Jiuxi

Chapter 507 Chapter 505 [Smell]

When the Feiyu Army and the Anping Army broke through the Yan Army's defense line and successfully joined forces near the opponent's central army, the Battle of Xifengyuan ended with the Yan Army's commander's flag fleeing north, but the Yan Army's defeat was only the beginning.

In this battle, the Yan army was holding their breath from top to bottom, because they had lost consecutive battles in the past three years, and they almost had an instinctive fear when facing the Qi frontier army.

This kind of emotion has been accumulated for too long, and gradually turned into a stern and internal anxiety. They are eager to find a breakthrough to vent.

From Niu Cunjie to most of the generals below, they did not think that their side was at a disadvantage in this battle. After all, they had about 50,000 more troops than the opponent. However, Li Tianrun told them with ironclad facts that even if the Daqi border army was short of troops, it could still defeat them with hard power.

Li Tianrun only used about half of the troops of the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion in this battle, and no unexpected tricks were used throughout the battle, except that the Feiyu Army deliberately hid its strength at the beginning.

From the beginning to the end, he only relied on the strong strength of his soldiers. This was the reward he deserved for more than ten years of hard work in the Jingzhou Dudu Mansion.

The Jingzhou Army defeated the Yan Army head-on with 60,000 soldiers against the Yan Army's 110,000 soldiers without any tricks or tricks. This was an extremely serious blow to the Yan Army. In addition, there were countless defeats in the past three years. The panic in the hearts of Yan's soldiers reached its peak.

The defeated army collapsed thousands of miles away, and no one could stop it.

Jingzhou's troops were divided into three groups. Li Bingxue led Feiyu's army to force away Jing's cavalry. This time it was her turn to disgust Jing's cavalry. She did not ask for a direct fight, but only interfered with the opponent's support of Yan's army.

The Qingxu and Yangzhai armies pursued due north, while the Anping and Heyang armies pursued to the northeast.

Countless armors, ordnance, and provisions discarded by Yan soldiers were scattered on the road. However, the Jingzhou soldiers with strict military discipline turned a blind eye to this and only saw the Yan army fleeing in embarrassment.

Niu Cunjie was determined to gather the defeated troops, but the pursuit of the Jingzhou Army was too fierce, especially the commander of the Anping Army Xu Gui stared at the flag, giving Niu Cunjie almost no chance to breathe. In addition, Yan The soldiers were frightened out of their wits, and Niu Cunjie's idea could only be an illusion.

In this battle, more than half of the Yan army suffered casualties. Nearly 20,000 people died in the battle, more than 20,000 surrendered, thousands of deserters, and countless wounded.

More importantly, the Jingzhou Army directly captured Xinxi City and two auxiliary cities with great momentum. The Yan Army retreated again and again, retreating in panic towards Yongqiu City, the capital of Moyang Road, which is more than 60 miles northeast.

In the fifteenth year of Qi Jianwu's reign, on the fourth day of the first lunar month, Li Tianrun, the Duke of Huai'an and the governor of Jingzhou, led his army to continue to advance.

At the same time, the Guangji Army and Linyang Army, which were originally stationed on the middle line of Jingzhou, made a surprise attack northward and captured Baima Pass, the barrier south of Yongqiu City, and then successfully joined the main force.

After fifteen years of rebellion, the Daqi army finally arrived outside Yongqiu City.

This city is the core of the land south of Gyeonggi and north of the Yangtze River. Once this place is recovered, it can radiate to the entire Moyang Road. Its significance is far-reaching and need not be repeated.

At this point, the two main battlefields in Jiangbei have presented completely different situations.

To the east, in Da Qi's Dingzhou territory, the Huai and Ding armies defended the Jishan Tun defense line. The main force of Jing's army had the upper hand, but was still unable to break through the Qi army's defense line in a short period of time. However, they have captured a large area of ​​northern Dingzhou, and Fengqiu City, which Feiyun Army defended, has become a turtle in the urn. This victory can barely wash away the humiliation brought to them by the Qi frontier army in the past few years.

In the territory of Beiyan Moyang Road in the west, as the main force of the Yan army was seriously injured in the Battle of Xifengyuan, the entire defense line could no longer maintain its previous tightness. Xinxi City on the west line, Baimaguan on the middle line, and Shiquan City on the east line were Strategic key points fell into the hands of the Qi army one after another.

Niu Cunjie retreated to the capital Yongqiu with the remaining defeated generals. On the one hand, he had no choice but to order the defenders on Moyang Road to hold on to the city. On the other hand, he almost frantically asked for help from Heluo City.

There are two battlefields, one advancing and one retreating, one superior and one inferior.

I just don’t know when the variables will appear.

……

News of Xifengyuan's tragic defeat reached Heluo. Those dignitaries who were complacent about the advantages of Dingzhou's battlefield felt a basin of ice water fall on their heads, and the chill spread from the soles of their feet to Tianling Gai.

The outcome of the Dingzhou battlefield will not have a big impact on Heluo. No matter how bad it is, it will return to the previous state. On the contrary, the importance of Moyang Road is self-evident.

Once Li Tianrun sent his troops to capture Yongqiu, he would be able to sweep the entire Moyang Road in a short period of time, and at the same time use the big city of Fengqiu as the bridgehead for the Northern Expedition.

If Moyang Road falls, the Qi army can directly threaten the northern Yanjing area.

Naturally, the dignitaries in Heluo City did not want to experience what Lu Chen did to them again, and everyone knew that Jing's army was about to go south that time. Lu Chen led a partial army to go deep into the city and could not stay in Heluo for a long time, so in the end, as long as They took out half of their free money.

If the Jingzhou army marches step by step and finally conquers Heluo, these dignitaries will have their skins peeled off even if they die, and there is a high probability that the whole family will be liquidated. For a time, people in Heluo City were panicked. Countless nobles from aristocratic families approached Wang An and Chen Xiaokuan and urged them to go to Zhuoyuan as representatives to ask for a meeting with Marshal Qing Yugong of the Jing Dynasty, hoping that Qing Yugong would send troops south to support Moyang Road.

Faced with the respectful pleas of Wang An and Chen Xiaokuan, Qing Yugong did not give a clear reply. He only reassured them that Yongqiu City would be fine and asked them to try their best to appease the people in Heluo City during this period.

After the two left with a slight disappointment, Qing Yugong turned back to the inner study and stood in front of the map, lost in thought.

There was a gentle sound of footsteps, and Qingyu Huaijin stepped into the study, came up to Fu Li and said, "Father."

"Ah."

Qingyu responded respectfully, his eyes still staying on the map.

Qingyu Huaijin looked at the situation and said cautiously: "Is your father worried about the war in Xifengyuan?"

"Trouble is out of the question."

Qing Yugong shook his head slightly, and then said: "I just think it went too smoothly."

This sentence puzzled Qingyu Huaijin: "Success?"

Qing Yugong said calmly: "Before leading the troops south this time, His Majesty and I discussed many times and finally decided on the general strategy of taking Dingzhou overtly and Jingzhou secretly. Several subsequent communications did not change this original intention. Now It seems that our army has the upper hand in Dingzhou, and Xiao Wangzhi, even though he is proficient in military tactics, can only take a defensive stance. This is equivalent to dragging the Ding and Huai armies of Southern Qi to the front line of Jishantun. On the Moyang Road side, Jing. The state army has now left the strong defense line in the south, and the main force is exposed in the wild. This is the situation that your Majesty and I originally hoped for. "

Qingyu Huaijin quickly understood the meaning.

If this war that will determine the situation in Jingqi in the next few years is divided into three stages, the first stage is when Qing Yugong used a false and true strategy to successfully seize the Dingfeng Road in the northern part of Dingzhou and tear apart the northern part of Dingzhou. The opening of the defense line was successfully occupied, and the northern territory of Dingzhou was successfully occupied.

The second stage is when the main force of the Jingzhou Army pretends to appear in Dingzhou and continues to attack the opponent's second line of defense, attracting both the Dingzhou Army and the Huaizhou Army. At the same time, it lures the main force of the Jingzhou Army on Moyang Road. Go north.

At present, it seems that the goals of these two stages have been achieved, and the final stage of decisive battle will be entered next. Qing Yugong led his elite soldiers south and defeated the Jingzhou Army led by Li Tianrun on the frontal battlefield, thereby determining the overall situation of Jiangbei and capturing The crucial Pingyang Mansion on the north bank of Hengjiang River.

But Qing Yugong did not send troops immediately. It was obvious that he discovered some strange situations.

Qingyu Huaijin said softly: "Father, is it because the Yan army was defeated too simply in Xifengyuan, and you are worried that this will make Li Tianrun suspicious?"

Qing Yugong turned around and walked to the Grand Master's chair to sit down, and said calmly: "The defeat of Xifengyuan was as expected. Before going south this time, His Majesty told me to use up the Yan army's strength as much as possible in the war, because we It is difficult to determine how many people like Chen Jingtang who are superficially surrendered in the Yan Army, and how many internal agents of the Southern Qi are hidden in the Yan Army. What really interests me is that Li Tianrun only used 60,000 soldiers in the Battle of Xifengyuan. The victory was achieved solely by the strength of the Jingzhou Army."

He picked up the cup on the big case, took a sip, and continued: "Li Tianrun has never been a rigid person who only knows how to fight stupidly. He is even better than Xiao Wangzhi in terms of planning. Reviewing the details of the Battle of Xifengyuan, I can see that he left a lot of room. This can certainly be said to be that he has always been cautious, but it does not rule out that he has noticed my intentions. "

The so-called intention is, of course, to use the defeat of the Yan army to continuously paralyze the Jingzhou army, encourage their arrogance, and induce them to continue moving north and away from the southern city.

On this basis, Li Tianrun certainly does not have to use all his trump cards, because the Yan army is destined to be defeated.

Qingyu Huaijin nodded and asked: "In that case, why does Li Tianrun continue to go north? He can go back after the victory in Xifengyuan."

"The battlefield situation is unpredictable, and guessing often cannot be a reason for decision-making."

Qing Yugong explained briefly and said calmly: "At least on the surface, our army is now deeply trapped in Dingzhou. The enemies in Li Tianrun's eyes are only the Yan army with low morale and a small number of Jing army. If he can capture Yongqiu , the entire Moyang Road is at your fingertips, which is obviously a very tempting target. Of course, it is not ruled out that Li Tianrun is deliberately entering the game and attracting all the main forces in my hand. If this is the case, it means - —”

Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped and his eyes became a little cold.

Qingyu Huaijin asked slightly worriedly: "Father, how can we judge Li Tianrun's true intention?"

"It's not difficult."

Qing Yugong put the tea cup back, his eyes fell on the large map again, and said slowly: "You can guess it just by looking at Li Tianrun's next actions. If his target is Moyang Road, then what will happen next?" He must seize the time and attack Yongqiu before our army decides to go south. If his target is me, then he will not forcefully attack the city in order to preserve his strength. At most, he will just besiege it instead of attacking it. "

"In the middle of the game, the most important thing is to maintain a stalemate, so you might as well wait a little longer."

(End of this chapter)