Chapter 515: Border Army and Imperial Army

It was like a nightmare, and the Qi army with tight barriers suddenly collapsed!

Yang Wenyu made a quick decision and ordered the team to pursue the entire line... Although the Jingshan New Army was a group of rookies, it was still fine to beat the dogs in the water. They rushed out of the army in a squadron as a unit, roaring out of the army formation, chasing the defeated army like a little wolf, and soon disappeared from Qin Lei's eyes.

Retracting his gaze, Qin Lei lay down on the straw mat and asked softly: "How much has the Black Armored Rider lost?"

Shi Gan said in a deep voice: "More than 20 brothers, they used Qi cavalry as shields to minimize the losses."

Sighing, Qin Lei bit the dead grass and said, "The accounts cannot be settled like this. The black armored cavalry is taking the elite soldiers route. I will lose even if I change ten to Qi State." But he also knew that this was the beginning. As the war deepened, large-scale casualties were inevitable.

When the sun was west, Yang Wenyu gathered the pursuit troops back. Qin Lei looked at him with a disheveled expression and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"

"Oh, I didn't expect that there would be casualties in pursuit of the defeated soldiers." Yang Wenyu smiled bitterly and said, "More than 70 were killed in battle and more than 100 were seriously injured. Someone who rushed into the enemy group after a fever, but they didn't know how to control the horses and ran away, they were all asking for their own reasons."

Qin Lei had long expected this situation and taught this lesson that he had to get it after suffering losses. So he accepted it calmly and asked in a deep voice: "What is the result of the battle?"

"Behead more than 1,300 people, more than 4,000 prisoners, and the rest fled." Yang Wenyu couldn't help but laugh and said, "I won the first battle, prince!" According to the Qin army's military rules, as long as the beheading and the number of prisoners exceeds 10% of the number of troops, it is considered a great victory. Therefore, this battle should be considered a great victory. Even if it is as calm as Yang Wenyu, he couldn't help but be happy.

The Qin army did not set fire in the end, and just splashed the turbid oil all over the ground, scared the Qi army away. The Jingshan army naturally accepted all the Wuhan Iron and Steel Trucks, the bed crossbows on the car, and the food and grass in the car.

"No wonder I was scared when I saw the tincture oil." When I saw that the Wuhan Iron Cart was filled with food, Qin Lei finally suddenly said: "It turned out to be squatting in the pile of firewood."

After cleaning the battlefield, Qin Lei ordered the scouts to step up their guards and the rest of the troops were resting on the spot. When it was dark that day, Shen Bing came.

As soon as he saw Qin Lei, Shen Bing bowed his head and greeted him in a trembling voice. This was considered to have met an old friend in a foreign land, so Qin Lei was naturally a little excited. He helped his tiger general up and down, and cheered repeatedly.

I haven't seen him for nearly a year. Shen Bing has become dark and thin, but his eyes are shiny and he looks very energetic. He no longer has the wilted look when he was in Beijing.

"It seems that I have been practicing well this year!" Qin Lei smiled and pulled Shen Bing down, picked out a piece of yam roasted on the bonfire, and quickly threw it in front of him and said, "Eat something first, and then let's talk slowly."

Shen Bing also felt that he had no idea where to start with a thousand words, so he quickly took two or three yams and drank half a pot of water. Then he took a breath and said, "Your Majesty, please ask."

While he was having a meal, Qin Lei had already figured out the problem, nodded, and slowly said: "Let me talk about the most important thing first. What is the current situation of the battle? What is the real intention of Qi State?"

"The Qi army is dispatched in full force this time and attacked six or seven of our prefectures at the same time," Shen Bing took Shi Gan's map and guided Qin Lei: "Zhao Wujiu's banner finally appeared under Luoyang City!"

"Where is Li Zhuo?" Qin Lei asked with his eyes closed.

"Marson of Zhendong personally led 50,000 elite cavalry to support Luoyang." Shen Bing said softly: "Luoyang City is too big, and the components in the city are complex, which is very dangerous."

Qin Lei shook his head slowly and said, "As you said, Luoyang has so many shortcomings, and it is not suitable as a stronghold for Qi army to rely on."

"But Zhao Wujiu appeared at the city of Luoyang." Shen Bing muttered in a low voice: "The subordinate has exact information."

Looking at Shen Bing in surprise for a while, Qin Lei suddenly smiled and said, "It's been a lot of progress, and I can think independently."

Shen Bing was about to say a few words to express humility, but was choked by the prince: "Although you are probably wrong..."

Shen Bing had to say embarrassedly: "Please give me some advice."

"I found that our Qin army had a misunderstanding." Qin Lei said seriously: "It seems that Zhao Wujiu, the only one in Qi State, can fight, and the rest are all for money."

Shen Bing was silent and listened to the prince continue: "You are the saying "one fence, three stakes, one hero, three gangs," Wu Zhilong, Zhao Wushang, Chen Liefeng, and Xin Jiazang, the four generals of Qi State, are not easy to mess with."

