Chapter 875 Black Armor's First Battle

The attack on Zhang He's troops was launched in the morning, and the attacks on Xushui and Quanzhou were launched in the afternoon. There was not much difference between the two, because the combat effectiveness of Yuan Shao's army was too poor.

In addition, these defenders have been stationed here for a long time and are too familiar with the rule of General Wang. Many scouts have even chatted with the scouts on Wang Yan's side and have always heard how good this place is. After these scouts go back, they will reveal it during casual chats. After all, it is not far away, and if you are brave, you can go over and take a closer look.

Unlike Yuan Shao's side, the people on Wang Yan's side live not far from the military camp. If you can see the military camp, you can see the village, what the houses are like, what the land is like, and how lively it is every day, you can see it clearly.

The reason for this is that Wang Yan deliberately instructed to let people see the prosperity of their side, and also because of his consistent purpose, which is to stop the war outside his own land and fight on other people's territory.

For this reason, in the past ten years, he did not build or expand any city, and even demolished the gates of all cities, but only made necessary repairs to the city walls.

In fact, people are allowed to stroll up the city walls of Ji County. However, most of them are children, running around on the city walls like crazy. Adults come once and don't want to come again, which is really nothing strange.

It is this decision that makes the army and the people united, willing to fight to the end to protect their property and life safety. Because there are no city gates, once a war breaks out, it is impossible for officials to run into the city to hide. Everyone is on the same line, so the mind is balanced and there is fighting spirit...

So for the attack of Huang Zhong and Zhou Cang, Yuan Shao's soldiers chose to surrender very simply after finding that they could not win at all, and even few people escaped. This is the important role of propaganda.

Wang Yan didn't know what gave Yuan Shao the courage to start a war, but he thought about it roughly with his heels. It was nothing more than occupying three states, with a population of tens of millions, and even being able to pull out 700,000 or 800,000 troops by conscripting soldiers. These gave Yuan Shao an illusion that he was very powerful, so that he bravely said no to General Wang.

But obviously, the reality was very cruel. In order to prepare, Yuan Shao stationed 50,000 troops in Xushui, Gaoyang, and Quanzhou. Among them, Gaoyang had the most, with two generals, Zhang He and Gao Lan, commanding 20,000 troops.

Xushui and Quanzhou each had 15,000 troops. In fact, these two places originally had about 10,000 people, and later Huang Zhong defeated Qu Yi in one battle. No one would underestimate Qu Yi, after all, Qu Yi was also a capable general, and people on Yuan Shao's side knew it. So they learned the lesson and each added 5,000 troops. For Huang Zhong, who had made a name for himself in one battle, he paid special attention to him.

So the current situation is that General Wang has not used all his strength, and all tactics, strategies, and tactics are useless. He has already relied on the three guards and 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack directly and capture Yuan Shao's 50,000 soldiers and horses.

Of course, there must be the factor of attacking by surprise. After all, Wang Yan directly captured Zhang He. The army here did not form a battle formation at the first time because of the lack of the main general and deputy general. Zhang He also went to persuade Gao Lan to surrender, which made Gao Lan give up resistance. Otherwise, Zhang He and Gao Lan are not wastes. It is still very difficult to eat their 20,000 soldiers and horses in one battle.

Previously, Taishi Ci fought Zhang Yang at Yanmen Pass and fought back and forth for half a month. At that time, Taishi Ci was the commander of a guard, and Zhang Yang had 20,000 soldiers and horses. It was not much different from the current situation, except that the terrain was different. Even Zhang Yang's men were not as strong as Zhang He and Gao Lan.

This time, the defeated army captured more than 30,000 people, but they were not incorporated into labor because the actual situation did not allow it. Militiamen were being drawn from all over the country. If these people started to make trouble, it would be difficult to deal with them, affecting the stability of the area under their rule and disrupting production.

So they, together with the militiamen recruited this time, dispersed the troops and incorporated them into various departments, and the recruited militiamen were forced to fight together. In this way, the problem of resettlement of prisoners of war and the problem of military strength were solved, and at the same time, these prisoners of war could be militarily transformed to become what they wanted.

The only flaw in the ointment might be the problem of food and grass. The food and grass expenses for fighting were too terrible. If Wang Yan had not been stable for so many years and still had some family assets in his hands, he would not be able to support it at all.

