Chapter 507: Yu Xi's Defeat
The matter of Huan Wen and Li Xin's teaming up, not many people in the entire army know. Therefore, after hearing this at this time, except for Xi Chao, who understood what he meant, the others were a little puzzled. The big battle here started early, and it has been almost a month since the beginning of February. According to the agreement, it was already time for Li Xin's side to make a move. Therefore, Huan Wen's stay in Xuchang City actually has some factors to observe Li Xin's movements.
"That being said, we can't always hope for anyone else. Especially under this situation, Yan Guo's attention has not been completely attracted by us, but I am afraid that they are still waiting for the opportunity. If our side wins a big victory and attracts the attention of Yan Guo to this side, they should act immediately! Xi Chao whispered to Huan Wen.
"Well, let's act according to the plan!" Huan Wen thought about it, and there was no other way, so he had to say.
And just when Huan Wen and others were discussing the next plan of action, Wu Guoshi Yuxi led an army of 10,000 and was already going north along Surabaya. Since sending troops to the present, he has successfully taken Pengcheng, that is, Xuzhou City in later generations.
If you go north along Surabaya, you will successively take Hulu County and Fanghe County in Gaoping County, which are all county seats on the west bank of Surabaya. Therefore, he has been quite complacent during this period of time, after all, he has won a series of big victories!
Not far further on, it has already entered the territory of Rencheng County. To the north of Fanghe County is Kangfu County, and further north, it is Rencheng County, the county governor of Rencheng County. If Rencheng County can be taken, it can be said that most of Yu Xi's tasks along the way have basically been completed.
"Pass the order, order the army to speed up, and we must rush to Kangfu County before tonight and take the county seat!" Standing on the bow of the boat, looking at the scenery on both sides of the strait, Yu Xi ordered.
At this time, they were still dozens of miles away from Kangfu County, and the sun on the horizon was already about to sink in the west. Therefore, the sergeants who received the order hurriedly increased the strength of the oars, and the speed of the warship suddenly became much faster.
Kangfu County is located on the west bank of Surabaya, in the plains. Due to its proximity to Surabaya, it was considered a prosperous place in the past. However, after years of wars and the interruption of transportation, even these counties along the river have withered a lot.
Just when Yu Xi's army was about to land on the shore, in the green hills more than fifty miles west of Kangfu County, Fu Yan led the army to hide here.
"General Qiyu, the Jin army has already disembarked and landed on the shore, and is preparing to attack the county seat!" The spies sent out rushed back to report.
"Okay, act according to the plan and continue to investigate!" After hearing this, Fu Yan nodded and commanded.
Since Murong Chui assigned the mission, he led the army south, preparing to find the Jin army to fight. But then he got the news that Yuan Zhen and Yu Xi were actually divided into two ways, so he changed his mind slightly.
He planned to wipe out Yu Xi's soldiers and horses first, so that it would be much easier to deal with the remaining Yuan Zhen's soldiers and horses.
However, the Jin army's water army is a problem. In case of an attack on his side, the other party sees that the situation is not good, and runs directly to the boat and goes down the river, and his side can't catch up at all!
Therefore, he thought of a way, that is, to attract the Jin army to the shore, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop.
And Kang's father county is actually a bait he put down, just waiting for Yu Xi to bite the hook. Kangfu County is adjacent to Surabaya in the east, but there is a green mountain dozens of miles away in the west, and it is a rare place to hide soldiers on this plain.
That's why he chose this county as a battlefield. At the same time, in order to allow Yu Xi to speed up his northward movement and distance himself from Yuan Zhen's army, he also ordered those counties in the south to take the initiative to surrender or simply give up.
In this way, Yu Xi will be able to win all the way north. Otherwise, at this time, he should not be too far away from Yuan Zhen's troops and horses who attacked Suiyang in the west.
After the sky gradually got dark, Fu Yan began to act. He first ordered a thousand cavalry to go south, detour to the south of Kangfu County, quietly approach the warships of Yu Xi's army, and prepare a fire to burn them.
And he himself led the army, which marched towards Kangfu County from the north and south. If all goes well, they will suddenly kill behind Yu Xi when the Jin army is attacking the city, completely cutting off the opponent from Surabaya.
In this way, Yu Xi's army will no longer be able to escape. Even if some of them managed to escape back to shore, there was nothing they could do about it when they saw that the ships were burned.
In addition to the original troops in Kangfu County, Fu Yan also temporarily added 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city. But if you look at the past on the surface, you can't see any problems at all, at most, you can see that the city gate is closed, and the banner of the Yan army is erected sparsely on the door, and there are some soldiers who look very old and weak.
