After Hu Luguang received Duan Shao's reinforcements, he spontaneously advanced from Jiu Valley to Qinshui Valley.
Knowing that Yining City was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the Western Wei Dynasty still retained a considerable number of defenders in the city, Hu Luguang once again chose to attack day and night, hoping to capture Yining City in one fell swoop and cut off the
The Wei army's retreat route caused its frontline divisions and brigade to collapse without a fight.
However, the risks and variables of sneak attacks, a combat method with small investment and high returns, are also not small. Hu Luguang himself has experienced it twice recently and played different roles respectively. It is originally a tricky method with insufficient strength and little control. It is gratifying to succeed.
, failure is also not a small probability thing.
This time, the Western Wei Dynasty did not have sufficient communication and coordination with Yining City because it was Yunbao's attack. In addition, Hu Luguang's counterattack was relatively fast, so the early stage of the advance was relatively smooth, and his troops did not encounter any encounters.
Any obstruction would lead it into the Qinshui River Valley. But when it continued to advance north, it encountered a little accident.
However, the vigilance of Yining City's city defense exceeded Hu Luguang's expectations. When his troops passed through the Fajiu Valley and then headed north along the Qinshui River for a short distance, they were quickly noticed by the defenders' scouts in Yining City.
After arriving, he immediately sent a warning to the city so that the city would be on guard.
Hu Luguang had thousands of troops coming over the mountain. If they tried to steal the city, they might still succeed. However, facing the heavily fortified city, without carrying large engineering equipment, they had no choice but to do anything.
However, Hu Luguang's advance was not in vain. After all, he finally opened up and mastered the passage from the Shangdang area into the Qinshui River Valley. As long as they mastered this passage, the troops in the Shangdang area could
They continuously entered the Qinshui River Valley, trying to intercept and block the enemy's retreat in the Wusu area.
Therefore, when he saw that Yining City was heavily defended, Hu Luguang did not make any more futile attempts to attack the city. Instead, he directly led his troops back to the place where they entered before, and established a temporary stronghold relying on the mountain road behind.
The detachment team was sent up and down the river to inspect the enemy's situation, while the troops returned to report the situation to Duan Shao, who was still stationed in Xiayiju, and asked him to continue sending more troops to completely block the Qinshui River Valley.
The Qinshui River Valley is related to the retreat route and communication between the Western Wei army and the upper and lower forces, so there is no room for failure. Xue Shan, who stayed behind in Yining City, was cautious and prudent by nature. After trying to protect the city, he did not dare to neglect the enemy's situation and hurriedly sent envoys to convey the news.
Delivered to the front line.
Li Tai, who was still stationed on the north bank of the Tongtan River, immediately frowned after learning the news. When he continued to march, he had made very detailed military arrangements in the rear, but Yun Bao, a veteran general, unexpectedly
He took the initiative to attack rashly, so that the entire army was wiped out and the passage in and out of the Qinshui River Valley was surrendered. This really surprised him.
Needless to say, the importance of the Qinshui River Valley to the Western Wei army. Once it is lost, it will definitely be a major change that can shake the morale of the army. The progress and retreat of the entire army will be greatly affected, and naturally it cannot be controlled by the enemy.
Therefore, after learning about this incident, he immediately called the generals into the tent to briefly explain it. When everyone heard about this incident, their faces changed drastically, and they all rebuked Rainbow Dash for underestimating the enemy and making things happen.
But now, it is useless to pursue the matter further, not to mention that Rainbow Dash has already died in the battle, so there is no way to hold him responsible. The most important thing right now is how to remedy the matter.
When this topic was brought up, all the generals sighed. They had finally forced the main force of the Qi army to retreat. They were waiting to take advantage of the situation to continue their attack, but they did not want their retreat to be disrupted, forcing them to give up their great advantage and withdraw for rescue.
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But not everyone holds this view. He Ruodun, who was recently jointly shunned by his brothers, said loudly: "Qinyuan's gains and losses are important, but they are not my destiny. The two armies fought before and the bandit army was defeated.
Returning, the morale of the army must be low and the morale of the army shaken. If the thieves really still have the strength to fight, they should lead the army north again and fight me decisively, instead of a small group of troops taking advantage of the opportunity to advance into Qinshui.
Not to mention that Yining City is still being defended at the moment, even if it has been lost, it is not a dead end for me. I can just break the boat and go with the flow. While the thieves are dividing their forces from east to west, continue to attack the thieves in the south, sweep away the Shangdang, and then fight with Jian.
If Duke An, Lu, and others of the state join forces and gather forces, the thieves will be even more difficult to defeat!"
Hearing He Ruoden's words, Li Tai couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart. It was only after receiving the news and after some in-depth consideration that he felt that the war had progressed to this point and that the control of the Qinshui Valley
In fact, it is no longer as important to Wei Jun as it was at the beginning.
It is a bit unrealistic for the Qi army to count on this to complete the reversal of victory against the Wei army. This behavior revealed that the Qi army currently no longer has the ability and confidence to organize a large-scale battle, and can only hope for the key points.
Node breakthrough to try to complete the reversal of the situation.
It would be difficult to realize what He Ruodun said about continuing southward and sweeping the Shangdang, but if the Qi army was really too focused on controlling the Qinshui River Valley and invested too many troops, it would not be possible to achieve this.
Absolutely impossible.
