Chapter 445

Eat the meal one mouthful at a time, or you'll choke.

The road is to walk down-to-earth, not to choose the kind of unstable place.

The recent move of the state of Han has great intention. The appropriate retreat of the Han Army on the front line is just a necessary adjustment. After all, the number of troops increases too rapidly in the short term, and many troops fight outside all year round. It should be sorted out anyway.

"Just leave the troops near Chaoge and continue to put on the posture that we have to save Huanwen's headquarters. It's best to attract more enemies. If not..." Liu Yan is in the garden of the palace city and continues to discuss with a group of core officials: "give up some areas and the Hu people will fill those gaps again. This is the time for us to send troops north."

The current situation of the state of Han and the state of Zhao in Shijie is intertwined. Because the Han Army dispatched in multiple ways and captured many enclaves, it is not only a manifestation of chaos, but also the improper use of troops.

The garden in the palace city doesn't cover a large area, mainly because Liu Yanping didn't have any leisure and elegant time to play with flowers and plants. It can even be said that he didn't spend much time in the palace city at all, and those rare harem palaces followed him out most of the time.

In autumn, the leaves of plants become yellow, and a large number of leaves fall, adding endless yellow color to the field of vision. It looks a little bleak.

"Your Majesty, it's right for the new army to return to the mainland to fight the rebellion. It's just..." Ji Chang patted off the fallen leaves on his shoulder and frowned. "Isn't it too risky to deploy 80000 field troops with 50000 forbidden guards as the main force and 130000 troops marching straight in?"

The Han army is what kind of arm it should be, and the Hu people are both soldiers and people. Therefore, the Hu people always have hundreds of thousands of troops.

On the battlefield centered on Chaoge, the Han Army has about 210000 troops there. More than 30000 of these 210000 people are besieged by about 300000 or 400000 Hu people. At the same time, 180000 Han troops surround these Hu people from three sides.

It's three or four hundred thousand Hu people, not three or four hundred thousand Hu soldiers. This should be made clear and explained anyway.

It is precisely because of the 300000 or 400000 Hu people that the 180000 troops and horses outside the Han army can be sandwiched from the three bread, only to give way to the gap in the direction of Yecheng. If the 300000 or 400000 Hu people are really like the regular army in the Han country, it must be difficult to do it.

"I still think it will take a long time." Liu Yan is actually very depressed about the good Puyang County, He pointed out: "Shi Hu has created internal unrest for us. His intention is to let us withdraw our troops. He is good at managing and accumulating national strength. We have taken a posture of withdrawing troops in areas other than the Chaoge battlefield. He must think his strategy has succeeded. Confusing the enemy is confusing the enemy, but he doesn't really want to give them more time. Moreover, the compatriots in Shijie can't wait that long."

What should I say? In fact, except that Liu Yan really cares about the Han and Miao people in Shijie Zhao state, others don't pay much attention at all. This is related to ideas. The better people come from, the more they ignore the common people. They are basically regarded as numbers and tools, and it is difficult to have any compassion. Liu Yan is different. He has a full set of national ideas.

Several other people have expressed their views successively, but because Liu Yan has a firm will, they basically agree with what they say, and then add some omissions according to the actual situation.

The current season is October, less than two months from the arrival of winter.

According to Liu Yan, it has been almost two years since the outbreak of the Puyang war to the present stage. Zhao Guo in Shijie didn't fully prepare for the war at the beginning. After delaying for nearly two years, he was basically supporting hard. From the actions of the Hu people in their own territory, we can see that he would rather spend his life to attack the fortress and stronghold than raise enough materials.

Liu Yan's return to Linzi and the retreat of the Han Army on the north line are also making an illusion that people who do not know where the place is think that the Han country has changed from offensive to defensive.

Unrest is happening in the Han country, which can be judged without too much deliberate investigation. It is based on this foundation. In addition, the Han Army continues to mobilize counter insurgency within the country. According to common sense, it is normal to turn to defensive, and it is abnormal to continue to maintain offensive.

After repeated conscription, it is the comprehensive mobilization of stable elite areas and new occupied areas. After statistics, the number of troops in the Han Dynasty has approached seven hundred and fifty thousand.

Of the 750000 troops, including the recruits recruited in the first and second stages, the number of field corps is actually only 270000. There are 80000 garrison troops everywhere. The newly formed recruits account for 200000, and the rest are slave and slave armies.

