Total War (II)
Jin Xuan's troops were mainly deployed in Changsha, Wuling, and Yong 'an. The other counties that bordered the alliance, Jian 'an, Lujiang, Jianye, Xiabian, Xiliang, and other counties, had fewer troops than the alliance.
In June, Jin Xuan ordered an all-out war. The generals and strategists of the various legions would make their own decisions and attack when the city was not lost and the defense was stable. Only Zhang Liao, Lv Meng's troops, Jin Xuan strictly ordered, defense as the main, when necessary to support Jianye, Lujiang, can not attack Xuzhou or Runan at will.
At this time, Shouchun's strategic position was revealed. Runan was to the northwest, Xuzhou was to the northeast, Hefei was 50 miles to the south, Jianye was 100 miles to the south, and Lujiang was to the southwest. Shouchun defense is strong, then Jianye, Lujiang two troops can be at ease to attack Xiapi, Jiangxia. If Shouchun was lost, Jianye and Lujiang would be in an unfavorable situation.
Zhang Liao and Lu Meng's army garrisoned Shouchun with a total of 100,000 soldiers, while their opponents were the 200,000 soldiers led by Liu Bei and Mi Zhu of Xuzhou, and the 180,000 soldiers led by Xiahou Yuan and Cheng Yu of Runan.
Jianye's garrison consisted of Taishi Ci and Fa Zheng's six legions, with a total of 100,000 soldiers. In contrast, Zhang He and Tian Feng's troops stationed in Xiapi had a total of 200,000 soldiers. The army was clearly stronger than Taishi Ci's.
To the west of Shouchun and Jianye were Sun Ce and Jia Xu's 100,000 troops stationed in Lujiang. Sun Ce's troops were highly mobile and mainly consisted of cavalry. If the eastern front was in a tight spot, they could quickly go to the rescue. When there was no war on the eastern front, they could also cooperate with Guan Yu's troops in Changsha to attack Jiangxia. The three legions on the eastern front had a total of 300,000 troops, forming an iron triangle. Jin Xuan placed Zhang Liao, who was good at defense, at the forefront, indicating that Shouchun was a place that could not be lost.
Compared to the east, the west was relatively easy. Western Liang's Ma Teng and Zhou Yu's eight legions of 150,000 soldiers and Zhang Fei and Lu Xun's 100,000 soldiers formed a pincer attack on the troops of Xiahou Chun and Xu Zijiang. However, Zhang Fei's troops still had to monitor Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, so they did not dare to come out.
Only the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd legions in the middle had the advantage. The 300,000 soldiers of Changsha had a numerical advantage over Cai Mao and Chen Gong's 200,000 soldiers of Jiangxia. Pang Tong's troops were only facing the Jiangling troops under Wenpin. Jin Xuan and Zhuge Liang's strategy was for the three legions of the central region to cooperate and take down Jiangxia and Jiangling counties, and finally take down Xiangyang Prefecture.
The first target was Jiangxia, the main attack was Guan Yu and Jiang Wei's army, Sun Ce and Jia Xu's army were assisting, Lu Bu and Pang Tong's army attacked Jiangling, Huang Zhong and Xu Shu's army attacked Shangyong. Guan Yu and Jiang Wei's army's mission was to take down Jiangxia as soon as possible, while Lu Bu, Pang Tong's army, Huang Zhong's army, and Xu Shu's army's mission was to pin down Jiangling and Shangyong's troops.
The main task of the eastern front was to defend. When Guan Yu and Jiang Wei's army took down Jiangxia, Sun Ce and Jia Xu's army would rush to Hefei. The three legions on the eastern front formed a straight line and coordinated with each other. Part of the troops continued to defend Shouchun, while the rest left Jianye to attack Xiapi.
The mission of the western front was to lure the Tianshui garrison to attack Xiliang and disperse Xiahou Chun's forces. Ma Teng and Zhou Yu's armies, Zhang Fei's and Lu Xun's armies would be annihilated.
The main problem in the west was Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. If Zhang Lu didn't move, the two armies would have a 90% chance of attacking Tianshui. If Zhang Lu takes advantage of the battle between the two armies and the empty defense of Xiaben, he will take the opportunity to attack. The two legions on the west were being attacked from both sides and were in a critical situation. Therefore, the strategy of the west army was to wait for an opportunity to fight. At the very least, they could realize the strategic intention of exchanging Western Liang and Tianshui, and closely link the two armies of the west army.
