During the period of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, the administrative office of Liaodong was located in Xiangping, and the approximate location of Xiangping was later Liaoyang, Liaoning Province, and about 100 kilometers north of Liaoyang was Shenyang, Liaoning Province. www.biquge.info Then Xiangping to Liucheng, that is, Liaoyang to Jinzhou, the straight-line distance is about 180 kilometers.

Of course, the straight-line distance is not the actual road distance, and the transportation conditions in the Han Dynasty are relatively backward, and there are 20,000 infantry among Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 horses, so their marching speed is not fast.

To tell the truth, after Gongsun Yuan sent his troops at that time, if he was in a hurry, it would be about six or seven hundred miles of road, and he could have rushed to Chrysanthemum Port to join Budugen before the battle in Chrysanthemum Port was halfway through. But under selfish motives, Gongsun Yuan chose to slow down.

Well, Bu Dugen was worried that Gongsun Yuan would come over to grab the loot, and in turn, why didn't Gongsun Yuan want to reduce his own losses? Gongsun Yuan has 20,000 infantry, if it really merges with Budugen, the siege battle must be suitable for the infantry to siege the city, and the losses after the fight will definitely not be small.

Therefore, Gongsun Yuan's mentality at that time was to slow down first, and let the cavalry that was not suitable for attack reduce the combat effectiveness of Chrysanthemum Port, and when both ends were almost tired, his infantry group could take Chrysanthemum Port with a small loss. This kind of thing is really common in that era of deceit.

In this way, the current location of Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 army is a few dozen miles west of Panjin City in later generations, that is, it has just passed through Xisai Mountain, that is, Panshan in later generations. (PS: Liaoning's Panshan is not the Xisai Mountain of the Han Dynasty, this bottle is not very clear, but it is written so to meet the needs of the plot, if there is a mistake, please don't take it too seriously.) ）

On Lu Ren's side, of course, he had already heard the news of Gongsun Yuan's troops, but Lu Ren was not worried about this, because at that time, Gan Ning and Deng Ai's army had already arrived on Jeju Island, and as soon as Liaodong made any moves, Gan Ning and Deng Ai's 25,000 mixed army of sea and land would make a feint on the Liaodong Peninsula and force Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 troops to return to Liaodong.

It's just that the news sent back that Gongsun Yuan walked so slowly was a bit unexpected by Lu Ren, Xun Yu and others, but Lu Ren's gang were all old fritters, and they immediately analyzed Gongsun Yuan's intention to pick up cheap, so they deliberately let Gongsun Yuan get to his current position, and only then did Gan Ning lead the navy to show up on the coast of Liaodong, which scared Gongsun Yuan and didn't dare to continue to go to Chrysanthemum Port.

At this time, the war in Chrysanthemum Harbor had reached the stage of the middle and late period, that is, the stage when Tuoba Yu played "charm" and "captivity" on the head of Chrysanthemum Harbor City after the "Spring Thunder Night". At this time, the heavy snow in the western Liaoning region had fallen, blocking Gongsun Yuan's way to continue to Chrysanthemum Port, and Gan Ning's navy disappeared after placing a POSE on the coast of Liaodong, which was a standard suspicious strategy, which made Gongsun Yuan mutter, saying that he should continue to brave the snow to go to Chrysanthemum Port, or should he return to help Liaodong?

Keep going? The road is not easy to walk, not to mention, Gan Ning's navy suddenly appeared, and it is not possible to guard against it; But because Gan Ning's navy just showed up and disappeared, it seems that this Nima is a suspicious plan, and the intention should be that he doesn't want Gongsun Yuan to reinforce Chrysanthemum Harbor, this possibility is also very big, isn't it?

Not to mention that Chrysanthemum Port has accumulated a large number of military supplies, if Gongsun Yuan can take down Chrysanthemum Port, he can get a lot of benefits, on the other hand, after all, Chrysanthemum Port is the most important bridgehead for Lu Ren in western Liaoning, and after taking it, it will probably mean that Lu Ren has no foothold in western Liaoning, and his attack on Liaodong will be hindered because of this.

In this way, Gongsun Yuan hesitated, and finally simply stopped in his current position, ready to see the next situation, and this delay was delayed until this time.

