The big man is on the run

Chapter 186 Jingxing East Out Plan
Taihang Mountain is like a giant dragon on the land of North China, meandering from north to south, the mountains and mountains are almost uninterrupted, and only a few passes can open up the connection between Bingzhou and Jizhou. These passes have a common feature, that is, Some rivers flowing along the fault valley flow from west to east through the ridge and flow into the Hebei Plain, forming channels and passes.

And Jingxing is one of them, and it can even be said to be one of the most important channels. Lianchangshan County, the battleground of military strategists of all dynasties.

"I heard that the allusion of Han Xin's 'last stand' happened here?"

"exactly."

"Marching is boring, let's hear it."

Liu Yi got off his horse and took the reins, and walked with the soldiers across the not-so-wide Jingxing Road, turning around and asking questions as they walked.

Starting from Chang'an, from Pubandu to Guanzhong to Hedong, and then to Taiyuan and crossing Jingxing eastward, it took fifteen days, not bad for one day. Fazheng's deduction was very accurate.

Of course, if it was in later generations, it would take more than half a day to arrive by train, but now most of them can only march on human legs and horse legs, and they have to cross the Yellow River once in the middle.

Fazheng also explained with a smile: "In the troubled times at the end of Qin Dynasty, Han Xin and Zhang Er had tens of thousands of troops and wanted to go east to Jingxing to attack Zhao. King Zhao heard that the Han army was going to attack him, so he gathered troops at Jingxingkou to stop the Han army."

"Jingxing is so difficult to walk. It is estimated that four horses can't walk side by side in the widest place. If it is blocked in the mouth, it will be difficult to fight, right? Now our army still occupies the entrance of Jingxing, so there is no such worry. If Jingxing is blocked by the enemy Mouth, but I really don’t know what to do.”

"However, the general of the Zhao army is pedantic." Fazheng laughed loudly: "The old general Li Zuoche gave advice to the general of the Zhao army. He asked the general to build a deep trench at Jingxingkou and lead the army to attack the Han army's food road from a small road. You can't look back and forth. Such a clever plan can't be used."

"Why?" Liu Yi was a little surprised.

"The leader of the Zhao army is Chen Yu. His reason is that Han Xin's army is actually only a few thousand, and he has traveled thousands of miles to attack Zhao. He is already extremely exhausted. If he can't evade the attack, how can the Han army have the courage to follow up? What about dealing with it? The feudal lords will think Zhao Guo is cowardly and look down on Zhao Guo."

Liu Yi was so speechless that he didn't know what to say. Apart from lamenting the pedantry, there was really nothing to say.

"So, later Han Xin led thousands of soldiers to fight against the water, defeated the Zhao army and captured Zhao Wang alive, which is a matter of course."

"Yuan Shao. I'm afraid he's not that stupid."

Fazheng nodded and said, "Yuan Xi and Jushou are the ones staying in Jizhou. I'm afraid they won't be easily fooled like King Zhao at the end of Qin Dynasty. They will definitely let the prefects and county magistrates stick to the city. If each city If we continue to fight, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for us to take down Changshan County in Jingxingkou."

"Not necessarily."

Seeing Liu Yi's half-smile expression, Fazheng suddenly came to his senses, and his expression also became a little weird.

There is no other reason, Yuan Xi's wife Zhen Mi is still in Weiyang Palace.

If he heard that Liu Yi had led his army past Jingxing, Yuan Xi, who had the hatred of taking his wife, would have disregarded Jushou's dissuasion and led the remaining army north to Changshan County, leaving the protection of Jiancheng to stop the official army.

After all, Wei County is only one county away from Changshan County.

At this time, Jia Xu quickly chased him from the narrow emergency lane left outside Jingxing Road.

"Has the Ministry of War's plan been finalized?"

"It's finalized." Panting, Jia Xu handed the silk book to Liu Yi.

Liu Yi took a look at it, and nodded with satisfaction. The battle plan formulated this time seemed very detailed, and the information collected was reliable enough, but he didn't read it, but said directly: "Let's talk about it directly."

"In the first step of the plan, the army went out of Jingxingkou, leaving aside Yuanshi City, the prefecture of Changshan County, and headed east along the Hutuo River. The cavalry first surrounded the two cities of Puwu and Lingshou, and then used the Hutuo River as a supply line. Continue eastward to capture Zhending and Jiumen."

"And then what?"

Jia Xu explained: "The second step depends on Yuan Shao's movements. If this move succeeds in besieging Wei and saving Zhao, Yuan Shao's army will return from Youzhou, and they will be able to coerce the people of Changshan County back to Bingzhou. If Yuan Shao is not moved, then we must continue. To the east, we raced along the Hutuo River for three hundred miles, reached the line of Zhongshui, Wusui, and Lecheng, and completely cut off Yuan Shao's supply line."

Liu Yi raised another question: "If Yuan Shao's army did not return south, our army would not be able to stop at Zhending and Jiumen, which would not be enough to cut off Yuan Shao's supply line from Qinghe County to Hejian County, and Yuan Xi raised his troops to go north again. How should it be?"

"Siege the city and fight for aid!"

"it is good!"

Liu Yi was at ease, and the army came out of Jingxing. The first to come out was the highly mobile cavalry, which spread out on the Hebei plain to provide intelligence and early warning for the army, followed by infantry, and finally the disassembled siege equipment and accompanying troops. The folks who transport food.

Therefore, it is doomed that if the vanguard cavalry raid fails, they can only besiege the city and intimidate them instead of attacking by force. They need to wait for backup infantry and siege equipment.

Therefore, it is necessary to plan for the worst, that is, at least the two nearest cities to the east of Jingxingkou, Puwu and Lingshou, can be laid down, and a solid circular bridgehead can be established, and then develop along the Hutuo River to Zhending and Jiumen. .

But whether the two cities of Zhending and Jiumen can be taken down is hard to say. It depends entirely on Yuan Shaojun's strategy, not the official army.

If Yuan Shao's army does not come to rescue and asks all the cities in Changshan County to stick to it, then naturally there are two options: attacking the city with all its strength or besieging the city without attacking and developing eastward.

The latter is usually more risky in military terms, because it means that enough troops must be left to besiege the city, and there is a risk of the supply line being cut off at any time.

The best result Liu Yi expected was that by threatening Yuan Shao's supply line, Yuan Shao was shaken and led his army back from Youzhou. Then after this round, the next time Yuan Shao wants to use troops on a large scale, it will take four years after Jian'an. The contrast will change again, and Yuan Shaolao's return from his expedition without success is a good change for the court.

Of course, Liu Yi can't pin his hopes on Yuan Shao's stupidity.

After all, Yuan Shao's counselors are still capable, and Changshan County is still too far away from Yuan Shao's supply line. As long as Yuan Shao calms down, it will be difficult to be intimidated.

The second result is naturally to occupy the western part of Changshan County with a strong force, and Zhending and Jiumen in the eastern part can be surrounded. Then Yuan Xi led the soldiers and horses left in Weijun to go north, and was defeated by the officers and soldiers in the field with superior forces.

The last result was that both Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi stood still and neither withdrew nor came to rescue. Even though the city of Changshan County was defended to death, the officers and soldiers could only fight over one by one.

Therefore, the stronger the initiative of Yuan and his son, the more beneficial it is to Liu Yi.

"That's right. Remember to look for it."

"Changshan Zhao Zilong, His Majesty often mentions it, so I know it."

(End of this chapter)