Chapter 148 Ben Khan is old, not dead

Author: almost fire

Chapter 148 Ben Khan is old, not dead

Gaozhou has four counties, namely Hepu County, Yulin County, Cangwu County and Kanghai County.

Hepu County is the administrative seat of Gaozhou, bordering Yulin and Cangwu counties to the north, Jiaozhi County to the west and Kanghai County to the south.

Kanghai County, the southernmost part of Gaozhou, is connected to Qiongzhou.

Among them, the Nandu River runs through Kanghai County, which means "the river that those going south must cross."

This river is not only the water source that Kanghai County depends on for its survival, but also a barrier.

But this barrier not only blocked the enemy from the north, but also made it difficult for the Han army in the south to make the Northern Expedition.

The Nandu River is wide, but there are many potholes and ponds on both sides.

This resulted in that neither Donghu's ships nor the Han army's own navy could move freely between them.

Because even though boats can be driven on the river, there are too many potholes and ponds on both sides, making it inconvenient to land.

So after Yue Shaoqian captured Kanghai County, he could only temporarily garrison troops in Kanghai County.

There is no other way. If you want to continue the Northern Expedition, you can only cross the Nandu River.

If you want to cross the Nandu River, you can only go through Xieqiao.

Although Xie Bridge is a large bridge, it cannot allow large armies to pass through it at once.

The bridge is very narrow, and at most a dozen people can pass by side by side at a time.

Behind Xie Bridge is the Donghu garrison. It is impossible for the Han army to cross the river so openly.

If Yue Shaoqian wanted to forcefully cross the river from Xie Bridge, Donghu would only need a few hundred troops to block the bridge and kill him.

It is tantamount to queuing up to commit suicide.

The defender of Hepu County also has some abilities.

After Yue Shaoqian took advantage of Zhang Huaiyang's death and the collapse of the Donghu Nan Army, he captured Kanghai County.

He promptly sent troops and occupied the north of Xie Bridge.

After seeing that Yue Shaoqian chose to consolidate Kanghai County and did not continue to advance north.

He even directly captured the entire Xie Bridge, then dug ditches and laid traps on both sides of the river.

It almost surrounded the entire bridge.

At that time, even if the Han army continues the Northern Expedition, it will only need to guard the bridgehead and arrange archers and crossbows to make the Han army die without a burial place.

In the second year of Zhaowu, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Qiyan Sirie, the Great Khan of Donghu, had led his army to Xieqiao seven days ago.

It's just that the attack didn't go particularly smoothly.

Zhuxi County, which is the closest to Xieqiao, has only 1,500 defenders in the county. Facing Donghu's 200,000 troops, it is almost impossible to stop them.

Qiyan Silie sent generals to attack, while Yue Shaoqian personally led his troops to rescue Kanghai County.

After Qiyan Silie learned about this, he personally led three thousand iron pagodas to intercept them.

At the same time, he sent generals again to attack Zhanjiang Port with a partial force while Yue Shaoqian was unable to save Zhuxi County.

Surprisingly, the partial division easily captured Zhanjiang Port, but the main force failed to capture Yue Shaoqian's 8,000 troops to support Zhuxi County.

Boom——

The earth made a sound like an avalanche.

Three thousand iron pagodas ring around the city.

There are more than 6,000 horses alone, one person and two horses.

One horse carries the soldiers, while the other horse carries double-layered iron armor weighing nearly a hundred kilograms and iron harness.

When Qiyan Sirie first conquered the world, there were only 13 people in Tiefutu, and they were still a personal guard force set up to protect their own safety.

Later, as the war evolved, Donghu became stronger and stronger, with more and more resources in hand, and Tiefutu also gradually expanded its army.

Gradually, the number increased to 3,000 and has remained at this number.

Although there are only three thousand people, everyone is a carefully selected elite.

Every year, soldiers in the army who fail to meet the standards in martial arts exercises will even be eliminated, ensuring the strongest combat power of Iron Buddha Tu.

The soldiers of Iron Buddha are generally around thirty years old, which is the peak period of a soldier, and his fighting power is particularly powerful.

Coupled with the heavily armed iron armor and the iron pagoda's full armor, almost no one can get close to it.

The lethality upon impact is even more frightening!

Ordinary soldiers would not dare to fight against him!

Not to mention three thousand people, even if there are only one thousand people, they can defeat ten thousand armies!

It's just that although Iron Buddha Tu is invincible in the field, there is really nothing that can be done about the siege.

Behind the iron pagoda with the sound of horse hooves, there are the Donghu Khan King Qiyan Silie and a group of Donghu generals.

