Chapter 70: The Battle of the Spike (9)
Hechi is named after Hechi Lake, three hundred miles east of Duyang, it is the grain road of the Jin army, although there are heavy troops stationed, but the number is still not much, especially in the face of 20,000 cavalry. Once Hechi was cut off, the Jin army had no choice but to make a detour north of Hechi Lake.
The span of Hechi Lake is very large, the north-south span is less than five or six hundred miles, and it takes more than seven or eight days to bypass Hechi Lake. In the case of Han He's defeat in Jichang and the loss of Feicheng, he has lost more than 20,000 soldiers, and if he loses Hechi, the Jin army can only be trapped in Duyang.
At this time, Zhao Xun led the men and horses out of Feicheng again, echoing with the besieged Dingyang Marquis, once the head-on duel, the Jin army would undoubtedly be defeated. And if it is defeated, it will have to flee to the east, and the road back to the east is blocked by the cavalry of the Xian army, and the Jin army has to face the offensive of the front and back, and in the end it will inevitably end up with the annihilation of the whole army.
Han He is a veteran, of course he wants to get the result of the development of the situation, so Feicheng was lost, and after hearing that Hechi was also lost, Han He must lift the siege of Ding Yanghou and go east with all his might. Otherwise, Ding Yanghou will not be able to fight for a while, and Zhao Xun will come to reinforce the troops, and Han He will be difficult to ride a tiger at that time, and he will suffer from it.
Agreed with Zhao Xun about this plan, the sky was getting dark, and the Xian army moved eastward in concealment, and divided the troops to the area around Feicheng. At the same time, Wang Shuo ordered 12,000 troops on the school field, leaving thousands of people to defend the city, preparing to fight out of the city and defeat the Xian army besieging the city in one fell swoop.
To say that Wang Shuo suddenly killed like this, the 10,000 Xian troops who were responsible for continuing to besiege the city would definitely not be able to stop it, firstly, Yin Yangcheng was theoretically lost, and the morale of the Xian army was greatly reduced, and secondly, the Jin army attacked at night, and the Xian army would definitely not expect it, and the two were superimposed, and Wang Shuo expected that the Xian army would be defeated.
But he didn't know that his good son-in-law had sharpened his knife at this time, and with three times his strength, he had laid a net outside the city, and there were more than 4,000 captured Jin army war horses.
So soon after dark, the 10,000 Xian troops besieging the city buried the pot to make rice, completely unaware that the Jin army was already like a wolf and a tiger eager to try, only to see the Xian army camp cooking smoke everywhere, 10,000 people were stunned to burn the stove of 130,000 people, burning the cooking smoke billowing black smoke miasma, in addition to the majestic and terrifying, it was already a strong and vulnerable force.
After a while, when the Xianjun was having a meal, the four gates of Feicheng suddenly opened, and the Jin army was divided into four gates to kill, and for a time the sound of drums and trumpets was deafening.
The Xianjun is eating, due to the lack of food and grass, recently drank gruel, the people who drank it were about to diarrhea, this just got the gruel and didn't wait to drink two sips, the Jin army suddenly killed, and the frightened Xianjun was frightened and the people cramped.
Many people have been hungry for a while, and they have no strength, where do they still have the heart to fight, and when they saw the ferocity of the Jin army, the Xian army began to retreat.
Maybe the so-called defeat is like this, more than 10,000 Xian troops are tightly rooted under Feicheng, the Jin army is killed from the four gates, and the six gods of the Xian army have no master and begin to flee, and the escape is sparse and lala, and there is no power to parry.
At this time, the Jin army saw that the Xian army was crushing without a fight, and they were also red-eyed, and they chased after it. The main general, Wang Shuo, also thought about dispersing the various units of the Xian army and then taking back the troops. It's just that I didn't expect that the war drums were beating in my ears, and there was a faint sound of the battle horn of the Xian army.
I only heard the sound of shouting and killing in the darkness, and in a few moments, the crowds of people on all sides of Feicheng were surging, and a large number of unknown armed forces suddenly came out, which surprised Wang Shuo:
"It's not good, it's not that the Xianjun army has seen through the Han conspiracy, and the withdrawal of troops during the day is a fraud!"
The situation took a turn for the worse, and Wang Shuo was in chaos. He suspected that the withdrawal of the Xian army during the day was deliberate, and he must have fallen for the tricks of the Xian army.
