Chapter 419: The Battle of Yanling I The so-called master should be the master of the use of people, doubtful people do not use, but for thousands of years almost no one can really do it.
For example, Cao Cao, although he recruited talents, but the only generals he really believed in were the generals of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and although other generals with foreign surnames were reused, after all, the key positions and power were always in the hands of the Cao family and the Xiahou generals.
However, Gongsun Bai is really able to employ people, and several of Gongsun's concubines and brothers were raised by Gongsun Bai in the rear, and none of them participated in the power center, so there was no family power at all, and his complete trust in the generals under his command reached an outrageous level.
For example, before Xu Huang surrendered, he asked Xu Shu, who went to surrender, to bring his handwritten letter, promising that after Xu Huang came to surrender, he would lead an army alone and be controlled by him.
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun had already set a precedent for the new generals to lead an army, but they were slightly different, because at that time, Zhang Liao's Relief Army was re-recruited and trained in Gongsun Bai's territory, while Gao Shun had followed Gongsun Bai for more than a year, and used his loyalty to impress all the generals of the Gongsun Army in the Battle of Puyang.
And this time, the soldiers and horses that Xu Huang wanted to lead were Cao Jun's pawns who were captured in three battles, including the Battle of Yongqiu, the Battle of Gaoyangting, and the Battle of Yuxian.
If the Cao army's soldiers are incorporated into the veterans, even if the veterans are not excluded, they will inevitably have a sense of loss, and their morale and cooperation will definitely drop greatly, and with their old boss Xu Huang to lead the troops independently, there is no doubt that this 80,000-strong army is the best candidate, morale and sense of belonging will be greatly enhanced, and the next combat effectiveness will naturally be much stronger.
The only thing to worry about is loyalty, and it's the deadliest problem.
Back then, Bai Qikeng killed 400,000 Zhao Guo soldiers, and Xiang Yu killed 200,000 Qin soldiers, all because the new soldiers could not control it.
But this is not a problem for Gongsun Bai.
Xu Huang was so trusted by Gongsun Bai that he was flattered, and his loyalty had reached more than 80 when he returned to obedience, and he was originally dissatisfied with Cao Cao's murder of the king, but at this moment, his loyalty to Cao Cao was reduced to less than 10.
Therefore, Gongsun Bai's loyalty to Xu Huang is not blind trust, in this troubled era, the slightest carelessness may cause a reversal of the tide of the war, such as the Puyang Alliance more than a year ago, how could Gongsun Bai take it lightly.
As for those soldiers, some were forcibly arrested to join the army, and some were for the sake of eating, they were originally Han people, in their eyes, whether Gongsun Bai or Cao Cao, they were all Han Chen, and there was no difference between the surname Gongsun and the surname Cao itself, and there was basically no psychological barrier.
Moreover, the treatment under the command of Gongsun Bai is far better than when he was messing with Cao Cao, at least he is well fed, and compared to the new clothes and weapons he has been issued, there is a feeling of changing shotguns in an instant, who is still full of food and thinking about the rebellion against Cao.
The name of this army formed by 80,000 newly formed soldiers made Gongsun Bai pretend to be forced again, called "Xinghan Army", but the "Han" in Gongsun Bai's mind is different from the "Han" in the minds of people in this era.
Perhaps, what he wants to prosper is not the Han family, but the Chinese Han people, and it is his most simple wish not to let the Han people fall into the Wuhu Rebellion hundreds of years later, become the two-legged sheep of the Hu people, and not let the Chinese Han people fall into the danger of extinction.
After Gongsun Bai rested in Yu County for two days, he was about to continue to move south and attack Yanling, but when he encountered the rainy season, the torrential rain fell for four or five days in a row, making Gongsun Jun stay in Yu County for four or five days.
Yanling is the last obstacle to march into Xudu.
At this time, Gao Shun and Zangba had successfully captured the northern part of Yingchuan and Hanoi, and while Cao's army was still busy resisting the southward movement of Gongsun Bai's army, they had already blocked the retreat of Xuanyuan Pass and Tiger Prison Pass.
By capturing Yanling, the troops can come to Xudu and end the Central Plains War, which lasted for nearly three years, and this battle is crucial for both sides.
After Cao Cao and Sun Ce and Liu expressed a temporary agreement, the two armies withdrew one after another, Cao Cao almost all the troops were concentrated in the Yanling area, and the army reached 150,000 in the land of Yanling, which was Cao Cao's last combat strength in the Central Plains, and then only 40,000 troops in the city of Xu, and the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong.
However, the land of Yanling seems to be an easy place to defend and difficult to attack.
In the north of Yanling City, there is a big river, called Weishui, the Weishui at this time is much wider than when it was later called the Shuangye River, known as the "Little Yellow River", the river surface is as wide as two or three kilometers, according to the algorithm at that time, it is more than 1,000 zhang wide, plus after the heavy rain, the river water swells, the river surface is white and boundless, and the opposite bank can not be seen clearly from this side of the river.
