Li Jinglong couldn't help but be overjoyed when he learned that King Yan personally led the army to rescue Yongping, and looked up to the sky and laughed: "Yan rebelled against Li Ling Zhi and actually went out to save Yongping, didn't he know that Beiping was his foundation hahaha" Governor Qu Neng was also overjoyed, hurriedly went out of class, hugged his fists and saluted: "Guogong, the whole division of King Yan went to aid Yongping, this opportunity is extremely rare, the last general thinks that Guogong should immediately send a road to besiege Beiping, block the way for King Yan to return to the division, and then personally lead the army to Yongping, if you can trap King Yan in Yongping and win the battle, it is naturally the best, if you can't, you can also make King Yan lead a group of remnants to wander outside like a lonely ghost, and it is difficult to return home." ” Li Jinglong changed color and said: "Ridiculous, Beiping is where the King of Yan must be saved, how can the division of troops be like a siege, Sun Tzu's art of war is cloudy: ten are encircled, five are attacked, and the enemy can be divided, less can be defended, and if not, it can be avoided."
Our army is now exactly ten times the enemy, and it is reasonable to besiege Beiping, afraid that Yan will not return to help, and then he will be able to rectify it so that he can't survive or die."
Qu Dudu couldn't cry or laugh, and explained helplessly: "Guogong, our army of 500,000 people, even if we divide the troops, how can we weaken the combat strength of our army?
As for Yongping's side, Guogong waved 250,000 troops, and Yongping's 60,000 army should be combined with the outside, a total of 310,000 people, are you afraid that you can't defeat the 50,000 people of Yanwang Even if he escapes, as Guogong said, Beiping is the place where he will save, and then let's wave Beiping again, are you afraid that this lost dog will not be able to fight?"
"No Success, No Success" Li Jinglong shook his head like a rattle, and said with a triumphant smile: "King Yan poured his nest to save Yongping, I'm afraid he just wanted to lure me into dividing the troops, hey he wants to divide and attack him, how can the Duke of China fall for his plan of annihilation, the way of using the army, it is precisely to make the enemy unpredictable and profound, how can the Duke of Japan let him lead the nose away?"
Governor Li Wen listened to the words of this brother who was a family five hundred years ago, and couldn't help but stand up and say: "Beiping, I want it, King Yan, I want it."
If King Yan dies in battle, Beiping is at his fingertips, and the court is rebellious, and it is King Yan who is begging for it, not a city in Beiping that can never run away, it is rare for King Yan to come out of the whole division, such a good opportunity, how can we miss it" Li Jinglong laughed, pointed at him and said: "Li Dudu, you only know one thing, you don't know the other, if you follow what you say, then the prince can also say, Beiping, I want it, King Yan, I also want it."
Beiping is in, Yan Wang Fang is the king of Yan, losing Beiping, Yan Wang is just a first-class Koer, what is the way if Beiping is in hand, Yan Wang is naturally at his fingertips. ” Governor Chen Hui stood up and said: "Guogong, the last general thinks" Li Jinglong slapped the handsome case, and said in a loud voice: "Don't think about it, divide the troops, Geng Bingwen divided the troops, how did Xiongxian lose first, and then lose Mozhou, and then lose all the plates, and the turtle really settled in the city to wait for help, is it that the prince of the country wants to step into the footsteps of the Marquis of Changxing and wait for the rest to be noisy, Geng Bingwen's defeat lies in the division of troops, so that the king of Yan took advantage of the weakness and broke each one."
The commander has made up his mind, immediately send troops, and the troops are trapped in Beiping City, and those who disturb the hearts of our army will be killed."
The governor listened to Wei Wei and did not dare to say anything, Li Jinglong was full of spirits, and immediately ordered the army from all walks of life to march to Beiping, 500,000 troops, just command and dispatch, a battalion of battalions and battalions to pull out, it took a whole day, the army was mighty, the front did not see the head, the back did not see the tail, left the Dezhou camp, and went straight to Beiping Mansion.
