Although he acted as if he had everything under control in front of the surprise attack troops of Wei soldiers, as if victory was within reach, to be honest, Zhao Hongrun himself was not sure.
But he had to show that he was confident of victory. After all, in the past two days, due to the failure of the surprise attack on Gaolang, the morale of his nearly 20,000 surprise attack on Wei soldiers has always been in a low state. If the morale of these soldiers cannot be stimulated, then this battle will
There is no need to continue the war, it will be defeated.
Therefore, he deceived his soldiers and attributed the "failure of the sneak attack on Gaolang" to tactical considerations and "a flaw that must be exposed to the Korean army in order to win." After a lot of talking, he finally inspired the morale of the soldiers.
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In this regard, I have to say that Zhao Hongrun is under great pressure. After all, he has not yet come up with any good solution.
But even so, Zhao Hongrun still did not give up. Firstly, he shouldered the expectations of nearly 20,000 soldiers under his command. Secondly, he did not want to spend the rest of his life in South Korea. "PS King Su: The book review said that the author's new book "The Big Brother"
What the hell is "Han Palace"?
Therefore, in the past two days, Zhao Hongrun climbed to the highest point of Wei Qiu every day and looked in all directions, not only to peek at the Korean army's defense facilities at the foot of the mountain, but also to find a breakthrough from the current predicament.
The Weiqiu where he was at this time was either big or small. According to Zhao Hongrun's estimation, it was about eight miles from east to west, about seven miles from north to south, and the highest mountain was a hill of about two hundred feet.
Among the hills, Wei Qiu is relatively large, but it is still not enough to station nearly 20,000 troops to surprise the Wei army. Therefore, the deputy battalion of the third battalion of the Yanling Army, Qian Ben, was stationed at the unknown river southwest of Wei Qiu.
The east bank was not only to ensure the Wei army's access to water, but also because Wei Qiu was not large enough to station nearly 20,000 Wei soldiers.
It is worth mentioning that since the Wei soldiers stationed in Wei Qiu, the wild beasts living in this hill have suffered a lot. Whether they are ferocious or non-threatening mountain beasts, they have become prey for the Wei soldiers to satisfy their hunger.
thing.
It is said that Wei soldiers also killed three nests of tigers in this hill. Among the other wild beasts hunted and captured, there were also many mountain beasts that Zhao Hongrun could or could not name, such as those with patterns on their backs such as copper coins.
Leopards (leopards), pheasants with brown hair and tails like horsetails (brown-eared pheasants), pheasants with white feathers on their ears that look like horns (horned pheasants), as well as various wild boars, monkeys, musk deer, foxes, green sheep, and rabbits
etc.
Zhao Hongrun, who was lucky enough to taste such delicacies, couldn't help but sigh. This time their Wei army had really committed a serious crime against the local wild animals, especially those three tiger dens. After all, every winter is the time when tigers are in heat and breed.
If Wei Jun hadn't come here, perhaps in the spring next year, the three litters of tigers would have given birth to several litters of cubs.
This emotion only went through Zhao Hongrun's mind for a few times before he immediately forgot about it. After all, his top priority was to find a way to defeat the Korean army at the foot of the mountain. Even if he took a step back, he would at least ensure that he had nearly 20,000 Wei soldiers under his command.
Avoid total annihilation.
"The strength of the Korean army seems to be stronger than that of the previous two days... Is it Gao Lang's reinforcements?"
On this day, Zhao Hongrun stood on the top of Weiqiu Mountain, looking at the Korean army camp at the foot of Weiqiu Mountain.
I don’t know if it was to prevent the Wei army from sneak attack on Gaolang, but the Korean army deployed its main force to the west and southwest of Wei Qiu. From the flags flying over the Korean military camps, it was not difficult for Zhao Hongrun to guess the composition of these Korean troops - that is, the Jin Fu Army.
, Feng Ting's Army, Bao Yuan's Army, and another relatively unfamiliar one, which seemed to be Korean reinforcements from Gaolang.
To be fair, regarding the current situation of the Wei army, Zhao Hongrun would not be afraid if the Korean army at the foot of the mountain were pure cavalry, because the cavalry is not conducive to mountain and forest warfare. Even if there are more cavalry, they will not threaten the troops who occupied this Wei Qiu.
Wei Jun; On the contrary, if the Korean troops at the foot of the mountain were all infantry, Zhao Hongrun would not be worried. After all, although the Korean infantry was not weak, it would not be an opponent of the Wei army's heavy infantry in large-scale legion operations.
But the bad thing is that the Korean army at the foot of Weiqiu Mountain now has not only infantry but also cavalry, which basically blocks Zhao Hongrun's idea of attacking.
After all, without the heavy cavalry of Youma to suppress the formation, it was almost impossible for the Wei army to defeat the powerful Korean cavalry in the wilderness.
"We must find a way to separate the infantry and cavalry of the Korean army..."
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Hongrun turned his head and looked to the south of Wei Qiu.
To the south of Weiqiu, about a dozen miles away, there is a vague mountain range. The mountains are much larger than the land of Weiqiu. According to the mark on the map, it is "Calf Mountain", which is shaped like a lying cow.
of mountains.
As for why it is not called Funiu Mountain, it is because this mountain range is very close to the southern part of the Taihang Mountains. If you climb up and look at it, "Calf Mountain" looks like a protected calf in the southern Taihang Mountains, hence the name.
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As for why Zhao Hongrun is more concerned about the "Calf Mountain", it is because on the south side of the Calf Mountain, there is Gaodu, the rear defense granary of Tianmen Pass.
