Chapter 227: All-round attack on Korea [two-in-one]
The time goes back to the beginning of June, that is, after Qi General Tian Dan learned that "the Huling navy of Wei State wanted to sneak attack Linzi along Jishui", he led hundreds of thousands of troops to withdraw from Wuyan County to Qi State.
Wei generals Shao Hu, Long Ji, Yi Hu, and Zhao Bao in Wuyan County invited together to discuss the next action.
In the side hall of Wuyan County Government, several generals sat around a table with a map of the Central Plains spread out, listening to Shao Hu solemnly describing the next action.
I saw Shaohu pointing to "Pingyuan" and "Gaotang" on the map and said: "This area is Pingyuan City of Qi State. In addition to the troops of Qi State stationed here, there are also troops from the north led by Ji Kuo stationed there.
Yan Hanjun..."
Ji Kuo was the deputy general under Shou Leyi of Beiyan in South Korea. Last year, Wei general Qu Chengben wanted to lead the Yanling army to cross the river south and attack the Pingyuan city of Qi. He would assist Shaohu who was in Mount Tai at the time and further implement Qi's policies.
Pressure, but unfortunately was intercepted by Ji Kuo near Qinghe.
As a last resort, Wei general Qu Cheng had to temporarily retreat and attack "Ganling", trying to use this city as a stronghold to try to cross the river again.
At the same time, Ji Kuo led a part of the Northern Yan and Han troops and reached an agreement with the Qi army in Pingyuan City. The two armies jointly built a defense line along the river to prevent Wei general Qu Cheng from leading the Yanling army to invade Qi territory.
This creates greater pressure on the country.
After that, the Yanling Wei army led by Wei general Qu Cheng and the Northern Yan Han army led by Han general Ji Kuo confronted each other on the Qinghe River. Although the Yanling army was indeed the elite of the Wei state, they
Ji Kuo's Northern Yan Army was not much inferior, and with the help of Qinghe and Dahe, Qu Cheng was unable to land in Julu County on the Qi side in the end, and was blocked by Han general Ji Kuo behind the Dahe.
north.
Now, Tiance Mansion ordered Wei General Shao Hu to lead his army to sneak attack on "Gaotang" and "Pingyuan", and then rushed to Hebei to join forces with Wei General Qu Cheng's Yanling Army.
"...Xiang Mo would never have imagined that instead of rushing south to aid Song County, our army would rush to Hebei to attack South Korea."
When he said these words, Wei General Shao Hu admired their Wei monarch Zhao Run and fell to the ground. He just asked the Huling navy to make a false shot in Linzi, causing the army of the conquering Wei states to be in chaos and unable to attack.
Reach strategic agreement.
What's even better is that probably no one has guessed the true intention of their Wei monarch, Zhao Run.
This talent for strategizing is simply amazing!
"But, if this happens, what will Song County do?" Wei General Long Ji frowned and said, "Song County's military strength may not be able to stop the coalition forces from various countries..."
"This depends on the progress of our attack on South Korea." Yihu pondered: "If what I expected is correct, now, in view of Tian Dan and Tian Wu returning to aid Qi, Ji Wu and Huan Hu are worried about him.
The State of Lu followed in the footsteps of the State of Qi
, garrison and wait and see, the coalition forces of the various countries on the Song County side should only be the troops of the Chu State and the Yue State... I think Lord Chu Shui of the Chu State may slow down his offensive against Song County because of this."
Here, he lowered his voice and said: "
His Majesty's intention is to take advantage of the fact that the coalition forces of the various countries cannot reach an agreement, immediately use troops against South Korea, and defeat South Korea with lightning speed. As long as South Korea is defeated, the Hanoi Army, the Suppression Army, and the Yanling Army, including
I, Wei Wujun, can pull out several armies from the quagmire of "confrontation with South Korea" and quickly return to support Song County or Liang County... It is undeniable that this is a very risky strategy, but I personally think that the probability of success is very high
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After a pause, he added: "This is probably the only strategy I, the Great Wei, have that can turn passivity into initiative."
After hearing this, Long Ji, who was the most prudent among the four, hesitated and nodded slightly.
"Since there is no objection, let's discuss the specific actions... It is not an easy task to hide from Xiang Mo's eyes and attack Gaotang secretly." Shao Hu said in a deep voice.
