Chapter 44: Brothers and feet are tragic (1)

Until August, the battlefield in eastern Hebei was as calm as water. The Yan army on the southern line stopped when they arrived at Liangcheng Station, and set up camps and showed their preparations for a protracted war. The Fang Sheng army of Leting, except for a few scouts surveillance by the river, was rushing into the county town and never came out.

The Zhuang, who was responsible for surveillance, made him extremely bored.

To be honest, the Yan army's confusion operation was very bad. Within a few days, the scout had already cut off the Yan army's troops in Liangcheng.

Most of this army was border soldiers from Xuanda. They were very capable of fighting, but their discipline was poor. From time to time, people would run to the surrounding countryside to steal.

In this way, the scouts in Liaodong were easy to deal with. They often caught some tongues, but the biggest tongue actually caught a hundred households. The Liaodong army quickly understood the situation of the Yan army in Liangcheng, and even the number was the main general.

The news reached Luanzhou, confirming Tie Xuan's judgment. Liangcheng Institute was another suspicious soldier. Since Zhu Di used so many troops to conduct confusing actions, he must be planning a big conspiracy.

Tiexuan continued to strengthen the protection of the grain channels, and at the same time transported the grain, fodder and ammunition stored in Shanhaiguan day and night to Luanzhou, Changli and other places.

Sure enough, on the last day of August, Guangning was 800 miles in a hurry to Luanzhou. The situation was out of the northern line, and the scouts from Daning appeared widely in the border areas from Yizhou to Shanhaiguan.

At the same time, the scouts from Liaodong also reconnaissed the movements of the Daning army. Three guards had already crossed Yingzhou and advanced to the left bank of the upper reaches of the Daling River. They were building a floating bridge in the river section near Jianping to prepare for crossing the river.

The most explosive news came from Zunhua. The day after Zhu Zhi received the news of the Daning Army's eastward advance, a huge army was hiding eastward along the basin on the southern foot of the Yanshan Mountains. It was not until it was about to enter Zunhua that the Jurchen scouts discovered it.

It is reported that the number of this army is no less than 50,000.

When the Yan army launched the full-scale operation, Zhu Zhi's heart that had been hanging for half a month was finally relieved. When the enemy was in an unknown situation, Zhu Zhi was indeed worried for a long time and had no clear information.

The Liaodong Army was like a dead chess that could only be nailed to Luanzhou and did not dare to act rashly. Now, the opponent's actions were already on the table.

The General Staff judged that the main force of the Yan army was Zunhua All-Road. It was nothing more. Since Liangcheng on the southern line was not the case and the Daning Army on the northern line was not the case, then only Zunhua All-Road may be the main force of the Yan army.

What reassured Zhu Zhi was Zhu Di's deployment. According to the reconnaissance, the Yan army was divided into four groups. Fang Sheng three guards, Liangchengsou four guards, and Daning three guards, including the main forces of the Yan army, ten to twelve guards.

Zhu Laosi still attached great importance to him, and 80% of the Yan army's entire forces were placed on the battlefield in eastern Hebei.

Although such a deployment plays a great confusing role, the so-called layers of fog are used to the extreme. Zhu Di's arrangement seems exquisite, but in fact it disperses its troops. Originally, more than twenty guards were against the thirteen guards of the Liaodong Army.

There is an advantage in terms of military strength, but now the troops are divided into four groups, and the military strength advantage is gradually disappearing.

The most important point is that Zhu Zhi obviously felt that Zhu Di was very guilty. The Battle of Shahe a year ago. Zhu Di did not use any strategy at all. He brought a few elite guards to come forward and fought.

But this time, he used such a large force and used so many tricks, which ultimately only showed that Zhu Di had lost the determination to fight head-on with the Liaodong Army.

This is the most important thing. After all, fighting a war is strength, and any strategy is auxiliary nature.

I remember that when the Korean War Volunteer Army surrounded the US military and a division, the strength was ten to one, but the result was that the firepower was not the same level, and it was still unable to eat the other person in the end. But I was crippled.

Zhu Zhi knew this very well. When he was weak, his strategy still had a role, but when he really had a head-on battle, he had to compare weapons and equipment, combat power and fighting will.

Now the Liaodong Army is better than you, and its combat power is equal, but the Yan Army has already shown its timidity in fighting will.

Since the truth is revealed, the following is to read the food and have a meal. According to the plan of the General Staff, the main force of the Liaodong Army went north to Qian'an one after another. Five guards were left to serve as the garrison in the rear. Specifically, Fuzhou Guards were guarding Kaiping, and Dingliao Guards guarding Luanzhou.

The guards of Dingliao guarded Changli, the guards of Gaizhou guarded Shanhaiguan, and the guards of Guangning left guards monitored Leting. As for the harassment of the Daning army against Guangning, Tie Xuanli ignored it. Guangning had Tieling Guards in charge, and the Daning army was not strong enough to besiege a strong city like Guangning.

The grain route has temporarily stopped transporting grain. After half a month of preparation, there have been enough supplies for the army to eat and use for three months in Changli and Luanzhou. If necessary, the front line can be replenished by sea.

The terrain of Zunhua is like this. From Jizhou to the northeast, it is the alluvial valley of Lihe. The valley is trumpet-shaped and enlarged outward. When you arrive at Zunhua City, you will approach the opening of the valley. After walking upward for half a day, you will enter the Yanshan Mountains. After crossing the watershed, it is the Luanhe Valley. If you continue to move eastward from the valley, you can walk out of the mountains and enter the relatively gentle terrain near Qian'an.

