Chapter 1101 Safe Return
Huangfu Chaobo wanted to use Tangtougou Town to delay the Xianbei's attack as much as possible, while Suli wanted to use this town to hone his army's experience in attacking the city. Both sides were using this town to make a fuss.
The battle on the second day went on as scheduled. Zheng Xiong could clearly feel that the Xianbei people's attack was getting smoother and smoother. Although there was a big gap between the cooperation with the Central Plains army, he was sure that the Xianbei people in front of him now There is a clear difference between the people and the Xianbei army that he faced a few years ago.
After a day of fighting, Zheng Xiong's two thousand army lost another three to four hundred people. This was the result of him and a group of generals promptly deploying the soldiers on the city. Of course, less than half of the soldiers were actually dead or seriously injured. Some of them suffered relatively minor injuries, but these lightly injured soldiers still needed several days of rest to recover.
Originally, according to Huangfu Chaobo's arrangement, Tangtougou Town needed to be defended for ten to fifteen days, and then the remaining troops would wait for an opportunity to withdraw into the pass. By that time, the Guards and Zhao Yun's cavalry should have arrived in Yanbei. Qingzhou's troops are about to arrive at Leting. At this time, if Tangtou Gou Pass is used to block the Xianbei army for more than ten days, Qingzhou's tens of thousands of troops will be able to reach Yanbei County by water. At that time, it will be time for the Tang army to counterattack. .
The results of the day's battle were quickly reported to Huangfu Chaobo. Considering the needs of the war, Huangfu Chaobo still sent 500 soldiers to Zheng Xiong. It was not that he was reluctant to send more soldiers and horses, but that Tangtou Gou suppressed the situation. It's a little too small. A small town that can accommodate a population of two thousand is already its limit.
However, today is not just bad news. Just when Huangfu Chaobo gathered everyone in the pass to learn about the war, Shi A walked in with a happy face: "Lord, good news!"
Everyone raised their heads and looked in Shi'a's direction.
"Lord, there is news from Xiabancheng that Huyanda and his party have arrived safely in Xiabancheng. Not only did they have no casualties, they also captured a BMW with a black horse. In addition to this BMW, , and more than a thousand war horses of all kinds.”
When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Those horses were second to none. As long as Huyanda and his party returned safely, the horses would not have to worry about the Tang army after they secured Yanbei County.
"Great, please pass on the order and ask Huyanda and his party to stay in Chengde without returning to Longhua. Also, all the hundreds of cavalrymen will stay behind until most of the Guards arrive. , and it depends on the situation.”
"No! The general will make arrangements immediately. There is one more thing. Judging from the information collected by the Shadow Guard so far, the Xianbei people who have learned how to siege the city are mainly the eastern Xianbei, mainly the Suli tribe. The attack methods of other tribes "Not much improvement," Shia replied;
Huangfu Chaobo nodded, indicating that he was listening.
"The wars in other places have already begun. It is said that the reinforcements from Bingzhou to Wenhou, oh, it should be Zhao Guogong, although the response was not slow, the Xianbei army still captured Wuquan. At present, the Xianbei army has begun to march towards Beiyu. "
"Where are the Guards and Zhao Yun's army now? How long will it take to reach Yanbei?"
"According to the news from Shadow from Youzhou, several of their troops have arrived in Youzhou, but it will take a few days to reach Yanbei."
"Is there any latest news from Laoting? What about the situation of the Qingzhou army?"
Shi A shook his head and said: "It has been more than ten days since the Qingzhou army left Shuanghe, but there is still no news about their fleet. However, another batch of our immigrants has arrived in Laoting, and the number is about 60,000. Please let me know how these personnel are arranged.
"In that case, let's arrange a group of personnel in Laoting and let them start preparing the army in advance! As for other things, let's proceed according to the original plan!"
When everyone heard this, they all agreed.
The attack on the third day went on as scheduled. What surprised Zheng Xiong was that the Xianbei army attacking today seemed different again.
It seems that the troops and horses are not as good as those in the previous two days, but there are clues later. The Xianbei people actually changed their troops and horses, and used the Tangtougou Town they were defending as a training ground. They came to this conclusion. At that time, Zheng Xiong felt a little bit dumbfounded.
The battle in Yanbei suddenly became less intense, but the battle in Chifeng became increasingly fierce. After several days of sending greeting cards, the two major coalition forces had cleared all the defense facilities outside Chifeng City and began to They launched an attack on Chifeng City. Unlike Tangtougou Town, Chifeng's defense was much tighter, so the battle was much more intense.
Just as the battle in Chifeng was becoming increasingly fierce, Gongsun Zan's reinforcements had also begun to move towards Lulong County. The people who retreated from Chifeng have also retreated to the south of Lulong City, and they will be arranged in Liaoxi County. Gongsun Zan's reinforcements have arrived in Lulong City one after another, and the vanguard army has begun to move towards the hinterland of Lulong. They will arrive in Pingquan, and according to Wangmen's suggestion, they will first strengthen the defense of Pingquan, and then gather the army and move towards Chifeng. , to support the war in Chifeng.
Of course, this is just a plan for the time being. As for whether he can really send troops to support Chifeng, Gongsun Zan is still undecided. The main reason is that the quantity and quality of the Yan army's cavalry are no longer the same as a few years ago. With only tens of thousands of cavalry, Gongsun Zan really didn't dare to take them out to fight the Xianbei people. It would be fine if he won, but if he lost, all the Yan army's tens of thousands of cavalry would be ruined.
While the battle in the east was going on fiercely, the battle in the west was also in full swing. After making a decision, the knight's army quickly strengthened the defenses of Jilu Pass and Shangque Pass, and Zhao Zilong, Lao Du and Xiao Jiejie's troops also quickly entered Manyi Valley and Wujia River City. They will resist the Xianbei people in these four places. Of course, it is best to be able to stop them. If they cannot stop them, they must at least wait until the grain is harvested before they can evacuate.
Fortunately, both Putou and Qianman were thinking about preserving their strength, because they all knew that if they did not go out with the other tribes this time, they might be the first to be destroyed. So after returning to their respective tribes, they began to march south, but the speed was slightly slower than that of the other tribes. So when they arrived with their troops, the Han army had reinforced their defenses again, which slowed down the attack of the two. In the first few days after the war began, the two sides fought over several fortresses, but the fighting was not as fierce as in other places.