Chapter 826 Oriole
Zhennanguan.
In the military conference hall, dozens of Wu'an Prefecture generals and officials gathered around a very simple sand table of Wu'an Prefecture and its surrounding areas.
In fact, Wu’an prefecture has collected very detailed information about the surrounding mountains and rivers and topography in the early days, which also allows skilled craftsmen to make many fine sand tables, but such sand tables are top secrets in Wu’an prefecture and are only kept in the Secret Pavilion of Taiping City. The crude sand table here is a simplified version of the precise sand table, and only Ah Huang is eligible to borrow it.
Although the sand table is much simpler, there are roughly mountains, rivers and rivers, and it is relatively accurate.
Ah Huang wears a soft-footed headband and a pleated hakama military robe.
He pointed to the northeast direction on the sand table, "The latest information, according to Wei Gong's instructions, Zuoxi barbarian king Fusan led the Zuoxi barbarians to launch a counterattack in Tanzhou. They all rushed for reinforcements."
Yang Jizhen couldn't help asking, "Below the city of Tanzhou, the Judingsha tribe has a large number of people. Tanzhou should resist the city and stick to it. Why do you have to go out of the city to fight? If Lang loses, wouldn't Tanzhou be unable to hold on? Isn't the entire Zuoxi battlefield going to collapse?"
Lao Yang still has a good eye. He always felt that the Zuoxi Man in Tanzhou couldn’t beat the Juding Sharen.
Ah Huang smiled.
"Mr. Yang, don't worry. Mr. Wei has a clever plan and strategizing. Naturally, there is a reason for this arrangement. What I want to say next is the top secret. If you leave here, you are not allowed to reveal half a word, or you will be dealt with by military law." Ah Huang said seriously. Get up, "Actually, the Zuoxi barbarians in Tanzhou counterattacked, it was just a feint attack, in order to pull the main force of the sand people in Xiajuding, Tanzhou city."
"Duke Wei's ulterior motive is not in the wine, but in the sword."
He pointed to several positions on the sand table.
Yang Jizhen and others looked carefully, but they saw Wuli and Luolongcheng in Cagezhou on the south bank of Zuoxi River, and Longzhou in the upper reaches of Tanzhou.
Finally, the fingers fell on Qiyuan Prefecture and Guangyuan Prefecture, which are already under their control.
"What's the meaning?"
"It's time to counterattack, it's our turn to take action, don't you understand?"
A group of generals excitedly said, "So many places to fight together? Is this to make dumplings for the sand people in Tanzhou City?"
"No, there is a saying in the art of war that encirclement must be quelled, and that is the best policy."
"We are going to encircle on three sides this time, leaving one side."
"Why do you want to stay, Tanzhou City will solve them once and for all, it will save trouble."
"Just do it."
"A direct decisive battle."
A group of generals chattered with each other, it was so lively.
"Wei Gong is Huo hussars of the Great Tang Dynasty. Is it better to use troops than you? Just besieged to death, and the Judingsha people will fight with trapped beasts. If you fight to the death, you will inevitably cause a lot of casualties. It is really not worthwhile. So deliberately Surrounded by three and missing one, we will first disintegrate their fighting spirit and make them flee desperately, and then we will calmly pursue and kill them, and then we can wipe them out without any effort."
"Then where shall we fight?"
"Our first task is to keep the Zhennan Pass well. We have to guard against the sandman jumping over the wall in a hurry. If someone runs towards us in a panic, we can't let him pass the Zhennan Pass and flee to our Wu'an Prefecture. Those who make chaos, even a barbarian is not allowed to enter the country, this is a death order!"
"The southern pass of our town is so dangerous. One man guards the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it. How can the defeated Juding army pass? Even if a large army comes, they will not be able to break through. With so many of us, we can't just sit here? No, send some troops to reinforce other places? We can't let others fight while we are looking at the scenery?" Some generals couldn't help but said.
