Sometimes, I have to admit that there are always a few people who are so lucky that they seem to be blessed by destiny.
For example, in the Battle of Kunyang, Wang Mang's 420,000 troops besieged Kunyang, with more than a hundred camps and ten floors of siege. However, the Green Forest Army in the city only had 17,000 people, and Liu Xiu's reinforcements outside the city were less than 5,000.
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But the "Great Magister" Liu Xiu became famous in the first battle. It is recorded in the classics: "There are meteors falling into the camp at night, and clouds like bad mountains during the day. They fall in the camp and scatter less than the ground. All the officials are tired of falling."
This means that a meteorite suddenly fell into Wang Mang's camp at night, and during the day, he saw mountain-like clouds pressing down and dispersing as soon as they hit the ground, frightening the soldiers in the camp to the point of low morale.
At this time, Liu Xiu, who was weak and weak, went against the norm and "advanced with the other battalions and sent more than a thousand infantry and cavalry as the vanguard". He personally led the death squads to participate in the battle and charged forward with all his strength.
However, facing a strength gap of dozens of times and a considerable equipment disadvantage, according to common sense, as long as Wang Mang's army made a slight adjustment, Liu Xiu and the Green Forest Army in the city had no reason to win.
So, God, dad helped again.
It happened that a thunderstorm broke out, and tree trunks and roof tiles were blown everywhere. Liu Xiu took the opportunity to lead his troops and marched in, killing the deputy general of the new army. The 420,000-strong army was completely defeated. Tens of thousands of people jumped into the river and drowned in panic.
Historical records record: "The Chuan River overflowed, tigers and leopards fought, soldiers rushed to the river, and tens of thousands of people drowned."
Two years after the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.
It has only been three years since he rebelled and rode a bull into battle.
Son of destiny.
Cao Cao in September of the first year of Chuping also had this idea.
Cao Cao, who had returned home, suddenly became the governor of Yanzhou. A group of Yanzhou governors headed by Bao Xin jointly elected him to the position.
Liu Dai, who died in the previous battle, left him 20,000 soldiers and horses. With the patchwork, he had a fully equipped army of 30,000 soldiers in a few days.
Bite the bullet and march westward, not long after arriving at the battlefield and the battle had not yet started, Niu Fu in Hedong was beaten by the Baibo bandits. Li Jue and three others received orders to return to Hedong to aid, just in time to meet with Cao Cao.
Lao Cao led his army and retreated wherever he went. He "scared away" the Liangzhou people along the way.
Zhang Miao, who was pressed to the ground and rubbed by Liangzhou people a few days ago, was stunned.
Are you playing me?
The matter was not over yet. The three armies of Liangzhou were converging near Xingyang. Lao Cao was still worried about whether the enemy would counterattack and whether he could survive. When the levee in the Luoyang River section burst, the flood hit for more than 200 miles, directly
The Liangzhou soldiers and horses were dispersed.
The most tiring battle for Boss Cao was to capture prisoners in a small boat. The most embarrassing moment was when his boots got stuck in a mud puddle.
The Liangzhou group counterattacked Henan, and it ended with Cao Cao's victory. They captured more than 2,000 enemy soldiers and annihilated an unknown number. If Liu Xiang hadn't sent people to steal Yanzhou's population of 400,000, he would have felt that he was destined to be awesome.
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There was no time to question Liu Xiang now. He was in a hurry to occupy the territory. He finally saw clearly the laws of troubled times: soldiers and horses, territory. Besides, soldiers and horses, territory.
Zhang Miao was crippled, and Chen Liu was taken over by Cao Cao. Bao Xin of Jibei State came directly to surrender, and Jibei became his territory. The prefect of Dongjun died long ago, so he took it over directly to govern. As for Liu Xiang,
The territory on the north bank that we occupy will be discussed later. We cannot afford to offend it now.
Before Yanzhou was settled, he sent troops to march westward, and with the reputation of defeating the Liangzhou Army, he directly occupied Yingchuan County.
Does this place belong to Yuzhou?
It doesn't matter, I'm here to protect the people. They are all Han people, regardless of Yanzhou or Yuzhou.
