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Chapter 328 Attacking Yue Pengju
Mr. Changping was really panicked.

He originally wanted to wait for the autumn harvest and prepare to regain Bajun in one go, but he didn't expect that in just a few months, he missed the best opportunity.

The news of Qin's defeat in the Battle of Yingdu from Xianyang and the top-secret military information that Qin was preparing to focus on attacking on the eastern front made Changping Jun understand that his Bajun battle plan was about to change again.

It is also a major change in the overall strategy.

Lord Changping still had some strategic acumen. The impact of Qin's focused attack on the eastern front on Bashu was actually not too great, but the defeat in the Battle of Yingdu had an impact on the situation in Bashu that was like a bolt from the blue.

Although the Qin State suffered little losses in the battle of Yingdu, the fact that the Qin State abandoned Yingdu and retreated not only meant that the Yu army was no longer threatened by the natural danger of the Yangtze River, but also meant that the main force assembled by the Yu State in Yingdu had been liberated.

A single move can affect the whole body. When Yu State does not have particularly high combat needs on other fronts, where will Yu's free forces be deployed?
Even if Dayu is no longer good at fighting, as long as one-third of the troops from the Yingdu battle are brought to Bashu, the battle between Bashu and Bashu will change offensively and defensively.

Lord Changping realized that Bashu needed new reinforcements.

In fact, Great Qin was also aware of this problem. When it decided to abandon Yingdu, Great Qin had already begun partial combat mobilization.

However, the disastrous defeat of Lord Heng in Juan forced the Qin State to send all the mobile troops that could have been used to Bashu, led by Li Chong and Li Yao and their sons, to support Meng Ao. On the Bashu side, Great Qin only asked Lord Changping Able to hold on.

The barbarians all agreed to Lord Changping's request and expressed that they must let the Yu people taste their benefits.

Lord Changping knew very well that with the strength of Yu's navy, it was meaningless to camp step by step in the cities along the river; a hasty decisive battle on the water would probably only follow in the footsteps of Mengwu. Therefore, Lord Changping's idea was to lure the enemy deep and harass them along the way. The enemy continued to be exhausted, and finally the decisive battle was fought on the battlefield that was most beneficial to the Qin army.

The battle to destroy Chu, the battle of Yingdu, the battle to enter Ba, and even the battle of Hanzhong raids and the battle of Jiameng Pass all reflected the Yu army's extraordinary strategic vision and layout capabilities.

It's better than nothing. Even if the newly trained Qin Rui Shi is far inferior to the elite Qin Rui Shi who has fought hundreds of battles, it still depends on who he is competing with.

Lord Changping also deliberately added fuel to the fire. When he first arrived in Chengdu, he began to show favor to these barbarian tribes and continued to preach the evil of Dayu. Originally, Lord Changping wanted to use this to build a force that was good at mountain warfare and running raids. The soldiers and horses of the Yu army were prepared to fight against the elite mountain warfare of the Yu army.

In fact, Changping Jun already regretted that the army did not follow Wang Jian and enter Pakistan in one go. If the army had entered Brazil at that time, the army would have surrounded the Yu army in Bacheng. Even if reinforcements from the Yu Kingdom came, both sides would still be near Bacheng. The decisive battle, unlike now, requires defense along the long river.

With 40,000 Qin warriors and 200,000 legion elites, in the eyes of some people, Changping Lord could at least defeat the 600,000 Yu army, but Changping Lord had always been very clear-minded.

Lord Changping believed that it had taken so many years for Da Qin to reach this point in its relationship with these barbarians. As an invader, Dayu would inevitably attract the hostility of these barbarians.

In addition, the Empress Dowager Huayang, who was originally the core of the Chu family, could only miss Dong Huang while sticking to the two-headed dragon with Zhao Ji recently, and did not give enough support to the Chu family. As a result, Lord Changwen, who wanted to support Lord Changping, could not stand alone, so Changpingjun received almost no new support.

He felt that the barbarians should have a good fight with Dayu.

If Wang Jian hadn't been strong enough, the current Qin army might have been blocked in Shu and unable to move.

The praise from Yue Fei, the three adopted brothers and others, the god-like way of coming, and the status bonus of "King of the Southern Barbarians" made Dong Huang gain countless fanatical fans in an instant.

In a simple alliance, the hundreds of barbarian tribes participating in the alliance all offered their loyalty to their Majesty, and they could casually dedicate a hundred thousand troops to their Emperor!
Dong Huang now had plenty of food and grass, so he took all the 100,000 people as ordered, and the 10,000 most elite and fanatical ones were directly included in the reserve force of the Huben Army.

It is worth mentioning that the four commanders of Dong Huang's Tiger Army, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, and Zhou Tai, because Zhao Yun and Zhou Tai often went out to lead troops, now Dian Wei also went out to play Ji Wuye, so Dong Huang also promoted Wu Tu Gu and Lu Lingqi to the commanders of the Huben Army. All the 20,000 Xiang soldiers under Wu Tu Gu were integrated into the Huben Army. Lu Lingqi trained some female cavalry, and also won over Sun Shangxiang, who did not like red clothes and preferred weapons. Basic Princess Tianxiang and others joined.

Changping Jun reorganized these Qin Rui soldiers with the original 20,000 veteran Qin Rui people and the 10,000 newly selected Qin Rui people. He stepped up the training and finally had 40,000 Qin Rui people who could be used as a show-off. An army of soldiers.

Lord Changping felt that the Yu army would definitely fall into the sea of ​​barbarian people's war in the vast area from Jiangyang to Bodao.

When the hill-like Wutu Bone led the huge army of holy war elephants to clear the way, and the majestic, sacred, and invisible Dong Huang descended from the sky on the Sun Bird and landed on the elephant chariot, the cheers of the barbarians reached their peak. .

There are still many such reserves, and 50,000 barbarians in Jingnan have become reserve forces for the Huben Army.

After Jiangyang, the most important strategic location was Bodao. Although the Qin State had already developed this area during the era of Li Bing and his son, and even dug a five-foot road, when it comes to controlling these ethnic groups, it can only be said to be better than nothing. , at most it can be regarded as a restraint, supplemented by war and mainly friendly exchanges.

With such military strength, there should be no problem in defending Bashu, right? At least we can defend the Chengdu Plain!

Changping Jun was completely unaware of what happened in Bodao, and he had no idea at all.

Wang Jian also had 10,000 warriors and 50,000 elite troops. They could at least contain Dayu's 100,000 troops, right?
At the same time, there are a large number of naturalized barbarians who can also contribute. How can these barbarians be as effective as a hundred thousand elites?

Qin's military resources are naturally far from exhausted, but the two-year campaign has consumed too much of the Qin army's logistics, and the Qin army's finances and food supplies are somewhat overwhelmed.

With this division of troops, regardless of the victory or defeat of both sides, this army will not be able to be used on the main battlefield for at least three months.

As expected, the Yu army divided their forces in order to pursue Bai Jie and Qiang Xian's troops.

This is also an important reason why Bai Jie and Qiang Xian's troops retreated after Jiangyang's symbolic resistance.

Lord Changping believed it.

The barbarians along the route greeted their gods with joy.

Changping Jun has reviewed the various battles of the Yu Army more than once since its debut. He found that the strategic layout ability of the Yu Army is really strong. This strength is not only reflected in the overall combat, but also the ordinary generals of the Yu Army. Possess extraordinary strategic vision.

After all, the level of the Yu army's plain operations is well known, and some Qin soldiers even shouted the slogan "One Qin should serve as ten Yu".

Some senior officials of the Qin Army were even afraid that the Qin Army would have too many reinforcements, causing the Yu Army to not dare to come!
It was precisely based on this consideration that the Qin State did not forcefully recruit troops.

They had already made adequate preparations for retreat.

Lord Changping has 20,000 warriors and 180,000 elite men under his command! The Auxiliary Army is even more responsible. After such a long period of training, Changping Lord selected 10,000 elite soldiers from the elite, 30,000 elite soldiers from the auxiliary army, and gathered 30,000 elite soldiers and 200,000 elite troops. Isn't it difficult?

Even if this slogan is a bit exaggerated, in a frontal battle on the plains, there is no problem with "one Qin and three wars", right?

The only support was a force of 10,000 newly trained Qin Rui soldiers.

This is the biggest trump card in Changping-kun's hand.

However, the fact is that the back-up men he left along the route, the lurking troops, and the chiefs he attracted were either killed or rebelled.

In addition, Chen Dao and Fu Wei, who were formerly deputy generals of the Huben Army, were also promoted to full positions. Wang Shuang and Niu Jin were also reused by outsiders.

As a result, the plan could not keep up with the rapid changes, and Changping Jun had to switch from strategic attack to strategic defense. The purpose of these barbarians became to harass the Yu army.

In the view of the Qin State Central Committee, this requirement is not high.

In particular, the Battle of Hanzhong and the Battle of Jiameng Pass, two small-scale, low-destruction but far-reaching battles, directly affected Changping Jun's overall strategic layout of the Bashu Battle, allowing Changping Jun to be involved in the Bashu Battle from the very beginning. fell into a disadvantage.

