When Nahe Xiongqi led 5,000 elite cavalry across the sea ice of Liaodong Bay, they crossed directly to Ningjin in the middle of western Liaoning. They defeated more than 10,000 soldiers and horses who came from Linyu to aid western Liaoning. Hao Zongcheng panicked in Songshan.
God.
As Li Zhuo expected, the captive soldiers in the direction of Datong sent out an elite cavalry to borrow the road from Jinzhong and detour into Yannan. Hao Zongcheng hated Li Zhuo for being a crow's mouth and saying whatever he said.
They also realized that the whole situation was probably a big trap set by the Donghu people. In order to lay this trap, they even gave up Songshan City.
It was only February, and the land in western Liaoning was covered with white snow. Although it no longer snowed, there was no sign of the warmer weather returning to spring. The strong wind blew the dry snow in the air, and if it hadn't been for the cold and white sun peeking out, it would have been thought that
It's snowy weather.
When Li Zhuo commanded the army, 60,000 troops were deployed in a gradient from Ningjin to Songshan, and the transportation of grain and fodder was centered on Ningjin.
Hao Zongcheng was eager to get things done, so he not only pushed all the troops who had left western Liaoning to the front, but also transferred troops from Linyu and Changli to western Liaoning. At this time, there were nearly 70,000 troops assembled on the Songshan front line, and Ningjin served as a transit point for western Liaoning.
, the garrison troops were less than 10,000, not counting the defeated troops. In Linyu and Changli, the reserve troops were less than 20,000.
Compared with the rapid mobilization of troops to the north, the movement of grain and fodder was seriously lagging behind. A large amount of grain and fodder was backlogged in Ningjin and could not be transported. The rice grain and horse feed for the camps on the Songshan front line only amounted to more than 40,000 dan, leaving Nahe Xiongqi and his elite troops to insert it.
Along the Ningjin line, Songshan is worried about running out of food.
When Li Zhuo was in charge of the army, he occupied some hills north of Songshan. Li Zhuo sent troops to cut down trees and build strongholds on the hills, and used cavalry to protect the bottom of the mountains. He built a total of six camps, set up barracks, and dug long trenches around the perimeter.
Li Zhuo's idea was to build a camp step by step and extend to the north, eventually building Songshan into an indestructible fortress county.
After Hao Zong became the commander, he felt that Li Zhuo's step-by-step strategy was too slow to achieve results, so he mobilized more than 50,000 troops and horses to cross Songshan and extend northward, hoping to find opportunities for fighting.
When the captive cavalry intervened between Ningjin and Songshan, Hao Zongcheng was worried about losing his way back, so he hastily pulled back the 20,000 troops and horses from the north of Songshan. Hao Zongcheng did not control the spread of the good news, and all the generals in the army knew about it at almost the same time.
The news that the road was cut off made people panic.
The generals who led the army were not willing to fight. At first, they felt that Liaoyang was empty and there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so they eagerly sought a battle, hoping to gain military exploits and glorify their ancestors. Hao Zongcheng came up with the secret decree, and they responded together and drove Li Zhuo away.
But at this time, the captive cavalry detoured from Jinzhong and entered Yannan, and another elite cavalry from Liaodong crossed the sea and inserted into Ningjin to cut off their retreat. These generals, like Hao Zongcheng, were worried about gains and losses and were at a loss.
Some people suggested going back to aid Yannan immediately, some people suggested sticking to Songshan and waiting to see the situation, and some people still insisted on attacking Liaoyang with heavy troops. The generals were arguing endlessly, and Hao Zongcheng had no accurate idea. After Hao Zongcheng took charge of the commander, Zhang Ximin took up the post of Director of the Ministry of War.
Yuan Wai Lang temporarily supervises the military envoy. Zhang Ximin has read several military books, but they are far from enough to cope with the current situation.
Zhang Ximing and Hao Zongcheng discussed in secret for two days, and finally came up with a completely different plan: Yuan Lishan led 20,000 troops to attack Liaoyang, Cheng Tinggui led 20,000 troops to return to Ningjin, and Hao Zongcheng and the generals
He led 30,000 troops and horses to respond in the center of Songshan Mountain.
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In the Qingqiang Ridge and Nuerhe River between Songshan and Liaoyang, there are trenches built by the Donghu people.
No one would easily let the enemy approach the gates of the capital city. After the fall of Songshan, they built an outer interception camp in the southwest of Liaoyang to keep the enemy out of the capital. This was what the Donghu people had been doing in the past two months.
