After the army arrived at the designated position, Xiao Jingxuan ordered the army to rest on the spot.
Rest when you need to rest, and feed the horse when you need to feed it. In short, it is to recharge your batteries and wait for work.
The place Xiao Jingxuan chose is about a hundred miles away from Yizhou City and even further away from Dazhou. There is no need to worry about uncertain factors.
However, for safety reasons, Xiao Jingxuan still sent a large number of scouts to Dazhou to prevent any unexpected events.
That night, Xiao Jingxuan and his army all had a good rest.
Early the next morning, a scout reported that reinforcements from Baicheng were less than twenty miles away.
Moreover, the enemy's commander is also a relatively cautious person, and the enemy's scouts are not far away from Xiao Jingxuan's army.
For this reason, Xiao Jingxuan ordered that all troops should pay attention to hiding. Fortunately, Xiao Jingxuan took this issue into consideration when setting up camp.
Therefore, the position where the army was stationed was not on the main road of the enemy's march, but almost five miles off the march road.
This distance should be able to avoid enemy scouts. Of course, this is also due to the terrain in the north and the enemy's infantry accompanying them.
Xiao Jingxuan immediately ordered the army to prepare and prepare to attack at any time.
About a quarter of an hour later, a scout came to report that the enemy was not far from here.
Therefore, Xiao Jingxuan immediately gave the order and the army immediately attacked.
As Xiao Jingxuan's military orders were issued to each battalion, all the soldiers began to take action.
Xiao Jingxuan and the guard battalion formed an arrow and charged at the forefront of the army.
The three battalions of cavalry under his command continued to form three arrows and followed closely behind.
At this time, the Yan army was marching. In fact, the general of the Yan army was very dissatisfied with the rapid march, because if the army was too tired, it might not be able to handle it if it was attacked by the enemy.
However, the general was helpless because the imperial court sent messengers to the army again and again to urge him. Moreover, his tone became increasingly harsh.
Therefore, the general of the Yan army had to march in a hurry. However, as he got closer and closer to Yizhou City, the uneasiness in the heart of the general of the Yan army became stronger and stronger.
At this moment, the shaking on the ground alarmed the Yan army. The general of the Yan army looked into the distance and saw many black spots appearing in the distance.
The general of the Yan army was shocked and immediately ordered the entire army to be on alert. At the same time, he ordered the cavalry to immediately go forward and form formation.
However, it was a little late at this point.
You know, in order to prevent enemy attacks, the general of the Yan army divided the cavalry into three parts, one in the front, one in the middle, and one at the back.
The presence of 20,000 infantrymen allowed the Yan army to stretch its marching route for a long time. For a while, orders could not be conveyed to the rear quickly. In addition, the army was exhausted from consecutive days of rapid marching.
Soon, the general of the Yan army also discovered this, so the general of the Yan army had to lead the forward 10,000 cavalry to attack Fan Yang's cavalry.
The two sides soon had a fierce collision. However, it was at this time that the Yan army commander finally saw the power of Fan Yang's cavalry.
As the arrowhead of the army, although the limited number of people makes the Guards Battalion slightly inferior to other battalions. However, under the leadership of Xiao Jingxuan, the combat effectiveness of the Guards Battalion is far better than other armies.
Soon, Xiao Jingxuan penetrated the enemy's cavalry array and charged towards the enemy's central army. Immediately afterwards, the three battalions of cavalry under his command also quickly penetrated the Yan army's array, following closely behind Xiao Jingxuan.
It can be said that the bravery of Xiao Jingxuan and his guard battalion increased the combat effectiveness of the army by at least 30%.
With the confrontation with the enemy's Chinese army, the entire battle broke out.
In order to prevent the enemy from forming a queue, each battalion then began to kill in all directions in units with different rates.
Although the Yan army had a numerical advantage, the soldiers were a little tired due to the long and urgent march, while Fan Yang's army was strong.
Secondly, because the battle line was too long, and the array was pierced by Fan Yang's army, it was impossible to form an effective formation. Therefore, as soon as the battle began, the Yan army was at a disadvantage.
Xiao Jingxuan's cavalry has always been brutal, so soon a large number of Yan troops began to flee.
Moreover, after Xiao Jingxuan beheaded the Yan Army's general, the resistance of the Yan Army's various units also declined.
The various ministries were unable to form effective cooperation. So, when more and more Yan soldiers died in battle, some Yan soldiers finally put down their weapons.
When it comes to surrender, there is a first and then a second. Soon, more and more Yan troops put down their weapons, knelt on the ground and began to surrender.
Regarding the surrender of troops, Xiao Jingxuan did not kill them all. Soon, Xiao Jingxuan's army began to kill the die-hard elements who refused to surrender.
When the battle was over, each battalion began to count the results.
In this battle, Xiao Jingxuan's men fought 30,000 cavalry, and more than 3,000 people were killed and about 10,000 people were injured. However, compared to the results of the battle, this loss is really insignificant.
In this battle, Fan Yang's army killed more than 12,000 enemies and captured more than 30,000 enemies. It can be said to be a great victory.
After Xiao Jingxuan ordered people to clean up the battlefield, he began to deal with the prisoners. Now that the war was imminent, in order to prevent changes, Xiao Jingxuan ordered that all the prisoners who were more than 100 years old (including 30 years old) and above were held in separate cells.
As for the remaining ordinary soldiers, because the Yan State is vast and sparsely populated, in order to support these large armies, the taxes of the Yan State have always been relatively high, and the lives of the people of the Yan State are very difficult. Therefore, these ordinary soldiers do not care who they serve for.
As long as you can eat enough.
Therefore, Xiao Jingxuan planned to reorganize these armies, so Xiao Jingxuan transferred about 500 people from the personal guards. At the same time, he divided Ye Xiong's central army into two, divided the captured cavalry first, and the remaining cavalry was divided by other
Each department is supplemented.
As for the remaining infantry, they will be supplemented by Qi Biao and Qu Qingshan respectively after the army returns.
In order to prevent internal disputes between each battalion and these surrendered soldiers, Xiao Jingxuan issued strict orders to the generals of each battalion to take more care of these newly attached Yan Army soldiers.
When Xiao Jingxuan led the army back to the camp outside Yizhou City, the mighty team stunned the defenders in Yizhou City.
On the second day, Xiao Jingxuan sent someone to deliver the head of the Yan army general into the city, and at the same time told the Yan court the news of the destruction of the reinforcements.
When the defenders of Yizhou City learned that the reinforcements had been destroyed, their morale was low. That night, many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the city began to contact Xiao Jingxuan and expressed their willingness to surrender.
For these high-ranking officials who were willing to surrender, Xiao Jingxuan had great contempt in his heart. However, in order to end the battle faster, he had to pretend to be a snake with them for a while.
At this moment, Xiao Jingxuan knew that the overall situation had been decided, and the destruction of the Yan Kingdom was a foregone conclusion. No one could change it.
Finally, before Xiao Jingxuan's tunnel was dug, the Yan royal family announced its surrender.
The next day, Yizhou City was opened wide, and all the soldiers followed the civil and military officials out of the city and began to surrender.
In order to prevent accidents, Xiao Jingxuan ordered these people to go two miles out of the city to accept surrender.
Seeing a young man kneeling at the forefront of the surrendered ministers of the Yan Kingdom, holding the imperial seal in his hand, Xiao Jingxuan was curious.
Because according to Xiao Jingxuan’s knowledge, the emperor of Yan State is not that old. So he looked at the civil and military officials of Yan State and asked: “As far as I know, the emperor of Yan State is nearly middle-aged. Why is he a young man? Are you planning to fool him?
Is this king not successful?"
As soon as Xiao Jingxuan finished speaking, the guards around him pulled out their sabers one after another.
Seeing this scene, the leader, an elderly civil servant, raised his hands tremblingly and said: "I don't dare to deceive the king. It's actually the king of Yan who resisted the heavenly soldiers for his own selfish purposes. After being blocked by the ministers and others, he was afraid of crime."
Committed suicide."
After hearing this, Xiao Jingxuan's eyes became filled with murderous intent. These rebellious ministers were just greedy for life and afraid of death, but they actually dared to kill the king.
Although even if Emperor Yan surrenders, Xiao Jingxuan will not let him live beyond next year, but these rebellious ministers dare to kill the emperor, which means something different. Who will dare to use these rebellious ministers in the future?
But soon, Xiao Jingxuan suppressed the murderous intention in his heart, and said with a smile to the surrendered ministers around him: "Well, I am very pleased that you all can return from your lost ways and abandon the darkness and turn to the light. When I stabilize the situation in other places,
In this form, everyone will be rewarded."
After saying that, he took the imperial seal from the new king of Yan State. After that, Xiao Jingxuan ordered Hu Yanzhuo to take over the surrender. At the same time, he ordered Qi Biao and Qu Qingshan to enter the city immediately to take over the defense of Yizhou City and blockade the city at the same time.
All government treasuries posted notices to protect the people.
After Qi Biao and others got the situation under control, Xiao Jingxuan began to give orders to enter the city.
After arriving at the palace of Yan State, it can be said that the palace was in a mess.
All kinds of gold, silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings were scattered all over the floor. Looking at the shivering palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on both sides, Xiao Jingxuan frowned slightly.
The Yan Kingdom was sparsely populated, but the palace was so luxurious, and there were many maids and eunuchs in it, no less than a thousand. No wonder the Yan Kingdom fell so quickly.
Slowly walking to a palace maid, Xiao Jingxuan squatted down and looked at the palace maid in front of him. Xiao Jingxuan asked: "Do you have any family members to rely on?"
The palace maid who was asked by Xiao Jingxuan trembled even more, but she still whispered: "My family is in the city."
After hearing this, Xiao Jingxuan nodded slowly. Then, he loudly said to the people around him: "Everyone, if your family is in Yizhou City, you can go home and reunite with peace of mind. If your family is elsewhere, then you can stay a little longer."
Wait, it’s not very safe now that there’s chaos outside. Once the Spring Festival is over, we’ll release them all and go home.”
At this time, a palace maid stood up tremblingly and said, "Reporting to the king, my parents are both dead and I have no way of making a living outside. I wonder if I can continue to stay in the palace as a servant."
After hearing this, Xiao Jingxuan thought for a moment and said: "Well, the palace here will be demolished and rebuilt on the spot in a while. If you have no place to go, I can find something for you to do within my ability. However, glory, wealth and honor
But no."
After appeasing all the maids and eunuchs, Xiao Jingxuan held a military and political meeting in the political hall of the palace.