The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 459 The target is Yingtao

April 273, [-] AD, Fanyang County, Zhuo County.

"So, Da Sima can only provide [-] reinforcements for the time being?"

"Exactly. And the general, the great Sima also asked his subordinates to tell you that they are going to cross the Taihang Mountain, so it will take at least a month for the [-] reinforcements to arrive."

"Well, thank you for your hard work. Go back and tell Da Sima that all his support staff don't need to carry equipment and horses. Just bring some personal belongings and handy weapons. These things have been captured here a lot, and they can be provided. That's fine. Reduce transfer time."

"Here, this subordinate takes orders."

After Guan Yi's messengers left, Jiang Wei and the generals under his command looked a little dignified.

After the news came that Chen Qian led the Chinese army out of battle, the You and Ji families who had been timid and half-pushed to join Jiang Wei became dignified again.

This is not surprising at all.As for the aristocratic family, the continuation of the family is the first priority. Under this goal, everything can be sacrificed.As for the survival of the family, besides money and power, there is another very important thing: reputation.

Although everyone is doing the nasty thing of poaching the corners of the country and exploiting the common people.But hypocrites just like to use all kinds of Confucian benevolence, righteousness and morality to put gold on their faces and flaunt themselves.All in all, for an aristocratic family to become a top family, in addition to building a good relationship with those in power, it is necessary to maintain its own family members from generation to generation.And the land and serfs are kept outside a certain amount.Reputation is also very important - the hypocrite group takes it more seriously.

Now, most of the many aristocratic families in Hebei have people who are officials in Luoyang.Everyone is a Jinchen in name.When the emperor in Luoyang refused to send the main force to Hebei because Tongguan was threatened, everyone could still say that the emperor didn't want us anymore, and we had to find a way for ourselves to cover it up.But now that the central army of the imperial court has been dispatched, what do you mean by being close to the Shu thieves openly?
Therefore, the aristocratic families of Youji all became weird again at the same time.

Of course, the change of attitude this time is much better than before: Ji Han is still in an advantage on the battlefield, and the basic attitude of most aristocratic families is that they don't help each other: you two generals fight again, who will win? Who are we going with!
It sounds like the two are not helping each other, but in fact, the attitude of the aristocratic families is extremely unfavorable to Ji Han.

Youzhou has just been taken down.On Ji Han's side, neither the governor nor the sheriff had been selected.Pingzhou just submitted a surrender form.Ji Han didn't have any military power to deploy.Jizhou?The bureaucratic system at the prefecture, prefecture, and county levels in Jin was sound.It can basically maintain normal operation.

Therefore, the aristocratic family is neutral, and Ji Han's side becomes an unfamiliar guest army again.

"General, even if Da Sima's 6 reinforcements can arrive quickly, our army is still at a disadvantage in terms of combat power. Moreover, [-] of our [-] troops are cavalry. The ratio of infantry and cavalry is seriously out of balance. The enemy As long as we choose a strategic point to defend, our army will be in a dilemma."

"Well, what Zhongyuan (Qianhong) said is reasonable. Speaking of which, Zhongyuan, when Qian Zijing worked here in the early years, you also stayed here for a long time. In your opinion, Chen Xiuyuan came here After that, where will the decisive battle between our two armies be?"

"Based on the humble opinion of the last general, the decisive battle between our army and the Jin army should be in Yingtao City in Julu County."

"Huh? Why here?"

"General, please look at the map. Jizhou is the largest prefecture in Hebei. There are thirteen counties. Among these thirteen counties, Julu County is at the core. Because Julu County is in the center of Jizhou, it leads to The official roads from south to north and from west to east built in the past dynasties all pass through Julu County. Therefore, as long as our army takes this place, no matter which direction they want to march, it is very convenient. If our army does not take Going down here, after the enemy has stationed a powerful army in this place, if our army wants to continue going south, the food road will be easily cut off.

Specifically for Yingtao, the south of him is Daluze.There is a low-lying land around, if you want to cross Yingtao and continue to march south, you have to use ships when you reach Daluze.In this case, it is easy to be attacked by the enemy.To the west of him is the fiefdom of the Pseudo King Zhao of the Jin State, which is the only way to link Shangdang County in Bingzhou.If our army wants to expect continuous support from Bingzhou, we must take Yingtao to be at ease. "

After Qianhong finished speaking, Jiang Wei stood up and looked at the map for a long time: "Our army is now in Zhuo County, Fanyang, about 3000 miles away from Yingtao, and it takes about three days for the cavalry to gallop at full speed... .We received the news of Chen Xiuyuan's dispatch of troops yesterday, and it has been [-] days since Chen Xiuyuan dispatched his troops. Well, that is to say, Chen Xiuyuan came to Ying in [-] days after he came out of Luoyang. Tao...you can take a gamble. This general means that out of the [-] people in our army (the Wenyang team has not yet been rebuilt), this general will lead [-] cavalry to gallop to Yingtao."

As soon as Jiang Wei said this, he and the congregation touched everyone's foreheads: the general's risk-loving problem has committed again.

"General, just now the scout of Da Sima told you to wait for his reinforcements..."

"Yes, General, in fact, we don't have to worry too much. Jin has been inferior to each generation these years. During the Northern Expedition in the past, we took down Longxi, and Jin's reinforcements did not come. Luoyang is far away from Yingtaobi. We are much farther away, where can we get there within eighteen days?"

"General, you take all the cavalry there. Even if you arrive before Chen Xiuyuan, um, the small city in Yingtao is only one or two hundred counties and counties. It is easy to take it down. But how can the cavalry defend the city?"

……

"Yingtao!"

On a map of Jizhou drawn on white paper produced by Ji Han, Chen Qian, the governor of Jin Guoping and the general of Shu, poked hard at the position where Yingtao was, and a big hole was poked in the map.

"The importance of this place will not be emphasized anymore. In short, if we win here before the Han army and stick to it, we will take the initiative everywhere in the Jizhou battle. If not, we can only rely on Daluze and the Han army. The army is stalemate. Gentlemen, lean against the great lake and face the enemy army. If the battle is slightly unfavorable, our army will collapse!"

Chen Qian's marching speed is not fast, but it is definitely not as slow as Sima Yong's support for Hu Fen in the past.

This Luoyang Chinese Army is fully equipped with 10 people.Among them, [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.In terms of equipment, since Sima Yan removed Yang Jun, Sima Jun was in charge of the arsenal.So all kinds of armor are still neat.As for the food and other things, since Pei Xiu is in charge, of course it is also provided in full.

In addition, although there are 6 recruits in this Chinese army, Du Yu personally trained them for more than a year.Therefore, all the way out, the morale of this army is still high.

In command of this army, apart from General Chen Qian, Jiang Ban, Jiao Yi, Wang Hun, Hu Lie, Yang Zhao and others are all generals who have fought with real swords and guns on the battlefield for many years.

It can be said that this is the strongest group army of the Jin State, and it is also the last essence of the Jin State's armed forces.

This army sailed from Luoyang on March [-], then boarded a ship on the Yellow River, sailed to Liyang, and boarded the north bank of the Yellow River.By April [-]th, they had arrived at Ye County, the largest city in North China, only three hundred miles away from Yingtao.

"Three hundred miles! It only takes two days for the cavalry to run at full speed. What I mean by this general and Xuanwu (Hu Lie) will lead [-] cavalry to gallop northward at full speed. We must arrive at Yingtao earlier than Jiang Boyue!"

(End of this chapter)