Tang Yin carefully studied Fan Shan's opinion and finally decided to adopt it. It was not that he thought Fan Shan's strategy was brilliant, but that he could not think of any other strategy to deal with the enemy. However, Tang Yin did not break his promise and sent Fan Shan to the enemy.
The position of a good military counselor will be upgraded to a military officer.
The official rank of a military follower is higher than that of a military counselor, second only to the military advisor. They can directly advise the king and are also qualified to participate in large-scale military meetings.
According to Fan Shan's advice, Tang Yin left the Western Frontier Army in Gaochuan County and ordered them to avoid the enemy's sharp edges and hide in the jungle, specializing in sneak attacks on the enemy's logistics.
Tang Yin was able to leave the Western Border Army led by Zuo Shuang in Gaochuan County, showing his great trust in Zuo Shuang and the Western Border Army. This made Zuo Shuang extremely excited and completely determined to follow Tang Yin to the death. The next battle
The Central and Western Border Forces in Gaochuan County greatly restrained the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces and became a thorn in their side. This also greatly reduced Tang Yin's pressure.
Let's talk about Tang Yin's side. He successively sent out the Chifeng Army and the Western Border Army. Only the Direct Army and the New Army were left under his command, and the strength of the troops was reduced sharply to 200,000. However, there are still hidden dangers among these 200,000 people. The combat effectiveness of the New Army is a
A big problem that gave Tang Yin a headache.
Tang Yin didn't stop much in Gaochuan County and headed northeast, heading straight for Jinyang.
Five days later, Feng Jun arrived in Jinyang.
When he arrived at Jinyang, Tang Yin couldn't tell what he was feeling. Jinyang was actually not small, but the problem was that its city was very small, only a few miles in circumference. Outside the city wall, there were densely packed private houses and streets.
If these private houses are included, the area of Jinyang must be at least doubled.
Obviously, there was something wrong with Jinyang's original planning. The city was built too small. As the population increased, the original city could not accommodate so many people. People who had nowhere to live could only build houses outside the city wall.
After the Feng army arrived in Jinyang, they could not set up defenses first, but had to clear out the people inside and outside the city wall. Otherwise, when the battle came, they would have no eyesight and swords and guns, and they would accidentally kill many people!
Tang Yin also ordered Letian and Ai Jia to send letters to the city lords of Songqiu, Ningding and Taifeng respectively, instructing them to organize troops and manpower and prepare for defense. The main force of the Sichuan-Zhenjun coalition could attack the three cities at any time.
After receiving Tang Yin's order, the city lords dared not delay and sent letters to the county and county, asking for immediate reinforcements from the county and county soldiers. At the same time, they themselves gathered the officers and soldiers in the city to strengthen the city's defense and store grain and grass.
It had only been one day since the Feng Army arrived in Jinyang, and all the people in Jinyang had almost fled. In the end, only a few strong men were left who were willing to stay and do hard work. The lord of Jinyang City did not run away, nor did he dare to run away, so he organized a group of people in the city
The few officers, soldiers and strong men cooperated with the Feng army to set up defenses.
Tang Yin inspected his own defense situation on the city wall and looked at the empty houses inside and outside the city. He sighed in his heart that when fighting on the mainland, no matter whether the battle goes smoothly or not, it is the home country that will suffer in the end.
common people.
The Fengjun did not waste the houses outside the city wall. They arranged traps from house to house inside. Although it was very rough, it was absolutely no problem to kill or injure the enemy soldiers. All the Fengjun's trebuchets were also concentrated in the city. Once the enemy ran into the house,
You can avoid your own arrow array here, and the trebuchet's stone bullets can collapse civilian houses, killing and injuring enemy troops.
Tang Yin was well prepared in Jinyang, just waiting for the Sichuan and Zhen coalition forces to attack.
At this time, the Sichuan-Zhen coalition forces were still marching slowly in Gaochuan County.
The terrain of Gaochuan County was too complex, with many mountains and woodlands. Ren Fang did not dare to advance for fear of being ambushed by Feng's army. Although the spies had reported to him and Tang Yin led his army into Jinyang City, Ren Fang was still cautious.
, In addition, the Sichuan army had too much baggage to move fast even if they wanted to. Heavy trebuchets, ram chariots, thunder chariots, cloud chariots, arrow towers and other siege weapons were extremely difficult to walk on the mountain roads of Gaochuan County.
The advantage of marching slowly is that it can prevent enemy ambush, and secondly, it also gives Ren Fang enough time to ponder the Feng army's combat intentions.
Nie Ze disapproved of the Feng army's retreat to Jinyang. According to the information sent back by spies, Jinyang was just a small town with short walls. In his opinion, Tang Yin was seeking his own death.
He disliked the Sichuan army moving too slowly, so he suggested to Ren Fang that he lead the 250,000 Zhen army to leave first, wait for him to break through Jinyang, cut off Tang Yin's head, and then come back to meet him. After listening to Nie Ze's words
Meaning, it seems that even if he led his army to capture Jinyang, the Sichuan army may not be able to reach Jinyang.
After listening to his words, Ren Fang shook his head and smiled, and said: "General Nie, Tang Yin is not a monarch who doesn't know how to fight. Don't you have any doubts about why he chose to garrison the small town of Jinyang?"
Nie Ze blinked and said nonchalantly: "He must have been chased by our army and panicked, so he chose to resist our army in Jinyang."
