526 Siege of Jinyang
Listening to Su You's words, Lai Yanbei couldn't help but be surprised, "Didn't we plan to let Liu Wuzhou win?" β
Su You smiled, "That's what I said, but if Li Xuanba detours south through Yanmen, Liu Wuzhou will have to be attacked from front to back; If he loses too quickly, our investment will be lost. If Shanxi is missing Liu Wuzhou, Li Tang will immediately come out of the well, and if Li Jiancheng kills from Hedong again, the land of Hebei will be dangerous."
"Now that there are the Eastern Capital Army and the Wagang Army in charge, it is unlikely that Li Jiancheng's troops will go out of Hedong; But Li Xuanba and Liu Wuzhou shook their heads when they came to Yanbei, she still had her own opinions on Su You's words.
Now Guanzhong has been initially decided, Li Shimin will be far away in Longxi to integrate the territory of Western Qin, Li Xuanba will be surrendered to Guo Zihe in Yulin, and Li Xiaogong has gone out of Dasanguan to live in Bashu
Not to mention that Li Tang is now fighting on multiple fronts, just talking about the defenders of Chang'an, how many can there be now?
It is really unlikely that Li Jiancheng will give up the Tongguan troops and leave Hebei, but Li Xuanba may take advantage of the grassland; If Liu Wuzhou gave up Taiyuan and went south directly, he would really taste the embarrassment at both ends of the first rat immediately.
Su You said with certainty, "In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, there is only one way to increase troops to Shanxi." Liu Wuzhou is suspicious by nature, as long as we go out of the well, he will not dare to go south easily, so that he can play his role in containing Li Xuanba. Even if they move faster, we can also choke the main road of Jingcheng, which can also ensure that Li Tang's army will not enter Hebei from Jingcheng for a while and a half. β
For Su You's old Chengmouguo, there was naturally nothing to say about coming to Yanbei, so the two began to discuss who would lead the troops and how many troops they would have to bring to complete the task.
In late May, Su You led an army of 50,000 to leave Leshou and split into two ways to crusade against Yu Wenhua and the rebel army in Beihai and other places.
Until now, in just one and a half months, Su You destroyed nearly 15,000 Xiaoguo troops who surrendered in time to Yu Wenhua, and nearly 10,000 rebel troops from all over the country who surrendered to Li Jing along the way, plus Zhai Rang and Li Mi led more than 60,000 Wagang troops to surrender.
From a mathematical point of view, Su You's strength increased from 50,000 at the time of departure to nearly 140,000, but among these 140,000, the mobile troops did not increase much; Because during this period of time, while Su You received so many soldiers, the territory he occupied also increased correspondingly, and every time he occupied a place, he had to leave a corresponding defender.
At present, the Wagang Army, which has just surrendered, cannot move, because the Wagang Army is also facing the Eastern Capital Army below the Tiger Pass, and the enemy in the east of the Wagang Army is Xu Yuanlang, who has more than 100,000 people.
Xu Yuanlang had been invaded by Zhai Rang before, and later in order to fight against Yang Shanhui, Zhai Rang and Xu Yuanlang temporarily reached an armistice agreement, and Xu Yuanlang's troops were only more than 50,000 people at that time; It was not until Wang Shichong defeated the Wagang army in Yanshi that a large part of the Wagang army fled eastward and became Xu Yuanlang's subordinates, and Xu Yuanlang's power exceeded 100,000 at once.
With the sudden growth of power, Xu Yuanlang's spirit also became high, and he naturally tore up the cooperation agreement reached with the Wagang Army, and instead reached an intention with Wang Shichong to carve up the Wagang territory.
If Su You hadn't come in time, Wagang Jun would have become the meat on the chopping block of Xu Yuanlang and Wang Shichong soon.
Because of this, Su You not only could not transfer the Wagang Army that had just surrendered, but also had to increase the investment in Lu County and Dongping, at least the Jiangdu Army and Beihai County, which had surrendered not long ago, needed to be invested in the plan to encircle Xu Yuanlang.
The question is, the founding of Yunnan China is imminent, and there is no need to hold a military parade or something at the founding ceremony?
Thinking of these trivial matters, Su You couldn't help but shake his head, fortunately, the country he was about to establish was not a mom-and-pop shop.
Those civil and military officials who follow them are not loyal to the king, since they eat the king's fortune? Su You immediately gathered all the generals and threw out the plan to send troops to Taiyuan.
After listening to Su You's analysis, everyone soon had no objection to sending troops to Taiyuan, and then they volunteered one by one and asked to lead the team.
Faced with the attitude of "the military heart is available", Su You gave praise in a timely manner, but he did not stop the bad habit of the generals who did not complete their work, and then naturally ordered Luo Shixin's generals.
Now all the other generals have to do is to conquer Xu Yuanlang and Fude, and Luo Shixin, a new employee, has not yet responded to the work.
As for the soldiers who followed Luo Shixin to Taiyuan, Su You played the true character of protecting the calf, and directly allocated the 3,000 Jiangdu cavalry that surrendered to him,ββ which is also the cavalry of all Jiangdu surrendered.
In addition to the 3,000 Jiangdu cavalry, Su You also gave him an extra 1,000 foot soldiers and 1,000 auxiliary soldiers, and these two thousand people were all from the Beihai soldiers.
The equipment of these Beihai soldiers is very good, but Su You can't make all the surrenderers become his own soldiers, after all, in his cognition, being a soldier is a profession that eats youth; If the old, weak, sick and disabled must also participate in the battle, it is really irresponsible for their lives.
After arranging Luo Shixin's work, Su You deliberately emphasized the strategy for treating Xu Yuanlang, and then announced the dismissal of the meeting.
Early the next morning, Luo Shixin led 5,000 soldiers to the north, and Su You's fleet headed east, heading to Sanshan.
At this time, Liu Wuzhou, who had swept away the small cities around Jinyang City, finally besieged Jinyang City with 100,000 people.
The city wall of Jinyang is tall, the water of the moat is deep and wide, and the grain in the city is enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city for half a year, and it is not easy for Liu Wuzhou to take Jinyang City.
The main reason why Liu Wuzhou was bound to win Jinyang City was that Su You occupied the entire territory of Hebei, and the west was the territory of the Yellow River and the north was the territory of the Turks, which meant that Liu Wuzhou could only go south to fight for the land east of the river if he wanted to expand his territory. Liu Wuzhou has now turned Jinyang City into a lonely city, and he obviously won't leave a tail for himself before he wants to continue south.
Liu Wuzhou felt that there were two reasons why he was sure to take Jinyang City, one was because of the secret weapon brought by Wang Xuan, and the other was Li Yuanji's mediocrity.
As Liu Wuzhou thought, before he arrived in Jinyang, Li Yuanji had taken the initiative to imprison Yu Wenxin, the first military person in Jinyang City.
When the Dingyang army attacked Yuci, Li Yuanji asked people to send a letter to Li Yuan, and at the same time ordered people to dig a trench outside Jinyang City to build a high base; Two military camps were built at the east gate of Jinyang, which were at the same angle as Jinyang, in order to assist the defenders in the city in defense.
After Liu Wuzhou's army arrived at the city of Jinyang, the first thing to be destroyed was naturally the two military camps outside the city.
Because the Tang army was mostly composed of Jinyang locals, they knew that once Jinyang was broken, everything in their homes would not be able to be saved, so they showed the posture that only they had when they fought against the tide in the face of the onslaught of the Dingyang army.
Faced with an unprecedentedly stubborn defense, the Dingyang army suffered heavy losses in the first two days of the attack, and even Zhang Da, who had just surrendered to Liu Wuzhou, died in the battle against these two camps.
After losing more than 5,000 people, Liu Wuzhou finally remembered Wang Xuan, and then the Yang army and the Tang army finally saw the legendary weapons of mass destruction with their own eyes.
The difference was that the Tang army, who was in the explosion, was stunned and at a loss, while the Yang army was looking forward to the secret weapon brought by Wang Xuan, and they were only briefly surprised before rushing desperately to the local camp.
Thanks to the secret weapon brought by Wang Xuan, they finally rushed so close for the first time in these two days; But in the face of the Dingyang army that rushed into the camp, the Tang army finally began to resist like a return to the light.
After paying the loss of nearly 1,000 people again, the Dingyang army finally took another military camp while withstanding the attack of one military camp, and Li Yuanji and Dou Dan, who were standing at the head of the city, had already shrunk into a ball of fright by the sudden explosion.
For the unknown, ordinary people have a natural fear, and Li Yuanji is particularly exaggerated about this fear.
Because of the explosion of the secret weapon brought by Wang Xuan, Li Yuanji made up his mind to defend the city gate, which also meant that the two military camps he had planned to form horns with each other became outcasts.
After taking another military camp, the Dingyang army had to face the moat of Jinyang City.
For Liu Wuzhou's army of more than 100,000 people, filling in a certain section of the moat outside Jinyang City is obviously not a job with technical content.
The problem is that after Li Yuanji saw that the military camp outside the city was blasted by the hand/thunder brought by Wang Xuan, his courage seemed to be broken, and he even frantically ordered the soldiers and civilians in the city to block the four city gates. ββJust like when Su You used this defense in Lincang City, Duan Ru and Pu Bu's coalition army.
In the face of the menacing Dingyang army, it was difficult for the intention of surrender in Jinyang City.
In order to defend their homeland and prevent their wealth from being taken away by the jackals outside the city, the soldiers and civilians in the city could only unite under the command of the civil and military officers with Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, as the core, and fight to the death with the Dingyang army outside the city.
In order to cover the approach of the thunder throwers led by Wang Xuan, the Dingyang army suffered heavy losses again, and when he saw that Wang Xuan and others were in vain, Liu Wuzhou could only order a temporary retreat.
"Because of a small loss, hey" - this is Liu Wuzhou's sigh, at this time his face is full of expressions of "I knew it was like this, why bother in the first place".
The secret weapon was still used too early, earlier because he couldn't bear the loss when he attacked Li Yuanji's unknown military camp, he exposed the power of his hand/thunder early, but now when he really needs to rely on this kind of thing to blow up the city gate, he strengthened the city gate because the enemy was prepared.
When Liu Wuzhou realized that the secret weapon brought by Wang Xuan was not omnipotent, his heart suddenly became entangled.
PS: The weather has been too hot recently, maybe because of poor heat dissipation, the computer crashed a few days ago, and the boot was turned on, so the author shamefully broke off. I would like to say sorry to the book friends who have been chasing more, and promise to study hard and improve every day in the future :))