Chapter 656 The troops are approaching the city
How far is it from Guanggu to Linqu? Actually it's not far, only about forty miles.
On April 16, when he learned that the Linqu defenders could no longer hold on, Cao Yi could not sit still and immediately sent General Xu Miao to lead 3,000 "elite soldiers", 5,000 peasants, and cavalry. Thousands of soldiers were sent out from Guanggu to rescue Linqu.
Subsequently, Gaoliang was sent to lead 3,000 "elite soldiers", 4,000 peasant soldiers, and 600 cavalry to rescue Linzi.
These two cities cannot be lost. From a military perspective, they are both broad and solid peripheral barriers.
The former is the hinterland of Daxian Pass. After the loss of Da Nang Pass, Linqu City had to shoulder the important task of stopping the enemy and even recapturing Da Nang Pass.
The latter guards the northeastern entrance of Laiwu Valley. Once lost, the enemy troops will continuously attack from Laiwu Valley and approach Guanggu City, which is called a city that must be defended.
But - to be honest, this only works if the Yellow River defense line still exists. Now that the Yellow River is no longer an obstacle, tens of thousands of Shao soldiers swarmed in and occupied Le'an. They peacefully took over Beihai County and successively took over many counties in Beihai. Under such circumstances, is it necessary to hold on to Linzi and Linqu?
In other words, Cao Yi still had illusions in his heart, thinking that as long as he blocked the other two armies, he could defeat the invading tens of thousands of Xi Jian's troops?
No one knows what he is thinking. Everyone only knows that there are still many soldiers in Qingzhou, but they cannot "move"——
When encountering thieves on the middle road, first select brave men to attack and disturb the thieves. The rest of the army will follow orders and arrange military formations to resist the thieves.
It should be said that Cao Yi's core "monster thieves" are not just a mob, but they still have certain military qualities. Under the officer's urgent order, they hastily set up military formations to deal with the Xianbei cavalry appearing on the horizon.
The cavalry is getting closer.
In front of them, there were more than a hundred cavalry from Cao Yi's side, all shouting and warning.
Xu Miao climbed onto a high platform, his teeth itching with hatred.
Since he hates these trash people and can't beat them, why can't he come back in advance to warn them? As a result, someone chased me with my butt kicked. Was Mao still serving as a warning?
In addition, he also hated the prefects of Donglai and Changguang counties.
Especially Liu Ba, the prefect of Donglai, was not willing to give up his barren mountains and ridges that no one cultivated at all. He left them so barren, occasionally sending people to herd cattle and sheep, and he did not use them as a military horse farm for Duke Cao.
Why?
Okay, I do have someone to rely on. The two families of Donglai, the Liu family and the Ju family, are married to each other and are colluding, which makes people a bit jealous.
When Sima Yue was in power, Ju Xian returned to his hometown by bus and served as the prefect of Donglai. He later died in battle while attacking Wang Mi.
Gou Xi held Qingzhou and appointed Ju Peng, Ju Xian's son, as the prefect of Donglai to stabilize the situation for him.
After Gou Xi disappeared, Cao Yi occupied Qingzhou, but encountered huge resistance when he attacked Donglai - "Although Yi's soldiers are strong, all the people in the county fought to the death for (Ju) Peng, Yi can't overcome it. ."
At the end of the fight, Cao Yi relied on his physical advantage to threaten Ju.
After some negotiations, Ju Peng gave up his power and took more than a thousand families in the village to defect to Cui Ao, Liaodong. However, Cao Ni was forced to appoint Liu Ba, Ju's in-law and Liu family in Donglai, as the prefect.
Is the territory gained in this way really yours?
Donglai and Changguang counties are vast and sparsely populated, and many places are completely deserted, which is very suitable for horse herding. But the Ju family, the Liu family, and the newly powerful Lu family who have emerged in the past twenty years dare to challenge you. If they are in a good mood, they will obey your orders and send troops and food.
It is said that Shao Xun obtained a lot of his territory through negotiation, so why not others?
At this point, Xu Miao's hatred is useless.
The Xianbei cavalry has rushed to the front of the formation, but the vehicle formation that hinders the cavalry's attack has not yet been fully set up.
The arrows from the cavalry archers fell like a rainstorm, causing Cao's soldiers to panic and scream.
The officers knew how powerful they were. They hid behind their big shields, ran around, brandishing their swords, hoping to stop the chaos by killing. But it has come to this point, how is it possible?
The first wave of mounted archers turned their horses' heads, walked diagonally, changed directions and angles, and continued to shoot at Cao's soldiers who were in chaos.
The second wave of cavalry archers rushed to the front of the formation and threw dense arrows.
Cao's soldiers were poorly trained and had few professional archers. Their counterattack was weak and they soon fell into deeper chaos.
A little further away, Lulongzhen lowered Duan Wenyang's face curtain.
The more than five hundred riders following him also lowered their veils.
With the heroic horses, silver vests, silver knight heavy armor, and the devil-like iron mask, the moment this army appeared on the scene, it was impossible to think of resistance.
"Charge!" The vast horn sound sounded, and the five hundred armored cavalry began to accelerate slowly.
The speed was not fast at first, and it even seemed like a stroll.
But as the distance got closer, the speed began to increase.
The heavy horseshoes splashed sand and grass clippings.
The long, narrow and sharp blade shone with an inexplicable chill in the sunlight.
The iron face is extremely ferocious, with only three orifices exposed.
They are like humanoid weapons with no flaws and can only move forward.
"Fire arrows!" In the chaos, an officer began to give the order.
Xu Miao also stepped down from the high platform where he was observing, and commanded calmly.
The cavalry archers shot the last arrow and circled to both sides, completely exposing the armored cavalry.
"Iron horse——" Cao Bing muttered to himself as he looked stupidly at the armored cavalry charging towards him.
The officer who had participated in Liu Bogen's uprising was so frightened that he turned around and left.
Xu Miao was also an old man from Liu Bogen's time. He barely suppressed the fear in his heart and shouted: "Ji Ma! Get on Ji Ma! Where are the crossbowmen?"
Some people were preparing to escape and hesitated when they heard the order. For a moment.
Some people ignored it completely, especially the officers. Their minds were filled with the fear of being dominated by the Xianbei armored cavalry, and they ran away quickly.
With mixed thoughts and chaotic command, who can save this situation?
Five hundred armored cavalry, carrying a huge force, rushed into the chaotic crowd of Cao soldiers.
The horse waved again and again, and the one who hit it fell down.
Seeing that the situation was over, Xu Miao turned around and mounted his horse with tears in his eyes. Just as he was about to urge his horse, a horse pole swung from the side and knocked him to the ground. Xu Miao felt dizzy and reluctantly got up, only to see an iron face painted with ghostly patterns getting closer and closer to him.
"Bang!" Xu Miao was directly knocked out.
The defeated soldiers who cried endlessly stepped over him endlessly.
Five hundred armored cavalry easily penetrated Cao's formation and cut it in two.
The light cavalry quickly gathered around again, and together with the armored cavalry, they further scattered and disrupted Cao's soldiers.
Nearly ten thousand Cao soldiers fled in all directions, covering the entire battlefield.
Like herding sheep, the Xianbei cavalry used lances, sabers, and horn bows to control the direction of the defeated troops, and finally drove them into Juyangshui (Juyangshui, today's Mihe River). Drowning, trampling and countless dead.
Shen Ling, the lieutenant in charge of the general's palace, watched silently from behind, filled with emotion.
This is really the era of cavalry, the era of armored cavalry.
If the quality of the infantry is slightly poor, they will have no power to fight back in front of the cavalry.
Perhaps, only the elite infantrymen under Liang Gong who have trained hard for many years, been in three battles, and have rich experience can handle the Xianbei cavalry with ease.
Other troops, such as the garrison army, world soldiers, noble soldiers and horses, etc., most of them met a bad end and were all defeated.
After sighing, Shen Ling looked happy.
Obviously the cavalry was not so strong during the Han Dynasty, but now it suddenly exploded.
Fortunate to have Mr. Liang!
Otherwise, the barbarian cavalry would wreak havoc in the Central Plains. Just by relying on the cavalry, who would kill melons and vegetables at will, they would be able to recruit a large number of strong men, win over many wealthy families, and roughly establish a separatist regime.
The country established by the barbarians certainly did not train infantry well. They can only ride on horseback, use iron cavalry to drive the people of the Central Plains into strength, and fight with the enemy repeatedly.
If this is the case, when will the Central Plains get rid of their rule?
Fortunate to have Mr. Liang!
This person who is truly capable of turning the tide, with silver spears and black elite soldiers, can remain calm among the barbarian cavalry and roam the north and south of the river.
Without this army, I don’t know what the world would be like.
Shen Ling, who was born in the Tu tribe of Jiangdong and worked in the Yue Prefecture for many years, suddenly became very fond of Liang Gong.
The emergence of such a heroic figure must be because the Emperor of Heaven took pity on the people and sent him to the world to save Li Yuan of China.
The nine thousand cavalry were routed and general Xu Miao died in the rebellion. The whole group of reinforcements in Linqu was finished.
After the Linqu defenders found out, their morale plummeted and they began to negotiate for surrender.
After two or three days of hesitation, when Kim Jong threatened to destroy the city without leaving any grass behind, he quickly opened the city and asked for surrender on the morning of the 20th.
After taking Linqu, Jin Zheng rested for two days. On the 22nd, the army moved northward, heading straight for Guanggu.
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Of course, battle reports from various places will be summarized to Shao Xun as soon as possible.
At this time, he was stationing troops in Pei County. Judging from the geographical location, we knew that his reserve force was mainly for defense against the south.
Last year Wang Dun and Lucai had a fierce battle in Nanyang.
Wang Dun first defeated Suixian and then attacked Yiyang. Tao Kan of Xiangyang led his troops north to attack Xinye.
The two sides fought several battles with each other winning and losing. In the end, they had no choice but to stop fighting, not because the winner was decided, but because of the disease and they didn't want to fight, so the war subsided.
There has been no movement from Wang Dun this year, but Zu Ti has been hoarding equipment, money and food, and constantly training soldiers. If Jiangdong hadn't been holding him back, he might have gone north, so he still had to be prepared.
Of course, Zu Ti has not yet gone north, and Shao Xun's attention is mainly on the Qingzhou battlefield.
Seeing now, he only had one feeling: Cao Yi acted very slowly when faced with multiple attacks and a harsh environment lacking a large number of cavalry, causing the entire battlefield to be cut off.
Sending troops for reinforcements? Defeated by Xianbei cavalry.
They will just focus on your infantry on the march, making it impossible for you to get out of the city and support everywhere, which in turn causes the counties to fight independently and not in a systematic manner.
Coupled with the rebellion of local wealthy families, Cao Yi's rule in Qingzhou has tended to collapse.
Up to now, Le'an territory has been captured, Jinan has just surrendered, most of Beihai and Gaomi have surrendered, most of Qi has been captured, and the three counties of Chengyang, Changguang and Donglai are neutral - this in itself It's very problematic.
Xi Jian has already led his army to the northwest area of Guanggu. Jin Zheng is almost approaching the city. Yang Chen is still besieging Linzi City along the way, but it does not affect the overall situation.
The generals and troops were scattered everywhere, and the only thing Cao Yi could use was the Guanggu garrison. Once he was surrounded, he would definitely defend without reinforcements, and defeat would be a matter of time.
In addition, when Chengyang, Changguang, Donglai and other counties saw this situation, surrender was inevitable.
In short, Cao Yi and his "monster thieves" are already destined to die - death is inevitable, and the only suspense is when they will die.
Shao Xun even wanted to withdraw directly and reinforce Wang Queer's side.
Because Qingzhou was progressing smoothly, a few days ago he had just given orders to the former army general Li Chong, the left army general Wang Queer, and the rear army general Hou Feihu to stock up on grain and grass supplies and prepare for the battle to regain Jijun and Hanoi.
These two places have disgusted him for a long time, and he has always wanted to remove them, but unfortunately it was always difficult to do so.
If possible, he still wants to solve it this year, while he still has some money and food on hand.
His thoughts were gradually no longer with Cao Yi, but were about to fly to Liu Cong.
(End of this chapter)