In the Taihang Mountains, the green and black forests seem endless, covering the sky and the sun as vast as the sea.
Zhang He led the army into it, marching like ants along the relatively wide official mountain road, forming a long queue.
Geng Wu also told Zhang He the reason along the way.
The journey from Yewang to Shanyang is only more than a hundred miles. If we take a detour to Huai County, the distance will be tripled, which is more than three hundred miles.
So if you listen to Zhang He and attack Huai County. If the army abandons Huai County at this time and runs back to Shanyang, will you pursue it or not?
Chasing, they came to Yewang via the Taihang Mountains, and cooperated with the defenders of Yewang County to attack the troops stationed outside Yewang County.
At this time, your troops have probably just arrived in Shanyang and have been left behind to eat dust.
If you don’t pursue him, you can still go to Yewang via the Taihang Mountains.
At this time, your troops are in Huai County. Huai County is far away and Shanyang is close. They must have arrived at Yewang before you did. In this way, Zhang He's army violated the taboo of dividing its troops.
Unless they choose not to fight.
It will be even worse if they don't fight, because their food and grass must be transported continuously from Jizhou. If you don't fight, they will cut off your food supply, and one hundred thousand people will soon starve to death.
So we have to fight, and we have to go to Shanyang County via the Taihang Mountains. Either we can force this army to Huai County and attack it from Shanyang and Yewang, or we can force this army out of Hanoi or annihilate them all.
Ensure smooth flow of food channels.
After understanding this, Zhang He suddenly realized that there were so many ways in this, and he almost fell into the trap of the army and was left behind to eat dust.
However, this is also the result of the special terrain near the Taihang Mountains. If there were no Taihang Mountains and the terrain from Yewang to Shanyang were all plains, there would be no need to go to so much trouble. They could just send troops directly without giving reinforcements any chance.
"What is this place?"
The army had walked for about thirty miles and was already located in the deep mountains of Taihang. Geng Wu looked around and saw that the terrain here was strange and the mountains were steep. If an army was ambushed here...
"This is Xihuangling."
Said a powerful representative of the Sun family who accompanied the army in Hanoi.
Geng Wu nodded: "This place is dangerous, so be careful about ambushes and send people to search."
Zhang He asked in confusion: "Didn't the officers and soldiers say they went to Huai County? How could they appear here?"
Geng Wu said: "It's best to be careful in everything, don't be careless."
Thousands of former troops went into the mountain to search and wasted more than an hour, but found nothing except a few hares.
The team continues to move forward.
After walking for more than half a day, we finally arrived at Wumiao Ridge.
"Where is this?"
Geng Wu glanced around. Although the terrain here was not as steep as the previous Xihuang Ridge, it was similar. It was also a good place for an ambush.
The representative of the Sun family said: "This is Wumiao Ridge. After passing here, you can walk more than ten miles to Shanyang County."
"How about sending someone to search?"
Zhang He glanced at the sky. They set out in the morning and had been walking for seven or eight hours. It was now evening and it would be dark soon.
Geng Wu shook his head: "Forget it, there should be no ambush. If we search again, it will be dark."
"Then keep going and try to get into the city before dark."
Zhang He waved his hand and the whole army continued.
The army was advancing mightily, and when their team was almost passing Wumiao Ridge, suddenly drums were beating from behind, and everyone was startled.
Wood and stones instantly rolled down from the cliffs on both sides, and arrows rained down like rain.
"No, there's an ambush!"
Zhang He was shocked, he never expected that someone was hiding here.
The fighting power of the Jizhou rebels is not strong. Their main members are slaves attached to the powerful, and many of them have never experienced war.
The war broke out, and countless arrows fell like raindrops. The rebels cried for their fathers and mothers, and turned and fled one after another.
Although this road is the official road from Ye Wang to Shanyang, it is a mountain road after all and is relatively narrow. Fifty thousand people were crowded and fled in all directions, making it impossible to escape in an orderly manner.
The most important thing is that they can't turn back, because the official army waited until they passed Wumiao Ridge before attacking. Now when they turn back, they are in the ambush circle of the official army, so everyone can only run forward, towards Shanyang County.
Many people were trampled to death. For a time, the rebels were in chaos and scattered.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took the opportunity to lead the soldiers to attack, and gave the young general Zhang He a hard lesson. They killed the Jizhou rebels and abandoned their helmets and armor, and fled in embarrassment. They did not stop the pursuit until they were not far outside Shanyang County.
"Ha ha ha ha."
When it got dark, the battle was completely over. Seeing the enemies surrendering and running away, Zhang Fei laughed and said: "This battle was enjoyable, but it was too easy."
It's really simple. After a few rounds of rolling stones and arrows rained down from their high position, the rebels collapsed, with almost no effective resistance.
Chen Mu smiled slightly and thought that this was the tactic of General Xu, the founding general of later generations. How could it be an easy policy?
But in fact, Chen Mu also knew that even though the Jizhou rebels had more than 100,000 troops, their actual combat effectiveness was far behind that of the Northern Army and local county soldiers.
The common people who depend on the powerful are ordinary people who can't survive and want to have food to eat. If these untrained people are gathered together, their combat effectiveness in a short period of time is not much different from that of the Yellow Turban soldiers, but far less than that of the Qingzhou County soldiers.
After all, these county soldiers were all elite men who followed Liu Bei in his southern and northern wars, and defeated the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and the Wuhuan rebels. They were far from comparable to the rabble in Jizhou like Zhang He.
Therefore, the Rebellion of the Powers seems to be huge, not much smaller than the Yellow Turban Rebellion. In fact, at the beginning, the rebel army was just a group of peasant soldiers who had just taken up arms.
For example, Li Chuang in the late Ming Dynasty was beaten badly by the army at first, but he only relied on Xiaoqiang's vitality to complete the counterattack.
However, compared to the Yellow Turbans, the advantage of Haoqiang is that the level of knowledge is not the same.
Their soldiers' combat effectiveness is not very good, but they know many strategies. For example, like this time, the reason why the Jizhou rebels chose to attack from the Taihang Mountains was because they understood that there was no point in going to Huai County.
But what I didn't expect was that Chen Mu secretly learned General Xu's tactics, turned into a psychology teacher, and plotted against them without giving them a chance, which resulted in this failure.
However, this is the period of cold weapons after all, and there is no way to completely wipe out the enemy. Chen Mu also immediately said: "March immediately and go straight to Yewang County."
The reason why we had to wait until Zhang He passed Wumiao Ridge before launching a sneak attack was to force Zhang He into Shanyang County.
In this way, they can come from the Taihang Mountains to the rear of the Jizhou rebels.
"Night march?"
Guan Yu was confused, marching at night was a big problem. Although their soldiers often ate fish and shrimps, and their night blindness was much less severe, they were walking at night after all. Even if they didn't have night blindness, they couldn't see.
Chen Mu nodded: "Raise the torch, move forward quickly, and surprise the Wild King."
"good!"
Guan Yu gave the order and the whole army attacked.
In fact, the army is not tired now, because they were waiting for work before, but if they travel all night and then attack, they will definitely be tired and their combat effectiveness will not be strong.
It's just that I can't care about that much now. The so-called military situation is like a fire. If I rest for a day before leaving, the news of Shanyang may reach Ye Wang. The Jizhou rebels on Ye Wang's side are on guard. So the credit for this counter-insurgency will be
It's not that easy to get.
Chen Mu remembered that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty would be seriously ill and die next month. If he could not obtain great achievements before his death and allow Liu Bei to make further progress, then the position of Qingzhou Mu would be difficult to obtain.
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