It rains every house during the Qingming Festival.
But after the Qingming Festival, it still rained non-stop. Fortunately, it rained on the tenth day of April, and finally it was a sunny day with the sun shining brightly.
On the ramp, Shen Ling led several followers, walking slowly and step by step.
After a long while, he finally climbed onto the Tongque Terrace out of breath, and met face to face Dongcaofengzhuang, an old member of the former Sima Yue shogunate.
Quzhuang was about to go down the mountain. When he saw Shen Ling, he stopped and said with a smile: "Jing Gao is not over fifty, but he can still manage several women. Why is it so hard to walk on a mountain road?"
Shen Ling reluctantly bowed his hand to him and said: "Ming Gong does not want to live in Ye Palace. He only loves the Tongque Tower, but he has suffered a lot for us."
Qu Zhuang smiled and said: "I'm okay, I only made one trip back and forth in a few days."
"I have gone back and forth three times today." Shen Ling sighed: "As I get older, after all, I am not as good as I was ten years ago."
"But what about the westward march?" Qu Zhuang asked.
"Not bad." Shen Ling works as a lieutenant and is responsible for Liang Gong's travel arrangements, liaisons, and supply matters. He was relatively idle before, but he has been very busy in the past two days.
"Hukou Pass is about to be captured?" Quzhuang asked in surprise.
"No." Shen Ling shook his head: "If this pass can be captured, Liu Yao's rear will be destroyed. He must try his best to keep Hukou Pass intact. But it's useless. After Jingxing is captured, Li Chongbing points Jin Yang, Liu Yao is already facing enemies from both sides."
Just like after the detour at Jingxingguan, they were faced with the dilemma of being attacked from both front and back. Once the main force of Li Zhong's army gradually entered the Taiyuan Basin, they could go south from Jinyang and attack Liu Yao from the north and south with the army going north from Gaodu and the Xuans' line. Beat Bian on Shangdang.
A little breakthrough, everything shakes, this is what we are talking about.
The defense was already very strenuous. The troops and supplies were stretched to the limit. Now that they were breached, Liu Yao should consider how to retreat as completely as possible.
Because failure is inevitable.
In the narrow Changzhi Basin, the population and supplies are just like that. Once completely surrounded, it will not be able to hold on for a long time.
There is not much difference between defending for one or two months and defending for three to five months in today's Bingzhou war situation, because there is probably no reinforcements, so the time Liu Yao's troops bought with their fearless sacrifice spirit and trapped themselves in a desperate situation was completely wasted.
"Listen to what you said, Liu Yao is already facing enemies on three sides." Quzhuang heard this and said with a smile, "Ming Gong went to She County to supervise the war, maybe he will gain something."
Shen Ling smiled and nodded.
Liang Gong has been on the battlefield for more than ten years, and his sense of smell is very sensitive. He can tell where changes will occur by looking at the map and by touching it. Because the strength, food, morale, deployment and even internal situation of both the enemy and ours are not shown on the map, Liang Gong I have thought about it many times in my mind.
He can judge how far the enemy can hold out. He will set out tomorrow to supervise the battle outside Hukou Pass. This is actually to judge that after Jingxing's breakthrough, news continues to spread and ferment, and the situation changes day by day. Liu Yao's tribe may not be able to hold on for too long.
After saying goodbye to Quzhuang, Shen Ling continued forward with his subordinates and entourage and arrived at a courtyard on the west side of Tongque Terrace.
Soldiers and petty officials were coming in and out, very busy.
Shen Ling took a casual glance and found that everyone looked happy.
Shen Ling also smiled unconsciously.
Several armies joined forces to attack, and one of them has successfully broken into the boundary of Bingzhou, completely defeating the enemy's painstaking defense line. The situation is great, and everyone is happy - Liang Gong continues to advance with great success, and his momentum is growing day by day. Only those who took refuge early have hope. .
Shen Ling quickly received the notice and entered with an official letter.
"See Ming Gong." After seeing Shao Xun, Shen Ling bowed and saluted.
The sound of killings in the Taihang Mountains was loud and blood flowed everywhere, but the small courtyard in Tongque Terrace was full of birds singing and the fragrance of flowers.
