Chapter 64: The Siege of Ran

The Qin soldiers who swarmed in from the valley, under the command of Gong Dafu, burst into the two flanks of the people who were fighting Zheng Anping. Seeing the enemy troops coming out of the valley, the people panicked, threw down the wooden sticks in their hands, and fled in all directions, becoming the target of the Qin army's harvesting of the head. Seeing that the people of Yi were slaughtered by the Qin army, the officers in the city quietly opened the city gates, released a force, and rushed over. The Qin soldiers, who were harvesting the heads of the people in all directions, were caught off guard and were overturned by dozens of people, and the others hurriedly retreated. Fortunately, the 100-degree camp of the public doctor was not scattered, and the counterattack came, which stabilized the position. After the Qin army resumed its formation, it was about to counterattack, when a bell rang, and the army turned over and retreated into the city. The Qin soldiers wanted to take the opportunity to seize the city, but they were shot back by the random arrows in the city. The Qin army watched as the enemy army fled into the city, and the city gates were closed.

Doctor Gong ordered to arrest some people who could speak Jin Yin or Zheng Weiyin, so before beheading, a Qin Jun who would imitate Jin Yin or Zheng Weiyin would first ask: "Can Jin Yin/Zheng Weiyin?" If the other party does not react, he will stab him with a spear, and the upper body behind him will cut off his head with an axe. Finally someone understood, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes!" "This man will be escorted back to the camp, and he will also be credited with first-class credit! Later, there were many such things, and those who didn't understand Jin Yin or Zheng Weiyin heard someone shouting, and they also replied: "Yes, yes!" "Leave a life for the time being.

The officers in the city noticed this and realized that the Qin army might want to ask for a confession, but there was nothing they could do: the Qin army was now acting in Wushi after they dispersed and suffered a big loss.

By the time the sky was shining, the fire on the mountain had been extinguished, and the killing under the light of the fire had come to an end. Doctor Gong asked about the situation from the people who knew Jinyin, this is indeed Yan He, many years ago by the Zhao army sent thousands of people to guard, and also heightened and strengthened the city. When the prince received the report, he sent an envoy to report to the king: This army has entered Yanhe and is besieging the city.

And all the two thousand men were transferred into the valley, and encamped at the four gates of the city. All the inhabitants who were still alive, men, women and children, were driven out of their houses and ditches were built around the camps. The city was constantly counterattacked, and the few were shot back by random arrows, and if the number was large, the outer camps would attack the city, forcing the troops outside the city to retreat. At first, it was able to create a little chaos, but there were too many times, and even the people who were repairing the fortifications were accustomed to it, and the people in the city would retreat when they came out, and then move forward when they returned to the city.

The envoys arrived at Wang Yu's camp at the end of the day. Wang Yi was overjoyed when he heard the report, and immediately reported to Hu Yang, and on the other hand, he ordered the front army to rise, led by the military envoy, and rushed to Yanhe. In order to gain time, he selected a thousand elite soldiers and his own battalion of 2,000 men, left all his bags and dry rations, and carried only weapons, and marched lightly under his own leadership; Let the other two public servants escort the baggage of the whole army and follow up in turn.

The military envoy arrived at the Chinese army first and reported to Sima Jin that Wang Ji had invaded Yanhe, and Sima Jin immediately notified the whole army to prepare to pull out the camp and select elite soldiers to prepare for the breakthrough.

At dusk, the envoy arrived at the rear army and informed Hu Yang of the news of Wang Ji: 2,000 men of the front army had broken into Yanhe and were besieging the city; Wang Yi led 2,000 elite soldiers and rushed to support lightly; The whole army of the front army pulled out the camp in turn and rushed to Yanhe overnight. Hu Yang asked about the news of Zheng Anping, Chen Si and others, and the military envoy said that they had already broken into the first batch of Yanhe.

When Hu Yang heard the news, he immediately ordered Sima Jin to go forward immediately, occupy the former army camp, choke the main road, and provide support according to the request of the former army. Wang Ling's rear army sent 5,000 men overnight to occupy the camp where the Chinese army had strongholded.

The military envoys rushed out, and the Qin army all moved overnight. Hu Yang specifically instructed Wang Ling to keep his movements small and try not to alarm the Han army. Because the Chinese army was more than ten miles away from the valley and far away in the valley, the Korean troops who moved there did not notice it. Wang Ling's relocation camp was discovered by the Han army, came over and asked, only said that it was advancing according to the plan, and the Han army saw that only half of the departure had been made, and the other half had not moved, so they did not pay attention to it.

After a night of chaos, at dawn, Wang Ling led 5,000 men to occupy Sima Jin's former camp, Sima Jin led the lightly armed front army to occupy the confluence of the two rivers, and after the front army guard handed over the warning position to them, he immediately set off to catch up with the main force. And Wang Di's troops had already appeared at the mouth of the valley and made contact with the prince who had broken into the palace. The first thing Wang Yu ordered the doctor to do was to quickly withdraw Zheng Anping's 100 men.

