The battle in Chengle County lasted for most of the night. Of course, it was mainly to clear the defenders in the city. Nearly 80,000 Bingzhou Northern Army defenders died in battle and surrendered more than 20,000. Cao Lie led less than a thousand people.
The defeated army was about to break out from the west gate. Who would have thought that outside the city had been intercepted by the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army and was finally captured by the Xiaoguo Army.
At this point, none of the entire Chengle County defenders escaped and fell into the hands of the Xiaoguo Army. When the light of light that day, Chengle County had fallen under the control of the Xiaoguo Army.
"Report to the Li Shuai, our army killed more than 3,200 people, injured more than 4,000 people last night, captured more than 53,000 enemy troops, and all the rest were killed. The enemy commander Cao Lie was also under our army's commander.
Captured. In addition, he obtained 20,000 chariots of food and grass in the city, countless weapons and armor, and there were also 3,000 war horses and more than 50 catapults."
Li Chenfeng felt a little distressed when he heard the soldiers' statistics. These 7,000 soldiers were all elite veterans in the army. I don’t know how much time it took to train them. However, the losses were
Not big.
"Send a messenger and send it back to the lord's place. Our army has captured Chengle County and things are going as planned."
"The person who came, immediately sent an order to let the officials take over the government affairs in the city. In addition, a notice was posted, saying that we would exempt the new policy of the army from the Guoguo Army and exempt all kinds of taxes. In addition, let the departments supplement the losses and reorganize these surrendered soldiers. The appropriate ones are
If the army is incorporated into the baggage team, those who are not suitable will become people and will be let go home. However, from now on, no one is allowed to enter and exit the city gate at will without military orders."
"Go and bring Cao Lie to me and break the Dingxiang Mansion and here is this person." Li Chenfeng ordered in a deep voice.
Chengle County was taken down overnight, not only beyond Cao Lie's expectations, but also beyond Cao Gang's expectations far away in Yunzhou Prefecture. Although Cao Gang did not know the situation here, he had the city defense of Chengle County.
Still have confidence. According to Cao Gang's idea, Chengle County was able to hold on even if it faced the army of the Xiaoguo Army in the east. In addition, the echoes of the counties in the north and south of Dingxiang Prefecture, as the Northern Army of Bingzhou
There should be no problem at the forefront of the Eastern Defense Line.
Therefore, Cao Gang did not pay much attention to Chengle County, and handed it over to his relative Cao Lie to be fully responsible. Especially after Zhao Xun took over Shuozhou Prefecture and Wuyuan Prefecture, Dingxiang Prefecture in the east,
He had no time to pay attention. Therefore, Li Chenfeng's army launched an operation to Chengle County a few days ago and carried out a siege of the city, and he did not give much connection.
Cao Lie also wrote back to Cao Gang, saying that he could stick to Chengle County without losing it. But he ignored one thing. The soldiers in his hands were no longer the Longxiang Army, who dared to fight against foreign tribes in the past, and no longer the
The elite army was born. Because of the peace between Cao Gang and the Turks, the fighting spirit of the Bingzhou Northern Army was greatly reduced and they were still dissatisfied with the Cao family.
In addition, after Cao Gang reorganized the armies and merged into the Bingzhou Northern Army, there were too many Cao generals and too many new soldiers in the Bingzhou Northern Army, which greatly reduced the combat power. Of course, the most important thing is
He underestimated the attack power of the Xiaoguo Army and the strength of the siege equipment. In particular, in addition to most of the soldiers in Bingzhou Northern Army, there were also local county soldiers, government soldiers and temporary recruitment of strong men.
The gap between them and the regular soldiers was too far. Although they had some training, they were far from old soldiers who had been through the battlefield. Therefore, under the continuous attacks of the Xiaoguo Army's catapults and the sudden outbreak of the sky-shaking thunder, they lost
The courage dispersed and handed over the city to the Xiaoguo army, and was defeated in one battle.
The soldiers under Li Chenfeng were extremely brave infantry, and they were also supplemented from random baggage teams and young and strong men. They were all trained by veteran soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army and participated in bloody battles at random. They added a little each time.
He will fight with the army and quickly become an old soldier, which will not affect the combat effectiveness of the army. Therefore, it is reasonable to calculate the important city of Chengle County within one day. He has strong troops and sharp weapons, and he will win in one battle
...
"Cao Lie! The chief general of the defender in Chengle County, are you willing to surrender?" Li Chenfeng asked in a low voice as he looked at the middle-aged man with a scattered hair and blood on his body.
"Bah, a real man will die if he dies, so why not be afraid of it? If you want me to surrender, there is no way." Cao Lie glared at Li Chenfeng fiercely and roared angrily.
