Chapter 464: Easy to Attack and Defend
Mo Nan grassland, autumn is high and cool, if you stand on a high place and look at the north and south, you can see that the sky is cloudless, occasionally goshawks sweep across the sky, the ground is green grass and fertile fields, sometimes there are wild horses galloping in groups.
In the vast southern desert grassland north of Gaoque Pass, nearly 100,000 Han troops led by Le Yi have fought several times with Yizhi, as large as 10,000 people fighting, as small as the scout team to catch and kill, every day this grassland will be sprinkled with fresh blood.
Yi Zhi led an army of 200,000 to attack the direction of Shuofang County, and ordered the second king Zhao Xin to lead an army of 100,000 to fight with Li Guang in Hexi. In this battle, the 200,000 troops led by Yi Zhixian are undoubtedly the main force, whether it is the quality of the warriors or the equipment, they have reached the best standards of the Xiongnu, and the thousands of miles of grassland in Mobei, because of this action of Yi Zhixi, each tribe can hardly see young and strong men.
Somewhere in the Monan grassland, the Xiongnu army temporarily camped here, 200,000 troops were stationed, and the tents covered a radius of more than 20 miles.
"In the past half a month, the Han army's actions are really weird, different from before, the Han army has never fought with me head-on in the past half a month, we retreated when we entered them, we took the Han border counties, they harassed them halfway, and when our army was in strict formation, they disappeared without a trace, and they went around in circles with us on the grassland for half a month, and the 100,000 army was so tactical, it was unheard of!" In the tent of the king of Yi Zhi Xian, Yi Zhi Xian was summoning the kings to discuss the military situation, and it was King Zuo Xian who said this, and his face was extremely serious at this time, and he looked at Yi Zhi Xian on the king's chair from time to time.
"In the previous several battles between us and the Han people, the Han people were not defeated, and their strength did not suffer much loss, according to the desperate posture that the Han army put on in front of us at the beginning, the actions of the Han army in these days really cannot be understood from common sense, according to the Han people, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and the Han army must have a plan to behave like this." Another tribal king analyzed.
"Then in your opinion, what is the Han army's plan?" King Zuo Xian said curiously.
"It's just two sides. Either the Han people are really powerless to fight with us, so they are tricky; Either this is the Han people's trick, the purpose is to disrupt our position, let us rush forward and attack, and they will have a chance to take advantage of it. ”
"The first aspect is possible, and the second aspect is ...... If the Han army did this, it would be a snake that added to it, and the possibility was very small. King Zuo Xian expressed his judgment.
"That's it!" Yi Zhi, who had not spoken, raised his hand obliquely, this time must be the time for him to make a decision, he looked at everyone, and said solemnly: "This attack on the Han Realm, the focus is on a quick battle, the time has been delayed for a long time, if Liu An and Yu Shan are defeated, the situation will definitely be unfavorable to the Great Huns." From that point of view, we should go on the offensive in a big way. The Han army numbered less than 100,000, and if we really wanted to rush forward and attack, what could they do to us? Speaking of this, a touch of cunning and ruthlessness flashed in Yi Zhi's slanted eyes, and he laughed twice, "If the Han army in Gaoque Pass dares to draw troops south to support the southern army, then they will die a miserable death!" ”
After this military discussion, the 200,000 Xiongnu army went straight to the Han border county.
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At this time, Yingchuan and the Southern Army had already arrived outside Yangyi City and began to prepare to launch an attack on Yangyi City.
The 70,000 southern army, through a major battle outside the daimyo castle, suffered few losses, but captured a lot of prisoners, including both the two kings' alliance army, the people's husband, and the local tun troops who were previously captured by the two kings' alliance army. Therefore, when the southern army arrived outside Yangyi City, the number of sergeants had exceeded 100,000, and there were still a large number of people serving as auxiliaries, and the momentum was already extremely huge.
For the captured rebel soldiers, Qin Cheng's approach was to send the officers to prison, and for the ordinary soldiers, it was to explain the situation and give them the opportunity to go to war with the army to make meritorious contributions.
As for the people, there is no need to say much, anyway, Qin Cheng will not let them be cannon fodder.
When the southern army arrived outside Yangyi City, there was no single figure in the nearby villages and farmlands, as well as the houses outside Yangyi City, and there was no food, and the houses were burned down, leaving only black ruins and ruins, which were extremely desolate and cruel.
Ordered the army to camp, Qin Cheng and Liu Mu Li Yannian and others drove horses to inspect, seeing the devastation, Li Yannian sighed slightly, "Wu Huaisu is worthy of being a great soldier, although this time he was defeated and retreated to Yangyi City, but he can still behave well, and in a very short period of time, he organized the destruction of the infrastructure outside the city, and cleared the wilderness, so that the army could not obtain various resources on the spot, which was really not easy." ”
"The rebels will always be rebels, no matter what kind of guise they use, they can't hide their banditry behavior, and doing so at the moment, although it can make the Southern Army unable to obtain resources, in the end it is just to make these rebels become the target of the public and the laughing stock of the world, so that the method is just to quench their thirst." Qin Cheng's eyes swept over the destroyed houses and the damaged fields, and laughed, "The rebels have reached this situation, and they have such a style, no matter how talented Wu Huaisu is, he is no longer afraid!" ”
Qin Cheng said that it was confident, and it made sense for others to think about it, so they echoed it and said yes.
