Qin Lang was still very willing to listen to opinions. Therefore, at Pei Qian's suggestion, he personally led the troops on the expedition and went straight to Wen County along the official road.
However, Qin Lang took advantage of the situation and took Pei Qian with him.
Of course, the official rhetoric is that Pei Qian will go out with the army and serve as counselor to the military aircraft, but in fact, everyone understands.
Pei Qian has already made it so clear. Does Qin Lang still know what the consequences will be if he fails in Wen County? !
If he wins the first battle, Qin Lang can win the "Victory of Hanoi" without the praise of these Hedong families, but if the attack is unfavorable, Pei Qian's face will be more useful than imagined.
Of course, Qin Lang was not simply using Pei Qian. Qin Lang also agreed to Pei Qian. Regardless of victory or defeat in this battle, he would directly state Pei Qian's contribution to the emperor and recommend Pei Qian to become an official in the court.
Although Pei Qian is not too happy about this. It is hard to say where the future of the Wei Dynasty is now. He, Pei Qian, is not the good head of the Hedong family. There is really no need to go to the court to wade through the muddy waters.
However, Pei Qian couldn't say anything more. After all, he was in Qin Lang's army. If Qin Lang really wanted to turn against him, he could find any excuse and kill him at will. How did Yang Xiu die? Pei Qian still Very clear.
Although Qin Lang was not Emperor Taizu Wu, his Pei family could not compare with the Hongnong Yang family of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes.
In this way, under Qin Lang's "repeated requests", Pei Qian failed to sit down in Zhi County and organize logistics, but followed Qin Lang to the front line.
The march was fairly smooth and we arrived at Heyang from Zhi County.
The guard general of Heyang County is Sima Jin, the fourth brother of Sima Yi who was wanted to be held accountable by Master Sima but could not be held accountable, and the fourth uncle of Master Sima.
This one is really a bit hard to describe.
This is not the emotion of Master Sima, but the emotion shared by Qin Lang and Pei Qian.
No, your Sima family's hometown, Wen County, is besieged by 60,000 to 70,000 Shu thieves. You, the guard general of Heyang County and a direct descendant of the Sima family, actually still have the heart to guard Heyang County and drink and have fun? !
Yes, when Qin Lang and Pei Qian led their troops to Heyang County, Sima Jin actually held a big banquet after welcoming them into the city, saying it was "Welcome the King". He saw a ghost "Welcome the King" division"! ! !
It’s really tight at the front and tight at the rear, right? !
And the most important thing is your hometown of Sima Jin. Are you really not worried about it at all? !
Qin Lang and Pei Qian really couldn't like Sima Jin. The two people, who had been having an awkward fight all the way, were surprisingly unanimous at this time and directly rejected Sima Jin's banquet.
Pei Qian even stood in the position of Sima Jin's elder and severely reprimanded Sima Jin.
Although Pei Qian is about the same age as Sima Jin's eldest brother Sima Lang, in terms of seniority, Pei Qian is really the same generation as Sima Jin's father Sima Fang.
After some scolding, Pei Qian still asked Sima Jin for information on the war ahead, and was ready to discuss the next march plan with Qin Lang.
However, looking at the front-line military report that was less than an inch thick, Pei Qian had the urge to scold Sima Jin again.
It has been more than three months since the Shu thieves attacked Mengjin, and it has been more than a month since they crossed the river and entered Hanoi County. The combined front battle report is only one inch thick? !
Really, if someone like Sima Jin were placed in the reign of Emperor Taizu Wu, ten heads would not be enough to lose him.
But even so, Sima Jin still had something to say about the enemy siege ahead, and many battle reports from Wen County could not be delivered. He indeed only received these battle reports.
Really, Sima Jin sorted out Pei Qian one by one in chronological order to prove that he had not missed any battle reports.
This self-righteousness completely angered Pei Qian, who originally wanted to save some face for the Sima family.
I, a person who usually only quotes scriptures, know that when the battle ahead is fierce, additional scouts should be dispatched to collect intelligence at all costs. Will you, the Heyang County guard general, just wait stupidly for intelligence to be sent back from the front? !
What do your soldiers and scouts in your army do for food? !
Don't talk about insufficient troops. Insufficient troops have nothing to do with sending scouts to detect intelligence.
Don't mention that Heyang is seventy or eighty miles away from Wen County. No matter how far away you are, you still have to send out scouts to detect intelligence. Do you have to wait until the enemy troops are approaching the city before you count their heads one by one to count how many enemy soldiers there are? ? !
Really, there was no need for Sima Shi to hesitate this time. Pei Qian directly advocated that Sima Jin be relieved of his power of guard on the spot and imprisoned to await disposal after the war.
But at this time Qin Lang came forward and blocked Pei Qian's order.
It's not that Qin Lang doesn't want to deal with Sima Jin, he actually really wants to do this and keep such a thing, which is completely harmful to the country and the people.
However, Qin Lang also has Qin Lang's own thoughts.
I don't have enough guard generals on hand.
This time, except for Qin Lang, the general and Pei Qian who joined the army, the remaining generals who led the troops were all descendants of Hedong families, and they had basically never been on the battlefield.
It seems inappropriate to leave anyone to guard Heyang County and ensure the smooth flow of food and grass. After all, we have no such experience.
Another point is that Sima Jin is a member of the Sima family after all. Although it is very popular to deal with Sima Jin at this time, what do you think of the Sima family in Wen County, the Sima division stationed in Hedong, and Sima Yi who is facing the enemy on the Yanzhou front line? !
The current Wei Dynasty relies entirely on the Sima family to fight against the Shu thieves on the front line. No matter how incompetent Sima Jin is, as long as he has not caused serious consequences or directly committed treason, he cannot be dealt with directly at this time.
Therefore, although this guy is trash, for the sake of Wei, he must continue to guard Heyang County.
As for the intelligence ahead, let's take it step by step. March carefully and send more scouts along the way to investigate. It's not impossible to rush to Wen County.
In this way, with Qin Lang's protection, Sima Jin stayed in Heyang, while Qin Lang and Pei Qian simply rested in Heyang for three days, and then continued eastward, heading straight for Wen County.
After marching for about two days, under the continuous investigation of scouts sent by Qin Lang, they finally discovered that there were traces of Shu thieves stationed in Beizhong City, thirty miles ahead.
There are not many troops, probably around 3,000 to 5,000 people, and the defense of Beizhong City is not particularly good. The outer wall of this stronghold is even made of rammed earth, and is only two feet high.
This is both an opportunity and a test for Qin Lang.
Obviously, both Qin Lang and Pei Qian knew the significance of the Beizhong City defenders.
On the one hand, it is to protect the flanks of Wen County's attack on Shu thieves. On the other hand, it is also used as a warning.
Once Qin Lang attacks this place, Zhang Xi will definitely know about the next battle.
As for Beizhong City, if you don't break it, you can't directly attack the flanks of the Shu bandits in Wen County. This battle must be fought, and it must be won quickly, without giving Zhang Xi too many opportunities to adapt.
Therefore, Qin Lang immediately led his troops to rush to Beizhong City, and then immediately launched an siege.
Qin Lang is in a hurry, but it doesn't mean that Qin Lang has no brains.
The wall of Beizhong City is less than two feet high, and three soldiers can climb it with a ladder. However, the rammed earth wall has limited strength. As long as you get close to the wall, there are many ways to directly destroy the wall and enter the city.
Of course, the most important thing is that there are only 5,000 defenders here, while Qin Lang has 20,000, which can completely surround the city on all sides.
These combined are the reasons why Qin Lang dared to launch a direct siege without sufficient siege equipment. It was not a simple attack to gain time regardless of the lives of his soldiers.
It can be said that Qin Lang's idea is correct, but there is one thing that is not within the scope of Qin Lang's consideration. The guard of North Central City is Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi is good at discipline, which is Zhang Yi's biggest characteristic.
Even though Zhang Yi is a humble person, in fact, his ability to defend himself is not inferior to that of Liu Yin, Hao Zhao and others.
Now that Hao Zhao has died, Liu Yin is guarding the Mengjin Ferry where all Han troops retreat. As the most adept general under Zhang Xi at this time, Zhang Yi was naturally sent by Zhang Xi to guard Beizhong City.
After Zhang Yi led his troops to arrive at Beizhong City, the first thing he did was to conduct a thorough inspection and assessment of the city he was guarding.
The city wall is not high enough, so three people can climb it with a ladder. It doesn't matter, just bury part of the logs at the foot of the city wall, and use spikes to rush out, so that enemy soldiers cannot get too close to the city wall.
The earthen walls are easily broken down. It doesn't matter. Use bamboo chopsticks to test each part of the city wall one by one. As long as the bamboo chopsticks can be penetrated, all the parts of the city wall will be pulled down and re-tightened.
Really, there is not enough time, otherwise, Zhang Yi really wants to rebuild Beizhong City from the inside out.
Not to mention that after Zhang Yi led the troops in place, he made adjustments to the defense facilities and troop distribution in the city, built some temporary facilities for defending the city, and re-formulated military orders and measures for defense.
Of course, what's more important is that Zhang Yi is not Sima Jin, he will send scouts to investigate.
When Qin Lang was able to discover that Shu thieves were stationed in Beizhong City, Zhang Yi's scouts had actually detected Wei thieves appearing thirty miles away to the west of Beizhong City.
At that time, Zhang Yi had already sent people out of the city to report to Wen County for help, and he was ready to stand by in Beizhong City and wait for help.
Therefore, Zhang Yi did not rush into this battle. Both sides came prepared.
Now, it depends on whether Qin Lang's offense is sharp enough or Zhang Yi's defense is more stable.
There are still only two chapters today, I’m really sorry.
I will probably be busy with personal matters for the last day tomorrow, so there may not be any updates tomorrow. Please ask readers for a leave in advance. After this period of busy work, the updates will return to normal, with four updates a day.
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