After Li Mu defeated the three mountains and five villages, he immediately led his army to Daxing, the capital of Sui Dynasty. For such an important military operation, he would naturally notify Li Jing on the eastern front.
However, since Li Jing's 100,000 troops had been divided into two, Yuwen Chengdu and Hu Luguang led 30,000 vanguard troops to march first, while Li Jing led 70,000 main troops to march behind.
Li Mu didn't know the specific movements of Li Jing's department, and he didn't have a direct way to contact Yuwen Chengdu, so he informed Li Jing first, and there would naturally be a delay in Li Jing's notification of Yuwen Chengdu.
This is why Yang Su took one step ahead of Yuwen Chengdu, knowing that Li Mu had already gone straight to Daxing, and took advantage of this to set up a plot.
Although Yuwen Chengdu was half a beat slower than Yang Su in terms of intelligence, Hu Luguang was there, so his subsequent reactions were not slow at all.
When Hu Luguang notified Yuwen Chengdu, he had already ordered the entire army to prepare for an overnight departure. After Yuwen Chengdu understood the whole situation, the Qin army immediately set off without any delay in the process.
When Yuwen Chengdu led eight thousand light cavalry and arrived outside Jincheng, they saw no one at the top of Jincheng. The city was even more eerily silent. It looked like an empty city. Obviously, the defenders in the city had already run away.
"Damn it, it's still too late."
Yuwen Chengdu clenched his fists. Even if he could occupy a big city like Jincheng without spending a single soldier, there was still not much joy on his face. After all, if Yang Su was let go, the trouble would be even greater.
Hu Luguang said: "Don't worry, General Yuwen, Yang Su can't escape. If the Sui army wants to escape back to Daxing, there are only two roads to take, Yunwu Road and Zhiyang Road. But no matter which road Yang Su takes, Even with the marching speed of our army, we can catch up."
Yuwen Chengdu nodded helplessly, and immediately prepared to send troops into the city to take over Jincheng from all directions, but was stopped by Hu Luguang.
"General, be careful there is an ambush in the city. Anyway, Jincheng is here and we can't escape. The most important thing now is to pursue Yang Su."
As soon as Hu Luguang finished speaking, a raging fire instantly ignited in Jincheng, lighting up half of the night sky.
Seeing this, Yuwen Chengdu said with lingering fear: "General Hulu, you are right. There is indeed an ambush in the city."
Hu Luguang shook his head and said: "This is probably not an ambush, but the remaining Sui troops burning supplies. In short, it is better to be cautious. First send a small team into the city to investigate, and then organize people to put out the fire."
Hu Luguang made a simple arrangement and left 10,000 people to take charge of Jincheng affairs. After all, the most important thing now is to pursue Yang Su. Jincheng is already the meat in the mouth, so in terms of priority, it can be put back later.
Yuwen Chengdu and Hu Luguang led 20,000 cavalry in pursuit, while Dugu Xin, who was twenty miles away on Yunwu Road, also spotted the fire in the direction of Jincheng.
"You see, the people left behind have burned the supplies, which means that the Qin army has been chasing them. Send the order. There is no need to make any arrangements. Just speed up the march and try to reach the Canglang Territory before dawn." Duguxin said loudly.
"promise."
Dugu Xin's son Dugu Luo hesitated again and again and asked: "Father, what if the Qin army doesn't pursue Yunwu Road?"
After being silent for a few seconds, Dugu Xin said, "Hu Luguang is a smart man. It is impossible for him not to follow the Yunwu Way."
Following Dugu Xin's order, the Sui army quickly retreated after eight thousand breaks.
On the other side, Yuwen Chengdu and Hu Luguang, who led the pursuit, quickly reached the fork in the road.
"General Hulu, Yang Su wants to escape from Jincheng back to Daxing. There are only two roads to go, Yunwu Road and Zhiyang Road, but there are traces of a large number of Sui troops marching on both roads."
Yuwen Chengdu frowned and said with some uncertainty: "Could it be that Yang Su was worried about being overtaken by our army, so he retreated in two groups, hoping to lure our army into splitting up to pursue..."
Before Yuwen Chengdu could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Hu Luguang.
"We cannot divide our forces to pursue them."
"Why is this?"
"Regardless of whether Yang Su really divided his troops and retreated, even if it was true, we don't know the specific distribution of Yang Su's troops. It would be very dangerous to rashly divide his troops to pursue him.
Moreover, if there are suspects on one side and the main force on the other, our army will split up its forces to pursue them, and one of the groups will definitely meet the main force of the Sui army, which will probably bring disaster. "
Hearing Hu Luguang's words, Yuwen Chengdu suddenly realized and noticed Yang Su's sinister intentions.
Indeed, although the Sui army retreated, it did not lose its combat effectiveness. If the Qin army divided its forces in pursuit, wouldn't it have fulfilled Yang Su's wishes?
"But if we don't divide the troops, how can we know which way the main force of the Sui army went?" Yuwen Chengdu asked.
"No need to know."
"What? What?"
Yuwen Chengdu is confused, no need to know? How to pursue this? Is it just gambling? The risk is too great.
Hu Luguang explained: "Yunwu Road and Zhiyang Road are two roads. Yunwu Road is close, and Zhiyang Road is far away.
No matter which way the main force of the Sui army retreats, we only need to take the closer way. "
Yuwen Chengdu's eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, if the main force of the Sui army follows Yunwu's path, then our army will definitely catch up.
Even if we take the Zhiyang Road, our army can reach Daxing City before them and then block them outside Daxing City.
Send the order and pursue Yun Wudao at full speed. "
"promise."
As Duguxin expected, under Hu Luguang's persuasion, Yuwen Chengdu did not take Zhiyang Road, but Yunwu Road to pursue.
After all, regardless of whether the troops are divided or not, there are some risks in taking the Zhiyang Way, but there are no risks in taking the Yunwu Way, so smart people will definitely choose the Yunwu Way.
After the Qin army pursued Yunwu Road and marched for two hours, Hu Luguang finally realized something was wrong. After taking a look at the map, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's hard to fall into a trap."
Yuwen Chengdu was suddenly shocked and asked quickly: "What? What kind of trick did you fall into?"
"What we are chasing now is just the bait, Yang Su's main force is taking the Zhiyang Road."
"How can I see it?"
"It can be seen from the march traces of the Sui army."
After Hu Luguang dismounted and touched the footprints on the ground, he said: "Yang Su still has more than 40,000 troops in his hands. But judging from the march traces on Yunwu Road, the Sui army that walked through here was only 10,000 at most, and This Sui army is probably an outcast that Yang Su wants to use to hold back our army."
"There are only 10,000 Sui troops. With our army's combat power and marching speed, after defeating them, we can also reach Daxing before Yang Su."
"I thought so at the beginning, but I overlooked one thing, that is the Blue Wolf Leader."
"Blue Wolf Leader?"
Yuwen Chengdu had done enough homework before the war, but he was still a little unfamiliar with the name Canglang Leader. He only realized it after looking at the map.
"Yang Su wants to set up an ambush in Canglang Leader to ambush our army."
"The terrain of the Canglang Territory is not only suitable for setting up ambushes, but also suitable for layer-by-layer blocking. Yang Su may have thought about ambushing our army again, but it doesn't matter even if it fails. The terrain of the Canglang Territory can also be used to delay the march of our army. , it can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.”
"hiss......"
Yuwen Chengdu suddenly took a breath, and once again felt Yang Su's sinister intentions. If Hu Luguang hadn't been around, he wouldn't have fallen into Yang Su's schemes.
"General Hulu, what should we do now? Should we withdraw through Zhiyang Road?"
"No, even if we change the route now, we can't catch up with Yang Su. We can only continue to chase along Yunwu Road. If the Sui army in front of us is not strong in resistance, we may be able to defeat it as quickly as possible. Live in Yangsu."
Hearing what Hu Luguang said, Yuwen Chengdu could only nod helplessly. After all, if Yang Su really couldn't be stopped, it wouldn't be a loss to eat the Sui army in front of him.
The two armies of Dugu Xin and Yuwen Chengdu chased and escaped along Yunwu Road, but Dugu Xin's troops who were ahead finally arrived at Canglang Territory.
After Duguxin led his army to the Canglang Territory, he immediately occupied the favorable terrain, began to deploy defenses and set traps.
In fact, Duguxin also knew that the ambush would not be successful, but he would not give up until the last moment, so he still prepared to give it a try, but the result was as expected.
After Yuwen Chengdu arrived at the Canglang Territory, he did not go directly there at all, but directly seized the major strongholds, turning the ambush into an offensive and defensive battle.
"As expected of Hu Luguang, I still can't deceive him."
Dugu Xin smiled miserably. If the ambush failed, it would mean that it would be difficult for him to escape back to Daxing. However, this was within his expectation. He took the initiative to ask for help, regardless of life and death.
"Report... General Qi, Gufengpo has been captured, but the Sui army dug trenches in advance and lit kerosene during their retreat. It will take at least an hour to completely extinguish the fire."
"What?"
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Yuwen Chengdu became a little anxious. After all, he had fought at Gufengpo for two hours, and there were still several positive comments in the future. According to this progress, he would definitely not be able to stop Yang if he penetrated the Canglang collar. Vegetarian.
"General Hulu, you will take command of the entire army next, and I will lead the attack." Yuwen Chengdu said with a serious face.
"No." Hu Luguang said, cupping his fists.
[Ding dong, Yuwen Chengdu skill 'Tianbao (one-time enhancement)' effect 3 is activated. When leading the battle, it can greatly boost the morale of one's own side. The overall quality of one's own army is partially improved, and when in danger, the whole army's force is +1. 】
Yu Wencheng was worthy of being a top general. As soon as he came on the scene, the morale of the Qin army soared instantly, and even the progress of destroying the country was much faster. The fire that originally took an hour to be extinguished was extinguished in only half an hour.
After Yuwen Chengdu put out the fire, he led his army straight to the Snow Wind Valley.
The Sui army's crossbowmen who occupied the dangerous terrain immediately drew their bows and fired non-stop after seeing the Qin army's attack.
The Qin army who rushed at the front had no time to dodge, and was shot straight through, and died tragically on the spot.
The soldiers of the Sui army did not have time to be happy, and the next second they were pierced through the throat by a javelin.
After Yuwen Chengdu saw the hit, he quickly ordered the spearmen to retreat and let the sword and shield soldiers come forward. Then he personally led the sword and shield troops to form a formation and break through the major strongholds one by one.
Facing Yuwen Chengdu's attack, it was meaningless in difficult terrain.
In just one and a half hours, the Qin army occupied all the important places in Snow Wind Valley one by one. The Sui army suffered heavy casualties and was forced to retreat to the last line of defense, Canglang Leader.
After Yuwen Chengdu captured Wind Snow Valley, although he wanted to pursue the victory, he was stopped by Hu Luguang and ordered the entire army to rest for half an hour before launching a general attack on Canglang Leader.
In terms of the difficulty of the terrain, Gufengpo and Fengxue Valley are not as good as the Canglang Territory, and the Sui army has the largest number of troops deployed in the Canglang Territory, so attacking the Canglang Territory must be a bloody battle.
After half an hour's rest, the physical strength of the Qin army soldiers also recovered a lot.
Hu Luguang divided the 20,000 Qin troops into four teams of 5,000 men each, and launched an attack on the entire Canglang Territory at the same time.
Although the Sui army occupies favorable terrain, its numbers are far inferior to that of the Qin army. In addition, the Qin army combines virtual and actual forces and has a fierce offensive. Even if Duguxin personally commanded it, he also felt the pressure.
[Ding dong, Dugu Xin's skill 'Copper Wall' effect 2 is activated. When defending, the commander +2, the morale and combat power of the whole army. ． ． ． ． ． Partially improved.
Dugu Xin: Commander 95, Force 101 (+3), Intelligence 84 (+1), Politics 96 (+1), Charisma 97;
The current commander-in-chief of Duguxin has risen to 97 points. 】
After the launch of the 'Copper Wall', Commander Duguxin's points rose to 97 points, and the pressure was reduced a bit, but Yuwen Chengdu launched an attack at this time.
Yuwen Chengdu personally led three thousand sword and shield soldiers, forming a shield formation, like a sharp knife, ready to pierce directly into the heart of the Sui army.
Upon seeing this, Dugu Xin quickly commanded the army and prepared to attack Yuwen Chengdu's troops. However, Hu Luguang commanded the army to attack from other directions at this time, making Dugu Xin unable to focus on Yuwen Chengdu.
After successively breaking through the two lines of defense of the Sui army, although the casualties of the sharp knife team led by Yuwen Chengdu were not small, they finally threatened the core of the Sui army.
Yuwen Chengdu wanted to kill Dugu Xin directly, so he went directly to Dugu Xin's handsome flag. However, when he reached the flag, he found that he had been deceived. Dugu Xin was not here at all. Instead, he went to strangle the Qin army who fell behind. , forcing Yuwen Chengdu to turn back.
But when Yuwen returned to Chengdu, he found that Duguxin had run away again.
Yuwen Chengdu was not stupid either. He saw that Dugu Xin did not dare to fight against him at all, so he deliberately used this method to tease him, so he directly led thousands of people to prepare fact-finding tactics and completely defeated the Sui army. This forced Dugu Xin into disbelief. Without showing up, he concentrated his troops to surround and kill Yuwen's Chengdu troops.
The decisive battle officially started, and the offensive and defensive battle also evolved into a big melee.
