Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 111 Support
"Teacher, it's not good, the Xianbei people are tearing down our railroad tracks."

Soon, Zhang Qingfeng heard about the Xianbei people's crazy demolition of railway tracks in Youzhou.

"What? Dismantling the rails?."

Zhang Qingfeng was very surprised to hear that the Xianbei people were tearing down the railroad tracks.

"Let's take it down, let's take it down, as long as they are willing, and let them pay back twice as much in the future."

For Zhang Qingfeng, tearing down the rails was much better than letting the Xianbei attack the city to kill and loot, and losing a little rail was nothing.

Moreover, this railway has been laid for hundreds of kilometers, and even if the Xianbei people were given a few months, they would not be able to dismantle it. In a few months, Cao Cao's reinforcements had already arrived.

From Luoyang to Youzhou, there is a distance of two thousand miles, thousands of cavalry led by Yue Fei are rushing towards Youzhou at the fastest speed.

According to the cavalry's average marching speed of eighty miles per day, it would only take less than a month to reach Youzhou.

In ancient times, the normal march of cavalry was about sixty miles a day, and that of infantry was thirty miles.

Some people say that he can walk more than ten miles in an hour, and thirty or forty miles in two to three hours, which is too ridiculous.

What I want to say is that marching with a large army is different from walking alone with one or two people. A large army also needs to bring food, grass, weapons, armor, etc., and it is impossible to march blindly.

The famous rapid march of the Three Kingdoms was the time when Cao Cao’s Qingqi marched to attack Liu Bei. In that battle, Cao Cao’s cavalry walked [-] miles a day and night for more than [-] hours, about ten miles per hour. This is almost the fastest cavalry. marching speed.

Many cavalry can do hundreds of miles a day, but horsepower is always limited. Generally, horses can only last for a few days at most, and they will be exhausted if they run again.

When the horse is tired, the cavalry will become infantry, which is not worth the loss.

In ancient times, there was a rush of [-] miles, not because a horse could run [-] miles in a day, but because there was a post station every few tens of miles on the ancient official road, and each post station had countless high-quality horses.

After an urgent message was sent, people and horses would be changed at each post station, so that the horses could explode at a speed of [-] to [-] kilometers per hour in a short time.

Before Yue Fei's reinforcements arrived, the Xianbei people and Liaodong Gongsun Kang had only one month to live.

If Gongsun Kang can't take Youzhou completely within a month, then when Cao Cao's reinforcements arrive, his attempt will basically be considered a failure.

Now, Gongsun Kang is very anxious, but since Leyang City was not won, he can only be anxious.

However, a week after he attacked Leyang City, the Xianbei people he had been thinking about finally got the news.

"Everyone, there is news that the Xianbei people have invaded the hinterland of Youzhou, we can act now."

On this day, Gongsun Kang called all his men and martial arts, and announced the news in public.

"Pass my order, [-] soldiers and horses will stay outside Leyang City, and the others will follow me across Leyang and go directly to the hinterland of Youzhou."

Following Gongsun Kang's order, the Liaodong camp, which had remained relatively calm, finally moved.For a while, the sky was full of hustle and bustle.

In the barracks, countless people began to pack their things and prepare to leave the camp.

Early the next morning, Gongsun Kang's army began to move out of the camp amidst the sound of drums.

In addition to the 5 soldiers who stayed behind to see Cao Hong, plus 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, there were a total of [-] people.The other [-] soldiers and tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers, a total of [-]+ people, began to go in the direction of Jicheng.

"General, Gongsun Kang has pulled out his battalion. It seems that he is going to bypass us and directly attack the hinterland of Youzhou."

On the city wall, someone under his command was talking to Cao Hong.

"What should we do now? Do we want to stop them? It would be dangerous if we let them invade the hinterland of Youzhou."

"Stop it? How to stop it? Just rely on our more than 1 people? Running out is not enough for people to get stuck in their teeth."

Cao Hong said: "Just wait, Youzhou is not so easy to fight. After Gongsun Kang's army goes deep, we will cut off his supplies from behind and see how long he can jump."

For Gongsun Kang's soldiers, it would be best if they didn't have to attack Leyang City. They didn't have the awareness of the danger of going deep alone.

Just when the Xianbei people were frantically demolishing the Youzhou Railway and Gongsun Kangshuai's army went deep.

Luoyang City, on the way to Youzhou, Cao Cao finally received the news that Hefei City was besieged.

At this time, Cao Cao was leading [-] soldiers and horses to march in the direction of Youzhou. They abandoned a lot of unnecessary supplies and marched at the fastest speed for only fifty miles a day.

When the news of Hefei City came, Cao Cao immediately called his civil servants, generals and counselors together to discuss how to deal with the situation in front of him.

"Prime Minister, I think we should immediately lead the army to rescue Hefei City." Someone said to Cao Cao.

"Prime Minister, Hefei City needs to be saved, but Youzhou needs to be saved even more. In comparison, even if Hefei City loses Youzhou, it cannot be lost." Another person said.

"But Hefei is related to all the territory south of the Huaihe River, and it must not be lost. Even if the location of Youzhou is lost, it is easy to regain it. If Hefei City is lost, it will be difficult to regain it. Please think twice."

"Nonsense. If Youzhou is lost, Gongsun Kang's strength will grow rapidly. Youzhou's industry is so powerful and its population is so large. If Gongsun Kang fully utilizes it, it may not be a question of whether we can take it back. And we have to worry about whether Gongsun Kang will enter the Central Plains."

"Prime Minister, I think both Youzhou and Hefei should be protected. Why don't we divide our troops, half go to Hefei and half go to Youzhou? In addition, you can also send troops from Guanzhong to rescue." At this time, as Cao Cao's important adviser, Jia Xu said up.

Now, Xia Houyuan is taking tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to farm in Guanzhong, preparing for the future attack on Hanzhong.

But now it seems that these soldiers and horses must be drawn out.

In this way, the plan to attack Hanzhong may be delayed for a long time.

"Then according to what Mr. Wen He said, allocate half of the soldiers and horses to support Hefei City first."

At this time, Cao Cao finally spoke. He said to Cao Ren who was beside him, "Zixiao, you will take [-] troops to support Hefei, and I will continue to Youzhou with the remaining [-] troops."

"Okay." Hearing Cao Cao's words, Cao Ren nodded in agreement.

From Cao Cao's choice, everyone could see that Cao Cao valued Youzhou more than Hefei City.

It's no wonder that Youzhou has iron and steel factories that can mass-produce steel, and military factories that can mass-produce weapons, armor, bows, crossbows, and artillery.

The most important thing is the population of Youzhou, which has exceeded 300 million, and most of them are still young.

If Gongsun Kang is allowed to acquire Youzhou, he can easily pull up 300 soldiers and horses out of 30 million people.

If I were given these soldiers and horses to be equipped with sophisticated weapons produced by military factories, it would be really terrible.

"Give me an order to let Xia Houyuan lead troops out of Guanzhong to support Youzhou."

Cao Cao issued an order and said: "In addition, send a message to Yecheng quickly and ask Cao Pi to immediately lead the [-] troops stationed in Yecheng to Youzhou for support. There must be no mistake."

(End of this chapter)