Traffickers and pawns are at the bottom of society. The casualties of an ordinary soldier are not considered by those big shots at all, especially for an army of tens of thousands of people. Now, Guan Yu not only sent people to find that soldier
, and told others to slow down at the same time. This "people-oriented" order was conveyed, and all the soldiers were moved by it.
But everyone understood how heavy the burden was on their shoulders. Although they were grateful, they did not slow down. They just added many quiet reminders to each other, and the team moved faster on the mountain road.
After walking through this mountain road, God seemed to be moved. The moon appeared from the clouds and opened its face, and the surrounding scenery became hazy for a while. With the bright light, the soldiers began to jog all the way, and finally arrived at the south of Liangqi City at the fourth watch.
Ten miles.
After receiving the order to rest in place, the soldiers huffed and lay down in a large area. Although everyone usually conducted long-distance cross-country training, such a rapid march of more than 300 miles overnight was unprecedented. Many people were furious.
I can't breathe anymore, so I need to take some time to rest and regain my strength.
Guan Yu and his son did not rest. A large marching map was spread out in front of them. Guan Yu looked at it for a while and asked: "Ping'er, which one do you choose between Liang Qi and Handan?"
Guan Ping said without thinking: "I'm going to fight Handan!"
Handan is a county town of Zhao State. The city is high and the pond is deep. It is definitely not comparable to a small county like Liang Qi. Guan Yu was very satisfied with Guan Ping's answer. He clapped his hands and said: "Okay, you are ambitious. My father is waiting for the news of your victory."
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In order not to attract the attention of Liang Qi's defenders and prevent Handan from being prepared in advance, Guan Yu waited until dawn before launching his offensive against Liang Qi after Guan Ping led his army away.
At this time, Liu Xin had also led an army to the blocking position. Although there were only 10,000 people, the company camp stretched for dozens of miles, which surprised him.
When Yan Yan learned about the arrival of the army, he had already left the camp to greet him. Seeing Liu Xin's question, he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this is the old camp of Yi Zha. There are still 300,000 surrendered troops living in the camp, so there is no
Tear it down."
Liu Xin couldn't help frowning and said: "Why are there still 300,000 surrendered troops living here? Didn't I order them to disarm and return to their fields?"
Yan Yan cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, none of these people are willing to leave. They said that even if they return home, they will be forcibly recruited again sooner or later. It is better to stay here. And they can eat well here.
Don’t want to leave.”
"Oh, is there such a thing? Hasn't Yuan Shao always had enough food and grass?" Liu Xin suddenly became interested, waved her hand and said, "Let's go, take me to have a look."
In the military camp, the soldiers who had been surrendered by Yuan Jun were having breakfast. In front of each of them was a bowl of porridge and two steamed buns. Liu Xin couldn't help but mused: "This food is very ordinary."
The food of the Han army is very particular. Even the breakfast will be quite rich. In addition to porridge and steamed buns, there will also be eggs, milk or soy milk, and there will be meat at noon and evening. But the food for Yuan Jun's soldiers is ordinary.
Very well, why don’t they want to leave?
Yan Yan smiled and said: "The food they eat at Yuan Shao's side is much worse than here. The steamed buns are mixed with a lot of grains and even wheat bran."
Liu Xin nodded secretly, turned to Xu Huang and said, "Did you see that Yuan Shao is only superficially beautiful? After years of fighting, he is now a strong man but a capable man. If he continues like this, he may start to deprive the soldiers of their food and salary."
Xu Huang said with a smile: "After this battle, he will no longer have the opportunity to deduct food and salary."
All the generals laughed loudly, and the soldiers of Yuan Jun who were eating turned their heads and looked here. They had listless faces, some of them were old people, and some of them were just childish teenagers. Liu
Xin sighed with emotion again, shook his head and sighed: "This is the so-called elite of Yuan's army. It shows that Yuan Shao is not only gradually short of money and food, but also his soldiers are very nervous. Even if the elite is like this, the newly recruited soldiers in Yecheng are even more unimaginable.
And know.”
Zhang Fei shouted from the side: "Brother, what are we waiting for? Hurry up and catch that old man Yuan Shao!"
Zhang Haha laughed and said: "Third brother, why are you in such a hurry? Your Majesty is waiting for news about those seven people so that he can capture Yuan Shao in one fell swoop."
"Yes, I also hope to end this war as soon as possible so that all the people in the world can live a peaceful life." Liu Xin looked up to the sky and sighed, then suddenly turned to Xu Huang and said, "However, how to fight this war depends on you.
That’s it.”
Liu Xin has always emphasized that the most suitable people do the most suitable things. He himself is more suitable to discover problems and make decisions from a strategic perspective, and it is more appropriate to leave the specific operations to Xu Huang and others, so he does not want to do too much
The price paid for the arbitrary command can be the lives of thousands of soldiers.
The news from the front did not keep them waiting for too long. Two hours later, the troops sent to various places sent back the news. The seven cities were all captured with almost no effort. It was true that the county guards were negligent in their defense.
This is one aspect, but more importantly, the city is empty and there are no soldiers available at all.
