The army left Luoyang and arrived in Liang County in about two days.
Liang County later became Ruzhou City.
The man stationed here is General Wu Anguo, who has already been ordered to wait.
The administrative seat of Yingchuan was Yangzhai, which was later known as Yuzhou City.
But Yuzhou people should know that its location is northwest of Xuchang City and east of Ruzhou City.
In terms of geographical location and military strategy, Yangdi is not suitable for garrisoning troops because it is located in the hinterland of Yingchuan and is too close to Luoyang.
When Zhao Yun captured Yangzhai on a rainy night, he raided south from the direction of Xinzheng and did not disturb other counties in Yingchuan at all.
Therefore, if you attack Luoyang from the south, Yangzhai can still be used as a bridgehead, but if you attack from north to south, Yangzhai's position can only be at the rear base camp, not the front line.
Zhao Yun's armies were stationed in Yingyang, Dingling, and Xu County, that is, in the Xuchang area. They guarded Chenliu County in Yanzhou, Chenguo in Yuzhou, and Runan County. Basically, the remaining troops from each county were stationed in the rear.
Chen Mu wants to mobilize these people. If all these people are transferred away, the hinterland of Yingchuan will become empty. Cao Cao and Sun Jian can completely bypass the front line and raid the hinterland of Yingchuan.
But that's just a hypothetical situation. Let's not mention the thousands of troops guarding Yinque Pass, Dagu Pass, and Shenyuan Pass each. Let's just say that there are a large number of imperial troops in Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places.
Once Cao Cao and Sun Jian dare to move, Zhao Yun's 30,000 men and the three passes in the south only need to contain Sun Cao's main force, and the imperial troops will soon conquer the entire Henan.
Therefore, Chen Mu was not worried about what would happen in the rear. Instead, he hoped that Cao Cao and Sun Jian would suddenly launch an attack at this time.
Since Sun Jian had already submitted a petition to the court, he treated Sun Jian more kindly. Although Cao Cao did not submit a petition, he still sent an envoy to express his friendship with Liu Bei in fighting Dong Zhuo.
Therefore, now the imperial court really has no excuse to directly send troops to Henan.
On the other hand, Liu Biao had many more reasons. He worshiped heaven and earth in Jingzhou, imitated the emperor's riding of a carriage, prepared rituals for the country, and issued edicts, which was all it took to declare to the world that he would ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
These things are all recorded in "Book of the Later Han" and "Three Kingdoms". Among them, Kong Rong once impeached Liu Biao. There is an essay that recorded all these things Liu Biao did. They all happened in history.
things.
The reason why the imperial court knew now was because Liu Biao had a chariot named Han Song. He saw that Liu Biao often did things that could only be done by an emperor, so he tried to persuade Liu Biao, hoping that Liu Biao would stop doing these things, but Liu Biao didn't listen at all.
This time Liu Biao sent an envoy to Luoyang, and the envoy was Han Song. He was an upright man. After observing the situation in the court and meeting and talking with Liu Bei in person, he believed that Liu Bei was the master of heaven and earth.
After Liu Bei talked with Han Song, he also believed that Han Song was a man of noble character and upright, so he hoped to recruit him as the third-class minister of advice in the cabinet and stay in Luoyang as a court minister.
Because his family were all in Jingzhou, Han Song was afraid that Liu Biao would be detrimental to his family, so he declined Liu Bei's conquest and said that he would resign and go into seclusion when he returned to Jingzhou.
Liu Bei deeply felt that Han Song was a talented person, so he made him the prefect of Lingling.
After receiving Liu Bei's edict to appoint him as the prefect of Lingling, Han Song hesitated again and again, and finally reported everything Liu Biao had done to the court before leaving.
Only then did Liu Bei learn that Liu Biao had done so many treasonous things in Jingzhou, which also provided a reason for the imperial court to attack Jingzhou.
This is the result of the dual monarchy in the late Han Dynasty.
Han Song was refuted by Liu Biao, so even if he was an upright person, because his allegiance was to Liu Biao, he could not talk to Liu Bei about these things at the beginning, otherwise he would betray Shangguan and be cast aside.
But Liu Bei once again appointed him as the prefect of Lingling in the name of the emperor. Then there was no superior-subordinate relationship between Han Song and Liu Biao. They could only be regarded as disciples and old officials. The emperor became the object of Han Song's allegiance.
Then you can report the bad things Liu Biao did.
However, even if Han Song had become a disciple and an old official, it was very immoral at the time for Han Song to do so. Therefore, he also said that the Lingling prefect would not take up his post. He would immediately return to Jingzhou to return his life to Liu Biao.
Resigned and went into seclusion.
It must be said that the late Han Dynasty was such a charming era.
In this era, there may be people like Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, who may be cunning, insidious, cruel, or vicious, killing people like hemp, and treating human life as nothing for the sake of their own selfish desires.
But more people have a character that is independent of this era. They are strong and unyielding, persevering, and their hearts are full of benevolence, loyalty, etiquette, wisdom, and integrity. They are a hundred times stronger than the so-called Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Times, ten thousand times.