On the Lugou Bridge on the Yongding River, one hundred and forty pillars and six hundred and twenty-seven stone lions of different shapes and colors quietly watched the imperial army endlessly follow this stone bridge that was originally built in the reign of Jin Zhangzong.
Li Jinglong rode the bridge, waved his whip and pointed at Beiping City, and said with a triumphant smile: "Haha, this river is two hundred zhang wide, if the Yan army destroys this bridge, or uses the advantages of the soldiers and horses on the bridge to defend here, how can the Duke of China easily wave the Beiping City, it can be seen that the Yan army generals have no knowledge, this is a good omen for my army to win."
Qu Neng, Li Wen, Chen Hui and other governors could only look at each other and smile bitterly when they heard this, but they only felt that according to the dispatch of this prince, the time to exterminate Yan Rebellion would be prolonged in vain, and there was no doubt about victory or defeat, and there was no possibility that the balance of victory would tilt to the side of King Yan, how could it be They were like the Germans who attacked Moscow in 1941, and the three armies were unanimously optimistic that they would be able to end the war before the harsh winter came.
Victory must belong to them, but a few days earlier and a few days later at the head of Yongping City, on the bloodstained city tower, fluttering the swallow-shaped flag.
This city is back in the hands of King Yan, but there are not many officers and soldiers defending the city, only some wounded soldiers and veterans, staying just to clean up the battlefield, King Yan played his usual combat style: fight snakes to kill, send Buddha to the west, chase behind the butt of Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin, and kill to Shanhaiguan.
Wu Gao guarded Yongping for only a day and a half, although it was almost the same number of troops, they also occupied the geographical advantage, and they waited for work, but the Yan army knew that defeat was death, and only survival in death, so it was very decisive.
The imperial army did not have such an awareness.
Some of these 60,000 troops came from Liaodong, some from Shanhaiguan, and some from Jiangnan.
The middle and lower-level officers and non-commissioned officers either sympathized with King Yan, or worshiped King Yan, or were dissatisfied with the imperial court's suppression of martial arts and literature, or felt that Cao Guogong still had 500,000 troops in his hands, and they didn't need to fight to the death with Zhu Di, the desperate King of Yan, here, in short, none of them had the determination to fight to the death.
As for the high-ranking generals, Wu Gao, the Marquis of Jiangyin, was determined to defend the city and drag the king of Yan to give Cao Guogong an opportunity to lead troops to help; Yang Wen, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, built fortifications in the north of the city, gathered war horses, and was always ready to storm the enemy camp, break through the gap, and return to Shanhaiguan; As for the governor Geng Xuan, he was bent on finding a place for his old son Geng Bingwen, and lined up in Dongcheng alone, gearing up to fight to the death with King Yan.
Senior generals, middle and lower-level officers and soldiers, how to fight a defensive battle with slightly more troops than King Yan, this army only held out for a day and a half, this is still because of the effect of Geng Rong's 30,000 southern troops swearing to resist the iron cavalry of King Yan, as soon as Geng Rong's camp was broken through, it was like an invisible plague virus spreading, and the entire defending front invariably began to collapse, just like a snow-capped mountain blown by the spring breeze, the ice and snow melted, and it was defeated.
Fortunately, Wu Gao's surname was steady, and Yang Wen was arranged in Beicheng in advance, although this was also a factor that contributed to the defeat of the imperial army, but with their military morale, if they blindly defended or blindly stubbornly stumbled, I am afraid that they would really fulfill the wish of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and was wrapped in dumplings, becoming an outstanding example of a rare outnumbered soldier surrounding the soldiers and annihilating them all.
Now although the army is defeated, they have at least kept half of the troops, Jiangyin Marquis Wu Gao and Liaodong General Yang Wen led the iron cavalry all the way to Shanhaiguan, Yan Wang Zhu Di because he wanted to eat this powerful cavalry, in the back of the desperate pursuit, the governor Geng Xuan took advantage of this, was able to escape, led him to bring out a group of remnants of the defeated will flee to Texas in a panic, halfway heard that Cao Guogong Li Jinglong had gone to Beiping, busy and turned the horse's head, unjustly rushed to Beiping to complain.
