Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 613 Shall we hit the Khitan first?
There was only one reason why Zhang Ting came to Yecheng in person after he had already decided to send He Fujin to assist Yan Jin in guarding Yecheng.

That is when he suddenly discovered that he had committed a military taboo.

Zhang Yu is currently stationed in Xiangzhou, only fifty or sixty miles away from Yecheng in the north. In fact, two command systems of the Zhou army have been formed, and there are many overlaps.

For example, he sent Huang Yingda to reinforce Zhang Zhaojun. This was a decision made by Zhang Tie, but Yan Jin didn't know it.

In case Huang Yingda went, Zhang Zhaojun had already been ordered by Yan Jin to retreat, then he would be cheating himself.

So Zhang Tie decided to go to Yecheng in person, first to unify the command system before making plans, and he also needed to listen to Yan Jin's opinion.

At the end of April, Zhang Tie personally led a thousand regret Shandu horse infantry, under the leadership of Zhang Zhaojiu (Dunzhu), Zhang Zhaojie (Qionre Duojin), Zhang Zhaozhong (Barbarian), Fanshun, Wang Tongtong, and Zhang Cheng, the six confidantes. Escorted, arrived at the front line of Yecheng.

At this time, Zhang Zhou's more than 40,000 main force, [-] people, were in Xiangzhou and the south, controlled by Panquan, Feng Hui, and Shanzhuer Luo Shande, who had rushed back from Xuzhou.

30,000 people are on the front line in Yecheng, and more than [-] people are deployed in the area from Weizhou to Bozhou.

The reason for such a division is entirely because of logistical support capabilities.

Since the three plagues of floods, droughts and locusts four years ago, to the subsequent battles between Jin and Liao and the entry of Yelu Deguang into Tokyo, the population of the entire Hebei area has withered.

There are only [-] households in the three prefectures of Xiang, Wei, and Bo, and the people in the early [-]s cannot provide supplies for the army at all.

All the food, grass, and supplies had to be transported from Henan. If Zhang Tie brought all the troops to one place, plus the hundreds of thousands of civilians who were transferred, the logistical supplies alone would be disastrous.

Therefore, at the beginning, Zhang Ting could only place the commander-in-chief in Xiangzhou, and the armies approached the Yellow River one by one, in order to reduce the logistical pressure.

In fact, ancient wars were largely restricted by logistics.

Many times in ancient battles, watching the concentrated attack of the army like a tiger, it turned into a scattered attack in the end, which was a helpless choice limited by logistics and terrain.

Zhang Ting arrived in Yecheng secretly, and upon arrival, he summoned all the officers above Du Yuhou to start a military meeting.

Only then did he realize that sending Huang Yingda to support Zhang Zhaojun (Ma Shacai) had caused a bad chain reaction.

Seeing Yan Jin's awkward look, Zhang Tie waved his hands with a smile.

"Just say what you want, I'm not a god, so it's impossible to be exhaustive. Just say that Huang Yingda went to reinforce, what will happen."

Zhang Ting's smile gave Yan Jin great encouragement, he stepped forward with a sigh of relief, pointed to the map and said.

"As soon as Huang Yingda's 500 Uyghur Yicong arrived, Duke Zhangye had 5000 cavalry under his command, plus the besieged Li Rong's [-] people, there were a total of [-] people.

Among these 5000 people, there are more than [-] Hexi Xiaorui who are saints alone. If it was Guo Wei, he must have been released into the Zhang River by now.

The saints of 3000 people will definitely not give up. If they are trapped, we must go to rescue them, and Liu Zhiyuan can lead the elite Hedong Army to attack Beizhou first. "

Zhang Ting nodded. His most elite Hexi team consisted of five guards from the pro-army and seven towns from the forbidden army. The number of them was no more than 6000 people.

Not to mention 3000 people are trapped, even 300 people are trapped, they have to try to rescue them.

"How big can Zhangshui be? Will Zhang Zhaojun and Huang Yingda have any accidents?" Zhang Ke put away his smile and asked Yan Jin.

Yan Jin shook his head, "No, beyond the mouth of the valley, the terrain is flat and the river is wide. Even if Guo Wei blocked the Zhang River, it would at most form a flood area with a radius of more than ten miles, and the water depth would certainly not exceed knees.

