Royal Road - Chapter 294

[Chapter 293 | City]

“What did you say? Your Majesty ordered me to wait for the withdrawal of the troops?” Liu Yao couldn’t believe his ears when he heard the edict brought by the envoy!

He has already invaded Luoyang!

Although Jin Yongcheng has been fighting with the defenders in the city for a few days, Jin Yongcheng has been unable to attack for a long time, but after all, he has already entered the heart of Dajin.

Capturing the Son of Heaven is just a matter of time!

How could such a great opportunity be passed up?

However, the envoy was unceremonious: “Your Highness, Bingzhou has already sent troops to attack Lishi, and another cavalry has entered Pingyang. Both the cities of Huize and Xiangling have been destroyed, and the king’s city is in danger!”

Hearing this, Liu Yao suddenly stood up. : “What about the 30,000 people I sent to Shangdang?!” The

other party looked worried and said coldly: “I’m afraid they will be defeated, and the defeated soldiers have not returned to Pingyang.”

Damn!

Liu Yao reacted immediately.

It seems that Zhang Dian and Pu Hong not only failed to hold back the enemy, but were completely defeated, allowing Bingzhou to attack Pingyang.

But he also had defenders beside Taihangxing, and he didn’t see the shadow of Bingzhou soldiers and horses at all!

What is the purpose of fighting Pingyang instead of saving Luoyang?

However, anyone can guess and guess, but he can’t.

It was his soldiers and horses who were sent to Shangdang. Once Pingyang failed, all the previous credits would be in vain!

As Liu Yuan’s clan, and he was conferred the title of King of Qin, if he dared to delay for half a minute at this moment, he would immediately be regarded as a disobedient minister, and he had the intention of rebelling.

He can’t take such a risk!

In an instant, he understood the priorities, Liu Yao quickly said: “I will follow the order! Please wait a little while for Zhang Shilang, and I will order the troops and return to Pingyang!”

Seeing the other party’s straightforward answer, the envoy was relieved. Was invited to take a rest.

Liu Yao didn’t stop for a moment, and ordered people to recall the generals who were fighting in the city.

When Shi Le received the order to withdraw his troops, he was attacking Jin Yongcheng.

Jinyong City is located in the northwest corner of Luoyang City. It consists of three small cities that are connected from north to south. Every twenty feet of the outer wall of the city wall has a pier. It shoots arrows and rolls wood from top to bottom, and it is impossible to splash water.

10,000 horses have been around here for several days, but they have not come close to the slightest bit.

In fact, Shi Le suspected that with just this amount of manpower, he could simply capture the fortress in front of him.

“His Royal Highness wants to withdraw troops?” Shi Le frowned, “The chaos in the city is about to end. If you gather all the troops, you might be able to take down Jinyong City.”

In fact, the battle in the city for the past two days has never stopped.

Not only were the city gates desperately resisting, but there were also remnants of soldiers fighting them in the streets.

However, the number of Han people has always been dominant, and after a few days of melee, these recalcitrant people are about to be cleaned up.

Even if Jin Yongcheng can’t be defeated, it should be looted.

“There are enemies in Pingyang, and the palace has issued an decree.” The messenger had a good relationship with Shi Le, and explained, “General Shi should withdraw troops quickly. If it is delayed, His Highness may be annoyed.”

Now, Shi Le understood come over.

Pingyang was the capital of the Han state, and if it was besieged, it would be hard to avoid people’s hearts floating.

Which of these Xiongnu generals is not home in Pingyang?

Moreover, it was Liu Yuan’s decree that it was impossible to stay in Luoyang for a long time.

pity.

Such a big battle was abandoned halfway.

Shi Le once again glanced at the tall and impregnable city, and sighed inwardly.

It seems that the kingdom of Jin is still inexhaustible.

But since it was called once, the second time was not too difficult.

Without any hesitation, he ordered to withdraw his troops and lead them back to the camp.