On the other hand, on Lu Ren's side, after getting some things done, he had to seize the time to attack Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 people. And why did Lu Ren delay the operation at this time? Because Lu Ren thought that Gongsun Yuan would definitely send a fine work to Chrysanthemum Port to inquire about the information, and then calculate the corresponding distance, he should have received information on the current situation of Chrysanthemum Port in the past few days, and I believe that after Gongsun Yuan learned the information about the end of the Chrysanthemum Harbor war, he knew that it was no longer meaningful for him to go to Chrysanthemum Harbor, so the next step would naturally be to return to Liaodong.

So now Deng Ai's task is to intercept Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 troops in the area of Xisai Mountain, so that Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 troops can't return to Liaodong as much as possible...... To be exact, you can't go back to Liaodong directly. If Gongsun Yuan is rerouted and detoured, it is still possible to return to Xiangping, but the detour will be farther and take longer.

But whether it is to destroy these 30,000 people in Xisai Mountain, or to force Gongsun Yuan to make a detour, it can meet Lu Ren's next strategic needs for Liaodong. Needless to say, Lu Ren's current target is the entire Liaoning region, including Liaodong and Liaoxi, and if he can destroy the 30,000 troops in Liaodong now, it will be very useful for attacking Liaodong in the future; And if Gongsun Yuan is forced to make a detour, it is just to prolong the battle time with Liaodong a little, on the one hand, it can drag the economy of Liaodong, and on the other hand, it can also allow Lao Cao to go to Hanzhong to fight with peace of mind, which is also very helpful for the Chrysanthemum Port side to occupy Liucheng.

Okay, that's all for these strategic things, now let's take a look at Deng Ai here......

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"What? There are only more than a thousand defenders in the walled city, and they are all lazy and careless? ”

Thinking about it, Gongsun Yuan led 30,000 people to attack Chrysanthemum Port, and after passing through Xisai Mountain, this walled city became a large rear. Besides, the information transmission at that time was inconvenient, and Gongsun Yuan didn't know the battle situation in Chrysanthemum Harbor, so what could he know about the walled city?

And compared to the 30,000 troops stationed in the field by Gongsun Yuan, how could they have any war here? Based on this mentality, those half-hung defenders in the walled city will be strictly guarded? This kind of inertial thinking will be shared by many famous generals and generals, not to mention these mediocre Liaodong soldiers? Let's take the original history as an example, when Deng Ai smuggled into Yinping, the first person to meet Ma Miao, the guard general of Jiangyou Shuzhong, was in this situation......

Hearing this, Deng Ai immediately made a decision and ordered the 3,000 soldiers of the vanguard to land on all fronts and march to the Xisaishan Walled City in a rapid march. You must know that the landing site chosen by Deng Ai is still about forty miles away from the Xisai Mountain Walled City, and if the action is not fast enough, it will not even be able to capture the walled city, and the army of Gongsun Yuan, who heard the news, has already retreated.

Deng Ai led the 3,000 people to take the lead, and his senior lieutenant led the remaining 5,000 people into two divisions. Some of the men and horses were led by the deputy general to guard and blockade the Liaodong side, and the other part of the men and horses were busy loading the grain and grass equipment in the ship, and they were about to be transported to Deng Ai.

In addition to these, Deng Ai also gave an order to the fleet, that is, after all the things were moved, the main ships in the fleet would retreat to the offshore area to meet the contingencies. To put it simply, Deng Ai knows what he is doing. Although it is said that he is confident that he will seize the walled city, and then use the walled city to intercept Gongsun Yuan's Liaodong army, if the battle situation is unfavorable, he must notify Gan Ning to come to reinforcements in time. After all, the cottage in Xisai Mountain is not a dangerous terrain, and it is not a Yizhou-type fortification that Yizhou soldiers and horses are accustomed to.

The mountain road of forty Han li was about sixteen to seventeen kilometers, and for Deng Ai's thousands of well-trained soldiers, even a rapid march would take three to four hours to complete. Deng Ai and his landing were at four or five o'clock in the morning, and by the time they arrived at the walled city of Xisai Mountain, the time was already between eight and nine o'clock in the morning.

