Chapter 908: The Second Battle of Northern Xinjiang
On the fourth day of September, the Korean army left Shangdang County and attacked Shanyang County.
King Zhao Hongjiang of Yan commanded his Shanyang Army to fight bravely, and at the same time asked for help from the Second North Army of Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, and the South Yan Army of General Wei Mu of South Yan.
At this time, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, was still in Daliang, the royal capital of Wei State, but Pang Huan, the deputy general of the Northern Second Army, heard about Yan Wang Zhao Hongjiang's request for help and personally led his troops to rescue him.
On the other side, the general of the Southern Yan Army, Wei Mu, also quickly sent troops to support.
With the full assistance of Pang Huan and Wei Mu, the Korean army's sudden attack on Shanyang was repelled, while King Yan Zhao Hongjiang also struggled to defend Shanyang County, an important strategic place.
After learning about this, Emperor Wei was furious and decreed that the general Shao Hu should be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the armies in northern Xinjiang to lead the war and use troops against South Korea again.
From this, the second Wei-Korean Northern Border Battle began.
Compared with the first Wei-Han Northern Battle, because the Northern Army under the command of Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan was still being reorganized, it was excluded from the war sequence this time. Instead, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, who had a strong domestic voice, and his subordinates
Shang Shui Army, Yanling Army and Youma Army.
Both the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army had an establishment of 50,000, while the Youma Army only had an establishment of 5,000. The Beiyi Army, once led by Zhao Hongli, the former Prince of the East Palace, had an establishment of 100,000. Therefore, this time
The replacement of the army did not make a big difference in the total strength of Wei's army, but the elite level of the two armies was completely incomparable.
On the sixth day of September, Zhao Hongrun enlisted the merchant ships under the banners of Yuyun and Suyun, and carried his Suwang army, namely the Shangshui army, Yanling army and Youma army, to the ferry in Heyang.
Three days later, King Su's army landed at the ferry in Heyang.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun received a letter of appointment from Shao Hu, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Xinjiang armies. The letter of appointment ordered him to go to the west of Hedong County to cooperate with Jiang Bi of the Northern Third Army in the battle.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun had already expected this. After all, in the east of Hedong County, there were gathered the Shanyang Army of Yan King Zhao Hongjiang, the Northern Second Army of Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, the South Yan Army of Wei Mu, one of the six garrison generals, and these.
The Wei Wujun who returned to the northern Xinjiang armies, General Shaohu, really didn't need Zhao Hongrun to join in the fun.
In contrast, in the western part of Hedong County, due to the withdrawal of the First Army of the North, only Jiang Bi's Third Army of the North was left, inevitably somewhat alone.
On the same day, Zhao Hongrun accepted the letter of appointment from General Shaohu and sent several Qingya soldiers to reply to the latter. Immediately, he led his Suwang Army along the south road of Wangwu Mountain and went straight to General Jiang Bi.
Linfen is the rear garrison of the three northern armies under his command.
When passing by Wang'an, Zhao Hongrun felt a little hesitation in his heart.
After all, the west of Wang'an, less than two hundred miles away, is Anyi, where his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, King Huan, is now located.
Zhao Hongrun was wondering whether he should stop by to see if Zhao Hongxuan had fully grasped the First Army of the North.
But after thinking about it carefully, he finally rejected the idea. Firstly, the brothers had not yet reconciled after the last dispute. Secondly, if Zhao Hongrun went to Anyi for inspection like this, Zhao Hongxuan might be mistaken for him.
Its distrust.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun finally decided to give up going to Anyi. After passing through Jiang County, he turned north and went straight to Quwo, and then went north to Linfen.
In late September, Zhao Hongrun led King Su's army to Linfen. At that time, Jiang Bi was leading the Northern Army to attack the fortified city of Pingyang. However, upon hearing the news that Zhao Hongrun had led his army to Linfen, Jiang Bi took some time off and took several escort cavalry.
He galloped to Linfen on his war horse to welcome Zhao Hongrun's arrival.
Logically speaking, Jiang Bi does not need to lower his posture so low. After all, he is still the commander of the first army. What's more, it is at the critical moment of attacking Pingyang. How can there be any reason to leave the front line without authorization at this time?
But Jiang Bi didn't think so, because in his eyes, King Su Zhao Hongrun was not only the most beloved son of the Emperor of Wei, but also a famous general of Wei who led troops in battles no less than him. A battle between Wei and Qin in Sanchuan destroyed
Qin State defeated 200,000 troops, and I don’t know how many people trembled for it.
In addition to respecting Zhao Hongrun, Jiang Bi returned to Linfen from the front line this time. He also wanted to meet Zhao Hongrun and discuss each other's strategies. After all, in the entire western part of Hedong County, there are currently only the Northern Army and the Suwang Army. Naturally, they have to take care of each other.
Forget about the Northern First Army led by Zhao Hongli, the former Prince of the East Palace. An army of 100,000 could not defeat a single Quwo, and Jiang Bi did not bother to pay attention to this group of people. But the Su Wang Army was different. Whether it was the Shangshui Army or the Yanling Army, they were all soldiers.
As an elite who has experienced hundreds of battles, Jiang Bi is of course willing to cooperate with these elite teachers and take advantage of each other's strength.
In the evening of that day, Zhao Hongrun and Jiang Bi met each other and had a few drinks at an inn in Linfen County.
After the simple greetings, Jiang Bi brought the topic to the battle situation at hand.
He did not recommend Zhao Hongrun to act with him. After all, Jiang Bi was attacking Pingyang. He thought that he could capture Pingyang with his three northern armies alone. If Zhao Hongrun led his 100,000 troops to act with him, although he could bring South Korea
A greater threat, but from the perspective of the entire strategy, this is a waste of military resources. When one's own forces are sufficient, it is naturally more advantageous to attack from multiple fronts.
