Of the eight thousand soldiers and horses in the grassland, Gu Baiyi left only a thousand men to guard the grassland. Almost all of them came out, and they were deployed outside the west gate of Shunjin City.
Only set up the formation at the west gate.
The other sects sent out rangers to patrol.
On top of the city, the Liaodong Army was waiting in tight formation.
Gu Baiyi knew the strength of the defenders very well.
Song Shixin suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of Long Rui's army last time. The casualties and surrendered soldiers had reduced Huangfu Yunzhao's eight thousand troops to nearly two thousand. Then Qian Siyi led two thousand troops to attack Jiping, but was defeated by Yuwen Chengchao.
Two thousand more were taken prisoner, and Huangfu Yunzhao now had only more than 4,000 regular Liaodong soldiers at his disposal.
Fortunately, Shunjin originally had 2,000 troops stationed there, and the number of troops defending the city was barely 6,000.
To guard the big city of Shunjin, six thousand people could only make do.
But when the defenders saw that six or seven thousand Long Rui troops dared to attack the city, they found it incredible.
The strength of Long Rui's army is comparable to that of the defenders. Attacking the city with such strength is simply asking for death.
If it is ten, it is to encircle it, if it is five, it is to attack, and if it is doubled, it is divided.
Long Rui's army had no advantage in terms of strength, but they came to the city. After deploying outside the west gate, they did not launch an offensive. Although it could be seen that Long Rui's army had indeed prepared some siege weapons, the entire barracks was several miles away from the city gate.
There was no movement for a long time, but it didn't look like he was preparing to attack.
As for the siege, that seems even more impossible.
For six to seven thousand people to besiege Shunjin City is simply a fantasy.
The walls of Shunjin City are strong and the four gates are thick. If the entire city is to be besieged and the troops are divided into four gates, Long Rui's army will naturally be dispersed. Once the troops are divided, it will naturally be a great disadvantage to Long Rui's army.
Moreover, if the troops and horses are only deployed outside the west gate, there can be no talk of siege.
Attacking but not attacking, besieging the city is not considered a siege. The defenders were confused and didn't know what Long Rui's army wanted.
Only a few generals knew clearly that Gu Baiyi's troops arrived outside Shunjin City just to contain the defenders in the city in order to cope with the war in Jiping.
Naturally, not many people knew the inside story of this military plan. Except for Huangfu Yunzhao and a few of his close generals, the other Liaodong soldiers only knew that Qian Siyi was leading the troops to recapture Jiping City. They had no idea that Wang Xingchao had already secretly obtained the plan from Liaodong.
Thousands of soldiers and horses were mobilized and a trap was set in Jiping County.
For the past two days, Huangfu Yunzhao and his generals have been waiting for the good news from Jiping.
Huangfu Yunzhao knew the purpose of Gu Baiyi's troops approaching the city very clearly, and he also knew that Gu Baiyi would not be crazy enough to attack Shunjin City with 7,000 troops, so although he was wary of Gu Baiyi's troops, he was not too worried.
And he even felt that it was not a bad thing for Gu Baiyi to camp outside the city.
Frankly speaking, Songyang Caochang's strategic location is now more important than Jiping City.
The reason is very simple, the Black Mountain Trading Ground is under the protection of grassland soldiers and horses.
Wang Xingchao did not choose Caochang as the target in this plan, but Jiping City. The reason is very simple, just because Caochang is backed by Heishan, and Long Ruijun has firmly controlled Heishan. Once Caochang is attacked, Gu Baiyi can completely
Retreating to Black Mountain, given the current situation, even if heavy troops are used to attack the grassland, it is impossible to swallow Gu Baiyi.
When Songyang Grassland was given to Long Rui's army for training, firstly, the grassland was located in the border area and the environment was harsh. Secondly, he wanted to use the Black Mountain Army to force Long Rui's army to retreat into the pass.
I just didn't expect that Heishan would be captured by Long Rui's army very quickly, and the Heishan army would be recruited and directly incorporated into Long Rui's army.
As a result, the original arrangement of the Liaodong Army actually caused Long Rui's Army to directly control the northwest of Yingping County. It was unable to lose its tail and was even more difficult to annihilate.
With Black Mountain at its back, it can advance and retreat, which has become a huge advantage for Caochang Long Rui's army.
Huangfu Yunzhao knew that once Long Rui's army retreated to Heishan, it would not be easy to defeat them.
Wang Xingchao set a fatal trap this time. In Huangfu Yunzhao's opinion, as long as nothing went wrong, Long Rui's main force in Guangning could almost be wiped out in one fell swoop.
Tang Kaijia's and Dou Xiong's troops combined totaled nearly 10,000 elite troops, including thousands of cavalry.
As long as the war in Jiping ended quickly, Tang Kaijia and Dou Xiong's troops would turn around and rush to the aid of Shunjin.
At that time, it might not be easy for Gu Baiyi to withdraw.
As long as reinforcements arrive, the defenders in the city and the two groups of troops can annihilate Gu Baiyi's troops.
If Gu Baiyi sticks to the grassland, he can withdraw to Heishan at any time. But now he is outside the city. When the fight breaks out, Gu Baiyi will have no place to retreat, which is naturally the best for the Liaodong Army.
In fact, Wang Xingchao's plan had already included Gu Baiyi, who was sure that he would either directly rush to aid Jiping or contain the Shunjin defenders. No matter what he chose, he would lose Black Mountain as a support.
And the reality is just as Wang Xingchao planned.
Huangfu Yunzhao has been waiting for good news from Jiping for the past two days, and even went to the south gate of the city in person from time to time, hoping that the two groups of soldiers and horses could return as soon as possible for reinforcements.
Under the night, Huangfu Yunzhao stood at the top of the south gate city. The moonlight was like water, shining on the city top and also shining on his cold armor. The refined armor glowed with a faint cold light.
"General, please go back and rest first." Xu Shen, the general on the side, said cautiously: "General, I will wait and see here. If anything happens, report it immediately."
Huangfu Yunzhao did not move, his eyes looked like blades at the southern wilderness.
After a while, Huangfu Yunzhao said: "Xu Shen, what do you think Jiping will be in now?"
"I thought there would be no accidents." Xu Shen certainly knew that Huangfu Yunzhao must be really worried, so he comforted him: "General Tang and General Dou are both veteran generals, and they are commanding elites from Liaodong. They will definitely succeed in the battle.
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"It's been three days." Huangfu Yunzhao said: "Before Tang Kaijia sent people to ask for food, it can be seen that the war was not going well." He put one hand behind his back and looked solemn: "If they capture Jiping City, they don't have to ask us anymore.
Asking for food."
Xu Shen said: "Gu Baiyi is stationed outside the city. If you go to transport food at this time, you will definitely be attacked by Gu Baiyi's men. Maybe General Tang had a complete plan. He did not continue to send people to urge food, which shows that the situation is not that urgent.
." After a pause, he continued: "Perhaps General Tang has already captured Jiping City at this time and is dealing with the aftermath."
Huangfu Yunzhao didn't speak, and his brows never relaxed.
Logically speaking, after ambushing Qin Xiao's reinforcements, the cavalry led by Dou Xiong would quickly join up with Tang Kaijia. With nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses on both sides, plus Qin Xiao's head, the small Jiping City must have been easily captured.
According to the prior plan, after capturing Jiping, the two groups of soldiers and horses should not delay at all, and should quickly return to support Shunjin and annihilate Gu Baiyi's troops as quickly as possible.
After all, after the fall of Jiping, once Gu Baiyi got the news, he would probably evacuate to Songyang Grassland quickly. If Gu Baiyi retreated to Montenegro, it would not be so easy to achieve a quick victory.
But the reinforcements never arrived, which made Huangfu Yunzhao vaguely feel that something was wrong.
"General, don't worry too much." Xu Shen said: "There are always Long Rui Army's rangers outside the city. Maybe Jiping sent a messenger, but they just found traces of Long Rui Army's rangers and didn't dare to approach the city directly. Let's wait.
Wait, good news should come soon."
Although Huangfu Yunzhao felt that something was wrong, he felt a little relieved when he thought that the two groups of soldiers and horses were large in number and they were the main force of the Liaodong Army. It was impossible that they could not cope with Long Rui's army.
"I'm going to rest first." Huangfu Yunzhao knew that the reinforcements might not be able to arrive at this moment, so he could only order: "Send someone to keep an eye on them, and report to me immediately if there is any movement of reinforcements."
Xu Shen said hurriedly: "General, don't worry, I will be waiting here in person."
Huangfu Yunzhao didn't say much, turned around and was about to leave. After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around quickly and asked, "What sound can you hear?"
Xu Shen listened carefully and immediately said: "It's... the sound of horse hooves!"
Huangfu Yunzhao quickly walked to the battlements and looked south.
In the night, everything was quiet, and I could vaguely hear the sound of horse hoofbeats coming from the south. Soon, the sound of horse hoofbeats became clearer. Xu Shen said in surprise: "General, it's General Dou's men who are coming back."
Huangfu Yunzhao's originally solemn expression also relaxed, revealing a slight smile, and already put one hand on the battlement.
Since Dou Xiong has arrived with the main cavalry, Jiping's war will naturally achieve its goal.
With Dou Xiong's main cavalry, it was already too late for Gu Baiyi to withdraw.
The silent night was completely broken by the rumble of horse hooves. Not long after, through the moonlight, Huangfu Yunzhao vaguely saw that densely packed cavalry had appeared in the south of the city.
"General, when the reinforcements arrive, will you immediately gather your troops and leave the city?" Xu Shen asked.
Huangfu Yunzhao thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "There is no rush. Let Dou Xiong and the cavalry under his command rest for a night to recover their strength. They have just returned to Shunjin after a battle. They should be exhausted at the moment. Wait for them to rest for a night, and tomorrow
Fight again." He ordered: "Xu Shen, on my behalf, you will go out of the city to meet Dou Xiong and invite him to meet him in the city. By the way, go and inform Commander Liang and ask him to prepare wine and meat and send people out of the city to reward the soldiers."
Xu Shen held up his hand and was about to go out of the city to greet him. Just as he turned around, Huangfu Yunzhao seemed to have thought of something and raised his hand and said: "Wait a minute!"
"What other orders does the general have?"
"Wait a minute!" Huangfu Yunzhao's brows furrowed again, "Don't worry, let's take a look at the situation."
Xu Shen was startled when he saw Huangfu Yunzhao staring at the outside of the city. He wondered what Huangfu Yunzhao had other worries about.
Not long after, the rumble of horse hooves gradually disappeared. After a while, the sound of horse hooves was heard again, but this time the sound was much smaller. Under the moonlight, a small group of cavalry was seen heading towards the city gate.
Come in the direction.
"They are our people!" Xu Shen saw five or six cavalry coming over, all dressed in Liaodong Army uniforms, but soon he also saw the skull masks on the faces of those cavalrymen, and immediately said: "They are the Undead Army!"