Chapter 81: The two armies confronted each other
Murong Ping led an army of 300,000 to the front line, not thinking about recovering the lost territory, but fearing Wang Meng's prestige, only garrisoning in Luchuan, wanting to hold on to the danger of the Zhanghe River, thinking that as long as he held the natural danger of Yecheng and did not let the Qin army attack Yecheng, then he would not fail in his mission.
On the north road, Qin General Yang An's side encountered some trouble. Jinyang is a dangerous border fortress, although this time it is not reinforced, but there are still plenty of soldiers and food, Yang An has not been attacked for a long time, so he has to turn to Wang Meng for help. Wang Meng immediately divided his troops to aid Jinyang, he ordered the soldiers to dig tunnels overnight, and sent Huya soldier Zhang Hao to lead hundreds of strong men to sneak into the city secretly, shouting out, the Yan army panicked, there was no time to react, and the defenders of the city gate were quickly beheaded by the Qin soldiers. The city gate was opened, and the Qin soldiers poured into Jinyang City like a tide, capturing Murong Zhuang, the king of the East China Sea, and occupying Jinyang.
Just because of Murong Ping's timidity and hesitation, the two important places of Huguan and Jinyang all fell into the hands of the Qin army. Thinking about the territory of Dayan, it is so easy to lose!
In October, the morale of the Qin army was like a rainbow, and Wang Meng waved his army south, holding on across the river from Murong Ping.
A tragic battle is about to start on both sides of the Zhanghe River.
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Poor Dragon City stuffed his bones, like a lovesick dreamer.
Song Ling was in a trance for several months, didn't do anything, didn't say anything, just stood in front of Murong Ling's tombstone day and night, except for calling his name, he was crying sadly. Murong Liang was afraid that her body would not be able to endure it, so he specially ordered someone to build her a hut on the top of the mountain, and three meals a day were delivered to the top of the mountain.
Still, when we saw her again, she had lost half a circle.
"You don't belong here." Murong Liang didn't know how to persuade her.
Song Ling didn't turn his head, nor did he reply, just stared at the loess in front of him with empty eyes.
Everywhere the heroes are gone, but the loess buries the bones.
"Do you know, Wang Meng, the prime minister of Qin, led 60,000 elite soldiers to attack Yan, and the two dangerous points of Huguan and Jinyang have been lost!"
When Murong Liang said this, Song Ling was obviously a little touched.
She knew the importance of Huguan and Jinyang to Dayan, these two dangerous passes were buried, and it was still far from the day when the Qin army broke through Yecheng?
In the end, it is her home country, in the end, it is the place where her ancestors have grown up for generations, how can she bear to see it perish!
Murong Ling, what should I do? What should Dayan do?
"Any news from my brother?" Song Ling finally spoke, but his voice was already hoarse.
Now Song Xu is the only most important person in her.
Murong Liang took a deep breath, his Adam's apple moved up and down, and he half-swallowed and half-spit out, "Your brother Song Xu died in Jinyang. ”
In the battle of Jinyang, Taifu Murong Ping lost his command, making it difficult for tens of thousands of soldiers to recover.
Song Xu was covered with eight wounds, still fighting hard with a knife, and the embroidered belt had already been soaked in blood, but until he was exhausted, they did not wait for reinforcements from the imperial court.
Because Murong Ping saw that the Qin army was attacking rapidly, he was afraid that he would besiege the city and send reinforcements, so he gave up the city of Jinyang and retreated to Luchuan.
But the soldiers of Jinyang City, unaware, were still fighting and waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
The wind blew Song Xu's messy hair, the spring wind was very warm, but the blood was so cold, the long knife finally fell from his hand, and he finally held the embroidered belt around his waist and fell.
Ah Ling, big brother, I'm afraid I can't go back.
Song Ling suddenly felt that the sky was dark in front of her, and the oxygen in her brain seemed to be drained in an instant, and she was about to fall down in a dizziness.
"Song Ling!" Murong Liang hurriedly reached out to support her.
Oh my God, you are so cruel, why do you have to take every one of my loved ones mercilessly!
"Big brother, you will come back safely!"
