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

Chapter 413: There are rules for the confrontation between the two armies, and the famous generals in the unprecedented battle

May 10
Yuan Shao set up his camp on the vast plains of more than a hundred miles between the plains and the Kingdom of Li. He was followed by generals Yuan Zhao, Bai Gong, Zhang He, Qu Yi, Jiang Qi and others.

He stationed grain in Yimu County behind the defense line as a granary for the 150,000-strong army, and demoted Chunyu Qiong, who had been defeated in Pingyuan County, to Yimu as a guard general in charge of the granary, with 3,000 grain-protecting troops under his command.

Liu Bei placed his camp twenty miles east of Yuan Jun's camp, ten miles due west of Ande County, backed by the grain road transit city Ande.

He divided his army's granary into two. One is placed in Xipingchang. Although it is a bit far away, it is better than safety.

The other one is in Gaotang. The distance is similar to that from Xipingchang to Ande, but the advantage is that there is the Yellow River, and we have the advantage of a navy. We can rely on two naval forces to pass through the Yellow River and transport a large amount of grain from Gaotang to Ande.

Because Liu Bei placed 20,000 people in Gaotang to threaten the plains, Yuan Shao had to place 20,000 people in the plains as well, guarded by General Gao Lan to ensure that his flanks were not lost.

Secondly, he placed 10,000 people in the Li Kingdom to ensure his left wing and the Yimu granary in the rear, which were garrisoned by Yan Ge, the general of the army. Therefore, Yuan Shao's actual available military strength is 120,000.

On the other side, Liu Bei stationed 20,000 troops in Gaotang to maintain pressure on the plains at all times, led by the partial general Tai Shici. Thirty thousand people were stationed in West Pingchang, and at the same time, they were guarded against attacks from Bohai County in the north, and were garrisoned by partial general Bai Xing.

He took several generals such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, and Zhao Yun, as well as dozens of supporting generals such as Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao, Liu Lin, Lei Bo, and Chen Lan, and led one hundred thousand troops to confront Yuan Shao on the opposite side of the camp.

Xiahou Bo, the general who stayed behind, led 5,000 troops to garrison Ande.

May

The two armies marched out from the main camp and spread out in formation on the vast plains of more than ten miles between the two armies.

With ten thousand people and a boundless army, let alone an army of one hundred thousand, the camps built by the two armies at the back alone can cover an area equivalent to that of a large city.

The people at the back had no idea what was happening in the front, and could only rely on the constantly flying messengers to get orders from the general.

Liu Bei and Yuan Shao first took their generals and had a friendly exchange in front of the battle line. They talked about each other's shortcomings and how shameless they were, so that honest people like themselves had to be good at using weapons. .

After greeting each other, both sides returned to their own lines.

The arrangements for both parties are as follows:

Liu Beifang: Because most of them are infantry, they don’t have much flexibility.

Zhang Fei is the commander-in-chief of the left army, leading 20,000 troops; Lu Bu is the commander-in-chief of the right army, leading 20,000 troops; Guan Yu is the commander-in-chief of the front army, leading 20,000 troops; Liu Bei is the commander-in-chief of the center army, commanding 20,000 troops; Zhao Yun is the commander-in-chief of the rear army, leading 20,000 troops. Twenty thousand soldiers.

It was a very standard Han army formation, with nothing outstanding or defective.

Yuan Shaofang: Unlike Liu Bei who had many infantry, Yuan Shao had a large number of Hu cavalry under his command. However, it is generally similar to Liu Beijun's formation.

Take Zhang He as the commander-in-chief of the front army, leading 20,000 troops; take Yuan Zhao as the commander-in-chief of the left army, leading 20,000 troops; take Bai Gong as the commander-in-chief of the right army, leading 20,000 troops;
Yuan Shao himself led 30,000 troops to control the central army; Wuhuan King Tadun was the commander of the left cavalry, leading 10,000 Wuhuan cavalry, and was on the left of the central army; his younger brother Yuan Lang was the commander of the right cavalry, leading 10,000 cavalry, and was on the right of the central army. ; Jiang Qi was the commander-in-chief of the rear army, leading 10,000 troops.

