After the defeat of Su Mao and Zhou Jian, they fled to Suiyang in a hurry with their remaining troops. Wu Han led the Han army to pursue the victory and met up with Gai Yan's tribe halfway. Then the two armies merged and marched towards Suiyang together.
Gai Yan also saw Guang Le's battle report. When everyone saw Wu Han, both Gai Yan and the soldiers below bowed their hands and saluted respectfully.
The Battle of Guangle was so amazing. In the whole world, I am afraid that only Wu Han could win this battle. People all admired and respected Wu Han from the bottom of their hearts.
After the Han army led by Wu Han and Gai Yan arrived in Suiyang, they immediately launched a siege on Suiyang. This time was the second Battle of Suiyang, but the two battles of Suiyang were just like replicas of the siege.
Instead of attacking.
The main reason is that Suiyang is too difficult to fight. In the first battle of Suiyang, Gai Yan led his troops to attack repeatedly. As a result, instead of tearing apart Suiyang's city defense, he suffered huge losses in his own troops.
This time, Gai Yan proposed to Wu Han that they should still adopt the strategy of besieging the city. When the food and grass in the city were exhausted, Liu Yong would naturally take the initiative to leave the city and lead his army to break out. Wu Han adopted Gai Yan's advice and besieged Suiyang without attacking.
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The Han army's second eastern expedition began to enter a stalemate stage.
Luoyang, Imperial Palace.
The battle reports from the Eastern Front, the Northern Front, and the Southern Front reached Liu Xiu one after another. On the battlefields of the Eastern and Northern Fronts, our own soldiers fought smoothly. Liu Yong was now trapped in Suiyang, and Peng Chong was hiding in the fishing village.
Positive.
On the contrary, Liu Xiu was not too worried or paid much attention to the southern battlefield, where the war was going very unfavorably.
Cen Peng led the Southern Expeditionary Army all the way south. When they arrived in the Deng County area, their march south was blocked.
Deng County is located at the junction of Nanyang County and Nan County, just at the choke point between the two counties.
Qin Feng knew very well that if he allowed the Han army to attack Deng County, it would open the door to Nanjun. If he wanted to hold Nanjun, he had to keep Cen Peng's army out of Deng County.
After some thinking, Qin Feng decided that the battle of Deng County was the decisive battle between his side and Cen Peng.
He led Yancen, Cai Hong, and Zhang Yang to set up a defensive line in Deng County.
Qin Fenghe's general Cai Hong guarded Deng County; Yancen led an army to guard Dongyangju in the east of Deng County; Zhang Yang led an army to guard Atou Mountain in the south of Deng County.
As for the headquarters of Qin Feng's army and the place where grain and grass are stored, it is located in Liqiu in Nanjun.
Qin Feng is not very courageous. If possible, he would face the Han army in person and fight with the Han army for no reason. But the current situation has reached a critical moment of life and death for him. He wants to avoid the battle but also avoids it.
There is no other choice but to bite the bullet and join the battle in person.
However, the defense line arranged by Qin Feng is really good. Deng County, Dongyang Ju, and Atoushan formed a triangular defense line. When the Han army attacked Deng County, Dongyang Jugong came to reinforce it immediately. When the Han army attacked Dongyang Ju, Deng
The county's soldiers and horses will immediately reinforce the situation.
If the Han army chooses to avoid the defense lines of Deng County and Dongyangju, it will be blocked by Qin Feng's army in Atou Mountain, putting it in a situation where it will be besieged on three sides by Deng County, Dongyangju and Atou Mountain.
The triangular defense system arranged by Qin Feng stumped Cen Peng, who was so accustomed to fighting. He tried to attack repeatedly, but to no avail. Now, the southern expedition army commanded by Cen Peng has been blocked by Qin Feng's triangular defense line for several months.
as long as.
Liu Xiu from Luoyang frowned when he saw the battle report coming back from the southern battlefield. He had high hopes for Cen Peng, but the southern battlefield led by Cen Peng was so disappointing. A mere Deng County could not be conquered for a long time.
