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Linyang is located about ten miles away from the river bank. On the morning of the third day of August, seeing the Yanmen Han troops deployed on the other side of the river gradually withdrawing, Wei general Sima An, as well as Qin generals Wang Jian and Zhang Tangji, chose to stay here.

People judged that Li Mu must have seen through the tactics of the Qin and Wei coalition forces to divide their forces and attack Yanmen County, so he chose to abandon the three cities of Linyang, Lishi and Gaolang and evacuate northward.

In this case, the three generals Sima An, Wang Jian, and Zhang Tong chose to cross the river without hesitation, preparing to take over the three cities of Linyang, Lishi, and Gaolang as the base for the Qin and Wei coalition forces to attack Yanmen County next.

Sure enough, by the time these three generals led their troops, Linyang was already an empty city, and the city was almost deserted. What was hateful was that when the Korean army evacuated Linyang, they set several fires in the city in an attempt to destroy the city.

Houses and buildings were destroyed by fire.

Under this situation, Wei General Sima An decisively ordered his Hexi Army to enter the city to put out the fire. Although it is only the beginning of August and the weather is still warm and even hot in summer, but careful calculation shows that it is only a few months until autumn.

It was necessary to prepare for the cold winter in advance. Sima An did not think that with the military commanding ability shown by Han general Li Mu in the past two days, their Qin and Wei coalition forces could defeat Li Mu before winter this year, or even capture Yanmen.

Therefore, it is necessary to prepare for a rainy day.

After getting the city of Linyang, the next two cities are Lishi and Gaolang. Among them, Lishi is in the southeast of Linyang, about fifty miles away. It is one of the few large cities in Xihe. In the past, Korea and Chu soldiers attacked several times.

The rear defense stronghold of "Beiqu" under the jurisdiction of Hedong County of Wei State was Lishi.

Gaolang is located in the northeast of Linyang City. The distance between the two cities is about thirty-five miles. This city is not big, but in the past, it has always been used as a companion city to Lishi to station Korean troops.

Therefore, at the foot of Linyang City, Wei general Sima An and Qin generals Wang Jian and Zhang Tang joined together. Wang Jian led the Qin Iron Eagle Cavalry to Lishi, and Zhang Tang led the army to Gaolang to see if they could save these two people.

After all, the buildings in the city are in their

It seems that since the Korean army set fire to Linyang when withdrawing, Li Shi and Gao Lang may not be able to escape this fate - burning the city and destroying houses when their own troops withdraw, leaving nothing to the enemy, this is almost already

Common sense as a general.

Therefore, Qin general Zhang Tang said goodbye to Sima An and Wang Jian, and led about 15,000 regular soldiers and more than 20,000 tattooed troops under his command to Gaolang in a mighty manner.

During this period, in order to reach Gaolang as soon as possible, he also ordered the entire army to march quickly, leaving behind the tattooed army who could not keep up with the marching speed.

After more than two hours, Zhang Tang led his army to Chenggao.

When he saw the fire in Chenggao City from a distance, he secretly muttered in his heart: Well, let's put out the fire first. I don't know what else is left in the city.

But just when he led his army to the city of Chenggao and was about to order his soldiers to enter the city to put out the fire, Han general Yanmen guard Li Mu led countless Yanmen cavalry to come out from behind the mountain col to the east of Chenggao.

On one side are the Yanmen cavalry who have been recuperating and waiting for a long time, and on the other are the Qin soldiers who have just marched from Linyang to Chenggao. Moreover, the number of Yanmen cavalry under Li Mu at this time even exceeds that of the Qin soldiers under Zhang Tang.

Army infantry, which made this unforeseen sneak attack no longer suspense.

At that time, Qin general Zhang Tang didn't even have time to assemble his troops. He was rushed to pieces by the cavalry under Han general Li Mu. Let alone an effective counterattack, he couldn't even defend his own formation and could only watch.

He looked at the indifferent Yanmen cavalry, one after another, charging into the Qin army's formation and slaughtering the helpless Qin soldiers.

