Just two days after the Western Army occupied Fuyang Pass, Niu Gao led an army of 50,000 to Fuyang Pass. The Western Army did not stop at Fuyang Pass. The army fought out of Fuyang Pass and half a day later arrived in Cizhou Prefecture to govern Fuyang County.
, there was no garrison in the county, and the magistrate and other officials surrendered to the city to welcome the arrival of the Western Army.
At the same time that Niu Gao led 50,000 Western troops to capture Cizhou, Vice-Capital Wang Duo also led 20,000 troops from Huaizhou into Weizhou. This is the Hanoi area, located between the Taihang Mountains and the Yellow River.
The narrow land is just at the junction of Hedong Road, Henan Road, Hebei Road and Shaanxi Road. It consists of two states, Huaizhou and Weizhou. Its strategic location is very important.
Before that, Huaizhou was part of Shaanzhou and was occupied by the Western Army when they attacked Shaanxi. Later Chen Qing made it independent and established Huaizhou. It is only separated from Weizhou occupied by the Jin Kingdom by a river.
They had been in peace for seven or eight years. This time the Western Army suddenly attacked Weizhou from Huaizhou, which was really unexpected by the Jin soldiers. The key was that they did not find any sign of the Western Army sending more troops to Huaizhou, so the Jin soldiers were caught off guard.
There are only three thousand defenders in Weizhou, all of them stationed in Ji County. The leader is called Wang Feng, who is a commander. At dawn, dozens of soldiers from the signing army rushed in from the west. They brought the Western Army to cross the river.
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Wang Feng was shocked. The Western Army crossed Qingshui last night and came towards Ji County. One night had passed. Where were the Western Army?
At this time, the soldiers guarding the city rushed to report, "Control, the main force of the Western Army was found outside the city, less than five miles away from us!"
Wang Feng rushed to the top of the city and looked to the west. He saw the mighty Western Army marching towards the county town in formation. The queue was very long and the soldiers were so dark that they could not be seen. There were more than 20,000 soldiers.
The city of Ji County is dilapidated and will collapse if the battering ram is hit hard. The city cannot be defended. The key is surrender or retreat?
Deputy General Tian Rui suggested: "General, the Western Army's iron fire and thunder are sharp and can blow down the city wall. We have too few troops, so we might as well abandon the city!"
Tian Rui's suggestion played into Wang Feng's heart. Wang Feng's wife and children were in Daming Mansion. He had no choice, so he nodded and said: "I will lead the city defenders to withdraw first. You go to the military camp immediately to organize the retreat of the brothers!"
"I humble my duty and obey the order!" Tian Rui went down to the city.
Wang Feng immediately ordered, "Open the east city gate and retreat!"
Not long after, the east city gate opened, and Wang Feng took the lead and led his troops to retreat. However, only more than a thousand soldiers guarding the city followed him out of the city. The remaining troops were in the military camp, and the retreat was organized by deputy general Tian Rui.
Wang Feng was waiting several miles away, but after waiting for a long time, not only Tian Rui came to join him, but a general reminded Wang Feng, "General Tian is a native of Weizhou, I'm afraid he will not retreat!"
Wang Feng just realized it now, didn't he? The Tian family is a big family in Weizhou. He forgot this key situation. He deceived himself first, and he was the general who defended the city.
At this time, a cavalryman rushed to report, "Report to the commander, General Tian led his army to surrender to the Western Army, and the Western Army has occupied Jixian County!"
Wang Feng was very upset, but he had no choice but to lead more than a thousand soldiers to retreat in the direction of Xiangzhou.
The Tian family is a famous powerful family in Weizhou. Tian Rui is the eldest son of Tian Xiang, the head of the Tian family. Of course, he will not abandon the family and evacuate. In fact, their family has long been secretly in contact with the Western Army. Even if Wang Feng does not retreat,
Tian Rui will also surrender the city.
Wang Duo's army immediately occupied Weizhou and ordered the governor Han Jing, who was extremely angry with the people, to behead him in public. In order to prevent the people from fleeing to Huaizhou, the governor Han Jing recruited hundreds of scoundrels to form a state militia and killed many of his family members.
