Chapter 716 Zhengqi
It rains every family during the Qingming Festival.
But after Qingming Festival, the rain still kept falling. Fortunately, it was the tenth day of April and finally a sunny day came with the sun shining brightly.
On the ramp, Shen Ling walked with several followers, step by step.
After a long while, he finally climbed onto the Tongque Terrace out of breath, and met face to face with Dongcaofengzhuang, an old member of the former Sima Yue shogunate.
Quzhuang was about to go down the mountain. When he saw Shen Ling, he stopped and said with a smile: "Jing Gao is not over fifty, but he can still manage several women. Why is it so hard to walk on a mountain road?" "
Shen Ling reluctantly bowed his hand to him and said: "Ming Gong does not want to live in Ye Palace. He only loves the Tongque Tower, but he has suffered a lot from us."
Qu Zhuang laughed. He said: "I'm okay, I only made one trip back and forth in a few days."
"I've made three trips back and forth today." Shen Ling sighed: "I'm getting older, after all, it's not as good as it was more than ten years ago."< br>
“But it’s about the westward march?” Qu Zhuang asked.
"Not bad." Shen Ling works as a lieutenant and is responsible for Liang Gong's travel arrangements, liaisons, and supplies. He was relatively idle before, but he has been very busy in the past two days.
"Hukou Pass is about to be captured?" Quzhuang asked in surprise.
"No." Shen Ling shook his head: "If this pass can be captured, Liu Yao's rear will be destroyed. He must try his best to keep the Hukou Pass intact. It's just that it's useless. Jingxing is already Next, Li Chongbing points to Jinyang, and Liu Yao is already facing enemies from both sides. "
Just like after the detour at Jingxingguan, he faced the dilemma of being attacked from both front and rear. Once the main force of Li Chong's army gradually moves into the Taiyuan Basin, But he went south from Jinyang and attacked from the north and south with the army from Gaodu and Xun's line, beating Liu Yao to Shangdang.
A little breakthrough, everything shakes, this is what we are talking about.
The defense was already very difficult, with troops and supplies stretched to the extreme. Now that it was breached, Liu Yao should consider how to retreat as completely as possible.
Because defeat is inevitable.
In the narrow Changzhi Basin, the population and supplies are just like that. Once completely surrounded, it will not be able to hold on for a long time.
There is not much difference between defending for one or two months and defending for three to five months in the current Bingzhou battle situation, because there is probably no reinforcements, causing Liu Yao's troops to fight for the time with fearless sacrifice and self-defense. Completely wasted.
"Listen to your words, Liu Yao is already surrounded by enemies on three sides." Hearing this, Qu Zhuang smiled and said, "Ming Gong went to She County to supervise the war, and he might gain something."
Shen Ling smiled and nodded.
Liang Gong has been on the battlefield for more than ten years, and his sense of smell is very sensitive. He can tell where changes will occur by looking at the map and roughly touching it. Because the strength, food, morale, deployment and even the internal situation of both the enemy and ours are not shown on the map, Liang Gong has already calculated it many times in his mind.
He can judge how far the enemy army can hold out. Starting tomorrow to supervise the battle outside Hukou Pass is actually to judge that after Jingxing's breakthrough, news continues to spread and ferment, and the situation changes day by day. Liu Yao's department may not be able to hold on for too long.
After saying goodbye to Quzhuang, Shen Ling took his subordinates and his entourage and continued forward to a courtyard on the west side of Tongque Terrace.
The soldiers and petty officials came in and out, very busy.
Shen Ling took a casual glance and found that everyone looked happy.
Shen Ling also smiled unconsciously.
Several armies have joined forces to attack, and one of them has successfully broken into the boundary of Bingzhou, completely defeating the enemy's painstaking defense line. The situation is great, and everyone is happy - Liang Gong continues to advance with great success, and their momentum is growing day by day. Only those who take refuge have hope.
Shen Ling quickly received the notice and entered with an official letter.
"See Ming Gong." After seeing Shao Xun, Shen Ling bowed and saluted.
The sound of killings on the Taihang Mountains was loud and the blood flowed everywhere, but the small courtyard in Tongquetai was full of birds singing and the fragrance of flowers.
