Chapter 700 Reversal
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Cangzhou Prefecture City, Qingchi.
Wang Jingchong's 10,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry, 20,000 young and strong auxiliary troops, and 80,000 people have been stationed here for three days.
But at this time, the expected large-scale attack of Li Jing still did not appear. It has been seven days since the horse probation reported that Li Jing left Huichang, but so far, Li Jing has only captured the two cities of Lucheng and Jingcheng. After occupying these two cities, the Liao soldiers have no movement.
He sent several scouts to the two places to check military information, but every time he had not approached, he was annihilated by the Liao army and cavalry.
This makes Wang Jingchong still confused about the situation of the enemy in the north.
Just in the middle of the night yesterday, a shocking news came from Yingzhou. Three troops gathered in Guiyi County, Zhuozhou Governor Li Quanzhong, the eldest son of Yiwu Army, the eldest son of Yiwang King Li Quanzhong, the governor of Yingzhou Li Kuanwei, the commander of the Dingbadu of Lulong Army, the governor of Mozhou Liu Rengong, and the governor of Zhuozhou Zhang Xingze, the governor of Zhuozhou, gathered in Guiyi County, Zhuozhou, and were suddenly surrounded by a total of 70,000 Liao soldiers. The three troops had a total of 23,000 combat soldiers, and 33,000 auxiliary soldiers defended the city. As a result, under the personal attack of Li Jing, the city was broken in only half a day, and the three troops were defeated. Nearly 60,000 troops were wiped out, and Liu Rengong, Li Kuanwei, Zhang Xingze and others were unknown in their lives.
This shocked Wang Jingchong and couldn't believe it.
Guiyi County is only a few dozen miles away from Huichang County controlled by Li Jing. Li Jing's main force should be in Lucheng and Jingcheng on the front of Cangzhou. How could it be in Guiyi City? If there are 70,000 Li Jing's soldiers and horses in Guiyi City, then is there only 10,000 Liao soldiers who captured Lucheng and Jingcheng?
This news seems absurd, but very likely.
Before this, although Cangzhou was not at risk, it had a total of 60,000 combat soldiers, 20,000 young and strong defending the city, and there were immediately 60,000 reinforcements from the King of Wei. It was said that it was strong and powerful. If Li Jing wanted to capture Cangzhou, at least it would be impossible to capture Cangzhou in a short time.
On the other hand, Mo Ying's defenders were all transferred to Guiyi City, preparing to wait for Li Jing to attack Cangzhou, and they detoured Li Jing's back to surround him. Guiyi's small city had no danger to defend and few soldiers.
Li Jing gave up Cangzhou to attack Guiyi, but they had been watching Li Jing for only seven days before, and believed that Li Jing was going south by taking advantage of Cangzhou. No one expected that Li Jing, who was going south by light troops, would dare to enter the middle hinterland of the three towns of Lu Long, Yiwu and Chengde.
Li Jing borrowed their misunderstandings, but it turned out to be unexpected. Wang Jingchong, who figured out these things, was worried. If Guiyi really lost, then Mo Ying would be really empty. Could it be that Li Jing is really so dangerous?
Early in the morning, I was still hesitating. I secretly hoped that it was just a rumor. A soldier from below hurriedly came to report it, and soldiers rushed to Yingzhou in the northwest.
Wang Jingchong hurriedly landed on the Qingchi City Tower and looked out at the direction of Yingzhou to the north.
In the direction of Cangzhou and Yingzhou, Jingcheng had been captured by the Liao soldiers, and the two places had no news for several days. But at this time, a cavalry was fleeing in a panic.
From a distance, smoke and dust were everywhere. A cavalry was about a thousand, but there was no formation at this time, and they were just rushing to escape. Behind them, there was another cavalry holding the Black Hawk Battle Flag chasing. Someone was constantly being chased by the escaped cavalry and then drowned in the red tide guided by the Black Hawk Battle Flag.
"Open the city gate quickly. We are the Dingbadu cavalry under the command of Liu Envoy, the governor of Mozhou!" The cavalry who rushed to the city first shouted loudly, his voice anxiously.
The generals on the city gate tower looked at Wang Jingchong.
Wang Jingchong's face turned pale, but he didn't say a word.
A general shouted, "You can't open the city, be careful of fraud."
His sentence actually has two meanings. One is that the soldiers and horses suddenly appear below may be deceitful. After all, it was suddenly reported last night that Li Jing's army was defeating the Allied Army in Guiyi. The news was just a rumor heard by the scouts and did not see him in person. Who knows whether this would be a fake news deliberately released by Li Jing. Perhaps, the news was simply a fake news released by Li Jing of Jingcheng. Li Jing's army was actually possible in Jingcheng.
And the defeated soldier that suddenly appeared now, who can guarantee that he was not faked by Li Jing but real?
Of course, the general's words had another meaning. That is, even if the defeated soldiers below were real, there were more than a thousand people, which was really not worth the risk of opening the city gate for them. After all, there were enemy pursuers behind them.
"Immediately open the city gate and send a cavalry out of the city to respond."
Wang Jingchong said coldly, he had seen a familiar figure among the defeated army running closer and closer in the distance, which was Liu Rengong, the governor of Mozhou.
The call sounded, the west gate of Cangzhou slowly opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and a cavalry in the city was rushing out. The defeated cavalry automatically bypassed the way, allowing the cavalry to rush directly forward.
