Chapter 1197 Gongsun Zan Falls Into the Trap of Wei Army Again
In Luoyang City, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were urgently discussing how to deal with the current situation. Huangfu Chaobo's pig teammate Gongsun Zan was standing in the county government office of Puyin County, smiling up to the sky. After two days of battle, the Yan army successfully captured Puyin of the Wei Kingdom. In the county town, Gongsun Zan was extremely happy with the results of the first victory.
This time he dispatched a total of 50,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry. Among the 50,000 infantry, 30,000 were commanded by three sworn brothers. Among the 30,000 cavalry were elite white-horse righteous followers, ordinary white-horse righteous followers and Ordinary cavalry each fights 10,000 men. New 81 Chinese website is the fastest updated computer version:
He was in a dilemma when sending troops this time. You must know that the two wars of the Yan Kingdom have caused heavy losses in soldiers and horses. Although Lulong County was finally defended with the help of the Tang army in the latter time, the Xianbei army that invaded the Shanggu and the The riots in Zhuo County and Guangyang County also caused considerable losses to the three counties. If the advice of Guo Guangjing and his brother Guowei Gongsun Fan was followed, Yan State would be better off recuperating for a few years to allow its national strength to recover.
However, after the founding of the country, his three sworn brothers failed to become marquises. This made Gongsun Zan feel guilty, so he tried to supplement the three sworn brothers as much as possible, and made all three of them Zhonglang General. Generals were mobilized from the army and replenished their respective 10,000 troops, preparing for the next expedition to accumulate more military merits for the three of them.
After the sworn brothers had been training in the army for about a year, they felt that their army had been trained, so the three of them went to Gongsun Zan every now and then to lobby, hoping to lead the army into battle so that they could accumulate merit for themselves. It would be better to be granted a title of marquis as soon as possible.
This time, while Zhao State was sending troops outside the Great Wall, the three of them couldn't help it anymore. They ran to Gongsun Zan again and expressed their hope to send troops to Wei State. They happened to take advantage of Zhao State's Wuxia eastward visit to conquer the northern part of Zhongshan State of Wei State. Occupation, in this way, is just in time to prepare for the connection between Wei and Zhao to be cut off again, and it is also just in time to cut off the source of Wei's war horses.
After several times of persuasion, Gongsun Zan finally made a move. At this time, Li Yizi's last strike finally made Gongsun Zan make up his mind. Li Yizi said: "Brother Wang, Yan and Tang The two countries were originally allies, but Yan was slightly weaker and Tang was slightly stronger. In the past few years, although Tang was the dominant force and Yan was second, the two families were still basically equal. If they didn't win a few good results, it would be like this in the long run. , the Yan State will truly become a vassal of the Tang State, and with Brother Wang’s ability, An Neng will be inferior to others!”
After saying these words, Gongsun Zan was like a cat with exploded hair, and he suddenly exploded. So, after careful discussion, the four of them secretly mobilized the 80,000-strong army under various names without telling Guan Jing, Gong, Sun, Fan and others, and then quietly led the army southward to attack Wei.
What they don't know is that although the Yanling Guards of the Wei State are not as powerful as the Shadow Guards of the Tang State, they have already kept a close eye on Guangyang and Zhuojun of the Yan State. As soon as the Yan State's 80,000 troops left, In Jicheng, the Wei court had already received the news. Moreover, over the years, Wei State has been actively preparing for war against Yan State. As the only source of war horses, Zhongshan State is the top priority of Wei State's defense.
The small Zhongshan Kingdom gathered four important officers and generals from the Wei Kingdom. The Prime Minister of Zhongshan was Guo Yuan. He was the nephew of Zhong Yao, a famous scholar in Yingchuan, and he was not weak in ability. Zhongshan Lieutenant Nai Chunyu Qiong was an old friend of Yuan Shao when he was a member of the Eighth School of Xiyuan. He was able to gain the attention of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. He was one of the Eighth Schools together with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao. His abilities were actually Very strong.
There is also the fierce general Han Meng who is the deputy lieutenant of the Zhongshan Kingdom. Han Meng is one of the few generals in the Wei Kingdom. Historically, he and Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others are collectively known as the Four Courts and One Pillar. This shows that his ability is still very strong. In addition, the cavalry generals Jiang Qi and Jiang Yiqu are also among the few cavalry generals in the Wei army. Although their infantry combat capabilities are slightly weaker than Si Ting Yizhu,
But the leadership of the cavalry has its own unique features. With these four people guarding Zhongshan, Gongsun Zanqi could easily take advantage.
After receiving the news of the Yan army's southern invasion, Guo Yuan discussed with the generals how to deal with it. After resisting the Yan army's attack for two days, Puyin County finally failed and was captured by the Yan army. Only less than 1,000 of the 5,000 defenders guarded the county magistrate and the county magistrate withdrew to Tang County. The remaining 4,000 or so people were all killed on the spot. , and the Yan army paid nearly 10,000 casualties for this.
Although the casualties were so heavy, under the praise of Liu Weitai and the others, Gongsun Zan finally found his high-spirited feeling again. The army rested in Puyin for a day, leaving thousands of wounded soldiers, 5,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry to defend Puyin. Gongsun Zan once again led 35,000 infantry and 20,000 white horse rebels to march towards Puyin. Wangdu County to the west launched an attack.
What Gongsun Zan didn't know was that in Wangdu County, Chun Yuqiong had already assembled 10,000 infantry in the city, waiting for Gongsun Zan to lead his troops to attack. At the same time, 30,000 cavalry urgently mobilized from the surrounding counties and Nanpi of the royal city have entered Lunu City, the capital of Zhongshan. At the same time, more than 50,000 infantry have also been assembled in Lunu City. Now Guo Yuan is just waiting for the opportunity to fight. Once they appear, they can surround Gongsun Zan's tens of thousands of troops at the foot of Wangdu City.
The Yan army fought fiercely for two days under Wangdu City, but still failed to break through the city. However, there was a feeling that if they tried harder, they could [ ] enter the city, which made Gongsun Zan very entangled. He also knew that the longer he stayed here, the greater the chance of Wei army reinforcements appearing. However, under the persuasion of his three brothers, Gongsun Zan finally decided to continue to attack Wangdu fiercely, and at the same time sent 10,000 white horse volunteers to monitor the direction of Lunu City in the south, in order to get the news of Wei army reinforcements as soon as possible. First release
On the fifth day of the war, Wei army reinforcements finally appeared 50 miles south of Wangdu City, with 40,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, led by Zhongshan Xiang Guo Yuan himself, and slowly approached Wangdu City. Upon hearing this, Gongsun Zan sent 20,000 white horse volunteers to monitor the Wei army reinforcements, while sending his three brothers to intensify the siege.
What he didn't know was that, just a hundred miles to the east, Jiang Qi's 20,000 cavalrymen and Han Meng's 10,000 mounted infantrymen had bypassed his scouts and rushed straight to Puyin City behind him. At the same time, the Wei army garrison in Tang County had gathered 10,000 soldiers from Tang County, Beiping and Guangchang, and quietly went around to the north of Puyin County.
The Yan army, which lost the command of Gongsun Zan, became increasingly weak in its attack on Wangdu under the command of the three brothers of the King of Yan. Two days later, Gongsun Zan received a piece of news that made him feel like he was falling into the abyss. The more than 20,000 troops left in Puyin were almost destroyed under the attack of Wei County. Only less than a thousand cavalrymen escaped, most of whom fled back to Zhuo County in a panic. Only less than a hundred people risked their lives to break through the encirclement of the Wei cavalry and came to Wangdu City to warn Gongsun Zan. Puyin fell into the hands of the Wei army again, and Gongsun Zan's army was once again surrounded by the Wei army.