Chapter 653 Defeat Yichuan

Chapter 653 Defeat Yichuan

With Li Renjie leading his troops to join, it not only increased Li Tai's strength, but also made the march smoother.

Although Li Tai had been in and out of Yichuan many times before because of Hou Jing's rebellion, when he returned to his hometown this time, he found that the situation inside the country had changed a lot. The most important thing is the addition of many city garrison points. According to Li Renjie, all of them were added by the Eastern Wei Dynasty after it recovered Heluo.

It can also be seen from this that the Western Wei's previous results in regaining Heluo and even directly seizing the two cities of Heyang also put huge pressure on the Eastern Wei.

Therefore, after the land of Heluo was regained, the defense between Heluo and Heluo was systematically improved under the command of Hu Lujin, the commander of Heluo at that time.

The Eastern Wei Dynasty itself was much richer than the Western Wei Dynasty, and Hu Lujin had been disgraced and embarrassed by Li Tai, a rising star in Heyang. Therefore, the newly built fortifications were not just three or five here and there, but within a few years Dozens more were added one after another. There are more than 20 new city garrisons distributed up and down Yichuan alone, distributed between Fuliu City and Kongcheng. New city garrisons have been added to almost every important place on the terrain.

Such a watertight city garrison layout also caused a lot of trouble for Li Tai's march. Although his troops consisted of both infantry and cavalry, they were basically lightly armed and did not carry too much baggage and equipment. If they attack the city all the way, even if they can penetrate Yichuan, they will definitely be exhausted after entering the Heluo area.

Therefore, Li Renjie proposed that these fortified areas could be bypassed through the barbarian territory. However, the barbarians mostly live in deep mountains and wild streams. Infantry can cross mountains and ridges, but it is difficult for cavalry to travel smoothly.

If there is no considerable number of cavalry entering the Heluo area, the infantry entering can only be a living target for the troops stationed in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and will not have any advantage in the field. Even the chariot formation that Li Tai relied on to restrain and defeat the enemy's cavalry would be useless. Can't show it off.

After arriving in Yichuan, Li Tai did not act rashly. Instead, he temporarily stationed in front of the Yichuan Valley south of Fuliu City. Under the leadership of Li Renjie, he carefully observed all the defense facilities that had been added and modified nearby. In the end, we came to the conclusion that the city garrison buildings here seemed to be strict and solid, but in fact they were a bit complicated and unnecessary.

The original sites of Fuliucheng and Kongcheng already had a good geographical location in Yichuan, and could effectively intercept and block the passage of people from the north and the south. The newly added city garrison seems to have strengthened the defense on the original basis, but in fact it has lost the focus of defense.

Li Tai saw that several small cities close to Fuliu City had passages directly connected to Fuliu City. This seemed to increase the radiation range of Fuliu City, but in fact it expanded the impact surface of the city when it was attacked.

After all, not everyone in this world has the outstanding city defense capabilities of Wang Sizheng and Wei Xiaokuan. For most people, building high walls and deep fortifications is the only way to avoid being breached by the enemy. It is always good to build more cities.

But in fact, once a city is built, it cannot be left alone. People must be stationed in it for these defenses to play their role. In the past, Fuliu City's three thousand or less garrison guards could basically control this important road south of Heluo.

But now that so many city garrisons have been added, even if there are only a hundred or ten people stationed in each city, thousands of more garrison troops will be added, which far exceeds the actual demand. The additional guards will increase the burden of food and grass and the pressure on dispatching, thus exposing more defensive loopholes.

Of course, in the face of absolute strength, all loopholes are not loopholes. For example, if the Northern Qi Dynasty directly stationed tens of thousands of troops here, no matter how Li Tai analyzed it, he would still be helpless in the face of the enemy troops who were full of pits and fortresses.

However, this situation may not be likely. If the Northern Qi Dynasty stationed tens of thousands of troops here, how many troops should be stationed between Heluo and Heyang? If a large number of elites really invested in the Heluo defense area, then Yuwentai would directly lead the army to Jinyang for a sudden attack.

Just talking and not practicing the fake moves, Li Tai then ordered a group of soldiers to cut down trees and build fences on the east side of the valley south of Yichuan, form a camp, and build various siege equipment, posing as if they were going to attack the enemy all the way. The posture came out, and as expected, the defenders from several cities in the north of Yichuan were attracted to the city in the south.

Although these additional city garrisons are unnecessary in Li Tai's opinion, it has to be said that the quality is really not bad. Li Tai supervised the attack in front of the formation and failed to capture the first castle for two days. Although he also gave the enemy The army caused a lot of casualties, but when the attacking party retreated to rest, the rear city garrison could always provide timely reinforcements.

