War naturally requires strategy. Often strategy is just a battle plan, but whether strategy can achieve the desired results depends on the soldiers who fight.
Xie Shi in the dark felt that he had lost inexplicably, but he didn't think about one thing, that is, the Jin army and the Han army could not be regarded as the same at all. In addition, he attached too much importance to the family private soldiers (cavalry) and led to the division of the battlefield, which would make the Jin army collapse so quickly in the war situation.
"Where are we?" Xie Shi didn't ask until his mouth could speak. Instead of shouting, he tried to keep his voice down: "what's the situation on the battlefield?"
The air is a little stuffy. It seems that the space is small enough. Judging from the breathing, six people are crowded in a narrow cellar?
I don't know who is talking in the dark. He said, "before we leave, general Xie's army and troops are firmly guarding the camp, and the Han army is carrying out a large-scale attack."
Xie Shi listened hard and wanted to hear something. As a result, there was silence, not even the sound of insects.
Until Xie Shi was knocked unconscious and taken away, it should be said that the Jin army was only at a disadvantage but did not collapse. About 3000 of them were divided in the front of the defense line, and there were nearly 4000 people in the camp behind.
The Han Army led by Huan Wen was only 10000. After the war, there must not be as many as 10000 people. It was also to attack the Jin army camp with a relatively wide range. It was not easy to eat the still organized Jin army in a short time.
The reason why no sound came into Xie Shi's ears was that he was taken about thirteen miles away from the battlefield by the guard to a prepared refuge, that is, a deep dug cellar.
The space of the cellar should be three times three meters square. Its import and export is a three meter channel that only allows one person to pass through. In other words, the cellar is below three meters. No wonder it feels extremely wet. There are grain and water reserves in the cellar in advance, so that the originally small space becomes very crowded after entering six people, because too many people breathe and there is no good vent, which also makes the air very turbid.
They waited in the cellar for seven days until people from outside came and all talents including Xie Shi came to the ground. At this time, Huan Wen had defeated the Jin army originally led by Xie Shi, and the Han Army marched towards Baoxin (about 50 miles south of Xincai).
Xie Shi's face was very pale and his people were relatively shrinking. It was affected by the humid cellar environment for a long time. He asked, "Xie Ping... And everyone?"
Xie's guard from behind said with a dim look, "general Xie, including more than 4000 soldiers, has been captured."
Xie Shi learned more later that Xie Ping's army was only broken into the stronghold on the third day. They still wanted to resist without hope of winning. However, not all Jin army generals and schools had the will to resist in a completely adverse environment. After Xie Ping was attacked and bound, the Jin army along the river bank laid down their arms and surrendered.
After the mutiny and surrender of the army led by Xie Ping, the Han Army immediately rushed to Xinxi.
Xinxi actually had 5000 garrisons, but they didn't expect Huan Wen to let the Han Army enter the city as a rout, mixed with the surrendered Jin army. It should be said that there were those real Jin army generals who rebelled. The person in charge of the Jin army guarding the city would see that the acquaintances opened the city gate without hesitation, resulting in the city gate being suddenly attacked and controlled by the Han Army, waiting for the Han Army to rush into the city. The situation has become irreversible.
"Did the Han Army suffer heavy losses?" Xie Shi wanted to know one thing: "how many troops were there when they attacked Baoxin?"
Not everyone can answer this question casually. Xie Shi didn't get the answer he wanted. He made a rough estimate, that is, the Han Army after fighting should lose three or four thousand. Then six or seven thousand, plus the surrender of the Jin army, Huan Wen still had ten thousand troops in hand.
The truth is that the Han Army didn't lose as much as three or four thousand. Until he won the new interest, Huanwen still had nearly 8000 Han troops in hand. He didn't take the demobilized soldiers on a March. He directly drove the demobilized soldiers on board and would be transported to Jiangdu. After a little rest, his final destination was to cross the sea to Liaodong.
Xie Shi is now facing a problem. Seven of them want to go to Xincai. It is very difficult to return directly to the south of the Yangtze River.
A rough looking guard said, "little master, Xincai is already an isolated city. It should be that the Han Army has besieged the city. Even if we can get close successfully, how can we cross the layers of interception of the Han Army and enter the city?"