Yuan Zhao and Bai Gong were previously known as the "Four Court Pillars of Hebei" together with Yan Liang Wenchou. Since Yan Liang Wenchou was beheaded by Guan Yu, the two of them have become Yuan Shao's only capable generals.

But whenever they need to be used, Yuan Shao will be cautious. Just because one of them is from the Yuan family of Baijun and the other is from the Bai family of Zhenbei Prefecture.

The Yuan clan of Baijun is related to the Yuan clan of Yuan Shao's Bohai. Hundreds of years ago, they were all the Yuan clan of Baiguo, and they were one of the major clans of Baijun.

Communist Bai is the nephew of General Baima of Zhenbei Prefecture. Zhenbei Prefecture is well known to the world because of the Zhenbei Army. Since Xiu Wuhou entered northern Xinjiang, this lineage has taken root in the grassland.

From the Changdong General's Mansion in the former Han Dynasty to the Zhenbei General's Mansion in the present Han Dynasty, Xiuwuhou and his family have always been the greatest contributors to Bingzhou's ability to resist the Hu people and prevent the Hu people from invading the Central Plains for hundreds of years.

The Zhenbei Army had five thousand soldiers, all of whom were elite cavalrymen skilled in bows and horses. Among them were not only Han people, but also Huns, Xianbei, Wuhuan and even a few Goguryeo who were enslaved by the Xianbei and later escaped.

Due to historical reasons, the position of General Zhenbei is the only military position in the Han Dynasty that is hereditary with the tacit approval of the emperor. Therefore, it can be said that the Zhenbei Army is a group of professional soldiers who listen to no one except General Zhenbei. The barbarians called them a group of devils.

According to the authority of the Zhenbei general, he should have the right to temporarily control the northern generals, such as the Zhonglang general who protects the Xiongnu in the north and south, the Wuhuan captain who protects Wuhuan, and the captains and captains of the vassal states along the border of Bingzhou.

However, in order to prevent the Zhenbei Army from becoming too powerful, the emperors of the Han Dynasty in the past dynasties personally appointed Zhonglang Generals to protect the Xiongnu in the north and south, Wuhuan Colonels to protect Wuhuan, and various captains along the Bingzhou border. Only officers from the five thousand elite cavalry of the Zhenbei Army were appointed. , is the one General Zhenbei can really appoint and remove.

In the early years, the Zhenbei Army was not stationed in Jiuyuan County, but in Yanmen County within the Great Wall. As the Han army became more and more powerful, in order to better suppress the Hu people below, the Zhenbei Army moved its station to Dahan County. The northernmost part of the border is Jiuyuan County and Wuyuan County.

However, as the Zhenbei Army was stationed in Wuyuan County for longer and longer, the name of Wuyuan County was gradually forgotten, and it was called Zhenbei Prefecture.

Originally, the military expenses of the Zhenbei Army were all allocated by the imperial court. Later, the imperial court ran out of money. For a period of time, the Zhenbei General himself advanced the money. As for where his money came from, I don't know. Later, the imperial court was afraid that the Zhenbei Army, like the Xiliang Army, would cause rebellion because of military expenses, so they had to let them take money from Bingzhou's finances.

Now that Bingzhou was captured by Yuan Shao, their military expenditures were transferred to Yuan Shao. However, Yuan Shao did not want to provoke this existence that made all the barbarians in the north fear him, so he chose to spend money to avoid disaster. Anyway, his money Too many to use up.

Therefore, there was some mutual benefit in the reason why Baima sent Lu Bu to join the team of Bingzhou governor Ding Yuan. Now that the financial sponsor has been replaced by Yuan Shao, he will naturally have to give him some benefits, so the appearance of Bai Cong is logical.

May 14

The Yuan and Liu families began to fight, but due to some unavoidable reasons, the two sides each sent only 60,000 troops each time, and the rest stood in military posture behind them. But these 120,000 people, in a ten-mile-wide area On the front, fierce fighting was going on.

July
Rivers of blood and corpses littered the fields, and dense crowds of crows kept circling in the sky, falling down from time to time and grabbing someone's finger.

The two sides of Yuan and Liu had been fighting fiercely on this battlefield called Anye for nearly two months. Yuan Shao's army left more than 30,000 corpses, and Liu Bei's army also left more than 20,000 corpses.

