Chapter 1130 Kuangyin sends troops, the north has moved
The people from the Imperial City Department, as well as the scouts sent out by Xie Ai, had been keeping an eye on the movements of the 100,000 soldiers and horses of Hu Luguang's Hanzhong camp. When Wang Ben's 5,000 cavalry and light cavalry were dispatched, the large troops at the rear were still there.
When the darkness followed, several flying pigeon messages immediately headed towards Runan.
Xie Ai, as a famous Confucian general in history, and with a counselor like Wen Zhong above him, he had quickly guessed Hu Luguang's intentions. Besides, Hu Luguang and Wang Ben were playing tricks this time.
Conspiracy means that even if you guess it, there is nothing you can do about it. It is not difficult to guess.
However, conspiracy is like this. Even after you guess it, there is nothing you can do about it.
As long as you are not strong enough, even if you can guess it, you will not be able to break someone else's plan.
Even though there are 50,000 soldiers and horses in Runan, these 50,000 soldiers and horses must be guarded in various counties in Runan. Even if not every county is heavily defended, at least the most critical counties need to be defended with focus.
Therefore, facing the oppression of Wang Ben's 60,000-strong army, it was very difficult for them to hold this front line, and they were unable to send reinforcements to take care of the remaining two counties. After all, before the batch of grain and grass was transported away, they were
Can't afford to gamble.
For today's Zhao Kuangyin forces, this batch of grain and grass cannot be compared with two counties, let alone two counties!
Both Wen Zhong and Xie Ai are good at winning by plotting. Since they have guessed that Yin Ling and Anyang are unable to defend themselves, it is better to simply abandon these two places and save the 8,000 soldiers originally stationed in these two places.
Ma. At the same time, they retreated to Yang'an and Yichun, blocking Hu Luguang and Gao Changgong's northern route to Wang Ben's headquarters, and preventing the enemy's 100,000 soldiers and horses from joining forces to attack the two places together.
Wang Ben led his troops to Xiping and outside Wufang. Although he did not actually launch a strong attack, he did not give up because Hu Luguang, Gao Changgong and others had achieved their goal. Instead, he chose to surround Xiping.
The grain and grass plundered from the three counties of Nanyang are within these two places. As long as the enemy has not completely transported them out, they will still have fighters. It is just a matter of the length of time. Encircling this place, the enemy will eventually be unable to bear it.
time.
The reason why he only protected Xiping and spared Wu Fang is that Wang Ben implemented the principle of ten birds in the forest, but one bird in the hand is not as good as one in the hand. The number of cavalry in the Hanzhong camp was limited, which is why Hu Luguang was at that time.
He and Gao Changgong did not pursue the enemy, but watched helplessly as the enemy's troops withdrew from the two counties.
Surrounded by more than 50,000 troops, coupled with the 5,000 cavalry who are always ready to take charge of the pursuit, Wang Ben can guarantee that even Xie Ai and Wen Zhong, who are extremely capable, will never be able to escape from his siege.
If you split it in half, you have to bear some risks. After all, there is only one person Wang Ben, so it is impossible to split it in half and use it.
Although Wang Ben and Wang Jian are not exactly the same in terms of military use styles, as two father and sons, Wang Ben is bound to be influenced by Wang Jian to a certain extent. With this kind of steady style, even if one is let go for the time being, the other will not be affected.
The fighter plane will never let him slip away.
As long as Zhao Kuangyin's forces still want this batch of food and grass, they will have to fight with his soldiers.
And Zhao Kuangyin's forces have the confidence to not want this batch of food and grass?
However, when the Yanyu War broke out, Zhao Kuangyin's 150,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Xuzhou did not immediately send any soldiers to Yanyu and Yuzhou.
In the past few years, Zhao Kuangyin was forced to follow the Jin army in an arms race and formed a total of 430,000 troops. Among them, 100,000 troops were stationed in Yanzhou, 150,000 troops were stationed in Yuzhou, and the remaining Xuzhou troops were also stationed.
The remaining 30,000 troops were Zhao Kuangyin's Donghai Navy.
It is precisely because of the need to maintain such a large force that even Zhao Kuangyin has two god-level political talents, Yi Yin and Wen Zhong, plus a large number of peerless political talents to help him in governance.
, even though there have been no natural disasters in Xuzhou in the past two years and there has been a bumper harvest of food, life is still tight.
It was also an arms race, but the Jin army had accumulated a fortune that gave them the confidence to directly wage war on the Central Plains and the South at the same time. However, Zhao Kuangyin fell into the dilemma of the landlord's family not having enough food.
It can be said that once Zhao Kuangyin runs out of food, as long as Li Xiang is willing to drag on and fight a protracted war, the opponent will definitely not be able to support him. Moreover, coupled with Dou Jiande's hidden trick, Li Xiang can almost be said to have taken advantage of the situation in the Central Plains.
Take advantage of it.
The most fundamental reason why Zhao Kuangyin did not send Xuzhou soldiers and horses as soon as the war started was that they had not collected enough food and grass. What was the use of sending soldiers and horses? Could it be that the soldiers were starving?
Going to the battlefield?
The only thing Zhao Kuangyin could count on was Zhu Yuanzhang. Due to the necessity of the alliance and Zhao Kuangyin's generous transfer of the Donghai Navy to the Yangtze River to help Zhu Yuanzhang, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had to make plans, but he would also take action when it was time to take action!
In the three counties of Nanyang, Zhu Yuanzhang was also helping Zhao Kuangyin solve the problem while scheming. Although it was a solution with hidden dangers, for Zhao Kuangyin, it was ultimately the lesser of two evils.
At the same time, after this period of time, a batch of grain from Yangzhou finally arrived in Xuzhou. After all, we can't expect that the grain from the three counties of Nanyang alone can help Zhao Kuangyin completely solve the problem, right?
And after this batch of food and grass arrived, Zhao Kuangyin finally had the confidence to send Xuzhou troops and horses!
Of course, it is also because almost half of the grain and grass in the three counties of Nanyang are currently surrounded by Wang Ben. Zhao Kuangyin must be anxious!
If you dare to target his lifeblood at this time, Zhao Kuangyin will definitely do it without any hesitation!
While he was sending troops, he also invited the northern princes to send troops as soon as possible!
This time, the Jin army has such a big appetite. Just a southern land is not enough. They also want to take the Central Plains. It is equivalent to taking over six states in one go. The princes in the north are also afraid!
Just by taking over a southern land, their remaining princes won’t have to play anymore!
If the Jin army really takes over the South and the Central Plains, what will they do in the North alone?
How can they fight the Jin army based on the three states in the north, and there is still no unified three states, and the three states cannot mobilize the manpower and material resources of the three states to the maximum efficiency?
Therefore, the four princes in the north did not hesitate at all. They must send out troops at this time. Send out troops. It is necessary to send out troops to fight back the ambitious barbarians of the Jin army.
