When the news reached Qingyang, Prefect Liu and Ge Sima took a breath together.
Circumnavigating the city is a taboo for military strategists. Leaving an enemy fortress behind the army is like laying a hidden danger for yourself. The harm is self-evident. But "soldiers are crafty", and under different circumstances, it is also a taboo.
It might become a way to win.
Yanziping is not only the hometown of Song Yang, but also the sacred place in the hearts of Buddhists in Nanli. Since the war began, the auspicious place of Miaoxiang has been encouraging the whole people to resist, which is of great significance.
Changchun Marquis has now raised a banner in Qingyang, and all the armed forces of the feudal towns have followed him. Yanziping is undefended, and behind Qingyang, there are no major towns within a few hundred miles. There are only a few small towns with few soldiers.
There is no force that can snipe 30,000 enemy cavalry.
If ignored, Changchun Hou's old nest will be destroyed and Miaoxiang Jixiang Land will be occupied, which is tantamount to being slapped hard by the Tibetan people, and Nanli's morale will suffer a severe setback; if he wants to rescue him, Song Yang will have to withdraw from Qingyang. There is no seal.
With the support of the city's armed forces, can the Qingyang headquarters alone be able to withstand the fierce attack of more than 20,000 additional troops?
If you think deeper, things will become more complicated...
The terrain behind Qingyang is relatively open, and Yanziping is undefeable and suitable for cavalry attacks. Although the feudal armed forces are elite, their numbers are at a disadvantage after all. With a powerful enemy that is nearly three times our own and is already prepared for the Titan Bird, can it be done?
Win?
Or maybe they don't come to confront you head-on. Maybe when Song Yang rushes back to the feudal city, the Fanzi cavalry will turn around and attack Qingyang again. This possibility is extremely high. You must know that the characteristics of cavalry are fast speed and good at assault.
, impossible to guard against.
The troops were divided into two groups, the infantry came in with full force, and the cavalry circled the city and pointed directly at Yanziping. Fanzi took the initiative with this move, which can be regarded as "cruel".
Liu Hou did not dare to neglect and rushed to the inn where Song Yang was with Ge Sima.
At the same time that the prefect received the military information, Song Yang also received the same news. When Liu Hou arrived, the post house was guarded by Shanxi Xiu who was on duty. He was ordered to close the door and not see any visitors. No need to ask, Song Yang was discussing this with his companions.
thing.
Liu Hou did not dare to rush, so he led his people to wait patiently downstairs, ready to listen to Lord Feng's orders at any time.
Almost an hour later, the meeting adjourned upstairs. The first person to come out was Zheng Ji, the leader of Cicada Yaksha. General Zheng didn’t know what good job he had gotten. He was in high spirits and inexplicably excited. He usually ignored the local magistrate of Nali, but this time he actually walked by when he passed by.
He nodded and smiled at Liu Hou, who seemed to be in a really good mood.
After Zheng Ji left, the Uighurs Ali Han and Ananda Jinma came downstairs. The former was holding a pipe in his mouth and puffing away the smoke, while the latter was leaning on his sliding pole and humming a mountain tune. They both looked relaxed and did not look like they were going to do anything.
It looked like something was wrong. Then Song Yang came out with a smile and let the prefect go to the reception hall.
Before he could sit down, Taishou Liu bowed to Song Yang and said sternly: "The thief is determined to seize the city, and he wants to seize the city. If the Marquis sends orders to Qingyang, everyone in Qingyang will obey them. Even if Qingyang is fully guarded and rushed to Yanziping, in the end,
The general will never say anything else."
After seeing the expressions of the generals of Feng Yi and Song Yang, Liu Hou could certainly understand that they had their own concerns about this matter, and most likely they didn't need Qingyang to do anything. However, this scene must be said, and this attitude must be understood by the Marquis.
Sure enough, Song Yang smiled and waved his hand: "If you really want your help, I won't be polite, but I don't need your help this time. I appreciate your kindness."
