Chapter 1058: The siege failed
c_t; Han Yong and the main army under his command, after breaking through the thousands of Yan cavalry that were blocking, directly rushed into the Yan army camp and strangled the panicked Yan cavalry.
"Kill into the enemy camp, and leave no one behind." Han Yong shouted loudly while killing the enemy.
During the reign of Yin Hao, the Yangzhou Legion had lost too much face, and for this reason, Han Yong and the soldiers under his command were holding back their anger to completely reverse the world's bad impression of the repeated defeats of the Yangzhou Legion through a big victory.
After only a moment of engagement, the hastily organized soldiers and horses of the Yan State paid heavy losses and began to flee in the remaining directions.
"Killing ......" Just when the soldiers and horses of the Yan State began to flee, the 10,000 Jin troops killed from Jinzhou City also arrived at the Yan State camp and launched a fierce attack on the Yan State camp from the south.
The east and south sides were blocked by the Jin army's soldiers and horses, and the chaotic Yan army suddenly fled to the northwest, most of them did not have time to ride their horses, and many soldiers did not even have weapons and armor, so they fled with the team.
The soldiers and horses of the Jin army are mainly infantry, and the cavalry is only a few thousand, so it is impossible to catch up with the soldiers and horses of the Yan State who fled on horseback, but for most of the Yan army running on foot, they will not let go, and launched a tragic pursuit and suppression battle.
"General, there are more than 10,000 horses in the stables of the Yan army camp, why don't we let the soldiers ride on war horses to pursue the remnants of the enemy?" A ministry general suggested.
Han Yong was stunned for a moment, and then gave a loud order, letting the last of the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses return to the Yan army camp, and rode on the war horses of the Yan army, and launched a more urgent pursuit of the Yan army.
A bloody battle in the Yan army camp has cost the Yan army a third of the huge casualties. In the process of pursuit, the Yan army paid more casualties, and in this battle, a total of more than 15,000 soldiers and horses of the Yan State were annihilated, and less than 5,000 Yan soldiers escaped. The Jin army won a great victory.
After defeating the enemy army in front of him, the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Jinzhou City immediately returned to defend the city, while Han Yong led the 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command and rushed to the four cities including Wenxian County. Han Yong decided to divide his troops into four ways in order to take these four cities as soon as possible.
Among them, the two cavalry teams rushed to Xinchang and Juzuo respectively, while the infantry with more soldiers and horses on the two routes rushed to Wenxian and Anshi, which were relatively close.
Early the next morning, it was just dawning. The news of the Jin army's victory over the Yan army spread to the Mayoujin ferry and let Wang Meng know it as soon as possible.
All this had long been expected by Wang Meng, but when he heard the news that the Jin army had wiped out more than 15,000 soldiers and horses of the Yan army with extremely small losses, Wang Meng couldn't help laughing, this was a good start, indicating that there would be more good news in the future.
"General. Our army's victory over the Yan army is really gratifying! The generals were also happy.
Wang Meng smiled and said, "What." Don't you look at others for meritorious service? ”
"Hahaha!" The general burst out laughing.
Wang Meng stood up and said, "Now it's our turn to make meritorious contributions, pass the order, all the soldiers and horses will eat immediately, and after half an hour, get on the boat and leave the ferry." Go to Obikata-gun. ”
"Yes, General reads;. The last general will go and prepare. The general answered, turned around and went to prepare.
Soon. Wang Meng and the three thousand elite soldiers under his command were ready, and immediately boarded more than 50 big ships, and rushed towards the direction of Obifang County, what is the situation of Obifang County at this time, Wang Meng is not very clear, but no matter what the situation is, he has enough confidence to deal with it.
In the direction of Xiangping City, Wang Wu was unable to sleep day and night, although the soldiers under his command were determined to hold Xiangping City, but they were very afraid in their hearts, after all, they only had less than 20,000 horses, and the army of Yan outside the city had exceeded 170,000, far exceeding them.
Seeing that the army of Yan State was stepping up to build siege equipment, Wang Wu's heart was extremely anxious, he was very clear about the defense of Xiangping City and the combat strength of the Yan army, he knew that as long as the army of Yan prepared enough siege equipment and launched an attack from all sides, Xiangping City would be difficult to hold, and the fall of the city would almost only be a matter of time.
"General, the Yan army has nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, while our army is less than 20,000, the difference in strength is ten times, if you want to hold Xiangping City, it seems that it is very difficult, should we think of a way to retreat first?"
"A retreat, a retreat." Wang Wu asked softly.
