It was late autumn, the wind was blowing from Shuoshuo, and the cold air whizzed down from the extreme north along the Tianmai, passing the northern desert all the way, and the great lake of the Beihai Sea, which stretched for an unknown number of miles, to the north of Cangzhou. Cangzhou is located at the northern end of Nanqing, and it is the closest Chicheng to the Northern Qi Dynasty. From a purely geographical perspective, it should be in the southeast of Shangjing. be colder.
The surrounding autumn trees have already shed their leaves, and the field below the city rushed to harvest the only harvest at the end of summer, and now it has become a stubble field covered with a layer of frost. It looked really pitiful.
Several snowfalls had already fallen, and when we crossed the Nanqing Tuntian, the surrounding hills in the distance were still covered with white snow, which looked very quiet. Just above those snowfields, many black spots and the Northern Qi military flag waving in the snow wind could be faintly seen.
A general in Cangzhou City squinted his eyes and looked at that side. The scouts had already reported the news. This time, the army from the Northern Qi Dynasty came from the south, covering the sky and covering the earth. The number was so dense that it might have gathered all the troops from the Southern Army of the Northern Qi Dynasty. strength.
The Northern Qi people are here! The defenders of Cangzhou City were not very afraid. Although the enemy was powerful, they still did not feel the slightest fear, because the two sides had fought countless times twenty years ago, and the Northern Qi people had never taken advantage of it. In 2010, Uesugi Tiger, a famous general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was transferred by the Northern Qi emperor from Tianguan, the northern gate, and came to the south, but he had no way to advance a step under the strict defense of the Nanqing army.
The only thing that worried General Cangzhou was that man named Uesugi Tiger. Since Emperor Qing no longer personally led the army twenty years ago, the whole world can really be called the god of war, and probably only this Uesugi Tiger General, this is the glory that this person has gained from years of bloody battles with the barbarians in the north.
In the past few years, the Northern Qi army's morale and equipment are far inferior to those of Nanqing, but they can still maintain a balanced situation in the Cangzhou area, all because of this man named Uesugi Tiger. , did not really exhaust all his strength, but exhausted the two frontier troops of Nanqing here.
Years of small conflicts and small frictions, the two sides strictly guarded the border, and did not carry out any real major military actions. From Nanqing's point of view, they were just making preparations, stockpiling food, grass and weapons, and waiting for His Majesty's final order to send troops. His Majesty the Emperor was still cleaning up the affairs of state, and the vanguard troops of the Qing Kingdom were also waiting, but they never expected that the Northern Qi people would come first before they fought.
According to the usual practice in previous years, when the mid-autumn season comes, the two parties will stop harassing and probing each other, and General Uesugi Tiger will be recalled to the capital for an annual vacation. Why did he suddenly come back from the capital this year
The earth shook slowly, the vibration was not loud, and the momentum was not too alarming. Those black lines on the snow hills in the distance gradually moved closer to Cangzhou. As the distance got closer, in the city of Cangzhou In the eyes of the officers and soldiers, the countless densely packed black lines, like a dark cloud formation, were gradually broken down into parts of the barracks, into specific people, wearing armor, holding knives and guns, with faces. Looking at the solemn Northern Qi soldiers, the officers and soldiers in Cangzhou City even felt that they could clearly see the frost on the eyebrows of those Northern Qi people and their pale hands holding spears.
A tense and depressing atmosphere quickly spread across the city of Cangzhou, followed by the low-pitched shouts of the school officials, and the heralds holding the flag orders hurriedly rushed in the dozens of turrets on the city wall. back and forth.
The guard of Cangzhou put down the binoculars made by the inner library in his eyes, frowned deeply, and said to himself: "What do these Northern Qi people want?"
The temperature on the top of the city was extremely low, and what he said was immediately turned into mist, covering his face, just like those densely packed Northern Qi army horses in the distance outside Cangzhou City, covering up the truth and making countless people feel puzzled.
The guard slowly grasped the hilt of the sword by his waist, and squinted his eyes at the men of Northern Qi who were making an astonishing appearance under the snow hill in the distance, as if trying to see through the opponent's true intentions. Could it be that the other party really wants to go south in a big way? The guard didn't believe this, because he believed that the generation of famous general Uesugi Tiger would never be so confused. No matter how the famous Northern Qi generals used their soldiers like gods, it was impossible for them to work hard and mobilize their troops to stab Nanqing in the severe cold weather at the end of autumn. , This is a way of courting death.
Siege? The soldiers in Nanqing didn't believe it either, because although the Northern Qi army that appeared outside Cangzhou City was astonishing, estimated to have reached 40,000 in number, they didn't have enough siege equipment just by relying on these field troops. , What did they use to bring down Cangzhou City
There are a full 20,000 elite soldiers in Cangzhou City waiting for their swords!
