"It's a lot of fun."
Looking from the south bank of the Yellow River to the north bank, you can see dense people marching for about five miles along the line.
Xu Zheng and Yuan Qiao met again on the edge of Puyang, and the Han army and the Shijie Zhao army led by Li Su were still fighting, and did not stop because of the arrival of the beggar army.
From the Dou'a Department that crossed the river in Jibei County, they found only the leading troops of the begging army, and the large force of the begging army was located on the other side of the Yellow River in Puyang County.
"The beggar army marched along the Yellow River on purpose for us to discover."
Yuan Qiao touched the beard on his chin and said, "There can be many interpretations. ” "Changshi means that Li Nong deliberately let us discover them" Xu Zheng had already sent someone to inform Liu Yan of the situation and was waiting for the next instructions.
He asked Yuan Qiao: "Deliberately let us know that they are coming, so that they don't have to cross the river, right?"
"I can only say that this is the most likely, but I can't be sure."
Yuan Qiao said in a speculative tone: "The leader should know astronomy and geography, and it makes no sense that Li Nong will not know that he should soon enter the season of rain and snow that is not suitable for war. ” The sunny weather is only about half a month, and a day of delay is one day less.
The season of rain and snow will last for about a month, followed by complete snowy weather, and the cold weather does not mean that you can't fight, but fighting in this weather will cause very serious non-combat losses, which is actually a very uneconomical thing for both sides.
"The king is in Gucheng, so it is still important to be cautious."
Xu Zheng raised the monocular again, and could clearly see the scattered beggar army, and he could also find that the march of the beggar army was not fast.
He looked at it and said, "If you are not afraid of ten thousand, you are afraid of what if." ” The main operational intention of the Han army this time was to capture Puyang, and the secondary strategic goal was to destroy more enemy troops in preparation for the next spring.
Because the intentions of the Han army are too obvious, Shijie Zhao Jun must know about it, so that the two sides will have a chance to have a head-on battle while the weather allows.
Liu Yan is still staying in Gucheng, it can be said that it is not very far from the battlefield, and regardless of whether the high-level leaders of Shijie Zhao State think that Liu Yan is still staying in the big army camp, the beggar army can really cross the river and really form an effect.
This is the trouble of the king on the battlefield, which makes the commanders have a lot of psychological pressure, and at the same time, they need to allocate the necessary forces to defend them.
The battle on this side of the Puyang City battlefield is not yet fierce, and the two sides can only be said to have entered the tentative stage.
The Han army was waiting for the siege equipment in the rear to follow up, and the Shijie Zhao army also needed time to mobilize its troops.
Yuan Qiao could not criticize the king's actions, he could only say: "The control of the Yellow River is ours, and even if Li Nong really crosses it, he will suffer heavy losses."
Qiao still felt that since Li Nong was deliberately discovered by us, he was thinking of preserving his strength. ” The two were talking here, and the open space left between the Han military camp and the Puyang city and the Shijie Zhao military camp was fighting.
Ten miles of land is not small, so that the cavalry can have enough space to cruise and fight.
Most of the Han army on the battlefield were light cavalry, and a few were Praetorian Guards who were sweeping the formation.
It's not that Xu Zheng didn't dare to consume too much of the Praetorian Guard, it's that the intensity of the engagement is not high, and the cavalry of the field corps needs more combat experience.
The Shijie Zhao army was not sent out of the elite, and the cavalry of the Qianren clan did not move at all, and it was the light cavalry of Zahu who came on the field.
Li Su did this to test the combat strength of the Han army and to be well-informed.
For three days in a row, the Han army was in a state of not being in a hurry, and many generals on the side of Shijie Zhao had to confuse whether the previous guess was wrong.
"Could it be that the main target of the Han army is not Puyang" Wang Hua held the female wall with both hands, subconsciously stood on tiptoe, stretched his neck and looked out: "The number of enemy troops has not increased, and it has not shown too urgent offensive. ” Li Su also looked pensive, he still thought that the goal of the Han army was definitely to capture Puyang, but he was also puzzled by why the Han army did not make a big move, as many people do.
To the south of Puyang City, the sound of killing and horses' hooves on the vast field is actually shocking, and the two sides involved in the war together are about five thousand, constantly shooting at each other, and few will hedge, and there are really not too many people who look very lively and can die.
"We want to catch Liu Yan and keep consuming like this" Qi Ai looked at Li Su, who was still full of contemplation, and asked, "Will Liu Yan slip away?"