However, after suffering losses in countless water battles, the Cao army seems to have given up the idea of defending the south bank of Weishui, and only sent Man Zhong to lead 10,000 people to build a water village on the south bank of Weishui to defend Gongsun Jun from crossing the river and attacking.
However, the vast water, there is no way to stop Gongsun Bai, who is strong and sharp, for the Cao army who is still in the enlightenment stage of water warfare, how can he stop the attack of Gongsun Bai's fighting ships with only a few miles of water villages And for Cao Jun is really beneficial is that the land of Yanling is more than a hill, there are dragon-shaped gangs, Gaocun gang, Dasheng gang, half-cut gang, Yanghe gang, Phoenix gang and so on hundreds of large and small hills, this is still after thousands of years of people digging soil and making fields, there are no less than 1,000 hills at that time, much more than the sand and soil hills of Yongqiu.
There are many hills, as long as you build a little, it is a continuous and undulating fortification, the hills around Yanling City are connected together, the camp is hurried, the layers are blocked, it is claimed to be a hundred miles of camps, and the defense line is even more five.
The first weight: Dian Man, the son of Dian Wei, and Jia Kui led 30,000 soldiers and horses to guard the area of Dahegang, Wild Boar Gang, and Pengjiagang; The second weight: Liu Ye and Shi Jian led 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard the area of Qingfeng Gang, Heiyang Gang, and Phoenix Gang; The third: Zhang Ji and Sun Li led 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard the front line of Yangcun Gang and Evil Dragon Gang; Fourth: Yu Ban and Xiahoude led 30,000 soldiers and horses to guard the area of Lelinggang and Xiaogang; Fifth: The commander of this battle, Le Jin, and the deputy marshal Cao Xiu, led an army of 40,000 to guard Yanling City and preside over the overall situation of the entire Yanling battle.
The five-fold front is linked, and the rear line of defense can not only send troops to support the previous line of defense when the war is stalemate, but also once the front line of defense is captured, it can retreat to the second line of defense, not as in the field battle, once defeated, the army is defeated like a mountain, and tens of thousands of troops become a rout, scattered in a hurry.
And the two most important points are: first, the land of the Gangling is undulating, and the cavalry of the Gongsun Army will lose its due power, and it will not appear in the previous field battle, the Cao soldiers who had several times the strength of the army were rushed away, and they couldn't even run away if they wanted to, so they obediently became prisoners or were beheaded; Second, the land of Yanling is not only full of hills, but also rivers are vertical and horizontal, and there are more than 20 rivers in the small county, which is not suitable for a large number of garrisons.
Although Gongsun Bai still has an army of 280,000, he can't look at the vast wilderness like the previous war, and hundreds of thousands of troops can march together and surge.
In such a terrain full of hills and rivers, the 280,000 Gongsun army was limited by the terrain, and I am afraid that the front army would reach Dahegang, and the rear army would still be 20 miles away, so the advantage of troops would hardly exist in a short period of time.
Obviously, this will be the most difficult battle since Gongsun Bai Yuema in the Central Plains.
On the north bank of the river, the army of Gongsun Bai gathered, the banner was unfurled, the sword and halberd were like a forest, and the entire river bank was a piece of military horses pressed by black pressure, rolling for more than ten miles.
The water is surging, going east, the river is white and boundless, the waves are rolling, but there is no half of the boat, if there is no Gongsun Bai, such a big river through the sky is undoubtedly a moat in front of Gongsun Bai, but for Gongsun Bai, who has a armor system that can sacrifice the ship at any time, he can change the way at any time.
Fighting ships appeared on the river like a trick, followed by rows of warships, large and small boats crowded the river beach for several miles.
With Gongsun Bai's order, the Taiping army, which was in the first wave to cross the river, took the lead in running out of 10,000 people in the order of the queue, walked to the side of the warship in turn, and rushed up.
The river wind hunted, the white sails were like clouds, and the warships carried tens of thousands of Taiping Army soldiers and soldiers, and they went to the south bank to kill and smash the Cao Army Water Village.
On the battleship, there are such attack weapons as the big yellow crossbow and the Wanjun repeater, and the fighting ship with high and thick walls is in front and the ship is behind, and the side of the fighting ship itself is built in accordance with the style of the battlements, like a moving city, plus the big iron shield and iron armor protection, if you want to break through the water village of more than 10,000 people of the Cao army, it is not a problem at all.
More than an hour passed, and when the soldiers of the Gongsun Army on the north bank of the river were patiently waiting for the good news from the other side, they saw several ships flying on the river.
"Qi Wei Gong, our warship was blocked by thieves on the south bank of Weishui, and returned defeated, losing more than 1,000 people, one battleship was sunk, and more than 20 warships were damaged" "What" Gongsun Bai was messy in an instant.
To be continued
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