Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1784 Bloody Battle of Ming and Wei Dynasty Twelve
Two days later, Zhang Ren and Chen joined forces in Luoyang City, including Pang Xi's main force. There were nearly [-] or [-] troops from the three parties.

Another day later, Xu Shu returned to Luoyang City from Hangu Pass.

In a short period of time, Xu Shu lost Luoyang City and regained Luoyang City. Xu Shu felt deeply. Most of the people in Luoyang let him use food as a lure to lure them south.

Either he is at Hangu Pass now, or he is heading south to Chang'an.

In fact, going to Chang'an is not a bad thing.

Chang'an is Mujing's planned future capital city, so both Luozhou and Yongzhou are deliberately operating Chang'an City, one of which is to increase the population.

Therefore, if the population of Luoyang City goes south, if it can contribute to Chang'an City, it is also a good thing. Of course, it is not good to travel long distances and leave their hometown. I don't know how many accidents and population losses there are.

Now Luoyang City looks a bit empty, there are too few people, like an empty city.

………………

Governor's Mansion of Los Angeles.

"Xia Houyuan ran away?"

This result surprised everyone.

Xu Shu sneered: "This can make him run away, he is really lucky!"

"I have rushed here as soon as possible, and the vanguard battalion is deployed in the city, but Xia Houyuan's soldiers and horses did not enter Luoyang City, but entered Mang Mountain from the southwest suburb of Luoyang City!"

Chen Dao sighed and said, "He reacted too quickly, I wanted to send troops to intercept it, but it was already too late!"

He himself is stationed in Yanjin, and he wants to wait for the news before going west to Luoyang.

But news came from Jingwu Division that Zhang Ren ambushed the Wei army, defeated the Liaodong army, and forced the Wei army to withdraw from Hangu Pass, which made him seize the opportunity at once.

He marched quickly, entered Luoyang City as soon as possible, and then placed the vanguard battalion in Luoyang City to ambush. As long as Xia Houyuan returned to Luoyang City, he would be able to catch him all by surprise, and even block several city gates. He can catch the turtle in the urn, block Xiahouyuan to death in Luoyang, and then join Zhang Ren's main force, he will have enough troops to eat Xiahouyuan's Wei army.

But Xia Houyuan's reaction was too vigilant. After withdrawing from Hangu Pass, he didn't even enter the gate of Luoyang City, and the defensive troops left in Luoyang City were all gone. He went directly to Mang Mountain, and then crossed the Yellow River north. Enter Hanoi.

"Pity!"

Zhang Ren had to sigh.

This was the most promising way to defeat a general of the Wei army, but he was still allowed to run out.

"It's okay!"

Xu Shu said calmly, although it was a little unexpected, it seemed to be a reasonable thing, how could it be so easy to win Xia Houyuan.

He smiled, and said to the two generals: "Run away, run away like a lost dog, if he wants to come back, he has to weigh it!"

Then he said to the two of them again: "Trouble two, place scouts on the front line of the Yellow River, be sure to keep an eye on the front line, and prevent the main force of the Wei army from going south!"

After regaining Luoyang City, he will have more choices and continue to open up the logistics supply line. Whether it is through Hanoi or Hedong, he is sure that he can reconstruct a new logistics supply transportation line.

But if there is another problem with the defense of Luoyang City, the supply line will still be broken.

"Yes!"

Zhang Ren and Chen Dao nodded.

Zhang Ren was silent for a while, and said to Xu Shu: "Governor Xu, don't we have more than [-] main forces stationed here and don't make any arrangements for the northern front?"

He belongs to the Privy Council, and Xu Shu is a member of the Political Affairs Hall. Xu Shu has no way to command him, but Zhang Ren still has some trust in Xu Shu's wisdom.

So I hope Xu Shu can give him some advice.

"Of course there are arrangements!"

Xu Shu squinted his eyes: "We don't know what the situation in the northern border is like now, but we have a chance. Does General Zhang Ren know why they chose to fight Luoyang!"

"Because of logistics?"

Zhang Ren thought for a while and said.

"That's right!"

Xu Shu nodded and said: "The logistics supply of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses is very important, so before the decisive battle, they first cut off Luoyang City. Luoyang City is responsible for the logistics supply of the frontline troops in the north. Don't attack Luoyang Yes, we burned a lot of materials ourselves and took some away. This is already a big loss, but we still have resources in Tongguan and Chang'an, so as long as we can hold Luoyang City, we can continue to construct transportation insurance. Guarantee the logistics supply line of our army!"

