At the same time, Ying Zige, who had returned from Jizhou, had also entered Luoyang City. Listening to the Central Plains intelligence reported by Hei Bingtai, especially about Guo Jia's plan and the reactions of Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and other heroes,
Ying Zige fell into deep thought for a long time.
In fact, just as everyone in Cao's army had guessed, Ying Zige himself knew that he had indeed exhausted all his strength. Although it seemed that the Qin army was fierce and mighty and had the potential to sweep the world, no matter how powerful the troops were, they could never do without.
Strong logistical support.
As the saying goes, before the troops and horses move, food and grass go first.
Ying Zige knew it best. Since he led his troops out of Chang'an, he has successively swept away the heroes of Bingzhou, Xiongnu, Xianbei and even the Yuan army of Bingzhou and Jizhou. He has already traveled thousands of miles just by marching.
There were hundreds of thousands of soldiers, horses and civilians involved on the front.
There are all kinds of things. If it weren't for the internal affairs experts such as Baili Xi and Meng Yi who had long combined the New Deal and Ying Zige to integrate the craftsmen's heritage, the Tiangongyuan, which was established under the leadership of Tiangongyuan, continuously introduced new tools, coupled with the continuous restoration of soil fertility, it quickly prospered and became a rich granary.
Hanzhong and Guanzhong. In the past few years, Ying Zige has really accumulated a lot of money.
Shao family background. Not to mention that after defeating Yuan Shao, he could support Guo Jia to invade Yingchuan. Xu Huang's army oppressed Yanzhou, but only wiped out the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and all parties in Bingzhou. At that time, Yingzige had no choice but to garrison troops again.
He entered a full defensive posture and watched Yuan Shao grow stronger, which even led Xun Yu to promote an alliance between all parties, recreating the situation of the eighteenth princes challenging Dong.
However, he knew clearly in his heart that under the current situation, facing the prying eyes of the Central Plains heroes, especially the looming temptations from Cao Mengde, Ying Zige had no intention of backing down.
Let’s not talk about Guo Jia’s plan that has already started. He will only say that from the bright side, the Qin army has hundreds of thousands of tigers and has the potential to sweep across Hebei and kill Yuan Shao. Now that they have won
The core of the Yingchuan portal, so what reason is there to hand him over again?
In a word, this seesaw to march into Yuzhou and even the Central Plains must be firmly in one's own hands. At most, it is to let the Yingshui River pass, and less stimulate the Central Plains princes, so that they, especially Cao Mengde, feel that they still hold the Yellow River defense line.
It was enough to block the southward attack of the Qin army's cavalry.
Give them some self-confidence, lest they get hot-headed and choose to fight with you right now.
"The life of my son, Qin Jun, is very valuable..." Ying Zige stared blankly in front of him, letting his thoughts spread.
As for Yanzhou, Ying Zige dared to conclude that although he was exhausted, the situation on Cao Mengde's side was definitely not much better than his own. With Cao Cao's little family background, even though he had Xun Yu, the king's assistant, he had always been
With painstaking efforts to help accumulate,
But how can he withstand Cao Cao's prodigal? He has faced off against Lu Bu, Xuzhou Danyang soldiers, Liu Bei's three brothers, etc. None of them are easy to chew. After successive battles, Cao Mengde's logistics situation will definitely not be better than
How much stronger are you?
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In early May, Guo Jia's long-planned operation in Hedong first revealed its ferocity. Xu Rong led 8,000 cavalry to surprise Chen County. Xu Huang's army followed closely behind, pushing Xu, Xinji, and Changping counties along the way.
Guo Jia went to Yingyin City and personally invited Xun, Chen, Zhong, Xu and other famous families in Yingchuan.
The family heads gathered together. After a day and night of banquets, the most famous and powerful family heads in Yingchuan began to respond to Guo Jia fully and actively after a short period of silence. Within ten days, the entire Yingchuan County and even the neighboring Chen Guo County fell under the control of the Qin army.
Xu Huang led his troops to join Xu Rong, and the troops forced Chen Liu.
At the same time, I don’t know whether the envoy sent by Cao Cao had an effect, or whether Yuan Shu and Liu Biao were surprised by the Qin army that was about to invade Runan. The old enemies who had been fighting for a long time suddenly gave up.
After saying peace, Yuan Shuhui immediately
General Ji Ling led an army of 100,000 troops straight out of Runan and pressed into Yingchuan. Although Liu Biao's side did not send troops directly, General Wenpin also led 30,000 elite troops to Nanyang County, the gateway to Jingzhou, using Wancheng as a base to eye Yingchuan.
, Sili two places.
Under multiple layers of pressure, Guo Jia on the one hand ordered Xu Rong to return to Jiaxian County with tens of thousands of cavalry to guard against Wenpin; on the other hand, Guo Jia led Xu Huang to give up the suppression of Chenliu County and return to deal with Ji Ling's army that was pressing all the way.
On May 9th, night is approaching.
