Chapter 673 The steep land

Qin Ying first killed the county magistrate Chen Chong with a lightning speed, and then killed the prefect Wang Ying.

The successive death of the prefect and the commander made the defenders without a leader and no desire to fight.

A large number of defenders surrendered to the Wu army, and many other defenders fled in a hurry.

The time before and after this battle was added together, and it was over an hour before it was declared over.

The Battle of Taiqiu County was not Qin Ying's debut battle, but it was definitely Qin Ying's fame.

He led only eight thousand Wu troops and penetrated Xue County, Shanyang County and Linjun County one after another. In the end, he borrowed the deserters of Linjun County to capture the county town of Taiqiu County in one fell swoop, and successfully killed the prefect Wang Ying and the Duwei Shen Chong.

This battle is a classic example of the blitzkrieg.

The battle of Taiqiu County made Qin Ying famous and scared Li Jin, who was the emperor in Chuzhou.

He knew that Li Yu's troops were strong, but he did not expect that they would be so strong.

With only eight thousand soldiers, he captured his own Taiqiu County in one fell swoop, and it was Taiqiu County guarded by veteran Wang Ying and Shen Chong. Li Jin felt chilling when he thought about it, and the cold wind blew from his back.

Now, he could only hope that Liang Xian, the Hou of Yunyang, who commanded his 200,000 troops, could break through Zhengcheng as soon as possible, and then turn around to resist the Wu army led by Li Yu.

Not long.

The main force of the Wu army led by Li Yu arrived in Taiqiu City.

Qin Ying led his troops out of the city to welcome him.

After meeting, Li Yu was so happy that his mouth couldn't be closed. He walked up and patted Qin Ying's arm hard, saying, "I have read all the battle reports. Ziying fought beautifully in this battle!"

Qin Ying intervened and said, "Thank you for your praise!"

As a vanguard army, Qin Ying led only eight thousand soldiers and easily captured Taiqiu County. It was really unexpected. Li Yu did not expect that, nor did the generals of the Wu army.

Gao Tu exclaimed: "Go out... unexpectedly, attack... unprepared, General Qin is not only a powerful general, but also... he also makes good use of strange strategies. He is really a young Yingying! It's just a pity, Wang Ying and Chen Chong two or two veterans!"

Li Yu said: "It's a pity! But this is also their own choice!"

Everyone entered the city together.

Because Taiqiu City fell too quickly, the materials in the city did not come and were transported away or destroyed, and now they were left to Li Yu.

Li Yu first checked the granary, and the amount of grain stored in it was as much as 100,000 stones.

So much food is enough for 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city to eat for three or four months.

It can also be seen through the storing of grain that Wang Ying and Shen Chong originally planned to fight a protracted battle with their side in Taiqiu City.

But they had made great calculations but failed to figure it out. Qin Ying would suddenly appear in front of them unexpectedly.

Afterwards, Li Yu went to check the armory and silver bins in the city.

The armory was almost full of stuff, with nearly a million arrows alone. In addition, the silver warehousing also stored a large amount of copper coins, as well as gold and silver items.

Li Yu was not polite at all and asked Gao Tu to send people to transport all the money in the treasury back to Liangzhou first. As for food and weapons, they would serve as military supplies for his own side.

After taking over Taiqiu County, the next thing I face was Wule County.

Yu Su, the prefect of Wule County, is Li Jin's cousin.

But Yu Su was able to sit in the position of prefect, because he really did not rely on this kind of relative relationship. He was indeed very talented.

At present, Yu Su concentrates all the troops of Wule County in Dongping Pass in Dongping County.

Dongping Pass is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is located on the main traffic road.

If the Wu army wanted to go to Zheng County to rescue Li Yuan, they had to pass through Dongping Pass.

Yu Su deployed heavy troops here, which clearly meant to strictly guard Dongping Pass and block Wu's army west of Dongping Pass.

At present, according to the information Li Yu received, there are not many defenders in Dongping Pass, only 30,000 people.

However, Dongping Pass is located on the high ground, and it is indeed not very friendly to the attacking side, and the large team is not easy to unfold.

Three days later.

The Wu army led by Li Yu arrived outside Dongping Pass.

Looking up, Dongping Pass is on a high ground, and the terrain in front of the Pass is a long gentle slope.

Dongping Pass faces water in the north and mountains in the south. If you want to attack, you can only take the gentle slope.

Cold weapons combat, condescending, can be regarded as an absolute advantage in geographical advantages, while Dongping Pass is born with an advantage in geographical advantages.

Li Yu had a premonition that this Dongping Pass was not easy to fight.

The generals of the Wu army did not take Dongping Pass seriously and volunteered to fight.

Li Yu thought about it carefully and said to Gao Tu: "General Gao, you can send troops to attack first and explore the virtual and real situation of Dongping Pass!"

Gao Tu also had this idea.

He immediately sent a side general and asked him to lead three thousand soldiers to attack Dongping Pass.

The Wu army had launched an offensive, but there was no movement in Dongping Pass.

Until the Wu army rushed to most of the gentle slopes, the war drum suddenly came to mind in Dongping Pass.

Immediately afterwards, huge stones were thrown out by stone throwers from the pass.

Due to their large size and heavy weight, these boulders did not fly too far, and only hit the middle section of the gentle slope.

But what's so bad is that because of the slope, the boulders that landed did not stop at the same place, but continued to roll down the gentle slope.

This is too terrifying. Once the Wu army on the gentle slope is hit by a huge rock, they will either be knocked out or be crushed to break the bones and tendons. For a moment, the attacking Wu army was in chaos.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gao Tu immediately made a call to stop the army.

The three thousand Wu troops who were feinted attack rushed down the gentle slope in a hurry and retreated back to their own formation.

Li Yu and others who were watching the game frowned at the same time.

Dongping Pass is really easy to defend but difficult to attack!

Qin Shengying intervened to Li Yu and said, "Your Highness, it is very unfavorable for us to attack Dongping Pass head-on. According to my humble opinion, you can steal the city at night!"

Li Yu thought for a while, turned to look at Gao Tu, and asked, "What do General Gao think?"

Gao Tu said seriously: "My...I also think that sneak attacks are the best way to do it while the night!"

Li Yu pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "Okay! It depends on the views of the two generals!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Ying stepped out of the line and intervened and said, "Your Highness, I am willing to take the lead tonight!"

Li Yu smiled and said, "Okay! In this battle, our General Qin will still take the lead!"

Qin Ying showed joy on his face and said with a trembling voice: "I am sure that I will fulfill my mission!"

A long story short.

That night, Qin Ying led three thousand elite troops as the vanguard army.

In addition, Li Yu sent more than a hundred iron guards, led by Mu Fei and Chu Zun himself.

Let the iron guard touch the city first, open the city gate, and let Qin Ying and others enter the city.

Late at night, halfway through the ugly hour, that is, at around 2 a.m., Mu Fei and Chu Zun, with more than a hundred iron guards, quietly approached Dongping Pass along the gentle slope.

Surprisingly, their actions went surprisingly smoothly.

Mu Fei and Chu Zun and his group did not alarm the defenders in the city at all, and successfully touched the bottom of the city wall of Dongping Pass.
Chapter completed!