132, Dajiang Song Stop Turning East (End of Volume 2)
Three days later.
After Zhang Rao, Chen Jiao and others arrived one after another, all the generals of the Heavenly Army were present except Xu Fang who was temporarily stationed in Qixian County and Pan Zhang who was stationed in Jiqiu.
No one has any objections to the attack on Taishan County. In the past month or two, no matter recruiting new soldiers, setting up farming, or conducting civil affairs, except for the ban on generals, these people have basically nothing to do. They have been useless for a long time.
, even the drunken lackey is almost sick from boredom.
Therefore, the only one who raised objections was Yu Ban.
"Both the Tianji Camp, the Farm Envoy, and even the Robbery Division are in the ascendant now." Yu Jin pondered for a while and said: "General, at this time, the construction is not stable, so is it too hasty to start the army again?"
Since he was convening everyone for discussion, Wang Zhengben hoped that someone would put forward opinions or even oppose him.
If at the beginning, he wanted to cultivate talents within his own family so that they could be independent in the future, now, it has an additional purpose.
As his power grew stronger and his authority became more important, especially the systematic existence that could lock in loyalty, Wang Zheng unknowingly discovered many changes in his own character.
He became more and more indifferent to life.
This made Wang Zheng secretly vigilant. Those who are unkind must be headstrong!
He doesn't want to be such a person, so he often asks himself and reminds himself recently.
After repeating what Mi Heng said before on the spot, Yu Jin was originally from Taishan and knew that what he said was true. After thinking for a moment, he also nodded in agreement.
"Wen Ze." Wang Zheng got straight to the point and asked directly: "From what you see, how many troops do we need to send if we want to win?"
"If you want to get the land," Yu Jin thought for a while and said seriously: "Ten thousand heavenly troops are enough."
"What if you want to win someone?" Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows and continued to ask.
Yu Jin shook his head and said with a wry smile: "General, although I am a native of Mount Tai, I was only a few years old at the time. I only knew that the powerful families were rampant among the people, but I really didn't know the depth of it."
"Is that so..." Wang Zheng fell into deep thought, and after a while he asked Yu Jin again: "How is the recruitment going?"
Yu Jin was responsible for many matters, and he didn't really care about the specific details of the conscription, but he still knew the general figures, so he replied:
"In the past two months, new soldiers from all cities have gathered in Kaiyang. There are about 15,000 people in total. We have also arranged for our veterans to be designated as officers for this group of people. However, the weapons have not been distributed yet, and the team has not been organized yet."
"Does the general also want them to join the attack on Mount Tai?"
Wang Zheng shook his head. He just used this introduction to analyze the enemy's and our military strength:
"Excluding the casualties from many battles, plus the soldiers stationed in Langya and Pengcheng, we can now mobilize about 10,000 heavenly troops and about 5,000 earthly troops. Plus Wen Ze, you mentioned, all the new soldiers
Added up, it’s over 20,000.”
"That is to say." Wang Zheng looked around the crowd and said in a deep voice: "If we want to use troops externally, the available troops are less than 40,000."
"So how many people are there in Mount Tai?" Seeing everyone nodding, Wang Zheng turned his attention to Yu Jin again.
Before Yu Jin could speak, Mi Heng had already taken the initiative to interrupt: "My lord, there is a county in Mount Tai. According to Mi Heng's knowledge, the county alone has over 10,000 troops stationed in Fenggaocheng!"
After saying that, Mi Heng took out a map from his pocket again and motioned the generals to come forward: "Please take a look, gentlemen."
"If our army wants to enter Mount Tai, there are only two routes."
"The first one takes the east side, starts from Dongguan, passes through Gai County, Mougao, and goes straight to Fenggao City!"
"Moreover..." Mi Heng pressed his finger and made a loud noise: "It goes straight from Kaiyang, passing through Feiguo, Nanwuyang, Liangfu and other places, and then to Fenggao."
Having said this, Mi Heng paused and added: "The bandits are rampant in Mount Tai, and the powerful families are domineering, far superior to all counties in the world."
Wang Zheng and everyone looked at each other and understood the meaning of this sentence one after another.
Since it is so dangerous, I am afraid that there will not be too few garrison troops in each city in Taishan County.
"Sir, what you said is true." Yu Jin also said: "As far as I know, the garrison troops in each city in Taishan back then were as many as three or four thousand, and as few as one or two thousand."
The Han Dynasty was only shaky back then, but now it has entered a completely chaotic world. Doesn't that mean that the number of defenders in each city in Taishan will also change?
"Just a conservative estimate, even if we calculate it as 3,000 people per city." Wang Zheng also frowned: "There are nearly 50,000 troops in the 12 counties of Taishan County?"
Mi Heng nodded: "If you miss it, it's not far off."
"Once our army enters Mount Tai, if there is a war, other cities will not just sit back and watch, but will come to help." Wang Zheng said solemnly: "Then our army will come out in full force, with all the new soldiers, it will only be 40,000 people.
