Chapter 568: All parties are here
It didn't take long for Li Xin to meet Deng Qiang, and soon, he led the Wyvern to continue south. After passing through Shengle City, the scene became even more chaotic. Basically, from time to time, you can encounter stragglers who retreat from the south, ranging from a few to dozens or hundreds.
Because of the Yellow River to the south and mountains to the east, even if these people were defeated, they could only retreat to the north. After all, from that direction, it is most likely to return to one's hometown.
But in this way, they happened to meet Li Xin, who was heading south, which was a little unlucky.
And from their mouths, Li Xin finally heard the news from the south.
In general, everything is going smoothly.
Li Erhei's side fought and retreated, and finally returned to the bank of the Yellow River. And here, the army in Yan Feng's hands is already just over 10,000 left, because he was led by Li Erhei along the way, and suffered heavy losses.
The 20,000 troops of Shiyiqian, who originally stayed here, were not enough ships and were harassed by the cavalry of the Tang Army. So, in the end, most of them stayed here.
In the end, the total number of Dai troops on the entire south bank was about 30,000, and only a small part of them actually followed Shi Yiqian back to the north bank.
Now, with the change of the situation on the north bank, the army in the south is already unstable. is under the control of Li Erhei, if you want to return to the north shore, where is it so easy.
The other is the news about Shiyigan.
From the mouths of these defeated soldiers, it was learned that after Shi Yiqian returned to the north, he began to recruit these defeated soldiers and prepared to concentrate his forces against the Tang army on the north bank. His appeal was not bad, and it is said that after hearing that he had returned, most of the defeated soldiers of the Dai army went to gather.
And the place where Shiyiqian now gathers is near Wucheng County, which is about 100 miles southeast of Shengle City.
That place is one of the old counties of the Han Dynasty, because it is located in the place where Dingxiang County and Yanmen County come and go, so although it has not developed particularly well over the years, it has not declined to the point of disappearing.
There, it is only more than 100 miles away from Junzijin, the ferry port on the bank of the Yellow River. With the speed of cavalry, it can basically be killed in an hour. The fact that Shi Yigan would choose to regather his strength there was clearly also in mind.
"Now that he's there, let's go too! As long as the Shiyiqian is taken, the rest are not worried! After hearing the news, Li Xin immediately decided.
At the same time, he also sent people to find Zhang Oyster and them. After they solved the main force of the Dai army, they immediately led the army eastward and rushed to the vicinity of Wucheng County to join themselves and eliminate the last force of the Dai army south of Yinshan together.
Just as Li Xin was heading south towards Wucheng County, at this time, nearly a hundred miles northeast of Wucheng County, there was a place called Shenhepi, and a large army was rapidly moving south.
This army is the Murong Wen people who have disappeared for a long time in the eyes of the Ministry Division, since he received the order of Murong Ke to lead the 30,000 troops along Rao Leshui from Pingzhou out of the Saiwai, he has been moving in a low-key manner on the grassland, in order to avoid the eyes and ears of the Tang army.
Now it seems that his move was quite successful. Not only did the Tang Army scouts not find their traces, but even the people in the Ministry Division did not find their whereabouts.
However, the closer the army gets to the Tang border, the higher the risk of them being discovered.
The northernmost county of Dai County is called Heru County, which was abandoned in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because of its remote location, it has not recovered for many years. But from here, you can go southwest through Sanhepi through Wucheng County, and then go north to the area of Shengle City.
From here, you can go all the way to Zhangjiakou along the mountain valley to the southeast, and then go south to kill the military capital. If you go south directly from here, you can kill all the way to Datong Yanmen Pass.
There is no doubt that this is a military place, but the strength of the Tang army was insufficient in the past, and this place was isolated and threatened by the Daiguo in the west. Therefore, not many troops were stationed here, only a few people were left to be in charge of watching.
After Murong Wen's army arrived here, the Tang soldiers who were responsible for guarding this place saw that the enemy had been killed, and they did not fight hard, but immediately returned to the south to report the news.
Originally, Murong Wen's soldiers and horses were going to kill Dai County, and then attack Shanggu County from the north of Dai County. The best plan is to go all the way south to attack the military capital, so as to get in touch with the army of Murong Ping and Yuejuan in Yan County in the south.
But who would have expected that not long after arriving in Heru County, he heard the news of the unfavorable war in Daiguo. Under such circumstances, after thinking about it, Murong Wen felt that after the defeat of Daiguo, it would be difficult for his side to succeed.
Therefore, he decided to go to support Shiyiqian first, and after defeating the Tang army with him, he would come to Yanmen and other counties together. In that case, I am afraid that it will be much more effective than going deep into the upper valley alone.