At present, the Han state wants to create a false image of being defensive, and the troops outside are moving backward. The new army is sending out all kinds of insurgency, which is a contraction situation.

Constant troop mobilization will dazzle people. Only the core class knows what they want to do, and more people are confused.

On August 19, ran min, who was in Fangtou, finished grooming early in the morning. He was waiting for the arrival of 30000 forbidden guards. At the same time, Hu Ben army came.

Since the main battlefield of the Han army is currently Chaoge, the generals who previously commanded multiple routes are naturally on the scene. They are summoned when the sky is slightly bright. After gathering from everywhere to ran min's big tent, they see ran Min who can't hide his excitement. Seeing Wang Meng also present, they immediately speculate that something big will happen.

Ran min and other generals arrived without any nonsense. He directly said to Wang Meng, "let's start."

Wang Meng came with an imperial edict and received ran min's signal without delay. He read Liu Yan's will, but first announced the appointment of Ran min as a general for the northern expedition, clearly pointed out that ran min led the army to the northern expedition, and then announced the promotion and appointment of some people.

"The king's will is clear." Ran min had exciting reasons. After the appointment of the general of the northern expedition was issued, he became the first general of the Han army. He looked around the crowd and focused on Xu Zheng, Xie an, Li Kuang and Qian Jian. He said seriously, "unless you receive another order from the king, where you can fight this northern expedition is where you can go."

The distance from Chaoge to Yecheng is 180 Li from the plane map. In fact, it must be more than 180 Li. After all, the road is not straight.

Xu Zheng looked at ran min, who was in high spirits. He was more or less depressed. He didn't move his official position during the recruitment of beizhonglang, but his title was promoted to two levels. Depression turned to depression, but he knew something very well. It was no accident that ran min became a general of the northern expedition. In addition to his military achievements, there was another most important factor, that is, the original ran min army was consumed a little.

After the state of Qin did not exist, the original ran min army was reorganized into the Han army. These people were not directly commanded by ran min, but assigned to Xie an and Huan Wen. Huan Wen got some tasks to attack Chaoge, and the troops he brought were seriously damaged. Ran min had no gossip all the time. How can the center give ran min some affirmation and compensation.

After saying the overall situation, ran min showed his vigorous side again and called the roll in a strong voice: "xie'an, Li Kuang."

Xie an and Li Kuang stood up and saluted.

"Xie an led the headquarters to detour to the north and cut off the enemy's retreat." Ran min issued an order and handed it to Zhang Shi for filing. Then he looked at Li Kuang and said, "Li Kuang led the headquarters to march into Changle after a false shot."

Xie an's headquarters has 50000 troops, and Li Kuang's headquarters also has 50000 troops. One in the West and the other in the East, they will eventually detour towards the rear of the Chaoge enemy, which is equivalent to cutting off the rear path of the Chaoge enemy with pliers.

"The rest followed Ben." Ran Min said and stood up: "if you don't understand anything, ask quickly and go back to the headquarters without doubt.", After a pause, he added: "Qian Jiantong, Li Tan, you stay."

There must be doubts. Most people thought they wanted to be on the defensive, but what just happened shows that they guessed wrong. What was said at the meeting was not too much. It was limited to the movement of this battlefield. Everyone would think about what new changes the situation would make.

Since the outbreak of the ethnic collision, Qian Jiantong has been somewhat complicated recently. He thought he would be transferred from the Huben army, either back to Linzi idle, or to an unimportant front. Unexpectedly, those things did not happen.

Hubei army is a very important arm of the Han kingdom. Although the establishment is only eight thousand, it can be said that it is absolutely the essence of the army. It is also impossible for the troops to be left behind. He feels that Wang Meng, who is still waiting in the accounts at the next moment, says that the king will not make him surprised by the new personnel transfer to the chief of the tiger army.

"Shi Hu himself has withdrawn to Yecheng, and most of the Dragon guards are also retreating with him. These Hu people in the Chaoge battlefield are a group of abandoned people." Ran min saw that Qian Jiantong had something wrong, but he didn't care. He left two people with something to say clearly: "I would have wanted to defeat or annihilate the enemy in front of me with a destructive attitude. Most of the enemy don't need to care too much. The unique Donggong Gaoli of Shi Xuan needs to be taken seriously."

