I Xiaoxiong

After a big victory, the Jin army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, which surprised the people of Qingtang.

Originally, Gui Zhang immediately put on a stance of being ready for battle after exhausting all his efforts to gather the defeated army, but at this time it seemed a bit redundant.

He knew that the Jin army coming to attack must not be the main force, but the elite cavalry should be the main force.

However, Fu Jinchuan's style of using troops has always been unrelenting. Judging from the situation faced by the Qingtang army, it is difficult to resist even the cavalry army of the Jin army.

As for capturing Jingzhou, it is already wishful thinking.

The morale of the army is gone.

It stands to reason that they can already withdraw their troops.

But they can't withdraw.

As the West Route Army, it is a partial division. Even if it can't attack Jingzhou, it still has to contain the Jin army and cannot let the main force of the Jin army go to support Yanzhou.

Fu Jinchuan of Guizhang's plan was naturally clear, but he still didn't rush to attack.

Waited for six full days.

Six days later, Li Qiuxian and Lu Huaiyu rushed to Jingzhou with 14 cavalry.

On the seventh day, trimming.

At night, Qiu Yuan repeated his old trick and led his army to attack at night again.The Qingtang army was in chaos and withdrew from Dagukou.

On the eighth day, the whole army attacked.

Fu Jinchuan ordered Lu Huaiyu to lead [-] cavalry to cut off the Qingtang army's retreat, and ordered Li Qiuxian to lead [-] cavalry to drive them away, leading the army behind him.

Except for Tuoba Jian and Lun Rixu who led the cavalry to flee first, the other [-] people of the Qingtang army were all blocked by the Weishui River.

The Qingtang people first asked to surrender, but the Jin army refused.

The two armies fought in formation, both advancing like a wall, one after the other.

Relying on the strength of their armor and crossbows, the Jin army strangled the Qingtang army in large numbers, and the bloody battle lasted for two days.

The entire Qingtang army was wiped out, leaving only a few hundred Qingtang people to clean up the battlefield.

Corpses are scattered all over the field, and the Wei River does not flow.

As the sun set, Fu Jinchuan sighed as he looked at the Wei River, which was stained red by the setting sun and blood.

Even though he has experienced many battles, it is inevitable that he has some palpitations about what happened today.

Not accepting the surrender is also a helpless move.

Food is running out.

The captives of 6 or [-] people, plus the army of more than [-] people, consume an astronomical amount of food every day.

After the war, although the Jin army was somewhat damaged, after the victory, the morale was even better.

Fu Jinchuan emptied the treasury of Jingzhou and captured the Qingtang people, rewarding the whole army.

He also clearly stated that there are still 40 enemy captives in Yanzhou, and the capture will be several times that of here, and the soldiers are full of fighting spirit when they hear this.

Then the army marched north.

In Yanzhou City, Qingtang Maharaja and Great Khan of the Northern Territory are watching the battle on a high platform outside the city. It has been more than a month since 40 troops attacked Yanzhou.

Although there are Xue Cong's [-]-step cavalry on the outside as a reference, the pressure on the defenders in the city is still huge.

However, Zhu Lingshi was considered a veteran general, and the city had enough food and defense equipment to last for half a year.In addition, the reinforcements were on the periphery, and the defenders in the city knew that the imperial court had not given up on them, so naturally their morale was high.

Northern Territory and Qingtang lost troops and lost generals, and they were still unable to capture Yanzhou City.

On the contrary, Xue Cong often led cavalry to harass, which made the coalition army very angry.

On the high platform, there were two big tiger-skin chairs side by side, with a distance of one zhang, on which Bishamon and Tuoba Ge sat.

From the first day of siege, the two monarchs have been watching the battle here.

It is not only to show majesty, but also to boost morale.

The siege of ants attached to the city is very expensive for the attacking party. The arrows, stones, and rolling logs on the top of the city rained down, causing a large number of casualties for the soldiers who climbed the city.

If the situation is urgent, the defenders will also use fierce fire oil.

The Northern Territory is known as an ethnic group on horseback, while Qingtang is half-agricultural and half-herding. Siege is not its specialty. The Yan army was the main force to overcome difficulties in the east of the river.

As time passed, morale inevitably began to decline.

At this time, a report of the West Route Army was presented to Tuoba Ge.

After seeing it, Tuoba Ge asked everyone to retreat expressionlessly, expressing that he wanted to talk to Bishamon alone.

Bishamon also yelled in his heart that it was not good, so he drove all the nobles from the northern border off the viewing platform.

On the viewing platform of Nuoda, there are only the white yak banner of Qingtang Maharaja and the wolf-headed banner of the Golden Horde flying high.