Here is the loyalty of Shen Ping and Ju Shou who sacrificed their lives generously and died facing the north; there is the benevolence and righteousness of Pang Qiao and Zang Hongyi who share life and death without hesitation; there is Wu Fu and Ji Ping who have the courage to regard death as home and commit suicide; and there are Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei who devoted themselves to life and lived up to their trust.
The belief of Liu Guan and Zhang is not only that they want to be born in the same year, same month and same day, but they want to be born in the same year, same month and same day!
Even if he is as cruel as Cao Cao, to a certain extent, is he not a hero?
He ended this troubled times with his superior ability, developed agriculture and economy, and gradually restored prosperity to the collapse of the country where more people might have died. Killing to protect lives was also a different kind of character in the late Han Dynasty.
In this world, there are still a large number of people like Han Song who despise high-ranking officials and only believe in the loyalty of their own hearts. Even if they have been recruited by the court, they will be punished just because they report the bad things their superiors have done.
In shame, he resigned and went into seclusion.
In contrast, when Chen Mu traveled to this world and met many proud people like Han Song, he often felt ashamed because of his flexible moral bottom line.
Although this kind of shame is often just an occasional flutter in his heart; although he still maintains a reputation for filial piety and benevolence on the surface; although most people in the world are deceived by the illusion he created and praise him for his kindness to his parents.
Filial piety, loyalty to brothers, loyalty to the late emperor, and bravery to Dong Zhuo.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But this does not prevent him from being ashamed while continuing to deceive the world and steal his reputation, and manage the country under the cloak of benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust!
After resting for a day in Liang County, the army continued to set off.
A huge team of 20,000 people marched all the way south. Since attacking Nanyang from Yingchuan does not need to pass through Yuzhou or Yanzhou, because Yuzhou is southeast of Yingchuan, Yanzhou is northeast of Yingchuan, and Nanyang is due south.
Therefore, Chen Mu did not go to see Zhao Yun.
However, Zhao Yun himself was in Dingling. When Chen Mu's army passed by Kunyang, Zhao Yun came over in person and asked Chen Mu if he needed some troops to help him go south to conquer Zhang Xiu.
After Chen Mu hesitated for a while, he rejected Zhao Yun, but he still ordered Zhao Yun to station 5,000 troops in Wuyang County, waiting for his orders at any time.
Soon, the army arrived at Ye County on the fourth day and officially entered Nanyang.
The defenders of Ye County had almost no idea of defending the city. Almost as soon as the army arrived in Kunyang, they had abandoned the city and fled, leaving an empty city behind.
Chen Mu regarded Ye County as the bridgehead to attack Nanyang and stationed here for several days, waiting for the subsequent shipment of grain and grass to arrive before preparing to set off.
In mid-May, the army went south again. Zhang He led 3,000 people as the vanguard and marched directly to Duyang. After Duyang, they reached Bowang County, which is located southwest of Fangcheng County in later generations, northwest of Sheqi County, and northeast of Bowang.
A large area of hills, mountains, jungles and rivers, where the Battle of Bowangpo took place.
Learning from the experience of Xiahou Dun Yujin and Liu Bei burning Bowangpo, Chen Mu ordered Zhang He to capture Duyang and then stop advancing. At the same time, he ordered Yudu to lead 3,000 men to the west, first taking Pheasant County north of Bowang County.
In this way, strategically speaking, Duyang is located to the east of Bowang, and Pheasant County is to the north of Bowang. They attack Bowang County from both sides at the same time. Instead of taking the official road from Ye County directly to Bowang, we can take Pheasant County and Duyang County to reach Bowang County.
The official road to Bowang can bypass the large hilly and mountainous area in the northeast of Bowang.
Soon, the imperial troops began to march towards Bowang in a pincer-shaped offensive.
At this moment, at Dongwu Pavilion in the northeast of Bowang County, after learning that the imperial troops had occupied Duyang County and Pheasant County, Jia Xu immediately suggested to Zhang Xiu that he evacuate the ambushed troops and retreat to Wancheng to garrison.
Zhang Xiu didn't know why, but he still listened to Jia Xu's words and immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops. Thousands of people who were originally preparing to fight the imperial vanguard at Dongwu Pavilion retreated one after another.
On the way back, Zhang Xiu rode on his horse and asked Jia Xu: "Sir, aren't we planning to use a trick to lure the enemy here?"
"Since Chen Zigui has seen through it, there is no need to implement it. If we continue to wait, the only way out is defeat."
Jia Xu shook his head.
Zhang Xiu wondered: "Has it been seen through? When was it seen through? I heard that the Military Intelligence Department is pervasive. Could it be that there is an enemy inside our army?"
Jia Xu smiled and said: "I don't know whether it is internal or not, but Chen Zigui's army did not take the official road directly connecting Ye County and Bowang County, but first took Duyang in the south and then Pheasant County in the north. This is to bypass the northeast direction.
Officially, then the significance of our army's ambush will naturally be gone."
The locations of Yexian, Duyang, Bowang and Zhixian are like an irregular trapezoid. Yexian and Bowang are two opposite corners. Yexian is in the northeast of Bowang and Bowang is in the southwest of Yexian.
