"Ahead is Yezigou. There used to be a wooden bridge over the gorge leading to the east bank. But two days ago, the scouts came back to investigate. The bridge was destroyed by a flash flood just a few days ago. It was not marked on the battle map. Although the stone foundation of the bridge was

It is still there, but there are no big trees to the left and right, so it is difficult to repair the wooden bridge in a short time. In addition, there is Daoyuzi more than ten miles to the south. When you go there, the river bed suddenly expands by more than 20 miles.

Zhang, the river beach is not deep, the cavalry can swim directly through..."

Feng Xuan watched as the combat staff laid the map on the saddle, sketched the army's route with charcoal, and asked:

"Where did Cao Ba's troops go?"

"General Cao Ba divided his troops into three teams, taking the northern route all the way to Hengshan Valley and all the way to Nantang Bamboo Bridge. He personally led all the soldiers and horses to the east from the valley river crossing beach before noon. At this time, they should repair at Gaolong Plateau.

." The combat staff circled a plateau on the east side of Yezigou and marked Cao Ba's route before noon.

Feng Xuan looked up and saw the gloomy sky and said, "There may be heavy rain. Can we send people north along Yezigou to keep an eye on the water conditions?"

When swimming in the shallows, I am most afraid of encountering sudden rains upstream and causing the river water to swell.

Although there is a dedicated person responsible for scouting and reconnaissance of enemy situations in nearby terrain, when Feng Xuan implements a new combat plan, he always confirms all the details to avoid omissions.

After receiving a positive answer from the combat staff, Feng Xuan signaled his cavalry to move towards the valley downstream. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the rising sun in the east. It had been a night since he had received the latest news from the Baqiao camp.

, at this time, it was not clear whether the main force of the German army had crossed the river and headed northward last night, and I was somewhat worried that it was a little too early for him to lead his troops eastward.

Although Wang Yuankui sent his secret envoy to see Jing Zhen and Kong Xirong and promised to unconditionally hand over all his troops and surrender to the city, the Chengde Army sent another direct lineage force across the Wei River the night before to further strengthen control over Liquan and Chiyang on the west bank of the Jing River.

Jing Zhen and Kong Xirong expected that the so-called surrender promised by Wang Yuankui was probably a delaying strategy. He would most likely lead his troops to flee along the valley on the west bank of the Jing River to Qingzhou and Yuanzhou deep in the Weibei Plateau.

Previously, the Longyou Army sent troops from Tianshui, crossed Longshan to the east and entered Fengxiang. The troops were divided into two groups:

Along the way, Li Zhigao led Zhang Song, Deng Tai, Zhao Ci and other troops to advance eastward from the south bank of the Wei River. Later, he joined forces with Zhou Tong and Hao Zixia to go outside Qizhou City and besieged the remnants of Wang Xiaoxian's troops in Qizhou.

Along the way, Feng Xuan led Hou Mo, Cao Ba, Lu Ze, Li Zhi and other troops to advance eastward along the north bank of the Weishui River. Along the way, they recaptured Longxian, Qishan, Yongxian and other cities on the north bank of the upper reaches of the Weishui River. At the same time, they were responsible for blocking Wang Xiaoxian from the north bank and fled north.

Combat missions in the Weibei Plateau Passage.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xiaoxian was very courageous. Not only did he rather die than surrender, he even showed no intention of leading his troops across the Wei River and fleeing to the mountains and ravines of the Weibei Plain to resist. This made Feng Xuan and his troops on the northern route intercept the plan.

Fall into the void.

The defenders of Longxian, Qishan, and Yongxian all surrendered in defiance of the wind. They had not won any battles these days, and Cao Ba and other generals were very depressed.

Although this time they also took on the task of cutting off Wang Yuankui's German army from the north as they fled north, Cao Ba was still worried that Wang Yuankui, a useless piece of shit, would directly choose to surrender, leaving them with no choice but to occupy the city and gather surrendered troops.

Trivial things to do.

Feng Xuan was more inclined to the judgment of Jing Zhen, Kong Xirong and others.

When Zhao Mengji led the Shu soldiers to the northern expedition to Guanzhong, Wang Yong launched a mutiny to seize the power of the Shu state. Zhao Mengji and tens of thousands of Shu soldiers were forced to live in a foreign land. At first, they occupied Qifeng and other places, and their life was extremely difficult. Later, even if they surrendered to the Mongols,

Leading his troops to garrison in Mengzhou, life was not comfortable, and the generals and soldiers even had to tighten their belts to live a comfortable life.

Zhao Mengji himself also lived an extremely frugal and difficult life. After the great victory at Zhiguanxing, Zhao Mengji finally chose to surrender, but he did not put forward any conditions that were too high and too high.

Of course, apart from the Liangzhou army led by Li Zhigao and Chai Jian, Zhao Mengji was the first enemy general to lead his troops to reorganize and surrender. Han Qian would treat him favorably even if it cost him thousands of gold to buy horse bones.

