Volume 2 Night Attack on Shuozhou (I)
The Khitan brave general Yeluzhao was beheaded and captured the eastern gateway of Shuozhou, Mayi. γFengyun Reading Network. In the face of such a victory, Guo Rong, Zhao Kuangyin and others were a little sullen. Murong Yanzhao and Shi Shouxin even sighed and complained.
The reason is very simple, although this battle basically annihilated more than 2,000 Ma Yi defenders, but these two people feel that winning is really confused, at the beginning with Zhao Kuangyin is all the way to defeat, after noon, the Khitan army that is quite capable of fighting suddenly became a soft-footed crab under the wind and snow, and two thousand people were wrapped by them, hey, before they warmed up, there were not a few Khitan people left who could stand up. It's not fun, this battle is really not fun.
Ma Yi City Tower, Zhao Kuangyin looked at the west for a long time, sighed, and did not speak. Guo Rong patted him on the shoulder and said with relief: "Old eight, today's battle is enough for Xiao Jin's flesh to hurt for a while, and we can be regarded as achieving our goal." Now that the sky is not beautiful, our plan will fail. Shuozhou is not far from here, if Shuozhou sends troops, it will be able to reach Mayi in half an hour, we have few soldiers and are not good at defending the city, or retreat. Count him lucky this time, and it's not too late to clean him up next time. β
Zhao Kuangyin looked unwilling. Originally, they made a plan to lure Yelu Zhao out of the city of Ma Yi first. The cavalry combat effectiveness of the Snake Valley is not weak, Yeluzhao knows this, he will inevitably send a large army if he wants to send troops, as long as he is contained, then there are not many defenders in Mayi City, as long as 1000 infantry is mobilized, it is enough to conquer Mayi.
In order to contain Yeluzhao's army, Zhao Kuangyin also worked hard, first harassing the city and angering the Khitans. After luring Yeluzhao out of the city, Zhao Kuangyin walked while fighting, and walked on the avenue, in order to be able to stabilize Yeluzhao. But Ye Luzhao can be regarded as a battle-hardened soldier, in order to completely reassure Ye Luzhao, Zhao Kuangyin also specially asked Gao Huailiang to bring another 500 cavalry as an ambush on the side of the trail canyon. Yeluzhao was furious, but he still had some doubts in his heart, and when he saw Gao Huailiang's 500 people, he completely relieved his heart and chased after him. Yeluzhao chased Zhao Kuangyin on the avenue, and Guo Rong and others set off with infantry to attack Ma Yi from the trail. When Yelu Zhao arrived at the city of Snake Valley, Ma Yi had been defeated by the Jin soldiers.
Zhao Kuangyin ordered someone to throw the banner down from the city wall, just to mock Yeluzhao, after all, at this time, even if Yeluzhao returned to the army, it would be too late to save Ma Yi. Unexpectedly, Yeluzhao chased all the way, and his courage actually became bigger, and he personally commanded the Khitan army to fight with the Jin soldiers under the city wall, which took more than half an hour.
It is a heavy snow in success, and a heavy snow in defeat.
After the snow, on the one hand, the Khitans were cold and hungry and forced to walk, on the other hand, the heavy snow also wiped out the traces of the attack on Mayi, and Guo Rong and they didn't even have to clean the battlefield carefully. Zhao Kuangyin and the others chased after them vigorously, and the Khitans retreated while fighting, and they were defeated in successive battles, and then they lost all their fighting spirit, and fled into Mayi City as a group of routs, and completely entered the ambush that had been designed long ago.
This is just the first step in Zhao Kuangyin's plan, to seize the horse. As soon as Ma Yi missed, Xiao Jin of Shuozhou would definitely not be able to sit still, he would definitely lead his troops to recapture Ma Yi, and when he came to Ma Yi, Zhao Kuangyin and their Khitan soldiers in Ma Yi would fight twice at will, and then withdraw from Ma Yi. At this time, it will be late, and Xiao Jin will inevitably live in Mayi. Guo Rong and they fought in Mayi, but it was not in vain, they put a lot of burning things in the city, and when they retreated, they would leave some Jin soldiers in Mayi to pretend to be people. The soldiers are in chaos, Xiao Jin will definitely not send someone to check whether there are more or fewer people in the city. In the middle of the night, the men set fire to the city and then opened the gates. In the middle of the night, coupled with the fires in the sky, the Khitan soldiers will inevitably be chaotic, and it will be a big victory. Even if you can't take advantage of the situation to seize Shuozhou, you have basically completed the goal of deterring the Khitan.
It's a pity that a heavy snowfall made this fire no longer burn.
After a while, Zhao Kuangyin sighed again, turned to Guo Rong and said: "Third brother, you are right, we should withdraw, if we don't withdraw, the Khitans will be in trouble." β
"That's right, stay in Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, can the eldest husband afford to put it down? Xiao Jin, he can't run. Guo Rong was calm and said happily. Invisibly, he attaches more importance to his brother-in-law, who can bend and stretch, and will definitely be more helpful to him in the future.
The crisp sound of the horsewhip "snapped" was particularly loud in the lonely wilderness.
"General Guo, a carriage came from Snake Valley County." A sergeant on guard at the head of the city ran over and said.
"Oh?" Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin were stunned for a moment, since November of the 3rd year of Emperor Qingtai at the end of the Tang Dynasty in the first year of Tianfu, after Emperor Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun, many of the people of Yanyun left their hometowns and went south, but the people in the south rarely went north. Could it be that the father sent someone again.
