Chapter 122 The plan cannot keep up with the changes
By mid-June, Yuan Jun's offensive became even more rapid.
Not only did Yuan Shao personally go to the front line in Anyang, but he also sent large groups of cavalry to detour behind Dangyin and continuously attack Luoyang's military supply road, trying to turn Dangyin into an isolated city.
Chen Mu actually thought about it a lot when formulating his tactics. He even thought about whether he should imitate Cao Cao and lure the enemy deeper.
During the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao deployed a small number of soldiers and horses as bait in Baima, Yanjin and other places, and then led Yuan Shao to send the vanguard army Yan Liang and Wen Chou to attack, and asked Zhang Liao and Guan Yu to make a surprise attack and defeat Yuan Shao's vanguard army.
But he hesitated for a long time and still did not adopt this tactic. Because there was a big difference between the Battle of Guandu and the current Battle of Dangyin, that is, Yuan Shao would never underestimate Luoyang's military strength.
At that time, Cao Cao was very weak. In Yuan Shao's view, it was easy to deal with Cao Cao, so he made many stupid mistakes. The fundamental problem was that he underestimated the enemy.
Although there are only about 60,000 soldiers and horses in the imperial court today, with the addition of Youzhou and Qingzhou, the overall strength is almost the same as his. In this case, Yuan Shao, who is in an unfavorable state, will never be so reckless. When the time comes, he will
The strategy is difficult to be effective.
Grandpa Lu has a good saying, "When people are pretending, they have no brains." This sentence is a wise saying, and it is very effective for Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and even Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others.
Yuan Shao was so proud of the spring breeze that he led an army of more than 100,000 people to the south, vowing to conquer Xudu in one fell swoop. Then he was beaten by Cao Cao in Guandu until he could no longer take care of himself, and finally fled back to Yecheng in embarrassment.
Cao Cao unified the north and was very satisfied with his ambition. He also recruited rebels and recruited tens of thousands of elite navy troops from Liu Biao. He thought that the south of the Yangtze River could be pacified, but as a result, Chibi was set on fire and he suffered heavy losses.
Needless to say, he had 100,000 grandsons outside the city of Hefei. Liu Bei had managed to accumulate a fortune for half his life, but he was completely defeated in the Battle of Yiling.
Although Liu Bei didn't go there just to show off, hatred also clouded his mind.
Therefore, whether a person is in anger or high-spirited, his intelligence will decline significantly. This has almost become a common problem among the princes of all walks of life in the late Han Dynasty.
Now Yuan Shao obviously has not reached the level of success, his IQ is definitely online, and it is still difficult for him to make mistakes on his own initiative.
After all, he is a role model in the world.
Therefore, Chen Mu still had to adopt conventional tactics, using the complicated roads and the crisscrossing Taihang Mountains as a breakthrough to reach Anyang by surprise.
On June 22nd, the climate was still very hot, and the earth seemed to have been baked. On the plains covering hundreds of kilometers in the wilderness of Dangyin, Chaoge and other places, the land was cracked, and hordes of
The cavalry were wandering aimlessly, like groups of lonely souls in the wilderness.
Guan Yu stood on the top of the city, building a pergola with his hands, and saw from a distance that the original Yuan Shao military camp outside the city was in the process of being demolished. All the military supplies were densely piled on the baggage trucks, and then began to slowly retreat back.
And go.
Now Liu Bei has many talents under his command, including senior generals such as Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Guan Hai, and Xu Huang in Luoyang. Others include Wu Anguo, Han Hao, Yang Feng, Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai, Guan Ping, Luo Hao,
Li Lan, Guan Cheng, Wang Dan, Zhang Rao and other dozens of mid-level generals. The quality of the senior generals is far better than that of Yuan Shao, and the mid-level generals are not bad either.
At this time, the distribution situation here is that Zhao Yun leads his subordinates Han Hao, Luo Hao, and Li Lan to garrison Chaoge, and Xu Huang leads his deputy Zhang Rao in Linli. Therefore, in Danyin City at this time, Guan Yu is surrounded by Guan Ping, Wu Anguo, and Yang Feng.
, Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai, Guan Cheng, Wang Dan and many other generals, as well as an army of thirty thousand.
They also gathered on the city tower and watched the situation outside the city under the scorching sun. They saw that Yuan Shao's army had been attacking extremely fast and fiercely a few days ago, and today they suddenly withdrew their troops. They couldn't help but feel very puzzled. Guan Ping couldn't help but said: "Father, why did Yuan's army suddenly withdraw?
Could it be intentional fraud?"
Wu Anguo looked up at the sky and said: "The weather is too hot now. There is no need to practice every day. Standing under the scorching sun for half an hour will make you sweat profusely. The soldiers are not in the mood to fight. Maybe it's the weather."
Let them retreat for the sake of it.”
"Um......"
Guan Yu muttered: "Whether it is due to the weather or not, since the enemy has retreated, we cannot let them leave safely. Get my sword, and I will go out of the city to pursue them myself."
Guan Ping said hurriedly: "Father, what should I do if the enemy uses his tricks? My fourth uncle has returned to Luoyang now, so let's wait until he comes over."
Guan Yu squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, shook his head and said: "My fourth brother asked me for Guan Hai. He said he wanted Guan Hai to come forward to open the road in Wuxing Mountain and attack Anyang by surprise. If Yuan Jun is allowed to retreat, what will happen to Anyang?
Isn't it impregnable? The fourth brother's plan has failed, so I cannot let them go back easily."
"Father......"
"Okay, I have made up my mind. Please stay in the city, and Bahou Qi will come with me."
Guan Yu asked Yang Feng, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian and other Baibo troops to stay in the city, and also called on Wu Anguo and Guan Cheng. Baibo troops and Luoyang have now become a community of interests, and their families have settled in the hinterland, so now Yang
People like Feng are loyal and reliable and will not rebel.
As for Wu Anguo and Guan Cheng, the two are the most brave. At least after Guan Hai left, they are second only to Guan Yu in Dangyin City today. This is a surprise pursuit battle, and a brave general is needed.
Guan Ping couldn't persuade his father, so he had no choice but to hurriedly arrange the cavalry in the city to prepare to go to war with his father.
At that moment, Guan Yu led five thousand men, plus one thousand cavalry, out of the city in pursuit.
The two sides worked in tandem and soon caught up with Yuan Shao's army's baggage troops at the rear seven or eight miles away from Dangyin City.
But Yuan Shao was not completely unprepared. He sent troops to cut off the rear. After the two sides fought, Yuan's troops and horses cut off the rear and left corpses on the ground, covering the baggage troops as they continued to flee north.
After chasing for a few more miles, a city appeared in front of them. It was Youli City, about ten miles away from Dangyin City, which was now occupied by Yuan Shao. As a nail embedded in the Hanoi front line, Guan Yu could only dream of
Remove it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The tens of thousands of Yuan Jun’s troops attacking Dangyin began to move toward the city in a steady stream, but the city was not big and inherently small. For a time, tens of thousands of troops crowded outside the city, in chaos.
They formed a group and did not form a neat military formation.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Although I don't understand why Yuan Jun suddenly showed such a big flaw, Guan Yu has been on the battlefield for a long time and naturally understands that fighter opportunities are fleeting and cannot be neglected.
So he immediately ordered the entire army to attack.
In fact, Guan Yu didn't know that this was because the battlefield started in the east.
Even Chen Mu didn't know that in an era when communications were underdeveloped, plans often failed to keep up with changes.
Before customizing the wolf pack tactic, Chen Mu believed that Qingzhou should launch a preemptive attack, with various generals attacking and harassing Jizhou separately, and attracting Yuan Shao's main force to the eastern battlefield.
Liu Bei perfectly implemented the tactics left by Chen Mu and asked his group of advisers to formulate an attack plan. As early as early June, he launched the first round of attack.
