Chapter Seventy-Seven: Fa Yan (3)
After the army arrived at the designated position, Xiao Jingxuan ordered the army to rest on the spot.
Rest what should be rested, feed the horses when it should be fed, in short, recharge your energy and wait for work.
The place chosen by Xiao Jingxuan is about 100 miles away from Yizhou City, and the distance from Dazhou is even farther, so there is no need to worry about uncertain factors.
However, for the sake of safety, Xiao Jingxuan still sent a large number of scouts in the direction of Dazhou to prevent accidents.
That night, Xiao Jingxuan and the army under his command had a good rest.
Early the next morning, a scout reported that the reinforcements from Baicheng were less than twenty miles away.
Moreover, the enemy's commander is also a relatively cautious person, and the enemy's scouts are not far from Xiao Jingxuan's army.
For this reason, Xiao Jingxuan ordered all armies to pay attention to hiding. But fortunately, when setting up camp, Xiao Jingxuan took this issue into account.
Therefore, the position of the army was not on the main road of the enemy's march, but about five miles away from the marching road.
And this distance should be able to avoid enemy scouts. Of course, this was also due to the terrain of the north and the fact that the enemy army was accompanied by infantry.
Xiao Jingxuan immediately ordered, and the army was immediately ready to attack at any time.
After another quarter of an hour or so, scouts came to report that the enemy was not far away.
So, Xiao Jingxuan immediately ordered, and the army immediately attacked.
As Xiao Jingxuan's military order reached each battalion, all the soldiers began to act.
Xiao Jingxuan and the guard battalion formed an arrow and charged at the forefront of the army.
And the three battalions of cavalry under his command also continued to form three arrows, followed closely behind.
At this time, the Yan army was marching, in fact, the main general of the Yan army was very dissatisfied with the rapid march, because if the army was too tired, in case of an enemy attack, I am afraid that it would not be caught.
However, the chief general was very helpless, because the imperial court repeatedly sent messengers to the army to urge. And the tone is getting more and more blunt,
Therefore, the general of the Yan army also had to march in a hurry, but as he got closer and closer to Yizhou City, the uneasiness in the heart of the general of the Yan army became more and more intense.
At this moment, the vibration of the ground alarmed the army of the Yan army, and I saw the main general of the Yan army looking into the distance, only to see a lot of black spots in the distance.
The general of the Yan army was shocked and immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, and at the same time, ordered the cavalry to immediately go to the front.
However, it was a little late by this time.
You must know that in order to prevent enemy attacks, the commander of the Yan army divided the cavalry into three parts, one in the front, one in the center, and one in the rear.
And the presence of 20,000 infantry made the Yan army stretch the march route very long. For a time, orders could not be quickly conveyed to the rear. In addition, the rapid march for days made the army tired.
Soon, the general of the Yan army also discovered this, so the general of the Yan army had to personally lead the 10,000 cavalry of the vanguard to attack against Fan Yang's iron cavalry.
Soon the two sides collided violently. However, it was at this time that the main general of the Yan army finally saw the power of Fan Yang's iron cavalry.
As the arrowhead of the army, although the number limit makes the Guards Battalion slightly inferior to the other battalions. However, with the leadership of Xiao Jingxuan, the combat power of the personal guard battalion under his command is far superior to that of other armies.
Soon, Xiao Jingxuan chiseled through the enemy's cavalry array and killed the enemy's Chinese army. Immediately afterwards, the three battalions of cavalry under his command also quickly cut through the array of the Yan army. Followed closely behind Xiao Jingxuan.
It can be said that Xiao Jingxuan and the martial arts of the personal guard battalion under his command have increased the combat strength of at least 30% of the army.
With the confrontation with the enemy's Chinese army, the whole battle also broke out in full force.
In order to prevent the enemy from forming a queue, the battalions then began to kill in all directions in units of each rate.
Although the Yan army had an advantage in numbers, the soldiers were a little tired due to the long and rapid march, while the Fan Yang army was booming.
Second, due to the long battle line and the fact that the array was chiseled through by Fan Yangjun, it was impossible to form an effective formation. All, as soon as the battle began, the Yan army fell into a disadvantage.
Xiao Jingxuan's cavalry had always been ferocious, so soon a large number of Yan troops began to break and flee.
Moreover, after Xiao Jingxuan beheaded the head of the main general of the Yan army, the resistance of the various units of the Yan army also decreased.
The ministries are not able to form effective coordination. So, when the Yan army died more and more, some Yan soldiers finally put down the weapons in their hands.
Surrender is such a thing, there is the first and there is a second, and soon, more and more Yan soldiers put down their weapons in their hands, knelt on the ground and began to surrender.
For the surrender of troops, Xiao Jingxuan did not rush to kill them all. Soon, the army under Xiao Jingxuan began to kill the diehards who refused to surrender.
When the battle was over, the battalions began to count the results.
In this battle, Xiao Jingxuan's command fought against 30,000 iron cavalry, killed more than 3,000 people, and injured about 10,000 people. However, this loss is really insignificant compared to the results.
In this battle, Fan Yang's army killed more than 12,000 enemies and captured more than 30,000 enemies. It can be said that it is a big victory.
After Xiao Jingxuan ordered people to clean up the battlefield, he began to deal with the prisoners. Now that the war is imminent, in order to prevent changes, Xiao Jingxuan ordered that all the officers above the chief (including the chief) among the prisoners be held in solitary confinement.
