Xiangshan Mountain lies across the north bank of Yuhe River and faces Mangshan Mountain across the river. However, the mountain is much steeper than Mangshan Mountain. The main east-west peaks are more than 600 to 700 feet high. The mountain stretches for more than 300 miles from east to west, but the depth from north to south is
It is only twenty to thirty miles long and the mountain is very long and narrow, so it is also called Zhongtiao Mountain.
The Yu River flows south from the western foothills of Zhongtiao Mountain, joins the Jingwei River and other streams originating from the Loess Plateau, then turns eastward from the southern foothills of Zhongtiao Mountain and flows through Taiyuan Prefecture, Fenzhou, Jinzhou, and Fen in Puzhou.
The water then flows into the Yu River from the northwest foot of Zhongtiao Mountain. Zhongtiao Mountain has a branch to the east, Wangwu Mountain. At this time, Mengzhou, where Zhao Mengji led more than 30,000 troops to garrison, was located at the eastern foot of Wangwu Mountain.
In terms of its strategic position, Xiangshan can be said to be an important place overlooking southern Shanxi, overlooking Guanyong in the east, and overlooking the Hehuai River in the south.
There are more than 90 counties in the eighteen prefectures of Hedong. The prefectures of Fen, Jin, and Pu are located in the valley of the lower reaches of Fenshui River. They account for nearly one-third of the population and cultivated land in Hedong. Counting Taiyuan Prefecture in the upper reaches of Fenshui River,
The population and cultivated land account for half of the old county in Hedong.
There is another point that military strategists and strategists throughout history cannot ignore.
The pool salt, which has been developed on a large scale since the pre-Qin Dynasty, is produced in the Hedong Salt Pool at the northern foot of Xiangshan Mountain. It is also the most famous saltwater lake in the Central Plains.
For hundreds of years, the salt produced in the Hedong Salt Pond has been transported and sold to Guanyong, Hehuai, Hedong and other places.
In the early years of the previous dynasty, the salt households in Yanchi had already used the salt field sun-drying method to make salt. At its peak, the annual output was over a million Shichi salt. After the middle period of the previous dynasty, a sales system was implemented. This salty lake, which is about 60 miles long from east to west,
It can transport millions of salt profits to the center every year.
When the Jin Dynasty occupied the salt pond, the salt profit once accounted for one-third of its central annual income.
The Hejin area across the two states of Jin and Pu has always been the focus of the Liang-Jin wars. In addition to the Fenshui River Valley at the northern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, which easily directly threatened the core area of Jin rule, another reason is to pass through
The war reduced or even destroyed Jin's salt profits from the salt ponds in Hedong.
If Daliang troops and horses could penetrate Zhongtiao Mountain and gain a foothold, it would have a great restraint effect on the enemy. But the problem is that Liang and Jin had been fighting around Zhongtiao Mountain for thirty or forty years since before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Countless fortifications were built in the mountain.
are always in the hands of the enemy.
In addition, because Zhongtiao Mountain is extremely long and narrow and backs up to the Fen River Valley to the north, it means that it is extremely easy for the soldiers and horses stationed in Hejin in the north to reinforce the defenses in the mountain.
If Han Qian mobilized elite troops from Mang Mountain to cross the Yu River at this time, he would not be able to carry heavy weapons to attack these defenses. The footholds on the north bank of the Yu River and the area for troops to deploy are too narrow. If he attacks by force, he is bound to suffer heavy casualties.
And even if you pay heavy sacrifices to defend one or two fortifications, it will be difficult to withstand the enemy's more dominant counterattack from the north, and it will be difficult to defend the fortifications in the mountains.
Otherwise, in the past thirty or forty years, Liang Jun would not have had to bypass Xiangshan every time, cross the Yu River from northern Huazhou, and directly attack Jinzhou and Puzhou north of Xiangshan.
Yin Pengzheng felt that Han Qian's method was difficult to perform. He looked down at the sand table and saw that Yuhe, Songshan, Mangshan and Xiangshan mountains and rivers had been piled up very realistically. He could clearly see the distribution of the defense blockades in Xiangshan Mountain.
Apparently Han Qian had just been deducing combat methods with the generals in the office hall. He was thinking to himself, Han Qian and the generals would not turn a blind eye to the difficulties he could think of?
Yin Peng had just arrived and was unfamiliar with many situations, so he patiently listened to Guo Que, Feng Xuan, Wen Bo, Chen Kun and others standing in front of the sand table to discuss the next battle plan.
The enemy troops currently stationed in Jin, Pu and other Hejin areas as well as Zhongtiao Mountain are Tian Weiye's troops and more than ten thousand elite Mongolian cavalry.
