Chapter 1202: King Su's Strategy
Why the rear of Lantian County...... Will there be reinforcements from the Wei army?
Standing on the city wall of Lantian County, Yangquan Jun Yingyi frowned and looked at the newly appeared Wei army outside the city, with a slightly incredulous look on his face. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Through the military flags of several Wei armies outside the city, he was able to easily distinguish the difference between those Wei armies.
These days, with the Wei general Sima An, who is in the confrontation, there are only the Dangshan Army and the Qiangjiao Army under his command, but the new Wei army is holding the banner of the Shang Water Army, which makes Yangquan Jun Ying Yi feel that the situation is not right - the Shang Water Army, this Wei army rumored to be commanded by Wei Gongzi Run, is not like the Wei general Sima An from the South Basin Valley to climb the Bears Ears Mountain, the direction in which this Wei army appeared is Feng Hao!
Wei Gongzirun captured Feng Hao?
Yangquan Jun Yingyi frowned and looked at the direction of Feng Ho, but unfortunately, Lantian is about sixty miles away from Feng Hao, even if this area is all plains, it is impossible to see Feng Ho's situation with the naked eye in Lantian County.
But the warrior's intuition made him realize that he had fallen into the biggest crisis - if Wei Gongzi Run really captured Feng Hao, then it meant that the two cities of Xia Tai and Lintong had also fallen, because these two cities were the only way to Feng Hao.
And this means that Lantian County has become an isolated city, facing the worst situation of having Wei General Sima An in the front and Wei Gongzirun in the back.
After a period of cranky thinking, Yangquan Jun's mood was inevitably a little low.
He was not afraid of fighting with the Wei general Sima An in Lantian County, because Sima An had no place to defend except for the pass, and in this case, even if Wei besieged Sima An in Lantian County, he would not be able to break through this county seat in a short time.
Even on the other hand, once Xianyang's reinforcements arrived, Sima An said that he would not be able to suffer a defeat.
But if Feng Hao, Lintong, and Xia Tai, the three Qin cities that form a line, have been captured by the Wei army, then the situation will be completely different, even if he Yangquan Jun wins the cymbal and defends Lantian again, he will not be able to escape the fate of the city being breached.
For now, the only thing left is to do one's best and be loyal to the king's orders......
Sighing slightly, Yangquan Jun Yingyi ordered the Qin soldiers in the city to guard the city and guard against the Wei army's siege, and then walked to the city tower to drink wine.
Because he was vaguely aware of his fate: without the support of Xianyang, it would be impossible for him to hold Lantian under the enemy's back, and it was only a matter of time before the city was captured by the Wei army.
At the same time, in a forest about four or five miles away from Lantian County, Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, was receiving Chen Shu, a general of the Shangshui Army who had led troops to support him.
"General Chen, why are you here?" The first time he saw Chen Shu, Sima An asked with a look of surprise on his face.
Hearing this, Chen Shu would be mistaken and explained to Sima An.
The Shang Shui Army now also has a lot of strong generals, excluding Zhai Huang and Nanmen Chi, the two deputy generals, not to mention, among the 3,000 generals, there are also Lu Zhan, Xu Jiong and other generals who are deeply valued by King Zhao Hongrun, although these generals are not enough to sit on one side, but they are also experienced generals.
Compared with Lu Zhan and Xu Jiong's two 3,000-man generals, Chen Shu's reputation is slightly shallow, but at present, Lu Zhan is leading 5,000 merchant water troops to guard Tianmen Pass and guard the Tianmen mine, while Xu Jiong assisted Zhai Huang, the deputy general of the Shang Water Army, to divide his troops to attack Gaoling County of Qin State, so Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, handed over the task of attacking Lantian and supporting Sima Anbu to Chen Shu.
āā¦ā¦ Originally, General Nanmen (Chi) should have led the army to support you, the general, but because His Royal Highness took us to the city of Xianyang, the capital of Qin, the day before yesterday, to show off his might, so that at present, Xianyang, the capital of Qin, knows that our army has captured Feng Hao. Therefore, General Nanmen ordered Feng Ho to guard against the counterattack of the Qin army...... I'm sure you've also heard that although General Wu Ji is brave enough to win the three armies, he is in command, hehehe...... After all, it is still not as reliable as the deputy general of the South Gate. That's why His Highness sent the last general to lead the army to ......"
Speaking of this, he looked at Sima An's expression with a little surprise, and praised: "I didn't expect that the general had broken through the blockade of the Qin army and surrounded the entire Lantian ......."
Looking at Chen Shu's admiring expression, Sima An looked so awkward, if he hadn't seen the sincerity in Chen Shu's eyes, maybe he would have turned his face.
It's no wonder, after all, he, Sima An, as the vanguard army, has only captured one pass so far, and even Lantian County has not yet been conquered, but the main army under the command of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, is good, and he has rushed 700 miles to capture the three cities of Qin in ten days, and the two are not at the same level at all!
However, Chen Shu, as a member of the main force, also showed admiration for him, which made Sima An feel a stomachache.
āā¦ā¦ Are you saying that His Royal Highness King Su led you to travel 700 miles in ten days and captured three cities of Qin? After struggling for a long time, Sima An didn't know what expression to use to treat this matter.
"It's four!" Chen Shu said with some pride: "According to the news, General Zhai Huang also captured Gaoling. ā
Looking at his proud appearance, the commander of the Horn Army, Bo Xile, and the generals of the Dangshan Army, Bai Fangming, Pang Meng, etc., were all dumbfounded, showing an expression of disbelief.
