The White Wolf Plain in the Great Lakes District is located south of Haer Lake and north of Delek Lake. It is a narrow strip of land that is long from east to west and narrow from north to south. Passing through the White Wolf Plain from the east, you can enter the Xianbei Prairie. This is not only Murong Yanjun's The only way that Wei Yunqi must pass is also the key area for Wei Yunqi to intercept him.
Wei Yunqi's mission is to drag Murong Yan's army out of the Xianbei Prairie to buy time for Li Jing to seize the Xianbei Prairie. At the same time, it is also to drag Murong Yan's army into the quagmire of the war so that it cannot escape from the battlefield. As long as Li Jing's army and As soon as Cui's army arrived, they jointly annihilated the enemy forces here. When he led his troops to Bailangyuan, he heard that Murong Yan was already more than seventy miles away.
According to scouts, in addition to 20,000 elite soldiers, Murong Yan also had about 30,000 herdsmen to fight against. Its military strength is five times that of Wei Yunqi. If you include the elderly herdsmen who are able to fight, it will be even more.
Faced with such a "returning army" with many soldiers and generals eager to return home, Wei Yunqi felt deeply pressured and arduous responsibilities. He knew that once Murong Yan heard that the Xianbei Prairie was under attack, he would fight for peace at all costs. He fights on his own; and his soldiers will fight to the death in order to save their families and ensure that their wealth is preserved until their exhausted army is completely wiped out.
Wei Yunqi naturally knew the strategic principle of "Don't contain the troops when they return, besiege them when they are surrounded, and don't push the enemy when they are poor". He also knew that his best way was to use the mobility advantage of the cavalry to attack Murong Bei's baggage. During the pursuit, Defeat the enemy.
But if he did this, Murong Yan would be able to leave a partial force here to constrain and contain him, while the main force would avoid the battlefield and point directly at Li Jing's army attacking the Xianbei Prairie. After annihilating it, they could return Come over and annihilate his own army and Cui Shi's army, and then join Murong Bei's army to annihilate Yang Ji's right army. Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation of the Northern Expedition, Wei Yunqi had to pin down Murong Yan's army here even if his entire army was wiped out.
Coming to this conclusion, Wei Yunqi set up a strong camp at the place where Murong Yan must pass, forcing Murong Yan to attack.
After Wei Yunqi occupied the strategic road, Murong Yan was extremely anxious, but he really could not divide his troops to rescue the Xianbei Prairie. As long as he followed Wei Yunqi's rhythm, he could only gather heavy troops to attack the camp again and again. , I hope that the dead body will annihilate this roadblock, and then go to rescue the Xianbei Prairie.
Regarding this war, neither Wei Yunqi nor Murong Yan actually wanted to fight or fight this way, but the situation forced them to use the most primitive method to fight this stupid war.
This is the situation that no one can control.
Wei Yunqi stood on the gate of the Sui Dynasty camp, looking at the Murong Yan army camp in the distance. In the past few days, Wei Yunqi has lost a lot of weight, but there is a calmness between his eyebrows that he did not have in the past.
The attack and defense of Bailangyuan has entered its third day. The war was extremely brutal. In the two-day attack and defense of the camp, Murong Yan's army had killed more than seven or eight thousand people, while the Sui army suffered nearly three thousand casualties. Corpses were piled outside the camp, and the wilderness was dyed a hideous purple-red with dried blood.
Although the Sui army's camp always stood tall, most of the Sui army soldiers never slept a wink during the two days of endless bloody battles. Everyone looked exhausted. Everyone was enjoying the precious truce time and relying on each other. A kind of bunker to take a nap crookedly.
"General Wei!" At this time, Ling Jing took Wei Yunqi's lieutenants Po Chaoqi and Yang Tie to the camp gate.