, the door into Nanjun has been unable to be opened for a long time, and the morale of the soldiers of the Southern Expedition will only be gradually depleted in this stalemate.
Liu Xiu immediately wrote an edict to Cen Peng. In this edict, Liu Xiu rarely rebuked Cen Peng.
In fact, Liu Xiu would rarely rebuke the soldiers at the front if they were not doing well in battle. He himself was an emperor on horseback, and he knew that the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and victory or defeat was a common matter for military strategists.
But this time, a mere Deng County actually blocked the 100,000-strong Southern Expeditionary Army commanded by Cen Peng for several months. This made Liu Xiu intolerable. He even doubted whether Cen Peng was doing his best. to fight this battle.
In the edict, Liu Xiu's words were very harsh. Although the words were not very straightforward, the meaning was that if you can fight this battle, fight it. If you can't fight it, I will replace it with someone else.
Liu Xiu's edict was passed back to Cen Peng. After reading it, Cen Peng blushed.
When Wu Han massacred the city of Xinye, His Majesty did not use such harsh words. When he was unfavorable in the battle in Nanyang, which led to Zhu You being captured, His Majesty did not use such harsh words.
After reading Liu Xiu's edict, Cen Peng understood that he had really made His Majesty angry this time.
Early the next morning, Cen Peng ordered the entire army to reorganize. Instead of attacking Deng County, he would advance westward and take Shandu first, and then bypass Shandu into Nanjun.
Entering Nanjun from Shandu County is a long way, and you have to pass through a section of Hanzhong County. But this route can indeed avoid the triangular defense line deployed by Qin Feng in Deng County.
As Cen Peng's order was passed on, the entire Han army camp seemed to have exploded.
People in the camp have not fought for several months. Their military morale is slack, their fighting spirit is tired, and their morale is not high. Now that they heard that they are going to attack Shandu County, the soldiers are preparing for war and practicing drills. The originally lifeless camp , as if he came alive in an instant.
The chaos in the Han army's camp lasted from morning until late at night. There were not only Han troops in the Han army's camp, but also many prisoners of Qin Feng's army. The chaos of the Han army made their supervision of the prisoners much more lax. .
Several brave and cautious prisoners of Qin Feng's army seized this opportunity and quietly escaped from the Han army's camp. These prisoners fled back to Dengcheng overnight, rolling and crawling, and saw Qin Feng stationed in Dengcheng.
Hearing that several of his soldiers had escaped from the Han army's camp, Qin Feng paid great attention to it and met him personally. After seeing Qin Feng, several soldiers knelt down and kowtowed, crying and calling for the king.
Qin Feng waved his hands to them and motioned them to stand up. He asked eagerly: "Did you escape from the enemy's camp?"
"Reporting to the King of Dai, that's right!"
Qin Feng frowned and asked: "How did you find the opportunity to escape? What is the situation in the enemy camp now?"
He knew nothing about the situation of the Southern Expeditionary Army. Now that his own prisoners had finally escaped, he urgently wanted to know the specific situation of the Southern Expeditionary Army.
A soldier said in a trembling voice: "It's chaos, the enemy camp is already in chaos now!"
"Ah?" Upon hearing this, Qin Feng stood up involuntarily and looked at the soldier who spoke in surprise.
Another soldier explained: "I heard that because Cen Peng's southern expedition has not made progress, Liu Xiu sent a letter and severely reprimanded Cen Peng. Now Cen Peng has decided not to attack Deng County, but to go west to attack Shandu, we have to detour from Shandu County to Nanjun, and now the entire enemy camp is preparing to march westward to Shandu!"
Qin Feng was stunned for a moment and said to the guard on the side: "Quick! Go get the map!"
The guard agreed and ran out quickly. After a short time, he fetched a map of Jingzhou's area. Qin Feng threw the map on the table, lowered his head and looked at it carefully. All the generals present also gathered around.
Cai Hong pointed at Shandu on the map with his finger, then drew downwards, and said: "Shuzi is cunning! Cen Peng, my son, plans to take Shandu first, go south from Shandu, enter Hanzhong, and then enter our Nanjun from Hanzhong
!”
