Chapter 1289: Thousands of miles to fight at Zhenbeiguan (Part 2)
The Jin army not only had grain depots in Hetao, but also armories, but the number was far less than that of grain depots.
There is an emergency ordnance secret warehouse here in Zhenbeiguan, which stores equipment that can arm ten thousand people.
However, Jiang Song and Gao Chong took the risk not to get equipment, but to get the siege equipment in the armory.
Twenty-five thousand Han riders made a large circle and ventured all the way to the south of Zhenbeiguan. Naturally, their purpose was to attack Zhenbeiguan by surprise. However, Zhenbeiguan was located in a precipitous position and was easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was impossible without siege equipment. It can be attacked.
And when he saw dozens of detachable catapults and wells being moved out of the underground warehouse by soldiers, Jiang Song couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and thought to himself: Fortunately, this armory was not discovered by Yuan Meng, otherwise it would have been This is really not good.
"Brother Jiang, there are twenty catapults, fifteen well traps, and two hundred ladders in this armory, which are enough for our army to use." Gao Chong said with a happy face.
After Jiang Song heard this and thought for a while, he said: "Bring out all the armor and let the soldiers without armor wear it. Also, bring more arrows. They will be used in the next attack on Zhenbeiguan."
"good."
Jiang Song did not move all the supplies. He only took away the supplies he needed. One day later, Murong Chui would receive news of the attack on Zhenbeiguan, and in two days Yuan Meng's reinforcements would arrive. arrived, so Jiang Song must capture Zhenbeiguan within three days.
The time for the start of the plan was getting closer and closer, and Jiang Song became more and more anxious. So after taking a short rest for a long time, Jiang Song led 25,000 cavalry, without even daring to light torches, and took advantage of the night. He rushed towards Zhenbeiguan quietly.
Zhenbeiguan is north of the town, twenty miles away.
"Military advisor, we have arrived outside Zhenbei Pass." Huang Zhong said to Zhuge Liang with a face of joy.
It was a thousand miles from Longcheng to Zhenbeiguan. In order to avoid being discovered, Zhuge Liang took an extra five hundred miles of detour, which was a full fifteen hundred miles.
During the Battle of Huayang, Bai Qi led the Qin army to march 800 miles in 8 days, averaging 100 miles per day.
In the second year of Yuanshou reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing sent ten thousand horses out of Longxi. In this battle, Huo Qubing traveled more than a thousand miles in six days. The average daily journey should be more than 160 miles.
During the Battle of Shunchang, Wanyan Zongbi led the Jin army to gallop more than 1,200 miles in less than 7 days, averaging 170-180 miles per day. At that time, the Jin army left behind siege equipment and artillery equipment, and it was a light and rapid advance.
Zhuge Liang's 30,000 Han cavalry were all equipped with one person and three horses due to the large number of horses captured in Yuanmeng.
But even if you march continuously, you can only travel three hundred miles a day, and then you have to rest for half a day, otherwise even if the war horses can withstand it, people will not be able to.
After seven days of rapid marching, Zhuge Liang's 30,000 cavalrymen rested while walking and finally completed a distance of 1,500 miles, averaging 210-220 miles per day.
After marching 1,500 miles in seven days, even Zhuge Liang looked exhausted, his energy and energy were extremely low, and he asked feebly: "When is it?"
"Military advisor, we are still one day ahead of schedule." Huang Zhong replied.
Zhuge Liang, who felt like his body was about to fall apart, smiled happily when he heard this.
This period of time was really not easy, but the hard work finally paid off, and it was completed one day faster than planned.
"Camp on the spot, take a rest, stay hidden, and don't light a fire. We can't be discovered by the enemies in the pass."
"promise."
If they couldn't make a fire to cook, the soldiers could only eat the dry food they brought with them. The dry food was cold, dry, and hard, so it was definitely not tasty, but there was nothing else to eat except this.
Yuwen Chengdu came over and asked worriedly: "Military advisor, we don't have catapults or wells. We only have ladders and not many arrows. With this siege configuration, even if the army is exhausted, it will not necessarily be possible." We can capture Zhenbeiguan."
"rest assured."
Zhuge Liang showed a mysterious smile and said with a smile: "We are not the only ones who are attacking Zhenbeiguan this time. After the agreed time arrives, there will be a large army attacking Zhenbeiguan from the south. We only need to assist the south route army and attack Zhenbeiguan from the north. Just use Beiguan to contain the troops in the pass."
The generals' eyes lit up when they heard this, and Luo Cheng even said excitedly: "With our two-sided attack, the possibility of capturing Zhenbeiguan is still very high."
"After taking Zhenbeiguan, Yuanmeng's grain road was cut off. At that time, Temujin had only two ways to go. One, he could go to Liangzhou and return to the grassland; two, he could continue to fight with our army; but Yuanmeng's There is insufficient food and grass, no matter which way, our army has a greater chance of winning." Yuwen Chengdu said with a smile.
Huang Zhong looked at Zhuge Liang with resentment and said, "Commander, it's so hard for us to hide this from you."
Zhuge Liang sneered: "This is the top secret of our army. The fewer people who know it, the safer our operations will be."
The best time for a sneak attack is actually not late at night, but early in the morning, because that is when people are most relaxed.
In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Song and Gao Chong led the troops to the Zhenbei Pass. Although they were careful enough, they were still discovered by Yuanmeng's secret sentry who was keeping watch. For a while, the horn of 'enemy attack' rang throughout the whole town. close.
"While Yuan Meng has not yet adjusted, the entire army will immediately launch an offensive formation. Gao Chong, you will personally lead the siege." Jiang Song ordered with a serious face.
"promise."
Jiang Song did not directly attack without hesitation, but asked the entire army to launch an siege mode.
Among the 25,000 cavalry, 15,000 dismounted and attacked the city as infantry.
The catapults and wells were also quickly pushed out, with the catapults in front and the crossbow array behind...
Everything is organized, clear and unhurried.
Murong Nong, the guard general of Zhenbei Pass, immediately trembled when he heard the horn sound and ran out barefoot.
"Don't panic, don't panic. Even if the Han army attacks, they won't be able to enter Zhenbeiguan for a while. The whole army will follow my order and repel the Han army."
Murong Nong shouted to comfort the soldiers, and under his comfort, Zhenbeiguan, which was slightly chaotic due to the sudden arrival of the Han army, quickly stabilized.
Murong Nong was the third son of Murong Chui. He served successively as General of Hussar, Shizhong, Youzhou Mu, Sili Xiaowei, Bingzhou Mu, Shangshu Zuopushe, Shangshu Ling, Da Sima, Sikong, Lu Shangshu Shi, and Governor of China and Foreign Countries. Various military and other official positions.
Murong Nong was a famous general of the Later Yan Dynasty during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. After joining Murong Chui's army, he made many military exploits and had a commander attribute of 90 points.
Without any external intervention, Jiang Song, who had only 76 points in command, would never be able to break through Zhenbeiguan, guarded by Murong Nong, who had 90 points in command, even if he had the upper hand.
But on the surface, although Jiang Song was commanding the siege, Bai Qi had already arranged everything for the siege in advance, which meant that Bai Qi was fighting Murong Nong from a distance, so Murong Nong's situation was even more dire.
