As time enters late February, the ice surface of the Yellow River is no longer safe.
The Liang people on the south bank of the river are still gathering, but they are arguing among themselves.
So far, only the Feilong Army and thousands of Tutuan countrymen have arrived at the Sishui and Heyin lines. The Kuangwei Army is still on its way, and more than 10,000 Jianrui Army members have just left Caozhou and were stopped again when they reached Huazhou.
News came from Wei Bo that the Xia people were going to take advantage of Liyang, cross the river and go south, breaking into Huazhou.
To be honest, in February and March, Xia people cannot go south from Weibo. The river ice in the twelfth month, first month and early February is relatively hard, but from mid-February onwards, it is hard to tell. This winter is colder, and the problem
Not big. If it's not that cold, then even if the ice on the river bank is relatively solid, the center of the river may not be. Not to mention that it's already late February, no one dares to take risks, and it's not life and death, so why bother?
In other words, there is actually not much danger in Huazhou this time. At least there is no need to worry about the northern river defense line. By the end of February, there is still a lot of broken ice on the river, which greatly increases the risk of ship navigation. With luck, there will be no need for the whole of March.
Worried about the danger from the north, they only need to pay attention to whether there will be enemies coming from the direction of Puzhou.
The Jianrui Army went west, joined the Mengzhou battlefield, and returned to Huazhou in April. It didn't seem to be a problem. However, King Liang vetoed it, and Pang Shigu had no good solution.
If the failure of the Jianrui Army to march westward as expected made Pang Shigu feel a little annoyed, then the arrival of Jieduzhang Secretary Li Zhen made Pang Shigu a little annoyed.
"Doctor Li, I have my own sense of discretion when it comes to using troops. The troops and horses are not ready yet, and the food and grass are not prepared. Doctor Li might as well worry more about these things." In Heyin County, Pang Shigu said with slight dissatisfaction.
"Why did Pang Dutou say this?" A gloomy look flashed on Li Zhen's face, but he quickly smiled and said: "It's all for the great cause of King Liang. Why fight so hard? In this situation, there is no way to rely on defense.
Used. Pang Dutou is also a veteran on the battlefield. You should know that if you defend for a long time, you will lose. If you want to completely save the situation, you still have to attack. Attack the Xia bandit's hinterland and let them retreat in the face of difficulties."
Pang Shigu ignored him and continued to read military books.
Li Zhen endured his temper and continued: "Assemble the army, go north to Weibo, and attack Heyang together. This will solve the overall crisis. Why are the Xia thieves so confident? Heyang goes south, and there are fords everywhere. Now it is still threatening Luo Hongxin. He wants to
Take advantage of Liyang to attack Huazhou. If we don't plug this big loophole, our defense will be too passive."
"Doctor Li really believes in Luo Hongxin." Pang Shigu sneered and said, "I'm sure that if my army goes north to Weibo and marches westward with the Wei people, and when they line up to fight, with just a slight disturbance, Wei will be defeated.
People will run away. Tell me, how to fight this battle? Besides, do you think the Xia people want to go south from Liyang, is it true or not?"
"It doesn't matter whether it's true or not." Li Zhen said confidently: "The only chance of victory is to retake Heyang. Even if we can't take it, we still have to make the Heyang Xia bandits uneasy. Once they raise their troops and go south, I will take advantage of it.
Entered and raided their lair."
"There is some truth in that. But I still say that the Wei people are not reliable. They have not been forced to fight for life and death, so they will not fight hard." Pang Shigu said: "Besides, the troops are in short supply. If they are mobilized,
There are more soldiers heading north, how can Mengzhou defend itself? How can it fight?"
A large number of scouts have been sent to the direction of Xuanmenguan, heading west along the only major post road to investigate the reality of Xia Jun's Yaozi Valley Village, and plan to head west to regain the lost territory in the next stage.
Previously, due to the appearance of Xia thieves outside Bianzhou City, more than 30,000 soldiers on the Yellow River defense line were reduced to only 10,000 people. As a result, Xia thieves broke in, Luokou and Gongxian fell successively, and the Heluo army became a turtle in the urn, which then triggered another
A series of failures followed.
As soon as the Xia thieves moved south, they went straight to Baisima Ban and Luokou. They had obviously planned for a long time and hit the vital points directly. What Pang Shigu has to do now is to wipe away his previous mistakes and re-stabilize this broken line of defense.