At this time, she wished that she was in Nan Ke's dream at this time, and when she woke up, Song Xu was standing under the warm wind and sun, with a gentle smile on her lips, and a mellow and pleasant voice gently lingering in her ears.
He chuckled in the wind, "Ah Ling, I'm back." ”
Song Ling held herself up, she reached out and wiped her cheeks, the tears pouring down soaked her palms and spread down her fingers. It seemed that for a long time, she didn't remember what it was like to cry.
"Go back to Yecheng, there is the hope of Dayan, and there is also the hope of your eldest brother and Murong Ling!"
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Luchuan, on the north bank of the Zhanghe River
Towering majestic mountains, standing on both banks, rolling river, flowing to thousands of miles.
Such a spectacular natural danger is destined for its spectacular battle.
Although Wang Meng led 60,000 soldiers and horses, he divided a lot of troops to defend Huguan and Jinyang to prevent the Yan army from raiding and recovering the lost territory. Therefore, the soldiers and horses in his hands at this time are at most one-tenth of Murong Ping's.
Seeing that the enemy army was only a few tens of thousands, Murong commented that it was a strong spirit. He pretended to be clever, and used Wang Meng's army to go deep, isolated and helpless, so he wanted to use the static brake, wanting to exhaust Wang Meng's grain and grass, so that the Qin army would retreat without a fight, and then he would regain the lost territory, which would be as easy as a backhand.
This strategy, as it sounds, makes some sense. But the person who implemented it was Murong Ping, a greedy guy, he thought that since he came to Luchuan, he couldn't waste his time in vain, so he simply came up with a "clever plan" to make a fortune.
He actually sealed the mountain and the spring, divided the land and collected the road money, and the soldiers had to pay for whether they burned wood or drank water. Do you want to call him shrewd or stupid? As far as money is concerned, he has accumulated money like a hill, and he has become rich suddenly; But the soldiers were angry and had no fighting spirit.
As soon as Wang Meng heard the news, he couldn't help laughing, he pointed to Yan Ying on the other side of the Zhanghe River and said, "Murong Ping is a true slave, although hundreds of millions of people are not afraid, there are hundreds of thousands!" I will break it now! ”
Thinking that the Yan soldiers have enough food, but I met such a foolish commander who loves money like his life, my Wang Jingluo was still worried about the battle of Luchuan, but now when I see Murong Ping, I know that the Yan army will be defeated, and the Yan country will die!
Immediately, he sent the guerrilla general Guo Qing to lead 5,000 cavalry, and in the middle of the night from the middle of the road to the back of the Murong Ping military camp, a fire burned the Yan army's heavy grain and grass.
The raging fire is raging, far away in Yecheng, and it can still be seen.
Murong Chong hurriedly begged to see Murong overnight and asked for Luchuan's life, but was stopped again by the empress dowager who loved her son.
Murong Chong was helpless, so he had to try his best to admonish Murong and ask him to urge Murong Chong to hurry up and fight, otherwise Yecheng would be in danger.
This fire completely woke up Murong Che, and it also made him really scared! He listened to Murong Chong's suggestion and immediately sent a message to Murong Chong.
"Wang, the son of Gaozu, should be worried about the Zongmiao Society, why not care for the soldiers and sell the woodwoods, and focus on the cultivation of goods!"
"The accumulation of the treasury, I share it with the king, why worry about poverty! If the thieves and soldiers enter and the family and country are lost, the king will hold the money and silk and want to put it in peace! ”
Murong is also very devastated, thinking about Murong Ping, the elder of the Four Dynasties, the son of the ancestors, how many battles have he fought over, how come he is old, in the current crisis of the enemy, it is just a matter of not bravely leading the army to meet the enemy, and thinking about closing the mountain and sealing the spring to squeeze the soldiers, it really disappoints his high hopes!
Murong Ping is the Taifu and is crowned King Yong, he has special trust in Murong Ping, isn't the money in this treasury from him and Murong Ping, I really don't understand how Murong Ping wants to make money to this point!
If the Qin soldiers attack Yecheng and the family and country are lost, where can you Murong Ping put so much money with it!