Three hundred and seventieth chapters three roads go hand in hand
Chapter 373: Three Ways to Advance
There are 40,000 troops in the Longshan camp in Jinyang. Gai Jun gathered 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to go south. He had three generals under his command: Ma Teng, Pang De, and Hu Feng, and four lieutenant generals: Xu Huang, Bao Chu, and Hu Che'er.
, Zhenliang all came out, including Gao Shun, Yan Liang, Gao Lan and more than ten school captains.
In addition to the 25,000 men and horses in his own army, Gai Jun also led the Xiongnu Zhonglang General Guo Rui and led 5,000 Xiongnu elite cavalry, and the 5,000 troops of Xihe Commandery Bian Bing to join the army in the east of the river.
This time, Gai Jun mobilized 35,000 horse and foot troops in Bingzhou. The famous generals gathered together, which can be said to be the best.
As the center of Gai Jun's command, the Hussar General's Mansion came out in full force, led by Chang Shi Jia Xu and Sima Xunyu, with two senior lieutenants Xun You and Xi Zhicai as assistants, including Fu Qian and Wei Zhongdao.
Nineteen people, including thirty-one imperial ministers, a total of sixty or seventy people.
In addition, Bo Yangjun, the governor of Bingzhou, Zheng Tai, the agricultural captain, Zhang Cheng, the Anmin captain, Hua Xin, the Yi Cao, Zhang Zhongjing, the medical cao, his wife's brother Cai Gui, Zhao Yan and Du Xi from Yingchuan, and Sun from Taiyuan.
Zi, Linghu Shao and other officials also set out with the army.
Farewell to Wang Xin, Li Miao stayed in Jinyang during the Zhizhong period and jointly managed state affairs. Bo Cao was responsible for the affairs of the army, Chen Qun was responsible for the logistics of the army, and Du Guan was responsible for the affairs of Sima Zhi and his colleagues, Gai Hui. One was inside, one was outside, and one was in charge.
At court and at home, they supervise the officials and the people to prevent rebellion and ensure stability in the rear so that Gai Jun can go on an expedition without any worries.
After swearing the oath and before stepping down, Gai Jun glanced back at Jinyang for the last time, jumped on his beloved horse Zidian, and walked southwest along the Fen River. In an instant, the drums were beating loudly, the horns were blasting, and more than 20,000 troops were roaring, heading towards
Hedong.
Xiangling, northeast of the river, is the headquarters of the general Guan Yu, including Liu Shi, Lei Gong and other capitals. There are more than ten lieutenants and twenty-five thousand soldiers. General Zhang Xiu, who defeated the thieves, sat in the south, governed Anyi, and surrendered the thieves.
Tao, the captain of the school, was promoted to deputy, with a count of 10,000 horse steps.
When Gai Jun and Guo Rui arrive in Hedong, the Northern Xinjiang Army will gather a total of 70,000 soldiers in this place alone. What is even more terrifying is that there will be more than 20,000 cavalry among them.
The cavalry is powerful in combat, especially those equipped with stirrups and horseshoes, but the consumption is also very alarming. During the war, the horse can eat enough for three soldiers in a day, and with the knights, it is four people.
At the peak of Dong Zhuo's life, there were only thirty thousand cavalry. It was not that they lacked horses. The three assistants, Fufeng on the right, and Feng Yi on the left, all had Qiang, Di, and oxen and horses. First, the cavalry in the stirrup-less era had no overwhelming advantage over infantry.
, the second is that I can’t afford it.
As for why the Liangzhou rebels often dispatched 50,000 to 60,000 cavalry, the reason is actually very simple. Qiang people account for 70% to 80% of the cavalry, or even more, and there are very few Han people. The Qiang people and the northern grassland peoples have similar methods, and the horses are mainly free-range.
, feed them less. Rather than saying they are cavalry, it is more appropriate to say they are people on horseback. In the former Han Dynasty, the cavalry faced the Hu people with one against five, and often defeated them. Later, the level of forging weapons of the Hu people improved.
, the Han army still maintains an impressive record of one against three. The same goes for the Later Han Dynasty. If there are good generals, even if they face Qiang and Hu forces several times their own, they can sweep them away, such as Duan Jiong. The Hu people grew up on horseback from a young age.
