Chapter 467 The Battle of Luoyang (4)
"What's wrong with you?" After everyone left, the queen looked at Han Jian and sighed, "Is she still blaming me?"
"Where do I dare?" Han Jian replied coldly.%
The queen sighed, "That's true. You say you are young, and sometimes you can't consider other people's feelings when doing things. These days, the marching has never stopped, but the court officials always come to bother me and ask questions. Can you let me tell them these words personally?"
"Your Majesty is saying that Shangshu Lin and the others are bothering you all day long?" Han Jian asked.
As Han Jian understood, Lin Ke was very ill now with the army. Some civil servants were physically and mentally exhausted, so why would they still have the intention to bother the queen? As long as the queen did not summon them, they would burn incense.
The queen sighed and said, "Actually, I also want you to make a promise in front of the general, not just say it in front of me."
Han Jian was silent for a moment. The Queen said this very honestly. To put it bluntly, the Queen wanted him to make a promise to capture Luoyang so that the civil servants and generals in the army could also be relieved.
Han Jian sighed: "It seems that Your Majesty should use more memorials."
After saying that, Han Jian got up and was about to leave.
The queen suddenly stopped shouting and said, "Stop."
Han Jian really stood in the tent, but his back was facing the queen.
"Jian'er, now you and me are just missing the status in the end. I promise you that when you escort me to Luoyang, my bedroom in the palace will be the wedding room where you and I get married."
Han Jian looked back at the queen, and when the queen said this, it was considered sincere. Originally, there was only a lack of a marriage promise between the two. Now that the queen made a promise, he could enter the palace and achieve the reality of husband and wife with the queen.
"Then... what?" Han Jian asked indifferently.
"Whether you and me are open to you, it depends entirely on you. As you said, you will be a lifelong life and do not want to make your relationship with me public. This is how things are. Athletic, do you still have to be so clear between you and me now?"
Han Jian didn't say anything else. He was still in a bad mood.
"Your Majesty rests first. It's already late at night. The army will set off tomorrow. I will go back and prepare."
The queen nodded and said, "Go and summon two palace maids from outside to come in. Without them, I feel very lonely and can't sleep with peace of mind."
This kind of words also had some "hints", and Han Jian knew it clearly, but he didn't think much about it. He had to leave the camp first and call the palace maid to the queen.
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On the second day, the troops continued to move.
At this time, the main camp of the Eastern King's Army was only forty or fifty miles away from the Western King's Army, and only more than a hundred miles away from the frontier positions of the Northern King's Army. A war seemed inevitable.
Since the march, Han Jian rode on the horse and was also recalling the Queen's words yesterday.
When he arrived in Luoyang, his relationship with the queen could be established. If it were the past, he was looking forward to it, but for some reason, now that the queen made a promise, he still felt a sense of sadness in his heart. Perhaps there was no pure love between him and the queen, and the relationship between the two was eventually mixed with political factors, which was inconsistent with his original intention.
By noon, the army was stationed again because the central camp of the Western King's Army also stopped.
The Eastern King Army reorganized its troops and set up camps at noon, which is a rare thing on the march.
The camp had just arrived, and everything in the army was as usual. However, Han Jian secretly mobilized his troops and prepared to move closer to Luoyang City in one fell swoop.
Lin Zhan, as the highest general led by Han Jian to the expedition this time, secretly came to the Central Army camp to meet Han Jian. In addition to coming to report on his duties, he also accepted a new dispatch to lead troops to rescue Luoyang.
Han Jian met Lin Zhan in a secret place in the camp. After a few months, Lin Zhan looked more mature and steady. The former captain who was unsuccessful in Luoyang became one of the few generals in the Eastern Prince's Army in just over a year and was convinced by the army.
"Brother Lin, this time you will bring 30,000 troops and horses from the flank to the east of the Beiwang army. You must advance quickly. When our army reaches Lincheng, you will quickly confuse the two cities of Ziyang and Linyang." Han Jian said, pointing to the military map.
Lin Zhan looked at the military map and he was familiar with the terrain around Luoyang, but the cities proposed by Han Jian were not big cities around Luoyang. He still didn't understand Han Jian's specific intention.
"Hao Young Master and the Western King's Army reached an agreement? If I lead the troops out, the Western King's Army will attack... This has to be guarded against."
Han Jian nodded and said, "Brother Lin, don't worry, the Western King's Army is now stationed in Okawaguchi. If he wants to invade our army, he will come from the west. This will be considered that Lin's army will be caught off guard. But in this way, his rear will be completely exposed to the Northern King's Mansion. As long as we pass on the news of the Western King's Mansion to the Northern King's Mansion, the Northern King's Mansion will not sit idly by, and the one who will be defeated first will be his Western King's Mansion."
Lin Zhan thought about what Han Jian said and said, "Young Master... have you transmitted the news to the Beiwang Mansion?"
