The realm is closed.
In the city, Yuan Shang rode his horse and walked slowly, frowning, and was inspecting the camps.
Since the fall of Huguan, the Jin army has been panicked, and rumors have been circulating everywhere in the army that the Wei army has hit Jinyang City, and Jinyang City is in danger.
The rumors shook the hearts of the Jin army, and rumors spread everywhere, and the soldiers were in panic.
In order to appease the army, Yuan Shang had no choice but to personally go out to inspect the camps to boost the morale of the army and dispel rumors.
Yuan Shang claimed to his soldiers that the elite Montenegrin cavalry had been invited to send troops, while the Wei army had no cavalry, and with the Montenegrin army, the Wei army would be defeated.
After several days of inspections and refuting rumors, Yuan Shang finally suppressed the rumors, stabilized the hearts of the soldiers, and stopped their morale.
"The pottery thief is too arrogant, he dared to go deep into the Jinzhong Basin without bringing cavalry and heavy crossbowmen, presumably at this time, Zhang Yan has already broken the pottery thief, and the Duke of Jin doesn't need to worry too much."
Sima Yi, who accompanied him, saw that Yuan Shang was in an uneasy mood, so he was relieved.
Yuan Shang nodded slightly, and the corners of his mouth gradually raised a calm sneer.
Two days earlier, Yuan Shang had received a telegram from Sima Lang, claiming that Zhang Yan had exhausted his elite cavalry and entered Keicheng with him, and at the same time detected that the pottery merchant had indeed not brought cavalry and a crossbow battalion, and he and Zhang Yan were discussing how to use the advantage of cavalry to defeat the Wei army.
Sima Lang's urgent report made Yuan Shang feel at ease and regain his self-confidence.
Coupled with Sima Yi's analysis now, Yuan Shang is convinced that even if the potters are deceitful and deceitful, even if the Wei army has many generals, Zhang Yan can definitely break the potter's 80,000 infantry army with 10,000 iron horses.
"Potter, if you can still win, you are simply a god, hum" Yuan Shang muttered with a sneer.
In his thoughts, Yuan Shang finished his inspection and returned to the big tent.
Yuan Shang was in a good mood, so he asked for half a wine and food, and wanted to have a few drinks with Sima Yi and others, but before the wine arrived, a scout hurriedly broke in first.
"Qi Qi Jin Gong, the Eastern Front reported urgently, the Montenegrin Army has been defeated by the Wei army east of Jicheng, 10,000 Montenegrin Iron Cavalry was annihilated, and Zhang Yan beheaded Xiang Yu for the thief."
Bang The wine glass that Yuan Shang had just raised to his lips fell off his hand, and his mouth froze at the moment it opened.
In the big tent, the air seemed to fall to the freezing point in an instant, and all the civil and military forces of the Jin Kingdom in the tent were frozen in a moment of shock.
The eyes that stared at Dou Da were not only terrifying, but also incredulous.
"The pottery thief has no cavalry, and there is no heavy crossbow battalion, how can he destroy Zhang Yan's iron cavalry" Sima Yi, who was also shocked, was the first to sober up and asked.
The scout then reported in detail how the potters used trebuchets to launch tripping spikes to break the charge of the Black Mountain Iron Cavalry, and how the whole army took advantage of the situation to wipe out the Black Mountain Army.
The monarchs and ministers of the Jin Kingdom suddenly realized, one by one, they were dumbfounded, as if they had heard the Arabian Nights, and they were all unbelievable faces "A small nail, it's so magical," Sima Yi muttered to himself, his eyes full of wonder.
Suddenly, Sima Yi thought of something again, and asked anxiously: "Where is my eldest brother, where are the others?"
"Mr.
Huiyu, after the Wei army defeated the Montenegrin army, it directly broke through Jicheng, and Mr.
Sima had no time to retreat and was captured by the pottery thief."
Sima Yi's face suddenly changed, and a trace of anger finally flashed in his eyes, his fists clenched violently, and he lost his composure for the first time in his life.
If the Montenegrin army was destroyed and Sima Yi could still sit still, his own brother was captured, which finally disturbed his proportion.
"Big brother, I was actually given by the pottery thief" Sima Yi secretly gritted his teeth, his face was as gloomy as iron.
