Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 395 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
Chapter 398 Misfortunes Never Come Alone

It seems that these carriages should be loaded with food.Shan Yi has no doubts either.

As Du Mingli's in-laws, Shanyi knew a little bit about the inside story of Xianrenzui. Although Du Mingli didn't make wine himself, as a baijiu seller, he had to buy a certain amount of grain every month and sell it to the Xianrenzui brewery.

Shan Yi nodded at Du Wu.

However, Shan Yi quickly walked down the city gate, and he discovered that this caravan was actually murderous.A battle-tested soldier rolled around in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. Over time, he carried an invisible murderous aura on his body.This kind of murderous aura, ordinary people or those with a dull sixth sense, can't detect it at all.Just like a butcher who often kills dogs, when ambition meets him, he will bite him.

Although Shan Yi is just an ordinary county lieutenant, he is the captain of Shan's Wubao Self-Guiding.He once led the Shan clan to fight fierce battles with the Hu people. Although he is not a professional army, he has a keen sense of danger for soldiers.

Shan Yi said: "Stop all of them! Offenders will be shot to death!"

At Shanyi's order, nearly half of the caravan members who had just passed through Neiwen City stopped consciously.Because they saw that the Qianjin Gate of Inner Urn City had already fallen, that is to say, now they had no chance to enter the inner city in Nei Urn City!
At the same time, more than 100 soldiers on the tower of the city gate are ready to go, as if they are facing a big enemy!

"Shan Ye, Shan Ye! What's going on here!" Seeing this scene, Du Wu hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, not knowing how his big belly, which weighed at least [-] jin, could reach the [-]-meter race. Shan Yi said with a smile all over his face.

Shan Yi's face turned cold and said: "What's the matter with these people?"

"These are all new recruits from the boss!"

"Stop making noise!" Shan Yi said, "Do you know what I'm asking?"

Du Wu quietly walked in front of Shan Yi, and said in a low voice: "The master intends to take the commercial road in the Western Regions. You know, Master Shan, that the road is not peaceful beyond the boundaries of our country of Wei. So I recruited some former soldiers. !"

What Du Wu said was half true and half false.

Du Mingli really intends to follow the commercial route of the Western Regions, and plans to sell the silk bought at a low price from the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Western Regions at a high price.Shan Yi knows about this matter. As for the sergeants of the former dynasty mentioned by Du Wu, they are actually the sergeants of the Later Zhao Kingdom. The army of the Later Zhao Kingdom was as high as more than 40 at the peak, but the Jie people may not even be able to count all the women and children. Out of [-] people.Therefore, in addition to the Jie people, Huns, and Xianbei people in the Zhao army, there were also many Han sergeants.

After the fall of Zhao, some of these troops surrendered to Ran Min, and some left the army taking advantage of the chaos.This phenomenon is not an exception, so Shanyi has no doubts.

"Is there any problem with the origin of these?"

"Du Wu said: "There must be no problem, Du Wu can guarantee it with his head! "

Youdao is the emperor and the courtiers.

As a member of the officialdom, Shan Yi was still a little worried and said: "Tell Master Du that money in the Western Regions is not so easy to earn. These people can use it, and it's better not to, otherwise it will be a disaster of copying their families and destroying their families!"

"Humble!"

Shan Yi waved his hand and asked the soldiers to close the gate and open the city gate to let them go!

It was night, there were shouts of killing in Huai County, and Huai County, which had more than a thousand soldiers garrisoned, fell.

The people of Huai County spent a sleepless night in fear.

At dawn, the people of Huai County were told that this was just a military exercise.They are the blue army. According to the rules of the exercise, they will take over the defense of Huai County, and the lives of the people will not be affected!

Early the next morning, Dong Run received the news that the blue army had appeared south of Hulao Pass in Sishui Town, Xingyang.

Dong Run turned over the map and found that Xingyang is [-] miles away from the south bank of the Yellow River, which is the only way to cross the Yellow River in the north.At this time, Dong Run was anxious. If the blue army was allowed to cross the Yellow River and threaten Yecheng, there would be no need for this exercise to continue.

Dong Run hurriedly ordered Su Jue's Beiwei Army and Hu Yanqun's Canglang Battalion to rush to Xingyang.

Just an hour after Su Jue and Hu Yanqun's army set off, Dong Run received the news that Luoyang Dongyan Division had fallen.

Yanshi is very close to Luoyang, only less than eighty miles away. For ordinary Wei troops, this distance is only half of the journey in a hurry.

Immediately afterwards, Dong Run received the news that the blue army was found in the south of Luhun City. The blue army was preparing to attack the city, but was discovered by the defenders. As the southern barrier of Luoyang, it was also a second-line strategic depth facing the danger of Jingzhou in the Jin Dynasty. Luhun City There are more than [-] soldiers and horses stationed in a Quliutun.

Dong Run marked Xingyang and Yanshi on the map, and he broke out in a cold sweat immediately. Could it be that what Zhang Wen drew was Luoyang?
You must know that Luoyang was the old capital of the Jin Dynasty. Although it was dilapidated, after Ran Ming and Chen Xun defeated the Di Qin army, Luoyang was repaired on a large scale.

