Around the middle of the morning, the snow finally stopped and the sky began to clear up. The warm sunshine drove away the dark clouds in the sky, allowing the long-lost sun to reappear in the blue sky.
The genial sunshine, with its mellow warmth, shines on the streets and alleys of Anyi County. The ice slivers hanging from the tree branches, from the eaves, and from the piles of firewood are crystal clear, and their brilliant sparkle dazzles people. Eye.
In the criss-crossing streets of the city, soldiers in groups of three or three constantly used spears to test the enemy's corpses. Brothers who died in battle were carried away to be buried in mass graves outside the city, while the enemies discarded them at will.
At least in winter, there is no need to worry about the plague for the time being.
Viewed from above, corpses were piled up like a mountain, blood dyed the snow red, and the white world was dyed with countless bright red spots in unexpected places.
Zhu Jun wiped his blood-stained long knife on a fallen enemy soldier, turned to Yang Feng and said: "Has the food and grass in the city been counted? How many days can it support our army?"
Yang Feng replied: "General Wei, we have sent people to do an inventory. We should get a reply soon."
"Um."
Zhu Jun nodded and said: "Our army won a complete victory in this battle, but it was not able to completely wipe out Niu Fu. Now that we have food and grass, we should temporarily station our troops and wait until winter is over before we consider continuing to march."
Yang Feng agreed: "Yes, the weather is getting colder and colder. Many soldiers have frostbite, their hands are cracked, and their weapons cannot be held firmly. It is true that they can no longer continue fighting."
"What a pity. If it weren't for the lack of food and grass supply, I would have defeated Chang'an in one battle."
Zhu Jun looked in the direction of Chang'an, his eyes full of regret.
Xu Rong played a trick in the letter he deliberately revealed, exaggerating Niu Fu's strength and minimizing Zhu Jun's.
So Liu Bei and the others didn't know that Zhu Jun and Bai Bo's army had joined together, and the number of their troops had reached more than 100,000.
Before the great changes in Luoyang, Zhu Jun and Bai Bojun were actually very different from each other.
At that time, Baibo's army was operating in the Baibo Valley in the east of Hedong, which is today's Xiangfen County in Shanxi Province, while Zhu Jun was resisting Xianbei in central China in Taiyuan County and Yanmenguan. The two were separated by hundreds of kilometers.
Both parties know the existence of the other party, but they will not choose to go across the state to find trouble for the other party.
Wang Fen is quite kind. After Luoyang fell and was unable to provide food and grass for Zhu Jun, he has been supporting Zhu Jun so that he can barely support himself.
The Baibo Army continued to intersect with Dong Zhuo in Hedong County. After escaping to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo sent Niu Fu Li Jue and Guo Si to fight the Baibo Army, intending to eliminate this threat to the north in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, the Baibo Army was quite powerful. He actually defeated Niu Fu.
However, the leader of the Baibo Army, Guo Tai, also died in that battle. For a while, the Baibo Army was leaderless and in a slight internal chaos.
At the end of the year, as the weather became colder and colder, Xianbei in central China could not stand it anymore and chose not to confront Zhu Jun head-on. Zhu Jun then withdrew and led an army of 30,000 people south to Hedong County, intending to lead troops to attack Chang'an.
On the road, the official army met Bai Bo's army. Since Bai Bo's army was already in a food shortage, they were already hungry and ready to attack Zhu Jun's army.
Zhu Jun confronted them for two days. After learning about the situation of the Baibo Army from the local people, he entered the camp alone and finally persuaded Yang Feng, Han Siam, Li Le, Hu Cai and other Baibo Army generals. The two armies merged into one and formed the This is the current situation.
To put it simply, although Bai Bo's army defeated Niu Fu, they were also short of food. Zhu Jun needed soldiers and horses, so both sides got what they needed, and they hit it off.
But now being able to capture Anyi is already the limit.
Because Zhu Jun didn't have cotton-padded clothes like Liu Bei, so he could fight in winter.
So his situation is actually the same as Dong Zhuo's. Soldiers can't even hold their weapons steady in winter, let alone fight bravely.
Moreover, after the two armies merged, most of Zhu Jun's original food supplies were consumed. He was really short of food. After capturing Anyi, although he had some supplies, he had to wait for Wang Fen of Jizhou to bring new supplies if he wanted to attack again. This is only possible if grain and grass are shipped.
Therefore, in fact, Zhu Jun was at the end of his game and could not continue the attack.
But no matter what, Niu Fu's 50,000 troops were indeed unable to compete with Zhu Jun, and they were beaten to the point of fleeing without a trace.
Zhu Jun also did not know at this time that the Kwantung Army had now arrived in Huayin County, only 200 kilometers away from him.
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It was also mid-November, and it had been more than two months since Chen Mu returned to Qingzhou.
But at this time, Chen Mu was not in Qingzhou, but in Jizhou.
The wide official road was full of mud, and the 20,000-strong army marched through the puddles one foot deep and one foot shallow. Many soldiers had blisters on their feet, which seriously affected the army's marching speed.
It didn't snow in Jizhou this year, but it rained in Weijun, Qinghe and other places. The big raindrops crackled, hindering the advance of the army.
After the rain stopped, it was much slower to get on the road again. Chen Mu was riding on his horse, looking into the distance with worries in his eyes.
Originally, he wanted to lead troops to meet Big Brother, but the rain was indeed an accident.
