Chapter 715 The situation is over
Thousands of horsemen appeared in the north of Yangqu County.
The vanguard of five hundred riders reined in their horses and stopped at a distance, surprised and uncertain.
There is something wrong with this city.
The city gates were closed in broad daylight. Although there was news that the war at Jingxing Pass was about to begin, was that the case? Jingxing Pass is still there. Thousands of soldiers and horses are guarding the pass. How can it be so easily broken?
What a shame! Could it be that this group of people had bad thoughts after hearing that Shao Thief was besieging Bingzhou with several troops?
Beyond Jingxing Pass, there was Jin general Li Chong.
Outside Hukou Pass, Yang Dan is rushing to attack the city.
At the foot of Danzhu Ridge, Feihu, the commander of the Black Silk Army, was trying every means possible, either by attacking from the front, or by attacking from behind, in an endless struggle with the King of Zhongshan.
Outside Zhiguanxing, there was a man named Yang Quan who led more than 15,000 people and tested him repeatedly.
It turned out to be a four-way siege, and the momentum was extremely huge. It is normal for them to have evil thoughts, because even we...
The leader of the cavalry building carefully observed the lower city again.
There was still a big flag with the word "Han" flying at the top of the city, but there were only a few people there. Occasionally, figures appeared and looked at them furtively, which made their hearts sink even more.
But the owner of the building did not give up and immediately sent people to shout to the top of the city to prepare food and grass for delivery. On this occasion, they did not dare to go in, and immediately sent people to rush north to report the departure. Shile is a day's journey away.
"Where is Yang Quling?" A rider stepped forward, looked at the city head, and shouted at the top of his voice.
Chengtou still didn’t respond.
The knight shouted again: "The military situation is urgent, don't you want to live anymore?"
Someone at the top of the city looked down, then quickly retracted his head, and there was no more movement.
Now everyone knows something is wrong. Even though there was no rebellion in Yangqu County, they still had different intentions and became at odds with each other.
"Open the door quickly and take out the grain and grass from the warehouse." The knight shouted for the third time, but he was obviously a little out of breath.
The sound of messy footsteps sounded from the top of the city. After a while, a man leaned out half his body, without saying a word, just raised his hand and shot an arrow.
The arrow missed slightly and landed in the mud beside the knight. He was startled, and he hurriedly turned his horse's head and left.
The five hundred riders arrayed farther away saw them, and there was a slight commotion.
After a stalemate for a while, he had no choice but to ride away. Looking at the direction they left, it turned out to be north.
Shi Le got the news on the morning of April.
The army was advancing at that time, and he and his staff Diao Ying were resting by the roadside.
"Cao Pingle came back last night." Shi Le sighed and said, "Wang Xiu is dead, killed by Guo Rong. Most of them were lost in Shangai County."
"Cao Pingle should be here. We will be here on the 22nd and 3rd day, why did it take so long to come back?" Diao Ying was a little confused.
Shi Le pointed with his horsewhip at a fortress in the distance that looked like it was facing a formidable enemy, and said, "This is the reason."
Diao Ying was silent.
There are too many people on the wall in the place, and they will help whoever wins, which has no moral integrity.
If the two parties are evenly matched, they may still help Shao Thief, because Shao Thief is a general of the Jin Dynasty, and they are also Jin people, so they naturally tend to that side.
From this point of view, it would be good for Cao Pingle to come back, and the possibility of dying in the wild is even greater.
"Yangqu should be gone too." Shi Le looked to the south again and said expressionlessly.
Diao Ying looked ugly.
At this point, even if he was grateful for Shi Le's kindness and was very loyal, he would inevitably feel discouraged. The wealthy Taiyuan clan had surrendered not long ago, let alone being loyal, so it was normal for them to repeat themselves.
"Lord, now..." Diao Ying stopped mid-sentence because he really didn't know what to say.
