Vol 2 Chapter 2717: Long live the history of Li Mu’s battle, Meng Tian’s surprise attack on Xining

Vol 2 Chapter 2717: Long live the history of Li Mu’s battle, Meng Tian’s surprise attack on Xining

Chapter 2717: Long live Li Mu’s battle, Meng Tian’s surprise attack on Xining County

Chapter 2713: Long live the battle between Li Mu and Meng Tian’s surprise attack on Xining County

Although Yuwen Chengdu and Hu Luguang's vanguard army successfully occupied Jincheng, killed eight thousand elite Sui troops, and beheaded the Sui king's grandfather Duguxin, in a strict sense they fell into Yang Su's scheme.

 After all, despite being dominant in all directions, they still failed to keep an eye on Yang Su, causing the main force of the 35,000 Sui army to withdraw to Daxing. This is an indisputable fact.

 The reason for such a situation is naturally not that the two of them are incompetent, but that Yang Su is too difficult to deal with. The two of them had to be different in strategy to fall into Yang Su's scheme.

On the other hand, Li Mu did not encounter an opponent of Yang Su's level, so it was naturally much smoother.

After Li Mu captured the three mountains and five villages, although he failed to leave Liu Fang, the guard of the fifth village, he dispatched cavalry to pursue him as soon as possible.

Liu Fang's troops were all infantry. If they retreated normally, they would definitely be overtaken by Li Mu's cavalry. Therefore, Liu Fang did not flee to Daxing at all. Instead, he changed direction and retreated to Haizhou halfway to join his father Liu Feng. .

 Liu Fang's father, Liu Feng, was a famous general in the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties. He was majestic, resolute, eloquent and good at talking about military affairs.

  Liu Feng, like his son Liu Fang, was one of the hidden figures. After his birth, he and his son were implanted to overthrow the Sui Kingdom, and were appointed by Yang Guang as the governor of Goluo County, one of the seven counties of Haizhou.

Li Mu led his light cavalry in pursuit at full speed, but could not catch up as he approached Daxing. He immediately realized that Liu Fang had changed his route, but he did not care about it. After all, he was just Liu Fang. Killing him or not would not affect him. Big plan.

 Through the fact that Liu Fang had released carrier pigeons before retreating to inform Daxing of the fall of the three mountains and five villages, Li Mu speculated that Liu Fang probably had no carrier pigeons in hand.

 After all, although homing pigeons are not a rare resource nowadays, it is impossible for a village to have many of them.

After all, Liu Fang was just a captain. The fifth village he guarded was the last pass to the southeast of Daxing, but it was only a village after all. Its priority was much lower than that of Heguan. Naturally, there could not be more than one homing pigeon.

Li Mu guessed that the homing pigeon Liu Fang released before retreating was the only one in Liu Fang's hands. In other words, Daxing City did not know that Liu Fang had withdrawn to other places, which gave Li Mu a lot of room for maneuver.

Of course, these are just Li Mu's speculations, and he is not 100% sure. But when it comes to fighting, how can you be absolutely sure? Li Mu is 60 to 70% sure, so he is ready to take a gamble.

 Fortunately, Li Mu made the right bet. Daxing did not know that Liu Fang had not withdrawn from Daxing, so Li Mu succeeded in defrauding the city.

Li Mu asked a secret agent in Heibingtai who was good at disguise to disguise himself as Liu Fang. He took the seals and ribbons and flags of the Sui army and led hundreds of Qin troops wearing Sui army uniforms to pursue them under the pretense of the Qin army. Flee to Daxing.

The captain at the gate of Daxing City saw that it was indeed Liu Fang himself, and that the seal and ribbon flags were correct. In addition, although the Qin army had not yet reached the city, they were almost there, and it would be too late to delay any longer, so he He didn't report it, but opened the door and welcomed the fake Liu Fang in. As a result, he fell into Li Mu's plan to defraud the city.

After Liu Fang entered the city, he immediately killed the defenders of the city tower, opened and occupied the east gate of Daxing, and prepared to welcome the Qin army into the city.

The Sui army was not slow to respond. Seeing that the city gate had been deceived, the surrounding Sui armies surrounded them one after another, hoping to kill the Qin army and regain control of the city gate.

It's a pity that the Sui army was a step too late in the end and failed to recapture the city gate before Li Mu's army arrived, allowing Li Mu's cavalry to invade the city.

 At this point, the situation is still as planned by Li Mu, but if nothing unexpected happens, the accident will not happen.

Li Mu was indeed lucky enough to bet correctly, but unfortunately, he missed two people, Shi Wansui and He Ruobi.

Li Mu originally thought that as long as they pretended to open the city gate and invade the city, the Sui army would not be able to stop the Qin army's offensive. The Qin army would occupy Daxing City with a devastating force, but the Sui army's will to resist was stronger than imagined.

Under the command of Li Mu, although the Qin army invaded Daxing, they were unable to penetrate deep into the city because there were also Sui army fortifications behind the city gate.

In addition, the Sui troops in the city responded quickly. After learning the news, they gathered together and blocked the Qin army near the city gate, causing the two sides to fight fiercely at the east gate.

If it is just a field battle, the Qin army is naturally not afraid of any army in the world, but the Sui army generals Shi Wansui and He Ruobi who stayed in Daxing, one is a junior **** of war, and the other is a peak **** general.

On the Qin army's side, although there is Yan Xing, a peak general, Li Mu is only a 101-level general, and is far inferior to the Sui army in terms of the lineup of powerful generals.

Relying on the strength of the cavalry, the Qin army was about to break through the defense of the east gate. However, after Shi Wansui and He Ruobi arrived with reinforcements, they not only directly blocked the Qin army back, but even pushed the Qin army out of the way. .

Faced with the unfavorable situation of being inferior to the opponent in the lineup of strong players, Li Mu rationally did not confront the opponent head-on, but chose to outsmart him.

Li Mu saw that the Qin army's offensive was blocked, so he took the initiative to order a retreat, distanced himself, regrouped, and at the same time lured He Ruobi to attack.

He Ruobi was eager to retake the east gate, so he did not realize that it was a trap. When he led his army to pursue him, he was first blocked by Yan Xing, and then secretly attacked by Li Mu and hit by an arrow in his arm.

Had it not been for Shi Wansui's timely rescue, He Ruobi might have died from Li Mu's sneak attack, but he had to leave the game temporarily due to serious injuries.

 After severely injuring He Ruobi, Li Mu and Yan Xing joined forces again, preparing to kill Shi Wansui in the same way, but Shi Wansui, the junior God of War, was much more difficult to deal with than He Ruobi.

Even if Li Mu's potential explodes and he breaks through again before the battle, and his base reaches 102, the two of them still can't defeat Shi Wansui together, and they are even still at a disadvantage.

Li Mu had no choice but to give up killing Shi Wansui and instead command the entire army, preparing to completely defeat the Sui army with all his strength. Unexpectedly, Sui King Yang Guang suddenly cheered up and personally led the elite Xiaoguo Army to come to support.

Yang Guang can't do anything if he doesn't cheer up. After all, the Qin army is coming. If he doesn't cheer up, the Sui King will really be in trouble.

Yang Guang's personal participation in the battle caused the morale of the Sui army to skyrocket, and also made it more difficult for the Qin army to enter the city, but Li Mu was still able to stabilize the situation.

Li Mu did not want to give up this great opportunity, so he ordered to guard the city gate and wait for the rear infantry to come for reinforcements. So the Qin and Sui Dynasties launched the most primitive fighting around the east gate of Daxing.

After a fierce battle for nearly half a day, Da Qin's infantry reinforcements arrived, but not long after that, Yang Su's vanguard troops who retreated from Jincheng via Zhiyang Road also arrived. Li Mu never expected that Yuwen Chengdu and Hu Luguang, plus 30,000 elite troops, could not keep an eye on Yang Su and allowed him to withdraw to Daxing safely.

At this time, the defenders of Daxing City had a strong will to resist, and although the retreating Yang Su army was only the vanguard, the follow-up army would certainly not be too far away.

Li Mu knew that the opportunity had been lost and that it was impossible for his own army to capture Daxing, so he rationally chose to retreat.

Yang Guang was originally prepared to pursue the victory, but after meeting Yang Su and understanding the reason why he was able to withdraw, he rationally did not choose to pursue. After all, Yuwen Chengdu and Hu Luguang might arrive in Daxing at any time. At this time, he could just lead his army to chase out of the city. You may not be able to come back.

Li Mu was slightly disappointed when he saw that Yang Guang did not chase him out. After all, although the casualties after interrupting the battle were high, it was much better than the siege battle.

The Qin army could afford the same casualties, but the Sui army could not afford it, so Yang Guang did not dare to easily confront the Qin army head-on.

After listening to Li Mu's story, Yuwen Chengdu's face was full of apologies and self-blame. After all, if they hadn't stretched their hips this time, Daxing might have been captured by Li Mu.

Li Mu didn't mean to blame Yuwen Chengdu. After all, Yang Su's conspiracy was really hard to guard against. In addition, Dugu Xin was determined to fight to the death. I'm afraid he would have been fooled as well. He just felt sorry for the casualties in this battle.

In this fierce battle at the East Gate of Daxing, the Qin army suffered 4,000 casualties, including 2,500 cavalry and 1,500 infantry, while the total casualties of the Sui army were around 5,000.

The overall combat strength of the Sui Army was weaker than that of the Qin Army, but it was able to achieve a casualty ratio similar to that of the Qin Army in field battles. This was mainly due to the elite Xiaoguo Army.

Had the Xiaoguo Army not joined the battle in time, the Sui Army would have suffered at least two thousand more casualties.

After Yuwen Chengdu and Li Mu reunited, Li Mu was no longer afraid of Shi Wansui. He sent Yuwen Chengdu to challenge that day, but how could the Sui army, which had just suffered a loss, dare to fight for the first time?

Even if Shi Wansui took the initiative to ask for a fight, Yang Guang refused to say anything. He just appeased Shi Wansui and waited for the reinforcements from Haizhou and Xiliang to arrive.

The next day, Xu Rong, deputy general of Li Mu, and Hu Luguang, deputy general of Yuwen Chengdu, both led their troops to Daxing City successfully, and Hu Luguang also brought news about Li Jing's main force in the rear.

At this time, Li Jing's army had already entered Jincheng, but he did not immediately march to Daxing, but chose to divide his troops into two groups.

Li Jing sent Li Maozhen with 30,000 troops to take the Zhiyang Road and march north to capture Zhiyang, Yunjie and Lingju counties, completely cutting off the connection between Jincheng County and Wuwei County in the Sui Dynasty.

As for Li Jing himself, he led a main force of 40,000 people and took the Yunwu Road to join Li Jingyuwen in Chengdu.

After two days of rapid march, the 40,000 troops led by Li Jing also arrived in Daxing successfully, while the Qin army gathered here reached 110,000.

In just ten days of fighting, the 150,000 Qin troops led by Li Jing and Li Mu had captured Heguan, Yuzhong, Jincheng, three mountains and five villages and many other important places, killing and capturing nearly 30,000 Sui troops.

You must know that the Sui Kingdom only had a total of 210,000 troops, but in just ten days, one-seventh of its troops were wiped out by the Qin Army, and the Qin Army also suffered nearly 8,000 casualties.

 But considering that the Qin army was the attacker and the Sui army was the defender, such casualties were completely a great victory.

After Li Jing arrived with his army, both Li Mu and Yuwen Chengdu thought that the Qin army would launch a fierce attack on Daxing. However, they did not expect that Li Jing not only did not attack, but also sent Yuwen Chengdu back to the rear.

After hearing this, Yuwen Chengdu was naturally anxious and asked with a puzzled face: "Grand Governor, why is this?

　　Yes, during the Battle of Jincheng, due to negligence, I failed to see through Yang Su's plan, so that Yang Su fled back to Daxing, thus preventing General Li Mu from conquering Daxing.

This is indeed my fault. I will accept the punishment, but it doesn’t mean I don’t even have a chance to make meritorious service, right? "

As soon as Yuwen Chengdu finished speaking, Hu Luguang also stood up and pleaded guilty: "Let Yang Su go. The last general is also guilty. The last general is willing to share the responsibility with General Yuwen."

Seeing this, Li Jing quickly helped the two men up and explained: "The two generals misunderstood and sent General Yuwen back to the rear. They did not punish him. Instead, they sent out all the elite soldiers of the Shu Han Dynasty to Chen Bingjian Pavilion with the intention of invading Hanzhong.

Our elite troops are still on their way to the west. There are only Yang Jian, Wen Zhong and a few others in Hanzhong, so they are weak. General Wu Qi is worried that he will suffer a loss, so he sent a letter to recall General Yuwen. "

 After speaking, Li Jing handed Wu Qi's autographed letter to Yuwen Chengdu.

After Yuwen Chengdu read it, a look of depression suddenly appeared on his face. He wanted to stay and continue to attack the Sui Dynasty. After all, compared with fighting against Shu, the victory over the Sui Dynasty was obviously greater.

Yu Wen Chengdu Sui Sui has already reached the rank of general, but in front of his title of general, there is also the word "honor". Naturally, he also wants to remove the word "honor".

But now that the Shu Han Dynasty has launched its Northern Expedition, and all its elite troops have come out, the situation in Hanzhong is in crisis, and it is really difficult to rely on Yang Jian and Wen Zhong alone. It is no wonder that Wu Qi urgently called him back.

This was no longer a choice for him. Yuwen Chengdu could only admit that he was unlucky. After returning the military power to Li Jing, he went straight to Hanzhong with only 500 personal guards.

After Yuwen left Chengdu, the Qin generals saw Li Jing ordering a siege. They thought that Li Jing was finally going to attack the city, but they did not expect that Li Jing was just besieging the city and still had no intention of attacking.

Faced with the confusion of the generals, Li Jing just explained: "The first step is to attack the strategy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the troops, and wait. To defeat Daxing, the most important thing is to attack the heart."

The generals immediately understood after hearing this. After all, what Li Jing said about waiting would only be Meng Tian and Long Qie.

Meng Tian and Long Qie did not keep Li Jing waiting for long, and soon the good news came back from Meng Tian.

The 80,000 troops on the southern route led by Meng Tian quickly occupied key areas in northern Haizhou after sending troops from Wudu County. They can be said to be overwhelming. They have now invaded Xining County and are about to enter Xining City, the seat of Xining.

 (End of this chapter)