Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 366 Le Jin’s Army Defeats and Retires Guangzong
Zhang Liao ordered Nanpi City to stand firm, and he also guarded the camp to restore morale first.

Tang He was not in a hurry to launch an attack, but began to build siege equipment.Tang He and Xue Rengui's choice of siege release is different. He didn't make too many trebuchets, but directly chose to attack with negative soil.However, his attack on Xue Rengui with negative soil was different. Instead, he directly built hundreds of vehicles, filled them with soil, pushed them directly into the moat, and filled the moat.And use a car to push it to the city, which saves a lot of time.

The negative soil attack took too long, but Tang He was not in a hurry. After all, there were many soldiers in the city, and a little consumption was needed.

Su Lie crossed the river from Yiping and was also blocked by Le Jin.Le Jin was a fierce general who was very good at attacking cities. In his early years, he often attacked the city first.He was an offensive general, so he personally led his troops in Liaocheng to prepare for a half-crossing attack.

But they encountered the same problem as Cao Ren, and they couldn't stop the opponent from going ashore when faced with the attack of the opponent's crossbow arrows.They all seem to have forgotten the power of Zhang Yi's warship attack.However, it seems that Cao Jun has not seen Zhang Yi's warship for a long time, and the last time seems to be in Nanyang.

During the first Northern Expedition five years ago, Gan Ning's navy only blocked the river in the plain, but did not engage in many battles. They all subconsciously ignored this incident, and only Zhang Liao remembered it.

Le Jin suffered a wave of attacks and quickly retreated to Liaocheng. Fighting by the river was really a disadvantage.

Liaocheng is just a small county, and Le Jin's garrison here is only to prevent the troops on the other side from crossing the river. Now they are lining up by the river, but he can't go up to fight. The role of defense in Liaocheng will no longer exist.Le Jin hurriedly withdrew to Ganling to prevent being chased by enemy cavalry after the city was broken.

Su Lie directly marched into Liaocheng, and sent Zhang Xiu to the west to recover Leping, Fagan, Yangping, Dongwuyang and other counties in Hebei.Then go north to Boping, attack Qinghe Guoling County, turn to Beiqiu, and approach Ganling.

Su Lie's troops are not many, only [-], which is much less than Le Jin's.Le Jin didn't want to defend while having an advantage, so he decided to lead his troops into a field battle.

Le Jin has been famous for a long time. He was a general during Cao Cao's time. Now he leads an army of [-], which is more than twice Su Lie's strength. If he still defends the city, he will not be able to breathe at all.

He thought that even if the soldiers under Su Lie's command were elite, but he had twice the strength, he should not lose.He let Wang Ling defend the city, and let Lu Qian command the crossbowmen on the flank.He led the elite to set up a formation and rushed towards Su Lie's team, but he still underestimated the cavalry in Su Lie's hands.

Zhang Xiu is Zhang Yi's elder brother, and the relationship with Zhang Yi has been very good in recent years. Zhang Xiu's son, Zhang Quan, even married Lu Su's daughter under Zhang Yi's matchmaking.Because of the war in Liangzhou, Zhang Yi's family is basically gone, only Zhang Xiu, a close relative, will not treat him badly.

The most elite Xuanjia Army was not allocated to Zhang Xiu, but the cavalry under his command were all built by Zhang Yi many years ago, and now they have become heavy cavalry, which is much more powerful than ordinary cavalry.

When Le Jin attacked Su Lie, Zhang Xiu led the heavy armored cavalry and directly attacked Lu Qian's troops on the flank.The heavy cavalry charged and were unstoppable.

Lu Qian noticed that Zhang Xiu's cavalry was rushing, and immediately let the front row of chariots stand firm.However, their arrows were not very powerful against the heavy cavalry. The heavy cavalry rushed over, threw out their hooks and pulled the formation, and the heavy cavalry behind immediately rushed into the crossbow formation.

Lu Qian's crossbowmen suffered an impact and immediately retreated.But how could they possibly outrun the cavalry?Constantly suffered massacres.

Le Jin also saw it, and immediately divided his troops to rescue him.But he was confronting Su Lie, when he moved, Su Lie launched a fierce attack, holding Le Jin back.

Le Jin was entangled by Su Lie, so he could only send some generals to support him, but the supporting soldiers could not resist the heavy cavalry's attack, and fled with Lu Qian.

Zhang Xiu chased him all the way to the city gate, and Lu Qian didn't even have time to enter the city, so he had to go beyond the city and retreat to the north.

Le Jin didn't hold on for long, and after two hours, he couldn't resist Su Lie's fierce attack, so he could only retreat into the city.But Zhang Xiu had already intercepted him at the bottom of the city, just outside the range of the bow and arrow on the city, sprinting back and forth, stopping Le Jin.

Later, they pursued troops, but there was an interception in front of them. Yue Jin could only walk across the city like Lu Qian to join Lu Qian.

After reuniting, Le Jin said to Lu Qian: "I was too arrogant before, what should I do now?"

Lu Qian is also an old man in the Cao Cao era, and he is both civil and military. He can be a general or a shepherd.Lu Qian said: "Now that Ganling is undefendable, it is better to withdraw troops from Guangzong and defend Jieqiao. The terrain of Jieqiao is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan at Jieqiao in the past. Maybe we can follow suit."

When Le Jin heard this, he nodded and said, "Just do it!"

So Le Jin asked Lu Qian to evacuate first and hold the boundary bridge while he went to meet Wang Ling.After Wang Ling received Le Jin's retreat order in Ganling, he immediately set fire to the city and then retreated.

Su Lie could only go into the city to put out the fire and let Wang Ling retreat.

Wang Ling was a member of the Wang family in Taiyuan. He was the nephew of Wang Yun, a Situ of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Wang Yun was killed by Li Jue and Guo Si, he fled back to Taiyuan. He was later appointed as the head of the imperial family and was dismissed from office due to his crime.Cao Cao happened to meet Wang Ling who was serving his sentence. After hearing about him, he exempted him from punishment and summoned him to serve in the Prime Minister's Mansion.Wang Ling is also a man of both civil and military skills and is very talented.

Su Lie went into the city to put out the fire, and it took him until midnight to extinguish the flames.Although many houses were burned down in Ganling City, Su Lie still seized dozens of grains.

After occupying Ganling, Su Lie rested while letting Lu Guang attack the surrounding counties.There are seven counties in Qinghe State. Guangchuan is north of Qinghe, and the remaining six counties are all south of Qinghe. Ganling, Beiqiu, and Lingxian have been captured by Su Lie. Lu Guang went east to attack Quanxian, Yimu, and Tobu City.

After resting for about ten days, Su Lie marched towards Jieqiao.Jieqiao is located a few miles east of Guangzong, on the Qinghe River.It is an important strategic location, because this bridge is one of the few bridges that can easily pass grain trucks without using boats to cross the river, so Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fought here, and it lasted for two years.

When he arrived at the Jieqiao, Lu Qian put out a strong bow on the other side of the Jieqiao, trying to intercept Su Lie at the Jieqiao.

But Su Lie smiled coldly, Qinghe River is almost the same as Feishui River, how could it be difficult for him?It's just a boundary bridge, if it wasn't for the convenience of transporting food, he wouldn't even come here.

(End of this chapter)