Chapter 1017: Two Arms War
In the end, following Ma Hao's "Shanggu Army", Hou Han Wu, Kang Gong Han Hu and Zhuang Gong Han Geng, after considering various factors, decided to summon two more border garrisons, namely the army of "Taiyuan Shou Lian Barge" and "Yuyang Shou Qin Kai". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
After deciding on this matter, "Daijun Shouju Xin" and "Beiyan Shoule Yi" returned to their respective counties on the same day - after all, when the Shanggu Army and the Yuyang Army were both transferred to Handan, South Korea's defense in Northern Xinjiang will all fall on their heads, that is to say, these two Beiyuan Ten Heroes have to shoulder the joint defense of the four counties of "Dai", "Shanggu", "Yuyang", and "Beiyan", and always be vigilant against Lou Fu and Donghu taking advantage of the situation.
Having said that, although Wai Kou used the excuse to refuse the request of Han Wu to transfer the Yanmen army, Li Mu, the guard of Yanmen, stayed, hoping to participate in the war in a personal way as a "joining the army".
It can be seen that Li Mu, the guard of Yanmen, is actually worried about Handan, which was seized by the Wei army, but in order to maintain orthodoxy and prevent Han Wangran's royal power from being stolen by Marquis Han Wu, Kang Gong Han Hu and Zhuang Gong Han Geng, he can only use various excuses to preserve the strength of the Yanmen Army under various pretexts when the Shanggu Army has already gone to war, so that Marquis Han Wu and others do not dare to steal the royal power.
As for Li Mu's plea, Marquis Han Wu generously agreed.
I have to say that this cousin or righteous brother of Han Wangran is not bad in his heart, and he also hopes that South Korea will become stronger and stronger.
It's just that the throne should have belonged to him, but his uncle or father Han Wang didn't 'return the throne to his brother' as he originally promised, which made it a little difficult for Marquis Han Wu to accept - he could have become the king of Han, but now he has to succumb to the king of Han, which is naturally difficult for him to accept.
Under the instruction of Marquis Han Wu, Li Mu, the guard of Yanmen, was temporarily named "Sima of the Army" to assist Marquis Han Wu himself, who was preparing to personally serve as the commander and fight with the Wei army, although Marquis Han Wu also had a lot of experience in warfare, but this time he was still a little apprehensive when he met Wei Gongzirun, who had defeated the armies of Chu, Qin, and Han, so when Li Mu put forward a plea to accompany the army, Marquis Han Wu accepted it without hesitation.
After that, Marquis Han Wu ordered Shanggu Shou Ma Hao to monitor every move of the Handan Wei army at any time, while waiting for reinforcements.
During this period, Li Mu began to fulfill his duties as the "Sima of the Army", and began to formulate tactics through the descriptions of the tactics used by the Su Wangjun by Storm Kite, Feng Ting, Jin Huang, Ma Hao, and Han Yang, Marquis of Dangyin.
Li Mu believed that the "Julu Shouyan Crepe" should stop the attack on the Julu Wucheng as soon as possible, because the army under the command of the "Julu Shouyan Crepe" was the only army in Korea equipped with warships and was specifically responsible for exchanging fire with the Qi army.
In Li Mu's view, in Wei Gongzirun's tactics of invading Handan with the tactic of "step by step", the ships of Wei that transported materials played a pivotal role, whether it was the bricks and stones and sediment used by the Wei soldiers to build a high wall in the northwest of Handan City, or the Wugang vehicles used by the Wei army to defend against their Korean cavalry, they were all transported by water through those Wei ships.
Therefore, let the "Julu Shouyan Crepe" end the war with the Qi State as soon as possible, and lead the naval army to hold the Dahe, Weihe, and Zhanghe rivers, which can effectively delay the time for the Wei State to transport various strategic materials to Handan, and in disguise delay Wei Gongzirun's preparations, and prepare for the next big war.
