Chapter Twenty-Six: The Momentum of the Encirclement
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The great migration of Luoyang is coming to an end, more than 100,000 Liangzhou soldiers go back and forth to Sanfu, from Luoyang to Chang'an along the line is a chaos, Luoyang millions of people are forced to leave their hometowns, under the coercion of Liangzhou soldiers to Chang'an.
Dong Zhuo stayed in Luoyang and sent the army to fight to the death with the Kwantung princes in person.
Moving the capital to Chang'an is the most wise decision Dong Zhuo has ever made, and it is also a symbol of his opportunity to lose control of the world. Strategically, moving the capital to Chang'an is beneficial and harmless; But politically, moving the capital to Chang'an will do more harm than good. But Dong Zhuo was always a general, and he couldn't see or listen to the advice of the ministers who advised him not to move the capital.
Moved the capital to Chang'an, Chang'an to the middle of the revolving gate pass Jingzhao Yin, Hongnong, Henan Yin three counties thousands of miles of land become a strategic depth, in the middle of Tongguan, Hangu Pass, revolving gate pass, large and small more than ten cities can resist the attack of the Kwantung coalition army. Let alone...... Today's Kwantung coalition forces are outside, and they can strike and harass Dong Zhuo's army from several directions, but once the capital is moved, the Kwantung rebels are helpless except to advance westward.
The most important thing is that after moving the capital to Chang'an, Luoyang was burned down when the Revolving Gate Pass was defeated, and those Kwantung princes who were in a hurry were still willing to attack westward again?
However, moving the capital to Chang'an also meant that Dong Zhuojun officially retreated from the imperial court that held the power of the world to a corner of Xiliang and became a warlord in the secession area. As long as they are defeated again and again, even if the Chang'an court is in control of the little emperor, they will lose the recognition of the world for them.
Where is there any matter that the imperial court was forced to move the capital by the rebels? The people of the world don't know what strategy is, they only know that the Kwantung coalition has won.
The defeated Hua Xiong gathered more than 300 defeated troops west of Xingyang, and he knew very well that the number of defeated troops in this battle was 3,000 walking all over Xingyang, but he did not have the opportunity to collect them all, because a large number of men and horses in Liaodong were overwhelming.
Lu Yi led nearly 10,000 foot soldiers of the headquarters to raise fire and roar, scaring Huaxiong into a frightened bird, and hurriedly drove his troops west. And just after he left Xingyang, the Youzhou soldiers locked several traffic arteries connected to Xingyang and the revolving gate.
Even fools know that the target of the Youzhou soldiers is Xingyang.
Xu Rong was woken up by the soldiers in the middle of the night, and when he saw Hua Xiong in his armor with blood stains and arrow wounds, he knew that something bad was wrong.
"General Lang, the last general has been defeated, and the Youzhou soldiers have blocked the main road, and they should attack Xingyang." Hua Xiong arched his hand and said: "The brigade of people, if you don't send troops again, I'm afraid Xingyang will lose!" ”
Xu Rong sat on the couch, glanced at Hua Xiong, rubbed his cheeks and got up before he let out a sigh, and walked out of the big tent with two stiff words.
"It's late!"
There are hundreds of county soldiers in Xingyang City, not to mention whether they will defend the city to resist Yanbei, even if they will fight against the Youzhou people for Dong Gong, do they have this strength?
"It's too late to say anything now, how is the combat power of the Youzhou soldiers?" Xu Rong looked up at the gradually whitening skylight and said to Hua Xiong, "Why did you fail? ”
"Yanbei fights with Wuhuan people, and the scouts are very good, and the generals are especially tough and courageous." Hua Xiong looked very discouraged when he talked about this rout, and said cautiously to Xu Rong: "We were discovered when we entered Xingyang, and later besieged the camp and met resistance, but I was outnumbered, and we surrounded and killed nearly half of them on all sides, and finally they were killed by their thousands of horsemen. ”
Xu Rong listened quietly, he didn't think it was a defeat. As far as Hua Xiong is talking about, it is obvious that they have won, and they have killed nearly half of the enemy army, which is a big victory!
