Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1415

The right-wing battlefield in central Hebei, which had been struggling for many days, finally made a new breakthrough in October.

Although the Yanzhou government soldiers who were in charge of the battle in this area severely damaged the Jie army in Lieren City, Guangping at the beginning of the war, and began to recover the entire territory of Guangping, due to the lack of mobile combat power of the cavalry, they were later attacked by the Jie army. The countermeasures in the field made the situation stagnant for a while.

After gaining momentum for a period of time, the Yanzhou army finally launched a counterattack. The leader Hu Run personally led three thousand cavalry to march up from the Yanping camp, and other rangers who had arrived at various camps in the north in advance responded in groups. .

Although the Jie army is not lacking in vigilance about this, but because of the previous advantages, it is inevitable to be negligent, thinking that it is impossible for the Jin army to grasp the exact whereabouts of their main force in a short period of time, and the reaction is inevitably a little slow.

After Hurun marched north, relying on the support and cooperation of various strongholds laid in the early stage, he traveled to five battlefields in just three days and fought five battles with the Jie army. Especially in the first three battles, due to the slow response of the Jie army , causing heavy damage to the enemy one after another, beheading and capturing nearly two thousand Jie troops.

From the perspective of the battle situation alone, this time the prepared counterattack was far less successful than the previous battle in Lieren City, but that was because of the different opponents.This time, both sides participating in the battle are rangers with strong mobility. The cavalry combat has more variables, mainly defeating and killing fewer enemies.

And their opponents, the main force of the Cavalry cavalry of the Baijia Army, totaled more than [-] to less than [-], and nearly one-third of them were beheaded and captured. ability to continue fighting.

As for the last two battles, because the Jie army finally became alert, and the leader of the Jie army, Ran Min, who had been pinned down on the East Road battlefield before, returned, he led his troops to retreat in time, avoiding the main attack by Hu Run.

Trapped for many days, Hu Run felt resentful and resentful. Naturally, he was unwilling to let the Jie army form a system and leave the battlefield. He integrated the troops on the battlefield and led five thousand elite cavalry to continue marching northward. Finally, he caught up with the Jie army outside Guangzong City. division.

The two sides fought fiercely in the wilderness outside Guangzong City for a whole day and night. With an absolute superiority in strength, the Wang division divided and besieged and killed the remaining Jie army. Finally, Jie general Ran Min and hundreds of troops under his command broke through the encirclement and went north without a trace.The Shangbai Jie army that hindered Wang Shi's northward advance, except for this one who broke through the siege, the rest were gone!
After the battle ended, Hu Run led his army back to Quzhou, and the main force of the Yanzhou army also began to leave Yanping and go northward, using Quzhou as the new base camp.

At the same time, the begging envoy from Guangzong also entered Quzhou under the guidance of Jin Xuangong, expressing his willingness to surrender.

For Guangzong Qihuo, Hurun's impression is not very good. Although according to the current situation, Guangzong's Qihuo army did not directly participate in the frontal battlefield against Wang Shi, but this does not mean that Guangzong Begging is a kind of obedient person.

Especially during the diplomatic war in Guangzong City, Hoogewerf once spread the message that Guangzong Qihuo hoped that they could send troops to block the north road for a while, in order to wipe out the Jie army, but Guangzong Qihuo turned a deaf ear to this and did not send troops.Although the final result is not bad, but the loss of Jie general Ran Min, it can't be called full success.

Although Guangzong showed his sincerity by begging for work and returned some of the items lost by Wang Shi in Guangping, Hu Run was still not polite to Guangzong's envoy.

The biggest enemy on the road ahead has been defeated, and a mere Guangzong City is not in his eyes, especially as the main force of Yanping goes northward, many powerful siege equipment are in place, even if Guangzong City does not return, he is confident that it will be defeated in ten days. Conquer the city within a day.

Although he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, Hu Run did not dare to authorize this matter. He sorted out the battle report and reported the situation of Guangzong City to the rear of the General Yijia, and waited for the general's order before taking the next step. .

In late September, General Shen led his troops to leave Santai and temporarily stationed in Lieren City, shortening the distance of communication with all frontline troops.The battle under Guangzong City is not all the combat missions in the middle road, but just a flank battlefield. Naturally, the main combat target of the middle road army is Xiangguo, the old capital of Jie state.

After the Hurun battle report arrived at the camp, the general was not very excited. Although the victory is always a joy, but at this moment, the Shangbai Jie army was solved. The performance can only be said to be fair, not excellent .

As a general in charge of Taiwan's military and political power, Shen Zhezi's focus is not on winning or losing a battle in one city and one place, but in the overall layout.

The tenacious blocking of the Shangbai Jie army made the cooperation of the Yanzhou army out of touch on the battlefield, so that until now it has still not formed a complete siege of Xiangguo.Moreover, due to the loss of control in Quang Binh, it also affected the rhythm of the collection and transportation of road capital to the north.

It is now the beginning of winter, and the north and south waterways are all exhausted. In less than a month, we will enter the real cold winter, and the logistical pressure will be even greater.Before winter, the military resources reserved by all parties on the front line were affected.Insufficient reserves will directly limit the arrangement of Wang Shi's operations in Hebei this winter.

At the very least, Hurun's Yanzhou Army could no longer exert its original strategic effect in the battle against Xiangguo after the winter, and they did not have enough supplies to support them in the Xiangguo battlefield.