At this time, in Yangyi City, Wu Huaisu, the military division of the two kings' alliance, was inside the city gate, giving combat orders to the 1,500 cavalry in front of him.
This 1,500 military division was personally selected by Wu Huaisu, and the main force was Liu An's personal guard troops, all of whom were brave warriors. And they have only one task, that is, to take advantage of the arrival of the southern army to fight out of the city.
These 1,500 cavalry requisitioned the best horses and equipment in Yangyi City. Before leaving, Wu Huaisu and Liu An personally saw them off.
It is very rare, Liu An personally made a pre-war mobilization, he looked at the elite soldiers in front of him, and said: "The previous military advisor told the king: Our army is newly defeated, the army is unstable, the king can choose 1,500 people who dare to fight, take advantage of the arrival of the southern army, and go out of the city, in exchange for a small local victory, suppressing the momentum of the Chang'an army's big victory." Only in this way can the morale of our army be stable, and Yangyi City will have the morale to hold it! Now, this king has entrusted this task to you, which means that the success or failure of my army is all on you! ”
After Liu An finished speaking, he added some words to give these soldiers the title of wife and son, which made Wu Huaisu step forward.
Wu Huaisu took a step forward, without saying a word, waved his hand, and ordered: "Let's go!" ”
Outside the city, Qin Cheng and the others were checking the battlefield situation, and before they returned, they saw that the gate of Yangyi City suddenly opened, and a group of cavalry soldiers of the two kings alliance poured out of the city, rushing towards them with murderous energy.
The horn of the Southern Army's warning sounded, and the battalion was suddenly busy.
When Qin Cheng and the others saw this scene, many people were stunned, but they didn't speak in tacit understanding, until the fifteen hundred cavalry all went out of the city, and saw clearly that there were no other troops, Zhao Ponu frowned, and asked Qin Cheng for orders: "The thieves are attacking the camp, please take people to intercept and kill the general!" ”
"Quick Fix!" Qin Cheng agreed to Zhao Ponu's request.
"No!" Zhao Ponu clenched his fists and took the order.
Qin Cheng and the others stood on the high ground on the side, quietly looking at the group of imposing rebel cavalry.
"The thieves sent such a few people out at this time, and they wanted to attack our army's camp? What a naivety! Some generals sneered, "Just this little person is not enough for me to stuff my teeth." ”
"Defending the city and not robbing the village is guarding the death, doesn't the general know this truth?" Li Yannian said with a straight face, "The rebels may not be able to bring much loss to our army if they act like this, but as long as there are some casualties, and then take advantage of the victory to retreat, it will definitely be able to damage the morale of our army and boost the morale of the rebels." In this way, the rebels did not break the jar, and they still wanted to compete with me and others in Yangyi City. ”
"How long does the military advisor think it will take for Yangyi City to be taken?" Qin Cheng turned his head and asked, now what he is most worried about is this problem, as long as Yangyi City is broken, the rebels will no longer have to worry, and the tail sweeping work Qin Cheng can be handed over to the southern army to do, and he can run to Shuofang County as soon as possible to deal with Yi Zhixian.
This time, the Hun army of 300,000 attacked the Han Dynasty, and the Han army adopted the strategy of attacking instead of defending at the beginning, allowing Le Yi and Li Guang to lead the elite cavalry into the desert for thousands of miles, approaching Mobei, to intercept the Xiongnu army, and then fighting and retreating, which greatly slowed down the pace of the Xiongnu army to reach the Han border. But Rao is like this, and now the Xiongnu army is only a few hundred miles away from Gaoque Pass. Fighting against the Huns, without the left and right generals in charge, is really a dangerous thing. If the time for the Xiongnu army to attack the Han is delayed by five years, without Qincheng and Wei Qing, Le Yi Huo Qubing and others are enough to deal with the Xiongnu, but it is still too early, and Le Yi and other generals of the Northern Army do not have the ability to command more than 100,000 troops and Yizhi to fight a decisive battle.
Li Yannian shook his head and did not answer directly, but said: "The rebels in Yangyi City now have 350,000 soldiers to fight, if they forcibly recruit the young and strong people in the city to help in the battle, it is not difficult to hold Yangyi City, although my army is more than 100,000, but for the siege, the strength is still too weak." This is the same as when the two kings joined forces to storm the Daimyo City, they all knew that they could not do it. ”
Qin Cheng didn't think so, but said: "The art of war is cloudy: if there is an army that must be saved, there is a city that must be defended, and if there is no army that must be saved, there is no city that must be defended." Now that the rebels are alone and have become the target of everyone, naturally there are no reinforcements, and the divisions of the kings of all walks of life are about to arrive to assist us in attacking the city, so the rebels will not last long. ”
"How long does the general think the rebels can hold out?" Li Yannian asked with interest.
"Three days at most." Qin Cheng is full of confidence.
Li Yannian was shocked and speechless.
In fact, Li Yannian wanted to say: "It's really a pipe dream! ”
A few people were talking here, and over there, 1,500 rebel cavalry rushing out of Yangyi City had already fought with the defenders of the Southern Army in front of the Southern Army camp. Because the cavalry of the two kings alliance appeared too suddenly, and it was with the will to fight to the death, the resistance of the southern outpost in a hurry was not very effective, but was killed by this cavalry, with more than 100 casualties and many fortifications.