Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

Li Tai in Yining City was overjoyed after receiving the news from the front line in Wusu City, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel suspicious. He just felt that this victory seemed to come too easily.

Precisely because he felt that the task of attacking Wusu City was difficult, he specially dispatched Han Guo to go north. However, even if Han Guo unified his army to attack the city, the battle seemed to be too smooth.

At least there were tens of thousands of Qi troops stationed in Shangdang, and the army was led by General Duan Shao, but they had little intention of massively reinforcing Wusu City, and they seemed not to care much about the gains and losses of the city. This is obviously not because Wusu City has no rescue value, but more like they can't wait for the Western Wei army to advance into Wusu City.

If there is fraud in this, then the identity of the person who can use such an important city as Wusu City as bait must be extraordinary. I am afraid that even Duan Shao would not dare to do this. There are very few people in Northern Qi who have higher status and decision-making power than Duan Shao, and the answer is already obvious.

However, due to the dangerous roads here and the difficulty in detecting and transmitting information, this is just Li Tai's guess. Regardless of whether it is the enemy's tactic or not, since Wusu City has been captured, it is natural that you still have to follow your own pace.

So Li Tai ordered the rear generals such as Gao Le and He Ruodun to lead a brigade of 50,000 troops eastward to Qinyuan, and urged Liang Shiyan to strengthen the offensive against Jinzhou City. After conquering Jinzhou, he could join Wei Xiaokuan and try to march to the north of Queshu Valley. . If the enemy troops from Jinyang really come here under the leadership of Qi Lord Gao Yang, then Jinyang will inevitably become empty again. Wei Xiaokuan and other troops entering Queshu Valley will have the effect of knocking mountains and shaking tigers.

At the same time, he also ordered Yang Zhong from Jianzhou to lead his army northward and approach Changping, Gaodu and other places. If the enemy troops from Shangdang made any changes, Yang Zhong could attack Shangdang as appropriate, and even attack Fukou. !

If the Northern Qi Dynasty was really trying to abandon Wusu City and lure the Western Wei army to continue advancing eastward, so that the upper and lower groups of troops could join together to attack together, then the continued advance of the two groups of troops on the flanks of the Western Wei Dynasty would be enough to make it difficult for the Qi army to advance or retreat. Fight with all your strength.

In this war, the Western Wei Dynasty had gained such a huge advantage and initiative in the early stage. This was a real thing. Naturally, it was not something that could be easily overturned and equalized by some clever tricks. And Li Tai, who had so many advantages, was not afraid to take risks and enter the game head-on with the Northern Qi army.

Not to mention Li Tai's deployment of troops and generals, after Qi General Wei Gu broke through the siege of Wusu City and abandoned the city, he led his troops all the way south and arrived at Anmin City on the northern boundary of Xiangyuan.

Anmin City was built by Liu Kun in the Western Jin Dynasty to accommodate the people of Shangdang. The city still exists today. It is now a settlement center for the residents of the six towns settled by Shangdang. It is a large city in the valley of the west source of Zhang River.

Gaopu, the king of Wuxing, and Gao Xiaoxu, the king of Xiucheng, who came south from Jinyang as the pioneer division, came south along the Zhuozhang River after crossing the Bafu Ridge, and are now stationed in Anmin City. The order for Wei Gu to abandon the city and leave was also the military order of Emperor Gao Yang conveyed by Wuxing King Gaopu. The purpose was naturally to draw the Wei army out of the Qinshui Valley for encirclement and annihilation.

It should be noted that Gao Yang, the leader of Qi, led an army of 80,000 from Jinyang to the south. In the Shangdang area, there were already nearly 100,000 troops in Yedu, Heyang and other places under the command of Duan Shao, king of Pingyuan.

If the enemy troops were just trapped in the narrow terrain of the Qinshui River Valley, they would not be able to take advantage of Qi's numerous soldiers. Wusu City is located in all directions. If the main force of the enemy army dares to enter here, the pressure it will have to endure will be much greater under the combined attack of the Qi army.

"At the end of the meeting, the general met with the two kings. After receiving the holy order from the king in the city, he led his troops to break out of the encirclement and burned the city. Seven thousand people in the city turned to Anmin City, and the bandit army also entered Wusu City. Only the city It is damaged and has no military resources. Even if the thieves take over, it will be difficult to hold on!"

After Wei Gu entered the city, he reported to the two clan members.

Gaopu, the king of Wuxing, was the son of Gao Guiyan, the king of Pingqin. He had no special talents and only acted respectfully. After hearing Wei Xun's report, he nodded and said: "When the thief enters the trap, the Weidu will supervise the merits. Later, when the Supreme Lord arrives, , I will meet with Your Majesty to express this meritorious service.”

After hearing the words, Wei Gu quickly bowed and thanked him again, and then said again: "Excuse me, your Majesty, what should we do next? Although the disciples of the last general left as ordered, they still have concerns about handing over Wusu City to thieves. Angry, morale is available, but it is a pity to leave it idle.”

After hearing this, Gaopu frowned, and then said: "Your Majesty's previous order only ends here. He asked me to lead the army to join the King of Pingyuan. What to do with the Wusu City garrison after they retreat, but there is no arrangement. …”

However, before he could finish his words, Gao Xiaoxu, the young and powerful city-building king of the clan next to him, spoke up and said: "My uncle's words are also wrong. Since we are marching under orders, how can we hear the rumors of thieves and stop moving forward? When we are about to go out, things will happen. It is expedient. The mountains and fields in the southern border of Wusu are gentle, which is convenient for the advance and retreat of elite cavalry. Although the bandits have entered the city of Wusu, if they feel that the situation is not good, they can still abandon the city and leave with a strong army and force them from the side. Make it lose its foothold and be trapped in the city!"

