Chapter 444: On the defensive
"Murong Jun is sick and weak, although he claims to be 300,000 people, in fact, he is one of the elders, Xia Yi is a hero, I am a hero in the Middle Earth, I should help, His Royal Highness is in front of the battle, and behind the chaos!"
A secret letter was sent from the camp of the Lunuyan army.
After Murong Ke retreated to Zhongshan, Murong Jun led a large army to help, and the Yan State almost poured out of the nest except for the troops that stayed in Liaodong.
"What does he want?" Li Yue flipped through the letterhead, but did not leave any identity clues, and even the handwriting was a regular script commonly used in the world.
"There are no requirements, and no identity is indicated, yesterday I rode alone and handed over to our army scouts." Zhang Shengye said.
"What do you think?" Li Yue handed the letter to Liu Ying.
If what this person says is true, then this is a great opportunity.
Murong Ke lost the Xiangguo, which had a great impact on the hearts of the people, and the capital of the Hu people for decades has always been an indestructible symbol, and it has changed hands several times, but it has not been broken head-on.
Geographically, the loss of Xiangguo and Yan is not big, but the balance of people's hearts has been broken.
Coupled with a bunch of bad things inside Yan Kingdom, it is inevitable that someone will rebel.
And this person also made it clear that in the Xia Yi War, I am a hero in the Middle Earth, and I should help.
There are not a few people who think of China, although Liang Guo is not orthodox, it is also a Chinese force.
At present, it is possible for Lu Hu and Xiao to make an appointment, and the two of them are difficult brothers, and they are not having a good time in Yan Kingdom.
"I think we should be cautious, and we can't attack easily because of one-sided words." Liu Ying said after reading it.
"What you said is right, Yan Junli is fighting quickly, our army should focus on stability, and quickly summon Yang Luo to Liantai and let him take full responsibility for this matter." Both sides are pouring into the country, and Li Yue has to be extremely careful.
If he rebels against him, the Black Cloud Army can just follow the steps, and you can't pin all your hopes on him.
In the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao fell for Huang Gai's deception and was defeated by Zhou Yu, losing the opportunity to dominate the world.
Although Yan Guo was in a weak position, it was not without the power to counterattack, on the contrary, Murong Ke contracted his forces precisely to accumulate the strength to fight back.
The decisive battle in Xiangguo was beneficial to Liang and unfavorable to Yan.
But in the decisive battle in Zhongshan, the Yan army was backed by Youzhou, not too far from Jicheng.
In addition to recalling Yang Luo, Li Yue also sent a secret letter to Wang Meng, who was traveling southward to Tang, Wang Meng's opinion was similar to Liu Ying's, the Black Cloud Army had already taken the initiative, as long as it dragged on, Yan Guo would inevitably not be able to consume it, and it would fall apart overnight.
Since February, the grain and grass in the rear have been slightly tight.
As the supply line lengthened from Xiangguo to Zhongshan, the pressure on grain and grass increased.
A stone of grain from Yecheng to the front line, at least thirty percent of it, no way, tens of thousands of people and livestock also have to eat.
It has been almost five months since the outbreak of the war in late last autumn.
The eastern, central, and western routes marched together, and there were also 1780,000 troops......
However, the Liang Kingdom is difficult, and the Yan Kingdom will only be more difficult.
Just like the battle of Changping that broke out in history because of the Shangdang, Qin and Zhao both poured the young and strong people into the country, and Lian Po held the wall for five months, but in the end, because the national strength was inferior to Qin, he fell into the Qin State discord plan, replaced the veteran Lian Po, enabled Zhao Kuo, and chose the decisive battle......
Murong Jun's new expedition of 300,000 troops sounds beautiful, but people have to eat food, and with the state of Yan Kingdom, they can't afford it at all.
Therefore, if Wang Meng's suggestion is dragged down, he will be able to win.
Although the rear was difficult, Chang Wei did not complain in his recital, but told Li Yue to work steadily and steadily, and there was no need to worry about things in the rear.
Li Yue's heart was moved.
