Chapter Fifty-Seven: The New Goal of Yiqu
The prince whispered to the tyrannical kite, and the tyrannical kite's face changed, and he asked suspiciously, "Prince, is this really possible?" ”
"It's a matter of success or failure! Go for it! Do your best, let it be the fate of heaven! The prince said lightly.
It's night, and the northwest is a great work. It is the so-called moon and dark wind and high night, when killing people and setting fires.
The defenders at the head of Yiyang City dozed off boredly. Although the Three Jin Coalition forces had been besieging the city for three days and nights, the Qin army did not feel a trace of danger. The reason is very simple, the Sanjin coalition army has not even made a decent charge in the past three days.
During the day, there were also Zhao Jun iron cavalry patrolling around Yiyang City, but as soon as the sun set, the Sanjin coalition army immediately fled back to the camp, for fear that the Qin army would rush out of the city.
For the commander's orders, the Qin soldiers were happy to obey them. The prefect said that the 15,000 cavalry in the city had already "returned to Xianyang" with Daliangzao and Wu Anjun, and his task with the 5,000 men was to attract the Sanjin coalition army to Yiyang City and prevent them from harassing Wu Anjun to aid Xianyang. The poor Sanjin coalition army still thought that the big banner of Bai Qi standing on the head of the city meant that the Bai Qi people were in Yiyang!
In order to deepen this erroneous impression of the Three Jin Alliance, the captain of the Qin military academy asked his soldiers to be strategic. Specifically, it was to provoke Zhao Guo's iron cavalry and resolutely block the investigation of Zhao Jun. Except for going out of the city, the Qin army could do anything to provoke the Three Jin coalition forces.
It's just that the Sanjin coalition army seems to be very timid, or very sorry for their lives, and they are unwilling to storm Yiyang City. Therefore, two days later, Qin Jun began to be interested. There was no way, the Three Jin Coalition forces did not cooperate, and turned a deaf ear to the provocation of the Qin army. Don't even come to harass it at night.
Under the city of Yiyang, the Han army was carefully piling up the cut wood.
Everyone was light and did not dare to make a single sound. They knew that they were dancing on the tip of the knife now, and once they were discovered by the Qin army at the head of the city, they would be greeted by "ten thousand arrows". In order to carry the wood, the Han army took off his heavy armor and did not have any weapons in his hands. How much chance of surviving under the "Ten Thousand Arrows" is really not something that the Han soldiers are willing to gamble on.
Fortunately, the wind was strong enough tonight, and many of the torches on the city were extinguished. The Qin army lit the torches several times, but they were soon blown out again, and finally the Qin army allowed the torches to be extinguished.
The howling northwest wind completely obscured the sound of the Han army carrying the wood, and the weather was freezing, and the few conscientious Qin troops did not find anything abnormal, and also got into the warm arrow tower.
After working hard for most of the night, the Korean army finally built the timber almost level with the city wall, and then set fire to the city. The greased wood was ignited at once, and the fire borrowed the power of the wind, and the wind borrowed the power of the fire, and the whole city burned. The gold juice stored by the Qin army at the head of the city was also burned by the rising fire, and the choking smell suddenly spread throughout the city along with the northwest.
The fire was so great that the Qin army was quickly forced down the city. But the South Korean army's action was only the beginning, and the powerful catapults were transported to the city, only this time they fired not boulders but fireballs, made of extremely flammable birch and pine. These two trees are very high in oil and are difficult to extinguish once burned. South Korea ingeniously replaced the boulders with burning wooden blocks, both increasing the projection distance and causing more damage.
Yiyang City was in chaos, and there were fires everywhere. It was as if a "meteor shower" had fallen in the sky. Once the "shooting star" landed, it quickly burned down one house after another.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the Han army pushed a huge crash car and hit the west gate of Yiyang. For the first time, there was a great vibration at the gates; The second time, the Qin army who reacted was pressed against the city gate with their bodies, and the city gate made a muffled sound, and dozens of Qin soldiers were knocked away; The third time, hundreds of Qin troops crashed into the air, and the city gate creaked; By the tenth time, the gate could no longer hold on, and it collapsed.
The Han army was the first to enter the chaotic Yiyang, followed by the Zhao army and the Wei army. The 100,000 Jin coalition army was swept away, and the 5,000 Qin army was slaughtered after only a little wave. That night, Yiyang Taishou Xiangshou died in battle!
