dognovel Chapter 201: Taking Hushan Pass
Chapter 201: Taking Hushan Pass
When the new recruits of the First Army came down from the city wall, they forced the gate and pushed aside the various debris that were blocking the gate.
The moment the gate was opened, Wang Hu immediately ordered an attack, and the soldiers who had been waiting for a long time immediately rushed into the Duke Dingguo's Mansion like a stream of water, howling.
The last and most solid stronghold of Hushan Pass was breached.
The Fang family troops stationed in the entire Dingguo Mansion were all elite soldiers, but they were no match for the officers and soldiers who rushed in.
No matter how Fang Weihong shouted, it was useless. He just couldn't win.
With thousands of casualties, the rest were forced to surrender under siege.
Even Fang Weihong was taken prisoner.
Wang Hu immediately sent someone to pass the message to the chief of staff who was leading the logistics group to plunder supplies, saying that the Duke Dingguo's Mansion had been captured and they should come and move the things.
The mission of their First Army is to rob.
They wanted to steal all the valuables in Hushan Pass.
The defense was left to the original 20,000 defenders and the Third Army outside the city.
In the early morning, Ning Yi finally received the news that Hushan Pass was successfully breached.
A large number of Fang family members were captured, as well as 5,000 Fang family soldiers.
As for money, food, weapons and equipment, there are even more.
Ning Yi breathed a sigh of relief and was very happy at the same time, as he had made a fortune this time.
He Fang Chengyu wanted to rebel, but he thought that since he was close to the capital, he did not bring much food and fodder with him. He could transport food and fodder to the front line at any time. It was only a few hundred miles away anyway.
But unexpectedly, Hushan Pass was breached, and Ning Yi wanted to starve the entire army of Duke Dingguo to death.
At the same time, he urged the First Army to quickly plunder supplies and evacuate Hushan Pass.
After all, although Hushan Pass had just been breached, the imperial court would take over later.
As for who captured Hushan Pass, it was the rebels in Guanzhong. They were commemorating the emperor and took advantage of Duke Dingguo's absence to contact the Sixth Prince. Under the Sixth Prince's order, they forcibly occupied Hushan Pass again. In this way, not only were they not guilty of rebellion, but they also made great contributions.
After breakfast in the morning, Ning Yi immediately gave the order for the entire army to go out.
Although they had been reorganized for several days, these Beijing troops were still lazy and disorganized.
However, Duke Dingguo had not received any news that Hushan Pass had been breached until the morning.
Because the Third Army blocked all roads outside, not even a bird could fly over.
It was only a distance of three hundred miles, but Duke Dingguo became blind.
However, Duke Dingguo did receive news that the Beijing troops were heading north.
He said nonchalantly, "Order the siege to cease today. I will first deal with the Sixth Prince."
He did not take the Sixth Prince seriously. He thought that he was just a prince who was living a life of idleness and waiting to die in the capital. He could easily deal with him on the battlefield.
Duke Dingguo had 80,000 soldiers and horses, of which more than 50,000 were the real elite, and 6,000 were left behind to guard Hushan Pass.
A mighty army was also formed into a battle formation just outside Huazhou City, preparing for a decisive battle with the 60,000-strong imperial army led by the Sixth Prince.
The prefect in Huazhou City also received the news that the reinforcements had finally arrived.
This time it’s not just a few thousand cavalrymen wandering around like in the past two days, but an army of tens of thousands.
While he breathed a sigh of relief, he was also worried about whether the Sixth Prince could do it.
When Ning Yi, wearing fine armor and leading a huge army to the direction of twenty miles, he stopped again.
Announce that we've set up camp and just wait here.
Feng Zhong was very dissatisfied: "Your Highness, the enemy is right in front of you, why don't you fight to the death?"
Ning Yi ignored him and wondered if there was something wrong with the old emperor's eyesight.
Why choose such a fool to be the leader of the Royal Guards?
But think about it, if the leader is too smart, the people will be disobedient.
Qin Haifeng stepped forward and said, "Feng Jianjun, the enemy is at their peak, and our army has come from afar. Are we going to attack them and die right now?"
Feng Zhong also glared at him: "The enemy has been attacking Huazhou for several days and is already exhausted. Now is a good opportunity."
"Alright." Ning Yi interrupted their nonsense: "Now is not the time to attack."
It seems Feng Zhong still wants to attack.
Ning Yi frowned: "Feng Jianjun, this prince knows that you look down on the rebels."
"But do you think that those Beijing troops outside can defeat the rebels head-on? Or do you expect your 10,000 Imperial Guards to fight to the death?"
Feng Zhong was a little dazed. He didn't want the Imperial Guards to suffer too many casualties, he just wanted to make more achievements on the battlefield.
"But, His Majesty said that if we don't quickly deal with Duke Ding's troops, Prince Huai's side..."
He only knew to listen to the emperor and didn't care about anything else.
Ning Yi rolled his eyes. "If we want to deal with Duke Dingguo, we need to use our wits, not our strength. Otherwise, relying on those Beijing troops outside is just suicide. If all the people are dead, how can we rely on their souls to fight Prince Huai?"
If it weren't for the fact that this guy was a loyal fan of the emperor and the commander of the emperor's royal guards, Ning Yi would have had this stubborn guy driven away long ago.
However, Ning Yi still comforted him, "Don't worry, Feng Jianjun, this prince has plenty of ways to deal with Duke Dingguo and destroy his 80,000-man army."
Feng Zhong felt that Ning Yi was bragging.
He also knew that it was almost impossible to defeat Duke Dingguo head-on by relying on the lazy Beijing troops outside.
If they just let their Royal Guards attack, it would be almost impossible, so they had no choice but to give up.
He wanted to see how the Sixth Prince dealt with Duke Dingguo. If that didn't work, he would continue to complain.
Duke Dingguo was surprised. He didn't expect that the Sixth Prince would not go any further, even though it was only twenty miles.
Duke Dingguo was not in a hurry to attack the city and decided to deal with the Sixth Prince and his gang of useless people first.
He also knew that he could not go to the capital without defeating Ning Yi's tens of thousands of people.
At worst, after we defeat them, we won't need to rush to attack Huazhou City. We can just send a small number of troops to defend it, and the main army will quickly move south. By then, there will be almost no troops left in the capital.
He was originally worried that the nearly 100,000 ordinary soldiers of the Beijing Camp would be difficult to attack because they were gathered against the city walls. Now that they took the initiative to attack, it would be a good opportunity for him to deal with them.
However, he took the initiative to attack and launched a fierce attack.
It was discovered that the combat effectiveness of these Beijing troops was not very good, but relying on the camps, it was still difficult to take them down.
Duke Dingguo simply decided to send the cavalry south to intercept their main supply route.
I believe that these 60,000 Beijing troops will be unable to survive without military rations in a few days.
The reason why Duke Dingguo was not in a hurry was because there was King Huai in the east.
No matter which of the two armies arrived at the capital earlier, he could attract the 60,000-strong Beijing troops here, or destroy them, and King Huai would have almost no pressure.
Ning Yi also told all the commanders of the Beijing camp that they could only rely on the camp to resist. If they still could not resist, their entire family would be executed.
These commanders were also frightened, and immediately shouted at the troops under them to fight hard.
Neither side has elite troops, and Duke Dingguo is reluctant to let his own direct subordinates attack these camps one by one.
Qin Haifeng came running to report: "Your Highness, the Duke of Dingguo's cavalry has blocked our food supply route. Should we send cavalry to drive them away?"