As soon as the enemy cavalry retreated, Qin Feng immediately judged that Beidi's military center of gravity had already moved from Changshui County to Ezhou. All the elite troops had been transferred, and the soldiers and horses left behind in Changshui County were not only small in number, but also And the quality is extremely poor.
The King of Beidi was betting that Qin Feng would not dare to leave Changshui County, but the facts proved that the King of Beidi lost the bet.
In other words, the area around Changshui County is now undefended, with only some troops to block news.
Realizing this, Qin Feng was not polite. After a day of recuperating, he immediately ordered the entire army to be summoned for pre-war deployment.
There are still 1,500 people under Qin Feng's command. In order to prevent a fire in the backyard, 500 people must stay in the city. Moreover, these 500 people cannot only choose Beixi soldiers. They must be composed of Beixi soldiers and Tianji camp guards. Mixed.
If anything goes wrong later, there won't be no elites around.
In addition to the 500 people guarding the city, the remaining 1,000 people were led by Ning Hu and Zhang Zhenhai respectively.
Ning Hu led 600 infantry and went straight to Qingshan County, killing all the enemies around Qingshan County. If the enemy hid in the county, there was no need to pursue them, just clean up the outside of the city.
Zhang Zhenhai, on the other hand, was leading four hundred cavalry to quickly attack the transportation nodes around Changshui County.
According to Jinyiwei's investigation during this period, the number of enemy troops guarding various transportation nodes was not large, ranging from a hundred to dozens.
Relying on the numerical and combat effectiveness advantages of the four hundred cavalry, these nodes can be destroyed quickly.
Qin Feng's initial goal is very clear, which is to destroy the encirclement carefully set up by Beidi and open up information channels in order to grasp the specific situation in Ezhou and Gyeonggi.
Following Qin Feng's order, Ning Hu and Zhang Zhenhai immediately led a thousand troops and rushed out of Changshui County. The troops were divided into two groups, one going straight to Qingshan County, and the other heading towards the farthest transportation node.
The reason for choosing the farthest transportation node is also very simple. The cavalry can rely on its speed advantage to launch a surprise attack on the transportation node before the enemy has time to react, and then charge towards Changshui County from the opposite direction, killing all the troops along the way. All nodes.
After all, destroying the farthest transportation node means directly cutting off the enemy's supply line.
The further you push back, the weaker the enemy's defensive strength will be. On the contrary, the further you push outward, the more prepared the enemy will be and the harder it will be to fight.
No matter how elite the soldiers and horses under Qin Feng's command are, they still have to pick the soft persimmons first. The stupid behavior of confronting the strong is a taboo for military strategists.
At this moment, no one expected that Qin Feng would dare to send people to leave Changshui County. When the local garrison learned the news, Ning Hu had already led 600 infantry to the Qingshan County area, and Zhang Zhenhai had also followed the original plan. Planned and launched an offensive.
Logically speaking, at this time, the local garrison should send reinforcements as soon as possible to defeat Qin Feng's troops.
However, the local guard general did not do this. Instead, he immediately sent people to the royal capital to report the military situation to the Ministry of War.
The reason for doing this is not because the general is stupid, but because the capital is now in chaos, and all parties are fighting on their own. The general does not want to stand out at this time, so he knows that this move will Despite the delay in the military situation, the commander was still notified step by step.
By the time the Ministry of War received the news, the soldiers guarding Qingshan County had already been defeated by Ning Hu. The remaining defeated soldiers all hid in Qingshan County. The gates of the county were closed, and there was no preparation for a battle.
As the soldiers guarding Qingshan County were repulsed and had been operating on the periphery, struggling to get close to the Jinyi guards in Changshui County, they finally contacted Liu Ming and sent all the latest news to Changshui County.
At the same time, King Beidi, who was in the palace of the royal capital, learned that Qin Feng had taken the initiative to leave the city to attack. Instead of being happy at all, he held his forehead with a sad look on his face.
Now, compared to Qin Feng, the Beidi King cares more about the situation in Ezhou.
According to the spies' reports, Chen Si, Wu Kang, and Jing Peng had begun to withdraw their troops privately without notifying King Beidi in advance, and the retreat route was not in the capital, but in the direction of Bozhou.
Bozhou has a vast territory and sparsely populated area, backed by a mountainous country.
The King of Beidi immediately understood the intentions of Chen Si and others. They had betrayed the King of Beidi and were preparing to go to Bozhou, using this as a basis to continue fighting Qin Feng. As for the life and death of the King of Beidi, they no longer cared.
King Beidi never dreamed that Chen Si and Wu Kang, the two generals he trusted most, would betray him without hesitation.
There is more sadness and despair than anger.
The overall situation has been decided, and the Beidi King knows that he has no way to save himself. The only way now is to leave the capital and continue to flee north.
But looking at the palace where he had lived for half his life and the great Di country, King Beidi didn't want to give up just like that.
Looking at Li Yu standing in front of him, King Beidi didn't know whether to be happy or sad. At the last moment, the only person standing in front of him turned out to be Li Yu, who specialized in intelligence work.
It's true that God's calculations are worse than those of people.
The King of Beidi said feebly: "Li Aiqing, I want to hear your thoughts on the current plan."
Facing Beidi King's inquiry, Li Yu felt helpless. He only learned afterwards that Beidi King had transferred the Eagle Brigade to Ezhou to attack the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade.
It is undeniable that this move can indeed defeat Qin Feng's "blitz war" at a strategic level.
But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the Beidi King missed the opportunity to finally strengthen his authority.
The people in Gyeonggi Province have already been shaken. Without the Eagle Brigade to come back to calm the situation, not to mention the soldiers below, even the ministers of civil and military affairs are already thinking about it, and they have begun to look for a way out.
Li Yu also knew that unless a miracle occurred, King Beidi would be defeated.
Therefore, he did not answer King Beidi directly, but asked instead: "Does your Majesty know how the garrison in Qingshan County reacted when Qin Feng sent troops out of the city to attack?"
The King of Beidi sighed: "Follow the steps and abide by your duties."
Li Yu's bitter smile deepened: "Yes, it's already imminent, and they are still following the plan. This shows that the defenders of Qingshan County are ready to change their ways at any time."
"Nowadays, although the Ezhou army has not failed at the tactical level, it has been completely defeated strategically."
"As short as three to five days, as long as seven or eight days, Qin Feng's army will appear in the capital."
"Right now, there are only three ways to preserve the majesty of the royal family."
"The first is to withdraw to the north, the second is to gather available troops and defend the capital city, and the third..."
Li Yu didn't say any more.
