"PS: The time in the previous chapters was wrong. The attack on Ji County was on March 13th, not February 13th. I'm sorry."
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Back in early March, when King Su's army's "step-by-step advance" tactics were just beginning to show their prowess, the Korean army in Linlu City finally noticed the surprising changes in the Linlu Plain area.
Because a while ago, Sima Shang, the guard of Linlu City, as well as Jin Fu, Feng Ting and others who came to defect not long ago, have been focusing on the three Wei armies trying to attack Linlu and the common land - that is, Wei Wujun
, Beiyi Army and Shanyang Army.
Under the command of the three Korean generals Sima Shang, Jin Ao, and Feng Ting, Linli's defense was watertight and impregnable, which made Wei General Shao Hu, who had repeatedly attacked without success, feel secretly angry, so he took the position of commander-in-chief
, urging Zhao Hongrun and Wei Mu, who were stationed at the "Wei Camp in the West of Jidi" at that time, to step up their attack on Jixian County.
It has to be said that in the few battles that took place in the common area, the Korean army did a good job fighting the ground, repeatedly repelling the Wei army who tried to occupy the common area, and leaving Shaohu unable to find any flaws.
In this case, Sima Shang, Jin Ao, and Feng Ting all believed that they could block the three Wei armies, Wei Wujun, Shanyang Army, and Beiyi Army, in the Linlu and Gongdi area, and they were full of confidence.
And suddenly one day, Jin Bao asked: "Where is Wei Gongzi Run's army?"
Hearing this, Sima Shang and Feng Ting looked at each other. Only then did they realize that the Wei army they feared the most, King Su's army, had not shown up yet.
So they immediately sent out cavalry to scout around, looking for traces of King Su's army. Unexpectedly, they accidentally discovered that Wei Gongzi Run's army had actually built densely packed small strongholds and strongholds on the Linlu Plain southeast of their Linlu City.
A series of low walls as tall as one person.
At that time, those who were worried about the Han army scolding the cavalry pursued the direction of the Wei army's appearance, and traced it all the way to Ji County. Only then did they learn that Ji County had been captured by the Wei army, and what was hung on the city tower was "Shang Shui Army" and "Yan Ling"
Army" These two banners of Wei Gongzi's army.
Seeing this situation, Kuiqi hurriedly returned to Linli and reported the information they had gathered to the three generals, namely Sima Shang, Jin Fu and Feng Ting. The latter three looked at each other in confusion and did not react for a while.
Oh my God, what the hell is going on?!
Sima Shang, Jin Yao, and Feng Ting glanced at each other at that time, and they all saw shock in each other's eyes.
Ji County was captured by Wei Gongzi Run's army. Let's ignore this matter for now. After all, Jin Miao and Feng Ting know the strength of King Su's army under Wei Gongzi Run. Even the soldiers under Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, are not weak.
But because of the low walls of Ji County, they felt that it would be difficult for Han Yang to defend the city.
But Linlu Plain was occupied by the Wei army. What happened?
Linlu Plain is a plain that is more than a hundred miles long and more than sixty miles wide. Moreover, the terrain on the plain is flat, and there are no trees or other obstructions to block the view. Logically speaking, this is where the Korean cavalry can best perform.
How could a battlefield with such strength be so easily occupied by Wei Gongzi Run's army?
Therefore, Sima Shang asked the scolding knights in shock whether they had lied about the military situation: "Is this really true? ... If there is even half a lie, I will definitely kill you!"
Those who scolded the knights only obeyed and did not even dare to say so.
Seeing this, Sima Shang then carefully inquired about the movements of the Wei army on Linlu Plain.
So, the scolds expressed what they saw on the Linlu Plain with aggrieved faces: "The Wei army built many watchtower strongholds on the (Linlu) Plain, connected by low walls about six or seven feet high.
...For some reason, the plain is full of traces of Wei troops, and no cavalry of Lord Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, is seen."
After hearing this, Sima Shang, Jin Yao and Feng Ting looked at each other with a bit of surprise on their faces. After all, they are also experienced generals, and they can guess some things just by thinking carefully.
"It's really unexpected..."
Licking his lips, Jin Mao said with a bitter smile with a hint of admiration and bitterness: "I didn't expect that Wei Gongzi Run would come up with another unexpected plan and use this method to restrict my Korean cavalry..."
Hearing this, Feng Tingyi frowned and sighed in agreement: "It's troublesome now. Bao Yuan also asked us to wait and planned to severely damage the Wei army on the Linlu Plain. But judging from the current situation, he wants to follow the instructions.
The original plan to defeat Mr. Wei Run was probably..."
Beside, Sima Shang frowned deeply as he listened to what Jin Yao and Feng Ting said.
To be fair, Sima Shang looked down on Jin Miao and Feng Ting a little. He felt that these two people seemed to have been frightened by Wei Gongzi Run, so that when they talked, they inadvertently brought in their opposition.
The respect and admiration of Mr. Wei.
But having said that, building strongholds and low walls on the plains to restrict the area where the Korean cavalry could move was indeed a clever move in Sima Shang's opinion. The problem was that Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, and Bao Yuan, the general, actually watched the Wei army in the plains.
Build a defense area?
Sima Shang believed that there must be something they didn't know about.
I have to say that Sima Shang's judgment was quite accurate. It was not that Baoyuan and Dangyinhou Han Yang did not want to prevent the Wei army from building defenses on the Linlu Plain, but that they were unable to do so. Because the Wei soldiers equipped with Wugang chariots could almost do
To ignore the Korean cavalry.
In addition, Sima Shang was also very confused about the materials used by the Wei army to build defenses.
Because according to what Kuqi said, the Wei army used burnt bricks and mud to build those strongholds and low walls.
Sima An naturally knows how to bake bricks. The problem lies in the "mud". What kind of mud can make the strongholds and low walls made of bricks and stones so strong?
In his impression, if you mix soil and water into mud and use this mud to repair strongholds and low walls, wouldn't it mean that they will fall down at a push?
But why are the strongholds and low walls built by the Wei army so unbreakable?
In order to verify his suspicion, Sima Shang led 300 cavalry out of Linlu City the next day and went straight to Linlu Plain.
Sure enough, he saw a series of low walls on the Linlu Plain. These low walls divided the originally flat and empty plain into several areas, and every five miles apart, the Wei army built a watchtower stronghold.
These watchtower strongholds range in size from large to small. The small ones may be only a few feet in diameter, and only contain about ten Wei soldiers. The larger ones may be hundreds of feet in diameter, and may be stationed with about fifty to a hundred soldiers.
At that time, Sima An ignored the Wei soldiers in the stronghold and just ordered his cavalry to try to destroy the low walls.
But what puzzled him was that the low walls, which were obviously made of masonry and some kind of mud, were extremely strong, so much so that the cavalry under his command tried hard to push them, even slashing them with knives and smashing them with guns, but they couldn't.
Destroy those low walls.
During this period, Sima Shang noticed that there were residues of mud in the gaps between the bricks and stones, so he tried to break them off. However, what he didn't expect was that the mud was unexpectedly hard and completely inconsistent with his image of a mixture of soil and water.
.
After finally getting a piece of slag off, Sima Shang looked shocked as he held it. He never believed that this was ordinary mud.
At this time, the Wei army in the watchtower in the distance had noticed them and immediately lit the beacon fire.
Seeing the beacon fire, Sima Shang felt that something was wrong.
Sure enough, as he was quickly retreating to Linlu City, he saw several Wei troops, about a thousand strong, rushing towards the area where the beacon fire was lit to support them.
Among them, there was a force of thousands of Wei troops. After encountering them head-on, they quickly climbed over the wall and hid behind the low walls, using the low walls as bunkers to build a defensive formation.
To be honest, even if those Wei soldiers did not hide behind the low wall, Sima Shang, who only led 300 cavalry this time, would not have ordered an attack.
But having said that, the actions of these Wei soldiers made Sima Shang clearly see the function of those low walls again.
He had to admit, not to mention that he only had 300 cavalry at his disposal at the moment. How could even 3,000 cavalry really defeat the Wei soldiers hiding behind the low wall?
Stronghold, low wall, beacon...
The more Sima Shang thought about it, the more frightened he became. He gradually understood why Jin Yao and Feng Ting were so afraid of that Wei Gongzi Run.
"This battle... is not easy to fight."
Sima Shang thought worriedly.
Sure enough, a few days later, the Wei army repeated its old tricks and repaired several strongholds and low walls in the common area.
At that time, Sima Shang was shocked when he heard about this incident. He immediately led his troops out of the city with Jin Fu and Feng Ting, hoping to prevent the Wei army from building defenses in the common area.
But when they arrived at the common ground, what they saw was a city wall made up of a kind of chariots. The Wei army arranged these chariots in a square gate formation, regardless of what Sima Shang, Jin Piao, and Feng Ting were doing.
The army he led built a stronghold like a small city under the watchful eyes of the Korean army.
During this period, Sima Shang, Jin Yao and Feng Ting tried to attack several times, but were easily repelled by the Wei army every time.
It is no exaggeration to say that they had no way of breaking through the chariots of the Wei army.
About ten days later, the Wei army ignored the Han army and marched away from the battlefield. Immediately, the Wei army's Beiyi army and Shanyang army quickly entered the newly built small city stronghold.
Looking at the small city that was built on the same ground in just ten days, and then looking at the military flag with the word "Wei" flying inside the walls of the small city, Sima Shang, Jin Pao, and Feng Ting were shocked, because they knew that the Communist Party
The land has been occupied by the Wei army.
how so?
After returning to Linli that day, Sima Shang, Jin Biao and Feng Ting looked at each other for a long time and were speechless.
After more than ten years of leading soldiers and fighting for more than ten years, I have never encountered an enemy army. They actually repaired a stronghold defense under their noses, and it was built in just a few days!
Then something even more ridiculous happened: they hadn't fought a single battle, and they still had tens of thousands of troops, but they had lost the common ground.
They suddenly felt that after spending half their lives in the military, they seemed to have lost their ability to fight, could no longer clearly see the situation on the battlefield, and did not know how to continue the war.
The reason is that the Wei army adopted a tactic that they were completely unexpected this time: advance, build defenses, advance again, build defenses again, step by step to compress the activity area of their Korean army, leaving the Korean army with tens of thousands of cavalry, but
It doesn't have the slightest effect.
Under this situation, Sima Shang, Jin Yao, Feng Ting and others could only place their hopes on the troops in the hands of General Bao Yuan and Dangyin Hou Han Yang, hoping that these two men could curb the Wei army's frenzied invasion tactics.
Because they are really helpless.
However, Sima Shang and others did not know that the current situation of General Bao Yuan and Dangyin Hou Han Yang was not much better than theirs.