Xinping County was established in the first year of Xingping County. It has a small area and only has two counties. One is Qixian County, which was originally part of Fufeng County, and the other is Qigu County, which was originally part of Anding County.
This county borders Anding to the north, Jingzhao to the south, Fufeng to the west, and Beidi to the east. Although the territory is small, it is well connected in all directions, so Cao Wei deployed heavy troops here.
Now that stability has fallen into the hands of Ji Han, Cao Wei pays more attention to the defense of Xinping County and specially assigns General Dai Ling to take charge of the county to govern Qixian County to deal with possible invasions by the Han army.
Qixian County is located in the upper reaches of the Jingshui River, so the city officials deliberately introduced the Jingshui River into the moat, making the moat both wide and deep, which greatly enhanced the county's defense.
When Yang Qing led his army to arrive at Qixian City, he couldn't help but feel a headache when he looked at the complete and strong defenses of Qixian City. Although he had no intention of breaking through the city during this trip, he would always have to remove this nail later. Judging from today's situation, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort later.
Of course, Dai Ling would not place all 5,000 sergeants in the city. He had already built two camps outside the North City relying on the moat and city walls, each with 500 soldiers stationed there. This way, the North City, which had the greatest pressure on city defense, could be separated from the camps outside the city. They form horns with each other, and their defense power is greatly enhanced.
However, even though the city defense of Qixian County was strong and there were sufficient soldiers, food, grass, and ordnance in the city, Dai Ling was still uneasy and did not dare to slack off in the face of the upcoming offensive and defensive battle. After all, there was a high mountain outside the city. The fluttering general flag with the character "Yang" is so eye-catching.
The reason for this is that Yang Qing's performance is too scary. In the past, most people in Cao Wei, especially in the Luoyang Dynasty, did not pay much attention to Ji Han officials of Yang Qing's level. However, after the defeat at the beginning of the year, Cao Rui and his ministers Finally, after learning from the pain, I learned a lot about the experiences of Ji Han and other high-ranking officials through the information sent back from the school affairs in Shu.
When Cao Rui and his ministers fully understood Yang Qing's resume since he became an official, they were surprised, because they found that Yang Qing was not only good at political affairs, but also proficient in military affairs. Not only was he good at military affairs, but he also had no defeats. He was completely first-rate Compared with the young talents of the Central Plains, his talents are not inferior at all, or even better.
This is very uncomfortable for the people of Wei. Zhuge Liang has already made the people of Wei fearful, and now Ji Han has Yang Qing who does not seem to be too weak to Zhuge Liang. Doesn't this mean that there is another small Zhuge Liang, and his He is only about thirty years old, which means that Cao Wei will face Yang Qing, a powerful enemy, in the next few decades.
Dai Ling, who faced the front line of the Han army, was even more touched by this. After all, the disastrous defeat of his five thousand elite cavalry happened not long ago, and his fear of Yang Qing's good use of troops became even deeper.
"General, the Han army has a lot of troops. There are five to six thousand cavalry alone. The total number of soldiers and horses is probably tens of thousands." On the north wall, a captain looked at the Han army encamping in the distance. He said to Dai Ling beside him quite worriedly.
Dai Ling just hummed when he heard this, and his expression seemed to remain unchanged. However, his frown betrayed him. In fact, he was not as calm as he seemed on the surface.
"Instruct all troops to stay at their posts. No movement is allowed without military orders."
The captain clasped his fists in agreement and went to the four gates to deliver the order. Dai Ling continued to guard the city, closely watching the movements of the Han army. The enemy was Yang Qing, his old rival who had won every battle, so he had to brace himself to deal with it with all his strength.
Outside the city, in the Han army's camp, Yang Qing and others looked relaxed, talking and laughing freely. They were not at all nervous as they should be before the war was about to begin. The reason was naturally because all the generals knew that the southward march was not really to capture Qixian. I'm just here to show off.
"I would like to inform you, the envoy, that the camp has been set up and all the troops and horses have been divided into camps." Liu Yin and Wu Yi came in to report.
Yang Qing nodded and said: "Very good, let all the troops have a good meal tonight and have a good rest. I'll pretend to attack the city early tomorrow morning and scare Dai Ling hard."
"I sincerely obey the envoy's military orders." The generals bowed and responded.
The next morning, the Han army divided into two groups to attack the city. The reason why they did not surround Qicheng was because the east side of Qicheng was adjacent to the Jingshui River and the troops could not spread out. Therefore, the Han army only attacked the north gate of Qicheng. He and Ximen formed a formation surrounding two men and one man.
"kill!"
Yang Qing gave an order, and thousands of sergeants rushed forward like a tide. The deafening drums disturbed the Wei soldiers on the city wall. An archer unconsciously let go under the intense pressure. From the bow string in his hand, a sharp arrow flew out with a whoosh and landed dozens of steps away.
"You are looking for death. You dare to shoot arrows without permission." After seeing this, the chief archer came over and kicked him and said angrily.
After saying that, the Chief looked back and saw that Shangguan didn't seem to notice this and couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he lowered his voice and said to the archer who had been frightened to death, "I hope you will be lucky. If you dare to commit the crime again, I will be punished by military law."
"Yes." The archer responded gratefully.
Although the momentum of the Han army seemed very huge, it was actually a bit louder than the thunder. The task of the sergeant at the front was to fill the moat with sacks filled with soil.
It stands to reason that during a normal siege, in order to quickly fill up the moat, the sandbags would be filled with bulges, and the sergeants would need to carry them in the charge. However, the Han army each carried small sacks weighing more than ten kilograms, and they had not even approached the moat. He threw the sack out from a distance, and there was a splashing sound on the river.
The reason for this was specifically ordered by Yang Qing, so that the sergeants could avoid the range of the Wei army's bows and arrows and minimize the casualties caused by filling up the moat. After all, this was just a feint attack, and there was no need to sacrifice the lives of the sergeants in vain.
Therefore, the Han army's archers did not stand too far forward, and could only stand at the maximum shooting range to intimidate the Wei army on the top of the city.
"General, these Shu thieves are too scared to death!"
The special tactics of the Han army could not be hidden from the eyes of the generals of the Wei army. A captain soon discovered that the Han army had not launched a real fierce attack, but he thought that the Han army was cherishing their lives, so he did not dare to attack at close range.
Dai Ling said: "Well, this is normal. The Shu thieves have just arrived today, so they will naturally want to test and attack a few times to find out the flaws in our city defense. They will not rush in too much today.
Moreover, the leader of the thieves, Yang Qing, has always been very cunning, and he likes to use some false and true tricks. Maybe this is also part of this person's plan, so we must not be careless. Even if the Shu thieves do not attack in a big way, we and others will We must also treat it seriously. "
"Yes, I understand."
In the next two days, the Han army's offensive still looked scary but was actually not very powerful. Although Dai Ling and others felt a little strange, they did not dare to be careless at all.
Moreover, Yang Qing saw the Wei army's flaw and ordered the troops to launch a real fierce attack. Therefore, Dai Ling and others just thought that Yang Qing was holding back some evil to destroy the city and did not think of going elsewhere.
In order to further confuse Dai Ling, Yang Qing appeared in front of the formation and shouted a few words to Dai Ling, deepening the impression that he was commanding outside the city.
On the night of the third day after arriving, Yang Qing saw that the Wei army had fallen into the trap, so he, Zhang Yi, Liu Yin and others led five thousand cavalry to kill Beidi County in the east quietly, leaving only Wu Yi to lead the infantry. The soldiers were outside the city and pretended to be false to confuse the Wei army.
