Changsun Wuji was ordered to send an envoy to Tuque again. In fact, it was to deliver equipment to the Tiele people. This trip lasted more than ten days.

Qin Hu got Jieli Khan's promise not to interfere in the war in the Central Plains, and he could finally free up his hands to completely eliminate Wang Shichong.

Recently, Dou Jiande has played against Qin Shubao, Qian Jie, Shen Guangmai Zhongcai, and Sun Xuanya and Gao Shida in Hebei, and both sides have won and lost each other.​​ Correct update@

The Yan army basically adopted a defensive strategy and secured several strongholds in Hebei. Lei Yongji was transferred to Shandong to serve as the general manager of the Shandong march, while Wen Tiren served as the Shandong pacification ambassador.

Dong Chun continued to stay in Pengcheng and served as the commander-in-chief of the Huainan Road march.

Qin Hu began to summon various generals to gather in Luoyang, preparing to get rid of Wang Shichong in one fell swoop.

Wang Shichong had also received the news at this time and knew that Qin Hu would launch a general attack on him to destroy the country, so he summoned all his troops to prepare for the battle.

Ten days later, Qin Hu concentrated his troops, including civilian craftsmen and auxiliary troops, totaling one million troops. This did not include Xu Shiji's garrison in Liyang.

The total number of fighting troops is 150,000, with 600,000 civilians mobilized and 250,000 craftsmen auxiliary troops.

According to Li Jing's report, there are 120,000 elite infantry, including 10,000 Xiaoguo troops, and 30,000 cavalry, including 10,000 Xiaoguo troops. Each cavalryman is equipped with three horses, and each archer has two thousand arrows and three thousand crossbows. .

All soldiers are 100% wearing three layers of armor and are equipped with long spears and cross swords. In addition, there are a thousand stone-shooting machines and a thousand crossbows. Each soldier has two liters of food per day and meat for every meal.

It can be said that most of the credit for Yan State being able to achieve this situation comes from Wei Zheng. If he hadn't been in Guanzhong, checking household registrations, collecting taxes, supervising manufacturing, purchasing horses, and developing the economy, Qin Hu would have vomited blood. It is also impossible to collect the best of the 150,000 elites.

On the other hand, Wang Shichong is now at the end of his rope. His soldiers' armors are in tatters and their weapons are in disrepair. He has a total of 50,000 soldiers and only 2,000 cavalry, each of whom only has one horse.

In addition, the soldiers of Zheng Guo had not eaten one meal at a time. They were all emaciated, sallow, malnourished, low in morale, and full of complaints.

Before the war, the Yan army had high morale when facing such a weak division, and did not take them seriously at all.

Wang Shichong knew that the Yan army was powerful and well-equipped, so he was very worried. After thinking over and over again, he decided to take the initiative.

Wang Shichong was afraid that the soldiers would not have the confidence to fight, so he came up with this method. He divided his troops into five groups, each with 5,000 men, with Pang Yu, Huo Shiju, Ba Yegang, Wang Long and Wang Bian as the leading generals.

He personally led the army to fight, leaving Zhang Gongjin, Yan Qi, and his two sons to defend Hulao Pass to guard against Xu Shiji's surprise attack from behind.

Qin Hu was very happy when he heard that Wang Shichong took the initiative to attack, because in this way he could eliminate Wang Shichong's main army at once.

Therefore, he ordered all the Yan troops in the distance from Hulao Pass to Luoyang to withdraw, assemble to the west of Luoyang City, and put them all under Li Jing's command.

In other words, they deliberately made way for Wang Shichong.

In addition, Qin Hu ordered Su Dingfang, Wang Junkuo, Zhang Xutuo, Wang Bodang, and Pei Yuanqing to be the leading vanguard generals to attack Wang Shichong in five groups.

He also ordered Li Junxian, Sun Changle and Yuwen Chengdu to serve as the generals of the left, center and right armies, and stay with him to guard the central army and prepare for the final charge.

Ling Laiyuan and Daxi had good intentions, and Huang Junhan was fully responsible for military supplies and grain and grass transportation.

At the same time, Xu Shiji was strictly ordered to send troops to block all roads to Hebei to prevent Dou Jiande from rescuing Wang Shichong.

After everything was arranged, Qin Hu felt that he had put Wang Shichong in an iron cage. If there was no miracle, this guy would be unable to fly.

"All ministries must lead Wang Shichong's vanguard army into Cijian. It occupies a vast battlefield and is very close to Luoyang. It can save us a lot of marching distance and maintain our physical strength. My five-way vanguard army was ambushed here in advance.

, wait for work at leisure, and prepare to defeat the enemy."

Li Jing said: "Wang Shichong's vanguard army includes five thousand Qionghuang barbarian warriors and five thousand Huainan elites. They are good at conquering and fighting. They are very brave and difficult to deal with. Please pay attention to them."

"Cijian is a place surrounded by mountains. There are many mountain roads with twists and turns. We have sent many scouts to cooperate. (This chapter is not finished yet!)

Chapter 628: Battle of Cijian

The terrain officer's reconnaissance was very clear, and scouts were placed on all road sections, but it took time for the scouts to move around, so the exact location of the enemy could not be determined."

"However, His Highness King Yan raised thousands of homing pigeons and placed them in jars in the middle of the road. Correct update@Once the enemy passes by, the jar must be smashed first and the homing pigeons will fly out. Everyone can see

Immediately launch an all-out attack in the direction where the pigeons flew up. The mountain road is narrow and the infantry cannot form a formation. The cavalry moves forward, first striking with bows and crossbows, and then encircling and annihilating them."

Qin Hu attaches great importance to this battle, because as long as Wang Shichong is eliminated, he can open up Liyangcang, and by opening up Liyangcang, he can connect the territory of Shandong.

A situation of complete encirclement was formed against Dou Jiande.

Qin Hu stood up and said, "Generals, the scouts have come to report that Wang Shichong has left Hulao Pass. I have ordered Xu Shiji to send people to travel at night and night to attack the back of Hulao Pass at all costs. What we have to do is to completely attack the enemy outside Luoyang City."

To eliminate Wang Shichong’s main force.”

"I will obey the order of King Yan."

When fighting in a place like Cijian, surrounded by mountains and with a plain in the middle, determining the enemy's position is the most difficult thing. If either side can determine it, the other side is in danger of being destroyed.

But Qin Hu came up with such a trick.

On April 10, Wang Shichong's vanguard army entered Cijian with overwhelming force, only fifty miles west of Luoyang City. Zheng's army's sluggish morale suddenly cheered up.

Many people think that Yan Jun is actually a paper tiger.

On April 12, after a short two-day rest, Wang Shichong's army officially entered the Cijian Mountain area, intending to pass through here and approach the west of Luoyang City.

Qin Hu ordered all the soldiers and horses to remain silent, waiting for them to enter the encirclement.

Zheng Jun didn't know why, and thought that the Yan army had withdrawn its troops and was passively defensive, so they all retreated into Luoyang City. They were overjoyed and accelerated their march.

The first person to have problems was the Qionghuang Man King Longbu. When they saw nearly two miles of jars and jars lined up along the entire road, they were immediately confused.

They couldn't understand it at all, but it was impossible for this thing to block the way of the army. Wang Long ordered these jars to be destroyed. As a result, countless pigeons flew out. It felt like it was blocking the sky and the sun.

Chapter 628: Battle of Cijian


Chapter completed!