As soon as Duke Wei’s battle plan was revealed, everyone was amazed by it. It was indeed better than closing the door and beating dogs, but the problem was that the people here at Zhennanguan were a little unhappy. Only those who could go to the battlefield would have a chance to earn military merit. As a soldier , who wants to shrink back.
Ah Huang is not those knights who want to make meritorious service. As the general Qin Lang sent back to sit in Wu'an Prefecture, his most important task is to guard the southern gate of the town. This is the northern gateway of Wu'an Prefecture.
Casually leaking a point and routing troops in the past will cause great damage to the fief.
Keeping Zhennan Pass well is a credit.
"Don't be in a hurry." Ah Huang smiled and waved his hands.
He looked at the sand table. In fact, Zhennan Pass was indeed safe. The soldier Cao Qian Dexing led troops to take over Shixi City. This was originally one of the eighteen barbarian prefectures in Zuoxi. Guangyuan, Longzhou and other barbarian kings have been blocking the sand people, but they have been defeated several times and suffered heavy losses.
Qian Dexing was ordered to lead reinforcements, and in fact he had already taken over Shixi, and Qin Lang later simply reduced Shixi to a county in Yongzhou, and temporarily assigned it to the governor's office of Wu'an Prefecture.
The two cities of Shixi (Pingxiang) and Siming (Ningming) have become the two insurances in the north of Zhennanguan. If you want to go to Zhennanguan, you have to take these two cities within a hundred miles of the north of the pass. With Qian Dexing and Qin Yong each leading 3,000 men to guard the two cities, the sand people had no chance even when their troops were in full swing, let alone when they were exhausted now. Go south.
But there is always nothing wrong with being careful.
Besides, Qin Lang's plan is also very auspicious, whether it is to fight the cage state or the dragon state, in fact, it does not need too many soldiers. The more soldiers there are, the greater the pressure on logistical supplies will be, and the command will be less flexible.
So the counterattack does not require too many soldiers, and the essence is not too many.
But both Wu'an Prefecture and Zhuxidong have received orders to continuously recruit young and strong.
The so many troops gathered were not actually used for a decisive battle, but only for the main force to beat the dog in the water after the main elite defeated the Juding barbarian.
To put it bluntly, it is to pull a big net and wipe out Judingman.
Regardless of whether everyone can understand it or not, Ah Huang still conveyed Wei Gong's strategic intentions to everyone, and then assigned tasks.
The 800 elite soldiers in Zhennanguan did not move, and the regiments that were transferred left 1,000 to assist in the defense.
The first part goes out of the town to the north and south, to Shixi and Siming, and goes there to do some auxiliary tasks.
The other part went northwest along the Qiqiong River. In recent years, the Qin family built roads along the Qiongqi River Valley and opened up commercial routes. From Men County under Zhennan Pass to the northwest along the Qiongqi River, a 200-mile-long road was built. the way.
This road extends to the northwest, passes through Qiyuan Prefecture, reaches Guangyuan Prefecture, and finally reaches Gaopingbao, the enclave of Qinlang.
The last time Ah Huang led the soldiers and horsemen from Wu'an Prefecture to the Juding Department to rob, this was the road they took. In the past two years, Ah Huang and many Wu'an Prefecture vassals even opened up business along this commercial route on both sides. Many new villages.
"Qiyuan Prefecture has been reduced to Qixi County by the Duke of Wei. This place is the upper reaches of Zuoxi River, which is very important. We have to prevent Juding Man from breaking through Longzhou and going up the river to Qixi."
Qixi is a good valley basin between mountains, so many barbarian tribes have gathered for a long time, and there is a powerful tribe alliance of barbarian kings. It is also one of the eighteen barbarian states in Zuoxi. , Qixi was also attacked by the sandmen, and the loss was not small. Later, the Qin family soldiers went north to repel the Qixi sandmen and relieve the siege of Gaoping.
At present, Qixi is a necessary place for the Qin family and Gaoping enclave, and at the same time, it is the northwest side gate of Wu'an Prefecture. It is very likely that the Tanzhou Man will retreat to Qixi along the upper reaches of Zuoxi and Pingerjiang, and may even return to Qixi. Detour along the Qiqiong River to the back of Zhennan Pass.
