Overlord!

Chapter 316 Bohai fell

Compared with the Song Army, there is a gap that cannot be erased.

That is because the gap between the two sides in terms of good generals is too big. Since ancient times, a good general or a general who performs well in a battle, is loyal and courageous, is enough to affect the outcome and direction of a battle.

Among the Song army, there were countless talented generals such as Taishi Ci, Wei Yan, and Wenpin!

The bravery and proper strategy of any one of them will make the war situation tip to the side of the Song army.

There may be hundreds of generals like Ding Feng in the Song army who can double their progress and fight in the snow!

Wei Yan and Wenpin's decisive march made the Song army brilliant in the Battle of Hejian. In a few days, they captured Hejian Kingdom, one of the most prestigious counties in the world!

In the Han Dynasty, people may have never heard of Shanyang County or Guanghan County, but the reputation of Hejian Kingdom must be known to everyone in the world.

News that a large number of Song troops appeared in Hejian was sent to Yuan Shao's case almost at the same time as the fall of Bohai!

When Yuan Shao received the military information, he almost fainted!

He angrily shouted: "There are thirty thousand defenders in Bohai! Thirty thousand! How can they be defeated in one battle!"

In Jianyuan Palace, all the Zhao family's ministers were trembling with fear, and no one dared to respond.

Yuan Shao has always been known for his outstanding temperament. This was the first time that everyone saw Yuan Shao get so angry that everyone was panicked and the palace maids and eunuchs were all kneeling on the ground, trembling in fear.

The silence at this moment is simply deafening! Yuan Shao felt that everyone was laughing at him.

Laugh at his overestimation and his presumption of being emperor!

He thought that the decisive battle with Sun Ce might be difficult, and both sides would definitely win or lose.

But he never thought that as soon as the war started, he would lose two large counties in Jizhou, the hinterland!

It was like two merciless slaps across his face.

This is Jizhou!

His absolute confidence and confidence in proclaiming himself emperor was the absolute support of Hebei.

As a result, it was in the heart of his heart, and it was an important place guarded by 30,000 troops. He actually lost two counties in a few days!

This is a major defeat comparable to Guan Yu's loss of Jingzhou!

Guan Yu did not go to war with Cao Wei, but Lu Meng took Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang and other counties from his hands in ten months, which caused the world's situation to become unbalanced, and that was all.

However, more famous generals such as Zhou Yu and Lu Xun participated in the command of this battle, and the generals of Yuan Army were far inferior to Guan Yu.

Yuan Shao yelled angrily: "Let Taiwei Jushu come to see me! I want to know how he deployed his defenses to make the Song army seize the two counties of Hebei in a few days!"

Soon Taiwei Jushou arrived at Yuan Shao's palace. At this time, the palace was already covered with dark clouds and a large number of Hebei generals gathered.

The layout of Jianyuan Palace was somewhat based on Sun Ce's Zhaoming Palace. After all, the two parties came and went frequently. The layout of the various ministries and offices in Sun Ce's palace surrounding the front hall of the palace was also highly appreciated by Hebei civil and military officials.

This was obviously conducive to strengthening the imperial power, so in Jianyuan Palace, the Taiwei's family also worked around Yuan Shao.

The Taiwei originally had no real power in the Han Dynasty, but now that he was put under Yuan Shao's nose, he was very close to the Privy Council and the Military Aircraft Department in later generations.

Therefore, Jushou arrived very quickly. What made him even more helpless was that he had no real power and had to bear Yuan Shao's wrath.

As soon as he entered the palace, Yuan Shao angrily rebuked: "Master Ju, please explain why the important land of Bohai was lost in a few days? Duke Ju didn't know that we are in troubled times now? How could he be so negligent! There are three places in the Bohai Sea. Thousands of defenders."

Jushou calmed down and replied calmly: "Your Majesty should not ask the minister about this matter."

Yuan Shao became even more angry and scolded: "If I don't question you, the lieutenant, I should go ask someone else!"

"Zongzheng Yuan Xu."

Yuan Shao's anger was like being poured cold water on him.

He finally remembered that the governor of Bohai was Yuan Zhong, a member of the Yuan family recommended by Yuan Xu.

Later generations always misunderstood that Yuan Shao became the overlord in the late Han Dynasty because of his background as the fifth-generation Duke, and the tragedy of Dong Zhuo's rebellion and the destruction of the Yuan family. They thought that only Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were left in the Yuan family.

In fact, if you think about it, you will know that a big family like the Yuan family, with clans and followers all over the world, and descendants of descendants in Shizhou and County, how could everyone be in the capital and be killed by Dong Zhuo?

There are at least eighty-six people in the Yuan family outside, and these eighty-six people are all celebrities registered in history books.

Yuan Xu is Yuan Shao's cousin and the son of Sikong Yuan Feng.

Of course, they are cousins ​​in name, but in fact they are brothers. Because Yuan Feng was Yuan Shao's biological father, but later Yuan Cheng had no children, so Yuan Shao was adopted to Yuan Cheng.

Yuan Xu had this relationship and had persuaded Yuan Shao to join him, so he was appointed by Yuan Shao as Zong Zheng, one of the Nine Qings, responsible for managing the Yuan clan.