Han Jian shook his head and said, "Not yet. During this march, we had all the food and grass, and the main force of the Northern King's Mansion was still stationed on the south line of Luoyang City, and the northern line was very empty. As long as we block the Northern King's North Line, the soldiers of the Northern King's Army will definitely be willing to return. The unstable army will be a good opportunity for us to win."
Lin Zhan nodded and understood.
It turned out that Han Jian and the West Prince's Mansion staged such a good show of cat-catching mice, not directly fighting with the North Prince's Mansion head-on, because everyone knows that the North Prince's Mansion army is strong, and even the coalition forces of the East Prince's Mansion, the South Prince's Mansion and the West Prince's Mansion could not gain a big advantage in front of the North Prince's Army. Han Jian first paralyzed the North Prince's Mansion, and then sent troops to attack several cities in the northeast of Luoyang, and first cut off the North Prince's Army's retreat.
After all, the Northern King Army returned from Yuzhou. For convenience, the commander of the Northern King Army did not set up the main business of the Eastern King Army north of Luoyang. Because the north of Luoyang is very close to the Yellow River, if it is sneak attacked by the Eastern King Mansion, the Northern King Army may have no way to advance, and it will appear hasty to retreat across the Yellow River. Therefore, Zhou Yuan chose to keep the Luoyang South Road, which is to prevent the Southern King Mansion and the Western King Mansion from having any plans for Luoyang.
But what Zhou Yuan didn't expect was that the Eastern King's Army would come so quickly, and the Western King's Army was "defeated" all the way, and he didn't even have the courage to fight the Eastern King's Army.
Now Zhou Yuan is in Luoyang City. Even if he cannot conquer Luoyang, he will focus on the coalition forces of the Eastern Prince's Mansion and the Southern Prince's Mansion on the southern line, and will not notice some small cities on the northern line of Luoyang.
Han Jian handed over the order flag to Lin Zhan.
"The last general takes the order." Lin Zhan took Han Jian's order flag and clasped his fists.
"Brother Lin said so many polite words? You must first be on guard against reinforcements from the Beiwang Mansion. From the Yellow River, there are Beiwang Mansion troops stationed along the Yellow River. Although there are not many people, they cannot be ignored. From the northern line of Luoyang, crossing the Yellow River, the Beiwang Army has a group of troops waiting for the Yellow River to move south at any time. This is also the reason why Zhou Yuan was so calm and guarding the southern line of Luoyang, because his defense was stable." Han Jian said.
"Then..." Lin Zhan's face also showed a little bit of disgrace.
Now he understood what Han Jian said. He wanted to seize several cities in the north of Luoyang and cut off the Beiwang Army's retreat. He also wanted to prevent the Beiwang Army's troops from counterattacking. It seemed difficult to only give him 30,000 troops. After all, the Beiwang Mansion also arranged at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops on the northern line, which was not considered the reinforcements of the Beiwang Mansion on the north bank of the Yellow River. It was a careless one. Perhaps the strategy of going backwards was not achieved, and the people he led became turtles in the jar first.
"Brother Lin just worry. In the surrounding areas of Luoyang, there are not only the soldiers and horses of my Eastern Prince's Mansion, nor are there only the soldiers and horses of the Four Princes. And..." Han Jian first smiled secretly, and then said in Lin Zhan's ear. Lin Zhan suddenly glared at his eyes, and immediately understood why Han Jian was so calm and sent him to circumnavigation behind the enemy.
It turned out that Han Jian also arranged a secret "killer move". This killer move is a force that has been ignored by all parties, and it is a "rebel army" that has made contributions in the process of conquering Luoyang with Jiangdu soldiers. These rebel armies were mixed in a total of more than 100,000. After the troops of the Dongwang Army entered Luoyang, these people were scattered and placed in several counties around Luoyang. Later, because the soldiers of the Beiwang Mansion arrived, these soldiers were honest for a long time until the soldiers of the Beiwang Mansion returned from Yuzhou.
These miscellaneous soldiers were not valued by the Northern Prince's Mansion, and even Zhou Yuan thought they were vulnerable. But the problem is that most of these miscellaneous soldiers were homeless rioters and some deserters around Luoyang, especially those who had nowhere to settle down after the defeat in the Battle of Jiangdu. Although these people did not undergo any systematic military training, the role of causing trouble at critical moments is enough.
The two cities that Han Jian sent Lin Zhan to the northern line of Luoyang were also the core areas where these miscellaneous soldiers were stationed. Lin Zhan had another mission this time, which was to formally accept these soldiers and return them to the Eastern Prince's Mansion. These miscellaneous soldiers could be bought with just one bite of food. With the addition of these soldiers, although their combat effectiveness was not greatly improved, they were also powerful, which was enough to make the soldiers of the Northern Prince's Army return and make them unintentional to fight on the southern line of Luoyang.
