Chapter 1631 The decisive battle in Qingzhou begins


    Chapter 1629: The decisive battle in Qingzhou begins


    The Northern Han United Army Camp.


    "Report to the right prime minister, the Qin army reinforcements, a total of 5,000 cavalry, have entered Beihai City."


    "What?"


    Now it was not just Wang Mang, but almost all the generals present burst into tears.


    In the previous battle, due to the Liao army''s riot, although the United Army failed to catch up with the main force of the Qin army, it also destroyed the Qin army''s Huben camp and killed the Qin general Ran Min, which greatly increased the morale of the Northern Han United Army.


    The Qin army lost the Huben Camp, and the total number of cavalry also dropped to less than 2,000. It can be said that they had lost the capital to go out of the city and could only guard the lonely city.


    But with the assistance of these 5,000 cavalry, the Qin army was qualified to go out of the city to fight, and the previous efforts of the United Army were almost in vain.


    "How could it be so fast?"


    Wang Mang frowned and asked, "Did Han Xin''s iron locks and hidden stakes work?"


    "Qin general Zhou Yu used fire ships to break the iron locks and block the river."


    "Where is the hidden stake? Has it been discovered?" Zhu Tianpeng asked hurriedly.


    Among the Northern Han United Army, Zhu Tianpeng is undoubtedly the best at water warfare. He knew that the iron lock that no one was guarding was easily cracked, but the hidden stakes were not so easy to crack, so he also wanted to know how Zhou Yu got there.


    "But even if you are discovered, it is impossible to pull out the stakes so quickly." Zhu Tianpeng said to himself with a puzzled face.


    "Well, this, the Qin army did not clean up the hidden piles at all. Zhou Yu seemed to have predicted the location of the hidden piles and directly broke through the hidden pile waters."


    "What?"


    Zhu Tianpeng and others exclaimed in the same exclamation.


    Zhou Yu''s operation is much more difficult than cleaning up stakes. If you are not careful, the ship may be destroyed and the army will be destroyed. Even the veterans who have been through water wars in the south may not be able to do it. However, Zhou Yu, a young general who has just been in charge of the navy, successfully broke through.


    "The Qin army is already unparalleled in cavalry and is also one of the best infantry soldiers. Now there are even more talented naval commanders like Zhou Yu. Now the Qin army has almost no shortcomings."


    As soon as he thought of this, a trace of murderous intent flashed in Zhu Tianpeng''s eyes and said to himself: "This Zhou Yu should be the greatest enemy of this king in his life."


    For Yuan Shao and Liu Che, once they are defeated against Qin Hao, there will be no chance.


    But for Zhu Tianpeng, even if the Battle of Hebei was lost, it would have a great impact on him, but it would not have reached the point of destroying the country.


    The Qin army''s goal this time was Hebei, and once it was taken down, the Central Plains would be followed, so that was the time to decide the survival of Zhu Tianpeng.


    The best way for Qi to fight against the Qin army is undoubtedly to block the Qin army north of the Yellow River and prevent the Qin army from crossing the Yellow River, so naturally there will be no danger.


    Zhu Tianpeng used to be full of confidence in this. After all, the Qin army was not good at water battles, and he believed that he could not find an opponent in the north.


    But now after initially understanding Zhou Yu''s methods, Zhu Tianpeng discovered that although the Qin army''s naive army was young, the water generals were not weak at all, so he had already regarded Zhou Yu as a great enemy in his heart.


    Wang Mang naturally knew Zhou Yu, the Grand Governor of Chibi, the water battle ability, but what he thought was far less than Zhu Tianpeng.


    Wang Mang was already tied to the princes of the Northern Han Dynasty. Once the Northern Han Dynasty lost, he would not be able to finish his nest and he would also face a disaster.


    Therefore, for Wang Mang, the most important thing is to prevent Qin Hao from unifying Hebei, so he naturally cannot take care of anything else.


    Just when Wang Mang was trying to transport cavalry to the Qin army to support the Beihai and felt it was difficult, another news that shocked everyone came.


    "Report to the right prime minister, Li Jing personally led a 40,000 army, and has left Beihai City and is coming to our army''s camp."


    Before crossing the Yellow River four times, the Qin army had a total of 64,000 troops.


    The flood of Qi army, although it ruined the 45,000 elite troops of Qi, the Qin army also sacrificed 4,500 naval troops; in the battle with Wang Mang, the Qin army retreated before the battle, and eventually destroyed the generals Ran Min and three thousand Hu Ben camps.


    Defending the Beihai, Fusu was damaged, and more than 2,400 defenders were killed in battle.


    At this point, the total strength of the Qin army in the Beihai dropped to 54,000.


    From this we can also see that although Li Jing fought continuously in the Beihai, and each battle was extremely fierce, and even many generals died in battle, the casualties of the soldiers were not small.


    Now there are another 5,000 cavalry to help, and the total strength of the Qin army has been restored to 59,000 again. Therefore, Li Jing left 19,000 Liangshan surrendered troops to defend the city and personally led 40,000 Qin army''s main force out of the city to fight with Wang Mang.


    "What?"


    When Wang Mang heard this, he stood up and said in disbelief: "What exactly does Li Jing want to do? Is there a decisive battle directly? Or is there any other conspiracy?"


    In the eyes of normal people, the Qin army finally escaped, and the morale of General Ran Min died in battle was greatly reduced. It must be calm for a while before he could take action.


    But Li Jing was not.


    As soon as the five thousand cavalry arrived, Li Jing not only left nearly 20,000 defenders to guard the Beihai, but immediately led 40,000 troops out of the city. This was obviously a bit irrational, and it didn''t look like Li Jing''s military style at all.


    "It''s just a 40,000 army. If we fight head-on, with our army''s strength, we are not afraid of the Qin army at all."


    Zhou Yafu stood up and said in a deep voice: "Since he, Li Jing, wants to fight, we are still afraid that he will not succeed."


    "right…"


    “It’s right…”


    Most people agreed to go to the battle, but Wang Mang always felt that it was not simple. However, seeing that Chen Qingzhi also agreed to go to the army, he didn''t say much.


    On the other side, the generals of the Qin army were also surprised that Li Jing sent troops again so quickly.


    For the Qin army, who had just lost a little, it would be a great achievement as long as they defend Beihai City, but Li Jing insisted on a decisive battle with Wang Mang, which made the generals a little confused.


    Unlike other generals, Huang Feihu and other generals who came to support all supported Li Jing''s move. After all, they ran over from afar, not just to defend the city. Li Jing took the initiative to attack and was in line with their appetite.


    "My Lord Prefect, our army was defeated and the reinforcements had just arrived and left the city to fight to the decisive battle. Isn''t it a bit too hasty?" Jin Tai asked in confusion.


    Li Jing smiled coldly and replied: "Our army hastily fought, but isn''t the enemy''s hastily responding? What''s more, compared to our army''s hastily, the enemy has a more fatal weakness."


    Hearing Li Jing say this, all the generals cheered up, and Huang Feihu asked, "What weakness?"


    “The 80,000 Northern Han joint army has now dropped to 70,000, and among these 70,000 people, at least more than 20,000 new soldiers from Zhao State are left.


    After Gongsun Shu died in battle, Wang Mang couldn''t wait to annex more than 20,000 Liao troops. It can be seen that the more than 20,000 Liao troops must be in a turmoil at this time, and how much combat power can they exert?


    Therefore, although the number of enemy troops is more than ours, there are at least 40,000 troops, and the combat power is weak. ”


    Li Jing''s eyes flashed with a glimmer of light and he said confidently: "If Wang Mang dares to fight to the decisive battle, our army will win."


    "But there is no need to dispatch only 40,000 troops, right? Our army still has nearly 60,000 troops, and we can send 50,000 troops, leaving 10,000 troops to defend the Beihai." Huang Feihu said inexplicably.


    Li Jing said, "If 50,000 were dispatched, Wang Mang might not dare to fight to the decisive battle."


    Li Jing did not say that he had thoroughly understood Wang Mang''s thoughts, but he also understood the situation of the joint army. Wang Mang naturally knew it, so if he dispatched too many troops, he would only retreat, while 40,000 was not much or less.


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