When Liu Rengong saw the city gate open and sent troops to respond, he finally breathed a sigh of relief after traveling for two days. He finally got his life back. However, he was not in a hurry to go back to the city, but instead tied the horse's head, shouted, gathered the defeated soldiers and gathered again, and transferred back to meet the enemy with the Cangzhou cavalry.
There were not many cavalry chasing, only more than 3,000 cavalry. At this time, there were about 3,000 cavalry sent in the city. With Liu Rengong's troops, the number was still above the pursuers.
However, the chasing cavalry did not rush to retreat into the city when they saw the cavalry and defeated soldiers in the city, but were preparing to fight. A loud trumpet sounded, and after the cavalry was slightly integrated, they rushed over without hesitation.
The black eagle on the red battle flag spread its wings in the wind and was about to fly. In the rolling smoke and dust, the cavalry rushed towards him.
The cavalry in Cangzhou City was in line with Cangzhou, and the number was superior, so they wanted to compete with the cavalry.
The cavalry on both sides stepped on countless smoke and dust, each holding horse lances and rifles, rolling thunder and rushing towards him, like two huge waves approaching quickly.
As they were about to approach, the Liao cavalry rushing in the front suddenly ignited the thunder and threw it out immediately.
When Liu Rengong, who was on the flank of the Cangzhou cavalry, saw the dark spots all over the sky, he screamed in pain and hurriedly pulled the horse. No one knew the fear of these things better than him. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Guiyi City had collapsed in one round under the attack of these things.
The Cangzhou cavalry didn't know what was opposite, but they were still charging without slowing down, holding a cavalry rifle, with fierce eyes.
Soon, the eyes of these people turned into fear!
One after another, one by one, one by one, one by one, exploded among the cavalry group in Cangzhou.
The explosions of the sky-shaking thunders exploded after they landed on the ground. Therefore, although the cavalry had armor on their bodies, the belly of the war horse was a blind spot for defense. When attacked by the fragment, dozens of war horses were immediately injured, killed in battle, injured, and even frightened.
The cavalry of the Northeast Army has undergone anti-shock training, not only beating drums, but also undergoing explosion sound and anti-shock training. In this regard, the cavalry in Cangzhou is far from that, and their war horses have been subjected to drums and gongs at most. Have you ever seen such a dense explosion?
For a moment, the man was overturned, and more war horses behind him were not injured, but in surprise, the man stood up and ran in scattered.
Countless knights were lifted off the horse by their war horses and then trampled to death among the Ranma.
Like a gust of wind, more than three thousand Liao cavalry had rolled in, assassinated by spears, sabers flashed by, and one after another of Cangzhou cavalry fell.
Liu Rengong rushed to halfway and led the headquarters back very decisively.
At this time, Wang Jingchong and others who were watching the battle on the top of the city were all shocked, four thousand vs. three thousand, and cavalry vs. cavalry.
And it can also be regarded as a battle in this battle, fighting against the city and waiting for work. Even if it is not as good as the elite of the Liao cavalry, it can at least fight a draw. But now, the Cangzhou cavalry is completely slaughtered by the Liao cavalry one-sidedly.
After a moment of shock, Wang Jingchong was furious.
"Send infantry to respond, hurry up!"
He only has 10,000 elite cavalry under his command, and now the three thousand people are about to end, how can he not be surprised? Moreover, if these three thousand cavalrymen just made all three thousand Liao cavalry slaughtered in front of the 80,000 soldiers in Cangzhou, the morale of the soldiers and horses in Cangzhou City would be extremely severe.
Under Wang Jingchong's rage, another team of troops quickly drove out from the city. This time, no cavalry was sent, but infantry were sent. Spearmen, shields, and archers were in front, and archers were behind, and they were arranged in neat arrays and slowly pressed forward.
This array is very cautious and cautious.
Liu Rengong and the remaining cavalry in Cangzhou retreated to the infantry formation in embarrassment and panic, while the Liao cavalry calmly killed the cavalry surrounded by cuts one by one, then roared calmly, galloped around Cangzhou City, and then left proudly.
The infantry who left the city only dared to guard the city gate and did not dare to step forward at all. They watched them protest so arrogantly and then left.
The generals on the city watched this scene and collectively lost their voices.
In front of the 80,000 troops, the three thousand Liao cavalry slaughtered nearly half of their 3,000 cavalry, and then left with their arrogant arrogant look.
When Liu Rengong entered the city, the Chengde army in the city looked at them with bad eyes. The Cangzhou cavalry had gone out of the city to rescue them, but when they were at the critical moment, they immediately turned around and ran away, which made countless people see clearly.
Such comrades on the battlefield are the most dissatisfied.
Liu Rengong lowered his head and smiled bitterly in his heart. Could it be that I knew that I was going to die when I came forward, and I would still accompany you to die?
Do you know how I survived in the past two days? Is it easy to escape here?
Wang Jingchong on the top of the city shook his sleeves and went back to the temporary commander's mansion in the city. Although he hated Liu Rengong at this time, that was no longer the most important thing.
Liu Rengong fled to Cangzhou in such a mess, and only so many cavalry left were left. What happened was self-evident.
The defeat in Guiyi City seems to be a fact. Li Jing's main force is really Guiyi. This fact makes his teeth almost broken. For so many days, Lucheng and Jingcheng opposite him have only 5,000 cavalry each, while he is sitting in Cangzhou City with an army of 80,000 in his hand, and he is completely fooled by Li Jing.
Chapter completed!