After a moment of burning incense, all the key members of Beixi County arrived. Knowing that the Beidi army was about to make a comeback, everyone looked a little solemn.
In the last battle, it was true that everyone worked together to repel Beidi's army, but they also learned about Beidi's strength.
Everyone knew very well that if they wanted to defeat Beidi again, they would have to fight tooth and nail, and fighting hard would inevitably lead to casualties. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even the people in this room would most likely die on the battlefield.
After all, defending the homeland is no empty talk. Everyone must be prepared to shed blood and sacrifice.
After Li Zhang saw Qin Feng's military talents with his own eyes, he hid all the talents he was proud of and humbly asked for advice: "Brother Qin, I heard from Xu Mo that you have sent a message to the border troops to defend the city. Ordinarily, we should be more cautious since Beidi is hit hard for the first time, will we continue to attack the city?"
Qin Feng had his hands behind his back. Although he looked relaxed, his eyes were extremely firm.
"Beidi has strong soldiers and horses, and a large number of people. Even if more than half of it is lost, it will still be an extremely serious threat to the northern border of Liang Kingdom. Moreover, in the last battle, Beidi only failed to attack the city, and the loss of soldiers and horses was still within the range of endurance. Inside."
"Wanting to crush Beidi militarily is tantamount to fantasy. The only way to delay Beidi until they run out of food and grass is to consume them alive."
"Beidi is naturally aware of this. Therefore, Beidi will use all his strength to attack this battle more fiercely than ever before."
"Not only will we attack the frontier troops, but we will also attack the Hussars, Chariots, and even our own Beixi County. Obviously, what we have to face next is not a local conflict, but a full-front war!"
Knowing that this battle would affect the national destiny of Daliang and Beidi, the atmosphere in the Yamen became more solemn.
Since Daliang's military strength is still at a disadvantage, the most pragmatic combat idea is to defend and counterattack in the same way. First, stick to the city to ensure that all major garrison positions are not lost, and then block the Beidi army in stages.
The more Beidi forces Daliang to fight to the death in the wild, the less he can take the bait.
Just as Qin Feng, Li Zhang and others were intensively making pre-war preparations, the Beidi army had already marched south, and the important border towns were the first to be attacked violently.
However, the fighting did not last long, lasting more than an hour. The attack was swift and short, mainly testing.
After being bravely counterattacked by the border army, the Beidi army immediately withdrew and did not attack by force. Instead, it left 10,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry behind to guard the important border town. The rest of the army continued to march into the interior of the northern border without stopping. .
Chen Si's strategic goal was extremely clear. It was no longer the main purpose of destroying Liang State, but to plunder the grain from the rear of Liang State's northern border at all costs.
As the army continued to advance, troops and horses were also constantly separated, and they attacked the major garrison of Liang State with great momentum. As Chen Si expected, both the Hussar General and Beixi County were huddled in the city and did not dare to go out to fight. .
In less than two days, the army has pushed through the center line, and the grain-producing areas in the north are already within easy reach.
As expected, the cavalry generals guarding the grain-producing areas jumped into battle immediately, constantly blocking Chen Si's advance. At first, based on Chen Si's understanding of General Chariot and Cavalry, in order to preserve his strength and avoid losing his right to speak in the northern border after the war, General Chariot and Cavalry would definitely not go all out and would retreat after a slight attempt.
But the result was not at all what Chen Si expected.
The cavalry general seemed to be crazy, and his offensive was extremely fierce and violent, even to the point of recklessness. In just two days, Chen Si's army suffered losses of more than 10,000 people, and the chariot and cavalry general's troops suffered even worse losses, with a total loss of 20,000 people.
But even in the face of such a disparity of one to two battle losses, the cavalry general still had no intention of retreating.
According to this situation, if the battle continues, within three days, the entire chariot and cavalry general's army will be wiped out.
But it is undeniable that the generals of chariots and cavalry successfully blocked Chen Si's progress. For two whole days, Chen Si's army failed to advance further, and Chen Si had to temporarily camp at Sandieguan.
Sandieguan is located almost in the center of the northern border of Liang State. There are three low mountains on the east side, hence its name.
In addition to the 60,000 troops besieging the frontier army, Beixi, and Hussar troops, as well as the 10,000 vanguards who constantly attacked the cavalry general's defense line, Chen Si also had 100,000 soldiers and horses beside him.
The total number of troops that invaded the northern border of Liang State this time was 170,000, which was the largest number of troops since the two countries had been at war with each other.
Yongshou County, which is less than thirty miles away from Sandie Pass, is already a purgatory scene like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
The chariot and cavalry generals are fully prepared and have a total of 50,000 troops. Among them, 10,000 troops are trying their best to help the people seize it. The remaining 40,000 troops have been destroyed by more than half in two days!
You must know that under normal circumstances, when two armies confront each other, even if they fight for ten days and a half, the losses will not be so great.
This shows that the ferocity of the Beidi army has exceeded the awareness of the Daliang soldiers.
The morale of the remaining 20,000 troops under General Chariot and Cavalry has collapsed several times. In the past few times, they could only rely on iron-fisted methods, sending out supervisory troops to continuously kill deserters and forcibly stabilize the morale of the troops.
At the back, there were so many casualties that even the generals on horseback and cavalry were helpless. They could only retreat two miles and forcibly conquered Yongshou County, using this as a basis to continue to block the Beidi army.
The war continued, and the fierce fighting lasted for two days and two nights.
In the Yongshou County government office, soldiers running around with orders were constantly running.
"General, the front line is in danger. The Beidi Pioneer Army is attacking fiercely. Seven thousand infantry are constantly rushing into the front line, and three thousand cavalry are attacking back and forth. Our army has suffered heavy losses. Since the seventeenth battle, in just two hours, two thousand soldiers have been killed. Remain!"
"General, the right-wing deputy general took 3,000 cavalry and killed the supervisor, then defected."
"General! Another 5,000 reinforcements from Beidi are coming towards Yongshou County."
Listening to the continuous bad news, the cavalry general's face was ashen and his eyes were filled with boundless anger.
Putting aside the 10,000 soldiers and horses who helped the common people plunder the troops, the 40,000 troops under his command were actually beaten to pieces by the Beidi Pioneers for three days and were on the verge of collapse.
What a shame!
Even if there are 40,000 pigs, Beidi can't kill them all in three days.
The cavalry general knew very well that there must be many lies among them, but now it was too late to hold the generals below accountable. How to hold on to the last line of defense was the top priority.
Once Yongshou County is captured, the grain-producing areas will be completely exposed to the Beidi army, and the consequences will be disastrous.
"Qin Feng! You bastard, when are you going to take action!"
The roar of the cavalry generals echoed throughout the Yongshou County Yamen.
It was precisely because he believed Qin Feng's lie about "full support" that the Chariot and Cavalry Generals stopped the Beidi offensive without hesitation.
