Chapter 278: Victory in the First Battle
When the Hexi Army was hiding and waiting, Houyan Murong Zhang's troops still had no way to take Jinyang. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
After the war, Murong Zhang sat alone in the big tent of the Chinese army, drinking depressedly.
The maid who was snatched next to her stood by in fear, serving wine to her at any time.
He drank silently as he pondered the current situation of the battle.
On the surface, the Houyan army surrounded Jinyang and seemed to have the upper hand, but in fact, he was already in a dilemma.
Murong ordered him to go west, not to capture Jinyang, but to lure Xiyan to divide his troops north.
Only by mobilizing the enemy's army can Hou Yan be expected to capture half of the Western Yan and thus take all the land east of the river.
Unexpectedly, no matter how he besieged Jinyang, Xiyan would go north without dividing his troops.
Faced with the fact that the Xiyan army could not shrink, Murong Zhang felt helpless, and he didn't know how to solve the dilemma in front of him.
Thinking of the end, Murong Zhang gritted his molars and said fiercely: "Lao Tzu still has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he really can't divide his troops to plunder the surroundings, so I don't believe that Murong Yong can still calm down." β
Thinking of this, Murong Zhangqiang cheered up and ordered: "Come here, quickly invite General Long Xiang here, the widow has something important to discuss with him." β
When the herald answered, he turned and hurried out of the tent.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he went out, he happened to bump into Zhang Chong, the general of Long Xiang.
Originally, Zhang Chong was unhappy because of the recent war, but now he was hit by someone, and his anger rubbed straight up.
"Bastard, what's the panic?! Don't have eyes? β
Seeing Zhang Chong's anger, the herald was so frightened that he trembled all over, trembling and trembling.
"Gift...... The ...... General, the king's command...... Life, the herald of the small life will ...... General ...... Come to the meeting. β
As soon as he heard Murong Zhang's invitation, Zhang Chong no longer bothered to trouble the heralds, and only waved his hand and scolded the heralds.
"You're lucky this time, remember to walk with long eyes next time, get out!"
The herald wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, nodded his head constantly, and then ran away in a hurry.
Seeing that the herald looked like a bear, Zhang Chong was very dissatisfied, and muttered: "Useless guy, it is simply detrimental to the prestige of my Dayan country." β
Lifting the curtain, Zhang Chongxin walked into the big tent.
After entering, he found that Murong Zhang was studying the map there, as if he was thinking about something.
Seeing this, he opened his voice and shouted, "King, are you studying how to lure Xiyan into dividing his troops?" β
"In fact, even if we can't induce Xiyan to divide our troops, it's nothing, with Your Majesty's strategy, we can start plotting from other places."
"It's really not good, you can also directly capture Jinyang, I'll see if Murong Yong can still calm down."
Murong Zhangtou didn't reply and scolded: "Do you know what it means to fight? Just know how to fight and kill, you must know how to use your brain. β
"It is said that Jinyang is in danger, and Murong should never be indifferent."
"However, until now, I haven't seen him have the intention of dividing his troops to go north, which shows that either Murong Yong doesn't care about Jinyang's gains and losses at all, or he has a plan."
"The king is worried that Xiyan will lead Hexi to help?"
"Exactly."
"Before, the widow thought that Murong You deliberately spread rumors to strengthen the will of the defenders and force our army to retreat."
"But now it seems that it is really possible for Hexi to send troops to rescue Xiyan."
"In case the Hexi Army arrives when our army is tired, then you and I will be in big trouble."
"What? Does the Hexi Army really dare to come? It's rare that they aren't worried about the sneak attack of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Later Qin? β
Knowing that the Hexi Army was coming, Zhang Chong couldn't help but be a little flustered.
In recent years, Wei Shuo has successively destroyed Nanliang, Houliang, Western Qin, Qiuchi and other countries, and defeated Hu heroes such as LΓΌ Guang, bald Wugu, and Qifu Qiangui.
Its prestige has long been spread all over the world, especially for some Hu people, it can be regarded as a prestige.
Although Hou Yan had never fought with Hexi, Zhang Chong had also heard of Wei Shuo's name and knew that the Hexi army was not easy to mess with.
"As a general of Dayan, how can you be frightened when you hear the name of Hexi?"
"No matter how powerful Wei Shuo is, how can he compare to His Majesty's prestige?"
"Yes, yes, the last general knows that he is wrong, please punish the king."
Now that it is the time to employ people, Murong Zhang did not punish Zhang Chong too much, but just scolded the other party a few words.
Then the two agreed that it was pointless to continue attacking Jinyang, and it would only increase casualties and have no effect on the war situation.
