Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2717 Li Mu fights Shi Long live, Meng Tian surprises Xining County

Chapter 2713: Long live Li Mu's battle with Shi, Meng Tian's surprise attack on Xining County

Although the vanguard troops of Yuwen Chengdu and Hu Luguang successfully occupied Jincheng, killed [-] elite Sui troops, and beheaded Duguxin, the Sui king's grandfather, but strictly speaking, they still fell into Yang Su's scheme.

After all, it is an indisputable fact that even though they were dominant in all directions, they still failed to keep a close eye on Yang Su, causing the main force of the [-] Sui army to withdraw to Daxing.

Such a situation would be caused, of course, not because the two were incapable, but because Yang Su was too difficult to deal with, and the two had to be far behind in strategy to fall into Yang Su's conspiracy.

On the other hand, Li Mu didn't meet an opponent of Yang Su's level, so naturally it went much smoother.

After Li Mu captured the Three Mountains and Five Villages, although Liu Fang, the guard of the Fifth Village, was not left behind, Li Mu dispatched cavalry to pursue them immediately.

Liu Fang's troops were all infantry, and if he retreated normally, he would definitely be overtaken by Li Mu's cavalry, so Liu Fang did not flee to Daxing at all, but changed his direction halfway and retreated to Haizhou, where he joined his father Liu Feng. up.

Liu Fang's father, Liu Feng, was a famous general in the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties.

Liu Feng, like his son Liu Fang, is one of the hidden characters. After his birth, he and his son were implanted into the Sui Kingdom, and he was appointed by Yang Guang as the governor of Guoluo County, one of the seven counties in Haizhou.

Li Mu led Qingqi to chase all the way at full speed, but he couldn't catch up with Daxing. He immediately realized that Liu Fang had changed his course, but he didn't care about it. plan.

Because Liu Fang had already released carrier pigeons to notify Daxing of the fall of Sanshan and Wuzhai before retreating, Li Mu speculated that Liu Fang should have no carrier pigeons in his hands.

After all, although homing pigeons are not considered a rare resource nowadays, it is impossible for a cottage to have many of them.

After all, Liu Fang was just a school lieutenant. Although the Fifth Village he was guarding was the last pass in the southeast direction of Daxing, it was only a village after all, and its priority was much lower than that of Heguan. Naturally, there could not be more than one carrier pigeon.

Li Mu guessed that the carrier pigeon that Liu Fang released before retreating was the only one in Liu Fang's hands, which meant that Daxing City didn't know that Liu Fang was retreating to another place, which gave Li Mu a lot of room for maneuver.

Of course, these are just Li Mu's speculations, and he is not 100% sure, but when it comes to war, how can he be absolutely sure, and Li Mu is [-]% to [-]% sure, so he is ready to take a gamble

Fortunately, Li Mu made the right bet. Daxing really didn't know that Liu Fang hadn't withdrawn from Daxing, so Li Mu successfully cheated the city.

Li Mu asked a secret agent who was good at disguise in the Black Ice Terrace to disguise himself as Liu Fang, and with the seal ribbon and command flag of the Sui army, he led hundreds of Qin troops in Sui army costumes. Flee to Daxing.

The school captain of Daxing City Gate saw that it was indeed Liu Fang himself, and the Yinshouling Banner was also correct. In addition, although the Qin army had not yet chased the city, it was almost there, and it would be too late if it dragged on, so he also He didn't report it, and opened the door directly to welcome the fake Liu Fang in, which turned out to be Li Mu's plan to defraud the city.

After the fake Liu Fang entered the city, he immediately beheaded the defenders of the tower, opened and occupied the east gate of Daxing, and prepared to welcome the Qin army into the city.

The reaction speed of the Sui army was not slow. Seeing that the city gate was swindled, the surrounding Sui army surrounded them one after another, intending to kill the Qin army and regain control of the city gate.

It's a pity that the Sui army finally took a step too late, failing to recapture the city gate before Li Mu's army arrived, and Li Mu's iron cavalry broke into the city.

The situation has developed to this point, and everything is still as Li Mu planned, but if there is no accident, the accident will still not happen.

Li Mu was lucky to bet right, but unfortunately, he missed two people, Shi Wansui and He Ruobi.

Li Mu originally thought that as long as the Sui army attacked the city by fraudulently opening the city gate, the Qin army would not be able to stop the Qin army's offensive.

Under Li Mu's command, although the Qin army entered Daxing, it failed to penetrate into the city because there were also Sui army fortifications behind the city gate.

In addition, the Sui army in the city reacted very quickly. After hearing the news, they gathered one after another and blocked the Qin army near the gate of the city, causing the two sides to fight fiercely at the east gate.

