Chapter 995: Liang State War
Faced with General Zhang He's invitation to fight, Huangfu Chaobo firmly shook his head and refused. He said to General Zhang He: "No, this time we attack Dingtao, I want to use the trapped camp as the vanguard, and the Tiebei camp as the backing force." Although the Euphorbia Soldiers are elite, for the war in the city, the trapped camp and the Iron Wall Camp are more suitable. Moreover, Cao Cao's Qingzhou soldiers will definitely come to support. When facing the spear formation of the Qingzhou soldiers, the Euphorbia soldiers are more suitable. Able to play to his strengths.”
Zhang He also knew that Huangfu Chaobo's words were right, so he did not persist. He transferred one school of combat soldiers and one school of garrison troops from his army, as well as 10,000 civilians, and then led the rest of the army to the east of Dingtao. .
That night, the three armies had arrived in Dingtao, and Huangfu Chaobo summoned the generals to discuss matters in the Chinese army's tent in Beiying. Now both armies have arrived in Dingtao. According to Huangfu Chaobo's arrangement, Huangfu Chaobo's central army in the North Camp includes the Guards' Tiebei Camp, the Sinking Camp, the Iron Eagle Ruins, two thousand yuan of crossbowmen and Three thousand digging troops, a total of 12,000 people, plus Zhang He's first school of combat soldiers, one school of garrison troops, and Huang Wudie's first school of garrison troops, as well as two troops with a total of 10,000 civilians, and the grievance belt A thousand prisoners came from Cao Cao's army.
However, among them, the 3,000 soldiers and 9,000 civilians of the Dizi Army will be used as personnel to dig tunnels, and the other 1,000 civilians will be responsible for making siege equipment and other auxiliary work. Huangfu Chaobo could really dispatch only 24,000 men to attack the city. Of course, the 1,000 prisoners of Cao Cao's army were used to fill the trenches.
The Western Camp is under the charge of Huang Wudie. There are three schools of Huben Camp, three schools of guards, Huangfu Chaobo's 1,500-yuan crossbowmen transferred from the Chinese Army, plus 5,000 civilian craftsmen, plus prisoners of wrongdoing. Cao Cao's army captured a thousand prisoners.
As for Zhang He's tribe in the east camp, there are soldiers from the four schools of the Tiger Buoy Camp, garrison troops from the three schools, and 1,500 yuan of crossbowmen transferred from the Chinese Army, plus 5,000 civilian craftsmen, and a group of troops brought from Lihu. Thousands of Cao Cao's troops were captured.
The assault cavalry in Huangfu Chaobo's Guards was arranged by Huangfu Chaobo to serve as a ranger on the entire battlefield, serving as an early warning for the army. Of course, Huangfu Chaobo also brought all his golden eagles. There was one in Huangfu Chaobo's army, and another one was sent to Huang Zhong's army.
Just when Huangfu Chaobo summoned the generals to discuss matters in the Chinese army's tent, on the southern border of Yuzhou, the two armies of Yuzhou had already entered the sphere of influence controlled by Cao Cao's army. Huang Zhongjun had already passed through Chengfu County and was heading north along the west bank of Wo River, less than two days' journey from Qiao County. The Huangfu Li tribe of Chen State has also passed Wuping and entered the territory of Liang State, and is preparing to march towards Suiyang.
Originally, according to the previous strategy, the two armies of Huang Zhong and Huangfu Li were to meet up in Qiao County, join forces to attack Qiao County, and then divide their forces to attack Qiao County and Liang State.
But later, at Lu Ling's suggestion, Huangfu Li sent a fast horse to discuss with Huang Zhong. After getting Huang Zhong's consent, Huangfu Li led the army to change its route to the north, making a direct attack on Suiyang, where Liang Guozhi was. It was to attract Liang Guoxiang Jia Kui to send troops.