Yuan Xu initially persuaded him to come forward, saying: "Now that the sea is defeated, God's will is true for my family, and the gods should fight for it. I should respect my brother. Brother Nan (Yuan Shu) and his ministers want to make him ascend the throne. Brother Nan said that in the future, brother North (Yuan Shao) will grow up. With the throne, Brother Bei will be more important."

This sentence made Yuan Shao very happy, so Yuan Xu was trusted by Yuan Shao.

When he was selected as the governor of Bohai, Ju Shou once urged that Yuan Zhong was young and energetic and could not take on the heavy responsibility, but Yuan Xu refuted it because of his high-spirited spirit and the legacy of his ancestors.

There is a tradition left by the ancestors, which is a very weighty compliment in the Zhao family.

It is said that he has the talents of Wang Zuo, which is similar to saying that he has the talents of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping in the Han Dynasty.

After all, if the fifth prince of the Yuan family really had the talents of his ancestors, he would be able to rule and assist the court! Of course, a mere prefect is not a problem.

Yuan Shao thought that the prime minister must be from a prefecture and county, so he ignored Ju Shou's advice, accepted Yuan Xu's advice, and made Yuan Zhong the governor of Bohai!

But the result is just like Gongsun Zan and his younger brother guarding the Bohai Sea. How can a relative take charge of his position and take on a great cause?

Yuan Shao's anger could not be expressed, and Jushou continued: "Moreover, the Taiwei Mansion has deployed thirty thousand troops in the Bohai Sea, which can be said to be foolproof. I just read the battle report. Yuan Zhong fell into the enemy's trick of luring the enemy. He did not check the words of Zhangwu County Magistrate. He credulously believed that Zhang Wu was just a civil uprising and led his army to suppress the rebellion. As a result, he was ambushed by the enemy general Lu Xun, defeated and captured, and Nanpi capsized."

What Ju Shou said was also very sophisticated. He deployed a heavy army of 30,000 troops. In fact, it was just a refusal. Nanpi indeed had 30,000 troops.

But what kind of troops are those?

They are the old and weak soldiers who were eliminated when Yuan Jun selected the elite. To say that they are garrison soldiers is an exaggeration of their combat power. They are not much stronger than the Xiang Army of the Song Dynasty and the Japanese Army of the Ming Dynasty.

Usually, they cultivate land for ministers and nobles to restore production in Hebei.

When you have nothing to do, you can do corvee work, build roads and bridges, mine and smelt, build water conservancy projects, build city walls, etc.

When Jiangdong's army arrived at Bohai, this army was building a city in Nanpi version.

The empty Zhangwu County was dismissed by Lu Xun. Lu Xun captured the Zhangwu County Magistrate and asked him to write a letter to the county government, saying that there was a civil uprising in Zhangwu County and thousands of people were attacking the county. Come to quell the rebellion.

There were indeed powerful people in Qingzhou and Jizhou who gathered thousands of people to launch a rebellion. Yuan Zhong had no doubts and never thought that 30,000 elite troops would come from Jiangdong.

He was eager to perform meritorious service and only wanted to use the heads of these thousands of rebels as a meritorious service for his promotion, so he led the county soldiers and the soldiers who built the city and marched towards Zhangwu County.

He thought very clearly that the sudden rebellion of the enemy army was absolutely a mob, and there was no way they could organize themselves in time. As long as he led a large army towards it, he could frighten the enemy army into panic and collapse with his majestic momentum. Directly extinguish the troops at the beginning of the rebellion.

But he never thought that as soon as the army arrived at Zhangwu, he would be ambushed by Lu Xun!

Tens of thousands of elite Jiangdong troops attacked them from both left and right, fighting on foot and cavalry from both inside and outside. In one battle, more than a thousand people were beheaded, more than 8,000 people were captured, and the rest were scattered like birds and beasts.

Jiangdong captain Yuan Xiong even captured Yuan Zhong among the rebels.

Zhou Yu then used Yuan Zhong's seal ribbon to issue decrees to Nanpi, easily capturing all eight counties in the Bohai Sea.

Lu Xun's troops have already reached Xiu County, which controls the throat of the three counties.

Going west along Jiangshui River, you will enter Anping Kingdom, where you can attack Xindu.

Going south, we entered Qinghe Country along Qingshui.

Such an important two rivers meet in Xiuxian County, so its geographical location is originally important.

But to the north, it was also connected to the Hejian Kingdom. Taishi Ci pushed heavy troops to Gonggao County in the south of the Hejian Kingdom, which was closely connected with Xiu County.

The two armies combined tens of thousands of troops and were stationed here, ready to march south at any time.

You must know that south of Xiuxian County is Pingyuan County. If tens of thousands of elite Song troops are allowed to penetrate directly into the rear of Zhao Army from Pingyuan County, the entire Qingzhou defense line will collapse!

The key is that there is still a batch of grain, grass and baggage in Xiu County that are ready to be transported from Bohai County to Qingzhou for supply.

