Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 544 The Spreading Net
People and horses gathered by the densely wooded riverside, and a large number of troops are coming out of the forest road in the west.

"I didn't encounter any obstacles." Li Jilong reported to the coach Xiang Xun.

"Do they agree to surrender?" Xiang Xun pointed to the settlement of the Xi people in the distance. The army has surrounded the settlement. Their settlement has a large population, but there is no decent wall. They are fully sure to take this place, but many of them are not Soldiers, and the terrain is complex and densely populated, the top officials of the Qin Army don't want to waste troops and time. It would be best if the locals could surrender by themselves.

"We are still negotiating. We can only rely on the prisoners of the Liao army to talk to them. It will take some time."

Xiang Xun nodded, and called the messenger, "Let the army camp and settle down, and then prepare fortifications as soon as possible to cut off the southern road."

Although he was thinking about the great contribution of capturing the false emperor, he did not lose his mind. The officials had told them many times that "If you save people and lose land, all people and land will survive; if you save land and lose people, all people and land will be lost".

The main force of the Liao army is still in the south. Their current position should have cut off their rear. Although they don't know the situation in the south, they can encircle and wipe out the main force of the Liao army as long as they encircle on both sides. It doesn't matter if the false emperors don't kill them.

The troops of the Qin army by the river were busy piling up the corpses of the Liao army into a small hill. On the other side, the captured Liao army was being guarded by the soldiers and lined up to take off their armored stomachs and hand over their weapons. Their resistance was not strong. After the defeat in the confrontation, there were no casualties except that dozens of people were pushed into the river at the beginning and more than [-] people were killed.

Because as soon as the battle started, the commander-in-chief of the Liao army, the false emperor of the Liao Kingdom, fled north on his horse.

Yang Jiye led his troops to hunt for more than ten miles, and brought back more than 500 captives and more than 200 heads. The battle was fruitful, but he still let the false emperor Yeluxian escape without achieving great success.

This surprised everyone and was shocked by Yeluxian's vigilance.

But regardless of whether Ye Luxian escaped or not, their deployment on this side was not interrupted, and they guarded all parts of the northward avenue, and at the same time sent scouts to the south to investigate the situation in the south and understand the war.

In the evening, the leader of the Xi people came out with several young people to meet Xiang Xun, and expressed their willingness to surrender, because their young and middle-aged people had all gone to the south to fight, and they were powerless to resist here.

But they also have conditions
After some discussions and bargaining between the two sides, their leader gave the conditions of surrender. The Qin army could not kill their people, destroy their houses, and not rape their women aged 16 or below. Half of their cattle and sheep could be given away. To Qin Jun.

For their conditions, Xiang Xun directly agreed, and then immediately sent soldiers to camp around the settlement to control the area, and at the same time let Yang Jiye, who is experienced on the border, handle the matter.

His main focus is still on the south.

The next day, the scouts in front reported that they had captured several people who had fled from the south.

After being captured and interrogated, they received a news that both surprised and delighted them. The Qin army in the south had won a frontal victory, and a large number of Liao soldiers and horses were fleeing northward.
At the beginning, Xiang Xun didn't fully believe it, and he didn't dare to be too radical. If it was true what these routs told, expanding the line of defense and dispersing the troops to intercept the routs would definitely achieve greater results.

But if these two lied, the Liao army would still maintain a high degree of organization, and it would be very dangerous if they dispersed their forces, and his main purpose was not to let most of the Liao army go, and to annihilate as many Liao troops as possible.

But soon this worry was dispelled, because as time went by, more and more rout soldiers arrived near King Xi's tooth tent. On that day, the Qin army arrested more than 40 people, killed seven or eight, and Some escaped.

Xiang Xun realized that something was wrong, and immediately increased the number of night watchmen several times. Sure enough, more than 200 people were stopped at night. Except for a dozen people who wanted to escape and were shot, the rest quickly surrendered without fighting spirit.

Under the interrogation, almost all the confessions were consistent. The South was defeated. They wanted to escape back to Shangjing, but they never thought that there would be a Qin army behind them so close to Shangjing!

They were frightened by the Qin army on the front line, but now they saw the Qin army hundreds of miles behind them in the hinterland. When they first saw the red, white and black flag, they were so frightened that their hands and feet became weak and they lost their fighting spirit.

They couldn't figure it out anyway, how did the Qin army occupy King Xi's Yazhang, did they fly over?

Also, isn't this the place where the lord of the country is stationed? If the Qin army occupies this place, what about your majesty?
A lot of horrible thoughts flashed through, which almost collapsed the Liao army who kept their faith and fled here.

After mastering the situation in the south, Xiang Xun immediately summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures. Their main force is the main force of the West Route Army starting from Daizhou and Yanmen. There are about 2000 people and five artillery battalions. Lead and guard behind the mountain.

After deliberation, they decided to disperse their troops. Since the main force of the Liao army in the south had been defeated, they didn't have to worry about problems with the large army. The main issue was how to intercept more Liao troops and effectively annihilate the remaining forces of the Liao army.

Otherwise, after letting them flee back to Shangjing, they can become defenders again after being reorganized.

They planned to make more flags, and planted the flags of the Qin army everywhere on the nearby hills. Although the patterns of the Qin army's flags were different, they were all black with red borders and white patterns. Let the Liao army see that they were full of flags, which would definitely be a big blow their morale.

In terms of deployment, Li Jilong led ten battalions to guard the main roads and mountain passes in the west, and Yang Jiye led ten battalions, mainly cavalry, to guard the open area in the east, and he was supported by four artillery battalions, because the flat area in the east is more difficult to hold .

The central avenue and the passages several miles in the middle are guarded by Xiang Xun and his main force of ten battalions. The personnel must be scattered, and the cavalry is located in the rear.

Such a deployment made them surround more than 2 people, like an open fishing net, spanning more than ten miles from east to west, guarding the main northward passage and the gentle area, and preparing to work with the southern army to encircle and wipe out all the main forces of the Liao army.

The main force of the Liao army fleeing north must have never imagined that the Qin army brigade had penetrated to their rear, cutting off the road between them and Shangjing.

All the officers and men were very excited. This is a rare credit. The Liao army whose morale has collapsed must be easier to deal with. The most important thing is that the Liao army in the west has been wiped out by the soldiers of Hedong and the forbidden army. As long as it is eaten here The main force of the Liao army, then the strength of the entire Liao state will be ten to seven, which means that whether it is Shangjing or Liaodong, large areas of Liao's territory will be empty!
The premise is that they must intercept the Central Route Army of the Liao Army fleeing north here, and do their best to annihilate them.

The state of the Liao army at this time is that there are interceptions in front and pursuit in the back.
There is no need to explain the significance of this battle to Xiang Xun. Many middle and high-level generals of the Qin Army know that they are all veteran generals who have conquered the north and south. However, Xiang Xun still knows how to boost morale. He personally summoned the commander and other officers, Explain the pros and cons of this battle to them, and state the unfavorable situation and collapsed morale of the Liao army, and at the same time ask them to publicize, explain clearly, and boost morale to their soldiers.

Once the main force of the Liao army is completely destroyed here, how many defenders will there be in Shangjing?

Thinking about it, Xiang Xun and the others felt that the blood in their hearts couldn't help surging. If it was done, what kind of achievement would it be? This is a great achievement like that of Wei Huo!
Everyone was so excited that they wished they could go south immediately to find the Liao army to take the lead, but the coach Xiang Xun was very calm and asked to make the most secure and appropriate deployment. fish hit the net
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