Duke Liang of the Jin Dynasty, who issued one after another killing orders, sat on the Hu bed calmly, receiving guests all day long, talking and laughing.
There is no trace of war here.
After Shen Ling finished his salute, he took a glance and saw that two Jizhou scholars came out hand in hand, with relaxed expressions on their faces. Seeing this, he felt relieved a little.
Perhaps, these things that Mr. Liang did behind the scenes were more important.
Li Chong's momentum was overwhelming, and it was said that he had settled in Mengyang. Such a sudden advance required countless people in Hebei to transfer funds, because the support from the local wealthy families in Leping was far from enough.
In the past six or seven years, Hebei has been in a state of war for three years. There was also a serious locust plague, a moderate drought, and another turmoil caused by the locust plague and the honorary officer incident. In such a cruel world, even Wubao The handsome men couldn't hold on any longer and became homeless handsome men on the spot.
From Shen Ling's point of view, the people in Jizhou are really suffering. If this year's battle is delayed for a long time, they will really be squeezed to the point where they are exhausted.
Not long ago, he went to Guangping County to supervise the management of grain, grass and military supplies, and listened to too many complaints from powerful scholars. Their words were half true and half false, but the difficulty was true - even wealthy families began to be frugal. It is conceivable that Understand the living conditions of ordinary people.
Liang Gong sat in Yecheng and met with local officials and wealthy families one by one to appease people's hearts. The ultimate goal was to squeeze money and food from their hands to support the war.
"Jing Gao, are you ready?" Shao Xun asked, reaching out for him to sit down.
Shen Ling handed over a list of supplies and said, "Everything is ready."
Shao Xun took it, gave it a rough sweep, and said, "I always feel at ease when Jinggao is doing things. Now that everything is ready, we will send out troops tomorrow."
After saying that, he stood up and looked at the map hanging on the wall, his eyes constantly wandering as if they were real.
Counting from north to south, there are six groups of troops going out.
The first route: Governor Li Chong and 20,000 auxiliary troops attacked Jingxing Pass. The main opponent was Shi Le. They made great progress. The main force was scattered along the Shangai and Shouyang lines.
The second route: Governor Yang Dan and more than 20,000 auxiliary troops set out from Shexian County to attack Hukou Pass. The main opponent is Liu Yao. There is no progress yet.
The third route: Commander Hou Feihu, with nearly 20,000 auxiliary troops, marched north from the Jincheng Basin to attack Danzhu Ridge. There has been no progress yet. However, Hou Feihu made many roundabout attacks and mobilized the Xiongnu defenders to a great extent. He then took the opportunity to attack and remove them from the front. They have reached many villages at the foot of the mountain and halfway up the mountain, and they have already reached the Danzhu Ridge.
This road also contained the most Xiongnu defenders, so much so that 10,000 men were sent south from Jinyang for reinforcements.
The fourth route: Governor Yang Quan and 15,000 auxiliary troops attacked Zhiguan. There was little progress on the frontal battlefield. However, Liu Quan, the general of Heqing Town, was ordered to take a small road and go around to the core hinterland of Wangwu Mountain. Although he was repulsed by Liu Xian, the king of Quyang, he
The Huns were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.
The fifth route: with the Forbidden Army as the main force and more than 30,000 auxiliary troops, they attacked Xiashi Fort and pulled it out after paying the price of 6,000 to 7,000 casualties.
This was a very exciting battle for the Forbidden Army.
In the war with Wang Mi, it was the first time that the city was conquered with such "slight" casualties. However, the operation of the Northern Army's Lieutenant Commander Pei Kuo was inseparable from behind this. When the battle reached the middle stage, Pei's tribe in Xishi Fort
Qu, the villagers made a rebellion and turned against the enemy before the battle, so they defeated it.
Guard general Wang Yan led hundreds of defeated soldiers to retreat to Lianchi County - Lianchi County of Han Dynasty, not Lianchi County of Jin Dynasty.
The Forbidden Army is currently resting and recuperating, waiting for the replenishment of soldiers, food, grass and equipment.
After resting and recuperating, they will continue to march westward and besiege Jianchi County.
Route 6: Governor Lekai and 20,000 to 30,000 auxiliary troops entered from Wuguan and attacked Lantian Pass held by the Huns. Due to the long distance and the roads being in disrepair, they have not yet reached their destination.