Deng Ai is a person with brains and will not fight hard battles indiscriminately. Before approaching the walled city, he promptly instructed his soldiers to eat and rest, and sent scouts to inquire about the situation in the walled city. When the meal was over, the scout's reward also arrived, that is, the patrol and defense of the Xisai Mountain Walled City were extremely negligent. At that moment, Deng Ai didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered the three thousand soldiers to advance at full speed, and launched a surprise attack with lightning speed.

It should also be the bad luck of the defenders of Mount Cice. Negligence was enough, and when Deng Ai launched the attack, it was just in time for the defenders to eat...... In the Han Dynasty, people used to eat two meals a day, the big food was between 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock in the morning, and the hour was generally around 5 o'clock in the afternoon. In a word, the Xisaishan Walled City fell into Deng Ai's hands almost effortlessly.

In the first battle, Deng Ai did not dare to be careless, and the first order was to order his corporal to kill all the more than 1,000 Liaodong defenders. Deng Aike is a ruthless character, and he knows that there can be no kindness of women on the battlefield. Especially now, if some of these Liaodong defenders are allowed to escape, and then go to Gongxunyuan or Xiangping to report the news, they will definitely die a miserable death.

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It is said that after Deng Ai occupied the Xisaishan Walled City at noon, he naturally ordered his 3,000 soldiers to seize the time to strengthen the walled city, and at the same time sent someone to inform the deputy general to guard the exit of the rear mountain road, so as to prevent the Liaodong defenders from slipping through the net to report back to Xiangping, and then they had to send the follow-up grain, grass, equipment and so on quickly. The rapid march can't bring much grain, grass and equipment, and the goal now is to use this less than 3,000 troops to block Gongsun Yuan, and if there is not enough food, grass and equipment, it is simply nonsense!

Of course, there is a certain amount of grain in this walled city, which is enough for the original more than 1,000 defenders to eat for about half a year. Ordinary people may not care about this, but how shrewd is Deng Ai? After carefully examining the freshness of the grain and rice, he immediately ordered someone to find out the records of the turnover of grain and grass in the main account of the walled city. Sure enough, the grain and rice in the walled city were only sent from Xiangping last month. According to the military habits of Liaodong, the routine supply of this Xisai Mountain is once every three months, but because the current season is the beginning of spring, the road is inconvenient to walk before the heavy snowfall, so the grain and grass for about half a year are transported at one time, and the next supply will be in the spring, after the ice and snow on the road melt. To put it simply, it means that in the next two or three months, no troops or personnel from the Xiangping side will be sent here.

"God help me!"

As soon as Deng Ai figured out this section, he immediately shouted luck. Why did he ask the adjutant general to lead people to blockade and guard Xiangping's side before? Isn't it because of the location of the main road of Mount Cisse? Of course, the fish that slipped through the net here in the walled city can't let it escape, if someone from Xiangping's side comes over at this time, can you still expect the little people led by the deputy general to be completely blocked? So to be precise, the people led by the deputy general are blockading the walled city and guarding Xiangping. As soon as Xiangping's side found out that the situation here in Xisaishan Walled City was wrong and made some moves, Deng Ai had to prepare to be attacked on both sides.

But now? The walled city was only replenished not long ago, and according to the habits of the Liaodong military, I am afraid that no one will come to see it in the next two or three months...... The remote place where the birds don't poop, and the weather in the north is still very cold in early spring, the ghosts are willing to run here! To put it simply, Deng Ai doesn't have to worry about the threat that Xiangping may bring, so Deng Ai will shout "God help me" like this.

Of course, in order to prevent accidents, Deng Ai did not plan to transfer the men and horses on the side of the deputy general to the walled city, after all, in addition to the blockade and vigilance, the men and horses on the side of the deputy general also had to ensure contact with the fleet. In case something goes wrong, Deng Ai has this trick, and there is more or less a way out.

Since there was no need to worry about anything in the rear, Deng Ai's brains were all squeezed to the front. The walled city was being strengthened intensely, and the scouts were sent out early in the morning. When it was near dusk, the scouts rushed back and reported to Deng Aiyu that Gongsun Yuan's army of 30,000 had descended more than 50 miles west of Xisai Mountain.

