Chapter 482: Focus on one thing and lose the other
As the gateway to the west of Luoyang, Hanguan City was more than twice as large as Yanhan City upstream of Gushui. Li Tai could not completely control the city after thousands of troops entered the city, and could only concentrate on a few important areas for defense.
After entering the city, he walked around and inspected the city. Li Tai felt more and more that if there was no sudden change, it would be very difficult to capture the city with just a frontal attack by his troops, even if the force was increased several times.
In order to prevent the forces of the Western Wei Dynasty from re-entering and controlling the Heluo area, the Eastern Wei Dynasty invested heavily, and the expansion of this Guancheng was also an important part.
But no matter how dangerous the pass is, it is people who can really determine the outcome of the war. Due to the spontaneous collapse of the defenders, this majestic pass defense fell into the hands of Li Tai so easily. The Eastern Wei general who had previously deployed this border defense
I'm afraid I can't even dream of it.
Putting aside the various variables in the war, after taking control of Guancheng, Li Tai immediately conveyed the news of the victory to the rear, hoping that some additional troops could be sent to strengthen his troops.
However, Li Tai also understood that this was unlikely. Even he was surprised that he advanced so smoothly on the Beigu Road front line. However, he was only the forward of the army. The overall strategic goal of the army's eastward march might not be achieved because of him.
Changes occurred due to the results. Even he himself was not very optimistic about Heluo's tactical concept before, and now it is delusional to hope that Li Bi and others will turn around and cooperate with him.
So if nothing unexpected happens, his advance in Heluo should stop here. If he continues to force forward and there are not enough reinforcements on the back road, when the Eastern Wei people in this area react, he will be like him in minutes.
My father-in-law, Dugu Xin, was also besieged in the Luoyang area by the Eastern Wei Dynasty, waiting for people from all walks of life to come to rescue him.
However, if that happens, it is still unknown whether anyone will come to rescue him. After all, the current focus of the Bafu is to intervene in the situation in Henan.
In other words, if he could still look at this series of changes as an outsider before, then now he really has enough reasons to complain about Wang Sizheng: What do you think you are doing by jumping so fast? If you just slow down, Bafu can do it
I will formulate a tactical plan to regain Heluo based on my victory.
Hou Jing's Rebellion was one of the most important changes in the confrontation between the East and the West and even in the post-Three Kingdoms period, and Wang Sizheng's unauthorized actions caused the Western Wei Dynasty to lose its strategic initiative in the early stage.
If this sentence is still more mysterious, then Li Tai's current situation is a vivid example. Although he has achieved certain results, it is difficult for Li Tai to dominate the government when Wang Sizheng has already taken the lead.
Additional investment.
Putting aside these miscellaneous thoughts, Li Tai quickly accepted and sorted out the results achieved. Since he occupied the city without any bloodshed, the battle cost almost nothing, and the personnel situation was still the same as after the battle at Yan Hancheng.
The material reserves in Guancheng are not as substantial as those in Yan Hancheng. Both grain, grass and ordnance are very limited. According to Jiangren, Heluo has not replenished supplies to Guancheng this year. Only a batch of materials passed through the east coast of Guan some time ago.
The Luoshui River is transported to Jiuqu City in Yiyang.
Insufficient material reserves in the city was also one of the reasons for the collapse of the army and civilians defending the city. Probably in the view of the chief officer of Heluo in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, with Yan Hancheng in front of him, and the rugged and difficult Beikiao Road itself, the Western Wei Dynasty would not choose this route even if it made a sudden advance.
lines, so limited personnel resources can be invested in more needed positions.
Although the materials seized were not as rich and impressive as those in Yan Hancheng, one of the harvests was very astonishing, that is, there were more than thirty Gao Aocao lying in the Guancheng warehouse.
Li Tai was also very surprised when he looked at the silk fabrics that filled more than a dozen warehouses. Although this stuff is also a type of war preparation supplies, it is just enough. The purpose of hoarding so much in the military city is to provide it to every soldier.
Are they making dozens of new sets of clothes, or are they simply mocking the poverty of the Western Wei Dynasty?
After interrogation and surrender, he realized that the reason why there were so many silks stored in Guancheng was actually the soldiers' ration money.
Although the main source of the Northern Wei army came from soldiers and civilians, the battlefield environment also changed after the capital was moved to Luoyang. They mainly fought with Qi and Liang in the Southern Dynasties between the Huaihe River and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Xianbei city residents mostly used cavalry as soldiers.
As the leader, he began to recruit soldiers from prefectures and counties.
The so-called "fan soldiers" are soldiers who serve in ordinary households, and their service period is one month per year. But in fact, most of the one month from recruitment to garrison is wasted, leaving very little time for the garrison period.
Therefore, twelve households were taken as a unit, and each household would provide one piece of silk in lieu of military service, and one piece of silk would be drawn from it to serve in the twelve households. The service period was one year, and one piece of silk would be rotated every year, and these twelve pieces of silk would be used every year.