Ren Fang sighed and asked someone to fetch a map and spread it on the ground. Then he raised his head to Nie Zeyang and said: "General Nie, look, the layout around Jinyang is very interesting. It is adjacent to the three cities, Songqiu
, Ningding, and Taifeng are less than a hundred miles away from Jinyang. If our army attacks Jinyang, once the three cities send reinforcements, it will take less than a day to arrive. By then, my attacking army will be attacked from both sides.
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Nie Ze took a breath. He really hadn't studied the terrain around Jinyang carefully. He lowered his head and looked at the map carefully. He found that Ren Fang was right. The layout of Jinyang and the three surrounding cities was indeed very strange. The main reason was that
They were too close. He subconsciously asked: "How many troops are there in the three cities of Songqiu, Ningding and Taifeng?"
Ren Fang shook his head and said: "The spies who went out to investigate have not returned yet. The specific situation is not clear. However, I think there are quite a few troops coming to these three cities. Otherwise, Tang Yin would never be so confident and bold to garrison Jinyang."
Nie Ze was also a commander who was good at using troops. After listening to Ren Fang's analysis, he secretly said that it made sense. He rubbed his chin and murmured: "This is a bit troublesome." As he spoke, he raised his head and asked Ren Fang: "Ren Fang
Handsome, what are your plans?"
Ren Fang smiled and said: "I never fail to come up with a good idea. General Nie, do you still want to take the lead now?"
This time Nie Ze was no longer eager to ask for a battle. He shook his head and said, "I am confident that I can defeat Jinyang alone, but there are three damn cities as its backup. This battle only depends on me."
We can’t fight with just one army!”
"So, we should march slowly and think of ways to defeat the enemy as we go." Ren Fang said with a smile.
He said he had not come up with a solution, but in fact he already had a plan in mind. Ren Fang was an expert at fighting tough battles. He had captured at least dozens of cities for the Sichuan Kingdom. He was rich in experience and experienced in using troops. In his opinion, it was necessary to
It is also easy to defeat Jinyang. Encirclement and reinforcements are simply a feint to attack Jinyang, and lead Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng to send troops to reinforce. Whichever side comes first, attack whichever side comes first, and let it never come back.
In a war, the commanders of the two armies actually figure out each other's thoughts. If the calculation is correct, they can defeat the enemy step by step in the next battle. If the calculation is wrong, they will be defeated by the enemy.
Ren Fang believed that if Tang Yin dared to garrison Jinyang, there must be heavy troops in the three surrounding cities. In fact, the three cities of Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng did not have many troops, and together they may not be able to reach 5,000 people. Fan Shan's strategy itself
It was a risky move, and the reason why Tang Yin took it was because there was no other way, and he also had a strong adventurous spirit.
The Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces were still advancing slowly, and their scouting horses went back and forth, bringing batches of information back to the army. Among them, the scouting horses who had inquired about Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng also returned one after another, and the information they found was quite beyond Renfang's expectations.
, the result they found out was that there were only more than a thousand defenders in Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng, which was far from Ren Fang's calculation.
If the intelligence report is true and the three cities have less than 5,000 troops, then there is no way to reinforce Jinyang. Jinyang is no different from Gucheng. But the question is, is our intelligence report true? Is it possible that the other side has hidden all its main forces?
Already?
The better someone is at commanding troops, the more arrogant he becomes. This was the case with Rong Fang, because the intelligence brought back by the spies was contrary to common sense. He didn't believe it at all, so he still insisted on the tactics he originally conceived and surrounded the points for reinforcements.
Within a few days, the Sichuan army marched to Lishan City in Gaochuan County. The army of more than 600,000 captured Lishan with almost no effort.
Crossing Lishan and heading north, Jinyang is five hundred miles away. Ren Fang deliberately left 20,000 troops to garrison Lishan City and used this place as a logistics base for the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces to store grain, grass and baggage.
Three days later, the main force of the Sichuan-Zhenjun coalition finally arrived in Jinyang.
Seeing the weird city of Jinyang, both the Sichuan and Zhen armies were very surprised. Although there are examples of private houses built outside the city walls in other cities, they are not large in scale and only a few scattered ones. Jinyang is better, as there are houses outside the city walls.
There are more private houses than those within the city, and their area is much larger.
Nie Ze, who was watching, couldn't close his mouth and sneered: "How was the city wall in Jinyang built? How come it was built into private houses? The city lord who built the city wall in the first place should have been cut into pieces!"
Ren Fang was also happy and said: "I think this person has been buried for hundreds of years!"
Nie Ze asked: "How about we first send out troops to explore the strength of Feng Jun?"
Ren Fang waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, our army has come a long way and is tired. It's not too late to rest for a day."
During the battle with Ren Fang, Nie Ze didn't feel anything else, but he was deeply impressed by his caring for the soldiers. Nie Ze had no objection and nodded in agreement: "Okay, everything is up to Ren Fang!"
The Sichuan-Zhenjun Allied Forces set up camp two miles away from Jinyang. Later, Ren Fang selected a group of elite men from the Orion army and asked them to wait until dark and sneak into the houses outside Jinyang City.
, to destroy the traps set inside.
Nie Ze was very surprised by his order and couldn't help but ask: "Shuai Ren, how did you know there were traps in private houses?"
Ren Fang smiled and said: "The Feng Army did not leave so many private houses outside the city for our army to hide from arrows. If my prediction is correct, there must be traps in them."