Chapter 145: The Battle of Jinyang

Jinyang is the ancestral home of the Dayan royal family, that is to say, the ancestral tomb of the old ancestor of the Long family is in Jinyang, and if Jinyang is captured by the Great Qin army, it is equivalent to cutting off the dragon vein of the Dayan royal family. Emperor Suzheng strictly ordered all armies to defend Jinyang, and issued three holy decrees in succession urging Ling Wuwu to lead the northern army to Jinyang to fight against the Great Qin army.

At this time, the crown prince Long Xingrong asked himself to command the soldiers and horses from all over the country to guard Jinyang, and Emperor Suzheng played it on time. He ordered the prince to be the general manager of the march of the rebel army, and the soldiers and horses of the world supervised the commanders of the three armies, and gave the Yan army a unified command to discuss the affairs of the Great Qin army. The crown prince Long Xingrong led the six rates of the East Palace to rush to Jinyang without stopping.

At this time, the Northern Army, which had just completed the assembly and material replenishment, did not rush to Jinyang according to the requirements of Emperor Suzheng under the leadership of Ling Wuwu, but followed the west road of the Pingrong Grassland, crossed the Beilun Hetao Plain, and went straight to Jinzhou, the old nest of the Great Qin Army. Today, there are less than 20,000 cavalry troops in the Northern Legion, and less than 30,000 infantry troops. Although Ling Wuwu led his army in a hurry, the Northern Army was unable to reach Jinzhou before Great Qin conquered Pingzhou.

It was for this reason that Yan Sheng was able to have plenty of time to mobilize troops and horses to kill Jinyang, and at this time the prince had already arrived in Jinyang City. As soon as Long Xingrong arrived in Jinyang, he opened the bag given to him by Niu Tian, and he didn't have time to think about it at all, so he started to ******** according to the strategy in the bag. The officers of the sixth rate of the East Palace took over the duties of the lieutenants of the Zhichong Prefecture in various places, and some of the lieutenants refused to accept the assignment and were also shown to the public by Long Xingrong. In this way, all the soldiers and horses gathered in Jinyang trembled and obeyed the prince's dispatch.

After this, Long Xingrong issued an edict from the crown prince, announcing that he would forgive the sins of rebellion of the people everywhere. pointed out that the original name of the pseudo-Qin thief Yan Sheng was Wu Sheng, and he was not the son of Yan Chengyu, the Duke of Qin, and his real name was Wu Sheng. The crown prince's edict revealed that Wu Sheng invited the people to buy the hearts of the people, and said that the Qing monarch eliminated traitors, but in fact, he wanted to change the dynasty and become the emperor's sinister intentions. The crown prince's edict finally announced that in addition to Wu Sheng, Chen Guang and other chief evils, ordinary people who surrendered to the imperial court would be exempted from the crime of rebellion. Those who defect in the battle are rewarded for meritorious deeds, and the leader of the thief Wu Shengguan is the general, and the knight is given to settle down, and Jinping Erzhou is the fief of stability waiting.

As soon as the prince's edict came out, the world was in an uproar, and the people who had been kept in the dark only then understood that they had been blocked by the gun. And the rebellious gentlemen also secretly made a small calculation.

Long Xingrong guarded Jinyang, building a defensive line on the one hand, and mobilizing soldiers and horses from all over the country on the other hand, and recruiting young and strong soldiers. He took advantage of Yan Sheng's ascension to the throne and the division of the princes to establish a strong defense line in Jinyang, and when the Great Qin army came to Jinyang, it was faced with a dense counterinsurgency army and an impregnable Jinyang defense line.

