Chapter 326: The Situation in Western Liaoning
"How can there be so many refugees?" As soon as he entered western Liaoning, Ye Chen found that the situation was not quite right, and there were often refugees in a hurry on the road.
"See the lord."
"Get up and talk back, you are an intelligence officer in Liaoxi, then you tell me, what happened in Liaoxi, how can it be messy." Ye Chen was puzzled that Liaoxi was not attacked by the Xiongnu now, but why was this happening.
"Back to the lord, because Liaoxi Taishou is nowhere to be found, there are rumors that he is afraid to run away, so now the whole Liaoxi is in a panic, and Gongsun Chan took away most of the soldiers and horses, and now there are less than 2,000 defenders in Liaoxi."
Ye Chen didn't expect the situation to be like this, and it is estimated that Gongsun Chan didn't expect it to be like this either.
"What is the movement of the Huns now?"
"There are more than 30,000 people plus Zhang Chun with a few thousand people, attacking Youbeiping, most of the city in Youbeiping has fallen, and I'm afraid the entire Youbeiping County won't last long."
Ye Chen didn't believe that Gongsun Chan would just leave it alone, now that Liaoxi is in chaos, coupled with the instigation of new people, it is easy to have an accident.
Youbeiping is about to fall, even if Ye Chen rushes over now, it is useless, this bit of people, if he faces the enemy head-on, then it will not take long to be eliminated, there is no point in doing this, Ye Chen will not do this.
You Beiping can't go, so you can only make a fuss in Liaoxi, according to intelligence, the Huns will arrive in Liaoxi County in about five days.
If Liaoxi is still in such a state, then it is simply impossible to break through without attacking, and it is impossible to stop the enemy's footsteps, and Liaodong and Xuanwu County will soon face the threat of the Xiongnu army.
Ye Chen first found a dense forest to hide the team first, he only had how to order the people, he could only be surprised, originally thought that the city in western Liaoxi could withstand the Xiongnu's soldiers, and when the time came, he could sneak attack from the side, so it would be much easier to block.
But now there are no soldiers and horses in the cities of Liaoxi, and they can't resist it at all.
"My lord, there is no strong city in Liaoxi to defend at all, even if we go to defend it, we can only defend it for fifteen days at most." In the temporary camp, Guan Yu looked at the map and said to Ye Chen.
"No, ten days at most is the limit, because the city here has not prepared many materials to defend the city, and it is not sure how many people can help us, if it is Liaodong, I am confident that it will hold for a month, but ten days here is already very optimistic."
In fact, Ye Chen didn't plan to defend the city when he came to Liaoxi, and he couldn't defend the city in the end, it didn't make any sense, and he would take himself.
Ye Chen looked at the map in his hand, looking back and forth, he was not looking for a blocking location or an ambush location, but trying to find out where Gongsun Chan was hiding from the map, Ye Chen believed that Gongsun Chan must be hiding in a place and waiting at this time.
But in the end, it was in vain, although this map was surveyed back and forth by intelligence agencies, and it was much more advanced than the maps of this era, but many places could not be clearly marked.
Relying on the map alone, Ye Chen still couldn't find out where Gongsun Zhan was hiding.
"Second brother, if the Xiongnu want to march into Liaoxi, there are only two roads, one along the coastline in the south, and the other in the north. The terrain in the south is relatively flat, and the cavalry can advance quickly, while the north side is more complicated. Tai Shici analyzed.
"It's possible in the north and in the south, and they're even going to attack in multiple ways. Now that Youbeiping can't stop them at all, and at the same time Liaoxi is in chaos, they will think that there will be no major resistance in Liaoxi, and they may divide their troops at this time. It is in their interest to attack multiple ways at the same time. ”
"So, my lord, what shall we do?" Guan Yu asked, holding his long beard.
"Only when the Huns divide their troops can we have a chance." Facing tens of thousands of Hun cavalry, Ye Chen also felt a huge pressure.
But no matter how the Xiongnu divided their troops, there were probably thousands of people on each road, so the pressure was still huge.
"We can lay an ambush here, as long as we arrange a way to retreat, even if the sneak attack fails, we can retreat with all our bodies." Ye Chen pointed to the map, and on the map was the Qinhuangdao of the later generations.
"This is close to Yangle and Linyu, Yangle is the seat of western Liaoning, and Linyu is also an important county seat in western Liaoning, the two places are very close to each other, and this is the place where they must attack. When they capture Yangle, the largest city in western Liaoning, they will definitely relax their vigilance, and then it will be a good time for us to sneak attack. ”
"Take a step back, we have failed, we can retreat by sea, they can't help us." There were not enough soldiers and horses, except for a sneak attack, Ye Chen couldn't think of any good way.
Just do it, at this time, Ye Chen and they were still a day's journey away from Qinhuangdao, he first sent someone back to Liaodong to transfer ships over, and at the same time ordered a thousand sailors Ye Chen to participate in the battle.
Although Ye Chen has a thousand sailors, it seems to be useless so far, this thousand-sailor army is better than a marine, because they still train in land warfare most of the time, and there is no enemy in water warfare at present, not even an imaginary enemy.
Preparing all this, Ye Chen immediately led his troops to set off, and it was better to arrive at the scene early or arrange it as soon as possible, half a day after departure, he received the news that Youbeiping Taishou had been killed.
It seems that Youbeiping can't hold on, and it will all fall in less than two days.
The killing of a big Han Taishou will definitely shake the world, and it will also be a major blow to the morale of Youzhou.
Ye Chen didn't dare to delay, he hurried overnight, and rushed to the vicinity of Qinhuangdao in the middle of the night, of course, it is not called Qinhuangdao now, and there is not even a place name.
After arriving, Ye Chen first ordered to camp and rest.
"Yun Chang, big brother, this place is more than a hundred miles away from Yangle, so we chose this place to fight them." Ye Chen looked at the night sky, blowing the sea breeze, and said to Tai Shici and Guan Yu.
"This place is mostly rocky wasteland, and it is easy for a few thousand of us to hide, but it is not conducive to cavalry charges." Taking advantage of the night, Guan Yu took a look at the terrain.
"It is not good for us to fight, and it is also not good for the Huns to fight." Tai Shi Ci continued.
The strategy was settled, and early the next morning, Ye Chen and the others began to look for an ambush location around.
It's remote and desolate, with only a few small villages nearby, but it's true that the road they have to go on is a long detour if they want to take other roads.
"Lord, the terrain here is flat, but there are too many rocks, the roadside is full of weeds, and there is no high ground for us to ambush and charge." Ye Chen and the three of them took a team of people and horses to explore the surrounding environment on horseback.
"It's close to the sea, there's a lot of rocks, and it's not easy for cavalry to charge on a large scale, which is our advantage. The Xiongnu were mostly cavalry, they lost their horses, and their combat power decreased greatly. Ye Chen pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of both sides.
Tai Shici and Guan Yu also carefully observed the surrounding environment and were thinking about how to arrange it.