Chapter Seventy-One: Who
"Murong Chui, it seems that there is no fight, but this courage to lose 800 and kill 1,000 enemies is really ......"
Reading the front-line battle report he had just received in his hand, Li Cheng shook his head, not knowing how to evaluate it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Half a month ago, the city of Guangyang was broken, and the Wei army turned into street fighting, and suppressed the defenders with catapults, and they were about to be annihilated when they saw it; But under the fierce death of Murong Chui, the Northern Yan army rose up and entangled with the Wei army and the streets and houses again, resisted step by step, and swore not to retreat!
The Wei army could not be exhausted in one go, and it was also exhausted, and Da Xijin was furious and personally supervised the battle on the front line, personally beheading three cowardly pawns, and finally slowly pressed in, forcing the Yan army continuously.
But at this moment, the Wei army camp outside Guangyang City suddenly burst into flames!
More than 10,000 Yan troops who came from nowhere all the way, intercepted and killed scouts, and avoided the town, but they bypassed the Western Front defense of the Wei army and rushed straight to Guangyang City!
Everyone believes that at this time, only the elite of Murong Chui's family can protect the country; But just a few years ago, the name of the First Army of Northern Yan was undisputed, it belonged to Murong Ke!
Murong Ke single-handedly brought out this elite ranger scout, and when the Northern Wei Dynasty failed to fully control the flanks, he skillfully avoided all the famous cities and towns; At the same time, all the Northern Wei sentry posts scouted the horses, not even the cavalry that was roaming around Guangyang City, could not live to send the slightest news!
In the face of this raiding elite, the tired Wei army, which was already at the end of the strong crossbow, was even more demoralized, and there was no possibility of victory.
Although Da Xijin was angry, he also kept the sanity that a general should have, and decisively ordered to leave an army behind, and the rest of the brigade turned back to break through, and instigated the last trace of combat power of the Wei army with the momentum of "returning home".
There is a cloud in the art of war: don't stop the teacher, besiege the teacher, and don't chase the poor.
Not to mention the Wei army, he is a famous elite soldier in the world; Let's just say that the total number of Wei troops, even if they were consumed and killed in many days, and were attacked by the camp, there were still more than 70,000 soldiers in the Chinese army who were trying to survive and return, and they were bent on returning south.
According to Da Xijin's worst estimate, it is nothing more than sacrificing 5,000 troops behind the palace, and then being harassed and injured along the way, at least 50,000 people can always be brought back.
Counting the more than 10,000 on each flank, as well as the 50,000 divisions claimed to be 50,000 by Bu Liugu, but in fact more than 20,000, the 150,000 troops of this northern expedition can probably still bring back 100,000.
Of course, for this fiasco, he, the main general, naturally must be responsible; However, from the perspective of the Northern Wei Dynasty, such a loss has not reached the level of breaking the muscles and bones, and it can be reluctantly accepted.
However, no one expected that this sudden surprise attack army would be 10,000 to shake the 70,000 return of the Northern Wei Dynasty!
Moreover, the formation of this 10,000 Yan army, instead of being compact and reducing the contact surface, put on a forcible encirclement formation with the weak side, spread out horizontally, ignoring the thickness of the military formation, in order to fully intercept the Wei army!
And soon, the rumbling of horses' hooves in Guangyang City, even when he was on the verge of despair, Murong Chui still held five thousand elite horses, and he never moved, until this moment, he broke through the city and attacked the Yan army outside the city!
And that's just the beginning. After the infantry soldiers in the city cleared the Wei army's palace rear troops, there was no moment to rest, how many people dragged their wounded and bleeding bodies, raised their sore arms, and rushed out of the city without hesitation to join the brigade that encircled and suppressed the Wei army!
Li Cheng had never seen such a tragic scene, only a few lines of small words on the battle report, which brought countless lives to the death:
"If the blade is broken, it will be bitten with teeth, and the intestines will pierce without time to collect; If you know that you will die, you will deceive yourself and shout to kill me; Hit by an arrow and run with all your might, using yourself as a shield. ā
In the end, the Wei army's morale collapsed, except for nearly 1,000 scattered soldiers who took advantage of the chaos to escape, the remaining 70,000 soldiers either died or surrendered, the whole army was annihilated, and the commander Da Xijin was captured alive.
However, as the victorious side, the 10,000 surprise attack army of Northern Yan did not retreat from the battle, but after all, it endured too many crazy shocks for too long, and the final survivors were only three hundred.
The defenders of Guangyang, the original 60,000, plus the reinforcements sent one after another, finally only 20,000 soldiers after the war, and it is possible to go to the battlefield again in the future.
