Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 284

The reason why Xiang Kang was able to hide the main force of the Henan army, even Li Zuoche, who was famous in the history of the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty, and highlight the tactical initiative of the surprise army to win the Luoyang battlefield in Henan, is not because Xiang Kang's strategy is so clever No matter how ingenious the method is, it is only because the main force of the Henan army and Li Zuoche underestimated Xiang Kang's courage and courage, and even dared to split up and attack Luoyang City under their noses.

Ordinary generals will definitely not do what Xiang Kang does. As mentioned earlier, Luoyang is the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The loss was so great that after the city was broken, the defenders retaliated in the massacre of the city.At the same time, the [-] main force of the Henan Army was still stationed [-] miles away, and could suddenly return to Luoyang to rescue Luoyang at any time. The main force of the Han Army split the army into two and attacked Luoyang and Henan at the same time. The main force of the army confronted each other, not only was there no guarantee that Luoyang City would be taken, but it was also in danger of being defeated by the Henan army taking the opportunity.

Ordinary generals would not take risks like this, and Xiang Kang has always been known for being cautious when using troops. No matter how much he likes to use deceit, he will first build on the foundation of his own invincibility first. One is two, and the main force of the Henan army headed by Sima Ang and Li Zuoche also fell into this psychological blind spot, which allowed Xiang Kang to take advantage of the loophole and suddenly increase troops to seize the tactical initiative on the Luoyang battlefield.

But Xiang Kang's tricks only ended here, and when he found out that he had hit the trick, Sima Yang immediately planned to divide his troops to reinforce the Luoyang defenders as soon as possible, but after Li Zuoche gradually calmed down, he quickly saw through Xiang Kang's real purpose , resolutely stopped Sima Ang's plan to divide the troops, and pointed out: "Don't worry, my lord, although Xiaoer Xiang Kang has increased his troops on the Luoyang battlefield, his primary purpose is not to attack Luoyang city. He still wants to trick us into dividing our troops and returning to the division to reinforce Luoyang. Unless it is absolutely necessary, he will definitely not really attack Luoyang."

"How did Mr. Guangwu see it?"

The repeated setbacks have made Sima Ang gradually lose confidence in Li Zuoche. When he asked this question, his tone and expression were obviously doubtful, but Li Zuoche didn't notice it. He just answered according to his own analysis: "The reason There is only one, the partial division of the Han thieves is still not sure that they will be able to win Luoyang City. Luoyang, Xiang Kang's child will not fail to understand this truth."

"So what Xiang Kang wants most is to let us send our troops back to Luoyang, give him a chance to besiege the city and fight for aid, or gradually eat up our army, or take the opportunity to create a decisive battle opportunity, unless we continue to use the same strategy In response to changes, he insists on refusing to adjust the garrison of the army, so he will consider launching a strong attack. Take Luoyang at any cost."

After pointing out Xiang Kang's sinister intentions, Li Zuoche said again: "Since this is the case, then we must never fall into Xiang Kang's evil tricks again. It is best to respond to all changes with the same and not make any adjustments. Force Xiang Kang to take the worst strategy to attack the city, let his partial division use the main force to attack the strong city, and then we will consider how to return to Luoyang."

If it was before, Sima Ang might have adopted Li Zuoche's suggestion without hesitation, but still, Sima Ang has gradually lost confidence in Li Zuoche. , the Henan army has always been beaten to death by the Han army in terms of tactics. This is of course because Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou are both tactical geniuses, they are too difficult to deal with, but they and Li Zuoche have never been able to predict the Han army in advance. Sima Yang, who had suffered enough losses, no longer obeyed Li Zuoche's words, and began to doubt Li Zuoche's true ability.

Another more important point is that Luoyang City is too important to Sima Ang. Not only Sima Ang's whole family is in Luoyang City, but also the important civil and military family members of the Henan Army, as well as all kinds of necessary military supplies are all in Luoyang City inside.So after thinking for a while, Sima Yang said directly: "It's too risky to do this. Luoyang is our capital, and we can't make any mistakes. To be on the safe side, we'd better send an army back to help Luoyang as soon as possible. Make sure nothing goes wrong."

"Then how does Your Majesty plan to divide the troops back to help defend Luoyang?" Li Zuoche asked helplessly: "The Longqi bandit army has already moved eastward one step ahead, and we divide the troops back at this time, how could he not try his best to stop it?"

Sima Ang didn't speak, but rolled his eyes to calculate, but Du Wanda next to him couldn't wait, and immediately said: "My lord, we can divide our troops back to reinforce Luoyang at night. Henan County is only thirty miles away from Luoyang. We will divide our troops and set off at night. You can easily reach the city of Luoyang in a few hours."

