Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2245: First Achievement in the Battle of Jinyuan

Although the Jin army's cavalry was powerful, that was when all the states were gathered together. It was certainly impossible for a single state to simply send out tens of thousands of cavalry.

The troops of the Jin army in each state were deployed in the ratio of two cavalry and eight infantry in Bing, He, and Liang, and one cavalry and nine infantry in Si, Yong, and Jing. The Western State had three cavalry and five infantry, and the Southern State had all infantry.

Among the five major field camps, Guangwu, Lantian and Hanzhong camps had one cavalry and nineteen steps of infantry, while Beidi and Yinchuan had two cavalry and three steps of infantry.

Of the 200,000 cavalry, the 100,000 troops in Hezhou and Liangzhou each had only 20,000 cavalry. On the other hand, although Su Dingfang's army had only 80,000 troops, it had 30,000 cavalry.

After Wei Rui received the news from Fu Shui Fang that Batu was coming with an army of 30,000, he decisively divided his troops and separated his own infantry and cavalry.

Ten thousand infantrymen, led by Generals Dugu Xin and Li Jilian, were stationed in Anding and Hanyang respectively to guard the flanks of Yongzhou.

Siyong is empty, and if any Yuan Mongolian cavalry takes the opportunity to attack at this time, it will be a disaster.

  Secondly, if Wei Rui's support troops want to join forces with Meng Tian, ​​they will have to go without Batu's troops!

If the infantry and cavalry coalition were to engage in a field battle with the enemy's 30,000 infantry and cavalry, they would definitely be at an absolute disadvantage, at least in terms of mobility.

Compared with individual cavalry, the combined infantry and cavalry certainly has its own advantages, but, at least for Wei Rui now, the disadvantage is still greater.

Therefore, he simply abandoned these 10,000 infantrymen and used them to strengthen the defense of the eastern part of Liangzhou.

He took the remaining 20,000 cavalrymen, intending to break through Batu's obstruction and try every means to meet up with Meng Tian in Xianmei City.

Batu tried to fight Wei Rui head-on several times, but Wei Rui managed to dodge him in time to avoid a head-on fight. Even if he did accidentally bump into him, Wei Rui would find a way to leave the battlefield in time.

At the very beginning, Wei Rui actually tried to attack Batu, but did not gain any benefit. Instead, he killed Xue Rengui's brother Xue Pinggui and he fell into Batu's hands.

After experiencing his power, Wei Rui knew that this was an enemy that was not easy to deal with, and of course it was impossible for him to fight him head-on.

His reinforcement troops were meant to support Meng Tian. He couldn't just fight a detachment of the enemy and end up with mutual losses before even meeting Meng Tian!

Of these two people, Batu obviously had stronger command ability, but Wei Rui had developed both command and intelligence, and each had his own strengths.

Wei Rui had been trying to avoid the main battle with Batu, trying to bypass the opportunities for Batu's main force to infiltrate, and it was difficult for Batu to catch Wei Rui's tail.

There were occasional small-scale accidental clashes, with both sides winning and losing. In the initial exploratory battles, Batu took advantage of his rest and captured the general Xue Pinggui in one fell swoop. However, not long after, Wei Rui lured the enemy deep into his territory and killed the enemy general Shi Bingzhi.

In short, in the absence of a decisive battle between the main forces, there were several small-scale clashes and neither side gained any advantage!

Batu was unable to capture Wei Rui's main force and could not find an opportunity for a decisive battle. Wei Rui wanted to bypass Batu, but he could not find an opportunity.

However, the Yuan and Mongolian troops besieging Xianmei suddenly lost 30,000 people, which obviously reduced Meng Tian's pressure. The Yuan and Mongolian troops attacked with their entire country, and the troops of Liangxi and Liangzhou alone were not enough. To make matters worse, they used up 40,000 troops just to defend the eastern part of Liangzhou and to prepare for the plateau.

Liang Province only had an army of 100,000, plus 10,000 golden fire cavalry. Excluding the 40,000 necessary garrisons and the 15,000 men who died in battle under Wang Xiaojie's command, it can be said that the actual available troops in Meng Tian's hands were actually only 55,000.

Before the fall of Wuwei, Xianmei was not considered a frontline, so it had only 3,000 defenders.

In the rear, Yuwen Tai, the governor of Jincheng County, was reinforced by 10,000 troops sent by General Han Qinhu, plus Meng Tian's 10,000 golden fire cavalry, a total of 23,000 troops and horses, stationed in Xianmei to fight against Temujin's 100,000 troops.

Although Temujin deployed a total of 250,000 troops in Liangzhou, after breaking through the bridgehead of Wuwei, he only left 100,000 troops to personally attack Xianmei where Meng Tian was stationed, intending to cut off the last connection between eastern Liangzhou and western Liangzhou.

He handed over all the other troops to his son Tuole and put him in charge of the western part of Liangzhou.

Cut off the connection between Su Dingfang of Xizhou and the rest of the Jin army, and completely tear a piece of meat from the hands of the Jin army.

Liangzhou and Xizhou had only 32,000 soldiers and horses in total.

Facing Tolui's 150,000-strong army, the battle situation was a complete mess.

The four counties of Liangxi should originally be Dunhuang County, Jiuquan Capital, Zhangye County, plus a vassal state of Zhangye Juyan.

However, the last name was too long, so Li Xiang simply changed it to Juyan County.

This county is also the most desolate one in the entire Liangzhou.

Among the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou was considered poor. It was not the poorest, but it was one of the poorest. And this county was the poorest among all the counties in Liangzhou. It is not an exaggeration to say that it was once the poorest county in the Han Dynasty.

This should be the largest county among the four Liangxi counties in terms of area, but it is also the one with the smallest population. Even for such a large county, there is only one county town under it.

The previous and subsequent county governors also despised this place! No population, no resources, a "three-no" area, no matter how capable they were, they could not govern this place to any extent, just enough to make the people live and work in peace and contentment. As for saying that everyone was rich and well-off, and to what extent the regional economy would develop, they dared not think about it! Even a good cook cannot cook without rice!

The current governor of Juyan County, Ji Gao, also known as Bigong Gao, was a representative of extreme bad luck.

Although the Ji family does not seem to be that prominent in the Jin army, it is only as if, because they are used to keeping a low profile.

In fact, this family not only has Ji Dan as a governor, but also Ji Shi as the deputy governor of Xizhou, and Ji Gao as a county magistrate. In addition, there are generals such as Ji Leizhen and Ji Shuqian in the army, which is quite extraordinary.

  Ji Gao was relocated to such a poor county, with no population and no resources. It couldn't develop even if it wanted to. It was extremely unlucky in itself, but he never expected that he would encounter such a war that he hadn't seen in many years!

However, it was in this battle that Ji Gao won the first merit in the Battle of Jinyuan, achieved the first victory since Jinyuan came to fight, and killed Murong Su, the son of Murong Ke, the invading Yuan Mongolian general, and a Yuan Mongolian prince.