The rise of the Liang State is by no means just the credit of one person, there are Bo Wu, Wei Shan, Cui Jin, Zhou Lian, and Chang Wei, everyone is going together, no matter how big the difficulty is, it is nothing.
The first condition for all the rising powers in history is internal harmony.
This is the case with the Peixian Qunying under the command of Han Gaozu, Zhu Hongwu would rather only take the twenty-four generals of Huaixi to start a new stove, and also leave Guo Zixing.
With Chang Wei and Zhou in the rear, Li Yue didn't have to worry about the rear, and stared at the battlefield wholeheartedly.
When the food is consumed, it will grow again in the ground.
Livestock are slaughtered and then domesticated.
With the confidence of the Central Plains now, these are not problems at all.
It is not so much a decisive battle between the two armies of Liang and Yan, but a collision between the Central Plains and the geopolitical plate of Liaodong and Youzhou, and the decisive battle is the national strength.
If you are defeated on the battlefield, it is possible to regain your strength, but if you are defeated in terms of national strength, you will not die or be crippled.
In a hurry to fight a decisive battle, he killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800 of himself, and the casualties of the soldiers were heavy, but he did not have the strength to annex the Yan State.
Just like the Battle of Changping, the Qin State won, killing the Zhao State and surrendering 450,000 soldiers, but its own casualties of more than 200,000 yuan, resulting in no strength to swallow the Zhao State, and after recuperating for 30 years, it annexed the Six Kingdoms of Shandong.
The strategy of the Black Cloud Army has changed to defending as attacking, which is also the most desperate strategy for the Murong Clan, not giving them any chance.
After only ten days, Yan Jun couldn't hold it anymore and came to challenge him frequently.
The foot soldier is on the left, the chain armor is on the right, the cavalry is behind, the horn is moving, and the feather arrows cover the sky and the sun.
After the barrier, the Black Cloud soldiers skillfully erected a large shield.
A reed suddenly grew before the rampart.
However, the power of the bow and arrow is only that, and the casualties caused are pitiful.
The Yan army immediately pushed up more than 100 catapults and threw stones at the Black Cloud Battalion, but Lian Tai was already condescending, the range of the catapults was limited, and the thunderbolts and ballistas in the camp had a longer range and greater power.
After a few rounds, most of the Yan army's catapults were smashed, and the remaining dozens were dragged back.
Bows and arrows and artillery can't do it, only cavalry can charge.
But in the face of the dense spears, antlers, and earthen ramparts on the platform, the cavalry rushed up only to die, and the heavy cavalry ran out of breath halfway through.
Back then, Murong Ke used the chain armor to ride here to capture Ran Min alive, but now the chain armor ride has become a burden, and it is completely useless.
The Black Cloud Army could not hold on, and the casualties were only more than 100, while the Yan Army threw down more than 1,000 corpses, helpless.
"The Yan army has been defeated, and the last general is willing to lead an army to attack it!" More than a dozen black clouds will bow in front of them.
Li Yue looked around, although the front army failed to attack the camp, the rear army was in a strict formation and murderous, "Murong Ke is deliberately luring our army to fight, don't pay attention to it, stick to the camp, it's not yet time for a decisive battle!" ”
If you don't fight, the Yan army will be defeated, and going to war is equivalent to giving the Yan army a chance.
What's more, the Yan army still has a certain combat power.
Wei Zhenzi said: The soldier wins quietly, and the country wins with specialization.
Once a strategy has been formulated, it must be steadily implemented.
Li Yue returned to the big tent of the Chinese army and no longer paid attention to the clamor of the Yan army outside the camp.
Yang Luo in the camp has been waiting for a long time, "It has been ascertained that the secret letter was escorted by Lu, and the minister has sent someone to contact him to temporarily appease this person, so that he can calm down and wait for the opportunity." ”
"Lu Hu?" Li Yue rubbed his forehead.
Murong Jun killed the 3,000 people of Duan Gong without any reason, making the people who surrendered to the Yan Kingdom panic.
Lu Hu is capricious, two years ago, Yan Guo was powerful, he fell over, and now Liang Guo has the advantage, he leans towards himself, it seems reasonable.
(End of chapter)