Besides, the Duke of Zhangye is a brave general of His Majesty, he has always known soldiers, and he will definitely camp at a high place, and he will never be attacked by Zhangshui. "

Zhang Tie breathed a sigh of relief, and walked around twice, "According to the frontline battle report, Guo Wei's generation in Fuyang has only more than [-] people. Could it be that he didn't think that my army might have arrived? How dare he open up a battle against me? "

"I think Guo Wei doesn't understand that our army has arrived, but he thinks that after flooding, the land is soft and the horses can't move fast, and our army has lost one of its benefits.

Second, our army has a large number of soldiers. After flooding, not only is it difficult for horses to move, but the burden on the soldiers is also heavier.Guo Wei's troops are mostly light armor, but they have advantages in action.

In addition, once the road is blocked by water, it will be very inconvenient to transfer food and grass, and it is impossible for us to send too many soldiers to rescue the siege.

Guo Wei can deal with me as long as he has people stick to Fuyang and send more than [-] people to Taniguchi. "

Zhao Yanjin had obviously studied it, so he talked to Zhang Ting eloquently.

"Damn it! This Guo Que'er has made himself the number one in the world! Damn it, yeah, I'm going to beat his brains out!"

Wang Communication, who was next to Zhang Tie, became popular at once. Looking at it this way, Guo Wei was indeed a little underwhelmed.

I want to take advantage of the Zhangshui to return the same way to the other, so that the Zhou army will lose the advantage of mobility, and I will gain the advantage of mobility. With 30,000 people, I will trap [-] to [-] Zhou troops on both sides of the Zhangshui.

As soon as Wang Tongtong began to curse, all the generals in the room began to curse, and Murong Yanzhao stood up and said to Zhang Tie.

"Saint, it seems that the Hedong Army thinks that our Great Zhou Tianbing relies on the sharpness of the cavalry. Please be the vanguard, and lightly armored to defeat Guo Que'er. Let the Hedong bandits see that our army is also the best in infantry."

Zhang Ting also smiled coldly. The sharp cavalry in Hexi really gave the people in the world a stereotype, that is, Zhou Guo's army mostly relied on cavalry to conquer the world.

But in fact, Zhang Tie started his business precisely by relying on infantry. At first, almost all of the regrettable mountains were infantry.

At that time, apart from Bai Congxin and Ma Shacai, Zhang Wei didn't have many cavalry talents under his command.

Unfortunately, the cavalry in Shandu was still the brother of my aunt Li Ruotai, and after Cao Yuanxin gave him hundreds of Yueqi, such as Hucile, Huguang and his son, Zhang Ting slowly began to have cavalry.

It really started to become strong until Zhang Tie received a gift from Li Shengtian and recruited a large number of cavalry such as Basimi, Ogus, Uyghur, etc., and returned to Liangzhou to take over the Liugu Department of Liangzhou and the third Shandong Department. up.

"Okay! Let's go meet Guo Que'er for a while and let him know how powerful the lords are in combat."

After discussing the plan initially, the generals below the commander will go out one after another, and the rest are the real confidant generals. Zhang Tie will discuss with them the specific details and how many troops can be sent.

Moreover, seeing that Murong Nobunaga had something to say just now, Zhang Ting also wanted to hear his opinion.

Sure enough, as soon as everyone sat down, after Zhang Tie ordered the whole meal, Murong Nobunaga spoke.

"Saint, I feel that there is no need for us to send out the whole army to deal with Guo Que'er, because the Duke of Zhangye who was besieged this time is not incapable of fighting back.

Even if the entire Hedong army in Fuyang is dispatched, they will be able to fight out of the siege, not to mention we can still respond. If our entire army goes to fight this kind of bad battle, that is what Guo Wei wants to see the most. "

Zhang Ting was silent for a while after listening, and he also felt that he seemed to be a bit over the top just now, and was irritated by Guo Wei's attitude of underestimating the infantry combat ability of his soldiers and horses.

"Then where do I think we should invest our main force?" Zhang Tie took Murong Nobunaga's hand and walked to the map again, surrounded by a group of confidant generals.

Murong Xinchang's hand drew a circle in Shenzhou, Yingzhou and other places north of Beizhou.

"Liu Zhiyuan's Hedong Army can only requisition about 60,000 people with all they have, of which Guo Wei in Fuyang has at least [-] in his hands.

Although Guo Wei had recruited many Hebei thieves and Yabing soldiers from the original Hebei Zhujie Town scattered in Fuyang in the past year, there were at least [-] to [-] Hedong troops among them.

