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Army would still adopt conventional tactics and launch a large-scale attack on one city and one village. Not to mention reaching Hulao Pass, even Xingyang City would take a while.
time!
And the number of men and horses lost was at least 60,000 to 70,000.
In other words, the Yellow Turban Army had to be frustrated at the foot of Xingyang City before they reached Hulao Pass. This was very disadvantageous for the Yellow Turban Army!
After all, even after Xingyang is captured, there is still Chenggao City blocking it. Only after Chenggao captures it can we reach Hulao Pass. How many people will the Yellow Turban Army have to die by then?
Therefore, this raid must be successful and directly disintegrate the Han army. Even if most of the defenses in front of Hulao Pass fail, they must be pushed to the foot of Xingyang City.
If this cannot be accomplished, this raid plan will not be considered a success.
It is precisely because of this that Su Zhe ordered Shi Dakai to be the commander of the raid.
In this raid, because the Yellow Turban Army had weather cover, it caught the Han Army off guard. In order to cooperate with Shi Dakai, Zhang Jiao also sent Huang Chao's generals Ge Congzhou, Jiang Xian and others to him.
In addition, there are Xu Shouhui, Ni Wenjun, Zhou Cang, Ke Ji and other powerful generals who also serve as generals beside Shi Dakai.
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With all the elite Yellow Turban soldiers and generals out there, and Shi Dakai, a famous general who can command over a hundred commanders when his skills are activated, he personally leads the army, naturally there is no fortress that cannot be conquered.
Then, Shi Dakai launched a blitzkrieg and successively captured several fortified cities such as Yuanwu, Juanxian, and Yangwu. Shi Dakai also captured more than a dozen dangerous fortresses arranged by Lu Zhi within a few days.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It can only be said that the strength gap between the two sides is really too big, whether it is the combat power of the generals or the soldiers.
After all, Shi Dakai was leading the elite of the Yellow Turban Army this time. They were carefully selected Yellow Turban warriors from an army of millions. Looking at all the Yellow Turban Army, they were definitely the elite among the elite.
What's more, the leader this time is still Shi Dakai, a powerful general with high command and martial arts.
It can be said that if Lu Zhi was not cautious enough and worried about such a problem, so he directly sent Guo Wei here, Xingyang City might have been lost this time.
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Looking at the commanding Han general Guo Wei on the city wall, Shi Dakai already knew that Xingyang City could not be taken at present, and the meaning of the raid was gone. Naturally, it was impossible for him to brave the heavy snow and attack by force.
Therefore, Shi Dakai also began to withdraw his troops and placed his troops in Juan County for repairs.
Just as Shi Dakai was making great progress, Yun Kuang, who was far away in Yingchuan County, also started his own actions.
Although Zhang Jiao issued an order to declare war with the Tianxia Family more than a month ago, this order is not rigid and there is room for flexibility.
For example, in Yingchuan, Zhang Jiao specially sent people here to communicate with some aristocratic families. It was a matter of courtesy first and then fighting. After all, Yingchuan is the headquarters of Confucianism.
If the Yellow Turban Army were to wreak havoc here like in other places, it would be purely to make themselves uncomfortable. The strength of Confucianism was very terrifying.
Therefore, in order not to provoke the Yellow Turbans, the major aristocratic families in Yingchuan gave appropriate amounts of food and grass to the Yellow Turbans. Although the amount was not very large, it was definitely not small.
Therefore, this also resulted in that although the Yellow Turban Army occupied Yingchuan, due to the special circumstances of Yingchuan, there were basically not many troops placed there.
This time, in order to cooperate with Shi Dakai's raid, Su Zhe also gave Yun Kuang an order, which was to capture Dengfeng, approach Xuanyuan Pass, and then go north to attack Mi County, Xinzheng and other places.
The garrison here was basically taken away by Lu Zhi, because these places were too far from Hulao Pass and had no defensive value. It was better to transfer their troops to the Xingyang and Chenggao lines.
Therefore, Yun Kuang led the army to capture these places in only a few days, without any too fierce fighting in the middle.
From then on, there were only three defensible places between Luoyang and Chenliu: Xingyang, Chenggao, and Hulao Pass.
Although the two cities of Xingyang and Chenggao are also extremely strong, compared to Hulao Pass at the gateway to Luoyang, the gap is not that big!
Because of this battle, Shi Dakai and Yun Kuang became famous again.
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A few days later, in Luoyang city.
"What, what on earth is General Lu Zhi doing? The Yellow Turban Army actually pushed the battle line to the foot of Xingyang City, and is already very close to Hulao Pass."