In fact, there are two high capitals in the area of Duniu Mountain. The old city is located on the east side of Duniu Mountain, that is, on a ridge called "Lingxi" about 30 meters away from the east side of the entire Duniu Mountain. Why is it obviously
The mountain is called Lingxi
, that’s because the east of the mountain range is close to the largest mountain range in Shangdang County, that is, the Taihang Mountains, which are sixty or seventy miles long in a straight line. "Note: The entire Taihang Mountains are like a "3", with the Xuans, Gaodu, and Gaolang all at the bottom.
Within that bend.』
Therefore, as the name suggests, Lingxi is the narrow and long subsidiary mountain system on the west side of Taihang Mountain, and can also be regarded as the western periphery of the entire Taihang Mountain.
Once upon a time, the Wei people built a city on the Lingxi Mountains directly east of Duniu Mountain to guard the "Duniu-Gaodu Basin". However, after the Korean army occupied Tianmen Pass, the old city of Gaodu was almost abandoned.
The people moved the new city to the south of Duniu Mountain, where they piled grain and grass for the war when the troops left Tianmen Pass.
By the way, Zhao Hongjiang, the fourth prince of the Wei Kingdom, ventured across the Taihang Mountain trails and spied on the basin behind Tianmen Pass. There were continuous camps of 100,000 cavalry built in the Gaodu Basin.
If there is a chance, Zhao Hongrun doesn't mind a sneak attack on the new Gaodu. After all, for the entire strategy, Gaodu's strategic significance is much greater than that of Gaolang. Gaodu is related to the defense of the entire Tianmen Pass. If this back-end
The important granary city was attacked, and Tianmen Pass was bound to be in danger.
However, if you think about it, you will know that it is not realistic for the Wei army to sneak attack Gaodu, because Wei Qiu is about ten miles away from Duniu Mountain, which is a flat wilderness. If the Wei army rushes to send troops to Duniu Mountain, then when the Korean cavalry arrives,
During the pursuit, the Wei army would have no chance of defending and was defeated on this flat terrain.
Therefore, the only way is to go around "Lingxi" in the east. However, because this road needs to pass through the outer mountains of the Taihang Mountains, the marching speed can be imagined. It may take ten and a half days before the Wei army can sneak attack Gaodu.
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Of course, the Wei army can also choose to take the flat road in the Gaodu Basin. In this case, it may only take two or three days, but this road is far less concealed than the previous one and can easily be detected in advance by the Gaodu defenders.
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However, this road is more selective, because the scope of the Taihang Mountains is too wide. If Zhao Hongrun's nearly 20,000 Wei troops can escape into the Taihang Mountains, let alone Jin Mao, Bao Yuan, and Feng Tong's nearly 50,000 to 60,000 troops at the moment
, even if it were five million or five million, it would be impossible to find Zhao Hongrun's army in the entire Taihang Mountains.
Although there are many ferocious beasts in the Taihang Mountains, I believe that in front of nearly 20,000 Wei soldiers, those ferocious beasts are nothing more than food at best.
"I hope Bao Yuan, Jin Miao and Feng Ting think so too..."
Narrowing his eyes, Zhao Hongrun secretly made up his mind.
In the afternoon of that day, the Wei army stationed at the southwest foot of Wei Qiu made some changes. Two Wei generals, Qian Ben and She Li, led thousands of Wei soldiers and began to set up defenses along the long east bank of the unknown river.
The antlers are buried in the soil to create a line of defense along the way.
Even every thirty feet, the Wei army built a post that could accommodate about ten soldiers.
"What does Wei Jun want to do?"
After learning about this, Bao Yuan looked confused and couldn't figure out Wei Jun's purpose.
At this time, Feng Ting reminded him: "Could it be that Wei Gongzi Run is trying to build a defense between Wei Qiu and Du Niu Mountain to cut off our army and make it easier for him to take Gaodu?"
Bao Yuan frowned and immediately took out the march map. He frowned and looked at the unknown river on the map that was in an "S" shape and bypassed Wei Qiu and Calf Mountain.
Not to mention, if the Wei army takes advantage of this river and uses a step-by-step approach to build a whole defense line between Wei Qiu and Du Niu Mountain, there is really no good way for the Korean army.
After all, no matter how powerful the Korean cavalry was, they would not be able to leap across the seven to eighty-foot-long river to attack the Wei army on the other side of the river, not to mention that the other side was preparing to build defenses such as antlers on the river bank.
In terms of infantry alone, the Korean infantry is no match for the Wei infantry.
But the problem is that Gaodu cannot be captured by Wei Gongzi Run if he wants to. You must know that the troops under Wei Gongzi Run are all infantry. There are no war weapons such as catapults in the army. Infantry alone
You just want to capture Gaodu. Are you looking down on Gaodu's garrison?
You must know that the garrison of Gaodu is actually integrated with the garrison of Tianmen Pass, and it is almost impossible to be captured by Wei Gongzi Run's 20,000 infantry.
"Since Mr. Wei is seeking his own death, let him go."
After thinking hard for a long time but unable to come up with a clue, Bao Yuan chose to stand still. After all, he firmly believed that it was impossible for this Wei army to capture Gaodu.
After two or three days of this, the Wei army was still building defense facilities along the river between Wei Qiu and Du Niu Mountain, and Bao Yuan never understood the true purpose of the Wei army.
It wasn't until the sixth day of November that a cavalry scout deployed on the east side of Wei Qiu suddenly came to report that the Wei army secretly descended the mountain from the east side of Wei Qiu and quietly moved toward the Taihang Mountains in the east. Bao Yuan was shocked.