It is precisely because the Qinshui River Valley is no longer a place of life and death that Li Tai summoned the generals to discuss the matter. If this matter really seriously threatened the army's advance and retreat and subsequent direction choices, then Li Tai would not have killed everyone.
As everyone knows, he will secretly gather his confidants, select elite soldiers and send them immediately to aid Yining City.
This matter posed a certain threat, but it did not endanger victory or life and death. Instead, it brewed a more attractive opportunity. Li Taicai informed the generals to cool down the overly optimistic and excited atmosphere currently permeating the army.
, and also allow all the generals to recognize the reality clearly. They must know that arrogant soldiers will be defeated.
When all the generals were worried about their retreat, He Ruoden was able to come up with the idea of rising to the challenge and continuing to advance in a very short period of time. This shows that this guy also has an almost intuitive ability to perceive and judge the fighter situation.
From this point of view, He Ruodun is really a general with outstanding advantages and disadvantages. In terms of ability and potential, this guy definitely has the possibility to become a first-rate general. But this bad-mouthed character and shortcomings also make it difficult for him to
Handle the overly complicated personnel relations well. If there is any large-scale battle on his own, Li Tai would not dare to put all his brothers under his command without restraint.
Of course, Li Tai did not dare to express these thoughts directly, otherwise if He Ruoden knew that he agreed with his views, he would have to persist to the end and strive to fight.
After some discussion, the generals did not reach a consensus. The main reason was that they were unwilling to give up their current advantages, and at the same time they were worried about the army's advance, retreat and logistical supply problems after the Qinshui River Valley was cut off. Similar to He Ruodun's more radical thinking
It's not that it didn't happen, but without Li Tai's approval, it didn't occupy the mainstream.
So Li Tai did not make any major military adjustments for the time being. He only sent an order to mobilize some troops from Wusu City and Guyuan City to return to help defend Yining City, while the main force of his army still stayed on the north bank of the Tongda River and strengthened it.
The intensity of sending scouts down to investigate the military situation.
Not to mention the reaction of the Western Wei Dynasty to this matter, Duan Shao, who was in Xiahuju, was a little disappointed when he learned that although Hu Luguang successfully entered the Qinshui River Valley, he did not take advantage of the situation to capture Yining City, but soon
Then I adjusted my mentality slightly.
He is not the kind of person who is very gambling and greedy for extraordinary achievements. He knows that with Li Boshan's ability in using troops, it is extremely rare for a small loophole to appear. It is really a bit too much to expect a huge strategic turnaround due to the opponent's negligence.
impossible.
As for Hu Luguang's request to send more troops to strengthen the blockade of the Qinshui River Valley, Duan Shao did not immediately agree, because his troops were not sufficient at the moment, and he had just suffered a major defeat, and the morale of the enemy was low.
The fate of the army is still undecided. It may not be a good thing to rashly transfer troops to other places to open up new battlefields.
Next, Duan Shao also sent more scouts to the north, hoping to find out the enemy's reaction to this matter before making a decision, but the news fed back made it difficult for him to be optimistic.
Not only did the enemy's main force show no signs of immediately evacuating to the rear, but they also increased the activities of their scouts. Whether this was truly arrogant or just a pretense, at least for now, the stability of the Qinshui River Valley seemed to have an impact on the Wei army.
It was not as big as they expected.
So whether to continue to increase troops to the Qinshui Valley does not have to be difficult. Even if Hu Luguang thinks that this strategy is feasible, it must at least be shown that it can have a certain impact on the main force of the enemy before considering investing in additional troops.
At the same time, another piece of news came back from the rear, which surprised Duan Shao and made him feel uneasy. That was that Emperor Gao Yang, who originally led his army back to Jinyang to take charge, suddenly changed direction and rushed to Jinyang halfway.
Liaoyang.
The emperor had many whims, but they were basically harmless before. This time, when the army failed, he suddenly diverted to Liaoyang, which made people think secretly.
On the one hand, it may be that the emperor's physical condition became worse and he wanted to go to Liaoyang to recuperate. The monks of Ganlu Temple in Liaoyang have won the trust of the emperor in recent years, and Liaoyang is located between Yedu and Jinyang. The emperor could avoid suffering by recuperating in the middle.
to the disturbing influence of political forces in both cities.
On the other hand, it may be that the emperor had certain ideas about the current personnel structure in the country, so he carried out some personnel operations in an intermediate position like Liaoyang.
Regardless of the circumstances of the emperor's transfer to Liaoyang, he had never communicated with Duan Shao before. Although Duan Shao immediately sent people to Liaoyang to ask for instructions after learning about the matter, he has not yet received a reply. When I think of it,
Duan Shao couldn't help but feel panicked due to all the personnel turmoil that would arise in the country.
After several attempts to re-establish contact with the emperor failed, Duan Shao made a major decision after careful consideration, that is, while Hu Luguang advanced into the Qinshui Valley, at least the Qi army ostensibly occupied the
When there is a certain advantage, envoys are sent to the Western Wei camp to seek peace and strive to stabilize the border situation.
Even if it is just a show of cowardice between each other, it can release some hints of an imminent war break, allowing the army gathered to guard the border to be able to loosen their bonds and return to the court, thereby exerting a certain deterrent force on the personnel in the country who are ready to move, even if there is any
The occurrence of variables can also be controlled somewhat.