Wu Gao and Yang Wen fled all the way, leaving behind countless grains and grasses, and even the tents of musical instruments, and the cotton military uniforms that were brought out to prepare for the cold but had not been changed into because of the season, all became the provisions of King Yan, if Li Jinglong really sent all the soldiers and horses to Yongping, even if King Yan could fight a victory in front of them, it would be too late to calmly get away these supplies like charcoal in the snow, but unfortunately Li Jinglong did not do this.
As a result, he became the captain of the transportation brigade of Zhu Di, the king of Yan.
Zhu Di has been chasing to the foot of Shanhaiguan, in the face of this Xiongguan, but can not go further, Shanhaiguan dominates the world, how can it be easy to break, at this moment Li Jinglong has been trapped in Beiping City, he still has to return to the division in time, the southern army besieging the city to implement a harassment strategy, drag them under Beiping City, until the harsh winter comes, must be immediately waved division.
However, the two generals of Shanhaiguan, Yang Wen is brave but unscrupulous, and Wu Gao, although he has the problem of timidity before the battle, he is cautious and good at capturing fighters.
Once he returns to the division, Wu Gao, who is eager to atone for his crimes, will not send troops to drag him back and carry out counter-harassment Zhu Di hesitated and was unable to choose between them, and in the end, he was forced to decide to give up Shanhaiguan because his heart was in danger.
Before leaving, Zhu Di repaired a letter and sent a primary school to Shanhaiguan.
Wu Gao didn't know what King Yan's intentions were, so he ordered someone to carry the little school to the city in a bamboo basket, took out the letter and looked at it, and couldn't help laughing.
It turned out that Zhu Di in the letter seemed to be doomed to victory after only fighting this victory, first boasting triumphantly about his own great martial arts, and then praised Wu Gao, praising him for his courage and resourcefulness, having the demeanor of a general, and how he appreciated him, and finally talked about Wu Gao's daughter and son-in-law, and expressed deep regret and anger at the tragic death of his brother King Xiang and his brother-in-law Wu, and then wanted to recruit him for his own use.
Wu Gao was furious, tore up the letter, and blasted the little colonel out of Shanhaiguan, Zhu Di stopped fighting, pulled out the camp and went straight to Beiping.
Seeing this, Yang Wen was suspicious, and hurriedly wrote down the secret of King Yan's surrender, and sent someone to Beijing.
"Discord Meter" A naked, undisguised discordant scheme, who would believe such a stupid scheme Zhu Di didn't take this matter to heart, he just wanted to disgust Wu Gao, so that Wu Gao would spend his time and energy on explaining to the court, so as not to come to him for trouble; Wu Gao didn't take this matter to heart, and the matter was only mentioned in the battle report describing the defeat of Yongping, and it was submitted to Jingshi.
But it is clear that they all overestimate the IQ of some people.
More than half a month later, Wu Gao had reorganized his troops and horses, prepared food and wages, and re-raised all his winter clothes.
Although there are fewer soldiers and horses at this moment than the last expedition, after the last fiasco, the fierce morale of the Liaodong soldiers has been fully mobilized, and without Geng Xuan, the governor who always contradicts him, the whole army has unified orders, strict discipline, and a new fighting style.
Wu Gao was full of confidence, the banner of Wu Zi was hunting and fluttering under the north wind that had been with a cold chill, the Marquis of Jiangyin swore to the three armies, and was preparing to send troops to copy the road of Yan Wang again, Zhu Yunwen's holy decree was sent to Shanhaiguan at an expedited speed of 800 miles: Shanhaiguan soldiers and horses were all under the jurisdiction of Yang Wen, the general army of Liaodong, and the position of Marquis of Wu Gao was reduced, and his military position was seized, and he was transferred to Guangxi.
A letter from King Yan easily folded a general of the imperial court.
To be continued: