Chapter 880: Wen Yang's thoughts
ps: Corrected later, about one o'clock........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ However, compared with the plains of Jizhou, there is really a feeling of seeing a big thing, and the vastness and majesty of the plains of Jizhong are far beyond the reach of the land of Jizhou. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
After living in Bingzhou for a long time, I will especially like the atmosphere of the beautiful mountains and rivers, and the mountains of Bingzhou are usually not so steep, between the ups and downs, there will always be a little soothing, and the water in Bingzhou is also very gentle, the river surface is not wide, the water flow is not urgent, and there is always a feeling of fresh breeze coming and water waves not rising.
Bingzhou, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers, is a relatively closed area, Liu Yuan is accustomed to life in Bingzhou, and suddenly came to the vast plains of Jizhou, his eyes suddenly opened, and his mood naturally changed significantly.
However, after learning about the situation in Jizhou, Liu Yuan is no longer optimistic. Although he used to receive reports from Liu Xuan from Jizhou from time to time, but the distance is far away, the timeliness will be greatly reduced, and the battle situation in Jizhou is complicated, often a thousand miles a day, I am afraid that before the news reaches Jinyang, the battle situation over there has changed.
Now the situation in Jizhou can be described as a dog's tooth staggered, the Xiongnu, Jin, and Shu forces are mixed in it, entangled with each other, attacking each other, and even no county is monopolized by one party, and the entire war situation in Jizhou is fragmented and chaotic.
Three years ago, when the Shu general Luo Xian led the right army into Jizhou, Shi Wenyang, the assassin of Jizhou of the Jin Kingdom, and Liu Xuan, the king of the Xiongnu Zuoxian, were fighting fiercely in Jizhou, and the wolf smoke was everywhere.
Because Liu Xuan commanded more than 100,000 Xiongnu troops, they had an absolute advantage in military strength, and the Jin army was transferred to Hanoi because of Yanghu, leaving only more than 30,000 people for Wenyang, although it was later supplemented by some supplements, but the maximum could only be maintained at about 50,000 horses, compared with the strength of the Huns, it was still far from it.
The gap in strength is destined to Wen Yang on the battlefield of Jizhou can only take a defensive position to deal with the attack of the Huns, but Wen Yang's ability is still far above Liu Xuan, with half of the troops and Liu Xuan, but there is no downfall, the two sides in the overall situation, or maintain a five-five situation.
However, with the arrival of the Shu army, this stalemate was quickly broken. Luo Xian came out of the annexation state, captured the Jingchengkou in one fell swoop, and opened up the pass into the Jizhou Plain.
The five armies of the right army of the Shu army, all of them are cavalry, and fighting in the plains, the cavalry will undoubtedly have a considerable advantage, out of the Jingchengkou, the Shu army fought an encounter with the Xiongnu army in Zhending, annihilated more than 3,000 Xiongnu troops, and took Changshan County in one fell swoop.
The sudden arrival of the Shu army, it was Liu Xuan who was really nervous, he couldn't handle it with just a Wen Yang, Luo Xian stabbed him hard in the back, which really made Liu Xuan a little unbearable.
Luo Xian entered Jizhou, his 50,000 troops consumed much more grain and grass than the Central Army and the Right Army combined, 50,000 people and 50,000 horses, put together that is 100,000 mouths, to solve the rations of these 100,000 mouths, it is indeed enough for Luo Xian to have a headache.
When Jinyang divided the troops, Liu Yin gave Luo Xian a lot of care, and the right army received the most grain and grass. But these grains and grasses are limited after all, and without logistical supplies, no matter how much grain and grass they have, they will have to rely on self-reliance for the rest of their lives.
Of course, this self-reliance is not for Luo Xian's army to produce its own grain, in a harsh war environment, it is simply unrealistic to want to farm and farm, and the only means is to take food from the enemy and snatch grain and grass from the enemy.
Because the main force of the Huns is basically concentrated in Yecheng and the Jin army to start a fierce battle, so the rear of several counties are relatively empty, which undoubtedly gave Luo Xian a chance to catch the spoils, conquering the real will let Luo Xian is harvest a lot, in the next few battles, the Shu army won a complete victory, but also captured the grain and grass heavy military supplies, to a certain extent, greatly alleviated the Shu army's grain and grass difficulties.
In order to deal with the offensive of the Shu army, Liu Xuan had to turn around, divide his troops to deal with the Shu army, and fight Julu with the Shu army.
This battle can be called a watershed in the situation in Jizhou, Liu Xuan concentrated the Xiongnu army near the pass, and the Shu army for a decisive battle, nearly 100,000 cavalry to carry out a general battle, the scale is unprecedented.
In the first stage of the campaign, the Shu army only had one army, Qinglong, and the original intention of Deng Pu to lead the army into Julu was not to fight a decisive battle with the Huns, but to grab more grain and grass. Liu Xuan deliberately hoarded a lot of military rations in Julu to lure the Shu army to come.
Deng Pu was only bent on finding more grain and grass, and found out the Huns' grain and grass camp in the area of Julu, so he led the army to come, but he fell into the ambush of the Huns and fell into the siege of the Huns.
However, in a difficult situation, the Qinglong Army did not lose the will to fight, formed a defensive cavalry formation, and launched a roundabout battle with the Huns, and at the same time, asked for help from the White Tiger Army in nearby Gaoyi.
Fu Zhao led the White Tiger Army to Julu very quickly, launched a fierce attack on the encirclement of the Huns from the flank, and tore a hole alive, and merged with the Qinglong army.
But Liu Xuan did not stop there, he continued to increase his forces to Julu, in a vain attempt to wipe out more Shu troops in Julu.
In the second phase of the campaign, the Shu army continued to dispatch Lu Xun's Suzaku Army and Xun Kai's Xuanwu Army south to Julu to rescue the trapped Qinglong Army and the White Tiger Army.
If the 20,000 Shu army is in a group, it is also a rather terrible defensive force, and no matter what kind of attack the Huns use, they will not be able to easily tear apart the defense line of the Shu army.
After the Vermilion Bird Army and the Xuanwu Army arrived at Julu, the siege of the Huns was no longer sustainable, but Liu Xuan did not admit defeat easily, in order to divide the Shu army, Liu Xuan also used cavalry to forcibly block the Shu army's breakthrough offensive at any cost, and the battle between the two sides almost reached a white-hot level. (To be continued.) )