Chapter 1221: Jia Xu’s response
Chapter 1221 Jia Xu’s response
Chapter 1219: Jia Xu’s response
I have to say that with the help of the skill of 'Smart Tongue', Wang Mang's 'Magical Fooling Skill' was like being assisted by a god, and he was able to fool everyone one by one.
Yuan Shu was actually afraid of Qin Hao deep down in his heart, and he was very afraid. However, under Wang Mang's deception and misdirection, he forgot the fear of being dominated by Qin Hao.
Today, Yuan Shu is immersed in the fantasy that Wang Mang prepared for him. He only wants to take advantage of the absence of the main force of the Qin army to take away the four counties of Sizhou and the five counties of Jingbei from Qin Hao, and then replace Qin Hao as the overlord of the Central Plains. But they ignored the difficulty of Wang Mang's plan.
The prerequisite for the success of Wang Mang's series of plans is to capture Guangcheng Pass, because only by capturing Guangcheng Pass can the Qin army in northern Jing Dynasty be prevented from entering Sizhou, and only then can there be hope of completely capturing Sizhou.
Only by completely occupying Sizhou and blocking the connection between Jingbei and Bingzhou can the Yuzhou Army completely occupy Sizhou. Only by turning Jingbei into an enclave can it be possible to occupy the six counties of Jingbei.
As the most important pass in the world, Guangcheng Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, it is so close to Nanyang. As long as there is a slight disturbance, reinforcements from Nanyang can reach Guangcheng Pass within ten days, so they want to capture Guangcheng Pass by force. , definitely not an easy task.
Wang Mang naturally knew that Guangcheng Pass was difficult to defeat, but in order to make Yuan Shu feel at ease and send troops, he deliberately lowered the difficulty of capturing Guangcheng Pass.
In addition, although Yique Pass has not been completely rebuilt, most of it has been rebuilt, and it has a certain level of defense. However, Wang Mang demoted Yique Pass, which had not yet been rebuilt, to be worthless.
The reason why Wang Mang said this is that Yuan Shu sent troops to attack Sizhou first. He didn't care how many people in the Yuzhou army would die. As long as Yuan Shu sent troops, he could only grit his teeth and go all the way to the end.
Yuan Shu lost his mind under Wang Mang's deception, but there were still many sober people in the Yuzhou army. Both Yan Xiang and Lian Po opposed Yuan Shu's attack.
Yan Xiang knew Yuan Shu's temperament, so his advice was more tactful, while Lian Po's military temperament was naturally much stronger.
Lian Po said bluntly that if Yuan Shu sent troops to attack the rear of his compatriots when the foreign tribes were marching south, he would be despised by the people of the world.
After hearing this, Yuan Shu's face turned blue and white. If it weren't for the fact that Lian Po expelled Li Mi and had just accomplished great achievements, he would definitely put Lian Po in jail.
Wang Mang had already guessed that there would be such a situation, so he took the initiative to speak out against the officials of the Henan Army. Yan Xiang and other civil servants were speechless, and Lian Po was so angry that he drew his sword in the hall.
Yuan Shu saw that there was no objection from the ministers and immediately decided to send troops to Sizhou. He originally planned to order Lian Po to lead the army, but Lian Po would rather pretend to be injured than lead the army, so he had to let Zhao Kuangyin lead the army.
Yuan Shu sent Zhao Kuangyin to lead an army of 100,000, responsible for the surprise attack on Guangcheng Pass. After taking Guangcheng Pass, he would personally lead 150,000 troops, gather an army of 250,000, and capture the four counties of Sizhou in one fell swoop.
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Luoyang.
“Report... Yuzhou Yuan Shu mobilized his troops abnormally, and a large number of troops were mobilized to Runan..."
After receiving the information from Jin Yiwei, Jia Xu frowned and said, "Does Yuan Shu want to take advantage of Sizhou's empty troops to attack Sizhou? Does he dare to do such a thing that is frowned upon by the world?"
