Due to the heavy losses in capturing Qiumaling, Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen did not rush to attack again. Instead, they chose to temporarily station their troops at Qiumaling and repair the garrison that was quite damaged in the previous battle.
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In this way, he not only consolidated the current results of the battle, but also allowed the soldiers to take a break. Moreover, he waited for the thrust in the direction of Thousand Miles Path to be effective before cooperating with the attack. However, his plan was destined to be disappointed.
Although the azimuth distance between Queshu Valley and Thousand Miles Path is not that far, with the closest point being only a few miles apart, they are blocked by high mountains and dense forests, making it difficult to communicate directly with each other. They can only communicate by detouring through the entrances and exits at the rear.
Although Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen also arranged people to deliver messages along the way, the communication efficiency was not very high if it relied entirely on human power.
In the afternoon, Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen were still supervising the soldiers to strengthen the fortress defense, but the Wei army on the south side of Qiuma Ridge suddenly launched an attack. Although the offensive was not violent, it still made Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen wary.
It should be noted that in the previous two days of fighting, the Wei army had been in a passive defensive state, fighting and retreating, but now they are fighting back, trying to regain the lost mountain road. This completely different approach must mean that the opponent
Some unpredictable changes occurred.
So Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen ordered the soldiers to guard the fortress at Qimaling, and at the same time asked people to go north to inquire about the status of the people and horses along the Qianli Trail.
The Wei army's attack mainly relied on long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, while the Qi army's counterattack was relatively monotonous.
Because the troops who went to Heyang took away too many bows and arrows, Jinyang had not replenished them in a short period of time. Therefore, the troops brought by Hou Mo and Chen Xiang did not carry many bows and arrows. The soldiers' combat methods
They were also greatly restricted and could only stick to the fortress, avoiding the stray arrows and preventing the enemy from climbing up the wall.
Although the Wei army launched a counterattack, they were in no rush to engage in hand-to-hand combat. In a terrain like Queshu Valley, if the two sides did not engage in hand-to-hand combat, the actual battle damage that could be caused was very limited, and the combat process was also very boring.
, nothing good to say.
The Wei army's offensive came in waves. Although the intensity was not high, it was not interrupted. Rather than launching a counterattack, it was more like consuming the Qi army's patience and manpower.
"Could it be that the Qiang thieves want to feign an attack during the day and attack the camp at night?"
Seeing the enemy's offensive, Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen couldn't help but think to himself. After thinking for a while, he arranged for a group of reserve soldiers to prepare firewood and other supplies for the night battle, so as to avoid being unexpectedly attacked by the enemy and recapture the fortress.
In the evening, the Wei army's offensive intensified. It was no longer just a long-range missile attack. It had begun to invest heavily armored infantry. Several people were lined up in front and back to form combat squads. Dozens of squads climbed along the mountain road towards Qiuma Ridge.
Xiang Hou Mo Chen looked at the sky and became more and more convinced that the enemy would fight at night, so he ordered the reserve troops in the fortress to prepare meals in advance, and after a full meal, they would be able to deal with the enemy's increasingly fierce attack.
But at this moment, the soldiers he sent to the rear to inquire about the news rushed into the camp and said with a panic: "Reporting to your Majesty, the Qianlijing Master Brigade was ambushed by the enemy and was defeated. The enemy's army was still all the way.
In pursuit, we will rush across a thousand miles and attack Jiexiu City..."
"Is this happening?"
After hearing this, Mr. Hou Mo and Chen Xiang's face suddenly changed. His thoughts were blocked for a while. It was only a moment later that he was awakened by the noisy and violent sound of gold and iron from the direction of the fortress wall.
When he saw the Wei soldiers attacking fiercely again, he finally realized that the enemy was planning to launch a night battle. He clearly knew that they were in a difficult situation and stepped up the offensive in order to create a dilemma for them. Originally, he
The strategy of preparing to outflank both front and rear was now used against him by the enemy.
"Hold on and repel this wave of enemy attacks!"
In the room of lightning and flint, many thoughts flashed through Hou Mo and Chen Xiang's mind. Although he knew that the way back was critical, he knew that it was not appropriate to withdraw his troops and evacuate here. Right now, the enemy was counterattacking fiercely. Once their soldiers retreated,
The enemy troops will definitely attack one after another. When the time comes, it will be difficult for the front and rear teams to coordinate in this rugged mountain road. Once the front and rear lose their rhythm, they will definitely be defeated!
It is difficult to communicate between Thousand Miles Path and Queshu Valley. The enemy's intelligence transmission must be very timely and seriously lagging behind. The enemy here may not know the specific movements of other troops, so the best way at the moment is to defeat them tenaciously and resolutely.
This round of the enemy's attack made them wonder whether the other way around was in vain. When the enemy slowed down their offensive in order to save Shili, it would be a good opportunity to separate the troops and retreat.
Therefore, under the command of Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen, the Qi soldiers in the fortress had no other plans, but concentrated on fighting fiercely with the attacking Wei soldiers.
South of Qiumaling, Gao Le, who was also supervising the battle, could not help but frown when he saw that the enemy troops in the fortress were still fighting tenaciously and showed no signs of defeat, while the casualties of his own attacking soldiers were rising rapidly.
He didn't feel that Ho Ruodun's offensive was frustrated, but he just speculated that there was a delay in the enemy's intelligence transmission, so that the enemy generals did not know that their retreat was being attacked, so they still wanted to fight based on this?
At this time, the sun had already sunk behind the mountains to the west. Seeing that it was getting late, Gao Le also ordered the troops to retreat. Unless the enemy army received new reinforcements in a short period of time, the prisoner horse in front of him would be
It is only a matter of time before the ridge is recovered, and continuing to fight now will only increase casualties.
With the Wei army temporarily withdrawing from the battlefield and the battle at Qimaling also temporarily coming to an end, Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen still seemed to be quite calm, but in fact they were extremely anxious in their hearts.
It was already evening when he received the news, and the enemy troops that had been advancing for thousands of miles must have entered the north of Taiyue Mountain. At this time, he did not know how much turmoil they had caused in the rear, but he was blocked by the enemy troops in front of him.
He went on the offensive without daring to move lightly.
Now that the fighting was suspended, he no longer tried to hide it, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to pack up their gear and evacuate to the rear overnight. In order to prevent the enemy from pursuing too closely, he left some soldiers to ambush the enemy in dangerous places along the way.
Not to mention the fighting and psychological games between the two warring soldiers in Queshu Valley, He Ruoden and his party marched north along the enemy's escape path. While taking a break on the way, they also received news of the reinforcement of troops on the rear route.
Then he accelerated forward again.
There was no need to worry about getting lost here. In addition to the Qi Army prisoners in the team as guides, there were also various traces left by the Qi soldiers who had fled earlier. So He Ruodun and his party trekked dozens of miles of mountain roads in one go, and finally finally
In the evening when it was almost dark, I broke out of the Thousand Miles Trail.
Although they were already exhausted by this time, they felt very happy when they saw that the field of vision gradually broadened, and all they could see were flat fields and low hills, instead of the irritating mountains and rocks.
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Outside Thousand Miles Trail is a dock wall. The dock wall was originally owned by Nanshuo Prefecture soldiers. The soldiers were dispatched south before, and only their family members stayed behind. However, it was probably because the defeated soldiers who had traveled Thousand Miles Trail informed the enemy about the situation, so this dock wall
Nowadays, people are leaving the house empty.
He Ruodun and his party took a short rest here, then put on their armor and mounted their horses. After leaving the dock wall, they marched north along the military road. Hundreds of horsemen went straight to Jiexiu City. Along the way, there were also many fleeing people, mainly the old and the weak.
Women, children and other families of Nanshuozhou soldiers.
These people also heard the news about the entry of the bandits. They took their families with them for fear of being attacked and killed. They took their wealth and belongings with them and prepared to go to Jiexiu City to escape the war. However, they did not want to encounter the enemy troops directly on the road.
Someone let out a cry of despair.
Although the army of the Western Wei Dynasty has never taken advantage of women, children, the elderly and the weak, the families of these soldiers fled with a lot of property, and they were very coveted when they saw the road. Although the Wei army had strict military discipline, not everyone was a moral model.
Seeing the property scattered along the way, some people naturally became greedy.
However, He Ruodun knew the importance and had a clear goal. He not only turned a blind eye to the fleeing people, but also shouted to the troops behind him: "Seize Jiexiu City first, and there will be no wasteful fighting along the way!"
After hearing this, all the knights withdrew their gaze and concentrated on riding horses, and finally arrived at the gate of Jiexiu City before dark.
At this time, the city inside and outside Jiexiu was also in chaos. There were defenders in the city, but many family members of soldiers from the surrounding fields rushed into the city to take refuge. All the chariots and horses were blocked inside and outside the city gate. Even if the defenders wanted to close the city gate,
, strengthening city defense has also been hindered.
When He Ruodun and his party rushed to the city and frightened away the crowded crowd outside the city, the open city gate appeared in front of them. Although there were still governors and soldiers shouting and wanting to gather the armored soldiers to occupy the city for fighting, many of the armored soldiers were either suppressed by the crowd.
Coercion, or abandoning weapons and fleeing, how can we organize an effective interception and counterattack.
"The king of the Wei Dynasty came here to fight against the thieves. People in the city must leave quickly. If you stay in the city, you will die!"
He Ruodun had been in the army for a long time, so he naturally knew how to cause greater panic. After he led his troops to rush out of the city, he was not in a hurry to enter the key points of the city, nor was he in a hurry to kill. Instead, he ordered the soldiers to
The horse galloped in front of the winding alleys in the city, frightening all the people in the city and drove them out of the city. Then they found the warehouse in the city, and the inventory in the warehouse was scattered among the winding alleys, allowing the mob to pick up and fight for it.
After running back and forth in the city for nearly an hour, they collected and packed up some war horses and combat supplies, and then started setting fire to all directions from the core area of the city.
When a group of soldiers gathered in the east of the city, the fire in Jiexiu City was also spreading rapidly. The city was located near Fenshui River, so there was no fear of this disaster, but at this time, all the residents in the city had fled to the suburbs.
, even though there are still some gangsters and rioters remaining in the city, they are mainly there to loot the warehouse supplies and have no time to put out the fire.
"This trip has been fruitful. We will return to Qianli Jingkou for a short rest and return tomorrow morning!"
He Ruoden also knew how to give up when he was ready. He waved his hand to greet his followers, and then took the lead in reining up his horse and heading in the direction he came from. The followers behind him also rode their horses and led the horses laden with harvests along the way.
After that, head all the way south.
The same was true for He Ruobi, who was in the team. He was leading two war horses behind him, and on their backs were several fine armors and other sophisticated ordnance selected from the enemy city's arsenal.
Because there were too many trophies, the war horses would drop items as soon as they started running. He originally wanted to stop and pick them up, but his father and the others had no intention of stopping. He was afraid of falling behind, so he could only keep walking at a fast pace.
, every time I heard something falling from behind, I would grimace in distress.