Chapter 261 Tuoba's reaction
Today's old swallow land, in addition to Tuoba Yi in Youzhou, there are only Zhang Xing's people left.
Because Feng Ba was a minister to Tuobai, Tuobayi's 50,000 troops were always stationed in Youzhou. If it hadn't been for Murong Chao's sudden dispatch of troops, Tuobayi would not have moved.
But now Tuobayi has waved his army into the hinterland of the State of Yan in order to catch up with Murong Chao. If he hadn't suddenly met the Jin army, he might have fought Guanggu at this time. Who can't see such a cheap thing?
The Jin army blitzed Murong Chao and took all the news from the Shandong Peninsula, which was quickly sent to Tuoba Yi to Tuoba Kui.
Looking at the report in his hand, Tuobagui couldn't help sighing secretly. He had played with the emperor of the Jin Dynasty twice, knowing that he was a person who would be thunderous if he did not move. Now that troops have been sent, it is obviously impossible to stay only in Murong Chao's territory.
As far as the current situation is concerned, Tuobagui should order Tuobayi to try his best to rescue Zhang Xing, but the question is whether he can still have time at this time. Can Tuobayi still have 50,000 troops to stop the Jin army?
For Lu Qiang, an old opponent, Tuoba Kui doesn't want to defeat him in one fell swoop, but the previous two failures have made him lose his prestige in China, so what he wants to do now is not to compete with Lu Qiang, but to stabilize his position.
After careful consideration, Tuobai wrote to Tuobayi, asking him to return to Youzhou and help Zhang Xing as much as possible. If there is really nothing you can do, you should also keep your strength and stand firm in Youzhou to lead the army south to fight for him in the future.
Tuoba Kui is also a confidant of Lu Qiang. Just as Tuoba Kui's reply to Tuoba Yi was still on the road, Tan Daoji had led his army to break through the Great Wall defense line and went straight to Zhongshan City.
The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and many times the plan does not change quickly. After occupying Guanggu without blood, Lu Qiang changed his original plan and took all the old swallows.
Another way, led by Shi Yanzu, the Jin army attacked Huguan at night and broke it in one fell swoop, and then the army went straight to Yizhou, the last big city of the old Yan land.
It can be said that the previous actions of the Jin army were just beautiful points before the war, and now is the real beginning.
Lu Qiang's strategic intention is very clear. First, it is to completely eliminate the State of Yan, and second, it is to drive Tuobai's people out of the Great Wall. For this reason, he mobilized a total of more than 200,000 troops to participate in the war.
At this time, Zhongshan has become devastated after the fierce struggle between Feng and Zhang. There are many troops, and there are 50,000 soldiers to fight against, but the problem is that the army is gone.
Tuobayi, who was still fighting against the Jin army and the Jin army, was afraid that the Jin army would break through the Great Wall defense line, and ran back to Youzhou.
In this way, Zhongshan is already a lonely city. What kind of military heart can be said without seeing any hope?
While the 100,000 troops of Tandaoji besieged Zhongshan, Wen Chumao followed Tuobayi's buttocks and crossed the Yellow River. However, in order not to be ambushed by Tuobayi, his army did not march fast, but his goal was very clear, which was the last target of this battle, Youzhou.
Shi Yanzu's army also began to advance towards Youzhou after taking Yizhou lightly.
This was the first time that Lu Qiang took the initiative to fight against the Wei army. He remembered clearly that in the Song Dynasty, Liao and Jin Tieqi could only** without the natural protection of the 16 states of Yanyun.
Therefore, he must completely drive the Wei army out of the Great Wall. For this reason, Xu Daofu has landed in Liaoxi. It can be said that if Tuoba Mi does not send troops to rescue, Tuoba Yi's 50,000 troops will be surrounded by more than 200,000 Jin legions in Youzhou.
At this critical moment, Tuobagui made a common sense mistake. He thought that Lu Qiang would only stop in Zhongshan and would not attack Youzhou, because there was no precedent for the Jin army to take the initiative to attack. So he did not immediately send troops to rescue Tuoba Yi.
There is indeed no such precedent, but with the strengthening of the Jin Dynasty, this is just the beginning.
Lu Qiang ordered Han Yanzhi to sit in Luoyang. He personally led 10,000 black Panther's own army to the front line of Youzhou. This 10,000 black Panther's own army were all uniform cavalry, all of which were elites selected from all armies, and the equipment was also the best.
In front of such an army, even Tuoba's guards may not be able to please them.
Lu Qiang didn't even lead the army to Zhongshan, because he knew that there was no longer a suspense about the war there.
Tan Daoji's 100,000 troops besieged Zhongshan, but he was not in a hurry to attack the city. Killing the enemy a thousand and self-damage 800 is a stupid way. His army still has to participate in the battle to drive away the Wei army, so he doesn't want to have too much damage.
After the army besieged the city, Tan Daoji ordered people to send a message to Zhang Xing. He had twelve hours to think about it. When the sun rises tomorrow morning, if he does not surrender, he will begin to attack the city.
The situation changed so fast that before Zhang Xing reacted, the Jin army had already entered the city.
What should I do? Resistance is probably meaningless. With the current military strength, it is impossible to block the attack of the Jin army.
At this time, Zhang Xing also understood that Wei Jun must not be able to count on it, but he was still a little unwilling to ask him to surrender.
Zhang Xing doesn't know that in this case, it is no longer a question of whether he is willing or not.
After killing the two main members of the Feng family, Liu Sinu was not in a hurry to leave Zhongshan, but established a relationship with some generals under Zhang Xing in his special capacity.
When the disaster comes, someone is willing to die with Zhang Xing?
