Chapter 687: Retreat Again and Again

Zhuozhou

Qin Heng learned that the three armies led by Sun Ming, Yue Shu and Qin Sheng had already started to move.

"General, Yang Yingqin can't hold on for much longer." Dong Jichuan said with a smile.

Qin Heng agreed with this point.

From the map, except for Anping and Julu in the southeast of Zhongshan City, which belong to Dali, the other directions are either Xianbei or Pingzhou's territory. It can even be said that Zhongshan City is already half embraced by Pingzhou!

These days, they have not stopped harassing Zhongshan City and Anping County, and organized several small-scale attacks from time to time.

Anyway, they must win Zhongshan City and Anping County!

Qin Heng estimated the current situation and said, "Order the generals in front to increase the intensity of the attack and break through the psychological defenses of Yang Yingqin and others in one fell swoop."

They need to speed up the pace of recovering Zhongshan City.

"Yes!" Qin Zhao agreed.

Dong Jichuan nodded slightly. They should take this step.

Zhongshan City is isolated and difficult to defend. It is only a matter of time before it is taken away.

I am afraid that in the eyes of Yang Yingqin and other generals of Dali, the current persistence and daily sacrifice are actually meaningless.

And they believe that there are some bottom lines. After retreating once, they will retreat again and again.

Zhongshan City

"General Yang, the Pingzhou army is attacking the city again. In addition, Pingzhou seems to have increased its offensive strength."

Upon hearing this, Yang Yingqin transferred a reserve army to the front to help, and said, "We must fight this battle to defend the city well!"

"General Yang, we are really trying to survive in the cracks!" The generals below complained.

On the map, Zhongshan City is like a sharp sword inserted into the heart of Pingzhou. Except for Anping County and Julu in the southeast, there is no need to worry, the rest of the surrounding areas are full of enemies!

In other words, Zhongshan City was like an isolated army going deep into the city, and the assistance that Anping County and Julu could provide was also very limited, so it was too difficult to defend.

Yang Yingqin certainly knew this. At the same time, he also understood that if Changshan was given up, how could Zhongshan be defended?

Two hours later, the horn of retreating troops sounded, and the Pingzhou army retreated like a tide.

Yang Yingqin took the generals below to the city wall.

This time, the casualties of the defenders were greater than ever before. From this point, it can be seen that Pingzhou has indeed increased its siege efforts.

Next, the Pingzhou army increased the number of sieges and the intensity.

There were casualties every day, and the number of casualties was still increasing.

"Pingzhou is determined to win Zhongshan City."

After another siege, Yang Yingqin visited the wounded camp and returned to the big tent with the generals.

His first words were, "Prepare to withdraw."

One of his generals said hesitantly, "This - the crops will be ripe in more than half a month."

Yang Yingqin smiled bitterly and said, "It won't last until the autumn harvest."

Indeed, the Pingzhou army increased the intensity of the siege, probably because they didn't want them to last until the autumn harvest to get food to replenish their strength.

It was because he saw this clearly that Yang Yingqin decided to withdraw.

"General Yang, where should we withdraw to? Anping County?"

Another person replied, "It may not be possible to withdraw to Anping County. I guess we have to withdraw to Julu."

Yang Yingqin nodded and said affirmatively, "Withdraw to Julu." The entire army withdrew from Zhongshan City and retreated to Julu, building another defense line, and not making any more unnecessary persistence and sacrifices.

"Does this matter need to be reported to the court?"

"No need." He had discussed this issue with the Grand Commander before, and the Grand Commander allowed him to act according to circumstances.

...

After receiving the military order, Qin Sheng led the Jintai Army to gnaw on the most difficult bone of Yanmen.

Before setting off, Qin Sheng received a secret letter. After reading it, he burned it. It was fine as long as Tian was dead...

Before entering the territory of Yanmen, Qin Sheng threatened, "Everyone, perform well. If you still lose the battle with such a sharp weapon, don't say you are a Pingzhou soldier! Shame on you!"

"Sixth Master, this is not a sharp weapon, it is a divine weapon."

"Sixth Master, you look down on us too much."

"Anyway, let me put it here. Now three armies are fighting for the territories occupied by the Xianbei. You can think about it yourself." After Qin Sheng finished speaking, he took two steamed buns and went to the side.

As soon as he left, Zhu Dazhuang, Chen Jinlong, Meng Jingfeng and others gathered together.

"Wait, in addition to the Sun family army and their Jintai army, which other army was transferred here?"

"I heard that General Yue Shu is here."

"Buyu Army?"

"This army is also a wolf army, very fierce."

Now three wolf armies are fighting for the meat in the pot.

They understood, "That is to say, whoever completes the task faster can occupy more and take more."

"Wrong, we need to recover lost territory not by speed, but by completing it quickly and well. It is not okay to sacrifice the lives of soldiers for speed!"

Leping, Xianbei King's Tent

After the victory, Tuoba Khan had a drink with his generals.

"Khan, it won't be long before we can conquer Taiyuan and Shangdang. By then, we can conquer Hexi and the whole Bingzhou will be in our Xianbei hands."

Tuoba Khan nodded. If we can conquer the whole Bingzhou, it can also be regarded as a blessing for his eldest son's spirit in heaven.

The princes and generals under the tent exchanged glances with each other, and Khan finally let out his anger.

Tuoba Khan thought that after conquering Bingzhou, they could rest assured for the autumn harvest.

Because Changshan was sent by Dali, it was very sincere along with the crops and fields that had not yet matured.

When they attacked Bingzhou, officials from all cities in Bingzhou unanimously adopted the strategy of fortifying the city and clearing the fields. Once they found that the city could not be defended, they would collect or destroy the grain in the fields in advance.

Thinking of this, Tuoba Khan felt very sorry for the five counties of Changshan occupied by Pingzhou.

"Is there any movement from Pingzhou?"

Everyone present shook their heads. There has been no movement from Pingzhou since the battle of Jiumen County.

This is normal. Pingzhou hopes that they, Xianbei and Dali will fight, and they will reap the benefits. Do they really think they don't understand?

Tuoba Jin glanced at Tuoba Yu who was silent, raised his glass and said, "Father Khan, Pingzhou does not want to be an enemy of us Xianbei."

Many battles were fought, but they were just close combat. As long as they, Xianbei, did not bite hard, Pingzhou would let go, such as the previous Jiumen County War.

"Aren't you used to it? Pingzhou is like this. It shrinks and digests after getting some benefits." Yuchi Rui saw it very clearly.

Tuoba Khan nodded. Pingzhou's style of doing things was indeed like this.

Just as the members of the Xianbei royal court complained that Pingzhou was useless and didn't know how to pursue victory, a guard stumbled in and said, "Khan, it's bad. The Pingzhou army attacked our Xianbei territory..."

"What?" No one present could believe what they heard.

However, bad news came one after another.

"Report, Yanmen was attacked!"

"Report, Xinxing was attacked!"

"Report, Sushen was attacked!"

God, what is Pingzhou doing? Is he crazy?

"Damn it! This Khan hasn't settled the grudge with them for killing his son, and they dare to come to trouble us Xianbei?"

"Pingzhou is under the banner of 'expelling the barbarians and recovering the land', and is attacking our Xianbei cities on a large scale."

No matter what the banner is, in the eyes of the members of the Xianbei royal court, Pingzhou's move is no different from a mad dog.

"Return to help, return to help quickly!"