It wasn't until Yue Fei's vanguard was about to arrive in Nan'an that Changping Jun had to abandon his illusions and prepare for a war.

Chang Pingjun’s idea is to have a water fight here.

Nan'an City is a small city. Although Lord Changping once fortified it, it is still a small city, and once it loses control of the river (Minjiang River) and Qingyi River, Nanchang will become a dead city.

This is obviously not the ideal place for the decisive battle of Lord Changping, because the terrain and hydrology here are hard to say who is more advantageous, but Lord Changping has to fight, at least he must take a bite out of Dong Huang's navy here, otherwise If it is lost, it means that the Qingyi Watershed is in danger.

Qin people, Shu people, barbarians, and Qiang people live together in the Qingyi River Basin, and the composition is complex. Moreover, because of the previous summer harvest, they suffered heavy losses and were squeezed by the Qin army. Therefore, these areas are extremely unstable. If Dayu controls the Qingyi River and stirs up trouble, , these places are likely to rebel.

Chang Pingjun's strategy is to cross the river with iron ropes and fire boats.

The specific arrangement is to lay out iron ropes on the river, and hide several batches of fireboats on the river and river banks behind them that can block the river. When the Yu army and navy arrive, they will attack with fire.

Of course, the fire attack cannot be a fire attack with no technical content like Mengwu's. Changping Jun's specific arrangement is that after the Yu army and the navy have gathered, the Qin army will gather the buildings and ships in a decisive battle posture, and use the buildings and ships to attack. Reduce the vigilance of the Yu army, arrange fire ships behind the building ships, and wait until the two sides are fighting and the Yu army fleet cannot move away, then set off the fire ships.

In this process, the Qin army's shipmen will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and may even be accidentally injured by fire attacks, but if they can defeat Dayu's powerful navy with a mere weak navy brigade from Shu, everything will be worth it. !

Changping-kun also showed his ruthless and decisive side here.

However, what Changping-kun didn't expect was that all the arrangements of his ships would be seen by Shark and Shark's pets.

The sharks quickly passed this information to Yue Fei and Gan Ning.

Yue Fei was the land pioneer appointed by Dong Huang, while Gan Ning became the water pioneer who entered Shu because of his meritorious service in entering Ba.

Yue Fei, Gan Ning and others gathered together, combined with the intelligence from the scouts who used birds, animals and even personal reconnaissance, to roughly check out the layout of the Qin army.

"The Art of War says: attack by surprise. Since the Qin army's main defense is our naval force, why not do the opposite?"

Yue Fei pointed at the map and laughed.

"Pengju means..."

Gan Ning looked at the direction pointed by Yue Fei, thoughtfully.

In terms of his strategic ability, Gan Ning is naturally not as good as Yue Fei, but he is not a fool. He has a very good foundation. He has fought for decades and often dealt with Gao Shun, Xi Zhicai and others, so his vision is naturally good. Practiced it.

"Use the navy to attract the attention of the Qin army, secretly send an elite force to detour and occupy the Qin army's upper reaches, seize the Qin army's ready-made ships, and directly attack the Qin army. However, in order to prevent accidents, we must also be prepared Iron ropes were placed across the river to prevent the Qin army's fire ships from burning over. "

Yue Fei said simply. "Who can take on this important task?"

Gan Ning couldn't help but ask.

Gan Ning actually wanted to take credit, but he was also very self-aware.

Gan Ning's trump cards are Jinfanjun and Jieyingqi.

The Jinfan Army is a naval force, and it is also one of the facade arms of the Yu Navy Army, but if they go ashore...

There is a saying that it is best not for Jiangdong generals to go ashore.

As for the Jieying Cavalry, their ability is still very good, but they suffered heavy losses in the previous battle with Wang Jian, and the Jieying Cavalry is good at raids rather than long-distance attacks. After a long-distance attack, they have to defeat the Qin army who don't know the depth of it. Gan Ning himself It was recognized that Jieyingqi was not up to the task.

If he couldn't do it himself, then he could only look at Yue Fei's troops. Gan Ning couldn't help but glance at Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong and other generals. He liked these generals very much, but whether he could handle such a long-distance attack. , then there are two things to say.

Although Dayu's army has the advantage of reconnaissance, it can monitor the enemy's troops to the maximum extent and avoid being discovered by the enemy. However, there are only one or two roads to attack, and it is impossible to completely avoid people, even cities and tribes, and the risk of exposure is not low.

Moreover, no one knows whether the Qin army stationed at the position mentioned by Yue Fei is strong or not.

Gan Ning was not afraid of the Qin Army's elite military formation, but when he really had to face the Qin Army's elite military formation, Gan Ning couldn't help but feel conflicted.