Yuan Shang held the bad news in his trembling hands, his face was full of consternation, and he was so shocked that he lost his position, and he didn't know what to do.
"As soon as Jicheng is lost, the enemy army can no longer be blocked, enter the Jinzhong Basin unimpeded, and take Jinyang directly, Jin Gong, we don't have time, immediately withdraw troops to the north to save Jinyang, Jinyang must not be lost."
Tian Feng said with a bitter face.
Yuan Shang was hit with another hammer in his heart, the whole person shook, his feet were a little unstable, and he said in a trembling voice: "If this prince goes to save Jinyang, what if the world is lost?"
If you don't go back to the north, Jinyang will fall, if you go back to the division, you can't hold it even if you are afraid, the two ends are in danger, and Yuan Shang is in a dilemma.
At this time, Sima Yi had stabilized his mind and recovered from the anger of his brother's capture, he took a deep breath and said slowly: "I didn't expect Zhang Yan's iron horse to be defeated on a small nail, which is indeed beyond my expectations."
Jinyang is the core of my Jin country, if Jinyang is lost, everything will be closed, as for the rest of the realm, then Yingbu has few soldiers after all, only need to leave a general, thousands of soldiers and horses, enough to resist for a while, save Jinyang first. ” Sima Yi's words completely dispelled Yuan Shang's scruples, and he immediately jumped up, gritted his teeth and said: "Zhongda is right, Jinyang must not be lost again, and if the order continues, this prince must immediately raise troops and return to Jinyang." ” For Yuan Shang, Jinyang is not an exaggeration.
Most of the population, wealth and arable land of a state are all concentrated in Taiyuan County, to which Jinyang belongs, and is the capital of the Jin State.
As soon as Jinyang is lost, not to mention the fall of the capital, the richest place in Bingzhou will also be lost, and then he Yuan Shang and 10,000 remnants of the army will be locked in such a narrow and barren area as Jinnan, and what will he use to confront the potters.
If Jinyang is lost, the Jin Kingdom will be destroyed.
Yuan Shang was determined to defend Jinyang at all costs, and immediately led the main force of more than 8,000 cavalry, returned to the north of the division overnight, and closed the first line, leaving only the general Yan Liang and the strategist Feng Ji, leading 2,000 soldiers and horses to defend the palace.
That night, Yuan Shang hurriedly looked north and returned.
On the way, Yuan Shang offered another plan for Sima Yi to move all the Dingkou in Taiyuan County to the northern counties, and all the grain and grass that could be taken away were taken away, and all the things that could not be taken away were burned, and the policy of clearing the wilderness was implemented.
Sima Yi was calculating that although the Wei army invaded the hinterland of Jinzhong, it was inconvenient to transport grain and grass, as long as they could clear the wilderness with strong walls, so that the Wei army had no wild valley to obtain, and could not implement the war to feed the war, they would be able to attack the Wei army in the supply of grain and grass.
With 10,000 steps back, even if Jinyang is not guaranteed in the end, and the main population of Bingzhou has moved to the counties of northern Jin, Yuan Shang can also surrender to northern Jinbei and continue to resist the pottery merchants.
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Yuan Shang did not hesitate, and immediately sent people to Taiyuan counties to issue his order to relocate people and grain.
It's a pity that Sima Yi's strategy is still a step too late, and the potter has long expected him to have this trick.
Soon, the scout sent back the news, saying that after the Wei army captured Jicheng, they did not drive straight to Jinyang, but divided their troops to capture the counties of Taiyuan County, and took the first step to grab all the grain, grass and materials in the treasury of each county.
The cruel facts once again show that the potters took another step to take the lead, and it was expected that Yuan Shang would implement the policy of clearing the wilderness by Shi Jianbi, so after capturing Jicheng, he was not in a hurry to enter the siege of Jinyang, but first divided his troops to collect grain and grass to replenish military supplies.
Taiyuan County is the richest county in the prefecture, and its counties have not experienced war for more than ten years, and its wealth is comparable to those rich counties in the Central Plains.
In addition to Jinyang, the richest Yuci County alone, the grain and grass collected by the Zhongku Mansion in a county alone were enough to support tens of thousands of troops for three months, but now they were preemptively looted by the Wei army, which undoubtedly helped the Wei army solve a big problem.
