Yang Heng is very strict in governing the army, and he doesn't care whether you are a relative of a doctor from the Ministry of Rites.
That night, the generals held a meeting.
In the large tent, the generals of various ministries were arranged on both sides. Yang Heng was in the command position directly above, and a military map with many markings hung behind him.
This map is not a national map, but a corner of Dongyi, detailing various transportation routes, rivers and lakes.
Judging from this military map, Dongjingguan is at the far left point, located in Pingdu Mountain. On the far right side of the map, near the sea, there is a point marked with a red circle, which is Donglikou.
And there are multiple arrows on the sea, pointing from bottom to top, directly at the red circle, indicating that the Qin Navy will land from here.
Yang Heng lowered his head to study the strategy, and stood up after Yu Shuai's case: "Everyone, come closer."
Upon hearing this, all the generals stepped forward one after another.
Without any unnecessary nonsense, Yang Heng directly drew out the sword from his waist, pointed sideways at the map, and said straight to the point:
"The city closest to us in Dongyi is Qucheng, which is 94 miles away."
"General Wang Lie will lead the vanguard troops and set out at Hai hour tonight. We must occupy this place as quickly as possible!"
"No!" The latter accepted the order with his fists clasped.
Now Dongyi is unprepared. It will not be difficult to capture Qucheng by surprise.
Yang Heng's sword moved: "At the same time, Zhou Hua led five thousand cavalry to surround Mian City behind Qu City."
"Guo Du led five thousand cavalry and attacked Lingcheng southeast of Mian City."
This is to capture three cities quickly, not to wait until Qucheng is captured before attacking, but to send troops at the same time.
The cavalry is faster than the infantry, which means that when Wang Lie attacks Qucheng, Miancheng and Lingcheng will also be attacked at the same time.
The second general cupped his fists and accepted the order, while the other general pondered for a moment and said: "General, with such an offensive and sudden advance, in the opinion of the last general, it is better to occupy Qucheng first, and then sweep up and down to cover the surrounding countryside."
This is a step-by-step approach, similar to cannibalizing the map.
Yang Heng directly rejected it: "It's inappropriate. Dongyi is different from others. To regain this place, the autumn wind must sweep away the fallen leaves."
"Take General Li Kai's troops and horses and mobilize two thousand troops to garrison Liushawan Village."
Yang Heng's sword continued to move:
"Fifteen hundred troops, stationed at the Xufeng Line."
"Two thousand troops, stationed near Jiazhuang, Tunliu River."
"Two thousand troops will stay in Gaojialing."
"Twenty-five hundred troops will stay in Changjiagou."
Yang Heng's orderly command and deployment, if you study carefully, you will find that these troops stationed in the camp are not at all to occupy a certain village, but are all stuck at important traffic points.
Moreover, there is still a situation of mutual echo between the various left-behind troops.
"If any of the above five places are missing, please bring them up and see me!"
"No!" Li Kai was shocked. The 10,000 troops in his headquarters were responsible for controlling the traffic points.
"Every department will go down and prepare immediately!"
"Tonight at Haishi, send troops on time!"
"I have the order!" All the generals clasped their fists in unison.
Yang Heng's operational thinking was clear, focusing on occupying important towns and controlling the convergence points of various routes at the same time.
Just after Haishi on April 19, the Qin army began to dispatch troops from Pingdu Mountain, aiming directly at Qucheng.
"Quick! Follow us!"
Wang Lie is riding a war horse, wearing armor and wearing a sword at his waist.
The distance of 94 miles would take about five or six hours for ordinary people to walk. However, the soldiers of the Qin Army had been on the battlefield for many years and had experienced countless difficult battles. Under the order of urgent march, the distance of 90 miles quickly shortened.
When we arrived near Qucheng, it was still dark.
So the people held grass in their mouths, and the horses held horses in their mouths, and hurried forward under cover of night, heading towards Qucheng.
Dongyi did not have counties. They set up towns where the population and markets were prosperous, and the city lords governed this area.
At this time, the lord of Qucheng City was sleeping soundly with the concubine he bought. Who would have thought that the Qin army had already arrived at the city.
He was unprepared, and the people below were even more so. The whole city was dark, and every household was asleep.
On the top of the city, the soldiers of Qucheng did not have any weapons, only simple cloth armor and spears. Seven or eight of them were leaning against the wall and dozing off crookedly, holding spears.
It wasn't until a group of Qin troops reached the bottom of the city that a city soldier seemed to wake up from a dream: "What's the sound?"
"Hey, are you bothered? You're sleeping!" The city soldier next to him frowned and muttered, then changed his posture and leaned against the wall.
Before the man from before could speak, there was a sudden 'bang' from the city, accompanied by the sound of the door being knocked open.
Dongyi's city is not as solid as that of the Central Plains, and the city gate is just a wooden gate, and it is only closed normally.
Under the violent impact, it was directly broken open without any accident.
Such a movement instantly woke up all the city soldiers, and they all trembled. Before they could ask questions, shouts of killing suddenly started outside the city!
"Kill!"
"Capture Qucheng——"
There was no need to cover up the sound anymore. The moment the gate was opened, the Qin army soldiers behind all drew their swords and rushed towards Qucheng like a tide.
"Ah!? Enemy! It's the enemy!"
One of the city soldiers screamed in fear. As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp arrow arrived, and with a powerful shot, he was knocked over on the spot.
The rest of the people were also panicked and fled in all directions, but no one was spared and were shot to death by random arrows one after another.
The process of attacking Qucheng was so clean that even Wang Lie felt it was too smooth. After the Qin army entered the city, they did not break into the people's houses, but immediately deployed defenses.
The period before dawn is the darkest time of the night. The streets are filled with the sound of neat infantry running and armor grinding, as well as the torches held by the Qin army.
The residents in the city woke up one after another, but hearing the movement of the soldiers, no one dared to go out.
Those who were brave would carefully open the cracks in doors and windows, take a peek and then close them immediately.
"Master, what's going on outside?"
"It seems. It seems that the Qin army has entered the city."
"Ah? The Qin army won't massacre the city, right?"
"You, don't scare me"
After setting up defenses in Qucheng, Wang Lie naturally wanted to find the whereabouts of the city lord, and finding out where the city lord's palace was was also very simple. He could just pull a commoner over and ask.
At this time, the Lord of Qucheng was still sleeping and did not know what was happening at the city gate.
"Oh no, Lord City Lord! The Qin army has entered the city -"
This frightened scream naturally woke up the city lord. The latter rolled out of bed, but he was somewhat confused and said angrily: "What is the ghost calling you!"
As he spoke, he put on his simple clothes and opened the door.
There was a city soldier outside, and he repeated in panic: "Lord City Lord! The Qin army has entered Qucheng! They are coming here!"
"What!? That's nonsense! How could Qin Jun appear here!"
The Lord of Qucheng still refused to believe it, and was about to go out to check, but there was movement outside, accompanied by screaming, but it quickly subsided.
He was shocked, his face changed drastically, and he immediately returned to the house, preparing to pack up and run away. But there is still no time at this time.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Lie led his troops to arrive, and the Qin soldiers quickly occupied the city lord's palace.
All the servants in the mansion also knelt on the ground, trembling. (End of chapter)