In fact, it is true that the troops were withdrawn during the day, and it is also true that the Xian army was deceitful, but it was just a trick to steal beams and change pillars, which made it difficult for Wang Shuo to see through.
If it weren't for Zhao Xun's deception and besiegement of the Xian army, it would be difficult for the Xian army to really think that Yin Yangcheng was lost, and the withdrawal was so neat and realistic, and Wang Shuo could not be fooled if it was not realistic.
At this time, the Xian army was killed on all sides, and the Jin army was also nearly a mile away from the city, and the sudden counterattack of the Xian army really caught the Jin army off guard. In a short time, he was killed by the overwhelming Xian army, and then began to retreat to Feicheng. At this time, more than 4,000 cavalry of the Xian army suddenly killed to the south of the city, followed before the Jin army, and arrived under the city gate.
Almost without waiting for the Jin army to close the city gate, the Xian cavalry jumped in, killed the defenders, captured the city gate, and then divided the cavalry and killed the Jin army who tried to enter the city through this city gate, leading the Xian army into the city in a big way.
At this time, Wang Shuo was commanding the battlefield on the tower of the West Gate, and when he heard the news that the South Gate had been captured by the Xian army, Wang Shuo almost fell, but fortunately his own soldiers held on, otherwise he could really roll off the horse:
"General, General Wang!"
The soldiers helped Wang Shuo, and Wang Shuo was flustered:
"Quick, withdraw, withdraw from Feicheng!"
"No!"
The soldiers were ordered, and then they fled to the east gate with Wang Shuo.
In fact, Wang Shuo didn't want to withdraw, but at present, the whole army could be wiped out if he didn't withdraw, and there was no possibility of defending it. The city gates have been opened, and a large number of stragglers have been released from the city, and they can't get it back if they want to, so there is no possibility of holding on to it.
So Wang Shuo rode on a fast horse, wrapped up in thousands of defeated soldiers and soldiers and horses of the headquarters, fought a bloody road from the east gate, rushed all the way out of Feicheng, ran wildly for more than ten miles, and was stunned to shake off the Xianjun chasing soldiers.
At this time, Feicheng has been captured by the Xian army, except for the north gate due to the news that there are still remnants of the Jin army trapped in the beast fighting, the Xian army all control Feicheng.
Bailiyan entered the city with Zhao Xun a little later, and did not go anywhere after entering the city, and went straight to the baggage camp left by the Jin army, at this time Yao Sheng had already led people to capture the baggage camp, preliminary liquidation, not to mention that it could supply 160,000 Xian troops in June and July, if you save some food, it will be no problem to last for nine months.
"Hahaha......" Zhao Xun was overjoyed when he heard the news, and looked at Bailiyan (Wei Xian) when he was young, and said: "Wei Xian, this plan is really wonderful, so that our army has more than half a year's grain and grass for 160,000 troops, and after the war, this general will definitely be promoted to you, and he will still serve under this general's account." ”
"Thank you, General, for your kindness. The top priority at the moment should be to gather the men and horses as soon as possible to prepare for battle, and at the same time recall the Xian army that had gone south to Yin Yang, and then capture Hechi. ”
"Before this matter entered the city, Ben General had already sent an order to chase it, presumably tomorrow morning, the Xian army would be able to rush back. However, the general still has something unclear, and he was still skeptical about it until the Jin army left the city. ”
"The general asked why the Jin army decided to go out of the city to rob the camp, wasn't he afraid that the Xian army would withdraw from the city and hide in the shadows to fight back, but so."
"Exactly, if the Jin army can't shrink out, our army will do nothing."
"There is no suspense about this. Han He transferred the army of Feicheng to block the Marquis of Dingyang, presumably he had already calculated that there would not be too many troops besieging the city of our army, and the Marquis of Dingyang was divided into troops to fight Duyang. In this way, the Jin army defending the city must have fifteen or six thousand men and horses.
And our army due to the lack of food and grass, most of the soldiers are forced to recruit strong men, already complaining, coupled with insufficient training, low morale, reduced food, soldiers have more food than hungry, even if the Jin army has fewer enemies, it must be enough to eat and drink enough to wait for work, and then when the Xian army is opened, the Xian army will be chaotic. ”
"That's the case, but what if the Jin army can't hold out."
