Perhaps everything has a certain destiny. The victory of Hongnong was the greatest victory that Northern Qi could achieve in this East-West war. From now on, even if it makes more efforts, it will be difficult to achieve greater results.
The situation may even decline irrevocably.
Tongguan is the most famous pass in the world, and it is indeed well-deserved. When Gao Guiyan, King of Qin in the Northern Qi Dynasty, led 10,000 troops to the pass, he launched a fierce attack on Tongguan. However, he encountered stubborn resistance from the defenders in the city. After a fierce battle, he lost all his troops but no generals.
Make some progress.
At the same time, the latest changes in the situation in Heluo also reached Hongnong. When they learned that Li Boshan had led his army to Heluo and had surrounded Jin Yong City, the generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty could not help but feel worried.
In particular, Hu Luguang was worried about his father's safety, so he immediately spoke out and suggested that he return to the army immediately to provide support.
However, this proposal was rejected by Gao Guiyan, who had just returned from defeat: "The Tongguan thieves are still stubbornly resisting. The former soldiers have made some achievements in the strong attack. Now it is time to send more troops to continue the attack. Once Tongguan is conquered, Guanzhong will
At this moment, I have no time to look back. What's more, King Xianyang is the famous general Su Lao of the country. He has tens of thousands of elite troops to occupy Jin Yongjian City. How can he not be able to defeat Li Boshan who is rushing northward? "
"If Tongguan has really achieved great success, why did the king retreat to Hongnong? Regardless of whether Jin Yong defended it or not, isn't it an important point of the military strategist to retreat when the teacher and the elders did it?"
Hearing Gao Guiyan's nonsense, Hu Luguang couldn't help but feel angry and asked rudely.
After Gao Guiyan heard this, he sneered: "Hulu Kaifu knew that I had no success? Even if I have no success, isn't it because of insufficient military strength? Now you are waiting for me to go in a hurry, causing my success to fail, and you will be willing to return home
Asking for sin? If you are willing, I will go. If not, anyone who asks to go will lose my military morale!"
Gao Guiyan was not a man of general knowledge. After a battle, he realized that Tongguan was easy to defend and difficult to attack. He also had the intention to retreat, but he was unwilling to bear the responsibility of voluntarily withdrawing his troops.
When he saw that Hu Luguang was eager to return to Jinyong City, he wanted to create a strong and war-hungry persona for himself, so that even if he returned and was criticized by His Majesty the Emperor, he could still blame others.
His thoughts could not be hidden from the crowd present. After Duan Shao heard this, he immediately frowned and wanted to speak. However, Hu Luguang had already taken the lead and said in a deep voice: "After the division returns, if the Lord is really held accountable, I will tell you frankly what the military situation is today."
, If you are guilty, you should take the responsibility yourself, and the King of Qin will share the responsibility without any effort!"
After hearing this, the other generals also expressed their support for Hu Luguang. On the one hand, they also understood that Gao Guiyan was talking nonsense. Even if the army continued to persist, it would be difficult to break through Tongguan. On the other hand, Li Boshan's deterrence was still insufficient.
Xiao, if they really establish a foothold between Heluo and Luo, their army's retreat will be affected.
"Today's retreat is due to the situation, not to anyone's personal agenda, and it doesn't matter who is responsible for the crime. If anyone thinks that they can continue fighting, I will order them to temporarily guard Hongnong, and then call for reinforcements after returning to the Lord.
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Duan Shao raised his hand to suppress everyone's discussion, and then spoke meaningfully. After hearing this, Gao Guiyan's face suddenly changed, his head shrunk and he fell silent.
So next, the army still took Hu Luguang as the vanguard, and led his own troops and other troops, a total of 6,000 troops, to go ahead and march straight to Xin'an along the Beikiao Road to rush to aid Jin Yong. Duan Shao led the main force along the road.
Returned. When their army withdrew, they also burned Hongnong City to the ground.
Hu Luguang was worried about his father's safety. On the way back, he marched faster than before. He marched day and night along the way. Even the horses in his army fell dead on the way. The whereabouts of the people and horses along the way were also known.
