The Qin soldiers who poured in from the valley, under the command of the public officials, rushed towards the two wings of the Yi people who were fighting Zheng Anping. Seeing the enemy troops coming out of the valley, the people panicked, dropped their sticks and fled in all directions, becoming the targets of the Qin army to harvest their heads. When the officers in the city saw that the people of the city were being massacred by the Qin army, they quietly opened the city gate, released a group of troops, and rushed over. The Qin soldiers who were going around harvesting the heads of the people were caught off guard and dozens of them were stabbed to death. The others quickly retreated. Fortunately, Dr. Gong's 100-strong camp did not disperse and counterattacked, thus stabilizing the position. After the Qin army resumed their formation, they were about to counterattack. When a bell rang, the troops turned back and retreated into the city. The Qin soldiers tried to take the opportunity to seize the city, but were shot back by random arrows from the city. The Qin army watched helplessly as the enemy troops fled into the city and the city gates were closed.
The Duke ordered the arrest of some people who could speak Jin Yin or Zheng Wei Yin, so before beheading, a Qin soldier would imitate Jin Yin or Zheng Wei Yin and ask: "Can you speak Jin Yin/Zheng Wei Yin?" If the other party did not respond. , he stabbed him with a spear, and the man behind him chopped off his head with an axe. Finally, someone understood and responded quickly: "If you can get through, you can get through!" This person will be escorted back to the camp, and he will also be recorded with first-level merit! Later, there were many such things. Those who did not understand Jinyin or Zhengweiyin heard someone shouting, and they also responded: "Yes, yes!" leaving one life for the time being.
The officers on the city noticed this and realized that the Qin army might want to ask for a confession, but there was nothing they could do: after the Qin army dispersed and suffered heavy losses, they now acted in units of Wushi.
When it gets brighter, the fire on the mountain has naturally extinguished, and the killing under the firelight has come to an end. The official asked about the situation from people who knew Jinyin, and found out that this was indeed Yanyu. Many years ago, the Zhao army sent thousands of people to guard it, and the city was also heightened and reinforced. After receiving the confirmed report, the Duke sent an envoy to report to Wang Lu: Our army has invaded Lanyu and is laying siege to the city.
All two thousand people were transferred into the valley and camped at the four gates of the city. All the residents who were still alive, men, women, old and young, were driven out of their houses, and trenches were dug and fortified around the camps. The city often launches counterattacks, and those with a small number are shot back by random arrows. If there are more people, the outer camps will attack the city, forcing the troops outside the city to retreat. At the beginning, it could still create a little chaos, but as time went by, even the people building fortifications became accustomed to it. When people in the city came out, they would retreat, and when they returned to the city, they would move forward.
The military envoy arrived at Wang Lu's camp at the end of the day. Wang Hao was overjoyed when he heard the report. He immediately reported it to Hu Yang and ordered all the front troops to rise up. The military envoys would lead the way and rushed to Yanyu. In order to buy time, he selected a thousand elite soldiers and his own camp, a total of 2,000 people. He left all the luggage and dry food, and only brought weapons. He led the light-armed march; he asked the other two public servants to escort the entire army. Baggage, follow up in turn.
The military envoy arrived at the central army first and reported to Sima Jin that Wang Hao had invaded Yanyu. Sima Jin immediately notified the entire army to prepare to break camp and select elite soldiers to prepare for a sudden advance.
At dusk, the military envoy arrived at the rear army and reported Wang Lu's news to Hu Yang: 2,000 men from the front army had broken into Yanyu and were besieging the city. Wang Lu first led 2,000 elite soldiers and rushed lightly to support; the entire front army followed in turn. After breaking up camp, we will rush to Yanyu overnight. Hu Yang asked about the news about Zheng Anping, Chen Si and others, and the military envoy said that they had been the first to break into Huanyu.
After hearing the news, Hu Yang immediately ordered Sima Jin to go out immediately, occupy the former military camp, seize the main road, and provide support according to the request of the former army. Wang Ling's rear army sent five thousand men overnight to occupy the camp occupied by the Chinese army.
The military envoys rushed out, and the Qin army was all on the move overnight. Hu Yang specifically asked Wang Ling to keep the noise low and try not to alert the Korean army. Since the Chinese army was more than ten miles away from Shi and far away in the valley, the Korean army who moved camp there was not aware of it. The Korean army discovered Wang Ling's move camp and came over to ask. He only said that they would move forward according to the plan. Seeing that only half of the camp had moved and the other half had not moved, the Han army didn't take it to heart.
After a busy night, at dawn, Wang Ling led 5,000 people to occupy Sima Jin's former camp. Sima Jin led the lightly-armed front army to occupy the intersection of the two rivers. The rear guard of the front army handed over the guard position to them and set off immediately. Go catch up with the main force. Wang Lu's troops had already appeared at the mouth of the valley and got in touch with Dr. Gong who broke into Lanyu. The first thing Wang Hao ordered Duke Gong to do was to quickly withdraw Zheng Anping's 100 people.
