It is the spring season, the grass is growing and orioles are flying, and countless soldiers are coming and going in Boping County.
Tian Feng was still a step too late. Although he also guessed that Gao Lan and Xu You's attack was just a feint, no one knew whether the feint would turn into a real attack if he really left.
Therefore, Tian Feng had to stay in Linyi for two more days. It was during these two days that Yuan Shao's army easily captured Boping County in the south.
Zhang Fei only left 3,000 men to guard two cities, and Boping County is not an important town with thick walls. With more than 1,000 people in the city, it is impossible to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Yuan's troops.
matter.
What's more, the attacker this time was not Xu You's partial army that traveled hundreds of miles from Dongjun to Jibei Kingdom, but Yuan Shao's main force, which was less than seventy miles away, and had a large number of siege equipment.
This made the entire siege war only last for less than half an hour. After the North City Gate was easily breached, the Qingzhou Army decisively chose to abandon the city and escape from the South City Gate under the order of an Army Sima who was guarding the city.
Leave and head to Liaocheng in the south.
Chen Mu once put forward a slogan in the Qingzhou Army, which was called "If you save the land and lose the people, you will lose both the people and the land; if you save the people and lose the land, you will save the people and the land." Knowing clearly that there is a disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, it is impossible to defeat the enemy.
There is no need for soldiers to fight hard. They must run when they should, and don't be too reckless.
This is the so-called strategic shift and is not an act of cowardice.
This slogan was praised by Liu Bei and won his heart. Therefore, Qingzhou does not have any punitive measures for soldiers who escape after fighting. However, if a soldier is timid before fighting even though he has fought hard or is not much different in strength, then
Of course it is another matter.
This was the case in the Battle of Boping. At that time, Yuan's army had not had time to surround the entire south city gate. Boping's Qingzhou Army paid a certain amount of casualties and successfully broke through. More than 800 people fled back, and there were still a thousand people on the Liaocheng side.
Together, a total of two thousand people managed to hold on to Liaocheng until Zhang Fei's reinforcements arrived.
Although Liaocheng was defended, the loss of Boping still dealt a big blow to Qingzhou. The Taishan Qi Great Wall defense line, which was supposed to be impregnable, was breached from the inside. In order to block this hole, the east wall had to be demolished to repair the west wall. Instead,
This exposed Bo Ping's mouth again.
Although Yuan Shao did not take Liaocheng, with Boping as a breakthrough, he could station troops and horses in the city, hoard food and grass, and then divide his troops to attack Longcuo. By then, the plains would be isolated and helpless.
Therefore, Qingzhou is now in a passive state.
In mid-February, Yuan Jun indeed began to launch a tentative attack on Longcuo. Although it was repulsed by the defenders, this was not a good signal. It meant that Longzuo Ferry would be under attack by Yuan Jun for a long time to come.
of harassment.
However, the current situation is not too bad. Liaocheng is still in the hands of Zhang Fei. Yuan Jun does not dare to ignore Liaocheng around him. It is impossible to attack on a large scale and can only harass on a small scale. This attack can still be defended by Long Min.
Therefore, it is still in a stalemate period, which will not affect the overall situation, but it can be regarded as a small crack. The high wall of Qingzhou seems to be leaking from all sides.
At the end of February, Gao Lan continued to attack Jinan from the southern front. Xun Yu rebuilt the Qi Great Wall defense line that had been demolished by Xu You, and set up an ambush on the Taishan Trail. He repelled Yuan's army who tried to bypass the trail again. The two sides were in a stalemate at Lu County.
Compared with the Qi Great Wall area, the results are indistinguishable.
In mid-March, Yuan Shao dug a tunnel for two full months and finally reached the bottom of Pingyuan County. But what was disappointing was that there was a thick cement structure on the surface. Although it was only roads in the entire city, there were many houses and even houses.
There is no cement paving, but most houses have floor tiles.
Qin and Han style buildings are like this. Floor tiles are laid on the foundation, and then beams are built on top of the floor tiles to keep the house away from the ground. The only rammed earth structure on the ground is basically the yard of each house. Not to mention the poor, even the powerful, the yard is
Flowers and plants are planted, and masonry is generally not laid.
But Yuan Shao's soldiers digging tunnels are underground. How do they know which part of Pingyuan City is the courtyard? Even if they dig randomly, not to mention how difficult it is to dig tunnels, Pingyuan City is not an ordinary small county with two square kilometers. As a county government
So as for the north-south trade distribution center, this city covers an area of more than ten square kilometers, and you may not be able to find it even if you dig up the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
Therefore, the tunnel tactic failed in the end, not because it was discovered by the enemy, but because cement was poured on the ground of the rammed earth structure, and the Yuan Army soldiers underground could not penetrate it at all.
