Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 625 The Battle of Nine Plains 1
Bingzhou is adjacent to the grassland, and most of the surrounding places are passages for the cavalry to go south. Among them, the most suitable places for the cavalry to go south are Yanmenguan and Jiuyuan.

The terrain of Yanmen Pass is dangerous, and the previous guards have paid attention to the construction of fortifications, so it has created such a majestic pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In comparison, the defense of Jiuyuan is a bit weak.

If the northern army wants to figure out that there are two ways to go in the north of the border, one is to go through Yanmen and go straight to the grassland, but to go through Jiuyuan.Therefore, Jiuyuan is no less important than Yanmen Pass.

When Gongsun Xu commanded the Northern Expedition, he passed through Jiuyuan, and then built it into a material hoarding place. Jiuyuan became a transfer station until now. Hetao sent people to transport it.

In order to protect Jiuyuan, Gongsun Xu spent a lot of money and energy at that time. During the Northern Expedition to Hetao, the Xiongnu army also sneaked into Jiuyuan, attacking the food and grass of the Northern Xinjiang Army, but returned in defeat.

What the enemy can think of, Gongsun Xu will naturally think of it. He can't give the opponent the slightest chance.Before Gongsun Xu disappeared, he sent Xi Zhicai to coordinate the affairs of Wuyuan and Jiuyuan.

At that time, there was a large amount of supplies to be transported to Hetao for trading. Both Gongsun Xu and Xi Zhicai had to deal with them carefully. In order to strengthen their defenses, Gongsun Xu dispatched 1 troops from Bingzhou to garrison here, and Guan Ping guarded them.

Later, when the Great Wall was in an emergency, Xi Zhicai left in a hurry, leaving all the affairs here to Guan Ping. Generally speaking, Jiuyuan would definitely be much safer than Yanmen Pass and Hetao. After all, this is already inside Bingzhou. If the enemy wanted to go south, they had to conquer the Great Wall first, and then they had to repel obstacles along the way.

There are now 5000 defenders in Jiuyuan, [-] civilian husbands, and countless other supplies and livestock. What's more, what outsiders don't know is that Jiuyuan still hoards countless ordnance and equipment. The military supplies in Hetao have been temporarily left here due to the fact that the grassland coalition forces went south.

Judging from the distance, Jiuyuan is actually located between Yanmen Pass and Hetao. The affairs here may have to be jointly managed by both parties. Everyone is in trouble, and it is difficult to mobilize troops to come to the rescue.

The Xianbei cavalry hadn't come to attack Yanmen Pass for two days. This made Zhao Feng and other generals who guarded Yanmen very suspicious. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Zhao Feng already felt something unusual.

"General, the last general has sent people to investigate, and there must be news soon." In the big tent, Gongsun Yuan was reporting the situation to Zhao Feng, and he said with a worried face: "The enemy troops have been a little bit less these two days. There is no movement, and the general is also worried that something will happen, why not let the general go to lead the army to test it out."

Zhao Feng's eyes were fixed on the map. The enemy army had not moved for two days. He seemed to have guessed something, but he was not sure yet.

"Our army, how many cavalry and infantry are there now?" Zhao Feng asked suddenly: "How many food, grass and military equipment are there in the city?"

"Huh?" Everyone was a little puzzled when they heard this. What Zhao Feng asked was a little bit wrong. He was now discussing the enemy's affairs, so why did he suddenly jump to his own strength? In the past, it was when the enemy was attacking the city. Only then did he ask about the arrangement on his side. Now that the enemy army has not attacked the city, why did he ask again.

"Five thousand elite cavalry, and more than [-] infantry." Gongsun Yuan cupped his hands and replied, "It is more than enough to defend Yanmen."

"It's more than enough to defend Yanmen." Zhao Feng nodded and said, "It's more than enough to defend Yanmen. Hehe, wrong, our army is currently weak in defense, so you should not underestimate the enemy."

Zhao Feng's words are actually a bit contradictory. After all, the battles over a period of time have explained everything. The 20 enemy troops can't take Yanmen Pass, and they still lose troops. On the contrary, they didn't lose many people on their side. On the whole, The [-] to [-] soldiers in Yanmen Pass are indeed enough for defense.

"You don't understand, this is the enemy's tactic to underestimate the enemy." Zhao Feng explained: "The Xianbei army claims 20 to the outside world, but in fact, everyone should understand that this time the grassland coalition army is probably no less than 50. Now the 20 troops outside Yanmen Pass Of the 3 cavalry, only [-] to [-] actually participated in the siege. That is to say, the enemy has been retaining its strength, in order to make us underestimate the enemy.

If 20 enemy troops attack day and night, do you think we can still hold Yanmen?Even if we can defend, how many troops will we lose, and how many troops can be left to defend, so what we have to do now is to strengthen our guard, stick to our posts, and not fall into the trap of the enemy. "

What Zhao Feng said was reasonable, and everyone nodded in agreement after listening to it. Indeed, the Xianbei Army has 20 troops, but these days people have really seen only tens of thousands of people, that is to say, even if I have killed thousands of enemy troops without fighting, but it still hasn't changed the situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak.

