Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 507 Rear
Hundreds of soldiers of the Song army were strewn with corpses. All of them threw away their shields and only met the enemy with horizontal knives. The heroic atmosphere made all the soldiers of the Wei army terrified.

Xi Jin raised his hands high, signaling the cavalry to obey his order to charge.

Such a Song army can only be destroyed, not conquered.

But the purpose of these Northern Wei soldiers coming to Hebei was obviously not to conquer the Song army.

Horseshoes vibrated, thunder roared, and the cavalrymen of the Northern Wei Dynasty seemed to be ferocious beasts under the cover of night, just waiting to rush forward and smash down the ancient city that had stopped them for nearly a month.

"Law, law, law!"

Just when Xi Jin's arm was about to be lowered, several Northern Wei scouts rushed out from the south, and came to Tuoba Tao anxiously.

"Your Majesty! The army!"

"Da Song's army is about to approach Zhuo County!"

Tuoba Tao, Xi Jin and other Northern Wei generals frowned.

"Can you see clearly?"

"I see!"

"Is it Liu Yilong's army or Liu Yizhen has already arrived?"

"It's Liu Yizhen! We saw the account of the emperor!"

Tuoba Tao stared at Zhuo County in front of him, wondering what he was thinking by himself.

"Your Majesty...do you want to fight this Zhuo County?"

As a famous general, Xi Jin also knew that the risk of attacking Zhuo County was too great at this time.

Although the Song army in the city seemed to be holding their last breath, no one could guarantee that the big city would be taken down in one wave.

If when Liu Yizhen's army arrived, the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty were still attacking Zhuo County, and the army formation was incomplete, and Liu Yizhen's sneak attack might disrupt the camp.

"do not fight."

Tuoba Tao made a decision very quickly, but it obviously made Xi Jin and others feel a little pain in their hearts.

After all, they have been attacking Zhuo County for so long.

Seeing that he was about to eat the meat in his stomach, but had to watch it go away... he was somewhat reluctant.

"Stop fighting, doesn't mean that Zhuo County will be given up."

Tuobatao Peak turned around and ordered the cavalry under his command to immediately detour to the plain south of Zhuo County.

"Your Majesty wants to...surround the spot for help?"

The tactic of "surrounding the spot to fight for aid" is not unfamiliar to the current generals.

Geng Yan, the famous founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was such a master. At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he even relied on this tactic with tens of thousands of infantry to completely annihilate Zhang Bu, a warlord who ruled the entire territory. Merits stand shoulder to shoulder."

Even later, when Fan Yexiu compiled "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", he took Geng Yan out and wrote a separate biography, and left the evaluation of "Yanfan Suoping County 46, slaughtered three hundred cities, and there was no setback. The generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty are superb, and Geng Yan is the leader".

So when Tuoba Tao surrounded Zhuo County, some generals under his command thought that Tuoba Tao was going to follow Geng Yan's example, regardless of the Song army in the city, but Liu Yizhen who came to help.

"No."

Tuoba Tao denied these generals.

"Warning around the spot for aid can indeed have a miraculous effect, but you don't even look at who the Song army is coming to aid this time."

"Wang Zhen'e who conquered Hou Qin, Zhu Lingshi who captured Qiao Shu, and people like Tan Daoji and Yuan Huzhi..."

"Not to mention that even Liu Yizhen is in the army."

"At this time, the Song army must have high morale and march cautiously. How can we talk about going to aid? It would be good not to be eaten by the main force of the Song army."

Now it was the turn of the other generals to wonder: "Since Your Majesty's purpose is not the main force of the Song army, why did you place the cavalry in the south of Zhuo County?"

Tuoba Tao grinned: "It's always a surprise, otherwise what will our army use to waste Liu Yizhen?"

The other generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty saw that Tuoba Tao was attached to the appearance of wanting to sell off, so they could only rectify their own troops first, and followed Tuoba Tao honestly to wait for orders.

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Fanyang County.

