Chinese New Year

Chapter 656 The troops are approaching the city
How far is it from Guanggu to Linqu? Actually, it is not far, only about 40 miles.

On April 16, when Cao Yi learned that the Linqu defenders were about to collapse, he could no longer sit still and immediately sent his general Xu Miao to lead 3,000 "elite soldiers", 5,000 peasant soldiers, and 1,000 cavalrymen to Guanggu to rescue Linqu.

Afterwards, Gao Liang was sent to lead 3,000 "elite soldiers", 4,000 peasant soldiers, and 600 cavalry to rescue Linzi.

These two cities cannot be lost. From a military point of view, they are the outer barriers of Guanggu.

The former is the hinterland of Daxian Pass. After the loss of Daxian Pass, Linqu City had to undertake the important task of blocking the enemy and even retaking Daxian Pass.

The latter guards the northeast entrance of Laiwu Valley. Once it is lost, the enemy will continuously attack from Laiwu Valley and approach Guanggu City, which is a city that must be defended.

But - to be honest, this is only effective when the Yellow River defense line still exists. Now that the Yellow River is no longer an obstacle, tens of thousands of Shao soldiers have swarmed in, occupying Le'an, and peacefully taking over Beihai County City, and successively taking over several county towns in Beihai. In such a situation, is it necessary for Linzi and Linqu to hold on?
Or, Cao Qi still had illusions in his heart, thinking that as long as he could block the other two armies, he could defeat the tens of thousands of invading troops of Xi Jian's army?
No one knew what he was thinking. All everyone knew was that there were still many Qingzhou soldiers, but they could not "move" -

If you encounter bandits on the road, first select brave and strong men to take the initiative to attack and harass the bandits, and the rest of the people follow the orders to form a military formation to resist the bandits.

It should be said that the core "evil bandits" of Cao Wei were not a mob, but had certain military qualities. Under the urgent order of the officers, they hastily deployed the military formation to deal with the Xianbei cavalry that appeared on the horizon.

The cavalry was getting closer.

In front of them, there were more than a hundred defeated cavalrymen from Cao Wei's side, shouting and raising warnings.

Xu Miao climbed onto a high platform, feeling extremely angry.

He hated these useless people, but couldn't he run back to warn them when he couldn't defeat them? In the end, he was chased by them, and what kind of warning was that?

In addition, he also hated the prefects of Donglai and Changguang counties.

In particular, Liu Ba, the governor of Donglai, was not willing to give up his own barren mountains and wilderness that no one cultivated, so he just left it there, occasionally sending people to herd cattle and sheep, but he refused to use it as a military horse farm for Cao Gong.

Why?
Well, they do have something to rely on. The two families of Donglai Liu and Ju are intermarried and collude with each other, which makes people a little afraid to act rashly.

When Sima Yue was in power, the Minister of Public Affairs Ju Xian returned to his hometown and served as the prefect of Donglai. He was later killed in the attack on Wang Mi.

Gou Xi was stationed in Qingzhou, and he appointed Ju Xian's son Ju Peng as the prefect of Donglai to help him stabilize the situation.

After Gou Xi disappeared, Cao Yi occupied Qingzhou, but encountered great resistance when attacking Donglai - "Although Yi's troops were strong, the people of the county all fought to the death for (Ju) Peng, and Yi could not defeat him."

In the end, Cao Yi relied on his size advantage to threaten the Ju family.

After some negotiations, Ju Peng gave up his power and took more than a thousand families from his hometown to cross the sea to join Cui Bi in Liaodong. However, Cao Yi was forced to appoint Liu Ba, Ju's relative from the Donglai Liu clan, as the prefect.

Is the territory obtained in this way really yours?

Donglai and Changguang counties are vast and sparsely populated, and many places are completely barren, which is very suitable for horse herding. But the Ju family, the Liu family, and the newly emerged powerful Lu family in the past 20 years dare to confront you. If they are in a good mood, they will obey your orders and send troops and food. If they are in a bad mood, they will directly refuse. Do you have the guts to fight again?
It is said that Shao Xun obtained many of his territories through negotiations, and the same is true for others.
Now that things have come to this, there is no point in Xu Miao's hatred.