This is a deviation from Murong Ke's idea, if he knows Murong Wen's thoughts, I don't know whether he will agree with him or give him a hard beating. All in all, the general's order was not accepted, and Murong Wen led an army of 30,000 to the south towards Wucheng County.
At this time, he didn't know that Shi Yiqian was in the area of Wucheng County, and he just wanted to rush to Shengle City. It wasn't until halfway through the walk that the scouts who went to inquire clarified the situation there.
"The Dai army was defeated so quickly? It's really incompetent, forming an alliance with them to attack Tang, but in the end they want us to save them! Hum! Fortunately, Li Xin is also over there, so in this way, things are much easier. As long as Li Xin can be defeated in this battle, wouldn't it be a greater credit than taking ten Shanggu counties! Murong Wen thought in his heart, and he didn't know where he got his confidence, so he actually wanted to fight Li Xin in person.
Murong Wen is the son of Murong Jun and the brother of Murong Wei, the current Yan Emperor. This person did not have any great talent in history, but he lived a relatively long time, so he also held a prominent position after Murong Chui became emperor.
Other than that, there was basically nothing to praise about, especially when he was young and vigorous. Li Xin was like a bottomless black hole to him, attracting him at once.
When Murong Wen knew the news of Li Xin, Li Xin had just led the flying dragon cavalry to a place less than ten miles away from Wucheng County. Because Shi Yiqian has already received the news, he has already been in array.
At this time, according to the strength of the two sides, Li Xin's side was 5,000 heavily armored cavalry, while on the side of Shiyiqian, it was more than 40,000 troops that had been finally gathered back. Under such a disparity in forces, the two sides confronted each other.
The reason why Murong Wen had confidence in his heart and felt that he could fight with Li Xin was because he felt that when Li Xin and Shi Yiqian fought together, if he killed the generals again, he would definitely be able to win a big victory.
However, what he didn't know was that just when he was still more than fifty miles away from Wucheng County and was about to quietly approach the battlefield, their whereabouts were discovered by the scouts of the Tang Army.
"Murong Wen has also arrived? Such a coincidence? It's really uninvited! Did he plan to join Dai Guo in the first place, or did he change his mind halfway? After hearing the news, Li Xin couldn't help but be surprised.
This time it's good, all three parties are gathered together. I was already at a disadvantage, and I had to face nearly 80,000 enemy troops at once, even if the Wyvern Cavalry had superior combat power, I am afraid there was a great risk!
"Find Zhang Oyster immediately and ask him to lead the army to come over quickly to support!" After thinking about it for a while, Li Xin felt that for the sake of safety, it was better to transfer Zhang Oyster and them first.
On the other side, Shi Yiqian also learned the news of Murong Wen's arrival. For him, this is like a rain from the sky, like charcoal in the snow.
Overjoyed, he immediately sent someone to contact Murong Wen and asked him to join him immediately. Taking advantage of the fact that Li Xin now only has 5,000 troops by his side, he quickly eliminated him.
Originally, Murong Wen planned to quietly enter the village, and those who let go of the guns were not wanted, but when he saw the people sent by Shi Yiqian, he knew that this idea could not be realized. After all, Dai Jun knew that he had arrived, and it was impossible for Li Xin not to know.
However, Shi Yiqian's suggestion was very tempting, and Murong Wen only hesitated for a moment before immediately agreeing. He then ordered the army to march quickly and prepare to join Shiyigan.
There are roads in the northeast and southwest of Wucheng County, and more than ten miles away in the southeast is the Great Wall of Killing Tiger's Mouth. If you go south from here, you will only need more than 100 miles to reach the county seat of Shanwu.
Therefore, after learning the news of Murong Wen's arrival, Li Xin not only asked Zhang Hao to rush over to support, but also specially sent people to the southeast.
Go to Shanwu County to find Liang Cheng, and then ask him to immediately lead 2,000 soldiers and horses to advance from the northeast of Shanwu County, and make a detour around Shenhepi, preparing to block Murong Wen's retreat.
The situation on the battlefield can be described as changing rapidly, and it just so happened that the enemy forces had not yet converged, so Li Xin also used this time to arrange his troops. If his layout can be fully realized, this time he should be able to wipe out the 80,000 allied forces of Shi Yiqian and Murong Wen.
Wucheng County is located on the bank of the Hunhe River, and the terrain in this area is relatively mountainous, but it is not particularly suitable for large-scale cavalry operations. Judging from the current situation around Li Xin, it is really a very unfavorable place, so he decided to move some distance to the southwest.
The northwest side of the Hunhe River is close to the Zhongshan Mountain, which is a remnant of Daqing Mountain, and the river valleys are relatively narrow and rugged. But just more than 20 miles southwest of Wucheng County, the terrain suddenly became open and flat.
It was in that place that Li Xin chose for the final battle.