Chapter 22: Attack (4)
In several passes of the Taihang Mountains from the city to Daicheng, the beacon smoke has been lit to the sky.
In order to cover the two raiding armies led by Li Min and Rong Yan, the main force of the Yan army led by Jun Lejian of Changguo has begun to attack the pass guarded by the Zhao army.
In one day, with the attack of several armies of the Yan Kingdom, the peace that had been silent for many years in Daijun, which bordered the upper valley of the Yan Kingdom, was broken, and beacon fires were lit in many places.
22nd, noon.
A large number of Yan troops rushed into a fortress in Zhao Guodai County.
On a hillside outside the fortress, Rong Yan put down the binoculars in his hand and laughed.
Fang Hai, the deputy general beside Rong Yan, also had a smile on his face at this time, and said to Rong Yan:
"General, the Zhao army of this fortress did not expect that our army would appear here. After this fortress is taken, our army can either attack the Zhao army blocking our main army, or we can reinforce our army attacking Daicheng from the west. ”
Rong Yan, who was covered with dust, nodded, and said to Fang Haidao with high spirits:
"Humph! Since our army has passed through the Taihang Mountains, the initiative is in the hands of our army, and Daijun can go down today. ”
Speaking of this, Rong Yan said with emotion:
"It's best that Li Min didn't lead the army to conquer Daicheng, and Daicheng asked our troops to conquer it, so it would be the best."
After saying that, Rong Yan was full of longing and began to laugh again.
Hearing this, Fang Hai rolled his eyes greatly.
As the commander of an army, is that appropriate for you?
However, Rong Yan's character is like this, and Fang Hai doesn't bother to take care of him.
At this time, Li Min was already standing on the wall of Daicheng, looking at the historic ancient city at his feet. The battle to replace the city has ended, and in many parts of the city, thick smoke is still rising, but the fire has been extinguished by the Yan army and the people.
Wang Youde, who was covered in blood, came to Li Min with a few people and reported to Li Minyu:
"General Qiyu, Daicheng has been occupied by our army."
Then he turned around, pointed to a few injured people behind him, and introduced to Li Min:
"General, this is Liu Qi, the head of intelligence in my Daicheng, this is the acting general who opened the east gate, this ......"
After Wang Youde's introduction, Liu Qi and a few others bowed to Li Min and said, "See the general." ”
Li Min hurriedly bowed his hand and bowed back:
"You don't have to be like this, it is all your work that Daicheng can be won so smoothly."
Wang Youde, who was beside Li Min, opened his mouth and said with a smile:
"General, after our army occupied Daicheng, we have already wrapped the Zhao army that intercepted our main army in the front and wrapped it with "dumplings", and our army occupies the entire Daijun, which is just around the corner. ”
"Dumplings" is a pasta food, because of the king's sentence "The best thing is dumplings", and it has become the favorite of the people of Yan Kingdom. Nowadays in Yan Kingdom, every New Year's festival, wedding and funeral, "dumplings" have become a must-have for the people.
Wang Youde used the word "dumplings" to describe the situation of the Yan and Zhao armies in the current Dai County, which is very appropriate.
At this time, a major of the navy came to report: "Report, general, our army has lost 316 killed, 587 wounded, and 2,372 captured in this battle. ”
When Li Min and the others heard this, their faces became solemn.
Looking at the smoke still rising in the city, and listening to the faint crying in the city, Li Min didn't speak for a long time.
Attacking the city is the shortcoming of the navy. Fortunately, thanks to Liu Qi and other intelligence officers, the city gate was opened, and if the navy attacked alone, the number of casualties would inevitably be more.
Before coming to Daicheng, I heard that the domestic military engineering armor research institute was researching a kind of equipment called "paper armor" in view of the characteristics of naval warfare, which is light and very strong at the same time, comparable to steel armor.
If this so-called "paper armor" can be studied, then the navy's shortcomings in attacking the city will be completely made up. In the future, the navy will not only be able to fight naval and water battles, but also attack cities by land.
After a long while, Li Min said to this repulsor major:
"The brothers who died in the war were cremated, and the ashes were then shipped back to China."
"No." The admiral commander of the Navy was ordered to get up and leave.
By the time the sun went down, the entire Daijo had settled down.
Because the Yan army invaded Daicheng quickly, the granaries, workshops, and many warehouses in the city were intact. One by one, the wounded soldiers, including those of the Zhao army, were placed in the cleaned camp and began to be treated.
Yan Jun was in various camps in the city, and he could already smell the aroma of food.
In the Daihou Mansion, Li Min took two steps forward and helped up the soldiers who were about to pay homage to him: "Daihou can't be like this, our army can occupy Daicheng, and Daihou should be the first meritorious." Ben will definitely play the king and ask for merit to the prince. ”
Hearing Li Min's words, the eyes on his chubby face had already turned into a slit with laughter.
