Chapter 202: Recovering Ruyin
On the third day when the Beifu soldiers arrived outside the city of Ruyin County, the dam was completed, and in the evening of the third day, the sky of Ruyin County began to rain heavily, and the rain fell for three days, it was dark, people and animals were restless, until the early morning of the fourth day, the rain gradually stopped, and the siege battle of the Beifu soldiers was about to begin!
"Xiao Jie, just now the dam defenders came to report, and now the water level has risen enough to completely lose the combat effectiveness of the Qiang cavalry in the city!" Inside the tent, Wei Jie, and Xie Xuan were discussing the next battle plan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"The cavalry is good at charging but not good at defending the city, if we attack the city with all our might, we should be able to take Ruyin County within half a day, and then the cavalry in the city will only have one way to be killed!"
"There are more than 100,000 people in Ruyin County, and this time the flooding of Ruyin County is just afraid that they will move their families!" Wei Jieyi sighed slightly and said.
"I've thought about this for a long time, Xiao Jie's don't need to worry!" Everything is a foregone conclusion, Xie Xuan is naturally in a big mood, and said with a smile.
"Ruyin County has been at the forefront of the battle line all year round, and it is already unsuitable for living, after this battle, I will arrange for them to move to the south, and at the same time report to the imperial court, so that the imperial court can allocate funds to find a place to rebuild their homes for them!"
"That's great!"
Xie Xuan was thoughtful, and Wei Jie really felt admiration.
"Next, it's up to General Sun and Dao Ji!"
Sun Wuzhong and Tan Daoji are not only good at leading the cavalry to reunite, but they are also outstanding in fighting tough battles among the Beifu soldiers, and the two are the vanguard generals who captured Ruyin County this time!
"It's three o'clock now, and when the time comes, the whole army will attack the city with all its might!"
Ruyin County was originally only a temporary residence of the Qiang cavalry, both the experience of defending the city and the equipment of defending the city were lackluster, and the city had been flooded, and now they had to wait for death except to surrender.
The strength of the Hu people has also been greatly reflected at this moment, 20,000 Qiang cavalry did not choose to surrender, but to resist to the death, in the first time of the Beifu soldiers attacking the city, they opened the city gate, abandoned their horses on foot, and the Beifu soldiers were in short contact with each other, and carried out street battles!
In this battle, the 20,000 cavalry of the Qiang nationality were annihilated, and the casualties of the Beifu soldiers were not small, the cavalry did not participate in the exhibition, and they were preserved, and the infantry was lost more than 5,000 people, although the Beifu soldiers won, but also paid a lot of price.
"I didn't expect that we had the right time and place, and we had an advantage in numbers, and the loss was still so huge!"
Although Ruyin County was subdued, Xie Xuan was not happy, the strength of the Qiang cavalry was beyond imagination, although the number of casualties of the Beifu soldiers was only five thousand, far less than the other party, but the combat effectiveness of the Beifu soldiers was second to none in the Great Jin, and the total number was originally less than 100,000!
"The Qiang cavalry knows that they will die, so they will naturally exert extraordinary combat effectiveness!" Wei Jie, said bitterly.
"Xuan Shuai, please clean up your feelings, the reinforcements of the Qiang tribe should arrive in these two days, the news of the loss of Ruyin County must have not been known to them, we can use this opportunity to make the Qiang pay the price again!"
Xie Xuan nodded slightly, and said: "I have made arrangements, Mao Xiuzhi has led the cavalry to arrange pockets on the road to Xuchang here, and it will definitely make the Qiang reinforcements come and go!" ”
"Mao Xiuzhi?"
Xie Xuan's strategy is to encircle the point to send reinforcements, and now although Ruyin County has been subdued by the Beifu soldiers, Yao Chang has not received the news, and the reinforcements will definitely continue to march, but Mao Xiuzhi is not the most suitable person in the heart of Wei Jie!
"Why not Wang Hong? Isn't Wang Hong always on standby? ”
"Huh!"