He looked to the north, and said gloomyly: "During this period of time, the change in Luoyang may have affected the situation of the main force in the north, so our top priority is to get through the transportation insurance as soon as possible to ensure that the logistics supplies are transported up. Whether food or weapons are urgent, they will directly affect the outcome of the war!"

As he said that, a slight sneer rose from the corner of his mouth: "Of course, we won't waste all these elites on Luoyang City. We have food and supplies, don't they? Party, they also need to have enough grain and grass transportation to guarantee a battle with our army, if I can find their grain roads, maybe granaries, then we can conduct a long-distance raid!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ren and Chen Dao glanced at each other. They had to admit that what Xu Shu said was right, it was more deterrent than soldiers like them entering the front line for reinforcements.

"But Wei Junliang said, it must be very secretive!"

Chen Dao said in a low voice, "I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to obtain Wei Junliang Dao!"

"Ha ha!"

Xu Shu sneered: "It's not easy, but it's not difficult. At this time, we need Jing Wusi!"

Jingwusi has been planning for many years, as long as they are willing to pay the price, he does not believe that Jingwusi has not been able to find out the grain road and granary of Wei Jun.

In fact, Xu Shu had some guesses.

Since Yuzhou is gone, Wei Jun's food and grass will not enter through Hulao Pass, so they can only enter Hanoi from Yanzhou and Jizhou in the north.

There are not many roads to enter Hanoi from here. If you can find the right location and make a long-distance attack, there is definitely a chance to catch Wei Jun by surprise.

Of course, this kind of thing is not so easy to do, there is no guarantee that Wei Jun will not come to invite you into the urn.

But as long as there is an opportunity, Xu Shu will try it.

Now is the time of life and death, if the Ming army wins, it will be able to dominate the world, if the Ming army loses, it will definitely affect the unification strategy of the entire imperial court, and even the army will be defeated like a mountain, and the emperor will be folded in, then It was a complete failure.

So no matter it was a trap or an opportunity, as long as there was news, Xu Shu would let Zhang Ren Chen go to Pang Xi and the others to lead the army to fight.

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Shangdang.

eldest son city.

Early in the morning, a sudden snowfall fell, and white snowflakes fell on the city wall and covered the eaves. It didn't take half a day to wrap the eldest son city in a layer of silver.

"It's winter!"

Mu Jing stood on the top of the city, with his hands behind his back, his gaze vivid, looking at the falling snowflakes, a faint smile could not help but rise from the corner of his mouth.

Winter came early this year.

But this is a good opportunity for the Ming army.

After winter, the battle will inevitably be difficult. Whether it is marching or attacking fortified battles, there will be a problem of freezing. If the weather gets colder and the hands are too cold to hold weapons, then starting a war is courting death.

Therefore, after winter, many times the war will subside and a certain amount of rest will be made.

"It seems that God's will is on our Daming's side!"

Xi Zhicai stood beside him and smiled faintly.

"Who said no!"

Mu Jing looked outside the city, the Wei army who had already drawn up their formation, these days, a lot of Wei army soldiers and horses had already approached the city and arrived at the city.

However, they haven't launched an attack yet, but outside the city, they gradually began to form a semi-arc siege formation towards the eldest son city.

Mujing knew what they meant and waited for the main force.

After all, the main force of the Ming army in the north of Shangdang was also heading south, and they had enough troops to confront them, so they did not dare to attack rashly.

Attack has a price.

However, the main force of Cao Cao's Wei army may not be far from the eldest son city. As long as the main force arrives at the eldest son city, they will kick off the prelude to attack.

In terms of current combat effectiveness and troop strength, the Ming army is at a disadvantage.

To defeat the Yan army, one had to pay a very high price. The Ming army suffered a lot of battle losses. The more battle losses, the lower the morale. Besides, the Yan army prisoners had to send soldiers and horses to guard them.

The strength of the Ming army is not enough to split one into two, and after the battle of destroying Yan, there is no time to rest. The soldiers are exhausted, and their combat effectiveness has been reduced by more than [-] to [-]%.

In such a situation, if the Wei army stormed the eldest son city, the situation of the Ming army would appear to be very difficult.

Of course, this is a comparison of strength on the bright side.

At such a time, Mu Jing still dared to sit firmly in the eldest son city, instead of withdrawing from Shangdang, he pinned all his hopes on the artillery army.