"I know that all the countries in the world are vying for hegemony, and my Murong Yi clan is only considered to be peaceful. But there are those who want to swallow my territory, and they are not ten times the corpse, and they must not pass before my army! ā
After the war, in the face of Guangyang City, which was devastated and almost directly abandoned, and in the face of the corpse mountain and sea of blood, and the subordinates who were unable to move even a little longer, Murong Chui raised his voice proudly, and after a short silence, he was greeted with a tsunami-like enthusiasm!
Li Cheng could even believe that if Murong Chui had put forward the idea of adding a yellow robe to his body at that time, these soldiers would be afraid that they would also be hot-headed and decided to follow.
"Childe."
An announcement was made outside the house, and Xiahou Ba walked quickly.
Li Cheng put down the battle report in his hand, got up and said, "It's Zhongquan, why is it just one person?" ā
After Xiahou Ba saluted, he sat down opposite Li Cheng: "Screening the embryos of the essence is too time-consuming and labor-intensive, and they are all personally eye-catching, even if they receive a report from the son, it will inevitably be slower." ā
Li Cheng couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "It's really hard for you...... With the power of a county, the army is approaching the capital of a country, and the hardships and hardships are already difficult for you. Now he has finally returned victorious, but he has not rested. ā
"Childe, what are you talking about?"
Xiahou Ba shook his head and said.
"Childe is now unable to support the army, so he can only use elite soldiers for use, and now it is worth working hard and picking out good soldiers. Although they have not yet arrived, some of the words are just the words of my family; But in my opinion, the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Yan are now both defeated, and the road based on Gongzi's seizure of Youzhou should be opened. The most important thing now is to quickly seize a strong army that only obeys the orders of the son. ā
"The Han people in the north, although they are not in the same ethnic group as Xianbei, but they have lived under it for a long time, and the fear in their hearts is probably deep-rooted. If the two armies face each other in the future, they may not be able to exert their full strength. But this Goguryeo people, although they bully the soft and fear the hard, and are not civilized enough, but that is also because of the wilderness. It's not just me, it's Wen Ze and them, and they often say these days that these Goguryeo people eat hard, and they are the most hard-working, and if they practice hard, they will be a wonder soldier of Gongzi! ā
Li Cheng nodded lightly, and was about to say something more, when a report sounded outside the house, and Yu Ban, Zhuge Dan, and Huang Yueying entered one after another.
As for Guan Ping, he was really lacking in tactics and strategy, and he had a holiday with two Wei generals under Li Cheng's command, so he simply put him directly in the army to maintain order.
After the three of them saluted together, they took their seats.
Zhuge Dan didn't have the feeling of being the last summoned person at all, so he spoke first: "Beiyan battle report, we have already watched it; The intention of the son to invite me to come, and I know everything about the birthday. ā
Zhuge Dan paused slightly, and seeing that the rest of the people didn't mean to speak, he naturally continued: "Wei Yan is fighting, both sides are defeated, and the situation seems to be very good. But Gongzi cannot ignore that at this time, the Northern Yan is still under the atmosphere of Murong Chui trying to turn the tide, and it is impossible for the Northern Wei Dynasty to fight again in a few years. Even if I am equal to the Liaodong vassal state in trouble, as long as the Northern Yan is like the Goguryeo story two years ago, hold Liaoxi, and let us wait, then wait until its vitality recovers and overrides Liaodong with a hundred battles, and our army will have no reason to win. ā
Li Cheng nodded solemnly: "I naturally know about this matter, fighting big with a small one, walking on thin ice, and never being impatient." Moreover, the matter of recruiting Goguryeo recruits also requires enough time to train and digest. Since Goguryeo has promised to cede Xiangping County this time, why don't you use this as a basis and hold off first? ā
Xiahou Ba frowned: "Since Yan and Wei have both hurt their vitality, if both countries return to this breath, wouldn't it be more difficult for us to get up?" ā
Zhuge Dan raised his head slightly and chuckled: "The merit is high and the master is shaken, the upper and lower centrifugation, Beiyan is a mess, where can he wait to get his vitality?" ā
Li Cheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "What do you mean ......by public leave?"
"Passing on good news, paying tribute, and making the Beiyan court think that they have peace of mind, then the Beiyan court will inevitably be suspicious of each other. As long as Emperor Yan hides all his bows, the Northern Yan Army will be distracted, and there will never be a second person who can save the sky. ā
"What if Murong Chui finally usurps Emperor Yan?"
An unfamiliar voice of inquiry came from behind the simple wooden screen, and everyone present was shocked!
This kind of meeting convened by Li Cheng is only qualified to participate in the artifact, even if Li Rui has gained enough trust, he can't.
Who is behind this screen?