In May, Yuan Shao stormed Liaocheng. Liu Bei wanted to lead his troops out of the city and go south to Liaocheng himself to relieve the siege.
But Yuan Shao's main force has been surrounding Pingyuan City. Unless he abandons the entire city and marches south under the cover of Ande's Dianwei and Xi Pingchang's Zang Ba, otherwise, all his actions will be exposed under Yuan Shao's eyes.
Under the sun, you may encounter siege in the wild.
Therefore, under Xun You's persuasion, Liu Bei finally gave up the idea of personally leading his troops south to relieve the siege of Liaocheng. In the end, he sent Zang Ba to abandon Xipingchang and marched up the Yellow River to garrison at Longcuo Ferry.
At the same time, Huang Zhong was ordered to go upstream to Liaocheng.
In the Yellow River Jishui and Luoshui water systems, the three rivers are all connected. Especially the Luoshui, because the Luoshui is a tributary of the Yellow River. It flows from the south of Dongwuyang to the north bank of the Yellow River, and then passes through Dongwuyang and Yangping.
, Leping, Liaocheng and Boping merge into the Yellow River again.
But it does not just merge into the Yellow River, but crosses the Yellow River, crossing the entire Pingyuan Kingdom and Jinan Kingdom, and finally flows into Laizhou Bay between the Yellow River and Jishui.
Therefore, the navy can move around through various tributaries between the three rivers.
On May 7th, it was already the Mengxia season. Early in the morning, at the ferry crossing of the Yellow River in Chuping, the densely packed ships in the ports near the river began to move with the wind, ups and downs in the river, and kept drifting.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong were ordered to garrison here. Each of them led a naval division of nearly 20,000 people, some of which were large-scale ships that could transport one or two thousand troops.
Others are medium-sized ships such as sterns and battleships that can transport hundreds of troops. The most common ones are walking boats and barges. These small ships can transport dozens of troops first.
However, this time it was necessary to go upstream, and it was difficult for small boats to withstand the strong winds and waves of the Yellow River. Therefore, when Huang Zhong was ordered to go north to relieve the siege of Liaocheng, he brought seven large ships with a total force of 8,000 people and sailed along the Yellow River.
We went all the way north for about 120 miles, from early morning to evening, before we reached the entrance of Luohe River.
Entering the Luoshui Basin, the speed increased. After all, we were going down the river. However, Huang Zhong could not march at this time because it was already dark. It was very dangerous to drive a boat in the river in the middle of the night. If you were not careful, you would be in danger.
It may hit a rock or hit the shore, so we must wait until daylight of the next day before continuing the march.
By the early morning of May 8th, a white mist had risen on the 200-foot-wide Luohe River. Sailing in the fog was no different from sailing in the dark, but Huang Zhong was afraid of losing Liaocheng, so he took the risk of marching.
Fortunately, Luoshui is a large river second only to the Jishui of the Yellow River. The river surface is five to six hundred meters wide. There may be a risk of running aground when the water is shallow. However, as long as the helmsman is not blind and keeps walking along the center of the river, he will be fine.
It is still very difficult to hit the shore.
And now that summer has arrived, the icebergs in the upper reaches of the Yellow River have melted, the water flow in the lower reaches has surged, and the risk of running aground has disappeared.
Huang Zhong stood on the deck of the leading boat and saw shadows on the river bank in the distance. Looking carefully, he saw countless Yuan Jun soldiers leading their horses to drink water by the river. Most of the river beaches below had been submerged. Yuan Jun was drinking from his horse in the Luo River.
You still have to queue up.
There is a large forest above the river bank. As the sun slowly rises, the morning fog begins to dissipate. The soldiers of the Yuan Army on the river bank are also dumbfounded as they look at the seven behemoths floating on the river.
They sailed slowly on the river and went down the river. When they reached the beach in the distance, about twenty or thirty feet away from the beach, they began to anchor and stop. Then the boats on both sides of the ship were already tied to
The stern and fighting ships at the stern of the ship were launched into the water one after another, and the heavily armed Qingzhou Army soldiers boarded the ship in an orderly manner along the ship's ladder.
After being stunned for nearly ten breaths, the soldiers of the Yuan Army finally came to their senses. They shouted and pulled the horses back to leave. Behind them, there were soldiers who did not know the situation and were queuing up to lead the horses to the river. The two sides collided with each other.
At the time of the chaos, the entire riverside was in chaos.
Liaocheng is located to the south of Luoshui. The city is less than four miles away from the river. A tributary was intercepted from the northern river and entered the city, turning it into a moat. At this moment, Huang Zhong's ship was located at the junction of the moat and Luoshui.
The boat started to dock.
A large number of Yuan Jun soldiers on the bank ran towards the camp. Their camp was not on the bank of the Luo River, but on the other side further west, still half a mile away from the river, next to a dense forest.