Ling Jing was good at both civil and military affairs and was familiar with military affairs. What he lacked was experience and baptism in actual combat. However, if he was under Yang Ji, he would have few opportunities to perform; and Yang Ji did not want him to be wasted in government affairs, so he assigned Ling Jing Joining Wei Yunqi as a marching Sima, on the one hand, Wei Yunqi needs an assistant who is familiar with military affairs; on the other hand, he hopes that Ling Jing can integrate the knowledge he has learned in actual combat and become a truly useful A strategist, not a bombastic person who talks about military affairs on paper.
After he was appointed to march to Sima, he took over the most complex, detail-oriented, but important military affairs, freeing Wei Yunqi from armaments and focusing on marching operations.
As for Pochaoqi and Yang Tie, the former is the former chief of the Pochao clan of Dangxiang and the latter is the son of Yang Lie, the original chief of the Heiqiang clan of Dangxiang. After Dangxiang was defeated and dispersed in the Sui Dynasty, they were appointed Wei Yun by Yang Ji. With his left and right hands, he assisted Wei Yunqi in recruiting, reorganizing and training Qiang soldiers.
"Ling Sima!" War is indeed the most tempering place for people. In just a few days, under huge pressure, Wei Yunqi already had the demeanor of a general. When he saw Ling Jing and the others coming up, he He nodded slightly.
Seeing that there were no soldiers around him, he spoke his mind frankly: "Although I have won two victories before, they were all based on tactics and tricks. I have never fought a tough battle like this. Before this, I had no confidence at all, and I never thought that our army could persist under Murong Yan's attacks day and night."
"These tens of thousands of enemy troops alone make me uneasy and restless. This reminds me of the king back then." Wei Yunqi smiled and said with great respect and admiration: "He only had two men back then. The experience of this war was to capture Yizhou and annihilate the Chuyue tribe with cunning tactics, but then he faced Bujia Khan's hundreds of thousands of troops. I really don't know how anxious and uneasy he was at that time. , however, he not only persisted, but also defeated these hundreds of thousands of troops, which is really convincing. If it were me, I think I would be driven crazy."
"The ability of a general is obvious to all, there is no need to be humble!" Ling Jing looked at Wei Yunqi with a hint of admiration. Before that, although he thought Wei Yunqi was good, but when it comes to commanding an army, Wei Yunqi He is still a little young at first; if there is a big war, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear the responsibility of being the commander of an army. But Yang Ji let him lead the army alone, and Li Jing dared to let him take on such an important task. Looking at it now, Wei Yunqi does have huge potential, and Yang Ji and Li Jing also have unusual abilities and courage in recognizing and employing people.
Ling Jing pressed his hands on the railings of the camp gate and looked at the military camp in the distance. A hint of worry flashed in his eyes: "In the past two days, Murong Yan has lost seven to eight thousand people. However, his army is not in chaos. On the contrary, the more he fights, the braver he becomes, which shows that this person is quite skillful."
"General, Sima! Our army has suffered heavy casualties in the past two days." Po Chaoqi said with cupped hands: "Judging from the battle situation, our army's battle losses yesterday were about 30% more than the day before yesterday. It can be seen that our army is exhausted. The combat power and energy are declining. If we fight again today, the battle losses will definitely exceed yesterday. If this continues, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on."
"Yes, General, Sima!" Yang Tie was also deeply worried. He raised his hand and suggested: "Our camp is quite strong, but its defensive power is not as good as that of the city, and it is not as easy to defend as the city. If the enemy's life is lost, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for long. Since it's not easy to hold on, it's better to retreat to the west of White Wolf Plains and annihilate the enemy troops bit by bit during the withdrawal."
"We can't retreat!" Wei Yunqi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Our mission is to contain Murong Yan's army here and delay General Li Jing's time. Once we abandon the military camp, Murong Yan's army can march straight in, first Annihilate our army in the wild, and then use the momentum of victory to annihilate General Li and General Cui. Finally, the father and son join forces to annihilate the king's army. So don't think that our army is just a partial army, but now it is the one that determines the success or failure of this war. The essential."
He glanced at the two generals and continued: "You two generals can rest assured. There are only 3,000 garrison troops in the Xianbei Prairie, but General Li Jing has 10,000 elite troops. I believe it won't be long before good news comes and we can go forward." Come to the aid of our army.”
"That's right!" Ling Jing added: "Murong Yan returned from fighting in the Eastern Turks. In addition to the army, there were many prisoners on Murong Yan's side. However, most of the edible food was taken away by Murong Bei, so he His food and grass cannot sustain him for long. The longer we support him, the greater the pressure will be on him. If we think more optimistically, the prisoners in his hands will mutiny in response to our army."
Po Chaoqi and Yang Tie were silent after hearing this. Even so, if Li Jing and Cui Shi didn't arrive for a long time, their exhausted army might not be able to last three days.
"General." A group of soldiers and several veteran scouts rode their horses to the camp gate. The leader of the group raised his head and said, "General Li has sent a message to see you."
Wei Yunqi took one look at the messengers and recognized the young man in charge as Han Yue, the deputy leader of Li Jing's personal soldiers. He quickly ordered: "Please come up and speak, General Han."
"Here!" Dui Zheng responded, leading Han Yue to the camp gate.
Although Han Yue does not have a formal military position, he is the son of Han Shi'e and the heir and grandson of Han Qinhu. Now, on the order of his father, he comes to train under his cousin Li Jing's tent. He took a few steps forward, clasped his hands in his fists, bowed and saluted, "Han Yue, a humble official, meets General Wei."
"I know you, we once fought together in Datong City." Wei Yunqi smiled slightly: "You must have brought us good news this time, right?"
"Exactly!" Han Yue stood up straight and said loudly: "General Wei, our army has easily taken over the Xianbei Prairie. Our general left General Tutun and the surrendered general Qibi to take charge of the exchange. The army is moving towards White Wolf."
This news made Wei Yunqi and others overjoyed, and their fighting spirit and confidence skyrocketed. Wei Yunqi asked excitedly: "But I wonder when General Li will be able to join the war?"
Han Yue made a silent calculation and then answered with his hands: "General Li is rushing here in a hurry. In terms of time, he can arrive in two days, but if he wants to participate in the war at full strength, I am afraid it will take a long time." Add one more day. In other words, General Wei still needs to hold on for about three days."
"Three days is all." Wei Yun nodded and said to Han Yue with high spirits: "Please go back and tell General Li that we will hold on until the reinforcements arrive."
"Here!" Han Yue responded and asked again: "If General Wei has no other instructions, I will leave my humble post."
Wei Yun nodded and said: "Okay! General Han, please excuse me."
"Farewell!" Han Yue did not hesitate, bowed, walked down the camp gate, and left with his soldiers.
"Woo~wuwu~wuwuwu!" Shortly after Han Yue left, the deafening horn sound sounded again. Wei Yunqi and others looked at the opposite military camp inadvertently, and saw Murong Yan's army regrouping after a night's rest. The army is preparing to launch an offensive on its own side.
Wei Yunqi looked at the densely packed enemy soldiers who had gathered out of the camp. He couldn't help but take a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Murong Yan has already left in full force. Everyone is in position and ready to fight. At the same time, tell the news that General Li is coming for reinforcements." Soldiers."
"Here!" Po Chaoqi and Yang Tie bowed their hands, quickly ran down the camp gate, returned to the battle "post" and shouted to the soldiers to prepare for battle.
As the news of the approaching reinforcements spread, the officers and soldiers of the Sui army were in high spirits, their morale was like a rainbow, and a sense of pride and ambition arose.
In this battle, they will definitely be able to keep the enemy out of the camp.
. . . . . . . . .
After Murong Yan's army left the camp, they gathered into several large square formations. Five thousand soldiers equipped with Sui-made weapons and equipment surrounded Murong Yan and came to the formation.
There were square formations of ten thousand people on the front, back, left and right of this Chinese army formation. The black army was boundless and stretched for miles. As for the front army, the tens of thousands troops were composed of prisoners taken from Shinahuaide, including men, women, old and young. They were transferred to the front army by Murong Yan. Their only function was to consume the Sui army's arrows and arrows. energy to create opportunities for the main battle soldiers to win.
Murong Yan pulled out all the capable soldiers today. He wanted to destroy the military camp in front of him in one fell swoop, boost the morale of the army with the myth of victory over the Sui army, and then use the high morale to annihilate Li Jingjun and Cui Shijun.
Murong Yan was riding on a tall and divine horse, staring coldly at the Sui army camp several miles away, and behind him were dozens of Xianbei warriors.
These people are the backbone of Murong Xianbei. They are strong men who stand out in the endless wars. Some are captains of ten thousand and some are captains of thousands; but more often, they are centurions who directly control the army.
There were four young men who were as fierce as leopards standing close to Murong Yan. One of them was named Murong Yan, who was Murong Yan's cousin. He was famous for his ability in the Murong tribe. He sternly asked Murong Yan to fight: "Young Master! Please!" Give me two days. See how I raze the Sui army camp!"
"Two days? No!" Murong Yan glanced at him coldly, shook her head and said, "I don't have that much time for you. If you want to fight, I will give you one day."
After all, the Great Lakes area was Murong Xianbei's territory. Murong Yan knew the marching routes and processes of various Sui armies through his eyes and ears all over the place.
Two hours ago, he had received the news that Qibi Zuoyi had surrendered to the Sui army.
Qibi's shameful act of surrendering to the Sui Dynasty was not only as simple as losing his base camp, but also handing over his important logistics area to the Sui army, so that the Sui army that penetrated deep into the Great Lakes region no longer had to worry about food and grass. On the contrary, it puts him in danger of running out of food.
But Murong Yan had no time to be angry at this time, because not long after the news arrived, he received another piece of information, saying that the Sui Dynasty's Middle Route Army had wiped out all the ministries in the south and was marching here. In just two days, Then you can join the battle.
So no matter what today, he must annihilate the Sui army in front of him, open the way into the Xianbei Prairie, and then divide his troops into two groups to attack the two Sui armies separately.
Murong Yan also knew that the situation was very serious and unfavorable to them. He gritted his teeth and said, "One day at a time!"
"Okay! I appointed you as the general, so you will dispatch all the troops. But you must capture the Sui army camp for me before dark." Murong Yan handed a golden arrow to Murong Yan and said calmly: "Capture the military camp and leave no chickens or dogs behind!"
He glanced at Sui Ying, then turned around and exited the military formation.
"General, I obey!" Murong Yan saluted Murong Yan's back. He raised the golden arrow high and shouted in a hissing voice: "The entire army is dispatched and march towards the Sui camp!"
When the order was passed, thousands of horns sounded at the same time. The desolate horn sound was like a thunderbolt from the blue and could be heard dozens of miles away. Upon hearing the order, the 40,000-strong army swept forward with an unstoppable murderous aura.
"General!" A captain of ten thousand men said worriedly next to Murong Yan: "The Sui army is very good at defending. I'm afraid we won't be able to defeat this military camp in one day, right?"
"We will fight if we can't! Our army must conquer the enemy camp before dark no matter what." Murong Yan gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Order the front army to advance first. You will lead your own soldiers to guard the formation behind. If you dare to retreat, Those who are killed will be killed without mercy."
"General, I obey!" The captain of ten thousand men saluted, ran to the front with his soldiers, and ordered: "The front troops come forward, and I swear not to return until the Sui camp is broken."
"The front army came forward and vowed not to return until the Sui camp was broken."
"The front army came forward and vowed not to return until the Sui camp was broken."
"The front army came forward and vowed not to return until the Sui camp was broken."
"The front army came forward and vowed not to return until the Sui camp was broken."
"..."
Amidst the bursts of shouts, the thunderous horn sounded again. Ten thousand "cannon fodder" who formed the front army were driven by elite soldiers, holding simple shields, and surrounded more than two hundred people. Set up a ladder and kill towards the Sui army's camp.
A tragic offensive and defensive battle began again in Bailangyuan.
