Chapter 88: Sima Xin abandoned the city and fled
After taking Longcheng, Ye Tong left a small number of soldiers and horses to garrison the Longjun area, and a large number of civilian officials with the army took over government affairs. Ye Tong led his troops and horses to kill Gao Nu, wanting to hit Sima Xin by surprise.
After a few days of rapid marching, Ye Tong led the army to the foot of Gaonu City, and saw the city gate wide open, and the soldiers defending the city stood outside the city gate, and lined up with their bare hands for the second test, as if waiting for the test or welcoming the leader to come, Ye Tong didn't understand what it meant, and was dumbfounded all of a sudden!
Ye Tong really didn't understand what Sima Xin was doing, did he want to surrender? No, absolutely not, Sima Xin understands that even if he surrenders, the Qin Empire will not pardon his crimes, 200,000 Qin soldiers were killed by Xiang Yu, on the surface, Xiang Yu's fault, in fact, the real culprit is Sima Xin.
The soldiers defending the city who were standing in formation outside the city gate saw that the Qin army had stopped, and they were still in an attack formation. Panicked all of a sudden, one of the leaders shouted, "Don't fight! Don't fight! Let's go out of the city and surrender, waiting for the general to take over. ”
Ye Tong came out of the battle and beckoned to the little leader who spoke, asking him to step forward and ask questions. The little leader stepped forward, gave a military salute of the Great Qin Empire, and said in a loud voice: "General, we are the people, we were forced by Sima Xin to be soldiers, and we don't want to confront the general." ”
Oh!
"General Ben asked you, where is Sima Xin?"
"Back to the general's words, Sima Xin ran away."
Ran away?
Ye Tong was dumbfounded! originally thought that Sima Xin would be caught off guard and captured in one fell swoop. This kid is so cunning that he actually ran away.
"When did Sima Xin escape, and how many soldiers and horses did he bring?"
"Back to the general's words, Sima Xin ran for two days, with only hundreds of personal soldiers with him, and no one of the soldiers was willing to follow."
Ye Tong thought about it for a while and understood the reason. Sima Xin stayed by Xiang Yu's side, and there were no soldiers and horses in his hands. After being named Queen Zhai by Xiang Yu, he began to recruit troops when he arrived in Gaonu City.
The problem is that it takes a lot of money to recruit soldiers and buy horses, Sima Xin's family has been ordered by the emperor to exterminate the three clans, and there is still money to recruit soldiers and horses, which can force the people to become soldiers, and the people are indeed persecuted, not willing to be soldiers.
"Peng Yue!"
"Here!"
"Go and take over the surrendered people! Pay the passage fee and let him go home. If you want to be a soldier and your physical fitness is up to standard, you can recruit some of them appropriately. ”
"Yes!"
"Zhou Bo!"
"In!"
"Take over the city defense and strictly investigate the remnants of Sima Xin. In addition, let the civilian officials of the army immediately take over the administrative affairs of the Gaonu area, form a criminal police, and carry out the work. ”
"Yes!"
Through inquiry, Ye Tong knew the situation. It turned out that Sima Xin had always been worried that the Qin Empire army would not let him go, so Sima Xin had been paying close attention to the movements of the Qin army and sent countless spies to monitor the Qin army's every move.
Ye Tong annihilated 200,000 Hun iron horsemen in Yancheng, and after Sima Xin got the news, he immediately thought of the next move of Ye Tong's army.
Sima Xin is a good general, with a very high IQ, as long as he analyzes the training route of Ye Tong's army, he immediately understands in his heart that Ye Tong's target is the Guanzhong region, and what kind of training is completely nonsense to fool people.
Ye Tong raised the army to kill Longjun, and Sima Xin, who got the news, knew in his heart that Liji could not resist Ye Tong's army, and soon Longjun would be recovered by Ye Tong, and then, fools understood that Ye Tong wanted to take Sima Xin to avenge the 200,000 Qin soldiers.
