The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 481: Being stubborn leads to being blocked at both ends!

Although Yan State had been well prepared for the resistance against Zhao State, it had not put all its national strength into it. The defense line was too long, and there were always weak points in the defense. In some dangerous and hidden places, the defense was even weaker, or even unattended.

Li Mu led 20,000 tribesmen, crossed mountains and ridges, crossed the Taihang Mountains from Zhuolu, and went around to the rear of Wuyang!

Le Cheng and Tian Dan led a large army to confront each other at Wusui on the Yishui River. Most of the Yan army's forces were already tied up there. Wuyang was originally the second line of defense, and the defense was even more slack. Li Mu's divine army descended from the sky, attacked the city at night, and it only took three hours since the start of the surprise attack to capture Wuyang.

Li Mu knew very well that speed was of the essence in war, so he only ordered his soldiers to eat as quickly as possible and take a short rest. He left 5,000 men to guard Wuyang, and personally led 12,000 men to march quickly to Wusui.

Wuyang was only a few dozen miles away from Wusui. They started marching before daybreak and arrived in Wuyang at noon.

Before Li Mu launched this offensive, he had already discussed with Le Cheng that they would launch fierce attacks day and night in the next few days in order to undermine the morale of the Yan army!

Although the two of them were not on good terms and had always been at odds with each other, they were now united. After all, if they did not achieve any results after the second attack on Yan, they would be failing to report the result.

Faced with the smoke and dust in the rear and the large enemy force that appeared out of nowhere, Yan Chunjun was horrified. He had already been exhausted by the fierce attack of the Zhao army in the past few days, and now he learned that Wuyang had fallen. He almost fainted.

Faced with this situation of being attacked from both sides, the morale of the Yan army was even lower.

However, Yan Chunjun was not a complete fool after all. He acted decisively. No matter where the enemy troops behind him came from, their number was small after all. Moreover, he had not received the news of the fall of Wuyang from his own people. The news was confirmed by the defeated soldiers of the Zhao army who rushed over.

This means that this force would not be too large, no more than 10,000 or 20,000 people at most, and it must have been a surprise attack. After the surprise attack, they must have rushed here overnight, and they must be an exhausted army at this time.

Now we are definitely unable to defend, so we can only try to minimize the losses.

Wusui is located before Yishui River, and Wuyang is located after Yishui River. Both are important cities, complementing and supporting each other.

However, if Wusui is lost, Wuyang can still survive. If Wuyang is lost, Wusui will never survive.

Being attacked from both sides at this time, their morale was low and they had no will to fight. They were afraid that before they could get the reinforcements to take back Wuyang, Wusui would be lost.

Yan Chunjun gritted his teeth, selected five thousand elite soldiers, opened the treasury, and distributed all the money to these five thousand people.

Leave these 5,000 men to defend the city, and tell the generals defending the city that they have two days. As long as they can hold the city for two days, they can abandon the city and escape. It will be a great reward for their merits!
Even if you die, the reward will be given to your family.

But if you can’t hold on, your entire clan will be exterminated!

The general defending the city gritted his teeth and fought desperately to resist Le Cheng's attack at all costs.

Yan Chunjun then led a large force out of the city to attack Li Mu. No matter how powerful Li Mu was, he could not use such a tired army to stop the large force of Yan army, so he retreated immediately.

However, his goal had been achieved. As long as Wusui was lost, Wuyang was an isolated city with no strategic location to defend, so it could still be captured.

And without Wusui and the Great Wall along the line, his cavalry could finally be put to use.

Yan Chunjun killed his way to Wuyang and did not chase Li Mu's scattered troops. Now the most important thing is to retake Wuyang!
It must be done at all costs!
As for why not send fewer troops to retake Wuyang, this idea only existed in Yan Chunjun's mind for a moment before he discarded it.

Facing the Zhao army whose combat effectiveness is far superior to that of the Yan army, and the opponents who are also famous generals of the time, dividing the troops will be a dead end and we cannot be lucky.

Now, as long as Wu Sui can hold out until he can retake Wuyang, it will be worth it! If he wants both, he will probably end up with nothing!

Yan Chunjun is still ruthless, and it must be said that his decision was correct.

Although Li Mu had only 5,000 men left behind, Wuyang was a large and fortified city after all, and those who followed Li Mu were his elite troops and could not be easily defeated.

Yan Chunjun arrived in Wuyang at night and just took a brief rest before attacking the city overnight. Even so, the Zhao army relied on the newly captured city to defend it for a whole day and night, and only abandoned the city and fled the next night.

Both sides suffered heavy casualties.

As for Wu Sui, Li Mu ignored Yan Chunjun, the two of them still had a tacit understanding.

Li Mu gathered the scattered soldiers, integrated the troops, turned around and attacked Wusui again.

The Yan army in Wusui had suffered heavy losses and low morale under the fierce siege of the Zhao army day and night in the past few days. When they saw people coming from the rear, their morale was completely destroyed and they were in chaos.

When Yan Chunjun led the large army away, only these 5,000 people were left. Although Yan Chunjun gave them everything as rewards, they had the life to earn it but not the life to spend it.

Everyone is basically in despair, but there is still one last glimmer of hope. Two days, just two days. If we can hold on for two days, we can retreat!

This is the only belief that supports them. If they can hold on for two days, they can retreat!

Thanks to the leadership of the general defending the city, who led the troops without sleep and fought to the death, they only managed to hold out for a day and a night.

Le Cheng was a famous general of the time and extremely experienced. How could he fail to seize the opportunity?

After seeing that Li Mu's plan worked, they immediately launched a forceful attack on the city at all costs!
Not a moment's rest!

Finally, the Yan army defending Wusui City saw Li Mu coming to attack them again from behind and completely collapsed. The general defending the city sighed, let his brothers escape, and committed suicide in the city.

I hope that my death can save my family.

The State of Yan, the State of Yan.

Wusui City was broken.

When Wu Sui could no longer become an obstacle to intercepting the Zhao cavalry, the State of Yan was like a beautiful woman opening her arms to a pervert.

From now on, you can only endure the hardship.

Fortunately, Yan Chunjun made the right choice in a decisive manner and saved Wuyang City. At the same time, he sent an urgent letter to King Xi of Yan, and Wu was thus lost.

This caused Li Mu to restrain himself somewhat before taking Wuyang City, although only a little.

The Zhao army now needs to rest before attacking again. They had previously attacked the city at all costs and had suffered heavy losses.

As for the Qi army, they are now thinking about how to delay the attack. They didn't expect that the Zhao army could actually break through Wusui. This will make it really difficult for the Yan State. They can't let the Zhao State take advantage of them, right?

That would be more painful than paying for it yourself!
After receiving the news from Yan Chunjun, King Xi of Yan was so annoyed that he started to curse Yan Chunjun, asking what he was doing! How could he lose Wu Sui!
How much effort did it take to get it back?

It’s lost again after just a few years!
However, King Xi of Yan had no time to be angry or punish. Things had come to this point, and the right thing to do was to remedy the situation. He hurriedly mobilized all the available troops in the country. He was now only thankful that the spring plowing season had passed, otherwise he didn't know how much loss would have been.

He urgently recruited another 100,000 troops, led by Yan Dan, and rushed to the front line to defend the cities along the line, preventing the Zhao army from advancing any further.

In addition, he urgently asked Qin for help. Wang Jian led a large army to garrison Puyang in Qin. As long as they provided support, they could attack the heart of Zhao and the Zhao army would definitely come to help.

When Yan Dan learned that Zhao was going to attack Yan, he volunteered to guard Wusui, but King Xi of Yan did not agree. According to the old rules, he sent Yan Chunjun. But now there is no other way, so he can only let Yan Dan go as well.

On the way to provide support, Yan Dan was also full of anger. He was on guard day and night, and he was more afraid of the prince than the thieves!
Now, let that useless uncle Wang guard Wusui, and now he is lost again, right? How can that useless uncle be entrusted with such an important task?

Don’t you see who the opposing generals are? How could Yan Chunjun possibly withstand them?
After Yan Dan reached the front line, the defense lines along the Wusui Great Wall were basically destroyed under Li Mu's fast-paced clearing.

Yan Chunjun was only capable of defense and had no power to fight back. He could only watch Li Mu come and go like the wind, destroying the defenses that he had painstakingly built over the years and carefully arranged along the way.

After Yan Dan urgently sent reinforcements to temporarily defend the line between Fangcheng and Zhuocheng, he discovered a big problem: he couldn't hold on.

Li Mu's cavalry was as swift as the wind, and they were free to roam freely on this undefended road. After dividing the troops to guard the city, it was unlikely that these infantrymen with low morale would be able to break through the elite cavalry led by Li Mu himself and support Wuyang.

Now we can only defend, with no possibility of attacking. Even rushing forward to provide support would be extremely difficult.

The Zhao-Qi coalition forces already had the advantage in numbers, and the other side had a large number of elite cavalry in a field battle, so a head-on fight was simply impossible.

Although Wuyang is a big city with plenty of food and soldiers, it can hold out for a while, but it definitely can't last too long.

After all, fighting a war still depends on morale. If the soldiers have no will to fight and their morale is lost, their combat effectiveness will be really worrying.

Yan Chunjun was extremely anxious. Wuyang was the capital of Yanxia, ​​so there would be no shortage of food and supplies for the time being. It also had a large population. With the gathered defeated soldiers, there were now more than 100,000 people defending the city. However, these people were dejected and had no desire to fight.

Yan Chunjun could only watch Li Mu take down all the strongholds and destroy all the defense lines. There were constantly defeated soldiers fleeing to Wuyang. He had to accept them, but if he did, it would not only affect morale but also increase food losses.

A stubborn mind leads to two ends being blocked!

As for going out of the city to fight in the field, it is impossible, absolutely impossible. The defenders are afraid that the city will be broken, so taking the initiative to go out would be seeking death.

For a moment, Yan Chunjun and Yan Dan were really a little numb. Facing the Northern Iron Cavalry led by Li Mu, it would be really difficult if they had no strategic location to defend.

Now it seems that the Zhao army has slowed down its offensive and the two sides are in a standoff, but in fact it is just that the Zhao army has taken the initiative and is advancing steadily.

If we just watch the Zhao army advance steadily, it won't be long before Fangcheng and the areas west of Zhuocheng are lost.

How long can the isolated and besieged city of Wuyang hold out?
Yan Chunjun was very sure that if he was beaten down below Fangcheng again, his brother the king would definitely kill him, and no one would be able to save him.

Thinking of this outcome, Yan Chunjun shuddered, gritted his teeth, opened the treasury, and went to the city wall in person, without taking off his clothes, eating and sleeping on the city wall.

He had never suffered such hardship in his life, and now that he was being forced by death, he was really forced out.

This action indeed boosted the morale of the military and civilians and temporarily stabilized the restless people in the city.

In addition, Yan Chunjun also actively contacted Yan Dan to discuss what to do.

(End of this chapter)