Chapter 805: Yi Shui Confrontation
At this time, most of the Yan army had been evacuated, and less than thirty percent of the soldiers and horses left on the south bank were left.
However, the Jin army's attack on foot, although it avoided the threat of the Yan army's mixed horses, but also weakened the speed and power of the Jin army's attack, after all, the speed of the cavalry riding horses and galloping was far from the speed of the foot attack, and the impact of the foot attack was also much weaker than the horse attack.
At this time, Murong Ke and Murong Ba and other major generals of the Yan army all crossed Yishui safely, and stopped at a high ground on the north bank of Yishui.
"Fourth brother, the Jin army actually launched an attack on foot, it seems that we still underestimated the Jin army." Murong Ba looked at the south bank of Yishui, the main force of the Jin army that was attacking on foot, and said loudly.
Murong Ke nodded and said softly: "Our army has evacuated most of the men and horses, and when the main force of the Jin army rushes to the shore, all the soldiers and horses of our army can basically cross the Yishui, but the three thousand soldiers in charge of the palace are afraid that it will be difficult to evacuate." ”
"Fourth brother, look, there's a fleet coming upstream." At this moment, in the upper reaches of Yishui, a fleet of nearly 100 ships actually sailed over.
Murong Ke looked up and saw that in the upper reaches of Yishui, there was indeed a fleet slowly sailing, and the scale of this fleet was quite large, with nearly a hundred large and small ships.
"General, it's our army's fleet." Soon, a general spotted the Yan Army flag on the warship and said happily.
Murong Ke was overjoyed when he heard this, so that the troops on the south bank of Yishui would have enough to rely on. In particular, the three thousand crossbowmen who were in charge of the palace could also calmly board the ship and evacuate.
"Pass the order, let the fleet get close to the south bank, and prepare to receive our troops and horses to evacuate Yishui." Murong Ke ordered loudly.
After all, it was the fleet of the Yan army that came from upstream, and Murong Ke, as the chief general of the Yan army, was naturally qualified to give orders, and from the direction from which the warship came, it could be judged that this was a receiving ship sent from the direction of Fan Yangcheng.
Murong Ke's order. It was quickly communicated. The Yan fleet was ordered to immediately approach the south bank, ready to meet the retreating Yan troops.
Because the soldiers and horses of the Jin army are surging to kill, for this. The Yan cavalry on the south bank of Yishui retreated extremely quickly. And before the arrival of the Jin army. Almost all of them crossed the easy water.
Seeing that the vanguard of the Jin army's soldiers and horses had already entered the land of an arrow, the three thousand Yan army crossbowmen in charge of the rear of the palace immediately fired arrows. to block the attack of the main force of the Jin army.
After the Yan crossbowmen fired arrows, the Jin soldiers immediately counterattacked and continued to rush forward.
At this moment, with the help of nearly 100 ships and the 3,000 crossbowmen behind the palace, the main force of the Yan army on the south bank of Yishui has all been evacuated, and only the 3,000 crossbowmen who are responsible for the rear of the palace are left.
However, the Yan crossbowmen were obviously unwilling to fight to the death with the Jin army, and while firing arrows at the Jin pursuers, they quickly retreated backwards, and after retreating to the shore on the south bank of Yishui, they quickly boarded nearly a hundred large and small warships on the shore.
When the 3,000 crossbowmen of the Yan army boarded the ship, the Yan crossbowmen on the warship immediately fired crossbow arrows to cover the 3,000 men and horses of the Yan army who were in charge of the palace, and boarded the warship smoothly.
However, the main force of the Jin army advanced very fast and fired arrows continuously, which caused the Yan crossbowmen who were boarding the ship to suffer great casualties.
After a rain of arrows, the three thousand crossbowmen in charge of the Yan army behind the palace suffered great casualties, and one-third of them were shot by arrows and fell into the water.
However, after the soldiers and horses of the Jin army arrived on the shore, nearly 100 Yan warships docked on the shore had already left the south bank of Yishui with 2,000 Yan crossbowmen who had successfully boarded the warships, and calmly headed for the north shore of Yishui.
"General, we are one step late, and the Yan army has all evacuated." Deng Qiang's subordinate generals said helplessly.
Deng Qiang sighed resentfully, and ordered loudly: "Release the arrows, and the whole army will release the arrows immediately." After speaking, he snatched the bow and arrow of the soldier beside him, bent the bow and arrow, and shot at the Yan warship that was approaching the shore.
Under Deng Qiang's order, his soldiers immediately fired arrows at the Yan warships that were moving away.
However, there are guards on the deck of the warship, so no matter how many arrows are fired, they can't cause great damage to the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom who have already boarded the warship, and they can only vent a trace of anger in their hearts.
Under Deng Qiang's angry gaze, nearly 100 warships of the Yan Kingdom successfully sailed away from the south bank of Yishui and docked on the north bank of Yishui.
At this time, the pontoon bridge built on Yishui had been destroyed by the Yan soldiers who had withdrawn to the north bank of Yishui, and all the ships were also docked on the north bank of Yishui.