The high-intensity fighting for days has made the soldiers on both sides very tired. And due to the corpses and blood, it was already impossible to conduct a large-scale battle.

Therefore, the two sides started a truce with a tacit understanding, and each began a battle between generals, local elite soldiers, and a brutal strangulation between the scouts of both sides.

The most eye-catching thing is the battle between the two sides.

Although he lost Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Yuan Shao, with the help of Bai Gong and Yuan Zhao, was able to withstand the many fierce generals under Liu Bei's command.

Among them, when the Bai Cong fought against Guan Yu and Lu Bu, the Bai Cong could only last more than forty rounds under Guan Yu. After forty rounds, they would inevitably lose. .

It was even worse against Lu Bu. Since Lu Bu was familiar with some of his moves, he could only last less than thirty rounds. If Lu Bu hadn't deliberately let go, he might have been killed by the formation.

Therefore, in the following battles, Bai Gong and Yuan Zhao fought against one of Guan Yu and Lu Bu each time, so that Guan Yu and Lu Bu did not gain any advantage on the battlefield.

However, it was much easier for Bai Gong and Yuan Zhao to face Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. The four of them were all at the same level. They were all entering the ranks of first-class generals for the first time. It could be said that they were evenly matched.

Faced with the fact that Liu Bei could have two unparalleled generals in the world, Yuan Shao often felt jealous. In order to regain his face, he could only lament to his subordinates: "If my father Yan Liang and Wen Chou were still there, how could he be bullied by Liu Bei's son like this. "

Yuan Shao was very puzzled as to why Lu Bu could follow Liu Bei wholeheartedly, because in his opinion, Lu Bu was completely a demonic soldier who could not be surrendered and devoured his master. Is Liu Bei really the son of destiny?
Of course not, this has to talk about Bai's role. At the beginning, Lu Bu formally surrendered to Liu Bei under Bai Lu's advice. However, deep down in his heart, he did not completely submit. He only temporarily bowed his head because of Bai's face and his own circumstances. That’s all.

Therefore, it can be seen that in the early stage, Liu Bei had no way to mobilize Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others. But after one incident, Lu Bu completely accepted his identity as a worker.

This event is Lu Bu's wedding.

After Liu Bei's help, Bai Xing's sister married Lu Bu and became Lu Bu's only openly married wife, because neither Dong Zhuo nor Ding Yuan nor Wang Yun fully understood people like Lu Bu.

For a person like Lu Bu who lost his father and mother since childhood, he longs for a family in his heart. In other words, Lu Bu lacks love. Although Baima, the general of Zhenbei, made up for Lu Bu's young mind, it still could not completely cure him.

Therefore, Liu Bei's move moved Lu Bu to tears, and Lu Bu was very satisfied with Bai, who was both talented and beautiful.

It was under Bai's instructions every day that Lu Bu was willing to let Zhang Liao and others go, and put himself completely in the position of a minister.

His humble and courteous demeanor made it impossible for people who knew him well to tell that he was the former air general with a heart as high as the sky and a life as thin as paper.

There is another interesting thing. When Lu Bu saw his old friend Bai Cong on the battlefield, he was very happy. But when he saw Bai Cong winking at him, he knew that now both sides were their own masters, so he let him act. It was just his acting skills. It was so clumsy that the White Communists had no choice but to throw away their weapons and act like they were defeated.

Therefore, whenever the White Communists came to challenge, Lu Bu looked left and right, not at all anxious to fight in the face of Yuan Zhao, Zhang He and others.

You must know that he and Zhang Fei are famously warlike people in Liu Bei's army.

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This unprecedented battle, involving millions of civilians and nearly 400,000 troops from both sides, naturally attracted the attention of people all over the world.

On the battlefield, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Bai Gong, Yuan Zhao, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Jiang Qi and others were also talked about by people all over the world.

Among them, Guan Yu and Lu Bu are regarded by the world as the most powerful generals that have not appeared in a century. Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Bai Gong, and Yuan Zhao have also been widely known by the world since then and are famous generals in the world.

Even the generals such as Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang, Zang Ba, Chen Lan, and Lei Bo who had gone to war were well known to the world.

(End of this chapter)