The early wind was biting, and an army quickly moved north along the plain at the foot of the mountain. The horses were trotting briskly. Some were riding alone, and some were riding in pairs pulling carts with supplies. Weapons, food and the like were all on the carriages.
The soldiers trotted along with the carriage team, constantly exhaling white air, moving their bodies, surging Qi and blood, maintaining their body temperature, and maintaining their combat effectiveness.
Wang Yan was not afraid of the severe cold. He was wearing iron armor and riding the red-maned horse he stole from Zhang Fei. He led the team in front.
Three thousand powerful guards set off from Pingguo and headed north. Wang Yan came on horseback halfway. Yesterday we marched one hundred and fifty miles, and today we marched eighty miles. The location of the attack was Xiangping (Liaoyang), where the Gongsun family was born. From now on, Gongsundu would rule Liaodong and make this place his capital.
The purpose of attacking this place is self-evident, which is to first get rid of the educated, knowledgeable, insightful and strategic people. Although they are all human beings and have the same brain, in this ancient era, there is no doubt that the brains of the wealthy people are two-dimensional compared to the brains of the Wuhuan people. Without anyone to make suggestions from behind, the Wuhuan army would be much less powerful.
Pingguo is two hundred and thirty miles away from Xiangping, and Xiangping is one hundred and twenty miles away from Xuantu. Wang Yan provided the army with good food and drink throughout the winter, and the daily training was not bad at all. According to the unorganized and undisciplined Wuhuan army and the lack of abundant supplies on the other side, the abundant supplies would not be consumed by the lower-level soldiers.
Just talking about the anti-freeze ability, Wang Yan gave his men hats and gloves. Although the fur of the clothes was not enough, they still wore two more layers, and there was thin fur inside to protect the upper body. As long as you protect the waist, abdomen, and chest of your upper body and add some warmth to your knees, your frost resistance will skyrocket. The Wuhuan and Han coalition forces on the opposite side obviously did not meet such conditions. When the weather is so cold, one hundred and twenty miles can kill them.
So when it comes to marching speed, Wang Yan and his soldiers must be far ahead of the enemy. They have traveled 230 miles, but the enemy has not even seen the 120 miles.
In the evening, three thousand soldiers were stationed in a sheltered mountain pass fifteen miles south of Xiangping, cooking pots and cultivating their physical strength. Naturally, the rice is still millet porridge, with salty pickles. We sit around the fire and drink a bowl of it, then drink two bowls of mutton and fish soup, and carefully eat a bite of small pieces of meat. We all gathered around the fire to brag, despised the Wuhuan barbarians, and talked about our families. It was really beautiful.
No one is worried about the coming war, as if they have already won and the goal of having full grain stores and meals has been achieved. Even though they wanted to fight 5,000 against 20,000, it was not like they had never fought before. Since the general Anci raised his army, he has never suffered a defeat.
The general was also sitting there, drinking millet porridge, eating pickles, and mutton and fish soup, nothing special. It’s not like he was living and eating with the soldiers. If that were the case, there was no way to explain the bearskin lining and moccasin boots in his armor, let alone the dozens of men who had disappeared this winter. Touyang, the largest floor-to-ceiling windows in the book garden, floor heating throughout the house, dedicated people to burn coal for heating 24 hours a day, and so on.
It's just that he doesn't have the conditions now. Like Huo Qubing, he brought a cook to cook for him. Wang Yan can also do this kind of thing, but he trained the cook for a whole winter, and he has already tasted salty and fat for the general, and turned into a pig. There is no way to take it out to march and fight. And now the ingredients and seasonings are much different, so we just eat them together.
The soldiers don't care what the general eats. Indeed, they are greedy even if the general eats well. But their current life is completely different from before they followed the general, and they are all satisfied. The general just wanted to eat a dragon. If they had the ability, they would slay the dragon, skin it and cramp it, and then ask the general's fat cook to cook it. They would shed tears and watch the delicious food the general eat, and they would be willing to do so.
At this time, Liao Hua sent a message to the cavalry: "Report to the general, Xuantu came to the enemy camp twenty miles north of Xiangping. Xiangping opened the city gate to send heavy supplies of food and grass, but Colonel Liao stopped it."