Although Luoyang is not the capital of the Wei State, it is one of the accompanying capitals with the same status as Chang'an, and once the Wei army goes south, Luoyang will be used as a supply base for Houle. All kinds of weapons and equipment, if Zhang Wen got Luoyang, even if the Red Army had a superior force, I am afraid they would not be able to get cheap in Luoyang city!

Dong Run immediately convened the staff department to discuss, and finally the staff department came to a conclusion that [-]% of the blue army intends to attack Luoyang!If Xingyang is lost, the danger of Sishui Pass (Hulao Pass) can stop the Red Army for at least a month and a half. The Red Army must pay [-] troops to get through with Luoyang!
Whether it was 5000 casualties or one and a half months, Dong Run was unwilling. If this happened, the Red Army would be defeated without a fight.The blue army will be victorious!

Dong Run cursed angrily: "Zhang Wen, the dog day, I didn't steal your wife, so is it necessary to be so ruthless?"

There is a saying that misfortunes never come singly, and the leak in the house coincided with the continuous rain. Just when Dong Run hurriedly dispatched troops to the western front, he got the news that Huai County had fallen.

To be honest, Huai County's position in this exercise is very unimportant, and even Dong Run has ignored the existence of Huai County.

Huai County (that is, Wuzhi County in later generations, Huai County and Zhengzhou across the river, in the northeast of Xingyang, the most critical problem, Huai County is too close to Yecheng, only more than [-] miles, the cavalry can march quickly to.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huai County was still the county seat of Hanoi County, and it was also regarded as one of the outer acropolis of Luoyang. At the same time, Huai County was considered the most industrially developed area in the Central Plains.In addition, it is close to Luoyang, the imperial capital, and the Huai Palace was built in Huai County.

Dong Run was also dizzy when he was knocked down by Zhang Wen's random punches.Before he had time to consider the details, Dong Run hurriedly ordered Duan Qin's Gale Wind Battalion to come back to help.

At this time, news of the blue army's presence also came from the Pinggao and Wenxian areas.

Dong Run was going crazy.

To say that Jiang Gan is indeed a little crooked, he is very good at catching loopholes. This time, the blue army did not defend any city except Xiangshan City, while the red army was different. Yuzhou and Sizhou (Luo) were all blue. The target of the army's attack.Jiang Gan suggested that Zhang Wen give up all the cities, use Xiangshan to attract the Red Army's attack, and then use suspicious tactics to slow down the Red Army's speed.When the Red Army was about to complete the siege of Xiangshan, it suddenly appeared behind the Red Army.

Although Dong Run's army is strong, he has to defend two states and more than 100 counties. The 10,000+ army has an average of only a thousand people. If Dong Run divides his troops, the battle will be easier to fight.What's more, in the hinterland of the Central Plains, there is basically no danger to defend, and the roads extend in all directions, so there is no strategic point to guard at all.

Besides, Jiang Gan's idea is a little bit off, after all, this is a drill.During the exercise, it was stipulated that the people should not be disturbed, not even the people. Naturally, it was impossible to check the passing business travelers in detail.

Jiang Gan's idea to Zhang Wen was to order the blue army to break up into pieces, and at the same time disguise themselves as passing business travelers.

In order to cover the advance, the blue army even dispersed the temporary porters who joined the caravans to deliver goods for them.These merchants all have regular passports, and the soldiers of the blue army are all Han Chinese.

In this way, the blue army not only disappeared, but quietly entered various cities.

Any city is easily breached from the inside.Even if there are only 1000 blue troops mixed into the city, they can easily take down a city guarded by 3000 or even 5000 people.The Red Army soldiers who were disarmed in the night battle were very breathless. Even if there was a fish that slipped through the net, they did not dare to report the news truthfully.

Even if they know that the "enemy" is only a few hundred people, they often falsely report four or five thousand or even a large number of enemies, and the specific information is unknown.

As a result, Dong Run was misled.

Not only was Dong Run dizzy, but even Xie Ai, Murong Kai, Tuo Baguang and others who were observing with him were also confused.

As a famous Confucian general, Xie Ai's observation skills are delicate, and soon he discovered that the Red Army's offensive momentum was chaotic, not only organized, but also clueless.

Xie Ai asked Hu Niang in his tent: "I feel that this exercise is very wrong, do you have any news?"

Huniang thought for a while and said, "There is no specific news, but I have learned that the blue army has captured more than a dozen cities where the red army garrisoned in the past two days. It is said that the blue army has also appeared near Ye City!"

"It's not right, it's not right, it's still not right!" Xie Ai said to himself: "The Red Army lost more than a dozen cities in a row, but none of these more than a dozen cities were forcibly captured by a large-scale army. The purpose is to disrupt the Red Army's step-by-step battle plan!"

As the saying goes, if you are close to Zhu, you will be red, and if you are close to ink, you will be black. Following Xie Ai, Hu Niang also knows a little bit about the art of war.

She wondered: "Could it be that the blue army is preparing to attack Luoyang?"

"No!" Xie Ai said with certainty: "If there is no blue army near Xingyang, and there is no blue army at Luhun Pass, the blue army is unexpected, and it is still possible to take Luoyang. According to the deployment of the exercise, There are [-] defenders in Luoyang. With the combat power of the blue army, if they attack Luoyang city head-on, [-] soldiers and horses will be needed to attack Luoyang for three days, day and night. But does the blue army have this strength? Is it necessary?"

(End of this chapter)