Chapter 1096: The War Begins

The Xianbei army that appeared outside Chifeng City was a coalition composed of the Eastern Xianbei Mijiahe and Queji. Chifeng was originally controlled by Suli's troops. However, after Gongsun Zan captured it, he drove out all Suli's forces. In this area of ​​Chifeng, the northwest direction of Chifeng is the area controlled by Suli, while the northeast direction is the direction controlled by the Mika tribe. So this time, Mijia and Queji attacked Gongsunzan's Lulong County, while Suli tribe attacked Huangfu Chaobo's Yanbei County.

The large armies that appeared outside Chifeng City at this time were the 70,000-strong army of the Mijia tribe and the 45,000-strong army of the Queji tribe. Plus the dozens of vassal tribes gathered by the two tribes, a total of 35,000 troops were added. There are a total of 150,000 soldiers in the rear camp accompanying each ministry to the battle, and the rear camp has about 100,000 personnel.

Almost at the same time, a few miles north of Yisun Town, which Yanbei County had abandoned, Suli's army of 100,000 troops and his vassal troops of about 30,000 troops totaled 130,000 troops and more than 70,000 rear camps. A total of about 200,000 troops and horses appeared in the sight of the Tang army sentries.

Going further west, beyond the two counties of Shanggu and Daijun in Youzhou, there are 120,000 troops from Kebi Neng's army, plus 40,000 troops from the vassal tribes, plus the personnel of the rear camp, a total of about 20,000 troops. About 150,000.

As for Budu Genbu, soldiers and horses almost equivalent to Kirby Nengbu also appeared outside Yanmen and Yunzhong counties in Bingzhou at almost the same time.

As for the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain to the north of Wuyuan, the 100,000 troops and 60,000 rear camps assembled by Putou and its vassal tribes also appeared there at about the same time. As for the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Qianman tribe in the west and the surrounding small The tribe's more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, as well as their more than 40,000 rear camp personnel, appeared outside the Gaoque Fortress and Jilu Fortress to the northwest of Shuofang.

In the following days, except for Yanbei County, fighting began in other places. The reason why the war in Yanbei County has not started yet is because it is still more than a hundred miles away from Yisun Town to Longhua. After Suli suffered a big loss at the hands of Huangfu Chaobo, this time he started to fight steadily. Steady, hundreds of thousands of troops guarded the barracks' cattle, sheep, and food supplies, and advanced slowly. It took three days to get from Yisun to the east of Longhua City, and settled down more than ten miles outside Tangtougou Town. Camp.

At this time, Huangfu Chaobo had rushed from Chengde to Longhua, and accompanying him back to Longhua were 5,000 Guards and 5,000 Huang Yuxu's cavalry. After these days of adjustments and arrangements, Yanbei County's defense and military strength are basically in place.

Originally, Yanbei County had only 15,000 soldiers and 17,000 garrison troops before, and the total number of soldiers and horses was only more than 30,000. However, after being upgraded to the county, Huangfu Chaobo had already begun to protect the army. He did not expect that now there would be another Encountered a large-scale attack by the Xianbei people, the army expansion was accelerated again. Although Huangfu Chaobo had ordered Qingzhou's 50,000 troops and guards, as well as Zhao Yun's Baima Yi to go north to support, these soldiers and horses regardless of Whichever branch it is, it will take more than ten days to reach Yanbei, so Huangfu Chaobo decided to recruit troops first.

The infantry of the two schools' war camps were arranged by Huangfu Chaobo in Longhua and Chengde respectively. As for the cavalry, they must be in Longhua. In addition to the arrangement of the war barracks, major adjustments were also made to the garrison. A school of infantry and thousands of cavalry were each placed in Longhua and Chengde, two cities that may be attacked. In addition to the infantry of the war barracks, the two cities were There are more than 10,000 infantry and thousands of cavalry in each city.

In other cities, considering that the possibility of being attacked by the Xianbei people was unlikely, Huangfu Chaobo only arranged for 3,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry to be garrisoned. If more troops and horses were to be added, it was estimated that Qingzhou would have 50,000 at that time. The army has arrived in Youzhou, and the soldiers and horses should be enough by then.

Although the troops and horses supporting the Central Plains have not yet arrived, a group of generals have already arrived in Yanbei. After discussion with Meng Yi and Ma Xuan, Huangfu Chaobo made arrangements for the deployment of several young generals and the generals originally in Yanbei: Zaoping was appointed as the magistrate of Longhua County, and Dianman was appointed as the county captain; Zang Shun was appointed as the county magistrate of Xiabancheng, and the original guard Hao Jian was changed to the county captain; Dong Zhou was appointed as the county magistrate of Shuangluancheng,

The original guard Meng Yuan served as the county captain; the county magistrate of Luanping City was Huangfu Yi, and Zang Ai served as the county captain; while Chengde was handed over to Meng Yi and Ma Xuan.

As a result, the personnel arrangements for the five cities in Yanbei are basically in place. As for the troops and horses, Huangfu Chaobo, after discussing with Guo Jia and others, decided not to increase too many troops and horses at the moment, so as not to increase the strength of the troops in the later stage. Bloated, resulting in too much pressure on Yanbei County. Of course, this was a decision made after several people repeatedly confirmed that the current troops and horses could support the arrival of reinforcements from Qingzhou and Sizhou.

The Xianbei army's war first started in Chifeng City in the east. In the early morning of the 6th, the Mijia tribe, Queji tribe and their vassal tribes began to attack Chifeng City. Today's Xianbei people, since the Suli tribe a few years ago, After defeating the Longhua and Lulong fortresses to a bloody head, they have begun to learn how to attack the cities in the Central Plains. Although they are far from being able to attack and fight well, they are far from as primitive as before.

After several years, various ministries recruited some Han craftsmen through various channels and forced them to make some simple siege equipment. As a result, the siege was much more effective than before. Just like the Xianbei people who are attacking now, they use the large shields and trench carts made by the Han people to drive out the Han slaves and attack the fortified cities built by the Han people.

After the battle in Chifeng began, battles in other places also began one after another. Three days later, Suli also commanded his army to attack Tangtougou Town outside Longhua City. Tangtougou Town was originally a town built by Huangfu Chaobo to give players a rest and replenish supplies. Tangtougou Town is just a small town. Although it is just a small town, the town wall is built of stone and is more than two feet high. It is built completely according to the specifications of the county wall. There are not many residents in it, only various workshops and shops. Since receiving the news of the Xianbei attack, Huangfu Chaobo ordered all residents in Tangtougou Town to withdraw to Longhua City inside Tangtougou Pass, and at the same time increased the garrison in the town to 2,000.

Huangfu Chaobo did not think about defending Tangtougou Town for a year or two, but just hoped that this town could delay the Xianbei for a while and buy time for the arrival of subsequent reinforcements. As long as the reinforcements arrived smoothly, the defenders in Tangtougou Town would be safe.

Tangtougou Town is the first line of defense for Longhua City. If they can hold on for ten days or half a month, they can wear down the Xianbei people's fighting spirit a little. When they really attack Tangtougou Pass, it will be much easier for the Tang army to defend. You know, Tangtougou Pass is the second and last line of defense for Longhua City. If Tangtougou Pass is taken, Longhua City will have to face the Xianbei army head-on.