The Yao Xiang Legion launched an extremely fierce counterattack in a desperate manner, pressing the attacking Wang Wu Legion so that it could not raise its head, and many of the ladders erected on the city wall were smashed and smashed.

"General, the counterattack of Yao Xiang's army is much more fierce than yesterday, if it continues like this, our army's losses will be very huge, so let's withdraw it!" Seeing that Yao Xiang's army's counterattack was too fierce, a general looked at Wang Wu and said loudly.

Wang Wu looked at the city wall of Nanguan City in front of him, and said: "The more fierce the counterattack of Yao Xiang's army, the more it shows that they plan to evacuate. ”

"Yes, General." The general shouted the order and immediately conveyed the order to suspend the offensive.

Under Wang Wu's order, tens of thousands of soldiers under his command immediately stopped the attack, and quickly retreated back, disengaging from Yao Xiang's soldiers and horses in Nanguan City.

"General, the first wave of the enemy's attack has been repulsed by our army." Seeing Wang Wu's army retreating, a general looked at Yao Xiang and said excitedly.

"General, Nanguan City cannot be defended for a long time, our army should take this opportunity to evacuate quickly! If the soldiers and horses in the direction of Jinzhou City come over, it will be difficult for our army to evacuate. Another general exhorted loudly.

Obviously, at this moment, Jinzhou City has been occupied by the partial division under Wang Wu's command, and the Liaodong defenders of Yan State have also withdrawn, so they naturally have no need to continue to hold Nanguan City, and it will become extremely dangerous to continue to hold Nanguan City.

Yao Xiang naturally thought so, he seized the opportunity and ordered loudly: "Order the whole army to evacuate immediately, be fast." ”

"Yes, General." The ministers will hear the order and immediately begin preparations.

Soon, the troops and horses under Yao Xiang's command. They entered a state of evacuation from the state of defending the city, and under the leadership of their respective generals, they evacuated from the north gate of Nanguan City.

Yao Xiang and several generals stood on the city wall, looking at the army under Wang Wu's command that was gathering in the distance, to cover the safe evacuation of his soldiers and horses.

"General, most of our troops have been evacuated. Let's leave too! Seeing that most of his soldiers and horses had been evacuated, a general said loudly.

Yao Xiang nodded, and said, "Let's go, let's leave immediately." As he spoke, he strode down the city wall, stepped on his horse, and led his subordinates to run out of the north gate and flee due north.

Seeing that the defenders at the head of Nanguancheng were gradually disappearing, Wang Wu knew that Yao Xiang's army had withdrawn, so he immediately ordered: "The soldiers and horses of the front army will attack immediately." Take Nanguan City. ”

"Yes, General." The general of the former army shouted the order, and immediately led the army under his command to rush towards the southern wall of Nanguan City.

Soon, the soldiers and horses of the former army under Wang Wu rushed to the bottom of the city wall of Nanguan City, and set up a ladder for attacking, but this time. They were not subjected to a counterattack, and the walls were unusually quiet. Apparently, the enemy forces have all withdrawn.

The former army soldier Tong Guò Yunti quickly occupied the city wall of Nanguan City, and ran down the city wall into the city, slowly opening the heavy city gate.

"General, you guessed it. The enemy soldiers and horses have indeed fled, and our army has captured Nanguan City. A general said excitedly when he saw the city gate being opened.

Wang Wu was naturally very happy, he looked at the generals beside him, and said loudly: "Soldiers. Immediately enter the city, leaving 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will follow the general to pursue the enemy. ”

"Yes, General." The generals shouted the order, and followed behind Wang Wu, rushed into the city of Nanguan, and then left 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses launched a pursuit of the fleeing Yao Xiang army.

However, Yao Xiang's army had taken a step earlier, and they had escaped from the path on the left, thus bypassing the troops and horses under Li Ben in Jinzhou City and escaping safely.

Due to the very close distance between Nanguan City and Jinzhou City, for this reason, Wang Wu and his soldiers and horses soon arrived at the foot of Jinzhou City, and saw the banner of Li Ben's army fluttering on the city wall.

At this time, Li Ben saw that Wang Wu and his soldiers and horses had arrived at Jinzhou City, immediately opened the city gate to greet him, and personally reported to Wang Wu the process of capturing Jinzhou City.

Seeing that Li Ben's army captured Jinzhou City without a single soldier, Wang Wu was naturally very happy, and greatly praised Li Ben, and at the same time, he also praised the 5,000 sailors and soldiers.

After entering Jinzhou City, Wang Wu felt that the soldiers under his command were tired, so he decided not to attack the fleeing enemy army for the time being, but first managed the cities and passes that had been occupied, so as to make his Liaodong stand firm.

Just when the main army under Wang Wu arrived in Jinzhou City, in the direction of Bihaiguan, the 5,000 army under Li Long launched an attack on the Yan army defending Bihaiguan, and at the same time, the Lehong army in front of Bihaiguan also launched an attack at the same time.

Under the attack of Lehong's army and Li Long's army, half of the 3,000 defenders of Yan were annihilated, and the rest all broke through and fled, and Bihaiguan was victoriously conquered.

