Chapter 1339

In Shangjun, outside Shuofang city on the South Bank of the river, 100000 Tang troops braved the severe cold and orderly came to the river. 20000 cavalry troops were cruising on both sides of the army, and 50000 elite soldiers of Yingyang camp surrounded the logistics camp composed of 10000 soldiers and civilian men in the middle, approaching the unfrozen river.

Tian Yu was leading Gao Lan and Xu Huang to the river. Soon they came to the river. Looking at the thick ice on the river, Tian Yu turned to look at Xu Huang and said, "General Xu, have you confirmed the thickness of the ice? Is it certain that the army and the supplies will be safe to cross the river? "

Hearing the speech, Xu Huang immediately turned around and gave a salute to Tian Yu, saying: "don't worry, general. I personally confirmed yesterday that the thickness of the ice is enough. In Shangjun in recent years, the ice thickness of the river is the thickest that I haven't seen in recent years."

"Well," Tian Yu knew Xu Huang's steadiness, so he did not hesitate any more. He said to the messenger beside him, "go on, the cavalry will cross the river first, and watch the Zhao army on the other side. After confirming the safety, the rest of the soldiers will cross the river."

At this time, the northern part of the country had not changed. If ordinary people were not going to go out at this time, it was the best time for the Tang army to cross the river. The 100000 troops, even men and horses, are wrapped in thick winter clothes, but they are not afraid of the cold. Moreover, there is no snow in these days, which is the right time for the troops to cross the river.

You should know that the winter clothes of the 100000 troops of the Tang army were sent to Luoyang as early as last year after Huangfu Chaobo returned. That's why the Tang army is so fearless. But Zhao's army is different, let alone the winter clothes of 100000 troops. Now Zhang Liao, the general of the northern expedition, is in charge of the soldiers and horses of Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong and Dingxiang. Among his soldiers and horses, there are only 20000 soldiers and horses with thick winter clothes like Tang's army. The rest of the soldiers basically stay in the barracks and go out as little as possible in winter.

If the Tang army wants to cross the river again after the spring is warm, it will be a lot of trouble. Therefore, in the face of such a large-scale crossing of the river by the Tang army, although Zhang Liao intended to stop it, he was also unable to return to heaven.

However, Zhao was not unprepared. After he basically confirmed that the Tang army would send troops last year, Lv Bu happily handed over all the troops of the four northern counties to Zhang Liao.

Later, with the permission of Lv Bu, Zhang Liao ordered the people of Wuyuan and Wuyuan counties of Shuofang to move to the clouds, and gathered all the troops in each city. Zhang Liao personally led 25000 infantry troops to garrison in Guangmu, the best city in the two counties, while the other cities only arranged 3000 or 5000 troops, all of which were based on the elite of Zhao state After half a year's preparation, all the soldiers and horses in several counties are ready to be used.

Zhang Liao ordered to select 20000 of the most elite soldiers from Yunzhong and Dingxiang counties and give them to Song Xian, commander of Yunzhong Duwei, to garrison in Fuyang City. The rest of the soldiers in these two counties were given to Wang He, commander of Dingxiang Duwei, to be responsible for the safety of the two counties. However, Wang he had fewer than 20000 soldiers. If they were assigned to each city, they would be the most important More than a thousand people.

In today's cities of Shuofang and Wuyuan, except Guangmu and Fuyang, there are a lot of food and grass. In other cities, there are only enough food and grass for soldiers to die for half a year. Moreover, only a small number of young people are used as auxiliary soldiers. The rest of the ordinary people are ordered by Zhang Liao to move into the cloud.

Under Zhang Liao's deliberate concession, the 100000 Tang army successfully crossed the river. What they crossed the river with was enough food and grass for several months. Tian Yu knew that after crossing the river, the army would not want to get food and grass support from Henan for at least one or two months. So this time, he simply took enough food and grass for several months.

