Chapter 784: Wang Meng's main force arrives in Yuanping
Tuoba Shi Yijian looked in the direction of Yuanping City, and ordered loudly: "All the soldiers and horses immediately attack the city and kill ......"
"Killing ......" Under the order of Tuoba Shi Yijian, the main force of Daiguo was divided into three roads and launched an attack on the east, west and south gates of Yuanping City.
The west side of Yuanping City is backed by the mountain, and the east side is bordered by Tuoshui, the strategic location is extremely important, although the army can go around the north of the city from the east and west sides of the city, and continue to retreat north, but in this way, the army in front may be able to pass the original Pingcheng, but the palace army of the rear guard and a large number of baggage and grain and grass will definitely be plundered by the Jin army, so that it is a huge loss for the army of Daiguo.
And once the Daiguo army captures the original Ping City, not only can the baggage and grain and grass be protected from the threat of the Jin army, but also can rely on the original Ping City as a fulcrum to delay the pursuit of the Jin army and cause losses to the pursuing soldiers and horses of the Jin army.
The main army of the country launched a strong attack from three sides, which was a huge pressure for the 20,000 Jin troops defending Yuanping City, besides, the 100,000 troops trained by Wang Meng were all cavalry, and they were good at riding horses and fighting, but they were very bad at defending the city wall.
However, the 20,000 soldiers of the Jin army knew very well in their hearts that their main army was not far from Yuanping City, as long as they held on for a few hours, Wang Meng's 80,000 main cavalry would arrive at Yuanping City, so as to launch an attack from behind the Daiguo army, and the 100,000 troops of the Xie Ai Legion would also be reinforced later, so that the main army of Daiguo would completely lose its advantage.
The main army of Daiguo was divided into several waves and took turns to attack Harahei Castle. Moreover, the waves were more and more violent, and the earthen city walls were filled with arrows from the Daiguo army, making the entire city wall look like a hedgehog.
After a fierce battle, the Daiguo army lost thousands of men and horses, but the city was still under the control of the Jin army, however, the Jin soldiers with little experience in defending the city also paid the price of more than a thousand soldiers killed, and. Since it was a rapid march. A lot of heavy equipment was not carried, and the arrows were very insufficient, but fortunately, when the original flat city was breached, a large number of arrows and weapons of the Daiguo army were captured. Otherwise. 20,000 soldiers of the Jin Army. It's really hard to defend Harahei Castle.
Tuoba Shi Yijian originally thought that with the main army of more than 100,000 under his command, he could capture Yuanping City in the shortest possible time, but he didn't expect it. At the cost of thousands of soldiers killed, the city was still under the control of the Jin army, which made it difficult for Tuoba Shi Yijian to accept it, and clenched his fists angrily.
"Your Majesty, since the 20,000 cavalry of Wang Meng's army have occupied Yuanping City, then its main army should not be far away, if our army attacks Yuanping City for a long time and does not resist, it will definitely fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy on its back!" A representative general said worriedly.
Hearing this, Tuoba Shi Yijian frowned, at this moment he also had such a worry, and sent a large number of servants to the surrounding areas to closely investigate, once the main force of the Jin army was found, he also had to immediately make countermeasures.
"Wang Meng's army has 100,000 horses, and its strength cannot be underestimated, but it is not more than our army. If this is the case, our army will be in great trouble. Tuoba Shi said worriedly.
"The Xie Ai Legion only has 20,000 cavalry, charioteers and 60,000 infantry, and it is moving slowly, and it will not reach Yuanping City in a short time, so the king does not have to worry about this." The general said softly.
Tuoba Shi Yijian nodded, and said with a straight face: "Let the soldiers step up the attack on the city, and be sure to capture the city before the Xie Ai legion arrives in Yuanping City, and let the 50,000 horses of the reserve legion immediately prepare for battle, ready to resist the main cavalry of Wang Meng's army at any time."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The general answered loudly and immediately went to give the order.
In the southwest direction of the original Pingcheng, Wang Meng and the main army of 80,000 under his command are accelerating to the direction of the original Pingcheng reinforcements, along the way, in order to improve the speed of the march, Wang Meng ordered, all the military supplies that are not of much use are abandoned, and the meals of the soldiers are also extremely simple, that is, steamed pasta and dried meat, and when thirsty, drink the water hanging under the horse's belly.
In this way, the speed of the march of the army did increase a lot, and the advance soon reached a position less than ten miles southwest of Yuanping City.
According to the report of the scouts, Wang Meng and the men and horses of the forward corps learned of the tragic battle situation in the direction of Yuanpingcheng, so they immediately began to gather men and horses, and after adjusting the formation, they launched an attack on the Daiguo army in the direction of Yuanpingcheng.
The arrival of Wang Meng's main army was naturally discovered by the Daiguo scouts very early, and they immediately reported to Tuoba Shi Yijian.
Before the reserve army under Tuoba Shi Yijian was fully assembled, the news of the arrival of Wang Meng's main force came, which made Tuoba Shi Yijian very frightened, he did not expect that Wang Meng's army would march so fast.