This is what the soldiers spent on food and clothing when they were in service.
Initially, the twelve bolts of silk were carried by each of the soldiers in turn, but they were often lost or damaged, so it was stipulated that the towns where the soldiers were located should be centrally collected, stored and managed.
The Eastern Wei Dynasty also inherited the Northern Wei Dynasty's army system, but expanded the original twelve cadres to fifteen cadres. Accordingly, each soldier carried fifteen pieces of silk to join the army.
Li Tai had never heard of such a system in Kansai. The reason why Kansai did not implement this system was probably because the households were too poor, and the government needed the labor provided by the household members every year.
Hanguan City used to be one of the important defenses between Heluo and Heluo. Although some soldiers were transferred elsewhere, their silk resources remained in the city. These more than 300,000 pieces of silk were equivalent to 20,000 pieces of silk.
This year's rations for many soldiers recruited from Hebei, Henan and other states.
In addition to the more than 300,000 pieces of silk, there are still nearly two thousand soldiers from various states in the city. They failed to escape from the city in the first time, and now they can no longer escape if they want to.
Because the origins of his hometown were too mixed, Li Tai simply mixed them into three battalions and handed them over to his subordinates Zhao Jingzhi and others. He also used surrendered people who had left the city to surrender and were responsible for the repair of the city and some miscellaneous tasks.
Shortly after Li Tai entered Guancheng, Han Xiong, who had taken the lead, also sent troops to report the news: After bypassing Guancheng, Han Xiong and his party successfully entered the Luoxi Plain and pretended to be Eastern Wei troops, and successfully captured the city east of Guancheng.
Facing the Golden Granary City dozens of miles away.
Jingganggang City is located between Qianjin Weir and Jingu River downstream of Gushui. Qianjin Weir was a river weir built during the Wei and Jin Dynasties to divert the valley water flowing into Luoshui into the moat of Luoyang City at that time. It was later restored during the Northern Wei Dynasty.
, so named because its daily water harvest can be worth a thousand gold. It is also known as Qianjin Pavilion.
Jingu River is a tributary on the north bank of Gushui. The angle formed by its injection into Gushui is where Jingu Garden was built by Shi Chong of the Western Jin Dynasty. The ancient battlefield where Liu Yao of the former Zhao Dynasty and Shi Le of the later Zhao Dynasty fought in this area is also here.
Nowadays, the garden has long since disappeared, and even the nearby city of Luoyang is dilapidated. In the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the city was built near the weir.
Transport supplies to the base.
Han Xiong and his party occupied Jinganggang City, which was equivalent to cutting off the logistics network of the entire Luoxi area. Moreover, Jingganggang City was connected to Hanguan City by a river and happened to be located on the back road of Guancheng. The loss of this city was naturally a way to save supplies.
The already insufficient Guancheng garrison was under tremendous pressure, which was one of the important reasons why the garrison finally abandoned the city.
In addition to the important geographical location of Jingganggang City, Han Xiong has also captured a wealth of materials, such as swords, weapons, grain and baggage, which are even richer than those obtained by Yan Hancheng. After all, the city itself is a transit center for the collection and transportation of materials, responsible for transporting supplies to the city.
Various parties have shipped supplies, and the daily savings are quite considerable.
After browsing the list of supplies submitted by Han Xiong, Li Tai couldn't help but feel happy.
The Bafu of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Bafu of the Western Wei Dynasty both belonged to the military-first politics. Social wealth and resources must first meet military needs. However, the wealth and resources that the two can mobilize are different. Although they only captured a few Eastern Wei strongholds,
But the fun of opening blind boxes has made Li Tai quite addicted.
Before the commander of the Chinese army at the back gave instructions, Li Tai did not choose to continue to increase troops to Jincang City. He only sent a group of chariots and horses to transport the loot from Cangcheng back to Guancheng, and told Han Xiong to do something at any time if he saw that the situation was not good.
Be prepared to evacuate.
Although Han Xiong did not express any outright objection in his reply, he also expressed his intention to defend Cangcheng in order to move forward. As a native of Henan and now an official resident of Yin, Henan, he certainly hoped to establish a career based on his hometown.
Li Tai understands Han Xiong's mood, but his influence on the overall situation is also very limited. At least it is not enough to influence the Bafu to give up Henan and Wang Sizheng and concentrate on working in the Heluo area. Even Yu Wentai had wanted to regain Heluo before.
Went to look at Heyang, but the current situation did not allow it.
When the military order from the Chinese army coach Li Bi came, Li Tai was not surprised, and copied the general order to Han Xiong, hoping that he could stay rational and know how to advance and retreat at the critical moment.
However, Han Xiong had not yet received a new decision. However, a group of Eastern Wei cavalry came quickly from the upper reaches of Luoshui River. Not only did they surround Jinggang City, but a small group of people continued westward along the Gushui River and entered Guancheng City.
The disciples yelled and cursed and invited fights.