In just half a day, the puppet Han army withdrew from Luoyang City.

Not to mention the looting, even the woman who had been kidnapped before was not brought, and she walked neatly.

With this move, even the surviving people in the city were at a loss, let alone the monarchs and ministers in Jin Yongcheng.

On the second day, the little emperor tremblingly dispatched scouts to carefully inquire about the situation in the city.

But the news brought back is still confusing.

“Have the pseudo-Han soldiers really retreated?” The little emperor asked again in disbelief.

“It’s absolutely true!” The scout almost swore to the sky, “Not only in the city, but even the enemy troops outside the city have also been evacuated.”

How is this going?

Half fortunate, half confused, the little emperor finally summoned up the courage to leave the cramped and suffocating town with his ministers and turn back to the palace.

Because the empress dowager and the emperor escaped from the palace, the defense in the palace was not very tight, and it was broken in just two or three days.

But I don’t know if it was too late to loot, or it was because the palace was empty and there was nothing to loot, so the loss was not too heavy.

Looking at the mess, the little emperor’s face was frosty.

This is not the powerlessness of being manipulated back then, but the resentment mixed with fear.

How could he say that he was also the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty. The enemy had already invaded the royal city, but no one came to save him?

Who else can be trusted among the governors who lead the army?

However, on the second day, an army and horse arrived in Luoyang.

It was Gou Xi’s personal soldier.

After finally rushing out of the siege, this group of people was in a state of embarrassment, and the leader knelt in front of the emperor: “The general was besieged by Wang Mi’s troops and horses, and the rescue is late. Please forgive me!”

It is better to come late than never come. .

The little emperor looked at the man with a bit of warmth in his eyes: “The general has the imperial court in his heart, and I don’t blame it. Is Yuzhou okay?”

The general sighed: “Xudu was captured by Wang Mi, I’m afraid there are more The battle is going to be fought. Thanks to the fact that Liang Shishi sent troops to fight Pingyang this time, the enemy army was allowed to retreat, otherwise the final commander would not know when he would be able to rush into Luoyang City…”

As soon as these words came out, let alone the emperor on the throne, even the All the officials below the steps were in an uproar.

Liang Feng attacked Pingyang?

Because of this fake man, he retreated from the army?

The little emperor’s face suddenly turned pale, and he clenched his fists silently.

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the forest, a group of cavalry is resting.

It may be that the battle has been fierce for a long time, and both men and horses are showing fatigue.

The soldiers did not cook rice, but took some dry food and water from their sacks.

The horses were fed some beans mixed with salt to cheer themselves up.

Today is the sixth day of entering Pingyang.

After leaving Xiangling, they crossed the Fen River and at one point approached Pingyang City.

However, after all, it is the capital of the pseudo-Han Kingdom, and the soldiers and horses encountered an ambush just by exploring.

Thanks to Yi Yan’s cleverness, he avoided the pursuit.

However, this campaign is still quite energy-intensive, and some manpower has also been lost.

This is not the most important, the loss of food and grass is the trouble.

There is no rear army at all, and the tiger and wolf can only get food on the spot.

People are easy to handle, as long as they have a mouthful of food to eat, the winter horses can rely on pasture.

Thanks to the lack of strict defense in Pingyang and the lack of troops, they were able to let them go to several cities and ensure supplies.

But the route down has become a problem. Should we continue to fight Pingyang, or attack a small town to get some food and grass?

Being in the hinterland of Pingyang, where the whereabouts are uncertain, means that the news is cut off.

Once the puppet Han army retreats, they will be able to return to Pingyang within two days.

That’s 30,000 to 40,000 elite knights, and it will be difficult to escape then.

I left early, for fear of not being able to lead back the enemy soldiers.

It’s too late, but it’s going to cost you your life.

How to grasp this degree is the key.

Wang Long ate the dry food in the bag, rubbed his belly, raised his head and said, “General, let’s fight another city.”

Their reserves were not much, so it was better to prepare early.

However, Yi Yan didn’t nod or shake his head, he just said, “Wait for the scouts to return.”

After another hour, only three of the five scouts who had dispersed came back.

Two of them said that the security outside Pingyang City was strengthened, and another said that there was movement in the direction of Puzi.

Puzi is close to Lishi. Logically speaking, it should be guarded against attacks from the direction of Bingzhou, but now there are signs of sending troops.

When Yi Yan heard this, he immediately stood up: “Return to Bingzhou!”

This was a precursor to encirclement and suppression.

On the one hand, the defense of the capital was strengthened, and on the other hand, troops were deployed to lock their back roads.

Only when the army retreated, the Huns dared to use troops like this.

There is not much time left for them.

Without any hesitation, everyone got on their horses and quickly withdrew to Bingzhou!

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“Didn’t stop that team of light cavalry?” Liu Yao rode on the horse, his face gloomy.

After receiving the edict, he rushed back to Pingyang day and night, without even entering the palace gate, and directly led his troops to chase and kill the enemy.

I never thought that the other party was like a slippery fish, slipping out of the set encirclement.

They were all cavalry, and it would be difficult to catch up after such a short time.

After thinking for a while, he said coldly: “In that case, send troops to leave the stone!”

No matter what escape route the enemy chooses, he will eventually return to Bingzhou.

And the road from Pingyang to Lishi is extremely limited.

They can drive straight in, but the enemy has to dodge left and right.

The best way is to rush ahead to block the retreat, so that the enemy can’t fly.

This is second, and more importantly, Li Shi has just missed, maybe he can take this opportunity to retake the old capital of the Han state.

The use of troops in Bingzhou this time is really ruthless.

With the command of the head coach, this group of soldiers and horses did not care about the fatigue of running around for days, and set off again, rushing towards Li Shi.

Because they are all cavalry, the marching speed is not slow.

In just one day, they reached the border of Bingzhou.

Going forward, it is Li Shi, which has become an enemy realm, and it needs to be repaired anyway.

Liu Yao ordered the army to camp.

Even in a hasty march, he was not in the least hasty, and the camp was extremely stable.

After two shifts were arranged, Liu Yaocai entered the tent and rested.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the exclamation sounded.

“What’s going on?!” Liu Yao jumped up and rushed out of the tent.

I saw that the outermost tents were already on fire, and the fire was extremely striking against the backdrop of the night.

Got it, it’s a raid!

He didn’t expect this group of Bingzhou soldiers to be so bold!

Dare to break into the camp of 20,000 troops?

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“Quickly send troops and horses to guard the camp and prevent the enemy from rushing into the formation!” Liu Yaojia didn’t have time to wear it, so he snapped, “Send the order, put on armour and prepare for battle!”

When attacked at night, the most feared thing is that the soldiers are ignorant and too panic will lead to the bombing of the camp. .

Liu Yao’s subordinates are all elite soldiers, but he is also afraid of being taken advantage of.

Among those damned Bingzhou cavalry, there were quite a few Huns.

He had suffered losses in Shangdang back then, how could he ignore it?

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Liu Yao’s preparations were appropriate, but the expected attack did not appear.

At dawn the next day, the scouts found several burnt crossbows only a mile outside the camp.

Yesterday, the enemy had no plans to rush into the formation at all, and just fired two rounds of rockets to disrupt the formation.

Hearing the news, Liu Yao felt bad, and hurriedly sent someone to chase him.

The news was that the enemy army bypassed the camp and returned to Bingzhou overnight.

At the same time, there were 20,000 enemy troops stationed in Lishi.

Bingzhou’s soldiers and horses are good at defense, and the two armies are of equal size, so there is no hope of regaining Lishi.

Helpless, Liu Yao had to give up the plan to attack the fortress, and returned without success.