Chapter 582

Changsun Yuanhong gave up the western gates of Nanhai and Jianxing in the east of Hedong, and instead drove straight in, heading straight for Qingyuan, the prefecture. It can be said that the latest chapter of the great attack on the army, including Tang Yin, was expected. Changsun Yuanhong's tactics were also difficult for Wei Zheng who was traveling with him to understand and felt incredible.

Without capturing Nanhai and Jianxing first, the 300,000-strong army marched straight towards Qingyuan. Even if we could successfully capture it, our own army would be trapped in the hinterland of Hedong. By then, we would have no reinforcements and no way to retreat. Three One hundred thousand people would be trapped in the east of the river and die, and the whole army would be annihilated.

Wei Zheng strongly opposed Changsun Yuanhong's tactics. But Changsun Yuanhong also had his own ideas.

First, Hedong was only temporarily occupied by the Feng Army, but in fact it was still the territory of Ning State, and the people in Hedong were still Ning people. Our long march in was not an intrusion of a lone army, but a direct penetration of the enemy's vital points. Secondly, Qingyuan is a county in Hedong. Once threatened, Fengjun must rescue him. Otherwise, Nanhai, Jianxing, Xiaoxia, and Fengcheng occupied by Fengjun will lose contact and become four isolated cities. Thirdly, Changsun Yuanhong had already proven that the Feng Army's city defenses in Nanhai and Jianxing were very strong, and he was not willing to fight a difficult offensive. The other 100,000 Yue cavalry were not suitable for fighting a difficult battle. He threatened Qingyuan and lured the Feng Army to rescue him. In this way, they can have a head-on confrontation with the Feng army on the flat ground, and the power of the Yue cavalry can be maximized.

This was Changsun Yuanhong's strategic thought. He sneered at Wei Zheng's concerns and ignored them at all. If he didn't explain, how could Wei Zheng understand his tactics, and the conflicts and analysis between the two deepened.

Qingyuan is a county town, and the city defense is extremely strong. Not only is the city high and thick, but it also has double inner and outer walls, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, the Feng Army's garrison in Qingyuan is only 20,000 Feng Army led by Du Qing, the county lieutenant. It is impossible for people to resist an army of 300,000 and defend such a huge county.

However, after Changsun Yuanhong led his army to Qingyuan, he surrounded but did not attack, trapped but did not capture, and faced off with the Feng army outside the city. His intention is very clear, to surround the spot and provide reinforcements! I'll trap your vitals first, and you must come to rescue me. If I want to occupy Qingyuan, I can win with one blow at any time.

His tactic is so awesome.

Hearing that Qingyuan was threatened by the Ningguo army, the Feng Army's garrisons in Xiaoxia and Fengcheng each sent 10,000 troops in two groups to reinforce Qingyuan. However, Changsun Yuanhong had already calculated the movements of the Feng army. He set up an ambush of 50,000 Western Army troops on the official road between Qingyuan and Xiaoxia, and arranged 100,000 Yue cavalry between Qingyuan and Fengcheng.

As a result, two lines of reinforcements from the Feng Army encountered an ambush from the Ning Army along the way. They were beaten to a pulp and most of them were damaged. Only a thousand remnants of the defeated soldiers were left and returned to Xiaoxia. The reinforcements from the other line were even worse, with a hundred thousand soldiers. The Vietnamese cavalry came face to face.

The Yue people were called Yue barbarians by Ning State, firstly because their civilization was backward, and secondly, because the people were fierce and brave and good at fighting. When the Yue people only wore animal skins and held stone axes and bone spears, it was very difficult for Ning Guo to conquer the Yue people. Moreover, the Yue people often dared to resist, which gave Ning Guo a headache. Now the Yue people have received the support of Changsun Yuanhong and are wearing With the refined steel helmet and armor, and the extremely sharp steel sword and gun in hand, the combat effectiveness has been improved by several levels. The Yue cavalry was not only fast, but everyone was good at riding and shooting and throwing knives. The Yue cavalry charged. Before the horses arrived, the arrows arrived first. Just after the arrow array passed, the sword array arrived again. When the sword array passed, the cavalry Has rushed forward.

When ten thousand Feng troops met the Yue cavalry, as soon as the battle started, they were stunned by the arrow array of the Yue cavalry. They finally blocked the arrow array of the Yue cavalry. The flying knives thrown by the opponent arrived again, and many Feng soldiers Before he could even see clearly what was going on, his head was chopped off by a machete whirling towards him. Ten thousand Feng troops were dispersed by one hundred thousand Yue cavalry in one charge. But in the plain area of ​​Hedong, once defeated, there would be nowhere to run or hide, not to mention the two legs of the infantry. Can it be faster than the four hooves of a war horse? Unfortunately, the Feng army who came to reinforce Qingyuan from Fengcheng almost didn't survive in the end. They were all killed by the Yue cavalry like a wind and a cloud.

The two cities sent reinforcements to Qingyuan, but the reinforcements from the two cities were blocked and nearly 20,000 troops were lost. The defenders of the two cities hurriedly used flying pigeons to send the battle report to Jianxing, asking Tang Yin to make a decision. After receiving the news that Xiaoxia and Fengcheng failed to reinforce Qingyuan, Tang Yin immediately realized that Changsun Yuanhong's strategy was to deliberately trap Qingyuan and surround him for reinforcements.

He immediately sent a message back to the Second City not to continue to reinforce Qingyuan. He also sent people to pass the battle report to Xiao Muqing and Liang Qi in Nanhai. Then, he urgently summoned Ziying to discuss with them how to deal with the enemy. Ziying was also shocked by Changsun Yuanhong's tactics of directly attacking the vital points and encircling them for reinforcements. She lowered her head and looked at the map, speechless for a long time.

Tang Yin was waiting for Ziying to come up with a plan. When the latter didn't say a word for a long time, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Ziying, how do you think our army should defeat the enemy now?"

Ziying took a breath and said: "Qingyuan City only has 20,000 defenders from our side. As long as Changsun Yuanhong gives the order, with his 300,000 troops, he can break the city with one blow. But he besieged but did not attack. He expressed his attitude to attract the main force of our army to come and engage in a decisive battle with our army. This shows that he is confident that he can defeat our army in a decisive battle. "

Tang Yin sighed impatiently. He understood what Ziying analyzed. What he wanted to hear was not this, but the way to defeat the enemy. Seeing Tang Yin's impatience, Ziying hurriedly saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know anything about the enemy's combat power and characteristics, so I don't dare to speak nonsense. However, Qingyuan City is very important to our army." Crucially, once they fall into the hands of the enemy, the cities of Jianxing and Nanhai will lose their backup and logistical supplies and become in danger, and the situation of the 300,000 soldiers stationed in the two cities will also be extremely bleak. "

This is true. Qingyuan City must be saved. The key is how to save it? Tang Yin said quietly: "Since Changsun Yuanhong wants to fight a decisive battle with our army, our army will accompany us. I immediately summoned the Pingyuan Army and Sanshui Army in the South China Sea, combined with the Directly Affiliated Army and Tianying Army, and joined forces with them. Ning Jun fights to the death!"

Ziying stirred up a shiver, waved his hands repeatedly, and said: "That's not right! Your Majesty, although Changsun Yuanhong is a fierce general, he is also a wise general who can govern the country and secure it. Since he wants to fight our army decisively, he must be fully confident. , If the king joins forces to fight, wouldn't it be in line with the enemy's wishes? "

Hearing this, Tang Yin raised his eyebrows, looked at Ziying, and asked with a sneer: "Ziying, do you think our army's 300,000 brothers can't defeat Changsun Yuanhong's 300,000 men?"

Ziying thought so, but she couldn't say it like that. He said seriously: "Your Majesty, our army has been fighting continuously for nearly two months. All the officers and soldiers in the army are exhausted. However, the enemy army has just arrived, with high morale and strong fighting spirit. If we engage in a head-on confrontation, our army will suffer. In addition, In a head-on decisive battle of 300,000 against 300,000, even if our army can win in the end, the casualties will be heavy. The enemy will lose one thousand, and we will lose 800. This is a battle between ordinary men. Please be aware of this, Your Majesty!"

After Quilting said this, if Tang Yin persisted, he would become a common man. He frowned and took a deep look at Ziying, muttering dissatisfiedly: "This won't work, and that won't work either. Tell me, what should our army do?"

"King, I have been studying the terrain of Hedong for a while, and found that there is a place that is very suitable for setting up an ambush." ​​As he spoke, Ziying pointed to the Hedong area and said: "This is it. There are ditches here, and even if you can lay an ambush, One hundred thousand or two hundred thousand people, there is no clue just from the appearance, and this place is only more than a hundred miles away from Qingyuan. If our army can lead the enemy here, not only will the Yue Kingdom's cavalry be rendered useless, but You can also catch Ning Jun off guard."

"Oh?" Tang Yin lowered his head and carefully looked at the place where Ziying's finger was. From the map, it was indeed not far from Qingyuan, but it was not like the ditches and crisscrossing holes mentioned by Ziying. You couldn't tell from the map. After watching for a long time, Tang Yin frowned and asked: "Ziying, even if this place is as easy to set up an ambush as you said, it is still more than a hundred miles away from Qingyuan. How can we attract Ning's army here?"

The corners of Ziying's mouth moved, and she hesitated to speak with an expression of embarrassment.

Tang Yin felt impatient and urged: "You should say something if you have something to say!"

Ziying took a deep breath and said, "It's not impossible to attract the enemy here. The key is whether the bait to attract Ning's army is attractive enough."

Tang Yin blinked and asked, "Ziying, in your opinion, who is the best bait?"

Ziying lowered his head and pondered. After a long while, he knelt down and kowtowed at the same time: "Your Majesty is the best choice!"

After hearing this, before Tang Yin could express his position, the faces of Guyue, Wuying, and Shangguan brothers standing aside changed greatly. Shangguan Yuan Biaohuan was stunned and shouted loudly: "How brave! Ziying, you actually want to use the king's name." As a bait, can you afford to take advantage of the situation if the king is in trouble?"

Ziying knelt on the ground and did not move, nor did she raise her head from where it was knocked.

Tang Yin was just stunned for a moment, then turned his head and glared at Shangguan Yuan Biao with dissatisfaction, and asked suspiciously: "Yuan Biao, am I a three-year-old child? Am I so easy to make mistakes?"

Yuan Biao was dumbfounded and stammered: "This... general... of course the general doesn't mean that..."

Tang Yin stopped paying attention to him, bent down and grabbed the collar of Ziying's neck, and lifted him up directly. Then he looked at Ziying and shook his head with a smile, and said quietly: "I just asked you to take the blame for something insignificant for me. , but you ended up throwing a bigger blame on me, Ziying, it’s really you.”

When Ziying heard this, her legs became weak, her body sank, and she was about to kneel down again, but Tang Yin grabbed his shoulders first and prevented him from kneeling down. Then he took two steps back, with his hands behind his back, in the room. Wandering back and forth inside. After thinking about Ziying's strategy carefully, Tang Yin secretly nodded. He was the monarch of the Feng Kingdom and the biggest enemy of the Ning Kingdom. No one could be more attractive than him, no matter how far-sighted and treacherous the eldest son Yuanhong was. Even if he is cunning, it is impossible to guess that he will use himself as a king as bait to lure him into taking the bait. This strategy may also work.