When Qin Lang led the army back to Heyang County, he immediately imprisoned Heyang County Guard Sima Jin in the Heyang County Prison after learning the specific situation.
Pei Qian applauded this.
Pei Qian had wanted to do this for a long time, but you, Qin Lang, had found a bunch of excuses before, just to insist on letting this idiot guard Heyang. Now it's okay, just reap the consequences.
The reason why Qin Lang imprisoned Sima Jin this time is actually very straightforward - lying about military information.
In fact, there was no such thing as the Shu thief cavalry attacking Heyang County at all. Sima Jin only received the news that Zhi County had been lost and the Shu thief cavalry followed the official road to Heyang County. He was afraid that Qin Lang would not return to rescue the army. As a result, Heyang County was lost, so it was reported in the military newspaper that Shu thieves were attacking Heyang County.
In Sima Jin's view, the Shu thieves were actually coming along the official road towards Heyang County, and they must be attacking Heyang County.
Don't say that cavalry can't attack the city. The cavalry is just not good at attacking the city. It doesn't mean that it can't really attack the city. Otherwise, how did Zhi County lose? !
Therefore, Sima Jin judged that the Shu thieves would definitely attack Heyang, and by the time Qin Lang led his troops to return for reinforcements, the Shu thieves must have almost reached the city of Heyang. He really wasn't lying.
But he didn't expect to kill Sima Jin. The Shu thieves' cavalry suddenly turned a corner on the way, and they did not come to Heyang County. Now all the lies Sima Jin told were exposed.
Sima Jin's little plan didn't work, and now he has been put in prison. But Qin Lang can't be happy now.
Now that he has returned to Heyang County, Qin Lang cannot say that he will continue to advance to Wen County regardless of the actual surrounding situation. He must first sort out the current battlefield information and analyze the battlefield situation before taking action.
At this time, Qin Lang finally got the latest and relatively comprehensive battlefield military report. Not only did he learn that the Bingzhou cavalry had entered Hanoi County, but he also knew that Zhang Xi was now leading his troops to withdraw to the north bank of Mengjindu, between Wen County and Wen County. The situation has been resolved for the time being.
In this way, at least on the surface, Qin Lang can continue to lead his troops to Wen County and join Xiahou Ba. But after careful analysis, Qin Lang found that he seemed unable to do so.
Qin Lang now basically has a grasp of the movements of the Shu thieves' cavalry. They did not attack Heyang County directly along the official road, but after bypassing Heyang County, they once again occupied Beizhong City, the main road for Qin Lang's eastward march.
Beizhong City, after being abandoned twice by Zhang Yi and Qin Lang, finally returned to the hands of the Han Dynasty and was occupied by Ma Dai.
And this order was really not given by Zhang Xi to Ma Dai, but by Ma Dai after he retreated to Beizhong City and found that there was no one guarding it. With the idea of protecting the army's flanks, Ma Dai occupied it himself.
At this time, the scouts sent by Zhang Xi finally found Ma Dai's whereabouts and contacted Ma Dai.
When Zhang Xi learned that Ma Dai had occupied Beizhong City, he suddenly realized that this place was quite important in the current situation. He sent Zhang Yi again, leading 5,000 infantry, to assist Ma Dai in guarding Beizhong City.
Actually, at first Zhang Xi wanted to move Liu Yin across the river to the south bank of Mengjin Ferry to guard Beizhong City, but Zhang Yi repeatedly asked Zhang Xi for a fight.
Zhang Yi was originally dissatisfied with the initiative to retreat. He felt that it was not that he could not defend Beizhong City, but that military orders could not be violated. At that time, Zhang Xi had decided to withdraw his troops, and could not contact Ma Dai. He was worried that Beizhong City would be attacked by Bingzhou cavalry. At that time, if Zhang Yi could not defend Beizhong City, he would not even have a chance to retreat, so Zhang Yi took the initiative to abandon the defense.
But now that Beizhong City has cavalry guards and infantry guards at the same time, how could Zhang Yi not want to avenge his shame? !
As for Zhang Xi, on the one hand, it is difficult to reject Zhang Yi's request for a fight, for fear of damaging morale. On the other hand, in fact, although the geographical location of Beizhong City is important, its main function is still to contain it, not to fight a decisive battle. .
Therefore, Zhang Yi, who is relatively familiar with the city defense and geographical environment of Beizhong City, is indeed more suitable than Liu Yin to a certain extent.
In this way, Zhang Yi returned to Beizhong City, took up the defense work of Beizhong City, and coordinated the entire Beizhong City battlefield.
With Zhang Yi and Ma Dai poking towards Beizhong City, it would be more troublesome for Qin Lang to lead his troops eastward.
Yes, the infantry brought by Zhang Yi this time was still only 5,000, but this time he had the help of 20,000 Qiang and Hu cavalry.
The Qiang and Hu cavalry were not good at anything else, and their suppressive and deterrent effect on the infantry was quite large. Qin Lang really didn't dare to attack Beizhong City with less than 20,000 county infantry.
Therefore, Qin Lang had to wait in Heyang County until the Bingzhou cavalry led by Bi Gui and Dai Ling came to join him, and then find a way to send troops to Wen County.
Moreover, even with the escort of Bingzhou cavalry, Qin Lang cannot be said to be foolproof.
Because Qin Lang could not guarantee that when he led his troops to attack Beizhong City, Zhang Xi on the north bank of Mengjindu would stand still.
If Zhang Xi used the high mobility of the Qiang and Hu cavalry to transfer the Bingzhou cavalry, and then suddenly led the main force of the Shu thieves infantry to Beizhong City for a decisive battle with him, Qin Lang didn't think he would have a chance of winning.
Even if Zhang Xi doesn't want to fight decisively and sends 10,000 additional infantry to North Central City to assist in defense, and everyone is also using a combination of infantry and cavalry, Qin Lang may not be able to break through North Central City overnight.
As for Xiahou Ba of Wen County, there is no way he can count on him in this battle.
Xiahou Ba only has a total of more than 20,000 defenders. It is good that he can ensure that Wen County is not lost. It is impossible to take the risk to come to Beizhong City to help the battle. Doing so will only create opportunities for Zhang Xi to attack Wen County.
Qin Lang felt a headache when he thought about the current situation.
Zhang Xi's retreat was so strategic, and seizing Beizhong City again showed Zhang Xi's outstanding decision-making.
Now Zhang Xi is leading a total of more than 60,000 infantry and cavalry coalition forces, sandwiched between Heyang County and Wen County. In addition, Beizhong City is assisting in the defense of the flank direction on the north bank of Mengjin Ferry. They are at odds with each other, leading to Qinlang and Wen County Even if Xiahouba wanted to exchange information and send troops together, he would not be able to form a joint force in a short time.
If Qin Lang wants to advance eastward, he must first cross the Beizhong City defended by Zhang Yi and Ma Dai. At the same time, he must beware of reinforcements from Zhang Xi on the north bank of Mengjin Crossing at any time. Even with the help of Bingzhou cavalry, the difficulty is not ordinary.
And this is just the immediate dilemma. In the long run, Qin Lang discovered that the real trouble is still behind.
To take a step back, even if Qin Lang successfully led his county soldiers, under the protection of Bingzhou cavalry, entered Wen County and joined Xiahou Ba, what to do next would still be a big trouble.
The purpose of Qin Lang's coming to Hanoi County was to switch defenses with Xiahou Ba, and then let Xiahou Ba lead the army to support Yanzhou. But the problem is, as we all know, the cavalry can only be used as an auxiliary to defend the city, not as the main force defending the city.
Therefore, if according to the original plan, Xiahou Ba had to dispatch 30,000 infantry to support Yanzhou, then Qin Lang would have less than 8,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry left to face the Shu thieves' more than 50,000 infantry and two Thousands of Rangers.
No matter how weak the Qiang and Hu cavalry are, they are still cavalry.
Apart from anything else, if Zhang Xi sends Qiang and Hu cavalry to replicate the war in Hedong County, looting and destroying everywhere, do you think the 20,000 Bingzhou cavalry in my hand will attack or not? !
Let's attack. The infantry ratio is nearly one to six, and Wen County cannot be defended at all.
Why don't you attack Hedong? All the aristocratic families in the two counties of Hanoi have been robbed. These guys must be full of resentment.
This grievance must be directed at the Wei Dynasty, and they did not dare to vent their grievances against the army of Shu thieves.
Even if we take a step back, even if Qin Lang can withstand the pressure of the Hanoi family and allow the Qiang and Hu foreign cavalry to wreak havoc without sending troops to rescue them, if this group of Qiang and Hu cavalry bypass Wen County and go north along the northern official road, they will directly How about attacking Yecheng? !
That is not a pressure that Qin Lang can withstand.
When Yecheng was attacked, Qin Lang had to send out Bingzhou cavalry to rescue. If necessary, even if the entire Hanoi County was sacrificed, he had to rescue.
If others don't know, how can Qin Lang not know? Today, there are not many soldiers guarding Yecheng.
Both the 30,000 new imperial troops guarding Yecheng and the Bingzhou reinforcements closest to Yecheng have been mobilized. Today, in Yecheng, there are only 5,000 infantry guards guarding Chaoge. After passing Chaoge, there are It's really smooth sailing.
I guess the Shu thieves don't know the news yet. Otherwise, Zhang Xi would have led his troops north along the official road.
(End of chapter)