So in order to reduce the loss of food, Wang Yan only expanded the troops of Weiwu, Xuanwu and Guangwu to 10,000 people, and these three guards were the main force, fighting in the front. The rest of the newly recruited troops and prisoners were used as second-line troops. Responsibilities include but are not limited to killing nobles, officials, and rangers, maintaining normal production order in the local area, dealing with prisoners, escorting food and grass to the front line, and supporting the front line.

In fact, Wang Yan's army has become quite powerful today. His military age is between 20 and 32, and he will be discharged if he is not promoted to a certain position.

To date, he has been in business for ten years, and it can be said that most of the soldiers in the army have been discharged. Even the earliest batch is only 42 years old now. These people are all police lieutenants and still have combat requirements. Although they are over 40 years old, their combat effectiveness is actually enough. These are serious veterans. This group of people, if pulled out, is still a tiger and wolf army.

On the other hand, the militia system has been implemented for ten years, and there are still many people who have never served as regular soldiers. These people are also over 32 years old. This group of people has also been undergoing training, but the training intensity is not as high as before 32 years ago, and they are still combat-ready.

However, this time Wang Yan recruited young men who already had children, and it is not yet the level of the old guys.

As for the management of the conquered land, although the current talent reserve is still insufficient, compared with the difficulties when conquering Youzhou before, the current situation is much better.

Although education is still not popular, now that eight years have passed, a large number of people who can write and calculate have been trained. Moreover, in the grassroots townships, there are also many clerks with strong business capabilities, which are competent for the job. At this time, they are all grassroots talents who can stabilize and manage the newly added land and population.

In this way, after a few years of stability, some food has been saved, which is enough to support the army's conquest. This is the confidence of Wang Yan to further force Yuan Shao. If there is no war, how can soldiers get promoted? How do grassroots officials get promoted? How do we ensure the talent pool?

However, if Yuan Shao gave the people and land, he would not continue the war this time. Instead, he would manage for two years, digest the population and land, and continue to force Yuan Shao southward. Anyway, there is no end.

Now Yuan Shao feels that he is good enough, so General Wang can only reluctantly obtain the population and land he wants, and he wants more...

"Zhang He and Gao Lan deserve to die!"

Yuan Shao overturned the table again, wanting to order the death of the families of these two people. Thinking about the torture he would face if he didn't win, he decided to leave a way out for himself.

This idea was not reasonable, so he could only be angry alone.

He ordered: "Yan Liang and Wen Chou are the main generals, Gao Gan, Gao Rou, Dong Zhao, and Han Meng are the deputy generals, each leading 70,000 troops to fight against Wang Yan in the north. Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Xin Ping, and Shen Pei are the military commanders and will go with the army. Tian Feng, Ju Su and others will prepare food and weapons, recruit soldiers, and mobilize the troops of Ji, Qing, and Yanzhou. We must defeat Wang Yan and vent my hatred.

Don't mess up the army. From now on, anyone who talks about surrendering to Wang Yan will be killed!"

In the past, Yuan Shao was not idle and had been reorganizing the army. But now Wang Yan did not talk about martial ethics and came directly to kill him. He had no choice but to deal with it. In fact, his army had also started, but it had not yet arrived. Before, they were afraid that the caravan would betray their actions, so they were more cautious. Now that Wang Yan took the initiative, the response was naturally faster.

In fact, a considerable number of the surrenderists below wanted to persuade them again. The news they received now was that Gaoyang and Xushui had no resistance and collapsed at the first touch. I think it was the same in Quanzhou. Fifty thousand soldiers and horses were defeated just like that. Don't you think about it carefully?

They all knew Yuan Shao thoroughly. They saw that Yuan Shao was in a state of overwhelm. But they really didn't dare to say it. After all, the knife was in Yuan Shao's hand. It was not worth it to be chopped off at this time. Moreover, there were military generals who were firm advocates of war. It was useless to talk at this time.

Helplessly, they had to start to do things. They had to study strategies and study how to fight this battle with Wang Yan.

The battlefield was the vast North China Plain. Here, in addition to city battles, it was a hard-hitting field battle. The situation on the battlefield changes at any time, so many people in the back studied strategies, which were actually of little use. It mainly depends on the generals appointed by Yuan Shao, as well as the military Sima such as Guo Tu. They were keen to capture the opportunities on the battlefield, carry out various troop mobilizations, and strike against Wang Yan.

However, we cannot say that those who stayed behind are useless. They are all wise people. Although they are bound to make mistakes, they are all visionary.

