Chapter 1112: The Battle of Wanxian (1)
Nian Chunfeng was not a mediocre general. On the contrary, he was also a very capable and experienced general. He came from the Thunder Army and was promoted to the commander of the Yongdu City Defense.
He led 50,000 troops on the right wing to Wanxian, and his contacts with the Ming army were smooth sailing. Without much trouble, he fought all the way to Wanxian County, occupying the first county after they entered the Ming army controlled area. But at this moment, when the news of the central road being blocked by Xiushui River and the news that Yuan Yiqiu's tens of thousands of troops was not allowed to advance, he immediately woke up. His right wing troops were protruding too much forward without realizing it. On the map, he could clearly see that his army had become an army hanging alone.
He immediately stopped moving forward.
His premonition was very accurate, but he was a little over. At this time, the main miners' camp of the Ming army, Huben camp, Yulin camp and two new army camps of the Hulao Army had already pounced on him like hungry wolves and bit him tightly.
The two sides fought several consecutive battles in Wanxian, but the Qin army was defeated and had to retreat to Wanxian County. With Wanxian County as the core, a defense center was built.
At this time, Nian Chunfeng still had more than 40,000 troops, and the Ming army approaching Wanxian County Town had about 25,000 troops. In terms of numbers, the Qin army accounted for the majority, which was almost twice that of the Ming army, but Nian Chunfeng had no desire to be lucky at this time.
The Ming army's absolute ace miner's battalion has not fought with him so far, but the two battle camps of Hu Ben, Yulin and the second and third battle camps of Hulao New Army have already fought with him. It is these four battle camps that have already made him feel overwhelmed.
Nian Chunfeng knew very well that no matter which battle camp, the Ming army was a long-trained tiger and wolf army. Even the new Hulao Army was the main force of the Qin border army before. And his 50,000 people cannot be said to be not brave, but they did lack training and battlefield training. If this battle could be won, then those who survived would truly become the Hulao army of the Qin Dynasty.
Although there are many people, Nian Chunfeng dared not go out of the city to fight the enemy. He has another hope now, which is Xintong County, where there are 20,000 soldiers gathered by the county magistrate Chen Chu and 5,000 cavalry of Cai Qiang who fled from Qingzhou. If Chen Chu could then enter Danyang and Xingyuan after Xintong won the victory, the Ming army opposite him would definitely have to rescue him. That was his chance.
If this road is blocked, he can only stick to Yuan Yiqiu on the middle road and cross Xiushui River, or the main force of His Majesty the Emperor arrives. Although Wanxian County is not a big city, Nian Chunfeng is still sure to be able to hold it for ten days and half a month.
Walking on the walls of Wanxian County, Nian Chunfeng checked the defense status of the entire county.
Forty thousand troops, 15,000 people were deployed in the city, and 5,000 camps were built outside the city, and 5,000 people were guarding the city. On Zijing Mountain and Huanghua Mountain, five miles away from the city, there was a military camp each built with 10,000 people stationed.
The city walls were constantly being raised and reinforced, and strong crossbows were arranged in place, rolling stones and pounding trees were piled up like mountains. In the city, there were stone catapults standing up, and the craftsmen following the army were still working hard to create new weapons. Most of the houses in the city had been demolished, and all the materials that were available were used were used.
Even if the current Wanxian County is not solid, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now, if he still cannot see the strategic intentions of the Ming Army, then the soldiers in the past few decades will be considered useless. He was smooth sailing, but Yuan Yiqiu from the middle road was strongly attacked. There was no doubt that the Ming army regarded him as the first target and wanted to eat him in one bite.
Holding the city wall with both hands, Nian Chunfeng couldn't help but sneer. The previous few defeats were already behind him. Aren't you going to eat me? But now I have understood your intentions, so I will shrink back. The current Wanxian County Town is a hedgehog, to see if you have a place to put your claws. As long as I support Luo, General Yuan and His Majesty the Emperor behind will inevitably move forward quickly and give me strong support. At that time, Wanxian will be the battlefield for the decisive battle. It is unknown who will win!
"Zhongfeng is really a difficult opponent this year!" Qin Feng, who had just arrived in Wanxian, looked at the generals in front of him and smiled. As soon as he said this, Lu Feng, the general of the miners' battalion who was responsible for the entire Wanxian, and Jian Fang, the general of the Huben battalion, Jiang Hao, the general of the Yulin battalion, Kezhen, the third battalion of the Hulao New Army, and Chen Qiangwei, the fourth battalion, all lowered his head with shame.
"I will be disappointed in your Majesty's great hope and feel ashamed." Lu Feng coordinated tens of thousands of people for the first time, but unexpectedly, he encountered difficulties in the first battle.
"There is no intention to blame you!" Qin Feng waved his hand with a smile: "The opponent has seen through our thoughts, wanted to tangle with us and delay time, and wait for the arrival of the army behind him. Nian Chunfeng is a little interesting. Maybe he wants to take Wanxian as the center and let the enemy and our army have a decisive battle here."