Although he knew he shouldn't ask, the matter was so important that Liu Taishou couldn't help but tentatively asked: "The soldiers are divided into two groups, with evil intentions..."
Song Yang knew what he wanted to ask, and before he finished speaking, he answered truthfully: "I asked Zheng Ji to take his troops to intercept. The others stayed with me in Qingyang to help the prefect defend the city."
Ren Xiaoqian just participated in the meeting and heard all the relevant things clearly. Now he pretended to understand and said: "Cicada Yaksha is an elite soldier who is good at defending but even better at attacking. It would be a waste to keep them in the city. Send them out."
Sniping at the enemy's cavalry is the best; as for Shanxi Man, Shitou and other powerful warriors, they are even more powerful when fighting on the city. With them sitting on the guard, and with more than ten thousand guards in the city, even if Fanzi's cavalry attacks east and west, they will stop halfway.
If we turn around and attack Qingyang, we can hold on to it as firmly as possible."
Her Royal Highness the Princess was very serious and carried out the truth she just heard from Ananda Jinma almost intact. After that, she still felt that it was not enough, and continued: "Besides, our team of raptors, they are a sharp weapon against cavalry.
However, in the interception battle, there are trekking, tracking, encounters and ambushes, feint attacks and false retreats. All kinds of situations may happen. Of course, it requires the commander to make temporary changes and make decisions based on the situation, and the soldiers must also be disciplined.
, it is better to have orderly dispatching. There is no problem with ferocious birds rushing into the formation, but after all, they cannot escape the temperament of wild beasts. It is not easy to command them to mobilize frequently, and they are not suitable for participating in intercepting and killing soldiers. Besides, there are great benefits to keeping them:
If the enemy's attack is fierce and the city is exhausted, you can let them counterattack the enemy's formation. Who dares to seize its sharpness head-on? Fanzi's offensive can be cut off immediately."
Ren Xiaozhan spoke eloquently, and Liu Hou looked full of admiration. He nodded in agreement and praised him repeatedly. He didn't know whether he was sincere or fake. Anyway, the prefect now knew that Song Yang and the main force of the barbarians would stay and continue to defend the city. As for Yanziping, it was enough.
He has neither the heart nor the right to care about his safety and survival.
But Gesima is a person who accepts death. Now that the topic has begun, the old man wants to ask clearly, frowning and saying: "I just don't know... What if the First Division cavalry is not a feint attack, and the dog thieves are really determined to destroy Yanziping...
Can General Zheng alone be able to stop so many enemies?"
After saying that, Ge Sima was afraid of the Marquis again. The princess thought that she had underestimated the elite soldiers in their family, and quickly added: "General Zheng's troops are the best in the world. There is no doubt about this, but after all, the enemy is several times more powerful than me. There is a big difference."
It’s really too disparate.”
Song Yang smiled and was about to speak, but suddenly out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Xiao Qiao looking at him eagerly, with the same expression Song Yang had seen on Qi Shang's face before: when Boss Qi wanted to talk but couldn't find a chance to interrupt...
Song Yang shut up quickly.
Ren Xiaoqian felt that Ge Sima's question had to be answered by her, because just now she had asked Ananda Jinma about this matter. After getting Song Yang's signal, she happily said: "It is true that there is a huge difference, but to
It depends on what happens."
Ge Sima bowed and said, "Your Highness, please give me some advice."
"There are more than 30,000 Fanzi cavalry, and now Cicada Yaksha is less than 7,000. The difference is more than five times. There is a huge difference in numbers. There is nothing to say. But..." Ren Xiaoqian changed his tone and continued to show off his newly learned skills.
: "The battle is not just about the number of people. Chang Chunhou dared to send Chanyaksha to fight, so he naturally had something to rely on: Fan Zixin was defeated, a huge defeat. In terms of cavalry alone, they lost more than 60% in the battle in front of the city.
