Two hundred and ninetieth chapters draw the bottom line
"Jun Yi, there is no need to blame yourself. This is not a crime of war. Who would have thought that Guo Tai died suddenly in battle, and his generals were traitors. No wonder you, don't worry about it." Liu Xiang patted Zhang He's arm to reassure him. .
It is true that Zhang He cannot be blamed for this incident. It can only be said that the battlefield situation changed too quickly and the Montenegrin Army was outflanked.
"Thank you, Lord, for your tolerance." Zhang He secretly made up his mind to fight more good battles in the future to redeem today's shame.
Liu Xiang calmed his subordinates' mood, but the battle still had to be fought. He opened the map and asked: "Jun Yi, tell me about the situation of Bai Bo and Liu Yu. Looking at the current situation, we have to fight both of them." Already."
"At first, the Baibo bandits went north along the Fen River and captured the three counties of Zishi, Pingtao and Daling along the coast. They were blocked at the gate of Jinyang City. Guo Tai invited our army to send troops. Our troops marched west from Jingxing and captured Yuci County, we only need to travel west for more than forty miles to meet up with Guotai. The Jinyang defenders were frightened and surrendered at Kaicheng before our troops arrived."
Zhang He frowned, if the Black Mountain Army could capture Jinyang, the situation would not develop like this.
He suppressed his regret and continued: "Mrs. Guo made an agreement with me to conquer Bingzhou from the south to the north. The Baibo bandits went south to Zhaoyuze and captured Qixian, Jingling, Zhongdu, Wuxian and Jiexiu counties. I The troops went north and captured the northern part of Taiyuan County and the entire territory of Yanmen County.
When Guo Tai led his army south to Shangdang County, he died in the battle under the city of Nie County. His troops retreated to Taiyuan in chaos. Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai gathered the rest of their troops, but suddenly sent troops to attack Yuci County in order to cut off our troops' return route. Fortunately, the soldiers held on to the city for more than half a month, and waited until the army came back for reinforcements.
The main force of the Baibo thieves, more than 60,000 people, retreated to Jinyang to stalemate with our troops. Another partial force stayed along the Fen River as a retreat. The east bank of Zhaoyu Ze was abandoned by them. Counting the young and strong men who were coerced, the number was close to 90,000. Liu Yu entered at the end of March Shangdang County recruited troops in Changzi County, the county's governor, and later accepted the surrender of the Huns, and nearly 40,000 troops moved to Huguan."
Liu Xiang listened to Zhang He's talk about the previous war and carefully looked at the map. If Bai Bo and Liu Yu joined forces, there would be a hundred thousand troops and he could not let it go.
There are two routes from Huguan to Jinyang. One is to take the eastern foothills of Yangtou Mountain and pass through Qixian County to Jinyang. The other is to take a slight detour to the east and pass through Yuci to Jinyang.
Now, Youzhou's troops are stationed along the line from Yuci to Jinyang.
If you want to cut them off, you have to capture Qi County.
Jinyang City is high and deep, with solid defenses. There are 60,000 troops guarding the city. It is too difficult to attack the city and we cannot fight with them.
If the current Baibo Army is like boiling hot water, then Liu Yu is the firewood that gives them courage, and Zhao'an is the carrot hanging in front of the donkey's eyes.
It's just that the newly recruited soldiers, combined with the 40,000 Huns, have a combat capability that is questionable.
Anyway, Liu Xiang is not optimistic about them, so he has to pick the weak ones.
Why don't you come to the bottom of the cauldron to draw out the salary?
If the Bai Bo army wants to accept the imperial edict, then they will kill those who want the imperial edict.
"Jinyang is not easy to fight, so let's avoid it and not fight. Zhang He, if I give you 30,000 people, can you trap the Baibo Army in the city?"
"Please rest assured, my lord, the general will be able to keep the Baibo bandits in the city."
Liu Xiang nodded, pointed at Qi County and said: "Xu Rong, I will give you 20,000 people to capture and hold this place, can you do it?"
Xu Rong clasped his fists and answered the order: "General, I would like to issue a military order!"
