Chapter 39: Yizhou Attack and Defense
Twelve guards right Wuwei battalion, Qin Qiong opened the map and pointed to the map, "The general manager they want to guard the first line of Gyeongju and Lingzhou, the task is the heaviest, and it is also the most likely route for the main Turkic force, because the Turks have not yet had the habit of robbing in spring, and they generally come to grab winter supplies when the horses are fat and strong in autumn, so this time it must be directly to Chang'an, the king of Hejian They want to guard the first line of Daizhou, and the Turks should basically come from there, Youzhou, Yizhou is guarded by Li Yi, the king of Yan, Our main purpose is to assist in the defense, if the Turks come from Daizhou, we will meet the king of Hejian and wait for the opportunity to cut off the Turkic back road, General Duan, you take 5,000 cavalry to Hengzhou first, and evacuate the people in front to Hengzhou, General Feng, you take 10,000 of your subordinates to Yizhou, I will inform King Yan, after all, the main force of King Yan is currently in Youzhou, if there are many Turks, I am afraid that he will not be able to defend there," the two of them led the order to prepare,
This time Feng Daiwen brought more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, Feng Daiwen asked Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui to lead his 1,000 cavalry to Youzhou to evacuate the people, and he brought more than 9,000 horses and horses with Xi Junmai, Chen Hu, Chen Xiong rushed to Youzhou as the Chinese army, Feng Daijin, Feng Daihuo led 800 elephants and 3,000 elephant soldiers, and 3,000 people came slowly with logistics.
On March 18, Feng Daiwen arrived in Yizhou and took over the Yizhou military, Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui had withdrawn the people to Yizhou, Feng Daiwen asked Ma Zhou to take the scribe to manage, let Xue Rengui take the cavalry out of the city, and find out the Turkic movements, at this time Feng Daiwen had received the news, the Turkic soldiers were divided into two ways, one was Jieli Khan personally led 200,000 troops, and the Liang division sent 20,000 troops to cooperate with the Turks from Shuofang to Qingzhou, the intention was obviously to point to Chang'an, and the other side of the division was led by the Turki Khan to 100,000 troops in the clouds to Shuozhou, The Turks who came out of Shuofang were attacked by Wei Chigong all the way, tired, and the march was slow, and the Turkic soldiers were also blocked by Li Ji and Li Xiaogong in Fenzhou, and they had several encounters, each with casualties, but they were also unable to move, Qin Qiong and the eldest grandson Wuji converged Duan Zhixuan had already led 40,000 troops from Taiyuan to encircle and annihilate Tuli,
Feng Daiwen received the news and summoned Ma Zhou, Su Dingfang discussed how to march to cooperate with Qin Qiong, reported the ,,,,,, and reported that several cavalry ,,,,, galloped over, and before Feng Daiwen's camp, Feng Daiwen had already heard it, and hurriedly took Su Dingfang and others out of the account to check,
"Report to the general, Xue Duwei urgently reported that King Yan rebelled, sent 50,000 troops, and went straight to Yizhou with 30,000 Turkic cavalry, and it was almost 100 miles away," the scout hurriedly reported, and handed over Xue Rengui's letter,
Feng Daiwen was surprised, hurriedly took a quick look, and frowned; Why did this King Yan rebel at this time,
Ma Zhou thought for a moment and said; "It's not surprising, Luo Yi is located in Youzhou should have hooked up with the Turks, after all, since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the border passes have been supported by the Turks, Luo Yi was originally the person who was built by the former prince, this time the saint ascended the throne, did not seal it, it is estimated that he was already dissatisfied, although the general said that the general came to inform King Yan with troops this time, but after all, he was a thief with a weak heart, thinking that the saint wanted to do something to him, so he reversed"
"King Bin is reasonable, this is the reason why things are not far from ten, but you see how we should act" Feng Daiwen thought for a while about Ma Zhou, Su Dingfang and others,
"At the moment, I have to stick to Yizhou City, and let the surrounding small cities evacuate to the back of Yizhou, and send a message to the governor, waiting for the governor to repel the Turks and come to the rescue," Ma Zhou thought for a while and said;
"We only have 10,000 men and horses, there are not enough cavalry, and we can only defend the city," Su Dingfang also agreed;
"Well, it's arranged like this, Dingfang arranges for the army to enter the city, Dingfang is responsible for arranging the city defense, and orders Xue Rengui to notify and assist the surrounding small cities to evacuate, King Bin summons the people in the city, and the rich merchants send people to help, so that Rengui will meet Dai Jin and them after the matter is over, and they will wait for the opportunity to move," Feng Daiwen quickly arranged, there is a city to defend, Feng Daijin's logistics are also about to arrive, Feng Daiwen is not worried about not being able to hold Luo Yi's 80,000 horses,
On March 20, Luo Yi's men and horses completed the encirclement of Yizhou, surrounded by three queyi, Luo Yi is also a veteran of the battlefield, or a soldier, the simplest art of war, but also the most practical, surrounded by three sides, it is to give the defenders a way to live, in fact, it is a scheming, if you retreat from the empty gate, you will inevitably be chased and killed by the three-way army from behind,
Feng Daiwen came out to answer," Luo Yi rode his horse to the next arrow of the city and yelled:
"Feng Daiwen is here, the sage is not thin with you, what does the king of Yan mean to rebel, now go back and destroy the Turks, I will definitely ask for credit for the king of Yan in front of the sage" Feng Daiwen stood up and replied loudly, and took the opportunity to provoke.
"Li Shimin killed his brother and imprisoned the king, this king is the king of Qin, why don't General Feng enter the king of Beijing with this king" Luo Yi shouted his slogan of sending troops, implying that Feng Daiwen rebelled with him, after all, Feng Daiwen's father is Feng An, as long as Lingnan rebels, it will be a big trouble,
"Fart, the king of Qi killed the king and rebelled, killed the prince, you Luo Yi was dissatisfied with the sage, dared to rebel, and even seduced the Turks to kill my people, it is really a crime that deserves death, and you will be killed in the future, do you want to follow Luo Yi to kill your compatriots more?" Feng Daiwen roared loudly;
"Siege" Luo Yi was annoyed and angry, retreated directly, and waved his army to attack,
"The sword and shield soldiers come forward, and the bows and crossbows are ready," Feng Daiwen ordered; Yizhou City is a rectangle, narrow on both sides, so Luo Yi is to let the Turkic soldiers defend both sides, in the middle he himself led the troops to attack, Feng Daiwen and Su Dingfang led the troops to defend half, 9000 people and horses guarded 8000 on this side 4000 a team took turns to defend, just 4000 people a team, 2000 bows and crossbows with 2000 other arms, Feng Daiwen has always believed that it can be eliminated remotely without hand-to-hand combat,
Luo Yi is worthy of being a veteran who has led the army for many years, and his soldiers and horses are all well-trained, a large number of shield soldiers are in front, the sword and shield soldiers are in the center, the archers are behind, the engineering ladder, the city car, the building car, and a group of strong men carrying huge trees under the cover of the shield hand also went straight to the city gate,,,
"Is Luo Yi too underestimating me, he actually wants to go down in one go, and send 20,000 people into the palace at a time, Chen Hu ordered the crossbowmen to come up, pay attention to Dingfang's side and bring people to support at any time" Feng Daiwen looked outside and asked Chen Xiong to arrive;
"The general is young, Luo Yi has never seen the general, presumably Luo Yi didn't take the general to heart," Chen Xiong returned angrily;
"Haha, then let Luo Yi see how powerful," Feng Daiwen laughed, "Stand shield, bow and crossbow ready" ordered loudly. The giant shield soldier immediately raised his big shield diagonally, the crossbowmen all crouched behind the shield soldier, and the sword and shield soldier raised his shield to protect himself.
The archers under the city shot arrows one after another to suppress the city, "Steady, steady, closer" Feng Daiwen carried a shield and peeked at the loud order under the city.
The soldiers and horses under the city have attacked 50 meters below the city, and the shield soldiers scattered, releasing the sword and shield soldiers who followed behind.
Arrows ,,, arrows ,,,, Feng Daiwen's loud order
The crossbowmen immediately stood up and didn't need to aim, anyway, there were people everywhere under the city, and they shot out immediately, a crossbow with 5 arrows, one team immediately retreated after shooting, and the other team followed, just need to change the arrow magazine, go forward and shoot again, the two teams rotated, the arrow rain did not stop, Feng Daiwen chose the timing very cleverly, it happened to be the shield soldiers under the city retreated, released the sword soldiers to attack the city, and released the arrows when covering the archers behind, and for a while countless sword soldiers and archers were shot under the city, and this batch of crossbow arrows shot at least 780,000 crossbow arrows at this time, In particular, the archers were only a few thousand, and basically there were no intact ones, all of them lay on the ground and wailed, and there were not many swords left, only the men and horses protected by the shield soldiers retreated in a daze.
"Stop,,," Feng Daiwen ordered loudly,
Luo Yiqi's face turned red, knowing that he underestimated Feng Daiwen, at least 10,000 casualties this time, and his morale was greatly damaged, so he had to withdraw his troops and retreat 3 miles to set up camp.
Feng Daiwen ordered to clean up the battlefield, the crossbow arrows are powerful, but the consumption is also fast, and the ones that can be recycled are recovered as much as possible, and the enemy troops outside can save those who can save them, and those who can't be saved are piled up and burned together, after all, it is common sense to prevent epidemics in the war,,,
"General, it seems that Luo Yi will not attack today" Su Dingfang said to Feng Daiwen.
"Well, the city defense will be arranged by the fixed party, I will go to see Ma Zhou, try to let the soldiers rest reasonably, grind Luo Yi's morale more, and when the time is ripe to destroy him" Feng Daiwen arrived fiercely,
"General, rest assured, there will be no problems with the city defense," Su Dingfang patted his chest;