"Divide the troops at night? With Xiang Kang's treachery, how could he not have expected this?" Li Zuoche almost didn't laugh, and said: "At that time, his bandit army only needs to send troops to block, and our division will not be able to break through. Wouldn't his interception be more dangerous in the dark?"

"Mr. Guangwu, I didn't say that I would go back to Luoyang tonight." Du Wanda retorted very unconvinced: "Xiang Kang may have expected us to go back to Luoyang tonight, but he can prevent today. At night, can we be fully prepared every night? As long as we seize an opportunity at random, won’t the rescuers be able to enter the city for reinforcements?”

Du Wanda's idea is not bad, Li Zuoche couldn't find anything to refute for a while, Sima Ang nodded slowly, and said after thinking: "Let's see the situation first, fortunately, Luoyang City is strong. , It’s definitely not a big problem to hold on for a few days, after tonight, as long as there is a chance, we will immediately divide our troops and go back to rescue Luoyang.”

Li Zuoche's main purpose was to stop Sima Ang from taking the risk of dividing up his troops immediately. Seeing that Sima Ang had listened to his own advice anyway, Li Zuoche didn't say anything more. The specific situation of the Han army's partial division can determine the next move of the Han army.Fortunately, the Han army's partial division did not play any other tricks. After Long Qie's army arrived at the outskirts of Luoyang that afternoon, they immediately boarded the Lingtai and joined forces with Zhujishi. They seized the time to expand the camp and prepared to fight Luoyang for a long time The posture of the defenders confronting each other.

The day passed quickly, and in the evening, Sima Ang, who had eaten dinner, personally led a team to inspect the night defense situation of the self-army camp, but after returning to the tent to rest, Sima Ang couldn't sleep well, Worried about his hometown Luoyang, he always felt that there were other tricks for Xiang Kang to take risks and divide his troops. It was almost the second watch when Sima Yang yawned and fell asleep in a daze.

"Clang clang clang clang!"

"Kill!"

Sima Ang was right to be worried. He had just fallen asleep not long ago. At the time of the second watch, gongs were heard everywhere in the Henan army camp. Countless sentries rang the gong to call the police, and at the same time there were shouts of killing outside the camp. When the news came, Sima Ang, who was startled awake, didn't dare to be careless. After jumping up from the couch, he rushed out of the tent with bare feet and looked outside. Hearing the sound of shouts of killing and the sound of war drums, Sima Yang hurriedly shouted: "Order the whole battalion to assemble and wait for orders immediately! But if there are bandits attacking the camp, just shoot them with bows and crossbows!"

Shouting the order loudly, Sima Ang hurriedly put on his clothes again, and rushed to the central army's tent to command the battle. The generals of the Henan Army also rushed to wait for orders. Li Zuoche also rushed to meet Sima Ang. Zhang said loudly: "Your Majesty, the bandits seem to be just making noise outside the camp, and have not really launched an attack. They may lure the enemy. Your Majesty must be careful."

In fact, there is no need for Li Zuoche to give pointers. Sima Ang, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, has already discovered that although the Han army's shouts of killing were fierce, they did not really launch a strong attack on the Henan army camp, so he nodded, but before Sima Ang opened his mouth to speak, and another soldier came in from outside the tent to report urgently, saying: "Your Majesty, there is fire in the direction of Luoyang. It seems that the Han bandit army is attacking Luoyang overnight."

"what?!"

Sima Ang's surprise was no small matter, and he hurried out of the tent with the generals of the Henan Army to look east, and saw that there was indeed a fire shining in the night sky in the direction of Luoyang in the distance, and reflected by the clouds, it was clearly visible even outside the city of Henan.Sima Ang was even more surprised when he saw it, and blurted out: "Oh no! Unexpectedly, the Han bandit army only added troops to the Luoyang battlefield during the day, and sent troops to attack Luoyang at night. If Zhang Xian is not prepared enough, Luoyang may be in danger."

"Your Majesty, the tactical intention of the Han bandit army is already very clear." Du Wanda who was standing next to him hurriedly said, "Their main force has made an appointment with the side division, and at the same time let their main force dispatch troops to pretend to rob the camp, so that our main force dare not attack the camp." Acting rashly, while letting their divisions suddenly send troops to attack Luoyang, if we don't send troops to rescue Luoyang quickly, I'm afraid Luoyang will be in danger!"

Sima Ang quickly nodded, and without hesitation, he immediately ordered Ma Jue, a general of the Henan Army, to lead an army of ten thousand to rescue Luoyang. We must prevent him from merely feigning an attack on our main camp and Luoyang, but actually setting up an ambush on the road to ambush the reinforcements we sent!"