If it's just a field battle, the Qin army is naturally not afraid of any army in the world, but the Sui army generals Shi Wansui and He Ruobi staying in Daxing, one is a junior god of war, and the other is a peak general.

On the Qin army's side, although Yan Xing was a top general, Li Mu was only a general of Jiwu 101, far inferior to the Sui army in terms of lineup of fierce generals.

Relying on the strength of the cavalry, the Qin army was about to break through the defense of the east gate, but after Shi Wansui and He Ruobi led the reinforcements to arrive, they not only blocked the Qin army directly, but even had a tendency to blow the Qin army out of Daxing .

Facing the unfavorable situation that he was not as good as the opponent in the lineup of fierce generals, Li Mu rationally chose to outwit instead of going head-to-head.

Li Mu saw that the Qin army's offensive was blocked, so he took the initiative to order a retreat, widen the distance, regroup, and at the same time lure He Ruobi to attack.

He Ruobi desperately wanted to take back the east gate, so he didn't realize that it was a trap. When he led his army to pursue the situation, he was first blocked by Yan Xing, and then attacked by Li Mu with an arrow in his arm.

If it wasn't for Shi Wansui's timely rescue, He Ruobi might really have died under Li Mu's sneak attack, but he had to leave the arena temporarily due to serious injuries.

After severely injuring He Ruobi, Li Mu and Yan Xing teamed up again, planning to do the same to kill Shi Wansui, but Shi Wansui, the junior god of war, was much more difficult to deal with than He Ruobi.

Even if Li Mu's potential exploded and he broke through again before the battle, and his base strength reached 102, the two of them still couldn't do anything to Shi Wansui, and they were still at a disadvantage.

Li Mu had no choice but to give up beheading Shi Wansui, and instead commanded the entire army, preparing to completely defeat the Sui army, but he did not expect Sui Wang Yang Guang to cheer up suddenly, and personally led the elite Xiaoguo army to come to support.

Yang Guang can't cheer up, after all, the Qin army is coming to the door, if he doesn't cheer up, the King of Sui will really end.

Yang Guang's personal participation in the battle made the morale of the Sui army soar and made it more difficult for the Qin army to enter the city, but Li Mu still stabilized the situation.

Li Mu didn't want to give up this great opportunity, so he ordered the city gate to be guarded, waiting for the infantry from the rear to help, so the Qin and Sui sides started the most primitive fight around the east gate of Daxing.

After nearly half a day of fierce fighting, Daqin's infantry reinforcements arrived, but not long afterward, Yang Su's vanguard troops who had withdrawn from Jincheng via Zhiyang Road also arrived.

Li Mu never expected that Yuwen Chengdu and Hu Luguang, plus [-] elites, would not be able to keep an eye on Yang Su, and let him withdraw safely to Daxing.

At this time, the defenders of Daxing City had a strong will to resist, and although the retreating Yang Su army was only the vanguard, the follow-up army would certainly not be too far away.

Li Mu knew that the opportunity had been lost, and it was impossible to capture Daxing with his own army, so he rationally chose to retreat.

Yang Guang originally planned to pursue the victory, but after seeing Yang Su and knowing the reason why he was able to withdraw, he rationally chose not to pursue it. After all, Yuwen Chengdu and Hu Luguang may arrive in Daxing at any time, so it is impossible to lead the army to chase out of the city at this time. Not necessarily coming back.

Seeing that Yang Guang didn't chase him out, Li Mu felt a little disappointed. After all, although the casualties in the interrupted battle were heavy, it was much better than the siege battle.

The same casualties can be consumed by the Qin army, but not by the Sui army, so Yang Guang dare not easily confront the Qin army head-on.

After listening to Li Mu's narration, Yu Wencheng's face was full of apology and self-blame. After all, if they hadn't stretched their hips this time, Daxing might have been captured by Li Mu.

Li Mu didn't mean to blame Yuwen Chengdu, after all, Yang Su's conspiracy was really hard to guard against, and Dugu Xin was determined to fight to the death, so he might be fooled as well, he just felt sorry for the casualties of this battle.

In this fierce battle at the East Gate of Daxing, the Qin army suffered a full 4000 casualties, including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, while the total casualties of the Sui army were around [-].

The comprehensive combat power of the Sui army was weaker than that of the Qin army, but it was able to achieve a casualty ratio not much different from that of the Qin army in field battles. This was mainly due to the fact that the Xiaoguo army was sufficiently elite.

If it hadn't been for the Xiaoguo army's timely participation in the battle, the Sui army would have suffered at least two thousand more casualties.

After Yuwen Chengdu and Li Mu reunited, Li Muke was no longer afraid of Shi Wansui, and sent Yuwen Chengdu to challenge that day, but how could the Sui army, who had just suffered a loss, dare to fight for the first time?

Even if Shi Wansui took the initiative to ask for a fight, Yang Guang would not say anything. He just appeased Shi Wansui and waited for the reinforcements from Haizhou and Xiliang to arrive.

The next day, Li Mu's deputy Xu Rong and Yuwen Chengdu's deputy Hu Luguang led their troops to Daxing City, and Hu Luguang also brought news of Li Jing's main force in the rear.

At this time, Li Jing's army had already entered Jincheng, but he did not march to Daxing immediately, but chose to divide his troops into two groups.

Li Jing sent Li Maozhen with a rate of [-] to take Zhiyang Road and go north to attack Zhiyang, Yunjie, and Lingju counties, completely cutting off the connection between Jincheng County and Wuwei County in the Sui Dynasty.

As for Li Jing himself, he led a main force of [-] to follow the path of Yunwu and come to join Li Jingyuwen in Chengdu.

After two days of rapid march, the 11 army led by Li Jing also arrived in Daxing smoothly, and the Qin army gathered here had reached [-].

In just ten days of fighting, the 15 Qin troops led by Li Jing and Li Mu had captured many important places such as Heguan, Yuzhong, Jincheng, Sanshan and Wuzhai, beheaded and captured nearly [-] Sui troops.

You must know that the total army of the Sui Kingdom was only 21, but in just ten days, one-seventh of its troops were wiped out by the Qin Army, and the Qin Army also suffered nearly [-] casualties.

But considering that the Qin army is the offensive side and the Sui army is the defensive side, such casualties are completely a big victory.

After Li Jing led the army to arrive, both Li Mu and Yuwen Chengdu thought that the Qin army would launch a fierce attack on Daxing, but they did not expect that instead of attacking, Li Jing would send Yuwen Chengdu back to the rear.

After hearing this, Yu Wencheng was naturally anxious, and asked with a puzzled look: "Governor, why is this?

Yes, in the Battle of Jincheng, due to my negligence, I failed to see through Yang Su's strategy, so that Yang Su fled back to Daxing, which prevented General Li Mu from breaking through Daxing.

This is indeed my fault, and I will accept the punishment, but it doesn't mean that I don't even have a chance to make meritorious deeds, right? "

As soon as Yuwen Chengdu finished speaking, Hu Luguang also stood up and pleaded guilty: "Let go of Yang Su, the last general is also guilty, and the last general is willing to share the responsibility with General Yuwen."

Seeing this, Li Jing quickly helped the two of them up and explained: "The two generals misunderstood and sent General Yuwen back to the rear, but they were not punished. Instead, all the elite soldiers of the Shu Han were dispatched, and Chen Bing Jiange intended to invade Hanzhong.

The elite of our army are still on their way to the west. There are only a few people in Hanzhong, Yang Jian and Wen Zhong. "

After speaking, Li Jing handed Wu Qi's handwritten letter to Yuwen Chengdu.

After Yu Wencheng read it, his face suddenly showed depression. He wanted to stay and continue to attack Sui.

Yuwen Chengdu Sui Sui already has the rank of general, but there is also the word "honor" in front of him, so he naturally wants to remove the word "honor".

But now that the Shu Han is on the Northern Expedition, and all the elite soldiers are out, the situation in Hanzhong is in crisis. Yang Jian and Wen Zhong alone are really enough. No wonder Wu Qi called him back urgently.

This was no longer his choice, Yu Wencheng could only admit that he was unlucky, and after returning the military power to Li Jing, he went straight to Hanzhong with only five hundred personal guards.

After Yuwen Chengdu left, the Qin generals saw Li Jing ordering the siege of the city, thinking that Li Jing was finally going to attack the city, but they didn't expect that Li Jing was just besieging the city and still had no intention of attacking.

Facing the puzzlement of the generals, Li Jing just explained: "The first step is to attack the strategy, the second is to attack the diplomatic relations, and the second is to attack the soldiers. Let's wait. To attack Daxing, the most important thing is to attack the heart."

When the generals heard it, they immediately understood, after all, what Li Jing said was waiting, only Meng Tian and Long Qi would be waiting.

Meng Tian and Long Qi did not keep Li Jing waiting for a long time, and soon Meng Tian sent back good news.

The [-] troops from the South Route led by Meng Tian quickly occupied the important places in the northern part of Haizhou after dispatching troops from Wudu County.

(End of this chapter)