Chapter 316: Continue to Kill Prisoners(1/2)
According to Yue Fei's tactics, this is called attacking at one point and providing reinforcements at more points.
That is to create a multi-party melee situation to confuse the enemy's main force, making Long Fen not know how to use his troops.
It was like a perfect jigsaw puzzle, but Yue Fei had messed it up and thrown away one or two puzzle modules, making it impossible for Long Fen to put the jigsaw puzzle back together in a short period of time.
The same was true when we attacked Huxiao Pass.
As soon as Yue Fei moved, the whole army moved, and everyone followed Yue Fei's military intention.
But the difference is that for him, the last attack on Huxiao Pass was passive, but this time, he took the initiative.
Xiang Yu only had 30,000 cavalry, so it was a fool's errand to attack Fengyang, which was said to have 200,000 troops.
However, the day before entering Fengyang, Xiang Yu received an order from Yue Fei, telling him to keep an eye on Fengyang. It does not mean that he must insist on taking Fengyang. In that case, it would be a bit difficult.
Long Fen sent General Xiang Fei to attack Suizhou, and he dispatched troops from Yancheng. However, Yue Fei just moved the main force a hundred miles closer to Suizhou, and Xiang Fei retreated in the face of difficulties, forcing him to retreat to Deyang, which Yue Fei caught
When he got the chance, he immediately asked Huo Qubing to hold Xiang Fei down, and then he used all his strength to surround Yancheng, which was now empty of troops.
As for the troops remaining under Black Plains City, they were actually very few troops under Yue Fei's command. There were only two battalions and more than 10,000 people in total.
When the enemy sees through Yue Fei's trick to create suspicion, Yue Fei will be defeated.
Fortunately, Zhao Changqing had 100% trust in Yue Fei and agreed to his request for troops, and changed the 100,000 yuan to 200,000 yuan.
As a result, the number of Wei troops remaining in Juchu City was only 200,000.
But this battle is crucial and there is no room for sloppiness.
Therefore, Zhao Changqing trusted Yue Fei at all costs.
Either win or lose.
Now the result of this battle has almost affected the situation of Wei and Chu.
The Wei army took so many measures, including attacking Heiyuan, attacking Fengyang, besieging Deyang, etc., but the place they really wanted to conquer was Yancheng.
Yancheng is located in the middle of the three major cities. If Yancheng is lost, it will cut off the connection between the main forces of the Chu army and allow the Wei army to fully grasp the opportunity of the war.
If they fail to capture it, the Wei army may be defeated at any time due to logistical problems.
The key to this issue now is whether Yue Fei can capture Yancheng in a very short time.
At the gate of Yancheng, Yue Fei personally led the troops.
A hundred thousand troops surrounded Yancheng with water tight.
They have figured out the situation in Yancheng. At this moment, the total number of defenders in Yancheng is only one hundred thousand.
Yue Fei was confident that he would capture Yancheng within three days.
When it comes to siege skills, Yue Fei has quite a lot of experience.
First, a small group of troops were sent to harass, and finally they invited Jian Yi's army, and asked Jian Yi, a master, to climb the city wall and open a hole. Then, 150,000 troops attacked the city together, and captured the city at an extremely fast speed.
After the gate was broken and the army entered the city, all the remaining 50,000 Chu troops were captured.
Yue Fei has 100,000 men, and Jianyi has 50,000 cavalry. Together they form an army of 150,000 men.
The 50,000 Chu troops did not even resist.
After all, the original Yancheng guard Xiang Fei is now trapped in Deyang City, and Yancheng is facing a leaderless situation, so he has to let the deputy general take temporary command of Yancheng affairs. However, after seeing the brave battle of the Wei army, this person has already
He wanted to retreat, especially at the moment when the city was defeated, he actually brandished his sword and killed himself. In this way, the entire Chu army was leaderless again, like a basin of loose sand that would break without attack.
After capturing Yancheng, Yue Fei immediately gathered his troops and assisted Xiang Yu in defeating Deyang.
Xiang Fei, the general of Chu State, fought until he was exhausted and died.
In this way, the Wei army has occupied Deyang and Yancheng.
After Long Fen learned the news, he almost fainted.
After all, as I get older, my ability to resist being beaten is far less than when I was young.
But often in critical moments, it is the moment that best reflects the experience of a veteran. He originally wanted to continue to gather the army, annihilate the Wei army in the opposition, and then fight with all his strength against the enemy general Yue Fei in Yancheng to determine the outcome in one battle.
