The First Army of the North abandoned Gaolang, which Han General Feng Ting had not expected.
Thinking about it carefully, Feng Ting's move to encircle a point and call for reinforcements is actually feasible, because he calculated that Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan were brothers, and Zhao Hongrun would definitely send troops to rescue Gao Lang when he learned that he was attacked.
Did Mr. Wei Run's wisdom guess that this matter was fraudulent?
Therefore, Feng Ting's move was actually a bit of a conspiracy.
But unfortunately, Zhou Min, the military division general of the First Northern Army, was superior and easily defeated Feng Ting's intention by actively abandoning the defense of Gaolang. This was something Feng Ting had not expected.
There are people with extraordinary intelligence in the Beiyi Army. This is the only answer Feng Ting can think of.
On February 7, the 21st year of Hong De, the Korean general Jin Fu, who did not dare to divide his troops to garrison Gaolang, finally led 40,000 to 50,000 Korean troops to withdraw to Tianmen Pass.
It is undeniable that General Jin Miao was in a bad mood, because this time he led his army back and forth for more than a hundred miles, but got nothing, except setting fire to the dispensable building of the Northern First Army.
The Gaolang Camp.
Therefore, when Bao Yuan, Jin Ao, and Feng Tong gathered together again to discuss, Jin Ao just drank in silence without saying a word.
In contrast, Bao Yuan was also in a bad mood, because he also understood that their Han army at Tianmen Pass had lost the chance to make a final comeback.
As for Feng Ting, it was purely because he was too embarrassed to speak.
After all, he had vowed in the past two days that this plan would be successful, but in the end, it was just a wasted trip for Jin Mao and Bao Yuan, which wasted two days. You must know that he is about to face the Second Army of the North and Prince Su.
With the army flanking the front and rear, every day is precious for Tianmen Pass.
I don't know how long it took, Bao Yuan took a long breath and said in a deep voice: "I guess the day is approaching when the Wei army will use troops against our Tianmen Pass... I have decided to withdraw my troops and abandon the defense of Tianmen Pass. If you two have any objections, please inform me in advance.
come out."
Upon hearing this, Jin Yao and Feng Ting looked at each other without saying a word.
Because they both understand that sticking to Tianmen Pass is a dead end.
It is undeniable that there are still 60,000 to 70,000 troops in Tianmen Pass and Gaodu, and more than 30,000 of them are cavalry. In addition, there is enough food and grass stored in the Gaodu granary. If we defend it to the death, we can actually hold on for another day.
Two months.
But the question is what happens after one or two months?
You must know that in Qinyang outside Tianmen Pass, there is a 50,000-strong Northern Army of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, stationed. In Shangdang territory, Wei Gongzi Run can probably dispatch more than 50,000 troops to attack Gaodu. The two Wei armies total 100,000
The soldiers attacked Tianmen Pass from both front and rear.
Even if Tianmen Pass can hold on for a month or two, if nothing happens, the pass is destined to be captured by the Wei army after one or two months.
Therefore, there is no point in defending. Once the Second Northern Army and King Su's Army begin to attack Tianmen Pass and Gaodu, the tens of thousands of Korean troops at Tianmen Pass here will have almost no way out.
In this case, abandoning the border and withdrawing troops is the only way to preserve troops.
But where to retreat?
When Bao Yuan raised this question, Jin Miao and Feng Ting subconsciously raised their heads and glanced at Bao Yuan, as if they were saying silently: Do you still need to ask this kind of thing?
But after thinking about it carefully, Jin Miao and Feng Ting suddenly felt that Bao Yuan's problem was very crucial.
You must know that Xuushi City and Changzi City have been occupied by King Su's army of Wei Gongzi Run. Although it is said that reinforcements from Handan County, South Korea seem to have appeared in the area of Xuushi City, whether they can be successfully merged with them, to be honest, Bao Yuan and others
No one has much confidence.
After all, King Su's army has made it clear that they will try to intercept it, there is no doubt about it.
"What are your plans?" Feng Ting asked Bao Yuan.
After hearing this, Baoyuan pondered for a moment, raised two fingers, and said: "I can think of two retreat routes. One, let's leave the pass and run south. Compared with the army of Wei Gongzi Run, the Northern Second Army of the Southern Liang King of Wei State
,strength
Relatively weak, we mobilized with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses heading straight for Shanyang. If we were lucky, we might be able to capture Shanyang. If we were not lucky, we would cover Gong Zhongpeng and Tian Ling at Mengmen Pass and retreat to
Handan battlefield."
After hearing this, Jin Mao pondered for a moment, frowned and said: "The feasibility of this route... is not low, but in this way, Shangdang County will completely fall into the hands of Wei Gongzi Run."
After hearing this, Bao Yuan sneered and said as if mocking or self-deprecating: "Is Shangdang County in your and my hands right now?"
"..." Jin Yao was speechless.
Next to him, Feng Ting asked in a deep voice: "What about the second route?"
I saw Baoyuan licking his lips and lowering his voice and saying: "Leave thousands of soldiers behind to resist Qinyang's Northern Second Army. Our entire army will be dispatched to Xuushi City to join the reinforcements there and meet with Wei Gongzi Run."
If we fight again...if we win, we will take advantage of the situation to take back Xuushi City and Changzi City. If we lose...then we will have no choice but to retreat to Huguan."
After hearing this, Jin Miao and Feng Ting both thought attentively.
In their view, in fact, the two retreat routes proposed by Baoyuan are not good routes. Of course, considering the current situation at Tianmen Pass, this is already the best choice.
In comparison, the first retreat route is actually more feasible.
