The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 430

Youzhou in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, from west to east, are Dai County, Shanggu County, Fanyang County, Yan County (Yan State in Cao Wei Dynasty), Yuyang County, Youbeiping County and Liaoxi County.Going further east, the five prefectures of Changli, Liaodong, Xuanju, Lelang, and Daifang belong to the category of Pingzhou.

For the state of Jin, Pingzhou is very important. It is the first line of defense against Goguryeo and Murong Xianbei in the northeast.But as far as this Han-Jin war is concerned, it is already the limit of logistics for the Han army to cross Yanmen and capture Youzhou in the cloud, and it is impossible to go east to capture Pingzhou.Therefore, the five counties of Pingzhou had a very low strategic position in this battle.

As far as the seven counties of Youzhou are concerned, the most important places are of course Dai County and Shanggu County, and the most important places for these two counties are Gaoliucheng (now Yanggao County, Datong) and Guangning County (now Zhangjiakou) .

Because this is the node of the Great Wall and the junction of the Yinshan Mountains and the North China Plain.After passing these two places, the whole Youzhou is a thousand miles of plains.

As far as Meng Guan is concerned, he has 1 troops under his command, but only 1 are veterans.Although these [-] people are all proficient in bows and horses because they have been fighting against foreign races on the border of Youzhou all year round, the number is too small after all.

The remaining [-] were all recruits recruited at the end of last year.Among them, the [-] from Youzhou and Pingzhou are not bad: Youping is a border after all, and there are not many large-scale invasions by foreign races, but there are many small-scale disturbances.If the men here don't have a few strokes in their hands, they can't survive at all.Therefore, although the [-] soldiers were recruits, although they were still far away from "hands and fingers" shortly after enlisting in the army, they basically complied with orders and prohibitions, and their combat effectiveness was quite good.

But the remaining 60 recruits from Jizhou are a bit horrible: Jizhou has been peaceful for more than [-] years since Cao Cao put down the Yuan family. This time period is enough for three generations to be born and grow up.The recruits recruited from Jizhou are thorough farmers, and before enlisting in the army, at most they participated in the village's fighting with weapons.In fact, due to the relatively good ecology of North China in this era, with abundant resources of all kinds, there are very few even fighting with weapons.

Therefore, after receiving the news of Jiang Wei's launch, Meng Guan's arrangement was: put all [-] Jizhou recruits into Gaoliu County and Guangning County and rely on the city walls for defense.Send [-] Youzhou recruits to the Great Wall defense line north of Gaoliu and Guangning.And the most elite [-] Youzhou cavalry stayed in Jixian County, the capital of Youzhou.

"In this way, Guan will lead the troops to the north, and I will leave the three generals to do things in the rear."

"My lord, you are the number one general in the northern border of the country. When the Shu thieves come to invade, you still need to sit in the rear to unify the command. At this time, you are going to the Great Wall in person. In case... Otherwise, I will switch with you, right? "

Meng Guan currently has three generals under his command.

The first general, Gouxi Goudao, was sent by the Luoyang court to support him.He is another general who is good at commanding cavalry after Meng Guan among the new generation of generals of the Jin Dynasty.This time Meng Guan arranged for him to sit in Ji County.

The second is Huan Hao, Huan Zhongran.On the historical basis, this was the grandfather of Huan Wen, a power minister in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who was later posthumously named emperor.Of course, the Longkanghuan family at this time is not a super-class big family. The reason why he can have a considerable position in the Youzhou Army is mainly because he and Meng Guan cooperated very well on the battlefield during the battle between Jin, Wu and Yangzhou. it is good.After Meng Guan was appointed as the governor of Youzhou, he was transferred over to serve as a different driver.At this time, according to Meng Guan's arrangement, he led [-] recruits from Jizhou to Gaoliu.

The third is Li Zhao and Li Zichu, this one is a good friend of Meng Guan.In the historical plane, these two good friends made great efforts in the process of Jananfeng moving Yang Jun down.Meng Guan sent him to Guangning this time, with a force of 5000.

"Hey, I have no doubts about the Taoist general's talent. But the Taoist general is young after all, and he has just arrived in Youzhou. This time our army went out to the front line of the Great Wall. It is indeed quite dangerous. But because of the danger, my official You must go north in person. Otherwise, the soldiers will feel restless and unable to fight effectively."