Sima Xin also thought that he couldn't resist the attack of Ye Tong's army. For this reason, Sima Xin only thought about it for a moment and decided to flash people. Once the decision was made, Sima Xin began to mobilize his soldiers to leave Gaonu with him.
The problem is that the soldiers under Sima Xin are basically forced to serve as soldiers temporarily, and they are Gaonu locals, and they are unwilling to leave at all. Sima Xin couldn't kill all his soldiers, and in the end, there was no way, Sima Xin only left with hundreds of personal soldiers.
Hey!
Sima Xin, you can escape once, how many times can you escape? The world is so big, where can you escape? Once the world is calm, will Sima Xin still have room to survive?
Ye Tong decided that the army would stay in Gaonu for a few days, and his soldiers fought and marched continuously, and their bodies were already exhausted, and they had to rest and recuperate, so that the soldiers could recover physically before they could continue to fight.
After the Chinese army's tent was set up, Ye Tong moved in. Since the expedition, Ye Tong has been living in the big tent of the Chinese army, which can be regarded as eating, living and enjoying with the soldiers.
As soon as he entered the big tent, the internal guard reported: "General, General Hua has good news." ”
Oh!
Ye Tong took the good news sent by Mulan with Xinying and looked at it. A rare smile appeared on his face. Hehe! The little girl is good! It's pretty fast.
However, it was said that Hua Mulan and Zhang Liang took advantage of the fact that the princes' secret agents were concerned about how the Qin army could annihilate 200,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry, and led 30,000 soldiers and horses to march out overnight.
On the Sanguan, the original 5,000 soldiers and horses were stationed, and Li Jitan Ma found that Ye Tongqin led a large army to kill, and when it was not good for him, he transferred the soldiers and horses to defend the city of Sanguan, leaving only a few hundred people to garrison.
Li Ji knew in his heart that once Longcheng was lost, it would be useless to disperse the pass. On the other hand, Liji believes that Hanzhong will not send troops, because Ye Tong's army will kill the Guanzhong area, and then send troops from Hanzhong, which is a superfluous move. Unless Ye Tong has too many soldiers and horses in his hands.
In this case, it is understandable that Liji will disperse the troops and horses. Mulan led the army to disperse, and it didn't take much effort to grab the pass and seize the village, and won the pass in one fell swoop.
Leaving a few soldiers and horses to garrison Sanguan, Mulan led the army to continue to advance, aiming at Xianyang City. Mulan led an army of 30,000 to the outskirts of Xianyang City, and did not attack Xianyang City immediately, and his soldiers were in a hurry, quite tired, so they could only rest for one night, so that the soldiers could recover their strength and attack again the next day.
For the siege pool, Mulan is not afraid at all. The reason is that Huang Yueying helped Mulan design some siege equipment with good performance. For example, catapults, ballistas, ballistae, etc., all of them are miniaturized, can be disassembled into major parts, packed and transported, and can be simply linked when used.
That's because Huang Yueying is officially able to produce bolts, nuts, screws and other strong parts according to the technology developed by the system. Don't underestimate the small nuts and screws, which play a very big role in the advancement of technology. It is with small toys such as nuts and screws that some bulky instruments can be disassembled.
In Mulan's big tent, her eyes were staring at the map, and she heard the internal guard report in her ears: "General Hua, the patrol has received a letter from the city. ”
Oh!
Mulan opened the letter and read it, frowned, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "Please ask Mr. Zifang to come here." ”
"Yes!"
Hua Mulan was puzzled in her heart, the letter was shot by Cao Shen with a bow and arrow. It means that he wants to take refuge in the general, and prepares to open the city gate at night and let the Qin army enter the city.
After Zhang Liang came, Mu Ban handed over the letter and said in confusion: "Mr. Zifang, take a look, this is true, or Cao Shen's conspiracy."
