Chapter 30: The Battle of Yan and Qi (Part II)
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Mink Bo has his own understanding of this, and to the east of the mausoleum is the Changcheng of Qi State. Changcheng has a garrison of 5,000 troops, which is a combat force that cannot be ignored. Rong Yan wanted to lead his army to join the army of Ju Xin, either directly to the north, or to the east or west.
Directly north, there is his own army of 120,000 to block. If you take a detour to the east, you can't get around the ears and eyes of Changcheng. To the west, they will face a South Korean army of 50,000. The latter, in particular, may be careless, and a direct conflict with South Korea will erupt.
If you want to eliminate the danger as much as possible, unless Rong Yan and Ji Xin discuss it, they will attack themselves in the north and south at the same time. If you make a detour to the east and west, unless you can avoid the attention of the Qi army of Changcheng and the Han army of Zhangqiu with lightning speed. There is still hope for the former, but it is difficult for Yan Jun to have such courage. The latter means that for the sake of speed, Yan Jun must be light and simple! For the Yan army, which has lost the supply of grain and grass, grain and grass are undoubtedly the most important at the moment. After all, once the Yan army adopts this strategy, it means that it must be quickly decided. Either the Yan army defeated the Qi State and forced the Qi State to sign an alliance under the city; Either the Yan army retreats to the north bank of Jishui and thinks about it in the long run. It is impossible for Yan Guo not to know the risks involved!
Therefore, Mink Bo is sure that Rong Yi will not give up on the fortified city of Yuling. Even if Ju Xin's army was attacked by the Qi army, Rong Yi would leave a considerable amount of troops to defend the mausoleum, instead of doing his best to rescue Ji Xin's army. This is not only because Yu Ling has the grain and grass transported from Zhangqiu, but also because once he retreats, it is equivalent to giving up the Yan army trapped in Lixia and Zhangqiu!
Tian Dan thought about it carefully, and finally agreed to Diao Bo's seemingly risky proposition. Before acting, though. He sent an envoy to Zhangqiu, met with Han Teng, the commander of the Han army, and informed Han Teng of his plan, hoping that the other party could contain the Yan army in Yuling.
Han Teng naturally happily agreed, and what kind of results the 140,000 Yan army that had already crossed the river could achieve depended largely on the determination and sacrifice of the Qi army. Since Qi Guo intends to fight with Yan Guo and lose both, Han Teng is also happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!
At this time, in the face of this intricate shape, Ju Xin, who was under Gaowan City, did not have the vigor at the beginning of crossing the river, but seemed to be in a dilemma and regretted it. Of course, in front of everyone, he still kept talking and laughing and calm.
Before crossing the river. Ju Xin never thought that the Han army would appear so quickly and divide the Rong army in two so easily. In his opinion, South Korea's delay in sending troops is mostly due to the idea of watching the excitement. If you don't take the last step, you won't be able to put their chips on it. He can just take advantage of this time gap to force the water and catch the Qi country by surprise. Unexpectedly. In the end, it was you who was caught off guard!
Five days earlier, Drama had commanded his army in a tentative offensive. A loophole in the Qi army's Jishui defense line was discovered. After sacrificing more than 2,000 people, Ju Xin was sure that this was not a trap for the Qi army. The overjoyed Ju Xin has been constantly investing in the army, tearing this gap bigger and bigger, and at the same time increasing the sacrifice of the Yan army, although after sacrificing more than 10,000 people, Ju Xin has realized that the tenacity of the Qi army is beyond his imagination. Moreover, the Qi army has already discovered their problems, and Qi reinforcements have been coming in a steady stream. But just like a gambler who loses a bet, Ji Xin was already red-eyed at that time, and he only knew that if he stopped. The previous sacrifice was in vain, so he simply invested all his troops. In the end, although the Yan army successfully crossed the Jishui, it sacrificed more than 30,000 people, while the Qi army only sacrificed 10,000 people.
If the Han army appeared a few days late, the sacrifice of the Yan army would have been worth it. The Yan army could use superior forces to force the Qi army to abandon the fortified city and fight with itself, and field warfare was what the Yan army was better at. But unfortunately, there is no what if in this world, the reality is that before Ju Xin led the Yan army to successfully cross the river, the Han army bypassed the Great Wall of Qi and surrounded Zhangqiu. All of a sudden, the retreat of the Rong Worm army was cut off! It makes it impossible for the Rong Worm army to go further and threaten Linzi!
Although the current situation seems to be besieged by the Qi army, the Yan army, and the Han army, although the Yan army is at a disadvantage, it is not obvious, but if the school is examined to the problem of grain and grass, it is obvious that the Yan army has a great hidden danger. It seems that the hope of easily forcing Qi to sign the alliance under the city seems to be getting smaller and smaller, but how to get out of it has become a more realistic problem.
Fortunately, from Gaowan to Yuling, there is only a distance of dozens of miles, and it is a flat river, and the vast plain has become a racecourse for the scouts of Qi and Yan. Although the number of Qi army scouts has a slight advantage, it is still a little worse than the Yan army scouts who have survived on the northern grasslands. Rong Yan and Ju Xin can still communicate with each other and exchange opinions for the time being.