After resting, the remaining thousand horsemen Wuhuan came back from killing, and used the night to kill and wound the outer soldiers with a riding bow and fight. In the open area, we could not fight back, so we could only divide our troops and flee to Xingyang City. Under the city of Xingyang, the city gate was intercepted by the enemy generals...... I had to flee back. ”
"Captain Hua, you are so capable!" Xu Rong scolded strangely, glared at his eyes and asked, "You are very brave, why don't you take this opportunity to kill the enemy general?" Twist your opponent's back from a big defeat to a big victory! ”
Hua Xiong's seniority under Dong Zhuo is much more than Xu Rongjiu's, and Xu Rong can't blame anything, but he is confused. This Huaxiong is known as the number one fierce general under Dong Gong, why did he no longer kill generals in the city, but fled back in embarrassment!
"The last general...... Not an opponent. ”
Hua Xiong was a little discouraged when he said this, which really surprised Xu Rong. The Liaodong Army under Yanbei's command has courage and combat power, which is all expected by him, after all, the Liaodong soldiers are also generals who have followed Yanbei for several years, and it is normal for the troops to be the head of the Kwantung princes.
But he knows Huaxiong's ability, and even the fighting general is not an opponent?
Hua Xiong didn't want to say much about this, although there were only dozens of rounds of fighting with the cavalry general of the Yanbei Army, it really made him feel powerless. Their martial arts are among the best, and they are all powerful...... It was precisely because Tai Shi Ci made him realize that he couldn't kill quickly, so he ran to Ma Xi.
"Let's go, give the order to the whole army, and retreat to the revolving gate."
Xu Rong looked at Hua Xiong and didn't speak. In fact, Hua Xiong's biggest mistake was only that he did not carry a war horse in order not to alarm the opponent when he attacked the enemy, and there was no mistake in any other deployment. And it is normal not to take the war horse during the night attack.
It was such a small flaw, but it was caught by the enemy, which in turn contributed to the defeat. Six thousand soldiers and horses, after this battle, two or three thousand can be killed, and more than half of the remaining subordinates can only flee to the mountains and wilderness in a helpless situation, what is this called?
Hearing Xu Rong say that he was going to withdraw to the revolving gate, Ling Huaxiong asked in surprise, "What?" Lang will wait for me and 20,000 soldiers and horses, and just withdraw like this? ”
"The terrain west of Xingyang is flat, and unless we plan to fight in the field with the Yanbei Army, there is no place for 20,000 soldiers and horses to set up an ambush...... We all underestimated Yanbei. Although the battle east of Xingyang was a big defeat, it was only a small defeat by focusing on the overall situation, Xu Rong was not discouraged by this, and said to Hua Xiong: "Withdraw to the Revolving Gate Pass, our soldiers will have enough food to eat until next winter, according to the pass, no one can enter it, Dong Gong's strategy of delaying the Kwantung coalition army can be achieved, but there are only some less meritorious deeds." ”
What does it matter if there is less merit? Since they can't win a quick victory, then this war will continue to be fought for a long time, compared with logistics and passes, what will the Kwantung coalition army use to fight them?
Xu Rong had made up his mind, and the army rose out of camp, and returned to the revolving gate in only half a day, locking the pass. With Chenggao and Revolving Gate Pass as horns for each other, garrison the Kwantung coalition army.
After Yanbei entered the city, he recalled the Luyi Department, only sprinkled a small cavalry to roam on the main road to investigate the enemy's situation, and at sunrise ordered the soldiers to rest at the head of Xingyang City after eating the court, and at the same time urgently reported that Cao Cao's troops who were stranded in the field were stationed in Xingyang.
