Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 763

In Shangdang County of Bingzhou, there has been a saying since ancient times that "the ground is extremely high, and the sky is the party, so it is called Shangdang".

That is to say, Shangdang County has the strategic significance of being high, powerful and dangerous. It is said that Shangdang County was first established in the early Warring States period after the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei were divided into Jin and Shangdang, and the ownership of these three families often changed. right.

However, with the unification of the world, by the time of the Han Dynasty, Shangdang County was relatively located in the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, so the strategic significance of this side was greatly reduced.

After Yuan Shao took control of Bingzhou and sent his nephew Gao Gan as the governor of Bingzhou, although Gao Gan led troops into Bingzhou to show his control, he did not have many troops to control the counties of Bingzhou.

Not to mention the states and counties occupied by the Southern Huns, but only in Taiyuan County, the high-ranking officials must also guard against the invasion of the Black Mountain Army and other rogues.

Therefore, Gao Gan only had the strength to occupy Taiyuan County, and took Jinyang City in Taiyuan County as his garrison, but he did not have the strength to divide his troops to garrison Shangdang County.

As a result, just like Zhu Weijun's intelligence investigation on Shangdang County at the beginning, Shangdang County was very empty, and the local forces surrendered to Zhu Weijun's attack with little resistance.

After Zhu Weijun sent troops to Shangdang County, he did not wait for Wei Yan's Jingnan Camp and the heavy cavalry of the Tiger Wing Battalion led by Zhang Xiu to follow, but Zhang Liao, Ma Chao and others would appear in Shangdang County with the light cavalry of the Tiger Wing Battalion. In various counties and villages, the local forces occupying the county seat here opened their doors to welcome him, with no intention of resisting at all.

So when Zhu Weijun's order was delivered, the entire Shangdang County was already under Zhu Weijun's control.

Subsequently, according to Zhu Wei's military orders, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao and other generals once again led the Huyi Battalion's light cavalry to Taiyuan County to kill them, while Wei Yan's Jingnan Battalion stationed part of its troops in Shangdang County before following them to Taiyuan. County past.

As for Zhang Xiu, Pang De, and Chen Qun, the heavy cavalry with the Tiger Wing Battalion also turned around and went to Guanzhong Hedong County to deploy defenses according to the order, so as to prevent the Southern Huns from rushing into Guanzhong from here.

Leaving aside the heavy cavalry of the Tiger Wing Battalion on Zhang Xiu's side when they arrived in Hedong County, although the Southern Huns were prepared to harass Guanzhong under the instigation of Yuan Shao, it would take some time for the Huns to mobilize their troops, which was enough for Zhang Xiu and Ma Teng The east of the river converged to stop the invasion of the Huns.

It is only said that Zhang Liao took Ma Chao, Cao Xing, and Sun Ben, and led the light cavalry of the Wanhuyi Battalion to let go of their horses again, and rushed to Taiyuan County first, but occupied Taiyuan County before Gao Gan sent troops from Taiyuan County. Qi County, thus blocking Gao Gan in Taiyuan County.

Jinyang City in Taiyuan County, where Gao Gan is located, is located in the basin valley plain between the Taihang Mountains and the Luliang Mountains, and further north is the mountain system composed of the Yanshan Mountains and the Yinshan Mountains.

However, it is precisely this basin-valley plain terrain surrounded by mountains that makes the area where Jinyang City is located the most suitable place for population settlement in Bingzhou. The Fen River runs through it, bringing abundant water sources. , and the Basin Valley Plain also makes the land here very fertile, enough for people to cultivate fields here and reproduce their children.

It can be said that Jinyang City is somewhat similar to Chengdu City in Yizhou, a natural blessed place surrounded by mountains.

Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Jin Dynasty, Zhao Jianzi, the patriarch of the Zhao family, ordered his retainers Dong Anyu and Yin Duo to preside over the construction of Jinyang City in three years, which later became the old capital of the Zhao State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Although Zhao State later moved its capital to Handan, the ancient city of Jinyang is still the largest city in Bingzhou, and also the most populous city in Bingzhou.

Even in the late Li Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan and Li Shimin rebelled by relying on the foundation of Jinyang, thus laying down a prosperous Tang Dynasty.

This is also the reason why Gao Gan also used Jinyang City as the seat of his state after he arrived in Bingzhou. A large population can support his army.

As for the other states and counties in Bingzhou, because there are not many people left in the troubled times.

But now Zhang Liao led the Huyi Battalion's light cavalry to Taiyuan County directly, and Qi County, which was captured first, happened to be the south entrance of Taiyuan's Bungu Plain, and it was also the main official road from Jinyang City to the south.

The southeastern area of ​​Qi County is the hilly area of ​​the Taihang Mountains, the northwest is the Taiyuan Basin Valley Plain, and the northwest is a Jinze Lake that covers an area of ​​more than 20 miles.

It can be said that Zhang Liao's occupation of Qi County is equivalent to blocking the main road from Jinyang City to Sili Guanzhong for Gao Gan, and directly blocking Gao Gan in the basin valley of Taiyuan.

Gao Gan obviously did not expect that Zhu Weijun would take the initiative to come to Taiyuan County. He had received a military order from Yuan Shao before. Although he had begun to mobilize the army to prepare for sending troops, he still needed some time to make arrangements for Taiyuan County to stay.

After all, there is still a threat from the Black Mountain Army in Taiyuan County. Although Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army is already somewhat disabled, if the high-ranking officials do not deploy troops to garrison Taiyuan County, it will be just for the Black Mountain Army to capture the wealthy Jinyang City. Opportunity.

Besides, Gao Gan had to wait for the response from Shanyu Luan Tihu of the Southern Xiongnu, so he was delayed in Jinyang City for a while, but because of such a delay, he found that he was actually invaded by Zhu Weijun first. .

Of course, although Gao Gan originally planned to send 2 troops to Guanzhong in Jinyang City, he actually had more than [-] troops in Jinyang City.

Now that Gao Gan found out that Zhu Weijun's cavalry appeared in Taiyuan County, he didn't pay much attention at first, so he simply led the mobilized [-] troops to Qi County to face Zhu Weijun's light cavalry.

Soon the Gao Gan Army and the Huyi Battalion light cavalry led by Zhang Liao confronted each other on the northwest plain in Qi County.

There are about [-] cavalry and [-] infantry in Gao Gan's army. Facing the light cavalry of the Tiger Wing Battalion led by Zhang Liao, they formed a conical formation with cavalry on the two wings and infantry in the center.

This is a forward-cone-shaped battle formation.

The conical formation must have a sharp and swift forward, with strong wings. The elite forward can attack the enemy in a narrow front, break through and split the enemy's formation, and then use the two wings to expand the results. It is a formation that emphasizes offensive breakthroughs. Also called Mu Zhen.

It can be seen that Gao Gan was still very confident in the combat effectiveness of his army and tried to directly defeat Zhu Weijun's light cavalry army in one battle.

And Zhang Liao left Sun Ben to garrison Qi County with more than 2000 cavalry, and he brought Ma Chao, Cao He, and six or seven thousand light cavalry to face the high-ranking officials. They formed a wild goose formation.

After that, the two sides didn't talk nonsense, and launched an attack on the other side...

(End of this chapter)