Chapter 376: Raid on Anguo County
[I don’t know why the chapter that was released regularly in the afternoon was not released. It’s strange! In addition, today I would like to thank the great '111456468' for the generous reward, thank you!]
After Lu Zhi accepted the imperial edict, he rectified the fifth battalion of the Northern Army in the capital, inspected the addition of armor and equipment, plundered horses and carriages, and prepared to lead the army to fight. At the same time, he also sent a letter to local governments, requiring local governments to guard the city and recover lost land appropriately if they had spare energy, but they were not encouraged to take the initiative and make it a priority to stick to the waiting for assistance.
At the same time, he once again ordered Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou, and ordered all prefectures to step up mobilization of 30,000 to 50,000 border troops to Jizhou to obey the orders.
Dong Zhuo, who had always yearned for the Central Plains, was naturally the most active. He gathered 50,000 infantry and cavalry to rush towards the Central Plains. Although his son-in-law Li Ru suggested that he move slowly, Dong Zhuo believed that the Yellow Turban thieves were actually vulnerable mobs, so if they walked slowly, they would be in vain. How could they miss the opportunity to make achievements that they had finally obtained?
As for Ding Yuan in Bingzhou, he naturally respected the emperor's edict and gave an order to Lu Bu, asking Lu Bu to send at least 30,000 cavalry to Jizhou. In fact, Lu Bu is not very calm now. Because players in the northern Bingzhou gather, there were also many people scrambling to fish in the water when the Yellow Turbans were in chaos. During this period, Lu Bu was extinguishing fires everywhere.
Of course, it actually means harvesting these Yiren territory. Otherwise, the rebellion of such a small-scale Yiren force would be issued directly to let Yiren step on the flattery, without any effort at all.
However, Ding Yuan issued an order, and Lu Bu dared not disrespect, but he could delay it. He used the excuse that the troops had been scattered to his subordinates to suppress the rebellion. If Lu Bu could, he would be able to delay it, and it would be best to delay the war in Jizhou.
Although Lu Bu is a soldier, he is not a fool. The water in Jizhou is deep! What's more, from Bingzhou to Jizhou, you have to cross the Taihang Mountains. Now the Yellow Turban Thief is building a large-scale project in the Taihang Mountains. How much loss will it take to rely on the cavalry to grab the pass! And there is no gain at all, and this kind of loss-making transaction cannot be done!
As for Youzhou, Gongsun Zan's main force is in Liaodong, and Yuyang only has garrison troops. If you want to withdraw troops and go south to Jizhou, you may not be able to catch up. However, Gongsun Zan is unwilling to sit in Liaodong and watch others divide the big fat meat of Jizhou. Therefore, Gongsun Zan is actively organizing and training the troops. The 80,000 troops he received from the Wuhuan people not long ago were just right in hand, but it will take some time to reach Jizhou.
Liu Yu was slowly cleaning up the Yellow Turban thieves in the four counties in western Youzhou. Speaking of which, the south of these four counties seemed to be in chaos, but they were not very serious, but they also gave Liu Yu enough excuses to delay the time of sending troops. Although Liu Yu also wanted to participate in the slaughter of Jizhou, he also knew that there were hundreds of thousands of people in Jizhou, and it would be better not to intervene if there was no certain wealth.
In this way, Fang Zhiwen is the most suitable for sending troops in Youzhou, because Fang Zhiwen had just fought in Qingzhou and saved Beihai County. In fact, he had officially participated in the battle to eliminate the Yellow Turban thieves. Speaking of which, Youzhou was the first to join the battlefield, so Liu Yu replied to the court in a high-profile manner that he had sent Fang Zhiwen as the representative of Youzhou border army, and was still organizing the army, preparing to go south to Jizhou at any time. This tune was really high, and Fang Zhiwen was too lazy to refute him, after all, he was a royal family. Since he wanted to fight for this little face, he would give it to him. If there was any shark at that time, he would throw it to him.
So when Fang Zhiwen secretly assembled troops at Qinghekou Port, everyone thought that Fang Zhiwen was about to intervene in the war in Jizhou. They speculated about the direction of Fang Zhiwen's attack, and some people thought it was attacking Anping County. They fought to occupy a part of Anping County, just like Han Fu, who was gathering troops in Anping direction, they wanted to occupy a place in the center of Jizhou.
Some people also speculate that Fang Zhiwen’s goal is Zhongshan. After all, it is the hometown of the Zhen family. Taking Zhongshan not only opened up the path to attack the heartland of the Yellow Turban Army, but also earned face for the Zhen family. It is also very affordable. The southern part of Zhongshan is very rich, and the water system of Zhongshan County is well developed, so it can get support from Qinghekou Port through waterways. Moreover, Zhongshan County is backed by Zhuo County, and can also get the support of Liu Yu.
Some people even outrageously believe that Fang Zhiwen’s target is actually Hejian County, and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when the troops in eastern Jizhou gathered in Anping to take over Hejian and slaughter Jizhou.
But when everyone was speculating, Fang Zhiwen's 20,000 troops had already adopted the method of stealth in division and arrived near Anguo, forming a siege of Anguo.
Fang Zhiwen was finally achieved. Because of security issues, Fang Zhiwen was repeatedly asked by Zhao Yun and could not arrive in advance. After all, this battle was commanded by Zhao Yun, so Fang Zhiwen could not go beyond his jurisdiction. This time, Fang Zhiwen was regarded as a general, responsible for the direction on the north side of Anguo.
