Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 282 The Eve of the Great War
Contrary to the glorious main force of the Han army, after the Battle of Pingyin Ferry, the performance of the partial division of the Han army led by Uncle Zhou plummeted. Before closing the door, Zhi was beaten violently again and again. He was beaten so badly that he could only parry, but had no power to fight back.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on the incompetence of the coach of the Han army's partial division, Uncle Zhou. The main reason is that the strength of the Han army's partial division is too large. There are more than 2 people, and their strength has been weakened quite a lot, but the opponent is the main force of the Henan Army led by Sima Ang himself. The Hanoi county soldiers who came to help out, the overall strength is far above the Han army's partial division, and of course the Han army's partial division can't get anything good.

Another point is also very critical. In order to cover the main force of the Han army breaking through the Xiaohan Road, and to fake the illusion that the Han army was mainly attacking Hanoi, after withdrawing from Pingyin to Zhiguan, the Han army's partial division did not retreat to the safer Zhiguan to rest. Set up a camp outside the east gate of Zhiguan, pretending to protect the road for the main force of the Han army to enter Hanoi, and further lure the main force of the Henan army to go north to attack Zhiguan.After the Henan army fell into the trap, although they were successfully lured into the Hanoi battlefield by the Han army's partial division, they launched two large-scale attacks on the Han army's partial division within three days, causing huge pressure and casualties to the Han army's partial division.

In these two battles, the Han army's partial division relied on its tenacious will to withstand the crazy attack of the Henan army. At a critical moment, Uncle Zhou even went into battle in person, leading the Han army reserve team to fight fires and make up for leaks. It wasn't the bronze armor that blocked it, Liu Ya almost shot directly into Uncle Zhou's chest, the general of the Han army Chong Da also died in the fierce battle, and as many as five of the thousand generals were killed, the five hundred masters and the hundred generals, etc. The grassroots generals even sacrificed more than [-] people, and the losses were heavy, which was never seen even in the Han army during the period of the Young Marshal Army.

During this period, several generals of the Han army came forward and suggested that Uncle Zhou lead his army to withdraw through Zhiguan and use the geographical advantage to compete with the Henan army. If all the efforts made before the meeting were wasted, Sima Ang would immediately understand that our attack in Hanoi was just a feint, and if he immediately took the main force of the rebel army back to Sanchuan for defense, the soldiers we sacrificed before would have died in vain.”

After the wind and rain, there is a rainbow. After throwing their heads and blood, they finally blocked the two crazy attacks of the main force of the Henan army. Send it to Sima Yang.As a result, Sima Ang yelled again in disbelief, "How is that possible? Xiaoer Xiang Kang personally led the main force of the Han thieves out of Hangu Pass? What was Uncle Zhou doing so desperately at Zhi Pass? Why didn't he just withdraw from the pass?" Guan, do you want to stick to the camp like this?"

"Your Majesty, we have been fooled by Uncle Zhou." Li Zuoche almost groaned in pain, and said, "He has read our minds and knows that as long as he doesn't withdraw from the pass, we will definitely think him a He was protecting the way for Xiang Kang’s children, so he did not hesitate to garrison troops outside the pass, luring us to storm his camp!"

With a bang, the case in front of Sima Ang flew into the air, jumped up with a livid face, and only thought for a moment, Sima Ang quickly shouted: "Send the order, the whole army will immediately pull out the camp and raise troops, and withdraw across the Yellow River to return to aid." Mikawa!"

"Wait a minute, my lord!" Li Zuoche hurriedly stopped him and said, "My lord, we can't rush to retreat at this time. Uncle Zhou still has his strength and strength to fight. If he sees us withdrawing our troops to the south, he will definitely lead his army to pursue them." , take advantage of our opportunity to cross the river and attack halfway, and it will be difficult for us not to suffer!"

"Then what should we do?" Sima Ang asked angrily.

"Zhiguan is far away from Weihan Dao. Uncle Zhou has difficulty in contacting Xiang Kang'er. He must not know the specific situation of Xiang Kang'er. In order to cover Xiang Kang's breakthrough through Weihan Dao, he will continue to stick to the camp." Li Zuo Che Feikuai pointed out Uncle Zhou's tactical choice, and said: "So we must seize the opportunity and quickly launch an all-out attack on Uncle Zhou's camp again. Go south to help Sanchuan."

