Chapter 417 A Bold Plan
"Kill!" The soldiers were full of fighting spirit. The King of Yan's shouts boosted their morale and they wanted to shout until their throats broke. Read
The rumbling footsteps were like drums beating one after another. Hearing this sound, more servants put down their weapons and surrendered to the King of Yan's soldiers.
When Qin Shan led the soldiers to rush over, he encountered almost no resistance along the way. There were Beidi servants kneeling on the ground everywhere.
The sky was getting brighter and brighter.
Everything in the valley gradually became clear.
On the mountain road, Chang Wei began to order the soldiers to clean up the battlefield. Because of the night raid, most of the Beidi soldiers did not get on the horses, and a large number of war horses were tied to the trees in the mountains and forests.
In addition to the war horses, there were also many slaves from the Black Iron King's tent. These slaves all had the faces of Dasong people.
There was no doubt that they were looted by Enke from Ningjindusi and plundered from Yanzhou.
The battlefield cleaning lasted until noon, and Chang Wei sent the battle report.
"Your Highness, this time we killed more than 13,000 Northern Di soldiers, captured more than 9,000 people, and the rest escaped. In addition, there are 30,000 war horses and more than 3,000 civilians." Chang Wei said.
Zhao Xu nodded.
For him, this night attack was just the beginning.
The four northern counties became barren due to the annual looting of the Black Iron King's tent. This time he wanted to get back the debt owed by the Black Iron King's tent.
So he said to Chang Wei: "Is this battle comfortable?"
"Of course it's comfortable." Chang Wei chuckled twice.
Zhao Xu laughed lightly, "There will be a more comfortable battle next. You immediately mobilize the chariots. In the past, the Northern Di always crossed Yanshan. This time we will cross Yanshan once and completely cripple the Black Iron King's tent."
Chang Wei's eyes widened immediately, and his lips trembled.
For him, this is simply an unprecedented feat. For Dasong, the Northern Di is a nightmare.
It's not easy to defend day and night, and now the King of Yan is going to cross the King of Yan and attack the Northern Di.
Excited, Chang Wei forgot to speak, and ran out, ordering the chariots to be mobilized.
Chen Hu and Zhongli were still struggling on the grassland. Taking advantage of the defeat of the Black Iron King's tent at Qingfengkou, it was the best time to attack.
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Xiancheng.
Zhao Heng sat in the central army tent, looking at the withdrawn soldiers.
Since the camp was set up, the defenders in Xiancheng set up a battle formation in front of the city and fought with them.
In the past two days, the two armies fought several times, with wins and losses, and the battle situation was tense, which was different from the last time in Wengcheng.
However, both he and the generals in the army are still full of confidence.
Because they know the number of soldiers and horses in Xiancheng, even if they are wasted, they can't afford it.
"Still nothing has been explored?" Yang Feng stood in front of Zhao Heng.
At this time, a scout general came over, and Yang Feng asked immediately.
"Reply to the general, there is nothing unusual around Xiancheng." The general said.
Yang Feng nodded, but he was more and more confused.
While setting up camp under Xiancheng, he sent scouts to patrol around Xiancheng.
For several days, there was no news about Beidi.
Zhao Heng glanced at Yang Feng, "General Yang, being cautious is a good thing, but being too cautious is not a good thing. There are only 200,000 soldiers and horses in Xiancheng now, so we should take it quickly. If we wait for ten days or half a month as you said, it will really change."
The second prince's face was full of pride.
He was not stupid. When he was in Wengcheng, he secretly ordered the Han family's scouts to go to Xiancheng to investigate.
But everything showed that there were only Xiliang and Ma Jin's soldiers and horses around Xiancheng.
He then urged the central army to go to Xiancheng.
Now Yang Feng has patrolled for another three days, and there is still nothing unusual.
This undoubtedly proves that he has made the right decision again.
Now, he even admires himself a little.
It turns out that marching and fighting is so simple.
He should have volunteered to go to Jinzhou to fight Xiliang.
Yang Feng remained silent. He did not refute, but his heart was still full of doubts.
The second prince said, "Father, in my opinion, Xiliang is too arrogant. Wengcheng used new soldiers to deal with us, but now they are setting up a battle array outside the city to fight us."
"In recent years, Dasong and Xiliang have lost more than they have won in the war, so they naturally look down on us." Zhao Heng snorted coldly, "But today's Northern Expedition Army has artillery and muskets, but it is not the army of the past."
Yang Feng remained silent.
The Xiliang people did not stay at home and defend the city, but chose to fight outside the city. This is because the generals in the city are confident that they can defeat the Dasong army in a field battle.
In all the wars in Dasong, it is not uncommon for the defending party to go out of the city to fight.
The second prince has his reasons for thinking so.
But is everything from leaving the city to now really so simple?
He doesn't believe it, but he can't produce evidence.
It's said to be the intuition of a veteran general who has fought many battles. With the emperor's interest now, he will naturally ignore it, not to mention that there is a second prince who is interfering.
Thinking of this, he sighed quietly.
"Woo woo woo..."
At this time, the sound of the horn resounded throughout the battlefield.
It was noon, and the soldiers of both sides had to rest and eat.
The battle would continue in the afternoon.
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Xiancheng.
Gule, Wuyan, and Ma Jin set up a small table under the city wall and drank leisurely.
"Gule, this Dasong army is indeed more difficult than before. Many of our soldiers were killed by the enemy's artillery. If we only rely on our Xiliang, it will be really difficult this time." Wuyan drank a glass of wine and frowned.
Gu Le nodded, his face gloomy, "And the matchlock formation of the Dasong Imperial Army also made our soldiers eat a lot of bones. Fortunately, that thing can only fire once every thirty breaths."
From the captured Dasong soldiers, they learned that the sticks in the hands of the Dasong soldiers that spewed fire were called matchlocks.
In the morning battle, the Dasong army first bombarded them with artillery.
When they approached with casualties, they shot them with matchlocks.
When they were close to each other, these matchlock soldiers ran to the back, and the spearmen and sword and shield men came forward to fight with them.
This set of movements was very smooth. After interrogating the captives, they learned that the Dasong Imperial Army had been trained by the generals sent by the King of Yan.
"If we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long." Ma Jin was a little depressed.
Gu Le and Wu Yan looked at each other. In the past two days of fighting, they basically let Ma Jin's soldiers take the lead.
Ma Jin naturally felt sorry for his soldiers.
Just to inflict heavy damage to Dasong this time, they lost 100,000 Xiliang soldiers in Weicheng, so how could they care about Ma Jin's troops?
Gu Le said: "Since it is a play, we have to act more realistically. Wengcheng is a new soldier, so he can retreat quickly. If we retreat too quickly now, I am afraid it will arouse the suspicion of the emperor of Dasong."
"That's right, we will hold on as long as we can, not to mention that it will take some time for the Beidi army to cross the river." Wu Yan patted Ma Jin's shoulder, "Think about it, if you can't stop Dasong from taking back Qinzhou and Yongzhou this time, what will be your fate?"
Ma Jin's heart tightened. Dasong people will naturally not let him, a traitor of Dasong, go.
Gritting his teeth, he said: "We can only defeat Dasong, so what does it matter if these few people die!"