Chapter 257 Helian
After bidding farewell to Bao Ting with a face full of regret, Shang Ji led his army to continue marching.
Along the way, they passed Linyu, Feiru, Lingzhi and other big cities in Liaoxi County one after another, and then repeated the old trick, falsely passed on Wang Tong's order, and gathered troops along the way. After Shang Ji entered Youbeiping County, the army led by Shang Ji had officially broken through. The 300,000 mark is reached!
Entering Youbeiping County, it also shows that war may break out at any time.
Youbeiping County is not the main target of the Xianbei invasion, but there are also many Xianbei troops in the county. Through the investigation of the Holy Eagle, it was found that Xianbei cavalry with a scale of more than a thousand people can be seen everywhere in the wild.
Shang Ji immediately made a decision and adopted the tactics of dividing troops again. Tai Shici, Liu Yi, Qin Ping, Liu Meng, Su Huan, Wang Shu, Guo Biao and others each led a unit to wipe out the nearby Xianbei army under the command of Shang Ji.
On the other hand, Shang Ji personally led the main force, closely monitored the enemy's movements, and at the same time was ready to support everywhere at any time.
The army began to divide from Xuwu County, and was invincible all the way. It penetrated the entire Youbeiping County in three days, fought more than 30 battles, large and small, and wiped out nearly 200,000 Xianbei troops in total, and also suffered more than 50,000 casualties.
However, because he helped Youbeiping County relieve the harassment of the Xianbei people, Shang Ji added 80,000 elite cavalry from Youbeiping County under the guise of Wang Tong's name, which finally caused Shang Ji's total force to increase instead of drop.
Passing through Youbeiping County, the army marched into Yuyang County, the hardest hit area in this battle.
Unlike Youbeiping County, where Xianbei was basically raging outside the city, in Yuyang County, many small and medium-sized cities have already been brutally attacked by Xianbei. At present, the only ones that can guarantee absolute safety are Yuyang, the county government, and the other eight historical cities. The rest, even intermediate cities, are not sure that they will not be captured by the Xianbei army.
After entering Yuyang County, Shang Ji did not dare to be careless. He immediately gathered the scattered troops and divided them into three groups, namely the right army led by Liu Yi, the left army led by Tai Shici, and the central army led by Shang Ji. The main force of the army.
There are 80,000 people on the left and right, and 160,000 in the central army. The distance between each other should not exceed 200 kilometers, so as to ensure that any road that is attacked and the other two roads can go to support in the shortest possible time.
Once you meet, you can fight if you can, and if you can't, you can rely on the intelligence advantage of the holy eagle to go around.
Yuyang County deserves to be one of the border counties with the highest level of combat readiness in the Han Dynasty. The morale and fighting will of the soldiers in the county far exceeds that of the soldiers in Liaodong County.
At least when Shangji attacked the Xianbei enemy army outside the city, the defenders in the city could take the initiative to open the city gate and go out of the city to cooperate with the Shangji army to fight.
In Liaodong County, only Wang Shu has achieved this, but in Yuyang County, this is a common situation.
Yuyang County's combat power is tyrannical, and its overall combat power is not weaker than that of the Xianbei Army within the range. However, the Xianbei army attacked too much suddenly, they were raided without warning, the connection between the various cities was cut off, and then they were divided and surrounded, so they fought very passively.
With the arrival of the Shang Ji Army, the situation immediately changed drastically.
Although the number of the Shangji army is only 300,000, its combat power is not bad, and it is a pure mobile force, without the task of defending the city. The 300,000 elite army, like a sledgehammer, smashed to pieces the encirclement and division network that the Xianbei army had painstakingly woven.
The Xianbei armaments that besieged the city were constantly annihilated, and at the same time, the cities were restored. The initiative on the battlefield gradually began to return to the hands of the Han army.
When Shang Ji led the army to fight bloody in Yuyang County, Guangyang County, outside the state city of Ji County, countless Xianbei troops were stationed here, and an extremely brilliant tent stood in the Xianbei army.
In the big tent, Master He Lian of the Xianbei Alliance was listening to his subordinates report the situation.
"My lord, at present, there are reinforcements from the Han army in the east of Yuyang County, west of Dai County, and south of Zhuo County!"
Naturally, the Eastern Han court would not only send reinforcements along the way of Wang Tong. The nearby Jizhou and Qingzhou also sent corresponding reinforcements, but the speed of these troops' actions was quite impressive. Shang Ji had already arrived in Yuyang after coming all the way from Liaodong. The reinforcements from these nearby states and counties have not officially set foot on the border of Youzhou.
He Lian frowned when he heard this, and asked in a deep voice: "What do you two adults, Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen, say? What does Jie Xudu say?"
Xianbei is a tribal alliance,
There is no unified military establishment, and tasks are assigned in the form of tribes in daily operations, and this raid southward is no exception.
Ke Bineng and his subordinates were in charge of plundering Dai County, and Bu Dugen was in charge of Shanggu County. Jie Xudu led a large number of scattered small tribes in Xianbei in the east to wreak havoc in Yuyang and Youbeiping.
And Guangyang County, the most affluent area in Youzhou, naturally became Helian's possession.
Ke Bineng Bu Dugen and others were not only responsible for leading the army to loot, but also shouldered the responsibility of blocking the Han army who came to support them.
"Back to my lord, the two lords, Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen, sent people to report that the Han reinforcements were nailed to the same place and could not move forward. Please don't worry, my lord!"
"Where is Jie Xudu? What's the matter with him?" He Lian asked angrily with a gloomy face after hearing that only Bu Dugen and Ke Bineng were mentioned in his subordinate's report.
"Master Jie Xudu reports that the enemy reinforcements from Liaodong have passed through Youbeiping County and are currently attacking Yuyang County!"
After a pause, he continued: "Master Jie Xudu sent someone to report that the Liaodong reinforcements are powerful, and he may be powerless to stop them. Please make plans early!"
"Trash! It's all trash! Nuo Muduo is trash, and Jiexudu is also trash!"
Helian Wenyan couldn't control his anger anymore, kicked over the low table in front of him, and cursed angrily.
The news of the annihilation of Nuomu Duo's entire army has come. In order not to affect the morale of the army, He Lian ordered it to be kept secret for the time being.
However, the destruction of millions of troops, does it mean that it can be kept secret if it is kept secret? Xianbei is originally a big alliance of tribes, and Helian is nominally the co-lord of Xianbei, but his control over the tribes below is quite limited.
What's more, He Lian had just succeeded to the throne not long ago, and his prestige and power could not be compared with his father Tan Shikui. A large group of veterans and officials were waiting to see his jokes!
With the help of various people, the news of Nuomu Duo's entire army's destruction had already spread among the Xianbei army.
Nuomu Duo is Helian's confidant and beloved general, and at the same time sending Nuomu Duo to expedition to Liaodong was also facilitated by Helian. The destruction of Nuomu Duo's entire army was a fatal blow to Helian's low prestige.
That's why He Liancai was furious and called his confidant and beloved general a waste.
Cursing is all about scolding, but He Lian can still figure out who is his own. After venting his suffocation, He Lian ordered decisively: "The two adults, Ke Bi Neng and Bu Dugen, don't have my order. You are allowed to take half a step back, and you are not allowed to let a Han army come over!"
After a pause, He Lian continued: "The messenger world is poisonous, and he can't hold on. I allow him to withdraw to Guangyang County temporarily, and reserve his strength for later effect!"
"Also, order the whole army to speed up the looting. After five days, our whole army will withdraw from Han and return to the grassland!"
The harvest of this battle is already big enough, and Helian's goal of going south has been mostly achieved. Now that the reinforcements of the Han army have surrounded them, there is no need to continue to take risks, and it is time to withdraw.