I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 450, the vision of the coalition forces
After Zhang Fei taught Lu Bu and Yuan Tan a lesson, he knew that the Dagan army had nearly 10 horsemen riding in Lihu. He was worried that he would be surrounded in Juyang, so he had to take the remnants of Lu Bu's army back to Dingtao.The news of Lu Bu's defeat was reported to the Dingtao coalition headquarters in advance.

After hearing the news, the Allied Army Headquarters only cursed a few times when they learned that half of the cavalry was still in reserve, and didn't say anything more when they asked Zhang Fei to lead the army back. It's nothing.

The Dagan army swept across the entire Yanzhou, and two or three cities fell almost every day, and thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers were defeated and captured.In just over half a month, the company has lost nearly 10 troops. Lu Bu's defeat this time is nothing among these defeats. Moreover, Lu Bu's defeat also made them sure that Dongjun has been defeated by the general army. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Huanglong who besieged Puyang to come to Lihu and surround Lu Bu's army.

In addition, they already knew that Wang Yong had led an army of 5 to attack Wuyan City in Dongping State. Obviously, Xiahou Dun's troops stationed in Dong'e had also been wiped out by Wang Yong. Through these two pieces of news, the coalition knew that the Dagan army had completely captured the entire Dong'an army. The county is gone, the [-] troops stationed in Dongjun have been wiped out, and now everyone is busy thinking about how to turn the tide of the war.

In the big account of the coalition forces, Guo Jia expressed his opinion on the current situation and said: "From the current battle situation, we have blocked the main army on the eastern front at Tai'an. It broke through the front line of Mount Tai. Although Yang Feng occupied Chenliu County on the west line, he was blocked by Zhongmou City. Yang Feng's troops are insufficient, and it is already difficult to continue to penetrate Henan Yin."

"However, the middle line is currently the most dangerous. Please take a look!" Guo Jia pointed to the map and said, "After the Dagan army conquered Lihu, it will be less than 300 miles away from Dingtao, where we are located. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at most, Juyang and Chengyang on the north bank of the Pushui River will be captured by the Dagan army. In this way, the battle line of the Dagan army is still [-] miles away from Dingtao, and as long as the Dagan army captures Juyang and Chengyang After crossing the Pushui River, the army will march for three days at most, and the army will approach Dingtao City, which means that we will soon face the main force of the army.

"The eastern and western fronts of this war are relatively advantageous to us. Only the central line has us losing nearly [-] troops. It can be said that the central line of the whole battle was the worst and suffered the most serious losses. But the [-] troops helped us win It's time to assemble our troops, let us gather heavy troops on the front lines of Dingtao and Changyi, and organize a solid line of defense on the central battlefield."

"The Dagan army came from Hebei after a long journey, and they attacked hundreds of miles in just half a month, but their army morale was still at its strongest. We almost never won a field battle. The strong Wubao can't withstand the artillery of the Dagan Army. Now we trade space for time, stretch the logistics line of the general, and march for a long time to fatigue the soldiers of the Dagan Army. And our army is in Dingtao, The Yanzhou army on the front line of Changyi is waiting for work, relying on the strong city to continue to block Lei Gong."

"But we are not without danger. It is because too many soldiers were annihilated and captured in the early stage, even too many for us to bear. Now the concentration of troops on the front line in Dingtao Changyi does not even exceed 20. The strength of the troops is almost the same as that of Lei Gong's attack! Look! It seems that our defensive side has the upper hand, but this experience does not apply to Lei Gong."

"Although both Dingtao and Changyi have been reinforced with masonry and cement because of their high walls and deep pools, from previous combat experience, it is difficult for our fortress to defend against Lei Gong's artillery! From the information we have received earlier, Lei Gong's They brought more than 2000 artillery pieces this time, and no one can guarantee that Dingtao and Changyi can withstand so many artillery attacks!"

At this time Liu Bei said: "Our army's artillery is about to reach Dingtao, and we will have the power to fight back at that time. From the information we have obtained, the gunpowder in Lei Gong's hands is not unlimited, and Duan Peng, who fought against Lu Bu, has no gunpowder." How much gunpowder? If it weren't for the sudden appearance of Huanglong, Duan Peng's 5 cavalry would have been almost defeated by Lu Bu. It can be seen that the amount of gunpowder in Leigong's hands is also limited. Judging from the difficulty of making artillery and the frequency of Leigong's release of artillery, the amount of gunpowder in Leigong should be It won't be ten times more than ours! Although our artillery is limited, relying on the help of the city defense, we may not be able to fight Lei Gong!"