Li Chenfeng didn't care and said indifferently: "Cao Lie, there are still old parents, wife and children, and the whole family has more than 300 people. What? Are you willing to let your whole family die with you? Cao Lie, you
It is true that it is Cao Gang's clan, but it is not a close relative. Now, our Lord Zhao, has conquered the Shuozhou Prefecture and Wuyuan Prefecture of your Bingzhou Northern Army, and Daizhou that has long been conquered by us.
The prefecture, Mayi Prefecture, your Bingzhou Northern Army is only Dingxiang Prefecture and Yunzhou Prefecture. The Dingxiang Prefecture capital is also the central city Chengle County. Now it is under the hands of our Xiaoguo Army. It is not
What a difficult problem, do you think?"
Before Cao Lie answered, Li Chenfeng said again: "After Dingxiang Prefecture, Yunzhou Prefecture is surrounded by east, west, south and north. Do you think Cao Gang still has a chance? Cao Gang made peace with the Turks and went to the northern part of Bingzhou.
Millions of people ignore them, not only are the people of various prefectures and counties dissatisfied with them, but also the Northern Army of Bingzhou. In this case, do you think it is very difficult for us to conquer Yunzhou Prefecture?"
"The future Cao Gang's defeat will definitely leave a irreversible reputation. Do you want to be with Cao Lie? Think about it carefully, not for yourself, but for your family. Even if we spare us
Your family, I am afraid that the people in the northern part of Bingzhou will not let them live a good life. Let your whole family grow up with the accusations and scoldings of others? Is this what you want?" Li Chenfeng shouted
Said.
Cao Lie's face changed drastically, and he didn't say anything for a long time. Seeing Cao Lie's expression, Li Chenfeng sneered in his heart and said, "Cao Lie, surrendering to us now is not to blame the master, but to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. It can not only make your family lose their lives.
Worry can also make them understand that you, Cao Lie, are not like Cao Gang, but are a traitor who harms the people of Bingzhou northern part."
After a while, Cao Lie bit his teeth, knelt down at Li Chenfeng, and said, "Cao Lie is willing to surrender!"
After Cao Lie surrendered, Li Chenfeng immediately asked Cao Lie to issue an urgent order, asking all counties and cities in the north and south of Dingxiang Prefecture to send defenders to Chengle County to cooperate in defense and resist the attack of the Xiaoguo Army. Chengle County was in Dingxiang
The important forward position of the prefecture is the key to the entire Dingxiang Prefecture. As long as Chengle County is not lost, Dingxiang Prefecture will be safe. If Chengle County is lost, Dingxiang Prefecture will be divided into two parts, and the north and south sections are two parts, so naturally
It is in danger. Therefore, this convening order is very reasonable.
Of course, Li Chenfeng would not have gathered the troops of each county around Chengle County, but instead transferred the defenders of each city out, and then took Cao Lie's handwriting to take over each city and county, preparing to recruit local youth and soldiers.
Joining the war for the army. With the slogan of recruitment and Cao Lie's order, the army sent by Li Chenfeng quickly controlled the empty city. Then he sent an envoy to the army that Licheng rushed to Chengle County, Xiaoyi
Dayi and told the story of the loss of Chengle County and Cao Lie's surrender, and persuaded these supportive troops to surrender. Although there were many cities in Dingxiang Prefecture, there were not many troops sent out in each city. In this case, the cities
The 1,000 taels of troops sent were not allowed to surrender. After all, the back road was gone and the front road was gone. The whole family and the young and old fell into the hands of the Xiaoguo Army.
Li Chenfeng's troops conquered Chengle County on July 15th and captured the entire territory of Dingxiang Prefecture on July 23rd. At the end of July, all the Bingzhou Northern Army except Yunzhou Prefecture were replaced.
Master.
After taking over the entire territory of Dingxiang Prefecture, in addition to arranging the subsequent young and strong men to supplement the losses of each army, they also asked the army to draw wounded soldiers and some old soldiers into each prefecture and county, as local county soldiers and prefecture soldiers. In addition, this
Li Chenfeng's troops also collected nearly 100,000 surrendered soldiers. After the selection, they left behind 60,000 surrendered soldiers who were suitable for the army and were willing to join the army, and they were organized into the baggage team and the young and strong army.
The army was trained in new recruits. Then the army was divided into two parts, and one part went westward to the border of Yunzhou Prefecture, threatening Yunzhou Prefecture. Some went south and approached Taiyuan Prefecture of Bingzhou Army, and joined with Xue Qinglan and Yang Hu's troops in the south.
The reason why Li Chenfeng sent his army south was not because of other things, because Situ Tai had already launched an action, and he took the lead in transferring the army north to the northern army and entered the area of the Bingzhou Northern Army. In other words, they had begun to compete with the Xiaoguo Army for territory.
Let’s put it bluntly, Situ Tai is preparing to compete with Xiaoguojun for food.
Regarding the words of the Xiaoguo Army, the Northern Bingzhou Army, whether it is troops or territory, is their own food on the plate. Now that the Bingzhou Army in the south is a plan, it would be unreasonable if it does not respond. Besides, Xiaoguo
The army had long been prepared to take action against the Bingzhou Army. Now Situ Tai's action is just to advance the world, which is not enough to make the Xiaoguo Army afraid and panic. Especially now, both east and west are Lian Zhanlian.
If you win, you won't have to worry about it.
Just when Zhao Xun captured the two western prefectures and Li Chenfeng had just begun to attack Chengle County, Cao Gang was also anxious to contact Situ Tai's people. Now, he understood that in the hands of Xiaoguo Army.
, he couldn't stand it at all. Especially after he learned that his soldiers under his command were directly surrendered to the city in the face of the attack of the Xiaoguo Army, he suddenly realized that he had brought such a big hidden danger to the peace with the Turks.
But the regret at this moment cannot affect the overall change. Especially the fall of the two northwest prefectures, which made his nest suddenly surrounded by all sides. Although Dingxiang Prefecture is still supporting it in the east, I already know that he has lost the hearts of the people.
Cao Gang, who was morale in the army, knew very well that Dingxiang Prefecture would not last long.
Therefore, Cao Gang readily agreed to Situ Tai's conditions and expressed his intention to surrender to Situ Tai. However, Situ Tai also needed to support as soon as possible and open up the north-south passage so that he could retreat south in time. Of course, if Situ Tai went to Yunzhou Prefecture,
If you are interested, you must send troops to support and resist the Xiaoguo Army.
After learning that Zhao Xun had captured the two western prefectures in the northern part of Bingzhou, Situ Tai and others in Jinyang City, Taiyuan Prefecture could not sit still. Zhao Xun's speed was too fast, beyond their expectations.
The Northern Army of Bingzhou was also defeated too quickly and miserably, so fast that it caught them off guard. Originally, their plan was to use the pressure of the Xiaoguo Army to force Cao Gang to surrender and annex the more than 100,000 Northern Army of Bingzhou under Cao Gang,
Recover the territory under the Bingzhou Northern Army and compete with the Xiaoguo Army. At that time, the Bingzhou Army and the imperial court can fight the Xiaoguo Army.
This is the fighting spirit that Situ Tai, who has always been resentful, is also full of fighting spirit.
However, the performance of the Bingzhou Northern Army and the offensive of the Xiaoguo Army made Situ Tai, who was in high spirits, feel like a basin of cold water was poured from the beginning, making his heart very cold. The Bingzhou Northern Army was defeated by two palaces.
The land was lost, and 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers of the Northern Army of Bingzhou were annexed by the Xiaoguo Army. In addition to the situation in the east, most of the things in the Northern Army of Bingzhou were taken over by the Xiaoguo Army, making the original Bingzhou Northern Army and its jurisdiction full of
Situ Tai was caught off guard by the joy of receiving.
Situ Wen immediately gave a suggestion that he could not wait to see Cao Gang continue to be defeated, otherwise, in the end, the Bingzhou Northern Army would all fall into the Xiaoguo Army, but the Bingzhou Northern Army would all fall into the Xiaoguo Army.
Hand. Once the Bingzhou Northern Army was pacified by the Xiaoguo Army, then the Xiaoguo Army would turn around and attack the southern part of Bingzhou, which is them. Now, the Bingzhou Army has no choice but to take the initiative, otherwise, they can only
Sit and wait for death and watch the Xiaoguo army grow. Especially if they take over the jurisdiction of the Northern Army in Bingzhou and have a stable territory in Bingzhou, they will bring an irresistible impact.
At this moment, the civil and military officials under Situ Tai did not object. At this moment, they all knew that the Xiaoguo Army was about to pacify the Bingzhou Northern Army. In other words, they had expected that the Bingzhou Northern Army and the Xiaoguo Army would fight to the Bingzhou Northern Army.
After one battle, the situation where the Xiaoguo Army took action against the Bingzhou Army appeared. Now, if they don’t take action, they are waiting for the Xiaoguo Army to take action against them. Let’s take action first, and take advantage of the fact that the Xiaoguo Army is still with Bingzhou.
The Northern Army fought fiercely, and it was really time to take action.
Although the reinforcements sent to the court for help had not responded, they were no longer able to care about anything else at this moment. Situ Tai immediately made up his mind. On July 17, he would send troops to Xihe Prefecture and Yunzhou Prefecture on July 17th.
Advance.
On the 18th, 80,000 Bingzhou Army and Xue Qinglan and Yang Hu fought with each other. The weak Xiaoguo Army, which occupied the weak, lost to retreat, and made way for the Bingzhou Army to connect with the Bingzhou Northern Army. Xue Qinglan and Yang Hu followed Zhao Xun
The meaning of the army did not allow the army to fight with the Bingzhou army, but forced the Bingzhou army from the flanks, so that it did not dare to move quickly. Moreover, the Xiaoguo army invaded the flanks and rear grain roads from time to time. It was also because of the Bingzhou army's
The dispatch of troops caused Xue Qinglan and Yang Hu to invade the prefectures and counties in the southern Bingzhou. For a moment, Situ Tai began to passively defend.
Before Cao Gang could see the messenger sent by Situ Tai to pass on the situation of Cao Gang back, Situ Tai had already started to take action, so Cao Gang hurriedly began to prepare for the retreat. He had lost his fighting spirit and ambition.
Cao Gang had no momentum of the former general Zhenbei and the commander of the Bingzhou Northern Army. It can be said that Cao Gang had unknowingly wiped out the former momentum.
Cao Gang immediately ordered the Cao clan to pack up his property and start moving south. At this moment, Cao Lie, the commander of the defender of Dingxiang Prefecture, surrendered, and the news of the fall of Dingxiang Prefecture spread. Cao Gang was the most angry.
The Xiaoguo Army also issued a joint manifesto of surrendering officers from the Northern Army of Bingzhou, headed by Cao Lie, to attack Cao Gang. The content was nothing more than the other foreign Turks who made peace, betrayed the interests of the people of Dayan, and ignore the people of the northern part of Bingzhou.
Life and death, to cater to the Turks, and call on all soldiers of the Northern Army of Bingzhou to immediately abandon their weapons and surrender, and turn them back to justice.
Cao Gang fainted immediately after hearing the news. It would be fine if the others surrendered, but his own tribe surrendered to the enemy, the consequences would be extraordinary. For the morale of the entire Yunzhou Prefecture, at that time
Devastating blow. After all, even your own tribe members betray you, what else can you expect?
In Yunzhong City, Yunzhou Prefecture's capital, Cao Gang looked at the information in his hand pale face, and his whole body was trembling with anger. He never expected that Dingxiang Prefecture would be captured by Xiaoguo Army so quickly.
It was so fast that he couldn't react. However, at this moment he could no longer care about these things.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the officers and generals under his command had an inexplicable look in their eyes, which seemed to make him unable to understand. However, whether it was an illusion or not, he knew that he would not leave here again.
He could not retreat.
According to the news from Situ Jian, the chief general of the Bingzhou Army in the southern region, the Bingzhou Army's army could no longer continue to go north. The two wings on their sides were often attacked by the Xiaoguo Army, and even the team transporting food and grass in the rear was also attacked by the Xiaoguo Army.
The number of times has caused a lot of losses to the military food and grass in Bingzhou.
More importantly, the northern counties in Jinzhou Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture, Xihe Prefecture and Fenzhou Prefecture have now been discovered. Situ Tai asked Situ Jian to retreat and could no longer be at the southern end of Yunzhou Prefecture.
If it delays for too long, otherwise the rear will be in danger. Seeing this, Cao Gang had to make plans early.
Cao Gang summoned the generals and said that the troops retreated south to Sangqian City, the southernmost tip of Yunzhou Prefecture. However, the problems that Cao Gang had worried finally emerged. The generals and schools of all departments were unwilling to retreat south and insisted on staying in the central part of Yunzhou Prefecture and
The north fought against the Xiaoguo Army. The reason was very good. They all knew the purpose of Cao Gang's retreat south. However, they were unwilling to go south.
There are two reasons. First, the families of these soldiers from the Northern Army of Bingzhou were all in the northern part of Bingzhou. They were unwilling to abandon their families and go to the south. Because everyone knew that, except for Cao Gang, few soldiers could keep their families.
Take it with you together.
Secondly, their Bingzhou Northern Army and Bingzhou Army had deep hatred and did not want to enter the Bingzhou Army and were bullied by the Bingzhou Army. In the past, Cao Gang refused Situ Lei's order and became independent. He then made peace with the Turkish cavalry, suppressed the Bingzhou Army, and promoted Bingzhou.
The army drove to the southern part and seized several palaces from it. When the two armies fought, they didn't know how many soldiers died at the hands of each other. The grudge between the two was quite small and difficult to resolve.