The people who fled to Huaizhou, even their children, were hated by the Weizhou people.
The militia army had been completely wiped out by the Western Army, and all the soldiers were killed. Han Jing wanted to take his family to escape, but was detained by Tian Rui's army. More than 20 members of his family were beheaded on the order of Wang Duo, who immediately appointed Tian Rui.
Rui became the governor of the state, and his troops were disbanded and returned to their fields.
At this time, the 120,000 signed troops were mainly deployed in three places. One was in Hejian Prefecture, and 20,000 troops were deployed. This was to deal with the Western Army's attack on northern Hebei by sea.
However, the army of Hejian Prefecture is not the main force. The main force is the 50,000 troops deployed in Anyang County, Xiangzhou and the 50,000 troops deployed in Liyang County, Anli Army.
The 50,000 troops in Anyang County were led by Sima An, the governor of the capital, and were mainly used to deal with the main force of the Western Army Niu Gao who had been killed from Fukouxing.
The 50,000-strong army in Liyang County was led by Han Chang, the governor of the capital. They were responsible for dealing with the main force of the Western Army Yang Zaixing who was preparing to cross the river from Baima.
The signing army camp in Liyang County is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, five miles from north to south and more than ten miles from east to west. It is a large-scale plank military camp.
There are nearly 5,000 large tents in the military camp. In order to prepare for the western army's fire attack, a blank area of about one mile is left between the large tent and the wall, and an inner wall of about one foot high is built. This way, even the furthest range fire can be fired.
Crows may not be able to fly into the tent area.
In the Chinese army's tent, Han Chang paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands. From time to time, he looked back at the sand table next to him. The white horse on the sand table was covered with red flags in front of the crossing, which meant that it was the place where the Western Army crossed the river.
As early as a month ago, spies from the Jin Kingdom discovered that 100,000 troops had gathered at Baima Ferry and set up camp. Hundreds of ships also arrived at the ferry. All evidence showed that the Western Army was about to cross the Yellow River at Baima Ferry.
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Wan Yanchang formulated a strategy to attack the Western Army crossing the river halfway. With Han Chang's 50,000 troops, he could completely defeat the 100,000-strong army crossing the river, because the army crossing the river did not all come ashore at once, but came in batches.
, it takes a long time, and after landing, you have to assemble and reorganize the team. You can completely wipe out the Western Army while their foothold is not stable, and then wait for the next batch to come ashore.
However, the Western Army on the other side has not launched an offensive for a long time, which makes Han Chang feel a little anxious and uneasy. He suspects that the Western Army may be making a false shot, building the plank road openly, and secretly attacking Chencang. If Baimadu behaves like this, then what will happen to them?
Where will you cross the river?
A general advised: "Han Dutong, if a hundred thousand troops leave Baima Crossing, there will be a lot of movement. Our spies will not miss it. They should still be at Baima Cross, waiting for an opportunity."
Another general also said: "The key is that Marshal Du ordered us to intercept the Western Army crossing the river in Liyang County. Do we need Marshal Du's consent to leave Liyang County?"
Han Chang sighed. His subordinates were right. They were just generals, not commanders. The generals must implement the commander's strategic deployment. Marshal Du judged that the Western Army was crossing the river at Baima, so they must obey the deployment and intercept the Western Army in Liyang County. If he
If you have any other ideas, you must report them to the Marshal in time and do not leave without permission.
Of course, if the spies find that the Western Army has begun to cross the river elsewhere, then Han Chang can also make the decision to leave. But the problem is that he only has suspicions now and no evidence. What if the Western Army still lands in Liyang County and they withdraw
, Marshal Du will not spare him.
At this time, a soldier came into the tent and reported, "Report to the capital, news came from Xiangzhou that the Western Army of about 20,000 troops has captured Weizhou."
This news shocked Han Chang. He suddenly thought of something and hurried to the sand table to take a closer look. He found that there was another famous ferry in Luoyang, that is, Mengjin Ferry.
Han Chang suddenly realized that the real crossing point of the Western Army may not be Baima Ferry, but Mengjin Ferry. Crossing the river from Mengjin Ferry to the north is Weizhou, and Weizhou was covered by 20,000 Western troops, which actually successfully avoided