At dawn, the fire that raged in the middle of the night was finally extinguished. The fire destroyed more than 10,000 houses and caused more than 4,000 casualties. In comparison, the casualties of the Sanjin coalition army were negligible, with only more than 2,000 dead and wounded.
No one expected that Han Ran would make a dangerous move and take a huge risk to burn Yiyang. The important thing is that he actually succeeded. The important town of Yiyang, which has been operated by the Qin State for more than 30 years, was recaptured by South Korea overnight!
In Tongguan County, Bai Qi's army is cooking on a fire at the moment. After traveling 330 miles in three days, Bai Qi set another record in the history of the Qin army's march. But even so, Bai Qi still felt slow.
The messengers from Xianyang dialed one after another, urging Bai Qi to rush to help.
Five days ago, Yiqu connected the two cities of Qi County and Qi County, slaughtering 40,000 people. Xianyang was shocked three times a day, just when the Qin State thought that Yiqu was about to attack Xianyang, Yiqu bypassed Gukou County, raided Jingyang, and killed 30,000 people. Immediately after breaking Gaoling, under Liyang.
In just five days, Yiqu traveled 600 miles, connected five cities, annihilated a total of 17,000 Qin troops, and slaughtered 100,000 civilians. Wherever they passed, there were no chickens and dogs, the fields were destroyed, and the cities were burned.
In the rage of the King of Qin, despite the opposition of his ministers, he sent only 20,000 cavalry to conquer Yiqu, but he was ambushed, and only more than 5,000 Qin troops fled back.
Today, the whereabouts of Yiqu are unknown, and no one knows where they are hiding. Bai Qi knew that the only hope for the army at hand in the Guanzhong region at hand could not be missed, so he became more and more cautious in his march.
Through the battle report, Bai Qi found that the Yiqu wolf rider who came and went like the wind has changed his style greatly. The Yiqu people, who were not good at using tricks, actually came up with clever schemes, such as pretending to be the envoy of the King of Qin during the attack on Jingyang, and defrauding the city gate, and designing an ambush for 20,000 elite Qin troops.
Bai Qi had a hunch that there must be the shadow of the Six Kingdoms behind Yiqu. Otherwise, this series of things happened too coincidentally, the king of Yiqu was mysteriously killed, the prime minister of Yiqu was rescued by unknown guards, and the upright Yiqu began to play with conspiracy, which is not normal. But now is not the time to investigate the truth of the matter, the most important thing at the moment is to find the righteous wolf rider and destroy them!
North of Weishui, Yixian. The people of the Qin State were struggling to find Yiqu, and the wolf rider was resting.
Since the capture of Liyang, the Yiqu wolf cavalry began to carry out a larger range of strategic maneuvers, so the Qin State felt that the Yiqu had disappeared from the land of Qin.
The siege battles in the past few days made the "Zhang Lu" who accompanied the army realize that it was not cost-effective to attack a large city with the strength of Yiqu State alone. Only captured five cities, Yiqu paid a full 30,000 elites. If you continue to fight like this, you don't need to fight with a large army in vain, and the Qin State can also consume the Yiqu State by defending the city.
Seven days ago, the Yiqu wolf riders had an unexpected harvest after capturing Liyang, they found and burned the 500,000 stone grain and grass hoarded by the Qin State. This made "Zhang Lu" suddenly, and then tried his best to persuade the king of Yiqu to give up the original intention of attacking Xianyang, and instead chose to attack the strategic place where Qin had hoarded a large amount of grain and grass or a city rich in grain. Only then did the Yiqu wolf ride for two days and travel more than 200 miles to Yongdi.
Yongdu has been the capital of Qin for more than 290 years, and there are 19 princes who succeeded to the throne in Yongdu, among which Qin Mugong is the representative of Yongdu's glory. With thousands of miles of fertile fields and a series of wise policies, the Qin State realized its desire to "drink horses from the river". And before the death of Mu Gong, he completed the annexation of Zhurong, "benefiting the country twelve, opening up thousands of miles, and then dominating Xirong".
Now, Yiqu has set his sights on the birthplace of the Qin State - Yongdi!
(Good night everyone!) Tomorrow will continue with two more! )