Zhao Yun was assisted by Tian Feng, responsible for the main attack on the west, Taishi Zhaorong was responsible for the east, Zhen Xiang led the army alone for the first time, and responsible for the south. The number of Zhao Yun in these four units was up to 5,000 heavy crossbows and dragon cavalry and 6,000 thrusts, while the other three each had one thousand heavy crossbows and dragon cavalry and two,000 thrusts.
Tian Feng could not have imagined that Fang Zhiwen's troops were so elite. They had a long-distance raid of hundreds of miles and sneaked in. After the convergence, they only fell behind dozens of people. It was definitely a miraculous march. This also turned the frontal battle or strong attack that Tian Feng originally envisioned turned into a raid battle.
"Military advisor, do you still attack at night when the attack is dawn?" Zhao Yun asked while eating dry food. This long-distance raid was a bit hard, but Tian Feng followed along the way without complaining about fatigue. This made Zhao Yun's impression of Tian Feng further improve, and Tian Feng spoke straightforwardly, which was very in line with the appetite of Zhao Yun and other military generals.
"Wait until I think about it." Tian Feng drank the cold water in the water bag and thought quickly.
Zhao Yun did not urge him, and ordered the generals around him to hurry up and rest, feed the horses, and be ready to go to war at any time.
Tian Feng had two concerns. One is that if the troops were fighting continuously after a long-distance raid, how powerful would the troops be? The second is that the intelligence in the city has not been obtained now, and I don’t know if the situation in the city has changed.
When he was approaching Anguo just now, Tian Feng had asked the city staff to report the situation, but he had not received a reply yet. While everyone was resting, the scout came to report it.
"Mr. Military advisor, general, I found the enemy's troops ahead. They should be the troops escorting the people. The escort troops were mainly aliens, with about five or six thousand infantry, hundreds of cavalry, and 20,000 to 30,000 people."
"Okay, let's find out again!" Tian Feng gently sent the scout away, and then frowned gently. Why did An Guo transport the people overnight? Could it be that other strangers began to rob their transport team? If so...
"Zilong, this matter is an opportunity. You let three thousand cavalry behave as strange troops, rob these people, and then set up an ambush halfway and ambush the troops coming to aid. If the number is small, eat them, and if there are too many, defeat them and force them back to the city. Then you follow the city and retreat if it doesn't work. If it does, let the lord and others attack three times and cooperate, and strive to go to Anguo County in one go."
Zhao Yun's eyes lit up. This is a good way! And it's night now, and the idea of chasing the defeated soldiers and rushing to the city is absolutely feasible.
"Okay! Zilong obeys the order!"
"Wait, if the city is smooth, don't rush toward the city, but occupy the city gate, and then develop along the city wall to both sides, and connect the lord into the city. It is not good for the cavalry to fight street battles in the city at night."
"Zilong saves it!"
"Okay, then let's start."
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The escorts to the people are very long, and lanterns and torches are required along the way. In the dark night, this movement is actually very obvious. The only thing that is hard to say is that it is difficult to tell whether it is a team of refugees or a team of soldiers if it is far away.
"Whose idea is this girl? It's so difficult to transport the people at night! And when I use torches and lanterns, wouldn't I tell others that there is a group of fat sheep here!"
"Hehe, you don't understand this. First of all, players on the government army generally do not go out on a large scale at night. Everyone knows the reason, because the sight is not good at night and the troops are not easy to command. Secondly, there are too many wild monsters at night and the marching speed is not guaranteed."
"Then don't we have these problems?"
"So you can never be a leader! In front of us, there was a Yellow Turban infantry unit leading the way, so our problem was solved, idiot!"
"My grass, I'm not stupid, it's because of the backward information, okay? Who knows that our president can still invite the Aboriginal people to protect you!"
"Is this a matter for the indigenous people good? We are also helping them with the tasks. It is normal for them to provide some assistance."
"Tsk! Huh? What a sound, it's thundering!"
"My God! Cavalry!!!"
"It's so miserable, run away!"
"run!"
Zhao Yun's three thousand cavalry covered his face and divided into two teams. He easily wiped out the thousands of troops escorted in one meeting. However, unexpectedly, there was a Yellow Turban Army of 2,000 people a few miles ahead of the people. Zhao Yun had to work harder and wipe out the troops after chasing him.
As for the person who was put back to report the news, Zhao Yun was not worried at all, because at the beginning of the battle, many strangers threw away their troops and ran away. Otherwise, the battle would not have been so easy. As a result, the enemy did not kill a few, and there were more than a group of prisoners, and the people, there were more than 30,000 heads.
Zhao Yun left a thousand people for Tian Feng, drove these people into the woods far away from the road, let them rest on the spot and take care of them in a concentrated manner, while Zhao Yun quickly ran towards Anguo with ten thousand cavalry.
Tian Feng carefully arranged the soldiers to start checking these people one by one with lanterns to prevent the existence of strangers or people with ulterior motives from occurring. Of course, it is mainly a deterrent effect. As long as Zhao Yun can take Anguo County, it doesn't matter if it is full of spies. As long as they can work, it will be fine. Anguo County is in a hurry to upgrade, but it is short of population! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!