Take Handan as an example. It was the seat of Zhao State and the gateway to the north of Ye City. It should have been heavily guarded, so Guan Ping was very careful. He first sent troops to set up checkpoints on the main roads leading to the four gates of Handan.
He intercepted all the people who were heading to Handan in the early morning, and then asked his soldiers to change into people's clothes so that they could sneak into the city quietly.
The city gates were opened on time, but there were only two soldiers guarding each gate, and they were all yawning. They did not question the people who entered the city gates. In just a short time, nearly a thousand Han soldiers in disguise sneaked into the city.
While most of the people in the city were still sleeping, these disguised soldiers quietly controlled the four gates and sent out a signal, and the Han army ambushing on the outskirts of the city swarmed into the city.
The State of Zhao was originally a feudal state, but now there are no princes. Yuan Shao set up a county guard here, but he did not have time to change the State of Zhao to Zhao County. However, due to the important geographical location of Handan, Yuan Shao still sent his subordinates to
The important counselor Xinpi was sent to serve as the county guard.
However, Xinpi's plans were careless and incompetent as a county guard. When Guan Ping entered the city, he was still sleeping with his head covered, and was finally pulled out of bed by Han soldiers. Afterwards, everyone knew that
Even if Xinpi was prepared, he would not be able to defend Handan City because Yuan Shao only left him a thousand soldiers. Originally, with these thousand soldiers and relying on a strong city, he could still cause trouble to the Han army.
.It’s just that many men over the age of fifteen and under fifty have been forcibly recruited into the army. There are not many young men in the city to help defend the city. Guan Ping is so cautious, but it is simply unnecessary.
Guan Yu was not as careful as Guan Ping. When he ordered the army to rest in place, he organized people to go to the nearby mountains to cut down trees and bundle siege equipment. Because many materials were discarded on the march, the large siege equipment must have been
There is no way to make it, but there is still no problem in getting a few long ladders.
As the attack order was issued, the soldiers divided into four groups and launched an attack on Liangqicheng at the same time. As a result, when the soldiers who had gathered their courage put the long ladder up the city wall, they discovered that there were not many people on the top of the city. They heard shouts of killing.
When the defenders came in a hurry and saw the Han soldiers approaching, they were so frightened that they threw away their swords and guns and turned away. After capturing the county town, Guan Yu realized that there were only five hundred defenders in the city.
He led tens of thousands of people to attack the city and made careful preparations.
After receiving this news, Xu Huang and others were very excited and said in unison: "Yuan Shao is at the end of his rope now, and your Majesty's unification of the country is just around the corner."
Liu Xin shook his head and sighed: "In prosperity, the people are suffering. In death, the people are suffering. There have been wars for years. Although Yuan Shao has reached the end of his strength, how can I feel at peace that the people of the northern states have suffered such a disaster?"
After hearing Liu Xin's words, all the generals who were high-spirited just now lowered their heads in shame. But Liu Xin waved his hand and said: "Let's go, capture Yecheng as soon as possible, and save the people of the world from the fire and water! Please help me.
Everyone!"
All the generals were moved by this, stood up together, and said loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will conquer Ye City even if I die!"
Although Yuan Shao has been hiding in Yecheng, he has also sent out many detailed operations. The movement of 150,000 Han troops marching out at once was loud enough and he had detected it long ago. Of course, Xu Huang did not intend to hide anything, he just wanted to surrender with great fanfare.
Yuan Shao knew that as long as Yuan Shao transferred his army out of the city, this battle would be much easier.
In the general's palace in Yecheng, Yuan Shao's advisers gathered together, but the atmosphere was very depressing. Wen Chou couldn't help but raised his hands and said: "My lord, although our elite soldiers were defeated by the Jingzhou army a few days ago,
, but the Jingzhou army must also have suffered heavy casualties, otherwise why would there be only more than 100,000 soldiers and horses left, and why should we be afraid of the end of this powerful crossbow! At the end of the day, the general is incompetent, and I am willing to lead the army out of the city and fight with him to avenge his shame!"
Xun Chen had seen the appearance of the Han army when he was in Xiangyang, and hurriedly stood up and advised: "Absolutely not! Although the Jingzhou army is small, they are all elite, and most of our troops are new soldiers. According to Xun Chen, it is better to hold on!"
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Shen Pei waved his hand and said: "Now Liyang and Dongjun are all captured by Liu Xin, and Yecheng is close to Hanoi. The Jingzhou army has gathered and supplies are very convenient. I think it is not appropriate to hold on. If the lord does not want to fight with the Jingzhou army,
After the First World War, we can abandon the city as soon as possible and move to Youzhou to wait for a comeback in the future."
Xu You was greedy for money and had built many properties inside and outside Ye City. How could it be worth abandoning it? He immediately objected and raised his hands and said, "What Zhengnan said is wrong! My lord has been operating in Ye City for many years, how can we abandon it lightly! My subordinates heard that
The cavalry of the Jingzhou army is the most powerful. If we leave the fortified city, what will our army rely on?"
Yuan Shao continued to carry forward his usual style of indecisiveness. Hearing what his subordinates said to each other, he was still unable to make a decision. Suddenly, he heard a probing horse outside the door shouting: "Please inform my lord, Wucheng has been lost, and the Jingzhou army has arrived at the city!"