Shi Le's expression became calmer, and he continued: "Shangai County is gone. Do you think the Shao thieves will send troops from Weize to attack Jingxing?"
Diao Ying's face became even more ugly.
"Actually, what does it matter if Shang Ai is lost or not?" Shi Le sighed: "Shao thief attacked with several troops. He might be able to resist at first, but as time goes by, he will always make mistakes. No. The defeat of Jingxing Pass means that Hukou Pass or Zhi Pass was breached in other directions, or even in more than one direction - the general trend is over."
Diao Ying couldn't help but look at Shi Le.
Da Hu is getting older, his originally bright eyes gradually become cloudy, his original high spirit gradually disappears, replaced by a dull and twilight atmosphere.
This situation is so torturous! No matter how heroic you are, under repeated blows, the spirit in your chest will eventually be drained away.
"Let's go." Shi Le stood up, looking a little lonely. Finally, he smiled bitterly and said, "I shouldn't have such extravagant hopes."
Diao Ying asked subconsciously: " Where does the lord want to go?"
"Send Qingqi to pick up Zhang Jing," Shi Le said, "If he is still at Jingxing Pass, forget it. If he has broken through, we can gather some remaining soldiers. A few. Then - retreat to Shiling Mountain, send people to dig trenches, cut down trees and set up fences, and keep troops to guard."
Diao Ying knew what he was doing.
Shiling Mountain is located in the north of Yangqu. To be precise, it is located at the junction of Taiyuan and Xinxing counties. Sometimes it belonged to Xinxing County, sometimes it belonged to Taiyuan Kingdom, and now it belongs to the boundary of Yu County, Taiyuan.
Shiling Mountain is the boundary mountain between Taiyuan Basin and Xinzhou Basin. The post road goes over the mountain and connects the two basins.
The mountains are surrounded by mountains and are considered dangerous. Many road sections are only suitable for bicycles, which is a barrier to the north of Jinyang.
Da Hu left his troops to garrison here. He was obviously discouraged and planned to give up on the south completely and live his own small life behind closed doors. This was actually very difficult to do, but it just took one day at a time. Give the order and the army returns.
Diao Ying looked lonely, looking at the plants and trees in Taiyuan, and finally said nothing, only sighing deeply.
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Most of Jinyang's troops went south.
Liu Yasheng, the clan member of Liu Han, recruited two tribes from three households among the Zahu tribes and refugees who came last year, and sent a total of 10,000 infantry and cavalry south to support Liu Yao.
Then they gathered the remaining five thousand Xiongnu, Zahu, and Jin people on foot and cavalry and stationed them in Jinyang.
He has a brain. The old, weak, women and children have been sent west, leaving only some people to graze livestock and serve as the defender's logistics.
The Huns complained. How long have you been here and you are leaving now?
The water and grass in Taiyuan are abundant, the soil is fertile, and there is a lot of land. They are very satisfied. But who would have imagined that just over a year later, the war broke out before their eyes, so everyone was full of complaints.
But dissatisfaction ended with dissatisfaction. Liu Yasheng's order was very firm. The Xiongnu herdsmen and Jin refugees also knew how powerful it was. In the end, they dismantled their tents, packed up their belongings, and silently headed west and then south, heading for Pingyang and Hedong areas.
On the second day of April, when he learned that Shi Le was not patrolling but was renovating the city fortress, Liu Yasheng cursed.
On the third day of April, in order to buy time for the old, weak, women, children and livestock to retreat westward, Liu Yasheng led 3,000 cavalry to the east to observe the enemy's situation.
He is still a little confused after the battle.
I don’t know how many people from the Jin army came, let alone where they are, so I can only go east to take a look.
On the fifth day of April, in the wilderness between Yuci and Mengyang, rebel soldiers scattered and could be seen everywhere.
Looking for a few people and interrogating them, they learned that Jingxing Pass had been lost and Jin troops were swarming in. Liu Yasheng finally felt the seriousness of the matter.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Jin army's infantry appeared in the wilderness and were chasing them.
Liu Yasheng led his troops to press forward and defeated a group of hundreds of Jin soldiers who rushed the fastest.
The Huns' light cavalry surrounded them from left to right, with arrows raining down like rain. They killed all the Jin's infantry with very slight casualties.
After this blow, the Qingzhou soldiers who came later finally woke up: in the vast Taiyuan Basin, the Hun cavalry was not something that infantry like them could fight against.
So we could only set up camp and rely on the three to five days of food and grass that we carried with us to persevere - if the food was exhausted and reinforcements did not come, then we would have no choice but to eat people, although Liang Gong did not allow it.
On the evening of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the golden crow hangs in the west and the sky is filled with red clouds.
Liu Yasheng rode his horse up the high slope and looked far into the distance.
The riders kept going out and back again, bringing back all kinds of true and false news.
“Thieves cavalry appeared on the west side of Shangai, and there were hundreds of them.”
“Thieves cavalry also appeared on the east side of Shangai, no less than five hundred. Judging from the hair ornaments, they are Xianbei people.”
“There are also many rebel infantry, and a company camp has been set up outside Shangai County. It seems that there are no less than ten thousand people.”
“On the post road from Jingxing Pass to Shangai, there is an endless stream of baggage vehicles. "
"The rebels are carrying the banners of 'Liu' and 'Li' generals, and they must be Liu Ling and Li Zhong."
The news kept coming back, Liu Yasheng became more and more irritated as he listened, and the generals around him also looked solemn.
As the saying goes, people are reflected in the shadow of trees, and Li Chong's reputation is relatively large in Bingzhou.
This man has an uncanny ability to integrate soldiers and horses from different sources into a force that can go into battle. He may not be able to produce any brilliant results, but you don't want to take advantage of him too much.
To be honest, this kind of general is really disgusting. They would rather choose a general who is open and close than fight with an old turtle like Li Chong.
In the past few years, Li Chong has been fighting steadily on the battlefield in Hebei, completely eliminating the remaining forces of Shi Le.
When guarding Yecheng and Zhaojun, he was able to mobilize his troops calmly, repel the soldiers of Shi Le and Liu Yao who came down the mountain from Jingxing, and also took the time to suppress the rebellion. It was said that he was able to do so with ease.
Many people in the Pingyang court discussed the name "Li Chong", calling him a famous general in the world. Now that I heard that this person had entered Bingzhou, I felt bad and felt very uneasy. Maybe someone else could have driven him out, but once a person like Li Chong went up the mountain, he would stay there and it would be difficult to get rid of him. .
"General." Seeing that Liu Yasheng was silent, the military academies became a little uneasy and stepped forward to ask about the next step.
"First block here, how many days can we block it?" Liu Yasheng pointed to the mountains, fields and forests ahead, and said: "If the enemy cavalry attacks in large numbers, retreat to Jinyang , let’s worry about it again.”
Now the Huns can’t have the upper hand in mounted combat, let alone infantry combat. This is a big problem.
Originally, we could have relied on the terrain to station troops at passes and garrison fortified cities, but since Jingxing Pass was lost, all this was meaningless.
With mountains and rivers inside and outside the state, the defense line is also very long. If one point is broken, the entire line will be shaken.
This is a decisive battle launched by Shao Thief.
The decisive battle is not just a form of 100,000 people from both sides lining up in an open field to kill each other. In fact, this time Shao Thief's troops were divided into different groups, and a total of more than 100,000 auxiliary troops were used. This was a standard strategic decisive battle.
There is no danger to the east of Jinyang, and the defense line has retreated to Jinyang.
Liu Yasheng actually did not want to stick to Jinyang, but he did not dare to withdraw because it would deceive Liu Yao.
The Jin people may not even attack Jinyang by force. Alas, it’s difficult.
(End of this chapter)