In the battle of Qingqiu, Su Yan captured 5,000 Kong Sang soldiers, and Su Yan gathered them together before leaving, giving them two choices, either waiting for execution after the war, or joining himself In the army, he became a soldier again.
As a result, a large part of them chose to become Su Yan's command, and Su Yan temporarily formed them into a square formation and returned with the large army.
There will be a large number of casualties in every war, which is inevitable, and replenishing new forces has become the top priority. However, Su Yan knew that it was impossible to let Liaozhou replenish his troops in this period. Because of the scarcity of soldiers, it has spread all over the cities of Liaozhou, not only Duyang City.
Therefore, Su Yan paid great attention to the persuasion of prisoners. During the war, the addition of prisoners was the main way to replenish soldiers and the main way to grow.
In addition to surrendering, Su Yan also ordered the two cities to start recruiting troops, which also surprised him. The places where soldiers recruited outside the city gate were crowded every day, from morning to night.
However, Su Yan thought about it and felt relieved. Now through his efforts with Qingqiu City, the villages and towns around the city have basically been cleared and returned to Gu Yu's jurisdiction, so the replenishment of soldiers will naturally go smoothly.
Moreover, it is now in a war period, and the people are in danger of peace and have no livelihood. Instead of starving to death, it is better to join the army and ask for food. Not only can you survive by yourself, but the monthly salary can also save your family's life.
After the Battle of Qingqiu, both Gu Yu and Kong Sang noticed Su Yan and his Duyang City. They knew that this was not an easy bone to chew, so they automatically bypassed it.
Although there have been some wars in the past two or three months, they are also small-scale wars compared to those big wars. Su Yan has also taken advantage of this hard-won period to develop and strengthen himself rapidly. Now, Su Yan has passed The prisoners and large-scale recruitment of troops have already been recruited, and there are already 13,000 troops that can be fought, and not counted as baggage troops. There are still some new recruits in training, which is because they are already considered a medium force on the battlefield in Liaozhou.
During this period, the battlefield in Liaozhou also had a good change, and the favorable situation gradually tended toward Gu Yu. After a series of battles, Li Tianyang had recovered seven cities of all sizes, and the opponent's sphere of influence was also shrinking.
But this also aroused the opponent's fierce counterattack. Five days ago, the opponent made another effort, concentrated his troops and trapped another city, and the army actually pointed directly at Liaozhou City.
Liaozhou City is the core of the Liaozhou battlefield, and its importance is self-evident. So while the other party continues to flock to Liaozhou City, the command center also begins to become busy.
"What do you think?" Li Tianyang supported his hands on the sand table, then raised his head and looked at the generals standing below.
"According to the scouts on the front line, the other party was less than a hundred miles away from us, and Tianshui City, which confronted us, also sent troops to join them and came to our city. The conservative force was estimated to be 100,000," a bearded man Jiangling answered.
"One hundred thousand... I really can't bear to leave the city. How many troops are there in the city?" Li Tianyang sneered, then raised his eyebrows and asked.
"About sixty or seventy thousand,"
"So little," Li Tianyang frowned and began to ponder.
"This is also helpless. After all, our total force is less than the other side, and we have to distribute troops to each city, so few people stay in the city."
One person told the difficulties of Liaozhou City today. Although reinforcements have arrived one after another, with a total of as many as 500,000, there are too many cities and the front line stretching for thousands of miles. Now there will be no more left after the division. In addition, the war is in progress. Fierce, severely damaged troops.
"What do you think they want to do? A decisive battle?" Li Tianyang tapped the table with his fingers, thinking about the other party's thoughts.
"I think the balance has been tilting towards us recently, and they have regained most of the city. They probably can't hold on anymore,"
"Well..." Li Tianyang nodded in contemplation, without answering, his eyebrows were locked into a Sichuan-shaped shape.
"You must not be careless," General Yang Yuan, who had never spoken, suddenly said this.
"How do you say this?"
"The last general is not sure. He has such a feeling that taking a bet is not the other party's personality, and the other party's main general is also a famous general in the world, so it is unlikely that he will do such a thing," Yang Yuan didn't know where this feeling came from. So he said with shame.
"General Yang is probably over-thinking. The other party mobilized so much, and Tianshui City is still increasing its troops. The idea is already very obvious," some people disbelieve Yang Yuan's statement and refuted it.
"Maybe," Yang Yuan also frowned and said no more.
"No matter what, the other party is already at the city, so we can't let him continue to move forward again," Li Tianyang suddenly stood up, then looked solemn and shouted: "Yang Yuan, Ling Qi, Liu Hu obeyed the order,"
"The last one is here," the three of them stepped forward and responded with their fists.
"I ordered Yang Yuan as the main general, Ling Qi and Liu Hu as the deputy generals on the left and right, and led 70,000 troops out of the city to meet the enemy. Be sure to intercept the opponent thirty miles away."
"The last general obeys the order," the three of them responded in unison, and then stepped forward to take over the military talisman.
"Now there are 70,000 soldiers in the city, and 20,000 are left to prevent accidents. Then you take 50,000 away, and I will order someone to transfer 20,000 from other places," Li Tianyang breathed a sigh of relief and explained to the three of them.
Then Li Tianyang issued a recruitment order. In the evening, 20,000 soldiers had already arrived at Liaozhou City one after another. Yang Yuan also led his troops out of the city the next morning and marched forward all the way.
Now is not the time to procrastinate, so as not to let the enemy take the lead. The opponent has a while left, so you can arrive at the battle site in advance, so that the troops can be repaired and wait for work.
Soon, before noon, Yang Yuan came to a place 30 miles away from Liaozhou City, ordered camping to catch fire and create stoves, and strive to adjust the troops to the best state.
An hour later, in Yang Yuanying's eyes, he rode a fast horse and then turned over and dismounted in front of him, saying, "General, the enemy has arrived twenty miles away, but he will not move, Rest in place,"
"Talking again," Yang Yuan waved his hand and asked the scout to leave, and then sighed: "It seems that they already know what I think, so if they don't give me this opportunity to wait for work, this battle is not easy to fight,"
Yang Yuan's scout discovered the other party, so the other party could naturally find his movements and see through his thoughts, so he didn't rush to let the soldiers rest on the spot and then move forward to prevent their morale from being exhausted, leaving the other party with the Next opportunity,