In history, Yuan Jun adopted a negative attitude in the Battle of Guandu, which resulted in a fatal battle with Cao Jun in Guandu.
But now Yuan Jun is actively thinking of ways to deal with it.
It's not because Yuan Shao has enlightened, but because during the Battle of Guandu, Yuan's army was powerful and could completely kill Cao Cao.
No matter in terms of food, military strength, or strength, Yuan Shao crushed Cao Cao.
But now facing the Qingzhou Army, Yuan Army actually has no advantage.
There are certain gaps in the quality of soldiers, weapons and equipment, logistical supplies, and tactics.
Therefore, Yuan Shao could not sit still on Diaoyutai, but tried to find ways to counterattack.
However, Liu Bei's army seemed to be ready for a long-term battle. A large number of trenches were dug and trenches were built outside the boundary bridge, and various types of horse barriers, pits, and even incendiary bottles were arranged.
The entire east of the boundary bridge has turned into a turtle shell. Looking from the direction of the boundary bridge, you can see countless densely packed fences about half a mile away from the boundary bridge.
Outside the cascading fences, there were circles and circles of trenches, ravines, and Juma pits. Liu Beijun even frantically diverted water from the Qing River into the outer ditches to form a protective moat.
There are also catapults, bed crossbows, watchtowers, turrets and other facilities arranged outside the camp. Let alone a large-scale attack, even a fly trying to fly over may not be that easy.
For several days, Yuan Shao, Xu You, Liu Huishenpei and other counselors have been watching the layout of Liu Beijun's camp. They really can't find any breakthrough point. Before Liu Beijun built the camp, they didn't harass them, let alone others.
After it has been built.
Since they could not find a breakthrough point, Yuan Jun sent a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to search for Liu Bei's army's food routes. Their cavalry crossed the river from the south bank of Guangchuan County in the north, then went southeast from Qinghe River to the vicinity of Dongwu City, and then cruised around.
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Guangchuan is located downstream of Qingshui, at the junction of Zhangshui and Qingshui. There is a wooden bridge about ten kilometers to the south. Dongwu City is only thirty or forty kilometers away from here, which is suitable for cavalry galloping.
With Wen Chou's entire army annihilated, Yuan Shao had very few cavalry scouts left. This time he was able to organize more than 4,000 cavalry troops. He temporarily asked his nephew Gao Gan to buy them from the Xianbei Xiongnu in Bingzhou and searched them all.
It took the entire army to find these people who could ride horses, otherwise there wouldn't be more than four thousand cavalry.
In fact, although Yuan Shao's cavalry team was completely wiped out, the horse-producing land was not lost. The Huns in the northern part of Bingzhou and the Xianbei people in the central part have always maintained good relations with him. With Jizhou's financial resources, they want to buy more
It is still a very simple matter to bring thousands of war horses over.
It's a pity that there is no problem in buying war horses, but Jizhou belongs to the Hebei region. Unlike the people of Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Xiliang, because it is in a borderland, everyone is good at riding horses. Instead, they want to recruit so many knights who can ride horses.
difficulty.
Moreover, even though Jizhou has a vast territory and rich resources, with a population of seven to eight million, Yuan Shao would not dare to recruit on a large scale. All cavalrymen must have clean family backgrounds and do not have any background in Youzhou or Qingzhou before they can be selected.
This resulted in that even if Yuan Shao had the ability to reorganize a cavalry brigade, the fear of the Military Intelligence Department and the lack of high-level knights made it difficult for the number of cavalry to be restored quickly.
The various cavalry squads dispersed in the wilderness. They dispersed in a fan shape around Guangchuan, passed through Dongwu City, and cruised on the plain between Ganling City and Dongwu City. After a few days, they occasionally encountered
The Qingzhou military grain transport team immediately launched an attack.
Several attacks were carried out, and the harvest was quite fruitful. Hundreds of people were killed, more than 100,000 stones of food and grass were burned, and considerable damage was caused to the Qingzhou Army.
At this moment, on a hillside southwest of Dongwu City, probably the location of Qinghe County in later generations, Zhang Fei's twitching mouth corners could no longer hide his furious heart.
He was overlooking the official road on the plain in the distance. This was a grain transport team sent from Ganling to the front line of Jieqiao. It was attacked by a hundred-man scout team of Yuan Army. Although they fought hard to repel the enemy, all the grain and grass were destroyed and all losses were suffered.
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Chen Mu likes to use ants to transport food. Each time he transports food, he does not transport too much food, which is usually between tens of thousands of stones. The advantage of this is that it is almost impossible for the enemy to knock out the Qingzhou Army's food transport team at once.
, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, too much trouble for the auxiliary soldiers and civilians, which can be said to be a waste of people and money.
But now at least the benefits have been reflected. Even if the enemy cavalry attacks several times, it will only burn down a small amount of food and grass. Even if it causes a certain amount of casualties, it is almost impossible to create the effect of burning the black nest.
matter.
Just watching the enemy burn his food and grass and then walk away, Zhang Fei was also very angry. He turned to Tian Feng and said: "Military advisor, how long can you endure it?"
Tian Feng muttered: "There are not many Yuan Shao's cavalry left, but they are still half of ours, and they will pose a great threat to us. They are scattered in all directions, coming and going like the wind. It is no problem to kill a hundred and eighty, but if you want to catch them all in one go,
, is as difficult as climbing to the sky. Therefore, we must set up a trap to lure them to mobilize the entire army, so that we can achieve success. Yide must be calm and don't be impatient."
"So when will it happen?"
Zhang Fei was impatient: "How can I sit still while watching our Qingzhou heroes being slaughtered by them?"
Tian Feng smiled and said: "Don't worry, the bait has been set, just wait for the fish to take the bait."
Over there, the Jizhou cavalry returned. During this battle, they intercepted a letter from the front line sent to Ganling.
The content of the letter is very simple. Because Yuan's army frequently harassed the Qingzhou military food road, the Qingzhou army on the front line was already short of food, so Liu Bei planned to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to protect millions of stones of food and grass sent to the front line.
After learning about this, Yuan Shao was overjoyed and immediately ordered Xu You and others to formulate a battle plan, preparing them to send cavalry immediately to intercept this batch of grain and grass.
Although Xu You and others suspected that this was a trap, the previous battle was too smooth.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Moreover, Liu Bei did not show the Qingzhou Cavalry’s trump card even when he was in the most danger, so even if Xu You and the others vaguely guessed that the Qingzhou Army might be hiding a large group of cavalry, they still
I still felt that it was just a guess and could not be confirmed, so I chose to participate in this operation.
In fact, the fact that Liu Bei has been hiding cavalry is not because he wants to use it as a means to suppress the situation, but because Qingzhou is different from Jizhou, and there is a big gap in the horse-producing land.
Jizhou is relatively close to the horse-producing areas. By controlling the important passage in the Taihang Mountains, Yuan Shao indirectly controlled the important route to the north of Bingzhou. In this way, he could trade with the Xianbei Huns in the north of Bingzhou and purchase war horses to Jizhou.
Qingzhou is thousands of miles away from the horse-producing area. Although Gongsun Zan can transport horses there, the distance between the two places is too far. Moreover, the horse-producing area in Youzhou is not in Beijing in later generations.
But it was in Chengde, Chifeng, and Zhangjiakou areas in later generations.
These places currently belong to the residence of the Wuhuan people and can produce horses. As for Xianbei in the east, which has the best relationship with Gongsun Zan, they live further away. The nearest is in the Tongliao area of later generations, and the farthest is in the Xilingol League of later generations, which is far away from Qingzhou.
It's more than a thousand or two thousand kilometers, and it would be difficult to transport horses there.
It is not practical to transport them by sea, which results in the shortage of war horses in Qingzhou. The most common situation is when they carve up the Bohai Sea with Gongsun Zan. Once the land route to the Bohai Sea is cut off, they have to choose to hide the war horses like treasures, which is also a problem.
A helpless thing.
There is no way, this is the tragedy of being far away from the birthplace of horses, and it is not easy to get horses.
However, although the cavalry is small, it is not impossible to defeat the enemy. As long as the tactics are appropriate, there are always ways to think of it. During the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao had less than a thousand cavalry, but he still defeated Yuan Shao, who had tens of thousands of cavalry. This shows his skill
It's not that skills can't defeat absolute strength, not to mention Liu Bei's current strength is not weaker than Yuan Shao.
A few days later, a large convoy set off from Ganling City. This time Liu Bei mobilized half of his own troops, tens of thousands of people to protect the food and grass and headed west. The continuous convoy stretched for more than ten miles, and there were also people around
The cavalry cruised, warily watching for any disturbance in the distance.
Xu You personally led a part of the Jizhou cavalry from Guangchuan, crossed Dongwu City, and arrived to the north of Linxi. They learned that the Qingzhou Army had built a temporary warehouse in Linxi, and this batch of grain and grass would be transported to Linxi first, and then
From Linxi to Liu Bei's military camp, Liu Bei's military camp will arrange for people to meet them in Linxi. In this case, the risk of grain robbery will be greatly increased, so it is necessary to act before the grain and grass are transported to Linxi.
As early as when the grain and grass left Ganling, Yuan Jun's eyes and ears came over with information. On a small hill to the north of the distant road, Xu You was watching the distance with the cavalry commanders Zhao Rui and Jiang Qi who were accompanying him this time.
Food transport convoy.
I saw densely packed carriages moving forward on the official road. The Qingzhou Army's grain transport convoys were arranged in a long straight line, filling the entire official road as far as the eye could see. The surrounding soldiers were cruising back and forth, and the auxiliary soldiers and civilians were
There are as many as 20,000 people here transporting grain and grass, and there are countless transport convoys, with as many as five or six thousand vehicles.
Zhao Rui put up the pavilion with his hands and frowned and said: "General Governor, I heard that the Qingzhou Army is going to transport one million stones of grain and grass to the boundary bridge this time, but I made a rough count and found that there are only a few thousand vehicles here, at most two or three hundred thousand stones.
There are no millions of stones at all, could it be a trap?"
"You have never escorted grain and grass. You don't know. It is impossible to transport millions of stones of grain and grass at once."
Before Xu You could speak, Jiang Qi laughed: "Large-scale grain transportation requires one hundred thousand shi or two hundred thousand shi, and the maximum does not exceed 300,000 shi. Think about it, a carriage can only carry a maximum load Forty or fifty dan, if you want to send one million dan, you will need 20,000 to 30,000 carriages. The number of escorts alone must exceed 50,000 to 60,000. The Qingzhou Army should dispatch only 100,000 people this time. How can it be divided into so many How many people are there?”
"I see."
Zhao Rui suddenly realized that he was Yuan Shao's cavalry supervisor. The cavalry's treatment was the best among the three armies. He rarely encountered food problems, so he really didn't know much about food transportation, but at most he was familiar with large-scale food transportation. I don’t know much about the specific operations, but I still know some basic common sense. Being in the military, you always know more than ordinary people.
Jiang Qi said to Xu You: "General Governor, I estimate that the Qingzhou Army plans to transport the grain and grass in three or four times, and there is a high probability that the grain will be placed in Linxi first, and then it will be shipped from Linxi after hoarding millions of stones. Xi was escorted to the front line by soldiers from Liu Bei's army headquarters. What did the governor think?"
Xu You nodded and said: "I think so too, but I have some other ideas. What do you think, under the current situation, how should our army act to destroy all their food and grass at once?"
"Naturally, they will wait until all their food and grass are delivered to Linxi before making a surprise attack on Linxi!"
Zhao Rui said without hesitation.
Xu You pondered: "What if they set up an ambush in Linxi?"
"this......."
Zhao Rui scratched his head, what if the enemy set up an ambush in Linxi?
Xu You turned the horse's head and said, "Let's go back."
"Go back now?"
"Well, I need to report it to Ming Gong. I suspect there is a trap here."
Xu You left without looking back.
This time we did not bring a large team, just a few hundred cavalry squads, traveling lightly and simply to conduct preliminary reconnaissance.
On the second day, after returning to Jieqiao, Xu You went to Yuan Shao to report the situation.
Inside Yuan Junying.
Yuan Shao heard Xu You's reply and frowned: "So you didn't do anything?"
Xu You said: "If I wanted to rob grain at the beginning, I could only attack Liu Beijun's grain transport convoy. It might be the same as before, causing tens of thousands of dan or even more than 100,000 dan in losses. But if I wanted to rob these millions of dan, It is difficult to do this if all the food and grass are burned."
Yuan Shao slammed the table angrily and said, "Then what do I want you to do? Liu Bei put the grain and grass in Linxi, so you attack Linxi. Do you still need me to teach you?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xu You was stunned, his face suddenly turned cold, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Liu Bei is not stupid, he will definitely deploy heavy troops in Linxi. If Linxi is attacked by force, West, I'm afraid I'll be ambushed by an ambush."
Guo Tu said sadly: "I heard that Linxi is just a wooden camp. We have cavalry and rockets. We come and go like the wind. What can Liu Beijun do to us? Fish paste and grease. Go up and set the whole camp on fire, I don’t believe you can’t burn all the food and grass!”
"At first, it's not that simple. Liu Bei will definitely..."
Xu You wanted to say something else.
Yuan Shao snorted coldly: "It goes without saying. I'll leave this matter to others. Xu You, you don't need to lead the army. Gongze, you will be the warlord."
Guo Tu was overjoyed and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Ming."
"Original!"
Xu You's eyes widened. He never expected that he could do such an amazing job.
For so many years, he had been advising him, including the matter of capturing Jizhou and poisoning Wang Fen to death with chronic poison. It was all done by him. He never expected that Yuan Shao would treat him like this when the birds were gone and the bows were hidden.
However, Yuan Shao paid no attention to him. After giving the order, he snorted coldly, rolled his sleeves and turned away, leaving a group of counselors staring at him.
Guo Tu regained control of the army and said with pride and hypocrisy: "Zi Yuan must not be angry with Ming Gong. Ming Gong was also afraid that Zi Yuan would overwork, so he had no choice but to do so. Now Zi Yuan no longer leads the army and is just about to take more rest."
OK."
Xu You was so angry with his actions that he didn't even think about anything else. He turned around and walked away. When he left the tent, he felt that his head was on fire, his orifices were filled with smoke, and his stern eyes were full of anger.
Yuan Benchu!
I treat you as a brother who loves me, and you treat me like this!