The big man is on the run

Chapter 140 Steady Yuan Shao

In fact, what Liu Yi, Ma Chao and others didn't know was that after Yuan Shao's army left Shangdang County, they didn't immediately attack the Baibo army, but directly divided a part, led by Gao Lan, and headed north. Going to the east side of Huo Dashan, the goal of this army is to break through Jiexiu and completely occupy the only way for the Black Mountain Army to go south for reinforcements!
After all, during the first Battle of Hedong, Jushou had already suffered from reinforcements from the Black Mountain Army.

After Yuan Shao's army crossed Qinshui, they walked westward for a few days. The vanguard had already joined hands with the Baibo army, and the main force was not far from Baibo Valley, but Yuan Shao's army still showed no signs of speeding up. Instead, many granaries and military depots were built west of Qinshui.

However, no matter how slow Yuan Shao is, there will be an end. Just when Yuan Shao's "50 troops" were about to arrive at the city of Linfen, something surprised him. Yuan Shao's other forward troops were sent to the south bank of Fenshui. The cavalry army of the Wen Chou Department was ambushed by Pound hundreds of miles away from Fenyin.

Although Yuan Shao's army had 5 people on the North Road, the people Yuan Shao sent to Wen Chou were all mobs and had never experienced any battles at all.

Don't ask why a fierce general like Wen Chou led a group of miscellaneous soldiers to the expedition.

This is all thanks to Guo Tu.

The factional struggle within Yuan Shaojun has reached a fever pitch. Under the operation of the two major factions, the Jizhou faction (Hebei faction) and the Yuzhou faction (Yingchuan faction, Runan faction), not only are the military orders chaotic, but also the deployment of troops, armour, The supply of food and grass, the distribution of civilian husbands, all things have to be contested, and everything has to disgust the other party.

As a result, not only did the Jizhou faction secretly tamper with logistics in order to disgust the Yuzhou faction, so that Chunyu Qiong, who was leading Yuan Shao's troops, cut off his supplies in the north of Wangwu Mountain, and was almost hungry to eat grass for a living.There was also a vicious incident in which the counselors of the Yuzhou faction sent a bunch of troops with low combat effectiveness to Yan Liangwen, Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan and other Hebei generals, embarrassing their record.

Gao Lan brought 8000 people, and beat Jiexiu (now Jiexiu), but he didn't beat him!

Many of Wen Chou's vanguard cavalry can't even ride a horse!It is the infantry who temporarily added horses as "cavalry".

Therefore, although the soldiers led by Wen Chou were numerous and powerful, they did not have much combat effectiveness. Faced with Pound's lure and attack, Wen Chou could not resist at all. Soon after entering Jishan, Wen Chou's troops were all captured by Pound It was defeated, and Pound naturally seized a large amount of supplies.

"General, Wen Chou's army has suffered heavy losses. I'm afraid they won't be able to recover in a short time." Guo Tu came to Yuan Shao's tent and reported to Yuan Shao.

"Ma Chao and Pang De really have some skills. They broke up Wen Chou's troops so quickly. Hmph, Wen Chou, you have no brains." Hearing Guo Tu's report, Yuan Shao's eyes showed a trace of anger. color.

"My lord, what should we do next?" Guo Tu asked carefully looking at Yuan Shao's face.

He wouldn't say that he did all the mystery here.

In fact, no matter how the Jizhou faction investigates, this matter cannot be blamed on Guo Tu. After all, Guo Tu is not that stupid. A group of mounted infantry was mobilized.

"What else can we do? We can only continue to send troops to support Wen Chou and Yan Liang! No matter how much we pay, we must destroy Ma Chao and Pound. Only then can we hope to win this war!" Yuan Shao said.

Yuan Shao's army continued to advance, Yuan Shao's army went all the way to the west, and soon, it had reached the Jieshan and Jishan areas.

However, Ma Chao and Pound, who were originally stationed here, have long been empty.

They had already received Liu Yi's order to delay Yuan Shao and ensure that Yang Feng's troops crossed the river from Puban smoothly.

The second batch of reinforcements, Dong Chengbu and Duan Yaobu, were also on their way to Pubandu and Fenglingdu respectively, and the east was already a scene of dense battle clouds.