Of course, although Zhao Mengji led his troops to participate in the war against Heluo, he was not able to take advantage.

Furthermore, Zhao Mengji's surrender to the Mongols was forced by the situation, and Zhao Mengji fell into such a bad situation because Han Qian helped Wang Yong launch a mutiny.

Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of Liang State had a high degree of acceptance of Zhao Mengji.

My impressions of Wang Yuankui and Daliang Junchen were much different.

Wang Yuankui was the most direct culprit of the sudden change in Heshuo. Not only did he lead the Mongolian army to invade south, he also willingly served as the pioneer eagle dog of the Mongolian army. He chased and killed a large number of Liangjun troops along the way, and had a deep blood feud with the old generals of Liangjun.

If Wang Yuankui had a bigger trump card, or the surrender of the German army could greatly change the direction of the war, Han Qian might try to persuade Gu Qian, Zhou Daoyuan, Jing Hao and others to recruit and surrender to the German army on more preferential terms.

However, compared to Zhao Mengji, at this time Wang Yuankui was in a predicament of having no external reinforcements and being attacked from three sides. The Daliang soldiers and horses took the absolute initiative in Guanzhong. Not to mention Gu Qian and others, even Han Qian would not avoid three to five thousand people.

casualties and what hidden dangers are left.

Therefore, the conditions for Wang Yuankui can be to retain the title of the Yongzhou County Prince, so that each generation of Wang family descendants can be demoted to the next level. The Council can also leave a place for Wang Yuankui, but Wang Yuankui must unconditionally hand over all his troops.

Accept the reorganization.

Unlike Zhao Mengji, Wang Yuankui served as a frontier official for more than twenty years. After joining the Mongolian army, he attacked cities and plundered territory smoothly.

In Wang Yuankui's view, it was military power that brought him all this, which made it unlikely that he would give up military power easily even when the situation was exhausted.

When Li Zhigao led his troops to attack Qizhou, Feng Xuan had already prepared to lead his troops to blockade from the north and intercept the German army fleeing north to Qingyuan. After Wang Xiaoxian was buried in a sea of ​​fire and regained the entire territory of Qizhou, he led an army first

Entering Qishan Mountain in the northwest of Qizhou.

However, after the Longyou Army invaded Guanzhong from the west wing, the edict sent by Han Qian clearly stipulated that the three groups of troops attacking Guanzhong, Huatong Army, Shangluo Army, and Longyou Army, needed to coordinate their operations, and made it clear that

Jing Zhen was the commander-in-chief, and Kong Xirong, Li Zhigao, and Feng Xuan were the deputy commanders, and they jointly discussed the follow-up battle plan.

Perhaps Jing Zhen himself had no intention of recruiting Wang Yuankui to surrender. He sent messengers several times to Qishan to meet Feng Xuan, asking Feng Xuan not to be too eager to gather troops and horses from the north of the Wei River to Qishan, let alone to send troops eastward into Jingshui too early.

Along the coast, in order to give Wang Yuankui the illusion that he could still escape north along the Jing River if the negotiations failed.

Kong Xirong and Li Zhigao did not oppose Jing Zhen's decision.

Compared with mobilizing countless soldiers, horses, and war equipment to besiege Yongzhou City, which is the most fortified city in the world, I don’t know how long it will take.

How long will it take to defeat Yongzhou City? If possible, they all hope to lure the German army from Yongzhou City into the Weibei Plain north of the Wei River and west of the Jing River to fight a battle of annihilation.

Only in this way can they end the battle in Guanzhong as quickly as possible.

Whether the Guanzhong War can be brought to a clean and tidy end, or whether it can be delayed for half a year or more and fail to capture the Yongzhou Army, will have extremely subtle implications for the subsequent battle situation on the northern and eastern fronts, and even on the relationship between Liang Chu and Liang Shu.

And direct, far-reaching impact.

Feng Xuan also waited until Wang Yuankui sent troops to further strengthen his control over Chiyang and Liquan, and then ordered Hou Mo, Cao Ba, Lu Ze, Li Zhi and other troops to march eastward from Qishan and other places on foot and cavalry.

It is only over a hundred miles from Qishan Mountain to Chiyang City in the south of the Jingshui River Valley, but wars have continued in the Weibei Plain in recent years, and the roads have been severely damaged, and no one has repaired them.

In addition to Jingshui, the largest tributary of the Wei River, there are a large number of streams and rivers developed in Laolong Mountain, Saga Mountain, Yaowang Mountain, Yao Mountain, Huanglong Mountain, Liangshan, etc. on the Weibei Plateau, flowing longitudinally into the Wei River from north to south, plus

For thousands of years, the land on both sides of the Wei River has been fully developed, and the channel system for irrigating farmland is also quite developed.

