Chapter 1112: The Battle of Ten Thousand Counties (I)
Nian Chunfeng is not a mediocre general, on the contrary, he is also a fairly capable and experienced general, from the Thunder Army, and has been promoted to the commander of Yongdu City Defense after many achievements.
He led 50,000 troops on the right flank into Wanxian, and several contact battles with the Ming army were smooth, and he fought all the way to the county seat of Wanxian without much trouble, occupying the first county seat after they entered the area controlled by the Ming army. But at this time, when the news that Yuan Yiqiu's tens of thousands of troops were unable to advance in the middle of the Xiushui River arrived, he immediately woke up to the fact that his right-wing soldiers and horses were unconsciously protruding too much. On the map, he could clearly see that his army had become a lonely army.
He immediately stopped his progress.
His hunch was very accurate, but it was also a little finished, at this time, the main miner battalion of the Ming army, the Tiger Ben battalion, the Yulin battalion and the two Tiger Prison New Army battle camps had already pounced on him like hungry wolves and bit him deadly.
The two sides fought several battles in Wanxian in a row, and the Qin army was defeated and had to retreat to the county seat of Wanxian, with the county seat of Wanxian as the core, and built a defense center.
At this time, there were still more than 40,000 troops under the command of Nian Chunfeng, and the Ming army approaching the county seat of Wanxian was about 25,000 people. In terms of numbers, the Qin army still accounts for the majority, almost twice as much as the Ming army, but at this time, Nian Chunfeng has no luck at all.
The Ming army's absolute ace miner battalion has not fought against him until now, but the two battalions of Huben and Yulin and the second and third battalions of the Tiger Prison New Army have already fought with him. It was these four battle camps that already made him feel quite unbearable.
Nian Chunfeng knows very well that no matter which battalion the Ming army has, it is a long-trained tiger and wolf division, even if it is the Tiger Prison New Army, it was also the main force of the Qin army's border army before, and his 50,000 people, it cannot be said that they are not brave, but it is indeed a lack of training and battlefield training. If this battle can be won, then those who survive will truly become the tiger prison division of Great Qin.
Although there were many people, Nian Chunfeng did not dare to go out of the city to fight the enemy. He now has another hope, that is, Xintong County, where there are 20,000 soldiers gathered by the county guard Chen Chu and Cai Qiang's 5,000 cavalry who fled from Qingzhou, if Chen Chu can win in Xintong and then insert the army into Danyang and Xingyuan, then the Ming army opposite him will inevitably come back, at that time, it is his chance.
If this road is not passable, then he can only stick to Yuan Yiqiu, who is in the middle of the road, can cross the Xiushui River, or the main force of His Majesty the Emperor arrives. Although Wanxian County is not a big city, Nian Chunfeng is still sure that he can hold it for ten days and half a month.
Walking on the city wall of Wanxian County, Nian Chunfeng inspected the defense of the entire county.
Of the 40,000 troops, 15,000 were deployed in the city, and 5,000 were stationed outside the city, and 5,000 were stationed in the city.
The city wall is constantly being heightened and reinforced, a strong crossbow has been arranged in place, rolling stones, rolling wood are piled up, in the city, a trebuchet is towering, the artisan battalion with the army is still desperately trying to build new ordnance, most of the houses in the city have been demolished, stone and wood but all the materials that can be used, all have been used.
The current county seat of Wanxian County, even if it is not impregnable, is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Up to now, if he still can't see the strategic intentions of the Ming army, then the soldiers in the past few decades can be regarded as in vain. It was smooth sailing on his side, but Zhonglu Yuan Yiqiu was strongly attacked, and there was no doubt that the Ming army regarded him as the first target, wanting to eat him in one bite.
Holding the city wall with both hands, Nian Chunfeng couldn't help but sneer. The previous few defeats have been left behind by him at the moment, aren't you going to eat me? But now that I have an insight into your intentions, then I will shrink up, the current county seat of Wanxian is a hedgehog, see if you have a place to lay your claws. As long as I support Zhuluo, General Yuan and His Majesty the Emperor behind will inevitably move forward quickly and give me strong support, and when the time comes, Wanxian will be the battlefield of the decisive battle, and it is not yet known who will die!
"Chunfeng this year, it's really a difficult opponent!" Qin Feng, who had just arrived in Wanxian, looked at the several generals in front of him and said with a smile. As soon as these words came out, Lu Feng, the commander of the miner battalion, who was in charge of the entire Wanxian operation, Jian Fang, the general of the Huben battalion, Jiang Hao, the general of the Yulin battalion, Ke Zhen of the third battalion of the Tiger Prison New Army, and Chen Qiangwei of the fourth battalion all bowed their heads in shame.
"In the end, I will have the high hopes of Your Majesty, and I will be ashamed and have no land." It was the first time for Lu Feng to coordinate tens of thousands of people to fight, but he didn't expect that he would encounter problems in the first battle.
