Chapter 276: A Hundred Miles Rush
Luo Cheng is Luo Yi's nephew, and now he has played such a dazzling record, he wants to praise Luo Cheng, and the generals and captains naturally have nothing to say.
Although there are 2,000 people in an infantry regiment, they are all solid infantry. And Luo Cheng, now not only does he have a thousand infantrymen who have horses and become horseback infantrymen, but he also has a thousand horsemen, real cavalry, and even a hundred or so heavy cavalry.
Luo Yi arrived, listened carefully to the battle results reported by Luo Cheng, and pondered for a long time.
"These 3,000 light cavalry are obviously not from the east bank of the Liao River, but from the Wuli Luo garrison. According to previous information, there were about 5,000 defenders in the city of Wuliluo, and about 3,000 men and horses in the surrounding area. Now Shicheng lost his 2,000 horsemen in a battle, which is also a pain in the bones for the defenders of Wu Liluo. ”
This Tiger General, who was stationed in the capital of the Guan, but often led his troops deep into the fortress and slaughtered the Hu tribe at every turn, showed excitement.
"Now Wu Liluo's vitality is greatly injured, even if they want to ask for reinforcements from the east bank of the Liao River, it will be too late. It just so happened that we were caught off guard by killing them and took Wuli Luo City in one fell swoop. Luo Yi slammed his fist on the parchment map on the table.
A lieutenant said, "General, the six thousand foot soldiers are still behind, a hundred miles away, and it is even more difficult for the baggage equipment and grain and grass to keep up for a while. ”
Luo Yi brought light cavalry to help, and the upper foot soldiers and people who didn't care about the baggage, and the four thousand cavalry only brought a few days of grain and grass.
"Shicheng still has a lot of food here, it's enough."
The grain in Luo Cheng's hand can still be eaten for twenty days, and if you add those tens of thousands of catties of horse meat, you can hold on for a few more days. Luo Yi has always been bold, he used to lead his troops to go deep into Mobei, how could he bring any people's baggage, they all used war to feed the war and supply on the spot.
"Conquer Wuli Luo City, there are food, grass and ordnance supplements, without further ado, we will set off tonight."
In order to achieve the effect of the raid, Luo Yi even had to throw down Luo Cheng's two militia groups.
So, in the end, Luo Yi's 3,500 cavalry, plus Luo Cheng's 1,000 cavalry, 1,000 horseback foot soldiers set off overnight, and the remaining 3,500 people were ordered to stay in the camp and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive.
Throwing away all unnecessary equipment and supplies, 5,500 men and horses, marched lightly.
Even the ballistas that Luo Cheng relied on for meritorious service didn't bring with him.
In Luo Yi's words, the other party was caught off guard and couldn't wait for their reinforcements to arrive.
A hundred miles.
Riding lightly, you can reach it overnight.
If it was a rapid gallop, Luo Yi's Yanyun cavalry could even run two hundred miles in one day and night.
Wuli Luo City.
It is located on the east bank of the Liao River, on the northeast edge of Liaoze.
Liaoze, a swampy land hundreds of miles wide, is depressed, the roads are muddy, the traffic is difficult, the reed ponds are all over the place, and the reeds are overgrown.
A little to the west of this place is the Yiwu Lu Mountain, which extends to the north as a natural barrier, so it is a very advantageous place to hold the six-fold road, guarding the east-west main road that passes from the south.
Wuliluo is surrounded by the Liaoze River in the south, mountains in the northwest, hills and mountains in the north, and the wide Liaohe River in the east.
Because of this, the Goguryeo people would never give up this strategic location easily.
The war fortress of Wuliluo was built on a hill with rocks at the bottom and a thick layer of soil at the top.
The hill is not high, about three zhang higher than the west, about five zhang higher than the Liaohe River in the east, the top of the hill is very flat and wide, looking around from a high position, the four fields are in sight, just control the waterway of the Liaohe River and the east-west traffic.
The city of Wuli Luo was built on top of the hill.
Luo Cheng looked at this city carefully in the morning, in fact, this is just a fortress, not too big. The city is built with rammed earth, leaving room from the four sides of the hill, about 300 steps from east to west, about 200 steps from north to south, and about 3 miles in circumference.
One gate in the west, the fortress gate also has an urn city, protruding outside the city wall in the west, about ten zhang long, about twelve zhang wide, it is a mound circle, the middle is the doorway, the urn city gate is to the west, straight through the inside and outside.
However, although there is an urn city, there is no horse face, and there are no enemy towers on the four walls of the castle.
The hill here is towering and has a wide field of vision, which can not only understand the changes in the water level of the Liaohe River at any time, but also monitor the movement in the direction of the Central Plains and guard the east-west passage.
Wuli Luo City, which has a city wall several zhang high, is indeed a master, and it is impossible to open it.
"Shicheng, tell me how we are going to capture this city?" Luo Yi shook his finger at the castle and asked Luo Cheng beside him.
Luo Cheng frowned, it stands to reason that with such a fortress, it is really difficult to attack, especially since they are all light cavalry, and if they don't have enough siege equipment, it will be even more difficult to fight.
The castle walls are already very high, and with the addition of a hill a few feet high, it is even more incredible.
"Back to the Asian general, Luo Cheng can't think of any good way to take this fort."
"There is always a way, I believe you must have some ideas in your heart, just say it."
Luo Cheng had no choice but to say, "General Ya said earlier that Wu Liluo had 5,000 garrisons and 3,000 peripherals, a total of 8,000 men and horses. Last time, the Goguryeo people lost 2,000 men and horses, and it is estimated that they came out of Wuli Luo City, so now there are only 3,000 people left in the city. ”
However, even if there are only 3,000, it is not something that more than 5,000 of them can break through to defend such a dangerous fortress.
"It's better to sweep the fortresses around Wuliluo first, the three thousand men and horses are stationed around, there are not many of them in each place, and it is not so dangerous, we will break them all, first destroy the arms of Wuliluo City, and then wait for the foot soldiers to arrive, and then attack again. If the Goguryeo people in the castle dare to go out of the city to rescue, we will fight them in the field. ”
Luo Yi nodded appreciatively, this is indeed not a reckless word.
It is very good to be able to think about the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy and then formulate countermeasures accordingly.
"General, Luo Cheng is not talented, I would like to ask Ying to lead the people of the headquarters and send troops to sweep the surrounding fortresses."
Luo Yi laughed.
"Okay, then I will let you lead 2,000 men and horses from my headquarters to sweep the left road, Zhao Poling, you will lead 1,500 horsemen to sweep the right road, and I will lead 2,000 Yanyun cavalry to stare at Wuli Luocheng, and if you dare to come to the rescue, I will annihilate them all."
Luo Cheng reminded Luo Yi, "General Ya should be careful of the Liao River in the east, and beware of Goguryeo reinforcements coming from Liaoshui." ”
"Hahaha, don't worry, I still wish there were reinforcements from Liaodong. Then I can kill them here, and I will destroy them no matter how many comes. ”
When he said this, this tiger general in his early forties was full of domineering.
Thinking that he had been guarding the town for ten years, he had trained three thousand Yanyun horsemen, and he had never been the only one to attack, and no Hu man dared to run under his nose to cause trouble.
"Shicheng, fight well, the last battle was very beautiful, if you can fight beautifully this time, I will let your first regiment, 2,000 men and horses all become cavalry."
"Thank you!" Luo Cheng thanked him and stretched out his hand to take the military order.
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