Zheng Anping was asked to find an opportunity to sneak into the city during the battle, but not only did he not succeed, but was attacked by the people. At first, they were still inexplicable, but after interrogating those who could speak Jin Wei Zheng Yin, they learned that the original officer was "The head of Qian, Qin Jun also!" Kill him! They looked at each other, and then they understood the reason for the exposure: they only took off their military uniforms, did not change their headsuits, and wrapped their heads in the unique black cloth of the Qin people, which was obviously different from the cloth belt that tied their hair with cloth belts. As a result of this negligence, more than a dozen of them were injured, and since the people of the euphem did not have any "lethal" weapons, they were usually wooden sticks, and the injuries were mostly not serious. Zheng Anping and Chen Si were also beaten with wooden sticks, but those people were small in strength, and they only had some bruises, not even minor injuries. Chen Si was very interesting, he was not in good spirits when he was walking on the road, and asked Zheng Anping to help him carry dry food, but now he was nervous, as if he was fine, and he started a battle to live a tiger. Although Chen Si did not become a military soldier, he also came to take the military examination, and his martial arts and military quality were on par with the official military soldiers; In particular, he has a good relationship with Hou Huan, a guard of Yimen, and has lived in Hou Huan's house for a long time, and has learned a lot from Hou Huan.

The reinforcements led by Wang Yi went directly to Yanhe and handed them over to the command of Gong Dafu. He himself set up his camp and the big tent in the crisscrossed valley road. His own camps were scattered within three or five miles of the periphery—in fact, there were also a few peasants living in the left and right valleys. After Zheng Anping and the others returned, he asked them to find a house to rest before leading the officers and officers into the city.

After a day of hard work with men, women, and children, the trench around the city was finally dug. At dusk, the doctor put the women, children, and the elderly into their homes, let them cook on fires, and send them to the camp. The young man still stayed in front of the camp and took turns patrolling and eating with the Qin army. Since their families are in the hands of the Qin army, most of these young adults have given up the heart to resist, and a few are still a little unconvinced and have lost their support.

After a night of tension and unease, Wang Di's reinforcements arrived. The Qin army in Yan and Nei was jubilant: victory was firmly in his hands, and there was no need to worry about the counterattack in the city anymore. Since the new soldiers had also gone through a rapid march overnight, and were not considered a fresh army, the prince mixed them with the existing forces and squeezed them into a camp; Inform the families that they will be delivering three meals today. Then let everyone take turns to rest and try to recover their strength. The city also saw the Qin army advancing in a steady stream, and his heart was full of despair, so he had no strength to break through again, and was ready to defend it. After repeated attacks yesterday, there were already quite a few casualties in the city, and several groups of messengers had also taken the opportunity to break through and report to Handan. This strengthened the city's determination to concentrate on defending the city.

Wang Yu went out of the valley, and the city was in front of him. Dr. Gong came to greet him. Wang Yu asked the doctor to lead the way, and while letting him introduce the battle of the night before, he observed the surrounding terrain and topography. Then it took about an hour to circle the city.

The city is not a metropolis, it is basically inhabited, it is just a fortress. The city is one mile square, there are corner towers built at the four corners, the city wall is ten zhang high, the rammed earth is very solid and heavy, but the periphery is not piled up with stones, it is still a bare earthen wall. The river runs through the city. As long as there is enough time, whether it is a siege or a water attack, it is enough to take the city. If you don't count the casualties, it is also feasible to forcibly climb the city. But there are only more than 1,000 people in the city, and even if they are all killed, there are not many heads, and they can't get the "profit" theory. Wang Ji really had no interest in attacking.

The situation has become clear, and what to do next is no longer a military issue, but a political issue, and Hu Yang and Gongzi should be blamed for discussing it. At noon, Wang asked the doctor to bring those who could provide information, and he rested in the doctor's tent.

The big tent of the prince was set up in a house near the mouth of the valley, and after Wang Ji rested for a while, those who could speak the Zheng language of Jin Wei were brought in. Wang Yi asked them a few place names, asked them who knew how to go, and coldly mixed Handan in the middle.

Handan is the capital of Zhao, and there are quite a few people from Handan, and about a dozen people say that they can go to Handan. Wang Yu asked the prince to entertain them, divided them according to their regions, and asked them to lead the way when they marched in the future. When he was done, he lay down in his room and fell asleep.

At dawn, Hu Yang, Wang Ling, Gongzi and others gathered together to inform each other of their progress. Childe said that he had found a way into Yanhe. And Hu Yang said that the Qin army had entered Yanhe and was attacking the city. Childe didn't believe it, because his men told him that going north along the river was the only way to Yanhe, although everyone didn't know what the road was along the way. In the past few days, the ROK army has mainly explored the road on the front line of Yishui. But when they found the source of the water, they lost their clues, and they didn't know which direction to go. After a few days of delay, I finally found a mountain road leading to Yanhe.

Gongzi obviously didn't believe what Qin Jun said, either they were just talking nonsense, or they found somewhere else, not Yan You. Hu Yang said: "I am willing to go from the son to the Yan to distinguish the authenticity." ”

Gongzi was blamed for being generalized, and obviously couldn't get off the stage, so he had to awkwardly announce that he would discuss again. Hu Yang told him that the Qin army had moved towards Yanhe with all his troops. If the South Korean army does not act today, he may leave tomorrow.

Gongzi returned to his camp and repeatedly discussed with his retainers and Han generals, thinking that it would be better to take Hu Yang into Yanhe, it was a big deal to meet Qin Jun in Yan, and it would be easy to do things with Hu Yang, although it was a little embarrassing. What if Hu Yang said big things......