After some discussion, the two decided to join forces first, otherwise, the forces would be too scattered, and neither the Qi army nor the Korean army would have a numerical advantage. Since you want to join forces in one place, you need to choose where to join forces. Gao Wanbei is close to Jishui, if it is in the hands of Yan Jun, it is naturally a good place. But the 10,000 Qi troops in Gao Wan City made the two dispel this idea.
Yuling is surrounded by mountains on both sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a good place at first glance. But if the main force of the Yan Army is placed here, there is no doubt that Yu Ling will become the burial place of the Yan Army! With no grain and grass, and being besieged in the heart of the Qi Kingdom, time is the biggest enemy of the Yan army!
Zouping has become a suitable place in the eyes of the two, more than ten miles north of Zouping is Jishui, southwest is Zhangqiu, Lixia. If Zouping can be possessed, then the Yan army can enter Linzi in the east, and retreat can cross the river for self-protection. It is impossible for Qi State not to know such an important place, but it seems that Qi State thinks that the Yan army is not enough food and grass, so it can only defend it or rather, Qi State wants to lure the Yan army to abandon the strong city walls and camps, and actually only arranged 3,000 soldiers in Zouping.
Although I understand that there are traps, but in the case of the same strength between the two sides, there is never a time when the use of soldiers is nine out of ten, and the sword is biased and the soldiers are more effective in some cases! Yan Jun didn't believe that under his unity, how could the Qi army stop him?!
The Qi army moved faster, and Tian Dan took the deputy general Mink Bo as his general, with 70,000 generals, to attack the Yan army in the west of Gaowan City. The battle lasted from dawn to dusk, although the Qi army did not break into the Yan army camp in the end, but killed and wounded more than 10,000 Yan troops, of course, the price paid by the Qi army was also very heavy, a full 15,000 people were killed in the battle, and more than 3,000 were wounded.
But the problem is that the Yan army under the command of Ju Xin is only 60,000 people, and there are 60,000 troops behind the Mink Bo army. As the number of the Juxin army decreases, the proportion of casualties will become smaller and smaller, that is, the Qi army will pay less and less if it kills and wounds the same number of Yan troops. According to today's casualty ratio, it will only take five days, and there will be no soldiers available for Ji Xin.
Therefore, Ju Xin did not hesitate to send a messenger to Rong Yi asking for help. Even if Rong Yi sent an army of 10,000 people to the north to harass him, it would make the Qi army dare not concentrate on dealing with himself and relieve his pressure. As for breaking through to Zouping, it can only be considered in the long run.
After receiving Ji Xin's request for help, Rong Yi immediately convened the generals to discuss, and some people gave up the whole army in Yuling and went north to fight a decisive battle with the Qi army, so that although the number of Yan troops was at a disadvantage, because there were 10,000 more cavalry, the real combat power was almost the same. The Yan army, which was fighting against the water, could definitely successfully rescue the army of Juxin. At that time, the frightened Qi army could only watch the Yan army take Zouping.
Others advocated sending an army to test the situation first to prevent the Qi army from encircling and sending reinforcements. After determining the true intentions of the Qi army and making sure that the Korean army behind him did not take the opportunity to fall into the ground, he will gather a large army to rescue with all his might. Some people simply advocated using the Qi army's attention to attack Zou Ping when the attention of the Juxin army was on it. In this way, it not only shortens the distance with the army of Juxin, but also seizes a place to settle down and defend where it can be attacked, retreated, and defended.
Because the Qi army blocked the news so badly, Rong Yan was also very hesitant in his heart. It's okay to go north with all your might, but I'm afraid that the Han army will suddenly appear from behind and give yourself a knife. If such a situation happens, a rout is almost predictable. Even, the army of Yan south of Jishui is in danger of being wiped out! Such a result is by no means something that Yan Guo can afford!
Therefore, after thinking about it, Rong Yan could only send scouts on the one hand to investigate the movements of the Korean army under Zhangqiu City, and on the other hand, to explore the traces of Tiandan's army. After all, only 70,000 Qi troops appeared, and 60,000 did not know where to go. The enemy is in the dark, and he is in the light, and this situation is the most dangerous!
In just two days, Rong Yan got the information he wanted. The number of Korean troops under Zhangqiu City has not decreased, and there is no trace of mobilization. The 60,000 troops of the Qi State are stationed in the east of Gaowan, although it is not ruled out that the Qi army will be able to spread the banner and confuse themselves, but even if a small number of Qi troops are hidden, the number should not be much!
There are all kinds of signs that the Qi army seems to be testing Rong Yan's patience. If Rong Yan sat back and watched the drama Xin's army being attacked, the Qi army led by Tian Dan would give it the final blow. If Rong Worm has the courage to come out, then Tian Dan will give the soldiers under Rong Worm a "big gift". As for South Korea, it seems that they have no interest in the small fights between Qi and Yan. The Yan army in Zhangqiu and Lixia City was even more interested.
In the past two days, the envoys of Juxin asking for help have come one after another, and there is only one central meaning expressed, that is, the offensive of the Qi army is too fierce, and in just three days, the Yan army has suffered 20,000 casualties, of course, the cost of casualties of the Qi army is greater, but the problem is that the Qi army does not seem to care about this.
Rong Yan looked at the map, looked at it carefully for an hour, and finally made up his mind when the tenth wave of help messengers arrived in Juxin! (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)
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