After two days of recuperation in Yecheng, Liu Yizhen continued northward with his army, and now he has arrived in Fanyang County, south of Fanyang County.

"Wang Zhen'e, Tan Daoji, you two will each lead [-] troops to Zun County and Gu'an County."

These two counties also belong to Fanyang County, of which Zun County is located in the southwest of Zhuo County, and Gu'an County is located in the southeast of Zhuo County.

The two and Liu Yizhen's central army are horns, which is also a good strategy to prevent the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty from attacking the large army.

As for the grain transported from the rear, Liu Yizhen put it in Hejian Kingdom, Liu Yilong's base camp, and left Yuanhuzhi and [-] soldiers to garrison it.

In this way, Liu Yizhen's main force was only 5 people left.

Although the number of people is small, the team has been streamlined a lot, so that Liu Yizhen's command will not be too strenuous.

Fanyang, Zunxian, and Gu'an.

Liu Yizhen, Wang Zhen'e, Tan Daoji.

It wasn't until the three armies stationed in the big camp and gained a firm foothold that Liu Yizhen sent spies to find out the military situation in the north.

The battle in Zhuo County was as he expected, and Shen Qingzhi had indeed reached the limit, and even almost broke the city.

But what surprised Liu Yi was Tuoba Tao's actions.

He did not continue to attack Zhuo County by force, but pulled the cavalry to the south of Zhuo County, that is, in the direction of Liu Yizhen's camp, and put the half-dead chess piece of Zhuo County on his lips but did not swallow it.

"Could it be that you want to gather around to fight for aid?"

Wang Maide, who accompanied the army, also proposed Tuoba Tao's tactics of using troops.

He is more familiar with the siege and aid, after all, when he followed Helian Bobo in the guerrilla warfare in Hetao, he used this tactic a lot.

Liu Yizhen looked at the map in the big tent for a long time, then shook his head: "No."

"Our army is in full swing. Although Fan Yang is important, he will not let me risk my life to rescue him. Tuoba Tao will not fail to understand this truth."

"What's more, the cavalry he puts in the south of Zhuo County are all Qingqi. If he wants to attack our army's camp with only [-] Qingqi, he won't be so messy."

"Increase the number of scouts by three times, and investigate in every direction. Tuoba Tao has always used troops to invade like fire, so be careful at all times."

Liu Yizhen's words attracted everyone's approval, but Liu Yilong looked at Liu Yizhen strangely: "Second...Your Majesty, why do you feel that you are very familiar with Tuoba Tao?"

Facing Liu Yilong's inquiry, Liu Yizhen just curled his lips: "It all depends on the information collected by Jin Yiwei."

Now Liu Yilong suddenly realized, after all, the previous cooperation with Du Ji made him realize that Jin Yiwei's ability is indeed extraordinary.

"Now no matter what, the army must not be exposed on the plain at will. To give Tuoba Tao an opportunity, he must rely on the city and camp to protect himself first, and then slowly plan."

Anyway, the big deal is consumption.

Liu Song’s cavalry is now in the cloud. The cavalry under Liu Yizhen’s command is actually only less than 1 people in the Habayashi Army. With such a disparity in cavalry strength, Liu Yizhen didn’t even think about going out with Tuoba Tao Play wild.

"In addition, we need to contact the Shenqing Department in Zhuo County as soon as possible. They have fought against Tuoba Tao the longest, and they should know Tuoba Tao well. Let's see if they can analyze Tuoba Tao's intentions. "

"Here."

Some routine tasks were assigned, and when Liu Yi really wanted to discuss Tuoba Tao's arrangement with Wang Maide and Liu Yilong, Fan Daoji from outside the military tent hurried over: "Your Majesty, you have discovered Tuoba Tao!"

Everyone in the account brightened their eyes: "Where is he?"

Fan Daoji said with a serious face: "Tuoba Tao led the cavalry and appeared in Rongcheng!"

Liu Yizhen stood up suddenly.

Rongcheng!

This is not to the north of Fanyang County where I am, but to the south of Fanyang!

That is... my own rear!
(End of this chapter)