When everyone was doing their job and devoting all their efforts to the three states to attack the thief Wang, Xu You discussed with a group of people and worked out a strategy.

On this day, Yuan Shao was drinking in front of the map. The thief Wang's troops advanced too fast. After the battles in Xushui and Gaoyang, they ignored the cities in the middle and went straight to Julu and Anping. This is the heart of Jizhou. At present, they have fought with Yan Liang and others. The main battlefield is these two places. On the other hand, Quanzhou is clearing Bohai County at a very fast speed. The other armies seem to be made of paper and can't resist at all.

Fortunately, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others have controlled the situation and stopped the thief Wang from going south, and more troops are also concentrating on the front line. The proclamation to attack the thief Wang has also been announced to the world, and it has been agreed with Cao Cao. Cao Cao really cherished his reputation and did not take the opportunity to attack. Instead, he continued to arrest Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, and even attacked more aggressively than before.

Old Cao was a sensible person.

Liu Bei also formed an alliance with Cao Cao, crossed the river to attack Yuan Shu, and started a battle with Sun Ce, who had just started his business. Obviously, Liu Bei was also a sensible person. In fact, he has been very sensible since he left Liaodong...

Xu You approached and said, "My lord, the main force of the northern expedition against the bandit Wang must be in Youzhou. You can send troops to attack Taiyuan, or take Yanmen, or attack Guangchang (Laiyuan) and go straight down to Jixian, and win in one battle. Even if it fails, you can also contain the bandit Wang's troops and consume his food and grass. I am close to Taiyuan, and the bandit is far from Taiyuan, so I will definitely benefit."

Yuan Shao stared at the map for a while, nodded, and said yes, and then ordered Chunyu Qiong, who was heading north, to lead 30,000 troops directly into Taiyuan. At the same time, he ordered Zhang Yang to go out of Huguan to mobilize troops. He also wrote to Zhang Yan, hoping to unite with the Black Mountain Army to attack Taiyuan in order to seize Yanmen Pass and escape.

Chun Yuqiong was originally in Yanzhou, guarding against Cao Cao. Now Cao Cao is afraid of his reputation and dare not take action, so he naturally mobilized the main force to go north to fight against Wang Ze. Now he has just left Yanzhou, so it is just right to lead the troops to act directly. Zhang Yan is the leader of the Black Mountain Army, the largest leader, and the other Black Mountain Army are stealing their names.

The Black Mountain Army certainly has a hard time. In recent years, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Zhang Yang have been catching them and beating them as experience babies. It can not only train the army, but also increase the population and grab some resources.

In the past few years, Wang Yan occupied Yanmen Pass and opened up a road from Jixian to Yanmen, which goes through the Taihang Mountains. Zhao Yun also began to clean up Taiyuan and crack down on illegal armed forces. As a result, many small bandits came out of the mountains to join Wang Yan, making Zhang Yan and others' lives quite difficult. They are definitely not as good as Zhao Yun, but they can't surrender, because surrendering means death, and it's very uncomfortable to be neither up nor down. Moreover, the subordinates began to have different hearts, and the team was very difficult to lead.

As for the attack route, there are eight passes in Taihang Mountain, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack, namely Jundu Pass, Puyin Pass, Feihu Pass, Jingxing Pass, Fukou Pass, Baixing Pass, Taihang Pass, and Chenguan Pass. These eight passes are strategic locations, and they have been fought for by military strategists in all dynasties. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, these eight passes have been extremely important places.

In terms of distribution, Wang Yan occupied three of the eight passes. Starting from Jingxing Pass, they were all Yuan Shao's territory. And there is also a famous pass in Jingxing Pass, Niangzi Pass. However, the name Niangzi Pass was not given until the Tang Dynasty, because Princess Pingyang led troops to garrison here at that time, so it was named. Now it is called Weize Pass, which is west of Shijiazhuang. The passes to the south from here are all under the control of Yuan Shao.

Before Wang Yan took Yanmen, he didn't have the courage to cross the mountain to help Zhang Yang, for fear that Wang Yan would go south. Now it's the other way around. He wants to send troops to Taiyuan and then steal Wang Yan's hometown.

Xu You's suggestions and Yuan Shao's decisions are of course very good and feasible.

So when Zhang Yang went out, he was beaten by the troops led by Zhang Wu. Zhang Wu's combat effectiveness is really not good, so Wang Yan sent him a lieutenant, that is, Zhang Liao. With more than 6,000 troops, in cooperation with local militias, and the instructions of Guo Jia who was stationed in Taiyuan, Zhang Wu completed his task very well.