.”
After the last defeat, Fanzi still had 60,000 combatable soldiers, but more than 20,000 of them lost their horses and became infantry. The cavalry was reduced to less than 40% of the original number. After Gesima nodded,
, the little catcher spoke downwards: "From one hundred thousand to more than thirty thousand, in terms of organizational structure, I don't know how many teams and battalions have been beaten and disabled. If you want to fight again, you have to reorganize the battalion."
No."
The original one thousand-man brigade now has four hundred men left. These four hundred men are not four centurions, but ten teams ranging from thirty to fifty men. If you want to regroup your combat power and fight again, you must carry out
Mixed compilation: Cancel the number of the "seriously disabled" team, and then add skirmishers to the "slightly injured" team.
"This is where trouble started. In the past, in an army, everyone ate and slept together, suffered and enjoyed together, trained together and fought together. Soldiers were surrounded by their friends and companions, and they could rely on each other during battle and even depend on each other for their lives;
But now there are people they don't know around them, and maybe even the commander is a stranger. How can this make the soldiers feel at ease? How can they not hide the idea of being ready to escape at any time during the war? So what?
Can you go all out to kill the enemy? It would be fine if the war can proceed smoothly. As long as you are harassed a few times and hit a few small blows, you will soon become panicked... Although it still looks like a complete thousand-man team after the reorganization
, but in terms of combat power, there is really no comparison with the original. This is just a team. If you look at it from a higher level, Fanzi's team and team, and the big camp and the big camp, are not the same.
reason?"
"The same more than 30,000 people, a newly defeated and reorganized team? Hey, it's far worse." Ren Xiaoqian smiled in a presumptuous manner and shook his head: "What's more, there was a big defeat just a few days ago. The enemy not only lost troops but also generals.
They were defeated, their morale was severely depressed, and they lost a large amount of supplies and baggage; not to mention that they were deep in the rear, and their only reliance on the terrain was the military map in their hands; not to mention that the weather was getting hotter and it rained heavily and lightly. Can Xifan adapt?"
After three 'what's more', Her Royal Highness Princess Xuanji changed the topic again and went back to the original 'huge difference': "Compared with the number of people, Cicada Yaksha is not as good as Fan Zi, there is a huge difference; but compared with combat power, quality, and morale,
We are far superior to the terrain and the weather, and we are far superior in everything, and the enemy is far behind us. This battle can be fought and won, Lord Ge, don't worry."
After saying that, the little catcher picked up a cup of tea to cover his face, and then... laughed. He couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably. He felt so comfortable in his heart. How could he be so happy?
These are not very profound truths, but it is really not easy to say them from the mouth of a princess. Liu Taishou had to praise him again, and Ge Sima also nodded repeatedly. It seemed that he was sincerely convinced, but he didn't
Thinking of waiting for the prefect to finish his words of praise, the old man added in a disgraceful way: "Anyway... you still have to be careful. Yanziping is a very important matter and there is really no room for failure."
The little catcher blinked, and she explained clearly the principles of using troops and the basis for fighting. Gesima said this again, and the princess didn't know what to say.
Song Yang responded: "Master Sima, don't worry. The military orders under Zheng Ji are very clear. It's best if you can intercept and kill Fanzi. If you really can't stop it, forget it."
Ge Sima was stunned and didn't understand what Song Yang meant by 'if you can't stop it, forget it'.
Ren Churong, who had been silent at this time, spoke softly, took over the topic, and said to Liu and Ge: "All the armed forces in the feudal city will accompany us to reinforce Qingyang. Yanziping will be empty and undefended, and may be attacked.
Fanzi's raid around the city was something that was already expected."
The princess's words were very clear: since Song Yang decided to come to Qingyang, he had already made up his mind to abandon Yanziping.
"The feudal city will definitely be destroyed in the hands of Fan Zi, but I am not willing to accept that a good place was ruined by more than 30,000 defeated soldiers, so I asked Zheng Ji to send troops to sniper. The best one can win is Cicada Yaksha. It doesn't matter if I can't stop him.
, the key is that there are no serious casualties in Cicada Yaksha." Song Yang finally explained and stopped talking with a smile.
Liu Taishou and Ge Sima looked at each other. Putting aside the wonderful fragrance and auspiciousness, everyone knew that Yanziping was Changchun Hou's hometown. Could he really abandon his home this time? What made the two adults even more confused was,
It was what Song Yang said, "A great place was ruined by more than 30,000 defeated soldiers." Does it matter who destroyed the empty city and wasteland?
However, seeing that Song Yang had no intention of explaining anymore, Liu and Ge did not dare to ask any more questions. They reported some military information on city defense and reinforcements and then left.
That night, the cicadas and yakshas came out in full force, followed their generals east out of Qingyang, and soon disappeared into the night.
The next day, Qingyang was uneventful. In the morning, more than 20,000 people from Fanzi's army, who had changed from riding to walking, arrived at the city. In the following days, they set up camp and were busy, cutting down trees from nearby to make
Hammer the ladder door, collect sand and fill sandbags, and make various preparations for the siege.
The prefect listened to Song Yang's instructions and ignored them, leaving them to prepare. As for the enemy troops who were circling the city to kill Yanziping and Cicada Yaksha who was ordered to snipe the enemies, there is not much news until now. I only heard that both sides had already
Several battles were fought, but the specific circumstances are unknown.
On the fourth day after the soldiers appeared, the opponent finally began to attack the city. This time they had no kerosene and could only use conventional tactics. You must know that Qingyang is currently in the city and is guarding the local stragglers. Please call in
The reinforcements and the soldiers and horses previously stationed at Yanziping, the number of Nanli soldiers alone exceeds 10,000, plus the "savages and wild beasts" in the feudal city, the strength is really strong, and the defenders are much stronger than the attackers.
It's strange that Fanzi took advantage. The enemy suffered heavy losses several times after launching several offensives. After two days of fighting, Fanzi suffered a lot. The offensive gradually became weaker. From fierce attacks to constant nuisance, it seems that it should be
Waiting for news from the cavalry department.
Qingyang still ignored them, treating them the same whether it was a fierce attack or a feint attack. Anyway, they would be rude whenever they saw the enemy... Another seven days passed, and Fanzi launched another offensive in the afternoon. Song Yang and Liu Taishou
They were supervising the battle at the top of the city. Luo Guan, who was originally guarding the inn, suddenly came up from the city and whispered something to him.
Song Yang looked shocked when he heard this: "Seriously?"
On the side, Prefect Liu was a little panicked, wondering if this great master had brought bad news, but he soon felt relieved because Luo Guan laughed, nodded to Song Yang and said, "We didn't believe it at first, but Jun
The newspaper said it clearly, and this time everyone couldn't help but admire them."
Song Yang laughed loudly, turned back to Taishou Liu and said, "I just received a report from Zheng Ji that Cicada Yaksha was victorious... The Banzi cavalry was annihilated by Cicada Yaksha before they even saw the shadow of the feudal city."
Prefect Liu was also dumbfounded and couldn't help but ask: "Total annihilation?"
Seven thousand versus 40,000. Even if Xiao Zhao's analysis is very thorough, this battle was fought. In everyone's opinion, the concept of "victory" is just to successfully stop and push back the enemy so that they cannot occupy the fiefdom.
But no one expected, let alone thought, that Cicada Yaksha would actually devour this enemy soldier!
Song Yang's laughter was loud, and he ran and jumped down the city. Soon, horns were blasting in Qingyang City. Shanxi Man, Shitou Lao and other feudal armed forces who had been "idle" recently quickly gathered together. Immediately, the city gate was opened, and Liu Jiajun took the lead.
, various armed forces followed closely behind, the divisions of tigers and wolves, scourges...