Because Wei Gongzi Run's King Su's army is very clear about the current situation of the Korean army at Tianmen Pass, and may be wary of their attempts to break out to the north. However, the Northern Second Army of Wei State in Qinyang does not necessarily know the situation at Tianmen Pass.
situation, if
If the Korean troops at Tianmen Pass were dispatched in full force, without knowing the truth, they would most likely choose to retreat and take a closer look. They would not immediately pursue the Korean troops at Tianmen Pass who had withdrawn from the south side of Taihang Mountain.
or precious time.
But in this way, it would be like handing over the entire Shangdang County to Wei Gongzi Run's army, and it would be difficult to explain to the King of Han in the future.
It is precisely for this reason that Feng Ting was very hesitant. He was more inclined to break out of the encirclement to the north, join the reinforcements from Xuushi City, and then attack Xuushi City.
However, even Feng Ting felt a little frightened when he thought that the terrifying Yuma heavy cavalry was in Xuans City.
Three generals, Huachang, Zhangwu, and Shimiao, were all killed by the same army, and they were probably killed by ordinary cavalrymen on Youma Heavy Cavalry. Can you believe this?
"I agree to evacuate to the south." Jin Kuo, who had been silent for a long time, said at this moment: "Wei Gongzi Run's merchant horse cavalry army is stationed in Xu's City. Even if our army has tens of thousands of cavalry, there is no guarantee that we can recapture it.
Xuushi City...send someone to inform the area around Xuushi City
Let's ask them to withdraw the reinforcements from Huguan. Let's evacuate from the south of Shannan (Taihang). As the general said, if we are lucky, we may have a chance to attack the Shanyang Army, Nanyan Army, and Wei Wu Army in Hedong County.
You may not be able to guess the movements of our army."
Hearing this, Bao Yuan turned to look at Feng Ting.
Feng Ting was a little hesitant at first. After all, he was the Shangdang Guard. Now that Shangdang County was lost, he could not escape the blame. However, when he saw Bao Yuan's eyes, he already had an idea in his mind: Bao Yuan was the one to show off.
There is a commander-in-chief of all the armies, what is his turn to serve as a guard of the party? If this battle fails, Bao Yuan will definitely be the first to be held accountable.
"Then just do what the general says." Feng Ting nodded and said.
As a result, the three Korean generals had determined the withdrawal route that day - the troops would leave Tianmen Pass and evacuate along the south side of the Taihang Mountains towards Handan County, South Korea.
After deciding this matter, the Korean army at Tianmen Pass began to take action. They distributed the food from the Gaodu granary to their soldiers, preparing the soldiers to bring enough food and grass for ten days. After all, once the soldiers left Tianmen Pass, their retreat route would actually be
It was located in Hedong County of Wei State, which meant that they could hardly get any food supplies.
As for the extra food in Gaodu City, Bao Yuan planned to burn it when he withdrew his troops. Although it was a pity, he could not let the food fall into the hands of the Wei army.
While the Korean army at Tianmen Pass was quietly preparing to withdraw, King Su's troops from Changzi City and Xuushi City also rushed towards Wei Qiu one after another.
For the sake of caution, Zhao Hongrun also mobilized two thousand wandering horses to ride again.
In mid-February, Wu Ji, Nanmen Chi, Zou Xin and other generals arrived in Weiqiu one after another. Qu Cheng and Yan Mo did not come. After all, these two generals were respectively in charge of Changzi City and Xuushi City.
At the same time, Zhao Hongxuan, who received the information from the Black Crows, also led more than ten thousand northern troops through Gaolang and came to the Weiqiu area to join his brother Zhao Hongrun - just as Zhou Min guessed, the Korean army did not dare
The troops were divided and stationed at Gaolang, so that the road for the First Army of the North was extremely smooth.
By the fourteenth day of February, 50,000 troops, including the First Army of the North, had gradually gathered in Wei Qiu. Zhao Hongrun thought that it was almost time to attack Gaodu.
But there was one thing that felt strange to him. He originally thought that Bao Yuan, Jin Miao, Feng Ting and others would choose to break out of the encirclement. Unexpectedly, he waited for several days and did not see any Korean troops heading north at Tianmen Pass.
Signs of evacuation.
"Did the Korean army at Tianmen Pass decide to defend the pass?"
Zhao Hongrun was a little puzzled, because in his opinion, if his army wanted to attack Gaodu, Gaodu would definitely be captured.
In this case, the Korean army on the opposite side should not be blindly optimistic that they can defend Gaodu. After all, they have been dealing with each other for so long, so they are not unclear about each other's strength.
Once Gaodu was captured, Tianmen Pass would definitely be captured as well. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun really couldn't figure out how Bao Yuan and other Korean generals would have the confidence not to break through.
Just when Zhao Hongrun was puzzled, Zhou Min, the military division general of the First North Army, put forward a hypothesis: "Could it be that...the Korean army is preparing to evacuate to Shannan?"
"Shannan?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, then he bared his teeth and took a breath, raised his right hand and pointed repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, this is the only explanation... No, the Second Army of the North may not know the situation in the Tianmen Pass area.
, if the Korean army comes out in full force and assumes a posture of attacking Qinyang, the North’s Second Army will most likely be deceived by the Korean army.”
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun's expression tightened and he said in a deep voice: "Without further delay, the entire army will obey the order and send troops to Gaodu immediately!"
"yes!"
Including King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and his general Zhou Min, everyone in the tent clasped their fists and accepted the order.
About half an hour later, the 50,000 Wei troops in the Wei Qiu area also moved in full force, heading straight for the Gaodu Basin along the Tan Valley on the east side of the Calf Mountain.