Judging from the progress on all fronts, the two sides are generally playing at a high level.
The Huns were not weak-minded, and the entire defense circle was relatively successful. Unfortunately, there were too many places that needed to be defended, and the number of soldiers and supplies was quite insufficient, which resulted in a typical dilemma: defenses were set up everywhere, and the strength of the troops was greatly diluted.
In fact, the Huns had another way of fighting, which was to abandon the garrison of troops and horses at various dangerous fortresses and important cities, and directly abandon the defense of these places, concentrate the main force in the Jinyang area, and launch an array of field battles with Shao's army to decide life and death.
This style of play can also help you deal with small-probability events: such as flying sand and rocks, meteorites falling from the sky, etc.
But this also requires the cooperation of the opponent.
The Jin army divided into separate groups and attacked separately. It was destined that a heart-stirring battle involving hundreds of thousands of people would no longer exist.
At that time, the Jin army had already contacted the powerful families in various places and ordered them to turn around, cut off the Huns' food routes, retreat, and wait for them to collapse.
"Golden Sword, Badger Man, come here." Shao Xun waved his hand and said.
The two grown-ups came over and looked at the map.
"Serving my father as a soldier, I am familiar with the changes of Zhengqi. Tell me, what are the regular soldiers and the strange soldiers of this six-pronged army?" Shao Xun asked.
"Father, the six groups are all regular soldiers, and they are all extraordinary soldiers." Jin Dao said confidently.
"Father, the six armies are each other's surprise troops. Whichever route makes a breakthrough is the surprise soldier." Badger Lang said.
After hearing this, Shao Xun smiled happily. After telling them about Zhengqi's changes for a long time, he finally gained some insight.
"Tell me in detail." He looked at his two sons again and said.
"Father, Lu Ya led 2,500 men to sneak across Wei Ze, go around and capture Shangai, this is a surprise force." Badger Lang took the lead and said: "Liu Ling attacked Jingxing Pass from the front, this is a real force. The two are combined,
It’s a wonderful change.”
Shao Xun nodded and said: "There is another strange change in this, where is it?"
Jin Dao glanced at his younger brother, stepped forward with a smile, pointed to the area south of Jinyang on the map, and said: "Captain Li went down to Jingxing and entered Shouyang. He has the tendency to capture Jinyang and go south to intercept Liu Yao's retreat. This is a strange army. The Marquis and Yangdu are attacking Danzhu Ridge and Hukou Pass day and night to contain the Xiongnu army. This is a regular army. If the good and strange forces are combined, they will be defeated."
"If Li Du fails to defeat Jingxing, Hou Du, and Yang Du to attack Danzhu Ridge or Hukou Pass, then they will become surprise soldiers, and Li Du will become a regular soldier. Therefore, if the troops are divided into six groups, they will actually be each other's surprise troops." Jin Dao added.
Shao Xun stroked his beard and smiled, looked at Shen Ling who had not yet left, and asked: "How?"
Shen Ling didn't talk nonsense, he bowed directly and said: "I congratulate you, Duke Ming."
Shao Xun laughed loudly and said: "My son still needs to learn, and he must not be arrogant and complacent."
Use the right combination and win with the unexpected.
This principle of military art was still tried and tested until the Korean War in later generations. Frontal attraction, resistance, flanking and detouring, and deep encirclement of the rear. These are Zhengqi changes.
The two sons have followed him for a long time, and now they have some understanding of the basic principles, which means they can talk on paper.
Next, we need to further strengthen our ability to talk on paper and understand the basic principles of various tactics.
After a few years, when they grow older, they can start to develop their practical abilities.
"Golden Sword, Badger Lang." Shao Xun looked at the two of them again and said, "You two will replace Liu Yao, Liu Yasheng, and Shi Le. Write down a countermeasure and give it to me before setting off tomorrow."
"Yes." The two children saluted.
Shen Ling nodded secretly at the side.
Liang Gong really spared no effort in raising his son Xi, and he also took him with him during the war to teach by words and deeds, which was of great help.
It's a pity that the concubine's son is not here, otherwise he could have learned a lot.
Chapter completed!