"I'll go there myself!"

Yue Fei did his part.

In the Battle of Yingdu, Yue Fei faced the terrifying formation of the Qin army's elite troops, and learned from each other's strengths to actively improve his own formation.

Although the Beiwei Army Formation, which has a history of less than three years, is definitely not as perfect as the Rui Shi Army Formation that the Qin Army has honed and improved for hundreds of years, as long as there are less than 5,000 Qin Rui Soldiers, Yue Fei can defeat him as long as he has twice the Bei Wei Army. Dare to fight head-on and have the confidence to win.

If he was given a few more years, he would have the confidence to lead the Beiwei Army in a head-on battle with the same number of Qin Rui soldiers without defeat - even facing Wang Jian, he would dare to say this!
To put it bluntly, the military formations of Dayu's generals and even Dayu's military formations as a whole were in a period of rapid growth, while Qin's military formations actually had little room for improvement.

And people like Yue Fei were the best among the generals of Dong Huang's army.

If we look at history alone, Dong Huang's advisers and generals either did not command as many troops as he did, or their achievements were not as exciting as his, especially in terms of the number of troops they commanded and trained. His Yue family army may be better than that of the five good generals. There are many soldiers combined. In terms of record, except for Zhang Liao's performance in the Battle of Bailang Mountain, the records of the other five generals are not worthy of comparison with Yue Fei.

Historically, Yue Fei was still recognized as the Martial Saint, while Guan Yu's Martial Saint was just a product introduced by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in order to suppress the resistance of the Han people, and its gold content was not comparable.

Of course, in this time and space, the generals under Dong Huang's command have all been supplemented by star power. They have already broken through the stereotypes of a certain space historical figure. Their abilities and potential have been greatly improved. Many of them can command hundreds of thousands. The experience of fighting a large human army cannot be viewed from the perspective of historical figures, but after all, Yue Fei's foundation and foundation are there, and his abilities have also been completed, and his abilities will only be more outstanding than in history.

"it is good!"

Yue Fei wanted to go in person, so Gan Ning naturally had no objection.

Therefore, Yue Fei personally led 30,000 Wei troops ashore, away from the river bank, and detoured through the mountain and forest roads for a long-distance attack. After three days, he successfully reached the rear of the Qin army on the west bank of the river at the intersection of the river and the Qingyi River.

Although the Qin army had large camps on both sides of the river here, its main purpose was to prevent the Yu army from passing directly and to assist in setting fire to the ships when the two armies' naval forces engaged in battle. Their focus was on the south side, and there was little defense on the back and rear.

Yue Fei led the Beiwei Army to launch a night attack on the Qin Army at night. The unsuspecting rear camp was quickly defeated. Then Yue Fei ordered Yang Zaixing and Gao Chong to continue the attack, while personally leading Niu Gao and Yue Yun to seize the water stronghold and collect Qin troops. Arms ships were set on fire downstream.

Suddenly, both the river surface and the Qin Army camp and water village on the west bank of the river were ablaze.

In order to prepare for the Yu army's attack, Lord Changping actually arranged 10,000 Qin warriors in the military camps on both sides of the strait, but these warriors mainly hit the southernmost camp. By the time these warriors were assembled, the rear and the river were already blazing with flames. Without knowing the specific situation in the rear, these Qin warriors, under the leadership of their generals, finally chose to stick to the camp and wait until dawn.

After the successful sneak attack, Yue Fei's troops saw that Qin Ruishi's camp was strong and the soldiers were calm in the face of danger, so they did not continue the attack, but quickly paid for their troops.

Yue Fei's mission has actually exceeded his achievements.

In this battle, he not only wiped out more than 20,000 enemies, but most importantly burned most of the Qin Army's ships. The Qin Army's Bashu Navy was suddenly broken.

Mr. Changping is also decisive. Since the enemy is superior in skills, I simply don't want Qingyi Shui and I will withdraw.

The next day, Lord Changping directly abandoned the Nan'an defense line and organized the evacuation of the army.

Dong Huangjun's navy had been guarding against the Qin army's fire attack yesterday, so they were far away and had no time to pursue them. However, Yue Fei did not want to simply let Changping Jun's troops retreat.

Yue Fei took aim at the unit that held the camp last night, that is, the sharp soldiers of the Qin State.

Because the Qin army's ships suffered heavy losses, and the remaining ships had to line up to guard against a surprise attack by the Yu army's navy, they were unable to escort this force across the river. Therefore, this force could only retreat on the east bank of the river, and the target of their retreat... …

Yue Fei aimed at another location on the map - Wuyang.