Originally, Huangfu Li didn't want to make such an arrangement, but he couldn't resist Lu Ling's persuasion, saying that he only needed to delay the army for a day or two. If it happened, he might be able to easily defeat Liang. If it didn't, it would only delay the army for a day or two. There is no loss in the overall situation of the war.
After much consideration, Huangfu Li agreed to Lu Ling's suggestion, and immediately sent someone to contact Huang Zhong. After discussing with Dong Zhao and others, Huang Zhong thought it was worth a try, so he agreed to Huangfu Li's plan. At the same time, in order to better complete Lu Ling's strategy, Huang Zhong also specially sent his five thousand cavalry and golden eagles to Huangfu Li's army. So there was a situation where Huangfu Li's tens of thousands of troops were approaching Suiyang, where Liang Guozhi was.
If Huangfu Chaobo knew what the two were thinking, he would definitely object, because who is Liang Guoxiang? That was Jia Kui. You may not be too familiar with this name, but his son was Jia Chong, who was a great contributor to the Sima family's subsequent usurpation of Wei. If you are not familiar with it yet, he has a granddaughter, and I believe many people know her name - Jian Nanfeng.
Jia Kui served as an official for Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Rui III.
He was a figure with political and military talents in the Cao Wei regime and contributed to the cause of Cao Wei's unification throughout his life. In "Three Kingdoms", Chen Shou combined six people including Liu Fu, the governor of Yangzhou, Sima Lang, the governor of Yanzhou, Wen Hui, the governor of Yangzhou, Liang Xi, the governor of Bingzhou, Jia Kui, the governor of Yuzhou, and Zhang Ji (formerly the governor of Yongzhou) in the late Han Dynasty. For a pass. These six governors were rated by Chen Shou as a model among all the governors of the state at that time who were "smart in matters, powerful and graceful, so they were able to suppress the Qi thousands of miles away".
Would such a well-known and well-known minister be fooled by them? Huangfu Chaobo will definitely oppose Lu Ling's suggestion. It's a pity that at the beginning of the war, Huangfu Chaobo was granted the right to make decisions on the spot, but Huang Zhong and others did not have the foresight of Huangfu Chaobo, so after discussing with Dong Zhao, Huang Zhong agreed. Huangfu Li's request.
Originally, the distance from Chen County to Suiyang was only two hundred miles. If the army marched at a normal speed, it would take four days to reach the city of Suiyang. The journey from Runan Pingyu to Qiao County, Qiao County, is only two hundred and fifty sixty miles, which is more than five days. However, out of the need to confuse Cao Cao's army, both troops marched slowly. Now four or five days have passed since Kong Ni announced his participation in the war. The two armies have only marched more than a hundred miles and have just entered the territory of Cao Cao's army.
At this time, the Dingtao War was about to begin. After receiving information about the rapid march of the Yuzhou Army, Cao Cao's tens of thousands of elites who secretly sneaked into Yu County had already withdrawn to Changyi.
Then, on the day when the Dingtao war began, the Yuzhou army that entered the territory of Liang suddenly rushed all the way, running more than 60 miles in one day, and arrived at Yangliangju, 20 miles south of Suiyang before dark. Tens of thousands of troops launched a fierce attack on Yangliangju without stopping, and captured the defense support point of Suiyang Nanyang in just half an hour.
Afterwards, the army did not take much rest, and tens of thousands of elite troops marched north overnight, heading towards Suiyang.
This made Liang Guoxiang Jia Kui and the defenders of Gu Shu County very nervous, and everyone understood that they had all been deceived by the Yuzhou army. Liang Guoxiang Jia Kui ordered the four gates of Suiyang to be closed and on high alert, and urgently sent people to Changyi to report the enemy situation.
However, what surprised Jia Kui was that until dawn the next day, the Yuzhou army had not appeared under the city of Suiyang. However, Jia Kui did not relax at all, fearing that he would be fooled by the Yuzhou army again. It was not until the afternoon that he opened the city gate and sent several teams of scouts out of the city to investigate the whereabouts of the Yuzhou army.