"The West Route Army has been defeated."

Tuoba Ge spoke to Bishamon in the Central Plains dialect, and he knew that the other party must understand.

Bishamon frowned, and then thought about it: "Is it like Fu Jinchuan went to Jingzhou in person?"

Tuoba Ge nodded: "Exactly."

If possible, he is not willing to talk about this with Bishamon.

But the current situation does not allow him to hide. If Fu Jinchuan led the army to suddenly appear in Yanzhou, it would be a disaster for the coalition forces.

Bishamon didn't know the battle damage of the West Route Army yet, but Tuoba Ge looked very calm.

"How's the battle going?"

"completely annihilated."

"It's nothing. What did you say?"

"Only my ninth brother Tuoba Jian led thousands of cavalry to escape, and the rest of the army was wiped out. 10,000+ people"

Only then did Bishamon realize the seriousness of the matter.

If the West Route Army is just defeated, it's okay to say, retreat and fight, as long as Fu Jinchuan's main force can be held back, Yanzhou can go straight to Guanzhong.

However, it took less than two months for the entire army to annihilate the 12 Qingtang army.

That is to say, from the time when the Guanzhong Jin army prepared for the battle to the time it left for Jingzhou, the actual battle between the two armies would never exceed half a month.

It is not surprising that the Jin army can win.

Whether it is the Qingtang Dynasty or the Great Jin Dynasty, or the Northern Territory, or even the countries of the Western Regions thousands of miles away, in terms of famous generals, if Fu Jinchuan of the Great Jin Dynasty claims to be second, who claims to be the first?

However, it is not surprising that the two armies are at war, especially this kind of large-scale battle involving tens of thousands of people, and the two sides often confront each other for a year and a half.

Now Fu Jinchuan wiped out all 12 people in Qingtang in less than two months.

It is indeed a bit appalling.

Even a trace of fear flashed in Bishamon's heart.

And almost at the same time, the defenders in the city suddenly burst into cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

"Great Jin wins!"

"Great Jin wins!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The two immediately understood that this was the news that the defenders in the city knew the victory of the Jin army.

"Siege the city today, stop it."

"it is good."

The two left from the viewing platform, then went to a large tent temporarily set up by the two armies, and immediately called the generals to discuss matters.

Things can't be hidden, what we have to do now is to prepare to fight with the main force of Fu Jinchuan's Jin army.

The princes in the northern border laughed at the Qingtang people for losing so quickly, and they didn't even win 12 horses in three months.

Although the leaders of the Qingtang Dynasty were newly defeated, they were still unforgiving in their mouths. It must be a case of the northerners being defeated by the Jinren.

The two sides have never met before, and have never fought.

So when they bickered at this time, they could only use the record of the Jin people to save face for themselves.

In the end, the Maharaja and Da Khan couldn't stand it anymore, they stood up to stop it, and kicked out the most violent people.

Among them are several princes in the northern border, as well as the patriarchs of several wealthy families in Qingtang.

The military discussion involving 40 people from the two countries lasted for several days, but nothing was discussed.

The Prince of the Northern Territory, Shi Liemen, suggested that the Qingtang people should block the main force of the Jin army, while the northerners should attack the city with all their strength.

At this time, the people of Qingtang learned that all 10,000+ members of their family had been killed by the Jin army. Although they were very stubborn, they were a little timid in their hearts.

For Qingtang, mobilizing an army of 30 has reached the limit, and there are already 10,000+ battle losses, and ten years of recuperation will not be able to slow down.

There is still some chance of winning against the Jin army with the people from the northern border. If the Qingtang people fight alone, they may not be able to withstand the advance of the Jin army.

But you can't say that with your mouth. The excuse used by the leaders of Qingtang is that they are afraid that the people in the north will monopolize Yanzhou's property.

Tuoba Ge and Bishamen naturally knew what was going on, so the suggestion of the Lost Martial Gate was rejected.

In the end, the two sides decided that Tuoba Ge and Bishamen would personally command the army to face the Jin army.

"Although I am numerous, I cannot be of one mind. I am like a cow and a horse, and I am not successful."

"Although the enemy is few, but the order must be carried out, it is like a tiger and a leopard, it is difficult to resist"

"Majesty, prepare early"

After the resolution, Tuoba Ge's most trusted schemer, the late grandson of the old military god Lun Zanpo, Gazhen, immediately made a suggestion.

Tuoba Ge let out a long sigh when he heard the words.

"You're right, but at this moment it's a dilemma."

A few days later, a large banner with the word "Fu" appeared a hundred miles southwest of Yanzhou City.

At this time, on the Yanzhou battlefield, the Jin army had more than [-] infantry and cavalry.

