A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 267 Hebei situation, starting with one city
Hebei, as the name suggests, is the vast area north of the Yellow River.

I don't know since when, the people of Hebei have had a "King of Hebei" in their heads, and he is the Bai family.

Almost all of Bai's power in Hebei is concentrated in the area west of the Taihang Mountains and Yanshan Mountains. The vast area to the east, including the entire Liaodong region, is a place where Bai's power cannot radiate, and it only has widespread influence.

Therefore, when the world was in chaos, the areas east of Taihang Mountain and Yanshan, including Hanoi, Hedong, Shangdang, Taiyuan, etc., either directly accepted the leadership of the Bai Kingdom or accepted the protection of the Bai Kingdom in order to seek stability.

Since last year, in order to maintain its huge territory, the Bai Kingdom has had to increase military expenditures and recruited 50,000 light cavalry, 30,000 light infantry and 5,000 elite cavalry and 3,000 heavy infantry in Taiyuan, which were merged with the original 5,000 elite troops of the Bai Kingdom. , allowing the White State to have a mobile military force of nearly 100,000.

This does not include the more than 200,000 county soldiers who maintain order in counties and the hundreds of thousands of border guards on the lengthy border, leaving the White Kingdom with no strength or energy to go on an expedition.

To the east of Taihang Mountain-Yanshan Mountain, including Baijun, Julujun and Liaodong areas during the Han Dynasty, they were all in chaos.

In these places, except for the Black Mountain Army with certain military disciplines and the Zhongshan King Liu Shang who accepted the help of the Bai Kingdom and later returned to the Heart Mountain Kingdom with the identity of the son of Emperor Ren, King Jing of Zhongshan Liu Jing, there were all thieves who made the people miserable.

As for the bandits who call themselves the rebel army and are entrenched in the vast areas of Hebei and Liaodong, the larger ones include Tongma, Daxu, Gaohu, Chonglian, Tieshan, Dajiao, Youlai, Shangjiang, Qingdu, Wuxiao, There are countless tribes such as Tanxiang, Wufan, Wulou, Fuping, Huosuo, etc., and the number of small ones is countless. The total number of people is a million.

Heavy troops were placed on the borders between the Bai Kingdom and these places, just to prevent bandits from escaping into the Bai Kingdom and destroying the stability and peace of the Bai Kingdom.

But fortunately, these people do not have a unified leader, they are just a mess.

When Liu Xiu and others arrived at Jixian with their troops, half a month had passed. At this time, the Green Forest Army had already entered Guanzhong and was attacking Chang'an.

Ji County is an important town in Hebei Province. It was previously the territory where King Liu of Guangyang raised his troops. However, after he went to Handan to support Liu Ziyu, it was occupied by the Bronze Horse Tribe, which was originally an army composed of garrison soldiers and farmers. , not only had no military discipline to speak of, but they did not even think of paying attention to production.

This made the people of Jixian resentful of him, but they did not dare to do anything due to the force of Bronze Horse.

Therefore, Liu Xiu only used a small plan to capture Jixian County.

After selecting the surrendered troops, Liu Xiu got an infantry force of 3,000 men, and then appointed Bai Lin as the magistrate of Jixian County to preside over the military affairs of Jixian County. Then he led Feng Yi, Deng Yu, Wu Han and others to divide the troops into multiple groups. Constantly conquering cities and territories.

In less than three days, the entire territory of the original Guangyang Kingdom was captured. After recruitment, Liu Xiu's infantry number reached 5,000.

Just when Liu Xiu was wondering whether to go north or south, a piece of news came.

Liu Ziyu, who ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Handan, unexpectedly received the support of the vast number of heroic forces in Hebei. For a time, in addition to the Tongma, Youlai, Shangjiang, Qingdu, Wuxiao and other rebel armies, they all announced that they would accept Liu Ziyu's canonization. Shanggu County, Yuyang County and other border counties also announced their acceptance of his appointment under Liu Ziyu's pressure.

Now it's good, you don't have to worry about going north or south, Liu Ziyu is the one who will be beaten.

At this time, Su Jin came up with an idea for Liu Xiu: "General, now we are newly based in Ji County and occupy the Guangyang Kingdom. Although this is the territory of Liu Jie, the king of Guangyang under Liu Ziyu,
But Handan is still far away from us after all, and although the Bronze Horse and other tribes in the south have openly accepted Liu Ziyu's imperial edict, they are all arrogant and rebellious people who listen to orders but not propaganda, and they will definitely not let Liu Ziyu troops passed through their defense zone.

