Chapter 382 Success and failure depend on this move
Shi Le received the news earlier than Jin Zhun and ran faster than him.
At noon on the eighth day of October, his infantry and part of the cavalry ran away and retreated from Chengyang toward Linqiu.
Another part of the cavalry army headed for Jiyin, intending to support Zhang Yue's withdrawal.
But halfway through, he encountered a broken horse running back from the Heze area, so he immediately changed direction and ran back to Chengyang.
"Shao Xun is here and defeated Zhang Du in Jiyin. The more than five thousand soldiers were probably wiped out." When they heard the news from Taobao, everyone was speechless for a while.
"Why did he come so fast?" Someone couldn't help but ask.
"Where did it come from? Where are you planning to go?"
"It should be the move of rushing to attack Gou Xi, gathering a large number of horses and mules and rushing hard. I am in the open, the enemy is in the dark, all at once "I have suffered a loss."
Old God Shi Le was sitting on the ground, not speaking, just listening to everyone's words.
Everyone talked for a while, but when Shi Le didn't answer any questions, they felt it was boring and stopped.
“Are you done?” Shi Le glanced at everyone and asked.
Everyone held their breath and concentrated.
"You've finished speaking, it's my turn to speak next." Shi Le stood up, smiled first, and said, "What a big deal."
Everyone was stunned.
"Most of the losses are infantry. These soldiers are as many as there are, and they are worthless." Shi Le said directly: "Compared with the few people lost, we have gained so many copper coins, silk, and utensils. , it’s still profitable.”
“With Shao Xun back, the cities in Yanzhou and Yuzhou will be difficult to fight.” Shi Le continued: “I expect Governor Jin will definitely send orders to all the ministries. Withdraw.”
Everyone savored these words in silence.
Zhang Yue suffered a loss because the enemy was in the dark and we were in the clear, so he was unprepared.
Similarly, if other ministries continue to move forward, they may also suffer.
In addition, the three pontoon bridges in Dongwuyang were damaged, and food could not be transported across the river for a while, which would inevitably affect the morale of the army.
The above is the analysis of our own side.
From the perspective of the Jin State, Shao Xun is back, the two states of Henan and Yan have a backbone, and the morale of the military and civilians has been restored.
In siege, the ideal situation is to surrender without a fight and the enemy to surrender.
The second is to capture the enemy city lightly with slight losses.
The most uncomfortable thing is to conquer the enemy city at the cost of losing a lot of troops.
Once Shao Xun comes back, many cities will not be surrendered so easily. This is something that has to be considered.
Da Hu pointed this out very clearly. If everyone thought there was nothing wrong with them, then continuing to fight would be completely useless and a waste of food and grass.
"No more fighting, let's go." Shi Le said: "First retreat to Dongping, and then go to Qingzhou."
After saying that, Shi Le seemed to have remembered something, and looked at Zhang Bin again , asked: "Meng Sun, what do you think of this?"
Zhang Bin bowed his hands and said: "General, when it comes to cutting off, he is very familiar with the art of using troops. I have some supplementary strategies here. General, you may want to take a look at them."
"Tell me." Shi Le waved his hand. , smiled.
"The general may send his generals out with light cavalry. There is no need for more, two or three thousand are enough. Bring more horses and more water, look for the direction where Shao Xun is, ride and shoot, Attacking everywhere can cover our army's retreat," Zhang Bin said.
"Shao Xun already knows the location of our army, is it useful to harass?" Shi Le asked.
"It can always be delayed." Zhang Bin said: "If the thieves are charging in formation, there is no need to fight with them, they can just scatter. We don't want to block the enemy, just slow them down. "
"Okay!" Upon hearing this, Shi Le agreed without hesitation, and immediately ordered the three generals to lead a thousand cavalry each and go out to harass.
Seeing that Shi Le had adopted the opinion, Zhang Bin stopped talking.
Shi Le took a few steps slowly and said with emotion: "For the next half month, the battle started but ended, but I don't know how to fight next. Fortunately, Shao Xun didn't have many cavalry, otherwise it would be really bad. It’s all about him.”
What is the big man’s biggest advantage? There are many horses and cavalry.
As for the infantry, although they have been making progress, they are really not good.
Except for a small number of infantry from the Pingyang Forbidden Army, the rest were no match for the infantry that Shao Thief was famous for.
Just like Shi Le, he now claims to have 80,000 infantry, but in fact they are all farmers with experience in battle.
To really deal with him, we still have to rely on cavalry. This time going south was actually a successful attempt to avoid reality and avoid reality. Unfortunately, I didn't do it well, and the food channel was cut off, which hurt morale a bit.
How to fight next depends entirely on the King of Hanoi and the Central Guards.
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The enemy's strategic deployment is actually pretty much known.
Shao Xun took out a map, crossed it with his fingers, and said: "The enemy's guard Jin Zhun is in charge of the overall situation and is stationed in Gaoping. He has 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry at hand. They should be relatively scattered. , Zhang Yue could not tell where they were scattered. "
"The main forces of Liu Ya and Hu Yanyan were plundering in Mount Tai. Each had thousands of cavalry, and some of them were scattered everywhere and returned to Jin Zhun. They have a small number of infantry, but they are not very elite. Most of them are new soldiers who were recruited by force. Huaiyin surrendered and was captured. The thieves were planning to invade the East China Sea and plunder them very hard. "
"Cao Yi originally went south to attack Xuzhou. He was conquered by Jin Zhun on the way. He came west to Gaoping. The number of his troops is unknown."
"This is how the rebel army was deployed." Shao Xun raised his head and looked at the crowd, Said: "You all come to take a closer look and see how to fight."
Man Yu, Qiao Hong, Yin Qi, Bei Gongchun, Wang Hu and others came over and had a good discussion.
"I heard that Chen Gong sent his elite troops to sail eastward to attack Wuyang Ferry. I wonder what's going on now?" Wang Hu asked.
“I don’t know either.” Shao Xun shook his head and told the truth.
"That will be difficult." Wang Hu said.
Shao Xun glanced at him.
Wang Hu has been immersed in officialdom for many years. In his early years, he suffered a lot because of his straight temper and low emotional intelligence. Now he has changed a bit, but he still speaks so directly.
"If you have a strategy, you can tell it yourself." Shao Xun said: "We will look into the details together."
Wang Hu hesitated for a moment and said: "It is better to go straight to Gao Ping. ?”
Shao Xun pondered for a moment and asked: "Reason?"
Speaking of professional issues, Wang Hu, who had a background in cavalry, perked up and his eyes became much brighter. He only heard him say: "According to Zhang Yue's advice It is said that the rebel army only has 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry, but it is spread out in the three states of Yan, Yu, and Xu. Jin Zhun definitely does not have many people at hand. They are completely deceiving Ming Gong because he does not have many cavalry and they are far away in Luoyang. It is difficult to do so in a hurry. To return reinforcements, I felt free to divide my troops and plunder them. But Ming Gong came back very quickly, and the rebel army may not be able to gather the troops so quickly and attack them together."
Shao Xun looked at the map again.
"Ming Gong, fighting with speed and slowness is the essence of the art of war." Wang Hu said: "In the battle of Heze, a small number of thieves fled. Shi Le and Jin Zhun probably already knew that Ming Gong was coming. Jin Zhun This will cause him to mobilize his troops and gather his troops. If he is given a few days, he will not have enough troops at hand."
"If Jin Zhun runs away. What?" Manyu couldn't help but ask.
"If he runs away, chase him." Wang Hu said matter-of-factly: "Even if you chase him to the end of the world, you will bite him to the death. There is a vendetta among the grassland tribes. One side is defeated and flees, and the other side pursues him for months or a year. All of them."
"What if Jin Zhun takes up residence in Gaoping and refuses to leave, and makes all the armies move closer to him?" Man Yu asked again.
Wang Hu looked at Man Yu with some unhappiness and said: "Some things can be done with a 50% certainty, why are you so hesitant? If Jin Zhun really dares to use his body as bait, he will have all the ministries to attack him. Come closer, we just have to run, the worst is that he will eat some of the troops."
"Wang Xiaoqi is right," Shao Xun patted Man Yu on the shoulder and said. If there are tens of thousands of bandit cavalry surrounding them, then give up and retreat to the west. Then I will be able to seize the rear, and nothing will happen.”
Shao Xun looked at the direction of Dongwuyang on the map and said: "Furthermore, I believe in Jin Zheng, Wang Que'er, and I believe in the Silver Spear Army. Maybe they have captured the ferry at this moment and destroyed the enemy's pontoon bridge, but I just don’t know.”
“This battle can indeed be fought.” Shao Xun made a decision in his mind, and after scanning the crowd, he said: “The enemy has many soldiers, but ours has few. The military strength is too dispersed, and our military strength is relatively concentrated. The current battlefield situation is that the two sides are intertwined and entangled with each other. If it continues like this, it will be a bad battle. I have decided to go straight to Gaoping and leave tonight." br>
"Promise." The generals responded one after another.
After the battle at dawn, everyone gathered at noon, and all supplies were completed in the evening.
We will attack at night, which will not give anyone a breath.
But as Wang Hu said, the enemy will also adjust and respond. The information obtained from Zhang Yue became increasingly inaccurate and out of date the further back it went.
Fighter planes have actually appeared. This is not a careless charity given to them by the enemy, but earned through their own efforts.
Didn't the Huns set up any obstacles when they left Luoyang?
The cavalry harassed them repeatedly, and marched alone to block the mountain road. Finally, they were tricked by Chen Gong, and the formation cut off Lu Zhuyan, and successfully crossed Dalong Mountain and entered Xingyang.
Attacked Jiyin for hundreds of miles, captured Zhang Yue alive, and defeated thousands of enemies, which greatly exceeded the Huns' expectations.
Now, there is one last fighter jet.
This opportunity is not as stable as before, but if it is missed, as Mr. Chen said, it may be a bad battle, and it will be a relatively passive bad battle. After all, the enemy has tens of thousands of cavalry. , even milling can kill thousands of their cavalry.
The rise and fall of Henan can be accomplished in one fell swoop!
(End of this chapter)