The counterattack plan of the Baibo army did not go well. Unfortunately, Han Siam died in battle, and the remaining Baibo army, led by Li Le and Hu Cai, huddled in the Baibo Valley and waited for help.

Qubei, the Southern Xiongnu Zuo Xianwang in Xihe County, and Zhang Yan, the Black Mountain Army in Taiyuan County, have already begun to mobilize troops to go south. Qubei is not in a hurry to support Li Le and Hu Cai who are trapped in the Baibo Valley. They hit it off with Zhang Yan, and they made an appointment to attack Gao Lan in Jiexiu. After Gao Lan was dealt with, they went south along the Fenshui Valley to attack Yuan Shao with the imperial court from north to south.

In their opinion, this strategic choice is the safest. Of course, it is unknown whether there is any meaning of preserving strength.

It can only be said that in the Second Battle of Hedong, the mentality of many forces has undergone some subtle changes.

The Xie County-Anyi-Wenxi area is the most prosperous area under the rule of the Governor of Hedong, Wang Yi. The land here is fertile and the grain production is extremely high, so Yuan Shao's army is also destined for this area.

Contrary to Jia Xu's expectations, this time Yuan Shao was very courageous and did not advance aggressively. After the third division of troops left Zhang Yun to besiege Baibo Valley, Yuan Shao led the remaining troops, with Yan Liangwenchou as the vanguard , Sure enough, the tactic of encircling the core area of ​​​​Hedong County without fighting was adopted, and a large detour was made southward from the east bank of the Yellow River.

The number of granaries in Anyi is also the largest, but Wang Yi can't guarantee that he will be able to hold on, let alone burn down the granaries. No more supplies.

What if Yuan Shao can't hold it at that time and slaughters the city in a rage?
While advancing, Yuan Shao was planning how to complete this roundabout in Hedong.

However, just when Yuan Shao was thinking about how to take down Pubandu and Fenglingdu, he suddenly learned that not long after Yan Liang left him, Yuan Shao sent a trooper to follow Yan Liangwenchou. The army was ambushed suddenly. This logistics force consisted of a small number of light infantry and a large number of civilians. During the First World War, there were countless casualties, and the granaries established by the troops were also destroyed. Yan Liangwen Chou could only temporarily stay in Dong Ting's territory.

"What's the matter? Marching along the south bank of Fenshui, how could it be possible to be attacked suddenly? Even if Ma Chao and Pound's cavalry are in the mountains to the south, they can't be unaware of it at all, right?"

"My lord, it was Gan Ning's navy that came ashore from the Fenshui River to make a surprise attack."

"what!"

Although Yuan Shao didn't believe that the court's navy could wipe out his other troops in such a short period of time, he didn't dare to take it lightly.

After all, now that they are marching along the long south bank of Fenshui, if the seemingly safe Fenshui begins to be dangerous, even a small surprise attack will be enough to cause great losses to Yuan Shaojun who has stretched too far away.

"Pass down the order, today the army will set up camp on the spot, take strict precautions, and send more cavalry to patrol along the Fen River to prevent Gan Ning from attacking our army's food transport troops again." Yuan Shao ordered after pondering for a moment.

"promise!"

After Yuan Shao issued the order, he immediately sat on his handsome seat and closed his eyes to rest his mind, because during this time Yuan Shao has been thinking about how to take down Hedong, so Yuan Shao is very tired now and needs to rest .

After a while, several advisers came hand in hand.

"My lord, our army lost about 15 hu of grain this time, right?"

Yuan Shao sighed, and said: "Yes, I spent a lot of money to raise these grains from Jizhou Haoqiang. Now I have lost 15 Dendrobium, which can be described as a huge loss. I think it is better to gather the troops as soon as possible. Let's go together, marching in such a dispersed manner that you may be attacked by a small elite army of the imperial court at any time, the gain outweighs the loss."

Ju Shou persuaded: "My lord, if you are late, you will change. This loss is acceptable. It is better to march quickly. It will be fine when the army arrives in Fenyin."

Simpi glanced at Jushou, and sneered imperceptibly: "My lord, I think it's better to let Yan Liangwenchou wait for the reinforcements. Our main force is still on the way, and we don't know when we will arrive, so we rashly let Yan Liangwenchou wait for reinforcements." If we continue to move forward, maybe before we reach Yan Liangwenchou, the reinforcements from the imperial court will attack first, so I think it is better to let Yan Liangwenchou wait for the reinforcements."