Tian Weiye was originally the governor of Luzhou in Jin Dynasty. He held on to Luzhou City for nearly a year when Zhu Yu led the Liang army to attack it. As a result, Zhu Yu was finally surrendered by Zhu, and Wang Yuankui teamed up with the Mongol people to steal the retreat, resulting in a series of disastrous defeats.
When Luzhou ran out of food, Tian Weiye offered the city to surrender to the Mongols. Because his wife and children were slaughtered by King Lu of Jin, he led his troops to attack Taiyuan City most ferociously. Later, as a vanguard, he led his troops to attack Guanzhong. He was sharp and sharp, and in the end he did not hesitate.
Captured Yongzhou City with casualties.
Initially, Mengwu wanted to use Tian Weiye to continue his attack on Hanzhong. However, after Han Qianchan succeeded to the throne of Daliang, Wu Su Dashi and Xiao Yiqing adjusted their strategy and sent Wang Yuankui and Wang Xiao to defend the Yongnan area first, and transferred Tian Weiye, who had the most dazzling military exploits.
He went to Hejin and served as the governor of Hejin.
Obviously, Wusu Dashi and Xiao Yiqing knew very early on that the Mongolian army would definitely not be able to successfully capture the Heluo area, and then Xiangshan's strategic position in the Liang-Meng war situation would be completely highlighted.
However, Han Qian didn't care how powerful Tian Weiye and his troops were in combat, nor how elite the 10,000 Mongolian cavalry stationed in the south of Fenshui River under Tian Weiye's control were, nor how brave and adept their generals were, Haishan.
Since the war in Heluo and southern Shanxi became increasingly fierce in the middle and late periods of the former dynasty, as many as forty or fifty fortifications and fortifications were built in Xiangshan in the past century. However, these small and medium-sized fortifications and fortifications were mainly located in wide valleys and relatively flat areas.
To build that house on a sloping site, it would be impossible to fill every peak, ridge, and valley of Xiangshan Mountain, which is more than 330 miles long, without leaving a single gap.
Han Qian did not want Liang's army and horses to attack the enemy's strong defenses in Xiangshan at this time. He wanted to break up the soldiers and horses, and use sentries or even smaller groups of soldiers and horses to enter Xiangshan.
Find a foothold in the gaps between the enemy's defenses.
Xiangshan stretches for more than 300 miles from east to west, and its widest point from north to south is only a little over 30 miles.
Such terrain characteristics mean that once a foothold is obtained in Xiangshan Mountain, it will be much easier to threaten and harass the enemy's production and garrison in the north of Xiangshan Mountain and on the south bank of the Fenshui River Valley.
After drilling into Xiangshan Mountain, we will continue to cross the Yu River, transport materials and craftsmen to the other side, build small fortresses according to the dangerous valleys and strange peaks, and form a "you are among us, I am among you" with the enemy in Xiangkou.
With your mixed situation, the subsequent tug-of-war and stalemate will be pushed from the Mangshan and Hulaoguan lines on the south bank to the surrounding areas of Xiangshan on the north bank.
Listening to Han Qian and the generals discussing the preliminary battle plan drawn up by the Military Intelligence Staff Office, and perfecting more details, Yin Peng suddenly remembered that the Chishan Army occupied Maoshan in the early days, and Fuyu Mountain reversed the situation in Jinling.
, and the many battle cases in which the Tangyi Army gradually regained Huaixi over the years, thinking about Han Qian's most advantageous combat method over the years, isn't it that small groups of soldiers disperse into the mountains to fight?
This is undoubtedly the best strategic and tactical choice for Daliang, which is in urgent need of rest and recuperation, to contain, exhaust and consume a large-scale enemy force with a small number of elite troops.
Yin Peng could not imagine what better means the enemy generals Tian Weiye and Haishan could use besides strengthening defense construction north of Zhongtiao Mountain.
Since the Chishan Army period, the soldiers and horses led by Han Qian have been good at mountain combat, and even better at long-term operations in complex terrain with small groups of soldiers and horses. This is similar to Han Qian's early years of absorbing copycat forces on a large scale and establishing a foothold in Syria.
There is a direct and close relationship between the management of mountainous areas and the continuous large-scale training of grassroots military attachés over the years.
For example, Chen Jingzhou's son Chen Yuanchen, as a descendant of the Shanzhai clan in his early years, arrived in Luoyang more than a month earlier than them. At this time, he went directly to Wen Bo's tent to join the army. This can be said to be the advantage of Daliang soldiers and horses in this aspect.
At present, the strength of Daliang is not strong enough, the cavalry establishment is limited, and the ability to maneuver around is weak. Naturally, we must avoid fighting with the enemy in open areas. However, by spreading out into complex mountainous areas, we can not only maximize our own advantages, but also
The advantage of Mengwu's cavalry cannot be used...