I can't see it clearly during the day, let alone in the night. Under the light of the torches, Yu Xi couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw this scene at the head of the city.
He first sent someone to surrender, thinking that it would be an easy thing, but who would have thought that the other party would not only ignore him, but also shoot the person who was sent out to shout to death.
In this way, how can Yu Xi endure it? Even if you order the whole army to attack the city! Originally, it was very quiet around Kangfu County, but suddenly there were shouts of killing, and the lit torches illuminated the outside of the city.
In fact, for this kind of small city, Yu Xi didn't pay too much attention to it. In his opinion, just relying on this little army in the city, trying to block his tens of thousands of troops from attacking the city is tantamount to wishful thinking.
Just as he was expecting the same victory, things didn't go as smoothly as he expected.
The first was the defenders of the city, whose resistance was more stubborn than he could have imagined. Tens of thousands of troops have been attacking the city for so long, not to mention that they can't take advantage of it at all, and they have actually damaged a lot of manpower.
On the other hand, he had noticed something different. Although it is said that when the army led by Fu Yan outflanked it, it deliberately reduced the movement. However, the actions of the more than 20,000 troops could not be completely silent after all.
Especially this is not the time for everyone to sleep peacefully, and everyone's vigilance during the battle can be said to be the heaviest. Therefore, although the momentum of the siege covered all the surrounding sounds, after Fu Yan's army approached a certain distance, it was quickly discovered.
The first place to fight was outside the northern city, because this was the place where the Yan army had to pass through when they were outflanking. Although they had already gone around a little farther, they were still discovered.
In this way, the two sides quickly exchanged hands.
"What? A large number of Yan soldiers and horses were found outside the northern city? Yu Xi, who was commanding the battle outside the East City, couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.
At this time, he did not know how many enemies there were and where they came from. But soon, when shouts of killing rang out from the south, he knew that something was wrong.
"Oh no, it's a trap, the enemy has set this plan to ambush me!" Yu Xi quickly figured this out.
Therefore, he immediately ordered all the troops who were besieging the city to withdraw, and gathered around him as much as possible, preparing to resist the attack of the Yan army with all his might. At the same time, it is better to retreat towards the river.
But where is it so easy for the army to be called back, it is not easy for the ancient generals, let alone him.
After this order was delivered, the various departments outside the city were suddenly in chaos. Because everyone was still attacking the city with all their strength just now, but at this time, they suddenly had to retreat outside the eastern city, and everyone was inevitably confused.
And at this critical moment, the Yan army in the city took the opportunity to kill, causing the retreating Jin army to suffer serious losses. After a period of confusion, the soldiers and horses below finally gathered around Yu Xi.
However, after this period of delay, Fu Yan's army of the north and south has already completed the outflanking. They crossed between Yuxi's army and Surabaya, separating them from the fleet of boats in the river.
Then, the army gradually formed an encirclement, wanting to encircle the Yuxi army.
"Damn! Fight your way out of the encirclement and get back on the ship! After discovering the enemy's intentions, Yu Xi couldn't help but panic a little, and hurriedly ordered.
As soon as the military ordered, all the Jin soldiers began to rush in the direction of the river. However, such a method of breaking through the encirclement is simply like a mass of scattered sand, and it is impossible to form a joint force at all, and naturally it will not be able to exert the power of unity.
As a result, the Jin army rushed to kill in chaos and was defeated by the resistance of the Yan army. After rushing several times in succession, they were not able to break through the encirclement of the Yan army in the end, but let the Yan army completely form the encirclement.
To make matters worse, on the other side of the river, a red light suddenly shone in the distance, turning the sky red for the whole night.
"Oh no, it's our warship, our warship is burning!"
"What can I do? Once the ship is destroyed, we won't be able to leave! ”
"It's over, it's all over!"
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In that direction was where the warship was anchored, and the soldiers of the Jin army who saw this scene immediately panicked. Originally, it was because of those warships,So everyone was able to rush to kill in order to escape.,At this time, when there is no hope.,Many people immediately lost their fighting spirit.。。
When Fu Yan saw the scene over there, he knew that the cavalry sent out had succeeded, and he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately ordered someone to recruit the Jin army on the spot.
The Jin soldiers, who had already lost their fighting spirit, suddenly surrendered one after another under such circumstances. Only a few generals such as Yu Xi, under the protection of their own soldiers, took advantage of the night to fight out of the chaos after a bloody battle.