"No" Li Su shook his head silently: "We have carefully studied Liu Yan's past, and we have tried our best to collect information about his character, and we will not be a person who will avoid the slightest danger." ” "There's still something wrong."
Wang Hua finally stopped standing on tiptoe, turned to look at everyone, and said, "The Han army has not increased its troops. ” This is precisely what confuses many generals and colonels of Shijie Zhao's army, and no matter how determined the Han army is to capture Puyang, or whether Liu Yan is on the front line, the Han army has always been about 50,000, no matter how unreasonable it is.
"The Marquis of Weiwu should have entered Dunqiu County, and our naval army in the direction of Yangping County should also be spied on by the Han army."
According to common sense, Li Su said: "The Han army has no reinforcements, which can be explained as guarding against the mighty Marquis." ” Speaking of Li Nong, these people, including Li Su, were actually frowning, the beggar army marched along the Yellow River, Xu Zheng and Yuan Qiao guessed that they were deliberately discovered, and Li Su and others were sure that Li Nong was found on purpose.
Shi Xuan sent someone to question Li Nong, and Li Nong gave the explanation: The marching road along the line was originally on the riverbank, and the Han fleet was sharp, and the Shijie Zhao State Navy was not an opponent at all, and it was difficult to say whether it could successfully cross the river.
The Han army in the direction of Jibei County did not move in the direction of Puyang County, and according to the exploration, it was a defensive posture, and Shi Xuangu believed Li Nong's explanation.
However, Shi Xuan had the intention of being able to catch Liu Yan from the beginning, and in order to achieve his goal, he even ignored Sun Fudu and his more than 60,000 people, so that Li Nong would try to cross the river, and it was best to cut off the back road of the Han army.
Sun Fudu's troops are still resisting in Juancheng and Xiaqiu, and his resistance is not worthless, at least the siege equipment of the Han army has been dragging on these two battlefields because it has not been able to capture Juancheng and Xiaqiu, otherwise he should have been escorted to the battlefield of Puyang City a long time ago.
Juancheng and Liqiu not only dragged the siege equipment of the Han army, but also involved a total of 80,000 troops of the Han army, but the news here was cut off, whether it was Shi Xuan or Li Suo, it was not clear.
In order to be able to quickly eliminate Sun Fudu's department, Xu Zheng and Yuan Qiao reported to Liu Yan's permission, and Liu Yan had sent people to transfer troops in the direction of Yuzhou, but Yuzhou was at most squeezing out 30,000 people to go north, and Yuzhou had to take into account that Shi Hu was personally leading the army to hoard Sanchuan, and it was not known whether Shi Hu would directly attack Guanzhong or Yuzhou.
After another two days of unhurried fighting, Li Su finally got some new news from the scouts.
"There is a Han army moving to this side in the rear" The information Li Su got did not have a specific number, and there was not even any news of siege equipment at all: "Continue to explore, be sure to find out the number, and even know if there are siege equipment in it" The boss moved his mouth, and his subordinates not only had to work hard but also give their lives, all because it was not easy to collect any intelligence after the war, especially since the two sides would definitely work hardest to kill the scout scouts.
The real situation is that seeing that Sun Fudu, who could not hold it, broke through from Liqiu and retreated to Juancheng with the remnants, resulting in the Han army liberating some troops and siege equipment, Li Su learned that the Han army was driven to the Puyang City battlefield with some equipment, and the battle in Juancheng was also at a relatively critical moment.
"Sun Fudu is more resilient than we expected" Xu Zheng's previous plan was to take Juancheng and Xiaqiu at the same time in five days, but the reality was not as expected, five days had passed and only captured Xiaqiu, and it was not easy to say when Juancheng would be taken.
He said to Yuan Qiao with a little worry: "Once you can't capture Juancheng quickly, can you besiege it without fighting, and transfer the siege equipment and that batch of mounted infantry up?"
Yuan Qiao was actually a little anxious, leaving them less and less time to attack Puyang, and if they wanted to capture Puyang, they had to defeat the Shijie Zhao army led by Li Su first, and the time was really rushed.
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"The troops on our side" Yuan Qiao closed his eyes, his eyelids kept jumping, he was constantly thinking about the problem.
After a while, he opened his eyes, gritted his teeth, and said: "Form a step formation to try to cut off Puyang City and the enemy camp outside the city, and ask Yuzhou reinforcements to make a move to force Wenshijin from Yangwu bypass."
There was an infantry army in Xu Zheng's Praetorian Guard, which was two thousand great swordsmen and three thousand crossbowmen.
