Chapter 1250: Taking Duyang
Before it got dark, the battle in Duyang was completely over.
After interrogating the enemy, they found out that there were only 2,000 regular garrison troops in Duyang. In addition, there were 4,000 forcibly conscripted young and strong men who were still undergoing simple training in Duyang.
Before the 4,000 young and strong men had the chance to pick up their weapons and rush to the top of the city, Jia Yao and his men had already entered Duyang.
Four thousand young and strong men became their captives.
Jia Yao smiled with satisfaction and asked Shen Kuan, "Have you found out the military situation of Longqing Prefecture?"
Shen Kuan: "Longqing Prefecture usually has only 3,000 troops. Some time ago, another 1,000 troops were sent to Duyang. So far, I have not heard of the enemy's navy supporting Longqing Prefecture."
Jia Yao's eyes flashed, "That means there are only 2,000 armored guards in Longqing Prefecture?"
Longqing Prefecture is the prefecture of Shangqing Prefecture!
Such an important place, but with so few troops?
It sounds a bit fake!
However, Ga Yao quickly reacted.
Shangqing Dao has a lot of troops.
But its main force was the navy of Xiongjin.
If the navy is included, the military strength of Shangqing Province should be considered very sufficient among the six provinces of the Le Dynasty.
"Based on our interrogation, this should be the case."
Shen Kuan nodded gently, "But it is not ruled out that part of the enemy's navy secretly entered Longqing Prefecture."
That's true!
Jia Yao pondered secretly.
Although she really wanted to defeat Yun Zheng once, she would not take the lives of these soldiers as a joke.
If you want to attack Longqing Prefecture by force, you must be cautious.
"Princess, this is the detailed map of Shangqing Road received from the City Guard House!"
Just as Jia Yao was thinking secretly, Qi Qige hurried in with a map.
"Quick, unfold it and take a look!"
Jia Yao instantly perked up.
As the map unfolded, Jia Yao, He Asu and Shen Kuan all came over.
Jia Yao looked at the map carefully, and soon her eyes fell on a small road northeast of Duyang.
"Go, interrogate a few more people and ask them about the situation of this trail!"
Jia Yao looked up and instructed Qi Qi Ge.
"Yes!"
Qi Qi Ge immediately took the order and left.
"Princess, do you want to raid Shanghe City from this path?"
Heasu instantly understood Jiayao's intention.
"Correct!"
Jia Yao nodded, "Shanghe City definitely doesn't have many troops. Judging from our attacks on Qingyi and Duyang, three to five thousand people are enough to take down Shanghe City!"
Three to five thousand people?
Shen Kuan's eyelids jumped, and he asked in surprise: "Divide the troops?"
"No, the troops are divided into three groups."
Jia Yao shook his head and smiled.
"what?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard Jia Yao’s words.
With such a small number of troops, it is not enough to divide them into two routes, but they have to be divided into three routes?
"This is just my idea, it may not be realized."
Facing everyone's surprised gazes, Jia Yao pointed to the map in front of him and explained: "If there is a shallow section of the river southwest of Duyang that is suitable for crossing the river, our main force can choose a place to quietly cross the river and hide."
"And on the front, send a small number of troops to feint an attack on Longqing Prefecture..."
As Jia Yao spoke, he slid his finger across the map.
Shen Kuan understood: "Madam, do you want to force the enemy's navy to reinforce so that you can surprise attack the enemy's navy?"
"Ok!"
Jia Yao nodded and smiled, "You have been with Yun Zheng for such a long time, and it has not been in vain."
It doesn't mean much for them to take over a city or a place now.
They want to do everything possible to destroy the main force of the enemy.
As long as the enemy's main force is completely destroyed, the Le Dynasty should surrender.
Yun Zheng didn't want to attack Qiming City by force, and she didn't want to attack by force either.
It would be more in their interest for the Le Dynasty to give up resistance and surrender.
"If there is a suitable place to cross the river, this would be a great idea!"
Shen Kuan said excitedly: "As our army captures Shanghe City, the enemy will surely think that we are going to attack them, so they will probably order the navy to rush to Longqing Prefecture as quickly as possible, and form a pincer attack with the enemy troops in the direction of the tiger's mouth to attack our troops in Shanghe!"
"If the enemy's navy has already reinforced Longqing Prefecture, we can also force the enemy to march from Longqing Prefecture to Shanghe, and then launch a surprise attack on the enemy!"
The enemy thought they were going to attack into Gyeonggi Province.
Little did they know that they had no interest in attacking Gyeonggi Province.
They just want to eat up the enemy's manpower.
However, for this plan to succeed, two conditions must be met.
First, the river southwest of Duyang has shallows that allow their cavalry to cross the river.
Second, the path northeast of Duyang is suitable for cavalry to advance, and their troops can quickly capture Shanghe City before the enemy can react.
Both of these are indispensable.
Jia Yao thought silently for a moment, and then told Shen Kuan: "Well, first interrogate the officials we captured. If they tell you that there is a place that is convenient for crossing the river, you can personally lead people to investigate!"
"Yes!"
Shen Kuan immediately took the order and left.
"Princess, aren't we taking this too risky?"
He Asu frowned and said: "Although the princess's plan is ingenious, we only have so many troops after all. If the loss is too great, I am afraid we will not be able to continue the attack!"
Hearing what Heasu said, Jia Yao couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
After a moment of silence, Jia Yao suddenly shook her head and smiled, "You, like me, have lost all your spirit after being beaten by my husband."
Are you angry?
Heasu looked embarrassed, but then he smiled bitterly.
They were defeated repeatedly by Yun Zheng, and then watched Yun Zheng sweep through Dayue, Qiuchi and Guifang without a single defeat.
Looking at Yun Zheng’s battle record and then looking at their own battle record, how much spirit do they have left?
After a long silence, He Asu nodded and admitted: "I am just ashamed now, and I really don't have much ambition anymore..."
"You don't have to belittle yourself."
Jia Yao shook his head and smiled, "Remember this, we just can't beat Daqian!"
"Dealing with the Li Dynasty is no problem!"
"Among all our Beihuan generals, you have participated in the most battles, big and small!"
"If even you have no confidence, we Beihuan people will really become a flock of sheep on the grassland!"
Jia Yao knew that many Beihuan people, including herself, had lost all confidence in the fight.
But she hopes that the people of Beihuan can regain their confidence!
In this way, when they go overseas to rebuild Beihuan in the future, they will be able to reproduce and thrive, and continue to grow and develop.
Yun Zheng is an outlier.
There is no need for them to compare with Yun Zheng.
As long as they don't fight Daqian, won't they be invincible?
He Asu opened his mouth slightly, then bowed: "Thank you, Princess, for your guidance!"
"It's not a guide, it's just based on experience."
Jia Yao shook his head and smiled, "You can look at Shen Kuan more!"
"As far as I know, before Yun Zheng and his friends came to Shuobei, Shen Kuan was just a servant of the Shen family. He only learned a little martial arts under the urging of Madam Shen!"
"But he has been with Yun Zheng for such a long time, and has experienced countless battles, big and small, and has grown into a good general step by step!"
"He can grow up to be a good general, why do you underestimate yourself?"
Listening to Jiayao's consolation, Heasu gradually regained his confidence.
Yes!
Shen Kuan, a servant, can become a good general, so why don’t I have confidence in myself?
On the battlefield, sometimes if you lose confidence, you've already lost half the battle!
