Chapter 665: First Encounter
"Ge Yiren?"
Niu Ben in the camp of Juyongguan was holding a letter in his hand, which was exactly what Lu Fei had just gotten the secret letter. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
As he was about to leave the city, he was alerted by a sneaky servant outside the city, and because he suspected that this man was a fine worker, he immediately sent someone to take him down.
Unexpectedly, the servant handed him a secret letter, saying that they had been sent by the Ge Yi people.
"General, who is this Ge Yiren?" Niu Ben didn't know anything about the officials in Chang'an.
Niu Ben put the secret letter on the candle and burned it to ashes, and then said: "This Ge Yiren is from the Ge family in Chang'an, and it is said that he has some personal relations with Fei Ge Lao, and once served as a left servant in the court. ā
"Left servant shot?" Lu Fei sighed, "This is a first-class official, a high-ranking minister." ā
Luo Hong is a general in Chang'an, and he is naturally familiar with Ge Yiren, he said: "This Ge Yiren is very good at the wind and the rudder, and now he sent the news of King Zhao's intention to attack Juyong Pass, it must be for future opportunism." ā
Niu Ben said: "Regardless of how Ge Yiren behaves, if it is true, we must take precautions as soon as possible, now that King Liang and King Yan are dead, he may not be able to sit still, and it is inevitable that he will collude with the barbarians at this time, and the dog will jump over the wall in a hurry." ā
"Yes, General." The generals said in unison.
After a pause, Niu Ben continued: "Bai Mu, you immediately send the chasers to find the location of King Zhao's soldiers and horses, and the rest of the people will stick to Juyong Pass with Ben General." ā
And all the generals were commanded, and they departed, every one of them.
At this time, Niu Ben asked Lu Fei to count the number of soldiers in Juyong Pass and deploy the defenses in the city.
In order to take Juyong Pass this time, Lu Fei only brought 30,000 elites to come, plus Qi Guangyi and Bai Mu's cavalry for a total of 70,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers were in Gyeongju City.
Now that King Liang is dead, there is no point in attacking Gyeongju City, and King Zhao's dispatch of troops to Juyongguan at this time is undoubtedly deliberate.
King Liang and King Yan are dead, and now the only people who can help him are the barbarians, if Juyong Pass is lost, the barbarians can only attack Xiao Ming's army through his feudal state.
Wonju.
This is a military town adjacent to Liang in the territory of Zhao State, located in the northwest of Chang'an two hundred miles, from here one hundred and eighty miles to the west is Qingzhou, one hundred and fifty miles to the northeast is Juyong Pass, since the Qi King army invaded Liangdi, here is unprecedentedly lively, a large number of soldiers from all over Zhao entered this city.
"Your Royal Highness, 120,000 soldiers and horses have been assembled in the city, including 20,000 muskets, 350,000 cavalry, and 50,000 archers and sword and shield bearers."
In the Yuanzhou camp, a group of Zhao generals gathered, and Zhao Yuanliang sat on the main seat and listened to the opinions of the generals on the war.
"Zheng Chengwen has sent someone to bring news, he said that the 100,000 troops lent to him by the Golden Horde are still under his command, and then we can attack Juyong Pass from the inside, and they can attack Juyong Pass from the outside, so that those men and horses of Juyong Pass alone will not be able to withstand the internal and external attacks." Zhao Yuanliang said with a deep groan.
This time, King Qi's army fought all the way from Yunzhou City to Gyeongju, which made the officials and generals of Chang'an very frightened.
Because this Gyeongju City is less than 200 miles north of Chang'an City, it only takes a few days for King Qi's army to reach Chang'an City from Gyeongju City.
In the face of King Qi's pressing step by step, King Zhao had no choice but to transfer troops from Bashu to Yuanzhou City, preparing to attack Juyong Pass and Gyeongju City to prevent King Qi's army from moving south.
It's just that he didn't expect Zheng Chengwen to suddenly send a messenger to come at this time, and the two of them hit it off in a hurry, preparing to storm Juyong Pass.
While taking Juyong Pass, they also opened a passage for the Golden Horde to the south.
"Your Royal Highness, there are only 30,000 Qi King soldiers in this Juyong Pass, and the 200,000 attacks on Juyong Pass will definitely succeed." One descended and said.
Zhao Yuanliang narrowed his eyes, and he said: "The soldiers are very fast, General Deng has already led 50,000 horses to Juyong Pass first, and you will immediately go to help, and General Zhao will immediately lead 20,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry to Gyeongju City to prevent the Gyeongju City army from supporting Juyong Pass." ā
"Yes, Your Highness."
The generals were ordered to immediately go back to prepare, and on the same day, the two armies set out from Wonju City and went to Gyeongju City and Juyong Pass respectively.
Three days later, King Zhao's army arrived at Juyong Pass, where they saw the soldiers of King Qi covering the city walls.
"General, here they are." Lu Fei put down the telescope in his hand.
In Skyrim, some sword and shield bearers in black armor first appeared in everyone's field of vision, in addition to some archers.
And among these soldiers were some horse-drawn artillery.
This is not the first time Lu Fei has seen such a scene, King Zhao's army is densely packed, like ants crawling out of the hole when the nest is destroyed, the scalp is numb, they are split into a neat phalanx, the spears and short swords in their hands are straight up, shouting morale-boosting slogans, this shout comes from afar like rolling thunder.
"Don't underestimate King Zhao's soldiers and horses, among the many vassal kings, King Zhao has always been known for his ability to fight well, and this time it was Deng Yuan, the general of Zhao State, who led the troops." Niu Ben's expression was solemn.
In the past three days, they have continuously sent people to reconnoitre, and they have basically figured out the details of this army that only set out from Wonju.
Hearing the name Deng Yuan, Luo Hong, Luo Xin and the others had more solemn faces than Xiao Ming, this Deng Fei came from the Jiangmen, and once led the Zhao army to defeat the invading barbarian army many times, and rarely lost.
This time, King Zhao appointed Deng Yuan as the main general to lead more than 100,000 soldiers to attack, and they had to fight with the spirit of twelve points.
After all, there are only more than 70,000 people in Juyong Pass now, and they have also noticed the movement on the grassland, Zheng Chengwen has not gone far, but has been waiting for an opportunity.
This time they may face a war of disparities in numbers.
"Luo Xin, the artillery will be beaten hard when the time comes." Niu Ben instructed Luo Xin that after several battles, Niu Ben became more and more fond of artillery, because of its long range and great lethality, it could kill and injure a large number of enemies in each war.
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"Yes." Luo Xin shouted, although there are only 30,000 musketeers in Juyong Pass this time, almost all the artillery of this Western Expedition is concentrated in Juyong Pass, and more than 300 field guns are enough for the army of King Zhao who attacked this time to drink a pot.
The division of labor for each general is clear, and all that is left is to wait, and as King Zhao's army approaches, the atmosphere of war is getting stronger and stronger.
"Knock Knock ......"
In front of Juyong Pass is an open area of Pingchuan, the pace of King Zhao's march roared constantly echoed, and at a distance of three miles from Juyong Pass, King Zhao's army suddenly stopped.
Then King Zhao's army began to camp around Juyong Pass, which meant to spend a period of time with Juyong Pass.