Chapter 867 Su Dingfang arrives, Zhang Liao rushes to attack
It’s a beautiful day and the wind is warm!
Troop transport vehicles like swimming dragons entered Hedong Road in an endless stream. A total of 200,000 troops, led by Su Dingfang, entered Hedong Road.
Including the black cavalry from before and the Yanbei Navy that was about to arrive, this time Wang Yu dispatched a total of 240,000 troops for the Hedong Road and the following Shanyang Road.
It can be seen that Wang Yu attaches great importance to this battle.
The arrival of these 200,000 troops is enough to prove that Wang Yu is really going to go to war next.
Coupled with the soldiers and horses from Qingbei Road, the total number of troops dispatched by Wang Yu in this battle has exceeded 300,000.
"Wenyuan, lead five thousand black cavalry as the vanguard. I will also give you all the horses of the other five thousand black cavalry. You will rush all the way to Zhongxing Mountain and guard the mountain pass without making any mistakes!"
Wang Yu's strategic goal is to trap the Zhenbei Army to death and trap it in the Shanyin Road.
With the resources of Shanyin, it is simply impossible to support the Zhenbei Army to maintain such a large force for a long time, and all they have to do is wait.
Therefore, after Su Dingfang's army arrived, Wang Yu's first goal was not Hedong Road, but to complete their strategic plan as soon as possible.
If their army attacks Shanyang on a large scale, the various parts of the Zhendong Army that are undergoing civil strife are very likely to temporarily put aside their internal conflicts to deal with external conflicts.
But if they take the Zhonghang Mountains first and block most of the Zhenbei Army, they will only need to take down the small part of the Zhenbei Army on Sanyang Road for the time being, and then they can completely blockade the Zhenbei Army in Shanyin.
Due to the internal turmoil of the Zhenbei Army, there are not many troops stationed in Shanyang Road today. The Zhenbei Army headquarters only has a mere 30,000 troops, and then there are the 50,000 prefecture troops of Shanyang Road who were recruited by the Zhenbei Army.
Not only are there not many soldiers and horses, but there are also few serious strong generals.
While everyone thought their target was Hedong Road, while the civil strife of the Zhenbei Army was not over yet, they took advantage of the Zhongxing Mountain Range, the most important target among their targets.
"In this battle, it's not difficult to win the Zhongxing Mountain Range. The key is to be quick!"
"Well, General Zhang Liao needs to be stationed alone in Zhongxing Mountain for a long time!" Zhang Bin said plausibly.
If you want to win the Zhongxing Mountain Range, it is actually not difficult at all.
The Zhongxing Mountains are located in the south of Shanyin. When Zhenbei General's Mansion was still Da Cang's Zhenbei General's Mansion, there was no need to set up defenses here.
And when Zhenbei General Mansion and Da Cang fell apart, Shanyang Road was also taken into their hands, so there was no need to fortify the Zhongxing Mountains.
Therefore, as long as Zhang Liao's troops can arrive smoothly, it is not difficult at all to capture this place.
Although the Zhongxing Mountain Range is not like the Tianyou Mountain Range where other exits have been sealed off by the Zhenbei Army, there is actually only one main exit. There is only one exit, and Da Cang has spent a lot of time on it.
Manpower and material resources were used to cut the mountain and open the wall so that the troop transport track could run through it.
The remaining roads are simply impossible for the army to pass. Even if they can barely pass, after passing this road, it will be similar to the difficulty of the Shu Road. I don't know how long it will take.
Moreover, given the conditions of the few exits from the mountain, it is still possible to station one or two thousand troops casually. Even if your enemy has thousands of generals and millions of soldiers, they will only return in vain.
Therefore, it was actually enough for Zhang Liao to capture the most important exit from the mountain.
However, among the eighteen roads in Da Cang, although Shanyang Road is the same as Yannan Road, it is generally counted towards the back. It is considered a relatively poor road, and its population is also listed towards the back among the eighteen roads.
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However, even if the population of Shanyang Road is one of the lowest in the world, its population density is still not comparable to that of Beidi. Even if Zhang Liao stays day and night, he still wants to avoid being discovered at all.
, basically impossible.
Therefore, Zhang Bin said that Zhang Liao must be fast. Even if the traces are revealed when he is almost there, he will have completed the set goal before the other party notices.
And this is why Wang Yu gave Zhang Liao all the spare war horses of the remaining 5,000 black cavalry, excluding their riding. In other words, Zhang Liao has now fully achieved it. One person can use five war horses, ensuring the greatest degree of security.
Speed, and use war horses as much as possible to transport all kinds of materials needed.
However, for Zhang Liao, this is not the most difficult thing!
The most difficult thing is how to persevere for the remaining period of time!
After the Zhonghang Mountains were taken by Zhang Liao, Wang Yu then sent troops to Shanyang Road. The Zhenbei Army was absolutely desperate to regain control of the Zhonghang Mountains. Before Wang Yu's main army reached the Zhonghang Mountains, Zhang Liao faced
It's a dilemma attacked from two sides.
Whether he can persevere through this difficult period of time is the biggest test for Zhang Liao!
"In the Zhongxing Mountains, a large amount of food, grass and kerosene have been secretly replenished for the use of archers and armor!"
"Wenyuan, when your soldiers and horses reach the Zhonghang Mountains, someone will take you to find it!"
For a long-distance attack around an entire city, five thousand soldiers and horses is already the limit. Therefore, it is impossible for Wang Yu to continue to support Zhang Liao with his soldiers and horses. The only ones who can provide help to Zhang Liao are these.
Already.
"Could it be that Si Dao did it?" Zhang Bin guessed.
The Zhongxing Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, completely isolating the two ends of Shanyin and Shanyang, and a mountain range is not just a mountain, but is composed of mountains.
It is naturally not difficult to hide some things, but being able to use these things in the Zhongxing Mountains is a big problem. The only thing Zhang Bin can think of is the opportunity to transport a large amount of grain and grass to Beidi through the Beiming Family.
Already.
As a royal merchant of the Beiming family, this way is naturally available. And the terrifying amount of grain and grass transported to Beidi last time made it possible to hide so many things in the grain and grass.
"Yes, Stao has been thinking about the Zhenbei Army for a long time!"
Everyone present was confused by Wang Yu's words.
But Yao Guangxiao has really been thinking about the Zhenbei Army for too long. It started when he forced Jia Xu to design a violent general to split the Zhenbei Army, and used food and grass to alienate the three forces in Beidi. This incident was even more complicated by
Yao Guangxiao personally formulated and implemented it. Of course he would use this opportunity to arrange these small actions.
If it weren't for these little tricks made by Yao Guangxiao, Wang Yu might not have let Zhang Liao carry out this dangerous plan.
God knows, Yao Guangxiao can actually transport a batch of big things like crossbow chariots and gate sword carts and hide them in the Zhongxing Mountains.