A large-scale dispatch of troops is no better than a small number of soldiers and horses. There are many things that need to be considered, such as marching routes, camping locations, water sources, etc. Of course, there are simple methods, and framing A in the past is also a method.
The Ya soldiers had their own staff office, as did the Ministry of War. They united this time and made a march plan overnight, arranging armies to march towards Lintong. When the army was setting out, Chen Cheng asked Zhao Yun privately: "Why is this so?
Are you going to stay and defend the city again this time? In the past, you always asked to lead troops to fight."
Zhao Yundao said: "This moment, that moment."
After saying this, he didn't say anything more. Chen Cheng felt a little moved, stepped forward and hammered him on the chest, and said with a smile: "Then wait for my good news. After Dong Zhuo is defeated, we can all have a good time."
I’ve been resting for a few days.”
By the time Chen Cheng arrived in Lintong, half of the army had already arrived. Seeing him coming, Yang Qiu immediately rode over and reported: "Lord, we have captured several enemy rangers and tortured them.
I know that Dong Zhuo’s army’s vanguard has not come over, but has retreated to Xiagui!”
"Returned?"
Chen Cheng asked: "Is it possible that Dong Zhuo doesn't want to fight us anymore?"
The terrain in Guanzhong is vast and there are many cities. If you don't want to fight decisively, you can only slowly attack each city.
"I heard that Dong Zhuo's army did not have much food and grass, so he divided his troops and raided various places, and he continued to recruit young men."
Chen Cheng secretly cursed, "At this time, we are forcing the people to conquer. We really don't plan to survive this year!" Previously, Lu Bu had the idea of a battle to determine the outcome, so he pulled the army out along the Weishui River, and then in the decisive battle
He lost completely. Now Dong Zhuo did the opposite and did not gather his troops together. Is this a plan for a long-term confrontation?
Fazheng, who was following him, suddenly said: "I'm afraid this is Dong Zhuo's plan!"
"Well?" Chen Cheng turned around and asked, "What does Xiaozhi mean?"
Fa Zhengdao: "My lord cared for the people when he was in Liangzhou. Everyone in Guanzhong knew it, and Dong Zhuo couldn't have known it. There is a saying in the art of war: Loving the people is annoying. What he is doing now is probably to force the lord to attack."
Go down to Gui. When our army is under the fortified city, he will lead his troops to attack from the rear!"
Does Dong Zhuo think so? Chen Cheng thought for a while and said: "Dong Zhuo will only disperse the troops in his hands. What if we bypass Xiagui?"
"If our army bypasses Xiagui, it will be deeply encircled by the enemy. If we cannot defeat the enemy in a short time, we will be in danger of being attacked from both sides."
Yang Qiu had different opinions and retorted loudly: "Our army has many cavalry. If the situation is not right, we can retreat calmly. Guanzhong is not a place like Chencang, how could we be surrounded?"
Fa Zhengdao: "Of course we can rely on the cavalry to come and go like the wind, but in this case, I'm afraid half of Guanzhong will be turned into scorched earth! What the lord wants is a intact Guanzhong, not one that has been burned, killed and looted.
Guanzhong."
"Are you saying that Dong Zhuo took half of the people in Guanzhong as hostages and forced us to go to the place he prepared for a decisive battle? Although this strategy is good, it may not be of any use. We can leave other places alone and concentrate our forces
Eat his soldiers and horses one by one!"
Fazheng shook his head and said, "Since Dong Zhuo has dispersed his troops and horses, if we gather our troops and horses, won't he take the opportunity to attack other places in Sanfu? Maybe he will attack all the way to Chencang and cut off Xiliang.
The connection with Guanzhong. Dong Zhuo has been in Xiliang for a long time and has many old friends in Liangzhou. He may be able to inspire some people to launch a rebellion."
When Han Sui heard this, he felt secretly resentful in his heart, but put on a worried look on his face. However, everyone present looked at him, and the meaning was self-evident.
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "The idea is always good, but it must be implemented. Since Dong Zhuo dares to divide his troops, shouldn't we divide our troops?"
It is normal for an army of hundreds of thousands to be separated, but it is rare for an army to be gathered together. Previously, Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo fought in the eastern part of Guanzhong, and both sides were divided into multiple groups, fighting each other in darkness. Now Dong Zhuo is actually doing this.
There is nothing surprising, except that he does not care about the life and death of the people in Guanzhong, but Chen Cheng has to consider some post-war things.
"We are now divided into three groups. General Yang Qiu is on the left, attacking Zuo Fengyi; General Cheng Yi is on the right, and I will lead the middle army." Chen Cheng said: "The enemy's combat effectiveness is not as good as ours. No matter what his plans are, we
Just push it through!"
He put Lu Bu under house arrest in Chang'an City, and then handed over Lu Bu's troops and horses to the leadership of Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others, but split them up and assigned them to Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi. In this way, there was no fear.
Lu Bu had some thoughts that he shouldn't have.
After the left and right armies left, Fazheng saw no one else in the tent and said: "Since Dong Zhuo has divided his forces, why don't my lord send an army to take a detour to capture Linjin City? If Bingzhou and Guanzhong are cut off,
If there is a connection between them, the enemy army will naturally be in chaos!"