It seemed that this chaotic situation lasted for nearly half an hour. Only then did Qin general Zhang Tang control the chaotic situation, and for this, he paid a heavy price.

At this time on the battlefield, Han general Li Mu accurately grasped the changes in Zhang Tang's army.

In fact, at this moment, if Li Mu ordered his cavalry to continue to repeatedly attack Zhang Tang's army's formation, he would actually have an advantage. However, considering the casualties of his own soldiers, Li Mu decisively ordered a retreat.

"Woo-"

As several trumpeters among the Yanmen Cavalry blew their bugles, the Yanmen Cavalry all over the mountains and plains retreated as if the tide was ebbing, leaving only corpses on the ground.

"Actually withdrawing troops?"

In the formation, when Qin general Zhang Tang saw the Yanmen cavalry retreating as if the tide was ebbing, there was a hint of shock on his face at first, but then when he thought about it carefully, his face showed shame and resentment.

look.

"Damn it!"

In full view of everyone, Qin general Zhang Tang took off the helmet on his head, threw it to the ground, and then looked at the Yanmen cavalry who was leaving in the distance with a complicated expression.

There was no other reason, but because Li Mu did not leave Qin general Zhang Tang the slightest chance to counterattack, nor did he leave him even the slightest possibility of causing heavy damage to the Yanmen cavalry.

Two hours later, Wei general Sima An, who was in Linyang, and Qin general Wang Jian, who was in Lishi, both learned about the surprise attack on Zhang Tang's army by Li Mu.

They were particularly shocked by this. Even they did not expect that Li Mu would actually kill someone at such a time.

As evening approached that day, Wei general Sima An led a group of Hexi cavalry (formerly the "Hunting Cavalry Battalion" of the Dangshan Army) to the gates of Gaolang City.

At this time, the fire in Chenggao City had been extinguished by Zhang Tang's army, but outside the city, the corpses of Qin soldiers were still scattered everywhere, only a very few of them were the cavalry of the Yanmen Army.

When Sima An found Zhang Tang, Zhang Tang was sitting next to a bonfire. When he saw Sima An walking towards him, he nodded slightly and pretended to say hello.

"..."

Sima An couldn't help but open his mouth, because in his impression, Zhang Tang was a quite bold and cheerful Qin man, but now, this Qin general was so low-spirited and passive, he was completely different from usual.

"General Zhang Tang."

Sima An sat down next to Zhang Tang, frowned and asked: "What... is going on?"

Zhang Tang gave a bitter smile, threw a few firewood into the bonfire, sighed and said: "I will tell you when Chang Xinhou comes. I, Zhang Tang, have been a general for more than ten years, and this is the first time I have been beaten so badly."

, I’m really ashamed to say it.”

Seeing that Zhang Tang had reached this point, Sima An was naturally reluctant to ask further questions.

When night fell, Qin General Xinhou Wangjian finally arrived at Gaolang with a group of iron eagle cavalry, and met Sima An, Zhang Tang and other generals.

At this time, Zhang Tang told the story of how he led his army to Gaolang and how he was attacked by Li Mu in detail. Sima An and Wang Jian looked at each other in shock.

In their opinion, the failure of this battle cannot be entirely attributed to Zhang Tang, because after the Yanmen army withdrew, they all believed that Li Mu's retreat must be to go north to block Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi and Lintao.

Who would have thought that Jun Weiji's army would have given Li Muming the three cities of Linyang, Lishi and Gaolang for free, but actually he was preparing to ambush them at Gaolang?

If Zhao Hongrun, the crown prince of Wei, were here at this moment, he would definitely point out that Li Mu took advantage of people's inertial thinking.

Not long after, the casualties of this battle were calculated. In this battle, Zhang Tang's 15,000 Qin regular troops lost nearly 60%. You must know that although the Qin army suffered defeats in the first two battles,

, but the total number of casualties may not necessarily add up to the losses in this battle.

A disastrous defeat, an undeniable defeat!

"This Li Mu..."

Sima An took a long breath, as if he wanted to evaluate Li Mu, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized that he could not make an accurate judgment about Li Mu.

