Chapter seven hundred and eighty eighth poor emperor
Guzang City, the Royal Palace Hall.
Cao Pi wore a dragon robe and sat high on the dragon throne, looking majestic and solemn.
Liangzhou is a remote place, and its prosperity is far less than that of the Central Plains. Even Jicheng cannot compare with it. This crude palace looks relatively shabby.
Cao Pi did not feel shabby at all. On the contrary, he felt very comfortable sitting there.
"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the south. Yan Liang has personally led more than 100,000 troops into Liangzhou. The three counties of Yuzhong, Jincheng and Zhiyang have been lost. The Chu army has crossed the Yellow River and is heading towards Wuwei County."
Cao Pi's expression changed slightly. At this moment, he came back to his senses from the emperor's glory and faced the cruel facts again.
The fact is that he, the new emperor of the Qin Dynasty, only has 30,000 Liangzhou cavalry at his disposal, while his enemy Yan Liang is rushing towards him with an army of 100,000 men.
What's even worse is that Yan Liang has so many good generals under his command, but he, the Emperor of Qin, has very few available talents.
Like Wu Zhi, Zhu Shuo and others, they are good at governing and making suggestions, but when it comes to killing enemies in battle, they are not even considered as fourth-rate military generals.
As for Wei Kang and other Liangzhou natives, although there are many brave men, there are also only a few who can actually lead troops in war.
Cao Pi suddenly realized that he, the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, had the embarrassment that a clever woman could not make a meal without straw.
"The bandit army is coming fiercely, what can you do to deal with the enemy?" Cao Pi glanced at the ministers.
All the ministers immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Cao Pi, and all of them were helpless.
Cao Pi couldn't help but feel disappointed in his eyes.
In the silence, one person came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan that may defeat the bandit army."
Cao Pi raised his eyes and glanced around, but saw that the person who made the comment was none other than Yang Fu.
"If Yang Aiqing has any good ideas, please tell me immediately." Cao Pi suddenly cheered up.
Yang Fu then said: "There is no river on the 500-mile road from Jincheng to Guzang. The Chu army can only transport grain and grass by manpower. The Chu army has more than 100,000 troops. It must be very difficult to supply and transport grain.
, the more the Chu army looks north, the longer its food road will be. I think, why don't our army start from this aspect."
"What does Yang Aiqing mean?" Cao Pi became more excited.
"What I mean is that our army can retreat to the line of green pine trees to wait for work. We will stay there without fighting. At the same time, we will send light cavalry out in all directions. We will use our cavalry advantage to continuously attack the Chu army's food road. I think it will not take more than a month.
The Chu army will surely retreat without a fight due to lack of food and grass."
Yang Fu's words awakened Cao Pi and made him suddenly enlightened.
"What Yang Aiqing said is very true. It's very good. Just follow your plan." Cao Pi didn't hesitate much and immediately approved Yang Fu's plan.
After being excited for a moment, Cao Pi said worriedly: "Although Yang Aiqing's plan is brilliant, I still lack good generals under my command, which gives me a headache."
At this time, Yang Fu smiled faintly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I recommend a good general to Your Majesty. This man is nine feet long, wields a sixty-eight-pound sword, can shoot a two-stone iron bow, and has three hidden meteor hammers. He can hit the target with a hundred shots."
He has courage that no man can match."
Cao Pi looked greatly excited and asked Yang Fu urgently who he recommended.
Yang Fu didn't say anything, but Wei Kang was the first to say: "Could it be that the person recommended by Mr. Yang is Wang Shuangbu of Longxi?"
"That's exactly who he is." Yang Fu nodded and said with a smile: "This Wang Shuangmu was a partial general, guarding Xiping County to guard against the Qiang people. When I inspected Xiping, I saw this man's martial arts with my own eyes, and even saw him pacify the Qiang people.
Regarding the rebel's military capabilities, I believe that this Wang Shuang is a general who can be used as a general."
Cao Pi was naturally very excited when he heard that there was such a powerful person in his kingdom, and he immediately issued an order to summon Wang Shuang to meet Gu Zang.
Therefore, Cao Pi used Yang Fu's plan to abandon a large area of towns in the south, huddled all the tens of thousands of Liangzhou cavalry near Guzang, and used the dangerous terrain to build a defense line.
At the same time, Cao Pi sent Wang Shuang, Wu Zhi and others as generals to attack with light cavalry and went to harass the Chu army's food road.
Yang Fu's strategy indeed caused a lot of trouble for the Chu army.
After Yan Liang's army crossed the Yellow River, they lost the ability to transport water, and millions of grains of dendrobium could only be transported by land.
The terrain of Liangzhou is gradually rising from east to west, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of transportation.
The grain and fodder for more than 100,000 people were transported by human and animal power alone. Yan Liang recruited as many as 80,000 or 90,000 civilians, mules and horses for this purpose.
The burden of grain and grass transportation was increasing day by day, and as the Chu army advanced northward, the grain roads were increasingly harassed by enemy cavalry.
The terrain in Liangzhou is suitable for cavalry. On the road four to five hundred miles south from Jincheng, Cao Pi's Liangzhou Qingqi can attack the grain team on the road from anywhere and at any time.
In order to protect these grain teams, the Chu army had to deploy a large number of troops to escort the grain teams along the way. As a result, not only did the strength of the frontline troops weaken, but the logistical burden also increased.
Moreover, this approach has little effect.