Lu Feng swallowed: "Your Majesty, I am the one who is the one who wants to go left. Before, the general of the army had been thinking about luring the enemy out to fight with me, but this year Chunfeng was like a turtle, and once it was retracted into Wanxian City, he would not stand out. The general of the army would immediately launch a strong attack on the enemy."
Qin Feng nodded: "Yes, it's just a strong attack. Our Ming army has fought for so many years, and when we have not fought many real siege wars? There will be more and more such battles in the future. Let's practice with this Wanxian County first. Lufeng, your miner's battalion is full of heavy armored soldiers, but it can't do the siege work. Promote it under the Wanxian County as a warning and deterrent."
"The last one is here!" Jian Fang stood up suddenly.
"You will command Hu Ben and the two battalions of Yulin to attack Zijing Mountain."
"Abide by the order!"
"Chen Shaowei!"
"The last one will be here!"
"You will command the Fourth Battalion of the Third Battalion of Hulao to attack Huanghua Mountain."
"I will obey the order!"
Qin Feng glanced at them and said, "You two soldiers and horses have similar numbers and their weapons are exactly the same. I want to see who can take the enemy's position first."
This has a little bit of a test. Jian Fang and Chen Shaowei took a look at each other. After Yulin and Hu Ben formed an army, they had never fought any major battles. They were young people among the original troops of the Ming army. Jian Fang and Jiang Hao certainly wanted to go further. Ke Zhen and Chen Shaowei were new members. After the new army was reorganized, they also needed military achievements to make them gain a foothold in the Ming army so that they could better integrate into the new dynasty.
There is nothing that can show your abilities better than being outstanding in front of the emperor.
"First cut off the two wings of Wanxian County, and then launch a large-scale attack on Wanxian County. Within three days, I will annihilate Nian Chunfeng's troops." Qin Feng stared at everyone in the tent and said in a voice.
"I will obey the order!"
Everyone in the tent stood up together, clasped their fists to take the order, with a stern expression.
Qin Feng must quickly take down Nian Chunfeng's troops, completely destroy the three attacks of Ma Yue, and then clean up one by one. He must take this battle cleanly, otherwise, according to his agreement with Bian Wushuang, the other party might change. If Bian Wushuang intervenes in, the affairs of Qin will have more variables. Once it is delayed for a long time, Qi will have an opportunity to take advantage of it, and it may turn into a protracted war quagmire, which Qin Feng does not want to see.
He was unwilling to spend too much time in Qin, and in order to achieve this goal, he could no longer worry about too many casualties and was unwilling to attack the strong fortress as before.
And from another perspective, after winning this battle, the Qin army no longer had the ability to fight against the Ming army, but after pushing all the way to Yongdu, there were still many important towns that needed to be conquered on the way, and it was still impossible to avoid attacking. Since this is the case, it would be better to familiarize the soldiers with the attacking battle now.
Since everyone knew the emperor's determination, they naturally had no other words. This battle was taken down at any cost. Just as they were about to say goodbye, a star-worthy officer came in a hurry.
"Report to Your Majesty, Yang Zhi, the general commander of the Hulao New Army, asked for a meeting." The officer at the Quexing shouted.
"Yang Zhi?" Not only Qin Feng, but other generals in the tent were also surprised. Isn't this guy in Xintong County? Why did he suddenly run to Wanxian?
"Let him come in." Qin Feng ordered.
Yang Zhi made great progress: "Last general Yang Zhi, please see Your Majesty."
"Why did you suddenly run over? How did Xintong do things?" Qin Feng asked.
"Your Majesty, the last general will fulfill his mission. Three days ago, he will wipe out the Xintong defenders in Xintong Luoxing Town, and kill 12 generals and 38 prisoners, kill more than 5,000 enemies, and more than 10,000 prisoners. Xintong has all fallen into the control of our Ming Dynasty."
"Where is Yu Chao?" Qin Feng was overjoyed when he heard this news. Once Xintong resolved, he had two more battle battalions to join the battle in Wanxian.
"Two days ago, the last general cooperated with General Yu Chao to defeat the 5,000 cavalry of Cai Qiang. Cai Qiang was killed on the spot by General Yu Chao. Most of the five thousand enemy cavalry were killed and most of them were killed and killed. Now General Yu is leading the Zhuifeng Camp to chase these fugitive cavalry before clearing the entire territory of Xintong, and soon will lead his troops to Wanxian."
"Okay." Qin Feng nodded repeatedly, and Xintong was a little nervous, and Danyang Xingyuan was no longer threatened.
Yang Zhi grinned and looked at Lu Feng and the others, "General Lu, if you have difficulties in fighting Wanxian, why not let my Hulao Xinyi Battalion take the lead in attacking? Xintong army is all soft-dogs, and my sons under my command only heated up and they disappeared. It's really annoying. I want to practice more troops!"
This was a naked provocation. Several gazes in the tent that were about to kill people immediately poked over. Lu Feng snorted coldly: "General Yang has come from afar, so let's take a break first. Let's see how we can defeat the enemy tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll take the opportunity to scoop up for you and be ready to replace you at any time!" Yang Zhi said with a smile.
Chapter completed!