Chapter 235 Traveling lightly to Taiyuan
The fog of Shandong obscured everything, and it seemed that everything revolved around this war that would determine the trend of the world. Not only Zong Han, Zong Fu, Wu Qimai and Tart Lazy, but even Yang Yingqi, Yang Kaiyuan and Ouyang Shi were bewitched by the status quo and failed to penetrate this fog in time to see Cao Guangbi's true intentions!
Just when everyone's eyes were on the Shandong battlefield, Cao Guangbi secretly marched in another direction. As Yang Kaiyuan expected, he shrunk the battlefield in order to draw out part of the army, but the troops he drew out were actually less than 10,000 people, and the reason why the military layout of the Shangdang was in such a conservative state was that Cao Guangbi himself was also leaving-yes, he did not send troops, but handed over most of the army to Wang Yan, and then he and Chong Yansong led an elite team to disappear!
"Where did Cao Tong go?"
Nobody knows! Not only did Cao Guangbi not give Yang Yingqi any information, but even Wang Yan didn't know his whereabouts! He just told Wang Yan: "I'm going to save Shandong!" ”
But did he lead his troops to Shandong? No! His light soldiers entered the path of Taihang Mountain! As a guide, he is naturally a veteran of the Loyal Army who is very familiar with the Taihang Mountain Range, which is also one of the reasons why Cao Guangbi brought Chong Yansong out, but Chong Yansong didn't know much what Cao Guangbi was going to do, only knew that the target was Taiyuan! Cao Guangbi only told him about this destination!
"Taiyuan ......" Yan Song's first reaction was that Cao Guangbi's strategy was to attack Taiyuan in a roundabout way, and then attack Yinshu Ke with Wang Yan one after the other. However, he believes that this strategy may not be feasible. At present, the tens of thousands of troops of Yinshuke are being dragged around Longde Mansion, and Taiyuan may indeed be empty, but with the strength of less than 10,000 people in front of him, what can he do even if Taiyuan is captured? After Cao Guangbi occupied Taiyuan, he could indeed fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy, but in the same way, because the Jin people still had heavy troops in Datong Mansion in Xijing, Cao Guangbi would be the same as Yinshu Ke would be attacked by the enemy, and the battle situation at that time would be Yinshu can be sandwiched between Wang Yan and Cao Guangbi, and Cao Guangbi was sandwiched between Yinshu and Datong Jinjun, and it is really impossible to say which side is more beneficial to this situation.
Therefore, Chong Yansong raised objections soon after hearing that the destination was Taiyuan, but Cao Guangbi, who has always been able to listen to the opinions of his subordinates, showed a domineering attitude that he had never shown at this time: "Needless to say, it is Taiyuan!" ”
"But ......"
"No, but!" Cao Guangbi said lightly: "Only by taking Taiyuan can heaven and earth be reversed!" I can't find a second way. ”
Chong Yansong wanted to say something, but Cao Guangbi had already closed his eyes, so he only sighed and prepared to leave the account.
"Wait!" Cao Guangbi opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Remember, the destination can't be known to a third person, otherwise the person who knows and you will have to be dealt with by military law!" ”
Chong Yansong felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, what kind of person he was Cao Guangbi already knew, but now he still gave a word of advice, which shows how much Cao Guangbi values this operation!
"What the hell is he going to do......"
Nobody knows!
It wasn't until they stole the barren mountain road of the Pingding Army that the soldiers knew that their goal was Taiyuan!
"Taiyuan!" Most of the people felt excited and frightened at the same time, and their thoughts were the same as those of Chong Yansong at the beginning, thinking that the strategic purpose of this trip was to capture Taiyuan! After a detour of hundreds of miles to attack a famous city behind enemy lines, if this surprise attack is successful, it will be a wonderful example that will go down in history! Although there are a few people who think like Chong Yansong that even if this battle is successful, the next battle situation may not be very favorable, but the army has already driven to this place, and it is too late to change! Now the only way is to move forward! Capture Taiyuan!
In 1679, before the winter snow fell, a group of "righteous soldiers" dressed in tatters suddenly appeared in the southeast of Taiyuan and besieged Yuci, which was located dozens of miles southeast of Taiyuan. Although the scale of this group of rebels who suddenly appeared was not large, several nearby villages and cottages who were unwilling to submit to the Jin State responded when they heard the news. Judging from the clothing and actions of these besiegers, Yuci's vassals were just a group of peasants who had revolted, and hurriedly closed the city gates while asking Taiyuan for help.
When the defenders of Taiyuan heard that there was a civil rebellion in Yuci, in order to prevent a chain reaction in the neighboring prefectures and counties, they sent 3,000 regular troops to suppress it. But the 3,000 men were ambushed halfway through!
"These abominable farmers!"
These 3,000 gold soldiers have 300 mature women, 500 Khitans, and the rest are Han'er, and their combat effectiveness is still quite good, so despite the sudden ambush and chaos, the general can still maintain his composure, he thinks that as long as he blocks the first attack, he can turn defeat into victory if he packs up the formation and then counterattacks.
It's a pity that what they encountered was not a farmer, but a loyal army, and it was the elite of the elite, this army was enough to shake the elite of the Yinshu army, and it was much stronger than this Taiyuan defender in terms of combat effectiveness. Under the favorable situation of the successful sneak attack, the 3,000 soldiers and horses led by Chong Yansong quickly cut the same number of Taiyuan soldiers into several pieces.
"This ...... This ...... "The generals of the Jin army were stunned, and the ambushers were not able to find any gaps between several links from the noise, impact, and cutting to the search for the leader. Only then did he realize that Li Cheng had already found his location, blew his whistle, and immediately drew his bow and sent arrows. Li Cheng's arrows did not hit accurately, but the three hundred crossbowmen who were lying in ambush on both sides attacked at the same time, aiming at the target targeted by Li Cheng - a rain of arrows!
The soldiers and horses around the general of the Jin army fell one after another, and he himself was seriously injured, so he barely stood up from the pool of blood, Li Cheng had already rushed to his side, only to see the other party's hand raised, and then he felt a pain in his neck, and then he didn't feel anything.
Li Cheng used his spear to prop up the head of the general of the Jin Army, and ten sergeants with loud voices shouted: "Your general is dead, surrender and avoid killing!" "Repeated nine times in Jurchen, Khitan and Han dialects, the fighting spirit of the Jin army, which was already at a disadvantage, was completely lost, some of them hesitated to surrender, but there were still hundreds of people who fought hard and resisted, and fled to Taiyuan and Yuci respectively after seeing the defeat, and most of the people who fled to Yuci were able to leave the battlefield smoothly, but the people who fled to Taiyuan entered the ghost gate! Because it was Cao Guangbi who personally blocked their way back!
When the defeated army encounters an outnumbered elite ambush, the only way to surrender is to face massacre.
The blood dyed the road from Taiyuan to Yuci red, red like the sunset, and the soldiers and generals were killed happily! This is the blood of the enemy! Their swords and arrows have become sharper and more savage after drinking blood!
Cao Guangbi watched all this silently, from the Liaokou Army to the Shangdang Army, the reason why his subordinates were able to become elite was always killed by war, and he was no different from Xiao Tienu in this regard.
"Do it!"
Li Cheng led more than 1,000 people to remove their clothes and armor from the defeated soldiers and corpses and put them on, and during this time, Yan Song commanded people to hastily clean up the battlefield.
"Let's go!"
There was no rest, they had no time to rest, and before the news was transmitted back to Taiyuan, this somewhat tired army of soldiers and horses continued to march towards Taiyuan.
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