Of the 80,000 reinforcements of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, nearly 20,000 were killed, more than 10,000 were injured, and more than 20,000 fled and disappeared. Only more than 20,000 troops actually fled back to Lingnan and were gathered up. They were hungry, cold and frightened.
In the midst of this, they retreated desperately towards Yanjing City.
After a day's rest, the blizzard continued to pursue the southeast along the footsteps of the defeated troops, aiming directly at the city of Yanjing, which was five hundred miles away. Equipped with one person and two cavalry, it took only a whole day to catch up with the fleeing 20,000 people.
Many defeated troops.
Perhaps they discovered that the target of the pursuers behind them was also Yanjing. This desperate fleeing army neither dared to turn back to fight, nor dared to flee in the direction of Yanjing City. They endured hunger and cold and fled directly to the east.
Shanhaiguan. Sure enough, the pursuers stopped chasing after them. Several leading generals would rather risk being punished by Helian Qingfeng than fight He Qizhou's blizzard again!
The battle report from Yehuling soon reached Helian Qingfeng's imperial tent. Helian Qingfeng seemed to be very calm this time, so calm that all the generals in the tent did not dare to breathe.
Helian Qingfeng's final decision was to withdraw. Half of the army returned to Qingcheng from Zhenyuan Pass, and the other half retreated into Yanjing City. To everyone's surprise, Helian Qingfeng did not punish any general, but
He blamed himself in front of all the generals:
"I bear the greatest responsibility for this defeat. I thought back then that Yang Zheng's five thousand cavalry had disturbed our great Zhou Dynasty. I should have thought that this blizzard was even more powerful than those five thousand cavalry. I should have led the troops back in person.
! But I once said that I will not return to Qingcheng until Shanhaiguan is captured. From now on, I will stay in Yanjing. If the blizzard is not extinguished, I will not return to Qingcheng until Shanhaiguan is captured! I hope you can show your identity.
For the courage of General Zhou, come with me to conquer this great river and mountain!"
"Long live your Majesty, I will follow you to the death!" "Long live your Majesty, we will unify the country!" "I will conquer this country even if I am a fool!"... Since everyone was safe, all the generals began to express their admiration and admiration for the emperor.
own ambitions.
Helian Qingfeng signaled the meeting to be dismissed majestically and magnanimously, but the anger in his heart seemed to burn everything inside. It's not that he didn't want to take it out on those generals, but he didn't dare. Now there are fewer and fewer capable generals, and those outside Shanhaiguan
There are now only about 100,000 of the 200,000-strong army left. Therefore, Helian Qingfeng did not even punish the generals who were still on the way to escape, because the 20,000 defeated cavalry troops in their hands became too much for him.
important.
After the meeting, not everyone left the tent. Yu Qing, who had fled all night, was left by Helian Qingfeng: "Master Yu, where did that little beast Chang Ji escape to? How many troops do you still have on hand?"
Yu Qingdu said: "After we withdrew from the west gate, the old minister thought that we should come to your majesty. But the prince said that Shanhaiguan was already short of food and grass, and the south gate and east gate were both controlled by the rebels at that time, so he decided to go to Xuancheng.
Raise troops..."
"Hmph! You're afraid I'm going to take his head!" Helian Qingfeng snorted angrily and said, "You haven't said how many troops he still has on hand?"
"There are about three thousand people. Now the eldest prince and the third prince have fled to Hengzhou. Some of the forces in their hands have now been taken to Xizhou by His Highness the Crown Prince!" Yu Qingdu said cautiously.
"That's all, I don't think he will have any objections now. Let's find a way to deal with He Qizhou first, and then run Nanjing well." Helian Qingfeng was beyond the reach of the prince, so he could only sigh.
"Your Majesty, according to what the scout said, He Qizhou's soldiers would often shout "hit Luoyang" when charging. I think our Yanjing City will not be in any danger for the time being, right?" Yu Qingdu asked cautiously.
"Will such an important strategic direction be revealed to ordinary soldiers? Maybe it's He Qi Zhou's plan to attack the east and the west! I can't afford to lose Yanjing! Even if the opponent's real target is Luoyang, if I don't return to defense, he can easily capture Yanjing.
Jing will also be a disaster for the army!"
Helian Qingfeng paused and then gritted his teeth and said: "Yu Aiqing, there is something you must do immediately. You must inform Jiang Shan as soon as possible. This time we need to join forces to fight against the enemy again, just like we did against Yang Zheng twenty years ago.
The top priority now is to do everything possible to bury He Qizhou together with that blizzard!"
"The humble minister obeys the order!" As the master of Shuitang, Yu Qing knew every important spy lurking in the Qi court, and finally understood why Helian Qingfeng would
Leave yourself alone.
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Zhuozhou, Yixian, on the city tower by the Yishui River, a military general of Qi State looked at the frozen river with red eyes and murmured: "I heard that the barbarians of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty are going to attack Luoyang, what should I do?"
After losing Yanjing, Yixian County became the first line of defense against the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Since the Northern Zhou Dynasty was busy attacking Shanhaiguan and had just reached a peace agreement with the court, the defenders of Yixian County were not originally worried about war.
Come, but now a blizzard comes out of the sky and keeps saying that it will hit Luoyang. Why doesn't this make Liu Maoxun, the general who defends the city, tremble with fear? How can the 8,000 weak brigade in the city withstand the iron hoof of the Eastern Zhou people?
The military advisor on the side hurriedly said: "General, don't panic. The Eastern Zhou people's targets are only Yanjing and the Northern Zhou emperor. They are making false plans to attack the west. Now, isn't the Northern Zhou Emperor leading his army back to Yanjing? They are attacking them. We only have to watch."
Just play. Besides, even if the Eastern Zhou army attacks our place, wouldn't the Northern Zhou Emperor send someone to carry a message? He will definitely send troops to assist us."
"But our emperor hasn't agreed yet. What if the Northern Zhou army wants to enter the country? What should we do? Watch them come in?" Liu Maoxun asked.
The military advisor said: "Let's ask Handan for instructions now. It's best if we can wait for the imperial edict or military order. If you really can't wait, just release it for self-preservation. On the contrary, Your Majesty calls the Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty his brother, and those Eastern Zhou barbarians are now
As for the real enemy, I guess as long as it attacks He Qizhou, the emperor will definitely let him go."
"Okay, then just listen to Master." General Yi County seemed a little more relieved.
…
After years of hard work by Chang Feng and other generations of generals, Yanjing City was majestic and sturdier than any other Northern Zhou city. He Qizhou deliberately slowed down his march and did not appear until noon on the fourth day, twenty miles west of the city. At this time
The Northern Zhou garrison in the city was already panicking. It was really difficult for a miscellaneous army of less than ten thousand people to defend such a large city. Therefore, while the garrison urgently asked Helian Qingfeng for help, he also forcibly recruited tens of thousands of strong men from nearby counties.
I hope to hold on until Helian Qingfeng’s army returns to support.
He Qizhou has received the report of the reconnaissance cavalry. Helian Qingfeng can reach Yanjing with 70,000 cavalry in half a day. The other 60,000 cavalry are on their way back to Qingcheng. Of course, this is also the result he hopes to see. Shanhaiguan is temporarily
Wuyu, it's time to turn south! It's not that we can't attack Yanjing now, but the snowstorm has made it difficult to withstand too many casualties. In that case, hitting Luoyang will become an empty talk.
In He Qizhou's impression, the northern Hebei area has always been guarded by Qi's strongest military force. Even if Chang Feng rebelled, Qi still built a strong defense line along several important rivers. But He Qizhou led 6,000 cavalry directly to Yixian County
On the other side, they encountered no resistance from any Qi soldiers.
He Qizhou could actually bypass Yixian and continue southbound, but he didn't want to rob the people to supply the army, so he thought of entering Yixian, which is called a fortress, to collect grain and grass.
The letter of persuasion to surrender had been sent to the tower half an hour ago, and the defenders were given half an hour to consider, but there was still no response from the other side.
"Beat the drums and attack the city!" He Qizhou issued the order coldly. After half an hour of surveying around the city, He Qizhou found that although there were many defenders, they were obviously not well prepared for defense. In addition to some weak bows and arrows, He Qizhou
The most common defensive objects such as rocks, rolling wood, etc. were not prepared. Send some people with high martial arts skills to the city and they can quickly capture the city tower.
Before the military drum beat for the second time, there was a "squeak" sound, and the north gate facing the river suddenly opened. I saw someone at the top of the city shouting: "Stop attacking, we surrender!"
He Qizhou sent someone into the city to find out what was going on. Only then did he realize that after he had delivered less than half a cup of tea, the city's general ordered his lieutenants to hold on to the city, while he fled from the south gate with hundreds of cronies and long-packed items.
He even pretended to ask for help from the capital of Zhuozhou in person. After that, the deputy general and other generals hesitated for a long time, and finally decided not to be the scapegoats and surrendered the city.
After entering the city, He Qizhou saw that there was not much food in Yi County. The soldiers all looked good, and did not want to embarrass each other. They just took one day's food and hurriedly marched to Zhuozhou early the next morning.
He Qizhou originally wanted to recruit some masters from the sergeants in the city, but when he saw the eight thousand old and weak men, he immediately lost confidence, so instead of inviting a few classmates and acquaintances from Tianxingyuan, He Qizhou
Apart from the veterans who knew the terrain of Jizhou, there were almost no additional sources of troops.
Seeing that the deputy general who stayed behind was safe, He Qizhou did not embarrass the soldiers and civilians in the city, so he quietly vomited out his feelings and bitterness.
It turns out that almost all the armies in Jizhou are now controlled by the Xiao family, but the elites of the Yizhou army were also transferred to Tuyuhun by Emperor Jiang Shan. Therefore, although the Yizhou army is large in number, those who can fight are few.
Everyone hopes that the Changfeng and Lingfeng peaks in Shanhaiguan can hold power for a few more years, so that the Northern Zhou Dynasty will not be in a hurry to launch an attack.
The Xiao family may also know that it is difficult to defend the northern area of Zhuozhou, so they sent the weakest team to guard the Yishui line. Most of the leading generals had no background. Due to the continuous battles near Yanjing City, the people were in dire straits, and the defenders were almost extremely difficult, with almost no
What kind of money can be made? The reason why the Xiao family still sent so many people to guard Yi County was mainly because they wanted to get more money from the court. Of course, not even half of it would actually go to the defenders.
Most of the oppressed defenders were people who had lived in northern Hebei for generations, and their ancestors were basically from the Northern Yan Kingdom. They didn't have much feelings about their family and country towards the Qi Kingdom.
The news that the blizzard of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty defeated the absolute main force of the Northern Zhou Dynasty's 80,000 cavalry with 7,000 cavalry came a day ago, so the guard of Yi County was frightened and fled. When He Qizhou led the majestic cavalry team into the city, the sergeant in the city unexpectedly
There are many people who also want to join, but they have not entered He Qizhou's eyes.
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