You must know that when Sima An's vanguard army was ordered to cross the Bear's Ear Mountain to attack the territory of Qin, the main army of King Su Zhao Hongrun was also blocked outside the Hangu by Gongsun of Wuxin Hou of Qin.
Probably finding that the generals, including Sima An, didn't say a word, Chen Shu realized that he was a little carried away, and hurriedly remedied: "This is all thanks to the clever plan of His Royal Highness King Su......
As soon as they heard this, Sima An and the others suddenly felt a lot relieved, after all, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, had fought in the south and north all these years and had not been defeated so far, even if it was Sima An, he didn't dare to think that he was better at using troops than that highness.
In short, it is a sentence: losing to His Royal Highness King Su is not ashamed.
No, thinking about it like this, Sima An and the generals under his command were suddenly relieved.
"I wonder where His Royal Highness King Su is now?"
"In Feng Ho." Seeing Sima An's inquiry, Chen Shu hugged his fists and said: "In other words, the last general came this time, in addition to assisting the general to break through the Qinling blockade, he was also ordered to invite the general to Fenghao, and His Royal Highness has something important to discuss with the general." As he spoke, he saw Sima An's puzzled expression, so he explained: "According to His Highness's judgment, the Qin people are about to start a full-scale war with our army, and His Highness hopes that you will ...... Assist him in intimidating the Qin people. ā
Sima An was stunned, and then suddenly understood.
He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to Feng Ho immediately!" ā
Hearing this, all the nearby generals were stunned for a moment, but after a moment of thought, they also understood - since a full-scale war between their own army and the Qin State was about to break out, then they should strike first, how could they be dragged down by a small city and county in Lantian?
At this time, Sima An had already ordered: "White Fang, the war here is handed over to you." You don't have to rush to capture Lantian, since His Royal Highness King Su has captured Fenghao, Lantian is just a lonely city, and it will eventually fall, I order you to build a defense line here, and gradually transfer the soldiers and horses of the Yunan Basin Valley over. ā
"The last general obeys!" Bai Fangming clenched his fists and said.
After Wen Feng, one of the two former deputy generals of the Dangshan Army, was transferred to Puban, Hedong, Bai Fangming became Sima An's only deputy, and the heavy responsibility on his shoulders made this originally innocent general become much more stable - after all, Wen Feng, who wiped his ass in the past, was transferred.
"Bosil, you go to Feng Ho with so-and-so!" Sima An turned to the commander of the Horn Army, Bosil.
"Yes!" Bossile clenched his fists.
Leaving Chen Shu, the 3,000-man general of the Shang Shui Army, to assist Bai Fangming in continuing to besiege Lantian, Sima An and Bosil, led thousands of Qianjiao troops, and immediately went to Feng Hao.
Following the direction pointed by Chen Shu, Sima An and Bosil finally arrived at Fenghao at noon the next day after leading the cavalry to trek through the snow for a full day and night.
Sure enough, Feng Hao, a big city no less than Zhengcheng and Anling of the Wei State, was full of Wei army flags at this moment.
Although I had already heard what Chen Shu had said, seeing it with my own eyes, Sima An and Bosil still felt quite shocked.
You must know that it is about sixty miles from Lantian to Fenghao, but because of the ice and snow, the cavalry led by them has a day and a night's journey, and Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, can run 700 miles in ten days when he has 50,000 or 60,000 foot soldiers, which is simply beyond the reach of manpower.
As they approached Feng Ho, Sima An and Bosil's cavalry were stopped by the Shangshui soldiers who were defending the city.
However, the soldiers of Shangshui generally recognized Sima An, and after seeing this general of the Dangshan Army, they immediately opened the city gate and put the Qiangjiao cavalry into the city.
And Zhang Ming, the thousand-person general guarding the city gate, hurriedly went down to the city to greet him.
On the way into the city, Sima An smelled blood.
He looked around the street and found that the snow on the street was somewhat black and red, obviously mixed with human blood, so he asked, "When attacking this city, did the Qin people resist fiercely?" ā
Zhang Ming nodded, and told Sima An about the capture of Feng Ho.
In fact, the Wei army was not too laborious to capture Feng Hao, after all, it was a sneak attack, in contrast, the street battle with the Qin army after the city was broken, it was called fierce.
It's just that the Wei infantry was already strong, and the Shang Shui army was even more powerful among the strong, so that although the Qin army and some Qin people in the city bravely launched a counterattack, they were finally suppressed by the Shang Shui army.
Street fighting, the merchant army is still invincible.
A moment later, Sima An and Bosil were in front of Feng Hao's castle guard mansion and met Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, who was about to come out to greet them.
After some greetings, Zhao Hongrun led Sima An and the others to the high-rise building in the city guard mansion and looked at the whole city.
During this period, Sima An put forward a proposal to slaughter the Qin people in the four counties of Xiaqi, Lintong, Fenghao and Gaoling.
His idea was very simple: since he wanted to make the Qin people afraid, then killing people was a good way.
But Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said: "This king hopes to make the Qin people afraid, not to make the Qin people have the same hatred, the Qin people are fierce, and many people are not afraid of death, so killing is not a good way." ā
"What does Your Highness mean?" Sima An asked.
I saw Zhao Hongrun pointing to the households in the city, and said lightly: "If I expel the Qin people from the four counties of Xiaqi, Lintong, Fenghao, and Gaoling, and let them flee to Xianyang...... And guess what? ā
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