If Yan City is perfectly defended and cannot be captured in a short period of time, he still wants to divide his troops to attack Ju Chu City, leaving Yue Fei with no time to attend to him and forcing him to send reinforcements to Ju Chu City.
At that time, Yancheng will still be unable to cope due to the lack of troops. This is a great opportunity to capture Yancheng.
However, after Long Fen's defeat, Emperor Chu, who was in the rear army, was unhappy and issued an order specifically for Long Fen to hold on to Heiyuan City and Fengyang City.
As long as these two cities are not breached, Emperor Chu will be happy and worry-free.
But this made Long Fen anxious.
As a result, the army stagnated, and when the Wei army reacted, it would soon be surrounded by them.
But if you go out to fight in the city, once His Majesty finds out, you will be labeled as disobeying the Holy Orders.
In a dilemma, Long Fen fell into deep thought.
The Chu army in Deyang and Yancheng was defeated, and the Wei army directly captured nearly 100,000 prisoners.
Now comes another problem that Wei often faces.
That's what to do with these prisoners.
If you send people to strictly guard these people, you need to disperse your troops.
If all these people were sent to the Wei State to serve as laborers, if some mutiny or bad things happened along the way, it would be enough to make me regret it.
Therefore, Yue Fei did not dare to make any independent decisions, so he wrote a letter to inform Bai Qi of what was going on here.
In Juchu City, Bai Qi fell into deep thought after seeing the number of prisoners in the letter.
How to do it?
What a headache!
However, the military situation was urgent. If these prisoners were not properly handled, Yue Fei would not be able to mobilize troops to attack Long Fen's main army.
Therefore, Bai Qi almost hesitated for a moment before making a difficult decision.
One hundred thousand prisoners, no one was spared, they were all killed.
Anyway, my sins are already very heavy, so I don’t care if they get more serious.
After getting Bai Qi's reply, Yue Fei also fell into deep thought.
Is this what His Majesty means?
Will fighting in Chu State and killing Chu prisoners make it impossible for Wei State to gain a foothold in this country?
Forget it, I am the one who wants to invade in the first place, so I should just listen to the marshal's wishes.
Then, another incident that shocked the world happened. Yue Fei gave Bai Qi's orders and killed 100,000 prisoners of the Chu army.
After many years of accumulation, no less than three hundred thousand prisoners of the Chu army died in Bai Qi's hands.
This number is really amazing.
The name of the God of Death, Bai Qi, once again resounded throughout the world.
When Zhao Changqing learned the news, Yue Fei was ordering the poisoning of the prisoners.
It's already too late.
He was not very angry about this incident at first. After all, killing prisoners had not happened to Wei Guo once or twice.
But after listening to Jia Xu's opinion, Zhao Changqing was confused and fell into deep thought.
Jia Xu said: "We are here to attack Chu and occupy the land of Chu. Today we kill prisoners. Tomorrow the people of Chu will know that we in Wei are murderous people, and they will be disgusted by it."
If this happens to our Wei State, even if our Wei State occupies the Chu State, we will lose the land of the Chu State sooner or later because of the unpopularity of the people."
At this point, Zhao Changqing fell into deep thought.
After thinking about it, I felt full of regret.
He summoned Bai Qi and cursed him.
Anyway, the main idea of scolding him is that you have ruined the reputation of our country, Wei, and this cannot be restored no matter how many battles we win.
Bai Qi knelt on the ground, waiting quietly for the emperor's punishment.
He knew that he would be punished, if not for killing prisoners, then because he acted arbitrarily and did not listen to heaven.
Anyway, this punishment is indispensable, and the matter has been done. Whatever your Majesty wants, just let him do it.
Even if I have to borrow my own head, I won't hesitate.
When Jia Xu told Zhao Changqing the seriousness of the matter, he also implicitly proposed a solution, which was to kill Bai Qi and let Bai Qi be severely scolded by the people of Chu.
But after thinking about it carefully, Zhao Changqing felt that this shouldn't be done like this.
Bai Qi is a hero no matter what and cannot be killed.
Since not killing is not enough to solve the problem, then simply let the problem exist without punishing Bai Qi. Since the problem cannot be solved, what is the point of punishing Bai Qi?
Zhao Changqing kicked Bai Qi and cursed: "This kick is to teach you a lesson. Next time you dare to hide something like this from me and refuse to retaliate, I will cut you into pieces!"
After saying this, he left angrily.
To be continued...