After listening to Li Mu's suggestion, Hou Han Wu thought so, but he felt a pity when he ordered the 'Giant Deer Shouyan Crepe' to stop the attack on Qi State.
After all, when the king of Qi, Lu Xi, was still alive, the Korean people were strong and strong, and they were no match for the ships and crossbows of the Qi State, so that the South Koreans could only reduce the losses caused to them by the Qi naval army as much as possible by abandoning the measures of cities and counties along the river (big river).
And now that the king of Qi Lu Xi has passed away, and the Qi country has a civil strife among the princes because of the battle for the throne, this is the best time to take revenge on the Qi country in the eyes of the marquis Han Wu.
Even, it is very likely that in this golden opportunity, he will conquer the entire giant deer, so that his Korean territory will expand to the south of the river, control the rich land of Shandong (east of Mount Tai), and fulfill the long-cherished wish that "Han Wangqi" has failed to achieve in his life.
Seeing this, Li Mu advised Hou Han Wudao: "The state of Qi is in chaos because of the internal struggle for the throne among its princes, and the national strength will definitely be seriously damaged, and it will no longer be strong when the king of Qi, Lu Xi, was alive. The weaker the Qi country is, and the stronger my Han is, even if there is no chance to seize the land of Qi in the future? …… In contrast, the Wei State has become stronger and stronger in recent years, and there is a faint tendency to rise, if it cannot be strangled in infancy, I am afraid that our Korea will be controlled by it in the future. …… Therefore, I suggest that the Marquis terminate the offensive of the Qi country and remove the troops stationed between the two countries. Qi State saw that our country withdrew its soldiers and horses, or will summon the Julu Army to Linzi to participate in the battle for the position of the princes of Qi. ”
Hearing his well-organized arguments, Hou Han Wu nodded secretly, so he immediately sent someone to send an order to the "Julu Shouyan Crepe", ordering him to stop the attack on the Qi State, lead the warships to hold the Dahe, Wei and Zhanghe, and cut off the water transportation of the Wei army.
On May 24, Julu Shouyan Crepe, who had just returned to the "Giant Deer City", was about to rush to the front line and continue to attack the "Wucheng" of Qicheng when he received an order sent by the Marquis Han Wu to convey it.
Although it was a pity that he could not conquer "Wucheng", Yan Xuan recognized Li Mu's judgment very much, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops from the area around Wucheng, led his fleet, and went upriver along the west tributary of the big river, and then passed through the Wei River and the Zhanghe River, preparing to attack the confluence of the Zhanghe River and the Wei River - that is, "Linzhang County".
Because in Linzhang County, the Shanyang army, one of the several Wei armies, built a temporary river port after conquering this place—let's call it the 'Linzhang River Port', and all the materials needed for the Su Wang's army to build a high wall in the northwest of Handan City were transported here by the Wei fleet, and then transported to Handan by the Shanyang army or the Su Wang army.
On May 26, when the sky was bright, Julu Shouyan Crepe led the warship to Linzhang County along the waterway, and took the opportunity to attack "Linzhang Wei Port" while the sky was not yet bright, and the Shanyang army stationed here was caught off guard, and was killed by the Julu Han army for a while, burning the port.
This shocking change reached the ears of Zhao Hongjiang, the commander of the Shanyang Army and the king of Yan, for the first time.
At this time, Zhao Hongjiang, the king of Yan, was waving his army to attack the city "Feixiang" in the east of Handan, and suddenly heard that the "Linzhang River Port" guarded by his army was attacked by the Korean army, and he was shocked and hurriedly returned to Linzhang County with 500 Shanyang soldiers.
When he arrived at Linzhang River Port, Zhao Hongjiang, the king of Yan, found that the river port had already been destroyed and burned, which made him hate it in his heart.
After all, as judged by Li Mu, the Han general guarding Yanmen, in the strategic intention of King Su Zhao Hongrun, the waterway transportation route, including the Linzhang River port, was a very important part of the Wei army—only when the waterway was unobstructed, the Su Wang army on the front line had sufficient resources to build high walls and actively prepare for war.