The head coach of the Donghu people in Qingqianling is Ye Jiluorong, Prince of Merdomu. In his early years, when he was conquering the barbarians in Yanxi, Ye Jiluorong showed his military talents with both wisdom and courage. When he broke through the pass and invaded the south last time, he led
Twenty thousand elite cavalry were deployed around the capital to contain the Jingying, Jizhen, and Xuanzhen forces several times their own, ensuring that Ye Jier led the main force to successfully sweep through Yannan and northern Shandong.
Although the troops and horses he commanded in Qingqianling this time were mainly Donghu people, Hu people from Yanxi, Koreans, and Han people from Liaodong also accounted for almost half, with a total of less than 20,000 people. On the contrary, last time they came from Yannan
The captured generals from the Southern Dynasty worked very hard.
The original plan was to use Qingqiang Ridge as the final battlefield, and use the 20,000 people led by Ye Jiluo Rong as bait to attract the main force of the Jizhen Army for the battle. However, Li Zhuo was not fooled, and Hao Zongcheng was replaced, and it was too late.
, we can only send Nahe Xiongqi to lead his troops to cut into Ningjin first, cutting off the retreat of the Ji Town army on Songshan Mountain.
Even so, King Khan insisted not to allow the soldiers and horses on the front line of Qingqiang Ridge to press to Songshan...
They didn't know Songshan's grain and grass reserves, so forcing all the 60,000 to 70,000 Ji Town troops back to Songshan City to defend themselves was not a good thing. If they were to alert the enemy and make Songshan's Hao Zongcheng Tiexin withdraw his troops from Liaoxi, it would not be the result they wanted to see.
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After several battles, even though there was a deliberate release of water to lure the enemy deeper, we can still feel that the Ji Zhen Army was much stronger than the battle of Chentangguan and the last invasion of Yannan. Not to mention that Hao Xiongqi led the 56th Army.
Can the Qianjing Cavalry delay the Ji Zhen Army's southward retreat? Even if it does, they will lead a large army to catch up and surround them, and no matter how much they eat them completely, they don't know what the price will be.
The best strategy is to make Hao Zongcheng feel lucky and delusional, to make them hesitate, and to continuously consume the Ji Zhen army's strength and resistance will in the field battle.
Ye Ji Luorong and Ye Ji'er didn't know that Hao Zongcheng, Zhang Ximing and others had already played the card they needed most.
From Songshan to Qingqiang Ridge, Ye Jiluorong continued to send small groups of cavalry and infantry to conduct tentative attacks against the 20,000 Ji Town troops advancing north. There were casualties on each other, but no one took advantage.
"Uncle King, how far can you go in this battle?"
The person who asked Ye Jiluorong was Yejier's eldest son, Ye Jibaishan, who was Ye Jiluorong's deputy commander and was granted the title of county king.
Yeji Baishan looks rude, not at all like Yejier's comely appearance, but like his mother, Yejier's concubine, is ugly and not favored, but it does not affect Baishan's status. After all, it is the most popular
Yejier's favorite concubine had no heirs.
Ye Ji'er is in poor health, and no one knows how many years his body can carry him. Ye Ji Luorong doesn't really want Bai Shan to inherit the throne. In that case, he and Duo Dy will be in danger.
Ye Jiluorong hid his thoughts and did not reveal them. He looked at the soldiers and horses of Ji Town winding northward at the foot of the distant mountains, and replied to Bai Shan: "Fight this battle honestly first, and then think about other things! Can Ji Zhen be defeated?"
If the town army devours it, it will be a great victory!"
There were more than a thousand horses galloping from the north, and the big flag carried by the leading knight was rimmed with gold. Ye Jiluorong looked over and said, "Your father is here, let's go and greet him!" He got on his horse, surrounded by the horsemen, and rode quickly.
Went down the mountain.
Ye Ji'er was wearing thick clothes, sitting on horseback, watching Ye Ji Luorong and his eldest son Bai Shan coming over, and said: "The Southern Dynasty has sent a messenger to ask Hao Zongcheng to withdraw from western Liaoning. Although the messenger was intercepted, I think the Southern Dynasty will continue to come."
Send messengers----I decided to send troops to support Nahe Xiongqi and completely seal off Liaoxi. You guys have to grit your teeth and hold on for a few days!"