"I didn't mean to blame you!" Qin Feng smiled and waved his hand: "The opponent has seen through our minds, and wants to entangle with us to delay time, waiting for the arrival of the army behind him, this Nian Chunfeng is a little interesting, probably he wants to take Wanxian as the center, so that the enemy and our armies can have a decisive battle here." ”
Lu Feng swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Your Majesty, it's the last general who thinks left, the last general has been thinking about luring the enemy out to fight with me in the field, but this year, Chunfeng is like a turtle, and it won't come out as soon as it shrinks into Wanxian County." The last general will immediately launch a strong attack on the enemy. ”
Qin Feng nodded: "Yes, it's a strong attack." Our Ming army has fought for so many years, when the real siege war has not been fought, how many have not been fought? There will be more and more such battles in the future, so let's take these 10,000 counties and counties to practice first. Lu Feng, your miner battalion is all heavy armor soldiers, but you can't do the work of attacking the city, so you can advance to the county seat of Wanxian County, as a warning deterrent, and let it go. ”
"The last general!" Jian Fang Huo Ran stood up.
"You command the tiger ben, and the two battalions of Yulin attack Bauhinia Mountain."
"Yes!"
"Chen Shaowei!"
"The last general!"
"You command the third and fourth battalions of the Tiger Prison to attack Huanghua Mountain."
"The last general obeys!"
Qin Feng glanced at them and said, "You two soldiers and horses, the number of people is about the same, and the weapons are exactly the same, tomorrow I want to see who can take the enemy's position first." ”
This has a little bit of meaning, Jian Fang and Chen Shaowei glanced at each other, after Yulin and Huben became an army, they did not fight any big battles, and they belonged to the younger generation in the original troops of the Ming army, of course Jian Fang and Jiang Hao wanted to go further, and Ke Zhen and Chen Shaowei were newly attached people, after the reorganization of the new army, they also needed military exploits to let them gain a firm foothold in the Ming army, so as to better integrate into the new dynasty.
There is nothing like being brilliant in front of the Emperor to show off your abilities.
"First cut off the two wings of Wanxian County, and then attack Wanxian County, within three days, I will annihilate Nian Chunfeng's department." Qin Feng stared at everyone in the tent and said in a condensed voice.
"The last general obeys!"
Everyone in the tent stood up together, clenched their fists and received their orders, with an awe-inspiring expression.
Qin Feng must quickly take down Nian Chunfeng's people, completely destroy Ma Yue's three-way offensive, and then clean up one by one, this battle, he must take it down cleanly, otherwise with his agreement with Bian Wushuang, the other party may change, if Bian Wushuang intervenes in it, the affairs of the Qin State will be more variable. Once it drags on for a long time, if the Qi State has an opportunity, it may turn into a protracted war, which Qin Feng does not want to see.
He was reluctant to spend too much time in Qin, and in order to achieve this goal, he could no longer afford to take too many casualties and storm a strong fortress as he had before.
And from another aspect, after winning this battle, the Qin army no longer has the ability to fight with the Ming army, but all the way to Yongdu, there are still many important towns to be conquered on the way, and it is still impossible to avoid attacking fortifications.
Everyone knew the emperor's determination, so naturally they didn't have a word, this battle was to be won at any cost, and they were about to leave, but an officer on duty came in a hurry.
"Tell Your Majesty, Yang Zhi, the commander of the Tiger Prison New Army, asks to see you." The officer on duty said loudly.
"Yang Zhi?" Not only Qin Feng, but the other generals in the tent were also a little surprised, isn't this guy in Xintong County? Why did you suddenly run to Wanxian.
"Let him in." Qin Feng commanded.
Yang Zhi strode into the tent: "The last general Yang Zhi, see Your Majesty." ”
"Why did you suddenly come over, how did Xintong's affairs go?" Qin Feng asked.
"Your Majesty, the last general will not fail in his mission, three days ago, in Xintong Luoxing Town, completely annihilated the Xintong defenders, beheaded 12 former generals of Xintong County to guard Chen Chu, captured 38 people, killed more than 5,000 enemies, and captured more than 10,000 people, Xintong has all fallen into the hands of my Ming Dynasty."
"What about Yu Chao?" Hearing this news, Qin Feng was also overjoyed, as soon as Xintong solved it, he had two more war camps that could be put into fighting in Wanxian.
"Two days ago, the last general cooperated with General Yu Chao to defeat Cai Qiang's five thousand cavalry, Cai Qiang was killed on the spot by General Yu Chao, five thousand enemy cavalry, most of the casualties, scattered and fled, and now General Yu is leading the chasing battalion to chase these fugitive cavalry before the whole territory of Xintong, and he will soon lead his troops to arrive in Wanxian."
"Okay." Qin Feng nodded again and again, Xintong, Danyang Xingyuan is no longer a threat.
Yang Zhi grinned and looked at Lu Feng and the others, "General Lu, if you have difficulty fighting Wanxian, why don't you let me take the new battalion of Tiger Prison to attack?" The Xintong army is all soft eggs, and my sons and daughters only warmed up, and they are gone, which is really annoying, and I still want to practice more! ”
This is a naked provocation, and several murderous eyes in the tent immediately poked over, and Lu Feng snorted coldly: "General Yang has worked hard from afar, let's rest first, and see how we break the enemy tomorrow." ”
"Okay, I'll take the lead for you, ready to be substituted at any time!" Yang Zhi said with a grin.
Several generals glanced at him fiercely, turned around and strode out of the account, anyway, Yang Zhi broke the Xintong army, giving them a lot of pressure, especially Chen Shaowei and Ke Zhen, you must know that Yang Zhi commanded the new battalion.