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Attacking westward to Luokou and coordinating the victory of the Huo Cun Division in Nancheng, Heyang is the top priority.
The only thing that makes people feel uncomfortable is probably that the terrain here is too narrow. It is very friendly to the defenders, but it is a nightmare to the attackers. It is a bit uncomfortable because they cannot deploy their troops.
In the Battle of Mang Mountain in the East and West Wei, the main forces of the two sides faced off in the Mang Mountain area, and it was difficult to make an advance. In the end, Yuwentai was forced to select 3,000 elites and climb Mang Mountain at night to make a sneak attack. This was a risky move, because he could not carry any luggage, and there was a big storm in the morning.
After eating and drinking a lot, we set off. We didn't bring any extra food, just so we could carry weapons and armor on the road and save our energy.
Once the enemy is prepared or is blocked by them, the fate of this army is destined: death of thirst, starvation, and disintegration.
Pang Shigu knew that Xia Jun was well prepared in the Poppy Valley. He wanted to imitate Yu Wentai and climb Mang Mountain at night, so he took a detour and made a sneak attack, but after thinking about it, he was not sure.
This battle was not easy to fight in the first place, but Li Zhen came to make noises, which made him extremely annoying!
"Pang Dutou, just pretend to attack Mengzhou, the key depends on Wei Bo." Li Zhen did not give up and continued to persuade.
"Noisy!" Pang Shigu finally got angry and scolded: "If you want to attack Huaizhou from Weibo, you can! Give me 30,000 more troops first, and then we can talk about other things. If you can't do that, just shut up."
Li Zhen's face turned red and white.
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"What a thief! Don't run away!" By the Qingshui River (Wei River), dozens of Wei soldiers were chasing after him, shouting and yelling.
Wang Jiao stood on the hillside and fired three arrows in a row. The arrows were all in vain and knocked down three people.
The Wei people were so angry that they rushed forward with all their strength, determined to kill this Xia thief who killed many of them with arrows.
Getting closer.
Wang Jiao put down his walking bow, took out a throwing spear, and threw it out with all his strength. The Wei soldier who rushed the fastest fell to the ground.
"Hoo!" Another spear flew out, and a Wei military commander fell down with a scream.
"Kill!" The drums suddenly sounded, and more than a hundred people rushed out from the woods behind the hillside, firing with rifles and bows. The Wei people who rushed over screamed in agony, and the offensive was choked.
Wang Jiao held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, shouting and rushing down the hillside.
"Kill!" Gao Youqing held up a long spear and jumped down immediately. Gu Chuan
Dozens of warriors shouted to follow and rushed towards the Wei people who were in some confusion.
"Poof!" With a swipe of the sword, the soldier staggered down, clutching his throat.
Without even looking, Wang Jiao stepped over the fallen Wei soldiers, passed the oncoming shot, stepped forward, and before the thief had time to withdraw his spear, he quickened his pace and stabbed the thief in the chest with his knife.
The unarmored thieves fell to the ground in pain, blood spurting out.
The Paoze men rushed down the mountain like fierce tigers. After reorganizing their formation, they followed Wang Jiao and ran in a column, killing the Wei people until they could no longer stand, and finally dispersed in a rush.
"Huh!" After throwing out the last short spear and knocking a bandit soldier to the ground, Wang Jiao stopped and ordered the battlefield to be swept and the troops to be gathered.
Gao Youqing held an axe, cut off a head with all his strength, and shouted: "I killed this man, and I stabbed him in the stomach. Don't rob him."
Wang Jiao withdrew the three throwing spears and walked up to him.
Gao Youqing immediately became discouraged and said, "Can the deputy general teach me the skill of throwing spears?"
"No time." Wang Jiao said firmly and left.
The sergeants all looked at him in awe. One person killed eight or nine thieves, including a military officer. Vice General Wang's skills were truly amazing.
In fact, the Wei people were not weak. The Baoyi army had just arrived and suffered a lot of losses in the small-scale cross-border conflict.
They found that if they fought alone, the skills of the Wei soldiers were not bad at all. On the whole, they were even stronger than their Baoyi army. But once the number of people increased to the size of the battalion, the Wei soldiers' advantage was not great.
If tens of thousands of people fight in formation, the Wei people will most likely be defeated.