Against fifty thousand enemies?"
"The enemy still has a strong city and a good location, waiting for work at leisure, so brothers..."
"How should we deal with this situation?"
Yu Jin and others were deep in thought. Wu Sheng charged into the battle and said that it was a bit difficult for him to make suggestions. However, he and Wang Zheng, the two bosses, had a common problem, they had no self-awareness.
Wang Zhengzhi is 12 (he communicated with Mi Heng many times and added two points), but he always has the dream of being a counselor, and Wu Sheng also likes to speak on such occasions the most.
After staring at the map hanging in the hall for a moment, Wu Sheng couldn't help but said: "General, as the saying goes, soldiers need speed, I think we should go to Dongguan, ignore other things first, concentrate our troops to capture Fenggao, and then turn back, and then go to Dongguan.
Clean up the other cities one by one."
"This is called a beheading operation."
Before Wang Zheng could speak, Yu Jin had already shook his head: "There are many strong soldiers in Taishan City. If all 40,000 men and horses come out, it will be difficult to take them by surprise. If there are not enough people, it will be impossible to defeat them in a short time. Instead, they will scare the enemy and attract reinforcements from all directions."
"Wen Ze," Wang Zheng asked, "What do you think?"
Yu Jin pondered for a long time, but still said nothing.
This battle is not easy to fight!
Compared with the attack on Linzi and Pengcheng, compared with the previous attacks on these cities, it actually seemed to be an attack on one county and one country. In fact, it only involved a few surrounding cities. Especially Qi County was mobilized by Cao Cao, and Pengcheng had just suffered a major defeat. To put it bluntly,
Except for the main city, there are very few soldiers in the surrounding areas.
Taishan County is completely different. Not only is its strategic position extremely important, it is surrounded by densely populated cities, and each city has a certain amount of troops. It can truly influence the whole situation.
The most important thing is that it is the entire northern access road to Yanzhou. Once it is captured, the roads leading to Xuzhou and Qingzhou will be cut off. After all, Mi Heng is just a counselor and has not considered the strategic level. Wang Zheng also neglected it before, but now he
Suddenly alert.
In a place like this, even if Lu Bu didn't retreat, would Cao Cao just sit back and watch?
This is already a battle-level consideration.
Unable to find a solution, he first analyzed the difficulties that would arise. Yu Jin said: "As the general said, as soon as our army leaves Langya, it will definitely alarm Mount Tai. No matter whether we go west through Dongguan or go north from Kaiyang, all parties will be alarmed along the way.
, the defenders of the cities will not let them go easily, even if they do not attack with the main force, just harassing them along the way will be a big trouble for our army."
Seeing that everyone agreed, Yu Jinxu said: "If we don't harass, it will be more troublesome!"
Wang Zheng's face showed a solemn look, and he listened to Chu Jin's reminder.
If the cities are closed and the heavenly army is allowed to move straight towards Fenggao City, it is very likely that their rear will be cut off, and then they will encounter the dilemma of responding from all directions and coming to help from all directions.
When the time comes, Taishan County will not be able to take it, but our own family will be in danger of being overturned!
"So the general thinks that if we want to capture Mount Tai," Yu Jin said sternly: "We must never make a sneak attack like Kepeng City again."
"We must fight steadily and advance slowly along the way. It is the safest way to conquer an area and advance into a city."
At this time, Zhang Rao also spoke: "What Major Yu said is certainly sound, but it is too slow to conquer a city and advance into a place like this. There are also two disadvantages."
After all, having served as Qu Commander, Zhang Rao also had a certain perspective and pointed out the problems with Yu Ban's plan: "First of all, our army has been recharging its strength for two months. It is eager to fight and its momentum is like a rainbow. If the front line is stretched like this, it will consume a lot of money."
Over time, it will damage the troops' front and morale."
"The second is to give Fenggao City enough time to prepare. Whether it is sending a message to Yanzhou Mu, or asking for help from all parties, strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, and building additional city walls, it will make it more difficult to attack the city in the future!"
Well said.
Wang Zheng probed and asked: "It's not possible to move quickly, nor to advance slowly. What does Major Zhang think should be done?"
Zhang Rao hesitated slightly, thinking of his family's visit to Taishan and his party a few years ago. He was silent for a while and said: "General, how about advancing in two directions and conquering the north and south at the same time? It is both safe and fast."
Yu Jin frowned: "If the troops are divided into two groups, isn't it the same as advancing slowly? If the forces are too scattered, the attack on the city may not be fast."
"Otherwise!" Inspired by Zhang Rao, Wang Zheng suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "The other princes will not tell you, but our army can send information!"
He looked around at everyone with stern eyes: "If we divide our troops, we can divide them like this!"
"Use the local army and new soldiers as one army, send out 20,000 soldiers, number 50,000, go out from Dongguan, capture Gaixian and Mou counties, first do not attack Fenggao, but isolate Yuan's army in the north of Taishan County, and at the same time involve Fenggao
attention!"