After the army crossed the river, Tian Yu didn't immediately send troops to Guangmu to fight against Zhang Liao. Instead, he sent his troops eastward to Xi'an and Yang. He had to arrange the food, grass and supplies before he could send troops to Guangmu. Before Zhang Liao's army was solved, he could not continue to March eastward to attack Fuyang. So Zhang Liao was not in a hurry, and he just waited for the Tang army Take the initiative.

A few days later, tens of thousands of Tang troops crossed the river and arrived at Yangcheng of Xi'an. As time went on, 20000 cavalry gathered the basic information of Zhao army in the north of the river.

Under the Yang City of Xi'an, in the camp of the Tang army, looking at the intelligence in his hand, Tian Yu looked at FA Zheng and said, "in the view of military strategists, what does Zhao Jun want to do?"

FA Zheng is looking at the map of Bingzhou in the big account, frowning and thinking carefully. Just as Tian Yu was about to get up, he suddenly looked up and saw that the Tang style on one side wanted to say nothing, so he said, "general Tang, what do you want to tell this general? But it doesn't matter. "

Hearing the speech, the Tang style quickly got up and said, "report back to the general. According to the opinion of the general, Zhao Jun imitated the practice of our army a few years ago. My lord Oh, when Lord Xiaojiejie was in power, he was attacked by the Xianbei army. At that time, after several adults discussed, they withdrew all the people in the field to the city, and then strengthened the wall and cleared the field... "

After hearing this, Fazheng brightened his eyes and then sank his face. He said, "general Tang's words remind me, and I think Zhao's army is more than that. After all, the information sent back in the second half of last year shows that Zhao Guoguo moved the people of the two counties on a large scale.""If it's not bad," Fazheng said in a deep voice, "it's very likely that among all the cities in the two counties, it's estimated that there are only Zhao soldiers and horses, and there are few ordinary people left."

When Tian Yu heard the words, he responded and said: "in the view of military strategists, the state of Zhao wants to delay the war. As long as the war is delayed, some of the princes in the world will be unable to restrain it. At that time, our country will need to fight on two or even three sides. At that time, the crisis of the state of Zhao will be solved."

"That's right. Now, we need to settle down the army as soon as possible, and then make clear the distribution of Zhang Liao's army, and then we can arrange the next war!" Fazheng said that and looked up at Tian Yu. After all, he was the commander in chief of the three armed forces, and he was only a military adviser.

"Good," Tian Yu rubbed to his feet, looked at the generals in the tent and said, "the army will rest all night and attack Xi'an Yangcheng tomorrow."

At this point, he turned to the public and said, "tomorrow's battle will be dominated by General Gao Lan and assisted by Tang style general. Both generals should be familiar with Xi'an Yangcheng, especially general Tang. I hope that tomorrow will be a good one."

Both of them were overjoyed when they heard the speech. They looked at each other and walked to the center of the tent quickly. They gave a salute and said, "if you don't take the command, you can rest assured. If you don't wait, you will be able to live up to your trust."

Although the other generals were unwilling, they also knew that there was nothing wrong with Tian Yu's move. Gao Lan, as the first general of the original allied forces, had no problem in his ability. Tang Shi was originally the commander of Xi'an Yang, and no one was more familiar with him.

This time, fifty thousand Yingyang soldiers were divided into three parts. Tian Yuqin led twenty thousand Chinese soldiers, Gao Lan and Xu Huang led fifteen thousand each, and the three generals of the Tang Dynasty led five thousand of them.

"The rest of the generals, General Xu Huang and general Ju Yan, raided the battle line for the Gaotang Dynasty. If they could not capture Xi'an Yang tomorrow, the two leaders would attack the city in the future. The Chinese army would stay at the camp, half of the cavalry would stay at the camp, and half of the cavalry would be scattered in thousands of people to watch the movement of the Zhao army."

After hearing this, Gao Lan and Tang Shi changed their faces and said to Tian Yu, "don't worry, general. Before dark tomorrow, the army will have dinner in Yangcheng, Xi'an."

"That's good!" Tian Yu said with a smile: "I will wait and see!"