Their equipment is very good and their organization is not bad. What is lacking is their will to fight, that is, their unwillingness to fight to the death. Fighting is like dealing with errands. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you don't rob their farmland, property, and family.
Generally speaking, they are not willing to risk their lives with you.
If the Wei Bo warriors were properly reorganized and made willing to fight to the death, with their excellent basic skills, they would be a strong army. But now, they have this kind of virtue and look weak. Today's battle
, if they hadn't snatched the Wei people's horses, they probably wouldn't be so angry.
Well, actually there was no robbery. They just picked out some mares and neighed endlessly. Wei's stallion couldn't bear the temptation and took the initiative to surrender. What did it have to do with them? Who would have thought that Wei's stallion would suddenly explode and rush over?
Have to fight hard.
Border conflicts occur almost every day.
Tens of thousands of Xia troops gathered in Huaizhou, with deep ditches and high fortresses. Tens of thousands of Wei troops also camped in Weizhou, patrolling erratically.
It is said that Luo Hongxin sent envoys to Bianzhou every few days to ask Zhu Quanzhong to send troops to help, and for this purpose he also presented a lot of goods.
The Wei people were well-armed, had large numbers, and had adequate logistics supplies, but they were not confident. After all, they had been beaten by Li Key and Zhu Quanzhong all the time. They failed too many times and doubted that life was normal.
In the border conflict, the Xia people actually initiated more provocations. They were a more proactive party, and were very confident with the blessing of continuous victories all year round. And this kind of provocation was also tacitly approved by their superiors, and they continued to impose it on the Wei people.
The pressure makes them seek help more vigorously.
After Wang Jiao and others returned to the station, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.
There are so many horses, heads, and armor that one would be jealous.
After hearing the news, Wang Jianji rushed out, looked at Wang Jiao, and said with regret: "What a pity! Such a strong man refuses to be my son."
Wang Jiao didn't even bother to react when he heard this. Wang Junzhi was a mean-mouthed person, but he was actually a good person and took good care of him.
"Military envoy..." Seeing that Wang Jianji was going to inspect the war horses, Wang Jiao thought for a while and asked: "We are provocative all day long, but the Wei people are unwilling to fight. What can we do? Now the camp in Huaizhou has been built, and the food and grass have been raised.
, When will the troops be sent to Weizhou?"
Wang Jianji paused for a moment, turned around, and was about to reveal some information, but then he came to his senses, turned around and left.
He actually wanted to tell Wang Jiao that Xin'an County was about to surrender, the Weihan Valley Road would be completely opened, and the situation in Heluo would change. The real battle would most likely happen in the south, not the north. Otherwise, they would be in Huaizhou
What to do with deep ditches and high fortresses? To defend Weibo? It would make me laugh to death.
But what should I say? Some information only needs to be known to the upper levels, and it must not be passed down to the lower levels.
Once the soldiers hear that you don't want to fight, they will relax their minds. If the Wei army attacks, they may suffer losses. Therefore, even if there is no intention to make a breakthrough in the north, everything must be done as it is. Besides, the commander-in-chief
The troops should be used in an eclectic manner. If the war in the south does not go well, or if the Liang army transfers a large number of troops to the south, they will have to go to Huaizhou to camp.
While the two were talking, a messenger hurried eastward, heading straight for Weizhou.
Wang Jianji looked over, thinking that he was probably King Xia's messenger to win over Luo Hongxin.
Is Weibo important to Zhu Quanzhong? Of course it is very important! Not only does it provide a huge amount of goods every year, it also has a population of more than three million, and its silk quality and output are world-famous. It also has 78,000 or 80,000 professional warriors, who went south from Weibo.
You can choose the crossing point at will, and it is easy to invade the hinterland of Xuanwu.
Zhu Quanzhong, do you dare to bet on Luo Hongxin's loyalty? If Wei Bo betrays Zhu Toushao, for Zhu Quanzhong, it will not be as simple as missing a little sacrifice. In fact, Wei Bo will serve as a servant of the Xia people, even if it is just a meaning, he will not do his best.
An attack would be a disaster for Bianzhou. It is not a problem for them to dispatch 50,000 well-equipped troops. How many people do you need to send to defend it?
Some things are like this. You can think of many possibilities behind it. Maybe the enemy is waiting for you to jump into the trap, but you really can’t afford to gamble!