Above, they are skilled archers and horses and are natural warriors. Why can’t they defeat the Han army? There are many reasons such as the Han army’s excellent equipment, strict military discipline, and formation of formations to fight the enemy. However, the quality of the war horses cannot be ignored.
Without further ado, in other words, with only 20,000 cavalry, Gai Jun had to pay for 80,000 rations, plus 50,000 infantry, as well as hundreds of thousands of civilians. The daily consumption of food and grass was astronomical.
number.
Moreover, Hedong is only one of them, although it is the largest one.
This time the King of Qin went south, there was absolutely no room for error and he had to succeed in one fell swoop. Gai Junnai planned to advance in three parallel routes, with Hedong as the middle route. Naturally, the leader was Gai Jun himself, with four generals and 70,000 cavalry under his command.
The commander of the west route is Yingyang Zhonglang General Yang Aruo, who leads the northern region with 15,000 infantry and cavalry in the upper county, and 10,000 Qiang cavalry in advance, a total of 25,000, and goes south to Zuo Feng Yi. Beidi County is responsible for the food and grass.
On the east road, General Huwei and Yin Gaiyin of Henan were the commanders. Chou mobilized 10,000 troops from Henan (Luoyang) and 5,000 troops from Hanoi, totaling 15,000. They entered Hangu Pass from the west and marched into Hongnong County. Food and grass were mainly sent from Shangdang,
Supplied to Henan and Hanoi counties.
General Huang Zhong, who was stationed in Hanoi, did not participate in this operation, but he was not idle either. On the one hand, he had to monitor Yuan Shao in the north, and on the other hand, he had to assist Luoyang Commander Li Shao, Gai Yin's brother, and Cavalry Commander Gai.
Continue to protect the safety of Luoyang.
At present, there are only 10,000 soldiers left in Henan, and even fewer in Hanoi, with only 5,000. The forces bordering the two places, whether they are Yuan Shao, Liu Dai, Sun Jian, or Yuan Shu, are capable of capturing Luoyang, the capital, but the chances are low.
What if. After all, Luoyang is easy to fight, but what happens next? I am afraid that he will face endless revenge from the furious Gai Jun. Unless he is ready to fight Gai Jun to the death, Luoyang will never be touched.
However, it was said that Niu Fu, Yang Ding, Li Jue, Guo Si and others made a plan to abandon Hedong and counterattack Chang'an, so they secretly captured thousands of people from Hedong and pretended to be soldiers. They put a Sima and more than a thousand people under supervision, and then quietly evacuated at night, leaving behind
Thousands of troops were stationed at Puban, Fenglingdu, Dayang and other key towns along the Yellow River. The remaining 25,000 troops all crossed the river and entered Hongnong Shaanxi County to join Dong Yue's troops.
Dong Yue originally had 20,000 infantry and cavalry under his command. Hu Zhen advised him that such a force was inferior to that of Niu Fu, so why should he subdue it? Dong Yue thought this was true, so he captured the young men and used them to strengthen the army.
Hu Zhen was quite dumbfounded by Dong Yue's blind behavior. What else could a young and strong man do besides consuming his own limited food supply? He could easily gather tens of thousands of warriors who dared to fight with just a wave of his hand, but why?
Dong Yue couldn't see it.
"Tens of thousands of warriors who dare to fight?" Dong Yue was stunned when he heard this. He suddenly realized for a moment and slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten them.
Hongnong is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces a river on one side. The terrain is very bad. Although it is located in Gyeonggi Province and sandwiched between the east and west capitals, it has never been a peaceful place.
In the past, the Yellow Turbans rose up violently, swept through several states, and were immediately destroyed. Black Mountain then rose up. Huanglong, Zuo Xiao, Yu Digen, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Zuo Mouwenba and others gathered their disciples to Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Yan.
Being the leader brings disaster to one party, and the court cannot control it.
In fact, at the same time, Hedong, Hanoi, and Hongnong also rebelled against Luan, echoing Heishan. Yudu, Suigu, Kuji, Wulu, Fuyun, Baique, Yuancheng, etc. each ruled the roost. Although Guo Daxian, a remnant of the Yellow Turban, was Bingzhou
People from Xihe mostly moved around the east of the river, so it is natural to be included in this category. And the most famous person is undoubtedly Yang Feng (Yang Feng) from Hongnong.
Therefore, there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of mountain people and mountain bandits hidden in Hongnong Mountain. These people walk on dangerous terrain all year round. They are unruly in character and have high strength. They often go down the mountain to rob merchants, counties and counties, and county soldiers also take them.
There was nothing he could do. Maybe he was not as good as the Han army, but he was a thousand times stronger than the young young man captured temporarily.
"If you can take it for your own use, why worry about Niu Fu's dissatisfaction, great things will come of it." Dong Yue clasped his hands and smiled. He had never taken bandits into his eyes before, thinking that they were just a bunch of rabble, but now it is different.
With one more person, the chance of winning in Chang'an increases. Dong Yue grabbed Hu Zhen's hand and said: "Wen Cai, you are really my good assistant..."
Hu Zhen smiled and said nothing. After Dong Zhuo's death, Dong Yue and Niu Fu stood side by side. To be honest, Niu Fu was far inferior to Dong Yue in terms of appearance, talent and skills. The latter was more suitable to take over Dong Zhuo's legacy than him. Of course.
, the most important point is that as a subordinate of Dong Yue, Hu Zhen automatically belongs to his faction, and of course he must plan for him.
Dong Yue listened to Hu Zhen's advice and recruited mountain bandits. Things went more smoothly than they imagined. When Niu Fu led his army to join them, in less than ten days, a total of 30,000 mountain bandits were recruited and killed.
There were more than 10,000 warriors among them, including young and strong men. The army suddenly swelled to 40,000 people, which shocked Niu Fu, Yang Ding and others.
Niu Fu originally planned to overwhelm Dong Yue with a large army and seize the initiative as soon as he arrived in Shaanxi County. Now that he saw that Dong Yue's soldiers and horses were strong and his strength was far superior to his own, he immediately did not dare to act rashly. However, even if Niu Fu was asked to surrender, he would not.
Not only did he have tens of thousands of strong troops as backup behind him, but he also had a trump card: he was Dong Cheng, the grandmother of the current emperor and the nephew of Empress Dowager Dong.
At that time, Dong Zhuo came to Beijing to reduce the resistance to running the government. He attracted Dong Zhongshu, his ancestor for who knows how many generations, and established a relationship with the Empress Dowager Dong. During this period, he hired many children of the Dong family in Hejian. Unfortunately, the father of Emperor Han Ling was not an emperor, but a mere
As a Marquis of Ting, he had no future and could not marry a lady. Empress Dowager Dong was born in a small noble family and was only a little higher than the Han family. Since the hussar general Dong Zhong was killed by the general, there was no one else.
He can do it well. Like Dong Cheng, he served in the army for several years. If the emperor hadn't cared about his family ties, he might still be languishing in the position of Sima.
As we all know, the emperor was raised by Empress Dowager Dong. The latter was poisoned by He Jin and was left helpless. Dong Cheng was one of the few relatives of the emperor who could miss him.
If they counterattack Chang'an under the banner of Dong Cheng, the generals of Liangzhou will no longer be the rebels in the eyes of the Chang'an courtiers, but loyal loyalists who have been killed by the Qing emperor. Although they cannot make the soldiers and the people return to their hearts, they can at least stabilize the morale of the army.
Dong Cheng was too important to the generals of Liangzhou. As long as Niu Fu held this card firmly, he would have a chance to compete with Dong Yue.
Niu Fu and Dong Yue each have their own concerns, but the situation is urgent now, so there is no internal fighting, but they are definitely at odds with each other.
Dong Yue took advantage of the landowners and recruited more than 10,000 mountain bandits before the Western Expedition. Niu Fu could only watch the opponent's rapid growth in strength, who let this be his territory. At the same time, he felt extremely regretful that the mountain bandits in Hedong
There are many, no less than Hongnong, especially in the eastern part of his jurisdiction. Why didn't he think of using mountain bandits to expand his strength...
Niu Fu's jealousy increased. Although the stronger his side was, the greater his chances of success were, Dong Yue's troops were already twice as many as his own, so Niu Fu urged him to advance his troops. Dong Yue also thought it was almost done and nodded in agreement.
In early May, Dong's 80,000-strong army took the oath of surrender in Shaanxi County and immediately set off to the west...