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

Chapter 270 The Battle of Zhao Kingdom
October
After preparing food and grass and reorganizing the army, Liu Xiu began to attack Liu Ziyu.

Looking at the map of Hebei, Liu Xiu and the generals started a heated discussion.

"My Lord, I think that the three countries of Heishan, Zhongshan and Zhending are now on good terms with us, and the Changshan County occupied by the Heishan Army is just in the north of Zhao State, not far from Handan.

Although Liu Ziyu has many soldiers and generals, as long as Handan is broken and Liu Ziyu is captured, what will happen even if he has millions of soldiers?

Therefore, according to the general's opinion, it is better to go straight south from Changshan County and capture Handan. This battle can be won in one battle. "

This is Deng Yu's idea.

"My Lord, Handan is a fortified city. Our army's strength is inferior to that of Liu Ziyu. Even if we successfully attack Handan City, we will not be able to capture this fortified city within a few months.

When Liu Ziyu's reinforcements arrive, we will be attacked from both sides and have nowhere to run.

Therefore, I think we should seek stability, go south from the Bohai Sea, and capture cities and territories along the way. With the elite of our army, Liu Ziyu can easily pacify it in only two or three years. "

Feng Yi disagreed with Deng Yu's suggestion and put forward the opposite opinion.

"Lord..."

Liu Xiu listened to the generals' suggestions and kept simulating them on the map, but he felt it was inappropriate. Taking Handan directly seemed good, but what was required was speed, and Handan was enough to strangle them under the city.

Going down from the Bohai Sea is very stable, but it is too time-consuming. Now the Red Eyebrow Army and Chang'an in the south have already beaten the brains of Hongnong County. By the time they slowly finish beating Liu Ziyu, the day lilies are already cold. .

"Everyone, put strategy aside for now. Our army now is 200,000, and Liu Ziyu has an army of more than 400,000. Although there are only more than 200,000 near Handan, we cannot win a quick victory.

As long as we are blocked here, the hundreds of thousands of troops located in the direction of the Bohai Sea may attack our army from the west, making our army vulnerable to enemies from both sides, and the strategic intention will fail. Or go directly north. With a military strength of hundreds of thousands, I am afraid that the defenders in our counties will not be able to control it.

By then, Zhuojun was captured, the soldiers and their families were trapped in enemy territory, and the soldiers had no intention of fighting, and there was really no way to save the day. "

Liu Xiu looked at the map and sighed.

The generals were silent as they listened to Liu Xiu's analysis. There were too few soldiers. If there were an army of millions, how long would it take to think about it? A direct three-pronged attack will pacify Liu Ziyu in three months.

"My lord, aren't there still the three kingdoms of Heishan, Zhending, and Zhongshan?"

Liu Xiu explained: "The three countries are small after all, and our army is only an alliance with them. There are many gaps between the three parties. It is impossible to send out all the troops. According to my estimate, we can only send out a maximum of 100,000 troops."

"My lord, maybe you can ask the imperial court and the Bai Kingdom for help." Pu Shegong Yejiao suggested.

Liu Xiu's eyes lit up and she looked at Bai Lin. Bai Lin pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, I can write a letter, but Bai Guo's suppression of the local area involves too much energy, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get much out of it."

"No problem, I just need the Bai Kingdom to march from the west of Handan to oppress Handan and involve some of Liu Ziyu's troops."

"I will go to China immediately."

Liu Xiu nodded, then looked at Gong Yejiao: "Zihe, it's up to you to take a trip to Chang'an."

"Please don't worry, my lord."

"Now that the problem of military strength has been partially solved, let's talk about how to fight, whether from Changshan County or Bohai County."

As soon as the conversation started, the generals started quarreling again, and Liu Xiu had no choice.

Seeing that Military Advisor Su Jin had been silent, he said, "Commander, what do you think?"

When all eyes in the audience turned to him, Su Jin slowly said: "Go forward from both sides."

Liu Xiu hesitated and said: "What's the explanation? Our army is already stretched thin. If we divide our troops again, we may not be able to make it all the way."

Su Jin stood up, saluted Liu Xiu, then walked to the map and pointed at a city.

"Giant deer?" Feng Yi, who was close, said in surprise.