It wasn't until noon that Yan Beibei, who woke up from his sleep, knew the news that Xu Rong had led his troops to retreat, which made his face a little ugly.
"Brother Meng De, Dong Zhuojun's lieutenant general Xu Rong is a terrible opponent as you say." Cao Cao led the troops in the afternoon and felt that it was too late to express Yanbei's excitement about seizing Xingyang at night, so he heard Yanbei's worried words, and couldn't help but explain: "At least now that the general has captured Xingyang City, he can confront Dong Zhuo's army from afar, and the city east of the revolving gate pass can be recovered!" ”
Yan Bei nodded and said no more, arranged Cao Cao's soldiers and horses to change guards with his subordinates, and let those soldiers who lacked rest rest in the city.
It takes at least two days to get your body to recover after a night fight.
Originally, in his calculations, the loss of Xingyang Town could make the enemy's main general Xu Rong angry, and then send troops to attack the city, which was the best situation for him. Even if there were only 15,000 soldiers and horses in his city, it was enough to garrison Xu Rong's siege of 20,000 soldiers and horses. Although there will definitely be casualties on your side in the siege, not to mention that the state of exhaustion will also reduce the combat strength of the soldiers...... But these are all consequences he can afford.
You only need to survive the enemy's siege, and then you only need to wait for Xu Rong to make a mistake, seize the opportunity to defeat it in one fell swoop, and pave the way for the capture of the revolving gate!
But Xu Rong's calmness was beyond Yanbei's expectations, and after hearing that Xingyang was captured, he did not hesitate to return to the division Xuanmen Pass, and did not even send troops to investigate. This made Yanbei completely lose the opportunity to capture the revolving gate.
Attacking the pass is to pile up human lives!
The news of Yanbei's capture of Xingyang reached the camp of sour jujube, which shook the Kwantung princes. This time, they moved faster than anyone else, and they raised troops one after another to station in Yangwu City, Juan County, Zhongmu, Kaifeng, Mi County, Xinzheng and other places.
Wang Kuang of Hanoi County was even more radical, and immediately sent people to Yanbei in Xingyang to report the good news, and then sent his elite crossbowmen all the way westward to guard the Wushejin north of the Revolving Gate Pass, and garrisoned the northern flank for the Yanbei army.
Bao Xin, the cavalry captain who was defeated in Xingyang with Cao Cao, personally led his troops to Xingyang as a forward reinforcement in northern Yan. Compared with the princes in the rear of the garrison, Bao Xin was much more loyal than them, and after arriving in Xingyang, he stationed his soldiers and horses in the west of the city, and Mao recommended himself as the other department of Gongwei Xingyang City.
The prestige of the Dong Lianjun soared for a while, and the happiest person to see this situation was naturally Cao Cao.
He could never have imagined that the strategy that needed to be countered by the various units of the Dong Coalition Army in his conception was completed in the situation of Xingyang in the first battle of Yanbei. Now there is Wang Kuang in the north to block Hejin, and there are Yanbei, Cao Cao, Bao Xin and other soldiers and horses gathered in front of the revolving gate, and there are as many as 30,000. In Luyang, south of Luoyang, there are also Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses guarding the mountain road, and the coalition forces have faintly formed a situation of encirclement of Luoyang.
What's more, there is also the fierce tiger Sun Wentai who is heading north from the south!
It's just that for Yanbei, there is also not very good news. Zhang Yan of Montenegro sent an old acquaintance, Captain Luo Shi, of Montenegro, to come and show his intentions to Yanbei, saying that Yanbei's kindness to him made Zhang Yan remember it in his heart, but because it was Yanbei who fought against Dong Zhuo this time, Dong Zhuo was kind to Zhang Yan, and he would not participate in this war.
The bandits of the Baibo Valley have not replied so far, and Zhang Yan politely declined the invitation to send troops...... Yanbei's strategy of relying on prestige to remotely control the northern bandits was basically broken.