The big man is on the run

138 The Great Detour

"Yuan Shao personally led the army to attack Hedong County in a large scale?"

In the armor making workshop, Liu Yi heard what Wang Yue said clearly through the loud noise of hammers colliding with nail leaves.

After Liu Yi listened, a smile appeared on his face, and he thought to himself: "It's really sleepy to send a pillow, Yuan Shao really couldn't hold back the ambition in his heart, Ju Shou failed once, this time Yuan Shao actually took the initiative to lead an army to attack Hedong County .”

Now Hedong County is facing an unprecedented war, and Liu Yi is very aware of his family background. Now his strength is far inferior to Yuan Shao, but Liu Yi has to fight the second Battle of Hedong, because although his family background is not enough Thick, but from a realistic perspective, it doesn't require him to send out many troops.

Various forces in Hedong, such as the Baibo Army, the Black Mountain Army, the Southern Huns, and Wang Yi, would consume Yuan Shao's troops for him, and Ma Chao's cavalry army was also stationed in Hedong, and Yang Feng's troops had been stationed in Linzhou, west of the Yellow River. Jin can cross the Yellow River through Puban to support Hedong at any time.

Yuan Shao led the army to attack Hedong County this time, and he will inevitably face the consumption of the local forces in Hedong. When they are almost exhausted, the imperial court has assembled reinforcements. In Liu Yi's view, as long as they face Yuan Shao's first offensive If it can be stabilized, Yuan Shao's plan is doomed to fail. Therefore, as long as this battle is fought well, Yuan Shao's power can be weakened, and Yuan Shao's power can be weakened so that he can no longer threaten the court. Liu Yi's goal can be stepped forward again. One step away.

For Yuan Shao, the main enemy, Liu Yi's choice of response steps is very clear, strategic defense-strategic stalemate-strategic counter-offensive, until Yuan Shao is driven out of the entire Bingzhou. With the huge strategic advantage of being condescending and overlooking the Hebei Plain, when the time comes to unite Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao in a decisive battle on the vast Hebei Plain, they can completely gain the entire north.

On the journey of thousands of miles, the first step is the most difficult.

Imagination is beautiful, just like Yuan Shao's strategy is also beautiful, but the reality is that Liu Yi has to face Yuan Shao who is desperate. This huge difference in troop strength brings a very strong sense of oppression.

Now Liu Yi's troops, Zhang Ji stationed in Youfufeng, have to face the defenses from Yongliang and Hanzhong, and they must not move.Duan Yan stationed in Hongnong County had to face Liu Biao's Nanyang County and Cao Cao's Chenliu County. The defensive pressure was not high and he could mobilize part of his troops. Yang Fengbu stationed in Zuofengyi could be mobilized at any time as the reserve team in Hedong.As for Jing Zhaoyin's Dong Chengbu and the Forbidden Army directly under Liu Yi in Chang'an City, they were also mobilized.

But even so, Liu Yi's mobilized troops totaled only 5000.

As for Yuan Shao, there are a full 6 people!

"Let's go out first."

Liu Yi's heart was a little heavy, he put down the hammer in his hand, threw the nail leaf on the hammer into the stone platform, and walked out.

The production of hydraulic forging hammers is not particularly successful, and overall it is not very stable, but in some armor links that do not require high-precision production, it has been able to effectively reduce the workload of craftsmen and allow more skilled craftsmen to focus on the nails. polished.

Outside, some apprentice craftsmen are doing things. These apprentice craftsmen are doing some simple work, but even so, this kind of high-intensity tiring work requires some people with natural strength to do it. These apprentice craftsmen are here to help Working as a skilled craftsman is also an extremely hard work, but there are many people who are willing to do such a thing. After all, doing so can improve their forging skills, and they can also get a good income.

Liu Yi followed Wang Yue to an open place outside, and stood there.

"Has the distribution of Yuan Shao's troops and the situation of the generals accompanying him been investigated clearly?" Liu Yi asked.

Wang Yue nodded, and said: "The total force has been investigated clearly. Yuan Shao led 10 soldiers and horses, set off from Jizhou to Dang County and went straight to Hedong County. The forward soldiers under his command are about to rush to the city of Yang County in Hedong County."

Bragging about the figure of 50 is fine, but Liu Yi was not intimidated. In his calculation method, when measuring combat power, he only counted the number of soldiers, or even the number of armored soldiers.

As for the location of Yuan Shaojun, Liu Yi roughly recalled that Hedong County and Shangdang County are not geographically parallel. Shangdang County is in the northeast of Hedong County. The Baibo army was the first to face Yuan Shao's soldiers.

And Yang County is also the hometown of Xu Huang, Yang Feng and others.

"Continue to talk about the distribution of troops."

Wang Yue replied: "Yuan Shao's troops seem to have two routes. One is from the eldest son of Shangdang County. Yuan Shao personally leads the army to the Baibo Army's camp from Yang County to Linfen. The other route is from Chunyu Qiong. He led an army from Gaodu (now Jincheng) in Shangdang County, took the trail north of Wangwu Mountain, and tried to approach Anyi, the prefecture of Hedong County. Although the army led by Chun Yuqiong was small, less than [-] people, but listened to It is said to be Yuan Shao's newly formed troops, but their combat effectiveness is very strong, and they have all undergone strict training."