"Yes, it's a giant deer. The giant deer is only a hundred miles away from Handan. The two armies can form antlers and support each other. Moreover, the giant deer blocks the only path that Zhao Jun must pass in the direction of the Bohai Sea. If Zhao Jun wants to save Handan, he must Passing the giant deer.

As long as we capture Julu and put 20,000 to 30,000 people here, the rest can either support Handan or defend Zhuojun. At that time, the battlefield will be decided by us.

Moreover, Liu Ziyu, Yongjun, once Handan is threatened, will definitely let the Bohai Navy come to the rescue at all costs. Attacking the enemy will save Handan. This is Liu Ziyu's seven inches.

It is unwise to abandon a weak point and attack its strong point. "

After listening to Su Jin's analysis, Liu Xiu nodded repeatedly: "Sir is indeed my ancient Guan and Yue. I feel comfortable having him as a fish in water."

Su Jin was neither modest nor proud. He just bowed and sat back down.

After Su Jin sat down and said nothing, Liu Xiu ordered: "According to what the military advisor said, the army is divided into two groups, one going south from Changshan County, attacking Handan directly, and the other going south from Zhongshan Kingdom, directly attacking Julu to block the reinforcements from the Bohai Sea. "

Seeing that there was no objection from the generals, he thought for a moment: "Our army now only has 200,000 troops, including 180,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry. However, we still have to be prepared for Liu Jie's sneak attack in western Liaoning.
Therefore, I decided to place 20,000 people in Yuyang County and cooperate with Yuyang Prefect Geng Kuang to stop Liu Jie. If Liu Jie does not move, he will serve as a domestic reserve force to prevent Bohai County from going north.

We must win Handan, so I decided to put most of the troops here, with Deng Yu as the main general, Zhu Fu as the deputy general, leading an infantry force of 110,000 for the main attack, Bai He as the cavalry general, leading 10,000 cavalry to cover the main force of the infantry.

Julu is the top priority of this battle. It can be said that it is related to the life and death of our army. Therefore, I decided to attack Julu with 50,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry. I will personally lead it. Feng Yi will follow me as deputy general to attack Julu.

The attacks cannot be carried out at the same time. Deng Yu and you attack first and lead the Julu enemy to Handan. Then we attack Julu all the way from Zhongshan and strive to capture Julu in one battle.

As for the 100,000 guest troops from the three kingdoms of Heishan, Zhending, and Zhongshan, they were all put under the command of Deng Yu. Deng Yu! "The end is here!" "

"I will leave these 220,000 troops to you. I hope you will not disappoint my general's hopes and must capture Handan for me."

"Please don't worry, my lord, if you don't take Handan, the general will come to see you!"

"I don't want your head, I want Handan!"

Deng Yu knelt down on one knee and said solemnly: "Yes, you don't want my head, you want Handan!"

After the military meeting was over, everyone began to take responsibility for preparations. Gongyejiao set off for Chang'an that day, and Bai Lin also wrote a letter and gave it to the guards to send to the Bai Kingdom.

Three years after the reform
New Year
With everything ready, Liu Xiujun launched the attack.

First, Deng Yu led an army of 220,000 troops to suddenly defeat the Zhao army that was confronting the Black Mountain Army. He crossed the defense line and went south from Changshan County. He was about to arrive at Fangfang County at the junction of Changshan County and Julu County.

According to Deng Yu's deployment, the army went all the way south, fighting directly from the house, entering the former Zhao Kingdom via Baixiang and Bairen, and then continued southward, conquering Zhangxian, Guangxiang, Xiangguo, Yiyang, and reaching the city of Handan.

The eighth day of the first lunar month
In just one day, Deng Yu's army wiped out the three thousand Zhao troops in the house and continued southward.

Liu Ziyu also got the news at this time, and immediately sent Grand Sima Li Yu to lead 200,000 troops northward, but it took time to assemble the army.

At Li Yu's suggestion, Liu Ziyu agreed that he would lead 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry in a hurry to Bairen County, relying on the strong city of Bairen County to resist Deng Yu's army. Follow-up troops continued to be mobilized.

The tenth day of the first lunar month
Deng Yu captured Baixiang, and in order to protect the army's food route, he divided his forces and captured the Xiang family in the east of Baixiang.

