The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 771 Bloodshed and Sacrifice

Chaoge is located in the east of Hanoi County, connected to Wei County, just west of Liyang Ferry, which is now occupied by the Han army, about a hundred miles away.

Going north, you can go directly to Tangyin. Tangyin is in the east of Heishan and the largest city in the northeast of Hanoi County. Because of its geographical location, it is extremely important for Jizhou. Yuan Shao has always been heavily guarded here.

Starting from Tangyin, the north can reach the location of Yecheng, the capital of Wei State, and the south can control Hanoi County, Liyang and other ferries.

Just to the southeast of Tangyin City, there is a small city named "Bei".

This city lay across the road from Liyang to the Northland. If the enemy troops crossed Liyang and wanted to attack the north, they would definitely not be able to bypass this city.

Beicheng is like a sharp thorn rooted in the throat. If Yuan Shao is not too confident in the defense of Liyang and other ferries, and has more than [-] people in Beicheng, then he will not be so unstoppable now. Clean up the situation.

It's just that there has never been an if in this world, and there is no regret medicine that can be taken. If something has happened, it cannot be changed.

Yuan Shao thought that the frontline defense of Liyang Ferry was impenetrable, and he was still immersed in his pride after the victory in the Battle of Dongjun, but he didn't expect that the Han army had advanced so fast, and had hidden a big killer like throwing cars.

The first river crossing battle of the Han army was to attack Yanjin Ferry, southwest of Liyang Ferry.

During the battle of crossing the river in Yanjin, the navy of the Han army directly forcibly occupied a beachhead on the north bank, and then easily defeated Liyang's outer defense line with throwing carts. After an hour of attack, Li Yang's defenders were completely defeated.

The navy of the Han army added a large number of ships for transportation, and without building a pontoon bridge, they forcibly used transport ships to cross the river.

Liu Bei led the Youzhou cavalry, nearly half of which were transported across the river by boats. After crossing the river again, the Wuhuan cavalry who came to support Liyang Ferry were easily defeated by him.

Beicheng's city defenses were originally sound, although there were big killers like throwing cars, but as long as Beicheng had three or four thousand defenders, it could withstand the first wave of offensive.

After the first wave of offensive was launched, Tang Yin would be able to know that there was an enemy situation when the beacon was lit, and then Yecheng could continuously send reinforcements to Beicheng through Tangyin.

This time the Han army's attack completely hit the weak point of the Wei army's defense.

Xu An has fought so many battles, he knows exactly what the problem is.

Qi Mei was completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the embroidered clothes envoy, and Wei Jun's deployment was completely transparent.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

There is this sentence in Sun Tzu's Art of War, but it is Xu An who really carried it forward at this time.

Xu An established the Eagle Wolf Guard and told the world with practice what intelligence warfare is and what it means to truly know yourself and the enemy.

When Liangzhou was first attacked, Liangzhou had already been infiltrated by the Eagle Guards, and Liangzhou's local aristocratic families served as internal support. The war has been carried out under the guidance of Xu An, and more than a hundred thousand Liangzhou As a result, the state army defeated Gaopingchuan, and it was the same when they attacked Zhongzhou and Yizhou later.

Judging from the offensive route of the Han army sent by the Eagle Guards.

The Han army has always been weak to strong, attacking from the weakest point.

Yuan Shao gathered a heavy army to defend Liyang Ferry, but it didn't play any role. Liyang Ferry became a lone army after other ferries were captured.

It was Yuan Shao's general Gao Lan who was guarding the Liyang Ferry, which was a blessing among misfortunes.

After receiving the news that the ferry not far from the east and west was breached in an instant, Gao Lan made a decisive decision to use the cavalry behind the rear to cover, led the army to evacuate Liyang Ferry directly, retreated to Fanyang, stabilized the situation, and made the Liyang line The Wei army will not collapse across the board.

Many of the Wei army after the defeat would not be separated. Before the army was defeated, many remnants of the defeated Wei army also evacuated to Fanyang, and Gao Lan therefore gathered thousands of remnants.

The distance from Chang'an in Zhongzhou to Chaoge in Hanoi County is about [-] li.

It is [-] miles from Jiguan in Zhiguanxing to Chaoge, and these [-] miles pass through the area controlled by the Wei army in Hanoi County.

The west of Zhiguanxing is the territory controlled by Taiping Road, and the east of Zhiguanxing is the control area of ​​Wei Jun.

Once they entered Hanoi County, the whereabouts of the Ming army would be completely exposed. Even if the Taihang Ming army led by Yu Du could quickly defeat the defenders of Hanoi County and capture most of Hanoi County, there was no way to cover up their whereabouts.

