As the ancients said, wealth that does not return to its hometown is like walking in brocade at night!
Ye Mingsheng returned to Fengshan County this time. Due to the changes in status and power, he also felt a lot...
He has been busy these days, busy negotiating with the Liaoyang native faction, appeasing the Ye clan, arranging logistics supplies, and many other things, and has never been able to take any time off!
Just when things were gradually developing in a good direction and Ye Mingsheng was ready to relax, he received a piece of news that caught him off guard!
Yuan Song's troops, who acted as the vanguard, had an unimpeded march after capturing Sanyuan County and directly reached Dongning City. According to the previous intelligence that the main force of the Zhenwu Army was assembled in Hulin County to attack Guangning Prefecture, Yuan Song believed that Dongning Prefecture City was the enemy. It is very likely that the troops are empty, so he launched a tentative attack on Dongning Fucheng, wanting to test the strength of Dongning Fucheng!
The test results basically satisfied Yuan Song. The morale and resistance of the defenders in the city were not high. After just a tentative attack, the ladders were already set up on the city wall, and Yuan Song summoned them. On the night when the soldiers were preparing to arrange a specific siege plan, they were attacked by the main force of the Zhenwu Army at night...
Tens of thousands of Zhenwu soldiers and more than ten thousand Wei people who were supposed to be in the room suddenly came out, surrounded Yuan Song's tribe under Dongning City, and launched an attack in the middle of the night with torches held high. This battle was completely Contrary to the expectations of everyone in Yuan Song's tribe, at the beginning of the battle, due to the dual advantages of the enemy's strength and sudden attack, Yuan Song's tribe was retreating steadily and suffered heavy casualties.
Fortunately, the Fengzhou Army has always been rigorous in running the army and has the tradition of forming strongholds and fighting dull battles. No matter where they go during the war, they have to dig deep ditches to release their horses and build defenses.
These painful and tiring rules had caused a lot of complaints among everyone in the Fengzhou Army before, but Ye Mingsheng always insisted on his own opinion and did not allow his subordinates to relax in any way. This time it was these hard fortresses and deep ditches. Saved the lives of more than 20,000 soldiers of Yuan Song's tribe.
Although at the beginning of the battle, Yuan Song's tribe was beaten a bit badly, but after all, this is the army that Ye Mingsheng has devoted countless efforts to. The usual training is very strict, and the fighting will is also very tenacious. In addition, there are many battle-hardened troops. The powerful general Yuan Song was in charge, so after surviving the initial confusion, the more than 20,000 Fengzhou Army soldiers began to rely on the defense fortifications and organized counterattacks and resistance under the command of Yuan Song. The fierce battle continued until Dawn············
The Zhenwu Army, which had been unable to capture Yuan Song's tribe at dawn, was impatient and wanted to take advantage of their cavalry to destroy the Fengzhou Army's camp and crush the Fengzhou soldiers in the camp to death under their horses' hooves. The fortifications outside the camp, like trenches and horses, played a big role.
Their existence makes it impossible for the Zhenwu Army's cavalry advantage to be fully deployed. In an environment with sufficient sight during the day, the Fengzhou Army's soldiers can hide behind the fortifications and use red-coated cannons, prison-breaking muskets, and other firearms to kill and injure the enemy. , causing many casualties to the Zhenwu Army’s cavalry.
Therefore, although the number of Zhenwu Army officers under Dongning City at this time was more than twice that of Yuan Song's tribe, for a time under the power of Fengzhou's weapons, there was no good way to defeat Yuan Song's tribe, and they could only continue to organize troops to launch attacks. , striving to capture Yuan Song's tribe as soon as possible.
Although Yuan Song's troops have passed the most dangerous stage, it does not mean that they are safe. Although the Fengzhou Army has a strict process for the storage and storage of ammunition, under the current technical conditions, ammunition is still very afraid of getting wet. , and now it is the period of August and September in Liaoyang. The humidity is high in the morning and it may rain at any time in the sky. This has caused a lot of non-combat consumption of Yuan Song's ammunition reserves... ··
While surrounded by the Zhenwu Legion, Yuan Song and his soldiers could not get any supplies. They had less food, less ammunition and less medicine.
The food problem is relatively okay. After all, Yuan Song brought enough food with the army when he was in Sanyuan County. The food consumed by each person will not increase significantly due to the intensity of the battle, and the consumption is relatively small.
But ammunition and medicine are different. These two items are closely related to the intensity of the battle. As the intensity of the battle increases, the consumption will be very large.
Under the wave after wave of Zhenwu Army's offensives, Yuan Song's reserve ammunition and medicines were consumed very quickly. Without the supply of ammunition, Yuan Song's Department lost its biggest weapon against the Zhenwu Army's cavalry, and Without medicines, injured soldiers cannot receive effective treatment, which has a huge impact on morale and morale.
Once he lost his weapons and military morale, the fate of Yuan Song's tribe when surrounded by the Zhenwu Legion was naturally self-evident. After realizing the danger, Yuan Song of course thought about breaking out, but he soon gave up. This idea.
Surrounded by tens of thousands of enemy cavalry, the best way is to hide behind the fortifications and fight back with firearms. Once they break through without the protection of the fortifications, the infantry on the plains will soon encounter large groups of enemy cavalry. Defeated············
Unable to break through, Yuan Song's second choice in crisis was naturally to ask for help. The Fengzhou Army sent troops to Dongning Prefecture in two groups. Yuan Song attacked from Sanyuan County along the way, with about 20,000 troops. The other route was Lin Huaiwu's troops attacking from Fengshan County, and the troops led by Ye Mingsheng also took the route of Xuantu Mansion. The total number of troops on this route was about 40,000.
It can be seen from the place names that one is the original and the other is the mountain. The terrain of Sanyuan County where Yuan Song traveled is flat, and there are no strong cities or natural dangers along the way. Therefore, the progress is very fast, and he reaches the Dongning Prefecture City directly. , and the Fengshan County where Ye Mingsheng and Lin Huaiwu traveled was not that good, relatively speaking, it was slower. At this time, it was still some distance from Dongning City.
What does crisis mean?
Danger and opportunity!
The two complement each other, and the transition between offensive and defensive situations in war is often very fast. For example, this time Yuan Song was besieged by Zhenwu Army, but from another perspective, this can also be seen as Yuan Song holding back With the main force of the Zhenwu Army behind, as long as Ye Mingsheng and Lin Huaiwu's troops can follow up as soon as possible, they can completely turn passivity into initiative when they arrive at Dongning City, and attack the Zhenwu Army with Yuan Song's troops inside and outside... ·····
In this way, the Fengzhou Army will not be facing a disastrous defeat, but perhaps a complete victory that is enough to establish the victory of Liaoyang!
Therefore, Yuan Song has always wanted to actively send people to kill and inform Ye Mingsheng. However, the Zhenwu Army is not a fool. Naturally, they will not let you send the information so easily, and they have spared no effort. News of the blockade, hoping to keep Ye Mingsheng in the dark!
However, the Zhenwu Army was able to block the distress signal from Yuan Song's tribe, but it could not stop the spies from the Coordination Office. On the day after the main force of the Zhenwu Army attacked Yuan Song's tribe at night, the spies who got the news did not dare to neglect and immediately passed the news through flying pigeons. The book was passed back...
In Huanglinling, two hundred miles away from Dongning Mansion, Ye Mingsheng glanced at this top-secret information, although he was shocked and angry at the same time.
However, under the gaze of the generals in the tent, Ye Mingsheng still maintained a calm expression. He ordered General Guo Zhiping to Lin Huaiwu in the tent:
"Yuan Song encountered some minor troubles under Dongning City. He must capture Huanglin Ridge within two days at any cost!"
Upon hearing Ye Mingsheng's general, everyone suddenly looked solemn, bowed to Ye Mingsheng and accepted the order:
"yes!"
After everyone else walked out of the camp to prepare for the attack, Ye Mingsheng handed the secret letter on the desk to He Jingyun. Looking at the news on the secret letter, He Jingyun also had a look of shock on his face.
"Chen Dechang, Wang Muzhi has tricked both you and me!" Ye Mingsheng looked at him with gloomy eyes and said in a low voice:
Judging from the distance and marching speed, the Zhenwu Army did not suddenly change its strategy because of its own initiative to attack, but had a premeditated layout.
The previous intelligence that the main force of the Zhenwu Army and the Shiwei people were concentrated in Hulin County is definitely correct. The spies from the Coordination Office pretended to be ordinary people delivering food, chicken, duck, fish and meat. They once entered the Zhenwu Army's military camp and saw it with their own eyes. The size of the Zhenwu Army’s troops in Hulin County at that time, in addition to this news, was repeatedly confirmed through various channels...
Therefore, the main force of the Zhenwu Army, which was supposed to appear in Hulin County and prepare to invade Guangning Prefecture, suddenly appeared in Dongning City to attack Yuan Song's tribe. Except that they could teleport, there was only one possibility, that is, they were in Hulin County. After firing a shot, the whole army immediately rushed back to Dongning City.
Hulin County is about five hundred miles away from Dongning City. According to the Zhenwu Army's fastest marching speed of eighty miles a day, it would take him about six days. Today is the first time that the Fengzhou Army attacked Dongning. Six days!
So it is obvious that Wang Muzhi has set a trap for him. He deliberately let the news out to make himself think that he was going to attack Guangning Mansion to steal the Cui family's money and food. But in fact, he was just a drunkard and had no intention of drinking. He wanted to lure the snake out of its hole, use this news to force him to abandon his strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the country, and take the initiative to attack Dongning Mansion to fight him decisively.
Although he was a little annoyed that he had been deceived by Wang Muzhi, Ye Mingsheng was very clear about the current situation. Emotions such as anger were meaningless. What he needed was to break the situation and open up the route from Fengshan County to Dongning City as soon as possible. Yuan Song's tribe was rescued from being surrounded by Zhenwu Army.
In fact, after several days of fighting, although Ye Mingsheng's troops are not as fast as Yuan Song, they are already very close to Dongning City, with only about two hundred miles left, but unfortunately these two hundred miles There is a place called Huanglin Ridge.
The geographical location of Huanglin Ridge is very dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is the only way from Fengshan County to Dongning Prefecture. If you don't take Huanglin Ridge, you will either have to go through uninhabited mountains and old forests, or you will have to take a detour of 800 miles. distance.
Precisely because the geographical location is very dangerous and serves as a barrier to Dongning Prefecture, the Zhenwu Army deployed about 5,000 soldiers and horses in Huanglinling to block the advancement of the Fengzhou Army.
Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised when he got the news before. The Zhenwu Army only deployed three to four thousand people in the two counties of Sanyuan County and Fengshan County respectively, but it deployed so many people in Huanglinling. Now it seems Wang Muzhi came here because he wanted to use them to buy time for the encirclement and suppression of Yuan Song's tribe...
Seeing He Jingyun put down the secret letter, Ye Mingsheng rubbed the Qingming point and asked He Jingyun:
"How long do you think Yuan Song can last?"
Hearing Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, He Jingyun pondered for a moment and said:
"Reporting to your lord, I don't think General Yuan can sustain it for three days. They should not be under great pressure on food and grass now. They brought enough food and grass when they went out. The main problem is ammunition. In the current weather, even if it is wrapped with tarpaulin, It is difficult for ammunition in military camps to avoid moisture, and non-combat consumption will be very large..."
Ye Mingsheng nodded in agreement upon hearing this. Firearms are the Fengzhou Army's biggest weapon against cavalry. Once there is no sufficient ammunition supply, the red cannons, Weiyuan guns, and Polu guns equipped by the Fengzhou Army will lose their effectiveness. .
The current situation was already clear to both sides. Wang Muzhi worked hard and used two counties and thousands of Zhenwu soldiers as bait, just to have a chance to win or lose in a battle with Ye Mingsheng. And if Let them annihilate Yuan Song's tribe now, which will have a great impact on the strength and morale of the Fengzhou Army, and they will definitely have the upper hand in the next decisive battle.
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng must not sit back and watch Yuan Song's tribe be annihilated. Since Wang Muzhi wants a decisive battle so much, why not give it to him?
You can still do evil if God does it, but you can't live if you do evil on your own!
With the red cannons, grenades and other firearms equipped on his side, Ye Mingsheng has the confidence and confidence to let Wang Muzhi steal the chicken but lose the rice this time.
Just when Ye Mingsheng strengthened his determination, Ye Kui walked into the tent and reported to Ye Mingsheng:
"Sir, Sir Huo San, two division chiefs, Wang Xuecheng, have arrived outside the tent and have important military information to report!"
Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but snorted when he heard these two people coming. The reason why he fell into Wang Muzhi's trick this time was largely because the information provided by the Coordination Office was not timely and accurate enough. If the Coordination Office could follow the Zhenwu Army, If the main force moves, things will not develop into the current situation.
Although he was a little dissatisfied with Huo San and Wang Xuecheng, in view of the important military situation, Ye Mingsheng still waved his hand and let these two people in. After the two people entered the tent, they just finished talking to Ye Mingsheng. Li, without waiting for Ye Mingsheng to ask, Director Huo San said:
"Sir, our department has found out that the Cui family is behind Wang Muzhi's conspiracy!"
"And the Cui family has contacted the Yun family, the Gongsun family and several generals from Liaoyang in the Zhenwu Army, with the intention of asking them to surrender to our army! Sun Cheng, the deputy general in the Huanglinling defense army, is one of the generals who accepted the liaison from the Cui family !”
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