Hearing the words of the King of Xiucheng, Wei Gu also nodded quickly and said: "This plan of the King of Xiucheng is very good. When the last general evacuated the city, he had burned all the military supplies in the city. The number of thieves who attacked this time exceeded 10,000. After occupying the city, they will definitely be short of food, and they will need to rely on the back roads to supply supplies. If the elite cavalry can be placed on the side of the city to disturb their supplies, their military situation will be even more frightened and unable to retreat! "

"But, but the Lord has not given such instructions..."

After hearing this, Gaopu said with a troubled expression, still unable to make up his mind.

Seeing that he was so indecisive, Gao Xiaoxu felt helpless for a moment, and simply said directly: "Since it is difficult for me to decide the military affairs, uncle, I will go to Shangdang first to ask the king of Pingyuan. If the king of Pingyuan agrees, then I will go, and uncle will stay." Let’s wait for the next teacher!”

After saying this, Gao Xiaoxu winked at Wei Xun and motioned for him to follow him out of the hall. While sending people to Shangdang to inform Duan Shao, King of Pingyuan, he went to the military camp, summoned three thousand elite soldiers, and dressed up to feed horses. After that, they were directly led out of the city, and two thousand people were selected from the Wusu City troops under Captain Gu's command. After gathering five thousand divisions, they went straight back to the direction of Wusu City to fight back.

At this time in Wusu City, Han Guo had just led his troops to the city and ordered the soldiers to repair the traces of burning and damage in the city. He secretly felt a little strange about capturing the enemy city so easily, so he did not relax his vigilance after entering the city. He still set up more scouts around the city to guard the city. At the same time, he sent a message to Guyuan City, hoping that the rear would be transported as soon as possible. A batch of supplies came here for the division and brigade to be stationed here.

The news of the Qi army's return was soon discovered by the scouts and was reported back to Wusu City. Han Guo was slightly shocked after learning about it, and quickly ordered the soldiers to strengthen the city defense and spread out the outside of the city. All the people and horses have withdrawn into the city for the time being.

Soon the 5,000 division brigade led by Gao Xiaoxu, led by the defenders of Wusu City, rushed to the city again. After seeing that the city gate was closed and heavily guarded, Gao Xiaoxu did not directly lead his troops to attack the city, leaving a part of it behind first. The men and horses were monitoring and intimidating the enemy forces in the city, while he led the crowd around the city to explore the mountain road connecting Qinyuan to the east of Wusu City.

At the same time, after receiving the news from Han Guo requesting supplies, Li Yantou, who was stationed in Guyuan City, also led two thousand soldiers to escort three thousand stones of military rations and other supplies along the mountain road to Wusu City.

When he was halfway through the journey, he received a warning message from the direction of Wusu City. After learning that the enemy troops had counterattacked so quickly, Li Yantou was naturally shocked. He wanted to lead his troops back immediately, but he was afraid that Wusu City is in danger of running out of food.

So he first ordered the grain transport team to stop temporarily in this mountain road and choose a place to defend nearby. He led two hundred elite soldiers to move forward quickly, wanting to find out the specific situation of the enemy before making plans.

The two sides walked opposite each other and soon encountered each other in the mountain road. Originally, Gao Xiaoxu found nothing after going more than 20 miles into the mountain road, and was about to lead his troops to withdraw. Unexpectedly, he met Li Yantou and his party. He was overjoyed. He pointed his horsewhip forward and shouted loudly: "Capture and kill the enemy in front." Everyone, ask about the enemy’s military situation!”

When Li Yan saw the enemy head-on, he couldn't help but feel startled. He hurriedly led his troops to fly back, while the enemy troops from behind were also chasing after him.

This mountain road is a dry mountain stream. When Han Guo led his army before, he had ordered his sergeants to use sand and gravel from the river valley to smoothen the river channel to facilitate the passage of vehicles and horses. Now it is easier for the Northern Qi cavalry to attack.

Li Yantou led his troops back quickly while drawing his bow and firing frequently. Although he also killed several enemy soldiers chasing at the front, the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape by running along the river valley, Li Yantou could only lead his men to escape to the side mountains, and then barely opened the distance between them. But in this case, the direction they were traveling would inevitably go against the path they came from, so they could only shout warnings loudly in the mountains and fields to alert the teams behind them who were guarding the food, grass and baggage.

Although the grain transport team also heard the shouts and warnings of Li Yantou and his party, they were inevitably panicked because there was no general to command the enemy. When they saw the enemy's cavalry running towards this point, they subconsciously abandoned the grain and supplies and ran to the rear to retreat.

Gao Xiaoxu led his troops to charge here. Although he failed to kill the enemy, he captured a lot of enemy supplies, which was considered a victory. So the soldiers were immediately ordered to carry the supplies on horseback, and those that could not be moved were burned on the spot.

Next, he led his troops to withdraw from the mountain road and monitored the enemy forces in the south of Wusu City. At this time, the army led by Qi Lord Gao Yang had also arrived at Wuxiang City on the upper reaches of the Zhuozhang River. When he learned that Gao Xiaoxu had won the first battle, he was overjoyed. He even ordered Gao Xiaoxu to replace Gao Pu as the vanguard general, and the vanguard military began. It should be entrusted.

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