Chapter 261: Not Retreating
There are so many unparalleled lands in Hebei, but they don’t choose any Duan Kan, but they just choose Fangtou to settle down. They are very thoughtful.
There is never a shortage of such people with wild imagination in troubled times.
Last year, Ma Qiu wanted to kill Fu Hong and annex his crowd, and he was called emperor according to Guanzhong...
"Duan Kan must be removed." Li Yue's faint words contained infinite power.
After more than two months of surrounding, the food in Tongshan Pond and Baisi Pond was almost mature. Wouldn’t the retreat be wasted at this time?
When retreating, if Duan Kan and Duan Ju are hanging behind with a light cavalry, it will be difficult for the Heiyun Army to retreat calmly.
Wei Shan changed his ruthlessness when he saw the wind, "Haha, what the governor said is very much. With my Heiyun Army, we can break through Fangtou. Why do we need the Wei army to help?"
Chang Wei said: "If the governor wants to break through Fangtou, he is afraid he will increase his troops. Now our army is still conquering Qingzhou."
"Then let's get all the strength of Chen Liu and surround Fangtou!"
In any case, there cannot be another hostile force in Fangtou.
If Duan Kan is not killed, Chen Liu will be unable to sleep or eat.
The Duan Xianbei is different from other forces, and they have more family background. When they shout, the old subordinates of the Duan family in Hebei gather to respond and might suffocate.
"Abide by the order!" The generals in the tent bowed.
Li Yue then ordered Wei Shan to lead 8,000 Black Cloud Army to settle in the camp left by the Wei army.
Chenliuqingzheng and southern troops from all over Yanzhou came continuously across the river.
Li Yue made up his mind and took every step forward, almost using the power of the entire Yanzhou. He was 70,000 to 80,000 young and 80,000 plus 30,000 southern troops heading north.
More than 100,000 people keep digging if they don’t do anything else every day
The trench and the soil piled up layer after layer, completely trapping the head of the Fangtou.
All the land that can be reclaimed around Fangtou has been renovated and beans and various vegetables are planted.
The young and strong men also lured clear water and Qi water into the camp, which could not only guard against the cavalry in the niche, but also raise fish.
Although the Wei army retreated, the encirclement of Fangtou was even tighter.
Without Ran Min's constraints, the Heiyun Army was united.
Li Yue didn't attack the city, just trapped Fangtou like this, to see how long Duan Kan could last.
In a big battle, what determines the outcome is often not a clever plan, but a decision on which side makes mistakes first and can't calm down first.
"Governor, Zhang Xuchang, who was stationed in Changshe, has the intention of attacking the north." Zhang Shengye collected various news from the scouts.
Xingyang is sixty or seventy miles northwest of Changshe, and Chenliu is more than a hundred miles northeast of Changshe.
The troops stationed here obviously meant to covet Yanzhou.
Li Yue said: "Go to Zhang Yu and say that Heiyun's army is all in Fangtou, Chen Liu is empty. Please quickly bring troops north and don't hesitate."
Wei Shan was stunned, "This..."
Chang Wei laughed: "Zhang Yu has always been cautious and suspicious. If our army is prepared for heavy troops, it will be entangled, but if he is asked to go north, he will definitely hesitate."
Zhang Yu has been staying in Xuchang for the past two years, with Huan Wen standing on the right and Yin Hao standing on the left, and he has never dared to move.
The Heiyun Army is no longer the Heiyun Army of the past, and Zhang Yu is still the Zhang Yu of the past.
Jiangdong was instigating the Northern Expedition again, and Li Yue didn't believe that he would dare to go north at this time.
In other words, now is the best opportunity to kill Duan Kan.
The siege continued.
Faced with Li Yue's steady and steady action, Duan Kan's thousands of light cavalry had no choice but to harass the rear.
However, in July, the world began to vibrate again.
Murong Biao besieged Zhongshan for half a year and finally broke the city. Lang Min Zhongshan prefect Hou Kan surrendered to Murong.
Inspired by this battle, Liu Xian licked his wounds and led an army of 50,000 to attack Yecheng.
The influence of the Xiangguo War gradually unfolded, and discerning people have seen that Ran Wei has not had much time.