Originally speaking, Xie Shi really didn't want to escape back to the south of the Yangtze River after losing so many troops, especially when he buried the 1400 elite family private soldiers he brought out. He experienced a blow, but he was also much more mature. He was not arrogant enough to think that he could cross the border full of Han troops with six people.
"We must have soldiers fleeing in the wilderness?" Xie Shi really didn't want to go back to the south of the Yangtze River now. He said, "there are many local Haozu. Can we get their support?"
It seems that Xie Shi wants to regroup and compete with the Han army again?
On the other hand, Huan Wen, who easily conquered the commendation letter, was in a very good mood. He had received the news from Wang Pu that the approaching army from Xuzhou had arrived at the foot of Ruyin City, and Li Kuang was sending 30000 troops towards the commendation letter.
"Even if the boy's whereabouts are not found." Huan Wen was talking about Xie Shi. He said with a smile: "even if I look at Anshi's face, I can't kill him in the battle, and there can't be any abuse when he was captured. Since he found it but didn't find it, it's the boy's luck."
Yuan Qiao didn't intend to waste any more time on Xie Shi. He knew that Huan Wen's mention of Xie Shi was also a joke in a happy mood. Instead of answering the topic, he said, "Ruyin has been conquered, and now only Xincai is left."
The offensive and defensive war of Ruyin city ended three days ago. After Li Kuang threatened, there were many people who wanted to be insiders in Ruyin city. However, the fall of Ruyin city was not that insiders should open the city gate. It was those family private soldiers in the city who failed to seize the city gate, which led to the chaotic war between the Jin army guarding the city and the private soldiers of all families in the city. The Han army launched an attack at an appropriate time. It should be said that it was heavy casualties that led to the capture of some wall sections. Behind it, the Han Army committed suicide and opened the gate, which led to the fall of Ruyin city.
Li Kuang, who captured Ruyin, led his troops to Xincai. In the development of the war situation, the abbot has always been "braking with silence", which directly makes Xincai an absolutely right isolated city.
"Xincai was reinforced and raised again and again, and Chu Li also had nearly 70000 troops in his hands?" Yuan Qiao didn't look down on Chu Li, but frowned and said, "the war in Puyang County has broken out."
Dealing with a shrinking turtle is actually the easiest way to turn a war into a bad war, that is, one side is strictly guarded, and the other side can only suffer heavy casualties and take a long time. It is entirely the soldiers of both sides who take their lives.
No matter how you look at it, Chu Li will not send troops out of the city. It is estimated that he does not understand the common sense of strategists that an isolated city cannot be guarded and it is not advisable to stick to it, but it also makes it impossible for Huan Wen to easily capture Xincai.
"Yes, the war over Puyang has begun." Huan Wen was also frowning. He said, "the two sides have attack and defense against each other around the white horse and Puyang as the dividing line. The troops of the Han Dynasty are at a disadvantage and will soon evolve into an attack and defense war between cities. I just don't know how the king arranged it?"
There are only two fronts on which war is breaking out in the Han Dynasty. One is Huanwen, of course, and the other is the war of Puyang, which has just begun.
The Han army headquarters used by Huanwen side is only 30000, with 200000 servants. They have blocked Chu Li, including the rest of the Jin army, in Xincai city. On the premise that the Yangtze River is controlled by the Han fleet, it is very difficult for the Jin army to rush North for assistance. It should be said that their war is actually very smooth.
The Han Army in Puyang County faced an army of nearly 180000 Jie people led by Shi Hu. The number of Zhao troops in Shijie at the periphery should be about 300000 or 400000, which means that after the outbreak of war, 80000 Han troops relied on the defense line established in winter to deal with all Zhao troops in Shijie.
"How else can it be arranged?" Huan Wen didn't even think about it. He said directly, "we're not the only army in Yuzhou, and there are 30000 in confrontation with sun Fudu. The king must be paying attention to the war on our side, so he waited to solve the Jin army and mobilize us to go north to participate in the war."
The two were talking on horseback and took a thousand people to Xincai. The scenery along the way could not attract them. Both Huan Wen and Yuan Qiao wanted to arrive at Xincai city as soon as possible and observe with their own eyes what kind of defense method the abbot was.
