Chapter 289 Fighting Fire with Fire
The sky is full of fire, lighting up the sky, and when you look at it from a distance, the sky seems to be burning, and even the starry sky has turned red.
It was like a fire beast hovering in the air with a thick demonic aura and a hideous complexion, with a bloody mouth, with thick smoke and scorching heat, mixed with wanton whistling.
As soon as the Yan army camp, Liu Xuanyuan, Zhang Yu, and Hou Mingfeng learned that Heyang City was on fire, the three of them and the generals gathered together, their faces were shocked, and they looked at the fire in the distance reflecting the red sky, and their hearts were cold.
It is incredible that there was a fire, and three cities were on fire at the same time, and it was unbelievable that the city that was captured during the day was caught in a sea of fire at night, obviously, this was not an accident, but a deliberate one.
Suddenly, the three of them were worried and entangled, Wang Lunjian was really ruthless, and in order to annihilate the Yan army, he was willing to burn the three cities, which was really a big deal.
At this moment, the three cities are like three huge furnaces, and the flames are like swallowing a tongue, and the place where this tongue sweeps is all ruins in the furnace. The flames unbridled its minions spread out in an attempt to encompass all of its domination.
Without delaying the extra time, the three of them made a plan, Zhang Yu, Hou Mingfeng, and Tuoba Yu respectively led the army to rush in three directions, and Liu Xuanyuan led the army to sit in the camp to prevent the Jin army from sneaking attack.
In the three cities of Heyang, the total number of cavalry of the Yan army is 170,000, which is equivalent to the Chinese army, and more than one-third of the northern army.
At present, the Yan army has only annihilated the Jin army's Mu Xiaotian army, and severely damaged Gu Yue and Hou Ran's army, with a total of only 1780,000, if the Yan army loses so much, it will be a disaster for the Yan country.
The plan to swallow the Jin Kingdom may be stranded in a short period of time, or even die down for a long time.
After all, the whale swallowed the Jin Kingdom, and the Yan army hoped to realize this grand plan in one fell swoop and under the condition that the casualties were controllable.
The problem of population, money, and food is still the weakness of the Yan country, and if the Yan army replenishes its troops, it will be difficult to recruit troops.
What's more, this battle will break the undefeated myth established by the Yan army for two years, and suppress the strong means of the Yan State.
At this time, taking chestnuts from the fire, as much as you can save, it is always better than the whole army folding in the three cities of Heyang.
Jin army camp!
At this time, sweeping away the haze of the past, the atmosphere is much more joyful, after a lot of hardships and a lot of costs, the Yan army was finally introduced into the city, and now any burning fire can devour the life of the Yan army.
Wang Lunkey, Hou Ran, Gu Yue, Tang Yu, Liu Dashan and other generals gathered, looking at Heyang, the east, and the flames reflected in the sky of the three cities of Qingyang from afar, dyeing the sky red.
The flames that came out of the city walls seemed to them to be beautiful fireworks. The red flames, jumping like fairies, swaying and moving, so beautiful.
However, the more beautiful things are, the more poisonous they are, you can see the flaming red garment fluttering, but you can't get it, its enthusiasm, its exuberance, its scorching heat all burns, that surging enthusiasm consumes life coldly.
Fire and water are ruthless, fiercer than anything!
Wang Lunjian quietly injected the distant flames, at this moment, the three cities besieged the Yan army's 170,000 cavalry, seven or eight generals, although this number is far from the planned number, although after tonight's fire, the three cities will be completely wiped out, but after all, the Yan army's 170,000 cavalry will be annihilated.
Inflicting heavy losses on the Yan army and realizing the Yan and Jin Wars, the Jin Kingdom won its first victory, although this victory was bloody.
In this way, the Jin army seems to have suffered a lot of losses, but Wang Lun feels that it is enough.
170,000 troops, close to one-third of the total strength of the Yan State, when the dust settles at dawn, the Yan army, which was flying and domineering in the past, is afraid that there will be no arrogant capital anymore.
Although the Jin army also suffered great losses in the past two days, the Jin State was in an advantage, first, under the same number, the Yan army had strong combat effectiveness and momentum, and the more Yan troops were annihilated, the fewer Jin troops would die in the future.
Second, the population in the eastern Jin region is large, and the people have a little money to spare, no matter how much the Jin army loses, it is not a big problem to continue to recruit troops and buy horses in the future, and it will soon make up for the loss, on the contrary, the Yan army cannot afford to die.
At this time, Wang Lunkey's milkshake-like face was full of tiredness and sleepiness, she drank bitter tea to refresh herself, glanced at Gu Yue and the others, and said in a calm tone: "This fire failed to kill Yan Jun after all!" Next, the battle between Yan and Jin will enter a stalemate again. We have temporarily lost the support of the city, and we have no support, and in the case that the combat effectiveness of the cavalry is not yet comparable to that of the Yan army, the whole army must be cautious. Tang Yu, have you tracked Lin Xiao's traces? ”
Lin Xiao, who was hiding without a trace, and the 150,000 Yan army led by him, have always been a thorn in Wang Lunkey's heart that cannot be pulled out.
His command includes 50,000 Donghu Wangting Iron Cavalry, and 50,000 cavalry of the Amur tribe, both of which are elite in Donghu, and now they are serving for the Yan Kingdom, but they disappeared at the same time as Lin Xiao.
With all the tricks of both sides, this force, if it quietly attacks itself, will be overwhelmed!