Hearing this, Liu Yi showed a smile on his face: "It seems that Yuan Shao really spent a lot of money this time, and even dispatched an elite army. It seems that he wants to use all the power he has accumulated in the past few years. In this battle, you said, did this save Zheng a lot of trouble?"

Wang Yue also laughed when he heard the words: "That's true, but now our cavalry advantage has not yet been revealed, and Yuan Shao's army still doesn't know our reality, so we don't have to worry too much about Yuan Shao now."

Liu Yi nodded: "That's right, Yuan Shao doesn't know about horseshoes, stirrups, and iron pagodas. If we go head-to-head on the plains in the east of the river, Yuan Shao's cavalry will not be our opponents."

"What about the deployment of the Ministry of War in Hedong? Which plan will be implemented?" Liu Yi continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Wenhe is outside, let him talk to you."

At the beginning of the year, Jia Xu, who had been wronged for a while as the servant of the Huangmen, has now officially become the servant of the Ministry of War. Well, there is no minister in the Ministry of War, and he is the only servant in charge of affairs.

Liu Yi respects the rules he set very much. Now it is different from the grass-roots team in the past. The servants of the Menxia Province can discuss the deployment of the war with him, but in the end, all war decisions must be submitted by the Ministry of War to the third official of the Zhongshu Province. He and the emperor decided that Menxia province would draft the edict, and Shangshu province would coordinate with relevant departments to implement the recruitment and allocation of soldiers, civilian husbands, grain and grass.

Jia Xu said: "The deployment of the Ministry of War was prepared according to Yuan Shao's expected maximum force. Yuan Shao's army entered Shangdang County from Jizhou. The current arrangement is for the Baibo army to use the geographical advantage to block Yuan Shao from the Fenshui River Valley. In addition, please Your Majesty issue an edict to order Zhang Yang's troops to go northward from Hanoi County, and cut off Yuan Shao's Chunyuqiong troops on the way."

"Zhang Yang, he's willing to let him pay supplies and taxes to the imperial court. If he sends troops to deal with Yuan Shao, I'm afraid this good old man is unwilling. After all, his territory is so close to Yecheng. After Chaoge, Yuan Shao can directly enter Hanoi."

"We have to force him to stand on one side." Jia Xu smiled and said, "After this battle, if Yuan Shao returns without success, Zhang Yang will stand on the court's side. Moreover, not only Zhang Yang is like this, but also other forces in Hedong. In this way, the mentality of these thieves from the Baibo Army and the Black Mountain Army, who doesn’t look forward to being recruited by the court? Give face to say that it is the Baibo Army and the Black Mountain Army, but if you don’t give face, aren’t they Baibo bandits and Black Mountain bandits? People like Zhang Yan, Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai , are not ambitious people, and they can't even separate a state, as long as the court shows enough force and confidence, they can't wait to be heroes of the dragon, just like the story of the green forest and the red eyebrow remnants."

After hearing this, Liu Yi felt less pressured by Yuan Shao's terrifying military strength, and a smile appeared on his face: "According to what Mr. Wenhe said, it seems that we really don't have to worry about Yuan Shao's army this time, and it's okay. Use this to weaken the power of many forces in the east of the river."

Jia Xu looked at the land in the distance, narrowed his eyes, and smiled on his face: "Your Majesty is right, I think so too."

"What we have to do now is to recruit troops and horses to reinforce Hedong."

After Liu Yi finished speaking, he looked at Jia Xu, and pondered again: "Yuan Shao sent troops this time. Such a big movement is almost unheard of. It shouldn't be just to capture Hedong County, right? I always feel that things are not simple."

Jia Xu frowned after hearing this, carefully considered what Liu Yi said just now, and then nodded: "I also thought of this, Yuan Shao's actions are not as simple as they appear on the surface."

"Um?"

"Yuan Shao is now heading directly from Shangdang County, but our soldiers, let alone Yang Feng in Zuo Fengyi, or the cavalry under Ma Chao's troops stationed in Hedong, Yuan Shao did not send any scouts to investigate, nor did we Any information sent back shows that Yuan Shao doesn't care, he thinks everything is under his control, so he doesn't need to send scouts to spy on us, or even listen to our movements."

"What do Mr. Wenhe think Yuan Shao intends?" Liu Yi continued to ask.

Jia Xu was silent for a moment, then said: "There are two possibilities. One is that after Yuan Shao intends to defeat the Baibo army and capture the Fenshui River Valley, he will go north along the Fenshui River Valley to attack the Heishan Army, cut off the connection between Hedong County and Taiyuan County, and attack the Heishan Army first. Attack us again. The second is that he has decided to attack the Yellow River in one go. In order to paralyze us, he did not send scouts. Maybe he has sent a large group of cavalry to detour from the south of Fenshui, preparing to make a surprise attack in the southeast of Fenyin, and then Attacking Puban to the south, without the two ferries of Fenyin and Puban, Fenglingdu's transportation capacity is extremely limited, so that the connection between Hedong County and the imperial court can be completely cut off. In the end, Wang Yi and Ma Chao were attacked back and forth. Completely wipe out all the soldiers and horses in Hedong in Jiexian-Anyi-Wenxi, the core area of ​​Hedong County."

(End of this chapter)