All tactics were based on this general strategy. In war, strategy was the foundation of victory.
Guan Yu's troops began to move. If not for Chen Gong's tight defenses, the sudden arrival of 250,000 soldiers at Jiangxia City would have been a success.
Sun Ce's 80,000 troops quietly bypassed Jiangxia and set up camp at Red Cliff. Their mission was to feign an attack on Xiangyang and stop the reinforcements.
The 2nd and 3rd legions each sent 180,000 troops to attack Jiangling and Shangyong.
The eighth legion also sent troops out of Xiliang. The city's army of 150,000 attacked Tianshui. Zhang Fei and Lu Xun's legion divided 50,000 troops to assist, and Lu Xun led the remaining 50,000 troops to guard Xiaben.
The alliance army was in a panic, but they quickly reacted. Li Dian led Lu Qian, Zhu Ling, Wang Shuang, Niu Jin, and the other generals to Tianshui with 100,000 soldiers. They joined forces with Xiahou Chun, hoping to defeat the Jinxuan Western Front Army in one fell swoop.
Liu Bei sent troops from Xuzhou, Xiahou Yuan sent troops from Runan, and the two armies poured out in full force. Liu Bei led Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Lei Bo, Guan Hai, Han Zhong, Liu Pi and Gong with 150,000 troops. Xiahou Yuan led Cheng Yu, Zhang Ji, Zhong Yao, Xue Zong, Jiang Yiqu, Jiang Gan, Yue Jin, Liu Ye, Liu Dai, and Zang Ba with 150,000 troops.
Zhang He led Tian Feng, Zhang Yan, Gao Gan, Chen Zhen and other generals with 160,000 troops out of Xiapi to attack Jianye.
A large-scale war began.
Outside Jiangxia City, Jin Xuan's camp was filled with Jin Xuan, Guan Yu, Jiang Wei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Dian Wei, Wei Yan, Xing Daorong, Su Fei, Tan Xiong, Shen Dan, Yang Huai, and other civil and military officials.
"Boyue," Jin Xuan said to Jiang Wei,"what do you intend to do in this battle?”
Jiang Wei said,"The officers and men of Jingzhou, Chen Gong, are resourceful and resourceful. The rest are not to be feared. As the saying goes, to capture the enemy, we must first capture the king. If we capture Chen Gong, half of Jingzhou will fall into our hands.”
Jin Xuan's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Boyue's opinion is in line with that of Zhuge Liang," he told his generals. However, if Chen Gong is in the city and does not come out, how can we capture him?”
Jiang Wei said," Sun Ce's troops have already gone to Red Cliff to feign an attack on Xiangyang. Only Liu Biao has led 20,000 troops to defend Xiangyang. Most of the families of Liu Biao's generals are in Xiangyang. If this news gets out, Liu Biao's generals will definitely be shocked. There are three troops in the middle of the road. Liu Biao is heavily stationed in Jiangxia. He must send someone to ask for help. Chen Gong's resourcefulness may be able to guess that Sun Ce's troops were a feint attack, but all the generals in the city were Liu Biao's old subordinates. When Liu Biao's news arrives, the generals will certainly send troops to rescue him. We can ambush and defeat the enemy. If Chen Gong is among the reinforcements, it will not be difficult for our army to capture him. If Chen Gong is in the city and the army outside the city is defeated, some of the defeated soldiers will definitely escape back into the city. Our army will select elite soldiers and enter the army. We will order the cavalry to chase after them. The elite soldiers will seize the gate and the cavalry will help. The army will then charge in and break through the city. We will draw a map and order the army to capture Chen Gong. Even if Chen Gong has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to escape back to Xiangyang.”
When Guan Yu and the others saw Jin Xuan make an exception and use Jiang Wei, they were puzzled. However, seeing his analysis of the battle situation today, they couldn't help but secretly praise him. He thought that Jiang Wei was both civil and military, resourceful, and admired Jin Xuan's ability to identify people.
A few days later, Liu Biao heard that Sun Ce's army was attacking Xiangyang and quickly sent messengers to report to the garrison of Jiangling and Jiangxia. Cai Mao was very anxious and summoned his generals to discuss the matter.
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