After attrition and replenishment, the Northern Territory and the Qingtang Allied Forces reached more than 40, and they lined up in the north of Yanzhou City, along the river, and joined forces for two hundred miles.

After Fu Jinchuan beheaded the envoys from Qingtang and the Northern Territory, the war began.

Originally, he didn't want to kill the messenger.

After all, there is an old saying that when two countries fight each other, they should not be beheaded.

But the envoys of the two countries came directly with the letter of credence. The letter of credence stated that as long as Fu Jinchuan is willing to make peace with the northern border of Qingtang, he only needs to give Hedong and Shuofang to the northern border, Longyou in Hexi to Qingtang, Hebei to Yanfan, and the rest of the Central Plains. If they don't want it, they can even send troops to help Fu Jinchuan become emperor
Fu Jinchuan just sneered at this, and then ordered the two envoys to be chopped off, and asked the deputy envoy to take their heads back.

Attitude, must be very tough.

This is not only a response to the instigation and discord in the northern border of the Qingtang Dynasty, but also for the whole army to see.

Up to now, there is no possibility of peace among the three countries, only war.

And Fu Jinchuan, the marshal of the Jin Dynasty, has no two hearts.

Fu Jinchuan took the 5 cavalry led by Xue Cong as the front army, Li Qiuxian led 5 cavalry as the left army, Lu Huaiyu led [-] cavalry as the right army, and led [-] cavalry in the middle.

According to the terrain, the coalition forces deployed their battalions one by one in an attempt to scare the people of Jin with their strength.

But to the naked eye, there is actually no difference between the momentum formed by 20 and 40.

On the contrary, the Jin army's military appearance is strict and orderly, and it is not weaker than the Qingtang northern border.

The three-way armies advanced side by side, and as dense arrows like locusts shot into the coalition formation, the war began.

Xue Cong, the former army leader, personally led [-] heavy armored cavalry as the vanguard. He took the lead and rushed straight into the enemy's line, as if an unstoppable black line, covering the sky and covering the ground.

Following behind are the most elite frontier cavalry of the [-] Jin Dynasty.

On this day, people in the northern border finally realized why Xue Cong was called "Xue Wanfu".

A lance is eight feet long, and the blade alone is four feet long. Ordinary people can't move this lance at all.

But in Xue Cong's hands, he is like a dragon going out to sea, flying up and down, and wherever he passes, there is a bloody storm.

The iron cavalry of the Jin army were also indomitable, and the horses and spears in their hands picked up the northern cavalry one by one with inertia.

Just the first meeting, the Northern Cavalry was overwhelmed.

At the forefront of the overall sequence of the coalition forces are the eleven Leopard Divisions, that is, the 11 Northern Cavalry.

The first time the two sides met each other in this riding battle, the winner was decided.

Xue Cong is recognized as the number one in cavalry battles in the Jin army, except for Fu Jinchuan.

And Fu Jinchuan also gave Xue Cong the most elite cavalry, and what he wanted was to strike first.

On the other hand, in the northern border, the most elite tiger divisions are by the side of the big man.

Once the front army is defeated, the rear may not even have the opportunity to send troops.

Bishamon didn't expect it, and neither did Tuoba Ge.

Even Xue Cong, who led the army into battle, didn't expect it.

They all felt that this would be a vicious battle, that both sides might kill him in the dark on the west bank of the river, with heavy casualties, and one side would win miserably in the end.

And Fu Jinchuan's Chinese army, who was still dozens of miles away, heard that Xue Cong had won his first battle in the front army, and was moving his troops to cover up the killing.

He immediately ordered the whole army to attack.

The two armies on the left and right attacked together, and the Chinese army continued to advance.

The balance of the battlefield has completely tilted towards Da Jin.

The 40 mob was defeated by the 20 elite Jin army.

Looking north and walking, Xue Cong looked at the wolf-headed banner of the Great Khan of the Northern Territory and the white yak banner of the Qingtang Maharaja, and finally chose the former.

As soon as Qiu Yuan, who was in the central army, heard that the enemy was defeated, he immediately asked for orders to pursue them.

Fu Jinchuan handed over his personal guards to his brother-in-law Qiu Yang and his sixth younger brother Fu Minchuan, and let them do whatever they wanted.

He naturally knew what they were going to do.A few years ago, he would have done it himself.

If you can capture the enemy's monarch alive on the battlefield, you are still an old enemy like the Northwest Ercap, and you can be named a marquis.

It's just that the current him has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and he can no longer act arbitrarily.

Thinking of the first time I led hundreds of riders and rushed straight into the enemy line of tens of thousands, it seemed to be 20 years ago.