As for Chunyu Qiong and Zhang Yan, there are also people to deal with them, that is, Zhao Yun, Liao Hua, and Dian Wei.

Wang Yan can be called old and cunning. Although he is careless most of the time, he is fighting for the world after all. A decision affects the lives of soldiers and civilians. Of course, he has considered it carefully. What Yuan Shao can think of, he must also take care of.

And to be honest, his deployment of troops is biased towards defense, and his outstanding feature is to be steady and steady, and to respond to changes with the same. Just like the battle in Julu, Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci were in the front, and there were a large number of militia and supplies behind them. If there were casualties, they would replenish their troops, and if they were surrounded, the army would rush to rescue them.

If there were no accidents, it would be Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, and Zhou Cang on the other hand. These three generals would be in the front, and the large army behind would continue to follow, advance, and govern.

However, the current battlefield in Julu is not going very smoothly, because Yan Liang and Wen Chou have more troops. They are closer to the distance of reinforcement, and they are prepared in advance. Relatively speaking, although Wang Yan also prepared in advance, his territory is too large, and it takes a long time to transfer troops from the grassland and Liaodong. But at present, the problem is not big, and he can deal with it very easily.

On the Taiyuan side, Wang Yan also deployed heavy troops, namely the most powerful Xiaoqi Battalion and Xuanjia Battalion...

Chunyu Qiong and the Black Mountain Army divided their troops into three routes and marched from multiple passes, while he himself went to the Weize Pass in Jingxing. This road is not easy, because it is steep and narrow, and the army has both food and horses, so the speed of passing is not fast.

After passing through the pass, it is Yu County, and to the south of Yu County is Jinyang (Taiyuan City).

Taiyuan County was included in Wang Yan's rule for a relatively short time, just one year. But it was this one year that was enough for the people here to understand what a good life is. The tax on farming is one tenth of the tax, and you can buy new and higher-yielding seeds on credit. Salt is a flat price, cloth is a flat price, and oil is a little more expensive. There is no labor service, and you are paid for work. The money can be used to buy food in the grain store. There has never been such a good life.

So they admire the officials wearing green shirts and the army wearing armor that does not offend them. They are even more fanatical about the Tianwu general who has never met them. Every household has set up a longevity card.

Wang Yan is clear about this. Basically, every household supports him.

The people here have a hard life. Before, the Black Mountain Bandits and the Southern Xiongnu were rampant and robbed them all. There are actually not many people here. They all went into the mountains to become bandits.

But now it's different. They are wearing armor, holding various weapons, forming a battle formation, and following a group of knights who are covered with armor all over their bodies, even the horses they are sitting on.

This is a valley, the closest way to attack Jinyang from Yu County.

Dian Wei stood on the slope with double halberds in his hands, spying on the movement in the valley from afar. Dian Wei likes his current position very much. He is very happy to train with a group of tough guys every day. And he doesn't have to use his brain, just like now, Guo Jia told him to wait here, if he doesn't wait for anyone, then just kill to the other side, simple and direct.

Time passed little by little, and soon, he saw several teams of enemy scouts coming over the mountain. Seeing the people, Dian Wei turned around and left, because they were his own people.

He walked to the foot of the mountain, and let his men put on heavy armor for him. He jumped on the horse, holding an iron halberd in one hand.

"Start!"

As his voice fell, the knights around him waved the horse lances with flags.

Then, Dian Wei covered his face with a ghost, clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and shouted loudly. The tall and strong horse snorted and ran slowly.

As it moved, the armor fluttered and rustled, and the horse's pace became faster and faster.

The knights on the horse said nothing, holding the horse lances tightly under their armpits. They were silent. More than a thousand armored war horses moved at the same frequency, rumbling and shaking the earth. The silence of the knights was deafening.

In the valley, the panicked Yuan Shao army was turning their horses around in a hurry. The commander was Chunyu Qiong.

The speed of the heavy cavalry was not very fast because the burden was too heavy. But the heavy and powerful horse hooves, one after another, were like the sound of the King of Hell beating a drum, reaching people's hearts.

Dian Wei charged ahead, knocking a still stunned enemy cavalryman away with his halberd, and headed straight for the general in the distance who was in bright armor and was turning his horse around in a hurry.

Nothing could stop the iron hoof of his horse, but a pool of meat paste after the army passed by, which was pure slaughter, a scene like hell.

This is war...

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