A red sun rises slowly, as red as the red threads in Li Yan's eyes.
Looking at the thick smoke billowing from the top of Chaoyi City and no open flames visible, Wu Weiying took a long breath and turned to look at Li Yan: "Li Shuai, now that the city is destroyed, we can finally have a good sleep."
"Sleeping?" Li Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Master Hou, you are so big-hearted."
"What?" Wu Weiying frowned, and Li Yan sighed: "This has just begun."
Wu Weiying came to his senses in an instant. He had just taken over a city and pulled out his spy. How could the rebel army just give up? They would surely launch a crazy counterattack and would never allow the officers and soldiers to gain a foothold on the other side.
Therefore, even if the city is broken, it doesn't mean anything. Standing firm is what makes you awesome.
Ma Huabao and others at the head of Chaoyi City looked down at the small town that had just been attacked. The east tower had been bombed down, and the city walls were riddled with holes. The houses in the city were either directly bombed or devoured by fire. The soldiers
They are busy putting out fires and cleaning up the battlefield.
The war horse Huabao suffered a lot of damage, but the results were not bad. They captured more than 700 thieves' heads and soldiers, killed more than 400 enemies, and the rest fled elsewhere.
Although he did not get the first success, he did get the first victory. Although Ma Huabao was unhappy, it was hard to show it, but it was felt by several other people. Zhang Guozhu was very embarrassed and said: "The fighter plane is fleeting and I dare not show it."
I’m wrong, I’ll repay you with this merit.”
Damn it, Ma Huabao cursed in his heart, but said: "What are you talking about? We brothers are different, as long as we fall into the hands of others, that's it."
When Zhang Guozhu wanted to be polite again, he was interrupted by Ma Huabao: "Don't talk about these useless things, get down to business first."
The so-called business is to quickly consolidate the defensive fortifications. Yes, we attacked fiercely just now. Once you attack, you have to defend. If the prediction goes well, it will not take half a day for the reinforcements of the rebel army in Dali to arrive. At that time, this small Chaoyi City will become
The bridgehead for officers and soldiers will be ushered in by the craziest firepower of the rebel army.
Ma Huabao and others used 3,000 troops to successfully break through the city with the help of artillery from the Shenji Battalion. After nearly two hours of fierce fighting, the soldiers were exhausted but had no time to rest. They put out the fire, cleared the battlefield, and dug trenches to build fortifications in the west of the city...
Change defense!
Li Yan would not use his tired troops to death, and he did not have any troops at hand. He sent an order to cross the river with 3,000 men to replace the tired troops on the other side, and at the same time, he brought all the prisoners over there to guard him. He was really worried there.
To prevent them from taking advantage of the chaos.
At the same time, the Shenji Battalion also began to transport artillery to the other side to strengthen the fire defense of Chaoyi City. However, it took a lot of effort to cross the river with the artillery. The red cannon often weighed one thousand or even two thousand kilograms. The ice on the river could not bear it at all, so ships had to be used to break the ice.
Or building a bridge, which is quite time-consuming and laborious.
In order to avoid delaying things, Wu Weiying mobilized 500 musketeers and more than 100 tiger cannons to cross the river to defend the imperial court. Although the range and power of these two firearms are not as good as the red cannons, they can win by force and can sweep across an area at critical moments.
, it’s no problem to suppress a few charges.
Li Yan did not cross the river for inspection. If a gentleman does not build a dangerous wall, the city of Chaoyi may fall into war again at any time. He is the commander-in-chief of the Yellow River Governor's army and must not venture into danger. He is not Chang Yu's fool who is not afraid of death.
It's dangerous to wander wherever your whim comes.
Although they did not cross the river, they still sent a message to Ma Huabao and others, praising them and defeating the city in an extreme time at the cost of nearly 10% of the damage. This is something to be proud of, and it is the first victory in the Yellow River Battle.
Extraordinary, I will immediately report it to the court for merit. Of course, don't be dazzled by the temporary victory, because you may suffer a counterattack from the bandit army soon. Being able to defend Chaoyi City is the final victory. It's time to test your ability.