After saying that, Li Zuoche hastened to add: "Also, we have to strictly seal the news, not only can't let the Han bandits know that Xiang Kang'er has left Hangu Pass, but also can't let our soldiers know, so as not to affect morale. , to shake the morale of the army."

A difficult choice was placed in front of Sima Yang again. He wanted to adopt Li Zuoche's suggestion, but he was afraid of wasting time, so he gave the main force of the Han army a chance to quickly break through Xiaohan Road. Don't listen to Li Zuoche's advice. If Uncle Zhou took the opportunity to launch a pursuit and loot while the Henan army was crossing the river, the Henan army would probably turn the corner and lose, and be hit hard by the Han army.

Seeing that Sima Ang was worried that he would not be sure to quickly take down the Han army's camp, Cheng, who had made a big mistake in being friendly to the Han army before, quickly said, "My lord, if you are worried that we will not be able to quickly take down the bandit camp , or continue to attack with heavy casualties, it is better to leave an army to contain the Han bandits, so that our main force can cross the river calmly..."

"Fart!" Sima Ang scolded angrily, "If you don't know how to fight, don't talk. Leaving an army to contain the enemy? If you stay too little, you will be giving the Han bandits a hand. If you stay too much, how can I fight the Han bandits with all my strength?" The main force?"

Cheng Lian hurriedly shut up, but Du Wanda, the former chief counselor of Sima Yang next to him, rolled his eyes, and suddenly got a plan, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan, which will definitely defeat the Han thieves, and not delay our army." Cross the river and return to aid Sanchuan."

"Quickly, what's your idea?" Sima Ang asked quickly.

"Your Majesty, we can arrange it like this." Dou Wanda said: "Your Majesty, why not immediately lead the main force of our army to cross the river south, leaving only Hanoi County Governor Deng Huai to lead his troops to confront the Han bandits at Zhiguan, and when they go south, secretly An army was ambushed in the dense forest of Nanshan. Zhou Shupifu saw that the main force of our army was going south, and he would definitely come out and attack Deng Huai with all his strength. At that time, Deng Huai would feign defeat and lure Zhou Shupifu into the hinterland of Hanoi. The ambush soldiers took the opportunity to break out suddenly, rush to seize Zhiguan, and cut off Zhou Shupifu's connection with the rear of Hedong. At that time, Zhou Shupifu will have no food to go to, and no place to supply military supplies. He will be captured alive by our army in a few days."

"Brilliant plan!" Sima Ang was overjoyed and applauded and said, "Good idea. Seeing the main force of our army going south to cross the river, Uncle Zhou will definitely fall into the trick and attack our decoy army with all his strength!"

"Don't take risks!" Li Zuoche quickly objected: "Uncle Zhou is very human. If he sees through our schemes and uses them to set up traps for us to take advantage of, we will definitely suffer a lot."

Du Wanda, who was taken away by Li Zuoche as the chief counselor, did not speak, but waited for Sima Ang's reaction. The result was just like Du Wanda, Sima Ang, who only respected Li Zuoche but did not obey Li Zuoche, immediately waved his hand and said: " Why should Mr. Guangwu build up other people's ambitions and destroy his own prestige? The Du Shaofu's plan is very clever, this king is sure that Uncle Zhou will never be able to see through it, so let's do it like this, and follow the plan immediately!"

In this way, after categorically rejecting Li Zuoche's good intentions to stop him, Sima Yang immediately acted on Du Wanda's suggestion. While organizing the main force of the Henan army to move southward and withdraw to Pingyin to cross the river, he ordered Hanoi prefect Deng Huai to lead his troops to stay at Zhiguan , took the heavy responsibility of containing the Han army's partial division alone, and ordered Deng Huai to feign defeat when the Han army's partial division launched a counterattack, and lure the Han army's partial division to the direction of Yewang.Finally, when the main force of the Henan army went south, Sima Yang ordered the Henan army general Sun Yin to lead an army of [-] troops to lie in ambush in the dense forest of Nanshan. .

Strictly speaking, Du Wanda's strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain is definitely not a theory on paper. If it encounters other opponents, it is likely to have a miraculous effect and help the Henan Army make great contributions.But it is a pity that Han Xin, who is known as a soldier, has only respected and guarded one person in this era in terms of military use, and the person Han Xin respected was Li Zuoche who opposed the Henan Army's actions, and the person who was vigilant happened to be It's Uncle Zhou.so……

So just after getting a rough idea of ​​the Henan Army's movements, and before the Henan Army had set up an ambush that night, Uncle Zhou laughed loudly, and said with a smile: "I bet, Sima Yifu will definitely do this." It wasn't Li Zuoche's idea, that old fox would definitely not take such risks, arrange such a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, which is like playing with fire, and use such an obvious bait as Deng Huai to lure us into the bait."

