Chapter 146: Five Ways Advance (Continued)
The so-called "Why do you use a knives to kill chickens? Originally, Shi Xun didn't think that it was necessary to use a large army to attack in five directions when dealing with the five gates of Dabie Mountain. But since Prime Minister Yuchi Dun made the decision, he would act according to the order.
As an old subordinate of the former Shu king Yuchi Jiong, Shi Xun was of course a follower of the Yuchi family. Although he was a little surprised that the former Shu king had made Yuchi Dun the crown prince, Yuchi Dun's decisive behavior still made Shi Xun admire him.
Therefore, when the King of Shu grows old, people become nostalgic when they grow old, so they can't make up their minds about Yuwen. Shi Xun and other old subordinates knew this contradictory mood and were also helpless.
Therefore, the King of Shu wanted to be loyal to his nephew and uncle, but now the matter has come to an end. Shi Xun is always worried that one day the young emperor will jump over the wall and revive it like his uncle Yuwen Yong. At that time, as a member of the Yuchi family, they will be in great trouble.
In troubled times, when the emperor relies on strong military forces rather than inheritance from bloodline, Emperor Tianyuan of Yuwen's family made his own profiteering, so don't blame others for taking advantage, let alone Yuwen's country was preserved by the Yuchi family, so what if you change the dynasty?
The successor to Prime Minister, King Yuchi Dun of Shu, had just one year of decisive breakup. Shi Xun and others were relieved. Now that everyone has broken up, there are some things that are easier to do. Although he has not obtained the position of commander in Jingzhou, being able to attack Huangzhou is a good mission.
The main force of the Huangzhou Army is now far away in Jiangzhou or even Lingbiao. Facing the empty Huangzhou General Administration, Shi Xun felt that it was enough to lead the troops south. Now that the five routes are advancing together, they just use a ox knife to kill the chicken. However, after thinking about it, after finishing the breakfast training early, it would save Yuwen's death struggle.
The five troops and horses each had thousands of troops. After attacking the Huangzhou territory, they were enough to scare Anlu to the west into chaos. At that time, those who were unwilling to die with Yuwen Liang and his son would become alive.
But this is a bit boring. Shi Xun felt that it would be a pleasure to set up a large formation to fight a decisive battle. The Huangzhou General Administration is the territory of King Yuwen Wen of Xiyang. It is said that this one-legged bronze man is very good at fighting, and he really wants to experience it.
Shi Xun heard the rumors and said that the King of Shu Yuchi Jiong had a good evaluation of his grandson-in-law Yuwen Wen, so he wanted to learn about the other party's abilities, but this person went out to fight and was far away in Guangzhou.
In other words, the tiger is not in the mountains, which makes Shi Xun, a good hunter, lose.
If the son was assassinated and died today, the new king was the son of King Xiyang. Shi Xun also wanted to defeat Yuwen Wen and capture him alive. When he was taken back to Yecheng, he would see what the father and son would meet, so he was quite regretful now.
"Why did you sigh during the festival? Our army will definitely be able to take the Loess Pass today."
"It's nothing. The King of Xiyang is not in Huangzhou, it's really a waste of time."
After hearing the commander say this, the general smiled and said, "The imperial army will be able to pacify Guanzhong within the year. Shannan. He received the news in Lingbiao, which may be of no use. This is also considered as God blessing Yuwen. At that time, the one-legged bronze man hid his identity and found a wife to live for Yuwen. He would not be over."
"That may not be." Shi Xun smiled, "Even if he wants to hide, he will be tied up by his subordinates to receive the reward."
"That's his own bad luck, no one else's fault."
While we were chatting and laughing, we suddenly heard cheers coming. Looking up, we saw something wrong with the situation in the Loess Pass. Our siege equipment was approaching, but the counterattack inside the Pass was getting weaker and weaker, and there seemed to be fewer and fewer people on the city wall.
"Haha, I was scared away!"