The Xianbei cavalry had already rushed to the front of the formation, but the chariot formation that was intended to hinder the cavalry's charge had not yet been fully deployed.

The arrows from the mounted archers fell like a rainstorm, causing Cao's soldiers to panic and scream in pain.

The officers knew how to be powerful, hiding behind their shields, running around, waving their swords, hoping to stop the chaos by killing. But how could it be possible when it came to this?
The first wave of mounted archers turned their horses around, galloped diagonally, changed direction and angle, and continued shooting at Cao's soldiers who were in chaos.

The second wave of horse archers rushed to the front of the formation and fired dense arrows.

Cao's soldiers were poorly trained, had few professional archers, and their counterattacks were weak, and they soon fell into deeper chaos.

A little further away, Lu Longzhen lowered the veil for Duan Wenyang.

The five hundred or so riders following behind him also lowered their veils.

With majestic war horses, silver vests, silver knight heavy armor, and iron masks like those of evil spirits, as soon as this army appeared, it was impossible to resist.

"Charge!" A desolate horn sounded, and five hundred armored cavalry began to slowly accelerate.

The speed was not fast at the beginning, and it even looked like a leisurely stroll.

But as the distance got closer, the speed began to increase.

The heavy horse hooves splashed up flying sand and grass clippings.

The narrow and sharp spear blade flashed with an inexplicable chill in the sunlight.

The iron face was extremely ferocious, with only three orifices exposed.

They are like human weapons, without any flaws, and they just move forward.

"Shoot!" In the chaos, an officer began to give orders.

Xu Miao also came down from the observation platform and gave orders while trying to remain calm.

After the horse archers shot their last arrow, they moved to both sides, completely exposing the armored cavalry.

"Iron Horses--" Cao Bing muttered to himself as he looked stupidly at the armored cavalry charging towards him.

An officer who had participated in Liu Borgen's uprising was so frightened that he turned around and left.

Xu Miao was also an old man from Liu Borgen's era. He barely suppressed his fear and shouted, "Get up the chevaux de frise! Get up the chevaux de frise! Where are the archers?"

Some people were about to flee, but hesitated when they heard the order.

Some people simply ignored it, especially the officers, whose minds were filled with fear of being dominated by the Xianbei armored cavalry, and they ran away.

The people are divided and the command is chaotic. Who can save this situation?
Five hundred armored cavalrymen rushed into the chaotic group of Cao's soldiers with great force.

The horse lance was swung repeatedly, and those who were hit fell instantly.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Xu Miao turned around with tears in his eyes and mounted his horse. Just as he was about to spur his horse, a horse lance swung from the side and knocked him to the ground. Xu Miao was dazed and struggled to get up, but he saw an iron mask with ghost patterns painted on it getting closer and closer to him.

"Bang!" Xu Miao was knocked away.

The crying and shouting of the fleeing soldiers trampled over him, endlessly.

Five hundred armored cavalry easily broke through Cao's formation and cut it in two.

The light cavalry quickly surrounded Cao's troops again and, together with the armored cavalry, further dispersed and disrupted Cao's troops.

Nearly ten thousand Cao soldiers fled in all directions, covering the entire battlefield.

The Xianbei cavalry controlled the fleeing soldiers' advance direction with spears, sabers and horn bows like they were herding sheep, and finally drove them into the Juyang River (Jiumie River, now the Mi River), where countless people drowned or were trampled to death.

Shen Ling, a secretary at the General's Mansion, watched silently from the rear, feeling deeply moved.

This is truly the age of cavalry, the age of armoured cavalry.

If the quality of the infantry is slightly poor, they will be completely defenseless against the cavalry.

Perhaps, only the elite infantry under Liang Gong, who had trained hard for many years, experienced three battles and were rich in experience, could be at ease in front of the Xianbei cavalry.

Other troops, such as the military farming army, hereditary soldiers, troops of powerful families, etc., mostly did not have a good ending when they encountered the enemy and were all defeated.

After expressing his feelings, Shen Ling looked relieved.

It is obvious that the cavalry was not so strong during the Han Dynasty, but now it has suddenly exploded.

Fortunately, we have Mr. Liang!

Otherwise, the Hu cavalry would wreak havoc in the Central Plains. Just relying on these cavalry who could charge and kill as casually as cutting melons and vegetables, they could recruit a large number of young men, win over many powerful families, and roughly establish a separatist regime.