Zheng Anping was asked to find an opportunity to sneak into the city during the battle. Not only did he fail, but he was attacked by the people of the city. They were confused at first, but after interrogating those who could speak of Jin Wei Zheng Yin, they found out that the officer originally said, "The leader of Guizhou is the Qin army! Come back and kill him!" They looked at each other, and then they understood that the secret was revealed. The reason: they only took off their military uniforms and did not change their head clothes. Their heads were also wrapped in the black cloth unique to the Qin people, which was obviously different from the people in Yan who tied their hair with cloth ribbons. Due to this negligence, more than a dozen of them were injured. Since the people in the city did not have any "destructive" weapons, usually wooden sticks, the injuries were mostly minor. Zheng Anping and Chen Si were also hit with wooden sticks, but the people in the city were weak and only had bruises, not even minor injuries. Chen Si is very interesting. When he was walking on the road, he was in low spirits and asked Zheng Anping to help him carry rations. Now he is nervous, but seems to be fine, and is fighting vigorously. Although Chen Si did not become a military soldier, he still came to take the exam. His martial arts and military qualities were comparable to those of a formal military soldier. In particular, he had a good relationship with Hou Ying, the Yimen guard, and lived in Hou Ying's home for a long time. Ying learned a lot there.
The reinforcements led by Wang Lu went directly to Yanyu and were handed over to the command of Duke Gong. He himself set up his own camp and big tent in the crisscrossing valley. His pro-camps are all scattered within three to five miles of the surrounding area - in fact, there are also a few farmers living in the left and right valleys. After Zheng Anping and others returned, he asked people to take them to a house to rest, and then led the officers into the palace.
After a day's hard work by Yan, men, women, and children, the trench surrounding the city was finally dug. At dusk, the public doctor took the women, children and the elderly back to their homes, asked them to light a fire to cook, and sent them to the camp. The young and middle-aged men still stayed in front of the camp and took turns patrolling the sentry and eating with the Qin army. Since their families were all under the control of the Qin army, most of these young and middle-aged men had given up their will to resist. A few who were still unconvinced also lost their support.
After spending a night in tension and uneasiness, Wang Lu's reinforcements arrived. The Qin army inside the city was jubilant: victory was firmly in their hands, and they no longer had to worry about counterattacks in the city. Since the newly arrived soldiers had also gone through an overnight march and were not considered a fresh force, the Duke mixed them with the existing troops and crowded them into a camp. He informed each family that three meals would be delivered today. Then let everyone take turns to rest and try to regain their strength. The people on the city also saw the Qin army advancing in a steady stream, and their hearts were filled with despair. They no longer had the energy to break out and prepared to defend. Yesterday's repeated attacks caused a lot of casualties in the city, and several groups of messengers had taken the opportunity to break out and report to Handan. This further strengthened the city's determination to concentrate on defense.
When Wang Lu came out of the valley, he and the city were right in front of him. The official came to greet him. Wang Hao asked the official to lead the way, and while asking him to introduce the battle the night before yesterday, he observed the surrounding terrain and topography. Then it took about an hour to circle the city.
This city is not a city, it has almost no residents, it is just a fortress. The city is about a mile square, with turrets built at the four corners. The city wall is ten feet high. The rammed earth is very solid and heavy. However, the outside is not piled with stones. It is still a bare earth wall. The river flows through the city. As long as there is enough time, whether it is a siege or a water attack, it is enough to capture the city. If casualties are not considered, it is feasible to forcefully climb the city. But there are only a thousand people in the city. Even if they are all killed, there will not be many heads, so there is no "surplus" theory. Wang Hao really had no interest in attacking.
The situation has become clear. What to do next is no longer a military issue, but a political issue. Hu Yang, Gongzi Jiu and others should be left to discuss it. At noon, Wang Lu asked Dr. Gong to bring those who could provide information, and he rested in Dr. Gong's tent.
The official's tent was set up in a house near the entrance of the valley. Wang Hao rested for a while, and then those who could speak Jin Wei Zheng language were brought. Wang Hao asked them the names of several places and who knew how to get there, and suddenly he included Handan in the middle.
Handan is the capital of Zhao. There are many people coming from Handan. About a dozen people claim that they can go to Handan. Wang Hao asked the public officials to entertain them well, divide them according to regions, and ask them to lead the way when marching in the future. After he was done, he lay down in the room and fell asleep.
At dawn, Hu Yang, Wang Ling, Gongzi Jiu and others gathered together to report their progress to each other. Prince Jiu said that he had found the way into Lianyu. Hu Yang said that the Qin army had entered Yanyu and was attacking the city. Prince Jiu didn't believe it because his subordinates told him that the only way to Lianyu was to go north along the Jishui River, although no one knew what the road was like along the way. In the past few days, the Korean army has mainly explored the road along the Jishui front line. But after they discovered the source of the water, they lost their clues and didn't know which direction to go. After a few days of delay, we finally found a mountain road leading to Yanyu.
Gongzi Jiu obviously didn't believe what Qin Jun said. Either they were just lying, or they had found another place other than Huanyu. Hu Yang said: "I would like to come to you from the young master to distinguish the authenticity."
Prince Jiu was defeated by an entire army and was obviously unable to get off the stage, so he had no choice but to announce in embarrassment that he would discuss the matter later. Hu Yang told him that the entire Qin army had moved towards Yanyu. If the Korean army does not take action today, he may leave tomorrow.
Prince Jiu returned to his camp and discussed with his retainers and Han generals over and over again. He thought that he might as well bring Hu Yang into Yanyu. At worst, he would meet the Qin army in Yanyu. Things would be easy to handle with Hu Yang, although it would be a bit embarrassing. What if Hu Yang is telling lies...
