Chapter 378 (1/2)
Wei Ran recruited a large number of craftsmen and men and went straight to Yingzhou City (Chaoyang City). This was the foundation of Pinglu Jiedu envoy. The place was very rich, and it was also used as the foundation by yelyabaoji.
Wei Ran's army arranged barracks along the White Wolf water, that is, the Daling River of later generations, cutting down trees to make siege equipment.
At the same time, several huge hot-air balloons were raised. The number of defenders in Yingzhou City was small, and they were not elite and weak in combat effectiveness.
The first time I saw a hot-air balloon with ferocious faces, it was even worse than the Tubo army. Wei Ran observed the layout of military forces and the topography of houses in the city through hot-air balloons, and completely mastered the actual situation in the city.
Seeing that the garrison was in a panic, he didn't wait for all the siege equipment to be ready. He set up two ladder ladders, pushed them onto the siege vehicle, and added the ladder used by ants. Under the cover of strong bow and crossbow, he took Yingzhou City in a wave.
After entering the city, they plundered the government treasury and burned down the government offices and bureaucrat offices. However, they did not kill innocent people indiscriminately, but forced the officials and people in the city, dismantled the city walls and wantonly damaged the infrastructure.
People in the city dare not cooperate in order to save their family's property and life.
Wei Ran handed over the arms of the garrison in the city to the ruffians and hooligans in the city, disarmed all the local troops, and asked those ruffians and hooligans who were temporarily promoted to do their best to dismantle the city wall.
Then he led the army to leave Yingzhou with full harvest.
On the other side, Li Chengye, with 4000 troops and horses, met 10000 zahu who was chased and killed by the angry Khitan main force on the grassland under the central contact of a Li.
At this time, these miscellaneous Hu troops had long been pursued and killed, leaving less than 4000 people and horses, and suffered heavy losses. But one of the two hundred elite riders left by Wei Ran didn't die. I'm afraid none of the more than 10000 miscellaneous Hu would have escaped if they hadn't helped command during this period.
After Li Chengye arrived, relying on his strong army, abduction and deception, and the deception of the 200 Fenglin cavalry, half of the people and horses in the miscellaneous Hu were willing to obey Li Chengye's orders and take revenge on Qidan.
The other half had been completely beaten into a ridged dog and ran away overnight with its tail.
At this time, Khitan's main force had learned that King Xi's camp was broken by Wei Ran. Yeluabaoji did not make the mistake of dividing troops. Although he knew Wei Ran's general strength from the prisoners, he did not take it lightly.
As a new overlord on the grassland, Yelu abaoji knew that the Han people could not compete on the grassland under normal circumstances. Only those elite troops with excellent commanders and strong combat effectiveness can come and go across the grassland like a high wind.
Moreover, during this period of time, he chased and killed one after another on the grassland, set up ambushes and attacked those miscellaneous Hu troops, which also made him feel better.
These miscellaneous Hu men and horses are just the rats who were beaten by Qidan on the grassland. The man named Li Dingguo really deliberately used them as bait to delay the action of his main force.
It has been nearly ten days since this time. God knows how much trouble has been caused to his rear in western Liaoning and southern Liaoning. He doesn't dare to stay on the grassland. He must return to Yingzhou. He must completely crush this army like the fierce and cunning wolves on the grassland!
When yelyabaoji came to Yingzhou, he saw a city with half of its walls torn down, and there were no Fenglin soldiers in the city. It was all the spontaneous actions of the people in the city.