The specific battle plan was for Wen Bo to lead Li Qi, Xue Chuan and other generals to carry out the operation in Mangshan, and Chen Kun to lead the navy brigade and pontoon ships to carry out coordinated operations at Hulao Pass and Linjiang; and in the later stage, the Jingzhao Garrison
The newly formed infantry combat brigades and security brigades will enter Xiangshan to fight in a round-robin manner.
After discussing the matter, Wang Jun rushed over from the medical camp and was very happy to see Yin Peng. During the banquet, he asked many of the Wang family and the Yin family about their situation after crossing the river.
Lu Ze was directly incorporated into the 1st Guard Brigade, and under Huo Li, served as deputy brigade commander. At present, the Military Intelligence Staff Office is further improving the new battalion organization, and the highest-ranking general in the army who directly holds command power is designated as the town (
Military) capital commander, and brigade capital commander will be newly established, as formal military attache generals to command brigade-level military units in operations, and capital Yuhou will have their status in the Liang Army relatively lowered.
Yin Peng, as the Langguan of the Military Intelligence Staff Office, was actually a military attache. He stayed with Guo Que, Wang Zhe, Feng Yi and others in Han Qian to inspect the military aircraft - Huo Xiao was one of the first Wangs to join the Tangyi Army with Wang Jun.
My son, who served as the magistrate of Songyang County two years ago, was responsible for the widening of the Songnan Plank Road. At present, the widening project of the Songnan Plank Road has been completed. He has fulfilled his duties very well, and was transferred to Luoyang two days earlier than Yin Peng and the others. He
The new position was to serve as the magistrate of Luoyang County under Yin Zhoufeng of Jingzhao Prefecture.
"Wusu Dashi has issued a decree in Taiyuan, and the Mongol and Uighur tribes have begun to move south. The pioneer troops have entered Shuozhou. The state and county officials in Hejin, Guanzhong, Shangdang and other places have begun to encircle fields and houses to accommodate them.
"In preparation for the Mongol tribes' southward migration," Han Qian personally introduced more situations to Yin Peng, who had just arrived in Luoyang. "According to reports from scouts who went deep into the area north of Yunzhou to investigate the military situation, this time the Mongol tribes moved southward."
The migration mainly involves the tribes belonging to the Thirteen Wings Cavalry who followed Wusu Dashi in conquering Yanyun, Bohai, Heshuo and Hedong in recent years. The population is expected to exceed 600,000, accounting for almost half of the core Mongolian tribes. Currently, except for Wu
In addition to the 50,000 cavalry of the Thirteen Wings that Su Dashi has already led into the Central Plains, it is estimated that among the 500,000 people migrating south, there will be almost 50,000 cavalry who are good at riding and shooting for Usu Dashi to recruit. This will be Usu Dashi's
Later, it was used to strengthen the military power to rule the prefectures and counties in Hedong, Guanzhong, Heshuo and other places..."
The more than 100,000 Han troops that Wusu Dashi had gathered in Yanyun and Bohai Kingdom over the years, plus Wang Yuankui, Tian Weiye, Zhao Mengji, Wang Xiaoxian and other Dongliang troops were already strong enough. At this time, Yin Peng heard that with the fall and winter of this year,
The Wu tribe is migrating south in a large scale, and Wusu Dashi will have 50,000 elite cavalry to recruit. Thinking about it makes Han Qian feel headache.
Even if Wusu Dashi uses these troops to strengthen the rule of Hedong, Guanzhong, Heshuo and other prefectures and counties, he can also replace the Yanyun and Bohai Han troops previously deployed in these prefectures and counties to further strengthen the military force against Heluo.
blockade.
At this time, it seems that launching the tug-of-war in Xiangshan this winter and autumn is of great significance, but it also means that in the early stage, various tribes will take turns entering Xiangshan to engage in tug-of-war, which will become more cruel and bloody.
"This is bad news, but it is also good news," Han Qian commented on the matter rather calmly, saying, "Although Wusu Dashi, Xiao Yiqing's decree was based on the original Jin Dynasty's Huangzhuang Guantian Zheng in Zhuzhou County.
They did not come to settle the tribes that migrated south, but whether Usu Dashi wanted to use the tribes migrating south to actually rule these areas, or he wanted to maintain a high proportion of troops from one tent to one soldier, these tribes were destined to forcibly occupy a large amount of land with abundant water and grass when they went south.
, they are destined to force a large number of people to enslave them - when fighting, the soldiers of various tribes must also pay attention to distinguishing among the enemy troops which ones we can alienate, encourage or even win over and contact, and which ones need to be resolutely
