Chapter 817 Confirming the Plan
Huang Zhong handed the matter of the captives and supplies to several of his lieutenants, while he discussed Pang Tong's proposed strategy with Wang Ran overnight. After a night of thinking and discussion, Huang Zhong sent his proposal to Huangfu Chaobo in Taiyang early the next morning.
Huang Zhong's intention was to directly surround the point and attack the reinforcements. In addition to the troops of the foreign lords and the Yuzhou army, the central army also had 22,000 elite guards of the Andong army. If the 4,000 guards cavalry in his hands were added, there would be a total of 26,000 people.
In Xincai City, Huang Yi only led a total of 30,000 imperial guards to station. In the entire southern part of Runan, Yuan Shu's army occupied about 20 cities. If 200 imperial guards were sent to each city as supervisors, Huang Yi would only have 26,000 troops. If Ancheng Le was attacked by a large army, Le would definitely send troops to Huang Yi for help.
At that time, even if Huang Yi went out in full force, he would only have 26,000 troops. At that time, Huangfu Chaobo would only need to lead the army to ambush halfway, and Huang Yi's army would most likely be defeated.
Of course, the specific plan still needs to be carefully discussed, and the war must wait for a few days. Huang Zhong must capture Langling before he can go south to Ancheng and implement this plan.
At the same time that Huang Zhong began to attack Yang'an, the East Route Players' Coalition also began to attack Gushi. However, although it was also a nearly 50,000-strong army attacking a city guarded by 5,000 people, the combat power of the coalition was far less than that of the Central and Western armies.
Long before the attack on Gushi began, a group of players had already discussed the post-war distribution plan, which was to make up for the losses first, and then distribute them in proportion according to military merits. Because of the strength of Zongheng Tianxia and Huangjin Wudi, the distribution plan was quickly agreed upon by everyone. After all, the reward is commensurate with their own efforts.
Although there were two generals, Chen Dao and Huang Zhao, the coalition's progress in Gushi City was not smooth, which made everyone understand once again that sometimes one plus one does not necessarily equal two. But now the arrow is on the string and has to be shot, so everyone has to continue to persevere.
It took Huang Zhong less than two days to capture Yang'an City. After the army rested for a day, according to Huangfu Chaobo's strategy, Huang Zhong ordered to leave a thousand soldiers of the Yuzhou Army to defend the city, and then ordered the army to fight again and attack Langling.
In another two days, Huang Zhong captured another city. On the 22nd, Huang Zhong's troops defeated the defenders of Yuan Shu's army and captured Langling County. After arranging the affairs in the city, Huang Zhong and Wang Ran set out overnight to Taiyang under the escort of a thousand cavalry to discuss the next battle arrangements.
Huang Zhong and his team had submitted their proposals to Huangfu Chaobo a few days ago. Inspired by their strategies, Pang Tong made major changes to them. However, some details still needed to be discussed with Huang Zhong, a veteran general. So this time, they were called to Taiyang to discuss matters.
On the morning of the 23rd, Huang Zhong and his team finally arrived in Taiyang. After reporting the detailed battle situation in Yang'an and Langling to Huangfu Chaobo, they started to discuss matters directly.
The battles over the past few days have made Huangfu Chaobo and others realize that the initiative of the war is now completely controlled by Yuan Shu's army. Although their army has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, they can only attack one city at a time.
You know, there are more than 20 counties in Runan alone that belong to Yuan Shu's army. Even if it only takes three days to capture a county, it will take more than a month for the three armies to work together. In addition, the army needs to rest for several days after each city is captured.
Now Yuan Shu still has 50,000 elite troops in Runan. If these cities are captured, the time and energy required will definitely not be comparable to that of ordinary counties.
There is also the time for the army to march. If calculated in this way, it will take several months just to capture the cities of Yuan Shu's army in Runan. However, if Runan is not controlled, the army dare not go deep into Huainan, otherwise the problem of food supply alone will be worrying.
The current plan is to turn the passive into the active, first solve these tens of thousands of elite troops, and then consider the problems of other cities.
In the Taiyang County Government Office,
Huangfu Chaobo summoned everyone to discuss matters, and it was not until the sky was about to get dark that the group ended. After careful consideration and repeated discussions, they finally decided on a plan. This plan is aimed at the 30,000 imperial guards under Huang Yi in Xincai City. If everything goes well, even if Huang Yi's 30,000 imperial guards will not be caught in one net, at least they will suffer casualties and injuries.
If Huang Yi doesn't fall for it, then the target will be Li Feng's 10,000 soldiers in Ruyin. In order to make this plan foolproof, Huangfu Chaobo led everyone to repeatedly deduce it before finally deciding.
After the meeting, Huang Zhong and the others did not continue to rest in Taiyang, but rushed back to Langling overnight under the escort of a thousand cavalrymen.
In the deep night, in the south of Taiyang City, a row of houses held generals of all levels captured by the An Dong Army. In one of the small courtyards, the three county magistrates were imprisoned. When the city was broken, the three knew that the situation was not good and were ready to abandon the city and escape, but they were finally chased back by the cavalry.
Then they have been imprisoned here for several days. Except for the initial interrogation of them, no one has come to take care of them since then.
Tonight, the three of them had dinner as usual, and then sat in the house to chat, while chatting, observing the movements in the yard outside.
Suddenly, County Captain Jiang discovered a problem. Usually, the elite soldiers of the Anton Army were guarding them, but tonight they were suddenly replaced by two strange people and a team of ordinary soldiers.
Seeing this, Jiang County Lieutenant quickly told his two companions about his discovery. The county magistrate was a civil servant and didn't feel anything about it, but He Quchang of the Imperial Guard saw something wrong.
However, the two of them couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time, so they had to give up. Helplessly, the three of them had to return to their beds to rest.
Because he had something on his mind, Jiang County Lieutenant couldn't fall asleep for a long time after going to bed. After about an hour, perhaps because they thought the people inside had fallen asleep, the two strangers outside the door began to talk in a low voice.
Jiang County Lieutenant's heart moved, and he listened attentively.
One of them whispered, "Old Xia, you said that we easily captured Taiyang, but why didn't Boss Chaobo send troops to attack the next county after a day or two of rest?"
Another person replied, "You think it's simple, you think the soldiers in every city are as cowardly as Taiyang. Let me tell you, Yuan Shu has deployed 10,000 soldiers in Ruyin and Ancheng, and 30,000 imperial guards in Xincai. They are all tough guys."