Guo Tu also said: "My lord, I think it is better to send someone to inform the two generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and tell them that our main force has reached the south of Jiting, and that General Gao Lan has captured Jiexiu. Everything is going well, only the imperial court is unknown. I suspect that the imperial court has set up an ambush ahead. If Yan Liangwenchou continues to advance, maybe he will be ambushed like last time in a day. At that time, our army can It's dangerous."

"That's right, now that Yan Liangwenchou has no food and grass, he can't underestimate the enemy and rush in. Let alone being ambushed, even if he is surrounded by people, he will run out of food."

Throwing hands away again and again in frustration, the soldiers are precious and fast!Now as long as the army speeds up together and captures Puban in the south before the second wave of reinforcements from the imperial court, the overall situation in Hedong will be settled, but Guo Tuxinpi and the others are talking about the lack of food and grass, and there is an ambush ahead, which stops Yan Liangwenchou from advancing.

It's all fart!

It is clear that they are afraid that Yan Liangwen Chou will make great contributions, and that the Jizhou faction, which has a deep foundation in the army, will make contributions in the Battle of Hedong this time, overwhelming their Yuzhou faction!
But Yuan Shao didn't know what to think. He had already agreed to advance according to Ju's great detour strategy, encircling the Baibo army to block the Black Mountain army, and then turned westward to the south to completely encircle Wang Yi's back road and cut him off from the imperial court. .

What a perfect plan, it happened to be artificially slowed down by Guo Tuxinpi and the others at the crucial point of Fenyin.

You know, if you stop marching for a day now, the imperial court may be able to transport thousands of troops and horses from the two ferries of Pubandu and Fenglingdu to the east of the river.

Jushou was very anxious, but he was helpless.

"Well, you still think carefully."

Yuan Shao nodded, now he also felt that his troops should slow down, otherwise, if Yan Liangwenchou ran out of food for an ambush ahead, they would be in danger.

At the same time, what Yuan Shao is most worried about now is the problem of food and grass. Yuan Shao has a lot of food and grass, but a lot of food and grass does not mean that it can be supplied to the frontline army on time, because there is only one relatively stable marching route. If the army wants to go, the civilians will also go Therefore, the army needs to eat food, and the civilians who transport the food also need to eat food. The farther the army advances, the greater the loss and burden of the supply line itself.

Moreover, the army marched along the official road on the south bank of Fenshui River. In order to send more troops, there were fewer civilians who transported food and grass. The food team is very small.

The food teams were all stuffed behind, truck after truck of food waiting for the army to pass before catching up.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's consideration is not only that Wen Chou was in an ambush once, so Yan Liang and Wen Chou may be in Pound's second ambush.

What’s more, since Gan Ning’s navy can cut off the supply once, it can cut off the second time. Now the army is marching along the official road on the south bank of Fen River. Their rations are not enough to support them to attack Puban southward. At that time, in order to wait for the follow-up ration team, they will waste more time. It is better to waste a day here to rectify before moving forward.

If the supply of food and grass is not sufficient, then they will not be able to continue fighting, and Yuan Shao's army will be in trouble at that time, which is definitely not the result he wants to see.

Therefore, Yuan Shao decided to temporarily shrink his troops, shrinking the long snake array enough to complete the defense in any direction, and at the same time wait for the follow-up food and grass to be transported up. Once the army has enough food and grass, he does not believe that there is anyone else in the border of Hedong County Can stop his army!
Of course, Yuan Shao did not forget to send Yan Liang and Wen Chou to the front line to investigate the news ahead. If the situation ahead is really unfavorable, they should retreat immediately.

This point took care of Jushou's emotions.

But Jushou's depressing teeth were almost bleeding.

"The important matter of the soldier's country is also the way of life and death, which cannot be observed. Therefore, to be cautious, let's wait for a day."

"My lord is wise!"

Guo Tuxinpi and others praised it one after another.

On this day, Taiwei Zhu Jun crossed the Yellow River on a festival, assembled the troops of Dong Cheng and Duan Yao at Leishou Mountain south of Puban, and prepared to station in Xiacheng and Sangquan City to the north to fully preside over Hedong on behalf of the Son of Heaven. battle.

(End of this chapter)