Therefore, the Hedong Army in Liu Zhiyuan's hands is at most [-] to [-].

And Fu Pingzhang's family has been in Wei, Bo, and Bei for a long time. Although Khitan suffered a lot of losses when they went south, they can still gather four to six thousand soldiers and horses, and thousands of soldiers can be mobilized in Beizhou City.

With only [-] men, Liu Zhiyuan could not conquer Beizhou in a short time, even if forced to surrender.

Therefore, I believe that the Khitan soldiers who have been assembled and trained in Youzhou will also join Liu Zhiyuan in Beizhou.

Only when the Khitan can bring 50,000 people, and the two sides gather nearly [-] troops, will they have the possibility of conquering Beizhou in a short time.

Even though Fu Pingzhang's heart is towards the imperial court, the Fu family is a big family. Since Emperor Wu of the later dynasty, it has been the family of Wu Xun, and the roots are intricate. It is impossible for Fu Pingzhang to completely control the overall situation.

The minister even suspected that some of the defenders of Xiangzhou City had already contacted Liu Zhiyuan. "

Yan Jin, Zhang Zhaojie, Fanshun and others looked at each other, and Murong Nobunaga was able to say this.

After entering the palace, Fu Ying'er, the eldest daughter of Fu Yanqing, was favored by everyone, everyone could see.

Murong Nobunaga's words are equivalent to saying, don't look at Fu Yanqing sending all his daughters to the palace, but that doesn't mean that Fu Yanqing and his family are [-]% loyal to Zhang Ji.

Once Liu Zhiyuan puts too much pressure on him, the Fu family is likely to coerce Fu Yanqing to seek refuge with Liu Zhiyuan.

Zhang Tie's heart skipped a beat. This possibility can't be said to be great, but it can't be said to be non-existent either.

Moreover, the basis of all his judgments now is still based on the impression Fu Yanqing gave him in history.

But this kind of impression, because of Fu Yanqing's three daughters and three empresses, is very likely to be full of beauty and age in the history books.

In history, after Zhao Da seized the throne of Fu Yanqing's grandson Guo Zongxun, he must have given a lot of benefits, not to mention that Zhao Da's younger brother Che Shen is also Fu Yanqing's son-in-law.

The culture of the Song Dynasty was at its peak, and the Spring and Autumn writing skills were perfect. For example, when Ouyang Xiu compiled the new history of the Five Dynasties, he directly destroyed all the records of the previous dynasties that did not suit his taste, and wrote it as a family statement. The actual situation is different.

You must guard against it!
Thinking of this, Zhang Tie took a deep breath and asked Murong Nobunaga again.

"Then what do you think we should go north to Beizhou to rescue Fu Yanqing?"

Murong Nobunaga shook his head slowly, and raised his voice and said: "To save Beizhou directly, why not go straight through Jizhou, go to the vicinity of the Hutuo River, and surprise the Khitan army.

The last time they were killed by the adults, they were all terrified. If they were suddenly attacked by my iron cavalry when they went south, the whole army would be defeated.

After killing the Khitan people, what is the meaning of Liu Zhiyuan's tens of thousands of soldiers from the east of the river? "

In Murong Nobunaga's eyes, a fiery light shone. This kind of strange fighting method is exactly Murong Nobunaga's favorite.

Bai Congxin also followed, clasped his hands and said to Zhang Ting: "Qinghai's words are right, as long as we cut off the Khitan, Liu Zhiyuan's most important foreign aid, and then go back to attack the Hedong army that besieged Beizhou, wouldn't it be easy?
Instead of relying on Fu Pingzhang to defend Beizhou, why don't we do it ourselves! "

Um!Sure enough, there are all kinds of strange things about the non-factions in the party, so Bai Congxin just said clearly that the one Zhang Shengren can trust the most is the Hexi Army.

It seems that the entry of Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou and others, especially Fu Yinger and Gao Eniang, put some pressure on the Hexi Wuxun faction.

Um!That's pretty good, it proves that Zhang Tinafu and Gao Ernv's move is right.

Zhang Tie can rely mainly on the Hexi faction, but it is impossible to rely entirely on the Hexi faction.

But for now!Zhang Tie decided to agree with Murong Nobunaga's battle plan, because this plan is very implementable!
Liu Zhiyuan would be finished if he killed the Khitan cavalry who had lingering fears.

(End of this chapter)