Chapter 1076: Soldiers Coming to the City
When Lu Zhao heard the news, he immediately had a feeling that he had been played by Cao Liang, and he always thought that the attack on Guangchang by the Bingzhou army was just a feint, in order to plan for the military action here, but he didn't expect that attacking Jingcheng with great fanfare was a false move, but attacking Guangchang was a real move.
It's a good plank road, secretly crossing Chen Cang!
It's just that Lu Zhao doesn't understand, what Cao Liang's intention is to attack Guangchang, it is true that the Flying Fox Road is also a channel that is incorporated into Hebei, but compared to Jingcheng Road, the Flying Fox Road is too biased, even if Cao Liang takes Guangchang, the threat to Jizhou is far worse than taking Jingcheng Pass, so willing to seek the near and far, what is the intention?
Lu Zhao still didn't understand Cao Liang's true intentions, and naturally he didn't think that he really wanted to fight Guangchang before, not to mention that Lin Li's letter also completely confused Lu Zhao, this damn guy, obviously Guangchang had been lost, and he actually wrote a letter to tell him that he had repelled the enemy, and in vain he had always trusted Lin Li so much before, and he took him as a confidant and handed over the fortress of Guangchang to him to guard, but the result was so.
If it weren't for Lin Li's deliberate confusion, Lu Zhao would not have made such a major miscalculation, and the mistake would have led to such a defeat.
Lu Zhao hurriedly readjusted the defensive arrangement, Jingcheng Pass was still a key defensive target, and under any circumstances, this goal was unwavering.
It's just that the Bingzhou army now occupies Guangchang, and LΓΌ Zhao must adjust the defense of Jizhou, in order to prevent the Bingzhou army from moving south from Guangchang, he immediately increased his troops in Zhongshan, where he built the second line of defense in Jizhou.
As for recapturing Guangchang, Lu Zhao didn't have this idea, not to mention that the terrain of Guangchang was easy to defend and difficult to attack, just hearing that the army of the state army arrived in Guangchang this time was 60,000 people, Lu Zhao was already terrified, even if he gathered the strength of the entire Jizhou army, I am afraid that he would not be able to compete with the state army.
What's more, the three most terrifying cavalry battalions of the Bingzhou Army poured out, and it was like a nightmare, Sima Yi's 170,000 troops were defeated in his hands, and Lu Zhao didn't even have the courage to compete with him.
Adjusting the defensive deployment is also just an expedient measure, Lu Zhao hurriedly asked Luoyang for help, the current situation in Jizhou is no longer under his control, and Sima Shi must personally send troops to resolve this crisis.
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LΓΌ Zhao strengthened the defense of Zhongshan, the purpose was to prevent the Bingzhou army from moving south and posing a threat to Jizhou, but for Cao Liang, he directly ignored LΓΌ Zhao's moves, because the Bingzhou army had no plan to go south at all, and after the Bingzhou army arrived in Guangchang, it did not make any stops, and went straight to the east and went straight to Zhuoxian.
Zhuo County is the county seat of Fanyang County, originally called Zhuo County, renamed Fanyang County during the period of Emperor Wei Wendi, is an important gateway of Youzhou City, guarding the south gate of Youzhou, once Zhuo County is lost, it is equivalent to the gateway to the south of Youzhou, and the safety of Youzhou City will be greatly threatened.
After leaving Guangchang, Cao Liang adjusted the combat sequence of the army, the infantry battalion retreated to the middle army, and the position of the vanguard battalion was replaced by the Xiao cavalry battalion.
According to the information provided by Biqiuxiu, the enemies that Youzhou has long faced are Hu people from the north and east, so the main force of the Youzhou army has been deployed in Jixian County and the Juyong Pass to the north and the areas of western and eastern Liaoning, and closely monitored Xianbei, Wuhuan, Fuyu, Goguryeo, and Sanhan to prevent them from launching an attack on Youzhou and even the Central Plains.
Therefore, the strategic deployment of the Youzhou army is basically in the north, even if the power of Youzhou is usurped and the military power is attacked, but the strategic deployment made by Biqiu Jian before his death is not that it will be changed so easily, after all, the time is still short, Wei Qian really has the heart to rectify the defense system of Youzhou, it will take at least a long time, and now Youzhou, the chaos is at the beginning of the peace, it is the time when people are panicking.
Fanyang County belongs to the southernmost county of Youzhou, although it is said to be the southern gate of Youzhou, but it is bordered by Jizhou, which also belongs to the territory of Wei, Youzhou naturally has no intention of guarding Jizhou, so all along, the Youzhou army has not deployed heavy troops in Fanyang County, and the guards of Fanyang County are only some county soldiers in Fanyang, and their combat effectiveness is quite weak, and they are simply vulnerable.
At the beginning, Biqiu Jian had the intention to rebel against the Sima clan and intended to increase the troops in Fanyang County to guard against the threat from Jizhou, but Biqiu Jian thought about it for a long time and gave up this idea, because his increase in troops in Fanyang County would make the Sima clan suspicious and cause unnecessary trouble, so Biqiu Jian really did not dare to act rashly before raising the army.
At the time of this uprising, Biqiu Jian had a plan to send troops to Fanyang County to strengthen Fanyang County's defenses, but unfortunately because of Biqiu Jian's accidental death, the plan to send troops was shelved indefinitely.
Because Biqiu Jian sent troops to prevent the attack of the army in Jizhou, and after Wei Qian was the governor of Youzhou, there was no need for this at all, so naturally he would not send troops to Fanyang County.
In his opinion, passing Juyong Pass can block the attack of the Bingzhou army, and it can also eliminate the covetousness of the Hu people in the north, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
In the past, when he was the supervisor of Youzhou, Wei Qian's task was only to supervise Biqiu Jian, and he didn't need to think about other things.
But at this time, after he was promoted to the governor of Youzhou, the burden of all military and political affairs in Youzhou was on his shoulders, and he had to think about everything and arrange everything.
What Wei Qian is most worried about is Cao Liang of Bingzhou, Biqiu Xiu defected to Bingzhou to the west, and he will definitely ask for rescue, and more importantly, if Cao Liang easily sends troops, with the current situation in Youzhou, it is difficult to resist, so the heavy troops to defend Juyong Pass is itself the appearance of Wei Qiang's fear of the Bingzhou army.
As for whether the Bingzhou army will fight from the south, Wei Qian has another arrangement and consideration, Fan Yang has his back to Jizhou, no matter how the Bingzhou army goes, it will not be able to bypass Jizhou after all, with Lu Zhao's men and horses to his top, the safety of the south is beyond doubt.
It is estimated that Wei Qian never imagined that the state army would take Guangchang lightly, and if there was no one in Jizhou, before the news was received from Youzhou, Cao Liang's army had already killed Zhuoxian and caught him off guard.
When Wei Qian really received the news that the Bingzhou army had committed Youzhou, Fanyang County had already been lost, and the Xiaocai battalion of the Bingzhou army had also been killed outside Youzhou City, no more than ten miles away from Jixian County.