In Changping County, scarlet blood spread everywhere, and raging flames gradually ignited inside and outside the county. Densely packed figures criss-crossed, plundering everything they could take away, and from time to time they casually dropped torches soaked in kerosene in their hands.
, igniting all the supplies they could not take away for the time being.
"General, it's all taken care of! We should go!" Xia Houyuan looked at the sea of fire in front of him and the people wailing in the sea of fire with a solemn expression. A trace of intolerance flashed deep in his eyes, and then he suppressed it forcefully.
The people are innocent, but for the sake of the great cause, their sacrifice is inevitable. The Qin army is about to arrive, and as the place where the Qin army's food and military supplies are temporarily stationed, they suffer this unreasonable disaster... "I can only say that your life is bad..."
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"Gather quickly and retreat!" Xia Houyuan turned his horse's head and ordered loudly. Thousands of cavalry quickly moved into action. Against the background of the bloody flames, they quickly gathered and fled away. The skillful movements showed that this was no longer the first time.
Once.
After Yuan Shu and Liu Biao ceased fighting and dispatched troops, and Xu Huang's army turned to attack Ji Ling, Xia Houyuan immediately seized the opportunity. After leaving his deputy Li Dian to guard Chenliu, he brazenly took his only five thousand iron troops with him.
Riding day and night, they marched thousands of miles in ten days and lurked at the front line of Changping County. They kept an eye on the logistics supplies of the Qin Army sent to Chen State from Yingchuan and Sili areas, constantly intercepting and killing them, and literally cut off the logistics of Xu Huang's army.
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Although Guo Jia quickly learned about the existence of Xia Houyuan's troops and understood his plans, it was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Facing the attack of Ji Ling's 100,000-strong army and the oppression of tens of thousands of elites from Jingzhou on the front line of Nanyang, Guo Jia
With the help of Generals Xu Rong, Xu Huang and more than 30,000 elites in their hands, they were able to forcefully suppress the two forces in Yingchuan and Chen. Guo Jia's extraordinary intelligence and ability have been demonstrated. There is really no extra force to deal with Xia Houyuan.
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However, Xia Houyuan's successive attacks on the Qin army's logistics line made it impossible for Guo Jia to ignore him. After thinking about it for a few times, Guo Jia calculated Xia Houyuan's marching trajectory and used a trick to scare Jingzhou soldiers and horses, and then forcibly captured Xia Houyuan's troops.
Xu Rong and thousands of soldiers and horses under his command were drawn out and used the grain and grass supplies to ambush Xia Houyuan.
Xia Houyuan almost died on the spot due to mental calculations or unintentional calculations. However, the lack of soldiers and horses and the gap between Xu Rong's personal force and Xia Houyuan still allowed Xia Houyuan to lead thousands of elite cavalry out of the desperate situation. Then he began to move around more cautiously.
After Guo Jia planned again but still failed to capture Xia Houyuan, under the pressure of Ji Ling's 100,000-strong army and the cutoff of food routes, he decisively abandoned the entire Chen Kingdom, once again used the tactic of suspicion to contain Ji Ling's army, and then directly
He quickly retreated with Xu Huang's army, merged with Xu Rong's troops and returned to Yingchuan, and re-arranged a new line of defense.
Yingchuan County.
After getting rid of the weaknesses of the front being too long, insufficient logistical supplies and being easily attacked and killed, Guo Jiazhi's ability was fully demonstrated. With the help of Generals Xu Huang and Xu Rong and their more than 38,000 Qin troops, Guo Jiazhi
With one strategy every day and a plan every three days, Jia blocked Ji Ling's 100,000 Yuan troops and Xia Houyuan, who had returned to Chen Liujin's tens of thousands of Cao troops' elite troops to attack from the flanks, at the line between Yingyin and Yangzhuo.
outside.
In mid-May, Ying Zige suddenly raised his troops. General Meng Tian led his troops to attack the jujubes and crossed the Pu River with the intention of capturing Chenliu by surprise. However, they were captured by Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu and others who had seen through Meng Tian's plan in advance and were well prepared.
Suddenly, tens of thousands of Cao's elite troops were lurking on the south bank of Pu River, waiting for the opportunity to move.
When Meng Tian's army crossed the Pu River, they were attacked head-on by the elite of Cao's army. After a fierce battle, blood flowed into the river for ten days. Fortunately, Ying Zige provided timely support and with all his strength, he led Meng Tian and the new army to fight out.
A bloody road.
In this battle, more than half of the 50,000 Qin troops trained by Meng Tian were killed, but it also turned these elite soldiers who had been trained into iron-blooded warriors who had truly experienced the training of the battlefield and witnessed life and death.
In late May, Ying Zige and Meng Tian withdrew their troops at the border of Suanzao and met with Cao Cao across the Pu River. After several hours of exchanges and another small-scale fight, Ying Zige and Meng Tian withdrew their troops and stationed them in Hanoi, and
He once again met with Man Chong, Cao Cao’s envoy who followed him. After several exchanges, the two sides seemed to have reached some agreement...