Liang Gong of the Jin Dynasty, who had issued a series of killing orders, sat on the Hu bed calmly, receiving guests all day long, talking and laughing.
No trace of war can be seen here.
After Shen Ling finished his salute, he took a glance and found that two Jizhou scholars came out hand in hand, with relaxed expressions on their faces. Seeing this, he felt a little relieved.
Perhaps the things Liang Gong did behind the scenes were more important.
Li Chong is gaining momentum and is said to have settled in Shou Yang. Such a sudden advance requires countless people in Hebei to transfer funds, because the support from the local wealthy families in Leping is far from enough.
In the past six to seven years, Hebei has been in a state of war for three years. There was also a serious locust plague, a moderate drought, and another turmoil caused by a locust plague and the honorary officer incident. In such a cruel world, even the Wubao commanders could no longer hold on and became homeless commanders on the spot.
As far as Shen Ling is concerned, Jizhou is really suffering. This year's battle, if it drags on for a long time, will really squeeze them to the point where they are exhausted.
A while ago, he went to Guangping County to supervise the management of grain, grass and military supplies, and heard too many complaints from powerful scholars. Their words are half true and half false, but it is very difficult to be true - even wealthy families have begun to be frugal, and you can imagine what the living conditions of ordinary people are like.
Liang Gong sat in Yecheng and met with local officials and wealthy families one by one to appease people's hearts. The ultimate goal was to squeeze money and food from their hands to support the war.
"Jing Gao, are you ready?" Shao Xun asked, reaching out for him to sit down.
Shen Ling handed over a list of supplies and said, "Everything is ready."
Shao Xun took it, scanned it roughly, and said, "I always feel at ease when Jinggao does things. . Now that everything is ready, we will send out troops tomorrow." After saying that, he stood up and looked at the map hanging on the wall, his eyes wandering as if they were real.
There are six groups of troops counting from north to south.
The first route: Governor Li Zhong, with 20,000 auxiliary troops, attacked Jingxing Pass. The main opponent was Shi Le, and they made great progress. The main force was scattered along the Shangai and Mengyang lines. The second route: Governor Yang Dan, with more than 20,000 auxiliary troops, set out from Shexian County to attack Hukou Pass. The main opponent is Liu Yao, and there is no progress yet.
The third route: Governor Hou Feihu, with nearly 20,000 auxiliary troops, went north from the Jincheng Basin to attack Danzhu Ridge. There has been no progress yet, but Hou Feihu made many roundabout attacks and drove the Xiongnu away. The defenders mobilized enough, and then took the opportunity to launch a strong frontal attack, uprooting many cities and villages at the foot of the mountain and halfway up the mountain. By this time, they had reached Danzhu Ridge.
This road was also the place where the most Xiongnu defenders were restrained, so much so that 10,000 men were sent south from Jinyang for reinforcements.
The fourth route: Governor Yang Quan and 15,000 auxiliary troops attacked Zhi Pass. There was little progress on the frontal battlefield, but Liu Quan, the general of Heqing Town, was ordered to take a small road to the core hinterland of Wangwu Mountain. Although he was King Liu Xian of Quyang fought back, but the Xiongnu were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.
The fifth route: with the Forbidden Army as the main force and more than 30,000 auxiliary troops, they attacked Xiashi Fort and pulled it out after paying the price of 6,000 to 7,000 casualties.
This is a very encouraging battle for the Forbidden Army.
In the war with Wang Mi, it was the first time that a strong city was captured with such "slight" casualties. However, it was actually inseparable from the operation of Pei Kuo, the Lieutenant Commander of the Northern Army. In the middle of the battle, Pei's tribe and Zhuangke in Xiashi Fort rebelled and defected before the battle, so they were defeated.
Guardian Wang Yan led hundreds of defeated soldiers to retreat to Lingchi County - Lingchi County of Han Dynasty, not Lingchi County of Jin Dynasty.
The Forbidden Army is currently resting and recuperating, waiting for the replenishment of soldiers, food, grass and equipment.
After resting, they will continue to move westward and besiege Jianchi County.
The sixth route: Governor Le Kai and 20,000 to 30,000 auxiliary troops entered from Wuguan and attacked Lantian Pass held by the Huns. Because the distance is so long and the roads are in disrepair, we have not yet reached our destination.
Judging from the progress on all fronts, the two sides are generally playing at a high level.
The Huns are not weak-minded, and the entire defense circle is relatively successful. Unfortunately, there are too many places that need to be defended, and the soldiers and supplies are quite insufficient, which creates a typical dilemma: fortifications everywhere, The military strength was greatly diluted.
In fact, the Huns also had another way of fighting, which was to give up stationing troops and horses at various dangerous passes and important cities, and directly abandon these places, concentrate the main force in the Jinyang area, and launch a field battle with Shao's army. A battle of life and death.
This style of play can also prevent small-probability events: such as flying sand and rocks, meteorites falling from the sky, etc.
But this also requires the cooperation of the opponent.
The Jin army divided into separate groups and attacked separately. It was destined that a heart-stirring battle involving hundreds of thousands of people would no longer exist.
At that time, the Jin army had already contacted the powerful families in various places, ordering them to turn around, cut off the Huns' food routes and retreat, and wait for them to collapse.
"Golden Blade, Badger Lang, come here." Shao Xun waved and said.
The two grown-ups came over and looked at the map.
"Serving my father in the army, I am familiar with the changes of Zhengqi. Tell me, what are the regular soldiers and what are the strange soldiers of this six-pronged army?" Shao Xun asked.
"Father, the six groups are all regular soldiers, and they are all extraordinary soldiers." Jin Dao said confidently.
"Father, the six armies are each other's surprise soldiers. Whichever route makes a breakthrough is the surprise soldier." Badger Lang said.
After hearing this, Shao Xun smiled happily. After telling them about Zhengqi's changes for a long time, he finally gained some insight.
"Tell me in detail." He looked at his two sons again and said.
"Father, Lu Ya led 2,500 people to sneak across Wei Ze, go around and capture Shang Ai, this is a surprise attack." Badger Lang took the lead and said: "Liu Ling attacked Jingxing Pass from the front, this is a good move. Soldier. The combination of the two is a positive change."
Shao Xun nodded and said: "There is another positive change, where is it?"
Jin? Dao glanced at his younger brother, stepped forward with a smile, pointed to the area south of Jinyang on the map, and said: "Captain Li went down to Jingxing and entered Shouyang. He has the tendency to capture Jinyang and go south to intercept Liu Yao's retreat. Now It is a surprise force. Hou Du and Yang Du attack Danzhu Ridge and Hukou Pass day and night to contain the Xiongnu army. This is a real force. The combination of good and strange forces will surely defeat them."
"If Li Du fails to defeat it. At Jingxing, if Hou Du and Yang Du attack Danzhuling or Hukou Pass, they will become surprise soldiers, and Li Du will become regular soldiers. Therefore, they will be divided into six groups, and they will actually become each other's surprise soldiers.
Shao Xun stroked his beard and smiled, looked at Shen Ling who had not yet left, and asked: "How is it?"
Shen Ling didn't talk nonsense, he bowed directly and said: "Congratulations Ming Ming "Mr."
Shao Xun laughed and said, "My son still needs to learn, don't be proud and complacent."
Victory by chance.
This principle of military art was still tried and tested until the Korean War in later generations. It attracts and withstands the front, weaves through the flanks, and surrounds the rear in great depth. This is a Zhengqi change.
The two sons have followed him for a long time, and now they have some understanding of the basic principles, which means they can talk on paper.
Next, we need to further strengthen and consolidate our ability to talk on paper and understand the basic principles of various tactics.
In a few years, when they grow older, they can start to develop practical abilities.
"Jin Dao, Badger Lang." Shao Xun looked at the two of them again and said, "You two will replace Liu Yao, Liu Yasheng, and Shi Le, write down a countermeasure, and give it to me before setting off tomorrow. "
"Yes." The two children saluted.
Shen Ling nodded secretly.
Liang Gong really spared no effort in raising his son Xi. During the war, he also took him with him to teach by words and deeds, which was of great help.
It’s a pity that the concubine’s son is not here, otherwise we could have learned a lot.
(End of this chapter)