"King Khan, I heard that the Han Emperor has captured Jiaozhi and is about to send troops to Gaozhou."

"The general believes that the Han army will probably land from the west by sea and threaten our army from the flanks after landing."

"Since our army cannot capture Zhuxi County in a short period of time."

"It is better to send cavalry first, quickly go to the coastal ports to stop them, and then slowly retreat towards Kanghai County."

"Make it look like the main force of our army is attacking Kanghai County."

"Let the Han army think that our main force in Zhuxi County is very small, so as to induce the Han Emperor to send troops to rescue the besieged Yue Shaoqian and Zhuxi County."

"When the Han army reaches Zhuxi County, our army will use all its main force to swallow it in one bite."

The person who gave the advice was Qiyan Zongyuan, the guard of Hepu County.

The deterrent power of the Tiefu Tu is very strong. Although Yue Shaoqian is quite capable of commanding an army, he also lost his troops and generals in the first battle with the Tiefu Tu.

Although he was able to successfully enter Zhuxi County and rely on the city wall to hold on, he still did not dare to take another step out of the city gate.

Leaving the city means death.

Qiyan Silie shook his head. If it weren't for the wrinkles all over his face, he wouldn't be able to tell how old he was.

He has a tall head and a big horse, and he is wearing armor, but he has a bit of a shadow of his youth.

It seems like I can see the heroic figure of the Great Khan who dominated the world twenty years ago.

"That's right, but it's too slow."

Qiyan Silie first agreed with Qiyan Zongyuan's statement, but still felt it was too slow.

This time he went on a personal expedition and tried his best to defy public opinion.

Almost overwhelming the majority of the Qiyan Tribe, in addition to the 200,000 troops who spent all their money to gather together, there are also most of the generals in the tribe.

Many people participated in the Battle of Chang'an that year, and without exception, they were all veteran generals in the army.

Even so, Qiyan Zongyuan, a member of the Qiyan tribe who was sent to another place, was in his early twenties, and compared with those veteran generals, he was not much different.

Qi Yan Zongyuan's method is very practical, it is nothing more than luring the enemy to attack.

Donghu people have never been afraid of wild battles.

This time, the Qiyan tribe also has three thousand Tiefutu troops accompanying them. No matter how hard you attack the Han army, you will not be able to defeat it due to its inferior military strength.

What's more, an army of 200,000 people is simply not comparable to the Han army's patchwork of soldiers and horses.

Although Yue Shaoqian was quite capable and defended Zhuxi County, Donghu soldiers and horses besieged the city, so Zhuxi County could be used as a bait to attract the Han army to rescue.

Surround your city and attack your reinforcements.

If it had been known earlier that the Han Emperor could quickly pacify Jiaozhi and lead troops to help, Donghu might not even be able to capture Zhanjiang Port.

Instead, they surrounded Zhanjiang Port and also surrounded the points to provide reinforcements.

This is the general trend of Donghu.

I can fight better than you, and I have more soldiers than you. I am not afraid of the two armies fighting, but I am afraid that the Han army will not dare to fight.

Qiyan Sirie was very confident. He was still unsure about what happened to the Han army, but he had no doubts in his heart. He held the reins steadily with one hand and raised his hand slightly:

"Now in Zhuxi County, we have 150,000 troops, and there are countless good generals in the army."

"After blocking the Xie Bridge, the battle situation is extremely favorable for our army."

"Kanghai County is like a pocket, with a corner exposed. As long as the Han army comes in, we can tie up the pocket and suffocate the Han army."

Qiyan Zongyuan frowned, his face was solemn, and his eyes seemed a little blurred, as if he was thinking deeply about something:

"It's just that the general received information that the Han army had gathered Jiaozhi soldiers and horses. At this time, the Han emperor had 90,000 troops in his hands."

"Counting Yue Shaoqian's 8,000 men in Zhuxi County and the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Kanghai County who have not yet moved, it is not a handful."

"If we rely on the county and city to defend it, our army will not have much advantage if we want to attack the city and destroy the Han Dynasty."

Qiyan Zongyuan looked worried about Zhongzhong. After the Emperor of Han burned the Donghu Navy earlier, everyone in the world had predicted that the Han Dynasty would not be destroyed within five years.

Although the Great Khan's personal campaign was sure to win this time, and they were confident that the Han would be defeated, it would take some time.

Moreover, Hepu County is not far from Jiaozhi County, so the information Qiyan Zongyuan received was even more detailed.

The Han Emperor's methods were truly unbelievable. He pacified Jiaozhi in just two months, and even replenished his army with money and food. Even his troops and horses increased instead of decreasing.

This forced him to be more cautious.
To be continued...