This kind of harassment from time to time is basically commonplace for the three frontier towns. A week ago, Su Qi'an knew that the Da Rong Cavalry had invaded again.
The imperial court has become accustomed to this matter. As long as the three towns follow the previous arrangements and stand ready, the invading soldiers will retreat in a short time.
And more importantly, harassment like this gave Kyoto's powerful people a good thing to gain military exploits.
After all, the number of soldiers who invaded each time was no more than ten thousand, and it was just the right time, and the army went deep alone. It would only take a little delay for the three towns to wait for reinforcements from the front and rear, and then directly encircle them.
This is the right time, right place, and right people, so every time they come, the court is used to it, and they will eventually retreat anyway.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, some powerful people will let their juniors lead troops to gain military exploits.
This matter also received Su Xuanyong's acquiescence. Gradually, they were not nervous about the invasion of Rong Bing, but instead geared up.
Although Su Qi'an didn't like this, it was Su Xuanyong's acquiescence after all, so he couldn't say much.
Even if these powerful men and women are messing around on the battlefield, this is the capital of Great Liang after all, and it is the home court of Great Liang. If more than 10,000 people cannot solve this problem, there is no need to expend great efforts to defend the northern defense line.
But when the Duke of Chu came today, he directly informed that the three frontier towns had lost two. This was quite serious, and Su Qi'an was also quite puzzled.
Being able to be the eyes of the frontier of Kyoto, the thickness of the city walls, the number of soldiers, and weapons and equipment in the three towns are not only the best in Daliang, but they are also first-rate.
Facing the roving cavalrymen who have come over a long distance, even if they stand firm and wait for reinforcements, they cannot be defeated so easily.
Of course the Duke of Chu knew what Su Qi'an was thinking. He did not hide it and directly informed him of all the causes and consequences.
At the beginning, the Cavalry of Honor invaded, numbering only about 10,000 people. The imperial court also got the news. According to the previous practice, it sent several dignitaries and young men, commanding two to three thousand people respectively, to support them. They said they were going to support them, but in fact they were just brushing them aside. Military exploits.
The three young men, as ordered, were stationed at Juyong Pass at the forefront. The Rong Cavalry invaded and attacked the city for about a quarter of an hour. They knew they could not take it and temporarily withdrew.
Everything was fine at first, but the two young men suddenly became interested when they saw the troops retreating in a panic.
He took the initiative to open the city gate and went out to pursue the city. The result of the pursuit was very smooth. He killed more than 500 honorable soldiers, which was considered a small victory. However, when he returned to the city, a bunch of ambush soldiers appeared in the jungle on both sides.
An encirclement came, and the two powerful young men were defeated cleanly, and finally they were captured.
The young master who was staying in the city was so frightened when he saw this scene that he took his men and abandoned the city and fled.
Without the general, and fearing for the lives of the two powerful young men, he had no choice but to open the car door, and Juyongguan was lost.
Then this group of honorable soldiers took advantage of the victory and pursued, following the footsteps of the young man, they went to Hangu Pass and pretended to be reinforcements coming to support. The powerful man was overjoyed and opened the city gate without taking precautions.
The Rong Cavalry captured Hangu effortlessly, thus breaking through two levels in a row, and in the end, they were approaching the important town of Tongguan.
Su Qian frowned. He did not criticize the incompetence of these powerful men. His eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something. Suddenly, he asked.
"To be able to capture Juyong and Hangu so easily, the soldiers who invaded this time are probably not simple goods, and they should have heavy weapons this time. Otherwise, how could they have the courage to attack the important town of Tongguan. "
Su Qi'an's acumen made the Duke of Chu secretly admire him. Being able to be so agile is indeed not something ordinary people can do.
The Duke of Chu nodded and said, "Uncle Dongshan is right. The Rong cavalry that invaded this time are not ordinary people, but the elite wolf cavalry of the Great Rong cavalry. As far as we know, the leader this time is... Wolf Cavalry Commander Yamure."
"They do have a batch of heavy weapons in their hands. These heavy weapons came from the Juyong and Hangu Passes. There are about ten catapults, twenty siege vehicles, and 5,000 pieces of heavy armor. This batch of equipment was originally for strengthening It has two levels of attack power, but the three young masters were too panicked and did not have time to destroy it, and it eventually fell into the hands of Yamurei."
Hearing what Duke Chu said, Su Qian's mouth twitched. Even if he was in a good temper, he couldn't help but curse. What did these three prodigal sons do?
A proper pig teammate.
The invading wolf cavalry themselves were the elite of the Da Rong cavalry. More importantly, the generals came this time. Instead of consuming the opponent, they actually gave the opponent a batch of good equipment.
No wonder Yamulei had the courage to attack Tongguan.
Su Qi'an had heard of Yamulei. After all, he had dealt with honor soldiers in the northern battlefield.
To some extent, he knew the elite generals of Rongbing. According to modern terms, Yamulei was a master of mobility.
He has done a lot of this by going deep alone and running thousands of miles. Last time, for some unknown reason, he did not come with the Cook Technique. This time, by coincidence, he was sent to do such a small thing.
After all, the attack on the three frontier towns was nothing more than a group of wandering soldiers who bumped into each other due to time constraints and could not be considered a war at all.
But this time, this Rongguo Daliang personally took the lead and did this kind of thing. It can only be said that his intentions were not small.
Su Qi'an raised his head, looked at Duke Chu, and said hesitantly, "Even Yamurei is here. Is there a war on the northern border?"
The Duke of Chu nodded and said solemnly, "Yes, five days ago, 200,000 Da Rong troops invaded Ningzhou again."
Su Qi'an was startled. He wanted to say something, but Wen Xuan beside him said, "Qi'an, don't worry. General Fan is here in Ningzhou, so there won't be any problems."
"Also, General Fan, knowing that you are in Kyoto, specifically asked me to tell you that he is fine and there is no need to worry."
Su Qi'an nodded, feeling a little relieved because of the tension in his heart. After all, Fan Wenzhong still took good care of him in Ningzhou.
If something happened to Fan Wenzhong, Su Qi'an would be quite uneasy.
After asking the Duke of Chu a few more questions, Su Qi'an learned that the coach who won the victory this time was not his old rival Ku Shu.
For no other reason than Ku Shu successfully moved into the East Palace of Darong half a year ago and became the crown prince of Darong.
Although he did not come in person this time, this war was controlled by him behind the scenes. Compared with the last time, he had greater rights and autonomy.
This time, he had really mastered the Cooking Technique, and he no longer had to face-to-face with Fan Wenzhong's army like last time.
Instead, Yamulei's tactics were used. The army held Fan Wenzhong in front, and sent a force to attack thousands of miles away, bypassing Ningzhou and approaching Kyoto in the rear.
This style of fighting is somewhat similar to when Su Qi'an led thousands of cavalry deep into the enemy's rear, burned down the granary behind Cook's back, and caused chaos behind him.
It seems that Ku Shu, who became the prince, has studied tactics.
The current situation is that Fan Wenzhong's army in Ningzhou in front has been held back by the soldiers marching south.
In addition, those pig teammates sent Yamulei a batch of equipment, and allowed Yamulei to successfully occupy Juyong and Hangu Pass, leading the entire army to attack Tongguan, the last important town on the front line.
If Tongguan is broken, Kyoto will be completely exposed to the attack of Yamulei's wolf cavalry.
If this is the case, the Su Liang royal family will be completely disgraced.
Fortunately, for now, the war ahead is not all bad news. Juyong and Hangu have been defeated, but the important town of Tongguan, coupled with the gathered remaining soldiers, as well as the 5,000 forbidden troops sent by His Majesty, and the 20,000 soldiers in the city, There are about 30,000 people.
With the defense of Tongguan, it will be temporarily impossible to break through in a short period of time.
The best strategy now is to concentrate our forces to hold back Yamulei's army with all our strength, and issue a transfer order to notify nearby states to rectify the troops and set off for Kyoto to provide support at any time.
The five thousand forbidden troops and ten thousand security troops in the city were divided into areas under their respective jurisdictions to defend Kyoto.
According to the strength of the reinforcements, they can arrive in seven to ten days at the fastest. With the strength of Tongguan and the defense of Kyoto, it is more than enough to hold back the wolf soldiers of more than 10,000 people.
Su Qi'an expressed his thoughts naturally, but Duke Chu's expression did not relax, but became more solemn.
Su Qian
Frowning, he asked seriously, "Could it be that there are more than 10,000 people attacking this time?"
The Duke of Chu smiled wryly and nodded, "Yes, this time Yamulei has a total of 50,000 troops in his hands, and not only the wolf cavalry, but also other military services are coming."
"What on earth happened? How is this possible?" Su Qian was a little surprised.
He had already made bad plans and was mentally prepared, but he was really shocked when Duke Chu said this.
Obviously, Su Qi'an still underestimated this war.
Forget about him, I am afraid that the entire royal family and dignitaries in Kyoto have underestimated the seriousness of this war.
Chu Guogong said, "This attack is not harassment at all. The goal was clear from the beginning, which was to attack Kyoto. We first used Yamulei's estimated 10,000 wolf cavalry to make it look like harassment, in order to paralyze the defenders of Juyong Pass. "
"Coupled with the underestimation of the enemy by those powerful young men, the two city gates were quickly captured. Almost at the same time, Kushu sent his army south, and at an astonishing speed, he sent his army to join Yamure's wolf cavalry. "
"When we reacted, Yamulei's army numbered 50,000. It was difficult to swallow them up with Tongguan's army. This was completely a premeditated and targeted attack."
Su Qian's face was solemn. To be honest, from the perspective of a bystander, Darong's move was quite beautiful.
The purpose of the battle is to make a time difference, first show the enemy weakness, lure the enemy out, quickly encircle them, defeat them, and break through the Juyong and Hangu passes as quickly as possible.
The tens of thousands of troops waiting in the rear, regardless of the risk, waited for the signal, quickly maneuvered, and joined Yamlei as quickly as possible. Read the book
By the time everyone in Kyoto reacted and tried to eliminate them, it was already too late.
After all, what they fought at the beginning was an excellent blitzkrieg, while Kyoto's side was passively defensive from beginning to end, treating the opponent as usual and in accordance with routine.
In such a battle situation, even a solid city wall will be breached due to negligence.
Although the opponent is taking risks, and as long as Kyoto reacts, it can be surrounded and eliminated, and the failure rate is at least 80%, but once it succeeds, it will instantly have a huge advantage.
This is a kind of psychological game. Unfortunately, the people in Kyoto are so insensitive that one person almost stole their home.