When he heard that the Yellow Turban general Shi Dakai, leading an elite army of 10,000, had broken through the defense lines set up by Lu Zhi in just a few days, and also captured nearby cities and pushed the battle line to the foot of Xingyang City, his face suddenly showed anger.
After all, in Liu Hong's view, he had been giving numerous warnings and instructions just because he was worried that the Yellow Turban Army would launch a surprise attack, but as a result, such a situation did occur in the end.
Not only that, the defense line set up by Lu Zhi near Hulao Pass was also breached.
This must be due to Lu Zhi's negligence.
At this moment, Liu Hong was already a little dissatisfied with Lu Zhi, and even had the idea of changing coaches before the battle.
However, Liu Hong finally suppressed this idea forcibly.
As a veteran minister, Lu Zhi was highly respected, and although he neglected his duties this time, it did not cause a major disaster. At least, Xingyang City was still in the hands of the Han army.
Therefore, for the sake of military morale, Liu Hong could only let him go temporarily.
"My dear ministers, now the Yellow Turban Army has pushed its front to Xingyang, which is only a hundred miles away from Hulao Pass. I wonder if you, my dear friends, have any way to defeat the enemy."
Liu Hong suppressed the worries in his heart and asked everyone.
"Your Majesty, for the current plan, the only way is to quickly notify the governors and governors of various places and ask them to send troops to Luoyang in time to support."
"If I guess correctly, the Yellow Turbans will begin to recuperate and prepare for next year's battle. Basically, they will not start another war."
"Because this surprise attack completely caught our army off guard and will never be replicated again." At this time, Yang Jian, who had been promoted to the rank of Minister, immediately said.
"What Yang Aiqing said makes sense. I wonder if there is any other Aiqing who has other strategies for dealing with the Yellow Turban Army." Liu Hong first praised Yang Jian in public, and then asked everyone about other methods.
After all, Liu Hong was really scared.
In the past, the Yellow Turban Army fought on their own, and their combat effectiveness was not too strong. However, now, the strength displayed by the Yellow Turban Army is not weaker than that of the Han officers and soldiers.
If this continues, can the big man really defeat the Yellow Turbans?
At this time, Liu Hong gradually lost such confidence.
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It can be said that ever since Liu Hong heard the news from the front line, his expression has never been better.
You must know that today's Luoyang City is a land blessed by heaven. It is located in the Heluo Plain and ranks among the world. It has fertile land, rich products, and controls mountains and rivers.
Not only that, in the southeast, northwest, there are eight passes, surrounded by fortresses, and many great passes. The situation is dangerous and solid, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The situation is the best in the world.
Therefore, Luoyang has been known as the "Land of Dragons" since ancient times and has been favored by rulers.
As far back as the Xia Dynasty, our ancestors took root in this land.
"Historical Records" records: "Taikang lived there and poured wine, Yi also lived there, and Jie lived there again."
It can be seen that starting from Taikang, Luoyang began its mission as the capital.
After the Xia and Shang Dynasties were destroyed, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty established its capital in Luoyang.
After that, many dynasties such as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei, and Western Jin Dynasty also fell in love with it.
This clearly shows the importance of Luoyang.
In March of the first year of Zhongping, Zhang Jiao of Taiping Road launched the Yellow Turban Uprising in Julu. Within a few months, most of the country in Yanzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou and other places fell, and officials in both the government and the public were shocked.
At that time, civil and military officials began to discuss a solution. Although there was Hulao Pass in the east of Luoyang, and there were Xingyang and Chenggao as barriers to Hulao Pass, the Yellow Turbans also had millions of soldiers.
The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty did not believe that if millions of Yellow Turbans gathered together, they could successfully withstand a million-strong army with just two strong cities and a dangerous pass.
In order to protect the safety of the capital, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty did not care about anything and directly appointed Henan Yin and Hussar General He Jin, who was born in a maternal relationship, as the general.
The reason why Xiao Mohe was not ordered was because Liu Hong now felt that his relatives were more reliable. After all, they shared weal and woe with the royal family. If the royal family was gone, they and their relatives would not be able to survive.
It was with this idea in mind that Liu Hong accepted He Jin as the general, led the Yulin Army on his left and the Five Colonels' Battalion, and placed these elite troops in Duting, specifically to intimidate the young people in the capital.
After making these arrangements, Liu Hong did not stop there, and immediately set up the Eight Pass Commands around Luoyang to oversee the military and political affairs of the Eight Passes and to guard the safety of Kyoto.