"The general suspects that Deng Huaipi, who was left by Sima Yang to restrain us, is a bait?" Li Bi asked curiously.

"It's not doubt, it's certainty." Zhou Shu said with a smile: "Although Deng Huaipifu has more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, they are all mobs he hastily cobbled together from various counties in Hanoi. It's so pitiful, staying here to restrain us is tantamount to dying in vain, Sima Yang clearly knew this, and deliberately arranged this way, what if he used Deng Huaipifu as a bait?"

"Then what should we do?" Li Bi hurriedly asked again.

"Immediately make dry rations. It doesn't need too much. The dry rations for an army of [-] are enough for two days, so as not to burden our soldiers." Uncle Zhou ordered...

In order to convince the Henan Army that he had been fooled, it was at noon the next day that Zhou Shucai personally led [-] Han troops out of the camp to attack the Henan Army Deng Huai's troops stationed eight miles east of Zhiguan. According to Wang's order, he deliberately did not stick to the camp, but chose to lead his troops out to meet them, and the two armies fought in the wild.Uncle Zhou was very careful to send troops to test repeatedly first, and found the weak point of the Henan army's battle formation, and then decisively sent troops to launch a strong attack.

He was neither an opponent of the Han army, but also had the heavy responsibility of luring the enemy. Of course, Deng Huaijun was quickly defeated and fled. The Qianhan army also quickly brought dry food and supplies to the east to meet them, pretending to be chasing and killing the defeated Henan army. Henan Xizuo, who was lurking near the battlefield, was overjoyed to see him, and immediately went south to report the news to Sun Yin, the general of the Henan army who was in charge of the ambush. Sun Yin was even more overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately led the ambush to the north to attack Zhiguan, shouting constantly on the road, "Quick! Quick! You must take Zhiguan for me before the Han bandit army reacts, and cut off the Han bandits. The connection between the army and the rear!"

Uncle Zhou gave Sun Yin a chance to avenge his revenge. In the evening, he saw the Henan army's ambushes attack suddenly. The hundreds of Han troops who stayed in the camp immediately abandoned the camp and fled. The camp of the Han army, which had been unable to attack for a long time before, was handed over to Sun Yin.It is a pity that in the ensuing battle, Sun Yin failed to seize the opportunity to quickly take the Zhi Pass. On the contrary, the well-prepared Han Army Chongda Division relied on the dangerous terrain and the solid pass to fight head-on against those who did not have many offensive weapons. The Henan army made a surprise attack on the team and killed the soldiers of Sun Yin's army who were forcibly attacking.

After the third watch of the night, Sun Yin vaguely realized that something was wrong, and quickly ordered the army to withdraw to regroup. However, it was too late when Sun Yin made this decision. Before all his troops had withdrawn from the front line, they should have pursued Deng Uncle Zhou of Huai had already led the Han army back to the vicinity of Zhiguan with a smirk. After long-distance raids and forcible assaults, his physical strength declined seriously, and he was no match for the Han army. He was defeated by the Han army and fled.

At dawn, Sun Yin's defeated troops fled south to Pingyin Ferry. Unfortunately, the main force of the Henan army had already crossed the Yellow River, and most of the ships were brought to the south bank of the Yellow River. They snatched the opportunity to escape on the remaining ferry boats and defeated Sun Yin again. In the end, Sun Yin managed to escape across the Yellow River with only a few hundred soldiers. The rest of the defeated soldiers were either killed or captured.

After the great victory, there were constant cheers in the Han army's partial division team, but Uncle Zhou just took a short rest, and soon told the generals of the Han army who came to congratulate him: "Hurry up and clean up the battlefield, take in the prisoners, rest for a day, and then immediately Go east to Huai County."

"Then what about here in Pingyin?" Chong Da asked, "If you don't leave troops to garrison, what if Sima Ang sends troops north to cross the Yellow River?"

"With our main force on the south bank, I would not dare to divide my troops to counterattack Hanoi with Sima Yifu's courage." Uncle Zhou replied confidently, and then said: "We should seize the time to enter Huai County, and we don't need to give Deng Huai I have too much time to prepare for the war, and as long as we can quickly win Huai County, we can immediately pose a huge threat to Sima Yifu's Ao Cang, so that even if he wants to stick to Luoyang for a long time, he will not have the courage. Strategically, he will fall into a complete disadvantage , and let our main force take the initiative.”