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Don't bother me. I have divided the troops into two groups. The main force of the Chinese army now is only 50,000 people. If Dong Zhuo is still ambitious, he will not miss this opportunity. Let's go directly
Go to Xiagui and wait for a decisive battle with him. As long as Dong Zhuo's main force is defeated, everything else is easy."
Fazheng suddenly realized, "People say that the master's use of troops is unpredictable. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true!"
There was an expression of admiration on his face, and then he asked: "I heard that Dong Zhuo has many soldiers and horses. If he transfers all his main forces, can we defeat him?"
Chen Cheng said: "Dong Zhuo's main force is only his old troops and some Huns cavalry. Most of the other soldiers and horses were temporarily recruited in Bingzhou and Guanzhong. Not only are their equipment not sophisticated enough, but they are also unable to work together. How can they withstand our army's powerful attack?"
?We must defeat Dong Zhuo now!"
After a day of repairs in Lintong, Chen Cheng led his Ya soldiers and other troops to continue eastward along the Wei River until they reached the vicinity of Xiagui City. Xiagui was one of the three earliest counties established in China, as early as the time of Qin Wugong
, has already appeared. Like other places in Guanzhong, the terrain is flat and fertile, making it a suitable place for cavalry to move freely.
Chen Cheng asked Ma Teng and his son to lead the Anding County soldiers to drive away Dong Zhuo's army's rangers, and then set up the camp twenty miles west of Xiagui. Afterwards, while he ordered the soldiers to strengthen the camp, he sent many cavalry to attack everywhere.
The enemy's food transport team and the team that looted supplies.
When the Xiliang Army arrived near Xiagui City, Hu Zhen, the general of Dong Zhuo's army who was guarding Xiagui, had already sent out a scouting horse, and the enemy quickly conveyed the news to Huayin. Dong Zhuo was overjoyed after receiving the news from Hu Zhen, and said to Li Ru:
"Then Chen Cheng really fell into the trap and lost half of his troops. Now he only has half of the people left in his hands!"
Li Ru reminded: "My lord, please do not be careless. Chen Cheng first surrendered Duan Xuan and then defeated Lu Bu. It goes without saying that he is capable of using troops and the strength of his troops! Although our army now has the advantage of military strength,
It may not be easy to win.”
Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "Lü Bu, you man! How can there be any reason to put a hundred thousand troops together? What kind of general is he if he doesn't even understand the principle of dividing the army into the front army, the rear army, the left army, the middle army and the right army?"
?He deserves such a defeat!"
Li Ru thought to himself: It makes sense for Lu Bu to put the army together. The soldiers who were forcibly recruited will easily escape if they are not strictly guarded. But the army under the lord's command also has such a problem!
He then said to Dong Zhuo: "My lord, what if Chen Cheng sees that our army is strong and leads his troops to withdraw to Chang'an? The city of Chang'an is fortified and thick, and it will not take a while to defeat it!"
Dong Zhuo showed a smile on his face, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Li Ru, smiling: "Wen You, look at it, what is this?"
Li Ru took it and took a look, surprised and said: "Han Wenyue actually set up such a plan?"
Dong Zhuo laughed and said with high spirits: "When we take Guanzhong and march to Xiliang, we will have three territories by then! He Jin is dead now. This world is still ours after all!"
Li Ru pinched the letter, but an unknown feeling arose in his heart, "Although Han Sui is known as the Nine Bends of the Yellow River, he has been repeatedly frustrated at the hands of Chen Wenzheng and Yan Bodao. His schemes..."
Shaking his head, Li Ru said worriedly: "I'm afraid it's useless!"
Dong Zhuo disapproved and said: "Why don't I know what Wen You said? But as long as Han Sui launches his attack in Chang'an City, no matter whether it succeeds or not, the morale of the Xiliang Army will definitely be shaken. If we take advantage of the opportunity to launch an attack again, we will definitely win a complete victory!
Sui is used to killing his superiors. How many have died from Bianzhang to the Kingdom? It wouldn’t be surprising if there is another Chen Cheng!"
Li Ru still couldn't let go, but seeing Dong Zhuo's complacency, he could only suppress his worries in his heart.
Outside Xiagui City, Chen Cheng was slowly wandering on the plains with a hundred guards and soldiers. After two days of construction, the camp had taken shape, and he was no longer needed to sit in the camp, so he took the cavalry out to observe the surrounding area.
The terrain. Although the plug-in allows him to see the situation forty miles around, he still has to inspect the terrain in person to feel completely at ease.
There are no continuous mountains and hills in the Guanzhong Plain, but there are many woods and rivers. These are all factors that are detrimental to the cavalry's maneuverability. Knowing in advance which places can pass and which places will slow down the pace can be more or less helpful.
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Because Lu Bu's army and Dong Zhuo's army ravaged one after another, many surrounding villages have been destroyed. Many villages still have traces of flames. Some corpses beside the road have begun to rot, but no one has stopped them. The seedlings in the fields have been destroyed.
The passing armies cut off and fed the horses, and the originally neat fields were covered with marks from horses' hooves.
This is the hinterland of Guanzhong, and it is already in such a dilapidated state, so further east, the situation will only get worse. Chen Cheng stared at the dozens of corpses in a ravine for a while, and sighed softly He took a breath and read: "White bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. This is what we are talking about."
