However, the "misunderstanding" that occurred in Yanmen was finally eliminated, and the Xianbei army continued to move south, still using the ten thousand-man team as the forward. However, this time the commander has been replaced by Murong Xiong.
Gao Gan, the provincial governor, learned a good one this time. He did not allow the Xianbei people to enter Taiyuan City. Instead, he let them camp outside the city. The Gao Gan inevitably sent someone to carry the sheep and carry the wine to treat them. Those Xianbei drank the wine. , Gnawing roast leg of lamb, still dissatisfied, and clamoring to ask the senior cadres for women. The senior cadres had no choice but to send people to collect three thousand young women in Taiyuan City and send them to the Xianbei military camp outside the city.
With the subsequent arrival of the Xianbei army, 3,000 women appeared to be "more monks and less porridge", and these Xianbei people in Taiyuan City were unable to get in, so they harmed those villages on the outskirts of the city. Many women, including elderly people over half a hundred years old, went down. Girls who were under ten years old all rushed into the barracks. The cry of women can be heard for miles.
At dusk, more than a dozen white pigeons rose into the air from a courtyard in Taiyuan City, circled for a while, and flew south. Outside the city, a group of Xianbei knights rode by, and immediately carried the looted gold and silver cloth and weeping. Suddenly, someone yelled: "Look, dove,"
These Xianbei people are excellent archers. They took off their bows. There was a "swish" sound. Many pigeons fell off. Most of the pigeons had two or three feather arrows stuck in them, and some pigeons even stuck in them. Nearly ten feather arrows were lost, but there were still two or three pigeons that escaped the catastrophe, flapping their wings and heading south,
The Xianbei people like to eat beef and mutton. The pigeons are too small to meet their appetite. They shoot this group of pigeons, but it is just a game. By the way, show off their archery skills.
At dusk, it should be when the tired bird came home. The pigeons came strangely. A curious Xianbei cavalry fought forward and picked up a dead pigeon. He saw a reed tube tied to the pigeon’s leg. The Xianbei soldier Suspiciously, I removed the reed tube, and unexpectedly found that there was still a small piece of paper hidden in the reed tube. Some strange symbols were drawn on the paper. In fact, it was just a few sets of Arabic numerals, but these Xianbei people didn’t know it.
The Xianbei cavalry passed the strange piece of paper to each other. No one understood what these symbols meant. After looking around, they threw this piece of paper into the dust, but they didn’t know, this piece of paper. However, important information is recorded on the above. These Arabic numbers correspond to a character in the "The Analects". As long as there is a copy of "The Analects" published by Dahan Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., you can find the corresponding page number, row and column, and you can put it on the small piece of paper. Translation of the information,
In the evening of the next day, the information recorded on this small note was placed on Liu Xin’s Long Case. Liu Xin was furious, and he shot the case and shouted sharply: "Quick biography Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Tian Feng, Guo Jia See you by Cheng Yu,"
Standing on the opposite side, Jushou arched his hands and said: "Your Majesty calms down, and the minister thinks that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have signs of joining forces. If these Xianbei cavalry are participating in the battle of Yuan Cao, after passing the Yanmen, they should turn east and enter. Jizhou should not appear in Taiyuan. Now, these Xianbei cavalry have appeared in Taiyuan with only one goal, and that is to continue to go south and commit me to Hedong.
Liu Xin said bitterly: "I don't care where their goals are, as long as they dare to harm my people, I will ask them to pay the price."
At this time, Zhang Liao and the others had rushed over. Upon learning the news, Cheng Yu said, "The Xianbei army is cavalry. From Taiyuan to the border of Hedong, the ministers thought that we should strengthen Puzi and Yongan. The defense of the four counties, Xiangling, and Luze, should not be taken lightly in Hanoi. Therefore, the Weichen suggested that the plan of sending troops to Yecheng should be postponed, and the Xianbei cavalry should be dealt with first."
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "Zhong De's words are not correct. Weichen believes that the plan to send troops to Yecheng should not only be delayed, but should be expedited."
Tian Feng nodded and said: "Just in this way, the burden on the shoulders of the two generals Zhang and Gao will be heavy. If Hedong loses, the Xianbei will release Ma Luoyang city. The words of filial piety are a bit too risky."
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun together said: "A certain class received his majesty's great favor, and has never repaid him. I would like to swear to defend the Hedong and Hanoi counties, so that Luoyang will not be lost."
Liu Xin stood up, turned his head to look at the map of Dahan territory hung behind him, and suddenly said in a deep voice, "No, you are not going to defend yourself, but you should take the initiative."
"Proactively attack," everyone was taken aback. Most of the Han cavalrymen had participated in the battle against the Huns, and they were somewhat sure to deal with these nomadic cavalry, but the Fourth Army had only 10,000 cavalry, while the Xianbei cavalry on the opposite side reached nearly two. With a crowd of 100,000, even if the cavalry of the Han army is brave again, with 10,000 to 200,000, there is definitely no chance of victory. Although the infantry of the Han army has been conducting research and training on tactics against the cavalry for a long time, let them deal with Cao Cao or Yuan Shao's subordinates. The cavalry may not have much problem, but everyone has no idea in dealing with the nomadic cavalry.
Liu Xin pointed his hand to the map and said, "Look here, the city is densely covered with Taiyuan County's Jiexiu, Wuxian, Zhongdu, Jingling, Qixian, Daling, Pingtao, and Xihe County. During the Peace Week, Zhaoyuze is in the middle. The Xianbei cavalry are good at field battles, but they are not good at attacking fortifications. As long as you take this area, build defensive positions based on these cities, and make good use of it, you can drag the Xianbei cavalry to death. Here, look for opportunities to annihilate,"
Everyone looked in the direction of Liu Xin’s fingers, and they saw that there were seven or eight county towns, large and small, densely surrounding Zhaoyuze on the map. With so many counties as support, even if they could not wipe out the Xianbei army, they could delay their march to the south. Speed, to buy enough time for the battle in the east,
Looking at this map, Cheng Yu, who has always sought stability, also said with joy: "Your Majesty really has eyes like a torch. It is indeed better to deploy defenses here than in Hedong. Everyone sees that behind this line of defense is Tongtian Mountain and Jie Mountain and Yangtou Mountain, you can also set up a second line of defense on this line to prevent the Xianbei army from entering the territory of Hedong."
Liu Xin clapped his hands. Several servants had already tried to lift an object. Liu Xin pointed to the object and said, "This is the geographical sand table of the four counties of Hedong, Xihe, Taiyuan, and Shangdang. Take a look. As you know, I only set a general direction. As for how to arrange troops, it depends on you."
When everyone saw this sand table, their eyes were bright. This sand table was made too realistic. The cities, plains, mountains, and lakes in this area were all clear at a glance, and even indicated Yuan Jun’s military deployment. In order to make this sand table, the Research Institute Provide craftsmen, Phantom Spy provides map data, and rush to produce it day and night. It was just completed yesterday. Of course, this idea was proposed by Ma Yun.
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun immediately had countless ideas for deploying troops. They patted their chests and said: "Please rest assured, your majesty, certain people will never let Xianbei step into Hedong."
Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Time is running out. You should hurry up and prepare. Within three days, all these counties must be taken down. In addition, I will transfer 20,000 people from the Corps of Engineers to you. Make sure to build a defensive position there before the Xianbei cavalry arrives,"
It was not difficult for the well-trained Han army to capture nine counties in three days, but now they have to face not just Yuan Shao’s army, but also the vicious Xianbei cavalry. , Military orders are like a mountain, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun will only consider how to complete the task, not how much danger they will face.
In fact, during these three days, the Xianbei cavalry had enough time to advance to the Hedong border, but the leader suddenly stopped and did not leave because Yuan Shaoyuan was asking the Xianbei cavalry to assist him in attacking Cao Cao, and now suddenly let them change. In order to attack Liu Xin, it was just this change, and the leader did not have much opinion. He promised to send troops, in addition to establishing his own prestige, he also wanted to figure out the way in and out of the Central Plains, and learn the Han siege skills, so no matter what It didn’t make much difference to him which target he should attack. However, Yuan Shao told Kuitou that he could not send troops to assist him. The attack on Hedong had to be done by them.
The Xianbei tribe harass the Dahan border almost every year, but they can only looting some small villages on the borders of Bingzhou and Youzhou. When they encounter the city, they can only stare at it. Of course, this is because they are all small groups of activities. , But the lack of equipment and skills for siege is the most important factor.
Kuitou’s original idea was that his Xianbei cavalry would sweep the Han army outside the city, and Yuan Shao’s men and horses would attack the city. Now Yuan Shao does not send soldiers to assist them, and the Kuitou directly catches the blind. However, Kuitou is not in a hurry, he There was time to negotiate with Yuan Shao slowly. Yuan Shao provided all the food and drink anyway. It was not enough. He could send troops to looting. As a result, the 180,000 Xianbei cavalry stalled outside the city of Taiyuan. These days, every day There are still a lot of Xianbei cavalry coming from Danhanshan one after another.
The three days when the Xianbei cavalry were stagnant under the city of Taiyuan were too precious to Liu Xin’s talk. Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others carried the sand table back to the camp, conducted research overnight, and quickly formulated a combat plan.
The 100,000 horses of the Fourth Army, with the exception of 30,000 who are still staying in Sili and Liangzhou counties, the others have received orders to march from their respective stations to Yong'an County, Hedong County, and the three originally assigned to the Fourth Army. Engineers Wan also distributed knives, guns, bows and arrows and took over their defense zones.
Throughout the three counties of Hedong, Hanoi, and Yingchuan, you can see the army that was deployed overnight. After nightfall, the torches held by the soldiers reflected half of the sky, and the long dragons swam in the same direction.
At dawn, the 70,000 members of the Fourth Army Corps who participated in this combat mission had all concentrated in Yong'an County. Even Zhang Liao and Gaoshun came from the Chang'an Constellation.