Chapter 2089: Confrontation with Tuoba Gui
The arrival of Oda Nobunaga, even if it was just for containment rather than directly fighting the Qin army, had a great impact on the Youzhou battle situation, and the most direct impact was that Zhou Yu's navy could no longer blockade the western Liaoning sea area.
Since the Japanese mission visited Han, intelligence collection on Japan has also become a link in the Black Ice Platform intelligence network.
Qin Hao sent spies to Japan, and Oda Nobunaga did not conceal his personal expedition, so naturally he could not hide it from the Qin army's spies.
Zhou Yu, who was still in western Liaoning, after receiving the warning from Heibingtai, decisively gave up all the victory and led the army to withdraw from the western mainland of Liaoning. After all, if he did not leave, once the retreat was blocked by the Japanese navy, there was no point in withdrawing. So easy.
Zhou Yu's decisiveness definitely exceeded Yinzhen's expectations. After all, Zhou Yu had already achieved great achievements in western Liaoning. He also thought that if Zhou Yu had not left after Oda Nobunaga arrived in western Liaoning, Oda Nobunaga would be under such a fighter opportunity. Will he be tempted to leave Zhou Yu and his navy in western Liaoning? But Zhou Yu left so decisively, which also dispelled the last bit of expectation in Yinzhen's heart.
Shortly after Zhou Yu withdrew from western Liaoning, Oda Nobunaga arrived in western Liaoning, but he did not show any intention to pursue Zhou Yu. Even if Zhou Yu deliberately showed weakness, the only thing he did was to help the Qing army contain the Qin army's navy and break the Qin army's control of the western Liaoning sea area. of blockade.
Zhou Yu was a little disappointed in this regard. He actually hoped that Oda Nobunaga would pursue him. Only in this way would he have a chance to find a fighter plane and defeat the 30,000 Japanese navy in one fell swoop.
Oda Nobunaga's level of caution exceeded Zhou Yu's expectations, as if he had never thought about winning the battle from the beginning. Seeing his behavior, Zhou Yu, who was not sure of victory, did not dare to start a war easily.
The two sides faced off against each other in the waters of western Liaoning and continued to test the waters, but there was no formal war.
Due to the constraints of the Japanese navy, the Qin navy could not continue to blockade the waters of western Liaoning. Yinzhen took this opportunity to forcibly recruit all civilian and merchant ships. These ships were filled with food and transported to Youbeiping.
Zhou Yu did not deal with the Qing army's grain transport ships and allowed them to transport grain and grass to Youbeiping. There are three reasons:
First, they did not know the sailing route of the Qing army’s grain transport ships;
Second, the main focus was on dealing with the Japanese navy;
The third is that it is not necessary. Even if this batch of grain and grass successfully arrived in Youbeiping and alleviated the Qing army's shortage of grain and grass, it would still not be able to change the fate of the Qing army, because at this time the Qin army had already broken through the Yanshan defense line.
Nurhachi set up a total of fifty-five strongholds on the Yanshan defense line. After twenty of them were breached by the Qin army's fierce offensive, he voluntarily abandoned twenty-five more and concentrated on defending the last ten camps.
For the defense of these last ten camps, Nurhachi spent a lot of time and effort. He wanted people to give people, food to food, and materials to materials. The only requirement was to keep the Qin army out of Yanshan.
As for the candidate for the general of the Yanshan defense line, Nurhaci hesitated for a long time and finally chose Xianbei general Tuoba Gui, the head of the Tuoba family. After all, apart from him, there was no one else who could take Agu's place.
After Xianbei was divided between the Yuanmeng and the Manchu Qing, the once powerful Murong family surrendered to the Yuanmeng, while the Tuoba family surrendered to the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
Unlike the Murong family who were trembling with fear after being demoted to the Yuan Dynasty, the Tuoba family was accepted and reused by the Manchus.
In order to appease the Xianbei surrendered generals and the old people, Nurhaci even did not hesitate to make Tuoba Gui the king of Wei. This was one of the few things Nurhachi did that was more generous than Temujin.
As Prince Tuobagui, his status in the Manchu Dynasty was naturally not low, and after Aguda left, he was one of the few people who could replace Aguda.
Nurhachi still has great trust in Tuoba Gui's abilities.
In the battle to annex Xianbei, Tuoba Gui caused a lot of trouble for the Manchus, and Nurhachi was able to defeat him only by joining forces with Aguda.
With such a famous general stationed at Yanshan's defense line, Nurhachi could feel at ease.
Tuoba Gui was the founding emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When he was only fifteen years old, he dared to take advantage of the chaos to reestablish the Dai Kingdom, which was located in Niuchuan. He was later renamed King of Wei. He worked hard internally and implemented a series of reforms to promote the Xianbei regime into feudal society; externally Defeated the Helan Tribe, Tiefu, Gaoche, Rouran and other grassland tribes, and competed with Later Yan and Later Qin for hegemony in the Central Plains. He participated in the Battle of Hepi and defeated Murong Bao. He defeated Yao Xing in the Battle of Chaibi, setting the foundation for later Tuoba. Tao laid a solid foundation for unifying the north, and was one of the rare wise kings who managed the country while going to war.
Tuoba Gui's commander attribute is the same as Zhang Han's, both are 97 points. Zhang Han was able to establish a stronghold in three days and defend the Jieshi Road for half a month under Fu Jian's fierce attack, while Tuoba Gui, who also has 97 points in command, His performance is not inferior to Zhang Han.
Facing the three-pronged Qin army of 320,000, a fierce offensive like a tide, Tuoba Gui wisely chose the procrastination tactic to delay the Qin army's attack as much as possible.
Tuoba Gui set a large number of traps during the Qin army's advance, delaying the Qin army's advance and at the same time killing the Qin army's effective forces.
But what Tuobagui didn't expect was that the Qing Emperor Nurhaci was so ruthless that the Qin King Qin Hao was no less ruthless than him.
Realizing that Tuoba Gui was trying to delay time, Qin Hao ordered the reorganized army to go ahead and issued a clear marching mission, which must reach the destination within the specified time.
In the end, although the Qin army arrived within the stipulated time, they were in a hurry and had no time to crack the traps on the way. Nearly two thousand soldiers of the entire army died tragically in various ways during the march.
The Qin army marched with human shields, which prevented Tuoba Gui from delaying too much time. However, they wiped out more than two thousand Qin troops without wasting a single soldier. This was a feat that even Aguda had not achieved.
The subsequent offensive and defensive battles were as brutal as ever.
The ten battalions of Yanshan were all fortified in a dangerous position. In addition, the mountain road was narrow, making it difficult for the Qin army to use its superiority in strength. The difficulty of conquering them was no less difficult than that of Fu Jian's attack on the Jieshi Road.
Zhang Han has only one Jieshi camp, but there are ten Yanshan camps. If each camp is attacked for half a month, even if the Qin army is divided into three groups, Lulongsai will definitely have fallen by the time the Yanshan defense line is broken. So a strong attack is obviously not advisable.
In this regard, Qin Hao also made adjustments. Previously, the three-way general attack tried to pull out all ten villages, but now it only requires opening up the road to the eastern plain of Youbeiping.
The Yanshan mountain road is winding and winding, with ten large camps located in it. If you want to open the road, no matter which road you take, you must break through at least four large camps.
Once the four battalions are broken and the road is clear, the Qin army can directly enter the plain, and the remaining six battalions can then be left to fend for themselves.
The first of the four battalions, led by Wei Qing's troops, was responsible for the main attack. It took five full days of fierce attack to break through, and the defender Tuoba Shi was killed by Xue Dingshan.