After hearing this, Yihu thought for a while and said: "We can ask the soldiers in batches to quietly go northward at night. As for Wuyan County, our army can leave some of its troops and continue to burn the original stoves every day to confuse the situation."
The Chu army’s sight and hearing… I think it should be possible to deceive the Chu army for ten days.”
"good!"
Shaohu thought about it and thought it was a good idea, so he decided to follow Yihu's suggestion.
That night, five thousand Wei Wujun quietly left the north gate of Wei Camp outside Wuyan City and arrived at Jishui.
It is worth mentioning that on the banks of the Jishui River, Yi Hu, who led the Wei army, met Zhou Kui, the general of the Huling navy. The latter actually led twelve tiger warships and more than twenty escort ships, smiling brightly.
The ground was waiting on the river for the arrival of Wei Wujun. "Author's note: I remember someone asked in the chapter comments that day, "Where did Zhou Kui go?", and the answer was, he was here."
At this time, Wei Wujun didn't even have to build a pontoon bridge. When Wei General Zhou Kui ordered his ships to line up on the Jishui River, the soldiers of Wei Wujun easily crossed the Jishui River.
At that time, Yihu asked Zhou Kui in surprise: "General Zhou happens to be here?"
"No." Zhou Kui said with a smile: "I am following the orders of Tiance Mansion, pretending to block Jishui, but in fact I am waiting for your army here... Waiting to help your army cross Jishui, I will
Immediately lead the fleet back to Boxing in Qi State." At this point, he asked curiously: "Is your army preparing to attack Gaotang next?"
Yihu smiled and said nothing.
Seeing this, Zhou Kui also realized that he had exceeded his authority and quickly changed the subject.
Because Tiance Mansion has a single line of contact with all the domestic armies, Zhou Kui, as the general of the Huling Navy, would not be able to inquire about Wei Wujun's strategic goals unless there was an order from Tiance Mansion asking both sides to cooperate in the battle.
In view of the help from many warships under Zhou Kui's command, Yihu immediately sent people back to Wuyan County to report the matter to Shaohu.
Shaohu was also very happy when he heard this.
He originally asked Yihu to lead five thousand soldiers to the Jishui River first, just to ask the latter to build a pontoon bridge so that the following troops could cross the river. Unexpectedly, he also saved time in building a pontoon bridge.
Therefore, Shao Hu made a decisive decision and sent Zhao Bao and 20,000 Wei Wu troops to Jishui that night. With the help of Zhou Kui's warships, they passed Jishui quietly.
After daybreak, Yihu and Zhao Bao immediately attacked Gaotang County without stopping.
During this period, Gaotang County's main enemy direction was still facing the river, that is, Wei general Qu Cheng, who was guarding Hebei, did not know that he would be attacked by Wei Wujun from behind.
Being prepared but not prepared, Yihu and Zhao Bao captured Gaotang in just one day.
At that time, the Han general Ji Kuo was stationed on the north bank of the river. He heard the faint shouts of killing coming from Gaotang in the distance, and he felt puzzled: Aren't the Yanling troops under Wei general Qu Cheng in Ganling? When did they sneak across the river?
Crossed the river to attack Gaotang?
However, at this time, he could no longer think about that, because within a day, Wei general Qu Cheng, who was stationed in "Ganling", led the Yanling army to attack his riverside camp.
Originally, if there were only Wei troops in the direction of Ganling, Han general Ji Kuo would have been able to hold on for a few days. However, when he discovered that another Wei army was approaching from behind, Ji Kuo was completely in despair when he tried to cross the river on the south bank.
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"Wei, Wei Wujun? Didn't Wei Wujun attack Qi on Mount Tai? Why did they suddenly change direction and attack here? Did Wei give up attacking Qi?"
Ji Kuo thought in shock.
Being attacked from both sides, it is not difficult to guess the outcome. The Northern Yan Han army under Ji Kuo was defeated by the Yanling army and Wei Wu army under Wei generals Qu Cheng and Shao Hu.
Shaohu's Wei Wu army successfully crossed the river and joined Qu Cheng's Yanling army.
"General Shao."
"General Qu."
After defeating Han general Ji Kuo, Shao Hu and Qu Cheng met on the north bank of the river.
Qu Cheng clasped his fists and said: "I am ashamed. Although Qu wanted to help when your army attacked Mount Tai, Ji Kuo blocked it in every possible way. I was never lucky enough to join hands with your army to put pressure on Qi..."