Speaking of gunpowder, Liu Bei also looked helpless. The formula is now clear to all the major powers of the Han Dynasty. It's really hard to get it, even big princes like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are stumped by these raw materials.

Things like sulfur can only be produced in large quantities in places with active volcanoes. If Liu Bei hadn't occupied Yizhou, he would have found it difficult to find sulfur mines. In this respect, Xu Wei was lucky to find a sulfur mine in Bingzhou. There are a lot of cold saltpeter, which satisfies his demand for gunpowder!Of course, at this manual stage, it is impossible to satisfy Xu Wei's dream of firepower coverage.

The princes like Liu Bei are even worse. In order to keep secret, they don't even have many craftsmen who make gunpowder, and there are not as many raw materials as Xu Wei.

Liu Bei has said this, and Guo Jia can't refute his face. He can only say: "If it is true what the general said, our front line can be stabilized on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi. But this is not the end of this war. It can even be said that this war will not really begin until it reaches the front line of Dingtao Changyi.”

"Because at this point, Lei Gong must disperse his forces to occupy Yanzhou, and the number of troops that can go to the front line must be reduced, and the big army will attack thousands of miles a month. The soldiers and soldiers have exhausted their energy and morale to the extreme. The soldiers of the army have been resting for a period of time. The battlefield must be clearly deadlocked, and it is time to fight for consumption. Let’s see who has more food and grass, has more weapons and equipment, and has more artillery in their hands, and food is the most important!"

After everyone listened to Guo Jia's words, everyone was silent, because Liu Bei and the others knew that it would be difficult to beat Lei Gong if they were exhausted.The Dagan Army has stockpiled tens of millions of shi of grain in Jizhou alone, which is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

On the side of the Han Dynasty, Yanzhou suffered from three years of severe drought, and there was not much food in stock. Liu Bei had to rely on Liu Bei to transport the food from Jingzhou thousands of miles away.Not to mention whether Liu Bei has so much food in his hands to maintain hundreds of thousands of troops for a year's battle.Even if Liu Bei really has so much food, it is difficult for them to defend the thousands of miles of food roads after they have developed their field combat capabilities. As long as the big army sends thousands of cavalry to harass the rear food roads, it is enough to make them run out of food .

Guo Jia continued: "When the war reaches a stalemate on the front line of Dingtao Changyi, the coalition forces have only two choices. One is to defeat any army of Yang Feng and Li Gang, and then the army goes straight to Dongjun, cutting off the food supply of the main army. Dao, as long as the food road is cut off and our hundreds of thousands of troops encircle on three sides, the 30 troops in the middle of the Dagan Army will be wiped out by our army, and Lei Gong will be hit hard like never before. At that time, he will definitely withdraw from the Central Plains and flee back to the Central Plains. Hebei!"

Liu Bei thought for a while and asked, "Brother Meng De, is he sure to defeat Li Gang?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "It's difficult. Although the Qingzhou army seems to have several times more troops than Li Gang, Qingzhou needs to maintain a longer front. Now that Yanzhou is under attack, Qingzhou will be attacked from both sides. Although Lei Gong only dispatched 30 The army is attacking, but it doesn't mean that Lei Gong only has 30 troops. With the population of Hebei and the system where all the people in the army are all soldiers, Lei Gong's strength can be doubled, and more than 20 soldiers can be added in Jizhou alone. If we want to find a way to maintain the army on the front line of Mount Tai, we must not relax the thousands of miles of defense in the Yellow River, or Yanzhou is now my Qingzhou and the end! These two defense lines add up to more than 2000 miles, and the army in my hands is more than enough to protect itself, but not enough to attack!"

Cao Cao's face was serious throughout the whole process. More than 5 of the 1 troops he brought to Yanzhou were annihilated. This is nothing to Cao Cao. At worst, he should support Yuan Shao, a small boy, and repay him for memorizing so much for himself. The scapegoat, but what really made him sad was that his cousin Xiahou Dun was defeated by Wang Yong.He and Xiahou Dun have the best relationship among brothers in the family.

After the formation of the Dong Zhuo coalition that year, Cao Cao used General Fenwu and took Xiahou Dun as Sima to follow Cao Cao to Yangzhou to recruit troops.After Cao Cao established his power, he sent Xiahou Dun to garrison the white horses, and soon he was promoted to lieutenant Zhechong, the prefect of Taishan County, and even the Taishan garrison was formed by Xiahou Dun.It can be said that the friendship between the two parties was fatal, and now he doesn't know how to explain to Xiahou Dun's family.