It should be said that Huan Wen was still very cautious. He left 3000 in Xinxi and 4000 in commendation letters. He would wait for the 30000 people mobilized by Li Kuang to replace the headquarters of the Han Army stationed in the garrison.
Now Huanwen doesn't know that his caution is not futile. It is that Xincai's offensive and defensive war has entered an intense stage. Xie Shi really relies on closing down the defeated soldiers and persuading local giants to build an army. Or did Xie Shi not cause more trouble because he left enough defenders in the new information and commendation letters. Only Huanwen didn't take action for a while, so Xie Shi led people to flee in the wilderness.
The commendation letter was not too far from Xincai. When Huan Wen and Yuan Qiao were within ten miles of Xincai, Li Kuang personally led people to meet them.
As the second deputy general of the Han Army in Yuzhou, Li Kuang had the responsibility to personally report the development of the war situation to Huan Wen, even including the early war process.
"Chengji did a very good job!" Huan Wen extremely affirmed Li Kuang's achievements and said with a smile, "I will certainly ask the king for your merit!"
Li Kuang was very happy. He had calculated for himself more than once before. If his merit was affirmed, his title should be promoted by two levels, and his official position should be promoted by two levels. At that time, he was the military attach é of Zhonglang general level, and was expected to compete for one of the three Zhonglang generals of Xi, Nan and Zhong.
Although it's just Zhonglang generals, the official positions of the state of Han are based on the western and Eastern Han Dynasties. There are not many miscellaneous generals. Zhonglang generals are already regarded as the top level of the army, and the core generals who can lead the army are the four towns and four expeditions, and then the riding generals and Hussars generals... Those can only be the center of the town and do not go out easily.
"The Lord will have a bright future after this war." Li kuangman respectfully said to Huan Wen, "it must be the four towns or the four levy level."
After hearing this, Huan Wen burst into "ha ha" laughter. He was running to become a core military general. After laughing, his face gradually became serious. Without words, he came to the army camp, waited to sit in the main position of the Chinese Army's big tent, and asked, "what's the situation in Xincai city?"
Wang Biao was the one who reported this time. Before that, he led 30000 Han troops to Xincai. After the troops came to the city, the situation was relatively strange. He said: "when our army arrived at Xincai City, there was no war."
Yuan Qiao listened to Da Qi and asked, "don't even have a scout war?"
That's how Wang Biao looked strange and replied, "back in history, the enemy completely shrank, and our army didn't attack the city rashly."
One side is completely hiding in the turtle shell, and the other side feels that there is no need to attack for the time being. As a result, even a small-scale battle has not happened.
For a moment, Huan Wen and Yuan Qiao were looking at each other. They didn't understand what the abbot was thinking.
"Chu Li has been staying in Xincai. He tried his best to collect food into the city when he contracted his troops. At the end of the day, he estimated that the food in the city should be enough for them to eat for a year to a year and a half." Li Kuang didn't include the consumption of residents in the city. He said: "from the mouth of the fallen General Li Mai, we know that there are 30000 regular Jin troops in the city and nearly 30000 private soldiers from various families. There should be about 20000 local powerful armed forces."
When it comes to local giants, Li Kuang's face is obviously murderous. None of the Han army generals, including Huan Wen and Yuan Qiao, has a good face.
Wherever the Han army went, there were not no local giants who took the initiative to take refuge. It should be said that there were not a few who could take refuge. All of them harboured ghosts or planned how to obtain benefits. It is impossible to say that all the great powers who did not take refuge in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, that is, most of them adopt the attitude of "two do not help each other".
They are people who have reached a certain level of identity. How can they not know that local giants have always been a major event bothering the center. There are so many unidentified local giants on the battlefield, but they will never make the generals of the unified army happy.
"I didn't have time before..." Huan Wen sneered. He spoke with his hand touching the handle of the sword: "it's time to clean up."
Yuan Qiao nodded: "Chu Li can't shrink out. It may be a protracted attack and defense war. It's time to clean up."
In a simple way, the two armies fight, especially the invading party will never allow uncontrollable armed forces to be within the scope of the battlefield, and then the next attack and defense war in the city. No matter which Han Army General or Colonel thinks that the more cannon fodder, the better.