"The heavenly army is marching all the way again, starting from Kaiyang and going all the way north!"
"Great kindness!"
Yu Jin was the first to react, clasping his hands and saying, "The general's plan is based on reality!"
"Everyone in the world judges the enemy's strength by the number of their troops, but they don't know that one of our heavenly armies is equal to five. It is rare to see a strong army!"
"If this is the case, our heavenly army is on the right wing, and the new soldiers on earth are on the left wing. It seems that the left is strong and the right is weak, but in fact, the left wing is intimidating the surrounding areas, and the right wing is taking advantage of the momentum to advance!"
"However." Yu Jin thought of another trouble and reminded Wang Zhengdao: "General, our Kaiyang Heavenly Army only has 8,000 soldiers now, how many more are going to be sent?"
"It's a tough nut to crack." Wang Zheng flicked his robe sleeves and said with a smile, "I'll try my best."
"Leaving a few thousand new soldiers is enough to calm them down!"
"This..." Yu Jin had a vague premonition and looked at Wang Zheng: "Then the guard..."
"Hey." Wang Zheng patted Yu Jin on the shoulder, his eyes full of trust.
"Since the soldiers have arranged for new soldiers, the leader naturally needs to be led by the general of our army to ensure that Kaiyang is safe."
"Wen Ze, who else would I rather have such an important task than you?"
"Here." Yu Jin had a bitter look on his face and reluctantly held up his hands.
He guessed it would be like this!
.....
Yangzhou, Jiujiang County, Liyang.
Facing the vast and endless surging river, Su Zi, a later generation, once expressed his emotion, "I mourn the brief moment of my life, and I envy the infinity of the Yangtze River."
But at this time, in the eyes of Sima Jiang Qin, even the endless Yangtze River became eclipsed in front of the man in front.
At this time, the young man standing proudly on the ship's deck with his hands behind his hands had a face so handsome that he should never appear in this world. His face was full of energy, just like the son of God.
The young man is Sun Ce.
The midday sun shone down on him, giving him an indescribable halo, as if everything in the world would become brighter and more beautiful if he stood beside him.
The turbid river water no longer noisy and turned into a stream flowing quietly by the riverside.
The wind blowing in front of you is no longer salty, but carries the fragrance of fragrant grass, caressing it gently.
"Gong Yi." Sun Ce stared at the river for a while, then looked at the dozen or so warships following behind him, and suddenly asked: "How long until we arrive?"
"We should be able to reach the shore before dusk." Jiang Qin asked the boatman and returned to report.
"It's too slow." Sun Ce frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Then let's go down and let the soldiers eat in advance. After disembarking, they will reorganize for half an hour and set off immediately. We will take down Niuzhu tonight!"
"We will attack Shicheng tomorrow!"
"This..." Jiang Qin showed hesitation and couldn't help but persuade: "General, we have just captured Liyang, defeated Fan Neng and Zhang Ying in a row, captured Hengjiang, and after making use of the two Yangtze River crossings, we again
Immediately cross the Yangtze River eastward. After successive battles, the soldiers are very tired..."
Seeing Sun Ce's expression suddenly turn cold, Jiang Qin's heart skipped a beat and he did not dare to say any more.
He didn't know what Sun Ce went through in Kaiyang. After returning, not only did he go to Danyang without Yuan Shu's permission, but he also acted uncharacteristically, often looking gloomy. The optimistic and hearty smile he used to have was hard to see anymore.
"We can't waste any more time!" Sun Ce glanced at Jiang Qin lightly, "Soldiers are valuable and quick!"
This reason is a bit far-fetched, but even though Jiang Qin looked confused, Sun Ce stopped explaining, turned around and looked into the distance again, squinting his eyes slightly,
Constantly calculating in my mind.
After capturing Shicheng, take Meiling, Hushu, Jiangcheng...and then attack Qu'a, Wu County occupied by Liu Yao!
At that time, appease the counties, inform the people, win over people's hearts, and quickly recruit all the young men.
Wang Zheng now has two counties and tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Now I only have three counties and five thousand soldiers, which is not enough...
Not enough!
I want to occupy all the territory in Jiangdong as quickly as possible and recruit the most people!
Until then...
He glanced from the water to the sky, watching the clouds drifting and changing, as if they had turned into a face that made him extremely disgusted.
Shuzi!
How dare you look down on Yu so much?
Sun Ce let out a silent roar. For him, the greater humiliation than the disastrous defeat was that before he fell into coma, the other party looked down on him with such superior eyes.
Those eyes, and that look of disdain, have now been deeply rooted in my mind, memory, and even my soul...
Let him never forget it!
Every time he thought of this scene, Sun Ce's heart was filled with rage and murderous intent.
It was only then that the bright smile of the past appeared on his face again, but there was no smile in his eyes anymore, they were all cold.
"I will definitely dig out your dog eyes with my own hands!"
Pointing his halberd to the sky, Sun Ce solemnly swore an oath.