Chapter 686: Marines
"His Royal Highness King Qi, looking at Gongsun Yuan's posture, it seems that he does not intend to fight us head-on, but deliberately delays."
"Although our army has the support of the city, in this way, it has also fallen into a passive situation."
"You can't keep it going, can you?"
Yan Rou frowned slightly.
His thoughts, like Sun Zong, felt that such a delay would be extremely detrimental to the Wei army.
After all, the Wei army came from afar, and the supply line was long.
If the Liaodong Army sent cavalry to harass their grain routes, it would be quite troublesome.
"Calm down, everyone, everything is under Lone's control."
When they saw Yang Ling, they showed that familiar smile again, and everyone was also relieved.
They had known Yang Ling for so long, but they had never seen Yang Ling miss.
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On the sea west of Liaodong County.
I saw a mighty fleet, riding the wind and waves, rapidly marching towards Liaodong County.
On the battle flags they hung, the word "Wei" embroidered with the dragon flying and phoenix dancing was Cao Wei's elite sailor.
On the ship led by the general, Gan Ning looked at the endless sea by the railing, with a satisfied smile on his face.
In this expedition to Liaodong County, although Yang Ling did not bring Gan Ning and others with him on the surface, in private, he instructed him to lead Cao Wei's sailors to prepare to land from the southwest of Liaodong County.
Yang Ling's purpose is very simple, that is, to attract the main force of Gongsun Yuan to the area of Liaodong vassal states.
And let Gan Ning lead the elite sailors, taking advantage of the emptiness in Liaodong County, to go straight to Xiangping.
Once Xiangping was captured by the Wei army, Yang Ling didn't know what Gongsun Yuan would do to fight the Wei Dynasty!
"How long do you have to get to Liaodong County?"
Gan Ning asked in a deep voice.
"Back to the commander-in-chief, in half an hour at most, we will be able to reach Liaodong County."
Lu Xun on the side replied.
"That's good, tell the Marines to get ready!"
Gan Ning commanded, muttering in a low voice,
"I don't know where His Royal Highness King Qi heard these titles, what Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, the Marine Corps."
"It's a little weird, but it sounds pretty imposing."
When Yang Ling reorganized the Wei army, he naturally did not forget the navy.
He mixed the original sailors of Jingzhou, Jiangdong and other places into three fleets.
Like Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and others, they served as commanders of the fleet.
Gan Ning himself, on the other hand, was promoted to commander-in-chief of the navy.
In addition, he also followed the example of later generations and joined the Marine Corps in the navy to increase the combat capability of the navy.
It didn't take long for the Wei Dynasty's sailors to approach the land of Liaodong County.
Previously, Gan Ning had already sent a small boat to find out the situation nearby.
After knowing that Liaodong County was defenseless here, the Wei Dynasty sailors quickly landed on the beach and set up a temporary camp on the shore.
Gan Ning led a group of generals to gather in the tent, looking at the sand table to discuss the next action.
"Judging from the map provided to us by His Royal Highness King Qi, there are no cities nearby except for Yu County."
Lu Xun said softly,
"As long as we take Xiangxian in time and rush to Xiangping overnight, we will definitely be able to take Xiangping before Gongsun Yuan reacts!"
"What the military advisor said is extremely true! Tell the soldiers to go down, let the soldiers rest for a while, and then get ready to go! ”
Gan Ning commanded.
"Whoa!"
The crowd roared.
Because Gan Ning and Wei Yan had the same smell, under his strong request, Wei Yan was transferred to Gan Ning's navy and was responsible for commanding the Marine Corps.
After a short rest, Wei Yan took the Marines and embarked on the trip.
In less than two hours, they arrived in Yuxian.
The people who lived in the city of Yuxian never dreamed that the Wei army would appear in the hinterland of Liaodong County.
When Wei Yan led people to rush to the city gate, several city guards were cut down to the ground by him before they could react!
After taking the city gate, Wei Yan rushed to the county government non-stop.
Before the county order and others received the news, they conquered the county government in one fell swoop.
From the appearance of the Wei army outside the city to the time when the entire city was taken, it took no more than two hours!
"Damn, it's too easy, it's boring!"
Although he won the county, Wei Yan still looked unsatisfied.
He looked at the group of Marines beside him and grinned,
"Brothers, shall we take a break, or go straight to Xiangping?"
"Go straight to Xiangping!"
Everyone said in unison.
They have been training hard for so long, but they have nowhere to vent their strength, so they are naturally unwilling to rest for a long time.
"Okay, let's go!"
Wei Yan waved his hand, leaving a team of men and horses to guard the county, waiting for Gan Ning and the others in the rear.
He took the main force of the Marine Corps and continued to march towards Xiangping.
From Yuxian to Xiangping, it will take at least four or five days.
But under the full force of the marines, it only took three days for Wei Yan and them to arrive outside Xiangping City.
Looking at the towering Xiangping city wall not far away, Wei Yan did not rush to attack the city, but asked the soldiers to rest first.
When night fell, he sent a few soldiers to touch the city wall of Xiangping.
It didn't take long for the black powder prepared in advance to be buried in the root of the wall.
Looking at Xiangping City in the Black Hole Cave, Wei Yan showed a cruel smile, and then lit the fuse.
After a while, I saw a brilliant white light suddenly erupting under Xiangping City.
With a huge roar, the seemingly impregnable city wall quickly collapsed!
"Brothers, follow me!"
Wei Yan shouted violently and rushed into Xiangping first.
After Gongsun Yuan went to the front, it was his eldest son Gongsun Xiu who was responsible for sitting in the rear.
He was asleep when he was suddenly awakened by a wave of shaking mountains.
"What's the situation?"
Gongsun Xiu wore a cloak, ran outside barefoot, held back the panic in his heart, and asked loudly.
But the people in the house didn't know what was going on.
All of them were pale and extremely frightened!
At this moment, several generals ran in in a panic.
"Shizi, something is wrong!"
"Wei Jun...... The Wei army has attacked! ”
Hearing this, Gongsun Xiu was dumbfounded.
What the is going on?
Didn't his father have a stalemate with Wei Jun in the area of Fang County?
How did Wei Jun come over?
Besides, the Xiangping city wall is not afraid to be impregnable, but it is also quite strong, how did the Wei army get in?
Before Gongsun Xiu could figure it out, there were shouts of killing outside.
He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately called a few pro-soldiers, planning to flee from this place first.
However, as soon as Gongsun Xiu and his party left the mansion, they saw Wei Yan and others killed.
Although he didn't know Gongsun Xiu's identity, just seeing him surrounded by Liaodong soldiers, Wei Yan could also guess that his identity was extraordinary.
"Don't let him go, kill me!"
Wei Yan pointed at Gongsun Xiu and shouted.