In desperation, Zhao Hongjiang, the king of Yan, had no choice but to give up his plan to attack Feixiang, and while sending someone to inform Zhao Hongrun, the younger brother of the prince who was in Handan, he ordered the Shanyang army to rebuild the Linzhang River Port.
At this time, the fleet of Julu Shouyan Crepe had already gone up the Wei River and attacked the confluence of the Wei River and the Great River - "Huangcheng County".
In this county, there is another river port of the Wei army - let's call it "Huangcheng Port".
Garrisoned here are the soldiers of the Northern First Army under the command of Zhao Hongxuan, the younger brother of Zhao Hongrun, King Huan, and the general stationed is Zhao Hongxuan's Zongwei "Fang Shuo".
Fortunately, that morning, out of recent habits, Fang Shuo took a few guards to the west bank of the river and looked at the other side of the river.
Because on the other side of the river, that is, on the east bank of the big river, Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, was leading the Northern First Army to attack "Fanyang" with the assistance of Zhou Yu, the military general, Fang Shuo was worried about the safety of his Royal Highness, so he went to the river to look at the other bank every day when he was free, but he didn't expect to suddenly find the Yan Crepe Army from the downstream upstream.
After a fierce battle, Fang Shuo desperately preserved the Huangcheng River Port and forced back the Yan Crepe Army, but this river port was also damaged because of the war.
After that, the Yan Xuan army drove the warship to the place where the river was divided into two, "Suxukou", and blocked the river with warships.
During this period, a Wei transport fleet composed of about 20 transport warships came here, and encountered the Yan Xuan army blocking the river, after a desperate battle, two Wei ships were sunk by the Yan Xuan army on the spot, and the rest of the Wei ships retreated to the "Jixian River Port", and quickly asked for help from the Southern Yan Wei army closest to the "Suxukou".
After hearing about this, Wei Mu, the general of the Southern Yan Wei army, sent someone to inform Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, who was in Handan, about the matter, and immediately led his troops to the "Suxukou" and attacked the Yan Xuan army on the riverside.
However, because the Southern Yan Wei army under Wei Mu did not have warships, it could not really pose a threat to the Yan Crepe Army, and even if he used fire arrows, it would only temporarily force the Yan Crepe Army to retreat.
Between 27 May and 28 May, Zhao Hongrun successively received news from Zhao Hongjiang, the king of Yan, Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, and Wei Mu, the general of Southern Yan, and learned that "the port of Linzhang River was completely destroyed, the port of Huangcheng River was half destroyed, and a South Korean naval army was blockading Suxukou," and he immediately frowned.
You must know that in the strategy he formulated, the "Dahe-Weihe-Zhanghe" waterway transportation route plays a crucial role and can be called pivotal, if this waterway transportation route is cut off by the Han army, it will be extremely unfavorable for the Wei army.
However, just when Zhao Hongrun was still thinking about what method to use to expel the Han general Yan Xuan's army, the smelting bureau of Wei Daliang had already come up with corresponding countermeasures.
The Metallurgical Bureau first renovated the 20 new ships in Xiangfu Port, imitating the "Fire Crossbow Battleship" of the Qi State Julu Water Army, and moved the repeater crossbow to the 20 ships and transformed them into "escort ships".
Subsequently, Wang Fu, director of the General Administration of Metallurgy, played the vertical arch hall and asked Wei Ji, the Lintao Jun who was idle in Daliang at this time, to lead this escort fleet to Jixian River Port, repel the Yan Crepe Army, and dredge the water transportation route of "Dahe-Weihe-Zhanghe".
On the same day, Wei Tianzi agreed to this matter, worshiped Taojun Wei Ji as the main general, and transferred Gong Yuan, the archer general of the "shooting camp" of the dredging navy, as the deputy general, led 1,000 sailors and more than 2,000 crossbowmen, and drove 20 escort ships to Ji County.