What Yuan Shu didn't know was that before his plan was implemented, Jia Xu had already seen through Yuan's army's troop mobilization and his intention to march into Sizhou. Jia Xu naturally did not dare to be careless, and immediately summoned Qin Jian, Han Fei, Xun Yu, Tan Daoji and others to discuss ways to deal with Yuan Jun.
Jia Xu and Qin Jian were in charge of the left and right respectively, and everyone took them as leaders. After all, their identities were different, and Qin Jian, as a military commander, respected Jia Xu. All Jia Xu were the real ones in Sizhou. controller.
Just as the meeting started, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong and Xiong Kuohai rushed over again. Seeing that all three of them had recovered from their injuries, Jia Xu nodded and agreed for them to participate in the next meeting.
“Everyone, Yuan Shu mobilized a heavy army in Runan with evil intentions.”
After Jia Xu finished speaking, Han Fei said with an unhappy face: "Is Yuan Shu's head squeezed by the door? His total military strength in Yuzhou is only 300,000, and he can use up to 250,000 to deal with the overall situation. Our army, although our army in Sizhou only has 50,000 troops, there are still 120,000 troops in Jingbei. "
"Yes, our army has a total of 170,000 troops. Not only does it occupy a favorable location, but it also has a strong city to defend. How can Yuan Shu's 250,000 troops be able to defeat it?" Xun Yu said.
"Whether Yuan Jun wants to go to war or not, we must be fully prepared."
At this point, Jia Xu looked at Tan Daoji and asked: "General Tan, you are responsible for the military strength of the four counties of Sizhou, so please report the military strength of Sizhou first."
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Tan Daoji stood up and said in a deep voice: "Now among the four counties of Sizhou, Luoyang has 20,000 troops, Hedong has 5,000, Hanoi has 5,000, Hongnong Hangu Pass has a total of 10,000, Hulao Pass has 2,000, and Yique Pass has 1 Ten thousand, a total of fifty-two thousand.”
"Intelligence shows that Yuan Shu has mobilized no less than 100,000 troops. With such strength, if Yuan Shu really wants to start a war with our army, he will definitely choose Sizhou, which has a relatively empty army. To attack Sizhou, he must first attack Yique Pass. and Guangchengguan.”
At this time, Jia Xu looked at Xun Yu and asked: "Wen Ruo, how is the reconstruction of Yique Pass going?"
"The project to rebuild Yique Pass has now been completed 80%. Although it is not completely completed, it will not hinder the defense of the city."
Xun Yu replied in a deep voice that it was precisely because Yique Pass was about to be rebuilt that Xun Yu would step down from this important task and return to Luoyang to report on his duties.
"There are 10,000 defenders of Yique Pass and 40,000 Liang Army prisoners of war. Now that the war is about to begin, it is no longer appropriate to continue placing the prisoners of war in Yique Pass. Order Guan Sheng to immediately **** the 40,000 Liang Army prisoners of war to Luoyang. ." Jia Xu said calmly.
After the war against Dong, the Qin army captured a total of 60,000 Liang army prisoners of war, and used them all as coolies to build Yique Pass. It was not until the battle with Wang Mang for Hanoi that Ding Yanping selected 20,000 of them to be reorganized into the army. , and now there are still 40,000 prisoners of war still working as coolies.
“The troops at Hulao Pass, Yique Pass, and Guangcheng Pass are only sufficient, and they cannot be foolproof when facing foreign enemies, so we must increase our troops.”
Having said that, Jia Xu discussed with everyone again and decided to mobilize 4,000 troops from Hanoi and Hedong County respectively, for a total of 8,000 troops to garrison Hulao Pass. In this way, there would be 10,000 garrison troops at Hulao Pass.
The troops in Hongnong County and Hangu Pass need to be used to defend against the Liang Army in Guanzhong. Although the Liang Army is in the midst of internal fighting, you must know that there are not many troops on the western front of Sizhou, so the army here definitely cannot Mobilized, and the only ones who continued to mobilize were the garrison in Luoyang.
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