Zhao Hongrun deeply agreed with Zhou Min's judgment.
You should know that King Su's army is now united with the Northern First Army. The latter is guarding Pilao Pass, Duanshi, and Gaolang. The former is guarding Xuushi City, Changzi City, and Weiqiu. It can be said that these two Wei armies are united.
The odds of victory on the Shangdang battlefield became very large: the Wei army occupied 70% of the southern part of Shangdang County, and turned Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass into an isolated pass.
In fact, as early as the end of last year, Bao Yuan, Jin Wei and Feng Ting had already discussed this issue.
They know very well that once spring begins next year, the Northern Second Army of Zhao Yuanzuo, King of the Southern Liang Kingdom of Wei, is stationed in Qinyang outside Tianmen Pass. There is no doubt that they will begin to attack Tianmen Pass.
At that time, Wei Gongzi Run's army will also raise troops at the same time to take the back route of Tianmen Pass - most likely to directly attack Gaodu and attack the rear granary of Tianmen Pass.
In this way, with the Second Army of the North in front and King Su's Army behind, Tianmen Pass is surrounded by enemies from both sides. Even though Gaodu has a large amount of food stored in it, it can support the Korean army to defend Tianmen Pass for a few months. But the question is what happens after a few months?
As expected, Tianmen Pass will still be captured by the Wei army. When the time comes, the Korean army stationed at this pass will surely annihilate the entire army.
Therefore, staying at Tianmen Pass is the most negative strategy, with almost no chance of winning.
Under this situation, Bao Yuan, Jin Yao and Feng Ting all thought that they should take the initiative.
However, regarding how to "take the initiative", Bao Yuan, Jin Wei, and Feng Ting had different opinions.
Bao Yuan believed that we should take the initiative to attack the Wei army in Shangdang territory, namely King Su's army and Beiyi army.
Because facing the Northern Second Army of Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, Tianmen Pass was in danger and could be defended. In a short period of time, this Wei army would not be able to attack Tianmen Pass from the front.
In comparison, the King Su's Army and the First Army of the North in Shangdang are more threatening, because these two Wei armies can directly attack Gaodu, the granary of Tianmen Pass. Compared with Tianmen Pass, Gaodu's city defenses are far away
Otherwise, it is very likely that it will be captured by the Wei army.
Even if we take a step back and say that the Wei army failed to capture Gaodu, as long as the Wei army comes between Tianmen Pass and Gaodu and cuts off the connection between the two, Tianmen Pass will still be lost.
Therefore, Baoyuan believed that the two armies, King Su's Army and Bei's First Army, were the greatest threats.
But Jin Mao raised objections: "Attack King Su's army? Frontal attack? Although there are still tens of thousands of cavalry in Tianmenguan and Gaodu, if it were any other Wei army, I have no doubt that our army would be victorious...
…But the army under the command of Wei Gongzi Run, in front of the ‘Shangshui Youma’ cavalry, do you really think our army’s tens of thousands of cavalry have a great chance of victory?”
Hearing this, Bao Yuan remained silent.
Shang Shui Youma, Bao Yuan has personally experienced the terror of this heavy cavalry.
In the battle of Xuancheng, he once led 30,000 cavalry to attack the army of Wei Gongzi Run, but was killed by 5,000 heavy cavalry and fled in embarrassment.
That battle was the worst defeat in the history of the Korean cavalry. Most of the 30,000 cavalry were killed in the battle. Two cavalry generals, Huachang and Changmu, were killed on the spot. South Korea had not suffered such a tragic loss in many years.
's defeat?
As long as Yuma's heavy cavalry is still there, there is no doubt that the Korean army cannot defeat Wei Gongzi Run's army in a head-on confrontation. No matter whether they use cavalry or infantry - not to mention the crossbowmen, the crossbowmen have powerful crossbows.
The arrow hit Yuma again, but the latter felt no pain at all and was no threat at all.
Seeing that Bao Yuan was sullen and silent, Jin Mao put forward his own suggestion: "I think we should make full use of the advantages of our cavalry to cut off the food routes of Wei Gongzi Run's army... try to avoid a head-on confrontation with them."
After hearing this, Bao Yuan sneered: "To put it lightly, cut off the food route of Wei Gongzi Run's army... Didn't you see that the first army of the North was stuck in Gaolang? How to cut it off? Wei Gongzi Run is right there.
Wei Qiu, do you think he is blind? You lead an army to attack Gao Lang's Northern First Army in an attempt to cut off his retreat. He leads an army to cut off your retreat and joins forces with the Northern First Army to attack you from both front and rear. The loser will definitely be
you."
Hearing this, Jin Yao was speechless.
Indeed, even though the Northern Army did nothing in the last Northern Battle, Bao Yuan and Jin Mao did not take this Wei Army seriously, but to be fair, if the Northern Army gave up the attack and held on to a certain place, it would
This army still has some strength.
For example, at the beginning, Jin Wei did not capture Anyi, which the Northern Army defended desperately.
Unless they can capture Gaolang quickly this time, when Wei Gongzi Run leads Wei Qiu's King Su's army to outflank him from behind, the Korean army will not only be unable to capture Gaolang, but may even be in danger of being annihilated.
"Wei Qiu...why did you let Wei Gongzi Run take Wei Qiu?"
Frowning, Jin Yao secretly resented it.
He deeply regretted that he should not have allowed Wei Gongzi Run to capture Wei Qiu.
But to be fair, Jin Mao can't be blamed for this incident, because at the time before the "Battle of Wei Qiu", Wei Qiu was indeed not a strategic location, it was an isolated mountain.
At that time, Wei Gongzi Run retreated to Wei Qiu, and they sent troops to surround him. In fact, there was a high chance that they could completely annihilate this Wei army.