Tie Xuan's plan was to use the terrain near Zunhua to set up a battlefield so that the Liaodong army could occupy the height of the mountain to attack the Yan army on the plains. To achieve such a goal, the Yan army must be pinned down below the Zunhua Mountain Pass.

On the one hand, Tie Xuan ordered Nima to lead the Jurchen scout Qianhu to quickly seize Jizhou Town, Zunhua Mountain Pass, build fortifications, and block the Yan army on the spot; on the other hand, he ordered 30,000 guards and the musket cavalry of the Right Guard of Dingliao to head north overnight and rushed to Zunhua Mountain Pass to assist Nima in the garrison.

The other guards immediately prepared overnight. The next day after receiving the front-line battle report, the Liaodong Army was equipped with a northward. The two cavalry guards of the Lalu Guard and Dingliao Right Guard took the lead with light equipment, Ningyuan Guard, Guangning Central Guard, and Yulin Right Guard were the central army and the rear of the Shenyang Central Guard.

After resting in Luanzhou for more than half a month, all the officers and soldiers in Liaodong were so uncomfortable. This time, officials at all levels conveyed the news that they were about to fight the Yan army. The soldiers were so flirted that they screamed, and finally they were waiting for this day.

Zhu Zhi also ordered his subordinates to advance loudly and mobilize the desire of each guard to fight as much as possible. At the same time, Zhu Zhi asked someone to write a slogan "Yan hides against the enemy, Liao King seeks, and Liaodong Army is invincible."

This slogan rang around Luanzhou for two days, attracting the people of Luanzhou to cross the road to see off the king's army. For them, no matter who the king's army is, the princes on both sides are surnamed Zhu, and they can live two days of quiet life after the army leaves.

So when the king heard that the king's army was in full swing, the people spontaneously gave away.

"I said, "Third Master, Master Wang is gone again. What's the sign of coming next time?" An old man asked another middle-aged man in Confucian uniform with a bundle of firewood on his back. The people around him were looking at it.

The third master was a gentleman in a private school. Seeing the bully eyes of the people, he felt very satisfied. He picked up the goatee beard at the root of his chin and said calmly: "The two places in Yan and Liao are both tigers and wolfs. This battle will definitely make the sky and the earth dark, and the sun and the moon are gone.

I guess it’s hard to say, it’s hard to say!”

"Quick! That's it, who can't say it?" The people were scattered by his unnutritional words.

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Tan Yuan was so angry that he pushed his helmet to the ground. Why did he fight a small fortress guarded by just 800 people for a day but still not capture it?

After leaving Xianghe, the Yan army marched northward and moved quickly. It took only four days to walk from Xianghe to Zunhua. The King of Yan sent people to explore the road in the mountains, but did not find the Yan army, so he felt relieved. Seeing that his soldiers were tired of traveling for several days, he ordered the army to rest in Zunhua for a day.

The next morning, Tan Yuan, as the vanguard, commanded the Yanshan vanguard and set off the road. After walking for half a day, he encountered Jizhou Town stuck at the mountain pass.

Jizhou Town is actually a pass. There are high hills to the north, and the Li River to the south. There are still towering hills opposite the river. The road entering the mountain passes through the town. The terrain here is dangerous and difficult to overcome.

Originally, there were five hundred Yan troops guarding this place, but who knew that the Liaodong Army had changed its banner overnight.

Tan Yuan had no choice but to send his troops to the road. After some tests, from the strength of the defense on the city, Tan Yuan estimated that there were only about 500 people in the city.

He immediately set off his posture and attacked with all his strength, but he rushed three times in the afternoon. The Yan army lost two or three hundred people but failed to break through. Tan Yuan was so angry that he had no choice but to knock his helmet to the ground!

Just as he cursed and ordered his subordinates to organize another offensive before sunset, smoke and dust rolled behind him, and the flag of King Yan turned out from the mountain road.

Tan Yuan took over the King of Yan in panic and said quickly: "My general deserves to die. He came to the front of the town before noon. Who knew that the city had changed its flag to the Liaodong Army. He fought for a whole afternoon and had not opened it yet."

King Yan frowned and asked, "How many people are there?"

Tan Yuan said: "It is estimated that there will be no more than 500 people. But there are flags on both sides of the mountains, and it seems that there is a guard here."

King Yan said: "So haven't sent people to search for the nearby areas? Isn't there no Liaodong army?"

Zhang Yu next to him said, "Yes, there was no large Liaodong army within a radius of twenty miles. At most, it could only be a small group of scouts."

The King of Yan stood on the stone by the river, looked forward for a while, and whipped the big tree by the roadside: "No, it's a bad move! It seems that our army's movements have been detected by the Liao army. They want to block us outside Yanshan and gain the advantage of the territory to fight me.

It is estimated that the main force of the fifteenth brother has left Luanzhou now.

Tan Yuan, there must be only a small army in front of you. Look at the scattered flags on the mountains on both sides, there are no soldiers, but just a suspicious plan for the defenders.

I will do my best to attack day and night at all costs. When the sun rises tomorrow, I must take down the city for me." After hearing Zhu Di's words, Tan Yuan immediately understood the key and quickly agreed.
Chapter completed!