Chapter 352 How much cold light shines on the iron cloak
Qi attacked Tongguan, the soldiers of the whole country in the Northern Zhou Dynasty went to Hongnong, and Gao Yanzong rushed to Xiazhou, and there was a tendency to attack Chang'an, although it was repelled by Guazhou Daxi Changru, but in this case, Wei Xiaokuan had to support the offensive of Hu Luguang 100,000 tigers and wolves...... In particular, when Duan Shao resisted the attack around the north, Hu Luguang's attack on Yubi became more and more ferocious, and Wei Xiaokuan gradually became difficult to resist.
Originally, the main direction of the Qi army's attack was not here, and waiting for reinforcements was the best policy for Hu Luguang, but why was Hu Luguang so anxious to get through the jade bib?
First of all, we must start from the topography of Yubi, this piece is mostly the Fen River Valley, north of Jinyang, south of the junction of Jin, Shaanxi Yellow River ferry, here is the shortest way to attack the pass, undoubtedly also the fastest way.
The greatest military significance of the Jinnan Basin to the Northern Zhou Dynasty is Pujindu, Longmendu and Fenglingdu, Liu Yong surrendered to Qi, in Fen, Jiangyi Hu Luguang immediately sent troops to sweep, gave the Zhou army entrenched here great trauma, and so on this year the emperor issued an edict to the west, Hu Luguang is to capture Fenglingdu and Pusaka again, which is undoubtedly Pusaka is the fastest.
When the Eastern Wei Dynasty attacked the Western Wei Dynasty in the past, in order to facilitate and speed, he ordered people to open a new channel in the valley next to the old Qianli Path, so that the Eastern Wei army did not have to climb over the mountains from now on, but this also gave the Western Wei army great convenience. Wang Sizheng, a famous general of the Western Wei Dynasty, relied on the geographical advantage to build the Jade City here, which was never expected by the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
According to traditional thinking, in order to prevent the enemy from attacking Guanzhong, it is first necessary to hold the ferry, as long as the ferries are still in the hands of the Western Wei, the iron horse of the six towns from Jinyang of the Eastern Wei Dynasty will not be able to attack the Guanzhong, as for extending the Yellow River defense system to Yubi, no one has thought about it before.
And Wang Sizheng saw this, after the battle of Shayuan and the battle of Heqiao, the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty would begin a long-term confrontation situation, the situation of the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty had been solidified, Gao Huan moved the capital to Yecheng, Henan was empty, and the defense line in the east of the Western Wei River would face the threat of the 100,000 troops of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, although Pu Ban was in the hands of the Western Wei, but he was still not at ease, so he gave Pu Ban another insurance.
This insurance is jade, I don't know what it was like to suddenly see this city when the Eastern Wei army marched south from Jinyang...... Because this city is too strategic for the Eastern Wei Dynasty, it can not only control the passage of the Eastern Wei Dynasty to the west, but also gradually encroach on the land of southern Jin, and then threaten Jinyang.
Jade City is located on a flat plateau, and it is adjacent to the river, and there will be no threat of water interruption if it is surrounded, and the circumference of Jade City is four kilometers, which occupies almost the entire high platform there. It is conceivable that for the attacking side of the Eastern Wei, what a sinister place of death, the Eastern Wei Dynasty attacked the city with flesh and blood, and suffered heavy casualties, but it could not help the jade bib.
It stands to reason that since the Northern Qi Dynasty has paid more and more attention to Pingyang in recent years, and built a large number of military buildings in Fenzhou, the strategic position of Yubi has been greatly discounted.
This deadly threat came from Duan Shao's department, Duan Shao sat in Huayin, controlled Puban and Fenglingdu, and corresponded to Dugu Yongye in Huazhou, before the Zhou army wanted to quickly attack from the Yellow River crossing, but was blocked by Duan Shao's iron cable barrage, Zhao Zhongqing designed to ambush the Qi army, and Duan Shao was also recognized, but Duan Shao's forces were seriously scattered and not enough to fight against the Zhou army.
In particular, Yu Wenyong patted his head and stepped up to sweep away the threat in the rear, although it seemed too easy, but it undoubtedly shook an important part of the Northern Qi strategy, and Duan Shao has been in poor health in recent years...... To make the worst estimate, if Duan Shao and Huayin have any accidents, it will be inevitable for the Zhou army to recapture Puban, and if they further recapture Fenglingdu, the consequences are really unimaginable!
One of the most important material transportation of the Northern Qi army was pulled out, and His Majesty's 200,000 troops would even have a problem eating, and how easy was it to run back to Hangu from Tongguan? To pass through a narrow passage that is 400 miles long, and to face the full pursuit of the Northern Zhou army, there is really no way to go to the sky and no way to go down......
Then, the situation is already obvious, and Yubi will definitely be the biggest threat to his westward support!
Even if this city cannot be uprooted in one fell swoop, the main force of the Zhou army must be completely abolished.
Therefore, Hu Luguang's main strategy changed from waiting for reinforcements to taking the initiative to attack, in order to besiege the city with absolute superiority in troops, and try to have a decisive battle with Yu Wenxian and Wei Xiaokuan in the Fenhe Valley, completely smashing all the forces of the Zhou State here, so that he can rest assured that he will advance westward, and he can take Chang'an in advance.
As an old opponent for many years, how could Wei Xiaokuan not know what Hu Luguang's idea was? But he had no choice, he was struggling to support under the fierce attack of the Qi army, rolling in blood.
Originally, Wei Xiaokuan's pressure was not so much, Yubi was blessed with unique geographical conditions, there were two enemy towers in the south of the city, in order to firmly occupy the commanding heights, Wei Xiaokuan built more enemy towers, the purpose was to prevent the Qi army from building up dirt mountains and high platforms, and shooting at Yubi.