Wuyang was a prefecture and county established by the Qin Dynasty, and it was also the place where Qin's last battle to destroy Shu took place. "King Hui sent Zhang Yi and Sima to attack Shu by mistake, but the king of Shu was enlightened and refused to fight, so he retreated to Wuyang and captured it."

After Wuyang and further north, you will find the Chengdu Plain.

In terms of terrain, Wuyang County is dominated by hills and low mountains. This kind of terrain is not suitable for large army battles, but it is very suitable for ambushes.

According to Chang Pingjun's plan, he planned to ambush the Yu army when they advanced near here.

However, Yue Fei also took a fancy to this place.

"After the sneak attack last night, the Qin army either thought that our army was retreating, or that we were waiting for the main force of the army. They never expected that we would arrive in Wuyang first to ambush!"

Yue Fei said to the soldiers around him.

The reason why Yue Fei emphasized this point was actually to mobilize in front of the station.

Yue Fei's troops had already been attacking for three days and fought another battle. Now if they attack to Wuyang and set up an ambush, they will have to attack again in the mountain and forest trails, and the attack speed will have to be faster than the Qin army marching on the river bank. .

This is a challenge.

"General, don't worry, brothers, there will be no problem."

Yang Zaixing patted his chest and confirmed.

Other soldiers are also very motivated.

The Beiwei Army has been in a state of recuperation since the battle with Hegong that was not a battle. This battle was just a small test of their skills. Finally, they had more opportunities to perform, and they were happy to hear the battle.

"it is good!"

Yue Fei nodded.

Immediately ordered the entire army, except for some of the wounded and the troops who stayed behind to guide the Yu army, the main force of the army set off, carrying only one layer of armor, in groups of three, with two people carrying one on a stretcher, and rotating one person every two hours, day and night. He stopped, took advantage of the reconnaissance and marched quickly, and finally reached the ambush point with 25,000 people two hours ahead of the Qin army.

At this time, the Qin army was unaware of the coming danger.

They felt that this was a march in the hinterland of their country. Although they wore armor just in case, it was still a standard marching formation. The formation was a long snake formation, and the soldiers were quite slack.

"Walk faster and try to reach Wuyang City tonight. Then I will reward my brothers!"

Qin general Meng Ze encouraged the army.

Because the warriors he led held the camp tightly during that night's battle and did not give the Yu army an opportunity to take advantage of it. They also gathered the defeated army in the end. They were considered meritorious and were praised by Lord Changping. This made him He was very high-spirited and felt that as long as he won this battle, he would be able to prosper.

As for why Meng Ze was still so confident after losing a battle and was about to be forced to the Chengdu Plain, it was because he had never seen the Yu army dare to fight head-on. To this day, he still believes that as long as it is In a frontal battle, even ten times the Yu army is no match for the Qin army!

The Yu army has always relied on intrigues to fight, which is shameful!
"When I find the opportunity to fight head-on with Yu Jun, I must let these Yu Jun...ah..."

Meng Ze was still talking to himself, but unexpectedly, thousands of arrows suddenly fired. Meng Ze, who was being cared for by Yue Fei himself, was shot into a hedgehog.

"Enemy attack!"

The Qin army, facing a wave of arrows, finally reacted, but it was too late.

After the rain of arrows, drums and horns roared, the sun bird flag and the Yue-character banner suddenly rose over the mountains and plains. Countless Yu troops fought out from the ambush site. Yue Fei, Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong, Yue Yun, Niu Gao and other fierce generals led their guards in the lead. Directly cut the Qin army into four sections and surround them.

The Qin army, marching in a long snake formation, was unprepared and unable to form an effective response.

Although many old Qin people showed the courage to fight to the death, facing the Yu army that formed a military formation, cooperated closely, and had high morale, even if most of these Qin soldiers were sharp soldiers, they could not effectively deal with it. Even if they had the courage of an ordinary man, , and was quickly overwhelmed by the Yu army's attack.

In this battle, the Qin army, which consisted of 10,000 warriors and 7,800 to 8,000 elite legions, was completely wiped out by Yue Fei's 25,000 men. General Meng Ze died in the battle, and more than 10,000 men chose to surrender.

After the victory, Yue Fei did not stop there. Instead, he left more than 10,000 people to guard the surrendered soldiers, and then personally led more than 10,000 people to put on the Qin army's clothes, carry the Qin army's tiger charms, and text ultimatums to deceive the city.

Wuyang City had already received an order to prepare meals for the army, and all the troops were prepared outside the city. When Yue Fei arrived, he was not polite and directly captured a group of civil and military officials from the county who came to greet him, and easily occupied Wuyang. city.
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