Shao Hu smiled and waved his hand: "General Qu said something serious. It's not too late to join hands together...Has General Qu received the general order from Tiance Mansion?"
"I got it." Qu Cheng nodded and said, "That's why, after learning that your army wanted to cross the river and go north, Qu immediately led his army to help."
The two men looked at each other and smiled, immediately joined forces and headed north to attack South Korea.
On June 13, just before Julu Shou Yanfu had led his navy, he went down the river to Beihai.
Some people may ask, did Yan Kui not notice that Wei Wujun had broken through the Yellow River when he led the navy to Beihai?
In fact, Yan crepe is not clear yet.
Because Yan Kui's navy has been stationed in Qinghe and Zhangshui recently, and the two rivers will not merge into the Yellow River and flow into the North Sea until they reach the downstream area near the outlet.
As for Gaotang, it was an area that the naval forces he led had never passed. How could we know the actions of Wei Wujun?
By the evening of June 14, Han general Ji Kuo, who had been defeated in the Hebei area, withdrew to "Li County (Dezhou)" with his remaining troops.
It has to be said that Ji Kuo was worthy of being Beiyan's most valued lieutenant general. Although he had not expected that Wei Wujun, who was "in Mount Tai", would actually make a long-distance attack on Gaotang and attack his back. However, after "Wei Wujun crossed the river"
" Under the premise of this strange move, he also realized the crisis: since the Wei Wu army crossed the river strangely and joined the Yanling army, then the purpose of these two Wei armies may not be simple, and it is very likely that they intend to bypass "
Wu'an-Baren-Julu Defense Line", attacking the hinterland of Korea.
After realizing this, Ji Kuo led the defeated troops to retreat to "Li County" and at the same time sent people to report to Julu City.
On June 15, the Korean army coach Le Yi received news from his deputy general Ji Kuo in Julu City.
"Wei Wu's army crossed the river to join Yanling's army?"
Le Yi was shocked at first, but gradually calmed down after a while.
After all, he had already guessed two days ago that the Wei State was likely to launch a full-scale attack on his country, South Korea. Therefore, the move of Wei Wujun going north to cross the river was unexpected, but it was also reasonable.
But having said that, Wei Wujun's actions once again verified Le Yi's suspicion that "Wei is about to launch a general attack on South Korea" - even Wei Wujun, who was originally used to put pressure on Qi, was transferred to Hebei, not to mention Wei Wujun.
What about the other troops deployed by the country on the Wei-Korean border?
Le Yi had nothing to do about this.
Wei's Huling Navy bypassed the "Wu'an-Bairen-Julu Defense Line", while Wei's Yanling Army and Wei Wu Army also bypassed this defense line - Le Yi did not think that his deputy general Ji Kuo's
There is no doubt that the Yanling Army and the Wei Wu Army will attack "Li County" next and take advantage of the situation to attack "Shanggu County".
If Le Yi still does not want to easily "Wu'an-Bairen-Julu defense line" when only the Huling navy army sneaks into Jicheng, but only plans to dispatch some troops to return reinforcements, then the Yanling army and the Wei Wu army will also bypass the line.
Passing the defense line and attacking Shanggu County forced Le Yi to abandon this line of defense. It took South Korea more than two years to build this line of defense. During this period, countless manpower, material resources, and energy were spent, but in the end it had no effect.
Bullshit line of defense!
"Crack!"
Even though Le Yi had always been so calm that he was almost indifferent to everything, at this moment he felt an unknown fire rising in his heart. He subconsciously grabbed a ceramic teapot on the table and threw it against the wall, shocking the guards outside the room.
He rushed in immediately.
"General, do you... have any orders?"
The guard, who thought something had happened in the house and broke in, immediately changed his tone when he saw the water stains on the wall, the broken porcelain on the floor, and Le Yi's gloomy and indifferent face.
At this time, Le Yi let out a long breath and said in a deep voice as if nothing had happened: "Send the order, the whole army abandons Julu and returns to the capital... In addition, send someone to Bai Ren and Wu'an to send a message and call
Sima Shang, the governor of the acting county, Xu Li, the governor of Shanggu, and Jin Fu, the governor of Wu'an, ordered them to lead their troops to retreat as appropriate..."