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"General, the Northern Qi people have already entered the border." A school official reminded the Cangzhou guard, his brows twitched twice, obviously a little angry at the inaction of the Cangzhou side, watching the Northern Qi army invade the border, the North Camp But there was no reaction at all. Nan Qing had not endured this kind of humiliation for many years.
The general of Cangzhou did not react at all. He knew that the conservative response of the past two days had made many proud generals of Nanqing angry. The big move of the Northern Qi military that came with snowflakes really made him very vigilant, he couldn't figure out what the other party was trying to do.
The Southern Army of the Northern Qi Dynasty was divided into three groups, and broke through the border between the two countries at an extremely fast speed, and invaded within the military control of the Northern Camp of the Southern Qing Dynasty. Well, before this, no matter whether it was around the Overwatch Council or the military's own intelligence system, they hadn't smelled the slightest bit of wind.
Northern Qi's 100,000-strong army, forced to enter the country, seems to be a huge force, but it is impossible to go straight to the south, and any military action always has its purpose, so... what is the purpose of Uesugi Tiger's shocking move this time
There are 20,000 defenders in the city of Cangzhou, and the strength of the North Camp is scattered among the four barracks with Cangzhou as the core. In front of the city, 40,000 soldiers from the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Southern Army are aggressive. Isn't the other party worried that he will move troops around the North Camp to encircle him
It was late autumn, the cold was deep and the dew was heavy. The Northern Qi Dynasty was marching alone, and there would be huge problems in terms of logistics. As long as Cangzhou City was sealed off, Uesugi Tigers would be attracted to attack. Apart from retreating first, what choice do Wanbei Qinanjun have
There is no benefit to be gained, but to mobilize so much military power, consume so much food and energy, Uesugi Tiger... What exactly does he want to do
The guard of Cangzhou frowned very tightly. Looking at the Northern Qi people who were already preparing to set up camp in the distance below the city, he fell into deep thought, completely ignoring the angry expressions of his subordinates...
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It's been the fifth day, the biggest military operation in the Northern Qi Dynasty in the past 20 years, but unexpectedly encountered the most forbearing response from the Nanqing army. They watched these Northern Qi people set foot on their own land, but they didn't react strongly.
This is so inconsistent with the pride and iron blood of the Nanqing soldiers, even those Northern Qi troops who silently marched across the border of Nanqing, waiting for a bloody contest with the Nanqing army on the battlefield, felt a little surprised and strange .
In a small city sixty miles away from the border between the two sides, the base camp of the Northern Qi military operation was set up here. In a private house that was requisitioned in the city, the snow charcoal in the brazier was burning, and the inside was red. Seeing the layer of silver dust seep out, the whole room is filled with warm spring.
However, several senior Northern Qi generals in the room were not warming up by the fire. They stood by a table, looking worriedly at the flattened southern military map on the table, and occasionally glanced at the man sitting on the grand master's chair.
Uesugi Tiger was sitting on the Taishi chair, with his eyes slightly closed, he seemed to be in deep thought or deep sleep, and suddenly he opened his eyes slowly, and asked, "It has been five days since Sanlu entered the country, is there any movement in Cangzhou?"
The voice of the number one general in the Northern Qi Dynasty was not loud, but extremely thick.
"Commander, the city of Cangzhou is still locked." A general replied respectfully: "Abiding by the commander's order, the three armies did not dare to go deep, except...the road in Cangzhou."
"Unexpectedly, these colleagues in the south are more tolerant than in previous years." Uesugi Tiger stood up expressionlessly, walked to the long table, pointed to a certain point on the map, and said: "However, Qing people are so proud of themselves. Big, and this is an upright battle, there is no way to cheat, the Cangzhou defender will last at most two more days, it is impossible to wait for their capital's order to arrive, so he must fight... otherwise he will not be able to explain to the Nanqing court."
"What if they still stay behind closed doors?" Uesugi Tiger's confidant general said worriedly: "This time we have tried our best. If the other party stays out for another two days, the four barracks of the North Camp will see through the reality of the other two. If we directly encircle, we will not be able to respond... I am afraid that the loss will be heavy."
Not only the generals of the Northern Qi camp in Nanqing couldn't figure out the truth about this sudden big move by the Northern Qi military, but even these Northern Qi people themselves didn't know why they sent troops suddenly, and they braved the severe cold and took such a big risk. Go deep into the border of the Qing Kingdom. Although this is indeed very relieved, as a soldier, what you want is the actual results of the battle, not to go to the opponent's city and show off your might by paying thousands or even tens of thousands of lives.