In the north, Geng Kuang, the governor of Shanggu, and Peng Chong, the governor of Yuyang, guarded the border all year round. They were border generals and had always been upright. If they were true descendants of the royal family, it would be fine. Liu Ziyu didn't know whether it was true or not. How could they think highly of him? ? I would say that they all temporarily surrendered to Liu Ziyu due to pressure. "

After hearing Su Jin's analysis, Liu Xiu suddenly understood the situation in front of him and immediately asked: "Then what should we do now? Join Geng Kuang and Peng Chong and go south to attack Liu Ziyu?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "We want to fight south, but we can't contact the north now. At least we have to wait until the Bronze Horse and other troops are eliminated, contact Liu Ziyu's army, and then use the title of Xingda Sima given by Liu Xuan to the general before going. connect.

After all, Liu Xuan has now entered Guanzhong. "

When it came to Guanzhong, Liu Xiu was a little afraid: "Sir, do you think Liu Xuan can occupy Chang'an?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "Of course, Wang Mang is at the end of his rope now, and there is no chance of turning around."

"Then, Liu Xuan occupied Chang'an and Luoyang, and Guanzhong is the land of Longxing. Hasn't the world been settled?"

"Don't worry, general, Liu Xuan is just a grass-headed king, just a pioneer for the king. Let's take a detailed look at his actions. If Wang Mang hadn't been so unpopular, how would he have come forward?

Along the way, whether it was Wancheng or Kunyang, or even Luoyang and Guanzhong, it was not his ability to capture these places. He relied on his capable soldiers and generals, but even so, he could not tolerate others. Isn’t it not far from destruction?
What's more, there are red eyebrow troops in the east watching with eagerness. "

After hearing Su Jin's guidance, Liu Xiu felt much better.

"Yes, General, I have long seen that Liu Xuan is nothing, otherwise I would not have dropped everything and rushed to the Yellow River to catch up with you. In my opinion, the only person who can end the war in the world is you, General." .”

Deng Yu on the side also spoke in support.

"Okay, since you all support me, I can't let you down. In five days, I will give you five days. After five days, I will send troops to attack Zhuojun and destroy the Bronze Horse Tribe in one battle."

"Respect!"

October rd
The Green Forest Army (Han Army) entered Xuanping Gate in Chang'an and fought fiercely with the Mang Army commanded by Wang Yi, Wang Xun and others.

October 4th
The citizens in the city set fire to the palace, causing Wang Mang and all the ministers to panic.

October th
After several days of fierce fighting, the Mang army commanded by Wang Mang suffered heavy casualties and was unable to resist the enemy. They retreated with Wang Mang to Cangchi Jiantai in the Weiyang Palace, trying to resist Yichichi and make a final struggle.

That night, the Green Forest Army (Han Army) and the citizens of Chang'an surrounded Jiantai and attacked fiercely. Wang Yi and Wang Xun were killed one after another. Wang Mang had nowhere to escape. Du Wu, a businessman from Chang'an, rushed to Jiantai with a knife in his hand. , killed Wang Mang.

October
The Green Forest Army (Han Army) occupied the entire city of Chang'an. Announced the demise of the new dynasty that had lasted for fifteen years.

At this time, Liu Xiuzheng led his more than 10,000 troops to engage in a fierce battle with the more than 100,000 troops of the Bronze Horse Tribe entrenched near Zhuojun. The Bronze Horse Division occupies most of Zhuojun and Bohaijun, with a total strength of about 200,000.

Fortunately, through various channels, Liu Xiu formed another 2,000 light cavalry, which together with the original 3,000 fine cavalry formed a 5,000 cavalry army to continuously cover the advance of the 7,000 infantry.

After all, the Bronze Horse Army is a peasant army with limited combat power. Although it has a large number of people, it still has to suppress the local area. Therefore, there are only less than 100,000 troops facing Liu Xiu this time.

Because the number was small, Liu Xiu gave full play to the advantages of the cavalry and conducted field battles with the Bronze Horse Army as much as possible, and rarely engaged in siege battles.

Due to Liu Xiujun's good military discipline, the people obeyed wherever he went, and the surrendered troops who defeated the captives were quickly absorbed.

By the time they arrived at Zhuoxian, Liu Xiu's infantry had already numbered 10,000 people.

But this is still incomparable to the tens of thousands of bronze horse troops defending Zhuoxian.

"Now that we see it, sir, what should we do?" Liu Xiu weighed the situation between the enemy and ourselves and asked Su Jin.

