Chapter 1093: Abandon the city and flee
Cao Liang led the infantry to ascend the second battalion on the third day after the end of the Battle of Liangxiang, and also arrived in Liangxiang.
Not to mention that Cao Liang was late, in fact, the cavalry marched too fast, and the infantry could not keep up with the rhythm of the cavalry, and it was normal to be two or three days behind.
However, the three cavalry battalions have formed the ability to fight independently, and the cavalry battalion can complete the task independently and smoothly without the coordinated operation of the infantry.
After that, the cavalry did not rush forward, but retreated to the good township when they saw it, of course, this was also ordered by Cao Liang, after all, attacking the city is not the strength of the cavalry, and forcibly attacking the city will not achieve good results, and it will only increase casualties.
This time, the infantry battalion was equipped with sufficient catapults, siege vehicles, and ballistas, and all the siege equipment was readily available, which was specially prepared for the siege, although these equipment were slow, but they were infinitely powerful, and it could help the Bingzhou army take Youzhou City at the minimum cost of casualties.
When Cao Liang arrived at the camp in Liangxiang, there was also an amazing news from Youzhou, that is, Wei Qian and Wang Qi abandoned the city and fled, and all the generals were stunned.
Originally, the generals of the state army were still gearing up, ready to do a big job in Jixian County, but the news of Wei Qian and Wang Qi escaping came, although it was said that you could take Youzhou City without blood, but there was one less chance to fight, which was a little disappointing.
Wen Qin said: "The prestige of the lord is far and wide, and these rats in Youzhou are frightened, and they don't dare to fight with the lord at all, even if they are smart, abandon the city and flee, otherwise they will have their lives." ”
Cao Liang laughed and said: "Wei Qian and Wang Qi abandoned the city and fled, but it was not because they were afraid of me, but because you fought well in this battle, so that the enemy was invincible, and fled without a fight, and even had no courage to fight again." ”
Pei Xiu said: "Since the enemy has fled far away, what should we do, should we send troops to pursue it immediately?" ”
Cao Liang said: "The enemy situation is unknown, don't attack rashly, so let's go into Jixian County first, since Wei Qian and Wang Ji will give up Youzhou City, then we will be disrespectful." ”
So the Bingzhou army immediately marched north and took over Youzhou City.
The city of Jixian County is all intact, when Wei Qian and Wang Qi left, they did not destroy the city, this is not Wei Qian and Wang Qi are kind, but if the city is set on fire, it will inevitably attract the attention of the Liangxiang and the state army, they abandoned the city and fled, or took advantage of the dark night to act secretly, where they dared to destroy Youzhou City with great fanfare.
You must know that the speed of the Bingzhou cavalry is too fast, once they learn the news of the retreat of the Youzhou army, they are likely to send troops to pursue, and when the time comes, they will not be able to leave if they want to.
Many of the people of Youzhou still feel inexplicable, only to hear the movement in the night is very loud, the sound of horses' hooves, footsteps, and passwords are endless, I just thought that this is the normal movement of the Youzhou army, but I didn't expect that early the next morning, Youzhou City became very quiet, and there was no figure of any Youzhou soldiers inside and outside the city.
Wei Qian and Wang Qi were also very unwilling to throw this state city intact to the state army, but they were helpless, they could only empty the grain depot and arsenal, and remove all the materials in the city, and other things that could not be taken away could only be left intact.
Therefore, when the Bingzhou army got the news, Wei Qian and Wang Qi had already left Youzhou City and were on the way to Liaodong.
Although at this time, if the state army launched a pursuit, there was still a great chance of catching up with the Youzhou army, but Cao Liang had always been cautious, not to fight unprepared battles, the enemy situation was unknown, and he was likely to encounter an ambush by the enemy.
Therefore, Cao Liang did not mean to pursue immediately, but stationed in Jixian County first, took over Youzhou City, and then sent scouts to find out the military situation, and then marched again.
Youzhou is such a big territory, Wei Qian and Wang Qi can't stand in Liaoxi, they will definitely flee to Liaodong, Cao Liang wants to pacify Youzhou, he will inevitably march into Liaodong, and when he masters Liaodong, he will not be delayed.
Wei Qian is an official parachuted into Youzhou by the imperial court, although he became the governor of Youzhou, it does not mean that he has a foundation in Youzhou, and Wang Qi has been serving as a Taishou in Liaodong, so his foundation is also in Liaodong, and his ability to control Liaoxi is definitely insufficient.
Liaoxi Ke has always been the base camp of Biqiu Jian, although Biqiu Jian is dead, but its tree has deep roots, and the influence wants to be eliminated, it is difficult to kill Biqiu Jian for ten years and eight years, Wang Ji personally killed Biqiu Jian, which naturally attracted those old departments of Biqiu Jian to hate him with teeth, Wang Ji wants to be a thorn in Youzhou City in peace, I am afraid it is difficult to do.
What's more, in the battle of Liangxiang, Wang Qi was already discouraged, not to mention the loss of soldiers and horses, the blow to the morale of the army alone was too great, so Wang Ji had no confidence at all to stick to Youzhou City, and abandoned the city and fled back to Ben Liaodong, which seemed to have become his only choice.
Biqiu Xiu also returned to Jixian County with the Bingzhou Army, this result made him really uneasy, Biqiu Jian was killed that day, he fled from Jixian in a hurry, and thought that he would return here again, I don't know when it was the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse, the blood feud of the Biqiu family, and I don't know when it will be avenged.
Unexpectedly, after only two or three months apart, he returned to Jixian County, as if he had just gone on a long trip, went to Bingzhou once, and came back again.
But this time back, but the back and forth is no longer the same, although the city of Jixian is still the same, but everything in the city, but the people are already wrong, once the largest family in Youzhou, the Biqiu family no longer exists, and in the end only he and Biqiu are left to hang each other.
Returning to the Governor's Mansion, Biqiu Xiu couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, and the tears flowed, although he had not been able to slash the two enemies of Wei Qian and Wang Ji, but Biqiu Xiu finally returned home, and did not have to be displaced and sent under the fence.
The people of the Biqiu family were almost killed by Wei Qian and Wang Qi, and then they were buried indiscriminately on the mass grave, and Biqiu Xiu sent people to find these corpses and re-bury them in the ancestral grave of the Biqiu family, so that they could be buried in the ground.
It's just that Biqiu Jian's body was found, but the head was sent to Luoyang, and Biqiu Xiu had to recast his head in gold, and he could only hope that after Cao Liang hit Luoyang in the future, he would find the head.