Yuan Shang had just calmed down, but he was hit hard again, so he had to hurry back to Jinyang.
The 7,000 Jin army had just arrived in Jinyang, and Yuan Shang didn't have time to catch his breath, and the main force of the 80,000 Wei army led by Tao Shang was already approaching.
At this time, Yuan Shang's only hope was to hold on to Jinyang until the subsequent rainy season arrived, and held out until the potters had to retreat.
After all, there were seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses of the pottery merchants, and they could not be completely fed by fighting alone, and the main grain and grass still had to be transported from outside the Taihang Mountain.
It's a pity that a few days later, a piece of latest information dashed Yuan Shang's last hope.
The well pass fell.
Jingcheng Pass is located in the east of Jinyang, is connecting Jizhou and Bingzhou, across the Taihang Mountains is the flattest, the nearest passage, this pass is based on the Jingcheng Road, even if the rainy season comes, this road can barely keep unblocked.
The pottery merchants captured the Jingcheng Pass, which also meant that Yuan Shang's strategy of sticking to Jinyang in the hope that the pottery merchants would not have enough food and grass and retreated, came to naught.
This well pass is the head of the eight Taihang passes, has always been the place where the soldiers must fight, and it is also the only way to pass through the east-west traffic, its pass is surrounded by mountains on all sides, there is the danger of the Taiping River in front of the pass, the hill is wide in the pass, it is easy to store grain for the soldiers, the dangerous mountains are stacked on the green, and the city is all thorough with mountains and stones.
The degree of danger of such a pass is comparable to that of the pot pass.
Originally, with the danger of Jingcheng Pass, even if the Wei army of 100,000 soldiers wanted to capture it from the direction of Jizhou, it was absolutely impossible.
However, the current situation has changed drastically.
After the potters invaded the Jinzhong Basin, they sent Zhang He to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to kill Jingcheng Pass from the west, changing the situation of Jingcheng Pass.
The topography of Jingcheng Pass is high in the west and low in the east, the mouth of the Taihang Mountain in the east is narrow, and the terrain is relatively open to the west of the pass.
With such a topography, it is obviously easy to attack from west to east, and difficult to attack from east to west.
As soon as Zhang He's troops and horses arrived, they immediately took advantage of the attack, and 10,000 troops set up cloud ladders to storm Jingcheng Pass day and night.
After three days of strong attack, the Jin army finally collapsed on all fronts.
Thousands of Wei troops poured into Guancheng, killing two thousand Jin troops to the point of blood, the most important pass on Taihang Mountain, the throat of Jizhou and Bingzhou, which was captured by the Wei army.
Yuan Shang was panicking over the fall of Jingcheng Pass, but a few days later, the potter received good news.
This good news greatly boosted the spirit of the potter.
As soon as the Jingcheng Pass was passed, the supply of grain and grass was opened, and the potters could lead an army of 80,000 to besiege Jinyang to their heart's content, without worrying about the arrival of the rainy season and the poor operation of grain and grass.
The potters immediately ordered that the grain and grass that had been transported from Jizhou to Hanoi, and then from Hebei to Shangdang, and then to the front line through the mountains of Taihang, were all changed from Jizhou to Jingcheng Pass and directly to the front line.
As a result, hundreds of thousands of grains and grass were continuously sent to the front line from Jingcheng Pass, and the difficulty and distance of transportation were greatly reduced.
As soon as the grain road was opened, coupled with the use of war to feed the war, and the enemy's grain and grass were grabbed, the Wei army's grain and grass supply no longer had to worry about the future.
A few days later, Zhang He led an army of 10,000 to rush back, and the crossbow battalion of the broken army of Yangyouji in the south, as well as nearly 10,000 cavalry, also crossed Shangdang County and rushed to the front line.
Two days later, an army of more than 80,000 marched to the east of Jinyang City, and set up camp on the bank of the Fenshui River, with a camp of ten miles.
After the camp was completed, the potter did not rush to attack, and on the one hand ordered the follow-up grain and grass to be collected, and on the other hand, he ordered Sima Lang to be summoned to the front of the tent. isjgy: