Chapter 10 Three ways to advance

After the joint discussion of the four top ministers, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You and Tian Feng, they thought that the time to go to Hebei was completely ripe. The interior of Bingzhou is stable, and there is no strong enemy outside. In addition, the soldiers are well trained, and the money warehouse and grain are piled up year by year, which is the end of the division of the princes.

He Chen is also in high spirits. I have been in this world for so many years, doing so many things and making so many preparations. Finally, I began to lead the army out, leaving a heavy number of princes and heroes in the history of the war. The first one is Yuan Shao, who is now the most powerful in the north.

In the first year of Jian'an, in the spring of 196 A.D., He Chen issued a list of documents, saying that Yuan Shao was not a minister, wanted to establish himself as an emperor, and refused to accept court documents. He was actually a thief of the Han Dynasty. Subsequently, a hundred thousand troops were sent to Jizhou in three ways.

Along the way, Gao Shun led the "Nutao Legion" as the left army, went out of the upper Ai of Leping County, took the "Weize Pass" (now Niangzi Pass), attacked Jingxing, and intimidated the counties of Changshan.

Jingxing is located at the junction of Hebei and Bingzhou. It is the throat of Jin and Hebei. Niangzi Pass is also known as the ninth pass of the Great Wall, which is a place that soldiers of all dynasties must compete for. The Great Wall on the southeast side is winding and tall. The peach river in the west of the city is surrounded by water all year round. The dangerous mountains, river valleys and the Great Wall have built a natural barrier between Jin and Hebei.

On the other hand, Wei Yan led the "Hurricane Legion" out of the party and entered Baixing.

A deep valley is washed out of the Mohe River flowing down from Taihang Mountain. The exit of the valley is in Bobi Town, Hui County, which is called Mengmenkou. Mengmen Pass Mountain Stone has a strange color, also known as Zixia Pass. According to this, it can cross the Yellow River in the south to attack Bian, Zheng, Heze in the east, Daming, and Anyang and Handan in the north. It is a military important place that can be attacked and defended in the south of Sanxing.

In the end, He Chen personally led 70,000 troops, with Huang Zhong's "Burning Legion" as the vanguard, Zhao Jun and Ma Yu as the deputy generals, Dian Wei, Ji Ling, Huang Wudie, Zhang Xiu, Gan Ning and dozens of other generals, and Zhao Yun to lead 10,000 cavalry as the three-way rescue envoys, Guo Jia as the military division, Jia Xu as the staff, Tian Feng as the Sima of the army, and Chen Lin as the main body. Governor Li Yan has three roads of grain and fodder. Then the army came out of the upper party, and the soldiers were out of their mouths.

The road of the three armies echoed each other from afar, and the momentum was huge. For a time, the beacon fire in the north continued, and Jizhou was shocked and uneasy.

Due to He Chen's deliberate operation for many years, the southern three paths in the eight paths of Taihang, the middle two paths, either bright or dark, are under control. Now the three paths are almost like breaking bamboo. Gaoshun Lianke Shiyi, Lingshou, Zhending counties, and most of Changshan County fell, and Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army is at nine gates. Wei Yan's right army was also extremely sharp, with seven battles and seven victories, and even killed Jiang Qi, the general guarding Anyang.

Unlike the left and right armies marching all the way, the middle army led by He Chen was strongly blocked by the Hebei army in Fukou. The main reason is that the position of Fukouxing is too important. It is only a few hundred miles from Yecheng, the governor of Jizhou. Yuan Shao sent Han Meng, a famous general from Hebei Province, to lead 20,000 elites to guard the defense line of Fukouxing. If it hadn't been for He Chen's use of general skills to cut a small mountain road, and then the 3,000 flying axe warriors who fought in the mountain took advantage of the night to cross the mountain and sneak attack the gate, I don't know when the barrier could be broken. Once Fuguan was won, there was almost no danger to defend this line in Hebei. Huang Zhong broke through the counties of Chaoge and Wei, beheaded nearly 10,000, and then the army besieged Handan City.