"Mr. Guangwu, things have come to this point, and you still suspect that Xiang Kang'er is just a feint attack on Luoyang?" Du Wanda said rather angrily: "Xiang Kang's partial division has three times the strength of our Luoyang defenders." There are many more, and the moat at the north gate of Luoyang has been filled up, and enough siege weapons have been prepared. If he took the wrong medicine, why not hurry up and attack Luoyang, and even send out troops to lay ambushes on the road?"

"There are two reasons!" Li Zuoche immediately replied: "First, Xiaoer Xiang Kang has figured out what our king is thinking. He is sure that our king is worried about the safety of the country and dare not be careless. He will definitely send troops overnight to rescue Luoyang! Second, The city of Luoyang is strong, and General Zhang Xian has always acted cautiously, even if the bandit army suddenly launched a sneak attack, they still have no confidence in taking Luoyang, so the bandit army is most likely to choose to besiege the city and fight for reinforcements instead of actually attacking Luoyang!"

Sima Ang was overwhelmed by Li Zuoche's analysis, and he couldn't make up his mind whether to send troops to rescue Luoyang. Fortunately, Sima Ang had many capable people around him, and his other confidant, Cheng Lian, stepped forward immediately. Said: "Your Majesty, your servant thinks that we must send troops to rescue Luoyang immediately! We will send reinforcements. If the Han bandit army is really attacking Luoyang, our rescuers can immediately share the pressure for General Zhang Xian and ensure that Luoyang is safe."

"It doesn't matter if the bandits are pretending to attack Luoyang and really set up an ambush on the road!" Cheng Lian quickly said again: "At least we can confirm that the bandits are pretending to attack Luoyang, so we don't have to worry about Luoyang's safety. The main force of the thieves! In addition, our army is familiar with the road, even if it encounters an ambush in the dark, it can immediately retreat back to the camp, and there will be no decent loss!"

After careful calculation, I found that Cheng Lian's analysis was very reasonable. It could ensure the safety of Luoyang, and even if he suffered a little loss, he would not be too big. For the sake of his old lair, Sima Yang no longer hesitated, regardless of Li Zuoche's objection, insisted, Insisting on dispatching general Ma Jue to lead [-] troops out of the camp from the east gate, and rushed back to Luoyang overnight for rescue. At the same time, in order to prevent the main force of the Han army from sending troops to intercept, Sima Yang also dispatched [-] troops to the northeast corner of the camp. Assemble, cover the horse and decide to leave the camp and go east.

Just as Sima Ang expected, his decoy army had just sent out the camp. Sure enough, in the dark night, a Han army suddenly rushed out and rushed directly towards his decoy army. Given the opportunity, he quickly left the camp to complete the assembly, and drove Xingye back to Luoyang for rescue with fire.Seeing this scene, Sima Ang believed even more in his heart that the Han army was really attacking Luoyang by force, rather than besieging the city to fight for aid—otherwise, Xiang Kang took the wrong medicine and sent troops to intercept his rescue?
General Ma Jue of the Henan Army also came to the same conclusion as Sima Ang. Seeing that the main force of the Han army was trying to stop the army from sending troops to rescue Luoyang, Ma Jue, whose family was in Luoyang City, did not dare to have any hesitation. It was in the middle of the night, and it only took more than an hour to march for nearly [-] miles, and arrived at the current Baima Temple overpass area. I could also see more clearly the area around the north gate of Luoyang, and I could faintly hear the Han Dynasty. The shouts of soldiers and Luoyang defenders.

"Thanks to the wise king, let me bring troops to rescue Luoyang. It seems that the bandit army is really attacking Luoyang City."

Having come to this conclusion, Ma decided to rejoice, and of course immediately ordered his troops to advance faster. However, at this moment, there were sudden killing sounds in front of and on both sides of the road, and at the same time, there were shouts of Han troops holding torches. When he came to kill, Ma Jue was shocked when he saw it, and blurted out: "How is it possible? The bandit army is really besieging the city to fight for aid?!"

Not only was the Han army really besieging the city to fight for aid, but they also used those who ambushed the Henan army to rescue them, and even the current number one elite heavy armored soldier of the Han army. He wielded steel knives and guns fiercely, slashing and stabbing the soldiers of the Henan army. The soldiers of the Henan army could not kill the steel armor of the soldiers of the Han army no matter whether they shot arrows or held out spears, and they were quickly killed by the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army. , it is difficult to echo back and forth.In addition, Long Qie led the army to attack from the front, and the ambush of the Han army from the north also performed bravely. The reinforcements of the Henan army led by Ma Jue were quickly defeated and forced to turn around and flee the way they came.

"Chasing! Chase me to the end, and you must not let the Henan bandit army slip away!"