"...Yes." Konoe cupped his fists and retreated.
Looking at the leaving figures of the guards, Le Yi reached out and rubbed his forehead.
He had never expected that the battle would reach this point: in fact, before the armies of Wei and South Korea even started fighting, South Korea had inexplicably lost the "Wu'an-Boren-Julu Defense Line", and even
Therefore, I am afraid that Handan North County and Julu North County will all be captured by the Wei army.
It must be said that this is the significant difference brought about by the level of strategic vision.
On June 15, Le Yi's messenger arrived in Bairen County and conveyed the former's order to Sima Shang, the acting governor of the county stationed in this area.
The next day, two Korean generals, Jin Bo and Xu Li, who were stationed in Wu'an, also received Le Yi's order.
Like Le Yi, Sima Shang, Jin Piao, Xu Li and other Korean generals all felt extremely aggrieved. You must know that on the Wei-Korean border, the Wei army has not had the slightest advantage so far. If there had not been the "Jicheng Crisis" incident,
The Korean army is fully capable of defending this line of defense until the end of the world. The Chu Shui Army, which defended the Chu State, led the coalition forces of various countries to attack the Sanchuan County of the Wei State and all the way to Luoyang, the capital of the Wei State.
But...the cruel reality forced them to give up this line of defense and return to support the royal capital Jicheng. After all, once Jicheng fell, no matter how strong this line of defense was, it would have no effect at all.
"withdraw!"
Sima Shang, Xu Li, Jin Yao and others issued orders to withdraw their troops.
At the same time, in Handan City, Wei's general Yan Wang Zhao Jiang has been closely monitoring every move in the cities of Julu, Bairen, and Wu'an in the past few days.
The reason is very simple, because Zhao Jiang received a secret letter from Tiance Mansion, which told him that the Korean troops stationed at the "Julu-Boren-Wu'an Defense Line" would withdraw in the near future and asked King Yan
Zhao Jiang was waiting for an opportunity, not to annihilate more Korean troops, but to put pressure on the Korean troops, and to receive as much supplies as possible from the Korean troops when they hurriedly evacuated.
Although in this secret letter, Tiance Mansion did not explain the strategic intentions of the Huling navy and Wei Wujun, so King Zhao Jiang of Yan did not know that several of his own armies had actually bypassed the defense line and attacked South Korea's weak rear.
I just firmly believe in the judgment of Tiance Mansion - after all, Tiance Mansion, in a sense, is the will of his monarch Zhao Run.
Because of this, he called his general Cao Yan to him a few days ago and asked Cao Yan to use all the Nanyan cavalry under his command to keep an eye on every move in Julu, Bairen, Wu'an and other places.
At first, Cao Yan was very puzzled. He didn't know why Tiance Mansion believed that the Korean soldiers in this area would definitely retreat. But the facts proved that Tiance Mansion's judgment was correct. From June 16 to June 20,
In the meantime, several Korean armies in Wu'an, Bairen, Julu and other places all retreated backwards.
After learning about this incident, Cao Yan was surprised and happy, and quickly sent people back to Handan to report the incident to King Zhao Jiang of Yan.
"Aha!"
After King Yan Zhao Jiang learned about this, he was also very happy. He immediately summoned his generals and said to them: "I have received an order from Tiance Mansion earlier. Once Wu'an, Bai people, and Ju
The Korean troops in the deer area began to evacuate, and our army immediately followed up with troops!... Send the order and the whole army is dispatched."
After issuing this general order, King Zhao Jiang of Yan immediately sent a notification to the anti-rebel army garrisoned in Feicheng, and ordered Pang Huan, the chief general of the anti-rebel army, to accompany his Hanoi army to attack.
Pang Huan accepted the order happily.
On June 19, Wei general Pang Huan sent his troops out of Feicheng to attack Julu, while King Yan Zhaojiang divided his troops into two groups, one to capture Wu'an and the other to capture Bairen.
Among these three battlefields, Wu'an is the closest to Handan. When Wei general Cao Yan led more than a thousand Nanyan cavalry and five thousand Shanyang troops to Wu'an, he saw flames in Wu'an city from a distance. It was obvious that the Korean army was setting fire to the baggage in the city.
,architecture.
"Damn it!"
Cao Yan cursed secretly, knowing that those were the trophies of his Hanoi army, how could he tolerate the Korean army burning them down during their evacuation?