Zhao Xun asked this, Bai Liyan had no choice but to spread her hands and answer calmly:
"There is no trick. This battle is a variable, if you can't lead the Jin army out of the city, I'm afraid that the whole army can only give up the siege and join forces to save the Marquis of Ding Yang and the Jin army for a decisive battle. Even so, the strength of our army is far above the army of Han He, and Han He will definitely be defeated. Then our army attacked Feicheng again, and Feicheng will be defeated.
Just by doing so, our army will surely increase its casualties. ”
If it is really as Zhao Xun said, the Jin army did not go out of the city, then it can only be forced to join forces to save Ding Yanghou, so that the total strength of the Xian army will exceed 140,000, and Han He only has 100,000.
After repelling Han He, and then attacking Feicheng, Feicheng is not Yin Yangcheng, in addition to ascending the city, all kinds of means can be used, it is only a matter of time before Feicheng is broken, but in this way, it is bound to increase the casualties of the Xian army.
The best result is to take Feicheng lightly, force the Jin army to retreat, and then regain part of the city in Jiangdong one after another, the two sides choose the opportunity to fight again, and the Xianguo can also take the opportunity to recuperate, which is the best result.
The remnants of the Jin army in the city were completely wiped out, Feicheng was completely recovered, and Bailiyan found a place to rest. I haven't closed my eyes all day and night since last night, and I finally have a place to stay, and I can finally get some sleep.
On the afternoon of the second day after the loss of Feicheng, Ji Chang led the remnants of more than 1,000 people to flee back to the Han He camp, and heard the news that 10,000 cavalry were annihilated by the Xian army at night, more than 8,000, Han Hemeng was taken aback, and shouted to himself:
"It seems that the old man is still careless!" Han He clenched his old fist, and the click of his ten fingers was heard clearly: "I thought that the Marquis of Ding Yang was trapped here, and Wei Xian must be among them, but I didn't want to miss this son." ”
Han He had already thought that the one who could use the night to destroy his 10,000 cavalry could not be someone else, but Wei Xian.
The previous siege of Yin Yangcheng, the battle to the end of the Xian army had no combat power, Han He felt that Bailiyan, that is, Wei Xianneng was dead, and later encountered cholera, Wei Xian should die.
This time the Marquis of Ding Yang was surrounded, even if Wei Xian was lucky to survive the first two times, this Marquis of Ding Yang was surrounded, he should always go out with the army, but he didn't expect this Wei Xian to go out with the Marquis of Ding Yang. This means that the only one who can kill his 10,000 cavalry is Wei Xian's advice.
Thinking of this, Han He asked Wei Han:
"General Wei Han, what kind of tactics did you encounter with the Xian army on the night of the raid, and why did 10,000 people rob the camp and be killed by 25,000 infantry troops and lose eight horses."
"General Qiyu Han, the Xian army set up a tripping pit in the camp, hid people in it, covered it with a copper shield, and waited for our army to attack, or galloped, and the Xian army hid in the pit and pulled the tripping horse, so that our army could not defend against it.
In addition, the Xian army also inserted spears diagonally into the soil, all over the southern camp, our army attacked from the north, and killed from the south, and as a result, encountered this kind of spear formation, and was killed very embarrassed, so that many soldiers did not fight in the Xian army, and the war horses fell under the spears, or were trampled to death by our army. Alas......" Wei Han sighed for a long time, and the look of embarrassment was very strong.
"In that case, why don't you let the scouts investigate before attacking the camp!"
At this time, Ji Chang said:
"The scouts have probed many times, but because the lights of the Xian army are unknown, there is no way to know the details of the interior of each battalion, and the Xian army has been camping from the camp to the sneak attack, but for three hours, the Xian army has been marching for a day and night, who knows that it can still be ambushed, which is really unexpected."
Ji Chang blamed the Xianjun for all kinds of unexpected circumstances, Han He did not blame him, firstly, because Han He's own estimation was wrong, and secondly, after all, he was the son of the King of Jin, even if he was guilty, it could not be the crime of the prince.
After being silent for a long time, Han He said in a low voice:
"And retreat and rest, this general has his own opinions on this matter."
"No!"
Ji Chang and Wei Han withdrew from the big tent, and Han He thought hard alone, thinking about who Wei Xian was.