It is difficult to completely cover up the whereabouts of a large army, especially if it is marching in the enemy's territory.

Xu An looked at the map on the desktop, and drew on it with a pen the latest offensive and defensive locations of the Han and Wei armies, as well as the deployment of military forces.

Chaoge is not in the hands of the Wei army now, but has been captured by the Han army.

The Han army was taking precautions, and they knew very well that Xu An was waiting for the two tigers to fight each other to reap the benefits. , then what cannot be avoided is Chaoge.

Huangze and Chaoge City to the west of Inner Yellow City, one city and one city are the barriers set up by the Han army in the west, and they are also an early warning.

"Zi Yuan."

Xu An raised his head and looked aside.

"What are your orders?" Mr. Ming asked.

Xu You heard Xu An's voice and bowed to answer.

"Send an order to Huanglong, let him mobilize all the horses that can be mobilized in Bingzhou, and the second-class horses are also temporarily assigned to the sequence of war horses. All the collections must be gathered in Donghuan City in Hedong County. It must be before May [-]th. Arrive, but also ensure the physical strength of the horses, and then mobilize all the remaining capacity of Bingzhou to transport the horse materials to Gaodu City in Shangdang County."

The original governor of Bingzhou, Xu An, was appointed to Guo Tai, but Guo Tai was ordered to lead the Wuxiang camp to open up the Western Regions and rebuild trade routes.

The position of governor of Bingzhou was appointed by Xu An to Huang Long, and Huang Long was promoted to governor of Bingzhou as a general of the army. Although the grade span was a bit large, everyone did not have much objection to this.

Huanglong didn't have many military achievements, but Huanglong was born in the old Taiping Road, and he was already one of the thirty-six canal commanders during Zhang Jiao's time. In terms of qualifications, Huanglong's qualifications are almost equal to Liu Pi and Gong.

The Huanglong army is not good enough, but it is particularly good at management. Before that, in the Taihang military region, Huanglong was the deputy, and the poison was the leader.

Yu Du is in charge of the army, while Huanglong is in charge of the logistics and government affairs of the Taihang Military Region. Huanglong is good at government affairs, and the Taihang Military Region is also managed by him in an orderly manner.

The reason why Yu Du was able to retreat under Yuan Shaojun's offensive was not only because of Guo Tai's timely assistance, but also because of Huanglong's contribution.

Bingzhou was the first big state occupied by Taiping Road, and most of the people in Bingzhou were believers in Taiping Road. The control of Bingzhou by the Ming court was actually similar to that of Zhongzhou. Certainly not as a rule, and the state still needs its own governor.

"promise."

Xu You was a little confused about Xu An's two orders, but he still complied.

In order to preserve his physical strength to the maximum extent, Xu An had previously recruited all the four-wheeled carriages in Chang'an City, and most of the carriages in the Zhongzhou area were also recruited within a few days to transport armor and weapons as a logistics force.

Then Xu An issued an order to ask Huanglong to collect all the horse-drawn carriages that could be collected and go to Dayang City in Hedong County to wait for orders. These horse-drawn carriages will be used as troop carriers.

Combat with cold weapons and combat with hot weapons are completely different things, and combat with cold weapons requires a lot of physical strength.

In the era of hot weapons, soldiers only need to have the strength to load bullets, shoot, and act.

But in the era of cold weapons, it is necessary to fight in armor that weighs more than ten kilograms or even tens of kilograms, wield iron weapons, hold heavy shields, and form a battle formation to fight.

Even shooting a bow and arrow is a physical activity. The bows and arrows of later generations have all kinds of modern instruments, which can save effort, but in ancient times, there were no such modern instruments and various devices.

On the battlefield, unless it is absolutely necessary for the archers to shoot quickly, ordinary generals will not give this order at all.

An ordinary step archer holds a standard bow and arrow, and shoots ten arrows with the step bow as hard as he can, his left and right arms will inevitably be sore and his strength will weaken.

Opening the bow and archery on the battlefield does not mean that you just need to shoot the arrow out, and you need the arrow to have considerable lethality. After all, the enemy will basically have some protection.

If the power of the arrow is too small, even if the enemy army does not have much protection, it is difficult to cause much damage.

Opening a bow and archery is not something that does not require physical strength, and ancient archers are far less weak than games and film and television dramas.

The cost of training a qualified archer is several times that of ordinary advanced infantry.

Fighting with cold weapons, advancing and moving, charging into the formation, chasing the enemy, and maintaining the formation also require sufficient physical strength.

"Minggong."

Xu You hesitated for a moment, thinking it was still necessary to remind Xu An.

"This time the Eastern Expedition cost a lot. The previous drought in Zhongzhou also consumed a lot of money and food. Although Bingzhou had a bumper harvest, it also cost a lot to support Zhongzhou, help with post-disaster reconstruction, and build various projects with work relief. Tomorrow It takes a lot of money to collect a large number of horses and carriages like this, not to mention the collection fee, but people need a lot of horse chews every day."

"The expedition to Youzhou also requires a lot of money and food. The three counties Wuhuan and Gongsundu do not need to provide money and food, but the money and food spent by Shanggu Wuhuan and the two counties' military districts also need Bingzhou support."

"The army in Mobei also needs Bingzhou to support it. Although Bingzhou is the homeland of the Taiping Road, it has reclaimed fertile land and built a lot of water conservancy. It has thousands of miles of fertile fields, but such consumption is beyond its capabilities."

"According to the original cost, Bingzhou's reserves can only last for one month at most for our army, three months for Mobei, and two months for Youzhou Army."

"After this time, our army will face a situation where there is no food to adjust. We can only collect food from the people, which is not enough to last until the autumn harvest."

Originally, in the original plan, the troops against the Han and Wei courts would not be used until next year's autumn harvest, but now they have to move forward a year.

The change in the situation was too sudden, and Xu An didn't have much time at all.

Therefore, the grain reserves are not enough at all, and there is still a long period of time before the autumn harvest, and the problem of grain and grass is a huge problem.

"If there is no grain to adjust, then collect grain from the people and collect grain at the market price. Now the system of garrisoning land is implemented in various places. Grain is collected according to the unit of the garrison. Our land tax is not high. There is a lot of surplus grain among the people, and they are unwilling to accept it. Those who collect food, understand it with emotion, move it with reason, and let Fu Zhu from all over the place persuade them."

Xu An paused and replied.

"Duke Ming, I'm afraid this is against my consistent behavior of Taipingdao. Duke Ming may lose the support of the people of Bingzhou..."

Xu You frowned slightly, and finally made a relative opinion.

Xu An put the pen in his hand on the inkstone beside him, turned his head to look at Xu You, and said firmly.

"Now everything has to make way for the Eastern Expedition."

"Once the war begins, no one can escape the effects of war."

"What we are fighting with the Han and Wei courts is the ownership of the whole world."

"If you win, you will soar to the nine heavens, and from then on, the world will be as big as it is!"

"If you lose, you will fall into the abyss, and you will never recover."

Xu An's eyes were deep and serious.

"War is not a child's play. The war we are fighting now is a great war to liberate the world."

"This responsibility is not only the responsibility of the soldiers. This responsibility should be the responsibility of all those who are unwilling to be slaves, all those who are not willing to be dogs, and all those who are not willing to be oppressed."

"I believe in our people, they can understand the problems we have, they can understand why we are fighting..."

Xu An turned his head and looked to the north, which was the direction of the Yellow River and Bingzhou.

The people of Bingzhou were most influenced by Taipingdao thought, and many of them came all the way from the four states.

They are just unwilling to become slaves in the four states, they understand that begging for mercy will not bring back any sympathy from the powerful family, and they are a group of people who want to survive no matter what.

The mountains are continuous and seem to be tens of thousands.

The river flows eastward, and it has not changed through the ages.

Xu An looked around at the crowd and said solemnly.

"If you want to gain dignity, if you want to win the war, stand up and be your own master, and fight for freedom."

"All of these things need to be fought for by oneself. If you want to really stand up, then you can only achieve it with iron and blood!"

"Seize the world, liberate the world, there will inevitably be bloodshed and sacrifice."

"Not everyone can wait for the arrival of the peaceful and prosperous age..."

Xu An paused. He looked at the marching army on the road, at the yellow flag fluttering in the wind, and at the east.

He thought of a person, the person who solemnly handed over the "Taiping Jing" to him.

Both inside and outside, eight states concurrently, as real as illusion, confusing and confusing, bustling, but a dream of Huaxu...

"Not everyone can see the scene of Huang Tian's world with their own eyes..."

The world of Huang Tian, ​​the kind of prosperous world that only existed in ideals, Xu An knew very well that it was absolutely impossible for him to see such a scene in his lifetime, but so what?

Even if the hope is extremely slim, even if it is a fantasy, but can this be a reason to give up fighting for it?
Looking at the group of resolute soldiers on the official road, Xu An felt boundless confidence in his heart.

Hair like leeks, cut back to life.

The head is like a chicken, and it sings again after cutting.

Officials don't have to be feared, and ordinary people should never be taken lightly.

(End of this chapter)