Chapter 1129: Dendrobium attacks Runan and conquers two counties in one battle
Zhao Kuangyin faced great pressure in the Central Plains. Li Xiang and Wei Qing's hundreds of thousands of troops had already pressed forward on Yan and Hezhou.
But Zhu Yuanzhang's army in the south was facing considerable pressure. The strength of the two armies of Bai Qi and Wu Qi was even greater than that of the two armies of the Central Plains. However, due to the distance, Bai Qi and Wu Qi
Wu Qi's two groups of troops are not fully in place yet.
Bai Qi's army alone included 150,000 Jingzhou soldiers, 150,000 Yizhou soldiers and horses, and 80,000 Yangtze River Navy troops. Even after hearing that His Majesty learned that Xuzhou Navy and Liu Bei Navy were about to go south to the Yangtze River, Han Shizhong
The Yellow River water marshal may also go south to the Yangtze River.
But even excluding Han Shizhong's Yellow River Navy, Bai Qi's army alone included 380,000 land and sea troops, and these 380,000 land and water troops were all heading towards Jingzhou.
If Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow the three counties to be opened, Hu Luguang's 100,000 Han army camp troops would have to fight Zhu Yuanzhang first before marching into the Central Plains. Only after the road was opened could they march into the Central Plains.
Think about how much pressure Zhu Yuanzhang will face in Jingbei if this situation really develops? By then, not counting the Jiaozhou battlefield, the Jingzhou battlefield alone will be fought on multiple fronts, facing nearly 500,000 Jin troops.
of fire.
Zhu Yuanzhang will not be able to hold Jingzhou at all when the time comes. Therefore, the land of these three counties must be given up. Only after giving up, he can fight in Jingzhou. Giving up the land of three counties, in exchange for killing two birds with one stone, these three counties can be conquered.
How do you judge the value of the county land?
Although the three counties that Zhu Yuanzhang gave way to directly put more pressure on Zhao Kuangyin, to the north of the Central Plains is the Yellow River, and to the north of the Yellow River are the northern princes. The more critical the situation here, the more critical Zhao Kuangyin can be to push the north.
The princes should end as soon as possible.
Only when all the princes in the world unite can they fight against this violent Jin.
"Now Zhao She is in Xuchang, and Chen Baxian is in Changshe to confront His Majesty. General Zhang Liao stormed Yingyang Shishou Xinbu, Zhengda gained the upper hand, but General Cao Ren was blocked by Tian Rangju, his father's city, and there were only 50,000 troops in Runan left. However, thanks to this
I'm afraid Ai is not the same person as Yi Yu!" Gao Changgong said, staring at the location of Runan on the map.
Most of the generals under Zhao Kuangyin were old rivals and old friends with their Jin army, and the rest had basically appeared during the Central Plains War. Xie Ai, who was said to have only 3,000 soldiers at the time, was defeated.
Cao Wei led 10,000 troops.
Although there is only one example of Xie Ai's record for the time being, you can see this person's ability from the small to the big.
After all, after the Cao family came over, many Cao family members were assigned to various armies, and Cao Wei happened to be in their Han army camp. Although he had not been here for a long time, the three chief and deputy generals were also more or less
I have learned that Cao Wei can be considered a very good young man with Shen Yong and many clever plans, otherwise he would not have been vigorously trained by Cao Cao.
But such a person who has a cunning plan in his heart is defeated by others, which can explain the problem.
"General, although Xie Ai is very resourceful, he only has 50,000 troops, but he still has to defend Runan, which is so large. Our army can attack Xiping and Wu Fang with one army. Xie Ai will definitely guard against it and defend it to the death.
If an army attacks Yinling and Anyang, Xie Ai will not dare to fight!" Li Zhen said, stroking his beard.
"Brilliant plan! Wonderful plan!" Xun You praised directly.
"It's just that if this strategy is to be used, the soldiers must be strong and quick!"
This strategist was also active on the battlefield at that time, and he was involved in many battles against the Central Plains Allied Forces. However, in the past, Xun You only heard that this man was good at using poisonous tactics, but what he used today was clearly a conspiracy.
Although Zhao Kuangyin plundered the grain and grass from the three counties, it was not easy to transport the grain and grass from the three counties back to the rear. At this time, the grain and grass were definitely still within the two counties of Xiping and Wufang.
The current grain and grass are the lifeblood of Zhao Kuangyin, and every bit of grain and grass is extremely important. Therefore, if troops are sent to attack these two counties, Xie Ai will definitely defend them heavily and will never let any mistakes occur in these two counties.
As a result, the defenses of Yinling and Anyang will inevitably be weakened. Once they attack these two counties at this time, they can easily take them directly.
Even if Xie Ai guessed that their fierce attack on Xiping and Wufang was actually a way to attack the east and attack the west, he had no choice. The lifeblood was there, and he would not take any risk at all.
In other words, for Zhao Kuangyin now, this batch of grain is more important than those two counties. Nanyang is the county with the largest population in the Han Dynasty, and the people in these three counties have all been robbed of the grain for the autumn harvest, and they can't even grow grain.
They have not been spared, and it is enough to feed at least a hundred thousand troops for a month or two.
It is precisely because of this that Xun You said that if this strategy is to be used, the troops must be quick and set off immediately. Once this batch of food and grass is encountered in the rear, Xie Ai will naturally not be able to catch it if he does not have this weakness.
This is the opportunity.
"Yes! General Wang, let the general go to Xiping and Wufang. The general will give you 60,000 troops, so Xie Ai will definitely gather all the soldiers of Runan here!"
"Don't worry, General, I'll leave it to the last general!" Wang Ben said, patting his chest vigorously.
"General Gao, this Yinling, Anyang, please go to the general with me. You and I will each lead 20,000 troops to raid these two counties. We must fight to defeat them!" Hu Luguang said toward him.
After Wang Ben nodded, he turned to Gao Changgong and gave instructions.
"Don't worry, General. This battle is invincible. I will come to see you at the end of the day!" Gao Changgong vowed.
On that day, Wang Ben had already led 5,000 cavalry to advance forward, forcing them to Xiping and Wu Fang under starry night. The remaining 55,000 troops were handed over to another general to act as his agent, and they slowly advanced behind.
I was afraid that if I were a step too late, I would miss this great opportunity.
Among the soldiers and horses of the five major battalions, the Yinchuan and Beidi battalions located on the border are both typical cavalry battalions. The ratio of cavalry to infantry is as high as two cavalry and three steps.
The remaining three battalions are very traditional infantry battalions, all equipped with one cavalry and 19 steps.
The entire Han army camp had 100,000 soldiers and horses, but only 5,000 cavalry. Zhang Liao's Guangwu camp was because Li Xiang temporarily lost some Sizhou cavalry, so he could dispatch tens of thousands of cavalry at once, and
The Hanzhong camp did not have this capital. Apart from the 5,000 cavalry that Wang Ben took away, the remaining soldiers and horses of the camp were all light infantry.