It doesn't take ten minutes. Under the three sides of Bingzhou soldiers, more than one-tenth of Jizhou's territory has been completely lost. Almost every time, there are hundreds of hundreds of urgent fire books, and Yuan Shaobu of Yishui.

Yuan Shao was shocked and engaged in the examination and matching in the governance. At the suggestion of Guo Tu, Zhang He, one of the four pillars of the courts in Hebei, was the vanguard, and a total of 100,000 troops were raised. The fierce generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou were the left and right envoys. Gao Lan was the respondent. The famous general Ju Yi sent 20,000 soldiers into the capital of Zhaxin to resist the Gaoshun army. He also asked Xiao's general Chunyu Qiong to lead 20,000 horses, and the night star rode quickly to support Ye City. Later, he sent messengers to Wuwan, Bai Di, and Xianbei. He made a promise to get a total of 80,000 barbarian soldiers, leaving 50,000 high cadres to refuse to guard Gongsun. A total of 300,000 troops were raised before and after, and they came fiercely, and they wanted to eliminate He Chen's big trouble in one fell swoop.

In March, the Bingzhou army broke through the Great City of Handan, killed the Taishou Wang Zhao, and slaughtered thousands of soldiers. There are countless gold and resources, and the grain is like a mountain. Then the army began to besiege Ye City.

Since the governor of Jizhou moved from Xindu to Yecheng in 184 A.D., this place has become the cultural and commercial center of Hebei. It can be said that Yecheng is the facade of Jizhou. If this place is lost, the blow to the confidence of Yuan Shao and even Hebei Group will be extremely heavy. It's just that Ye City is the city of Han Weijian. The city wall is nearly ten meters high. The city wall has eight gates and two gate towers. It is equipped with a barb city, an enemy tower, a war house, a sentry post, a Tibetan cave, and a restoration gate. The defense system is complete, and it is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In March, Yuan Shao's reinforcements have come to Boling.

In the middle of the month, He Chen listened to Guo Jia's opinions, left the Wei Yan army to continue to besiege Ye City, pull out the main army to the north, and began to fight with Yuan Shao in Julu and Guangzong.

The giant deer is a must-have place for soldiers of all dynasties. Whether it is the famous "Battle of the Giant Deer" at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Xiu's crusade against Wang Lang at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, or the "Battle of Jingnan" of Zhu Di, the king of the Ming Dynasty, all took place here. From the Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, Julu was always named Nanyi County, and it was not until the beginning of the Sui Dynasty that it was renamed Julu County. Julu is named after the mainland, which is also known as Guang Aze. It is named after the alluvial plain in front of Taihang Mountain. The terrain is flat, and there is almost no danger to defend except for Zhangshui.

In those years, Xiang Yu was in the south of Zhangshui, with 60,000 horses and a battle in Beishui, he defeated Wang Li's 400,000 troops. Zhang Han had no way to advance and retreat. Finally, he led 200,000 Qin troops to surrender, and Xiang Yu established a leading position in all kinds of the rebels. After this war, the Qin Dynasty survived. Nowadays, the situation is almost similar. The same generation of dynasties are falling apart, and they also hit the masses with less. I just don't know if He Chen can replicate the determination of the overlord of Chu to be brave and fearless, break the pot and sink the boat, and fight in Beishui.

He Chen's 70,000 people are in the south of Zhangshui, looking at the giant deer across the river.

The source of Zhang water comes from the mountains in the southeast of Jin, and there are two sources: the Qingzhang River and the Zhuo Zhanghe River. The two sources are called the Zhanghe River after the confluence of Hezhang Village on the southwest border of Hebei Province. It flows east to Guantao into the Wei River.

Yuan Shao's main army is stationed in Julu City. Jiang Qi, a general under his company, led 30,000 people on the north bank of the Zhangshui River. There were many arrow towers, densely covered with sentry towers, sealed the river and locked the road, controlled Sanhujin, an important ferry in Zhangshui, guarded it with heavy troops, and intercepted the state army. Another general, Peng An, led 10,000 elites and stationed in Zhangshui with sweat to prevent He Chen from sending people to smuggle.