Of course, in the direction of the chessboard pass, the soldiers and horses under the command of Wei Tong also launched an attack on the chessboard pass, and the army of Yan Guo guarding the pass, seeing the bonfire burning in the direction of Jinzhou City for help, expected that the situation was not good, so they immediately abandoned the chessboard pass and fled into the distance, and the Wei Tong army successfully won the chessboard pass.

It didn't take long for the good news of Bihaiguan and Qipanguan to reach Wang Wu's ears, seeing that the two cities and the two passes had all been captured by Shun Lì, Wang Wu and his subordinates naturally looked very happy, and all congratulated each other to celebrate this hard-won victory.

"General, now, the enemy's first line of defense has been broken by our army, whether our army will stop and rest, or take advantage of the victory to pursue and take the entire Liaodong in one fell swoop." A subordinate general looked at Wang Wu and asked loudly.

Wang Wu pondered for a moment, and said: "Yan reinforcements may reinforce Liaodong at any time, so our army should not rush in, stick here first, and then make plans after finding out the enemy's situation." ”

Obviously, Wang Wu is still unwilling to take too many risks, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the whole territory of Yan State, in case Murong Jun, the king of Yan, transfers a large number of reinforcements to Liaodong, he and his 70,000 troops may suffer great losses at any time, for this reason, he decided to stick to the defense line of Nanguancheng, and operate it extremely strongly, so as to maintain a foothold in Liaodong.

Subsequently, Wang Wu issued an order to let 10,000 sailors return to Mayoujin Ferry to garrison, Wei unified 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Qipanguan, Lehong 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Bihaiguan, Li Ben led 5,000 troops to defend Jinzhou City, and Wang Wu and the main army were stationed in Nanguan City.

After the order was issued, all the generals under Wang Wu's command accepted the order very obediently, and went to their respective positions to garrison in full accordance with Wang Wu's order.

After gaining a foothold in Liaodong, Wang Wu reported the results to Hua'an on the one hand, and on the other hand, ordered all the soldiers and horses under his command to step up the construction of fortifications, so that the foothold was built extremely strong, and it was enough to withstand the level of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of Yan State.

In order to gain a firm foothold in Liaodong, Wang Wu's subordinates were naturally willing to obey Wang Wu's orders and began the arduous process of building defensive facilities.

In a clearing dozens of miles north of Jinzhou City, Yao Xiang and his soldiers and horses saw that the main force of Wang Wu's army did not chase after him, so they immediately stopped fleeing and rested in the open wilderness.

"General, Nanguan City and Jinzhou City have been lost, so that the enemy army has a foothold in Liaodong, if King Yan does not send enough reinforcements to Liaodong, it will be difficult for our army to resist the attack of Wang Wu's army! What can I do? A general looked at Yao Xiang and said worriedly.

"Yes! I really don't know what King Yan thinks, Liaodong is the rear of Yan State, if Liaodong falls into the hands of the enemy, the Great Yan Kingdom will suffer from the enemy. Another general shouted.

Yao Xiang frowned, looked at the complaining generals beside him, and said, "Don't complain, generals, King Yan also has the difficulties of King Yan!" Now, the soldiers and horses under Xie Ai have defeated the main army of Yan State, and King Yan will do his best to block the soldiers and horses under Xie Ai in the direction of Jicheng, so naturally there are no extra soldiers and horses to reinforce Liaodong.

"General, if there are no soldiers and horses in the Yan Kingdom to transfer to Liaodong, what should we do? Do you want to hit the stone with an egg and fight a bloody battle with the soldiers and horses under Wang Wu's command to the end? A general said helplessly.

Yao Xiang thought for a moment, and said: "Generals, although King Yan has no extra soldiers and horses to transfer to Liaodong, and there is no extra food and weapons to support Liaodong, but King Yan has given us all our strength, let us recruit troops by ourselves, and solve the problem of weapons and food by ourselves, in this way, it is a good opportunity for our army to rise, as long as Wang Wu's army is not too persecuted, the rise of our army will be very smooth." ”

"Oh, the general already has a plan?" When the general heard this, he felt extremely happy, and looked at Yao Xiang expectantly.

"Fifth brother, what are the good plans, tell me quickly!" Yao Chang naturally didn't know what Yao Xiang was thinking, so he asked loudly.

Yao Xiang smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Generals, although the population of Liaodong is not very large, it is also more than 200,000 people, and the population of the army is definitely more than 50,000.

"General, Wang Wu's army has already won the victory, if they drive straight into the pursuit of our army, our army will not have a chance to recruit soldiers and horses at all!" A general said worriedly.

"Yes! General, unless Wang Wu's army has been standing still, otherwise, our army will have no chance to recruit soldiers and horses at all! Another general, worried.

When Yao Xiang heard this, he said disapprovingly: "Generals, don't worry, in the opinion of this general, Wang Wu's army will definitely worry about the large-scale reinforcements of the Great Yan Kingdom when they go deep into Liaodong, so they will not venture deep into the hinterland of Liaodong until they fully understand the shape of Liaodong, and our army's plan to recruit new soldiers can be completely realized." After speaking, he confidently looked at his subordinates. (To be continued......)