The general said: "Give up Xiangping City, withdraw to the Mayoujin Ferry, and return to Qingzhou." ”
"No, isn't this an escape? If our army flees without a fight, how will we explain to the king in the future? Wang Wu said disagreeably.
The general hurriedly said: "General, the enemy army is strong, our army can't resist it at all, and the evacuation of Xiangping City is also to preserve strength and avoid unnecessary sacrifices, what's wrong with this." ”
When Wang Wu heard this, he felt that what the general said was some truth, now that the Yan army is so strong, it is difficult for him and his less than 20,000 soldiers and horses to hold Xiangping City, and if the city is breached, he and his soldiers and horses will definitely not be spared, so the temporary evacuation is also to preserve the strength, but it is also said in the past.
"The Yan army's nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses have completely trapped Xiangping City, and our army wants to evacuate, but I'm afraid it won't be so easy." Wang Wu suddenly thought that Xiangping City had been surrounded by the Yan army, so he said helplessly.
"General, the last general has been observing for several days, the Yan army outside the east gate has the least number of soldiers and horses, if you use the night to evacuate, you must be sure to break out of the Yan army's encirclement." The general said.
Wang Wu frowned, and said with a straight face: "Our army has been running Xiangping City for more than a year, did you just give up?" Ben Jiang is very unwilling! Let Ben think again! ”
At this time, the soldiers and horses of the Yan army were still preparing siege equipment, so they would not attack Xiangping City in a short time, and Wang Wu naturally did not have to rush to make a decision.
In fact, Wang Wu still had a trace of luck in his heart, he felt that there were many soldiers and horses under Xie Ai, and now most of them had broken through the Yishui defense line and approached Jicheng, the capital of Yan State, if the capital of Yan State was surrounded by Xie Ai's army, the main force of the Yan army would inevitably evacuate quickly. In this way, the crisis of Xiangping City will naturally be lifted, and if he gives up Xiangping City one step earlier, it will not be a big loss.
In the Shoushan camp a few miles southwest of Xiangping City, Murong Ke, the chief general of the Yan army, was accompanied by his generals. Looking at Xiangping City in the distance, through several days of observation, he already knew the defense of Xiangping City well, and calculated the soldiers, horses and equipment needed to capture Xiangping City, and asked the army under his command to immediately start preparing for battle, preparing to launch an attack in two days. to remove the nail completely.
"General, the Xiangping City in front of you is already in the pocket of our army, at most two days, Xiangping City will be captured by our army, and there will be no 20,000 Jin troops left in the city." The general said happily.
Murong Ke smiled and nodded. Zhengse said: "As long as Xiangping City is captured, most of the problems in Liaodong will be solved, and when the time comes, the main force of our army can move westward to reinforce the capital, but I don't know what the situation in the capital is, whether the Jin army has broken through the Yishui defense line." After speaking, there was a trace of worry in his eyes.
"General, General. Big things are not good. A soldier hurried over.
"What's so alarming, say it slowly." Murong Ke hurriedly asked.
"General, our army's 20,000 partial divisions are under the city of Jinzhou. It was suddenly attacked by 60,000 Jin troops, and most of the losses were lost, and less than 5,000 soldiers and horses fled back, and Wenxian and other cities were all broken by the Jin army. The soldier replied truthfully.
"What, most of our army's 20,000 elite losses are missing?" Murong Ke was shocked when he heard this. After a pause, he asked suspiciously: "The Jin army only has a maximum of 20,000 soldiers and horses in the southeast of Liao. How could an army of 60,000 suddenly appear, what the hell is going on. ”
The soldier replied truthfully: "General." It is the reinforcement of the Jin army, and from the point of view of clothing, it is the soldiers and horses of the Yangzhou Army of the Jin State. ”
"General, it's the Yangzhou army that has been defeated repeatedly." The general hurriedly explained.
Murong Ke nodded, and said softly: "It turned out that the soldiers and horses of the Yangzhou Army have reinforced Liaodong, it seems that the Jin army is planning to drag the main force of my Dayan in Liaodong, so that their main force can break through Jicheng;!" ”
"General, even if the Yangzhou Army reinforces Liaodong, our army still occupies a great advantage, just divide the troops to the south, you can destroy this Jin army reinforcements in one fell swoop, and the last general is willing to divide 70,000 troops to the south to completely defeat the Jin Army Yangzhou Army." A subordinate general clenched his fists and pleaded.