Deng Ai was not surprised by this, what he was most afraid of was that Gongsun Yuan would return to the army immediately at this time. Gongxunyuan is one hundred and sixty or seventy miles away from Xisai Mountain, and there are still fifty miles left, which means that Gongsun Yuan has not received any news yet, and he is still staying in place.

When he got the news, Deng Ai was obviously relieved. According to Deng Ai's calculations, if Gongsun Yuan's army returned immediately, it wouldn't take long for the fifty-kilometer road to return. Even if the infantry can't come back for a while, are the other 10,000 cavalry under Gongsun Yuan vegetarian?

Now that Gongsun Yuan has not received the news, it means that Deng Ai still has some time to arm and rest. There is such a little time, which is enough for Deng Ai to play some tricks......

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In the blink of an eye, it was almost noon the next day.

In the rumbling of hooves, about hundreds of horsemen appeared under the walled city, and the first cavalry captain shouted to the walled city from afar, asking the walled city to open the gate and prepare to meet Gongsun Yuan's army. Just shouted for a long time, but no one on the walled city answered, and the cavalry captain was angry, and immediately slapped his horse and stepped forward to scold.

It may also be that the cavalry captain is a little tired and dizzy, and he doesn't want to think that the atmosphere on the walled city is so wrong. He had barely finished a few words when an arrow shot out from above the city. The cavalry lieutenant was caught off guard, and the feathered arrow hit him in the heart impartially, and then naturally fell under the horse.

The cavalry behind the lieutenant was immediately stunned, and before they could react, the flags and shadows of people on both sides of the mountain road flashed, and the rain of arrows in the sky followed. In a matter of moments, all of these hundreds of horsemen were hedgehogs...... However, the last few riders finally reacted faster, and there were people in front of them, so they turned around and slipped away when they saw that the momentum was not right. Looking back in his busy schedule, he found that the flag weaving on the wall was being replaced with the Yizhou military flag. Listening to the sound of shouts resounding through the mountains, I didn't know how many soldiers there were on the other side for a while, so I could only flee in panic.

Deng Ai saw that a small number of Liaodong cavalry who had intended to let go have fled at the top of the wall, and immediately ordered the gate to be opened, allowing the two thousand soldiers who had been ambushed on both sides of the mountain road to retreat into the walled city. As for the military flag left there or something, Deng Ai didn't bother to pay attention to it. It was originally put there for scary use, why remove it?

When the 2,000 men had withdrawn to the walled city, and the arrangement of the road was completed, Deng Ai gave another order:

"Shut the door for me completely!"

The wood, stones, and dirt that had been prepared for a long time kept being fed into the porch, and it didn't take long for the door to be completely blocked. Deng Ai is trying to block Gongsun Yuan, this gate is of no use to him at all, in case it is troublesome if it is breached, it is better to simply block it. And after closing the door and blocking it, all you have to do is wait for the attack of Gongsun Yuan's army.

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On the other hand, it didn't take long for Gongsun Yuan to receive a return from the fleeing war horse. As for this return, Gongsun Yuan was shocked when he heard it...... In fact, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than "the road to return of our army has been cut off by the Yizhou army", "there are a lot of Yizhou soldiers" and the like. Deng Ai came here first, the purpose was to make the Liaodong soldiers not understand the actual strength in the walled city, and then disturb the morale of the Liaodong soldiers and horses.

Unfortunately, Gongsun Yuan really fell for this. To be honest, it was not surprising that Gongsun Yuan would be at this meeting. Jiang You's Yizhou's shipping capacity is strong, and Gongsun Yuan, as one of Yizhou's former trading partners, is still relatively clear. In fact, as early as the beginning of Gongsun Yuan's army, Gongsun Yuan had considered Jiang Youke's ensuing revenge. According to Gongsun Yuan's assumption, as long as this battle is won, Jiang You's Northern Army will definitely be disabled, and even if Youbeiping falls into the hands of Xianbei, he will also be able to earn enough benefits, and he is not afraid of any revenge from the sea by Jiang You, who has already injured his vitality...... (To be continued.) )