There is an official road connecting them.
This official road happened to pass through the large hills in the northeast outside Bowang City. If the imperial army took this official road, they would be attacked by Zhang Xiu's army ambushing on both sides of the mountains, and even Bowang Slope would be burned.
However, there is an official road to the north of Bowang that leads directly to Pheasant County, and another official road to the east that leads directly to Duyang. These two official roads are both plains, bypassing the mountains in the northeast.
Therefore, when Chen Mu did not send an impatient general like Xiahou Dun to attack Bowang, but chose to take a long way to outflank him from the north and east, then the ambush set up on Bowang Slope in the middle was naturally meaningless.
, Jia Xu was also a smart man and immediately chose to withdraw his troops.
Zhang Xiu continued: "Sir, you told me that in Nanyang, we are like goats caught in the middle of a pack of tigers. We may be devoured at any time. Now that the imperial court is powerful, we should surrender to the imperial court, but why do we still do so?"
Are we going to fight this battle?"
"The reason why I didn't let you surrender to the imperial court before was because I was afraid that Liu Bei would liquidate the Xiliang people. Surrendering would be like a sheep in the tiger's mouth. But now even Duan Xuan has been pardoned and appointed as one of the sixteen generals of the imperial court.
One, it means that the imperial court will not attack the Xiliang people, so I advised the general to surrender to the imperial court and plan for the future as soon as possible."
Jia Xu said with a smile: "But there are two ways to surrender. One is to be respected by others after the surrender, so that you can be reused. The other is to be looked down upon by others, so you are despised. Which one should you choose, general?"
Zhang Xiu said without hesitation: "I naturally hope to be respected by others and be put into important use by the imperial court."
No one wants to be looked down upon by others, but in this era where character is important, if you grovel after defeat, like Zhang He did, you will not be valued at the beginning, and it will not be until later that you gradually gain momentum.
What's more, those who, like Zhu Ling, directly abandon the old master and join the new master will often be scorned by others in this era. Therefore, even if Zhu Ling is talented, he can only die in depression.
On the contrary, people like Zhang Liao fought hard and would rather die than surrender. In the end, Cao Cao personally persuaded Cao Cao to surrender and reluctantly agreed, so he would be praised by others.
So surrender is a knowledge, and it is a very profound knowledge, related to your future!
"Then this battle must be fought."
Jia Xu said calmly.
Zhang Xiu hesitated and said: "But although we have nearly 20,000 people, they all say that Chen Zigui is a god in his military skills, and he is surrounded by elite men from the imperial court. Yingchuan and Zhao Yun have 30,000 troops. It is impossible for us to defeat them.
Wouldn't it be even more despising if you were defeated, captured and surrendered?"
"So this battle must be fought more delicately."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The fifty-three-year-old Jia Xu showed a sly smile and said softly: "What is the meaning of our presence in Nanyang? I believe the general knows better than me."
An expression of resentment appeared on Zhang Xiu's face: "Liu Biao's fellow is using me to help him guard the door. He is treating me as a guard dog!"
"good."
Jia Xu slowly spat out a few words from his mouth and said: "In this case, the door is about to collapse. Why doesn't the general ask Liu Biao for help immediately and ask him to send troops to help?"
Zhang Xiu thought for a while and said: "When the imperial army arrived in Ye County before the expedition, I had sent someone to send him a message, saying that the imperial court was coming to attack. Now counting the days, I should have received a reply. Let's see what happened to Liu Biao.
Say it."
Jia Xu said: "This is not enough. The general should write a letter immediately to ask for reinforcements. Just say that the imperial army has captured Bowang and Wancheng is in danger. If you don't want Nanyang to be captured by the imperial court, you should come immediately for reinforcements, and never say
The imperial court now has an army of 20,000 and Zhao Yun has 30,000 soldiers and horses behind him, so it is enough for the imperial court to send Zhao Yun to lead 20,000 people."
"Why is this?"
Zhang Xiu was puzzled.
Jia Xu laughed and said: "Now there are no more than 100,000 armored men in Jingzhou. Liu Biao still has to garrison in various counties and counties, and he can use no more than 50,000 troops. Jingzhou's navy is worthy of praise, but how can it compare with land warfare?"
Elite northern soldiers? If you tell him that the total number of troops in Yingchuan exceeds 50,000, Liu Biao may be too frightened to send troops. So you must hide something."
Zhang Xiu seemed to understand: "I understand what you mean. You want to take advantage of Liu Biao. We will join forces with Liu Biao to defeat the invading army from the imperial court and then surrender. Seeing how powerful we are, the imperial court will repel them.
After you surrender, you will definitely be put to good use by them, right?"
"Just treat it like this."
Jia Xu didn't explain much, a mysterious smile appeared on his vicissitudes of life, and he glanced at the north with a deep and wise look.
This will be a very interesting confrontation. The battle is not about the army, but about whether two forward-thinking people have the same tacit understanding and whether they think of each other together.
They have never had any communication, and there will not be any straightforward words. Even the letters written by Jia Xu to the imperial court are full of intense words. There will never be any surrender or any intention to the imperial court.