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The distance was not very far. Of course, the news of Sun Yinjun's disastrous defeat was reported to Sima Ang very quickly. At the same time, the news that the three cities of Xin'an, Mianchi, and Shanxian County were quickly captured by the main force of the Han army also happened to be sent. Of course, Sima Yang scolded Sun Yin and Wei Heng for bereaved teachers and humiliating the country, and took Du Wanda who came up with bad ideas as a punching bag.

Out of duty, Li Zuoche could only try his best to appease Sima Ang, and then said: "My lord, at this stage, we must not take the risk of a decisive battle with the Han bandit army. Henan city is short of food, and we can't accommodate so many of us." The best way is to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Han thieves is still on the way to the east, give up quickly, and then divide our army into two, one sticks to our capital Luoyang, and the other retreats to Aocang, waiting When our reinforcements arrive, we will launch a counterattack."

"Retreat directly to Luoyang and Aocang?" Sima Ang suspected that he had misheard, and said angrily, "Then what about our other cities? Give them to Xiang Kang'er?"

"Your Majesty, a good fighter never cares about the gains and losses of a city or a place." Li Zuoche persuaded him earnestly, "The main force of the Han thieves is coming fiercely. They are determined to win our Sanchuan County, and Zhou Shupifu has no opponent in Hanoi. They will quickly enter Huai County, intimidate Aocang, and force us to be completely passive. Therefore, the best way for us now is to take a full-scale defense, to hold the wall and clear the field to delay the time, wait for our rescuers to arrive, and then take back the occupied territory. Night."

Sima Ang turned around in circles with his hands behind his back. After thinking for a long time, Sima Ang suddenly said loudly: "You can't divide the troops and defend! There are many Han bandits. If we divide the troops and defend, it will only give Xiang Kang a chance to defeat us individually. Only by concentrating our forces on guarding the throat of Henan can we be sure to block the main force of the traitors led by Xiang Kang Xiaoer himself!"

"But Your Majesty, are we sure we can hold Henan?" Li Zuoche reminded.

"Why are you not sure?" Sima Ang said proudly, "We still have [-] troops. Even if we are not sure about fighting head-on, deep ditches and high fortifications are definitely more than enough to defend the throat of Henan. I don't believe that Xiang Kang'er is really powerful Yes, we can storm our main camp."

Li Zuoche sighed softly, and knew that he could not persuade the self-willed Sima Ang, so he could only say helplessly: "My lord, if you must stick to Henan, I will not object to it. But I must Just to remind you, after Xiang Kang's son arrives, no matter what happens, our army must not take risks to fight. Also, please don't listen to the words of Xiang Kang's envoy, that little Zhuzi is really good at getting through the envoy It's a fraud."

"Thank you, Mr. Guangwu, for your guidance. I will remember it." Sima Ang said impatiently: "If Xiang Kang sends an envoy to the camp, I will not even see him, and I will just drive his envoy away. Is it his fault?"

The main force of the Han army came very quickly. Only one day later, Long Qie, the main force of the Han army, arrived at Gucheng, which was deserted during the war. It was only ten miles away from the Henan army camp that was under construction. Keeping in mind Li Zuoche's advice, he resisted the temptation that the main brigade of the Han army had not yet arrived, and did not take the initiative to send troops to fight against the vanguard of the Han army.

Facts proved that Sima Ang was right in doing so. In the evening of that day, Xiang Kang personally led the main force of the Han army to Gucheng, and immediately set up a camp on the ruins of Gucheng.Then it was also a coincidence that at this time, the area around Sanchuan Hanoi suddenly became cloudy, with strong winds, lightning and thunder continued, and a very rare rainstorm fell in late autumn.

At the same time, in Wen County, Hanoi County, a hundred miles away, a plain-looking girl was alarmed by the thunder. She opened the window and looked at the sky. When she saw the direction of Henan County in the southwest, the girl's expression changed. , blurted out: "Strange thing! What kind of person is it that has the spirit of changing the world?"

After closing her eyes and contemplating for a while, the girl suddenly thought of the news that a certain villain had left Hangu Pass. Suddenly, the girl couldn't help being even more curious, and secretly said: "If you have a chance, you must see him with your own eyes. face."

(End of this chapter)