Chapter 106: Ambush

Seeing Ye Xiong's appearance, Xiao Jingxuan knew that if he didn't explain, his love would not leave. So it began to be explained.

"First of all, the tiger and leopard cavalry is cavalry, which is not suitable for attacking the city, and secondly, it is necessary to guard against reinforcements from Weizhou."

After hearing Xiao Jingxuan's explanation, Ye Xiong immediately said excitedly.

"Your Majesty, it's better for us to start immediately, take the initiative, and attack Weizhou directly, it's best to be able to defeat it, and if we can't beat it, we can also contain the enemy army."

After hearing Ye Xiong's words, Xiao Jingxuan immediately asked rhetorically.

"Where are we now?"

"Youzhou, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Ye Xiong was still puzzled, Xiao Jingxuan shook his head and said.

"Now, Yang Xiong is stationed in Heng, Yi Liangzhou, only 60,000 troops in his hands, if the soldiers and horses of the Youzhou battalion are transferred by me to attack Cangzhou, once the army of Zhao State attacks, where will this king transfer troops from?"

Hearing Xiao Jingxuan's rhetorical question, Ye Xiong muttered quietly.

"Then it's better for me to attack Cangzhou, and Wang Xuan stays behind."

"The tiger and leopard cavalry are all cavalry, no matter where there is something, the tiger and leopard cavalry can quickly support, can Wang Xuan's tiger army do it?"

After listening to Xiao Jingxuan's explanation, Ye Xiong could only say depressedly.

"Oh, the last general understands, and he must obey the commander's orders."

After Ye Xiong retreated, Xiao Jingxuan was also a little depressed.

Although the excuse he said to Ye Xiong is very sufficient, it is not the biggest reason.

Although Xiao Jingxuan's current Saint Emperor hegemony has achieved a small success, because of the exercises, he is not able to fight on the battlefield for the time being.

After thinking about it, Xiao Jingxuan called Zhao Gang, the commander of the pro-army, and began to give orders.

"Zhao Gang, I'll give you 3,000 pro-troops, 5,000 tigers and leopards to ride, you take these people to set up an ambush here for me, and see if you can eat the reinforcements from Weizhou."

Zhao Gang followed Xiao Jingxuan's finger and looked at a location on the wall, which was the only way for Weizhou to go to Lizhou.

After Zhao Gang remembered the location, he asked.

"What if reinforcements don't come, Your Majesty? Is it directly to Lizhou or ......? ”

Xiao Jingxuan looked at the map and pondered for a moment before saying.

"The war in Lizhou can't end for a while, although Hu Yanzhuo's strategy is obtained, but it still needs to wait for the opportunity, and even if the sneak attack is successful, several counties under Lizhou also need to be pacified.

In this way, if you can't wait for reinforcements from the Wei State here, you will directly set up camp here. Wait for the next military order. ”

"Yes, the last general will go immediately."

Xiao Jingxuan looked at the map, as long as Hu Yanzhuo and others captured Sanzhou, then the next move would be Weizhou. Then there were Xingzhou, Jizhou, Jinzhou and other places, which completely cut off all the cities of Wei north of the Mu River.

Once this strategy is completed by itself, then the national strength of the Yan Kingdom will become the strongest among the countries.

When the time comes, whether he is attacking Qin or continuing to attack Wei, the initiative is in his own hands.

However, he didn't have much time for himself, and at present, Wei was still the strongest existence among all the countries.

Once Wei reacts and sends reinforcements, I am afraid that it will fall into a stalemate, and even the grain and grass of the 170,000 army will drag itself to death.

Time flies, and soon another ten days passed, and among the three-way army, the first to come with good news was Wang Xuan, who attacked Cangzhou.

Wang Xuan not only captured Cangzhou, but also captured more than 200,000 quintals of grain and grass hoarded in Cangzhou in one fell swoop.

Hearing the news, Xiao Jingxuan was also overjoyed. After taking Cangzhou's grain and grass, his strategy will be more certain.

Xiao Jingxuan immediately ordered Wang Xuan to leave some soldiers and horses to defend Cangzhou, and the rest of the soldiers and horses immediately marched towards Weizhou.

It is believed that when Wang Xuan leads the army to Weizhou, Hu Yanzhuo, as the three famous generals under Xiao Jingxuan, will not be delayed for too long.

As for Qingzhou, Xiao Jingxuan believes that Xiao Yuan can live up to expectations. However, as a city south of Muhe, once it is captured, Xiao Yuan needs to be garrisoned by the whole army, and it cannot be withdrawn in the short term.

After the capture of Cangzhou, Xiao Jingxuan sent an order to the secret guards, asking Xiao Li to disperse all the wealthy families and clans in Cangzhou to Weizhou, Xiongzhou and other places.

At the same time, an order was issued to order Zhou Wei, the second assistant of the cabinet, to temporarily patrol all parts of Cangzhou and be responsible for presiding over the new policies in these places.