Because the Qin army's light cavalry was divided into teams of a thousand people, and there were more than ten teams of light cavalry troops attacking the camp. To resist the attack of a thousand cavalry people in the wilderness, the number of infantry must reach at least four thousand.
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Moreover, just four thousand infantry may not be able to withstand the highly mobile attack of the cavalry. If you are not careful, not only the food team will be lost, but also the troops protecting the food will be lost.
The infantry could not protect the food supply, so Yan Liang had no choice but to use cavalry.
In this campaign against Qin, Yan Liang mobilized a total of more than 20,000 cavalry, which was only 10,000 less than Cao Pi's 30,000 cavalry. If they cooperated with the infantry, it would have been easy to defeat the Qin army.
However, if the cavalry is mobilized to transport grain, the infantry on the front line will lack sufficient cavalry protection and will also be threatened by Cao Pi's main force.
Under various disadvantages, after more than half a month, Yan Liang's army only advanced more than two hundred miles and arrived at Lingju City at the northernmost tip of Jincheng County.
After passing Lingju City and heading north, we will proceed to Wuwei County, passing through more than two hundred miles of uninhabited areas before we reach the Guzang line.
As for the two hundred miles of uninhabited land, there are no cities for garrisoning. Once the Chu army's grain team passes there, it will definitely encounter a greater threat.
Ling Jucheng, the atmosphere in the imperial tent was a bit solemn.
Yan Liang listened to Zhou Cang's report on the recent losses of the grain team, his face was as gloomy as iron, and there was an unhappy look on his eyebrows.
Yan Liang had to admit that he underestimated Cao Pi's ability, or in other words, he underestimated the ability of Cao Pi's counselors. This harassment tactic, which was similar to a rogue, did bring him a lot of trouble.
"Didn't all the counselors of the Qin State die in the battle of Jicheng? Who would come up with such a plan for Cao Pi?" Yan Liang asked coldly.
Fa Zhengdao: "I thought that the person who made suggestions for Cao Pi might be Yang Fu."
Yang Fu, no wonder.
After Jingfa was reminded like this, Yan Liang suddenly thought of this person.
Although this person is not as famous as Guo Jia, Xun You and others, in the past history, this person planned to kill Ma Chao and defeated him. He completely withdrew from Longxi and fled to Hanzhong in despair to join Zhang Lu.
"Yang Fu does have some strategy. Cao Cao was very kind to his unfilial son. Before he died, he left him a useful think tank." Yan Liang said sarcastically.
Praise is praise, but it doesn't mean that Yan Liang takes Cao Pi seriously.
At that time, with Cao Cao's great strategy and top advisers such as Guo Jia and Liu Ye, they were all destroyed by Yan Liang. How could Cao Pi and the second-rate Yang Fu be able to defeat Yan Liang?
"Cao Pi has resorted to rogue tactics, please give me a plan to defeat him." Yan Liang gave orders to the counselors in a commanding tone.
Fazheng, Xu Shu and other counselors all frowned in deep thought.
After a moment, Xu Shu raised a smile on his lips, stroking his beard and said: "Your Majesty, I think Cao Pi's intention is nothing more than to disrupt our food routes, forcing us to run out of food and grass, and to retreat without a fight. If this is the case, then what?
Why don't we come up with a plan and use it to our advantage?"
Just follow the plan?
Yan Liang looked at Xu Shu's sly smile and knew that this great counselor must have a clever plan, so he asked him how he could pull off the trick.
Xu Shu took his time and told his plan.
After talking about the strategy, Fazheng also nodded and said: "I think Xu Zhongcheng's strategy is feasible."
Fazheng also agreed. Yan Liang was even more suspicious, so he said: "Okay, let's do it this way. Cao Pi wants to act rogue, so I will make him unable to cry."
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Thirty miles south of Guzang City is Cangsong City.
In the imperial tent, Cao Pi stood in front of the map with his hands folded, discussing the current situation with his ministers.
Yang Fu stood aside and reported the recent battle situation to Cao Pi.
After half a month of cavalry harassment, the Qin cavalry led by Wang Shuang launched several successful sneak attacks, burning more than 500 Chu army grain trucks and annihilating nearly 10,000 grain protecting troops.
Huwei General Wang Shuang not only burned hundreds of carts of grain and grass in the raid the day before yesterday, but also defeated the Chu army's grain guarding army of more than 3,000 people, killing up to 2,000 enemies.
Hearing the good news one after another, Cao Pi couldn't help but nodded slightly, and a proud expression gradually appeared on his eyebrows.
After the report, Cao Pi said happily: "Yang Aiqing, the Wang Shuang you recommended to me is indeed a good general. Come here, tell me my will, promote Wang Shuang to Pingnan General, and be granted the title of Marquis of Tingting."
Wang Shuang was promoted from a partial general to a Pingnan general in half a month. The speed of promotion was truly astonishing.
It is rare for Cao Pi to meet such good generals. Now is the time to recruit people. He also wants to encourage the generals by promoting Wang Shuang.
"Your Majesty is clear about rewards and punishments, and I admire you all." Yang Fu cupped his hands and complimented him.
Cao Pi smiled slightly, looking proud and self-reliant.
At this moment, the scouts rushed into the account and said, "Your Majesty, General Wang sent an urgent report from the front line of Lingju City. The Chu army's forward Wen Chou has led his troops to withdraw from Lingju City. According to the reports from various Qingqi, the Chu army seems to have made a big move.
Signs of retreat southward.”
After hearing this information, Cao Pi's already proud face suddenly became filled with excitement and joy. (To be continued...)