And in addition, whether it is to attack the water source, or to dig a tunnel to attack the past, it has been proved to be undesirable, Hu Luguang really wants to do this, Wei Xiaokuan can't ask for it, whether it is to build a mountain or dig a tunnel, it is very mentally and physically consuming, just dragging Hu Luguang to death.
After the Qi army used gunpowder, Wei Xiaokuan's psychological pressure increased greatly, just yesterday, the Qi army set up a throwing car, threw a can of gunpowder into it, the attack was very intensive, one of the enemy towers was actually collapsed by force, and the jade city wall was also cracked in many places, fortunately, Wei Xiaokuan had ordered someone to dig a tunnel in order to prevent trouble, although the loss was slightly heavier, but it could still support a while.
The most important thing is that Yubi only has two enemy towers in the south of the city, and the front of the city wall covered by these two enemy towers for two miles is already beyond its strength, and now it has been destroyed, which is even worse...... In other words, when the Qi army attacked the city, it only needed to bypass the other one far away and pile up a gentle slope with sandbags in a more remote area to successfully attack the city.
Therefore, the first thing Wei Xiaokuan did when he came out of the tunnel was to send more men to the southern city wall and shoot with hard crossbows to suppress the siege speed of the Qi army. Hu Luguang's side also sacrificed a big killing weapon - attacking the car, which can be impacted, hooked, and climbed. There is even a flying tower on the roof, similar to a ladder, which can help soldiers walk and assist the besieging party to climb directly to the top of the city.
Although the attack car is huge, it is very bulky, and you can imagine how much Hu Luguang has paid, but Wei Xiaokuan, as the first good guard in the world, how can he not have two brushes? He asked people to use a huge oilcloth made of splicing to cover the sight of the Qi army controlling the attacking vehicle, and then poured fire oil to make the attacking vehicle burn.
Secondly, the large wooden fence was kept being transported to block the gap and filled with bricks and stones to reinforce it, but the Qi army still returned in vain. Hu Luguang realized that if he continued like this, he was afraid that he would be dragged to exhaustion, so he personally shouted in front of the battle:
"Wei Xiaokuan, you have been trapped in Yubi for so long, you must have been exhausted, this city will be broken by me sooner or later, why don't you surrender early? My lord is the king of the Holy Wisdom, and he loves the virtuous, if you vote for me, you will be crowned a king and a knight in the future, and I don't know! ”
Wei Xiaokuan knew that this was Hu Luguang's plan to attack the heart, and if he didn't respond, he was afraid that his morale would suffer a great blow, so he came to the city at the risk of being shot with crossbow arrows, and shouted loudly:
"Hu Lu Mingyue, you old horseman! Don't you want to spoil my righteousness! My Yubi City has sufficient troops, food and grass, I am not afraid of you, just wait for the arrival of the reinforcements of the King of Qi, and immediately attack inside and outside, so that you, the tens of thousands of rabble, will not be left with a piece of armor! ”
Hu Luguang sneered, and responded neatly: "Amazing, I didn't expect that I haven't seen you for a long time, and you Wei Xiaokuan, the old turtle, also have a huge voice!" I might as well tell you, don't say that Yu Wenxian is a junior, even if Wang Sizheng is alive, I'm not afraid of him! ”
Wei Xiaokuan just wanted to scold, but suddenly saw a flash of white light in front of him, he hurriedly turned his head, and a soldier was heavily planted behind him, and on the door of his head, a short crossbow passed through the helmet, and the white brain was splashed out with blood, and it was dotted on his boots...... What a vicious crossbow!
Wei Xiaokuan was in a rage, and then he was furious, and ordered the crossbowmen to shoot, but the Qi army struck first, and the Zhou army counterattacked quite embarrassed, and only a few arrows hit the Qi army......
Seeing this, Hu Luguang couldn't help but snort coldly, pulled out the horse and left, in fact, it was difficult for Hu Luguang to besiege Yubi so calmly, according to the report from the sentinel, Yu Wenxian has now sent troops to Wucheng County, and the sword is pointing directly at Fenshui Pass!
And before that, Yu Wenxian set up a suspicious formation, and pressed thousands of Liang Shiyan to Dingyang, Hu Luguang deliberately let go of the gap, but he was unexpectedly rebelled against the army, and he was naturally unhappy, so he recalled the armies, sent troops to Dingyang, and sent a road army to chase Yu Wenxian away, so Liang Shiyan just stood in the outskirts of Dingyang, and saw the Qi army all over the mountains and fields, swarming.
Liang Shiyan set up a camp, stayed north, and ordered the army: "If you don't wait and see, you should be beheaded!" If one person retreats, the whole army will be killed! Although the sergeants also responded in unison, the sound was not yet over, and the Qi army had already arrived, gathering on all sides and surrounding the Zhou camp.
The Zhou army fought desperately to the death, from the dynasty to the middle of the day, the Qi army was not allowed to attack, Liang Shiyan was heavily injured, but he still struggled to support and invited everyone to fight.
At this time, the wind was facing east, which was conducive to the Qi army, Hu Luguang immediately ordered Qi Lian to lead the cavalry to dismount and carry the grass, and set fire to Liang Shiyan's car camp, and the Zhou army was in chaos.
Hu Luguang ordered the iron cavalry to attack it again, Liang Shiyan personally led the troops to command, but he could not recover the general trend, and was about to withdraw the army to the north, but he did not prevent a horse carrying a spear and galloping, Liang Shiyan was not guarded, was pierced into the chest by a spear, fell off the horse, and died of anger.