Let me briefly introduce the lineup of the Qi army. The Qi army was originally divided into two types: border defense and garrison. The former guarded the long border of Qi, while the latter guarded the capital and major counties, protected the localities, and suppressed rebellions. However, forty years ago, Zhao Wujiu rose and forced some of the border defense forces to turn a part of his own private army, that is, the world-famous Yumeng Army.

According to current intelligence, the Qi Kingdom dispatched a total of 600,000 troops in this battle, including 300,000 border guards, 200,000 garrison guards, and 100,000 ace Yum.

Let’s look at the leadership structure of the Qi army. Yum Sheng Duke Zhao Wujiu undoubtedly took charge of the commander-in-chief, and under him were the four generals mentioned by Qin Lei... General Wu Zhilong, General Chen Liefeng of the State, and General Xin Jiazang of the State, each commanded 100,000 border guards; General Zhao Wushang of the Cavalry led 100,000 Yuansheng Army.

This is also the embodiment of Zhao Wujiu's military theory. He believes that no matter how strong the general is, it is not advisable to lead more than 100,000 troops, otherwise it will cause command chaos and cannot be taken into account both at the beginning and at the end. Therefore, his four generals happened to lead 100,000 troops each.

As for the 200,000 garrison troops and consumables, it would be better not to mention them... But there is an old acquaintance, General Xue Qidan, who commanded a total of 80,000 troops in the seven counties, and is considered the second-ranking figure in the garrison troops.

"The main attack direction of the Qi army will not be Luoyang," Qin Lei said confidently: "I think it is Cao Yang, Mianchi or Yongning." He said this with evidence. After interrogation, Qin Lei learned that the enemy defeated at noon was the Qi border guards affiliated with Chen Liefeng... Their purpose was to occupy Donggu Mountain and wait for other troops to respond.

"General Huangfu has arrived in Caoyang and has not encountered any enemies." Shen Bing whispered: "And the troops around Mianchi are all Qi garrison... But Yongning is west of Luoyang. If Luoyang is still in our hands, the Qi army will become an isolated army."

"It's Yongning." Qin Lei said with a serious expression: "Yongning is in the east of Wushan Mountain, next to Luoshui. Qi only needs to surround Luoyang without attacking. Their transportation team can replenish Yongning through the water." Shen Bing wanted to ask, but was interrupted by Qin Lei and said: "How many troops are there in Yongning? How good are the equipment and morale?" He began to consider whether to reinforce Yongning.

"There were 30,000 troops, but Marshal Li thought that the enemy was mainly attacking Luoyang, so he drew 10,000 cavalry from the city, leaving 20,000 infantry to defend the city." Shen Bing replied in a deep voice.

"It's too late." Yang Wenyu, who had been staring at the map silently and listening to their words, suddenly said: "It's 130 miles from here to Yongning. Our army is already trapped and exhausted. It takes two days to march when maintaining combat power." In the era of cold weapons, fighting is a test of strength, so the generals have to pay attention to keeping the troops full of physical strength. No one will force the army on the battlefield, because that is equivalent to suicide.

"It has been two days since the Qi army launched the offensive." Yang Wenyu said with a serious expression: "If it were Chen Liefeng who was good at siegeing the city, there would be enough time."

"The General of Qi Army in Yongning is Chen Liefeng." Shen Bing exclaimed.

"No matter whether Yongning falls or not, we can do nothing." Qin Lei closed his eyes and whispered: "It's more important to keep Dongwu."

Yang Wenyu looked at the dark stars in the sky and sighed: "Faced with more than twice as many enemies, he still wanted to lose a city. Marshal Zhendong is really unwise."

Shaking his head, Qin Lei changed the topic and said, "What are the bandits in Taihang Mountains?"

Shen Bing's face stagnated and said softly: "Just a few days ago, there was an internal strife in the village. Xu Wei and a group of people left. Now it's Ma Kui's own world."

"What are you doing for?" Qin Lei frowned and said, "Didn't you say that you can kill me if you have any abnormal movement?"

Shen Bing quickly lie down and apologized: "My subordinates are incompetent. Ma Kui has been wary of us and is always guarding us. It is the team he has brought together. We really can't find a chance to start."

"Where is the man Xu Wei?" Qin Lei frowned and said, "Has his other half been smashed for his errand?" Seizing power and spying were the two tasks that Qin Lei gave to Xu Wei.

"When I contacted him last time, Xu Wei was still in Chaoge area of ​​Qi State, and I don't know where he is now." Shen Bing whispered: "He said he would try his best to complete the prince's mission so as to make up for his merits."

Nodding with a gloomy face, Qin Lei slowly said: "If our army does not counterattack, he will have no effect. If counterattack... can Gu rely on him?" It seemed like he was asking Shen Bing, or he was asking himself.

Five days later, the battle situation finally became clear. Relying on the newly occupied Yongning, the Qi army turned around and surrounded Luoyang City, shrinking all hundreds of thousands of troops in Yongning, and camped on the Luoyang line. Only then did the first phase of the action stop, which was almost exactly the same as Yang Wenyu speculated.

The Marshal Zhendong, who had lost his life, also sent 30,000 infantry troops to support him and replaced Qin Lei and Yang Wenyu's troops. These 30,000 infantry will always defend the position of Wushan before the end of the battle.

Qin Lei's Jingshan Army also escaped from the combat sequence of Marshal Zhendong because the main force of the imperial guards arrived.

"Transfer the order of the Imperial Army Marshal, and order your troops to go to Caoyang to repair it!"

After Qin Lei's three teams returned to Caoyang, a new order came down: "Prince Cheng, please return to Hongnong Army to discuss." Qin Lei had no choice but to leave the team and, under the escort of the black-armored cavalry, rushed back and finally returned to Hongnong City two hours before the military discussion.

After taking a shower, having a meal, taking a nap for a while, Qin Lei was woken up by Shi Gan and hurried to the emperor's palace for a meeting... As soon as he stepped into the hall, he found that the other eight imperial guards had arrived. In addition to the imperial guard system, more than a dozen generals from the two border troops were also in the hall.

The generals quickly stood up to greet him, Qin Lei smiled and bowed, "Forgive me for forgiveness, Xiao Wang has been on the road for several days, and was very sleepy, and he had just taken a nap for a while." The generals said, "Don't dare," and waited until Qin Lei sat down at the head of the eldest prince before each took his seat.

Qin Li looked at Qin Lei enviously and said in a whisper: "The front of the seal is good, you will win the first battle!" This also told Qin Lei from the side that the intimacy of the generals of the Imperial Army for him mostly came from this quick and good start... Many people were worried about the vanguard of the Jingshan Army.

Qin Lei took off his helmet, patted his hair and said, "Don't envy me, you can keep the 600,000 Qi troops for you."

"I only take a drink with three thousand waters." Qin Li laughed and said, "Save the Yumeng Army for me, and you can share the rest." Just as the Qi army was his own land, it naturally attracted a lot of laughter from the generals of the imperial guards.

But the laughter was a little harsh when the border generals heard it. After all, they were played hard by the Qi army. Not only did they lose Yongning City, but they also killed more than 10,000 officers and soldiers below the guards.

An officer with a gloomy face sneered: "I hope you have played with Zhao Wujiu and will have such a good nature." The general of the border army on the side also echoed: "That's right, I just got a bargain, what's there to show off?"

The eldest prince raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Li Sanhu, why are you jealous? If your colleagues win, wouldn't you win? You still have to score a bullshit imperial guards' border army?"

The border general with a gloomy face was Li Hu's third son Sanhu. This person was feminine and had a bit of trickery. He was a mutated variety of the Li family. He was always disliked by Li Hun. Therefore, he simply came to the border army and served under the tent of the cousin. Over the past ten years, he also accumulated merits and promoted to the former general, commanding 50,000 border troops.

In addition, this person was very unhappy with the imperial guards and often publicly claimed that the imperial guards had become 'young masters' and 'nurturing homes'. This time the border army suffered a crushing defeat and the imperial guards won a great victory, which was like giving him a loud slap in the face. Naturally, he said sarcastically: "Then does a brother marry a wife mean that he married a wife?"

"You..." The eldest prince was about to start beating people, and everyone hurriedly grabbed them.

Fortunately, the rumor of "Your Majesty is here..." ended the chaos of the scene. Everyone quickly looked like a dress and welcomed His Majesty the Emperor in luxurious golden armor. Li Hun and an older man also followed into the hall, whose name was the Imperial Army Marshal presided over the meeting, but everyone knew that the three people who were taking the initiative were His Majesty, the Grand Marshal, and the Zhendong Marshal.

After Ma Guangzu's dry opening remarks, everyone turned their attention to the extremely energetic Emperor Zhaowu: "This time I personally led a large army to fight, and I should defeat the enemy..." According to convention, Emperor Zhaowu first talked intoxicated for a quarter of an hour before turning to the main topic: "Now our army and the enemy are in Mianchi, and Yongning is in a confrontation. I summoned all the dukes to come to study the enemy's movements and come up with a solution to the countermeasures." His narrow eyes swept across everyone, and the emperor said in a deep voice: "Master Zhendong is a landlord, so why not talk about it first." Because the Marshal Zhengdong was far away in Huguan and had no time to attend the meeting, the Army of Zhengdong respected Li Zhuo.

Li Zhuo quickly clasped his fists and said, "Abide by the order." He cleared his throat and said, "Now the enemy chief Zhao Wujiu personally led the Baisheng Army, the border guards, the garrison troops, and civil servants, and the total number of servants. He camped within a 150-mile area between Luoyang and Yongning." He said, pointing to the map hanging on the wall and said, "Our army confronted the enemy troops on the three lines of Mianchi, totaling 500,000."

When Qin Lei heard Li Zhuo exaggerating the number of enemy troops, he knew that he wanted to shirk responsibility for losing his land, and couldn't help but sneer: "The emperor does not understand military affairs, do he not even understand calculations?"

Sure enough, Emperor Zhaowu thought it was a secret test and said: "Marson, I feel that it is necessary for you to explain Yongning's problem."
Chapter completed!