In today's Yan Kingdom, there are still a lot of talent reserves, and many poor people are watching the government in various departments of Yingzhou, and now they have a place to use.

Now Xiao Jingxuan is no longer suitable to continue to be stationed in Youzhou. However, there are still not enough troops.

I don't know if Zhao Guo will make a desperate bet and attack Hengzhou. And Youzhou must leave the general to garrison.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jingxuan said to the pro-army beside him.

"Someone, pass the order, promote Zhanming to be the chief general of Youzhou, transfer some elites from the Hengzhou battalion, and then order the military department to immediately recruit 50,000 troops for it and form the Youzhou battalion."

"Yes, the last general commands."

After the pro-army went to give the order, Xiao Jingxuan said to the left and right.

"Order, order Ye Xiong to prepare, tomorrow the army will be drawn and attack Weizhou."

Xiao Jingxuan led the army, and the marching speed was not fast. After a few days on the march, a scout finally arrived.

It turned out that Zhao Gang finally fought with Weizhou's reinforcements, but this time Weizhou's reinforcements were not large, only 5,000 old and weak infantry, which had been wiped out by Zhao Gang.

As soon as Xiao Jingxuan heard the news, he immediately felt bad, even if it was to prevaricate Shangguan, Weizhou would not only send five thousand old and weak.

"Someone, map."

Xiao Jingxuan immediately jumped off his mount, and the guards beside him also immediately dismounted and spread a map on the ground.

Xiao Jingxuan looked at the location in the map and pondered for a while and said.

"Someone, give the order, and the army will immediately speed up and rush to the tiger's mouth."

After saying that, he jumped on his mount and galloped towards the tiger's mouth. Xiao Jingxuan's face was anxious, and he couldn't wait to rush to his destination immediately.

The place at Tiger's Mouth is a slope that is suitable for cavalry charges, but it is not very large.

If these 5,000 old and weak are the bait of Weizhou's reinforcements, then Zhao Gang's 8,000 elite soldiers are the turtles in the urn.

But fortunately, Xiao Jingxuan's distance from Zhao Gang is not very far now, as long as Zhao Gang can hold on for two hours, he will arrive.

At this time, Zhao Gang had already fought with 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled Weizhou reinforcements.

The 8,000 elite soldiers under Zhao Gang's command were all extremely brave, and as soon as the two sides fought, Weizhou's reinforcements had already fallen into decline, and soon began to flee.

Just when Zhao Gang began to be proud, he saw a large number of Wei soldiers appear in the place where he had been ambushed.

Seeing that the strength was far above him, Zhao Gang was shocked, and hurriedly said to the people around him: "It's not good, there is an ambush, brothers, withdraw." ”

After a few loud shouts, he began to turn his horse's head and began to retreat towards the rear.

At this time, reinforcements on the hillside also began to blow the horn of the attack. A large number of Wei troops began to kill them.

I saw that one of the partial generals in the tiger and leopard rode stood up and said loudly to Zhao Gang.

"General, there are a large number of Wei troops, the terrain here is too narrow, the army can't be withdrawn, let's fight to the death."

After hearing the words of the partial general, Zhao Gang was a little swaying for a while, and seeing this, the partial general was so anxious that he jumped to his feet.

"General, after the last general leads people to break, the general will run for his life first."

The general's words are already very excessive, as a subordinate, this is simply contempt for the superior.

Zhao Gang was also made uncertain by the general's words, and after looking around, Zhao Gang gritted his teeth and said.

"The pro-army evacuated first, and the tiger and leopard rode off."

With Zhao Gang's order, the pro-army soon left the battlefield and escorted Zhao Gang to break through to the exit. The tiger and leopard riders stayed behind and began to fight desperately to stop the enemy.

However, this time the number of Wei troops was very large, coupled with the terrain restrictions, so that the cavalry advantage of the tiger and leopard cavalry was not obvious. Therefore, Zhao Gang did not break through under the cover of the pro-army, and both sides fell into a bitter battle.

If there are no accidents, Zhao Gang's defeat is only a matter of time.

The two sides fought for more than half an hour, and Zhao Gang's losses were already very large, and the tiger and leopard cavalry had already lost more than half.

Just when everyone was in despair, Xiao Jingxuan finally rushed to the battlefield with a large army.

Seeing that the battle was so tragic, Xiao Jingxuan hurriedly led his subordinates to charge.

Zhao Gang's army saw that the reinforcements had arrived, and their morale was greatly boosted for a while, and when it came to this, they had to admire General Wei's decisiveness.

As soon as the other party saw that the reinforcements of the Yan army had arrived, they immediately gave a decisive order, and the army retreated and immediately left the battlefield.

Seeing the enemy's retreating formation, Xiao Jingxuan knew that he had encountered a master, so he did not order the army to pursue. Instead, they began to clean up the battlefield and began to rest.