Miss Ben once heard the general's brother say that Cao Shen was Liu Bang's diehard, and he followed Liu Bang to make trouble in Xiaopei, and he was regarded as an old man and descendant under Liu Bang, how could such a descendant rebel against Liu Bang? ”
After reading the letter, Zhang Liang said seriously: "General Mulan, the letter should be true, there is no conspiracy, and the general will be able to take Xianyang tonight." ”
Oh!
"Mr. Zifang, this matter is not so simple! Liu Bang is cunning and cunning, with Cao Shen, Li Shiqi, Lu Juan and others under him, and it is still possible to lure the enemy into the trap and lure Miss Ben into the trap. ”
Hehe!
"Mulan, your worries are reasonable, the problem is here and there. It turned out that when Liu Bang got into trouble, the momentum was great, and everyone followed, wanting to make a name for himself.
Now, Liu Bang is weak and about to be wiped out, will anyone be willing to die with him? Cao Shen, Li Shiqi, Lu Juan and others are all famous people with extremely high IQs. Looking at the problem in place, the area around Xianyang City, Liu Bang's fiefdom, is the place with no development potential in Guanzhong.
Longjun and Gaonu are farther than Xianyang, and when the people were mobilized to relocate, they could not reach those places, so Longjun and Gaonu had people, and Xianyang was white.
The people around Xianyang moved to Hanzhong, the big family moved part of it to Hanzhong, and some of it was after Xiang Yu entered Guanzhong, the army lacked food and grass supplies, and sent soldiers and horses to wash it in blood, and there were no big households in the surrounding areas of Xianyang to Liu Bang to plunder.
After the princes left Guanzhong, the Lu clan left Liu Bang, Liu Bang's grain and grass were cut off, there was no money and no food, and I heard that the soldiers couldn't even eat their stomachs, and there were deserters every day.
Cao Shen, Li Shiqi, Lu Juan and others, don't think about themselves, they have to think about the inheritance and continuation of the family! Therefore, it is possible to dedicate Xianyang City.
Some time ago, Cao Shen did send someone to secretly send a letter to Xiao He, and after Xiao Cheng saw it, he handed it to the old man to see, and then used the letter eagle to teleport to the general.
Because it involves the placement of Cao Shen, Li Shiqi, Lu Juan and others, Xiao He can't be the master, and the winner nods. The lord has been fighting outside, and he has forgotten about it. Xiao He replied at that time that he was welcome to take refuge, and the specific position would be decided after reporting to the general. ”
"Mr. Zifang, it means that Liu Bang's luck has been lost, and those descendants and strategists around him have the intention of leaving Liu Bang in order to ensure the continuation and inheritance of the family."
Hehe!
"Mulan, that's what it means, so, if you use troops boldly tonight, there won't be any conspiracy."
Mulan nodded, Ye Tong told the little girl when she left Hanzhong, and if she couldn't find Zhang Liang, Wei Yu, and Cheng Yu in time, those three people were human spirits, and there was nothing she couldn't understand. Now that I have listened to Zhang Liang's words, I am relieved and no longer doubt the content of the letter.
After Hua Mulan nodded, she immediately notified the lieutenant to come to a meeting to study and study the specific matters of entering the city, although Cao Shen and others opened the city gate, but they could not pin all their hopes on others, they had to have a plan, and once there was an unexpected situation, they would immediately change the battle plan.
In this regard, the little girl has won the inheritance of Wei Yu, which surprised Zhang Liang next to her. Usually I only know that the little girl is quite capable, she is a closed disciple of Wei Yu, what is her real ability, to be honest, Zhang Liang does not know. Looking at it now, my heart is much wider.
Hua Mulan discussed with her subordinates and colonels, who will take the lead in the order before and after the march? Li Shuo stood up and competed for the position of vanguard. After thinking about it for a moment, Mulan agreed, letting Li Shuo be in charge of snatching the city gate.
After all the plans were discussed, everyone immediately took action, because there was not much time left for Cao Shen and the others to open the city gate, and they had to ask the soldiers to prepare.