When Chen Mu thought about it, the first round of attacks would definitely not have much effect. After all, Yuan Shao's defense against Qingzhou was much tighter than that against Luoyang, because Yuan Shao knew very well that Luoyang's strength was not enough to pose a threat to him, while Qingzhou was
have.
Therefore, Chen Mu believes that if the first round of attacks cannot produce much effect, the situation between Hanoi and Wei County in the early stage should still be based on confrontation. Yuan Shao will definitely continue to attack Dangyin, and he can reach an agreement with the Black Mountain Army.
Trade, open up the road to the Taihang Mountains, launch a surprise attack on Anyang, and first remove the nail in the Youli City.
In the end, he still overestimated Yuan Shao's strength. In other words, it was not that Yuan Shao was not strong, but that the gap between the senior generals and senior counselors of both sides was too obvious. Yuan Shaoqian should not have let Chun Yuqiong, a pig teammate,
Guarding the vital city of Ganling on the eastern battlefield.
At the beginning of June, Liu Bei sent out several large armies in a mighty manner to harass towns in Qinghe Kingdom and Bohai Kingdom. According to Xun Yu's plan, at the beginning, it mainly focused on several towns around Pingyuan Kingdom.
Take these buffer cities first.
For example, places such as Xiuxian County in Ling County of Yi County, these counties are too close to Pingyuan County, and at the same time very far from Ganling City. Yuan Shao did not dare to send heavy troops to these places, so the main defensive force was with Ganling as the front line.
, Linqing shell mound and other places are in the rear.
There were originally no towns within hundreds of kilometers from Ganling City to Guangzong and Qingyuan. However, as the military confrontation between the two sides began, a large number of camps and cities were densely built. For example, Linqing City was established at this time.
And places such as Lingxian County and Xiuxian County in Yi County have become buffer zones for both sides, with very few troops. In this way, once a war breaks out with Qingzhou, the two sides will have room to fight in a roundabout way. Otherwise, if Yuan Shao uses these counties as the front line
, once it is breached, the defense will be empty for thousands of miles behind, which is extremely disadvantageous to him.
Obviously there is no problem with this approach. After Qingzhou attacked Qinghe State, these counties were quickly captured. At the same time, Yuan Shao also received the news, and the defense system behind Ganling immediately began to respond. In this way, even if Qingzhou attacked on a large scale,
They will also have a head-on confrontation with Yuan Shao in the important town area with Ganling as the center, and it is impossible to threaten a central area like Wei County.
However, just as the military war between the two sides was about to escalate, Qingzhou continued to send troops to harass various towns. Zhang Fei, who was responsible for attacking the shell hills from Boping County in Yanzhou, did something that brought the situation on the entire battlefield to an abrupt end in an instant, and then
Like poking a hornet's nest, it triggered a counterattack by the entire Jizhou Army.
At that time, Qingzhou sent troops from all over the plains, and Yuan Shao also sent troops to counterattack. Originally, the two sides were fighting against each other, and the generals were fighting each other for wits and courage. This was also the situation that Chen Mu had preset before. In his opinion, this process
, which may last for several years.
As a result, Zhang Fei led 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry to attack Beiqiu. Tian Feng, as the military advisor accompanying the army, keenly observed that the main forces in Beiqiu City had been mobilized to the front lines around Xiajin, leaving the city's defense force very empty.
Under normal circumstances, attacking the shell mound at this time may have unexpected results.
But Tian Feng just didn't follow the routine. He simply asked Zhang Fei to bypass the shell mound and run north to the outside of Ganling City. Ganling City was not empty. There were more than 30,000 troops in the city. Jizhou was really too big.
Yuan Shaoguang deployed a total of 120,000 troops on the eastern battlefield.
Although spies had already reported an enemy attack to the city on the way, Ganling was the seat of Qinghe State and the largest city. On the vast plains inside and outside the city, there were countless villages and fields, as well as dozens of Wubao camps, large and small.