South of Zhangshui, He Chen looked far away by the river. He could faintly see the military camp on the other side of the bank. He couldn't help smiling and said to Tian Feng behind him, "Yuan Hao, now Yuan Shao guards this Zhangshui defense line and it is difficult for birds to cross, and the water does not leak. What can you do? You are a giant deer man who grows up in the land. You should be very familiar with the environment and terrain here. There should be any hidden waterway paths to use, right?

Tian Feng's official position has soared all the way due to He Chen's trust, and now he is ranked among the nine ministers. Although this is still an empty shell, it at least represents how important the position in Uncle He's mind is. He stroked a few wisps of his beard, shook his head and said with a smile, "The general joked again. In addition to Zhangshui, this giant deer is almost a flat river. It is convenient for the Huchuquan cavalry, but it gives the attacking and defender a big headache. Gaiyin is really invisible and uncontrollable. In addition to the hard rush, what kind of extra-board tricks, ghost ideas It doesn't work well."

He Chen deliberately crossed his face and said with a bitter face, "No, you also know that the best thing for me since I started the army is conspiracy and tricks. I really want to be right. Although I can beat Yuan Shao and others, I feel uncomfortable to fight like this."

"Ha ha, the general Xiu pretended to be here. Two days ago, he secretly sent Huang Zhong and Gan Ning to lead tens of thousands of troops to evacuate the camp, but he didn't know. Then he sent the young general Wang Ling to lead thousands of people to sneak up in the direction of Qinghe. What was the idea in the general's stomach? The subordinate also guessed a few points. Tian Feng is upright and polite. Although he has strictly scolded He Chen for being frivolous several times, the latter can't change it. In desperation, he can only stare at one eye and close the other.

"Oh? Then you should listen to Yuan Hao's idea. He Chen was not surprised.

"Now Yuan Shao's 300,000 troops have entered the capital of Zhaxin. Wen Chou, the number one general in Hebei, led 100,000 soldiers to guard the giant deer. His troops are divided in Zhangshui, Wanghuzhai, Guanting and other places. The people on the way are mainly to guard against the main army. Another tiger general, Yan Liang, led 50,000 troops to Gaoyi, 30 miles away, and they were each other's horns. Among them, it should be noted that at least half of Yan Liang's men were cavalry. If the war broke out, it was very likely that he would go around my rear from the flank and cut off our army's grain supply. Or when our army is defeated, it will be surrounded. As for Zhang He's fifty thousand horses, according to the current view, they have begun to cut wood and build bridges in Zhangshui, ranging from three or five days to ten days, and then they went upstream and down to attack our army's camp. Only Gaolan's movements are unknown, which makes people a little worried.

"Yuan Hao's analysis is very good." He Chen nodded and smiled.

"In this case, the lord still mobilizes troops, and the shorting of Zhangshui Dazhai must be the reason for the county. Ren County is the road to connect Zhongshan County, which is connected in all directions. If our army occupies it, you can go to war everywhere, attack all kinds of Yuan troops everywhere, and at the same time disturb the supply line. If you retreat, you can return to the mouth. At the same time, you can also connect with Gao Shun and defend the stronghold.

"Clap" applause sounded.

"Yuan Hao really has extraordinary vision. I guessed almost all of them for you." He Chen had to sigh.

"It's just that there are only 40,000 soldiers in Zhangshui. Although with the momentum of Dazhai, they may be able to defend for a period of time, if Wen Chou and Zhang He do not hesitate to kill the soldiers and attack at night, I'm afraid that the situation will be dangerous."

"Hey hey, I'm afraid they won't dare to come. I'm really coming. I want to let them kowtow and bleed and remember their surnames." In the end, He Chen smiled sly, and the strong self-confidence from the bottom of his heart infected almost everyone around him.

(to be continued)