Of course, Li Taiji didn't stop there. During the two days of his frontal attack on the city, Gao Le also led 300 elite soldiers and Li Renjie to cross the mountains, pass through the barbarian villages, bypass several city garrison here, and directly They arrived at the south of Fuliu City and ambushed an enemy force that was transporting weapons and supplies to the south. When the enemy was caught off guard and panicked, they quickly captured a small town south of Fuliu City and defended it.

The changes in the rear quickly affected the morale of the troops on the front line. After a whole day of high-intensity defense operations, the equipment and supplies that were supposed to be replenished at dawn were all missing, and the enemy also appeared on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, one can imagine the panic in the hearts of the defenders in the city.

Li Tai did not give the enemy defenders more time to react. He seized this opportunity and immediately ordered an attack. With the suppression of various stones and arrows, the Jingzhou soldiers finally rushed to this place again. Castle head.

At this time, the fighting spirit of the people defending the city was no longer as tenacious as before. Instead of organizing a strong and effective counterattack to drive back the enemy troops who had attacked the city, they began to flee across the city.

"Keep on charging! Let's seize Fuliu City in one go!"

At this moment, Li Tai, also wearing light armor, took the lead and fought through the castle, chasing the enemy along the direction of their retreat. The cronies and shooters who were following him were also rushing forward with excitement at this moment, sweeping away the dejected state of being trapped under the city for the previous two days.

When the guards and horses were killed and retreated, no matter how tight the city defense was, it was in vain and had no place to use.

Under the leadership of the defeated soldiers in front, Li Tai's troops easily killed through several cities. When they arrived at the foot of Fuliu City, there were still hundreds of defeated enemy soldiers left in front. But at this time, the closed gates of Fuliu City became a roadblock in front of them. Many enemy soldiers who were frightened by the killings cried and begged, hoping that the defenders in the city could open the gates and let them into the city.

But seeing the enemy troops pursuing them closely all the way from behind, the soldiers who defended the city certainly did not dare to take the risk of opening the city.

"Shoot these enemy soldiers!"

On the battlefield, Li Tai has a ruthless side and never pities his enemies. When he waved an order, he put away his sword, drew his bow and fired towards the front to scare the enemy soldiers. Falling in response.

Hundreds of Northern Qi soldiers who had retreated here were shot and killed in front of Fuliu City. No one was spared. At this time, the defenders who saw this scene on the top of Fuliu City were furious and their eyes were broken. , some people were eager to leave the city and fight to the death with the cruel enemy, while others looked frightened and depressed, and the swords and sticks they held in their hands were shaking.

"Do the defenders in the city know that my lord, General Li, is the hero of the Wei State who captured the cities in Heyang last year? The leader of the Gao clan deceived heaven and rebelled against the Lord, and acted against the Lord, and everyone with lofty ideals in the world found him and put him to death! My lord used to say Heyang is bombarding the stubborn thieves in Heyang. Although the stubborn old thieves such as Hu Lüjin are still unable to stop them and endure the humiliation to survive, if you still resist and refuse to surrender, you will die like the people under the city. You will definitely die when the city is broken!"

After all the enemy soldiers under the city were shot and killed, Shi Jing was responsible for going in and shouting to persuade the enemy to surrender and intimidate the enemy.

The two sides have been at war with each other for many years, and each has its own generals who have made great achievements in battle and shocked their neighbors. Speaking of the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty who could make the generals of the Eastern Dynasty change their expressions upon hearing this, Li Tai can definitely be counted as one.

So when the defenders in the city heard that the attacker was actually the most famous general of the Western Dynasty in recent years, they were even more shocked. Even some warriors who had previously stared at wanting to go out of the city to fight the enemy to the death, now also They all lowered their heads and did not dare to shout or curse any more.

It's not that all these people are timid and cowardly, but the shadow of the famous tree of people. The country is stable and mature like She Diqian, wily and calculating like Hu Lujin, brave and strong like Xue Guyan, and uses soldiers like a god like Murong Shaozong, etc., all of them are In front of the famous general of the Western Dynasty, Zheji, and the opponent's unstoppable heroic posture of breaking through several cities and charging to this point were clearly displayed in front of them. Naturally, it was inevitable that they would lose all fighting spirit and become frightened and depressed.

At this point, Li Tai did not continue to attack the city in one go. Instead, he chose a nearby city garrison to station himself. While his soldiers continued to shout threats and persuade them to surrender, he deliberately sent people to pretend to move the baggage supplies and some large siege equipment from the rear towards the city. Carrying under Fuliu City.

In this way, until late at night, both sides were in a state of truce. It was also at midnight that suddenly there were huge fires and drums and horns blaring in the south of Fuliu City. The soldiers who were guarding the city were frightened and rushed to the city to prepare for defense. However, soon outside the city, all the drums and flags ceased and the lights went out. But when the city felt a little more stable, the old tricks were repeated outside the city.

After such a night of tossing, when everyone looked at Fuliu City again in the early morning of the next day, they saw an empty city.