"General, Lin Xiao led his troops to hide between Shitai City and Guangde City, and seemed to be preparing to ambush the Jin army out of the city, but he did not participate in the siege of the city, which seems to be a cat, and now he still refuses to leave, and the last general can't guess the middle clue." Tang Yu replied, the spies sent the news back, he learned of Lin Xiao's traces, and was scared into a cold sweat, fortunately, the two cities did not send troops, otherwise, they were easily ambushed by the other party.
However, at present, the defenses of Guangde City and Shitai City are empty, and the Yan army should take the opportunity to enter, but Lin Xiao did not attack the city, he really can't think of what Lin Xiao has in mind!
"Oh, it's good to investigate Lin Xiao's traces, today, he escaped by luck, and finally made him pay the price." Hearing this, Wang Lunjian breathed a sigh of relief, and now that the Yan army was all in her vision, only Lin Xiao's cavalry was elusive, which made her worried.
Now that I know the situation of the other party, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Turning his gaze to Gu Yue and Hou Ran, he asked, "Gu Yue, Hou Ran, now that the army has withdrawn from Heyang City and gathered here, what should we do next?" ”
Although Gu Yue failed to follow the previous strategy and introduce Liu Xuanyuan into Dongzhi City, the generals of the Northern Army of Yan State, 50,000 people mistakenly captured Dongzhi, and happened to enter the ambush, which is also indispensable. Hou Ran even introduced 150,000 Yan troops into Heyang City, even if Hou Mingfeng led the army back to the camp to garrison and annihilate the 70,000 troops of the Yan army, Hou Ran definitely had a great achievement.
Now, in this battle, the two sides of Yan and Jin have won and lost each other, and they are still in an undefeated situation, if the Jin army has elite cavalry, they can take the opportunity to chase and kill the Yan army, but the Jin army has few strong pawns, and they have no choice but to miss the opportunity in vain, so the Jin army must have a plan next.
"General, the Yan army has suffered a lot of casualties tonight, and next, I'm afraid it will need to be repaired for a few days, the last general suggests that while the Yan army is repairing and Lin Xiao is evacuating, the army will return to the line between Shitai City and Guangde City, dig trenches, set traps, lay tripping horses, rely on the two cities, form a tight defense, continue to defend the city, and block the advance of the Yan army.
In this battle, we suffered heavy losses, but it also broke the myth that the Yan army had been undefeated for two years, and besides, with the five kingdoms attacking the Song Dynasty and destroying Yan approaching, Northern Zhao was bound to send troops to the Yan State, and the Yan State would not attack itself in Longlin County, and the crisis of the Jin State could be solved, on the contrary, it would recover its homeland. "What Gu Yue said is reasonable and well-founded, and it is in line with the current situation of the two armies of Yan and Jin.
"What General Gu said is true, but Northern Zhao can't believe it after all, the imperial court got the latest news, the Northern Zhao Huben army did not go to Yan State, on the contrary, Chen Bing is in the north of Southern Zhao, which is different from Zhao Ke's previous style, obviously, Zhao Ke has a master around him to guide him." Hou Ran agreed with the Gu Yue plan, but did not want to unite with Northern Zhao, and continued: "Everyone knows that Northern Zhao wants to rebuild its hegemony, not in the loss of Yan, not in how much territory the Song Dynasty occupies, but in reunifying the Zhao State.
Southern Zhao is the homeland of Zhao State, easy to govern, on the contrary, extinguishing Yan, no matter how small the population of Yan is, according to the current situation of Yan people united, the Northern Zhao army will definitely fall into the quagmire of war, which is not conducive to the rise of Northern Zhao, and the Song Dynasty is even more unrealistic, Zhao and Song are far apart, and the Northern Zhao whip is beyond reach, even if it encroaches on the Bishan area, it still has to pass through Southern Zhao.
Therefore, if you want to defeat the Yan army, you really can't rely on Northern Zhao for the time being, but Northern Zhao has 100,000 troops who have traveled long distances to Black Flag Pass, which is still beneficial to the Jin Kingdom.
Therefore, the last general suggested that he act according to the advice of General Gu, and at the same time, the Jin army could not rely on Northern Zhao. ”
"Beizhao, it is indeed impossible to rely on, what about Donghu, the enemy of the enemy, is our friend, Yan State captured the three counties of Hunhe in the hands of Donghu, and killed the two princes of Donghu one after another, Donghu people must hate Yan Guo to the core, if they unite with Donghu to destroy Yan, they will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." Tang Yu suggested.
Hearing this, the opinions of the three generals have their own pros and cons, and it also shows that no matter the overall situation, or the situation in Longlin County, all of them are changing in the direction that is favorable to the Jin army, Wang Lunjian nodded, and reminded: "The Donghu people are not good, and now Donghu is caught in internal strife, Borshu and Antila are fighting for the king of Donghu, Ta Mu, the open and secret battles of the Tara brothers, if they take revenge, they will go south at the beginning of spring this year, and there has been no movement so far, it is obvious that they are trapped in internal friction, not to mention that the Donghu people are not credible, they are ambitious, and cooperating with the Donghu people is tantamount to dancing with wolves, Once the Yan army is hit hard, the Donghu people will not leave for a long time, won't they lead the wolf into the house?
Similarly, Northern Zhao is not credible, but the 100,000 Tiger Ben army of Northern Zhao who went to Black Flag Pass can also be used, and it is not a bad idea to reach a consensus for the time being, and the two sides will attack Yan from east to west. ”
Looking at the sky outside that was red by the fire, Wang Lun said: "Tang Yu, tomorrow you go to Guanwai and strive to work with the generals of the Northern Zhao Tiger Army, in this way, great things can be accomplished." ”
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