Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Soldiers Are Coming to the City
Yiyang is located in the west of Luoyang, bordering the Yellow River in the north, Zhou Tianzi in the east, Chu in the south, and the clumsy and imposing Qin in the west. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info South Korea's land originally had three major blocks, the north was Shangdang, the west was Nanyang County, and the east was the capital Xinzheng area.
Shangdang County is thin and sparsely populated, but its strategic location is important. At that time, Qin State wanted, South Korea did not dare not give, so it was promised to Qin State, but Feng Ting, the party was too guarded, and directly dedicated the party to Zhao State, Qin State was annoyed and ashamed, and sent troops to the Party, which broke out the Battle of Changping, the result was that Zhao State was defeated, 400,000 people were killed by Qin General Bai Qikeng, and Shangdang County belonged to Qin State, which was also Feng Ting's plan to "drive the tiger and devour the wolf", so that the two powers competed with each other, and there was no time to take care of him, and South Korea was saved.
Namyang-gun is a major source of strategic materials for South Korea, rich in iron and grain. Among them, Yiyang is the essence of the entire Nanyang County, there is a county to support Yiyang, Yiyang will be so difficult to attack, of course, this Nanyang is not Nanyang, the later secular Nanyang is in the southwest of Henan, this Nanyang County is in the north. The two places are just the same name, but the places are thousands of miles apart.
Xinzheng belongs to the important land of Gyeonggi, directly under the jurisdiction of the King of Han, located in the Central Plains, and the land is fertile. Nanyang County is entrenched in the old clans, and these old clans disobey the king of Han and divide the place. Fortunately, relying on this direct subordinate area of Gyeonggi, King Han was able to accumulate a certain amount of strength, maintain a deterrent to the local area, and nominally command the whole country.
This time, the Qin army destroyed Han, that is, it divided the troops into two routes, one way to the central army of Xinzheng Zhong, and the other to the local army of Yiyang. Meng Wu made a bet with Nei Shi Teng to see which way was faster, and whoever was faster would receive the merit of destroying the country.
Lantian is not too far from Yiyang, only about 800 miles. The iron riding army was fast, and at noon on the third day, the tall and thick city walls of Yiyang City were already visible. The shadowy defenders at the head of the city are also faintly visible.
"Yiyang, the old man is here!" When Meng Wu saw Yiyang, he finally let out a long howl, sweeping away the depression of the past few days.
In order to avoid a protracted battle and quickly take Yiyang, all the iron cavalry dispatched this time was to make a long-distance attack, and then take Yiyang directly under a sudden attack. In order not to expose the strategic purpose, the marching route of the Qin army was also suddenly to the north, suddenly to the east, and suddenly to the south, and for a while to make a posture of attacking the Wei State, and for a while it seemed to be going to attack the Chu State, so confusing, it was to create a false impression for the six countries of Shandong, and not let them know the real strategic purpose of the Qin army. You must know that the scouts of the nations have done a lot of detail, and if they detect an anomaly, their surprise soldiers will be of much less value. Even within the Qin army, the commander and below only knew that he was going to fight, and no one knew where to fight.
At this time, Yiyang City was in sight, and the west of the city was a flat river, with the speed of their cavalry, they could rush to the city in half an hour. Thinking that his achievements were imminent, Meng Wu's heart was surging and he shouted: "Yiyang is here, and everyone will listen to the order!" Spread out your formation and speed up! Come on......! ”
With Meng Wu's order, 50,000 iron horsemen rushed towards Yiyang like a black tide. Thousands of horses galloped past, and the earth shook. Dusty and obscuring the road.
In a few moments, the army had already rushed to the city. What made them strange was that they saw that everything was as usual in Yiyang City, the city gate was wide open, people came and went, and the defenders at the head of the city were also in twos and threes, and they did not look like they were waiting for battle.
Meng Wu smiled faintly and said, "It seems that we are hiding well this time, and the soldiers are coming to the city, and they don't know yet." Then it's no wonder that the old man is there. All the troops are in formation! Get ready to strike! ”
The black banner swayed left and right, but in a moment's effort, the well-trained Qin army had already set up a formation, and they could enter the city with just an order from the main general.
According to Mengwu's dispatch, a 10,000-person phalanx on the left is the left wing, a 10,000-person phalanx on the right is the right wing, and 5,000 elites led by Yingping in front are the vanguard, and Mengwu leads 25,000 people as the Chinese army. Thousands of troops and horses stood in the open space in front of Yiyang City, with bright armor, swords and guns, strict and orderly, and murderous. Black clouds overwhelm the city and want to destroy it, the soldiers are coming to the city, and Yiyang is in danger.
Looking from afar, Yiyang City is still a nephew playing lanterns - as usual (according to uncle), they don't seem to see the thousands of troops outside the city, the gate is still open, and the defenders on the city wall are still three or three, very calm.
Win Ping is a striker, seeing this situation, I immediately feel that something is wrong, how can there be a reason for soldiers to open the city gate when they come to the city. Is the city empty? The premise of the empty city plan is that there are no soldiers in the city, but there is obviously a garrison in Yiyang. Looking at the dark city gate, Ying Ping felt bottomless for the first time, and always felt cheating, but he couldn't say why.
"No, I still have to talk to General Meng, so that he can be vigilant and not act rashly!" While thinking, he patted his horse and rushed to the Chinese army.
"Jingle bell", where the bell rings, the horse arrives at the Chinese army. The vanguard general Ying Ping came in person, Ying Ping dismounted, and said to Meng Wu: "General Meng Lao must not be in a hurry to attack the city at this moment, I think there must be something strange in Yiyang City, it is better to set up camp first, rest for a while, and wait until you hear the situation before attacking it!" ”
Meng Wu, as a veteran of a hundred battles, did feel strange when he saw Yiyang like this. But this feeling only existed for a moment, and he vetoed it.
"Han Jun is playing tricks, and his donkey skills are poor, so why care! Even if there is fraud, who is he? "Meng Wu is extremely confident. It is not so much that his self-confidence comes from himself, but that his self-confidence comes from the combat effectiveness of the Qin army.
Meng Wu looked at Yiyang City, like looking at a piece of fat that was about to reach his mouth. Yiyang City is broken, the work of destroying the country, I am excited to think about it!
At this time, his eyes were full of determination, and he continued in a categorical tone: "All conspiracies and tricks are paper tigers in the face of absolute strength. The 10,000-strong team on the left wing was changed into a column and quickly entered the city, the right wing covered on the side, the forward retreated, and the old man led the middle army to the rear of the palace! Sortie! ”
"General Meng, the enemy situation is unknown, don't move lightly!" Ying Ping grabbed the reins of Meng Wu's horse's head and prevented him from moving.
"Don't miss the opportunity, lose it again, don't move now, wait when! South Korea obviously did not dare to resist, withdrew its troops and abandoned the city, and my 50,000 troops came to the city and did not dare to move, which made the world laugh! Besides, even if he has a conspiracy, he still needs to shoot it out with a knife and a shot, and in front of my Great Qin Iron Cavalry, there is nowhere to hide all conspiracies! ”
Meng Wu spoke generously, his chest was full of pride, and he only felt that his whole body was full of strength, and there was nothing he couldn't settle. Hmph, Nesten, you just wait for the old man to take this first credit.
The horns blew a desolate trumpet, the drums beat like thunder, the flags waved, and Meng Wu shouted: "Attack! ”
The first battle of Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms began in this way.