Therefore, Jiang Bi took out a march map from his arms, pointed to a point on the map and said: "Jiang suggested that His Highness King Su attack this place."
"Pi Laoguan?" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Jiang Bi doubtfully, waiting for the latter's explanation.
After all, he has never been to Hedong County, and he doesn't actually know much about Hedong County or even South Korea, such as this Pi Lao Pass.
Seeing this, Jiang Bi explained to Zhao Hongrun: "Pilao Pass is the barrier to the west of Shangdang County. If His Highness King Su can conquer this place, he can directly attack Shangdang County and go around to the back of Tianmen Pass. But that's it.
The terrain of the pass is steep, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is really not easy to capture this place. A few months ago, Jiang tried to attack this pass, but..."
He shook his head and did not say any more, but it was easy to see from his expression that the war was not optimistic for the three armies of the North.
Immediately, Jiang Bi explained his strategy to Zhao Hongrun, that is, Zhao Hongrun would lead his army to attack Pilao Pass, while Jiang Bi would lead his army directly to Taiyuan County in the north. Zhao Hongrun's eyelids jumped as he heard this.
If he hadn't been very familiar with Jiang Bi, Zhao Hongrun might have been unable to help but say: Are you crazy?
No wonder Zhao Hongrun was so shocked. You must know that Taiyuan County and Shangdang County in South Korea are both counties with heavy military deployments. The only difference is that Shangdang County is against the Wei State, while Taiyuan County is against the alien Beirong in northern Korea.
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Jiang Bi, on the other hand, was actually preparing to go deep into Taiyuan County alone.
Although this move is indeed good, it can not only attract the attention of some Korean troops in Shangdang County, but also tear apart the connection between the Korean troops in Taiyuan County and the Korean troops in Shangdang County. The problem is that if Jiang Bi goes so far alone, then
It is easy to be swallowed up by the Korean army. If when Jiang Bi leads his army deep into Taiyuan County, the Korean army in Shangdang County suddenly cuts off Jiang Bi's retreat and cooperates with the Korean army in Taiyuan County to attack front and back.
If the three armies are not completely wiped out, it would be unreasonable.
"This is too dangerous!"
Zhao Hongrun shook his head.
Out of respect and love for the fierce general Jiang Bi, he never wanted such a famous general who was good at fighting to attract firepower.
However, Jiang Bi took a broad view of this. He smiled and said: "How can there be any danger in fighting?... From Jiang's point of view, this plan has great potential. Your Highness, you see, with this arrangement, Jiang has protected Your Highness.
And after His Highness conquers Pilao Pass, he can also assist the Second Northern Army of the King of Nanliang..."
Jiang Bi explained the benefits of his strategy to Zhao Hongrun.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun could see all this. It is undeniable that the suggestions put forward by Jiang Bi can be said to have connected the three armies of the Northern Third Army, King Su's Army, and the Second Northern Army, which are located in different places, with each other, that is, the Art of War
The linkage mentioned in .
It's just that in this way, Jiang Bi's pressure and threats are very high. If he doesn't do anything right, he will be surrounded by the Korean army and end up with his entire army annihilated.
Perhaps seeing Zhao Hongrun's hesitation, Jiang Bi smiled heartily and said: "Don't His Highness King Su have confidence in yourself and the elite men under your command? Jiang has full confidence in His Highness... In fact,
, The situation of our three armies in the north may seem dangerous at that time, but in fact, as long as everything goes well on your side, His Highness Prince Su, not only will our three armies in the north be in no danger, but they will also be able to greatly advance the front."
After some persuasion from Jiang Bi, Zhao Hongrun nodded slowly and agreed to this tactic.
Suddenly, he asked: "Who is the guard of Pi Lao Pass?"
Hearing this, the smile on Jiang Bi's face slowly faded, and he said seriously: "It's Jin (tou)...one of the ten tycoons of Beiyuan."
"Ten wealthy people in Beiyuan?" Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly.
He could understand Beiyuan. After all, compared to Wei, Wei, Lu, and Qi, which were located in the Central Plains, South Korea was located in the north, so its land was also called Beiyuan as its name suggested.
And the Ten Hao, could it be that they refer to the ten famous generals in South Korea who are best at commanding troops?
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After listening to Zhao Hongrun's guess, Jiang Bi nodded and said: "The ten tycoons of Beiyuan are said to be the ten most famous generals in Korea."
"Interesting." Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and asked with interest: "How many people did General Jiang Bi meet during the last battle in Northern Xinjiang?"
"Only Jin Mo." Jiang Bi thought for a moment and said, "But I heard that General Wei Mu met the Korean general Sima Shang, who was also one of the ten tycoons of Beiyuan. In addition, the general of Shangdang County, Shangdang Guard Feng Ting,
They are also one of the ten tycoons of Beiyuan...In the last war, only these three people among the ten tycoons of Beiyuan came forward."
"Oh." Zhao Hongrun nodded when he heard this, and then asked: "Where are the other seven?"
Jiang Bi shrugged, indicating that he didn't know.
After the two had a few drinks together, Jiang Bi said goodbye and left. After all, his army was still attacking Pingyang and he had to rush back immediately.
After Jiang Bi left, Zhao Hongrun thought with great interest about the information about the Korean army he had obtained from Jiang Bi.
Especially those who he cared about a lot, the ten wealthy people of Kitahara.
"Let me come and meet you, the Han general Jin Yao of the ten nobles of Beiyuan!" 8