Also because Xiahoudun didn't know whether he was alive or dead, Cao Cao didn't dare to let his army continue to go deep into Yanzhou to fight with Lei Gong. The degree is not much worse than Yuan Shao, and now he is also worried that Xu Wei will come to him to raid Qingzhou, so he has to find a way to keep his hometown!

Cao Cao and Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shao, obviously wanting to launch a counterattack, and Yuan Shao could only cut off the supply of the Dagan army.

But Yuan Shao also looked depressed!It was his territory that the Dagan army was attacking, because Lei Gong's deployment of troops was several times faster than the coalition army expected. The effect is also extremely obvious. These fighters helped the coalition forces gain half a month of assembly time, but this half month still caused heavy casualties to the coalition forces, losing nearly 10 troops, and more than 10 of the 8 troops lost by the coalition forces belonged to him .It can be said that this battle has just begun, and Yuan Shao has already lost almost one-third of his troops!

But now he still needs to take the initiative to attack Yang Feng's army. With the ferocity of the big army, if he wants to destroy Yang Feng's 5 army, he will have to pay twice the price. If he really pays such a big price, even if he wins the battle It is estimated that there is nothing left, let alone maintaining the territory of the three states.

But it was hard for him to refuse such a request. After all, Lei Gong was beating him now. Cao Cao and Liu Bei were friends enough to bring their own food to help him. It was also difficult for Yuan Shao to ask Liu Bei and the others to do more.

At this time Xu You said: "I'm afraid it will be very difficult to completely cut off Lei Gong's food road. Lei Gong has 10 cavalry in his hands, and his mobility is far higher than that of our coalition forces. The distance between Lei Gong's three fronts is not far away. Probably It's about five or six hundred miles away. If the cavalry attack with all their strength, they can support Yang Feng's army in two or three days at most. After all, the distance between Dingtao and Chenliu is only 500 miles.

And in such a short period of time, it is very difficult for our coalition forces to wipe out Lei Gong's [-] elite in one battle!And the most important point is that if Lei Gong finds that his food road is in danger, he will probably mobilize more troops from Hebei to support them. It is very difficult for us to completely cut off Lei Gong's retreat.Unless Jingzhou supports our troops to encircle and suppress Yang Feng! "

Liu Bei's face became serious. After Yuan Shao's Yanzhou army was wiped out, almost all the troops in Dingxiang and Changyi were Liu Bei's Jingzhou army. Yuan Shao only got a small number of troops from Xuzhou to Dingtao, and now Xuzhou You still want Liu Bei to support Yuan Shao, so Liu Bei's army will really come to the Central Plains.

This is extremely dangerous for both Liu Bei and the Xiangyang court. It is okay if they win, but if they are defeated, the whole south will definitely be in turmoil. Although Liu Bei supports Yuan Shao, he does not want to sell himself to support him like this.

Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "It is difficult to realize the food supply of the Dagan army, so we will continue to retreat and build a second line of defense to stop the Dagan army. Our army lacks cavalry protection. It is not safe, if we want to protect the safety of the grain road, we must retreat to a city with a river, our grain needs to be transported to the front line by water, so that we can effectively isolate the threat of the thunder cavalry to us."

"And it can also reduce the consumption of food and grass by the civilians. If we continue to retreat, the food roads of the large army will be stretched longer, and our consumption of food will be reduced. Yanzhou is our territory, although many of our troops have been killed. Lei Gong is encircling and suppressing, but as long as the sporadic remnants are organized, it is enough to threaten the safety of Lei Gong's grain road."

Yuan Shao was surprised and said: "I have to retreat!"

Dingtao and Changyi are about to leave Yanzhou and go to Yuzhou. If they continue to retreat, they will really give up the whole Yanzhou to Lei Gong.

Guo Jia said firmly: "That's right, the Central Plains is flat, and we are no match for Lei Gong's cavalry, but if we retreat to a place with rivers and mountains, we can rely on the terrain, rivers and Lei Gong to fight, and even defeat Lei Gong. We have to retreat to a place with rivers and mountains. Liang Guo and Peng Ze, relying on the terrain and land force there, established a second line of defense to block Lei Gong's offensive actions."

　Just yesterday I suddenly thought, in fact, it should be written according to the template of the three wars with Germany, because it is too similar, and I don’t want to write nondescript now.

　　
　
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