Of the [-]th Battalion of the Artillery Army, hundreds of cannons from the first battalion were damaged in Huguan, but the remaining eleventh battalions still had more than [-] cannons.

And most of them are second-generation artillery.

Compared with the first-generation red-clothed cannon, the second-generation cannon has adjustments in the barrel and the rear seat, and uses newly refined and harder steel materials.

Moreover, changes have been made in the artillery shells. The development of gunpowder has made progress, which is enough to surpass the explosive power of the current gunpowder. For such shells, the explosive power of one shell is the lethality of the previous two.

Therefore, the second-generation artillery has stronger lethality, more precise aiming power, and more terrifying explosive power. If it can be used properly, it will definitely become a sharp weapon for Mujing to dominate the world.

And in this battle, Mujing pinned his hopes on them just like the battle in Wancheng.

Of course, Wei Jun must have a certain defense.

Even if Mujing left hundreds of cannons from the first battalion at Huguan, and made a guiding message, he hoped to lead the Wei army to mistakenly believe that the artillery army of the Ming army was gone.

But Cao Cao is not a fool, he is such a suspicious person, and he has a lot of counselors under his command, he will definitely be suspicious.

So this time, if you want to use artillery, you have to be more careful and deploy more carefully, otherwise they will find a way to avoid it.

On the battlefield, although weapons have a decisive effect, the key to the final result is still people. How to fight, how to use weapons, and how to avoid weapons are all determined by people.

"With this kind of weather, I don't think Wei Jun would dare to attack so quickly, so we might have some time to rest!" Mu Jing thought for a while and said, "But don't be careless. It's just a single snowfall, so we have to be prepared!"

He asked: "Has Zhang Wenyuan gone south?"

"not yet!"

Xi Zhicai said: "The Xianbei cavalry has gone out, and the Yan army general Zhao Yun has also killed back too far, and he is integrating the rout of the Yan army in Bingzhou!"

In the first battle of Shangdang, Yan's army was defeated, and many scattered soldiers fled back to Taiyuan. After Zhao Yun was killed from Shangdang, he returned to Taiyuan to consolidate his forces.

He has fighting power and personal charm, especially in this situation, he is very recognized by some generals, so he quickly gathered the remnants of the Yan army in Taiyuan.

"Zhao Zilong?"

Mu Jing gritted his teeth, and said helplessly: "It's a pity that this general is not able to stay!"

"I don't feel sorry for this person!"

Xi Zhicai said in a cold voice: "My pity is the Xianbei cavalry. If Zhang Wenyuan didn't need to rest and consolidate his forces to go south, this cavalry would never escape!"

Huang Shao's death in battle was the most senior general of the Ming army who died in this battle. This made the Ming army officers and soldiers very angry from top to bottom.

Including Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai wanted to eat the Xianbei cavalry raw.

"They can't escape!"

Mu Jing was expressionless.

The corner of his mouth raised a cruel and indifferent smile, and said: "One day, I will visit Danhan Mountain in person, and I will make Xianbei pay the absolute price!"

The overall situation is the most important thing, so he can only give up temporarily, but it doesn't mean he doesn't hold grudges, he has remembered this grudge.

"Now it will take some time to send the main force south!"

Xi Zhicai returned to the topic: "If the Wei army attacked in the snow, how should we deal with it?"

"Ask me!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "This question should be asked to you, otherwise why would I ask you to go south as soon as possible!"

"you……"

Xi Zhicai gritted his teeth a little.

"I don't care!"

Mu Jing had the idea of ​​letting go, and said: "I'm standing here, watching you fight, I can fight as I want, I just watch!"

"You are cruel!"

Xi Zhicai was helpless, but he still patiently discussed with Mu Jing, Mu Jing was not very high in terms of strategy or tactics.

But in many cases, Mujing would have some other ideas, some more illogical ideas, which could make a breakthrough in their tactical layout ideas.

This is due to Mujing’s 2000 years of historical endorsement, the feudal dynasty in 2000 years, and the number of war cases. As the saying goes, he has read [-] Tang poems by heart, and he can’t compose or steal.

Therefore, Mujing's thinking is often incompatible with today's personality, and there will be a better way to solve the variables on the battlefield.

"No matter what, it is still necessary to fight. It is right to strike first!"

Mu Jing narrowed his eyes and said quietly.

(End of this chapter)