Continuously pass them to Jin Yong City.
Although Li Tai has not been stationed in Heluo for a long time, his prestige among Heluo exceeds that of many east and west generals, especially among the Yiluo barbarians who have always been on the edge.
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In the past, several phoenixes and others used Li Tai's reputation among the barbarians to get cooperation and help, and successfully opened the Yique Passage. Now that Li Tai has arrived in person, these barbarians naturally responded more enthusiastically and cooperated with his military operations.
Although the combat and organizational capabilities of the barbarians are mediocre, they still have considerable advantages as mountain barbarian natives, and they can play a significant role in many places, such as acting as eyes and ears to detect intelligence and spread news.
Previously, more than 100,000 Chinese and foreign troops poured into the Heluo area. During the Battle of Mangshan, when they retreated to Yiyang, only 50,000 to 60,000 troops were left. Excluding the nearly 10,000 followers of Li Bi, the casualties still exceeded 30,000.
In addition to the casualties on the battlefield and being captured by the Qi army, there were also a considerable number of soldiers who fled between Heluo and Heluo.
In the following period, the Qi army did not have time to carry out systematic clearing operations between Heluo and Heluo, so those troops could still wander and hide in Heluo Township. As the barbarians continued to communicate and spread the word, these escaped troops also
Everyone knew that the Taiyuan royal army had entered Heluo and besieged Jinyong City, so they all came over one after another.
After Li Tai besieged Jinyong City for ten days, the size of his troops also grew rapidly. The total number of barbarian troops who came to seek refuge and the fleeing troops from Zhongwaifu were almost 20,000, which was much higher than when he first came to Hehe.
Luo Shi's military strength almost doubled.
Li Tai deployed these troops to the fortresses between Yiluo, which greatly enhanced his control over Heluo. At the same time, he also took advantage of this to know the movements of the Qi army. When Hu Luguang led his troops to rush through
When he came to Xin'an, he already knew about it and was ready to fight.
During this period of time, as the Heyang artillery was set up on Tushan during the siege of the city, it fired several cannons at Jinyong City from time to time. The city no longer stubbornly defended itself. Several raids were launched against Tushan, but without exception, they were all defeated by the garrison outside the city.
were repulsed. However, since Li Tai did not order the ants to attack the city, the intensity of the battle between the two sides was not too strong.
However, because the construction of the sand embankment outside the city became more and more complicated, it was no different than building an outer city outside Jinyong City. It seemed that the situation in Jinyong City was very dangerous and precarious, and this was exactly where Li Tai wanted to fight back with reinforcements.
Important information was delivered to them instantly.
When Hu Luguang led his troops to Luoxi and saw the scene outside Jinyong City, he couldn't help but take a breath. Although it was not yet clear what Li Boshan wanted to do in this battle, it was difficult for ordinary people to do it when he saw it.
The situation of siege felt even more solemn when I saw it.
To be cautious, Hu Luguang did not immediately launch an attack on the enemy troops outside Changwei. Instead, he temporarily stationed his troops near the White Horse Temple, while he led a group of light cavalry to patrol around the city to observe the enemy's layout loopholes, and The soldiers blew the trumpet to convey the news to the city that the reinforcements had arrived, so as to calm the hearts of the defenders in the city.
Because Li Tai was worried that Hu Luguang would not be able to seize the center of gravity immediately, he set up his large army near Tushan in the south of the city. When Hu Luguang led his troops to rush through the countryside, he Ling Tushan's Heyang artillery fired several rounds into the city. Along with the roar of the artillery stones entering the city, people shouted in unison: "Birds and beasts still have the meaning of feeding back. Dulv Mingyue watched the father's danger but did not save him, the beasts Not as good as that!”
"The Qiang thieves go too far!"
When Hu Luguang in the wilderness heard this cry, he was so angry that his eyes were split open. He ran all the way to get help, exhausted, just to relieve the siege of Jinyong City as soon as possible, but how could he endure such humiliation.