Perhaps the only ones who really know the inside story of this dispatch of troops are the emperor in the Shangjing Palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the silent General Uesugi Tiger, but who in this world would dare to ask them
"Although we have been on the defensive these years, don't think the Qing army is too scary." Uesugi Tiger's palm fell steadily on the map, and said: "The North Camp of South Qing Dynasty is based on Cangzhou, but five years have passed. Today, the other four armies of the Beida Camp did not come to join us. On the one hand, it can be said that they were blocked by our two armies, and on the other hand, it also shows that the Beida Camp lacks a backbone right now."
A dispirited smile appeared on Uesugi Tiger's face, "Nanqing's equipment and troops are far superior to ours. If... Yan Xiaoyi is still alive, five days ago, he would order to close the other two gaps and encircle him." Cangzhou swallowed my 40,000 troops alive, but who dares to issue such a risky military order in the current Peking Camp?"
"Yan Xiaoyi is dead, and here comes Shi Fei. Although that General Shi is not as good as the Governor of Yan, he is still a formidable character. The emperor of Nanqing was worried about his side, so he was transferred to the Kyoto garrison." Uesugi Tiger sneered. He said: "Emperor Qing was very afraid of the Bei Da Ying's participation in the rebellion. How can these generals of the Bei Da Ying still have the fierce arrogance they had under Yan Xiaoyi back then?"
"In recent years, Nanqing seems to be accumulating national strength and preparing to invade Daqi, but in fact it is harming its own national strength, especially in the Beidaying area... Emperor Qing is a great man, but those under his command are amazing However, the characters died one after another." Uesugi Tiger sighed, as if he felt a little bored, and said: "In this case, if my army of 100,000 goes in, who can stop me?"
"Conservation is their best choice, their worst choice, and their last choice... It's just that the smart Cangzhou defender may not be able to suppress the desire of the North Camp to counterattack for a long time."
"So just two days later."
After Uesugi Tiger said this, he left the room, leaving the generals looking at each other in blank dismay. The wind and snow had started outside the house, the snowflakes were not big, and they were a bit annoying. Uesugi Tiger squinted his eyes slightly, looking at the busy sergeants and logistics officials in the city, with a trace of complicated emotions on his face. He thought of His Majesty the emperor in Shangjing City thought of the last time His Majesty hurriedly declared himself into the palace, ordered him to send troops at all costs, and also helped Dongyi City to stabilize.
The front pointed at the North Camp, but it wanted to attract the roadside troops from Yanjing City to help Dongyi City to relieve the pressure. A chill flashed in Uesugi Tiger's eyes, thinking that even if the dignitary in the south really wants to turn against Emperor Qing, is it really worthwhile for him to pay such a high price in Northern Qi
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Regardless of whether it is cost-effective or not, this military operation in the Northern Qi Dynasty will eventually have to pay a price. Just as Uesugi Tiger analyzed, on the sixth day of the war, the Nanqing military finally responded extremely forcefully. The elite soldiers rushed towards Cangzhou City in the shape of crab claws, while the other two barracks came out together, braved the light snow falling from the sky, and charged towards the other two armies that had just entered the border of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
In just one day, three beacons ignited, and the wilderness in the central and northern parts of the mainland suddenly turned into a killing field. Cavalry were charging, bowstrings were bouncing, arrows were flying across the sky, and iron spears pierced through the fields. Blood gushes out, flames are everywhere, corpses are engulfed in blood, and the sound of killing goes straight to the dark clouds in the sky.
This land, which had been silent for several years, finally became lively because of the brazen attack of the Northern Qi army. The battlefield where a total of hundreds of thousands of lives were entangled, opened the curtain at this moment, and killed one place vigorously.
However, the curtain was quickly closed by Uesugi Tiger.
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The guard of Cangzhou, who didn't have a trace of blood on his body, walked out of the city under the guard of the personal brigade, watching his subordinates clean up the battlefield with cold eyes, looking at the arrow branches deeply inserted into the dead trees, and listening to the screams of the wounded from time to time. There was no sign of emotion on his face as he howled. As a soldier, fighting for His Majesty is a matter of course, but there is always a chill in his heart, and that chill will never go away, even the joy after this tragic victory cannot be diluted.
After a night of forced marching by the two reinforcements from the North Camp of the Qing Army, they finally formed an encirclement with the defenders of the headquarters outside the city of Cangzhou. However, before they had time to rest for a while, they suddenly discovered that the Northern Qi army seemed to be leaving the formation. sign.
The Qing army is mighty, how could it be possible for the enemy to come to the border for a while and then leave like this. An insufficiently prepared charge began like this. Thanks to the years of fighting by the frontier soldiers of the Peking Camp, Qing's military strength It is extremely powerful, so such a hasty attack has maintained an extremely powerful impact.
