When Yang Anxuan led his army to Qicheng, Meng Longfu and Wang Zhene led 5,000 light cavalry and 10,000 infantry to attack Fenglin City northward.
Most of Xia's elite troops were transferred by Helian Bobo to Anding County. There were only three thousand Xia troops in Fenglin City, and they never thought that Yong's army would attack northward in winter. There were insufficient defensive equipment in the city. Five days later, the Yong army broke through Fenglin City. Most of the Xia army fled north after the city was broken.
Meng Longfu and Wang Zhene discussed, and the army continued to the location of the Xia royal court. In the past, Wang Zhen'e was the governor of Beiyong Province, and Meng Longfu was his subordinate. Now, Meng Longfu is the chief general, and Wang Zhen'e is just a staff assistant.
Meng Longfu knew that Wang Zhene was resourceful and resourceful, and Yang Anxuan secretly wrote to him and told him to listen to Wang Zhene's suggestions. Meng Longfu discussed everything with Wang Zhene and respected him very much.
Although Wang Zhenye was removed from the post of governor of Beiyong Province because of his brother's affairs, Meng Longfu knew that his lord still valued him very much. He established a new staff department for Wang Zhenye to take charge of and consult on many military and political affairs. From a certain perspective, Wang Zhenye Evil has greater power.
Wang Zhene knew that he should keep his tail between his legs and be a good person. On the surface, his lord had no grudges against him, but in fact he was far less trusting than before. Once trust is lost, it is difficult to regain it.
The lord's strength is getting stronger and stronger. It's only a matter of time before Xia and Qin are defeated, and the army moves south to dominate the world. The appointment of general and prime minister was originally designed for himself, but it is a pity that his status in the lord's heart has been lost because of his brother. Discount.
This expedition to the Xia Royal Court is a good opportunity to regain the trust of the lord. Wang Zhen'e is holding back his energy and must seize the Xia Royal Court, and then seize the opportunity to seize Tongwan City to let the lord know that he is worthy of reuse.
Helianbobo built Tongwan City to serve as the capital. Tongwan City was rebuilt on the basis of Sheyan City. Construction started in the ninth year of Yixi (413), but it has not yet been completed.
Yang Anxuan has told his subordinates more than once that Tongwan City is extremely strong and must be captured before it is completed, otherwise he will take the lives of countless soldiers after it is completed.
Wang Zhene heard from Yang Anxuan's words that his lord valued Tongwan City. An important goal of sending troops this time was to capture Tongwan City. Meng Longfu heard Wang Zhen'e emphasize that Tongwan City was more important than the royal court, and said with a smile: "My lord also told Yu repeatedly that Tongwan City will be sent to Tongwan City every other month."
Pointing at the map, Meng Longfu said: "Tongwan City is located on the north bank of Wuding River. According to detailed reports, Tongwan City is divided into east and west cities, with a Guocheng on the periphery. The west city is the inner city with four gates, and the south is called Chao. Jinmen is called Zhaoweimen in the east, Fuliangmen in the west, and Pingshuomen in the north."
Wang Zhen'ei sneered coldly: "From the names of these four city gates, we can see that Helian is very ambitious, but it's just Yelang who doesn't know how big the Central Plains is, and wants to make an enemy of the lord and seek his own death."
Meng Longfu said with a serious face: "Brother Wang, please don't be careless. This Tongwan City is six feet high and nearly five feet wide. It is built with three pieces of rammed earth. It is very strong and cannot be penetrated by a cone. Now that the outer wall is almost completed, if you want to take the city and cross it The sooner the better.”
Wang Zhen said evilly: "Hu Xia is just a small country. It has tens of thousands of people who are building construction projects, wasting their lives and wasting money. They dare to come to provoke the lord and continue to fight for years. As the saying goes, war will lead to death. The lord is unkind in his crusade. This is The battle must be won."
Meng Longfu didn't like to drag out the text and said: "Helianbo established the Great Xia Kingdom and established Shuozhou (today's Zhungeer Banner along the Yellow River), Xiazhou (centered on Tongwan City) and Lingzhou (today's Etuo). Keqian Banner area). The Xia Kingdom is vast and sparsely populated, and most of the tribes live in pursuit of water and grass. The army goes north to the Wuding River to attack the royal court on the north bank. I am afraid that it will be difficult to supply along the way."
