A few days before Li Yuanba ascended the throne.
After Li Ji, who was stationed in Linji, learned of Li Shimin's death, he couldn't care about grief and decisively made an order to retreat to Jizhou.
As the commander-in-chief, Li Ji knew that he must not mess up at such a critical moment, and he must come forward to stabilize the situation.
Li Jixian ordered Mao Wenlong to lead 20,000 horses to leave Linji, where the troops were stationed, and to the north overnight to the bank of the Yellow River, quickly build a pontoon bridge, and respond to the retreat of the army.
At the same time, he also wrote a book to Li Mu, asking Li Mu to retreat from Lu County to cross the Yellow River, and send a cavalry to march quickly east along the north bank of the Yellow River, until it reached the pontoon bridge built by Mao Wenlong, and met the army on the north bank to cross the river.
Compared with Li Ji, who was confronting Li Jing head-on, Li Mu's pressure was much less, and it was relatively easy to retreat.
Because his opponents were Wei Yan, Gao Gao, Sun Li, Deng Ai and others, and the strength was only 50,000, there was still a big gap compared to Li Mu's 150,000 horses, so during this time, Wei Yan only guarded Licheng and never confronted the Tang army.
Although Wei Yan's record in recent years is a bit shabby, he is old enough, and he still has a prominent position after being demoted by Liu Weiguan, several levels higher than other generals under Li Jing.
In addition, after Wei Qing was separated, Li Jing's subordinates did not have a few decent commanders, although Li Cunxiao and Yu Juluo were both good at martial arts, but their ability to command troops was not as good as Wei Yan.
Luo Yi's ability to command troops is stronger than Wei Yan, but he came out too late, he has only joined the Han army for two years, and he has not made any achievements.
Li Jing weighed it again and again, but he could only pull out the big one in the middle, and chose to let Wei Yan serve as the chief general of the partial division, and led Gao Gao, Deng Ai, and Sun Li to command 50,000 troops to sit in Licheng to resist Li Mu's attack.
Li Jing's request to Wei Yan was very simple, to take Licheng as a position, adopt a defensive strategy, hold on behind closed doors, and drag the pace of Li Mu's army, so that he could not march eastward, so that Li Jing could concentrate his forces on a decisive battle with Li Ji's army without any worries.
Just after Li Shimin and Han Xin launched the "Gaomi Battle" with the encirclement of Liu Wei as bait, the two corps of Li Ji and Li Mu, who had received the order, also responded positively and took the initiative to attack the Han army's position.
Wei Yan's personality has converged a lot after the battle of Yin Valley was wiped out by the whole army, and he has been defending the city according to Li Jing's orders, fighting to the death with Gao Gao, Deng Ai, Sun Li and others, and shooting more than 15,000 Tang troops with the impregnable city, making Li Mu one step beyond the thunder pool.
Knowing that Li Mu waved his division to storm Licheng, and Long He and Guo Huai, who were stationed in Taishan County, led 15,000 men and horses to reinforce them, Li Mu could only reluctantly lead his troops back fifteen miles.
But after a stalemate of seven or eight days, Wei Yan and the others were surprised to find that Li Mu's Tang army began to retreat northward on a large scale, retreating from a distance of fifteen miles from Licheng to Lu County, a hundred miles away.
In the evening, Deng Ailai suggested to Wei Yan: "There must be a reason for the sudden and large retreat of Wei and Wei general Li Mu, either Li and Li Ji were defeated, or Li Shimin was defeated in Gaomi, and he withdrew his troops to the north as a last resort."
Please give the general the order to go out of the city to pursue, and there will be a catch."
Wei Yan was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, so he directly shook his head and refused: "Although Li Mu has filled with 15,000 troops outside the city, our army has also suffered three or four thousand casualties, and the enemy army is still nearly three times as large as mine."
In case this is Li Mu's plan to lure the enemy, our army will definitely fall into an ambush if it pursues rashly, or it will defend the city and wait and see what happens. ” Seeing the large retreat of the Tang army, Long Ji also entered the city to see Wei Yan: "General Wenchang, Li Mu suddenly led his troops to retreat for a hundred and ten miles, there will be a change, you and I can lead our troops to chase after and act when the opportunity arises."
"General Long, I am different from you, my duty is to guard Licheng, not to defeat Li Mu.
If I divide my troops out of the city to pursue, and Li Mupai will come from the small road to sneak attack, the city will not be protected.
The lesser of two evils, I, Wei Yan, don't dare to gamble anymore, I still abide by my duties, don't seek merit but no fault" Facing Long He, who was eager to pursue, Wei Yan said his thoughts straight to the point.
Seeing that Wei Yan had made up his mind, Long Ji could only say goodbye: "Since General Wenchang is bent on seeking stability, the last general will not dare to force it, after all, no one dares to guarantee whether Li Mu is willing to deceive the last general and Guo Boji to lead the soldiers of the headquarters to bite Li Mu's tail and see what kind of calculation he makes."
If we are ambushed, I will ask General Wen Chang to send troops to the rescue."
Wei Yan arched his hand to say goodbye: "General Long's courage is commendable, please rest assured, if you fall into a disadvantageous situation, you will light wolf smoke during the day and light a beacon fire at night, Wei Yan will see it in the city, and he will definitely personally raise troops to rescue."
After making an agreement with Wei Yan, Long He went out of the city overnight, and led 15,000 men and horses from his headquarters with Guo Huai to the north to pursue Li Mu's army.
However, given that the strength of the Tang army was close to ten times that of his own, he did not dare to get too close, but only sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor and spy on the movements of the Tang army.
Before dawn, Li Jing's envoy arrived outside the gate of Licheng from Zouping and shouted: "The soldiers in the city, please open the door, and come to deliver a letter under the order of Marshal Li."
The defenders of the city saw that there were only three horsemen coming, so they immediately lowered the drawbridge and opened the city gate, and let the envoys enter the city to meet Wei Yan.
"The envoy is coming from afar, I don't know what Li Zhengdong commands" Wei Yan, who had just woken up from his sleep, hurriedly dressed up and personally met the envoy.
After reading the letter handed by the messenger, Wei Yanfang suddenly had an epiphany, shocked and regretful, beat his chest and was annoyed: "Alas, I missed the opportunity, I said no wonder Li Mu suddenly led his troops to retreat sharply, it turned out that the Tang army was defeated in Jiaodong."
Gao Gao, Deng Ai, Sun Li and others who rushed to hear the news were all overjoyed: "Oh, Li Shimin and Han Xin were defeated in Jiaodong, or Your Majesty is powerful, and after arriving in Qingzhou in person, they immediately reversed the unfavorable situation." ” Wei Yan said with a look of annoyance: "The Tang army was not only defeated, but the whole army was annihilated, and even Li Shimin died under His Majesty's fire oil bombs."
Under normal circumstances, the death of the main generals of the three armies can bring a lot of shock, for example, the death of Qin Qiong shocked millions of Han troops, not to mention that Li Shimin, who was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, died on the battlefield "Ah, even Li Shimin is dead" Gao Gao, Sun Li, and Deng Ai almost grew up in unison to ask, and even Deng stammered no longer stammered.
Wei Yan stroked his beard and head: "Not only is Li Shimin dead, but all the other Tang generals including Li Shanchang, Si Yi, Wanyan Jin Danzi, Yuangai Suwen, Li Siyuan and so on were all killed, Shi Jingsi and Li Mi were captured alive, and the 150,000 Tang army was wiped out." ” "Okay, this battle is really happy" The generals clapped their hands together to celebrate, and their excitement was overflowing.
Wei Yan said again: "Not only was the Tang army annihilated, but even the Wei army that came to the rescue from Xuzhou was also wiped out, except for Jia Fu, who escaped by chance, all the others, including the main general Chen Ziyun, also died in Jiaodong." ” He clenched his fists high and said: "In this case, what are we waiting for, ask General Wen Chang to quickly order the whole army to go out of the city to pursue" Wei Yan drew his sword out of the sheath and said in a loud voice: "Only the Jinan Guotai Shou led the county soldiers to defend the city, and all the other soldiers followed me out of the city to pursue the Tang army."
"Wait," Deng Ai stepped forward to stop him, "Please, please listen to me." ” Wei Yan said with a look of shame: "It's a pity that I didn't listen to you and Long Ju's advice last night and went out of the city to pursue the Tang army, and now I'm afraid that Long Ju has also made meritorious contributions."
Deng Ai arched his hand and said: "General Wen Chang is the first to be steady, no, it's not wrong, after all, no one has foresight."
However, the last general thought that Li Mu had retreated for a hundred and ten miles, and he had enough time to set up ambushes in the chaos.
I'm afraid that it will be dangerous for our army to pursue Li Mu, so it's better to let the Tang army leave."
Wei Yan looked disappointed: "I thought that Deng Shizai suggested that Ben would chase after the fast horse, it turned out that it was my mistake not to let me go out of the city and not go out of the city to pursue last night, but if I know the truth about Li Mu's retreat now, I am still timid and closed my door, it will be a mistake on top of a mistake."
Since Shizai is unwilling to go out of the city, the general will leave you with 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, and I will go out of the city with Gao Aocao and Sun Li to pursue."
Deng Ai arched his hand and said: "Our army's strength is already at a disadvantage, if we divide the troops again, it will inevitably suffer even more, that is, since General Wenchang has made a decision, Ai is willing to go out of the city with you."
At that moment, Wei Yanzhi and Deng Ai led the cavalry in front, and he and Sun Li led the infantry behind, a total of 46,000 people, opened the city gate, and pursued northward.
Knowing that Long He was chasing Li Mu along the main road, Wei Yan ordered the whole army to take a detour and take a small road: "Soldiers, our army is outflanked from the small road, this road is thirty miles closer than the road, our army will definitely be able to quickly catch up with the Tang army and make some gains."
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Under Wei Yan's supervision, more than 40,000 Han troops quickly pursued along the path, starting from early in the morning and chasing seventy miles by evening, seeing that it was not far from the Yellow River.
"Shoot the arrows and kill the Han army" Suddenly, a drum sounded, and ambushes erupted in all directions, and arrows were fired in unison.
Hu Luguang bent his bow and set up an arrow, pulling the bowstring like a full moon, and Wei Yan is arrow under the handsome banner: "Wei Yan Pifu, my family governor has guessed your psychology clearly, and I am here" In the midst of the neighing of the horses, Wei Yan couldn't dodge, was shot in the shoulder by an arrow, and fell off the horse.
The rain of arrows caused chaos in the Han army, with countless casualties.
Gao Gao, Deng Ai and others fought to the death, rescued Wei Yan, who was hit by an arrow and fell off his horse, and retreated, Hu Luguang and Li Siye led 50,000 Tang troops to chase and fight, killing 7,000 Han troops and still refusing to give up.
At the critical juncture, a force of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses was killed in the oblique stab, and it turned out that Peng Yue, who was ordered to cruise along the Yellow River, led his troops to kill, and shouted to join the battle group: "The Han army is panicking, Peng Yue came to support" With Peng Yue's reinforcements, Gao Gao and Deng Ai fought back, attacking back and forth, before and after stopping the decline.
Seeing that it was getting late, the Han army did not dare to chase after it for fear that there would still be an ambush.
Li Mu, who had already crossed the Yellow River, personally picked up Hu Luguang and Li Siye on the bank to cross the river, successfully evacuated Qingzhou, and sent Mao Dun to lead 15,000 cavalry to march east along the north bank of the Yellow River to meet Li Ji's corps to retreat across the Yellow River and shake off Li Jing's entanglement. t1706231537: