Chapter 1113: Preparing to Block the Xianbei People's Retreat
In the evening, Zhao Yun finally gathered all the Xianbei people and their cattle, sheep and horses who had fled for several miles in the valley. However, the 80,000 Xianbei people finally gathered only more than 50,000 people, and 20,000 of the remaining 30,000 people were gathered. Many people died in the rebel army, and thousands of people fled in all directions into the dense forests on both sides of the valley. Zhao Yun had no time to pay attention to these fleeing people now, and just drove 50,000 Xianbei people into Siyonghe Town. , and imprisoned all these people in the town. Fortunately, when the territory of Siheyong Town was first planned, it was a safe transfer station established to house the captured horses, so the town was built relatively large. As for the livestock, they were all rushed to the temporary camp behind the town and locked up.
After Zhao Yun led a group of soldiers to carefully inspect everything inside and outside the town, he returned to the camp outside the town. Then he immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters. This time, he was the leader of the 30,000-strong army. In addition to him, there are several generals such as Hu Yandu, the chief of the assault cavalry, Chen Jing, the chief of the Iron Eagle Rui, Zhao, the chief of the Yuanrong crossbowmen, and Huang Yu, the captain of the Hekong camp cavalry. After a while, all the generals rushed to Zhao Yun's tent.
After all the generals arrived, Zhao Yun said: "Today's battle went smoothly than we imagined, but the more difficult battle is still to come. Thousands of Xianbei people have escaped this time. Although I have arranged for cavalry to intercept along the way, But the Suli army will discover the abnormality in five days at the latest. By then, we can send troops north to understand the situation, and we can delay it for another two to three days. By then, even the most stupid people will notice the abnormality. , then our test will come.”
Having said this, Zhao Yun glanced at the generals and said: "So starting from tomorrow, we must start making full preparations. Now we have gathered 50,000 Xianbei people. According to the schedule, the infantry army will arrive tomorrow at the latest , so starting from tomorrow, everyone will start to act separately.”
"General Chen! General Zhao! General Huang!"
"The end will be here" the three people responded.
"I order the three of you to select 10,000 prisoners each from among the 50,000, collect stones and wood from the mountains on both sides, and transport them back to the town."
"promise!"
"General Huyandu!"
"The general is here!"
"Tomorrow you will leave 10,000 strong men out of the remaining 20,000. The rest will be assigned by your department to take care of the cattle, sheep and horses behind the town."
"promise!"
"The remaining generals will be responsible for guarding the remaining 10,000 Xianbei people to secure the town inside and outside, deepen and widen the trenches, and improve the defense of the town. Construction can begin immediately after the infantry army arrives to escort the craftsmen."
"The last general takes command!"
"Starting from tomorrow, I will personally lead the troops to guard the sentries sent by Su Li to buy more time for everyone. Okay, everyone should disperse!"
"I'll be waiting for you to leave!" Everyone stood up and agreed in unison.
After everyone retreated, Zhao Yun did not fall asleep immediately. He was still thinking about the town's defense. The location of Siheyong is indeed very good. It is directly surrounded by rivers to the south and west, and to the north is the foot of the mountain. But for now, It is said that the size of the territory has not been expanded to that side, so a passage about a mile wide was left between the wall and the foot of the mountain. However, Zhao Yun did not think there would be any danger here. After all, the town was close to the Ison River. Yes, it is estimated that when the Xianbei army retreats, it is very likely that they will not even cross the river, and will directly go north from the other side of the river.
Of course, he also had to consider this aspect. The most important thing was the small river in the south. The river channel was really too narrow, so he planned to dig the channel of the small river in the south in the next few days to widen it, at least by three meters. Five feet wide prevented the Xianbei army from crossing the river.
There was no talk all night, but early the next morning, as soon as it got dark, the whole Siheyong Town began to be lively inside and outside. Zhao Yun sent all the Baima Yi soldiers out, leaving only a few hundred soldiers by his side, because considering that he had just After capturing the rear camp of the Xianbei army, Su Li would not have received the news so quickly, so Zhao Yun only sent two thousand white horse Yi Cong to the south as an early warning, while the other three thousand Yi Cong were sent to the north to pick up the five who had not yet arrived. Thousands of infantry.
Originally, Zhao Yun was the commander-in-chief of the Long Xiang Army, so he had a thousand personal soldiers. However, Zhao Yun himself was the commander-in-chief of the White Horse Yi Cong, so except for the one hundred iron-wall battalion guards mandated by Huangfu Chaobo, he did not have any He specially set up a personal guard camp for himself. When he travels, he basically draws soldiers from Baima Yi to serve as personal soldiers. New 81 Chinese website is the fastest updated computer version:
After Baima Yicong left, the other ministries also started to take action. Chen Jing, Zhao and Huang Yu each led 10,000 Xianbei people to the north of the town to cut trees and dig out stones, just in time to prepare to collect all the trees and stones at the foot of the mountain to the north of the town. Go, and then extend the territory's wall directly to the foot of the mountain. This way, it is close to the mountains and rivers, and the defense will be more stable.
Then Huyandu led more than 10,000 old and weak people to leave the town and headed towards the valley to the east of the town. Their task was to take care of the hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses. In the end, the 10,000 Xianbei people who stayed in the town Qingzhuang was arranged to widen the river to the south of the town. At the same time, they would also build another camp to the east of the town. This was to prevent the tens of thousands of Xianbei prisoners from causing rebellion when the Xianbei army withdrew. They will be sent out of town and placed in camps outside the town.
At noon that day, 5,000 infantrymen and hundreds of craftsmen they escorted finally arrived safely at Siheyong Town. With the addition of craftsmen, the construction inside and outside the town was immediately accelerated by several times. The town wall on the west side extended directly to the foot of the mountain. At the same time, the prisoner camp on the east side was also rapidly built with huge wood.
As time passed, the defense construction of Siheyong Town became more and more complete. Looking at these, Zhao Yun's heart became more and more stable. At this time, the battle at Tangtougoutou was still going on fiercely. New 81 Chinese website is updated the fastest. Mobile terminal: https:/
After another day of fierce fighting, the Xianbei army still failed to capture the pass. Suli had no choice but to order the army to withdraw. After returning to the tent, Suli had been thinking about the situation of the battle at Tangtougou Pass in the past few days. He always felt very strange. It stands to reason that there are only a few thousand guards in the pass, but facing the repeated attacks of his own army of tens of thousands, they have never shown any signs of fatigue. There must be something wrong here, but Suli could not figure out what went wrong.
You know, the Xianbei army led by Suli this time has as many as 130,000 people, but after two months of fighting, they have lost 30,000 to 40,000 people, and the Han army will lose thousands of people at the very least. But looking at the situation on the city wall in the past few days, the soldiers guarding the pass are not exhausted, and their strength does not seem to have decreased much.