Chapter 328: Yue Pengju's Attack

Changping Jun was really a little panicked.

He originally wanted to wait for the autumn harvest to prepare to recover Ba County in one go, but he didn't expect that in just a few months, he missed the best opportunity.

The news of Qin's defeat in the Battle of Yingdu from Xianyang and the top-secret military intelligence that Qin was preparing to focus on the eastern front made Changping Jun understand that his battle plan for Ba County had to be changed again.

And it was a major change in the overall strategy.

Changping Jun still had strategic acumen. Qin's focus on the eastern front did not have much impact on Bashu, but the defeat in the Battle of Yingdu had a great impact on the battle situation in Bashu.

Although Qin suffered little loss in the Battle of Yingdu, Qin gave up Yingdu and retreated, which not only meant that the natural barrier of the Yangtze River was no longer a threat to the Dayu army, but also meant that the main force assembled by Yu in Yingdu was liberated.

A single move can affect the whole body. When Yu did not have a particularly high demand for operations on other fronts, where would Dayu's empty troops be deployed?

Even if Dayu was not good at fighting, as long as one-third of the troops in the Battle of Yingdu were pulled to Bashu, the situation in the Battle of Bashu would change from offensive to defensive.

Changping Jun realized that Bashu needed new reinforcements.

In fact, Daqin also realized this problem. When it decided to abandon Yingdu, Daqin had already started some combat mobilization.

However, the disastrous defeat of Duke Bi in Juan forced Qin to send all the mobile troops that could have been used in Bashu to support Meng Ao, led by Li Chong and Li Yao. On the Bashu side, Daqin only asked Changping Jun to defend it.

In the eyes of the Qin central government, this requirement was not high.

Changping Jun had 20,000 elite soldiers and 180,000 elite soldiers under his command! There were more auxiliary troops. After such a long period of training, Changping Jun selected another 10,000 elite soldiers from the elite and 30,000 elite soldiers from the auxiliary troops to gather 30,000 elite soldiers and 200,000 elite troops. Isn't this difficult?

Wang Jian also has 10,000 elite soldiers and 50,000 elite soldiers, which can at least contain Dayu's 100,000 soldiers, right?

At the same time, there are a large number of naturalized barbarians who can also contribute. How can these barbarians be as effective as 100,000 elite soldiers?

With such military strength, it should be no problem to defend Bashu, right? At least it can defend the Chengdu Plain!

After all, the level of the Yu army's plain combat is well known, and some Qin soldiers even shouted the slogan "One Qin is ten Yu".

Even if this slogan is a bit exaggerated, it is not a problem to fight on the plains, "One Qin is three Yu", right?

Some senior Qin soldiers were even afraid that there were too many Qin reinforcements, which made the Yu army dare not come!

It was precisely based on this consideration that Qin did not force conscription again.

The source of Qin's soldiers was naturally far from being exhausted, but the two-year campaign consumed too much of the Qin army's logistics, and the Qin army's finances and food were a bit overwhelmed.

In addition, the Queen Mother Huayang, who was originally the core of the Chu faction, could only miss Dong Huang and stick to Zhao Ji recently, and did not give enough support to the Chu faction, which made Changwen Jun, who wanted to support Changping Jun, alone and unable to make a move, so Changping Jun almost did not get any new support.

The only support was a newly trained Qin Ruishi of 10,000 people.

It is better to have it than not, even if the newly trained Qin Ruishi is far inferior to the elite Qin Ruishi who have fought hundreds of battles, but it depends on who you are compared with.

Changping Jun reorganized this Qin Ruishi with the original 20,000 veteran Qin Ruishi and 10,000 newly selected Qin Ruishi, stepped up training, and finally had a 40,000 Qin Ruishi army that could be used as a facade.

This is the biggest trump card in Changping Jun's hand.

With 40,000 Qin Ruishi and 200,000 elite legion soldiers, in the eyes of some people, Changping Jun can at least completely defeat the 600,000 Dayu army, but Changping Jun has always been very clear-headed.

Changping Jun has reviewed the battles of the Yu Army since its debut more than once. He found that the strategic layout ability of the Yu Army is really strong. This strength is not only reflected in the overall combat, but even the ordinary generals of the Yu Army have extraordinary strategic vision.

The battle of destroying Chu, the battle of Yingdu, the battle of entering Ba, and even the battle of Hanzhong harassment and the battle of Jiameng Pass all reflect the extraordinary strategic vision and layout ability of the Yu Army.

In particular, the two battles of Hanzhong harassment and Jiameng Pass, which were small in scale and low in casualties but far-reaching, directly affected the overall strategic layout of Changping Jun's battle in Bashu, and made Changping Jun fall into a disadvantage in the battle of Bashu from the beginning.

If Wang Jian was not strong enough, the Qin army would probably be blocked in Shu and unable to move.

In fact, Changping Jun had already regretted that the army did not follow Wang Jian to enter Ba at once. If the army had entered Baxi at that time, it would have surrounded the Yu army in Bacheng. Even if the Yu army came to reinforce, the two sides would have fought a decisive battle near Bacheng, instead of defending the long river as it is now.

Changping Jun knew very well that with the strength of the Yu army's navy, it was meaningless to advance step by step in the cities along the river; rashly fighting on the water would probably only follow the footsteps of Meng Wu, so Changping Jun's idea was to lure the enemy deep into the country, harass along the way, constantly tire the enemy, and finally fight a decisive battle on the battlefield that was most favorable to the Qin army.

This was also an important reason why Bai Jie and Qiang Wei's troops retreated after a symbolic resistance in Jiangyang.

They had already made sufficient preparations for retreat.

As Changping Jun thought, the Yu army split up to pursue Bai Jie and Qiang Wei's troops.

This division of troops, regardless of the outcome of the two sides, would not be able to be used on the main battlefield for at least three months.

After Jiangyang, the most important strategic location was Bodao. Although the Qin State had already developed this area during the era of Li Bing and his son, and even dug a five-foot road, when it comes to controlling these ethnic groups, it can only be said to be better than nothing. , at most it can be regarded as a restraint, supplemented by war and mainly friendly exchanges.

Lord Changping believed that it had taken so many years for Da Qin to reach this point in its relationship with these barbarians. As an invader, Dayu would inevitably attract the hostility of these barbarians.

Lord Changping also deliberately added fuel to the fire. When he first arrived in Chengdu, he began to show favor to these barbarian tribes and continued to preach the evil of Dayu. Originally, Lord Changping wanted to use this to build a force that was good at mountain warfare and running raids. The soldiers and horses of the Yu army were prepared to fight against the elite mountain warfare of the Yu army.

As a result, the plan could not keep up with the rapid changes, and Changpingjun had to switch from strategic offense to strategic defense. The purpose of these barbarians became to harass the Yu army.

The barbarians all agreed to Lord Changping's request and expressed that they must let the Yu people taste their benefits.

Lord Changping believed it.

Lord Changping felt that the Yu army would definitely fall into the sea of ​​barbarian people's war in the vast area from Jiangyang to Bodao.

However, the fact is that the back-up men he left along the route, the lurking troops, and the chiefs he attracted were either killed or rebelled.

The barbarians along the route greeted their gods with joy.

When the hill-like Wutu Bone led the huge army of holy war elephants to clear the way, and the majestic, sacred, and invisible Dong Huang descended from the sky on the Sun Bird and landed on the elephant chariot, the cheers of the barbarians reached their peak. .

The praise from Yue Fei, the three adopted brothers and others, the god-like way of coming, and the status bonus of "King of the Southern Barbarians" made Dong Huang gain countless fanatical fans in an instant.

In a simple alliance, the hundreds of barbarian tribes participating in the alliance all offered their loyalty to their Majesty, and could casually dedicate a hundred thousand troops to their Emperor!

Dong Huang now had plenty of food and grass, so he took all the 100,000 people as ordered. Among them, the most elite and fanatical 10,000 people were directly included in the reserve force of the Huben Army.

There are still many such reserves, and 50,000 barbarians in Jingnan have become reserve forces for the Huben Army.

It is worth mentioning that the previous four commanders of Dong Huang's Tiger Army, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, and Zhou Tai, because Zhao Yun and Zhou Tai often went out to lead troops, now Dian Wei also went out to play Ji Wuye, so Dong Huang also promoted Wu Tu Gu and Lu Lingqi to the commanders of the Huben Army. All the 20,000 Xiang soldiers under Wu Tu Gu were integrated into the Huben Army. Lu Lingqi trained some female cavalry and also won over Sun Shangxiang, who did not like red clothes and preferred weapons. Basic Princess Tianxiang and others joined.

In addition, Chen Dao and Fu Wei, who were formerly deputy generals of the Huben Army, were also promoted to regular positions. Wang Shuang and Niu Jin were also reused by outsiders.

Lord Changping was completely unaware of what happened in Bodao, and he had no idea at all.

He felt that the barbarians should have a good fight with Dayu.

It wasn't until Yue Fei's vanguard was about to arrive in Nan'an that Changping Jun had to abandon his illusions and prepare for a war.

Chang Pingjun’s idea is to have a water fight here.

Nan'an City is a small city. Although Lord Changping once fortified it, it is still a small city, and once it loses control of the river (Minjiang River) and Qingyi River, Nanchang will become a dead city.

This is obviously not the ideal place for the decisive battle of Lord Changping, because the terrain and hydrology here are hard to say who is more advantageous, but Lord Changping has to fight, at least he must take a bite out of Dong Huang's navy here, otherwise If it is lost, it means that the Qingyi Water Basin is in danger.

Qin people, Shu people, barbarians, and Qiang people live together in the Qingyi River Basin, and the composition is complicated. Moreover, because of the previous summer harvest, they suffered heavy losses and were squeezed by the Qin army, so these areas are extremely unstable. If Dayu controls the Qingyi River and stirs up trouble, , these places are likely to rebel.

Chang Pingjun's strategy was to cross the river with iron ropes and fire boats.

The specific arrangement is to lay out iron ropes on the river, and hide several batches of fireboats on the river and river banks behind them that can block the river. When the Yu army and navy arrive, they will attack with fire.

Of course, the fire attack cannot be a fire attack with no technical content like Mengwu's. Changping Jun's specific arrangement is that after the Yu army and the navy have gathered, the Qin army will gather the buildings and ships in a decisive battle posture, and use the buildings and ships to attack. Reduce the vigilance of the Yu army, arrange fire ships behind the building ships, and wait until the two sides are fighting and the Yu army fleet cannot move away, then set off the fire ships.

In this process, the Qin army's shipmen will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and may even be accidentally injured by fire attacks, but if they can defeat Dayu's powerful navy with a mere weak navy brigade from Shu, everything will be worth it. !

Changping-kun also showed his ruthless and decisive side here.

However, what Changping-kun didn't expect was that all the arrangements of his ships would be seen by Shark and Shark's pets.

The sharks quickly passed this information to Yue Fei and Gan Ning.

Yue Fei was the land pioneer appointed by Dong Huang, while Gan Ning became the water pioneer who entered Shu because of his meritorious service in entering Ba.

Yue Fei, Gan Ning and others gathered together, combined with the intelligence from the scouts who used birds and animals, and even personal reconnaissance, to roughly check out the layout of the Qin army.

"The Art of War says: attack by surprise. Since the Qin army's main defense is our navy, why not do the opposite?"

Yue Fei pointed at the map and laughed.

"Pengju means..."

Gan Ning looked at the direction pointed by Yue Fei, thoughtfully.

In terms of strategic ability, Gan Ning is naturally inferior to Yue Fei, but he is not stupid. He has a good foundation. He has fought for decades and often dealt with Gao Shun, Xi Zhicai and others, so his vision has naturally been trained.

"Use the navy to attract the attention of the Qin army, secretly send a group of elite soldiers to take a detour, occupy the upper reaches of the Qin army, seize the ready-made ships of the Qin army, and directly burn the Qin army. However, in order to prevent accidents, we must also prepare iron chains across the river to prevent the Qin army's fire ships from burning over."

Yue Fei said simply.

"Who can take on this important task?"

Gan Ning couldn't help asking.

Gan Ning actually wanted to compete for credit, but he also knew himself.

Gan Ning's trump cards are the Jinfan Army and the Jieying Cavalry.

The Jinfan Army is a navy, and it is also one of the facade arms of the Dayu Navy, but if you go ashore...

To be honest, it is best for Jiangdong generals not to go ashore.

As for the Jieying Cavalry, their ability is still very good, but they suffered heavy losses in the previous battle with Wang Jian, and the Jieying Cavalry is good at surprise attacks rather than long-distance raids. After a long-distance raid, they have to defeat the unknown Qin army. Gan Ning believes that the Jieying Cavalry is not competent.

If he can't do it himself, then he can only look at Yue Fei's troops. Gan Ning couldn't help but look at Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong and other generals. He liked these generals very much, but whether they could do this level of long-distance raids was another matter.

Although the Dayu Army has the advantage of reconnaissance and can monitor the enemy to the maximum extent to avoid being discovered by the enemy, there are only one or two ways to raid, and it is impossible to completely avoid people or even cities and tribes. The risk of exposure is not low.

Besides, no one knows whether the Qin army stationed at the position mentioned by Yue Fei is strong or not.

Gan Ning is not afraid of the elite army formation of the Qin army, but if he really faces the elite army formation of the Qin army, Gan Ning can't help but be shocked.

"I will go in person!"

Yue Fei took the responsibility.

In the Battle of Yingdu, Yue Fei faced the fear of the Qin Army's elite soldiers and actively improved his own formation by learning from their strengths.

Although the Beiwei Army, which has only a history of less than three years, is certainly not as perfect as the Qin Army's elite soldiers, which has been honed and improved for hundreds of years, as long as the Qin elite soldiers are within 5,000, Yue Fei dares to fight head-on as long as he has twice the Beiwei Army, and he is confident that he can win the battle.

If he is given a few more years, he is confident that he can lead the Beiwei Army to fight the same number of Qin elite soldiers head-on without being defeated - even if he is facing Wang Jian, he dares to say so!

To put it bluntly, the military formations of Dayu generals and even the entire Dayu military formation are in a period of rapid growth, and the Qin military formation actually has little room for improvement.

And people like Yue Fei are the best among Dong Huang's military generals.

If we only talk about history, the counselors and generals under Dong Huang either commanded fewer troops than him or had less impressive military achievements than him, especially in terms of the number of troops commanded and trained. His Yue Family Army may have more troops than the five generals combined. In terms of military achievements, except for Zhang Liao's Battle of Bailang Mountain, the achievements of the other five generals are not worthy of comparison with Yue Fei.

In history, Yue Fei is still recognized as a martial saint, while Guan Yu's martial saint is just a product pushed by the Qing Dynasty to suppress the resistance of the Han people, and the gold content is not comparable.

Of course, in this time and space, the generals under Dong Huang have all been supplemented by star power, and have long broken through the rut of a historical figure in a certain space. Their abilities and potential have been greatly improved. Many of them have also had experience in commanding a large army of hundreds of thousands of people. They cannot be viewed from the perspective of historical figures, but after all, Yue Fei's foundation and foundation are there. He, who has also been supplemented, will only be more outstanding than in history.

"Okay!"

Gan Ning naturally has no objection to Yue Fei going in person.

Therefore, Yue Fei personally led 30,000 Beiwei troops to the shore, away from the river bank, and took a long detour through the mountain forest path. Three days later, they successfully went around to the rear of the Qin army on the west bank of the river where the river and Qingyi River meet.

Although the Qin army had camps on both sides of the river here, their main purpose was to prevent the frontal passage of the Yu army and to assist in setting fire to the ships when the two armies fought. They focused on the south and had almost no defense for the back and rear.

Yue Fei led the Beiwei army to be attacked by the Qin army at night. The unprepared rear camp was quickly broken. Then Yue Fei ordered Yang Zaixing and Gao Chong to continue the attack, while personally leading Niu Gao and Yue Yun to seize the water fort, collect the Qin army's fire ships, and set fire downstream.

Suddenly, whether it was the river or the Qin army camps and water forts on the west bank of the river, there was a sea of ​​fire.

In order to prevent the attack of the Yu army, Changping Jun actually arranged 10,000 Qin elite soldiers in the military camps on both sides of the river, but these elite soldiers mainly hit the camp on the southernmost side. When these elite soldiers finished assembling, the rear and the river were already ablaze. Without knowing the specific situation in the rear, these Qin elite soldiers finally chose to hold the camp under the leadership of the generals, and wait until dawn to decide everything.

Yue Fei's troops, who had successfully attacked, saw that the Qin elite soldiers' camp was solid and the soldiers were calm in the face of danger, so they did not continue to attack, but quickly called off the troops.

Yue Fei's mission was actually more than accomplished.

In this battle, he not only annihilated more than 20,000 enemies, but most importantly, he burned most of the Qin army's ships, and the Qin army's Bashu navy was broken at once.

Changping Jun was decisive. Since the enemy was more skilled, I simply didn't want the Qingyi Water, and I would withdraw.

The next day, Changping Jun directly abandoned the Nan'an defense line and organized the army to evacuate.

Dong Huangjun's navy had been guarding against the Qin army's fire attack yesterday, so they were far away and had no time to pursue them. However, Yue Fei did not want to simply let Changping Jun's troops retreat.

Yue Fei took aim at the unit that held the camp last night, that is, the sharp soldiers of the Qin State.

Because the Qin army's ships suffered heavy losses, and the remaining ships had to defend themselves against a surprise attack by the Yu army's navy, they were unable to escort this force across the river. Therefore, this force could only retreat on the east bank of the river, and the target of their retreat... …

Yue Fei aimed at another location on the map - Wuyang.

Wuyang was a prefecture and county established by the Qin Dynasty, and it was also the place where Qin's last battle to destroy Shu took place. "King Hui sent Zhang Yi and Sima to attack Shu by mistake, but the king of Shu was enlightened and refused to fight, so he retreated to Wuyang and captured it."

After Wuyang and further north, you will find the Chengdu Plain.

In terms of terrain, Wuyang County is dominated by hills and low mountains. This kind of terrain is not suitable for large army battles, but it is very suitable for ambush.

According to Chang Pingjun's plan, he planned to ambush the Yu army when they advanced near here.

However, Yue Fei also took a fancy to this place.

"After the sneak attack last night, the Qin army either thought that our army was retreating, or that we were waiting for the main force of the army. They never expected that we would arrive in Wuyang first to ambush!"

Yue Fei said to the soldiers around him.

The reason why Yue Fei emphasized this point was actually to mobilize in front of the station.

Yue Fei's troops had already been attacking for three days and fought another battle. Now if they attack to Wuyang and set up an ambush, they will have to attack again in the mountain and forest trails, and the attack speed will be faster than the Qin army marching on the river bank. .

This is a challenge.

"General, don't worry, brothers, there will be no problem."

Yang Zaixing patted his chest and confirmed.

Other soldiers are also very motivated.

The Beiwei Army has been in a state of recuperation since the battle with Hegong that was not a battle. This battle was just a small test of their skills. Finally, they had more opportunities to perform, and they were happy to hear the battle.

"good!"

Yue Fei nodded.

Immediately ordered the entire army, except for some of the wounded and the troops who stayed behind to guide Yu Jun, the main force of the army set off, carrying only one layer of armor, in groups of three, with two people carrying one on a stretcher, and one person was rotated every two hours, day and night. He stopped, took advantage of the reconnaissance and marched quickly, and finally reached the ambush point with 25,000 people two hours ahead of the Qin army.

At this time, the Qin army was unaware of the coming danger.

They felt that this was a march in the hinterland of their country. Although they wore armor just in case, it was a standard marching formation. The formation was a long snake formation, and the soldiers were quite slack.

"Go faster and try to reach Wuyang City tonight. Then I will reward my brothers!"

Qin general Meng Ze encouraged the army.

Because the warriors he led held the camp tightly during the battle that night, did not give the Yu army an opportunity, and gathered the defeated army in the end, they were considered to have made a meritorious service and were praised by Lord Changping. This made He was very high-spirited and felt that as long as he won this battle, he would be able to prosper.

As for why Meng Ze was so confident after losing a battle and was about to be forced to the Chengdu Plain, it was because he had never seen the Yu army dare to fight head-on. To this day, he still believes that as long as it is In a frontal battle, even ten times the Yu army is no match for the Qin army!

The Yu army has always relied on intrigues to fight the war, which is shameful!

"When I find the opportunity to fight head-on with Yu Jun, I must let these Yu Jun...ah..."

Meng Ze was still talking to himself, but unexpectedly, thousands of arrows suddenly fired. Meng Ze, who was being cared for by Yue Fei himself, was shot into a hedgehog.

"Enemy attack!"

The Qin army, facing a wave of arrows, finally reacted, but it was too late.

After the rain of arrows, drums and horns roared, the sun bird flag and the Yue-character banner suddenly rose over the mountains and plains. Countless Yu troops fought out from the ambush site. Yue Fei, Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong, Yue Yun, Niu Gao and other fierce generals led their guards in the lead. Directly cut the Qin army into four sections and surround them.

The Qin army, which was marching in a long snake formation, was unprepared and could not form an effective response.

Although many old Qin people showed the courage to fight to the death, facing the Yu army that formed a military formation, cooperated closely, and had high morale, even if most of these Qin soldiers were sharp soldiers, they could not effectively deal with it. Even if they had the courage of an ordinary man, , and was quickly overwhelmed by the Yu army's attack.

In this battle, the Qin army, which consisted of 10,000 warriors and 7,800 to 8,000 elite legions, was completely wiped out by Yue Fei's 25,000 men. General Meng Ze died in the battle, and more than 10,000 men chose to surrender.

After the great victory, Yue Fei did not stop there. Instead, he left more than 10,000 people to guard the surrendered soldiers, and then personally led more than 10,000 people to put on Qin army's clothes, carry Qin army's tiger charms and written ultimatums and go to the deceived city.

Yangwucheng had already received an order to prepare meals for the army, and all the troops were prepared outside the city. When Yue Fei arrived, he was not polite and directly captured a group of county civil and military personnel who came to greet him, and easily occupied Yangwu. city.

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