Meng Longfu went north on this road and recruited 10,000 servants to transport grain and grass. The army consisted of 15,000 and 10,000 servants plus 5,000 war horses. The daily consumption of grain and grass for people to eat and chew horses was more than 3,000 shi. Time dragged on. The longer it is, the more disadvantageous it will be to Yong's army.
Wang Zhen'e nodded, stroking his beard and said: "Although most of the Xia army went to Anding County, there are still tens of thousands of Xia troops staying in the royal court. Once the tribes get the news and come to support, our army may be outnumbered.".net
Meng Longfu said: "Yu has decided to lead five thousand light cavalry tomorrow and plunder the Xia tribes along the way to replenish supplies. Brother Wang will lead the infantry to follow."
After the two discussed it carefully, Meng Longfu led his Qingqi to go first the next day. The five thousand Qingqi were divided into two teams, east and west, five or six miles apart, searching forward. The Qingqi did not advance too far, within a range of sixty miles
They found a small tribe and captured more than 600 people, nearly 10,000 cattle and sheep, and nearly 1,000 horses.
Wang Zhene, who was in the rear team, was notified, and Wang Zhene sent a team of a thousand people to pick it up and take his tribe and some cattle and sheep to Fenglin City. Meng Longfu then led his army to continue moving forward, looking for nomadic tribes that he saw along the way, and handed over the personnel and excess cattle and sheep to Wang Zhene who followed.
As more and more war horses were obtained, the number of light cavalry also increased from 5,000 to nearly 8,000. With the addition of war horses and cattle, the amount of animal power for transporting baggage was also greatly increased. It coincided with a snowfall and the sledge was Wherever it is put into use, the marching speed is increased.
Five days later, nearly 8,000 light cavalry arrived on the south bank of the Wuding River. Behind them, the infantry led by Wang Zhene were not far away, only more than thirty miles away.
The Wuding River had long been frozen, so Meng Longfu asked the soldiers to pierce it with an iron awl. It was more than two feet thick, so he could safely cross the river with his horse. Arriving at Wuding River, not far across the river was Tongcheng City, which was only sixty miles away from the royal court of the Xia people. Just as Meng Longfu was about to send his scouts across the river to investigate the enemy's situation, he spotted the Xia army's reconnaissance cavalry coming from the other side.
It seemed that Xia troops were stationed on the north bank of the river, and Meng Longfu ordered a retreat of five miles. He knew Xia Qi very well, knew that the Xia people were fierce and arrogant, and knew that Yong troops would most likely attack if they moved north.
Shen Wen, the staff officer accompanying the army, suggested luring the enemy deeper. Meng Longfu followed his suggestion and divided the eight thousand Qingqi into two. The three thousand Qingqi retreated fifteen miles to lie in wait, and then sent someone to notify Wang Zhene behind him to prepare.
Two quarters of an hour later, Xia Qi arrived with great momentum. Hearing the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground, there were nearly ten thousand people. Meng Longfu retreated while fighting, using arrows to only block the enemy, but did little damage to Xia Qi.
After retreating fifteen miles, the ambush troops broke out. Meng Longfu and the ambush troops joined forces to fight with Xia Qi for a while, and then continued to retreat south. Chiqianluo introduced the retreating Yong army's ambush and became more confident, leading Xia Qi behind him in hot pursuit.
After Wang Zhene received the urgent report from Meng Longfu, he quickly made a decision. He piled the accompanying vehicles and the grain, grass and other items he carried on the ground, set up a position, and drove the captured cattle, sheep and other items into the wild.
Soon, Meng Longfu arrived with his light cavalry, and under the guidance of the soldiers, they bypassed the position and passed by on both sides. Half an hour later, Xia Qi rushed over and were surprised to see the cattle and sheep all over the ground.
Chigan Luoyin, the general who led the army to the south and the commander of Sili School, Chigan Luoyin (brother of Chigan Ali, who built Tongwan City and Longque Dao) saw that the men were only chasing cattle and sheep and had forgotten that Yong's army was beside them, so he hurriedly blew the horn. , strictly ordered his subordinates to launch an attack on the Yongjun camp not far away.
Wang Zhen'e used vehicles and baggage to cleverly arrange twisting passages. Xia Qi rushed into the formation along the gaps and found that the horses could not gallop and were easily blocked together. The officers and soldiers of the Yong army stood on a high place and shot Xia Qi with sharp arrows. The Xia army suffered heavy casualties.
Chiganluo called on Xia Qi to detour from both sides of the position, while Meng Longfu led Yong Qi to fight from both sides, making it difficult for Xia Qi to win.
