Li Xiu withdrew to Xia Cai, and the faces of the ordinary generals on the north bank were naturally filled with the joy of repelling the superior enemy forces.
Although the Tangyi Army suffered casualties of 13,000 to 4,000 in this battle, mainly due to the enemy's counterattack against Xia Cai and Dan County in the later period, Wu Ting's counterattack was extremely fierce and caused huge casualties. However, the enemy's force was almost double their strength.
Army, the casualties were even heavier.
Of course, the severity of the first Hehuai War was still far lower than expected before the war.
To put it in Cao Ba's words, the thunder was loud and the rain was light, so he didn't win any tough battles.
The Tangyi Army successfully completed the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians from Bianjing to the west bank of Yingshui River, guided more than 300,000 people in Yingwo to evacuate south to Xiacai and Haozhou, and gained a foothold on the north bank of Huaihe River and the west bank of Yingshui River.
A series of campaign objectives for points.
For Tangyi, this battle was naturally won.
However, Li Xiu rushed to the camp on the north bank to find Feng Xuan to return his orders. When he saw the senior generals of the Tangyi Army rushing past the camp, there was not much excitement on their faces. Only then did he know that the enemy troops were withdrawing from the siege.
While leaving, news of the fall of Yongzhou also reached Xiacai.
However, this news has not yet been announced in Huaixi, and is only known to high-ranking military officials.
Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang Dynasty sneaked back to Caizhou and left 30,000 elite troops in Yongzhou City. However, in the end they were unable to withstand the year-long siege by Director Tian Weiye and the non-stop force attack for the last month. On the 15th, he was defeated by the enemy.
After entering the city, they failed to drive out the enemy troops. Only three to four thousand remaining soldiers covered Liang Luo King Zhu Zhen's breakout and retreat into Shangzhou.
Yongzhou City, the first city in Guanzhong and one of the few great cities in the world, the former capital of the former dynasty, completely fell to the enemy.
In late October, the Yu River was completely frozen. The remnants of the rebels who were stubbornly defending the cities on the south bank of the Yu River such as Luoyang and Hangu, led by Liang Shixiong, also coerced nearly 100,000 people to abandon the city.
Under the cover of the enemy, they crossed the river ice and retreated to the north bank of the Yu River. At this time, they were retreating to Bianjing.
Prince Mengwu and Xiao Yiqing finally agreed that Liang Shixiong led his troops to withdraw from Heluo, mainly Tian Weiye. Wang Yuankui's two troops also suffered heavy casualties in capturing Yongzhou City and needed rest and recuperation. Xu Si's army and Shouzhou army faced Tangyi's army again.
Due to the strong pressure, they were temporarily unable to send more troops to the south bank of the Yu River to strengthen the defense of Luoyang and other cities.
Obviously, they could not expect Liang Shixiong to continue to support Heluo for too long, and took the initiative to withdraw Liang Shixiong's troops to the east, ultimately ensuring that Dongliang (Zhu Rang) faced Tangyi and the Western Liang army on the west bank of Yingshui River.
, maintain the absolute advantage in the scale of troops and horses.
For the Hehuai Liang Army, which can actually only be called the "Western Liang Army", although it finally recaptured the complete Heluo area and completely opened up the communication channel with Guanzhong, only Huazhou and Tongguan were left in Guanzhong on the south bank of the Weihe River
There are a limited number of cities downstream.
Most of the Guanzhong area, especially after this wave of war, Yongzhou, which still had nearly 500,000 registered households, fell into the hands of the Mongols. For the Xiliang Army, it was also a huge trauma comparable to the fall of Bianjing.
For the Xiliang Army at this time, after regaining Heluo, it still barely maintained the territory of nearly fifty counties in Luoyang Prefecture, Xu, Ru, Cai, Ying, Hua, Shang and other prefectures, but only the Liang Kingdom was in full prosperity.
It was one-quarter of what it was then, and its population has shrunk to one-fifth of what it was at its peak, with perhaps less than two million registered households.
The Western Liang Army has also shrunk from more than 400,000 people when the Liang Army was in its heyday (including the Shouzhou Army and the Xu Si Army) to less than 80,000. They are still weak generals who have been fighting hard for two or three years. The injury ratio is again
Extremely high.
The main force of the Xiliang Army can only be stationed on the two wings of Heluo to withstand the pressure of enemy forces from Guanzhong and Yinghuai Prefecture; for its defense line on the west bank of the Yingshui River, it even has to hope that the Tangyi Army can share part of the pressure.
After Li Xiu and Feng Xuan reported on the resettlement situation before and after the brave defense of Yatou Ridge in Xinzhai Township and the withdrawal to Xiacai, they planned to return to Li's Xinzhai with Cao Ba first. At this time, Han Qian sent his guards over to find Feng Xuan.
Account discussion.
"You two come with me." Feng Xuan motioned to Li Xiu, and Cao Ba followed him to the tent.
The North Bank Camp is located on the north bank of Jiaoshan Gorge, at the core of the Xiacai Defense Line. The camp includes the Navy Dazhai, and the area is no smaller than that of Xiacai City. Including the Navy, there are more than 20,000 garrison troops.
The camps are embedded in layers, and Han Qian's tent is naturally at the core of the entire camp.
Li Xiu followed Feng Xuan into the large tent renovated from the ancestral hall, and saw that there were only Feng Liao, Guo Rong, Tian Cheng, Lin Haizheng, Guo Que, Xiao Dahu, Tan Xiuqun, Su Lie, Wen Yuan, Feng Yi, Wang Che, Huo Xiao, etc.
In addition to the senior generals of the Tangyi Army, Guo Duanduo and Shen Peng, the Minister of Rites of Xiliang, were also present. However, I don’t know if their appearance in the camp on the north bank of Jiaoshan Gorge at this time was related to the fall of Yongzhou and the extremely bad situation in Guanzhong.
There were not many seats in the big tent, and Han Qian was standing there talking to Guo Duanduo. Li Xiu and Cao Ba naturally stood behind the crowd.
Cao Ba dishonestly nudged Wang Che, who was standing in front of him, and asked, "So many people are calling over. What's the matter? Is it a reward?"
"The Mongol people are moving their Nanyuan Yamen office in Yunzhou to Taiyuan Prefecture. They should be moving their southern capital to Taiyuan Prefecture." Wang Che said to Cao Ba in a low voice, and then greeted Li Xiu politely.
He bowed his hands and bowed.
"..." Li Xiu did not expect that the Mongol people would move the important town of Nanyuan southward so quickly.
Although Taiyuan City is only five or six hundred miles away from Yunzhou, the strategic intention of the Mongols in making such a choice is obvious. The first is to move the center of their rule southward, demonstrating their determination to manage the hinterland of the Central Plains.
The Mongols did not choose the Heshuo area south of Yanshan Mountain as the location of their new southern capital, but chose Taiyuan Prefecture, the former capital of the Jin Dynasty. This also revealed that Zhu Rang Anxin was the core of running Hehuai River, with more than 5 million registered households.
The Dongliang area at the mouth of the country, and after the Mengwu digested the Shan area, Huai, Wei and other prefectures in the southern part of the Taihang Mountains and the Guanzhong area, the future strategic focus will tilt all the way to the west wing.
Going south from Taiyuan City through the Fenshui River Valley is the ancient county of Hedong. Crossing the Yellow River is the northeastern region of Guandong, connecting it with Yongzhou and other places. This is a complete passage for military and horse movement.
By occupying Tongguan to prevent the enemy from advancing westward, there is a geographical advantage to take advantage of. However, the enemy troops sent troops from Yongzhou and Hejin in the north, and entered Huazhou, Tongguan and other cities from the west and north. However, the Western Liang Army had no geographical advantage to defend.
The offensive and defensive situation is still extremely serious.
"Oh, by the way," Wang Che could see that Li Xiu was more concerned about the overall situation, so he lowered his voice and made a special trip to tell him, "Zhao Mengji, Wang Xiaoxian has sent someone with a watch to go to Taiyuan Mansion to meet Prince Mengwu Wu Su Dashi...
"
Li Xiu took a breath, thinking that this might be the news brought by Guo Duanduo and Shen Peng.
If Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian really want to surrender to the Mongols, it means that the Mongols will have 70,000 soldiers. It not only means that the pressure of the Western Liang Army in Huazhou and Tongguan will double, but also that King Zhao's troops will directly counterattack Sichuan and Shu via Yinping Road.
It's something that can happen at any time.
"Tian Weiye and Wang Yuankui suffered heavy casualties in their attack on Yongzhou. They were stationed in Guanzhong, and together with the Pingxia people, there were only 50,000 remnants left. Not only were they in urgent need of rest and reorganization, the east wing also faced the threat of Liang Jun stationed in Huazhou.
——We currently estimate that Wusu Dashi will be more or less on guard against Zhao Mengji, and Wang Xiaoxian’s surrender was dishonest, and he will not transfer the urgently needed food and grass to Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian, so that their troops will immediately become sharper, and Sichuan, Shu and Liangzhou will be temporarily restored.
There is no big threat. However, in Tian Weiye, Wang Yuankui's troops and horses have been replenished and fully rested, which means that by March and April next year, the situation on the west wing will be difficult to say." Wang Che and Li Xiu introduced what they had just discussed.
Some basic situations.
"What's going on with the imperial court's campaign to suppress Xiangcheng?" Li Xiu asked in surprise.
"Zhou Bingwu, Zhang Wei, and Zhao Zhen are fighting very steadily, and they are attacking Jingmen and Yingzhou in an orderly manner. They may not be able to seize the gateway to attack Xiangcheng until next spring." Wang Che said.
"Wang Junjun may suggest that the marquis write a letter to Wang Yong, the lord of Shu, asking Shu to hand over Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian's family to Jinling in order to alienate the relationship between Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian and the Mongol people." Li Xiu thought of something,
Said to Wang Che.
Wang Che pondered for a moment and felt that Li Xiu's plan was feasible.
There is no possibility of compromise between Zhao Mengji, Wang Xiaoxian and Wang Yong. Whether Wang Yong detains the children of Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian or kills them directly, Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian will not be touched. But if the Shu Kingdom sends their children to
Jinling, Zhao Mengji, and Wang Xiaoxian might not have the possibility of surrendering to Chu in exchange for their families' lives.
It even just needs to convince the Mongol people that this is possible.
"This is a good plan. General Li can give me some advice." Wang Che said, not wanting to take advantage of Li Xiu's advice.
"What are you muttering about?" Han Qian had a conversation with Guo Duanduo and saw Li Xiu, Cao Ba and Wang Che standing in the corner muttering. Everyone around them was listening to them, so he raised his voice and asked.
"Counsellor Li would like to suggest that Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian's family should be invited to Jinling to improve their relationship with the Mongol people." Wang Zhe said.
Han Qian pondered for a moment, and then said to Feng Liao, Guo Rong, and Tian Cheng: "Maybe we need to send someone to make a special trip to Chengdu. Can you decide who is suitable?"
Feng Liao nodded, weakening the Mongolian people's trust and reliance on Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian, which will temporarily relieve the military pressure faced by Sichuan and Shu. I believe Wang Yong will not reject their suggestions. This matter only requires sending a messenger to bring Han
A quick visit to Qian's handwritten letter should be enough to facilitate this, but Han Qian obviously still needs to have a deeper understanding of the Shu army's military defense deployment in Lichuan and Jiangyou, or in other words, he needs to have a deeper understanding of the Shu army's subsequent military arrangements on the northern line and northwest flank.
In order to understand the situation and even make some suggestions on the military deployment of the Shu army, they need to send senior generals to communicate directly with the Shu Lord Wang Yong face to face.