Liu Xiang waved his hand: "There is no need for the military order. Qixian and Yuci are all occupied by our army. The intention of cutting off the two is very obvious. If Liu Yu still wants to pacify Bingzhou, he will definitely come to rescue, and I will lead the Chinese army southward." Look for opportunities to annihilate Liu Yu's troops. If the Baibo thieves do not want to become a lone army, they may open up contact with the Shangdang or withdraw to Hanoi. Fighters will appear. When the time comes, adapt to the situation."
Zhang He was a little confused. He had been at Jinyang City for a long time, so he had cut off the two armies, right? Isn't this different from occupying Qixian County?
"My lord, what if both of them are immobile? Jinyang and Huguan are both well-defended fortified cities. How could they give up such a favorable location? Our army has been under Jinyang City for some time. Doesn't it count as cutting off the two armies?
I haven't seen any action from them, is there any difference between occupying Qixian and besieging the city?"
"It's different. You besiege the city. Liu Yu only needs to lead his troops north to attack from both inside and outside. They have a psychological advantage and believe that as long as the two armies join together, they can defeat the Montenegrin army, so they have been negotiating terms and fighting for their own interests.
.But the two roads between Yuci and Qixian are cut off. Even if they send troops, they will not be able to join together immediately. They will definitely feel uneasy, and uneasy will make them impatient."
Liu Xiang and Zhang He explained their doubts and added: "Our army's combat power far exceeds that of any of them. They will definitely panic when dealing with it alone. This is an opportunity."
Zhang He said proudly: "They are indeed afraid of us. Since the army came back for reinforcements, the Baibo thieves have not dared to leave the city. Liu Yu has been recruiting soldiers."
"Liu Yu has the emperor's mandate and is under great pressure. He will try every means to gather strength, so he will never give up the Baibo Army and will definitely come to the rescue. What I am most confused about is why Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Caisan
People don’t see me. They have all received my orders before. It’s understandable that they didn’t know my identity when they sent a letter the first time. But this time I arrived in person, they still haven’t seen me. It’s strange.”
Liu Xiang was really surprised. He had ordered them to be safe when they were in Baibo Valley, but now the three of them didn't even mention the conditions, and they were as hard as rocks.
Why?
Xu Rong guessed: "Perhaps I am afraid that my lord will avenge Mrs. Guo. Mrs. Guo may not have died in battle."
Liu Xiang turned to look at Xu Rong and asked doubtfully: "Is this the reason?"
"The final general is just a guess, and there is no guarantee."
"No matter what, if you write another letter and shoot it into the city, a good ally will become an enemy in an instant. When I first heard about it, my mentality exploded!"
Liu Xiang did not waste time and immediately wrote a letter, saying in the letter: All the incidents in the past have passed and will not be pursued again. He is willing to re-establish an alliance and carve up Bingzhou.
The letter sent into the city soon received an answer. It was a reply from Li Le. It said that Liu Xiang was despicable, that he had been exposed for inducing them to kill each other, for instructing Guo Taihuo and other tribes, and for inducing the three of them to fight. These
They knew everything.
All in all, they would never trust Liu Xiang again.
"I'm going, there's a thunderstorm."
The previous arrangement in Baibo Valley was discovered, so no wonder these three people reacted like this. Then Mrs. Guo had other intentions when she invited the Black Mountain Army to send troops.
It's a pity that he died too early, and I don't know what the conspiracy was.
We can no longer take chances. These three people are determined to become his enemies, so let's meet them on the battlefield.
Zhang He led 30,000 troops and many more banners, and stayed at the gate of Jinyang City to besiege the Baibo bandits. If they were discovered, they would retreat to Yuci.
Xu Rong led 20,000 people to march to Qi County in the southeast, preparing to seize the city and garrison it there.
Liu Xiang led the 12,000-strong Chinese army and took a detour toward Huguan, preparing to find an opportunity to ambush Liu Yu's reinforcements sent to Taiyuan.
After receiving the message, Zhou Cang's 40,000 troops will pass through Taihangxing and stand by at the border of Shangdang County.
Just wait for Liu Yu to make a move, and then extinguish this old piece of wood.