Chapter 348 Soldiers Linyi Nancheng
Chai Ming's Wuwei army marched to Linyi City in three ways. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The west road is 6,000 cavalry, which is almost all the cavalry of the Wuwei Army, in fact, the Wuwei Army really has only 4,000 cavalry, and the other 2,000 are the personal soldiers of generals at all levels, Chai Ming transferred them all to the deputy general Yang Rong, and this cavalry is still light cavalry.
If the cavalry wants to reach Linyi City, they must first go to the mountain, then detour to Lalin City, pass by Baishan City, and then rush to Linyi City, their task is to cut off the back road of Zhang Ge's army, if conditions permit, they can also surprise attack, which is up to Yang Rong himself.
Chai Ming personally led the team of the middle route army, he had to cross the Kaya Mountain, take the cold wind outlet, run to the Ba City, pass the Wuling City, go to the city of Liqian and then turn the road to reach the north of Linyi City.
It spans more than 2,000 miles, because he is very familiar with the terrain of the southeast mountainous area, and it is estimated that he can reach it in about 20 days.
And the second half of the route he walked happened to coincide with the route taken by Liu Yong, but it would definitely fall behind Liu Yong.
The other way to take the east line, Yanjingyang River south bank to the sea, and then south, to Donghai City detour to Benyi South City, this road 20,000 people led by the general Chai Li, because it is a bow back, the distance is not less than 3,000 miles, it takes more than a month.
But just as Chai Li began his long journey, Yang Wenhui suddenly sent a letter that one of his fleets was at the mouth of the Jingyang River, and asked Chai Li to rush there and take a boat to Donghai City.
Yang Wenhui's fleet came here, in fact, they were frustrated in their attack on Donghai City, and asked Zhang Yu for help, Zhang Yu happened to know that Chai Ming was going to divide his troops into three ways, so he recommended him to find Chai Ming.
Because Chai Ming entered the mountain, he didn't receive a letter from Yang Wenhui, but Chai Li, who went down the river, received it.
The large ordnance of the ocean-going navy is installed on the ship, and if they attack the island, they will have to disassemble it and transport it to the city, after all, it is easy to do if the road is short, but if it is transported to land, it will be difficult, so they are frustrated in the city of the East China Sea.
Qi Liang didn't play much of a role, that is, let Mandu find some reason to delay the negotiations.
Zhao Fucheng responded to Chai Li's people, and when he saw that the siege equipment was complete and light, he couldn't help sighing.
"Alas, it seems that we also have to prepare some siege equipment, otherwise it will be too passive. ā
The ocean-going navy is a mysterious existence in the Xia army, and people almost mythologize them, but when they really want to see it, Chai Li knows that they also have shortcomings.
"Haha, General Zhao, after taking Donghai City, we will leave you with some siege equipment. ā
Chai Li smiled and said to Zhao Fucheng.
"That's a good dare, we have suffered from not having siege equipment in this landing operation. ā
Except for the Sanhe City, which had Qi Liang's wreck, which allowed Zhao Fucheng to pick up a cheap and easy to take, the rest of the cities made the ocean-going navy without siege equipment suffer.
Donghai City was extremely depressed these days, he hung alone on the East China Sea, occupied dozens of towns, and the surrounding towns were captured by the Xia army in a few days, leaving Donghai City as a lonely city.
He planned to ask Lian Wu for help, but he was worried that Lian Wu's men would not leave after coming to repel the Xia army.
He was hesitating, but fortunately, the Xia Dynasty only besieged the city and did not attack, which made him kindle the hope of holding on again, as long as he held on, the Xia army could not attack for a long time, and the grain and grass could not be helped, so they would retreat.
He pinned his hopes on congruence, but he didn't know that the Xia army was not short of food at all, and within a radius of thousands of miles from Donghai City, it had been controlled by the Xia Dynasty.
His in-laws Qi Liang came to persuade him to surrender, but he scolded him away.
However, his only son Mancang has a gloomy face all day long, and his daughter-in-law washes his face with tears every day, but he is not irritable.
Mandu has his thoughts, he doesn't want to send people under the fence, even if he has to do it in the end, he has to hold his head high, he can't be looked down upon, and people who don't insist on it will not be reused.
But just as he insisted on drawing the bow, an accident almost caused him to break the string.
His son couldn't stand the wind on the pillow, so he secretly opened the city gate and prepared to surrender, but fortunately, his nephew Man Gui still insisted on his principles, and insisted on holding the eldest brother Man Cang and closing the city gate in time.
This incident made Mandu angry and bloody, and he almost didn't go away.
"Whew, you, alas,ćććć"
When he was angry, he couldn't kill his only son, but he pointed at him angrily and couldn't speak, and finally sent his guards to put him under house arrest.
"Uncle, the situation is really unfavorable for us, the eldest brother's mind is not too much, and the nephew also has this idea, but I feel that the uncle seems to have a countermeasure, so I have the courage to stop the eldest brother. ā
Man Gui was worried in his heart, he didn't know if what he did was in line with his uncle's thoughts.
However, he speculated that the uncle insisted that it must be for the best interests of the Manchu family in the end, which also involved his interests, so he did not hesitate to offend his eldest brother Mancang.
"Alas, you see that Qi Liang is too weak, what is the end now, it is not as good as a dog, if it weren't for me, I think he would have died a long time ago, people are persistent, even if you are your enemy, he doesn't want to see a weak opponent, oh, let people look down on him, he can't be called an opponent, even if there is no way out in the end, he must stand and die, never kneel and live, this is called backbone. ā
Mandu's idea was right, but he went a little to the extreme.
That is to say, the bowstring is a little too stretched, it is not easy to collect, and it will be broken.
A few days later, Chai Li's men and horses arrived, and when Mandu saw the siege equipment under the city, he was dumbfounded.
In less than two hours, Donghai Castle was breached.
The Mandu family was taken to Jinwan Island and imprisoned.
"General Yang, the task accepted by the lower official is to sneak attack Yinan City, these siege equipment, food and baggage we can't take away because we have to run a long distance, so I'll leave it to you. ā
The reason why Chai Li did this was that he really couldn't take away these large siege equipment and food baggage, because the road from Donghai City to Yinan City was mostly rugged, and they were rushing, and the marching speed was fast, and it was not easy to walk with baggage, it was too procrastinating, and secondly, it really didn't use too many siege equipment.
"Okay, food and arrow weapon supplies, I will send someone to follow up, and I will keep the siege equipment, just to use to recover the surrounding towns, thank you. ā
"The general is so polite, thank you for providing us with logistics. ā
Chai Li attacked Yinan City, and Yang Wenhui's people recovered the cities outside Yinan City, and with the siege equipment provided by Chai Li, they solved their biggest problem.
And Chai Li's logistics support he took over single-handedly, which also ensured the speed of Chai Li's 20,000 people advancing lightly.
A few days later, Yang Wenhui's troops divided the road and swept across the southeast edge of the southeast mountainous area.
Chai Li and his people suddenly appeared under Yinan City, scaring Lian Wu who stayed in Yinan City.
(To be continued.) )