On the north bank of Yishui, the soldiers of Yan State also set up camp accordingly, and prepared to confront the main force of the Jin army on the south bank across Yishui, Yishui is close to Fanyang City, and it is not very far from Jicheng, the capital of Yan State, and the people here have a much stronger sense of belonging to Yan than the people in the direction of Lukou City, for this reason, the army of Yan State is stationed near Fanyang City, which can get more support from the people, and at the same time, it is naturally easier to hold Fanyang City.
"General, news has come from the direction of Fanyang City, and the 30,000 elite cavalry led by the acting prince has arrived outside the east gate of Fanyang City and set up camp." A confidant lieutenant reported loudly.
When Murong Ke and his subordinates heard this, they were all shocked, they didn't understand how the acting king Tuoba Shi Yiqian could personally lead troops to reinforce Fanyang City at this time, but since Tuoba Shi Yiqian had already led the army under his command to reinforce it, it was always excellent news for the Yan army.
"Fourth brother, I really didn't expect that the acting king would personally lead 30,000 cavalry to reinforce Fanyang City, and with the reinforcements of the soldiers and horses under the acting king, the prestige of our army will be greatly increased." Murong Ba was obviously very happy to hear such news.
Murong Ke frowned, and said softly: "The main army of the Dai Kingdom was defeated by the main force of the Jin army in Shengle City, but I didn't expect that at this time, the Dai Wang was still in the mood to reinforce our army, it's not easy!" ”
"What does the fourth brother mean? Isn't it a good thing that the acting king led his soldiers and horses to reinforce our army? Murong Ba asked suspiciously.
Murong Ke shook his head and said softly: "Acting for the king to reinforce our army is naturally a great thing for our army, but for the motive of the acting king, it is difficult to figure out for a while!" ”
"Daiguo and my Dayan Kingdom have long been allied, and it is within the bounds of Daiwang to lead a large army to reinforce our army, there is nothing strange about it, why, the fourth brother thinks that Daiwang has ulterior motives to reinforce our army." Murong Ba frowned and asked.
Murong Ke thought for a while, and said softly: "The acting king is a generation of heroes, and his ambition is not below the second brother, such a person with lofty ambitions will not be so kind and wholeheartedly reinforce our army, there must be another purpose, however, what this purpose is, I can't say it for a while, in short, it must be for his own hegemony, not for keeping the promise of the alliance." ”
When Murong Ba heard this, he nodded approvingly, and then said loudly: "Fourth brother, now our army wants to defend Fanyang City, and if we want to defend Fanyang City, we must defend the Yishui in front of us. ”
Murong Ke frowned and pondered for a moment, and said softly: "The acting king is the king of a country, and his status is the same as that of the second brother, how can I dispatch the acting king at will, as for how to arrange the army under the acting king, this has to be asked by the second brother for instructions before a decision can be made." ”
"What the fourth brother said is that the acting king is the king of a country, and we really have no right to transfer, but the acting king has arrived outside the east gate of Fanyang City, so we should go to see it immediately and find out the situation by the way." Murong Ba said loudly.
When Murong Ke heard this, he nodded and agreed with Murong Ba's construction.
Subsequently, after arranging the army under their command, Murong Ke and Murong Ba led dozens of guards and soldiers to run in the direction of Fanyang City, they wanted to visit the acting king Tuoba Shiyiqian, and by the way, learn about the purpose of Tuoba Shiyiqian's coming here and the help they can provide.
On the south bank of Yishui, several large camps of the Jin army had just been built, and Hua'an and his more than 100,000 troops arrived on the south bank of Yishui and immediately entered the camp.
As soon as Hua'an entered the camp, his subordinate generals reported on the bloody battle with Murong Ke's main army, and analyzed in detail the strong combat effectiveness of the main force of the Yan army under Murong Ke.
Hua An already knew about the large-scale battle between the cavalry under his command and the cavalry under Murong Ke as early as halfway through, but listening to the generals under his command explain the situation of the battle made Hua An understand more clearly and clearly the specific situation of the battle with Murong Ke's main cavalry, and had a clearer understanding of the combat power of the main force of the Yan army under Murong Ke.
"Report, Wang, the news has just been sent back from the north bank that the Acting King Tuoba Shiyi Qianqin has arrived in Fanyang City with 30,000 elite cavalry of the Daiguo Kingdom and set up a large camp outside the east gate of Fanyang City." Just when Hua'an and his subordinates were analyzing Murong Ke's main army, the news of the arrival of Acting King Tuoba Shiyiqian came from the north bank of Yishui.
"Your Majesty, Shengle, the capital of the Dai Kingdom, has been broken by our army, and this Tuoba Shiyi is arrogant, and he actually dares to lead the army to reinforce the army of Yan State." Chen Poyu said loudly.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses of the 30,000 generations of the country are simply insignificant, with the strength of our army, we can break through Yishui within half a month, and capture Fanyang City within a month." Chen Zhenhu also responded.
Hua An smiled, looked at Wang Meng, and said softly: "General Wang, you are attacking Daiguo with General Xie in Bingzhou and capturing Shengle City, this king wants to know, how is the combat strength of the main cavalry of Daiguo?" (To be continued......)