However, the Northern Qi elite trained by Uesugi Tiger is not a kind person. After a big battle, after throwing down more than a thousand corpses, the Northern Qi military still kept the formation extremely intact. At the speed imagined, they left the frontal battlefield and threw down a few battalions of abandoned children extremely forcefully, without giving the Nanqing frontier army any chance to pursue.
This battle, no, it should be said that the inexplicable battle ended here. Nanqing had the advantage of the location and the advantages he had, so he naturally won the victory, but this victory did not achieve the expected results.
The Northern Qi people ran too fast.
Looking at the captured supplies and food, the Cangzhou defender narrowed his eyes and felt a bit of coldness. He finally understood why he didn't see the Northern Qi people's siege equipment at the beginning, even if it was a trap. It's not like the other party didn't carry a ladder.
It turned out that from the very beginning, the opponent was just preparing for a battle and ran away. They didn't bring any luggage that was difficult to carry.
Why are they running? The top general in Cangzhou once again fell into deep thought. He knew that he was no match for Uesugi Tiger, but if he could truly understand Uesugi Tiger's thinking, then he would be targeted, and he would not win the battle like he is now, but he is still afraid .
On the second day, shocking battle reports came from the other two battlefields. The entry of the two Northern Qi elites was not far-reaching. They also entered and exited at the same time, and rushed towards the enemy military camp at the border... However, those two elites from the Northern Qi Dynasty ran faster!
All the generals of the Northern Camp became vigilant. They didn't know what the famous general of the Northern Qi was planning, so they forcibly restrained his subordinates, preventing Nanqing's iron cavalry from taking advantage of the momentum of counterattack to enter the border of Northern Qi. middle.
On the third day, there was a bad news. The 40,000 Northern Qi elite troops who had escaped from the city of Cangzhou, on their way back to the territory of the Northern Qi Dynasty, crossed eastward miraculously and entered the territory of the Song Dynasty in Dongyi City. , occupying a state city on the border of the Song Dynasty.
It is said that the troops on Song Guozhou City did not resist at all, and Dongyi City also had any reaction, so the 40,000 elite soldiers entered the Zhou City.
This state city seems inconspicuous and almost deserted. In the past, no forces noticed it. However, now that Uesugi Tiger led the troops to station, there was a big red dot on the map. The Nanqing military opened their eyes and saw, Suddenly, it was discovered that this state city happened to be wedged in the middle of the range between Beidaying and Yanjing City, like a fish bone, and all the soldiers in Nanqing were extremely uncomfortable!
Could this be Uesugi Tiger's true intention
In the Battle of Cangzhou, Northern Qi was defeated and Nanqing won. It seemed so, but this inexplicable war ended like this
In this way, more than ten days later, the Overwatch Council and the military intelligence system simultaneously sent information to the generals of the Northern Camp. The camps began, and in the depths of the vast border of the Northern Qi Dynasty, various supplies began to be continuously transported to the south.
The storm is about to come, which is obviously the precursor of a decisive battle. Coupled with the inconspicuous state city captured by Uesugi Tiger, the Nanqing military immediately became vigilant. Prepared for the real war.
Maybe the war will be next spring
The Marshal Wang Zhikun in Yanjing City was also forced to turn his attention back from the direction of Niutoushan, and bet on the 40,000 Northern Qi troops lying on top of his head. He frowned and felt extremely angry. Unexpectedly, the variable used by Fan Xian turned out to be in collusion with the Northern Qi people!
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Immediately after the edict from the capital arrived, it was passed on to the senior generals in Yanjing City and Beidaying. No one knew exactly what His Majesty the Emperor Qing said in the edict, but since that edict, the military power in the north of Qing Kingdom began to Rest, start to hibernate, start to calm down.
Immediately afterwards, Yun Zhilan, the lord of Dongyi City, wrote a letter to the world, expressing the strongest protest and anger against the blatant invasion of the Northern Qi people, stating that Dongyi City will stand by the side of His Majesty, the great emperor of Qing, and treat all invaders , will cast the most violent and devastating blow.
The most terrifying thirteen sons of Jianlu in Dongyi City suddenly disappeared and went to nowhere. After receiving the news, the defense forces of the Uesugi Tiger Camp in that state city immediately stepped up a lot.
Just when the chaos in the central and northern parts of the mainland was rising, the Northern Qi Palace was peaceful. Concubine Li, who was much loved by His Majesty, looked at His Majesty who was lounging on the couch, bit her lips and said softly, "Dongyi City can be regarded as a replacement for Fan Xian." You saved it, His Majesty has paid so much, I really don’t know what he should thank you for.”
"Thank you?" The Northern Qi Emperor sneered, rubbed his stomach lightly, and said: "That shameless person who is full of bad things but always considers himself a saint, I'm afraid he will scold me in the mansion and lightly start a war. "
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