In July of the first year of Yonghan, the wilderness of Qinghe State in Jizhou was densely packed with countless soldiers marching toward the east.
Just as the wheat was ripe in May, the Qingzhou Army mobilized in full force and attacked in all directions. They not only attacked many towns in Qinghe Kingdom and Bohai Kingdom, but also destroyed the Jizhou Army's granaries, forcing them to be unable to leave the city to harvest wheat fields, and all the new wheat that was supposed to be handed over was destroyed.
Scattered among the people.
From Pian County to Xiajin, soldiers from both sides continued to pour in. Qingzhou's sudden attack almost fell Ganling, which caused a strong rebound from Yuan Shao. In August, the Jizhou army gathered and began to advance eastward.
Liu Bei is riding on his horse. The frontline camps have been almost demolished. The vast North China Plain stretches as far as the eye can see. The forests in the distance are faint and new millet seedlings have been planted in the fields.
Along the official road back to Hui County, as far as you can see, there are patches of newly grown millet seedlings. During the farming period, sowing is not fixed. There are dormant wheat and spring wheat. Sudden wheat is winter wheat. It is harvested in spring and spring wheat is natural.
It is harvested in the summer, then replaced with millet, and harvested again in the fall.
Tian Feng murmured next to Liu Bei: "I have said long ago that we should not succumb to the enemy. Ming Gong should listen to me and harvest the wheat and transport it to Qingzhou. If it is harvested by the people, it will still be taken by Yuan Shao in the end.
Let’s go? How can this be done?”
"There are still those people who are unwilling to move. They can just move away by force. The world is unkind and treats all living things as rotten dogs. In this autumn when the survival of the country, the country, and the country is in danger, even the imperial court is in danger, so what are they going to do to care about those people?"
"Let me tell you, Ming Gong has such a good reputation. Fame cannot be used as food. It is better to get some practical benefits and weaken the enemy's strength. If you only think about reputation, you will..."
What followed was another long and verbose speech, the underlying meaning of which was that Liu Bei should not give away the grain and grass that could have been harvested.
Although he didn't say it in front of Liu Bei, the chatter behind his back was so loud that anyone who was not deaf could hear it. Xun Yu, Ju Shou and others around him had already started to roll their eyes, and Liu Bei was quite embarrassed.
I mean, I looked around cheerfully, pretending I didn't hear anything.
In the end, Ju Shou couldn't stand it anymore, so he said to Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, you should know that Duke Ming has always had prestige in the hearts of the people in Jizhou. Yuan Shao occupies such a rich land and has done a lot of favors. If we do too much
If you go too far, Duke Ming's prestige in Jizhou will be completely lost. If you encounter soldiers from Jizhou in the future, you may fight to the death. Now, wherever Duke Ming goes, people are surrendering. Isn't this a good thing?"
"I know what you mean, but you also want to say that you can't fish in the marsh and take a long-term view. But now it's not a matter of killing the goose to lay eggs, but Qingzhou and Jizhou are at the point of life and death. If you can weaken part of the enemy's strength, you must
If you want to do it, leave the wheat fields alone and the people will not change, they will still become Yuan Shao's strength."
Tian Feng was still a little unconvinced and argued with Ju Shou.
The thing they were arguing about was about Liu Bei's recent military order, which was that it was okay to attack enemy counties and military important places, but they had to do nothing to harm the people in autumn. They couldn't harvest the people's food for the winter at will, and they couldn't plunder everywhere.
We should put people first, take the people who are willing to move to Qingzhou with them, and don't force those who don't want to.
This is in line with Liu Bei's character, because the phrase "people first" was uttered by him. However, Tian Feng felt that this was not in line with their military purposes. In this way, they could neither weaken the enemy nor achieve the goal of weakening the enemy.
The intention to frighten Yuan Jun made this offensive harassment an anticlimax.
However, Xun Yu and Jushu did not think that this was a bad idea. They were strategic talents and took a longer-term view of the problem. They felt that Liu Bei had a great reputation in Jizhou itself. If he continued to promote "benevolence and righteousness", the people of Jizhou and the soldiers of Jizhou would
Everyone will respect him.
In this way, during the battle, Jizhou soldiers will not fight to the death, because they know that Liu Bei will not kill them if they surrender, which can weaken the will of the enemy soldiers.
And the most important thing is that one day in the future, when Jizhou is pacified, with Liu Bei's prestige, he will quickly capture the entire territory of Jizhou, and there will be no rebellion problems, so both of them agree with Liu Bei's way of doing things.
This is the difference between looking at problems from a strategic perspective and looking at problems from a tactical perspective.
In fact, Cao Cao's approach to attacking Jizhou was a typical tactical strategy. When he attacked Yecheng, as Tian Feng said, he harvested all the food outside the city, moved a large number of people, and even massacred them when the city was finally broken.
The entire Ye city violated most of the female family members of the Yuan family.