"Your Majesty, the main army of the Jin general Wang Meng's department has arrived, and our army must immediately deploy troops to resist." The general urged.
Tuoba Shi Yijian nodded, and said loudly: "Pass the order, let the siege army of the West Gate and the South Gate immediately stop the siege, and together with the reserve army, prepare to resist the main force of Wang Meng's army." After speaking, he looked southwest.
Under the order of Tuoba Shi Yijian, the main army of more than 60,000 people who were responsible for attacking the south gate and the west gate, and the 50,000 army of the reserve legion, began to slowly assemble in the southwest direction, preparing to fight the main cavalry of Wang Meng's army head-on.
Although the situation was already extremely difficult, Tuoba Shi Yijian still believed that the main cavalry under his command would not lose to Wang Meng's army, and besides, the strength of the cavalry under his command occupied a considerable advantage, so he could calmly retreat after defeating Wang Meng's army in one fell swoop.
Tuoba Shi Yijian even felt that as long as the main cavalry of Wang Meng's army was defeated, the threat of the flank could be basically removed, so that he did not have to flee in a hurry, and could even launch an attack on Xie Ai's army in the south.
Of course, the premise of this qiē is that the main cavalry of Wang Meng's army must be defeated, otherwise, there is no way to talk about it.
Because this battle was extremely important to Tuoba Shi Yijian, he transferred most of his troops and horses to the southwest, preparing to take advantage of the gap before the arrival of the Xie Ai legion, first defeat the main force of Wang Meng's army, and then deal with the Xie Ai army, and then achieve the final victory.
Under the personal leadership of Tuoba Shi Yijian, the main cavalry of the 110,000 Dai Kingdom, facing the southwest direction, began to urgently deploy troops and horses, preparing to meet the attack of Wang Meng's main army.
It didn't take long for the 80,000 cavalry led by Wang Meng to arrive less than a mile away from the main cavalry of Daiguo, and the two sides confronted each other from a position of one mile.
"General, the main cavalry of Daiguo has been lined up, will our army attack immediately?" The general looked at Wang Meng and asked softly.
Wang Meng smiled and said: "Now, General Xie Ai's main army and horses should already be on the way to Yuanping City, and it is Tuoba Shi Yijian who is in a hurry for a decisive battle, so why should our army be in a hurry?" Besides, the soldiers marched all the way, and the soldiers and horses were tired, so let's rest for a while! "After speaking, he did not give the order to attack the main forces of the Dai Army.
At this moment, Wang Meng knew that Tuoba Shi Yijian was full of strength, because he wanted to fight a comprehensive cavalry decisive battle, Wang Meng was not unconfident in the soldiers under his command, but he was unwilling to let his soldiers and horses suffer excessive losses, after all, nearly 200,000 main cavalry fought together, whether it was the winner or the loser, the loss would not be small, killing the enemy 1,000 and losing 800, Wang Meng was unwilling to do.
As long as the main cavalry of Wang Meng's army attacked, it would greatly kill and injure the cavalry corps under Wang Meng's command with the powerful power of 100,000 arrows, but the situation was not as expected by Tuoba Shiyijian, Wang Meng's army did not attack immediately, but confronted the army of Daiguo from a position of one mile, so the situation made Tuoba Shiyijian anxious.
"Your Majesty, there are more than 100,000 soldiers in our army, and the bows and crossbows have been wound, as long as the cavalry of the Jin army launches an attack, they can be inflicted heavy damage immediately." An acting military general confidently reported.
When Tuoba Shi Yijian heard this, he couldn't be happy, because the Jin army had no tendency to take the initiative to attack, and it seemed that they intended to confront themselves.
In fact, when Wang Meng learned that the main army of Daiguo was attacking Yuanping City in an all-round way, he planned to immediately reinforce and raid the main army of Daiguo, but at this moment, most of the main army of Daiguo had already withdrawn from Yuanping City, and was ready to resist his main army. The more beneficial it is for the Jin army.
"Your Majesty, the Jin army deliberately delayed the decisive battle, is it a delaying tactic!" A representative general said suspiciously.
Tuoba Shi Yijian was stunned when he heard this, and realized: "That's right, Wang Meng didn't attack our army, but to wait for Xie Ai's army to arrive in Yuanping City, so that the two armies could flank our army together, which is really cunning." ”
"Your Majesty, since Wang Meng does not attack our army, then our army can immediately attack Wang Meng's army." A subordinate general clenched his fists and asked for battle.
Tuoba Shi Yijian nodded, and said loudly: "Pass the order, the whole army will attack immediately and comprehensively defeat the Jin army." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The general shouted the order and immediately went to prepare.
Subsequently, under the order of Tuoba Shi Yijian, the 110,000 generations of national soldiers put away the bows and crossbows that had been prepared, and picked up the long and short weapons again, and killed Wang Meng's army in front of them. (To be continued......)