Chapter 1629: The decisive battle of Qingzhou begins

The camp of the Northern Han United Army.

"Report ...... Qi Yu Youxiang, the Qin army reinforcements, a total of 5,000 horsemen, have entered Beihai City. ”

"What?"

This is not just Wang Mang, almost all the generals present subconsciously exclaimed.

In the previous battle, because of the rebellion of the Liao army, although the combined army failed to catch up with the main force of the Qin army, it also eliminated the Qin army's tiger camp and killed the Qin general Ran Min, which greatly boosted the morale of the Northern Han army.

The Qin army, which lost the tiger camp, also dropped to less than 2,000 cavalry, and it can be said that it has lost the capital to go out of the city for a battle, and can only be trapped in the lonely city.

But with the assistance of these 5,000 cavalry, the Qin army will have the ability to go out of the city to fight again, and the previous efforts of the combined army will almost be in vain.

"How could it come so quickly?"

Wang Mang frowned and asked, "Didn't Han Xin's iron lock and hidden stake work?" ”

"Qin used Zhou Yu to use a fireboat and broke the iron lock to seal the river."

"What about the dark pile? Was it also discovered? Zhu Tianpeng hurriedly asked.

Among the Northern Han United Army, the best at water warfare is undoubtedly Zhu Tianpeng, he knows that the iron lock that is unguarded is easy to break, but the dark pile is not so easy to crack, so he also seems to know that Zhou Yu is in the past.

"But even if it is discovered, it is impossible to pull out those dark piles so quickly." Zhu Tianpeng muttered to himself with a puzzled face.

"Well, this, the Qin army didn't clean up the dark pile at all, Zhou Yu seemed to have predicted the location of the hidden pile, and took it directly through the waters of the dark pile."

"What?"

Zhu Tianpeng and the others all exclaimed in unison.

The difficulty of Zhou Yu's operation is much more difficult than cleaning up the dark pile, and a careless accident may be the death of the ship, even the veteran of the southern water station may not be able to do it, but Zhou Yu, a young general who has just been in charge of the water army, has successfully broken through.

"The Qin army is already unparalleled in cavalry, and the infantry is also one of the best, and now there is a genius naval commander like Zhou Yu, and the Qin army has almost no shortcomings."

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Tianpeng's eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of murderous intent, and he said secretly: "This Zhou Yu should be the great enemy of this king's life." ”

For Yuan Shao and Liu Che, once the confrontation against Qin Hao is defeated, there will be no chance.

But for Zhu Tianpeng, even if the battle of Hebei was lost, although the impact on him was great, it was not to the extent of destroying the country.

The Qin army's target this time was Hebei, and once it was taken, it would be followed by the Central Plains, so that was the time to decide the survival of Zhu Tianpeng.

The best way for Qi to fight against the Qin army is undoubtedly to block the Qin army north of the Yellow River, so that the Qin army will not cross the Yellow River, and naturally there will be no danger.

In the past, Zhu Tianpeng was full of confidence in this, after all, the Qin army was not good at water warfare, and he thought that his water warfare ability could not find an opponent in the north.

But now after initially appreciating Zhou Yu's methods, Zhu Tianpeng found that although the Qin army's navy was immature, the water general was not weak at all, so he had already regarded Zhou Yu as a great enemy in his heart.

Wang Mang naturally knew Zhou Yu's water warfare ability as the governor of Chibi, but he didn't think as much as Zhu Tianpeng.

Wang Mang is already tied to the princes of the Northern Han Dynasty, once the Northern Han Dynasty loses, there will be no eggs under the nest, and he will also face a catastrophe.

Therefore, for Wang Mang, the most important thing is to prevent Qin Hao from unifying Hebei, so naturally he can't take care of anything else.

Just when Wang Mang felt troubled by the Qin army's water transport cavalry coming to support Beihai, another news came that shocked everyone.

"Report ...... Qi Yu is the right minister, Li Jing personally led an army of 40,000, and has now left Beihai City and is coming to our army's camp. ”

Before the four crossings of the Yellow River, the Qin army had a total of 64,000 troops.