The countries established by the Hu people certainly did not train infantry well. They only knew how to use cavalry to defeat infantry, and use cavalry to drive the strong people of the Central Plains to fight the enemy repeatedly.

If this is true, when will the Central Plains be able to get rid of their rule?
Fortunately, we have Mr. Liang!
This man is truly able to turn the tide. He is an elite soldier with silver spears and black shields. He can remain calm among the Hu cavalry and roam rampant across the river.

Without this army, I don’t know what the world would be like.

Shen Ling, who was born in the native tribe of Jiangdong and had worked in Yuefu for many years, suddenly had a strong liking for Liang Gong.

Such a hero came into being. It must be that the Emperor of Heaven had mercy on the people and sent him into the world to save the Chinese people.

Nine thousand infantry and cavalry were defeated, and the general Xu Miao died in the chaos. The troops that were sent to reinforce Linqu were doomed.

When the Linqu defenders learned of this, their morale plummeted and they began to negotiate surrender.

After hesitating for two or three days, when Jin Zheng threatened to leave no grass behind after taking the city, they quickly opened the city and surrendered on the morning of the 20th.

After taking Linqu, Jin Zheng rested for two days. On the 22nd, the army headed north and headed straight for Guanggu.

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Of course, battle reports from all over the country will be summarized to Shao Xun as soon as possible.

At this time, he was stationed in Pei County. Judging from the geographical location, it can be seen that his reserve force was mainly for guarding against the south.

Last year, Wang Dun and Le Kai had a fierce fight in Nanyang.

Wang Dun first captured Sui County and then attacked Yi Yang. Tao Kan of Xiangyang led his troops northward and attacked Xinye.

The two sides fought several battles, with both sides winning and losing. In the end, they had no choice but to stop fighting. It was not because the winner was decided, but because of the rampant epidemic, and neither side wanted to fight anymore, so the war subsided.

Wang Dun has not made any move this year, but Zu Ti has been hoarding weapons, money and food, and constantly training soldiers. If it weren't for Jiangdong's lag, they might have already gone north, so we still have to be prepared.

Of course, Zu Ti had not yet gone north, and Shao Xun's attention was mainly focused on the Qingzhou battlefield.

Seeing this now, he had only one feeling: facing the harsh environment of multiple attacks and lack of a large number of cavalry, Cao Qi acted very slowly, resulting in the entire battlefield being cut off.

Send reinforcements? Defeated by Xianbei cavalry.

They will just target your infantry on the march, preventing you from leaving the city and providing support to other places, which will lead to each county fighting on its own without forming a system.

Coupled with the rebellion of local nobles, Cao Wei's rule in Qingzhou was on the verge of collapse.

Up to now, Le'an has been captured, Jinan has just surrendered, most of Beihai and Gaomi have surrendered, most of Qi has been captured, and the three counties of Chengyang, Changguang and Donglai are in a neutral state - this in itself is very problematic.

Xi Jian had already led his troops to the northwest of Guanggu, and Jin Zheng was almost at the gates of the city. Only Yang Chen's army was still besieging Linzi City, but it had no effect on the overall situation.

The generals and troops were scattered everywhere, and Cao Qi could only use the Guanggu garrison. Once they were surrounded, they would definitely be forced to defend to the death without any external reinforcements, and their defeat was only a matter of time.

In addition, seeing this situation, Chengyang, Changguang, Donglai and other counties were bound to surrender.

In short, Cao Yi and his "evil thieves" are already dead in the future - death is inevitable, the only suspense is when they will die.

Shao Xun even wanted to withdraw directly and reinforce Wang Que'er.

Because Qingzhou was progressing smoothly, he had just ordered General Li Chong of the Front Army, General Wang Que'er of the Left Army, and General Hou Feihu of the Rear Army a few days ago to stockpile food and supplies and make preparations for the battle to retake Ji County and Hanoi.

These two places have disgusted him for a long time, and he has always wanted to remove them, but unfortunately it is always difficult to do so.

If possible, he still wanted to solve it this year while he still had some money and food.

His mind gradually moved away from Cao Yi and was about to fly to Liu Cong.

(End of this chapter)