He knew that with these infantry guards as the backbone troops, plus 3,000 tower shield soldiers, 2,000 strong crossbowmen, and 5,000 pikemen in the field corps, it was not impossible to use 15,000 infantry troops to form an infantry formation, and it was not impossible to replicate the battle examples of the Battle of Xuzhou.
"As long as there are enough arrows, the step formation is as steady as Mount Tai."
Yuan Qiao suggested again: "The camp side should be used as an auxiliary force to coordinate the infantry army in battle", he stopped, he had a big problem that had to be talked about, and said cautiously: "How to form a head and tail care for each other, it also depends on the command of the general." ” Xu Zheng hated defensive warfare the most, he liked to attack and attack, and when he heard this, he immediately said: "We have few troops, and we can use the counterattack to break up the enemy's counterattack." ” Yuan Qiao also meant this, the Han army on the battlefield of Puyang City was only 50,000 in the final analysis, although there were 30,000 absolutely elite Praetorian Guards, but many times the number of people did not have an advantage It was really troublesome, and completely passive defense would only increase the trouble, and the necessary moment should still be attacked by attack, the premise is, of course, that the army is strong enough to fight.
On the sixth day, which was also a new day and a new operation, the Han army ate the morning food much earlier than the previous six days, Li Su was awakened in his sleep, and the first thing he said after learning the situation was: "It seems that the Han army can't wait." ” Without even freshening up, Li Su directly summoned the generals to discuss the matter, briefly introduced the possible movements of the Han army, and left a little time for the generals to ask questions.
"Last night, a Han army entered the camp, and it was found that siege equipment was transported."
Wang Hua made a strange expression of relief, and said with a smile: "It seems that our worries are superfluous, the Han army is really going to capture Puyang." ” Some Shi Jie's generals who didn't know what was going on immediately asked questions, and too many people's questions would turn into a chaotic "buzzing" sound.
"Quiet" Li Su is still very prestigious, and he immediately suppressed the generals as soon as he shouted.
He was also laughing, nodded and said: "Puyang City was originally intended to be attacked by the Han army, and it was to be captured, otherwise how to make the Han army become a turtle in an urn" The general of Puyang City, who was accustomed to having a pale face, trembled his lips and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Puyang City wants to be captured by the Han army" Li Su had no extra explanation, and stood up as he spoke: "The bait is placed here, but it can't be easily eaten by the Han army." ” Hearing that Puyang City must be lost, the Puyang City guard, who was accustomed to being pale, immediately fainted.
He had to faint, Shijie Zhao Guo lost the city, but the whole family was going to be slaughtered.
Soldiers continued to pour out of the Han army's camps.
The foot soldiers did not run far after leaving the village, they lined up according to the formation, the tower shield soldiers were at the outermost periphery and obeyed the order at any time to form a shield array, and the rest of the troops were arranged in echelons according to the weapons they carried.
After the cavalry left the village, they immediately rushed to the Shijie Zhao army camp and the surroundings of Puyang City, they were cruising fast or slow, and the Shijie Zhao army came out to pounce on it for a while to fight or interfere, to buy time for their own infantry formation.
The movement on the Han army's side is definitely far greater than any previous one, and Shijie Zhaojun's side naturally has to respond.
Since Puyang City is about to be abandoned, Li Su and some other senior generals of the Shijie Zhao Army will definitely not stay, they left the Puyang City guards who are used to turning pale and fainting, not only one is counted as one, but even the defenders are also transferred to only 3,000 people to pretend, and the rest should all be withdrawn from the city.
The high-level Han army who were always paying attention to the movements of Shijie Zhao's army naturally found a strange scene, of course they had to think about it, considering that Puyang City was a ruined city, and defending the city must be in the field rather than the battle of the city wall, but they did not think in the direction that Shijie Zhao's army was about to abandon Puyang City.
"Li Su is a veteran, so it is not surprising that he would make such a choice."
Yuan Qiao had studied Li Su when he was a member of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he was the type that he had been friends with for a long time, he said: "In view of the ruins of the city, the ownership of Puyang City does not lie in the battle of defending the city, but in the field. ” Xu Zheng didn't have any opinions, no matter whether it was a field battle or a siege war, it was all a war anyway.
The only thing he had to ask was: "It seems that there are not many enemy troops left in Puyang City, do you want to" paused, hesitated and hesitated again: "Take the opportunity to take it" There seemed to be some spiritual light flashing in Yuan Qiao's mind, he seemed to have caught it and seemed to be in a trance, and he watched in a daze as the handsome flag representing Li Su entered the field camp of Shijie Zhao Jun, and he had always been stunned: