Late Tang

The Qin army's aggressive and full-scale attack in Hebei, going deep into Chengde and Weibo towns, and approaching the city with soldiers, although arrogant, the effect it can achieve is excellent. Many officials in Yanjing wrote letters one after another, thinking that Zhou Dewei and Guo Chongtao on the front line were too radical.However, Li Jing kept silent about these memorials and didn't take them to heart.In fact, this seemingly aggressive style of play is actually based on comprehensive intelligence control and a superior strategic situation. The second town of Hebei has long been a lone army, with no soldiers to help.

On the contrary, the Qin army has the advantages of the number of troops and combat power. It does not fight field battles or siege battles with the opponent. segmentation.It seems risky, but it is actually very stable.If the second town of Hebei dared to go out of the city to fight, the Qin army, whose strength seemed scattered, would not be in danger.On the contrary, the second town also dispersed its forces, changing the decisive battle into a small-scale battle, and the Qin army still took the absolute initiative.

It can even be said that Li Jing is going to use this division tactic to prevent the second town from gathering a large army for a decisive battle.Fighting a large-scale battle consumes too much, not only the Qin army, but also the last confidence of the second town.For Li Jing who now completely regards the second town as his own, it would be a pity if the fruit is already ripe, but it has to be smashed.

On the day the news of the battle of Zhenzhou came back to Yanjing, Li Jing was completely relieved.

In this battle, Zhou Dewei used [-] against [-], ambushes and artillery groups to bombard and minefields to deal with the Zhao army who came out of the city to attack at night. In the first battle, more than [-] enemies were wiped out and more than [-] were captured. The result of the battle, and captured Zhao Jun's chief general, Chengde Marching Sima Wang Jingyi.Facing the fierce ambushes of the Qin army, Wang Jingyin, who was nearly [-] miles away on Zhending City, didn't even dare to come out of the city to help.

After daybreak, all Zhao Jun in Zhending City were terrified, the gates of the city were closed tightly, and they dared not talk about going out of the city to fight anymore.And Zhou Dewei followed Li Jing's order and did not attack Zhending City by force. Instead, he went down to the village along the Hutuo River and continued to confront Zhao Jun.

In the next few days, Weibo and Chengde two towns and eight prefectures and dozens of counties also had some city defenders overwhelmed and tried to break out of the city. As a result, once they left the protection of the city, they were no match for the Qin army in the wild. .After several battles, all the soldiers and horses who dared to go out of the city were defeated, killed or captured without exception, and even the defenders of several cities were wiped out. The empty cities were easily occupied by the Qin army, which became an unexpected harvest. .

The second town of Hebei fought alone. Although the two towns had more than 20 soldiers and horses, at this moment, they all felt that they were alone and helpless.The Qin army dispatched too quickly this time, with the bluff of the previous few times, and the summer harvest was just around the corner before the raid, so the second town was a little careless.After the Qin army came over, and uncharacteristically, directly implemented this extremely arrogant tactic, the 50 million soldiers and horses in the second town were divided and surrounded by dozens of cities and military strongholds in the eight states. , It is impossible to form an effective combat force at all, and even after being divided, there is no effective command system.

The elites of the second town are the Ya army, and some foreign town troops, but more are the county town soldiers, garrison soldiers, and united soldiers. Most of these soldiers and horses have been newly recruited in recent years. The equipment is not complete, the training is not complete, and the combat effectiveness is not high.

In the past few years, after the Qin Fan entered Hebei and successively captured the three towns of Lulong, Yiwu, and Cangjing, the remaining two old towns of Weibo and Chengde in Hebei began to have soldiers fleeing frequently, and many slaves from the common people began to flee. Similarly, they heard many rumors about Qin Fan, saying that Qin Fan is a paradise, and people continue to take risks and flee.For this reason, the second town had to intensify the punishment, and even tattooed on the faces of all the soldiers in the army, dyed them with ink, and stabbed the bugles.Checkpoints around the country are strictly checked, and once a person with tattoos is found to escape from the army, he will be arrested immediately.

This trick once achieved very good results, but now, when Qin Fan attacked the second town in an all-round way, soldiers from all over the second town started to flee again.

At the beginning, only a small number of soldiers took the opportunity to escape to the front of the Qin army. Later, more and more soldiers fled, and even whole teams fled and surrendered to the Qin army.Up to now, the front-line battle report Li Jing has received has shown that the second town has begun to have senior generals at the first level of soldiers and horses surrendering to the Qin army.

On the seventh day of the war, more than a dozen generals surrendered to Qin, and three even surrendered directly to the city.

Shenzhou, Governor's Mansion.

The governor of Shenzhou and the former army of Chengde Town all knew that Su Han, the envoy of the army, was sitting in the study, frowning urgently and sighing.

"Your Majesty, the situation is getting worse and worse!" Su Han's counselor, Niu Yi, the chief of Shenzhou, said worriedly, "In the first battle, Wang Jingbin was defeated and captured, and the Boye army was almost wiped out. Now Wang Jingyin is already terrified, and he is helpless against the Qin army. It has only been seven days since the war started, and as far as we know, more than a dozen generals have surrendered to Qin, and even three counties have been sacrificed to the Qin army. In Shenzhou alone, Anping, Rao In the four counties of Yangyang, Lucheng, and Luze, the two cities of Anping and Raoyang have been dedicated to the Qin army. Now, our north has been completely controlled by the Qin army, not to mention that from now on, the Qin army can follow Hutuo The river can go south quickly, and we can't stop Gao Siji's 1 horses just outside the city. Gao Siji, Li Jing's disciple, is known as the white horse and silver spear, and he is extremely brave."

Su Han sighed, "So what can I do? I want to kill the thief, but I can't recover."

"To this day, the envoy made a plan early in the morning."

According to Chang Shi's words, Su Han knew in his heart that if the current situation fell early, he might be able to gain some credit, but if he surrendered when the situation was irretrievable, then there would really be nothing left.But if he really wanted to go this far, he couldn't help hesitating.Su Han is also a military general of Chengde's generation. Although Chengde has been controlled by four families for more than a hundred years, their Su family has always been a general of Chengde for more than a hundred years, neither high nor low.In Chengde Town, the power of the Su family is not small.No matter who becomes De Jieshuai, the status of their Su family will not change.But if he surrendered to Qin, according to his understanding of Qin Fan, it is absolutely impossible for the Su family to retain the right to become the head of the German army in the future.The Su family's today is not easy to come by, no one is willing to give up lightly unless it is absolutely necessary.

"My lord, if you miss this opportunity, you will have nothing at that time."

This sentence finally made Su Han make a choice, "Immediately summon the officers of the army squadron to come to the general's mansion to discuss matters." , remember, be careful and don’t let the wind leak.”

Seeing Su Han's expression, Niu Yi smiled and nodded, feeling a burst of relief in his heart.Fortunately, the old boss knows the current affairs, otherwise, I'm afraid he will have to find another way for his own future.

That night, soldiers and horses in the city of Shenzhou were on alert and took strict precautions, but the governor's mansion in Shenzhou was brightly lit, and officers from all levels gathered together.

"Brothers in the same robe, when we got together today, there was only one thing to announce. Now everyone has seen the situation, the crisis of mortal danger. You follow XX, and XX can't bear to lead everyone to continue jumping into the fire pit. Therefore, XX plans, Coming down to Qin tomorrow can be regarded as finding a way out for you brothers."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was suddenly silent. No one thought that Su Han, a Chengde general, would surrender without a fight.Although these days, all kinds of bad news came, and several generals surrendered in Kaesong, but after all, Su Han was the governor of a state, and he served as the governor of a state as a general who commanded a state's soldiers and horses. Come on, this is really surprising.

Surprised, many generals breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone could see that Cheng De couldn't hold on to the current situation.Even if we survive this year, what about next year?Sooner or later, it will be annexed by the Qin army. In that case, who would want to fight such a battle.If you can find a way out earlier, of course everyone is willing.

However, not everyone has such an idea. There are still many generals in the hall who openly oppose it. Some of them are because their family members are in Zhenzhou, some are because they are confidantes of the Wang family, and some are because of several wars with the Qin army. There are sons who die in war, for whatever reason, but they don't want to surrender.

Su Han glanced coldly at those guys who were called extremely fierce, there were quite a few of them, and the highest status among them was Wang Zhen, the city defense soldier and horse envoy, who was a descendant of the Wang family.Many of the remaining people are also his confidantes, and there are some first-class officers of the battalion main team.

When Wang Zhen had finished shouting, Su Han smiled coldly, put down his wine glass, and clapped his hands lightly.

Immediately, there was a sound of footsteps from the corridor outside the hall, and then the hall door was knocked open, and Su Han's dental soldiers rushed in with their armor clattered, swords and shields in their hands.

Wang Zhen's face turned pale immediately, he didn't expect that Su Han was already prepared, and just now he was trying to lure them to jump out.

"Su Han, you bastard, the Su family has been favored by the Wang family for generations, and now you betray your master, you will die!"

Su Han sneered and said: "When the Su family was in the Sui Dynasty, it was already the Hebei Military Academy. From the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, and from Anlu Mountain and Shi Siming's rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, and later recruited by the imperial court, it became the Chengde Military Academy. Counting, after that There have already been four families that control Chengde Town. Your Wang family is just one of them. Do you think you are the real king of Chengde?" After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and explained. A group of dental soldiers stepped forward and dragged those who had opposed to the corridor. There was a sound of knives and axes. A moment later, the heads of Wang Zhen and dozens of officers had been lifted to the hall, dripping with blood.

"My comrades, do you have any objections to the surrender to Qin?" Su Han swept across the generals, and everyone shook their heads.

"Hahaha, okay, so I will send someone to contact General Gao outside the city now, and now, I invite you to write a letter of surrender with me."

The letter of surrender was filled with the names of all the generals, and there were also blood fingerprints stained with the blood of Wang Zhen and others just now, and the heads of dozens of officers including Wang Zhen were attached, all of which were taken by Niu Yi of the Su Han faction. Go to Gao Siji's military camp outside the city.

At the same time, the generals were kept in the governor's mansion, and Su Han sent Yabing soldiers to take over the city defense.

At daybreak, Niu Yi rode a tall horse, leading Gao Siji forward with some complacency, and returned to the city of Shenzhou.

The city gate of Shenzhou slowly opened in front of Gao Siji and the [-] Qin army. Su Han led the Chinese and military officials of the city, and all the defenders who put down their weapons and armor, slowly left the city, waiting for Gao Siji's surrender.

The surrender process went smoothly without any surprises.

Gao Siji occupied Shenzhou City without bloodshed or a single soldier.

On the same day, under the persuasion of Su Han, Niu Yi, etc., the defenders of Lucheng and Luze counties in the south of Shenzhou also surrendered.

That night, Gao Siji personally wrote the victory report "Our army occupied the whole territory of Shenzhou without losing a single soldier!", and sent people to Yanjing on flying horses! (To be continued.)