Logically speaking, Li Mu should be a cautious and almost cowardly Korean general. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why Li Mu stayed in Lishi for seven or eight days and never sent troops to Hexi.

But it was this Han general who was so cautious and almost cowardly that he cleverly ambushed Zhang Tangjun today and won a brilliant victory.

Sima An will never look down on Zhang Tang because of this, because he and Wang Jian both know that if they lead the army to Gaolang today, I believe they will not get much benefit. The only difference is that they have cavalry under their command.

, and Zhang Tang’s subordinates are all infantry.

"Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists..."

At this point, Sima An and Wang Jian could only persuade Zhang Tang in this way.

Facing the persuasion of Sima An and Wang Jian, Zhang Tang smiled bitterly and shook his head, and then said seriously: "This Li Mu is really powerful. I am not saying this because he successfully ambushed me... At that time, I

The soldiers under his command finally reorganized their formation in the chaotic battle situation. In fact, at that time, the cavalry under Li Mu could still defeat our army again, but Li Mu decisively chose to retreat..." At this point,

He shook his head again and sighed: "I have suffered defeats in the past, but never once has I been so angry and upset."

The reason why he said this was that he believed that if his soldiers had a head-on confrontation with the Korean army, they would not be defeated so badly, because in this battle, his army failed to perform as well as it should.

level.

What's even more disgusting is that when he finally reorganized his formation and tried to take a piece of meat from Li Mu's Yanmen Army, the other party decisively chose to withdraw. He had never faced such an opponent who was so slippery and unrelenting.

Encountered.

At the same time, Han general Li Mu, who had severely damaged Zhang Tang's army, was leading more than ten thousand Yanmen cavalry on his way to Loufan Pass.

By noon the next day, the cavalry led by Li Mu successfully arrived at the Loufan Pass area.

However, he did not lead his army directly into the mountain valley in front of Loufan Pass - or let's call it "Loufan Trail". Instead, he went to "Lin County" southwest of the entrance of Loufan Trail.

To the west of Linxian County, there is a river called "Lingshui". An hour ago, Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin of the Qin and Wei Allied Forces, Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, as well as generals such as Shao Hu, Wang Luan, and Wang Ling, came to this river.

On the west bank of the river, I peeked at "Linxian County" from a distance. I saw that the flags of the Yanmen Army were planted all over the county town, and there were many Yanmen cavalry going back and forth here.

"This Li Mu actually moves faster than our army..."

Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi said with a strange expression.

In fact, on the way to this place, the Qin and Wei allied forces discovered traces of the Yanmen Army cavalry.

Due to the direction of the river, the Yanmen Army was unable to stop the Qin and Wei coalition forces heading north from crossing the river. However, although they had crossed the natural barrier of the river, if the Qin and Wei coalition forces attempted to attack Loufan Pass, they would inevitably have to cross this "Lingshui".

However, the Yanmen Army seemed to have seen through the intention of the Qin and Wei coalition forces to divide their forces, and rushed back to Linxian County before Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi and others, consolidated defense facilities here, and once again successfully blocked the advance of the Qin and Wei coalition forces.

"To enter Yanmen County, the only way is to pass through Loufan Pass?"

Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi turned to ask Lintao Lord Wei Ji who was holding a marching map. The latter frowned and looked at the map for a while, then raised his finger to point to the mountains in the northeast of Linxian County in the distance and said: "This mountain range,

It is called "Luliang Mountain". Among the mountains on the east and west sides, there is a mountain valley road, which winds and ruggedly leads to Mayi. Loufan Pass is built among those mountains...it is not easy to attack."

Wuxinhou Gongsun Qi and others couldn't help but think deeply after hearing this.

At this time, Han general Li Mu led more than ten thousand Yanmen cavalry to Linxian from the south.

Seeing a large number of Yanmen cavalry on the other side of the river from a distance, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi took a second look, but never thought that this Yanmen cavalry, which arrived in Linxian a few hours later than them, had actually severely damaged Zhang Tang's army.
To be continued...