The reason why the enemy did not fight recklessly was simply to preserve their strength, so that they could plunder Bingzhou and attack other troops after the Yanmen was breached. Everyone thought about it carefully, and now they all felt that they really underestimated the enemy these days.

"Report,,,,,," a soldier outside the account came in and reported: "General, the scouts are here to report that the enemy troops have withdrawn."

"Retreat?" Everyone exclaimed when they heard this. They did not expect that the powerful enemy would retreat. Of course, this was the best news for them.

"Have you ever found out why the enemy troops withdrew?" Gongsun Yuan asked, "Is it because they wanted to lure our troops out of the customs, or did the enemy have other plots, or did General Gaoshun of Hetao send troops?"

Of course, this soldier couldn't answer Gongsun Yuan's question. After all, he was just a small soldier carrying orders. Gongsun Yuan also ran up to check the map with Zhao Feng at this time. Everyone felt a little relaxed. The powerful enemy army finally was repulsed.

"Gongsun Yuan." Zhao Feng ordered: "If you send someone out of the city to find out the news, you must find out the enemy's whereabouts. Why they retreated and where they are retreating now, you have to figure it out for me."

"No, the last general will go now." After Gongsun Yuan took the order, he immediately went down to work, and everyone had a sense of relief on their faces, but the worry on Zhao Feng's face became more and more serious.

"As expected by the military master, it should be to attack Jiuyuan." Zhao Feng said to himself: "The military master is very clever, the enemy's actions are under control, hum, let me see how you fight with the military master. "

Two hours later, Gongsun Yuan came in with a worried face and reported: "General Qi, the enemy has indeed retreated, but they are now retreating to Jiuyuan, and according to the general, they have changed their target. "

"Jiuyuan, no, they are going to attack Jiuyuan." Some generals were shocked when they heard this: "Jiuyuan is our army's food and grass, and we must never lose it. General, please quickly send troops to rescue."

Gongsun Yuan also looked anxious, he stared at Zhao Feng and said: "General, the last general is willing to lead the troops to Jiuyuan, and never let the enemy's plot succeed, please give the order."

"How many troops do you think you can bring to solve the Jiuyuan dilemma?" Zhao Feng didn't look up, he stared at the map and said: "The enemy's 20 troops are all cavalry, with strong mobility and super fast marching speed. Can you catch them? So what, do you think you can beat them?"

"This, but Jiuyuan has hoarded a large amount of food, grass, military equipment and other supplies for our army. We must not sit idly by." Gongsun Yuan replied: "Besides, now only Guanping is guarding Jiuyuan, and I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the Xianbei army. , now that the siege of Yanmen Pass has been lifted, why do we need to leave so many troops?
The enemy army must have found that Yanmen Pass was too difficult to conquer, so they shifted their targets. The general felt that the enemy army had already chosen Jiuyuan as the decisive battle location, and we should concentrate our superior forces to fight the enemy army to the death. "

"A fight to the death?" Zhao Feng looked up at Gongsun Yuan, then nodded and said, "It makes sense, it's a fight to the death, so you stay and discuss with me about dispatching troops.

Hao Zhao, now you are in charge of the defense of Yanmen Pass. You must ensure that no accidents occur at Yanmen Pass, understand?You have been with me for many years and have always been steady. This time, Yanmen Pass depends on you. "

A young general stepped forward to take orders and said, "The last general takes orders."

This person is Hao Zhao, and he is Zhao Feng's deputy general. During this time, Zhao Feng's orders are all executed by him. Hao Zhao is very proficient in defending the city. At least he has been in charge of it very well these days.

After everyone else left, Gongsun Yuan asked eagerly, "How much is the general planning to send troops to rescue Jiuyuan?"

"How many people do you think are suitable?" Zhao Feng asked back: "After all, the enemy army is powerful, and I'm afraid it won't work if we don't use enough force."

"The last general also thinks so, so the last general thinks that at least 5000 troops should be enough." Gongsun Yuan nodded and said: "Our army already has 1 elite cavalry, and there are more than [-] veterans in the army. , but fighting on horseback is not a problem.

The final general felt that 1 elite troops were sufficient, and we only needed to harass the enemy's rear, attack the enemy's food roads, and try to avoid fighting with the enemy's main force. "

"That's right, that's true, but if you want to attack and harass the enemy army, I'm afraid you shouldn't have too many troops." Zhao Feng shook his head and said, "In my opinion, two thousand cavalry is the best way to harass the enemy's rear."

"A small group of cavalry is indeed the most suitable." Gongsun Yuan replied, "What does the general mean?"

"Haha, actually this is what the military advisor meant." Zhao Feng laughed and said, "The military advisor had expected the enemy to do something like this, so he told me to prepare for it. It is enough to act according to the plan.

You lead two thousand elite cavalry, carry enough dry food and ordnance, and one person has three cavalry. You must create the posture of an eight thousand army. You will leave the customs tomorrow, and you must disturb the people and Gang. The elite cavalry set off to rescue Jiuyuan. "

"2000 people?" Gongsun Yuan asked, "Is it too few?"

"A lot, a lot, just right." Zhao Feng replied: "Besides, I will go with you. This time, we must make the enemy's plot fail."

(End of this chapter)