Although he knew that the other party was deliberately humiliating the general, when he heard the insults that "Hu Lu Guang Mingyue is not as good as a beast", Hu Luguang was also indignant and went to the White Horse Temple camp to summon a thousand spirits. He rode and led his troops to attack the enemy's weak flank.
However, what he faced this time was not the defeated troops of the Western Wei Dynasty on the Xiaohan Road who could be driven away with violence and wanton slaughter, but the Xiangyang Division who were recharging their strength and waiting for work.
Of course, the seemingly weak flank was just a deliberately left loophole. As the Qi army's cavalry charged towards it, the scattered soldiers here quickly withdrew towards the inner formation. At the same time, the soldiers covered by these scattered soldiers The heavy armored infantry appeared. But this was not the real killing move. A company of crossbowmen appeared behind the layers of sand embankments, each of them opened their crossbows and fired at the oncoming Qi army.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the power of long-range weapons such as crossbows is greatly reduced. However, because the southerners themselves have low maneuverability, they especially need to rely on the damage of long-range weapons when fighting the Northern Dynasties. Therefore, many crossbows and crossbows have appeared to cope with severe cold weather. Regarding maintenance methods, although the range and power of these individual hand crossbows are not very strong, the damage they cause to unarmored and lightly armored units at close range is particularly impressive.
War is all about various preparations. The so-called adaptability actually doesn't have much flexibility to use when the gap is obvious. Now the gap between the two sides can no longer be described as obvious, so when Hu Luguang's light cavalry troops just Rushing into the attack range, they were immediately harvested layer by layer like weeds, and more than a hundred people were killed or injured in just one charge.
"How can you be burdened by common names and think that you are short-term and long-term?"
Hu Lüjin on the top of the city was also paying close attention to the movements outside the city. When he saw Hu Luguang's irrational behavior, he immediately sighed and quickly sent a team of troops out of the city to Tushan. Launch an attack and try to use this as a countermeasure.
Seeing Jin Yong's actions in the city, Li Tai asked someone to change the content of the propaganda: "Hu Lv Jin can't shrink out of the front. Guan Zi's defeat means saving the lives of the soldiers. Do the Jinyang soldiers have no father and no sons?" ?The old thief harms others to save his son, how shameless!"
Hearing the shouts of the enemy troops outside the city, the defenders in Jinyong City couldn't help but change their expressions. They were whispering to each other and talking a lot. Even some of the sergeants who had already descended from the city in hanging baskets were just wandering under the city at this moment.
They did not attack Tushan. It is true that the hierarchy in the army is very strict and the military orders are numerous. However, when the truth about favoring one over another is torn apart and laid bare in front of them, not everyone can accept it calmly.
"Li Boshan, if we fight, we will fight. You have humiliated me so much. You and I swear not to be at odds with each other!"
When Hu Luguang heard that his father and son had suffered such humiliation, he became even more angry. He immediately reorganized his troops and continued to charge forward.
Li Tai stood under the banner, and his troops stepped forward and shouted: "When the two countries are fighting, there will be no righteousness. Before, I, the son of Guanxi, bathed in Heluo with blood, and you did not regret it. Now my army is here to take revenge! Hulu Lu
Since the bright moon calls you loyal and filial, I will wait for you here. If you don't come, I will kill your father!"
I have also read everyone’s comments in the past two days. I’m sorry, I’m really not slowing down the pace. I know that everyone is very concerned about the follow-up plot direction. The climax part cannot be completed in one go because I am not prepared enough and have nothing to save. I can’t write the key plot very quickly.
, approaching the end of the year, there are a lot of chores. From Shannan rescuing Heluo to entering Guanzhong is a major plot advancement in the middle of the book. It is difficult to condense all the clues and personnel changes into more than ten chapters. Before the end of the year, try to put He Luo first.
I would like to give a finishing touch on the Luo side. At the end of the year, I hope that everyone will not be in a bad mood because of me, a guy who does not live up to expectations. If you have a bad reading experience, you can wait until after the new year to read again. I will try to write the process as exciting as possible!!