The advantage of doing this is obvious, that is, it deters the enemy. After the city of Ye was broken, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were not destroyed. Once the city of Ye was broken, the soldiers and horses of Jizhou were very frightened and fled when they saw Cao Jun. Yuan Tan was defeated without resistance for a long time.
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But there are many disadvantages. The massacre of Yecheng caused a shock in the country. The soldiers and civilians in all parts of Jizhou defended themselves in order to protect themselves, which caused a lot of troubles in the future. It can be said that the consequences are endless.
After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan and others, it took another four years to completely pacify Jizhou.
During these four years, Jizhou remained turbulent. According to records in "Wei Lue", "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han", due to Cao Cao's tyranny, there were dozens of rebellions and riots between the soldiers and civilians in Jizhou, resulting in heavy casualties among the people.
On the other hand, Liu Bei continued to promote "benevolence and righteousness" and spread the idea that the Qingzhou Army was the imperial master and that Yuan Shao was a rebellious minister who rebelled against the Han Dynasty. This led to internal instability in Jizhou because not all officials in Jizhou were diehard loyalists to the Yuan family.
, there are many people who still have the imperial court in their hearts.
Liu Bei led the court's benevolent army to attack Jizhou, and his various actions were very appropriate, which made many county officials in Jizhou respond actively. For example, the county magistrates and heads of Anping, Gonggao, Guanjin, Guangchuan and other places surrendered to Qingzhou.
Army, open the city gate and let them in.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When fighting with the Qingzhou Army, many soldiers immediately knelt down and surrendered without any thought of resistance as soon as they realized that something was wrong.
This is the benefit brought by "benevolence and righteousness", and it is also a way to disintegrate the enemy from within.
Although Yuan Shao has continued to suppress this kind of propaganda, the information methods in the Han Dynasty were very poor and were basically spread by word of mouth. Qingzhou mastered the printing technology and held the power of information dissemination.
Propaganda newspapers were printed every day and spread everywhere. Yuan Shao repeatedly banned them. The news that the imperial army was about to wipe out the Jizhou rebellion spread overwhelmingly. Liu Shijun's benevolence and righteousness and Yuan Shao's cruelty formed a sharp contrast, which made both the people of Jizhou and the soldiers of Jizhou come.
It's a huge shock to say the least.
For this reason, Yuan Shao had to take many measures to suppress this trend. Otherwise, Qingzhou would no longer need to send troops, and border soldiers might defect to Qingzhou on a large scale.
Tian Feng is still wasting his time with Ju Sue here. The debate between immediate interests and long-term interests is destined to be meaningless. Although Tian Feng also knows the considerations of long-term interests, drinking poison to quench thirst is a last resort. Now the enemy is strong and we are
Weak, it is normal to use extraordinary measures in extraordinary times.
However, Tian Feng's strategy was destined not to be recognized by Liu Bei, so he could only chatter about it like a fly, pestering everyone's ears. People say that Xu You was the number one BB player in the late Han Dynasty, but in fact Tian Feng did not
Worse, when he was anxious, he would drag others into talking, and if they didn't listen to him, he would also say a lot of disappointing things. No wonder Yuan Shao would kill him.
Fortunately, Liu Bei was not Yuan Shao, and he was generous in his heart and turned a deaf ear to Tian Feng's thoughts. The army slowly retreated, tens of thousands of people meandering, and one day later, they arrived outside the first line of defense deployed by the Qingzhou Army, at the ancient Yellow River.
In the area of Majiao River, one of the nine rivers, there is a city in the county, and there are a large number of fortresses and camps built outside the city, which is the front line of Qingzhou.
In the wilderness, countless armies are gathering from all directions. The strategy adopted by the Qingzhou Army is to break into pieces. Small-scale troops raid the countryside of Jizhou everywhere. Among the large-scale armies, only Liu Bei leads more than 10,000 people, and the rest
Fei, Zang Ba, Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong and other tribes all only had a few thousand people.
The advantage of a small number of people is that they are highly mobile and do not need to carry too much food, grass and baggage. They can roam all over the mountains and plains. Sometimes they attack cities and sometimes they conquer the countryside. Today's Hebei is originally a sparsely populated area with nearly 200,000 square kilometers.
Only six to seven million people survive.
The small-scale intrusion tactic is actually more conducive to action. It is not a guerrilla war, but a strategy similar to the sneak attack of a small group of troops in a famous game of later generations, StarCraft. It mainly destroys and invades the troops stationed in various places in Jizhou and attacks towns and villages.
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Don't think that you can't do something with a small number of people. Cao Cao killed Wen Chou, but he sent 600 cavalry, and defeated another's 5,000 or 6,000 cavalry. As long as the strategy is proper, coupled with surprise, the results are quite fruitful.
After a month-long harassment plan, Yuan Shao finally made up his mind to go to Qingzhou himself, so Liu Bei immediately withdrew his troops and began to retreat in an all-round defense.