They decided to divide part of their forces and attack other parts of Taiyuan County in order to force Xiyan to divide their forces as soon as possible.
In addition, regardless of whether Hexi had sent reinforcements or not, both of them believed that the western vigilance should be strengthened to prevent a sneak attack by the Hexi army.
The next day, he ordered Zhang Chong to lead 8,000 troops across Jinyang and attack Yangqu, Langmeng, Yuxian and other places to the north.
In mid-September, Zhang Chong's army was under the city of Linyangqu.
At this time, there were less than a few hundred defenders in the city, how could they resist Hou Yan's strong onslaught?
As a result, after only one cup of tea, Yangquzhou fell, the defenders were killed, and the rest of the people either surrendered or were killed.
Next, Zhang Chongjun did not stop, and five days later, he besieged Wolf Meng County.
With an order, Zhang Chong's army launched an attack on the four gates at the same time.
For a time, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the defenders in the city had no fighting spirit.
The Houyan people broke into the city with only one charge, and almost all the defenders were killed, and the defenders were captured alive.
That night, Zhang Chong's army rested in Langmeng, and continued to move north early the next morning, heading north to Yuxian in the north.
The reason why he captured two cities in a row despite fatigue was precisely because he was afraid that the longer the time dragged on, the more disadvantageous the situation of the army would become.
Three days later, the Houyan army arrived at Yuxian County.
In the early morning, when the sun slowly climbed the mouth of the mountain, the Houyan army launched an overwhelming attack on Yuxian.
Although the defenders of Xiyan relied on the city wall and resisted with all their might, they still could not stop the Houyan offensive.
After an hour of fierce fighting, Zhang Chong took the lead in breaking through the north gate, and the guards were beheaded by him.
Immediately afterwards, the other divisions captured the other gates one after another, and the defenders in the city could no longer resist and fled one after another.
In less than half a month, Zhang Chong of Houyan occupied nearly half of Taiyuan County in connection with the three cities of Xiayangqu, Langmeng, and Yuxian.
All of a sudden, the Xiyan government and the opposition shook up and down, constantly asking for help from Hexi, urging the reinforcements to hurry up and rush to Jinyang.
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Wang Zhenwei, the commander of the reinforcements, was also shocked by Hou Yan's devastating offensive, and was a little caught off guard in the face of the rapidly changing situation.
However, the enemy took the initiative to divide his troops, which also made Wang Zhenwei realize that a good opportunity to break the enemy quietly appeared.
After a short discussion with his subordinates, Wang Zhenwei decided to act immediately, and the Sixiang Hexi Army galloped all the way to the city of Jinyang.
Although many enemy scouts were killed along the way, the actions of the Hexi Army still alarmed the enemy army.
Murong Zhang didn't expect the Hexi army to come so quickly, and he didn't have time to order Zhang Chong to come back to help, so he only waited to lead thousands of men and horses in his headquarters to meet the battle.
It's a pity that the Houyan Army, which has long been physically and mentally exhausted, how can it be the opponent of the Hexi Army that has been recuperating for a long time?
What's more, Houyan's forces were also in absolute weakness, so the outcome of the war was doomed from the beginning.
12,000 Hexi troops surrounded thousands of remnants of Houyan and surrounded them from all sides.
"Shoot the arrows, shoot!"
At the sound of an order, countless crossbow arrows poured towards the Houyan people from all directions, and many Xianbei people were shot to the ground with an arrow before they could react.
Wang Zhen laughed evilly, pointed at the horizontal knife in his hand, and roared: "Kill!" β
"Kill!" The soldiers followed closely and slaughtered the already chaotic Houyan army from all directions.
The Hexi Iron Cavalry was like a ghost and ghost, roaring in, and the Xianbei people were caught off guard and were killed all over the field.
Murong Zhang held a weapon in his hand and roared again and again, "Block the enemy, block the enemy." β
It's a pity that under the successive crossbows of the Hexi Army, where can the Houyan people still take care of the orders of the main general?
What's more, the Hexi Army's offensive was like a tide, and Kuaien, Gao Jinzhi and other fierce generals took the lead and led the team to attack to the death, killing Xianbei people crying and calling their fathers and mothers.
After a single meal, the Hexi army disrupted Murong Zhang's army.
The Houyan army was in chaos, but the Hexi army gradually entered the state, and the cavalry was divided into several units, like sharp knives, cutting the Houyan people into several pieces.
At this time, even the most stupid people understand that the Houyan people are finished!
And Murong Zhang was even more annoyed, feeling that he shouldn't have taken the liberty of dividing his troops to attack other places, but what's the use of regretting it now?
Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Murong Zhang planned to take people to escape, but unfortunately where was there time at this time?