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The Xiaohuang Water flows slowly to the south and north. When it flows out of the Dabie Mountains and other rivers flow in, the Xiaohuang Water becomes the Huang Water, flowing through the outskirts of Guangzhou Prefecture, irrigating countless fertile fields.
The yellow rice waves rise and fall with the autumn wind. The farmers harvest and thresh them, and they can get snow-white rice. With rice, the soldiers can eat their stomachs and become more and more brave in the battle formation.
Unfortunately, there is still some time before the autumn harvest, and the Huangzhou army will not be able to wait for that day.
Cao Yunli, the general of Shangkaifu, looked at the rice fields on the banks of Xiaohuangshui River and felt a little excited. The endless thunder sounds came from his ears. Looking up, Muling Pass, the smoke-torn Muling Pass seemed to be shaking.
The Huangzhou army guarding Muling Pass used a catapult to shoot thunder and shot against Cao Yunli's troops who besieged Muling Pass. However, for Cao Yunli, who was well-invested, he would only win if he could waste it.
The southern Dingzhou Prefecture is located in Menglong. There is Muling Pass on Muling Mountain 90 miles north of the city. In other words, he only needs to capture Muling Pass, and it is only ninety miles away from the southern Dingzhou Prefecture is located in Menglong.
Muling Pass guards the Guanghuang Road that runs across the north and south of the Dabie Mountains, but this pass is not crossing the valleys, but is located on Muling Mountain on the east side of the valley, and controls the official road from a high place. Therefore, Muling Pass is more like a fort than a pass.
There are rivers on both sides of the east and west sides, just like the word "在", which clamps Muling Pass. The river on the east side is Xiaohuangshui and the unknown small river on the west side is not deep. However, for Muling Pass, it is a good barrier.
If it is rainy, the defenders can divide their troops into two places and build dams upstream of the two rivers. When the enemy troops come from the north and attack in the south, seize the opportunity to break the dike and release the water, and the enemy troops besieged Muling Pass can be killed and killed.
It is summer and autumn now, and it is the time when the river is abundant. Once it is attacked by people, Cao Yunli, who has been through the battlefield for a long time, may not have the shame to see others.
Fortunately, he brought many soldiers, which forced the Huangzhou army to retreat to Muling Pass and could not divide the troops to build a dam upstream of the two rivers. Cao Yunli only needed to pull out this thorn and could lead his troops south to Nandingzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of the Huangzhou General Administration.
Eat the enemy, but the best way to reduce the logistics burden. Now that the autumn harvest is about to come, the time for harvest is not yet reached, the imperial army advancing side by side, when it attacked the territory of the Huangzhou General Administration, just harvested rice from rice fields from various places as military rations.
From Guangzhou on the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains to Nandingzhou on the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains, the distance is only more than 200 miles, but the road is rugged and not easy to walk. It consumes a lot of food to transport. Now you can eat from the enemy and just free up your transportation capacity to transport more thunders.
But what should we do if the Huangzhou army cut rice in advance?
It doesn’t matter, the unripe rice will be cut after being cut. Anyway, if it continues to consume like this, the one that cannot withstand it is relatively low in Huangzhou, which has relatively low total grain output. The army of the imperial court that went south can have a steady supply of grain, which is nothing more than the consumption on the way.
Yuwen's family is in a diminishing state and it's time to leave, so Cao Yunli agrees with the breakup, but at first he complained about the pre-war arrangements, thinking that Prime Minister Yuchi Dun ordered the five routes to attack Huangzhou was a big deal. However, now it seems that it is a good way to end the war as soon as possible.
The main force of the Huangzhou army was expeditioning in the south. Now the remaining troops were insufficient, and they divided their troops to guard five passes, so how could they be defended? He was sure to take down Muling Pass quickly, and the other four groups of troops would definitely break through the pass and go south.
At that time, the five routes will advance together, and I am afraid that all parts of the Huangzhou General Administration will surrender. Yu Wenliang and his son will wait for the beheadings to be shown to the public!
Chapter completed!