On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 402 Capture the City
Yang Yichen heard that Gaobiling had been captured by the Yan army, and his back was sweating coldly.

Yang Su besieged the city along the way, but only divided up 2000 troops, and the cities on the north and south sides of Gaobi Ridge were under the control of the Sui army, but Yang Su still left [-] defenders on the ridge, which shows the importance of this place.

On the one hand, Yang Yichen sent his cronies to Yang Su's camp to report the news, and at the same time, he personally led two thousand cavalry soldiers out of the city to visit the news.

Passing through the long and narrow Queshu Valley, Yang Yichen also had a vivid view of the flag of the Yan Army fluttering in the wind on the Gaobi Ridge.

Yang Yichen almost gritted his teeth. He tentatively ordered the cavalry to dismount and attack the mountain, but was easily killed by Mai Tiezhang.

But it also made Yang Yichen aware that Gaobiling was well-defended. He left a general and led the cavalry to monitor Gaobiling, while he himself went back to Xihe County and led the infantry to meet Yang Su going south.

The courier rushed on and ran more than three hundred miles in one day before delivering the news to Yang Su.

"Qian Jie missed me!"

Yang Su no longer had the calmness he had in the hands of Zhizhu in the past, his appearance was distorted due to anger, and he looked ferocious and terrifying.

Now it's only the first lunar month, and there is no spring plowing yet, so Yang Liang is not needed to clear the fields. The Sui army can't even find a grain of grain in the wild.

The people were afraid of the war, so they either fled to the mountains with rations or hid in the city.

Since Yang Su went northward from Xihe County, Yang Su drove directly to Jinyang, and the cities along the way were only besieged by dividing troops, but did not attack the city.

If the logistics supply is cut off by the Yan army in Gaobiling, the consequences will be disastrous.

Yang Su couldn't hold his breath anymore, he immediately ordered the whole army to pull out the camp and go south, first retreating to Xihe County.

But how could Cui Che let Yang Su leave easily? After Mai Tiezhang and Li Jing captured Gaobiling, they immediately sent people north to report to Cui Che.

Three thousand cavalry had to avoid people's eyes and ears to pass through, but the courier wearing the uniform of the Sui army was able to pass without any scruples. Cui Che had already received a good news the day after he captured Gaobi Ridge.

Cui Che immediately ordered the cavalry of the Qi army, and harassed the Sui army along the way, which made the soldiers of the Sui army miserable.

Easy to come, hard to go.

The Yan army's harassment did not cause many casualties to the Sui army. After all, Cui Che was also worried that Yang Su would show his weakness intentionally, and actually set up an ambush to lure him to attack.

What's more, it exhausted the soldiers of the Sui army physically and mentally.

It took a day and a night for the messenger to arrive for more than three hundred miles, but it would take five or six days for the army to go south and be harassed by the cavalry of the Yan army from the side.

But at night, Cui Che would always send dozens of cavalrymen to beat gongs and drums outside the Sui army camp, making a lot of noise, causing the soldiers of the Sui army to secretly scold Cui Che for his wickedness, but there was nothing he could do.

However, when Yang Su finally came to Xihe County, what he saw was Yang Yichen with red eyes.

Not only was the main force of the Sui army harassed along the way, but the [-] cavalry left by Yang Yichen to monitor Gaobiling were also destroyed.

It turns out that during the Battle of Gaobiling, Li Jing persuaded Mai Tiezhang to let go of the Sui soldiers' captives, but left their military uniforms in case of emergencies.

When Li Jing discovered that there was a cavalry guard at the foot of the mountain, after estimating the normal time for Yang Su to go south, he asked Mai Tiezhang for [-] knights. Went around to the north.

Li Jing pretended to be Yang Su's advance team to explore the road, and he was originally from Kansai. At night, Yang Yichen's subordinates could not see the appearance of the Khitan cavalry who followed Li Jing, but they could distinguish Li Jing's Kansai accent.

Li Jing led [-] cavalry to break into the camp, and Yang Yichen's [-] cavalry were suddenly attacked at night without any defense.

It was because Yang Ensi was beheaded by Cheng Yaojin's formation and their morale was low that they were sent by Yang Su to guard Xihe County, and they did not face Cui Che's main Yan army outside Jinyang City.

Now he was frightened again, no matter how the guard shouted, he couldn't appease the cavalry, countless people trampled on each other, and only a few hundred people were actually beheaded by the Yan army who attacked the camp.

Li Jing released all [-] captives except for a small number of rout soldiers who escaped at night. As for the horses of the [-] cavalrymen of the Sui army, they were led by Li Jing to Gaobiling to be slaughtered and mixed with dry rations.

It's not that Li Jing doesn't want to keep these horses, but the forage on the high wall mountain can only supply the needs of his war horses.

The destruction of this cavalry force was undoubtedly a huge blow to Yang Yichen. At least the remaining [-] infantry under his command could no longer ignite their fighting spirit no matter how much they encouraged them.

He didn't understand how he went to fight in Jiaozhou, destroyed the Wanchun Kingdom that had been entrenched for many years, and went smoothly, how did he get to Hedong, no matter whether it was facing Cui Che or Li Jing, he was defeated repeatedly.

Looking at Yang Yichen's current appearance, Yang Su also knew that he could not be counted on in this battle.

But fortunately, Xihe County is still there, so that the soldiers of the Sui Army can have a place to stay.

But before he could catch his breath and plan how to capture Gaobi Ridge, his relatives came to report that Cui Che led the main force of the Yan army to the fortress outside the city.

Cui Che's trip to the south not only disturbed the main force of the Sui army, but also occupied a large number of cities in the south of the Taiyuan Basin along the way.

Yang Su gave up the confrontation with the Yan army outside Jinyang City and retreated to Xihe County. He must withdraw the siege of the cities along the way.

After all, the most important thing now is to retake Gaobiling, not to capture Jinyang. Now that they have gone south, there is no need to divide their troops to besiege the cities along the way.

If these troops were not recalled, they would have to be defeated one by one by Cui Che. A city of 2000 people, no matter how many, no less.

Cui Che, on the other hand, assigned infantry to seize the city in the name of co-defense. The defense in the city was empty, and seeing that the reinforcements were going south, he did not dare to compete with the Yan army for control. The guards led the remaining troops back to Jinyang.

Since then, the southern part of the Taiyuan Basin, such as Jiezhou Xicheng County (Jiezhou Government, today's Fenyang, Shanxi), Pingyao County, and Bingzhou Qingyuan County have all been under Cui Che's command.

This made Yang Liang in Jinyang City jump anxiously, but he didn't dare to turn his face.

Although the defenders from all over the country retreated to Jinyang, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, their morale was exhausted and they were unbearable to fight.

The soldiers under his command also had a lot of contacts with Cui Che, but they didn't dare to inquire about the crime, for fear of forcing these warriors back.

It's just that as Gaobi Ridge was captured by Cui Che, Yang Su's retreat was cut off, and the balance of victory was obviously tilted towards Cui Che. The civil servants and generals in Jinyang City were undoubtedly relieved.

After all, if Cui Che really wins, only Yang Liang will suffer,
But if Yang Su wins, everyone will die.

Therefore, at least until Yang Su's defeat is determined, Wang Wei, Pei Wen'an and others will not bother Cui Che's hind legs.

Instead, he wanted to persuade Yang Liang to endure the calm for a while and take a step back to broaden the sea and the sky.

　Today is gone, and the next chapter will be around ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)