If the siege of Dongping was to break my limbs, then attacking the southern part of the North Sea was a sharp sword that stabbed into my heart. It was a threat to the overall situation of the North Sea.
After solving the problem of the reinforcements in Puyang, Zhao Yun led his troops into Puyang. However, this was not the case for the North Sea. Let's not talk about the gathering of the Yellow Turban on Mount Tai in Dongping. The Tibetan tyrant was truly ferocious in the south. He must have a great motive in his heart.
From the battle report sent back by Zhao Qing from the south of Beihai, the battle was quite fierce. The news had already reached Beihai three days after the Dongwu incident.
According to Zhao Qing's intelligence, Zang Ba has gathered 60,000 to 80,000 elite troops and is attacking Dongwu with all his might. He is trying to occupy the southern part of Beihai. Due to the surprise attack, our southern defenders suffered heavy losses. The crafty Cang Ba had used thousands of soldiers to harass and lure Dongwu's Zhao Qing's troops in the initial attack. Zhao Qing had not expected this to be a trap at all and had sent Wu Qinyuan to lead the 3rd Battalion of the City Defense Army to encircle and suppress them.
When Wu Qinyuan's army was chasing near a valley more than a hundred miles away from Dongwu, they fell into their trap and were surrounded by tens of thousands of Tibetan tyrant soldiers. Wu Qinyuan was still cautious. Before the army entered the valley, he had already sensed that something was wrong. Before the Tibetan tyrant soldiers surrounded them, he had already commanded the army to break out of the encirclement. Even so, the City Defense Army was still heavily injured. The effective strength of our army in the south was severely damaged. Less than one-third of the 3rd Battalion City Defense Army that went out to fight had returned alive! The commander, Wu Qinyuan, was heavily injured and his life was in danger!
The soldiers who came back alive reported that the Tibetan tyrant army was powerful and was not at a disadvantage when fighting against our hand-picked City Defense Army soldiers. If Wu Qinyuan hadn't reacted early enough to defeat the 2,000-odd Tibetan Tyrannical Army that had just arrived, increasing the number of Tibetan Tyrannical Army to 4000, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Even so, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion who were at the rear were almost completely wiped out! Wuqin Yuan's troops, who had luckily escaped the ambush, were chased all the way. When they entered Dongwu, only 2000 of their 7500 men were left!
Wu Qinyuan, who had brought up the rear and entered the city, had been heavily injured by Cang Ba. If it wasn't for Zhao Qing bringing 3,000 elites to save him in time, using the Tiger Infantry Camp and Black Turtle Camp to hold off Cang Ba's vanguard and save Wu Qinyuan, he would have been killed. Then Wu Qinyuan had already died in Dongwu City. Zang Ba's use of troops was indeed worthy of the style of a famous general.
Fortunately, after Zhao Qing sent out the encirclement and suppression troops, he saw that Dongwu City's defensive forces were weak. He was worried that it would be difficult to respond if something happened, so he transferred the nearby City Defense Army and Field Army into the city. Therefore, before the Tibetan tyrant besieged the city, he transferred a battalion of about 3,000 City Defense Army soldiers and 2,000 Field Army elites from nearby into the city. Together with the original 5,000 people in the city, more than 10,000 people were gathered in Dongwu City.
Zhao Qing's cautious move soon paid off. After Wu Qinyuan retreated back to Dongwu, Dongwu City was tightly surrounded by Zang Ba's tens of thousands of troops!
Zhao Qing's nearly 12,000 men guarding Dongwu were surrounded by Zang Ba on all sides. It seemed like he was trying to deal a devastating blow to Dongwu. Facing Zang Ba's overwhelming advantage, Dongwu City was already in danger! A Tiger Infantry Battalion marquis who came to report in the middle of the night arrived at the North Sea with wounds all over his body. In order to send back Dongwu's military intelligence, Zhao Qing chose to lead the elite Tiger Infantry Camp and Vermillion Bird Camp in the dead of the night to cover the messenger's escape. With the Tiger Infantry Camp's strength and Vermillion Bird Camp's incisive attacks, they still had to pay the price of hundreds of people to send out the messenger when faced with the tight defense of Zang Ba's army.
The southern part of Beihai served as a strategic buffer between Langye and Donghai. At the same time, it was also the most important food route for our army to purchase food. Once Zang Ba occupies this place, not only will he cut off our supply routes in the south, he will also pose a huge threat to our Beihai Base.
As such, the southern part of Beihai is an extremely important strategic location for both our army and Zang Ba's army. However, I overestimated the deterrence of the Beihai Army and did not pay attention to this potential danger in time. I strengthened the forces in the southern part of Beihai and finally caused today's extremely unfavorable situation.
However, now was not the time to reflect. The plan now was to lift the siege of Dongwu as soon as possible. Even if they could not defeat Zang Ba's troops, they had to give them a heavy blow and force them to retreat to Langye. But now, our elite Dragon Stallion Camp, Black Tortoise Camp, and Tiger Leopard Camp have been taken away by Xu Sheng and Zhao Yun to relieve the siege of Pu Yang. What was left were only the 26,000 elites of Tiger Troop, Vermillion Bird, and Wind Wolf, as well as the 22 battalions of City Defense Army that were left behind after the reorganization of Guan Hai Division. The total strength was only about 80,000 people.
However, in the current situation, Northsea City's defense was very prominent. Although there were no signs of a large enemy gathering in the other directions of the North Sea, who would dare to let their guard down? Zang Ba was able to surround Dongwu in just a few days, and it was only a hundred miles from Mount Tai, Laiwu, and Beihai. Our elite troops could reach here in less than a day.
