Call of the Deer

Chapter 514 Abandoning Suzhou, King Qin sent troops

Outside Zhen Pass, Bei Minghao rode the Nine You Dragon Colt, followed by Dian Wei and Xu Chu, not daring to leave an inch;

Liu Bowen and Guo Jia were sitting in the carriage, chatting happily with each other;
Huang Zhong and Guan Yu rode war horses and led an army of [-] in front, while Zhang Fei and Chen Tang led an army of [-] in the rear to defend the central army.

It turned out that after Bei Minghao received the letter from Bai Feige, he immediately set out his army, intending to personally supervise the battle and capture Li Shimin and other princes in one go;
However, his goal was not the Eastern Imperial City, but he planned to cross Linyuan City, go south to Dingzhou Xihui City, and attack Dingzhou from Xihui City;
Another army was sent north to Yunzhou, and Yongzhou's friendly army attacked from north to south, captured Yunzhou, cut off the back of Cangzhou, cut off Li Shimin's wings, and finally ambushed on all sides to attack Qinzhou and capture Li Shimin.

This is the general marching strategy of the Northern Underworld Army. Of course, more consideration should be given to the details.

Naturally, Bei Minghao would not fight alone, and at the same time sent a letter condemning Yongzhou Yue Fei to lead his army southward, and as the commander of the army, personally attack Dingzhou;

At the same time, let Ma Chao, Long Qi, Xiong Kuohai, and Gao Siji go south with Yue Fei; and in Yongzhou, Bei Minghao is very relieved to have Bai Qi in town.

In Xuanwu City, Qinzhou, Li Shimin's expression was extremely ugly when he heard the urgent report from Wenzhong.

"Trash, what a fucking trash, you can't even defend a giant city like the Eastern Imperial City, it's trash to the extreme."

Li Shimin felt that the loss of the Eastern Imperial City in less than a month was simply unbelievable, and it was clearly handed over to Bei Minghao.

After roaring for a while, Li Shimin finally calmed down, waiting for the ministers to speak.

"My lord, the only plan for now is that the princes must unite together, otherwise I'm afraid they will be divided and wiped out by the Northern Underworld Army."

Xu Shiji saw that Li Shimin's expression softened slightly, and he was the first to offer advice.

"Yes, because of the scattered forces, the king of Pingzhou died, and the fall of Pingzhou may only take a few days. Therefore, we must shrink the defense line and stick to the defense line based on the four prefectures of Qin, Ding, Yun, and Cang. , Waiting for an opportunity to prepare for a counterattack!"

Wen Zhong didn't lose the opportunity to speak out the general strategy.

"Don't you want Suzhou? Could it be that you just handed it over to Bei Minghao?"

Li Shimin frowned when he heard that Suzhou was not included in the language category, and asked rather displeased.

"My lord, now that Lingchuan City has fallen, there is no place to defend in the territory of Suzhou, and Wu Qi's army is in full swing. Even if they defend to the death, they may not be able to hold on for too long."

Wen Zhong smiled wryly, thinking that before the city of Lingchuan was lost, it was still possible to hold on, but now it is simply as difficult as going to heaven.

"Okay, let's do as you said. The king personally gave Liu Yu a letter of divorce. For the sake of greatness, he can only reluctantly give up Suzhou!"

Li Shimin nodded unwillingly, but his face became very ugly.

"My lord, the Ding and Yun states are the most important for connecting the four states. They must be heavily guarded. They must not be taken advantage of by the Northern Underworld Army, or they will surely go!"

Suddenly, Xu Shiji's face was very serious, and he asked Li Shimin for advice.

"What Lord Mao said is true, pass on the king's order to let Su Lie and Guo Ziyi each lead [-] troops to garrison Yun and Ding prefectures, and ensure that the two prefectures are not lost!"

Li Shimin also knew that Xu Shiji was not alarmist, so he directly ordered the two generals under his command to go out.

When Su Lie and Guo Ziyi heard the words, they each led [-] troops to Dingzhou.

Outside Zhengyang City, Wu Qi received the news of Xu Da's victory. Xu Da wiped out the counties of Pingzhou in seven days, and wherever he went, all the flags were lowered.

And Wu Qi did not let Xu Da return, but instead strictly instructed Xu Da to pay attention to the movements of Yanzhou in the south, so as to prevent the princes of Yanzhou from taking the opportunity to invade.

And not long after, it was discovered that the Suzhou Army and the East Qin Army in Zhengyang City had abandoned the city and fled without fighting. This made Wu Qi quite happy, and took Zhengyang City without bloodshed;

On the other hand, Liu Yu, after the battle of Lingchuan City, lost his vigor, fled in embarrassment like a yellow dog, and no longer had the vigor before.

In just seven days, all the Suzhou army withdrew from Suzhou, entered Qinzhou, and deployed defenses in Qinzhou, as if they had abandoned Suzhou.

In Xihui City, Bei Minghao is sitting on the main seat, No. 1 on the lower right is Yue Wumu, and below are Ma Chao, Long Qi, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Xiong Kuohai, Gao Siji and the Eight Great Generals .

On the right are counselors such as Guo Jia, Liu Bowen, Cui Hao, etc., all gathered together to discuss the matter of attacking Dingzhou.

"My lord, this Dingzhou is a transit between Yunzhou and Qinzhou. I'm afraid Li Shimin will send a general to guard it. It will not be easy to win it!"

Cui Hao was the first to speak, and he just intended to throw bricks and spark jade, so that everyone can speak freely and discuss the matter of attack.

"Well, that's right. I'm afraid Li Shimin will send his generals Su Lie and Guo Ziyi. It's unknown who will guard Dingzhou!"

Liu Bowen also nodded, with grace and wisdom under his delicate face, like a wise man;
"Pengju, what do you think? Do you have the confidence to win Dingzhou in one fell swoop?"

Bei Minghao didn't reply, but turned to look at Yue Fei and asked Yue Fei's chances of winning.

"My lord, Guo Ziyi's ability to use troops is quite extraordinary. I'm afraid he is the number one general under Li Shimin's command. This time Dingzhou will definitely be defended by Guo Ziyi."

"Conquering the entire territory of Dingzhou cannot be accomplished in a short period of time. The victory of Dingzhou depends on the progress of General Bai Qi and General Li Jing on the northern front."

Seeing Bei Minghao ask him about his odds, Yue Fei thought for a moment, and then he spoke. His words were not able to overcome such empty words in one fell swoop, but they were very objective.

"Well, the battle of Cangzhou is changing. I'm afraid we won't be able to win it for a while. After all, Cangzhou has gathered elites from the three states. As long as Dong Cheng and other princes are careful and cautious, our army will never take advantage of it."

Bei Minghao shook his head, Cangzhou is now the most chaotic and difficult state, gathering [-] elites from Yongzhou Xiao Yan and Chai Rong, and Sun Quan's [-] troops;

In addition to Wang Meng, Li Ru, Fan Zeng and other top advisers, Hou Junji, Lu Xun, Lu Junyi and other generals, it is by no means possible to win the entire Cangzhou territory overnight.

So instead they need to break through from the south instead of waiting for the northern campaign to end.

"Yue Fei obeys the order, and I order you to lead the army to set off tomorrow, attack Dingzhou, and follow the army alone to supervise the battle!"

Bei Minghao gave an order and decided to send troops to the counties of Dingzhou tomorrow.

At the same time, Guo Ziyi led an army of fifty thousand and stationed in Liancheng, three hundred miles west of Xihui City.

Along with Guo Ziyi were general Li Yuanba, young generals Xu Ning and Duan Zhixian.

Guo Ziyi had a dignified look on his face. The so-called reputation is worthless. This time, Bei Minghao made a big attack, and he was under a lot of pressure.

"Everyone, tomorrow the Northern Underworld Army will knock at the pass, everyone must keep calm, don't be anxious, and miss the enemy's trick to lure the enemy, we will stick to the city."

Guo Ziyi still intends to take every step at a time, fight steadily, not reckless, and not give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.

(End of this chapter)