It's time for you, and of course it's time for you to make contributions.
A small cup of poisonous chicken soup turned into chicken blood in a blink of an eye. Ma Huabao and the others became agitated. Naturally, they must seize such a good opportunity. If I can break the city, why can't I defend it?
Although the city is small and there is a plain to the west with no danger to defend, but the trenches have been dug and the firepower of the Shenji Battalion is supported, it depends on how the rebel army fights, not to mention that the main force is behind him and can cross the river at any time for reinforcements. To be honest, he
Still very confident.
Ma Huabao was busy building fortifications in Chaoyi. Li Yan in Puzhou City washed his face and began to write to Chang Yu. Then he went to the military camp to comfort the soldiers who participated in the war. Then he interrogated the captured Chaoyi generals. Only then did he learn that it was
One of Gao Yigong's closest confidants was nicknamed Hei Zhizi because he had a big mole on his face.
This person knew Li Yan, but Li Yan did not know him: "Li Chuang was captured in Beijing. The thieves are gone. In the future, they will either surrender or disperse and do nothing. If you surrender early, you will be able to make meritorious service, but later you will regret it..."
Li Yan is so eloquent, and when he was with the bandit army, the thieves were particularly convinced of him. With just a few glances, he moved the heart of the black rogue. Goodbye, even military advisor Gu Junen is here. Where else can he be?
What suspicion: "I will tell you whatever the two adults ask. From now on, I will follow the two adults to eat and drink spicy food..." Then he told him about the deployment of the rebel army that he knew.
Although this guy was a close confidant of Gao Yigong, he didn't know much about it, but Li Yan still got important information from him. Li Guo was in charge of Tongguan, and Gao Yigong was in Dali, directly opposite him.
This is somewhat different from Chang Yu's previous intelligence. At that time, Chang Yu concluded that Li Guo was based in Dali and was in charge of the overall situation of the northern and southern fronts. However, the black man said that Gao Yigong was in Dali.
Li Yan fell into deep thought. In order to prevent the officers and soldiers on the other side from knowing what was real and what was true, everything was deployed secretly. They could not even figure out who was guarding which city. This made it impossible for you to prescribe the right medicine. For a long time, you could not figure out the commander of the defense line on the other side.
who is it.
After a lot of trouble, they were sure that the coach was Li Guo, but they couldn't tell which city he was in. Although the black man said that Li Guo was in Tongguan, Li Yan didn't fully believe it.
But he would soon find out that Li Yan and Li Guo were familiar with each other. They were very close when they were in the rebel army. Therefore, after his betrayal, Li Guo wanted to skin him.
That is to say, he knew Li Guo's character very well because of his acquaintance. If he were in Dali, he would quickly send troops to counterattack after learning the news that the imperial court was breached, but if it was Gao Yigong...if the officers and soldiers were still attacking the city
, he would immediately lead troops to help, but if it had been captured, he would have informed Li Guo first before deciding whether to send troops.
Therefore, when reinforcements from Dali arrive, we will know who is in Dali.
While building fortifications on the other side, Ma Huabao sent patrols to seal off the surrounding area for twenty miles to search for deserters and at the same time investigate the movements of the surrounding bandits. Sure enough, he quickly detected bandits coming from the direction of Dali.
At noon, while Li Yan was taking a nap with his eyes narrowed in the hall, someone was sent from the other side to report: More than 2,000 bandits were found twenty miles west of Chaoyi City, including more than 500 cavalry.
Only two thousand people? Li Yan frowned: "Is there any luggage?"
After confirming that there were indeed only two thousand rebels and no baggage, Li Yan looked at Gu Junen next to him.
"The response was slower than expected." Gu Junen blew the tea in the cup, and Li Yan nodded: "Let's explore again!"
Half an hour later, the spies came back to report that the rebel army had arrived ten miles away. Ma Huabao sent Zhang Shiyi Boyongfu and more than a thousand troops to lure the enemy deeper, but the rebel army was unmoved and stopped moving forward.
Li Yan and Gu Junen looked at each other and smiled: "The tiger is not in the mountain."