The twelfth day of the first lunar month

Deng Yu's army of 180,000 troops arrived at Bairen City. At this time, Li Yu finally arrived after many days of hurried march. He had no time to rest and immediately arranged the city defense.

The thirteenth day of the first lunar month

Deng Yu commanded the army to attack the city.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month

Li Yu's 50,000 reinforcements arrived at Bairen and joined the defense of the city.

The twentieth day of the first lunar month

Julu's 100,000-strong army, which was relatively close to Bairen, arrived in Bairen County. Deng Yu's army was blocked by Li Yu at Bairen.

The twenty-third day of the first lunar month
Just as Liu Ziyu was preparing to send the last 50,000 troops from Handan to the Bai people's front line.

Just as the 50,000-strong army reached thirty miles northwest of Yiyang, the Bai Kingdom launched a brazen attack on Liu Ziyu.

The Bai Kingdom, with Quan Lian as its general, led an army of 50,000 to the north to attack Zhao Han. During a surprise attack, the important town on the southern border of Zhao Han, Yecheng, was captured.

At the same time, Xuanhan sent Shangshu Ling Xie Gong with an army of 50,000 to cross the Yellow River from Dongjun to invade Zhao Han.

A hundred thousand troops appeared in the south only a hundred miles away from Handan, and Liu Ziyu panicked.

Immediately ordered the 50,000 reinforcements that had reached halfway to withdraw to defend Handan, and mobilized another 50,000 from Bairen. Not only that, he canceled the order to order the Bohai Navy to go north to attack Liu Xiuzhuo County, and ordered it to lead an army of 150,000 to the west for support. Handan.

The 30th day of the first lunar month

One hundred thousand Baihan coalition forces arrived in Handan and began a tentative attack.

Fortunately, the 50,000 Zhao army returned to the rescue in time, so that Handan's troops would not be empty. With 50,000 troops in hand, Liu Ziyu believed that with the strength of Handan, there would be no problem in defending for half a month. When the Bai people's 50,000 reinforcements arrived, , Handan is impregnable.

February 3rd
Li Yu, who had been mobilized from 50,000 men, only had 60,000 men. It was just a defense. Deng Yu's army of 200,000 men would be captured sooner or later. By then, it would be difficult to fight.

February th
At Su Jin's suggestion, Liu Xiu gave up the strategy of moving south from Zhongshan State and instead sent troops through the opening opened by Deng Yu's army.

March east from Baixiang, seize Guang'a and Nanluan along the way, bypass Dalu Ze and take Julu City directly.

February 8
Liu Xiu personally commanded 60,000 elite soldiers and captured Guang'a in half a day. He then sent his generals into three groups, with Feng Yi leading 20,000 troops. Before the news spread, Zhao Jun's eyes were on Bai and Handan to capture Xindu. County, so as to provide sufficient depth for the army.

Wu Han led 20,000 troops all the way to the north to capture the northern part of Julu, all the way to Zhongshan Kingdom, and opened a second grain road.

Liu Xiu personally commanded 20,000 troops along the way, and quickly captured Nanluan with 10,000 cavalry, followed by infantry.

After the plan is made, the generals will act according to the strategy.

Early morning of February 9th
Liu Xiu took advantage of the opening of the gate of Nanluan County and captured Nanluan County with light cavalry. Subsequent troops entered Nanluan, and then sent cavalry to block some news from Nanluan to Julu.

March 5
After a month of fighting, both sides in Handan were in a standoff with 100,000 soldiers each. The battle between the Bai people was still in a stalemate, and Deng Yu's many strong attacks were repelled by Li Yu. Liu Xiujun had a smooth journey, capturing the northern part of Julu and opening up a second grain road from Zhongshan.

The western part of Xindu County, including Xindu City, was captured by Feng Yi. Liu Xiu has also arrived at Julu City. Since Julu City is high and there are 10,000 defenders in the city, it is impossible to capture it with the 20,000 people in hand. Therefore, he sent 10,000 people to monitor Julu, and he took the remaining 10,000 people to attack Julu City. Take down Quzhou on the east side to reduce the hidden danger on the back.

The 150,000 reinforcements from Zhao Jun Bohai are about to arrive at Xindu City.

(End of this chapter)