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In ancient times, when marching and fighting, camps were usually not too far away from rivers and forests. By the time General Yuan received the news and hurriedly organized his troops to prepare to meet the enemy, Huang Zhong had already landed.
He did not ride a horse, but walked to the shore with a sword in hand. Behind him was a dense crowd of soldiers who came from the boat to the shore in a steady stream. As far as he could see, there was a city to the south of the river bank, about three or four miles away, and there was a flash of light above the city.
Looking at the bright light, Huang Zhong knew that it was the lens of the telescope.
The number of telescopes produced in Qingzhou is very small. The development of science and technology is not achieved overnight, but step by step. The perfect formula and ratio of completely transparent glass have not been found yet. The existence of these few telescopes is also due to the highly transparent crystal minerals in the East China Sea.
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So so far, except for a few senior generals who can lead the army alone, most generals and captains do not have telescopes. Huang Zhong did have one because he was in charge of the navy, but he put it on the ship.
Just kidding, there are only a few in Qingzhou. Now that they are ashore and fighting on foot, if they accidentally break it in the battle while carrying it with them, Huang Zhong will be heartbroken to death.
The old man was fifty-one years old this year. His beard was slightly white, but his muscles were all taut. His thick and powerful arms stretched his shoulder gauntlets bulging. He looked around and saw the school captain Han Zhang coming in a hurry and said to him: "
General, most of the soldiers have gone ashore."
"Line up and prepare to fight!"
Huang Zhong said in a deep voice.
"only!"
Han Zhang took the order and left.
Under the command of officers at all levels, nearly eight thousand soldiers formed a battle formation on the shore.
And almost when they landed, there was a sudden uproar in the Yuan Army camp over there. The leading generals this time were none other than Shen Pei and Yuan Shang.
Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Chen Mu were in Wei Commandery to resist Guan Yu and Chen Mu, Gao Lan was in Dong Commandery and Zhang He was also in Wei Commandery now, so apart from Shen Pei and Yuan Shang, Yuan Shao did not have any good candidates around him who could independently lead the army.
This time Yuan Shao's army of more than 100,000, of which about 20,000 were entangled with Dian Wei near Ande, the main force was still in the plain, and there were thousands of rangers wandering in the wilderness around the plain, including Boping.
, Liaocheng has been occupied by Yuan's army, and there are sentries and camps everywhere.
Yuan Shang and Shen Pei attacked Liaocheng, bringing 30,000 troops and horses, including three to four thousand cavalry. As Yuan Shao's most beloved third son, Yuan Shang indeed received the greatest preferential treatment, and Shen Pei's leadership ability was also at the upper-middle level.
It was more than enough to attack Liaocheng, which had less than 10,000 troops.
After hearing that the Qingzhou Army's reinforcements were coming down the Luoshui River, Yuan Shang and Shen Pei hurriedly summoned various generals to arrange military affairs. The gate of the camp was opened, and Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Zhang Kai, Yin Kui, Su You, Guo Zhao, and Yin Kai
Wait for the general to file out with his troops.
About three quarters of an hour had passed from the time Huang Zhong stopped the ship and went ashore to the time he started arranging his troops. For nearly half an hour, Yuan Shang had just tidied up the military camp, arranged the chaotic camp properly, and started to leave the camp.
In Liaocheng, about three or four miles away, Tian Feng noticed the situation here early with a telescope. He immediately asked Zhang Fei to go into battle, preparing to go out of the city to assist Huang Zhong and fight to the death with Yuan's army.
Although there was a slight gap in military strength between the two sides, Tian Feng still keenly observed some of Yuan Jun's weaknesses and said to Zhang Fei: "Yide, Yuan Jun's front camp is facing our city, Huang Hansheng launched an attack from their side river bank, and the river bank
The terrain is too narrow to accommodate so many people. Don't attack the gate of Yuan's camp from the front, but attack the river bank from the side. By then, Yuan's army will be crowded and there is a big river to the west. Under fierce attack from both sides, it will inevitably collapse."
"clear!"
Zhang Fei nodded, got off the city tower, rode on the dark clouds and walked on the snow, and ordered the soldiers to open the city gate.
With a crunching sound.
The city gate opened wide and the suspension bridge was slowly lowered. Zhang Fei took the lead and rushed out. Behind him, countless soldiers swarmed out, and the rammed earth ground stirred up a lot of dust.
At this time, it had been four quarters of an hour, almost an hour and fifteen minutes, since Huang Zhong landed ashore. At around eight o'clock in the morning, the sun rose and the thick fog on the river gradually dispersed. The troops of the three parties gathered and began to form battle formations.
On the Luoshui River, Yuan Jun didn't notice at all. Only about 40 to 50 feet away from them, seven building boats slowly floated close to the shore. After the anchors were lowered, under the female wall of Feilu on the right
, bed crossbow arrows flashing with sharp cold light were quietly pointed at them...