The flooding of the Qi army buried 45,000 elites of the Qi State, but the Qin army also sacrificed 4,500 water troops;

In the first battle with Wang Mang, the Qin army withdrew without a fight, and finally lost Ran Min and other generals, as well as the 3,000 tiger battalion.

The defense of Beihai damaged Fusu, and the 3,000 defenders also lost more than 2,400 in battle.

At this point, the total strength of the Qin army in Beihai dropped to 54,000.

It can also be seen from this that although Li Jing fought continuously in Beihai, and each battle was extremely fierce, and even knew that many generals died in battle, the casualties of the soldiers were not small.

Now that 5,000 cavalry have come to help, the total strength of the Qin army has recovered to 59,000 again, so Li Jing left 19,000 Liangshan troops to defend the city, and personally led the main force of the 40,000 Qin army out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Wang Mang.

"What?"

When Wang Mang heard this, he stood up directly, and said with a look of disbelief: "What does he Li Jing want to do?" Is it a direct showdown? Or is there some other conspiracy? ”

In the eyes of normal people, the Qin army finally escaped, and the general Ran Min died in battle, and the morale general must have stopped for a period of time before he can act.

But Li Jing is biased.

As soon as the 5,000 cavalry arrived, Li Jing immediately led the 50,000 army out of the city, in addition to leaving nearly 20,000 defenders to guard Beihai, which was obviously a little too irrational and not at all like Li Jing's style of using troops.

"It's just an army of 40,000, if you fight a head-on battle, with the strength of our army, you won't be afraid of the Qin army at all."

Zhou Yafu stood up and said in a deep voice: "Since he Li Jing wants to fight, we are still afraid that he will not succeed." ”

"...... right"

"That's right......"

Most people were in favor of going to war, but Wang Mang always felt that it was not simple, but seeing that Chen Qingzhi also agreed to send troops, he didn't say much.

On the other side, the generals of the Qin army were also surprised that Li Jing sent troops so quickly.

For the Qin army, which had just suffered a small defeat, as long as it held Beihai City, it was already a great achievement, but Li Jing wanted to fight a decisive battle with Wang Mang, which also made the generals a little confused.

Unlike other generals, Huang Feihu and other generals who came to support all supported Li Jing's move, after all, they ran all the way through, not just to defend the city, Li Jing's attack was against their appetite.

"Lord Taishou, our army has just been defeated, and the reinforcements have just arrived, so they will go out of the city for a decisive battle, is this a bit too hasty?" Jintai asked puzzled.

Li Jing smiled coldly and replied: "Our army is in a hurry to fight a decisive battle, why is the enemy army not in a hurry? What's more, compared to the haste of our army, the enemy army has a more fatal weakness. ”

Hearing Li Jing say this, all the generals cheered up, and Huang Feihu asked, "What weakness?" ”

"Among the 75,000 Northern Han United Army, there are already 30,000 recruits from the Zhao State.

After Gongsun Shu died in battle, Wang Mang couldn't wait to annex more than 20,000 Liao troops, which shows that more than 20,000 Liao troops must be in turmoil at this time, and how much combat power can they exert?

Therefore, although the enemy army is more numerous than ours, it has at least 50,000 troops, and its combat strength is weak. ”

Li Jing's eyes flashed, and he said confidently: "If Wang Mang dares to fight a decisive battle, our army will win." ”

"But there's no need to send only 40,000 troops, right? Our army still has nearly 60,000 troops, and it is completely possible to send 50,000 troops, leaving 10,000 to defend the North Sea. Huang Feihu was puzzled.

Li Jing said: "If 50,000 are dispatched, Wang Mang may not dare to fight a decisive battle." ”

As for Wang Mang's thoughts, Li Jing didn't say that he had a thorough understanding, but he also knew about the situation of the combined army, and Wang Mang naturally knew about it, so if he sent too many troops, it would only make him retreat, and 40,000 was just right.