"...The end general understands, I only hope that Shi Jun will go north this time, break Jiang Boy's agreement and return!"

"Hahaha, then I will entrust the good words of the Taoist general. Everyone, the Shu thieves invaded this time, and the country is in danger. I have been greatly favored by the emperor, and this is the time to repay it. If there are too many, I will Not to mention, just one, fight to the end!"

"Here! I will live up to your envoy's orders!"

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"Report~~General, our Si Wencao sent information, and the distribution of the enemy's troops is roughly as follows."

"Oh...so that's it, this Uncle Meng is indeed a man who knows how to fight."

On November [-], more than [-] members of Jiang Wei's army had crossed Yanmen County and arrived at the foot of Tanhan Mountain, more than [-] miles north of Gaoliu.

It is only thirty miles away from the nearest Great Wall.After passing the Great Wall, Gaoliu is more than 200 miles to the southwest, and Guangning is more than 100 miles to the northeast.

It can be said that Meng Guan chose the right place to garrison troops, and he was directly stuck on the only way for Jiang Weijun.

After showing this information to the generals, and waiting for everyone to think for a while, Jiang Wei said: "Everyone, this Uncle Meng is indeed a man of real ability. Now, where our army is going, please speak freely."

After a while, Wenyang got up: "General, I heard that in the war between Jin Wu and Yangzhou in the past, it was Uncle Meng who led the cavalry to defeat Ding Feng's 15 army. The trebuchet technology that my big man handed over to Wu Gou back then was leaked Arrived in the state of Jin. From this point of view, this Uncle Meng is very aware of the power of our army's catapult. Although Youzhou is a border, how can these alien races in the grassland have any ability to attack? So, whether it is Gaoliu or Guangning, other The city defense cannot defend against our army's catapults. I believe Uncle Meng is also aware of this point."

"Well, Ciqian, please continue."

"Here, generals, everyone, since the enemy commander knows that his own city walls cannot stop our army's catapults, why did he put so many soldiers in the city? The reason is that the general only thought of one, That is to say, the enemy has too many new recruits to fight in the field. They can only hold on to the cage city. Since the death of Tan Shihuai in Youzhou, the grassland aliens have been unable to penetrate into Youzhou. Therefore, relatively speaking, Gaoliu, Border counties like Guangning have the strongest city defenses. That is to say, the 3 enemy troops stationed in Gaoliu and Guangning are dead chess. If our army wants to attack one point , there is no need to worry about the rescue of the other point - if the other point dares to rescue, our army only needs two or three thousand cavalry to defeat it."

"Hahahaha~~ Very good, then Ciqian, what about the 2 people led by Uncle Meng himself?"

"The 2 people are rather troublesome. So the general thought that our army should be divided at this time. The general will lead the troops to take Gaoliu or Guangning, and the general will lead a team to the foot of the Great Wall to contain this Uncle Meng."

"Hmm~~~" After Nianxu took the test for a while, Jiang Wei said, "How many soldiers and horses does Ciqian need?"

"Ten thousand cavalry is enough! Also, assign Ziyang (Beimongxiong) to me."

"Yes." After nodding in response, Jiang Wei got up: "Everyone, originally according to the strategy of Da Sima, our army's goal was to occupy Youzhou. According to this arrangement, it should be more convenient for our army to take Guangning. But according to the current Bingzhou According to the battle report, Da Sima's troops were blocked by Du Yuankai in Taiyuan County and temporarily unable to go south. Therefore, after our army was divided, except for Ciqian's troops, the rest of the troops went south to Gaoliu. The passages between Men County and Taiyuan County ensure that Da Sima's grain road is completely unblocked!"

"Here! I obey the general's orders!"

"In addition, there is no need to keep our army's movements secret. We must let Jin Zoucao figure it out. I want to see what Uncle Meng will do when he finds out about our army's movements. Hey, if he can keep the situation in Guangxi Ning's 5000 people should be transferred from the city wall. In this way, Ben will save a lot of trouble."

"Hahahaha~~ General, then Uncle Meng is only 25 years old this year, so he should be very easy to transfer!"

(End of this chapter)