"You can send a message to Liao Hua. In an hour's time, I will attack Xiangping at night. I will order the Xiaoqi camp to stop the enemy and look for opportunities to attack at night. Be careful not to go deep. It is better to attack and disturb the camp. Fire rockets to burn the camp and do not allow the enemy to rest."
"Yes, General." The signal soldier took the order and left.
Not long after, the mighty guards reported back: "General, we have killed many Xiangping scouts and watched them closely. The four gates are guarded tightly. We know that our army is coming. From the south of the city to this place, fifteen miles away, there are mountains and mountains. We have all searched and found no trace of the enemy, so I guess there are not many defenders in the city."
The general nodded and said, "Eat hot food and drink some fresh soup to warm yourself up."
The mighty captain Zhang Wuyan said: "General, are you still attacking the city tonight?"
"Instead of just attacking the city, if we take Xiangping, the army will still have enough strength. We should carry out the old business of Changli and attack the enemy at night. Then the battle is over. Send an order to the soldiers to have a good rest. After an hour, abandon the food, grass and baggage, and take it at night. Xiangping.”
Zhang Wu bowed his hands and left the general. He asked the soldiers to stop chatting and take a good rest to conserve their strength and prepare for a fight later.
The hot soup didn't stop. Although all the meat in the soup was gone, some more mutton was put in, making it sizzling. An hour passed like this, and it was already dark. The soldiers ate some meat and drank two bowls of hot soup, and then set off in the dark with the general.
In a short time, they had arrived at the south gate of Xiangping.
It is better to say that it is to attack the city than to steal it. How we captured Changli before, we will capture Xiangping now. Now that Wang Yan has gone into battle in person, there is no need to start a difficult siege battle. It will be done as quickly as possible with less effort.
So General Wang went back to his old ways and shot down the city's defenders in the flames. He shot dozens of people in succession before he taught the city's defenders to extinguish their torches. Then, the defenders and the people on the city supported the wall and looked at the enemy outside the city. They stood upright, testing Wang Yan's night vision ability, and shot five more people. Only then did the defenders on the city huddle inside the wall. Dare to show your head.
So Wang Yan climbed straight up the four-foot-high wall, reserved several ropes, drew his knife to assassinate the defenders on the wall, held the rope position tightly, taught his soldiers to climb up the city wall, followed the general to kill down the city, opened the city gate, and at the same time Two thousand and five hundred soldiers from outside the city rushed straight to the city gate, three thousand against four thousand, and the enemies were driven out and ran all over the city. At this point, Xiangping City was destroyed.
Looking at the general-looking man being held up by two personal guards, the armor on his body was different. Wang Yan was not interested in paying attention to the name of a mortal man, and asked calmly: "Is the Gongsun family in the city? "
The general replied laboriously: "Earlier, the Gongsun family lived in the east of the city. Now the city is in chaos. I don't know if I can escape from the city."
It wasn't that he wanted to exert any effort, but that he was beaten by the guards.
The personal guards are with them all day long, and they are selected from the best. They are all tall and strong. They eat and drink well with Wang Yan, and are taught martial arts. They are very powerful in combat. Fighting alone may not be as strong as many generals who have beaten Ao's body since childhood, but when the army is surrounded, it is quite powerful. In addition, it is the enemy again. If the enemy leader is captured alive, why not give him a good beating first?
"lead the way."
Wang Yan just waved his hand, and the two personal guards drove the general eastward. Wang Yan followed with more than a hundred personal guards and quickly rushed to the location of the Gongsun family.
As the richest man in Liaodong, the Gongsun family still has great influence in his hometown of Xiangping. The entire east of the city can be said to be the territory of the Gongsun family, with luxurious houses, wide halls, and a large group of buildings. It is estimated that the farmers outside the city all work for the Gongsun family.
When they arrived, Wang Yan didn't need to say anything. The guards simply slashed the general with a knife, and more than a hundred people filed in. Not long after, there were loud shouts of killing.
The general put his sword hilt in his hand and walked slowly inside, circling left and right until he came to the courtyard where the shouts of killing were loudest. The more intense the resistance, the more important it is that someone is involved.
Stepping into the courtyard gate, the guards were working together to strangle more than ten people who resisted. In the wide open door, there was a man in single clothes kneeling firmly on the seat, looking at Wang Yan expressionlessly.
Within three minutes, more than ten people who resisted in the hospital were strangled by the guards. The guards were not killed, but there were inevitably a few minor and serious injuries. After all, swords have no eyes.
He stepped forward to check the injury of the injured guard, and gave first aid to save his life. Those who are seriously injured cannot be taken away, and they will be sent to a private household to recover later. At this time, it depends on whether fate is tough or not. After all, their troops are too small and there is no way to capture this city. They can only wait until the battle is completely over and then deal with it later.
After treating the injuries of the personal guards and sending them away, the rest of the personal guards gathered around.
Someone reported the situation: "General, the Gongsun family has escaped. There are only some female relatives and servants here. The person in the house is Gongsun Du."
"Send the order, quickly investigate the feelings of the officials, wealthy households, and knights in the city. Those who bully the people will be killed. Those who do good to the people will be temporarily assigned to the post of city guard to stabilize Xiangping. Within an hour, they must leave the city. Order to send people Report to the Xiaoqi camp and assemble with us."
"yes."
Watching the guards go out to make arrangements, Wang Yan walked in with a smile, like a villain: "Those who have thunder in their chests and faces as flat as a lake, please pay homage to the general. I don't want you to be so heroic."
"Are you also literate?" Gongsun Du didn't pay attention to Wang Yan's flattery, and his words were somewhat sarcastic.
"Do you want to die?"
"Of course. If you are a thief with a yellow turban, and the big Han rebels against the thief, everyone will find it and kill him. I am just doing my best to serve the Han by eating the hard work of the Han."
"When I open my mouth, it is a great virtue of the country. Who can make the bones outside the city? Now you are helping Wuhuan to attack, but you are afraid that I will come here to seize your land and kill your family. Why do you need to be high-sounding and pretentious? And bless your grandson Nai Fei. Tiger, otherwise your Gongsun family will be dead from now on."
The general waved his hand and said, "Cut it off."
As soon as he finished speaking, a bodyguard stepped forward and slashed his head with a knife. Gongsun Du's head rolled down and he died with his eyes open.
The old boy thought that having served as the governor of Jizhou meant he was somewhat majestic, so he was playing tricks on him, General Wang, and he was really looking down on him.
This old boy didn't just want to die. He did send his family and children away. He wanted to die, but he was not ready. He wanted to fool the stupid boy.
Normally, one should have some respect for a big-shot figure who once served as a feudal official. In particular, Wang Yan and his gang were all slave gangsters in the capital of Guizhou. To have the foundation they have today, they must also value big bosses and talents.
So according to the script, Gongsun Du said that he would be loyal to the Han Dynasty, and Wang Yan should explain his political ambitions, bow once, then again, and three times, and ask Gongsun Du to assist him in doing great things. Gongsun Du pretended to shirk a few words and looked reluctant, but he was really moved by Wang Yan and reluctantly agreed as if Wang Yan had no choice.
Then perhaps Gongsun Du took advantage of his status as the richest man in Liaodong to undermine Wang Yan step by step, and finally occupied the magpie's nest, plotted Wang Yan's foundation, and established the great cause of the Gongsun family.
But Wang Yan didn't want to hear this. He didn't say too much nonsense and just cut it off. The main reason was that he had no intention of letting Gongsun Du live, and he had no intention of letting go of the Gongsun family. It makes sense for people to resist desperately. He cannot just be allowed to care about others, but not others to care about him.
After beheading Gongsun Du, Wang Yan sat here and watched the mighty guards drive the remnant army here. He beheaded all the officers of fifty or more captains on the spot, and then promoted a person who was pleasing to his eyes to the post, and he was big They asked the officials, wealthy families and knights in the city, and arrested hundreds of people in the city to identify them. Except for the two small wealthy families, who had not committed any serious crimes due to their small scale, they were all killed.
At this time, I did not have the political ambitions I told Gongsun Du according to the script. I should have been with the pile of corpses piled up like a hill in a pool of blood at the scene, with the two wealthy families who were still alive, with the beaten remnant soldiers who were still shaking, and with the captured ones. People in the city, please talk about it carefully and draw a beautiful blueprint for them.
In addition, he also talked about the regulations on the treasury in the city, Gongsun's granary, and the opening of granaries for relief. The people should supervise each other and tell each other that the general will definitely come back here with his troops within a month, and so on.
At this time, it was already an hour longer than what Wang Yan said. After such a long time, the soldiers also had time to rest. They immediately led the troops out of Xiangping and headed north without any nonsense.
He joined the Xiaoqi battalion led by Liao Hua five miles away from the enemy camp. However, during the old business in Changli, the general led his own bodyguard and Xiaoqi battalion of 2,500 cavalry. The Chinese army penetrated the enemy camp and sent 3,000 powerful guards into two groups. Along the way, there were 1,500 soldiers on each side to attack the left and right sides of the enemy camp.
At the appointed time, General Wang took the vanguard and led the cavalry into the enemy camp. The cavalry in the rear set fire to the stronghold, and the people and horses on both sides shouted loudly. There were three thousand people on the left and right, shouting and killing with the momentum of thirty thousand people.
There is a coward in people's hearts. When encountering a life-threatening situation, the first thing they think of is to run away. For the military, standardized, unreasonable and life-threatening training and strict military discipline are designed to offset this fear, so that they will not panic when encountering emergencies and can naturally form formations to fight back.
But it is a pity that the Ukrainian and Han coalition forces did not have this kind of fighting quality. They were immersed in sleep to get the warmth of their dreams, and then their camp was attacked and set on fire. They woke up in their dreams and ran out of the camp without taking their weapons. , and then fled in all directions.
They were wearing thin clothes. Although it was very warm in the military camp, it was fatal. There are enemy troops behind who are looking for life, so of course they have to run away.
Although the Uzbek and Han coalition forces numbered 20,000 and were camped in scattered camps, with front, middle and rear armies, the arrangement of their military formations was extremely unreasonable. After dividing the military formations, they didn't separate far. Food, grass, weapons, etc. were all transported with the army.
Wang Yan led his troops to penetrate the enemy camp and did not stop there. Different from the previous situation, this time his troops were small and the enemy troops were scattered. So he dispersed his soldiers and horses, one team of eight hundred, and charged everywhere to divide the enemy's army.
When Wang Yan was in the vanguard to charge, he saw a group of more than a hundred cavalry running for their lives. At this time, with so many people around him, he must be the leader. Immediately, the general once again ordered the cavalry to disperse into a hundred-man team, continue to cut in small groups, and led his own guards to chase the general.
Seeing that there were soldiers and horses chasing them, the hundreds of horses ran faster. They were all their own people in front of them, and they didn't care about the number of them. They wanted to escape quickly, but if there were obstacles, they would kill them.
"Take my weapon."
Seeing that they were more than a hundred meters apart, Wang Yan gave a loud shout and immediately handed the Ma Shuo, a gift from nature, to the bodyguards who were following him on horseback. He took off his strong bow from the horse, drew the bow and nocked an arrow.
When the bow is really opened, it is like the autumn moon moving in the sky, and the arrows are like shooting stars falling to the ground. Arrows are shot straight to the enemy's back and heart.
His cavalry is far from capable of riding and shooting. Drawing a bow immediately is not just a matter of talking, but requires years of practice, which increases the cost of cavalry even more. Although he is now followed by personal guards and has been well trained, the time is still short after all.
However, now that the general had drawn his bow and nocked an arrow, the guards behind him also dispersed their formation, took off their bows and arrows from their horses, and then drew their bows and fired. If the accuracy is not enough, you have to make up the numbers, shoot intensively, and strike with saturation.
Wang Yan is also a very thief. Instead of shooting at those who are lagging behind, he uses his good night vision to aim at those among the enemies. If one person falls off the horse, it will affect the people behind and affect the speed of the people behind. Then there was the saturation attack by the personal guards. Before they had gone two kilometers, more than half of them had been killed.
Finally, as the person guarding the center in front was revealed, the general shot him off his horse with a precise arrow. There was only a cry of surprise, and the remaining enemy riders fled in all directions.
Even so, the pursuit did not stop. Who knows if there are still important people among them. So the general made a flurry of shots and spent a lot of effort to resolve the battle.
It was only then that everyone drove back, gathered up the stray horses, and asked the survivors who was leading the army.
Both sides were unfamiliar with each other. The scouts had been fighting for a whole winter without any contact and would kill anyone who came. In such a situation, it is naturally impossible to talk about detailed investigation.
It's not like when the princes in the Central Plains compete for hegemony and conquer a city, someone will say they know the people in the city, or there will be people in the city who come to vote, and they can communicate with each other...
If not, the Wu-Han coalition would not have been defeated so quickly this time. Of course they knew that Wang Yan had attacked the army at night in Changli, but the cold winter was not over yet, and although the days were getting warmer, the weather was still freezing at night. Who would have thought that Wang Yan would march 230 miles in two days, attack the city without sleeping, and not rest in the city after the city was attacked, he would march 20 miles to fight for life and death.
Inertial thinking harms people. They think that they are like this, so they expect that the gang of king thieves from Qianshou are not as good as them. If you suffer the consequences of carelessness, you will naturally be defeated. Wang Yan can be regarded as a new trick, and he is famous all over the world. Two night attacks, two successes.
After a while, the personal guard came to Wang Yan. He kicked the dead body on the ground hard, then raised his hand and said, "General, this person is Wuhuan Shanyu Qiu Liju, who just now Among the more than a hundred cavalry, there is one of his sons. The enemy of the new generation of Fu and the Guangwu Guards is Su Puyan. The enemy of Liucheng is the Wuhuan Chanyu Wuyan in Youbeiping, who has attracted Wuhuan soldiers and horses from outside the territory, totaling more than ten thousand , If you want to attack our hinterland, take Changli and Tuhe."
Wang Yan asked curiously: "It's so detailed, who said it?"
"Gongsun Du's second son, Gongsun Gong. He was shot through the belly by an arrow as a general and could not survive. He asked for a quick death, so everyone told him."
"Can people be killed?"
The guard grinned: "How can we make him happy? The Gongsun family helped thieves attack us, ruined our plan, and prevented us from cultivating with peace of mind. We don't know how many people have been harmed. They should freeze to death in the wilderness and share food for wild beasts." .”
It was not in vain that I cultivated it, and I already had a consciousness of class struggle. Wang Yan laughed and patted the guard on the shoulder: "You are making progress, which is very in line with my wishes. You should always have this in mind and teach me, Paoze, that your family will be worry-free."
"This is all due to the great general's ear and face."
"Go and have a rest." Wang Yan shook his head and laughed...
It is now the Little Ice Age, it is late at night, and the temperature is more than ten degrees below zero. Coupled with the wind from the north, the actual temperature is more than twenty degrees below zero. During the battle, his blood surged and he moved forward indomitably. After the battle, he was as cold as his grandson.
One advantage of this is that there is no rush to dispose of the body and there is no fear of an epidemic. It was in the camp full of enemy corpses that more than 5,000 people found the unburnt tents and cooked porridge. After everyone had a comfortable meal, the charcoal fire in the tents became even more intense. , curled up and fell asleep.
At this time, we are not afraid that the enemy will gather and come back to attack, and we will run desperately. When the heat in our bodies is exhausted, as long as we stop for a moment, we will not be able to run again. Many of them were wearing single clothes, wearing two layers of clothing with some grass in between. They were dressed like this, and running away exhausted their energy and blood. It was doubtful whether they could survive the night.
They slept like this until noon the next day, and everyone calmed down. By the time they ate the food that Liao Hua had snatched halfway, it was already afternoon.
Wang Yan sent people to Xiangping and asked the soldiers and horses in the city to come out to clean up the battlefield and cremate the corpses. Then he packed up the unburnt food and grass from the enemy camp and began to march quickly again.
The soldiers are very fast. After three days here, it is hard to say how the war in other places will be. It is only right for them to provide quick support and end this war as soon as possible so that they can farm and develop with peace of mind.
This march was to cross the Liaohe Plain, march from Xiangping to Fuxin, and help Guangwuwei defeat the more than 10,000 troops commanded by Su Puyan. After this battle, we should go around the mountain road and sneak attack Liucheng, and annihilate all the enemies who will attack Changli and Tuhe.
It is 350 miles from Xiangping to Fuxin, another 300 miles from Fuxin to Liucheng, and 200 miles from Liucheng back to Tuhe. If you include the time before raising troops, from Tuhe to Pingguo, and from Pingguo to attack Xiang At an even distance, in this battle, General Wang truly fought thousands of miles away. From then on, Liaodong was determined...
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