Xie Xuan smiled slightly and said, "I deliberately wanted to dry him!" ”
After finishing speaking, Xie Xuan sighed, and then said: "Originally, I had great expectations for Wang Hong, but the last time I was in chaos, I was disappointed by what he did, so let's wait and see for a while!" ”
Wei Jie's sigh, it will be peaceful, although all of Wang Hong's bad deeds Mao Xiuzhi participated in the whole process, but they were not dominant, and Xie Xuan was naturally blamed on Wang Hong.
"How long does Xuan Shuai plan to hang him out?"
Now that Wang Hong is already in the same boat with him Wei Jie, Wei Dai naturally wants to say a few good words for him, and Wang Hong also has Wang Hong's suffering, he is not a person who treats human life like a mustard.
"Let's talk about it!" Xie Xuan glanced at Wei Jie.
"Wang Hong almost wiped out your army, why did he defend him?"
Although Wei Jie did not speak directly for Wang Hong, between the lines and in the tone of his speech, there was no such meaning, and Xie Xuan naturally would not fail to comprehend it.
"After all, Wang Hong was recommended by Wei Jie to the Beifu soldiers, and Wei Jie felt that Wang Hong's essence was good, and he would be able to calm down what he did, although it was wrong, but it also had merit, and he had his own troubles!"
"Xiao Jie, who seems to know Wang Hong quite well? As far as I know, when you were in Jiankang, you only had occasional contact, right? Xie Xuan asked casually.
"Friends are friends, they are more valuable than confidants, and they are not inseparable to be considered good friends!" Wei Jie said with a smile.
"It's like Xuan Shuai and Tao Qian, although they have only met once, but in Xuan Shuai's heart, I am afraid that he has long regarded him as a confidant and friend!"
"Makes sense, haha!" Xie Xuan was slightly stunned, and said with a smile.
"Since it is a small level of intercession, after Yiyang and Xie Yan meet, this commander will definitely use Wang Hongliang!"
"Xuan Shuai is serious, Wei Jie's intercession is not for Wang Hong, but at the moment, our army cannot afford to lose, so Wei Jie's hope that Xuan Shuai can act expediently!" Wei Jie, smiling slightly, shook his head and said.
"Alright, it's time for us to go!" Xie Xuan stood up and looked at the sky outside the tent!
"Actually, I'm not very relieved about Mao Xiuzhi, the military order I gave him was to let the Qiang reinforcements pass through the pockets he laid out, just cut off their back road immediately!"
"Frontal combat is still dominated by us!"
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There are more than 50,000 Qiang reinforcements from Xuchang, mainly infantry, and the leader is Yao Chang's second son Yao Yun, Yao Yun rained heavily the next day after the army was dispatched, and it was only necessary to march for four to five days to Ruyin, but now it has passed seven days, and it is only more than half of the march.
"Young master, this rain is coming very strangely!"
The person who spoke was called Zonghou, one of the famous generals of the Qiang nationality, brave and strategic, and Yao Chang's henchman general, this aid to Ruyin was of great importance, and Yao Yun alone led the army to go, Yao Chang was not at ease, so he let Zonghou go with the army.
"Well, I also think, General Zong, how long do you think General Ren's cavalry can hold out?" Yao Yun said with a deep groan.
General Ren is the commander of the Qiang cavalry, Ren Kan!
"If it is Xie Yan's Yuzhou army besieging the city, General Ren will be able to hold out for at least half a month!" A cold light flashed in Zonghou's eyes, and he said in a deep voice.
"It's just that this time his opponent is Xie Xuan's Beifu soldiers, and Xie Xuan is even more profound, and the last general estimates that General Ren is already more auspicious at this time!"
"Moreover, these reinforcements led by the young master are likely to have become Xie Xuan's target!"
"What does General Zong mean, Xie Xuan's Beifu soldiers have already taken Ruyin, and they are waiting for us to go?" Yao Yun's face changed, and he asked in a cold voice,
Zonghou shook his head, pointed to a dense forest in front of him and said: "Young master, look ahead, this place is called Huangkou Valley, the terrain is dangerous and easy to hide ambushes, if I am Xie Xuan, I will definitely divide my troops into two places, one is to besiege the city to take Ruyin, and the other is to set up a pocket here to ambush the reinforcements who come to Ruyin to support!" ”