As for the remaining ordinary soldiers, due to the vast and sparsely populated Yan country, in order to feed these large armies, the taxes of Yan country have always been relatively high, and the life of the people of Yan country is very difficult. So these ordinary soldiers don't care who they serve, as long as they can eat enough.
Therefore, Xiao Jingxuan planned to reorganize these troops, so Xiao Jingxuan transferred about 500 people from his personal guards, and at the same time, divided Ye Xiong's Chinese army into two, divided the captured cavalry first, and the remaining cavalry was supplemented by other departments.
As for the remaining infantry, after the army returned, Qi Biao and Qu Qingshan would replenish each other.
In order to prevent disputes between the battalions and these surrendered soldiers, Xiao Jingxuan issued a strict order to the commanders of each battalion to take more care of these newly attached Yan soldiers.
When Xiao Jingxuan returned to the camp outside Yizhou City with the army, the mighty team stunned the defenders inside Yizhou City.
On the second day, Xiao Jingxuan sent the head of the main general of the Yan army into the city, and at the same time told the court of the Yan State the news of the destruction of the reinforcements.
When the defenders of Yizhou City learned that the reinforcements had been destroyed, their morale was low, and that night, many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the city began to contact Xiao Jingxuan and expressed their willingness to surrender.
For these high-ranking officials and dignitaries who are willing to surrender, Xiao Jingxuan is full of contempt in his heart. However, in order to end the battle faster, he had to think of a snake for a while.
At this moment, Xiao Jingxuan knew that the overall situation had been decided, and the fall of the Yan Kingdom was a foregone conclusion. No one can change that.
Finally, when Xiao Jingxuan's tunnel had not yet been dug through, the royal family of Yan Kingdom announced its surrender.
The next day, the city of Yizhou was opened, and all the soldiers followed the civil and military officials out of the city and began to surrender.
In order to prevent accidents, Xiao Jingxuan ordered these people to go two miles out of the city to accept surrender.
Looking at the front of the Yan Kingdom's subordinates, there was a young man kneeling, holding the imperial seal in his hand. Xiao Jingxuan was curious.
Because as far as Xiao Jingxuan knew, the emperor of Yan was not so old. So he looked at the civil and military forces of Yan Kingdom and asked: "As far as this king knows, the monarch of Yan Kingdom is nearly middle-aged, how can he be a young man, could it be that you plan to fool this king?" ”
As soon as Xiao Jingxuan's words fell, the guards around him pulled out their sabers one after another.
Seeing this scene, I saw an elderly civil official led by him trembling and said: "Weichen didn't dare to deceive the king, but it was actually King Yan who resisted the heavenly soldiers for his own selfishness, and after being hindered by the ministers, he committed suicide in fear of sin." ”
After hearing this, the murderous aura in Xiao Jingxuan's eyes was great, these rebels, greedy for life and afraid of death, dared to kill the king.
Although even if Emperor Yan surrendered, Xiao Jingxuan would not let him live past next year, but if these rebels dared to kill the king, the meaning would be different. This group of rebels, who will dare to use it in the future.
But soon, Xiao Jingxuan suppressed the killing intent in his heart, and said with a smile to the ministers around him: "Well, you can know your way back and abandon the darkness and turn to the light, this king is very happy in his heart." When the king stabilizes the rest of the place, you will all be rewarded. ”
After finishing speaking, he took over the imperial seal in the hands of the new king of Yan Kingdom. After that, Xiao Jingxuan gave an order and ordered Hu Yanzhuo to take over the surrender of troops. At the same time, he ordered Qi Biao and Qu Qingshan to enter the city immediately to take over the defense of Yizhou City, and at the same time block all the treasury in the city and post notices for the people.
After Qi Biao and the others controlled the situation, Xiao Jingxuan began to order to enter the city.
After coming to the palace of Yan Kingdom, at this time, the palace can be said to be a mess.
All kinds of gold and silver are fine and soft, and antique calligraphy and paintings can be said to be scattered all over the place. Looking at the palace maids and eunuchs who were kneeling on both sides and trembling, Xiao Jingxuan frowned slightly.
Yan Kingdom is originally vast and sparsely populated, but the palace is so luxurious, and there are many palace maids and eunuchs inside, no less than a thousand. No wonder the Yan Kingdom fell so quickly.
Walking slowly to a palace maid, Xiao Jingxuan squatted down and looked at the palace maid in front of him, Xiao Jingxuan asked, "Do you have any family to turn to?" ”
The palace maid who was asked by Xiao Jingxuan trembled even more, but she still whispered: "The slave maid's family is in the city. ”
When Xiao Jingxuan heard this, he nodded slowly. Then, he said loudly to the surroundings: "Everyone, among you, if your home is in Yizhou City, you can go home and reunite with peace of mind, if your home is elsewhere, then wait a little, now there is chaos outside, and it is not very safe." After the Spring Festival, they will all be released and go home. ”
At this time, I saw a palace maid standing up tremblingly and said: "Back to the king, my parents are dead, and I can't make a living outside, I don't know if I can continue to stay in the palace as an errand." ”
Hearing this, Xiao Jingxuan thought for a moment and said, "Well, the palace here will be demolished and rebuilt on the spot after a while, if you don't have a place to go, I can find something to do for you." However, there is no glory and wealth. ”
After appeasing the palace maids and eunuchs, Xiao Jingxuan held a military and political conference in the palace hall.