Although there is news that Mount Tai Yellow Turban is gathering at Eastern Ping, tens of thousands of Yanzhou Yellow Turban have already gathered near Liangfu in Mount Tai County. It seems that they are taking action against Eastern Ping. But who dared to say that this wasn't an illusion? And secretly gathering to spy on my North Sea?
Thus, the North Sea had to be guarded by a large army. Guo Jia and I almost thought of this.
These three forces suddenly attacked our army from the front and the back, making it difficult for our army to take care of both sides. From a strategic point of view, it was an extremely brilliant deployment. Guo Jia would never believe that there was no one plotting against him. The peaceful month that just passed was enough to give rise to many ideas. Without a doubt, the siege on our army was also the result of some factions behind the scenes. I have to say, this hit the fatal weakness of our army's long battle line.
Although I still don't know that Chen Gong has already convinced Bao Xin of Ji Bei, Eastern Peace is much less important in the overall situation. With Chen Gong and Li Dian guarding it, we just need to increase the number of soldiers. Dongwu had to gather a large army to solve the problem.
" Judging from Zang Ba's powerful combat ability in annihilating Dongwu City Defense Army, it's hard to say if we can defeat Zang Ba's 60,000 to 80,000 troops with just 26,000 of our elite troops. Whether it was in terms of strategy or individual ability, Zang Ba's troops were much better than Guan Hai's troops. Zang Ba was indeed a talented general!
Guo Jia thought for a long time and said," For now, our various armies should be quick. We will transfer two battalions of City Defense Army elites from Pingyuan and Le 'an into Dong Ping to strengthen Dong Ping's defense." The 4th Battalion of the City Defense Army was transferred from Beihai to Jinan, ready to reinforce Dongping at any time. Our main force will immediately head south, with Tiger Infantry Camp, Vermillion Bird Camp, and Wind Wolf Camp as the main force to rush to Dongwu. We will mobilize the 6th Battalion of the elite city defense troops from Beihai as backup, responsible for escorting the supplies south and stationed in Pingchang. We will also mobilize the 2 battalions near Beihai to defend Beihai City. We will also urgently mobilize the 4th Battalion of the elite city defense troops from Donglai Prefecture near Beihai City. Once Donglai City's city defense troops arrive at Beihai, the number of soldiers defending Beihai City will reach 18 battalions and 40,000 people. The defense of Beihai City will no longer be a problem.”
Guo Jia's strategy was to first secure the North Sea. It was the strategy of secretly planning for defeat before planning for victory. He first placed himself in an invincible position. At such a delicate and difficult time, they had to be especially careful to guard the North Sea Army's base. With 40,000 elites heading south, along with the valiant generals Taishi Ci, Dian Wei, Guan Hai, the good general Yu Jin, and the peerless strategist Guo Jia, such a lineup definitely looked down on Zang Ba!
Zhuge Gui and Zhuge Xuan led Zhang Baiqi to stay in Beihai.
Compared to Zhang Yan, who was surrounding Puyang, Zang Ba was even better in strategy and foresight. However, due to the geographical conditions of Xuzhou, Zang Ba could not obtain enough horses to form a light cavalry like the Black Mountain Light Cavalry. Although they were slightly inferior in terms of military strength, they were superior in terms of elite infantry. Officially speaking, Zang Ba was not a Yellow Turban, but a local force that had developed by relying on the Yellow Turban. He had previously followed Tao Qian in his crusade against the Yellow Turban. Later, he saw that Tao Qian was not the material for great things, so he took advantage of the opportunity to crusade against Donghai and Langye Yellow Turban. He took over these Yellow Turban and occupied the territory. It was as if he had a tacit understanding with Tao Qian. Both sides lived in peace and each defended one side.
After a few years of hard work, Zang Ba finally managed to consolidate the nearby Sun Guan and the other factions. Everyone formed an alliance and advanced and retreated together. They formed a massive faction with a population of over a million and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. In terms of military strength, they were no weaker than a feudal lord. However, they lacked righteousness and status, and had always been entrenched in the two northern counties of Xu Prefecture. However, to the Qing, Xu, and Yan provinces, the Tibetan tyrant and its alliance were like a tiger tooth stuck in the necks of the three provinces. Guo Jia's strategy was to first pull out this tiger tooth stuck in the necks of our troops! From the current strength of our army, we really can't win these three battles at the same time. We have to choose one of the breakthrough points. Guo Jia chose the Tibetan Hegemon Tribe. After all, it's closest to our foundation, the North Sea, and poses the most direct threat.
I couldn't think of a better plan after listening to Guo Jia's plan. I suddenly remembered something." Cao Mengde must be doing well in Hanoi," I said to everyone. However, Guo Jia reacted quickly." My lord, do you wish to invite Meng De's reinforcements to help us resolve the siege of Puyang?”
I nodded. After all, defending to the death was also a heavy loss for the defending side. Once the stalemate lasted for several months, the surrounding counties would be devastated by the flames of war, causing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people to lose their homes. I can't afford such a huge loss now. Perhaps it would be a good choice to persuade Cao Cao to come and help, but Liu Bei and Yuan Shao from Jizhou could not be counted on. The two of them had their own ideas about each other after the summer harvest. Perhaps Black Mountain Tribe was able to pass through Liu Bei's territory and come to Jizhou without any obstruction.
Thus, not long after Zhao Yun set off, Sun Qian also set off to Hanoi to persuade Cao Cao to send troops to encircle and suppress the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans in Puyang. Whether it was based on the current relationship between our armies or the strategic situation of our geography, Cao Cao had a reason to send troops to help.
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