In the face of this situation, if Niu Tianci led the Great Qin army, he would never have fought against Long Xingrong's rebel army. Niu Tianci will definitely confront the rebel army with a small number of troops, and draw a large number of troops to attack the city and plunder the land, and occupy the Beilun Hetao Plain. While resisting the attack of the Northern Army in the north, it rapidly expanded its base area, turned the offensive into defense and accumulated strength, and then concentrated its forces on the Central Plains when the time was ripe. The Great Qin Empire, led by Yan Sheng, only relied on momentary courage, and did not possess superb strategic vision, nor did it have outstanding military command and strategic planning talents. In the hearts of Yan Sheng and his subordinates, they only thought about capturing Fengtian as soon as possible to drive away Emperor Suzheng, and then Daqin could replace Great Yan to dominate the world.

Therefore, throughout history, the peasant uprisings were either destroyed or used by the gentry family, and finally became a tool for the redistribution of rights and interests, and what the people got was nothing more than the separation of wives and families again and again, and the destruction of the family. Death, the people suffer".

Facing the heavily defended Jinyang defense line, Yan Sheng did not rush to attack, but chatted with Prince Long Xingrong in front of the two armies.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, I raised troops from Jinzhou for the people of the world and to support His Royal Highness the Prince. But those corrupt officials not only did not abandon the darkness and turned to the light, but also deceived the people into going against me. I feel that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is different from them, and His Royal Highness cares about the people, so I hope that His Royal Highness can conform to the way of heaven and abandon Great Yan to help protect Great Qin. If His Highness can return to Great Qin, and stay until Great Qin dominates the world, how about I be located in His Highness? ”

Yan Sheng's words were completely from the perspective of a winner, he didn't feel anything about it, but he didn't know that this sentence was so harsh to Long Xingrong's ears. Long Xingrong was angry and laughed, angry that Yan Sheng had no one in his eyes, arrogant, and didn't know whether he was alive or dead. The pseudo-Qin soldiers are only 300,000, and the land is only two states, so they want to overthrow Dayan and replace it, which is really beyond their own strength, and it is a fool's dream. The smile is that although Yan Sheng claims to be the emperor, he also understands that compared with Long Xingrong, the real prince of the empire, the difference between heaven and earth is the difference between heaven and earth, and the words are full of complacency, and there is a sense of humility, which is really funny.

"Wu Sheng, this Great Yan River and Mountain has been inherited for a hundred years, and it is not someone who can say that it will be destroyed with just one sentence. The prince of the lonely country, the future emperor of Dayan, I don't need you to come to Zen. It's ridiculous and pathetic that you are demagogic and unashamed, trying to steal the sky. Lone gives you a chance, now get off the horse and surrender, Lone can spare you the death penalty, otherwise you will be broken into thousands of pieces and the nine clans will be destroyed. Wu Sheng, think about where to go. ”

After Long Xingrong finished speaking, he beat his horse and returned to the defense line, no longer paying attention to Yan Sheng's scolding and provocation, and only ordered to prepare for battle.

If you want to talk about it, just start fighting. But Yan Sheng was not like this, and he didn't know who he heard about the soldiers who surrendered without a fight, so Yan Sheng sent hundreds of people every day to shout at the Jinyang defense line, insulting, and luring in the hope that the soldiers under Long Xingyun's command could be reversed.

This method cannot be said to be wrong, but it must be premised. That is, Yan Sheng must use this trick to besiege Long Xingrong's rebel army with an absolute advantage, and let them run out of ammunition and food, but now it is obvious that these conditions are not available. The rebel army relied on a strong defensive line to defend it, because the prince personally sat in Jinyang, so the follow-up troops and material resources were continuously sent, it can be said that Long Xingrong's rebel army could afford it, but Yan Sheng's Great Qin army could not afford it.

In this way, the Great Qin Army has been delayed in front of the defense line for five days, and every minute of the battle of life and death is extremely precious, and due to Yan Sheng's stupidity, the 300,000 Great Qin Army has missed the best opportunity to attack.

Later, Chen Guang saw that something was wrong, and proposed to Yansheng that he should break through the Jinyang defense line as soon as possible. Only then did Yan Sheng make up his mind and order the whole army to attack. After five days, the morale of the originally aggressive Great Qin Army has dropped to an average level, and the rebel army has not taken the initiative to attack, so a group of arrogant soldiers rushed to the defense line with such a big grin, but they were unexpectedly attacked head-on.

There were not many cavalry in the Great Qin Army, and there were less than 30,000 cavalry in the entire 300,000 army, so they were even more reluctant to use it in the battle.

The rebel army held the defensive line and smashed rows of crossbow arrows and thunderbolts at the Great Qin army. The charging speed of the Great Qin Army's infantry was already slow, and they were all farmers who had just put down their hoes, so although the soldiers of the Great Qin Army were very brave and hardworking, they never even broke through the first trench. Watching the rows of soldiers of the Great Qin Army fall in front of the trench, Yan Sheng was so angry that he jumped like thunder. Long Xingrong couldn't stop crying, this is a killing between siblings. Which of those who fell was not the people of Dayan, those young people who fell on the battlefield against foreign enemies could be regarded as a worthy death, and now not only died worthless here, but also had to bear the charge of being a thief, how could this not make Long Xingrong pity and hate.

The battle in front of the Jinyang defense line was in full swing, and the casualties of the Great Qin army were increasing day by day. But after a few days of strong attack, the Jinyang defense line was still unbreakable. Just when Yan Sheng was at a loss, Chen Guang came with an artillery team, and he took the initiative to ask Ying to command the artillery team. Yan Sheng trusted this brother who had always followed him with all his heart and would come up with a good solution whenever he was in danger, so he agreed to Chen Guang's suggestion,

The skills and tactics of this artillery team led by Chen Guang were comparable to the regular artillery army of Dayan, and they got off to a good start as soon as they went into battle, destroying three lines of defense one after another, and the Great Qin army took this opportunity to break into the defense line and start a bloody battle with the rebel army.

These two troops, who looked the same color and spoke the same language, fought together as if they had accumulated a lifetime of hatred. The entire front was filled with a sound of killing, and a river of blood flowed. As the Great Qin army rushed into the defense line one after another, the Jinyang defense line finally could not withstand the attack day and night and collapsed, and the prince Long Xingrong had to lead the remnants to retreat into Jinyang City to defend it.

When the red sun was sinking in the west, the battlefield that had been fighting for a day gradually calmed down, and Long Xingrong, who was full of gunsmoke, stood on the head of the city and looked helplessly outside the city.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Niu Hou has sent a letter, a letter."

"What does the eldest brother say, tell me quickly."

"Niu Hou said that let His Highness stick to Jinyang City, as long as he can hold on for three days, the thief army will be defeated."

"Hahaha, I knew that my eldest brother would have a way, so bring me the letter quickly."

When Long Xingrong finished reading Niu Tianci's flying pigeon biography, he patted the battlements and laughed.

"Peach Blossom, tell the soldiers to cheer up and hold on for three days. After three days, the thieves will be defeated. Tell everyone that the Northern Army is about to arrive at the lair of the Golden State Thief Army. Let me tell you again, the Flying Tiger Army is here, and the lonely's second brother Liaodong Hou Wang Meng is here, hahahahaha. ”

Peach Blossom rushed to inform the whole army of the news, and after a while, cheers rang out everywhere in Jinyang City.

"The Northern Legion wins! The Flying Tigers are victorious! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wins! ”

At this time, in the tent of the Great Qin Army, Yan Sheng also received an urgent document from Jinzhou, and the Northern Army attacked Jinzhou, which is currently in danger. The Flying Tiger Army under the command of the Flying Tiger Legion of the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion has bypassed Jinzhou and Pingzhou and is coming towards the back of the Great Qin Army. Seeing this, Yan Sheng, who was still complacent before, was suddenly so frightened that he sat down on the chair with a pale face and couldn't move.

"Fly, Flying Tiger Army, why are they here? Could it be that the Rong tribe has been killed by them? No, you can't sit still, call Chen Guanglai, and call the cavalry to fight the Flying Tiger Army, hurry, hurry. (To be continued.) )