Chapter 50 - Night Attack on Qicheng (I)

At the same time that the Chen family of the imperial family had agreed on a series of countermeasures, the army of Wang Yan in the north began to secretly rush south, and it only took two days to appear on the now largely deserted Weiku Plain. The Viku Plains had become a point of contention due to the last civil war outside the country, but now the plains have fallen silent. The main reason for this is that the oil and ore resources on the Weiku Plain have basically been refined, and there are no other strategic materials worth paying attention to on this plain, so both the Liguo and the royal Chen family have chosen to withdraw the troops originally stationed here to the country one after another. On the Weiku Plain, there are only a few dozen soldiers of the Chen family of the royal family stationed here.

Wang Yan was a very quick and decisive general, and at this time he had already given the order that the whole army should rush to the Weiku Plain within two days, so that he could directly try to win the support of the surrounding counties by knowing the surrounding situation. Once these counties express their support for them, they can basically control the situation in front of them and directly enter the army to attack Xicheng without them knowing.

And now, according to the first-hand information that Wang Yan knew, the garrison of Xicheng was only 3,000 people, and the 20,000 troops under his command were enough to take it directly. Of course, Wang Yan also understands his current situation, and he knows that Chen Xinyu is now a little willing but unable to send a large number of troops to support this battle, and it can be said that all the pressure has been added to him now. Obviously, in the current situation, the only thing that can be dispatched from the country is his 20,000 troops, and he may not even be able to send a reserve army. Wang Yan deeply understood the burden on his shoulders, so he did not dare to slack off at all, and immediately dispatched troops to the Weiku Plain after receiving Chen Xinyu's order, and did not dare to delay for a moment.

The feudal camp on the Weiku Plain, which once provided tens of thousands of troops to garrison, has now basically become an empty camp, and there are now less than forty soldiers of the royal Chen family in this empty camp, which is symbolically stationed here. However, these soldiers were not worried about anything, after all, they had signed an armistice agreement with the Qi State, and it was impossible to send troops at this time. So, naturally, these soldiers should let their guard down.

However, in the early morning of this day, several soldiers patrolling the camp suddenly saw a black line on the edge of the sky in the distance quickly appear in front of them. At first, the soldiers in front of them didn't think so, thinking that it was just an ordinary strange scene. But then, when the black line in front of them quickly appeared in front of them, the soldiers in the Chen family camp of the royal family were immediately shocked and did not dare to move.

The army under the command of Wang Yan was divided into 15,000 infantry and 5,000 elite cavalry. He ordered 15,000 infantry to move slowly, and he personally led the 5,000 cavalry to the gate of this camp as fast as possible, and directly attacked the almost unguarded camp of the royal Chen family.

After only half a cup of tea, the soldiers under Wang Yan's command had already tied up dozens of soldiers of the royal Chen family in this royal Chen family camp in front of Wang Yan, Wang Yan immediately ordered: "Send an order to the front army, select fifty capable brothers, change into the armor of the royal Chen family soldiers, and we will set off immediately and go to Xicheng as fast as possible." Be sure to rush to the city of Xicheng within two days, Vice General Lin!"

"The last general!" A burly young general flashed out from the team of pro-soldiers behind him, this young general was the deputy general Lin in Wang Yan's mouth, and he flashed out and said in a loud voice.

Wang Yan said in a very serious tone: "I will lead five hundred guards to the county town around the current Weiku Plain at once, and after winning their support, I will immediately rush to Xicheng to join you, you first send these fifty soldiers who have changed into the armor of the Chen family soldiers of the royal family to go first, and you will lead the army to catch up later." Be sure to get to the city within two days, and when the time comes, I will order you to attack the city immediately. Remember, if the reinforcements of the Chen family of the royal family arrive, they will immediately temporarily garrison the army under Xicheng and wait for news from me!" "Yes! In normal times, Wang Yandu has always held the military power firmly in his own hands, and the deputy generals under his command have no opportunity and ability to lead the army to fight, and now this is an unprecedented rare opportunity.

Wang Yan nodded, now he didn't have time to think carefully about the attitude of this Vice General Lin, he immediately called out to the five hundred guards behind him, and at the same time handed the gold medal order in his arms to the hands of Vice General Lin in front of him, he immediately whipped his horse whip and rushed out directly to the outside of this royal Chen family camp. Straight on the plain of Viku.