As I said before, the meteorites in Kunyang, the showers in Shangfang Valley, and the strong winds in Baigou River are things that are difficult for any extremely smart person to calculate.
Even though Chen Mu could check the weather, it was an accident while the army was marching. It was not part of the plan. You can't always pay attention to the weather.
Some people may say, since you are going to lead troops to meet Liu Bei, why don't you set off earlier?
However, planning a military operation is not that simple.
Previously, all the elite troops in Qingzhou were taken away by Liu Bei. The remaining 20,000 troops had to be gathered together by Chen Mu with great effort. All preparations were completed in less than two months, so it was impossible to complete them.
So we hurried and hurried slowly, and we have just arrived at Wei County. We rested for a day at Wang Fen's place in Yecheng before continuing our journey.
But the only good news is that Liu Bei set out from Luoyang in early November, and it only took him more than ten days to conquer the Qinling Mountains. Therefore, he had just arrived in Huayin County and was not ready to attack Chang'an. .
The distance from Huayin to Wei County is five to six hundred kilometers. With the current daily journey of almost thirty or forty miles, it would take nearly a month to reach Huayin County.
If everything goes well, it will be mid-December when we arrive in Huayin County, and we should be able to barely meet Liu Bei.
"Your Majesty, we have passed through Wei County."
Two days later, Chen Mu's army passed through Wei County and entered Hanoi County.
Zhao Yun looked into the distance. It had snowed in Sili, and the mountains in the distance were completely white. As long as they reached Luoyang, they would be able to join up with Qianzhao who was staying in Luoyang, and they would soon be able to continue heading west to support the alliance leader.
Chen Mu felt a little solemn, nodded and said, "Well, we will arrive in Luoyang soon."
Once you arrive in Luoyang, everything will go much smoother.
I just hope that Big Brother is still trapped in the Qinling area, and as long as he doesn't enter Guanzhong, everything will be fine.
Although all this was the path chosen by Big Brother himself, and he insisted on continuing to attack Chang'an, what Chen Mu is doing now is to make amends after the fact.
But Big Brother is the backbone of the Qingzhou Group. If something happens to him, the consequences will be disastrous.
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In late November, Liu Bei couldn't wait for logistics and Gongsun Zan.
When the order was issued, the coalition forces, which had rested for a few days, took action again, and the war machine was rumbling.
Lines of soldiers walked out of the city, marching slowly towards the west with firm steps.
The pale winter sun creeps up overhead, and the ground on the Guanzhong Plain shows signs of dryness. There is sunshine, but there is no warmth at all.
Both sides of the Yellow River were covered with withered grass, swaying in the fierce wind. The coalition soldiers took to the official road and set off towards Zheng County.
Liu Bei was riding on his horse, looking at the vast plains in the distance, stretching as far as the eye could see. In addition to the fields covered with weeds, there were more dilapidated houses that no one had lived in for a long time.
Dong Zhuo not only moved the population of Luoyang into Guanzhong, but also the people from Huayin, Zhengxian and other places moved into Chang'an. Along the way, the walls were clear and the wilderness was like coming to a barren mountain. There was no trace of human habitation for a long time.
odor.
The total distance from Huayin County to Zheng County is only seventy miles. The army set off in the morning and arrived almost in the evening. They saw the city from a distance. Under the evening sun, the city was empty, like a desolate ruins.
"Alliance leader, Sun Taishou's messenger came to report that the enemies in Zheng County have indeed evacuated. There is no one in the city, not even a commoner. We found a hunter who was hiding in the mountains. He said that Dong Zhuo had sent people from Zheng County, Huayin and other places
All the people moved to Chang'an, and Zheng County is now an empty city."
The messenger from the Pioneer Army came back to report to Liu Bei of the Chinese Army.
After learning about the situation in Zheng County, Liu Bei immediately asked: "Is there any food left in the county?"
"Everything has been evacuated."
"It seems that Xu Rong is also ready to strengthen the walls and clear the country."
Wang Lang next to him sighed.
"It doesn't matter. As long as we can capture Chang'an, everything will be fine."
Liu Bei expressed relief.
After he finished speaking, his gaze towards Chang An became even more intense.
Chang'an only has 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses, while their army has 70,000. Although the walls of Chang'an are high and thick, at least for now, the coalition forces are not completely without advantages.
The most important thing is that according to the intelligence they intercepted, Xu Rong planned to station in Baqiao and did not choose to stick to Chang'an.
Therefore, the strategy formulated by Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others was not to confront Xu Rong head-on at Baqiao.
Instead, they chose to attack Feng Yi from the left, detouring around Anling and Changling Yangling, and attacking from north to south.
Baqiao was Lintong in later generations and the east gate of Chang'an.
The most dangerous place in Chang'an is actually the three rivers.
Jinghe, Weihe and Bahe.
Among them, the Bahe River is the most difficult to fight, because the Bahe River is located behind Baqiao, with mountains on the right. As long as Xu Rong holds the bridge and mountains, and is condescending, the coalition forces will be blocked outside Baqiao.
According to intelligence analysis, if the main force of the defenders is in Baqiao, the number of soldiers and horses in Chang'an may be only a few thousand to less than 10,000.
Then after crossing the Jing River, you can capture Yangling. Opposite Yangling is the Wei River. After crossing the Wei River, you will reach Chang'an.
Judging from Chang'an's current guard strength.
This surprise attack will definitely give Dong Zhuo a huge surprise!