Shi Xuan is the commander of the Chaoge battlefield. His east palace Gaoli is the main force in this battlefield. Shi Hu also left 1500 armour and riding equipment and 3000 heavy infantry.

"No waste heat, no temptation!" Ran Min said forcefully: "what I would have wanted was to attack with all my strength once the general attack. The Huben army and the Yulin army will become the front selection. You can't have a little slack!"

Qian Jiantong couldn't help looking at Wang Meng standing in a corner, but he saw that Wang Meng also looked and smiled.

"Be serious!" Ran min really didn't think much. He shouted at Qian Jian Tong, "Ben will be lecturing. What are you distracted from?"

"This..." Qian Jiantong was yelled and his heart trembled involuntarily. Ran min, who had two pupils, stared at people. In fact, he was a little scary. He had to salute and say, "there is something wrong with his position. Please punish the general."

Ran min gave some more instructions. After that, he waved Qian Jiantong to leave with Li tan.

Qian Jian Tongxin was in a trance. He wondered why he had not been transferred from Huben army, and even got an important task as a key striker.

Li Tan and Qian Jiantong are not generally familiar. Just now, it has been found in the big account that Qian Jiantong's abnormal situation is not easy to persuade. When there is a big account, there are only two people, so he said, "Suxiao, don't think too much."

Qian Jiantong said with a wry smile, "I can't help thinking about the current situation."

As soon as Li Tan heard this, he was a little angry and shouted: "Suxiao was under the command of the king in Changguang county. The king took it to express Suxiao. What do you think if you don't have a different heart!"

It must be said that the relationship between the two people began to approach from the killing of their father's envoy Murong Xianbei. They know very well why they have their current status. It was the killing of the envoys of Xi Qian, Bai Liao and Li Mingzhi that made Liu Yanxin feel guilty. With the king, they had to cultivate deliberately. They really worked hard. Now they have become the leaders of two special titles.

From top to bottom, military orders are conveyed layer by layer, and some troops that should retreat are also retreated.

Shi Xuan, who personally presided over the command, found Zhang Qun after the Han army retreated. He was confused and asked, "the Han Army has stopped the offensive. There are already troops retreating. They are friends regardless of the encirclement?"

"Your Majesty's call has worked. The instability of the Han territory will inevitably lead to the withdrawal of the Han army." Zhang Qun learned about the number of Han troops retreating, and said with confidence: "there is chaos in the hinterland and it is difficult to maintain the front line. It is supposed to give up the surrounded troops and pay attention to the rear."

"Oh..." Shi Xuan smiled suspiciously and said a new news: "the situation encountered by Yangong is similar. The Han Army in Jizhou launched a wave of offensive fruitlessly and took the initiative to retreat."

"This is more illustrative of the situation." Zhang Qun said firmly: "the puppet king Liu Yan will never allow the internal unrest to last too long. He can only mobilize troops from the front line to return to counter the rebellion."

Shi Xuan was still young. Seeing Zhang Qun's certainty, he was relieved and said, "that's great!"

They fought around the Huanwen headquarters for nearly a month and a half. Many people died, but they only stripped off a camp barrier of the Huanwen headquarters. In fact, the morale decreased again and again. Shi Hu withdrew from the battlefield with the main force, which made it difficult to continue the offensive. They continued to surround the Huanwen headquarters. It was hard support, but also for the overall situation arranged by Shi Hu.

"It is a fact that the puppet king Liu Yan has risen too fast and his foundation is unstable. Over the years, without war every day has tired the troops and consumed huge materials." Zhang Qun described the current situation as usual. He said to Shi Xuan, "it is often said that one drum, two decline and three exhaustion. Now it is time for the Han Army to maintain the offensive, and it is also the time for the prince to make great contributions."

Shi Xuan was stunned at first, and then asked with interest, "what do you say?"

"How should the encircled Han Army think when they know this situation?" Zhang Qun obviously had a plan and said with a smile: "the besieged Han army should recognize the facts. They were supported by reinforcements before. If they knew that the reinforcements were retreating, even if they could not collapse by themselves, they should have no morale at all. As soon as the morale rose and fell, it would be easy for the prince to annihilate the besieged Han army."

Shi Xuan thought that what Zhang Qun said was very reasonable and immediately showed a happy smile.