"Who wants to go to Siming and Shixi, and who wants to go to Qixi and Gaoping?"
Everyone can see at this time that no matter whether you go to the northeast or the northwest, you are actually going to play support, but if you go to the northeast, you may find some opportunities. At any rate, you may be able to hunt down a broken soldier and clean up the battlefield. If you go to Qixi and Gaoping in the northwest, it is estimated that you will not even have a sip of soup. Everyone does not think that the sand people will be able to escape all the way from Tanzhou to Gaoping, and it is even more impossible to say that they still have the courage to fight Qixi, or even fight again. Turn south to Wu'an Prefecture.
Everyone is scrambling to lead the team to the northeast.
"Bring all the strong men of the local group up, maybe there will be some chances at that time. There are 1,800 people guarding Zhennan Pass, so nothing will happen."
"If you want me to say, just take half of the newly recruited middle-aged men out of the test, to experience and practice, and let the boys broaden their horizons."
Everyone felt that this opportunity was rare. Since all the young and strong were recruited, except for one thousand and eight people who stayed behind, the rest were all taken out of the customs, and each of the counties in Wu'an Prefecture left only a small number of townspeople to guard , Supplemented with middle-aged males to assist in maintaining law and order.
Everyone acted as if the opportunity was rare and not to be missed.
Ah Huang thought about it for a while, and felt that it was right. Everyone had entered the territory of Juding before, so the barbarians of Juding could do the same. Now under the leadership of a woman, it has only been arrogant for a few days. Now Annan Li Daliang has entered the heart of Juding, Qin Lang is closing the net in the east, and Tanzhou Man has been ordered to fight back and restrain him. Next, they really don't need to be too careful.
The officers who were named and left behind all looked unlucky. They were clearly leading the elite, but they could only sit at the back when the war was approaching and could not even hear the war horn.
They all clamored for dissatisfaction, demanding that they would rather take Xiangyong and middle-aged men out than stay and sit in town. After thinking about it for a while, Ah Huang really agreed to take out two-thirds of the knights leading the troops. Even out of the original 1,800 elite soldiers, Ah Huang only left 500 elite soldiers in the end. He and Wubai Xiangyong insisted on detaining another 800 people, and let them follow suit.
"Whether you can get a chance or not depends on your respective luck, but I want to emphasize one point. After you arrive in Shixi, Siming, Qixi, Guangyuan, and Gaoping, the first priority is to get the walls of the city. With the control of the city defense in hand, I don't care which barbarian king or village they belonged to. Since Wei Guogong has sent them to this county and assigned them to the Wu'an Prefecture Governor's Mansion for the time being, we have to take care of them. "
It is doubtful whether the imperial court will finally agree to assign these Jimi Manzhous to Annan Road and under Wu'an Prefecture, but since Duke Wei has done so, it is a temptation. Whether it succeeds or not, they must first Take the opportunity to take control.
It is impossible for the court to agree at that time, but everyone has not been able to get control, right?
This is much more important than fighting the Judingman. After the Judingman is destroyed, Wu'an Prefecture has no chance to divide any territory, but Zuoximan was beaten badly this time, so there is still a chance to dig a few pieces of their meat.
Gotta try it out.
Even if the imperial court refuses to assign various places to Wu'an Prefecture, after everyone gets control this time, they will still be able to retain many benefits in the future. This is not only the interests of the Qin family, but also concerns the entire Wu'an Prefecture. interests of almost everyone.
Not only the cities of Shixi and Guangyuan, but also the four prefectures in the east, Siling Prefecture, Cangzhou, Su Maozhou, and Xin'an Prefecture, were also reduced to counties by Qin Lang this time. Ah Huang also planned to send people there to strengthen the defense For the sake of the name, take control.
If this step is successful, Wu'an Prefecture will be able to add the land of Baman Prefecture at once, and the territory can be expanded by a circle.
(end of this chapter)