Standalone Northern and Southern Dynasties

Chapter 362 Who is the detachment?

The news that Yu Jin destroyed Su Qin and Mingda at Jieting, and then broke through Lueyang and approached Tianshui was also sent to Hou Jing's army through messengers.

Hou Jing was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and lost the little bit of elegance he had developed after marriage, and became that irritable and rough general again.

Song Zixian was a general under Hou Jing. He was the one who followed him from the Six Garrisons to join Su Ze. Now he was a minor general in Hou Jing's army.

"That bastard Mo Zhe Tiansheng, is he still hiding in the city?"

Song Zixian said:
"I go to the city every day to yell and curse, but Mo Zhe is born not to fight."

Hou Jing became more and more irritated.

Mozhe Tiansheng's generals and officials' families are all in Tianshui City, and the rear food supply base is also in Tianshui. Once Tianshui is broken, Mozhe Tiansheng can surrender.

Hou Jing shouted anxiously: "I am obviously the main force! How did it become a feint attack? We fought hard, but ended up making things easier for Yu Jin!"

Since Hou Jing defected to Su Ze, he has never suffered such humiliation.

Song Zixian knew Hou Jing's temper, and waited until he had finished venting his anger before saying:

"General, do you want to send someone to persuade Mo Zhe Tiansheng to surrender?"

Hou Jing was furious. He had finally become the commander-in-chief and left his newlywed wife to come to Longxi to fight. Wasn't it just for military merit?
If Mo Zhetian surrendered, wouldn't his military achievement be discounted?

General Su entrusted the army to me, but in the end the other side surrendered without any results?
This was something Hou Jing could not tolerate, and he took out all his anger on Mo Zhe Tiansheng who was standing opposite him.

All I can say is that a mad monkey is very scary.

Hou Jing personally led the troops to attack Gangu City. Under his continuous attacks day and night, the morale of the defenders in Gangu City was low.

It can be said that this time Hou Jing was directly attacking Mozhe Tiansheng, holding armed parades under the city every day, but Mozhe Tiansheng could not do anything to Hou Jing.

There was no way, Mo Zhe Tiansheng really couldn't beat Hou Jing.

At the beginning, Mozhe Tiansheng was still thinking about having a field battle outside the city to boost morale, and he took out the cavalry that he had trained with great difficulty to form a battle array outside the city. However, he was defeated in one battle by the [Xiaoqi Battalion] commanded by Hou Jing.

Whether it is the war horse equipment or the quality of the soldiers, how can the elite cavalry carefully selected by Mo Zhe Tiansheng in Qinzhou be compared with the armored cavalry unit built by Su Ze at a huge expense?
The [Xiaoqi Battalion] are all elite among the elite who are proficient in using three kinds of weapons, have superb riding skills, and can fight while wearing double layers of armor.

The horses of the Cavalry Battalion are all selected from the best military horses so that they can bear the weight of a knight and two sets of armor. The value of this one horse is equal to the hundreds of horses on Mozhe Tiansheng's side!

After the battle under the city, only three people in the [Xiaoqi Battalion] were injured, and Mozhe Tiansheng lost four hundred of his two thousand elite cavalry. If he had not returned to the city immediately after seeing the situation was not good, all two thousand elite soldiers would have been lost.

From then on, Mozhetian stayed in Gangu City. No matter how Hou Jing yelled at him, he refused to leave the city.

Next, Hou Jing cut down trees and built engineering equipment. Mo Zhe Tiansheng could only watch Hou Jing build the siege ladders and battering rams step by step, and then drive the captives as a guide to the city of Gangu.

The craftsmen in the army also built catapults, which continuously bombarded the city walls with huge stones. Although the earthen walls had a certain impact resistance, the corner towers on the city walls were flattened by the catapults, and the archers did not dare to stick their heads out to shoot arrows.

The morale in Gangu City had already reached its lowest point, and news came from the rear that Su Qin Mingda had lost Jieting and Yu Jin had entered Lueyang City, making the army even more chaotic.

Mo Zhetian was also having a headache. No one expected that Su Ze would be so ruthless this time. He was going to take him down in one battle!
If Su Ze just attacked all the way like Xiao Baoyin, Mo Zhe Tiansheng could still use his military ability to defeat the larger force with a smaller one, just like how he defeated Xiao Baoyin time and time again.

Because the military force deployed in a region has a diminishing marginal effect.

There are only so many surfaces that can be attacked in a city, and on some battlefields, only dozens or even hundreds of people can launch an attack.

The reason why Sparta was able to have hundreds of people guarding Thermopylae was because Thermopylae was a dangerous pass that could only accommodate a few people. No matter how many Persians there were, only a few of them could directly fight after entering Thermopylae.

The side that has invested more troops faces various problems such as heavy logistical pressure and inconsistent military orders.

The difficulty of managing one hundred people is completely different from that of managing ten thousand people. For ordinary generals, the more troops they command, the better. If the troops they lead exceed the limit of their command ability, it will affect their combat effectiveness.

So for the stronger party, the best way is to attack from multiple directions and use the advantage of military strength to kill you in all directions!
The strong can fail, as long as they succeed once they can win everything.

The weak can win countless times, but if they fail once, they will lose everything.

This was the situation Mo Zhetiansheng faced. Even if he was lucky enough to defeat Hou Jing, Yu Jin's army had already reached Tianshui. In addition, Yang Kan also left Chencang Road and began to march north to attack Qizhou.

Su Ze can come in three ways, but he can only go in one way.

Jieting was lost, in fact, Mo Zhe Tiansheng subconsciously knew that he had lost, but he still wanted to struggle to the death. In other words, even if he was going to lose, he had to lose with dignity. Only when a surrenderer showed his own value could he get a corresponding status in the future.

If Mo Zhe Tiansheng surrendered now, he would probably become a prisoner by Su Ze.
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After Mo Zhetian had a competition with Hou Jing in Gangu City, the most successful of the three armies was actually the one led by Yang Kan, who went north through Chencang Road from Liangzhou (Hanzhong) to recapture Chencang.

Originally, Yang Kan was worried that the rebels would block him at the exit of Chen Cang Road, but he didn't expect that Mo Zhe Tiansheng had simply given up on Chen Cang. Yang Kan did not encounter any resistance along the way and successfully entered Chen Cang.

The place of Chencang was repeatedly fought over by the rebels and government troops during the Guanzhong Campaign a few years ago. Many brutal battles took place there and the soil near Chencang was dyed red with blood.

This was the most important official warehouse in Guanzhong since the Qin Dynasty, but it was emptied out during successive battles. Now there is not a single grain of grain left in Chencang, and the city walls are in ruins.

Yang Kan's journey was different from that of Yu Jin, Hou Jing and others.

Whether Gaoping County or Longxi County sent troops, they were all very close to Tianshui City.

However, if you cross the Chencang Road from Liangzhou, even if you occupy Chencang, it is still 180,000 miles away from Qinzhou.

If Yang Kan wanted to attack Qinzhou, he had to capture Qizhou first. Along the way, there were three or four fortified cities that needed to be captured, and there were countless small cities.

Therefore, Yang Kan’s mentality was completely different from Yu Jin and Hou Jing. He knew that his mission was to grab land and prevent Xiao Baoyin from Yongzhou from coming to pick the fruits.

Yang Kan was not in a hurry to advance. He raised the flag in Chencang, raised the slogan of providing relief to refugees, and then began to set up military settlements near Chencang.

Chencang can be used as a granary. In addition to its geographical location that controls the exit of the Shu Road, the land conditions itself are also quite good. Many armies in history have been stationed here.

Yang Kan discovered the remains of Sima Yi's military camp near Chencang, and also found an inscription on Sima Yi's water conservancy projects.

When the news came that Yang Kan had recruited refugees in Chencang and organized them into an army to set up military settlements, more refugees gathered in Chencang.

There is no way. This area has never been peaceful in these years. Military settlements are certainly not as free as farming one's own fields, but at least Yang Kan promised that he could have enough food to eat if he joined the army.

Now all the refugees in Guanzhong know that they can have enough food in General Su’s territory.

Yang Kan not only gathered refugees, but also many of the Guanzhong gentry sent their children to Chencang.

Yang Kan was not polite to these nobles who brought their farmhands with them, and he still trained them and established military settlements.

Of course these children of the aristocracy were somewhat dissatisfied, but when they saw Yang Kan farming by himself every day, that little bit of dissatisfaction disappeared.

What kind of family is the Yang family of Taishan? Yang Kan, the governor of a state and an important official under Su Ze, also farmed in the fields himself. Why can't you, the nobles of Guanxi, farm?
After settling the surrendered soldiers in Chencang, Yang Kan led his troops north, but the following script began to become different.

Yang Kan’s advancement speed is extremely fast!

Mozhe Tiansheng had long since given up the cities along the way, so Yang Kan just went north and farmed all the way. He didn't fight many battles, but he managed to gather more than 50,000 refugees along the way.

Because so many people surrendered, Yang Kan was unable to accommodate all his men, so he urgently transferred some officials from Liangzhou.

Another city was captured today, and Yang Kan has just set up camp outside the city.

A young general rushed into his tent. This young man looked somewhat like Yang Kan. He said hurriedly:

"General, Yongcheng has sent someone to surrender!"

The young man's name was Yang Yaren. He was also a descendant of the Yang family of Taishan. In terms of seniority, he was Yang Kan's younger brother.

Since the turmoil in Hedong, Yang Kan has summoned the sons of the Taishan Yang family to Guanxi one after another. Yang Yaren is the most capable of the sons of the Taishan Yang family, and now he is the leader of Yang Kan's personal guards.

Yang Kan was not shocked by Yongcheng's surrender. This time, in order to resist the army attacking Qinzhou, Mozhe Tiansheng withdrew all the troops stationed in Yongcheng. It would be strange that Yongcheng did not come to discuss the conditions of surrender.

Seeing his cousin like this, Yang Kan couldn't help but say:

"As a general, how can you show your emotions on your face? Yongcheng is an isolated city and difficult to defend. Isn't this normal?"

Yang Yaren immediately admitted his mistake to Yang Kan, who then said:
"Whether Yongcheng surrenders or not is no longer relevant to the overall situation. Someone in Tianshui City has also sent an envoy to surrender to our army."

"What!?"

Now Yang Yaren is not calm anymore?
No? Aren't we a partial division?

We've been organizing military settlements along the way and preventing refugees from reclaiming wasteland for farming. We haven't fought many serious battles. Why is Tianshui City going to surrender to our army?
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