Anyway, he came with his troops and horses. It will not be easy for him to leave. Just like the Yanzhou territory occupied by Liu Xiang, he will definitely not come back.
In order to deal with Yuan Shu in the south, Lao Cao immediately asked Yuan Shao for help. They were all old acquaintances. No one knew the grudges between the two brothers better than him, and Yuan Shao would definitely save him.
Just to create obstacles for Yuan Shu and curb the development of Yuan Highway, Yuan Benchu would spare no effort to save him.
Cao Cao's prediction was good. Not long after he sent someone to ask for help, Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, sent troops to the Runan border under the instruction of Yuan Shao. The Lujiang River in the south and Yingchuan in the north sandwiched Runan. Yuan Shu's plan to expand his territory was in vain.
Dead in the belly.
What made him even more disgusted was that Yuan Shao, a bastard born from a servant, sent people to form an alliance with Liu Biao. The threat from Nanyang County's back road increased greatly. His territory was besieged from three sides, only the Chen Kingdom to the east of Runan and the ruins of Luoyang to the north of Nanyang.
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Chen Guo is also a tough man. If he goes eastward, he will make more enemies. This is not a good choice. Yuan Shu is not a fool.
Just as he was thinking about his future, Xun Chen came to visit and sent an envoy to Runan on behalf of Liu Xiang to form an alliance with Yuan Shu.
What does it mean to meet a noble person at home? What does it mean to be greeted by sweet rain after a long drought? What does it mean for an old gangster to see a nymphomaniac? Yuan Shu understands this very well.
An alliance must be formed!
Not long after the alliance was formed, he led 60,000 troops south to look for trouble with Chen Wen.
Liu Biao had a strong army, and Cao Cao had just defeated the Liangzhou army and was at the peak of his strength. Both sides were difficult to mess with. Only Chen Wen was a soft persimmon. He used him to establish his power first, cut off Yuan Shao's wings, and then dealt with them one by one.
Unfortunately, what Yuan Gongli didn't know was that Liu Xiang also sent people to form an alliance with Yuan Shao.
Seeing the lively fighting in Henan, he left Guan Yu to guard Liyang, Ke Bineng to guard Huai County, and Sima Sima of the infantry battalion on the right to guard Ye County. With Zhang Liao as the vanguard, he personally led the escort, including archery, light chariots, heroic cavalry, Yue cavalry, and infantry cavalry.
20,000, as the main force, ordered Zhou Cang to lead 20,000 Jizhou Army as the rear formation, responsible for transporting grain and grass and guarding the baggage.
An army of 45,000 men crossed the river and marched southward into Qingzhou.
Although this season's autumn harvest is not a good year, there are still many dry fields with serious production losses, but it is much better than last year. In the three states, the field tax revenue has increased to 15 million dan, making up for the shortfall in Changpingcang, leaving various projects and
According to the budget of a land reclamation farmer, he has at least 6 million shi of food to spend.
Coupled with the circulation of food among the people, the war machine of the Anping Army finally gained momentum.
Before the left army and the Chinese army sent troops to Qingzhou, Yan Rou's troops invaded Shuofang County and made plans to capture the entire state and connect Liangzhou to spy on Hedong and Zuo Fengyi.
In Shuofang County, Xihe County and Shang County, the resistance will not be too great, and the population is too small. We did not fight before because we did not want to stretch the supply line, but we were really short of military rations.
There are less than 2,000 Han households in Shuofang, with a population of 7,800, and Xianbei has fled far away. The population of Zahu is even smaller than that of the Han people. How can it resist? There are more than 5,500 Han households in Xihe, with a population of more than 20,000, plus the Southern Huns.
Chanyu ran to Hedong, but he had no strength to struggle.
Shangjun is covered with forests, grasslands, and sandy plains, and has a sparse population. There are only 5,000 households and less than 30,000 people. There are more wild animals than people there, so it is a place for horse racing and enclosure.
Liu Xiang is not worried about Bingzhou. He has Yan Rou to conquer the territory, Zhang He to defend Hedong in Taiyuan, and Xu Huang to guard the southern pass. It is enough.
