Han Chang's 50,000-strong army has retreated to Wei County in Daming Prefecture, which is still about 150 miles away from Daming City. He originally wanted to retreat to Daming City in one go, but the soldiers were tired and hungry and couldn't walk anymore.
, Han Chang had no choice but to order him to rest where he was.
At this time, several of his generals came forward to surround Han Chang and asked in all directions: "Commander, will Marshal Du send troops to meet us?"
"Troops should be sent to respond, but I'm worried that they will arrive late."
Another person said: "Du Tong, the armies of Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao are always only more than ten miles away from us. If they come here at this time, I am afraid it will be difficult for our brothers to resist!"
Han Chang nodded, "It is possible, so we must seize the time to rest and let the soldiers recover their strength!"
Commander Wu Suiqing also suggested: "We are only more than ten miles away from Wei County. It is better for the whole army to rest in the county. Once the enemy attacks, we can also rely on the county for defense!"
Han Chang hesitated for a moment, this suggestion was not bad. At this moment, a low horn sound suddenly came from the distance, "Woo--Woo--"
The sound of the horn came from ten miles away. All the generals stood up and looked to the east. They saw two black lines faintly appearing in the east, one in the northeast and one in the southeast.
Everyone was surprised and said: "This is the army that is supporting us!"
"wrong!"
Han Chang immediately realized that the responding army would not put up such a combat formation. "This is probably the Western Army cavalry. Order the whole army to stand up and form a formation immediately!"
"Woo——"
The signing army also blew the horn, and the army was in chaos and stood up in formation.
At this moment, a continuous sound of horns sounded from behind, as if it was an echo of the horn sound just now.
Everyone turned around, feeling a little frightened. They saw a dark cavalry group a few miles behind them, northwest, due west, and southwest. Each cavalry unit was waving their flags and filled with murderous intent.
They were attacked from both sides, and 50,000 cavalry surrounded them, but the other side seemed to have left a hole for them. They could evacuate from the due north, but twenty miles to the south was the Yongji Canal, and they could not cross the river.
"Captain, let's retreat north before they are completely surrounded!" several generals suggested.
"Cannot withdraw!"
Han Chang immediately rejected everyone's request. He had rich combat experience and knew the opponent's intention to open an opening. Once the army retreated, the formation would break up. They could not outrun the cavalry and would be massacred by the cavalry.
Han Changdang immediately ordered: "The Second Army and the Third Army are arrayed to the east, the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army are arrayed to the west, and the cavalry of the First Army is under my personal command."
Han Chang quickly deployed. He put 40,000 infantry back-to-back, 20,000 against the 30,000 army in the west, and 20,000 against the 20,000 army in the east. He himself commanded the only 10,000 cavalry to carry out mobile reinforcements.
Fifty thousand cavalry from the Western Army arrived as promised in accordance with Chen Qing's order and completely annihilated Han Chang's army in Wei County. To the east, Yue Yun and Zhang Xian each led 10,000 cavalry, while to the west, Yang Zaixing personally commanded 20,000 cavalry, and
Niu Gao's fierce general Shao Jichun led 10,000 cavalry.
Although 50,000 cavalry were enough to defeat the opponent, Wang Duo and Li Fuxing also led 20,000 troops each to follow closely behind the cavalry.
The 50,000 cavalry army is getting closer and closer, only two miles away from Han Chang's 50,000 army. Dark clouds hang low in the sky, the cavalry is overwhelming, and the spears are like forests. The momentum is magnificent, the huge pressure is like the top of Mount Tai, and murderous intent permeates the world.
"Archers prepare!"
Twenty thousand archers lined up and aimed at the cavalry on the east and west sides.
At this time, Yang Zaixing ordered: "Blow the drum and attack!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
A hundred thundering drums beat at the same time, the sound of the drums was earth-shattering, and five cavalry groups of ten thousand people launched at the same time.
Yellow dust suddenly billowed on the vast wilderness. Fifty thousand cavalry spread across the land like a huge black carpet. Their fighting and iron horses swallowed up thousands of miles. Arrows rained intertwined in the sky. Countless cavalry were hit by arrows and fell from their horses. However, the Western cavalry continued to advance, from
Five directions rushed into the enemy's formation, and a fierce battle with no suspense about the outcome began.
This is also a time and space war, with scouts and spies from both sides constantly running to spread the progress and news of the war.
At night, more than a dozen cavalry scouts rushed to the Western Army camp and were quickly led to the king's tent. The lights in the king's tent were brightly lit, and Chen Qing was discussing the siege strategy with the main generals.
On the big table in front of them, there is a huge wooden model of Daming City, including city walls, moats, official roads and terrain outside the city, as well as streets and alleys in the city, warehouses, government offices, etc.
Daming City was named Beijing in the Northern Song Dynasty and was one of the four capitals of the Song Dynasty. It was built according to the standards of a capital city. First of all, it has a tall and strong city wall and a wide moat. Secondly, it has two city walls, an outer city wall and an inner city wall.
The two walls are fifty steps apart, and the middle is also called Wengcheng.
Often the siege soldiers captured the city wall with heavy casualties, only to find that there was a higher inner city wall inside, which was really disappointing.
It was precisely because of this powerful defense system that Wan Yanchang placed his official office in Daming City instead of in other cities.
How to capture Daming City will also be a severe test for the Western Army.
"My idea is to besiege the city and trade time for space!"
Chen Qing smiled and said to the generals: "Besieging a city is also the best way to kill morale. As time goes by, their morale will be worn away day by day. Let them taste the burning fire every day. Once the time is right,
, we will attack with all our strength, but they cannot defend the city."
All the generals were a little disappointed. His Highness finally decided to adopt the method of siege. When should we wait?
Seeing everyone's disappointment, Chen Qing smiled and said: "The siege does not have to take a long time. The key is to see the effect. We also ambushed intelligence scouts in the city. If they can bring surprises, maybe the siege can be completed in a short time."
At the end, if you want a specific time limit, I can tell you clearly that it will not exceed one month at most."
It's only been a month, which is not a long time, so everyone told them to relax.
At this time, a soldier reported at the tent door, "Your Highness, news from the battlefield has arrived!"
Chen Qing said quickly: "Xuan them in!"
After a moment, a scout commander walked quickly into the tent, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See you, Your Highness, see you generals!"
"How is the battle going?" Chen Qing asked.
"Reporting to Your Highness, the fierce battle has ended at dusk. Fifty thousand enemy troops have been routed. Except for a few thousand cavalry who fled north, the rest of the soldiers either died in battle or surrendered."
Chen Qing frowned. The battle started at noon and ended at dusk. It lasted for more than two hours. The opponent's fighting power was not weak! This also meant that the casualties of the Western Army were also not small.
"How many casualties did we have?"
"We didn't calculate the statistics when I left, but it looks like there were nearly 10,000 casualties."
Chen Qing nodded, "I understand, let's go investigate again!"