Thinking of this, he advanced with his troops, intending to go around to the northeast corner of Wu'an and cut off the Korean army's retreat route into the country.
Just as he guessed, the Han general, Shanggu Guard Xu Li, immediately led the Shanggu cavalry to rush out and intercept Cao Yan's army - the purpose was not to defeat the Wei army, but to defend the Han army in Wu'an City and withdraw into the country.
to avoid being cut off by the Wei army.
Seeing this, Cao Yan was not in a hurry and shouted to Xu Li from a distance: "Xu Li, retreat as soon as you want to retreat. Cao promises not to pursue, but everything in Wu'an City belongs to our Hanoi Army."
, you have to leave me intact."
Xu Li's anger surged when he heard these words: Damn it, all the supplies in Wu'an City belong to my Han army, why should I leave them to you? Are all your Hanoi armies fucking bandits?
Seeing that Xu Li, the guardian of Shanggu, ignored him, Wei general Cao Yan shouted again: "Xu Li, Jin Piao, and Cao advise you to retreat quickly. Once my lord leads the army and comes, it will be too late to regret it!"
Hearing Cao Yan's arrogant words, Han general Xu Li felt angry. He thought to himself, if Jicheng hadn't been in danger, why would you have allowed you to be so arrogant?
Not to mention, Cao Yan has dealt with Xu Li several times in the past two years, and Cao Yan really may not be able to defeat Xu Li, a Korean cavalryman who was deeply taught by the former Shanggu Shou Ma She.
Although Xu Li did not take Cao Yan's 'threat' to heart, it is undeniable that he and Jin Piao were slightly affected. Therefore, the soldiers under the two Han generals just hurriedly moved around the city.
After setting the fire, before the fire was out of control, they hurriedly evacuated under the supervision of the Wei army outside the city.
As expected, Wei general Cao Yan did not pursue him, not because he kept his promise, but because Wu'an was once the military town of Handan - when Handan was still the capital of South Korea, there were very complete workshop facilities in the city, and there were many
The raw materials used to forge weapons, as well as the craftsmen responsible for forging weapons, etc., are much more important than chasing the Korean army.
"Fight the fire, put out the fire quickly."
After the Korean army withdrew from Wu'an, Wei general Cao Yan immediately led his soldiers into the city and issued an order to put out the fire, hoping to save as much as possible the baggage, grain and grass, and workshops in the city that the Korean army had not had time to take away when they evacuated.
architecture.
Similar to the situation in Wu'an, in Bairen County and Julu County, Han generals Sima Shang and Le Yi also hurriedly evacuated after setting fire to their respective granaries and barracks in the counties.
After the Korean troops withdrew, King Zhao Jiang of Yan and General Pang Huan of Wei came to Bairen and Julu and took over the two cities effortlessly.
In the next ten days or so, the Korean army slowly retreated from Handan North County and Julu North County on a large scale, while the Wei army advanced step by step and took over the county towns, passes, and military camps abandoned by the Korean army.
The "Wu'an-Boren-Julu Defense Line" that South Korea spent more than two years building was broken by the Wei army.
From late June to early July, Luoyang Tiance Mansion issued orders to several elite Wei armies including the Shangdang Army, the Northern First Army, the Hanoi Army, and the Suppression of Rebellion Army to launch a general attack on South Korea.
For a time, Shangdang guard Jiang Bibing went out of the mountainous area in the north of Shangdang, invaded Yanmen County, and cut off the connection between Yanmen County and the Korean capital.
At the same time, the commander of the Northern First Army, King Huan Zhao Xuan, marched out of "Yao City" and led his army to attack Taiyuan County. His troops pointed directly at Jinyang, Taiyuan.
In addition, the Hanoi Army attacked Handan North County, the rebel army attacked Julu North County, and the Yanling Army and Wei Wu Army combined forces to attack Shanggu County.
Wei's elite army, numbering as many as 300,000, launched a general frontal attack on South Korea from land.
In view of the ferocious offensive of the Wei army, and in view of the fact that the royal capital Jicheng was attacked by Wei's Huling navy, South Korea was retreating steadily. Even Han general Le Yi could not turn the tide and could only watch his own army in the face of Wei's tidal offensive.
, retreating steadily.
South Korea, once the country with the most powerful comprehensive national power in the Central Plains, is in danger.