However, Wei Gongzi Run played a trick and defrauded more than 20,000 Korean cavalry at that time. Coupled with the later support of the Northern Army, the Korean army lost the battle.
It can be said that Wei Gongzi Run used his deceitful tricks to regain the disadvantage.
But now, Wei Qiu's Wei army and Gao Lang's Wei army are united, and they are competing against each other. Under such circumstances, it is indeed not a clear choice to lead the army to attack Gao Lang.
But attacking Wei Qiu and the Wei army is also not a wise decision.
For a time, Bao Yuan and Jin Yao fell into trouble.
At this moment, Feng Ting, the Shangdang guard, thought for a long time and suddenly said from the side: "No, we can fight!"
As he spoke, he saw Bao Yuan and Jin Bo looking at him with surprised eyes, and explained: "Our army can hardly defeat Wei Gongzi Run's army in a head-on confrontation. There is an error in this sentence. The correct way to say it is
Yes, only if Youma Chongqi is present, it is almost impossible for our army to defeat Wei Gongzi Run's army in a head-on confrontation... If there is no Youma Chongqi present, our army actually has a chance of winning. Wei Qiu
In the battle, if the Northern Army had not come to the rescue in time, Wei Gongzi Run would have lost the battle."
After that, he saw Bao Yuan moving his lips as if to correct something, so he said first: "I know what the general wants to say. The general wants to remind me that the reason why Wei Gongzi Run's army was in a rout at that time was because of Hua Hua.
General Can led thousands of cavalry and rushed to support... This is true, but think about it on the other hand, our infantry can hold out until General Hua Can arrives to support. Does this mean that our infantry and Wei
In fact, Gongzi Run's infantry is still capable of fighting. Although this is not a glorious statement, after all, 40,000 troops resisted 20,000 Wei troops. If General Hua Can did not lead the cavalry to come to the rescue, our army of 40,000 troops might really be
We will be defeated by Wei Gongzi's 20,000 troops, but one thing I want to point out is that without the help of General Hua Can and the Northern Wei Army, our army, with twice the strength, fought with the Wei Army in Wei Qiu for a whole day.
After several hours of fighting until dawn, our army showed some signs of defeat... But now, Wei Gongzi Run's army stationed in Wei Qiu is smaller than that of that day, while my army at Tianmen Pass is far away.
Why is there no chance of winning on the day of victory? If my prediction is correct, Shang Shui Yuma should still be in Xuushi City."
"..." Bao Yuan and Jin Yao looked at each other, with a hint of understanding on their faces.
Indeed, as long as Youma's heavy cavalry is not present, they can actually defeat the Wei army in Wei Qiu with their superior strength, not to mention they have a large number of cavalry.
"You mean...to attack Wei Qiu?" Bao Yuan thought about it for a moment, nodded slowly and said, "According to what you said, it's really..."
"No!" Before Bao Yuan could finish his words, Feng Ting interrupted him, shook his head and said: "It's not about attacking Wei Qiu... our army can also win if we attack Wei Qiu, but it will take a long time...
...The Wei Army in Wei Qiu, to be clear, is the army of Wei Gongzi Run. This is an elite force. In addition, Wei Gongzi Run is personally in charge. If we want to capture this place, it may take a month...and after the spring begins, we can
Do you have a month?... Ji Run's army has already conquered Changzi City and Xuushi City. They will definitely use troops against Tianmen Pass in the coming year. This means that after the beginning of spring, Wei Gongzi Run's army will inevitably mobilize southward, and Xuushi City will arrive.
Wei Qiu, how many days will it take? Even if it’s just a ragtag group of people, they can arrive in five days, right? Do we have a month to attack Wei Qiu?”
At this point, he glanced at Baoyuan and Jin Yao, lowered his voice and said: "Fight Gao Lang!... Gao Lang's Beiyi Army is far inferior to Ji Runjun..."
"Wei Gongzi Run will take the back road." Jin Miao frowned and said.
"Let him copy." Feng Ting said seriously: "I know he will save him, and I also hope he will send troops to support Gao Lang... If he doesn't save Gao Lang, our army's chance of winning will be very small. However, Wei Gongzi Run
Gao Lang will be saved. I suspect that the commander of the Northern First Army, the military leader, King Huan (Ji) Xuan, is probably the brother of Wei Gongzi Run. Therefore, the Northern First Army will appear here...According to this
Think about it, if Ji Xuan’s Northern First Army is attacked by our army, will Ji Run, our brother, not save him?… When Ji Run sends troops to support Gao Lang, let’s capture Wei Qiu.”
"..." Bao Yuan and Jin Yao were silent in thought.
"After taking Wei Qiu, burn the Wei camp on the mountain with fire, and then the entire army besieges Ji Run. Wei Gongzi Run has no wandering horses and heavy cavalry under his command. His chance of victory is very small. In this case, Gao Lang
Will Ji Xuan save this brother?... He will definitely save him, because if he can be ruthless, then there is no need for him to come to the party, so he will definitely save him. If you are worried, send the cavalry to make a detour
In the past, they captured Gaolang. Wei Qiu and Gaolang were all captured... What's more important is that they once again surrounded Ji Run, and this time, they may also take advantage of his brother Ji Xuan...
...As for the Wei reinforcements in Xuansi City and Changzi City, just send two cavalry groups of three to five thousand people to harass them, and delay the arrival of the Wei reinforcements as much as possible... Let's concentrate our forces and capture Ji Run and Ji first.
Xuan these two young masters of the Wei Kingdom."
"..." Bao Yuan and Jin Yao looked at each other, and for a long time, they nodded slowly.