The total number of troops inside and outside the city totaled 50,000. When Chun Yuqiong heard that there was an enemy attack, he immediately closed the city gate. When he ran over and saw that the enemy numbered only 3,000, he suddenly felt that he was making a big fuss.
In addition, Zhang Fei made a provocation outside the city, which made Chunyu Qiong feel embarrassed. He happened to drink a lot of wine during lunch. After being ridiculed, Chunyu Qiong became furious and led 10,000 troops.
After leaving the city and setting up a battle formation outside the city, we will have a decisive battle with Zhang Fei.
However, before he could set up his formation, Zhang Fei turned around and ran away. The cavalry ran very fast, and all the infantry dropped their baggage and ran away. Chun Yuqiong's pursuing troops immediately went to grab supplies, and when they found these supplies
After having a large amount of Linzi wine produced in Qingzhou, everyone started to get excited.
Linzi wine is distilled liquor. Over the years, it has become famous both at home and abroad with Youzhou Zhuojiu. Winters in the north are getting colder and colder, and spirits are becoming increasingly popular, with prices remaining high. Chunyu Qiong is an alcoholic herself, and her favorite drink is Linzi wine, so she also
Do nothing else and join the looting team in person.
Just when Yuan Jun fell into the joy of crazy zero-yuan purchases, Zhang Fei, under Tian Feng's order, fired his carbine. The cavalry surrounded him from both sides, and the light infantry charged into the formation brazenly, killing Chun Yuqiong's army of soldiers and horses who came out to pursue.
Defeated, he ran into Ganling City in embarrassment.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! They ran towards the city, and Zhang Fei went to chase them. Three thousand people rushed directly into the city, and suddenly the city was in chaos.
Even Chunyu Qiong himself had to hide in a well to save his life.
By the time the troops in the camps and forts outside the city gathered together to fight back to Ganling, Zhang Fei had already escaped from the east city gate and even set fire to the food and grass in the city, leaving the city in a mess.
This battle also became Zhang Fei's classic battle.
As the saying goes, "Three thousand armored soldiers in Ganling City killed and dispersed Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops. Their surname is Zhang, their given name is Fei, and their last name is Yide. They will be remembered forever as a reckless man!"
The news of the fall of Ganling City immediately caused shock and turmoil in Jizhou.
You must know that Ganling City was an important military town that Yuan Shao worked hard to build. A large number of towns and fortresses were built around it for defense, which became an important force in resisting Qingzhou.
As a result, when there were 50,000 troops around and tens of thousands of troops outside, 3,000 people were allowed to enter the hinterland and stirred up chaos. They also broke through the city and almost slaughtered all the defenders in the city. How could Yuan Shao not let Yuan Shao go?
Shock.
In this case, Yuan Shao had to postpone the attack on the northern and western battlefields, and instead shrink the army that originally attacked Hanoi. Except for Youli City and Anyang, the other troops and horses tried to hold on as much as possible, and at the same time moved eastward.
Once again, more troops were deployed to face the battlefield.
So the reason why the plan could not keep up with the changes was that the battlefield in the east was turbulent, and the battlefield in the west began to slow down. Chen Mu thought that the harassment war would last for several years, and he also wanted to make a surprise attack on Anyang and take back Youli City.
As a result, Yuan Shao immediately began to stick to Anyang, causing his plan to fail.
At the same time, this is also the reason why the enemies outside Dangyin City began to retreat inexplicably. Although Guan Yu did not know the reason, but as said in "Bright Sword", even if the enemies went to pay birthdays, they could not be allowed to go back safely.
Therefore, Guan Yu led his army in pursuit and fought outside Youli City. The enemy retreated in a hurry, and the leading generals were not of high quality and the order was very disordered, which gave Guan Yu an opportunity.
As long as this battle can be completely won, then seizing Youli City is a matter of course.
But at this moment.
The east and west gates of Youli City suddenly opened wide, and generals from the left and right came out from the city. Each of them led thousands of soldiers and horses, and they attacked Guan Yu in a mighty manner.
"Hebei Yan Liang, Wen Chou is here, Guan Yu will not be so rampant!"