"Hasn't the general already made a decision?" Su Jin said with a smile.

Liu Xiu pointed at Su Jin and said with a smile: "You, you."

Then he sent an order: "My general orders Deng Yu to lead 10,000 infantry troops to bypass Zhuoxian County and attack Rongcheng southward. Feng Yi and his cavalry will accompany me."

So in front of tens of thousands of people in Zhuoxian County, the 10,000 infantry led by Deng Yu passed through Zhuoxian County in a mighty manner and headed south.

The defender in Zhuoxian County thought that he could not let so many enemy troops enter because he had many troops and generals, so he led 30,000 infantry and cavalry out of the south gate and attacked Deng Yu's army.

Deng Yu was well prepared and ordered the rear team to change into the front team and put into a defensive formation.

The two sides engaged in battle. Although there were more Bronze Horse soldiers, they were still blocked by Deng Yu. After a while, Liu Xiu led 5,000 cavalry and attacked from the rear of the Bronze Horse Army.

Liu Xiu led Bai He's three thousand fine cavalry in a frontal assault, while Feng Yi and Wu Han each led a thousand light cavalry to attack from both sides.

Under attack from both front and rear, as expected, the Bronze Horse Army was defeated. Because there were cavalry chasing behind them, the defeated soldiers fled to the gate of Zhuoxian City. The defenders of Zhuoxian County did not dare to open the city gate at all.

In this battle, Liu Xiu captured 20,000 people, including 3,000 horses. Liu Xiu set up camp thirty miles south of Zhuo County to absorb the prisoners.

Replenish the infantry to 15,000, and the cavalry to 3,000 light cavalry, to make up for 5,000 light cavalry.

Then the cavalry troops were stationed here, sending sentry cavalry widely, cutting off all information from the south of Zhuo County, making the counties south of Zhuo County think that Liu Xiu's army was still fighting fiercely in Zhuo County.

Then Feng Yi was sent, leading 10,000 infantry and 3,000 light cavalry, to surprise Rongcheng.

At this time, there were still 60,000 people left in Zhuoxian County. The generals in the city thought that this was not an option, but they did not dare to leave the city. It was because Liu Xiu's cavalry was too powerful. They were as elite as the cavalry fighting against the Huns on the border.

At this time, someone suggested that we send people north to attack Liu Xiu's hometown and surround Wei and rescue Zhao?
Once everyone heard it, it was feasible.

So he sent one man and led 30,000 people out of the north gate to attack Liu Xiu's base, Guangyang State.

Thirty thousand bronze horse troops came to Liangxiang and attacked fiercely for many days, but they were blocked by Bai Lin's less than 3,000 infantry and the residents of the city.

Bai Lin then continuously mobilized domestic troops and horses, bringing the number of Liangxiang defenders to 5,000. However, Liangxiang was a small town with little defensive pressure, and 30,000 people could not deploy, so the Bronze Horse Army could not retreat for many days.

At this moment, Feng Yi led ten thousand people, taking advantage of the information gap of the Bronze Horse Army, to raid Rongcheng and capture this important town on Laishui River.

At this time, the entire Bronze Horse territory in Zhuojun was intercepted and cut in half.

Feng Yi asked Wu Han to lead 3,000 men to defend here, and then personally led 7,000 men to the north to attack Fanyang and Gu'an.

October 15th

Feng Yi captured Fanyang and Fanyang. At this point, there was only an isolated city in Zhuo County to the north of Zhuo County.

After receiving the battle report, the Bronze Horse Division also assembled an army of 200,000 troops, preparing to go north.

When Feng Yi arrived at the camp in the south of Zhuo County with 20,000 people, Liu Xiu led 5,000 cavalry and quickly bypassed Zhuo County and attacked the Bronze Horse Army attacking Liangxiang.

The Bronze Horse Army was defeated.

When the defenders of Zhuoxian County heard that they had become an isolated city, and that the army that attacked Liangxiang was defeated, they had only 30,000 soldiers left. However, after many battles, the enemy army only had 30,000 infantry troops, and even more cavalry troops. As many as ten thousand.

After Liu Xiu continued to send envoys to persuade him to surrender, Zhuoxian finally surrendered.

Liu Xiu immediately sent people into Zhuo County to take over everything. Then he called Bai Lin and appointed him as the prefect of Zhuo County to take charge of all government affairs.

He also led people into the barracks to rectify the surrendered troops and prepare for the upcoming battle.

(End of this chapter)