"His Royal Highness King Qi, looking at Gongsun Yuan's posture, it seems that he does not intend to confront us head-on, but instead intends to delay."
"Although our army has the support of the city, it has fallen into a passive situation."
"You can't keep spending it like this, right?"
Yan Rou frowned slightly.
His thoughts were the same as Sun Zong's. He felt that such a delay would be extremely detrimental to the Wei army.
After all, the Wei army came from afar and had a long supply line.
If the Liaodong Army sends cavalry to harass their food routes, it will be quite troublesome.
"Everyone, please be patient. Everything is under Gu's control."
When they saw Yang Ling showing that familiar smile again, everyone felt relieved.
They have known Yang Ling for so long, but they have never seen Yang Ling make a mistake.
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On the sea west of Liaodong County.
I saw a mighty fleet, riding the wind and waves, heading rapidly towards Liaodong County.
The battle flag they hung was embroidered with the word "Wei" with flying dragons and phoenixes, which was Cao Wei's elite navy.
On the captain's ship, Gan Ning leaned on the railing and looked at the endless sea, with a satisfied smile on his face.
During this campaign in Liaodong County, although Yang Ling ostensibly did not take Gan Ning and others with him, privately, he ordered him to lead Cao Wei's navy and prepare to land from the southwest of Liaodong County.
Yang Ling's purpose was simple, that is, to attract Gongsun Yuan's main force to the Liaodong vassal state.
And let Gan Ning lead the elite navy, taking advantage of the emptiness in Liaodong County, to attack Xiangping.
Once Xiangping was captured by the Wei army, Yang Ling didn't know what Gongsun Yuan would do to fight the Wei Dynasty!
"How long does it take to reach Liaodong County?"
Gan Ning asked in a deep voice.
"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, we will be able to reach Liaodong County in half an hour at most."
Lu Xun replied from the side.
"That's good, tell me to go down and get the Marines ready!"
Gan Ning gave an order and whispered in a low voice,
"I don't know where His Highness King Qi heard these titles, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Marine Corps."
"Although it's a little weird, it sounds quite majestic."
When Yang Ling reorganized the Wei army, he naturally did not forget about the navy.
He mixed together the original navies from Jingzhou, Jiangdong and other places and divided them into three fleets.
Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and others served as commanders of the fleet respectively.
Gan Ning himself was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
In addition, he also followed the example of later generations and added the Marine Corps to the navy to increase the navy's combat capabilities.
It didn't take long for the Wei Dynasty's navy to approach the land of Liaodong County.
Gan Ning had already sent out a small boat to explore the nearby situation.
After knowing that Liaodong County was unprepared here, the Wei Dynasty navy quickly landed on the beach and established a temporary camp on the shore.
Gan Ning led a group of generals to gather in the tent and discuss the next action while looking at the sand table.
"Judging from the map provided to us by His Highness King Qi, except for Da County, there are no nearby cities."
Lu Xun said softly,
"As long as we capture Da County in time and rush to Xiangping overnight, we will surely capture Xiangping before Gongsun Yuan reacts!"
"What the military advisor said is absolutely true! Order to go down and let the soldiers rest for a while before getting ready to set off!"
Gan Ning ordered.
"Here!"
Everyone responded with a roar.
Because Gan Ning and Wei Yan had similar odors, at his strong request, Wei Yan was transferred to Gan Ning's navy to command the marines.
After a short rest, Wei Yan took the marines and embarked on the journey.
In less than two hours, they arrived at Ta County.
People living in Da County never dreamed that the Wei army would appear in the hinterland of Liaodong County.
When Wei Yan led his men to the city gate, several of the city defenders were chopped to the ground by him before they could react!
After taking the city gate, Wei Yan rushed to the county government office without stopping.
Before the county magistrate and others received the news, they captured the county government office in one fell swoop.
From the time the Wei army appeared outside the city to the time the entire city was captured, it took no more than two hours!
"Damn it, this is too easy, boring!"
Although he had captured Ta County, Wei Yan still looked like he was still unsatisfied.
He looked at the marines around him and grinned,
"Brothers, should we take a break or go straight to Xiangping?"
"Go straight to Xiangping!"
Everyone said in unison.
They have been training hard for so long, but they have nowhere to vent their pent-up energy, so naturally they are unwilling to rest for so long.
"Okay, let's set off immediately!"
Wei Yan waved his hand and left a team of troops to guard Ta County, waiting for Gan Ning and others behind.
He took the main force of the Marine Corps and continued towards Xiangping.
From Daxian to Xiangping, it takes at least four or five days.
However, with the full force of the Marine Corps, it took only three days for Wei Yan and the others to arrive outside Xiangping City.
Looking at the towering Xiangping City Wall not far away, Wei Yan did not rush to attack the city, but let the soldiers rest first.
When night fell, he sent a few soldiers to touch the bottom of Xiangping's city wall.
In a short time, the black powder prepared in advance was buried in the root of the wall.
Looking at the dark Xiangping City, Wei Yan showed a cruel smile, and then lit the fuse.
A moment later, a brilliant white light suddenly burst out from under Xiangping City.
With a huge roar, the seemingly indestructible city wall quickly collapsed!
"Brothers, rush with me!"
Wei Yan shouted loudly and rushed into Xiangping at the lead.
After Gongsun Yuan went to the front line, his eldest son Gongsun Xiu was in charge of the rear.
He was sleeping when he was suddenly awakened by a sudden earthquake.
"what's the situation?"
Gongsun Xiu ran outside with his hair disheveled and barefoot. He suppressed the panic in his heart and shouted loudly.
But the servants in the mansion had no idea what was going on.
All of them looked pale and terrified!
At this moment, several generals ran in in a panic.
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened!"
"Wei Jun...Wei Jun has invaded!"
Hearing this, Gongsun Xiu was dumbfounded.
What the hell is going on?
Didn't his father have a stalemate with Wei Jun in Fang County?
How did Wei Jun get here?
Moreover, the Xiangping City Wall cannot be said to be impregnable, but it is still quite strong. How did the Wei army get in?
Before Gongsun Xiu could figure it out, there were shouts of killing outside.
He did not dare to neglect, and immediately called a few soldiers, planning to escape from here first.
However, as soon as Gongsun Xiu and his party left the mansion, they saw Wei Yan and others coming to kill them.
Although he didn't know Gongsun Xiu's identity, Wei Yan could guess that he had an extraordinary identity just by seeing him surrounded by Liaodong soldiers.
"Don't let him go, kill him!"
Wei Yan pointed at Gongsun Xiu and shouted loudly.