Another Duan Xianbei force, Duan Kan's cousin Duan Qin, also moved south from the north and fled into Yimu County, Pingyuan County, with Hu and more than 10,000 people from Jie's tribe called themselves Emperor Zhao.
The tyrants Zhu Tu, Du Neng, Ding Rao, Sun Yuan and others all occupied the counties, either called generals or governors, and ruled the country.
Ran Yu, the governor of Xuzhou of Ran Wei, Wei Tong, the governor of Yuzhou, and Le Hong, the governor of Jingzhou, each brought the city to surrender to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. General Gao Chong of Pingnan, General Lu Hu of the general of the conquered captives arrested Zheng Shi, and surrendered to the Eastern Jin Dynasty with Luoyang.
The territory of Ran Wei was only a few counties around Yecheng.
Many forces that nominally surrendered to Ran Min no longer surrendered.
Duan Kan also became active. After entering July, he launched several consecutive counterattacks with the middle section of Fangtou City.
When siege, Li Yue admitted that he could not do anything to them for a while, but this was the opportunity for the field battle and the Black Cloud Army.
With the advantage of the territory and military strength, Duan is naturally no match for it.
In several offensive and defensive battles, the one who was killed lost his armor and abandoned his armor.
Duan Kan is so anxious to attack, which shows that the situation in Fangtou is not optimistic.
At the end of July, Duan Kan's general Wang Teng surrendered over the city.
His surrender had a huge impact, and the Jin people in Fangtou City were all interested in Li Yue.
"As long as the governor ordered the attack on the city and his subordinates were willing to be the front-runners, they would definitely turn against each other!" Wang Teng said with his chest.
Wei Shan glanced at him and snorted coldly.
Li Duankan and Duan Fu are quite cunning and cannot be sure whether they are their deceptive surrender.
"General Wang is both wise and brave, and he is a talented general. However, the crops outside the city are about to mature, so there is no need to rush for a moment." Li Yue was sure to win, so there is no need to rush at all.
Moreover, he hoped that Duan Fu in the city would surrender voluntarily.
The Heiyun Army took down Fangtou at the lowest cost.
The grain outside Fangtou City is the lifeblood.
The army continued to siege the city.
Within a few days, news came from Yecheng that Ran Min was not bad for Ran Min. He repelled Liu Xian's 50,000 troops again, captured and killed tens of thousands of people, seized more than 3,000 war horses, and selected dozens of horses and sent them to Fangtou, which was considered comfort.
Li Yue naturally expressed his congratulations.
Although he defeated Liu Xian again, he did not restore the chaos in Hebei.
Ran Wei's territory became smaller and smaller as it fought.
At the same time, the surrounding forces expanded rapidly.
Zhang Ping Xinxing, Yanmen, Xihe, Taiyuan and other counties have greatly improved their strength.
After Fu Jian captured Chang'an, he killed Jia Xuanshuo, who suggested that he surrender to Jiangdong, called himself the King of Qin and the Great Shanyu, and was amnesty for Guanzhong. He was named Huangshi and the country, and built ancestral temples and country, and established civil and military officials. He made Qiang the queen, Fu Qi the crown prince, Fu Xiong the prime minister, generals of military affairs in China and abroad, generals of chariots and cavalry, and governors of Yongzhou.
Cui Jin did not disappoint Li Yue's expectations, captured Qingzhou and occupied the entire territory. More than 60,000 Chinese households in Qingzhou were included in their bags, and at the same time captured more than 20,000 young and strong slaves from the Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Qiang Di and other tribes.
There were more than 1.7 million stones of food and grass, 70,000 livestock, 4,700 war horses, and countless money and silk.
The crops in the fields of Qingzhou have not yet begun to be harvested.
This battle was fruitful and directly brought Yanzhou's strength to a new level.
Li Yue directly ordered Cui Jin to be the General of the Eastern Central Army, and submitted a letter to Ran Min to be appointed as the governor of Qingzhou.
"Come, shoot the books to Fangtou City and let Duan Ju surrender!" Li Yue looked at the tall Fangtou City Wall with great ambitions in his heart.
The most sturdy step has been taken to fight for dominance in the world.
After Qingzhou was taken, it was cultivated with the three counties in eastern Hebei. Murong Jun wanted to bypass Lukou and head south like last time, so it was not that easy.
Chapter completed!