Chapter 807: Attacking Yiyang
When Michi's hands arrived, the Dahua army conquered the city, quickly occupied it, sent troops to verify the population from house to house, and dissuaded those officers and soldiers who fled to return to the team, and resettled them in a unified manner, otherwise, these people were wandering everywhere, which belonged to the uneasy factor, and once they starved, they were prone to crime.
Dahua does not kill and surrender soldiers, preferential treatment of prisoners, there is nothing to be afraid of, as soon as the policy came out, the people in the city rushed to tell each other, and soon, the deserters who hid in the houses demolished, haystacks, wells, and house beams came out one after another, accepted the reorganization, and those who were willing to stay and continue to join the army, and those who did not want to be soldiers could be disbanded and go home with dry food.
Most of the soldiers chose to stay, because of the chaos of the army, they returned to their hometowns, and they were easy to be captured by the rebels to serve as soldiers, and their deaths were unknown, how could they be treated well as soldiers in the Dahua Army, and even if they went home, the land of Henan, affected by the war, was not ploughed in the spring, there was no harvest in the autumn, and the stock in the people's homes was very small, and a strong man went back to definitely not enough to eat, so it was better to be in the army, at least not to starve.
"I am willing to join the Dahua Army!"
"I do, too!"
However, according to the rules, the new army needs a period of reorganization, re-memorization of military discipline, and participation in new training, otherwise the rabble will easily affect Dahua's combat effectiveness, and the rout will be defeated as soon as it encounters, which will drag down the morale of the elite army.
Li Jing's use of soldiers is not much more expensive, so he would rather let the soldiers be more familiar and trained, rather than let them be cannon fodder.
"Marshal, how do you march next?"
"In one go, take Yiyang, and then the army of 200,000 will advance Luoyang City!" Li Jing is dressed in armor, nearly fifty years old, calm and atmospheric, and has a strong self-confidence between the drinks.
Mai Jicai said: "General, the last general asks for orders and leads the troops to take Yiyang!" ”
Li Jing hesitated for a moment and asked Cheng Zhijie, "Who is the commander of Yiyang?" Who are the generals? ”
Cheng Zhijie replied: "The commander of Yiyang City is the king of Zheng Guochu, named Wang Shiwei, who is also a straw bag, he used to be a blacksmith, he has never been an official, and now after becoming a prince, he is all stunned. As for the generals, there are Pei Renji and his son, as well as Chen Zhiluo and others, who are also military generals of Wagang and Old Sui. ”
"Can General Pei Renji's father and son be brought over?"
"It's very likely, because when we first came out of Luoyang, we discussed it and found an opportunity to defect to Dahua and abandon the darkness to the light, but we were one step ahead."
Li Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "Without further ado, while the news has not yet passed, go to Yiyang immediately, otherwise there will be changes later!" ”
Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin and others also understood that the news had not reached Yiyang, and their defenders did not know the situation here, so it was convenient for Pei Renji and his son to escape, otherwise when the news passed, Wang Shiwei would monitor Pei Renji and his son, and would not let them go out of the city easily.
"Marshal, the last general is willing to follow General Mai to Yiyang to persuade General Pei Renji, as well as Pei Xingyan, Chen Zhiluo and others, to return to Dahua."
"Okay, if you can succeed, you will be counted as a meritorious service." Li Jing enabled Cheng Zhijie and Luo Shixin to go with him, leaving Bing Yuanzhen, because the latter was a general of the regular army of the Great Sui and guarded Xingluocang, and was later surrounded by Li Mi, surrendered to the Wagang army, surrounded by Wang Shichong, and surrendered to Wang Shichong, and now defected to Dahua.
"General Bing, this time I started to be General Dahua, I hope you can stick to it for a long time and stop picking the master around."
Bing Yuan was a little embarrassed, bowed his head and said: "What the marshal said is that His Majesty Dahua is the real master of the Ming, and it is also an honor for the general to be able to abandon the darkness and turn to the light." ”
Li Jing stroked his beard and said: "What is the current situation in Luoyang, you can tell me in detail, which forces are in power and which can be fought for.......
Bing Yuanzhen was a Sui general, he stayed in Luoyang for a long time, and he knew a lot about the Luoyang nobles, and he knew more than Luo Shixin and them.
.........
Yiyang City.
It was the earliest capital of Korea during the Warring States Period, and after Han Jinghou moved from Yiyang to Yangzhai, he established a county in Yiyang.
For a long time, there were iron mines in the Yiyang area, and the Warring States were known as Jinhan, because the Han princes built weapons and bows and crossbows, and among the seven heroes, they were a little famous.
However, after entering the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the counties here gradually declined, and Yiyang City had long lost its original glory and became a small local city.
Mai Jicai, Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin and others, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, swept over.
"Rush!" Mai Ji let out a long howl, and the cavalry rushed forward.
The horses neighed, the hooves sounded, and the horses charged together, and on the flat land, the advantages of the cavalry were brought into full play, and the momentum was enough to overwhelm everything.
The guards at the head of the city saw the Dahua cavalry galloping and the infantry phalanx that was constantly coming from the rear, and they all panicked and blew their horns.
The city began to move and prepare for the battle.
However, the Dahua army did not attack the city, but set up a phalanx outside the city, offering to fight the Zheng army and go out of the city to fight.
"Dahua fights again, do you think that Ben Shuai will easily go out of the city to fight?" When Wang Shiwei learned the news, he came to the city tower and saw the neat Dahua Army, and he was a little worried, but with the advantage of the city, he didn't want to go out of the city to meet the enemy for the time being.
At this time, Pei Renji and his son led people over and said: "Commander Qiqi, since Dahua has come to call for battle, our army has not dared to meet the enemy for a long time, I am afraid that morale will inevitably be affected, the enemy army is working hard, it is better to let the last general lead the troops out of the city, and the Dahua army will be in a while. ”
Wang Shiwei has never been a commander, so his ears are soft, he has no ideas, he has heard of the prestige of Pei Renji's father and son, so he thinks that it is good to send them out to meet the enemy and test the strength of the enemy army, in case it is really as Pei Renji said, kill and retreat the Dahua army, you can avoid this battle.
"Okay, Pei Renji, Pei Xingyan, this commander sent your father and son to order 10,000 troops out of the city to meet the Dahua army, if you are defeated, you can withdraw quickly!"
"Whoa!" After Pei Renji and the others hugged their fists, they were secretly happy in their hearts.