The three cities of Yixian, Yimu and Pingyuan formed an inverted triangle, with defenses along the perimeter.
Liu Bei personally led the army to guard Fuxian County and carried out the second stage of the strategy.
After entering the city, Tian Feng stopped nagging because the military meeting was about to start again.
Everyone gathered together, with Liu Bei taking the main seat. This time everyone came back. Even Zhang Fei and Tian Feng of Boping gave up the northwest of Dongjun and retreated to the plains. The war had reached an extremely critical moment.
"Everyone."
Liu Bei looked around and said: "This order to withdraw troops is due to the urgent report from the Military Intelligence Department. Yuan Shao has set off from Yecheng and is preparing to conquer Qingzhou in person. The war is about to break out. We must make adjustments as soon as possible."
Zhang Fei said excitedly: "Finally we can have another battle. Last time we retreated from Ganling, even the enemies in Beiqiu didn't dare to go out. My spear has long been thirsty and thirsty."
Yan Zhong pondered and said: "Ming Gong, Yuan Shao's vanguard has reached Xiajin and will attack Yixian in the near future. We should still follow the strategy left by Zigui and mainly block attacks in stages. Yixian, Yimu and other places
It can be the first line of defense, defeating its vanguard first, and then fighting at Longgou. The plains can be the second line of defense, blocking his army from crossing the river. Finally, ending with Gaotang, Yuan Shao must not be allowed to cross the river."
"Um."
Liu Bei nodded and said: "That's what I have in mind. Third brother and Yuan Hao can go to Ling County first and respond to Qian County from the side. I will guard this place and defeat Yuan Jun's vanguard first. Zang Ba will retreat to Li State, and Dian Wei will go to Yi.
At the end of the day, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and Tai Shi Ci are following me here, and Huang Zhong has led me to Longcuo to set up camp. When the plains cannot be defended, I will retreat to Longcuo and cross the river to Gaotang."
"only!"
Many soldiers responded accordingly.
This was something that was planned from the beginning. Just like in the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao blocked Yuan Shao in sections on the south bank of the Yellow River, killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and defeated his three vanguards. He first defeated his front troops at various traffic arteries and city strongholds.
Then retreat all the way, because Yuan Jun's headquarters has a large number of troops, numbering more than 100,000, and the march is bloated and must be slow.
After using various defense lines to eat away at the smaller vanguard army and front army, they then abandoned Pingyuan County and Longcuo Ferry, retreated to Gaotang County south of the Yellow River, and deployed heavy troops in the Ande and Xipingchang areas to form a fortress like Guandu.
Confrontation situation.
Although this style of play is another example from Cao Cao, it is undeniable that if you want to deal with this kind of enemy, you really need to use this style of play.
Including the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Feishui, we first gave up those undefendable places, and then occupied key areas, such as natural dangers such as the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, to lure the enemy deep into the enemy, and then made a sudden attack to complete the victory.
Therefore, Chen Mu's strategy is not to copy the Battle of Guandu, but it is the only way to fight.
After all, the war is not about who has more and who is less, but about strategy and wisdom. Leading Qingzhou's 80,000 troops and running into the wilderness to confront Yuan Shao's more than 100,000 troops is a very stupid act and is not recommended by the wise.
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At that moment, Liu Bei issued a military order, and the generals immediately acted according to the original plan. Zhang Fei and Tian Feng went south to Lingxian County, while Dianwei and Jushuo went north to Yimu. Both places are only thirty kilometers away from Lingxian County, and can be completed within one day.
Arrival is a strategy of acting as each other's horns and dividing the troops to attack and harass.
Zang Ba retreated to the Kingdom of Li in the north of the plain. After Liu Bei withdrew from Yi County, he would go with Dian Wei to the area of Ande and Xipingchang to occupy the defense areas of the northeastern part of the Yellow River and several other rivers of the ancient Jiuhe River.
Huang Zhonghe took Zhao and retreated to Longcuo, which is the place where Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao had the battle of Longcuo in history. This is the ferry of the Yellow River, located due south of Pingyuan County. After the ferry here, you will reach Gaotang County. The distance between the two places is
They are all very close and can take care of each other.
This is the second line of defense deployed by Qingzhou. Even if it cannot cause damage to Yuan's army at Longcuo, it still needs to prevent them from crossing the river.
In the end, Liu Bei personally took command of Fuxian County and led Zhang Liao, Gaoshun Taishi Ci and other generals as well as tens of thousands of troops to intercept Yuan Shao's vanguard here.
At the same time, naval forces were deployed on the Yellow River to patrol back and forth.
Yuan Shao began to attack Qingzhou, and Qingzhou's war machine also began to operate. This battlefield may last for a long time, but it is undeniable that Liu Bei has already had expectations in his heart. In order to support the Han Dynasty and unify the Han Dynasty, he will go through fire and water.