There are 8,000 Chinese infantry and cavalry on the Yellow River defense line, 15,000 front troops and Jizhou regiments, and 9,000 navy troops. There are still more than 20,000 soldiers in various places in Jizhou behind as reserve troops, so there is no need to worry.
He can safely focus on conquering Qingzhou.
The troops entering Qingzhou this time have 25,000 regular soldiers and 20,000 auxiliary troops. They are small in number but powerful in combat.
The population under Liu Xiang's rule has exceeded 10 million. If all the troops are included, there are 190,000 people, but there are only more than 60,000 regular soldiers, 32,000 central troops, 20,000 front and rear four armies, and 5,000 Liao camp. The main fleet of Yunfan Camp is four thousand.
The rest of the local garrison corps are auxiliary soldiers with very little armor and half the salary.
Most of the resources are allocated to the main soldiers, the most obvious ones being armor and war horses.
If leather armor is included, all members of the Chinese Army are wearing armor, and the armor-wearing rate of the Fourth Army and the Duliao Battalion also exceeds the fourth level.
The armor and riding equipment of all members of Xiaoqi are all cold-forged fish scale armor; the Suwei cavalry has a thousand soldiers, and all members are cold-forged fish scale armor; the Yue cavalry, all members are in ironwood armor; the Hu cavalry has two thousand iron armor, and the sudden cavalry has two thousand The two battalions of leather-armored light cavalry, guard and infantry each have 4,000 iron-armored warriors, 2,000 leather-armored crossbowmen and 2,000 leather-armored infantry.
Each of the four armies at the front, left and right had one thousand men in iron armor and one thousand leather-armored crossbowmen.
The Duliao camp had two thousand armored assault cavalry.
The navy was not suitable for wearing iron armor, and only a thousand crossbowmen wearing leather armor boarded the ship.
Han-made iron armor and leather armor have been discontinued. Cold-forged armor and ironwood armor will gradually replace regular soldier armor. In the future, the eliminated armor will slowly be equipped with garrison corps in various places.
Liu Xiang's separation of the military and civilians and the professionalization of elite soldiers are still advancing. Now at least we have reached the point where we don't have to disturb civilian production even if we go on an expedition.
Fighting in the front, farming and working in the rear, the war machine can operate freely, and there will be no problem of stagnating production and injuring one's muscles and bones as soon as a battle begins.
This is all to cope with the protracted and troubled war in the future.
As for the issue that his auxiliary soldiers may be more elite than other people's main force, anyway, Liu Xiang believed that they were auxiliary soldiers, so they had to be auxiliary soldiers.
The army crossed the river in Pingyuan County and surrendered in Kaicheng, Gaotang County, which was guarding the south bank.
Gaotang County is too close to the Yellow River embankment. When Zhou Cang abducted people, it was the hardest hit area. The population loss was serious and the county magistrate was unable to resist.
Zhou Cang's troops were ordered to leave 5,000 men and the navy to recruit civilians on the spot to transport grain and grass and guard the way back.
Zhang Liaodong was ordered to enter Luoyin and clear the hidden dangers of the supply route. Two-thirds of Pingyuan County's land on the north bank had already been occupied. There were only three county towns on the south bank. If they captured them all, they would have no worries.
Liu Xiang led the main force southward to Licheng in the Jishui Basin.
Licheng is the jurisdiction of Jinan State and is also the modern urban area of Jinan. Going east along the Jishui River, you can capture Jinan State, Le'an State, and Qi State. Going south, you can bypass the Taishan Mountains and attack Taishan County.
Therefore, Liu Xiang wanted to hoard supplies in Licheng and use it as an advance base to attack Qingzhou. He would then look for opportunities to capture Taishan County in Yanzhou and control the barrier to the west of Qingzhou.
But there is a problem. If you conquer states and counties under your own banner, you have to face the feudal clans in various places, especially the kings of various countries.
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The kings of Jizhou were killed and imprisoned. At that time, they used the banner of the Black Mountain Army. Now they cannot be too blatant when attacking Qingzhou.
After all, he is also a member of the clan, and he has gained a lot of benefits by using this status. Now he is in trouble.