According to Long Qie's roaring order, all the generals and soldiers of the Han Army under the leadership of Long Qie launched a full-scale pursuit, except for the slow-moving heavy armored soldiers of the Han Army. There were countless torches, and after meeting with the Han army convoy that came later, all the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army also boarded the carriage, and followed Long Qie's brigade to pursue together.

The defeated soldiers of the Henan Army fled lightly and fled faster than when they came. In less than an hour, they fled back to the gate of the Henan Army's camp, and fled into the east gate of the Henan Army's camp. At that time, the Han army pursued and killed them immediately. They even wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the defeated Henan army to enter the camp and flee for their lives, and rushed into the main camp of the Henan army.Fortunately, the Henan army had been on guard for a long time, and while desperately shooting arrows to stop the Han army from pursuing troops, they carefully guarded the gate of the camp, so as not to give the Han army pursuers a chance to enter the Henan army camp.

At the same time, Sima Ang and other decision-makers of the Henan Army also saw that Ma Jue was defeated and fled back to the camp. They saw that their own rescuers had fled back. They all breathed a sigh of relief, and said happily: "Fortunately, the bandit army is besieging the city to fight for aid. Although we have suffered some losses, at least we don't have to worry about the capital of Luoyang anymore."

Only Li Zuoche didn't feel relieved. Looking at the scene of his own defeated soldiers swarming back to the camp, Li Zuoche was still very surprised, and said to himself: "Strange? Xiang Kang spent so much effort to turn against the enemy, and at the same time pretended to attack Luoyang to lure us What is the purpose of sending troops back to Luoyang overnight? Just to ambush our partial division on the road and get a thousand or two thousand heads? Is this simply killing chickens with a sledgehammer?"

"Dong dong dong dong dong!"

At this time, a new accident suddenly appeared. In the far north, which was still dark, countless war drums suddenly sounded, and more torches suddenly appeared. Towards the north gate of the Henan Army camp, there were soldiers rushing forward with long shields, covering the crossbowmen and firing arrows at the Henan Army camp, all of which were rockets wrapped in linoleum at the front end!The Henan army was caught off guard, and immediately many tents were ignited by the rockets of the Han army!

"The traitors are working hard! They are really coming to storm our camp!"

Seeing this scene, Sima Ang, Li Zuoche and others were all shocked, they all understood that the main force of the Han army had really started to attack the camp of the own army with all their strength.But after waking up to his senses, Sima Ang quickly laughed and said, "Xiang Kang has a good idea, and he wants to take advantage of the opportunity when our reinforcements are defeated and return to camp, and the morale of the troops is affected. The main camp, the calculation is good. Unfortunately, is the camp built by this king so easy to break through?"

"what----!"

Li Zuoche's sudden screams interrupted Simaang's mocking of Xiang Kang's superficial tactics. Simaang went to look at Li Zuoche suspiciously, and saw that his face was as pale as paper in the firelight, with sweat rolling on his forehead, and Simaang couldn't help it. It was even more strange, and he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Guangwu, what happened? Is it uncomfortable there?"

Li Zuoche didn't answer, but just grabbed Sima Ang's wrist tightly, pointed at the east gate of the Henan Army's camp with trembling hands, and was so nervous that he couldn't make a decent sound, Sima Ang even more so. Strange, he hurriedly asked again: "Guangwu Jun, what happened? Why are you so flustered?"

"Defeated soldiers!"

"Our defeated soldiers!"

Li Zuoche finally let out his voice, and shouted in despair: "If the bandit army arranges soldiers to pretend to be our soldiers, sneak into the crowd of our defeated soldiers in disorder, and enter the camp with our defeated soldiers! We will be finished!" Our main camp is over!!"

Sima Ang's face turned completely pale in a flash, and he could no longer see the slightest human color, and it was also a coincidence that at this moment, there was a sudden explosion sound at the Henan Army's Dongying Gate, and dozens of grenades smashed into it one after another. The Henan Army's Dongying gate made a series of earth-shattering explosions.At the same time, the guards at the Dongying Gate of the Henan Army suddenly became chaotic, and the camp gate that was about to be closed was opened again...

"Quick! Save Dongmen—!"

When Sima Ang roared in despair, Li Zuoche also sat down on the ground, moaning weakly with his head lowered, "Xiang Kang, I really convinced you, I used feint to attack our main camp to cover your The partial division pretended to attack Luoyang and tricked us into sending troops to rescue. The real purpose was to cover your deceitful soldiers from sneaking into our camp, and the real main target was our main camp. I didn't expect you to have such a big Your courage and ambition, and all the illusions, are for you to take down our main camp in one fell swoop."

(End of this chapter)