Now that everything was gained by the Song Army, the Song Army's logistical supplies instantly became extremely abundant.

Zhou Yu sent troops to seize this must-win area for military strategists. They could advance, attack, retreat or defend. It can be said that he had the upper hand.

But Yuan Shao was angry and could not express it. The Taiwei Mansion had already deployed troops in the Bohai Sea!

Hebei boasts hundreds of thousands of troops and has always had a military advantage. Even if more than 100,000 elite troops are selected, the remaining old and weak troops will have no problem defending the city.

The 30,000 troops in the Bohai Sea may not be looked down upon by the Song and Zhao armies, but for the princes in the late Han Dynasty and early chaos, this is also a very impressive 30,000 troops.

If there is a good general in charge, it is no problem to defend the city wall for more than ten days. The Jiangdong army also took this into consideration, so they divided their troops into three groups and broadened the front line to prevent the attack on the city from going smoothly. The three armies gathered in one place without their nationality. forward.

The pale face of King Wu Liu Bi when he stopped advancing in the Liang Kingdom is a lesson that any powerful army in this era can learn from during the Northern Expedition.

It is also the biggest hidden danger for the Jiangdong army's Northern Expedition. Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Wei Yan and others are all worried that the elite army will not attack the city smoothly, and they will stop their troops under the strong city.

The defender's advantage in defending the city is really great.

No matter how elite the tiger and wolf warriors in this era are, they are helpless against solid city fortresses.

Facing a moat that is dozens of feet wide and a city wall that is several feet high, even if all 30,000 troops are wearing black armor and holding strong bows, they have no choice but to look forward and sigh.

Once the siege fails and logistical supplies are cut off, even an elite division of thirty thousand that can defeat a hundred will have no choice but to be defeated.

But who would have thought that Yuan Shao and Yuan Xu's nepotism would actually lead to the loss of such an important county as Bohai in one battle.

This is Bohai County, a large county with a population of over one million, and there are only eight counties in the whole county.

This means that each of these eight counties is a big city like Yuanju.

Lü Meng led an army of 30,000 men to attack Yuanju, but made almost no progress.

Under Yuan Shao's fury, the Zhao army gathered its elite troops to rescue, but Lu Meng had to abandon the siege and lead his army to withdraw to the south of Jishui.

This was to prevent the defenders in the city from attacking the Song army together with the reinforcements, resulting in a major defeat for the Song army.

On the southern front, the Song army mobilized troops but could not capture a single city from Yuan's army.

But the northern line was caught off guard and lost two counties and more than ten counties in a row!

Yuan Shao said angrily: "I don't want to hear any excuses or excuses from you! I just want to ask, when can we retake the counties in Jizhou? Is it necessary for the Song army to march straight in and attack Yecheng before you can work together?"

Jushou was also helpless. He usually had no power and was only responsible for the performance evaluation of military attaches and the execution of Yuan Shao's military orders.

The elite troops on the front line are commanded by Shen Pei and seven generals, while the garrison troops at the rear are dispatched by the governors and governors of various states and counties.

As a lieutenant, he had to agree with Yuan Shao even to appoint a government official. He didn't have any elite soldiers at his disposal. Now, if he was asked to resist the elite soldiers of the Song army, he was also a clever woman who couldn't make a meal without straw!

He thought for a long time and replied: "I think it is impossible for the Song army to march straight into Yecheng at this time."

Fortunately, Jushu is really talented and knowledgeable, and his strategic vision and strategy are unparalleled in the world.

Unlike Chen Gong Zhichi, Jushou can be said to be one of the best talents in the world, no less than Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others.

He quickly analyzed the situation clearly: "Even if the elite soldiers of the Song Army took advantage of the provocation to attack our weakness, their advance was already extremely fast. They captured Hejian and Bohai counties in ten days, which was already the end of a strong effort. "

"Song generals can fight well, but they cannot ignore the physical strength, morale and logistical supplies of their soldiers."

"In my opinion, the Song army must be stabilizing the situation at this time, laying out food routes, and it will be difficult to go deeper. Otherwise, if there is a change in the rear and the counties surrender and rebel again, their army will be in a desperate situation."

After listening to Jushou's analysis, Yuan Shao's anger finally calmed down a little.

He is definitely a hero, that is the fact, and he will not feel sorry for himself or get angry because of the two counties that have been lost.

If the losses stop like this, he can accept victory or defeat for a while. As long as he sends his troops to fight back and destroy tens of thousands of Song troops, in the end, not only will he not lose his face, but it will severely damage the enemy's morale!

Anyone who can achieve great things must have this kind of indomitable resilience. Liu Bang's repeated defeats finally defeated the overlord, which in turn achieved his unparalleled ambition and magnanimity.

No one will laugh at him because of his defeat, but will admire him more and more for finally defeating a powerful enemy like the Overlord!

The same was true for Yuan Shao. He could destroy the overlord of Jiangdong and become famous throughout the ages, so he quickly controlled his anger and asked: "According to Jugong's wishes, how long will it take to defeat the Song army in Jizhou."

Jushou pondered for a long time, and finally spit out a relatively conservative number: "Half a year!"

(End of this chapter)