Guo Rong hurriedly walked to the city wall, looking into the distance, the goose-feather-like snow was flying, the vast land outside the city, as if wrapped in a thick white veil, at the end of the official road in the east, there was a black shadow slowly coming, the black shadow swayed, as if it was a carriage.
When the carriage came in, it was clear that the carriage actually had a small flag with red letters on a black background. Between the shadows of the flag, I can barely distinguish clearly, and the flag is actually written with the word "Guo" the size of a bowl. Sure enough, it was the messenger of the father.
Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly walked down the stairs next to the female wall, opened the city gate and won with a team of men. The identity of the messenger who can carry the red character flag on a black background is different.
When the coachman saw the city gate open, a group of men and horses rushed out in front of the gate, but he was not in a hurry to hold the reins, turned his head and said, "Master, the gate of Mayi is open, and a team of people has come out of it?" β
As he spoke, the curtain of the carriage door was raised, and a person helped the carriage and slowly rubbed off the carriage. This man has bronzed skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a three-inch-long beard under his chin, but he is not wearing an official uniform, he is wearing a gray slanted jacket, a pair of black trousers underneath, and his feet are wearing cotton shoes with anti-wool. Xu is afraid of the cold, this person is wearing bulging clothes, which looks very clumsy.
When Guo Rong saw this, he recognized this person from a distance, his heart was full of surprise, and he shouted loudly: "Mr. Wenbo, why are you back?" "This person is Wang Pu.
Guo Rong took two more steps on his horse, grabbed the reins, turned over and dismounted, threw away the reins casually, and ran over quickly regardless of it. That Wang Pu was also excited, he also took two steps forward, bowed down and bowed down: "General Guo......" Before he could put down, he was supported by Guo Rong and said: "Mr. Wenbo, since Bianjing, Guo has lost an arm, and he is often related to each other in his heart. I wanted to go to Taiyuan Mansion to meet in person for a few more days, but I didn't expect to get my wish in this small city of Mayi. He couldn't help but laugh when he said it.
Wang Pu was moved in his heart, and said with a smile: "I was ordered to go to the states of Hedong to check the people's situation, but when I arrived in Daizhou a few days ago, I heard that the king of Taiyuan issued a general order to attack the Khitan and share the military pressure of Yizhou and other places for the imperial court. General Guo was afraid that the army of the little general would not be able to catch up, so he sent 2,000 soldiers and horses to strengthen the power of Snake Valley County. β
"Mr. Wenbo, it's great to be here, just as you can teach us. Eighth brother, come on, this is Mr. Wang Wenbo, whom I often mention to you, he is the number one talent in our Great Jin. Guo Rong hurriedly introduced.
Zhao Kuangyin often heard Guo Rong talk about Wang Pu, and he was very dissatisfied, but when he saw it today, this Wang Pu was dressed like a rich man in the countryside, and he was even more displeased in his heart. However, the righteous brother couldn't brush the face of the righteous brother, and in desperation, his nose wrinkled slightly, pushed the golden mountain, poured the jade pillar, and bowed down.
Wang Pu's eight-trick and exquisite character, Ma noticed Zhao Kuangyin's reluctant expression, and he hurriedly helped Zhao Kuangyin and said: "Could it be that the general is the Zhao family man who killed the five tigers of the forbidden army, and his appearance is really extraordinary." β
If you want to say that Wang Pu can speak, Zhao Kuangyin is a little proud of this sentence, and Wang Pu is also a little pleasing to the eye, but he is still a little unconvinced.
Wang Pu looked at the soldiers in the city who were carrying grain and grass and collecting the spoils of war, and asked, "General Guo, what are you doing here?" Ma Yi has just been defeated, why do you have to retreat in a hurry. β
Guo Rong smiled and was about to explain, when Zhao Kuangyin interjected: "Mr. doesn't know geography. This horse is very close to Shuozhou, and it can be reached in half an hour. Shuozhou has 20,000 Khitan strong troops, and we only have 3,000 people, so we can't fight hard, so we are ready to retreat. β
Guo Rong finally realized that his brother-in-law was a little wrong. Lao Baping is not like this, he can treat sergeants kindly, let alone ordinary soldiers. How could this be so impulsive today?
He glanced at Zhao Kuangyin in surprise, and was about to make this happen for him. But when he heard this, Wang Puhe laughed: "General Zhao Guo, I rushed over in such a hurry to give you a notice, how to take Shuozhou City." β
"Do you have a way?" Zhao Kuangyin looked at him in surprise.
Wang Pu stroked his short beard under his chin, and said with a smile: "It has been bitterly cold for days, and it is snowing heavily today. General Guo's army went straight to Yingzhou, and the momentum was so loud that it was impossible for the surrounding Khitans not to know, in this case, in this weather, even if Xiao Jin of Shuozhou knew that Mayi City was lost, he would not rashly send troops. β
Zhao Kuangyin lowered his head and thought for a while, his eyes lit up, what Wang Pu said made sense. In this kind of weather, it is extremely unfavorable for siege warfare, if Gongmayi's Jin soldiers are few, he can delay for two days, and wait for the weather to clear before marching; If Ma Yi has a lot of Jin soldiers, then he can't attack rashly. However, Xiao Jin shrank in Shuozhou, there were many people and horses, and the city wall was high, if he didn't lead his soldiers and horses out, how could he defeat Shuozhou?
Wang Pu looked around, but smiled but did not speak.
Guo Rong came to his senses and waved his hand to let the sergeants who came with him scatter the guards. The three of them got together, and Wang Pu slowly said a clever plan.
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