Murong Ke shook his head lightly and said softly: "The strength of our army in Liaodong is naturally far superior to that of the Jin army, even if they have reinforcements, this is the case, however, the reinforcements of the Jin army have been fully prepared, if they want to annihilate them all, it will inevitably take a lot of time, and now that they come, won't Jicheng be dangerous, at this moment, since they can't quickly break through the Jin army, they should return to Jicheng immediately to prevent the capital from being broken by the Jin army." ”
"General, our army has made sufficient preparations, and Xiangping City is ready to go down, so do you just give up." The general said very unhappily.
"General, it's not too late to capture Xiangping City and then evacuate, the last general is willing to lead his troops to attack the city immediately." Another subordinate general directly asked for orders.
Obviously, they had been preparing for a long time, and if they just gave up attacking Xiangping City and missed this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, they would not be able to figure it out anyway.
Murong Ke naturally didn't want to attack the enthusiasm of his generals, so Zhengse said: "Since you are bent on attacking Xiangping City, then the general will give you two hours to prepare, and immediately attack the city after two hours, if you can't break the city, give up!" ”
"Yes, General." The general answered, turned around and went to prepare.
"Report, general, Jicheng sent urgent information, the Jin army has broken through the Yishui defense line, the main force of the 300,000 Jin army is pressing in the direction of Jicheng step by step, the king asked the general to immediately solve the war in Liaodong, and reinforce Jicheng, Liaodong will have reinforcements to deal with it." A confidant said.
"Reinforcements, will we have reinforcements?" Murong Ke asked suspiciously.
The henchman said: "General, the king has decided to cede all the three counties of Liaodong and Fang Lelang to Sanhan Wofu and Goguryeo, for this reason, there will naturally be troops who come to Liaodong to fight with the Jin army, and our army can retreat to the west of Liaoshui." ”
Murong Ke breathed a sigh of relief slightly, nodded and said, "I see, then I can rest assured, let them compete with the Jin army for the land of Liaodong!" We can rest assured that we will retreat to Jicheng. ”
At this time, Murong Ke was eager to lead the army to retreat to Jicheng to solve the major crisis faced by Jicheng, but since he had promised his troops and horses to attack Xiangping City, he naturally would not break his promise, so he decided to continue to attack Xiangping City, regardless of whether Xiangping City could be captured or not, he must immediately evacuate.
Two hours later, the Yan army began to attack Xiangping City, in order to cause the greatest loss to the Jin army soldiers and horses stationed in Xiangping City, the Yan army used all the siege equipment prepared, a large number of stones were thrown to the wall of Xiangping City through the stone thrower, and the Jin army defended the soldiers and horses to strike, and a large number of heavily armed soldiers rushed to Xiangping City with siege ladders under the cover of giant shields.
The Yan army suddenly attacked, which made the Jin army defending Xiangping City a little panicked, however, the relationship between the two sides is mortal enemies, if Xiangping City is breached, they can not escape the fate of being killed, for this reason, they have to fight to defend the city to the death, in order to win life.
"Soldiers, defend the city, defend the city for me." Wang Wu shouted loudly, and asked his soldiers to defend the city with all their might.
In order to keep the city and save their lives, the soldiers of the Jin army naturally went all out to defend the city and launched a fierce counterattack against the attacking Yan army.
Although the Yan army attacked extremely fiercely, however, the preparation of the Jin army was also extremely sufficient, on the city wall, a large number of rolling wood and stone had already been prepared, and flammable things such as fire oil and cotton wool and straw were also prepared a lot, when the Yan army swarmed to the city, the Jin army defending the city first used the rain of arrows to shoot at the soldiers and horses of the Yan State besieging the city, and then, a large number of rolling wood and gravel poured down, and finally poured cotton wool and straw with fire oil, ignited and thrown behind the Yan army, so that it caused great damage to the attacking Yan army, So that the Yan army had to retreat in defeat.
The Yan army of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, a series of six rounds of attack, until the sky is completely dark, also failed to break through Xiangping City, and paid nearly 10,000 casualties, however, the Jin army defending Xiangping City also paid the same casualties, nearly half of the soldiers and horses have lost their combat effectiveness, and there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses left to defend the city.
When the Yan army was frantically attacking the city, Murong Ke, the main general of the Yan army, had been observing in Shoushan, watching the soldiers and horses under his command continue to suffer casualties, Murong Ke was very anxious and helpless, and after the failure of the sixth round of siege, he finally issued an order to withdraw the army, so as not to lose further soldiers and horses.
"General, let the last general attack again, this time you will definitely be able to take Xiangping City." The general ran up the mountain and pleaded loudly.
Murong Ke waved his hand and said, "No, the army will withdraw immediately, go and execute it!" ”
"Yes, General." Seeing that Murong Ke had already made up his mind to give up the siege, the generals had to agree