However, the pontoon bridges and wooden bridges originally erected over these streams, rivers and channels have not been repaired by anyone over the years, or have been destroyed by floods, or have been damaged by man-made damage.

These greatly hindered the speed of Feng Xuan and other troops' eastward advance.

Of course, they had expected this a long time ago, and even knowing it, they deliberately delayed the dispatch of labor camps to the north to build roads and bridges.

All this was strategically intended to create the illusion that Wang Yuankui and Wang Mao still had a chance to escape north.

Of course, when Feng Xuan pushed forward from Qishan and other places to Chiyang and Liquan, he found that there were damaged roads and bridges along the way, and he was really anxious to curse his mother.

In order to overcome the difficulty of advancing the army and complete the assembly as soon as possible at the passage where the Chengdu Army fled north, Feng Xuan could only split more than 12,000 infantry and cavalry into dozens of groups and disperse them to advance into Chiyang County.

Wang Yuankui had been running the German army for more than 20 years. Nearly half of the 40,000-strong German army were cavalry. Feng Xuan split up more than 12,000 infantry and cavalry and moved forward. Naturally, he had to take a lot of risks, but compared to leaving the entire German army in Wei

We must carry out annihilation in the northern plains, and prevent the escape to Qing, Yuan and other places in the north from becoming a hidden danger like maggots attached to the bones in the Guanzhong plain. These risks must be borne.

What Feng Xuan wanted to know urgently at this time was, firstly, whether the main force of the German Army had crossed the Weihe River and headed northward; secondly, if the main force of the German Army had crossed the Weihe River and headed northward, how could they delay the formation of the German Army by entering the few troops in Chiyang first?

How long is the main force?

Also, Feng Xuan is not sure at this time that the main force of troops will be able to cross the Wei River before nightfall tomorrow and enter the north bank to join the battle.

Because Wang Yuankui sank a large number of boats in the bend where the Bahe River merges into the Weishui River, the Luoyang Navy and the auxiliary troops cleaned up these sunken boats, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive. The warships will not be able to enter the upper reaches of the Weishui River and the Jingshui River for a while.

Combat...

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In order to clear the escape route to the north, Wang Yuankui not only strengthened his control over the cities of Liquan and Chiyang north of the Wei River and west of the Jingshui River, but also led his son Wang Mao to lead tens of thousands of elite cavalry troops into Chiyang, the western area of ​​Liquan and Wuhan.

Within Ting County.

Wang Yuankui also knew very well that the floating boats and wooden bridges on the Jing River were destroyed. Before Luoyang |

The main force escaping poses a threat.

The greatest threat to the Chengde Army at present is the Liang Army, which had swept through more than 10,000 cavalry troops in cities north of the Wei River and southwest of Longshan half a month ago.

This is also the main force of Liang Jun's cavalry unit.

Liang Jun's cavalry units have always been very limited in scale. They mainly assist heavy armored infantry on the battlefield and are responsible for covering the flanks or containing the opponent's cavalry units. They rarely engage in battlefield operations independently.

In addition, because heavy weapons such as spring-arm bed crossbows and scorpion crossbows are highly dependent on roads and bridges, cavalry troops cannot carry these heavy weapons when maneuvering quickly, and their ability to attack difficult situations is obviously weaker than that of heavy armored infantry.

A big chunk.

The cavalry unit of the Chengde Army was stationed in the southern part of Yantan and other states in the early years. It has long been responsible for resisting the Mongolian army going south. It can be said that it is the most elite cavalry in the Jin army. It joined the Mongolian army with Wang Yuankui, and its combat effectiveness was not weakened.

At this time, Wang Mao led 10,000 Chengde Jingqi, and he still had considerable confidence in resisting Liang Qi's attack from the direction of Qishan and covering the west flank of the north retreat passage.

At this time, he was more concerned about the speed at which Liang Jun's main force circled around to the west flank of Xianyang to cross the Wei River.

In addition to 20,000 cavalry, the Chengde Army also had 20,000 infantry, plus nearly 20,000 Wang family members, slaves, and generals. After abandoning Yongzhou City, the withdrawal speed along the west bank of the Jing River would not be too fast.

Counting from crossing the Wei River, even if Liang Qi's interception and harassment were not taken into account, this group of troops carried a large number of boxes and cages filled with jewelry and treasures, and wanted to safely evacuate to the Jingshui River Valley north of Chiyang. It took only eight or nine days.

To cover ten miles, it may take at least three days.

These are also the most dangerous three days, and in Wang Mao's view, the most critical thing is whether they can successfully block the main force of the Liang Army on the south bank from crossing the river within these three days.

When Cao Ba led his troops into the northern border of Wuting County, Wang Mao led more than a thousand guards to garrison in a village in the northeast of Wuting County. At the end of April, the Guanzhong Plain was already a bit hot in early summer. He boarded a mountain in the north of the village.
To be continued...