These Xiaqi were composed of warriors from multiple tribes. Seeing the stalemate in the war, some people began to drive away the cattle and sheep on the battlefield to prepare for withdrawal. This move attracted others to follow suit, and Xiaqi abandoned the battle and went to seize the cattle and sheep.
Chigan Luoyin found that fewer and fewer men were fighting against Yong's cavalry, and they were gradually unable to withstand the offensive of Yong's army. The horns were blowing loudly, and the soldiers of those tribes did not obey the command at all.
Chigan Luoyin was furious and led his troops to fight to the death. However, these short-sighted coyotes only focused on grabbing things. How could they fight this battle?
It is estimated that the defeated troops from Qicheng arrived a few days ago, saying that the prince was defeated by the Yong army in Qicheng. The Yong army was brave and difficult to defeat. The leaders of the tribes may have other ideas.
Chigan Luoyin beheaded the defeated troops and warned everyone that when the Great Khan defeated Yong's army and returned to the royal court, those who had different ambitions would undoubtedly die. It seemed that the effect was not good.
In this case, he was too lazy to care about their life and death. He ordered Gan Luo to withdraw his troops and left the battlefield with more than 5,000 men.
The Xia army, who were driving cattle and sheep, found that a large number of Yong cavalry were coming to kill them. General Chigan Luo Yin led his troops to leave on his own. He was dumbfounded. Some people fought in panic and were killed by Yong's army; some fled and were shot down by cold arrows; some saw that they were heavily surrounded by Yong's army and simply jumped off their horses and knelt down to surrender. Anyway, whoever surrenders is not surrendering.
The next day, Meng Longfu and Wang Zhene joined forces and came to the Wuding River. They saw that the north bank of the Wuding River was densely covered with tents. It seemed that the Xia army had learned about the arrival of Yong's army and was preparing to fight here.
Three miles south of the Wuding River, Yong's army set up camp. There were many trees along the river, which were cut down and erected with wooden fences. Meng Longfu stood ready and prepared to attack Xia Qi's attack head-on. Unexpectedly, Xia's army did not attack.
On the north bank, Chigan Luoyin was very anxious. Yesterday he led 10,000 cavalry to chase Yong's army, but only 6,000 came back. How could these soldiers and horses resist the advance of Yong's army. Not far behind him was Tongwan City. He informed his brother Chigan Ali, who was supervising the construction of the city, to beware of the Yong army's attack.
On the one hand, he ordered people to set up more tents on the north bank to bluff, and on the other hand, he called the police to the royal court for support. The place where Chigan Luoyin was stationed was only more than ten miles away from Tongwan City, but Tongwan City was the capital of the Xia King. Without Helianbobo's order, Chigan Luoyin did not dare to lead his army into the city.
Helian Bobo led the army to the expedition, and the royal court was occupied by the prime minister and Daigong Helian Youdi Dai, who was Helian Bobo's eldest brother. The camp was only more than sixty miles away from the royal court. Messengers rushed to the royal court overnight. Helian Youdi was surprised to learn that tens of thousands of Yong troops were coming from the north. At this time, the royal court was empty, and the tribes were scattered around. It was difficult to summon them at least. It takes five or six days.
The water and grass where the royal court is located are rich and suitable for grazing, but it is not suitable for defense. Helian Youdi thought again and again and decided to withdraw from the Wang Ting tribe to Tongwan City in the southwest of Wuding River. Chigan Luoyin was very close to Tongwan City. After the two teams met in Tongwan City, they had nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses. Together with the ordinary troops and the laborers who built Tongwan City, they were enough to withstand the Yong army's attack.
The messenger sent by Helian Youdi to deliver the message to Chigan Luoyin had not yet arrived. Meng Longfu and Wang Zhene launched a night attack on the Xia army camp in the middle of the night. The catapult was pulled by a sledge to the northwest of the Xia army's camp. When Yu Chou threw the canned gunpowder, the gunpowder was immediately ignited, and the Xia army's cowhide tent turned into a sea of flames.
However, Chigan Luoyin was very vigilant and decided to keep his soldiers undressed and lie down. As soon as the Yong army launched a night attack, Chigan Luoyin knew about it. When the fire broke out, Xia Qi mounted their horses one after another and fled eastward to Tongwan City under the leadership of Chigan Luoyin.
Meng Longfu chased for several miles and then returned to the army. This night attack used two thousand kilograms of gunpowder, only burned more than a hundred tents of the Xia army and killed more than a hundred people, with little effect.