Just as Zhang Xing was still considering surrender, his generals had opened the gate and surrendered to the Jin army.
It's a pity that the general of Yan, whose heart is higher than the sky and his life is thinner than paper, did not know that he had been betrayed by his subordinates until the Jin army killed outside the house.
Fearing death, he finally decided to surrender. Tan Daoji also accepted his surrender generously and promised him that the court would not blame him and reappoint the official position.
Zhang Xing was grateful and gave Tan Daoji a lot of gifts, and then escorted Luoyang with a team of Jin troops. However, it is said that soon after he was sent back to Luoyang, the world evaporated and no one saw him again.
Then Tan Daoji left 20,000 troops to guard Zhongshan and assisted officials to reorganize and dismiss the original army of the State of Yan. He himself led the remaining army to Zhuo County to the north.
Zhuo County is under the control of the Wei army. Once it is captured, it can continue to go north to Dai County and Shanggu, completely cutting off the retreat of Tuobayi.
A series of big movements of the Jin army finally made Tuoba understood that it was too late for him to go on his own expedition, so he transferred 50,000 troops to Dai County to ensure that Tuoba Yi's back road was worry-free.
Then Tuoba mobilized 200,000 troops to suppress Yanmen, which can be said to be the translation of the siege of Wei and Zhao, but it is also the weakness of the strong road in the middle.
Youzhou has belonged to the north. By this time, it has entered September. Although the autumn tiger is fierce, there is a trace of coolness in the wind in the north.
Nearly 100,000 troops on the third road have rushed outside Youzhou, but the army is mostly infantry, so Lu Qiang did not order the siege. After all, there are 50,000 Wei soldiers in the city.
The news that Tuoba Kui led a large army to Yanmen has been sent to Lu Qiang.
Today's defense line of Yanmen is no longer what it used to be. Yanmenguan is originally majestic. Now it is equipped with the most advanced catapults and other equipment. Although Tuoba Kui has 200,000 troops, it is unlikely to conquer it again.
Therefore, although there were only 10,000 defenders in Yanmen, Lu Qiang was not too worried about it. What worried him was that Yao Xing agreed to lend the way to Tuoba Mi, so that Tuoba Kui's people could bypass Yanmen and go straight from Shangjun to Hexi behind Bingzhou, and Hexi is only a few hundred miles away from Luoyang.
It can be said that what is now in front of Lu Qiang is a multiple choice question, either retreating troops to strengthen the Hexi defense line, or taking Youzhou first.
Lu Qiang occupied the old Yan's land for too short, so after dispatching 200,000 troops, except for Luoyang, other places are already empty. Once the Wei army breaks in, it is bound to cause serious damage to the newly restored production.
This is the main reason why the road is hesitant.
The two generals Wen Chumao and Shi Yanzu followed Lu Qiang one by one left and one right. They were also very clear about the current severe situation, but they were really unwilling to let them retreat like this.
Lu Qiang often sighs that he doesn't have enough time. If he is given another year to train his heavy armored cavalry and infantry, why are he afraid of the Wei army's iron cavalry? But there are so many ifs in the world?
Looking at the tall and strong Youzhou City for a long time, Lu Qiang did not look back at the two generals behind him and said, "The Wei army is not comparable to the Yan army. We must pull out the nail in front of us. Do you have any good suggestions?"
Hearing Lu Qiang's words, the second general was relieved, and the emperor was obviously more inclined to fight down Youzhou first.
Shi Yanzu took the lead and said, "Our cataping machine is small and more suitable for defense. I'm afraid it's useless to attack. I can't say, so we can only launch a strong attack by the army first."
Wen Chumao shook his head and said, "I followed Tuoba Yi all the way and found that he was a general with moderate advance and retreat and a good command of the army, so I did not agree with the strong attack, and I should give full play to the power of our military equipment."
Lu Qiang obviously agreed with Wen Chumao's idea. At the same time, as the two of them thought, he finally decided to fight this battle first and completely drive the Wei army out of the Great Wall.
"Our army's catapling machine is small, but it may not have to project stones. It is said that the soldiers should take precautions tonight. Beware of the Wei army stealing the camp. We will start to attack the city tomorrow."
It is understandable to guard against the Wei army's theft camp. What did your majesty say that the catapult does not project stones?
At present, the retreat and others have not developed gunpowder that can explode, and this thing can not be played casually, so even if Lu Qiang, who knows little about explosives, wants to intervene, they will absolutely refuse to do the retreat. If the emperor is really burned, their heads will have to move. Now they can only follow Lu Qiang's prompt and continue to explore.
However, although it cannot explode, there is no problem with combustion.
Wen Chu Mao and Shi Yanzu did not know that when Lu Qiang came, he had brought the most primitive gunpowder in a whole carriage.
After returning to the camp, Lu Qiang trusted Tan Daoji and Han Yanzhi respectively.
Ordered Tan Daoji to transfer another 10,000 horses to reinforce Yanmen, and at the same time, he must take Zhuo County in the shortest time and cut off the contact between Dai County and Youzhou.
The order to Han Yanzhi is to transfer the river dragon water army, go up the Yellow River, rush to Hexi as soon as possible, and cooperate with the local defenders to stop the Wei army.
Intelligence shows that there are 50,000 Wei troops in the State of Qin. In terms of strength, the Jin army in Hexi does not have an advantage, but there is a natural line of defense, that is, the Yellow River.
I believe that with the help of the water army, the Wei army will not cross the river easily.
After conveying a series of orders, Lu Qiang couldn't help but think of Yao Xing's story about Qin Jun.
"It seems that my move to occupy the State of Yan has aroused the vigilance of Qin and Wei. Now is not the time to start a full-scale war with them. After this battle, it is time to have a good rest."