After the capture of Yuyang City, the road to Guangyang County was finally opened. Su Dingfang could finally go straight to Yanjing. However, there were still two small troubles in Yuyang County, namely Li Ling and Tian.
Yu’s four thousand Han troops.
Su Dingfang ordered Yang Zhi to lead an army of five thousand and Ding Yanping to lead an army of four thousand, stationed on the two roads leading to Yuyang, in order to prevent Li Ling and Tian Yu from reinforcing Yuyang City.
Now that Yuyang City has been captured, Li Ling and Tian Yu's troops have not yet been completely eliminated.
When they learned that Yuyang was surrounded by the Qin army and was in danger, Li Ling and Tian Yu both tacitly agreed to abandon the city and come to rescue them, but they did not expect to be blocked by the Qin army halfway.
If he were an ordinary general, in order to support Yuyang City in time, he would definitely attack the Qin army with all his strength and open up roads to support Yuyang, but Li Ling and Tian Yu were obviously extraordinary.
After seeing that the way forward was blocked by the Qin army, Li Ling and Tian Yu tacitly chose to retreat, preferring to take a long detour rather than fight the Qin army. After all, even if Yuyang's premise is to preserve itself, once the troops in his hands are exhausted, even if
Even attacking Yuyang City had no effect at all.
Li Ling and Tian Yu both chose to take a detour, but ran into their opponents halfway, and learned that both roads were occupied by the Qin army, so they joined forces and prepared to work together to defeat the Qin army.
When the two armies of Li Ling, Tian and He were preparing to join forces to attack the road guarded by Ding Yanping, they received news that Yuyang City had been breached when Li Gan released a carrier pigeon.
Yuyang City has been captured, and there is no point in Li Ling and Tian Yu going there anymore. The two of them have become turtles in the urn. It will only be a matter of time before they are swallowed up by the Qin army. It is inevitable that they will have the idea of surrender in their hearts.
However, when they thought about Liu Che's kindness and that their families were still in Yanjing City, the two had to give up the idea of surrender.
After some discussion, Li Ling and Tian Yu decided to block the news and withdraw their troops back to the cities of Guangping and Anle to wait for reinforcements.
They also knew that there would be no reinforcements, and that there was no point in defending the city. However, in order to repay Liu Che's kindness, and for the sake of their family and their own reputation, they decided to risk their lives and hold on until the last moment.
In this way, Li Ling and Tian Yu's troops, totaling four thousand Han troops, did not start a battle with Ding Yanping. They just wandered around and returned to the cities they were guarding.
Su Dingfang was also shocked when he learned about it. He thought that Yang Zhi and Ding Yanping's troops could at least eliminate one of Li Ling or Tian Yuzhong, but he did not expect that these two people would have such a tacit understanding and take the initiative to admit the enemy without even fighting.
I was too scared to retreat.
At present, the Han army still has two cities in Yuyang County, with an army of 4,000. The two cities of Guangping and Anle are the horns of each other. If they want to attack, they will need to dispatch at least three times the enemy's strength.
With the current strength of the Qin army in Yuyang, let alone three times, even nine times can be produced, but another question arises, is it worth it?
At this moment, Yan Jingcheng is like a peerless beauty who has taken off all her clothes, standing naked in front of her, while Guang Ping and An Le are two eighty-year-old women. I am afraid that all ten of them know what to choose.
For Su Dingfang, the most important thing now is time. Attacking the two cities at this time will definitely be able to defeat them, but it will waste a lot of time.
If during this period, some of the remaining three armies attack Yanjing, their first victory will be taken away.
After the capture of Yanjing City and the capture of the puppet emperor Liu Che, the two cities of Guangping and Anle will naturally surrender without a fight. This is the smartest choice.
Naturally, Su Dingfang would not give up the already tangible victory of destroying the Han Dynasty for the sake of two dispensable cities, so he decisively decided not to take the initiative to attack the two cities and concentrate his forces to attack Yanjing City first.
Su Dingfang also knew that both Li Ling and Tian Yu were restless. Once his main force left, they would definitely jump out and stir up trouble.
If Yuyang City is regained and lost, and Li Lingtianyu breaks through by luck, and his food route is cut off, then it will be dangerous to attack the main force of Yanjing.
Therefore, Su Dingfang had to arrange the defense of Yuyang properly before he could safely lead his troops to attack Yanjing.
"Ding Yanping, you lead four thousand troops to garrison Yuyang City. Yang Zhi, you lead three thousand troops to garrison Lu County."
Sun Lingming definitely wanted to go out with the army, but between Ding Yanping and Yang Zhi, Su Dingfang finally chose Ding Yanping, a wise man, to guard Yuyang City, which was currently the most important to the Fourth Route Army.
"Remember, after I leave with my army, no matter which side of Li Ling, Tian and Yu comes to invade, you only need to stick to the city and never leave the city. That is a trick to lure the enemy." Su Dingfang warned.
"You must remember this when you are finally the general." Ding Yanping and Yang Zhi responded in unison.
"Um."
Su Dingfang nodded, now he felt completely at ease, but before leaving, he had to visit Li Guang and his son.
After the Qin army broke through Yuyang City, Li Gan resisted and defended the prefect's mansion. However, he was wounded and captured alive by Su Dingfang himself. Li Gan also received treatment in the medical camp with Li Guang.
The Qin Army's "field hospital" has been moved to a mansion covering an area of fifty acres in Yuyang City.
Li Gan's injury was not too serious, but Li Guang was kicked hard by Sun Lingming. The reason why he didn't die directly was because of his good physical condition.
There were not many wounded soldiers of the Qin army in the medical camp. After all, the Qin army only suffered nearly 400 casualties in this battle, so most of the soldiers in the medical camp were wounded prisoners of the Han army.
As the Qin army initiated the military medical system and spent a lot of money to treat wounded soldiers, the princes also realized that the combat effectiveness of veterans after recovery was even greater than before, so they also vigorously promoted the military medical system.
All the major princes invested heavily in training their own military doctors, which also led to a rocket-like development in the profession of doctors and drug dealers. The medical level of the Han Dynasty suddenly reached several levels.
The finances of all the major princes are not generous. Even if they are willing to invest in training military doctors, in this era when military expenditures are destined to account for the majority, the expected proportion of investment will certainly not be too large. Therefore, except for Qin, military doctors in all countries are in a state of scarcity.
Like Su Dingfang, who led an army of 40,000 on an expedition and equipped a medical camp with 300 military doctors and nurses, this was a unique luxury in the world.
Seeing Su Dingfang approaching, the soldiers and military doctors saluted and said, "See you, general."
"No need to be polite, take me to see Li Guang and his son."
"promise."
A military doctor came out to lead the way for Su Dingfang.
On the way, Su Dingfang asked: "How is Li Guang's injury?"
"Li Guang's injuries are very serious. Four of his ribs were broken, and his internal organs were also damaged. But this is not fatal. It will take time to recover slowly."
"Give Li Guang his best treatment, and don't worry about the medicinal materials. If there are not enough precious medicinal materials, we will transport them from behind. In short, we will give Li Guang the highest standard of medical treatment."