"If the two heads of the Ji Zhen army are revealed and cut off, Hao Zongcheng will be frightened by the news and huddle in Songshan City without moving, so there is no need to worry. Father Khan should mobilize most of the clan's troops to enter the pass from Linyu.
Join forces with the Third Uncle King. As long as the fortresses and cities around Yanjing are breached, the long-term siege of Yanjing will be easily broken!" Ye Jibaishan said.
Ye Ji Luorong smiled inwardly, this kid is playing this trick with him!
Yejier glanced far away and said: "Let's fight the battle in front of us first and then talk about it!"
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On the 26th, Cheng Tinggui led his troops to engage in battle with Nahe Xiongqi's cavalry on the east side of Danling. After a few tentative battles, they retreated to the east foot of Danling for a confrontation. The stalemate lasted only one day.
Suddenly, more than 10,000 captive cavalry inserted again from the northeast, joined forces with Nahe Xiongqi, and besieged Cheng Tinggui's troops in Danling. Although Cheng Tinggui sent people to Songshan to ask for help, on the night of the 27th, the captive soldiers attacked Cheng Tinggui's troops.
Launch a violent attack.
Logging during the severe cold season was already difficult, and Cheng Tinggui's retreat into Danling was short, so the Danling camp was extremely thin. The soldiers dismounted and held fire to attack at night, and in the early morning of the 28th, they broke through the Danling camp from the northeast corner. Cheng Tinggui's troops
After persisting until noon on the 28th, Cheng Tinggui died of serious injuries. Seeing that he could not wait for reinforcements, General Yu finally could not withstand the pressure and chose to divide his troops to break out. From then on, Cheng Tinggui's army completely collapsed.
The barren mountains and ridges were covered with ice and snow. Except for the deep mountains and old forests to the west, there was no place to escape. The broken soldiers fled in the snow, but they were easily chased from behind by the cavalry, shot with arrows or chopped with swords——
The hot blood splashed out and flowed into a river, melting a piece of snow. Not long after it flowed, it froze into solid red ice.
Nahe Xiongqi detached 5,000 cavalry to chase down the defeated troops and block the Songshan retreat. He led the main force to march north, and at Yaowang Mountain forty miles away from Songshan City, he defeated more than 10,000 Jizhen soldiers who had left Songshan to aid Cheng Tinggui.
.After that, they bypassed Songshan City and attacked Yuan Lishan's troops who were attacking Qingqiang Ridge at this time.
Only by completely annihilating Yuan Lishan's troops, the Jizhen Army in western Liaoning will not be in danger.
In addition to the more than 10,000 elite troops led by Na He Xiongqi and the 20,000 defenders of Qingqiang Ridge, on the first day of March, Ye Jier personally led 30,000 troops to Qingqiang Ridge and completely defeated Yuan Lishan's 20,000 troops.
besieged in a world of ice and snow.
Faced with the sudden deterioration of the situation in western Liaoning, Hao Zongcheng did not dare to send reinforcements to rescue Yuan Lishan's troops, nor did he dare to hold on to Songshan City for fear of being besieged by the Donghu people. On the second day of March, he abandoned the city in an extremely irrational manner.
Breakout to the south.
Hao Zongcheng led a breakout force of only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. He was very poorly prepared. He had stored up grain, baggage and heavy ordnance and discarded all it. Now that the road was opened, there was no rear arrangement. The 20,000 soldiers and horses just set off on the road in confusion, heading south in a panic.
While escaping, in the area of Ningjin and Danshan, they were tenaciously intercepted by the 5,000 captives and cavalry who were stranded here. Only a few soldiers and horses slipped through the gaps.
Yuan Lishan held out at the eastern foot of Qingqiang Ridge until March 6. When he saw more and more captive soldiers surrounding him, but no reinforcements came from the direction of Songshan, he chose to surrender.
Then Ye Ji'er immediately ordered Ye Ji Luorong and Na He Xiongqi to lead 20,000 elite cavalry first. They would send Danshan area to intercept the troops and pursue the Jizhen army who fled south. They took advantage of the situation and entered the pass, and met with Ye Jiduo who had entered Yannan earlier.
Dysprosium, join forces and attack Yanjing again!
Ye Ji'er and Changshan Ye Ji Baishan led the main force to clean up the Qingqiang Ridge, Songshan, and Danling areas and receive the surrendered troops. After resting and recuperating, they could lead the army into the pass again.
The Jizhen Army that Li Zhuo spent three years rebuilding completely collapsed in less than ten days.