"Alas! The general was powerful and commanded properly, and this occupied Daicheng. Ben Hou obeyed the will of heaven and assisted my benevolent army, where is the merit? The general is overrated. ”
Speaking on behalf of the soldiers, he stretched out his fat right hand, and said to Li Min, Wang Youde and several other Yan army generals:
"Generals, pommel horse tired, Ben Hou slightly thin banquet, banquet generals, please!"
Li Min and the others bowed and saluted back: "Thank you Daihou." Acting Hou, please! ”
After the news of the occupation of Daicheng reached the front of the Zhao army, the entire Zhao army completely collapsed.
The rear is occupied by the Yan army, how can this battle be fought.
After fully communicating with the envoy sent by the Changguo Junle, all the officers and soldiers in the front of the Zhao army laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Yan army en masse.
In the following days, Rakuma led the main army into Daicheng.
After Lejian arrived in Daicheng, he did not immediately lead the army south, but sent people to the various cities of Daijun to return to the Yan Kingdom, except for two counties that were unwilling to surrender, the other counties all surrendered to the Yan army.
The two cities that were unwilling to surrender to the Yan State were later taken by the Yan army.
So far, 16 counties, including Daijun Pingshu (now Xishili Pingcheng Township, Guangling County, Shanxi), Dangcheng (now Huangmei Township, Wei County, Hebei), Sangqian (now the northeast of Wei County, Hebei), and Banshi (now the southeast of Datong, Shanxi), were all included in the territory of Yanguo.
On February 26, Jinyang County, Zhao State, Langmengcheng (now Yangqu County, Shanxi Province).
In the conference hall, General Zhao Guo was sitting on the main seat, his face was unusually gloomy.
At the bottom of the hall of Lecheng, there were many generals of the Zhao State who accompanied them, as well as Xu Kai, the guard of Wolf Mengcheng, and others.
Lecheng led an army of 50,000, and after coming to Wolf Meng, he turned his army to the north. Not long after leaving the city, he received a military report from Daijun that Daicheng had been captured by the Yan army.
In this case, the reinforcement of Daijun is no longer of any use.
Le Cheng had no choice but to lead the army back to Wolf Meng and gather the generals to discuss the next countermeasures.
Yan Guo's intentions have been very clear, since they have occupied Dai County, the next step will definitely be to go south and capture Jinyang.
The generals of Zhao State in the hall are not ordinary.
Xu Kai looked at Lecheng who was sitting at the top, and his mood was very complicated.
In order to relieve the siege of Handan, Yan Guo crossed Jingcheng and came to Wolf Meng.
Wolf Meng Shou General Xu Kai, and Yan Guo's Rong Yan, Zuo Zong and other generals, can be said to have a very happy relationship.
Unexpectedly, just a few years later, this will soon meet these people on the battlefield.
Many of the generals of the Zhao Army present are still very unclear about the combat power of the Yan Army, but Xu Kai is very clear.
If Daijun is not lost, the Zhao army can still fight with the Yan army by virtue of the mountains and rivers of Daijun.
But the most critical thing at the moment is that Daijun has been lost, and between Daicheng and Wolf Meng, the whole body can be basin plains. The Taihang Mountains in the east of Jinyang have been completely broken through by the Yan army, how can this battle be fought?
For Le Chengneng to lead an army of 50,000 to come to Wolf Meng, Xu Kai still welcomed it. Otherwise, there are only a few thousand people under his command, and it is impossible to stop the more than 200,000 troops of the Yan army.
After Lecheng came to Wolf Meng, there were now nearly 60,000 Zhao troops in Wolf Meng, which can be said to be strong and strong. Even if the Yan army is strong, tens of thousands of Zhao troops rely on Wolf Mengcheng and cannot fight.
Before the meeting had even begun, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the hall.
"Report." A Zhao army scout came in from outside the hall.
When the scout entered the council chamber, he came to the front and got down on one knee to report:
"General Qiyu, just sent back the news from Daijun that Lejian led the main force of the Yan army and has been stationed in Daicheng."
"Got it." Lecheng frowned.
"Is there any movement of the Yan army going south?" Lecheng asked.
"General, after the Yan army is stationed in Daicheng, there is no movement to the south for the time being."
This scout is reported by hand.
"You can send more people to find out the movements of the Yan army in Daicheng, and once you find out that the Yan army is going south, you can come to report."
Lecheng commanded at the top.
"No." The scout got up and walked away.
Le Cheng's eyes swept over the generals of the Zhao army in the lower hall, and said:
"My cousin uses soldiers, and the general still knows about it, and he has always fought steadily. Now that the Yan army occupies Daicheng and has relatively strong troops, it will only go south after stabilizing Daijun. ”
"Generals, no matter what, this time the Yan army will definitely go south to attack our wolf Meng and Jinyang, and a big battle between our army and the Yan army is inevitable. How should our army respond? Everyone is here, talk freely, let's talk about it. ”
After the generals of the Zhao army looked at each other, they began to discuss.