Chapter 51: Chicken Ribs
"What does Aiqing think of the five cities west of the Nenjiang River?"
Liu Hong pointed to the Nenjiang Wucheng Road on another map.
Lu Zhiwei groaned and said: "The five cities west of the Nenjiang River are not as good as the small county towns in my Han Dynasty. ”
"That's right!" Liu Hong nodded and said, "These five cities were the civil strife in Xianbei back then, and the king of Fuyu crossed the Nenjiang River to build these five cities west of the Nenjiang River in order to reflect his great talent and strategy and have the ability to expand the territory. ”
It can be said that the political status of these five cities is much higher than the military status. Aiqing is now clear? ”
Lu Zhi said secretly, "I see, these five cities do not have the slightest natural danger, and they can resist Xianbei who has not perfected the siege equipment, but for the Han who has complete siege equipment, it is far from being a threat." ”
"Therefore, these five cities, now for Xianbei has become a chicken rib like an existence, if you defend the five cities, it is likely that the army will be defeated and the city will be broken, and when the retreat is pursued, the Han army will take advantage of the situation to pursue, so as to smoothly cross the Nenjiang River."
"If you give up these five cities here, it will be equivalent to Murong, the king of Xianbei, admitting his mistake, in that case, it will be detrimental to Xianbei's rule."
Thinking of this, Lu Zhi knew why Liu Hong did not have any dissatisfaction with Huang Zhong's loss of the city, because these five cities were not in the hands of the Han Dynasty, which was a good thing at this time.
So he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the minister understands." ”
"Hmm!" Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction.
At the same time, Murong, the king of Xianbei, was thinking about the same thing, originally Murong counterattacked the five cities just to boost morale, but he didn't expect Liu Hong's army to come so quickly.
At this time, Murong the Xianbei King was sitting on wax, and Murong did not think that he could win in a frontal battle, because his Xianbei elite cavalry was too few.
It was only at this time that Murong suddenly realized that the original hundreds of thousands of Xianbei elite cavalry could not even get together 100,000 at this time, and even the war had to rely on slave soldiers.
This made the Xianbei King Murong couldn't help but secretly think to himself: "Is it right or wrong to occupy this thousand-mile Fuyu homeland?" ”
At this moment, a deputy general of Murong's cronies whispered in Murong's ear, "King, the Han army has brought a lot of slave soldiers this time, and now the strength is at a disadvantage compared to our army. ”
Such an ordinary report made Murong think of a strategy to break the enemy, and Murong sneered, "Liu Hong, I want to let you see the power of a certain Xianbei elite." ”
After three days, after the Han army rested for three days, Xu Rong, Huangfu Song, and Ding Yuan each led 80,000 troops under their command to march together in three ways, and the Korean Bei launched an offensive, once the five cities west of the Nenjiang River were taken, they crossed the Nenjiang River in three ways, and went straight to the hinterland of Xianbei.
Huang Zhong led the cavalry legion to follow closely behind the three legions, supporting the three legions at any time and fighting a decisive battle with the elite cavalry of Xianbei at the appropriate time.
Liu Hong sat firmly on the grassland outside the five cities west of the Nenjiang River, waiting for the good news of the four major armies.
As soon as the army set off, the city in front of Liu Hong's camp had already been taken, Liu Hong suddenly stretched out his hand, caught a trace of snowflakes falling from the sky, and sighed, "Early, too early." ”
Jia Xu, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but sigh, he naturally knew what Liu Hong was talking about, this time was definitely not the best time to storm the Nenjiang River, the Nenjiang River had not yet been frozen, but the water temperature was already extremely cold.
At this time, it can be said that it is the worst time to storm Nenjiang, but Liu Hong can't afford to drag it out, Liu Hong has been on the expedition for a while, if there is no progress and he returns to the division, then the real thunder is loud and the rain is small.
This is a scout rushing horse, dismounted in front of Liu Hong and shouted, "Your Majesty, the various legions are progressing smoothly, the five cities west of the Nenjiang River have been recovered, General Xu Rong ordered the small to inform Your Majesty that the Xianbei elite was not found at the time of the battle, and the scouts had seen that the Xianbei army had crossed the Nenjiang River in advance." ”
"Okay, I know, stand down!"
"No!"
Liu Hong thought for a moment and said, "Wenhe, why did Zici tell me those words?" ”
In Liu Hong's opinion, those words are really a bit upside down.
Jia Xu smiled and said, "General Xu Rong is afraid that the Xianbei elite will come to attack the Chinese army camp where His Majesty is located, but there is no evidence, so he does not dare to disturb the Holy Driver, so he uses this way to remind His Majesty to be careful!" ”
Liu Hong shook his head and laughed when he heard this, this Xu Rong! is becoming more and more careful, but Liu Hong is not to blame, after all, he is paying more and more attention to balance.
In the Xianbei camp east of the Nenjiang River, Murong, the king of Xianbei, looked at the Han army on the other side of the Nenjiang River, and felt powerless in his heart.
The siege equipment of the Han army was too sufficient, well railings, ladders, crossbow arrays, trebuchets, and the Xianbei army did not even have a chance to fight back.
In less than two days, the Han army took the five cities west of the Nenjiang River, which is still the reason why most of the time is on the road, and the time really used to attack the city is one hour.
One city in an hour, this speed made the Xianbei King Murong tremble for a while.
Do you know how many cities there are in Xianbei? The original Buyeo State was a two-level administration of cities and villages, and there were not many cities, and if the Han army maintained this speed, Xianbei would be wiped out in less than a month.
Suddenly, a trace of hideousness flashed on Murong's face, hum, I am a Xianbei national elementary school, a certain Murong said that he gambled with Er Liu Hong today, and lost, it is a big deal that I Xianbei will return to the grassland, if I win, Er Dahan will die an emperor, it is worth it!
Night slowly fell, a black cloud slowly drifted from the north, and after a closer look, I realized that this was Xianbei's elite cavalry.
Seeing that the elite cavalry of Xianbei were all moving slowly, they didn't dare to make too much noise, and when they looked in this direction, it was obviously Liu Hong's Chinese army camp.
That's right, Murong just wants to bet with Liu Hong on this, at this time, there is no trace of Xianbei's elite cavalry east of Nenjiang, as long as the Han army launches an offensive, it can break through the Nenjiang defense line in an instant, and then Xianbei will enter the countdown to the destruction of the country.
However, if the Xianbei elite defeated Liu Hong's Chinese army camp before the Han army launched an offensive, the Han army would collapse without a fight, and its morale would be greatly reduced and it would become a lamb to the slaughter.
After all, it was the emperor who had the accident, and no one could escape after the fact.
It can be said that Murong is going to play with his life, if there was no counterattack before the five cities west of the Nenjiang River, which are like chicken ribs, the situation would not be so bad, but unfortunately the war did not if.
In Liu Hong's large army camp, although he didn't feel that Xianbei had the courage to sneak attack, but just in case, Liu Hong still ordered a strict defense.
In fact, even if Liu Hong doesn't say it, Wang Yue will be like this, after all, on this battlefield, if there is an assassination, but once it comes, it will be tens of thousands!
The dark clouds blocked the bright Jade Rabbit, the bleak north wind blew slowly, and Wang Yue muttered, "It's really a murderous night when the moon is dark and the wind is high!" ”
Suddenly, I was shocked! (To be continued.) )