This march route can perfectly avoid the triangular defense line here in Deng County. Although the detour will indeed delay a period of time, it can enter Nan County without any loss and give our own side a blow.
After Qin Feng saw it, he broke out in a cold sweat. Cen Peng didn't use his strength, and once he used his strength, it was a killing move! If his side didn't get the news in advance, and Cen Peng took advantage of the loophole and successfully implemented this tactic, the consequences would be
Unthinkable.
He raised his head, looked at the soldiers who had fled back, and asked: "Are these things you said true or false?"
Several soldiers looked at each other, swore an oath to heaven one by one, and said: "Your Majesty, if I tell a lie, I will be punished by heaven and earth, and I will have no descendants and no descendants, and I will die without a burial place..."
Their poisonous oaths were so poisonous that Qin Feng couldn't bear to listen. Before they finished speaking, Qin Feng waved his hands and said to the guards on the side: "Heavy reward!"
The guards took several soldiers out, and then Qin Feng looked at the generals under his command and asked: "Generals, now that Cen Peng has given up attacking Deng County and instead wants to attack Shandu, how should our army respond?"
The generals looked at each other with frowns. They had set up a strong defense line here in Deng County, but there were no preparations on the Shandu side. It was really difficult to resist Cen Peng's massive attack.
After a while, a general said cautiously: "Your Majesty, our top priority now is to be ready to withdraw our troops!"
All our troops were concentrated in Deng County, which was empty inside. Cen Pengruo led his troops into Nanjun, and the counties in Nanjun were unable to resist.
After hearing what he said, many generals present nodded their heads, indicating that he was right.
The tactics adopted by Cen Peng made our defense line in Deng County useless and meaningless. If our side continued to stay in Deng County, the result would be to lose our home.
Qin Feng frowned and remained silent. He was really unwilling to evacuate Deng County. His current opponent was the famous Cen Peng, and he was able to keep Cen Peng out of Deng County for several months. It can be seen that
His success in setting up defenses in Deng County was enough for him to boast about for the rest of his life, but now it was going to end in vain. How could Qin Feng be willing to do so?
At this moment, Cai Hong said: "Your Majesty, I think we don't need to withdraw our troops for the time being!"
After hearing this, everyone's expressions changed and they all looked at Cai Hong.
Cai Hong was Qin Feng's number one general. He and Zhang Yang were Qin Feng's right-hand men, both civil and military. Qin Feng was able to lay the foundation of Nanjun, and both of these generals were indispensable.
Qin Feng's eyes lit up and he asked: "General Cai, please tell me why our army can't withdraw temporarily?"
Cai Hong bowed his hand to Qin Feng and said: "Your Majesty, when our army retreats, we will still have a head-on confrontation with Cen Peng Xiao'er, but the battlefield has been moved from Deng County to Nanjun. I thought that since Cen Peng wants to attack Shandu
, we will give him a trick and set up an ambush on the way from Deng County to Shandu, catching Cen Peng by surprise and attacking him unprepared. In this battle, our soldiers will definitely defeat the enemy and kill Cen Peng's son. This is the only battle.
, the world is settled!"
After he finished speaking, the scene was completely silent. I don’t know how long it took. Qin Feng’s eyes stopped moving and he burst into laughter. He patted Cai Hong on the shoulder and said with a smile: “There is no such person as General Cai.
, why are you afraid of Liu Xiu?!"
The other generals also bowed their hands to Cai Hong and said with a smile: "General Cai is not only the bravest of the three armies, but also resourceful. It is really a blessing for the king and a blessing for Nanjun!"
Hearing the praise of Qin Feng and the generals, Cai Hong looked proud. He raised his hands to Qin Feng and said: "Your Majesty, in this battle, I will take the head of Cen Peng's son and offer it to your Majesty!"
Qin Feng smiled and said: "Okay! According to General Cai's opinion, our army will set up an ambush halfway to intercept the enemy!"