Lin Zhan received the order and left.
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On November 15th, the Northern King's Mansion sent a group of people south, with about four or five thousand people guarding several cities where the Eastern King's Army continued to go north, and seemed to be warning the Eastern King's Army not to go north easily. At this time, the Western King's Army and the Eastern King's Army had been stationed for two consecutive days without any movement.
Originally, the Eastern King's Army and the Western King's Army should have fought when they were approaching Luoyang, but now it seems that this war still cannot be fought. The Northern King's Mansion couldn't help but panic, especially after learning that the 100 troops led by Wu Hui had joined the Eastern King's Mansion.
Zhou Yuan never expected that the confidants sent by Xiaobei King Yang Ke would surrender to the enemy with their troops. Although there were not many people and one hundred cavalry, they were also the vitality of the Beiwang Army.
Wu Hui surrendered to the enemy, which made Zhou Yuan realize that some of his military deployments around Luoyang might be discovered by the Eastern Palace, so he took the initiative to attack. On the one hand, he sent troops to continue to attack Luoyang, and on the other hand, he sent troops to go south to try to block the Eastern Palace's pace of going north.
But Zhou Yuan still made a mistake. He was originally stationed at Xiaochuankou, and the honest Western Kings Army suddenly launched an offensive, penetrated straight into the northwest side of the Northern Kings Army, opening a gap to the west of Luoyang.
After Zhou Yuan was caught off guard, the Western King Army continued to go north and took the Baili City around Xiaochuankou for himself. Only then did he realize that what Wu Hui said was that the Western King Army and the Eastern King Army had conspiracy were not speculations out of thin air, but that it was true.
At this time, the men of Huang Shilang, the Marquis of Zhennan, were directly approaching Luoyang from the official road twenty miles south of Xiaochuankou. Instead, the Dongwang Army agreed to have no movement inside.
Zhou Yuan had to stop and put down his offensive against Luoyang. He came over and saw that the people who were recording the people now were all the soldiers and horses of his Northern Palace. These people pretended to retreat and chase each other, but the target was Luoyang City.
Zhou Yuan was still calm at this time because he knew that even if Luoyang could not conquer for the time being, as long as the troops were withdrawn, there would inevitably be disputes within the Western Prince's Mansion, the Southern Prince's Mansion and the Eastern Prince's Mansion. After all, there was only one Luoyang City, and whoever occupied it could command the world. But he did not expect that at this time, Lin Zhan's men had already emerged horizontally from the northern line of Luoyang.
When Zhou Yuan learned how many troops Lin Zhan had under him, he thought he had heard it wrong. Lin Zhan actually arrived at nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and almost completely captured several important cities on the northern line of the Yellow River.
After Zhou Yuan received the news, he knew that his retreat might be cut off, but he still calmly launched a counterattack. This time his target was not Luoyang City, nor was it Lin Zhan's troops on the northern line of Luoyang, but the main force of the East King Army located on the southernmost road.
Zhou Yuan predicted that since Lin Zhan brought nearly 100,000 troops, Han Jian's Dongwang Army camp was a "protect" and an empty shell. This was also the easiest way to break. As long as the Dongwang and the Queen were forced to die or be captured alive, the three troops formed by the Dongwang Army and the Nanwang Army would be in chaos without fighting.
But what Zhou Yuan never expected was that Han Jian's troops were stationed in the south of Luoyang City during the period when they were stationed in the south of Luoyang City, and were preparing for today's war.
The 100,000 troops under Lin Zhan’s troops were the empty shells. In fact, the only ones that were truly considered elite were only 30,000. However, the army camp led by Han Jian still had 70,000 to 80,000. However, Zhou Yuan only had only 60,000 or 70,000 troops to advance south this time. In terms of the number of troops, the Eastern King Army was the dominant one.
At this time, the Eastern King Army could be said to have occupied the right time, place and people, because the Eastern King Army not only had 70,000 or 80,000 troops, but also the Southern King Army as a flank cover, and the Southern King Army also had as many as 30,000 troops. At this time, Lin Zhan's troops and the Western King Army were sweeping across the northern line of Luoyang. Within a few days, Cao Baichuan's troops had already killed the Yellow River and were close to the territory of the Northern King's Mansion.
The reason why the Western Kings Army was so anxious was that during the agreement between the Eastern Prince's Mansion and the Western Prince's Mansion, Luoyang City had nothing to do with the Western Prince's Mansion. Yang Pingju also realized that instead of going to Luoyang to fight with the East Prince's Mansion, the Southern Prince's Mansion and the Northern Prince's Mansion, it would be better to take advantage of the emptiness of the Northern Prince's Mansion and take the land of Hebei into one fell swoop. By then, there is no problem with the ownership of Luoyang. Only with the land and the people can there be a foundation for competing for the world, rather than an empty Luoyang city. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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