Of course, Hurun’s achievements should not be denied because of this, and it should be judged as dereliction of duty.After all, the Yanzhou army is placed in this position, and its main positioning is to support the two battlefields of the middle road and the east road.The removal of the Shangbai Jie Army ensured that the logistics channels of the Eastern Route Army would not be disturbed, and it also allowed the Xie Ai Department of the Central Route to devote more attention to the battle against Xiangguo.

The reason why there is regret is that relatively speaking, the current situation can only be said to be good, but it cannot be said to be excellent.If there is no obstruction from the Shangbai Jie army, Wang Shi will go all the way and take Xiangguo before winter, forming two fists on the east and west sides of Jieguo's Xindu, so that Jieguo will not dare to fight back throughout the winter. , so as to lock in a greater advantage.

Right now Xiangguo is not yet under the control of the Wang Shi, Shen Mu's Tobu City camp needs to bear greater military pressure this winter, and needs to withstand the threat from Xindu alone in a short period of time, so that more than half of it has already been recovered. The Bohai Sea had to give up part of the occupied area and concentrate more troops on Tobu City.

In order to ensure the stability of Tobu City, it is necessary to continue to send more troops, and the cavalry troops under Hu Run's command need to continue to increase, so as to strengthen the support effect on the East Route Army.

Overall, Hurun's performance is still qualified, at least it did not drag the war into a real cold winter.If not, Shen Zhezi will need to change generals and let Xie Yi replace Hu Run as the right-wing Yanzhou army, otherwise it will be difficult to overdo it under the watchful eyes of the public. Half of the [-] cavalry were under his command, but now there is no such problem.

A single hair on the battlefield affects the whole body, and any local battlefield is not just an isolated existence.For example, the Eastern Route Army had to retreat its frontline troops to Tobu City because the flank coordination was not achieved. breakthrough months ago.

If the Liao region still maintains Murong Hao as the main force and continues to be attached to Jie State, then the pressure on Youzhou of Jie State will be less, and more troops can be dispatched to the south to fortify in Bohai and other counties.But now that Murong Hao's problem has been solved, and Murong's tribe itself has fallen into collapse, Zhang Ju, the governor of Youzhou in Jie Kingdom, dared not leave the territory without authorization, and only Shi Bin, the son of Shihu, led his troops to the south.

Similarly, Wen Fangzhi and others rushed to build Qinhuangdao and other strongholds before winter, and Wang Shi could also send a batch of supplies to the north along the coastal road before winter, which could ensure that Xu Mao's navy continued to enter Zhangwu along the Bohai Sea. Instead of being forced to withdraw to Qingzhou to recuperate due to seasonal regulations.

So in order to ensure that Shen Mu's Department and Xu Mao's Department can reach a response, the cavalry strength of the Eastern Route Army needs to continue to increase.This time, Hoogewerf defeated the Shangbai Jie Army, which would ensure that the war horses from Hedong and all kinds of resources were transported to Tobu City along the Guangping route in time.

Therefore, after seeing the Guangzong issue described by Hurun in the battle report, Shen Zhezi did not make a decision immediately, but ordered Hurun to send Guangzong envoys to Lieren City as soon as possible, including Xinli's military exploits. Jin Xuangong recalled together.

Lieren City is not far from Quzhou, and on the third day after the letter was issued, the group arrived at the camp of Lieren City.

Tian Ju, as Guangzong's envoy for begging for work, was not in a relaxed mood. Qu Zhou suffered from Hu Run's indifference, and saw the power of Wang Shi's various siege equipment, and also realized what their father and son had imagined before. The idea of ​​sticking to the city is a bit superficial.Without the restraint of the field battle outside the city, it would not be too difficult for Master Wang to raz Guangzong City.

He didn't regret giving up Ran Min as a field aid, after all, it was impossible for them to be buried with the Jie Kingdom. It was just that Master Wang was suppressed by Ran Min in Guangping, which made them inevitably have some doubts about Master Wang's strength. Underestimated, I think I still have enough confidence to fight for some preferential treatment.

But now it seems that this possibility is really not great, the current Guangzong has been completely exposed to Wang Shibing's vanguard, and it is difficult for them to decide what will happen to them.

So along the way, Tian Ju could only show his favor to Jin Xuangong constantly, even though his father Tian Fu had told him before leaving that Jin Xuangong was humble and should not be relied on too much.But the problem is that apart from Jin Xuangong, he also has no contact with other important figures of Master Wang, such as the Hurun Hu Houze who was ready to show off. He stayed in Qu Zhou for a few days and didn't even meet him face to face.

Knowing that he was lucky enough to meet General Shen of the Southern Kingdom in the south, Tian Ju was both surprised and happy, because he had been pestering Jin Xuangong all the way, asking the general about his temperament and preferences, hoping to make a good impression.

Although Jin Xuangong was very annoyed by this, he couldn't bear to refuse.He was able to return home with honor this time, and to be honest, he also owed his affection to the begging army, if the begging army really sent troops to retake Shangbai, he would hardly have survived.But regarding Tian Ju's problem, not to mention that he has little contact with the general, even if he has some in-depth understanding, it is impossible to talk about it.

　I chatted with the old man at home on Father’s Day yesterday, and got up early to make up a chapter. . .

　　
　
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