When Vice General Lin stared at the back of Wang Yan personally leading five hundred guards to leave and disappeared from their sight, he immediately ordered the fifty capable soldiers who had now been dressed to set off for Xicheng immediately, and he led the five thousand cavalry to wait for the arrival of the infantry brigade of the rear army before setting out to Xicheng. This is also a good time to wait for a while, waiting for the situation ahead to be clear before making a decision.

The Xuanling Continent has now officially entered spring, but originally this was a busy and lively period of recovery of all things, but because of the battle that broke out on the Xuanling Continent now, it has directly led to the current tension in all aspects, and a battle may break out directly at any time.

Of course, now the situation of the imperial Chen family has been in an absolute disadvantage, after the Qi army occupied Xiao Pass, they separately went north to attack the two important towns of the imperial Chen family, Qicheng and Thorn City, in order to win the greatest benefits. At the same time, in terms of leaving the country, Wang Yan's army officially dispatched to the Weiku Plain, which also showed its attitude to the imperial Chen family. They will never give up their blood feud because of an armistice agreement, which also shows the attitude of the lord of the country, Empress Chen Xinyu. The armies of the two sides jointly attacked the royal Chen family, and the imperial Chen family suffered the greatest threat.

Under the immediate decision, the Chen family of the royal family also made several key strategic deployments and army dispatches. The most important thing is that now the royal Chen family has dispatched the troops stationed in Checheng again and again, and the current Checheng garrison is actually not much, if another army can be sent out from the country to directly attack Luotong County from the north, the blow to the royal Chen family will be almost devastating. It's just a pity that now the internal combat power of the country is tight, and the domestic pressure is also quite large, so Chen Xinyu did not dare to rashly dispatch the army to attack Luotong County directly, but ordered Wang Yan to occupy Xicheng, otherwise, it is difficult to say whether the current situation of the royal Chen family can really hold on to the present.

With the passage of time, now the troops dispatched by the royal Chen family to various places have also arrived one after another, after all, it does not take a long time to set off from Checheng to Qicheng and Xicheng, especially now the three generals who are in charge of the army, Zhao Ling, Xia Cheng and Wang Rendu, have already led the army to be stationed in the three vital places of Thorn City, Qi City and Xicheng to deal with the joint dispatch of Qi and Liguo. And Chen Xuan, the head of the Chen family of the royal family, is still sitting in the city, dispatching the overall situation to deal with the problems that may arise in various places.

Of course, now because of the excessive tension of the situation, Chen Xuan, the head of the Chen family of the royal family, who was already suspicious by nature, has now become more suspicious, and he has sent spies everywhere to secretly understand the situation, and even sent spies from all sides to understand the surrounding situation in many cases. He ordered several of the most elite spies under his command to go to Xiao Pass and various places to secretly understand the situation, and even sent his henchmen to secretly monitor the three generals Zhao Ling, Xia Cheng and Wang Ren, for fear that they would do something wrong and directly affect their overall situation.

The 10,000 troops of the Qi State were now approaching Qicheng, a vital city for the imperial Chen family, under the command of Merlin, although Li Fu's order to him was not to storm Qicheng, but to fight for the bloodless capture of this Qicheng and use this place as a foundation to coerce the country to leave the country and hand over the benefits represented by this Qi City to their hands. Among them, the most critical thing is how to contact Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan and Kong Hong, who are now in Qicheng, has become the most critical thing in this matter. And Merlin had their help when he had managed to capture Xiao Pass, which made this matter extremely simple. As a result, Merlin now also trusts Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan and Kong Hong very much, and he believes that Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan and Kong Hong will not let him down.

Now in Qicheng, because of the return of Wang Ren's army, the city gate was directly closed, and the entire Qicheng was already in a very panicked situation at this time. Although the army stationed at the gates of the city is not many now, only 10,000 people. And now the imperial Chen family's army has exceeded 10,000, and it stands to reason that they should not be afraid of the army of Qi. But now Wang Ren is worried that now the Wang family doesn't seem to want to continue to support the royal Chen family, but wants to change his mind and secretly support the departure of the country and even support the Qi country, which is something that Wang Ren can't accept. Therefore, in the two days that he came to Qicheng recently, Wang Ren basically did not arrange the defense on the city tower, but was bent on obtaining the wholehearted support of the Chen family.

It's just that Wang Ren didn't expect that Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan and Kong Hong were actually secretly hidden in their family mansion by the head of the Wang family at this moment, and after Kong Hong handed over his father's letter to Wang Ling, the head of the royal family, Wang Ling and his family members discussed for a period of time and finally decided to act together with the Kong family, striving to help leave the country in secret and eliminate the war of the royal Chen family as soon as possible.