Jiuxi

Chapter 552 550 [Ande warriors guard the four sides] ()
Yongqiu East City, inside the city tower.

Xue Huaiyi watched Li Tianrun drink up a bowl of medicinal soup and sighed softly without leaving any trace.

After more than a year of careful treatment, Li Tianrun's condition has been controlled. According to his experience, his life span can be extended by at least two to three years. The premise is that Li Tianrun can relieve himself of the burden and find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters to rest quietly. It’s not like I still work hard every day.

A doctor is kindhearted. Of course Xue Huaiyi didn't want to see Li Tianrun like this, but he couldn't say those words of advice.

During this period, they watched Da Qi Erlang fight hard in succession. Facing the fierce Jing Jun who refused to give in, they resolutely threw their heads and shed blood. Countless generous and tragic scenes happened one after another before their eyes. How could Xue Huaiyi persuade Li Tianrun to cherish himself? Regardless of the heroic sacrifice of the soldiers?
Although he is not familiar with military affairs, he also knows the strategic significance of Yongqiu City at this moment.

As long as Da Qi's flag is flying at the top of the city, the main force of Jing's army will definitely appear outside the city. What the two sides are fighting for is not just a city, but the strategic importance and core hub of Jiangbei, which is related to the power structure between Qi and Jing in the next few years. .

The reason why the defenders have not shown panic until now is entirely because Li Tianrun stands proudly on top of the city. As long as the flag does not fall down, the morale of the defenders will not collapse.

"Thank you, Mr. Lao."

Li Tianrun put down the soup bowl and thanked him sincerely as usual, but now he was not even in the mood to joke that the soup was too bitter, which showed how tense the battle was.

Xue Huaiyi hesitated for a moment, and finally just warned gently: "The Governor must remember to get enough rest every day."

"it is good."

Li Tianrun nodded in agreement.

Xue Huaiyi immediately bowed and resigned.

Li Tianrun turned to look at Li Liangyu, who was standing aside, and asked, "How is the situation outside?"

Li Liangyu lowered his head and responded: "Returning to Commander-in-Chief, there is no definite news for the time being. Beforehand, the Tianjing Army slightly relaxed the siege of Yongqiu City so that our people could send out the news. However, these days, the Tianjing Army has strengthened surveillance on the periphery and completely Cut off the intelligence channels inside and outside Yongqiu."

Li Tianrun remained silent.

Li Liangyu did not stop, but what followed was obviously his own analysis: "At present, our army's two reinforcements are arriving, and Lu Hou is leading the main force of the eastern front to Luwu Mountain. Qing Yugong obviously saw through this, so he did not Undecided, Jing's army's offensive became more and more fierce in the past two days. What Xiaguan was worried about was that Yongqiu would be captured by Jing's army before Rong Guogong and Lu Hou could arrive. "

At this moment, there were only father and son in the hall, so there was no need to hide and tuck in while talking.

According to Li Tianrun's original plan, Yongqiu City was a bait to attract Qing Yugong and his main force, while the two reinforcements were a deterrent, putting Jing's army in a dilemma.

When the winner was decided on the Luwu Mountain side, Xiao Wangzhi and Lu Chen came with their armies. Even if they couldn't surround and annihilate the main force under Qing Yugong's command, they could at least force them back. At this point, Da Qi had won.

The reason is very simple. This time, the Jing army marched south in a large-scale, mobilizing nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses, but ultimately only recaptured the northern part of Dingzhou, but lost Yongqiu and the entire Moyang Road. This was undoubtedly a complete strategic failure.

The problem is that Qing Yugong was not deceived by the illusion created by Lu Chen. He was keenly aware that now was the best time to attack Yongqiu.

Li Tianrun pondered: "What do you think Qing Yugong's purpose is?"

Li Liangyu was slightly startled.

The purpose of Qing Yugong?

Isn't this obvious?
Whether it was the persecution of Emperor Jing or the actual needs of the Jing Dynasty, they could not accept the outcome of Yongqiu's change of ownership. Therefore, Qing Yugong personally led the main force of Jing's army to the outside of Yongqiu City, and there were more than one person waiting there. moon.

Even if the Qi army's reinforcements arrive, or the situation at Luwu Mountain is reversed, they cannot shake Qing Yugong's determination. The increasingly powerful attacks of Jing army in the past few days are enough to prove this.

Li Liangyu knew that his father would not be innocent. Since he said this, he obviously discovered something strange. He just thought about it for a moment and had no answer. He could only say with shame: "Come back to my father, my subordinates don't know."

Li Tianrun did not blame him. He stood up and came to the sand table. He looked at the overview of the entire Western Front battlefield and said slowly: "Now it seems that Marshal Jingjun wants to do more than just capture the city."

Li Liangyu was slightly confused.

Li Tianrun looked up at him and said, "Summon Qiu Jixun, Zhang Zhan, Qi Shouzhi and Zhu Zhen."

"Follow the order!"

Li Liangyu responded loudly.

……

The next day, the sky was bright.

There were crowds of people outside Baima Pass, and the soldiers lined up in order.

This time heading north for reinforcements, Liu Shouguang led 30,000 infantrymen selected from the Heroic Camp. Their strength was slightly inferior to that of the border troops, but their morale remained relatively high.

Liu Shouguang left 10,000 infantry at Baima Pass and led 20,000 troops towards Yongqiu City, more than 20 miles away to the north.

Along the way, there was an endless stream of scouts and rangers, sending intelligence from the north to Liu Shouguang.

"For your information, Lord Marquis, Jing's army is still in an siege posture outside Yongqiu City today."

"understood."

Liu Shouguang responded lightly, his narrow eyes filled with a solemn light.

If the plan of Li Tianrun and others were followed, the 30,000 people in the Beijing army would have to be strong enough to wait until the army led by Xiao Wangzhi and Lu Chen appeared before they could go north to besiege the main force of Jing's army. Liu Shouguang can naturally keep his composure. After all, he is also a veteran of the military for half his life and will not be as impatient as those young generals. However, the enemies of the Qi army are not statues and puppets, let alone formidable opponents like Qing Yugong.

Since the other party saw through Lu Chen's plan of suspicion, he would naturally use this precious time to attack Yongqiu.

Now that Liu Shouguang could not receive intelligence from Yongqiu City, he could only rely on the existing information for analysis.

There were originally more than 20,000 troops in the city. With the collapse of the northern section of the city wall, it was an indisputable fact that even though the defenders had strange fire that could be used at critical moments, the pressure increased dramatically.

In order to protect Yongqiu City, Liu Shouguang must make a decision and cannot wait foolishly for the arrival of the eastern front army.

He never thought that he could defeat Jingjun in the wild with only 20,000 men under his command, but as long as he could put a certain amount of pressure on the opponent and slow down the momentum of Jingjun's attack on Yongqiu, it would be enough.

"Send an order to Yuan Xingqin to be careful and not to fight easily with Jing's army."

Liu Shouguang looked at the herald who followed the order and felt a little uneasy.

The vanguard general of the Beijing army, General Yuan Xingqin, the commander of the Huwei military capital, led eight thousand sharp soldiers to clear the way.

The general of the rear army was Gu Bin, the commander of Changwei Army, who led an army of five thousand to break up the rear.

Liu Shouguang led 7,000 infantry as the central army.

The three armies moved closely together, supporting each other and marching northward like a long snake.

During this journey of more than 20 miles, the Da Qi Jing Army walked very cautiously and at a slow speed. When the majestic Yongqiu City came into view, the officers and soldiers of the vanguard army couldn't help but become nervous.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will face the powerful Jing army today.

Yuan Xingqin gave an order, and the vanguard army immediately stopped and at the same time sent the news to the rear.

There is Jingjun blocking the front.

This is a normal situation. How could Qing Yugong ignore the reinforcements of the Qi army staying in Baima Pass? In fact, not long after Liu Shouguang led his troops out of the customs, Jing Jun's scouts captured this information. This is why the Da Qi Jing Army was extremely careful along the way to prevent being attacked by Jing Jun during the march.

Yuan Xingqin calmly waited for Liu Shouguang's orders from behind, while looking at Yongqiu City three or four miles away.

The defenders in the city obviously noticed the arrival of reinforcements, but they were separated by a large formation of Jingjun's infantry.

At this moment, there was sudden movement in the Jingjun formation in the south of the city.

Thousands of people formed an formation and took the initiative to go south!
Yuan Xingqin was puzzled by this scene.

Liu Shouguang and others had expected that Jing Jun would not sit back and let the Qi Jing Army disrupt their siege plan. In fact, according to their speculation, Jing Jun was very likely to set up obstacles along this more than 20-mile journey. , try to force the Beijing army to stay away from Yongqiu, instead of letting them appear in the sight of the Yongqiu defenders like now.

Liu Shouguang was actually quite nervous along the way because Jing Jun's reaction was too abnormal.

At this moment, tens of thousands of Jing's troops suddenly took the initiative to form an array and forced themselves towards the vanguard of Qi's Jing army.

"Facing the enemy!"

Yuan Xingqin's sonorous voice echoed around him, and the soldiers of the vanguard army immediately formed a formation to respond.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and Jing Jun stopped when there was still about fifty feet, forming a stalemate.

Yuan Xingqin observed for a moment, confirmed that there was no problem with his formation, then galloped back on his horse.

At this time, the 7,000-strong Chinese army led by Liu Shouguang had arrived at the rear of the vanguard army. After listening to Yuan Xingqin's brief report, the chief military minister of Da Qi was silent for a moment and whispered: "Qing Yugong did not want to attack Yong. mound."

Yuan Xingqin was stunned and said, "What does the Marquis mean by this?"

Liu Shouguang looked up into the distance and said slowly: "His real target is us."

As if to echo his words, a roar was heard from the Jingjun formation opposite, followed by shouts coming from the east and west sides like a surging tide.

Two Jing Army infantrymen appeared behind the gentle slope and rolled over in a very short time, blocking the Qi Jing Army in the middle.

"Report!"

A series of rapid hoofbeats sounded from behind, and then a knight galloped towards the flag of the central general.

The visitor looked at Liu Shouguang who was sitting on the horse and said nervously: "Please report to the Marquis, Commander Gu has humbly come to report that our army's cavalry discovered a Jing Army cavalry heading south rapidly from the east and detoured to the rear of our army. , intending to block our army’s retreat!”

Yuan Xingqin's expression changed drastically.

Liu Shouguang clenched the riding whip in his hand and asked calmly: "How many enemy cavalry are there?"

The messenger immediately responded: "About ten thousand horses!"

The intentions of the Jing army were all revealed at this moment. They knew from the beginning that the Da Qi army would go north to rescue, so they did nothing, and did not even create obstacles on the way, just to let the Da Qi army reach the outside of Yongqiu city unimpeded, and finally use a cavalry to make a roundabout attack and cut off the Da Qi army's retreat!
Liu Shouguang took a deep breath, looked at the Jingjun formation in the distance, and said word by word: "Qing Yugong is going to kill people and kill people."

(End of this chapter)