Chapter 1878: Marching into Yanjing (Part 1)
Chapter 1878 Marching into Yanjing (Part 1)
Chapter 1876: Marching into Yanjing (Part 1)
After the capture of Yuyang City, the road to Guangyang County was officially opened. Su Dingfang could finally go straight to Yanjing. However, there were still two small troubles in Yuyang County, namely Li Ling and Tian Yu. of four thousand Han troops.
Su Dingfang ordered Yang Zhi to lead an army of five thousand and Ding Yanping to lead an army of four thousand, stationed on the two roads leading to Yuyang, in order to prevent Li Ling and Tian Yu from reinforcing Yuyang City.
Now that Yuyang City has been captured, Li Ling and Tian Yu's troops have not yet been completely eliminated.
When they learned that Yuyang was surrounded by the Qin army and was in danger, both Li Ling and Tian Yu tacitly agreed to abandon the city and come to rescue them, but they did not expect to be blocked by the Qin army halfway.
If he were an ordinary general, in order to support Yuyang City in time, he would definitely attack the Qin army with all his strength and open up roads to support Yuyang, but Li Ling and Tian Yu were obviously extraordinary.
After seeing that the way forward was blocked by the Qin army, Li Ling and Tian Yu tacitly chose to retreat, preferring to take a long detour rather than fight the Qin army. After all, the prerequisite for rescuing Yuyang was to preserve themselves. Once all the troops in their hands were exhausted, no matter what. Even attacking Yuyang City had no effect at all.
Li Ling and Tian Yu both chose to take a detour, but they ran into their opponents halfway, and learned that both roads were occupied by the Qin army, so they joined forces and prepared to work together to defeat the Qin army.
Just when Li Ling, Tian and Henan armies were preparing to join forces to attack the road guarded by Ding Yanping, they received news that Yuyang City had been breached when Li Gan released a carrier pigeon.
Yuyang City has been captured, and there is no point in Li Ling and Tian Yu going there anymore. The two of them have become turtles in the urn. It will only be a matter of time before they are swallowed up by the Qin army. It is inevitable that they will have the idea of surrender in their hearts.
However, thinking of Liu Che's kindness and that their families were still in Yanjing City, the two had to give up the idea of surrender.
After some discussion, Li Ling and Tian Yu decided to block the news and withdraw their troops back to the two cities of Guangping and Anle to wait for reinforcements.
They also knew that there would be no reinforcements, and that it was pointless for them to defend the city. However, in order to repay Liu Che's kindness, for the sake of their family and their own reputation, they decided to risk their lives and hold on until the last moment.
In this way, Li Ling and Tian Yu's 4,000 Han troops did not start a battle with Ding Yanping. They just wandered around and returned to the cities they were guarding.
Su Dingfang was also shocked when he learned about it. He thought that Yang Zhi and Ding Yanping's troops could at least eliminate one of Li Ling or Tian Yuzhong, but he didn't expect that the two men would have such a tacit understanding and take the initiative to admit the enemy without even fighting. I retreated due to cowardice.
At present, the Han army has two cities left in Yuyang County, with an army of 4,000. The two cities of Guangping and Anle are the horns of each other. If they want to attack, they will need to dispatch at least three times the enemy's strength.
With the current strength of the Qin army in Yuyang, let alone three times, even nine times can be used, but another question arises, is it worth it?
At this moment, Yan Jingcheng is like a peerless beauty who has taken off all her clothes, standing naked in front of her, while Guang Ping and An Le are two eighty-year-old women. I am afraid everyone knows how to choose.
For Su Dingfang, the most important thing now is time. Attacking the two cities at this time will definitely be able to defeat them, but it will waste a lot of time.
In the case of this period, among the remaining three troops, someone hit the city of Yanjing, and then the leader of the hand could fly away.
After the capture of Yanjing City and the capture of the puppet emperor Liu Che, the two cities of Guangping and Anle will naturally surrender without a fight. This is the smartest choice.
Su Dingfang naturally would not give up the already tangible victory of destroying the Han Dynasty for the sake of two dispensable cities, so he decisively decided not to take the initiative to attack the two cities and concentrate his forces to attack Yanjing City first.
Su Dingfang also knew that both Li Ling and Tian Yu were restless. Once his main force left, the two of them would definitely jump out and stir up trouble.
In case Yuyang City was lost, it was broken by Li Lingtian. If he was broken by his food road, the main force of attacking Yanjing was dangerous.
Therefore, Su Dingfang had to arrange the defense of Yuyang properly before he could safely lead his troops to attack Yanjing.
"Ding Yanping, lead an army of 4,000 to garrison Yuyang City. Yang Zhi, lead an army of 3,000 to garrison Lu County." Sun Lingming will definitely go with the army, but between Ding Yanping and Yang Zhi, Su Dingfang chose the experienced one after all. Ding Yanping came to guard Yuyang City, which is currently the most important to the Fourth Route Army.
"Remember, after I leave with my army, no matter which side of Li Lingtian or Yu comes to invade, you only need to hold on to the city. You must not leave the city. That is a trick to lure the enemy." Su Dingfang warned.
“You should remember the final decision of the general.” Ding Yanping and Yang Zhi responded in unison.
"Um."
Su Dingfang nodded. Now he felt completely at ease, but before leaving, he still had to visit Li Guang and his son.
After the Qin army captured Yuyang City, Li Gan resisted and defended the prefecture, but was wounded and captured alive by Su Dingfang himself. Li Gan also received treatment in the medical camp with Li Guang.
The Qin Army's "field hospital" has been moved to a mansion covering an area of fifty acres in Yuyang City.
Li Gan's injury was not too serious, but Li Guang was kicked hard by Sun Lingming. The reason why he didn't die directly was because of his good health.
There were not many wounded soldiers of the Qin army in the medical camp. After all, the Qin army only suffered nearly 400 casualties in this battle, so most of the Qin army in the medical camp were wounded prisoners of the Han army.
As the Qin army initiated the military medical system and spent a lot of money to treat wounded soldiers, the major princes also realized that the combat effectiveness of veterans after recovery was even greater than before, so they also vigorously promoted the military medical system.
All the major princes invested heavily in training their own military doctors, which also led to a rocket-like development of the medical profession. The medical level of the Han Dynasty suddenly reached several levels.
The major princes are not financially well-off. Even if they are willing to invest in training military doctors, in this era when military expenditures are destined to account for the majority, the proportion of medical investment will certainly not be too large. Therefore, except for Qin, military doctors in all countries are in a state of scarcity.
Like Su Dingfang, who led an army of 40,000 people on an expedition and equipped a medical camp with 300 military doctors and nurses, this was a unique luxury in the world.
Seeing Su Dingfang approaching, the soldiers and military doctors saluted and said, "See you, general."
“No need to be too polite, just take this general to see Li Guang and his son.”
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A military medical chief came out to lead the way for Su Dingfang.
On the way, Su Dingfang asked: "How is Li Guang's injury?"
“Li Guang’s injuries were very serious. Four of his ribs were broken and his internal organs were also damaged. However, this is not fatal. It will take time to recover slowly.”
“Give all your strength to Li Guang’s treatment, and don’t worry about the medicinal materials. If there are not enough precious medicinal materials, we will transport them from the rear. In short, we will give Li Guang the highest standard of medical care.”
“This...understands.”
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