Chapter 1197: The Battle of Fengbao (Part 1)

Great Zhou Dynasty, Handan City.

After receiving Lian Po's request for instructions, although Di Chen didn't get angry, he felt a little upset inside, "Old Lian Po is really getting more and more timid, but he was defeated by the Great Xia Army a few times, so he is afraid of becoming like this."

The three regiments of the Daxia Imperial Guard and the four regiments of the Great Jin Imperial Guard who left the city did not have an overwhelming advantage in terms of strength compared to the Great Zhou Yulin Army.

"Even if you can't beat it, you can always hold the opponent back."

Da Zhou's strategy is very clear, as long as the imperial forest army holds the enemy for three or four days, and when the remaining Da Zhou army wipes out the Raging Flame Army and returns to the division, it's hard to say who will bully whom.

Di Chen ordered: "Tell Lian Po to stick to it for four days, or come to see me."

"promise!"

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On the outskirts of Luofeng City, the Royal Forest Army camp.

After receiving the military order, Lian Po immediately mobilized, inspected the line of defense and the camp, and prepared the army for war.

Like Shanhai City, Luofeng City is located in a small basin with only one entrance connecting it to the outside world. The entrance is five miles long, in the shape of a trumpet mouth, and becomes narrower as it goes in.

The Great Zhou Yulin Army was guarding the entrance, trying to lock Luofeng City to death.

Lian Po is an experienced veteran and is known for being good at defense. It is conceivable that the Da Xia and Da Jin coalition forces want to break through the defense line guarded by Lian Po in a short period of time.

This is also the source of Dichen's confidence. He still doesn't believe it. The Great Xia Imperial Guard is really omnipotent, even such a steel line of defense can be torn apart.

The only thing that is beneficial to the coalition forces is that at the narrowest entrance, the Fengbao built by the Great Jin Dynasty has not yet been captured by the Great Zhou Army because it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Otherwise, there is no way to fight this battle.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the coalition forces entered Fengbao one by one to make final preparations before the war.

As a military fortress and also the last bastion to defend the capital, Fengbao is naturally strong, even if it is as strong as the Imperial Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it will not be able to take Fengbao in a short time.

There is a tall tower on the outside of Fengbao. The tower is 100 meters high. It is the tallest building in the fortress.

The two generals Huo Qubing and Meng Tian, ​​led by the Fengbao guard, came to the highest point of the tower.

Historically, after the Qin State unified China, Meng Tian led an army of 300,000 to attack the Xiongnu in the north, regained Henan, led the army to build the Great Wall and the Kyushu Straight Road, and overcame the plight of domestic traffic congestion.

Huo Qubing also became famous all over the world because of his fight against the Huns.

Although the two generals met for the first time, there was not much estrangement. Huo Qubing took the initiative to respect Mengtian as the main general. One Mengtian was the master, and Huo Qubing was the guest; the other was that Mengtian was born in Qin and Huo Qubing was born in Han.

Meng Tian did not refuse, and accepted it frankly.

The most taboo thing in the army is to order multiple sects, and unified command is very necessary.

Standing on the top floor of the tower, with the wind blowing, the scarlet cloaks of the two generals were blown like peerless pair of prides. Meng Tian pointed to the rolling camp of the Great Zhou Army outside the building, and said, "Lian Po is worthy of being a famous general in the Warring States Period. At a high speed, there is almost no weakness to be seen, and there is no opportunity to take advantage of it."

Following Meng Tian's gaze, he saw the camp of the Great Zhou Yulin Army, which was arranged in a fan shape according to the terrain of the entrance, with divisions as the basic combat unit, starting from the one thousand meters below the foot of Fengbao and extending to the outermost edge of the entrance.

The white tents, the flying flags of various colors, and the uniform military formation are truly spectacular.

Huo Qubing and Meng Tian are both peerless famous generals, and they can see that the entire camp looks chaotic, but it is actually arranged according to the principle of Jiugong Bagua. Breaking into it is like breaking into a giant maze.

Standing on a high place now, they can see the layout of the enemy camp clearly, but once they fight and fall into the vast camp, if one is not good, they will not be able to distinguish things, let alone break the formation.

Once you enter the battle, you become blind.

Huo Qubing said: "If there is no weakness, there are weaknesses everywhere. The enemy takes the delicate path, and we can only break it with strength." Speaking of this, Huo Qubing glanced at Meng Tian, ​​and then said: "When attacking, one person needs to be in Fengbao. Command, one person leads the troops to fight in the formation. The Great Xia Army is willing to be the vanguard."

Just like what Huo Qubing said, since entering the formation to fight is easy to become blind, then set up a pair of eyes in Fengbao, commanding the army on the field through the flag.

This has very high requirements for the commander, who needs to take the overall situation into consideration, and then flexibly command and dispatch according to the actual situation on the battlefield to ensure that the army on the field can break out of the formation.

Meng Tian is undoubtedly a qualified candidate.

But Meng Tian didn't want to, "Let us be the vanguard, you command from the tower. After all, this is the home court of Dajin, the first tough battle, the Dajin army is obliged to do so."

Although the Great Jin Dynasty was small, it also had backbone.

Huo Qubing still disagreed, "General, don't forget that the real purpose of this battle is to cover the Daxia army from rushing out of the enemy camp. If we don't attack, how can we break through?"

Meng Tian smiled, obviously thinking of this a long time ago, "Then let the Jin army fight first, and find out the reality of the enemy camp for you. You command the tower and take the opportunity to find out the law of the enemy camp's transformation. In this way, Tomorrow will formally enter the formation, and the confidence will be much greater.”

Seeing that what Meng Tian said was reasonable, Huo Qubing agreed.

Although they were confident, they were not confident that they could defeat the enemy with just the first charge. Such a large formation like Lian Po's has to be tested repeatedly.

Otherwise, if you thought you saw it clearly, it might be a trap left by the enemy.

If you put all your eggs in one basket, the boat will capsize in minutes.

The matter was settled like this, Meng Tian turned around and left the tower, went down to gather troops, and prepared to go out of the city to formally challenge the Great Zhou Yulin Army.

Before the expedition, Meng Tian taught the soldiers of the imperial guards in this way.

"Boys, the Great Zhou Army has been arrogant for long enough, and we have endured it for long enough. Now is the time for us to defend the glory of the Great Jin Dynasty and justify the name of the Great Jin Imperial Army. What do you say?"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The aggrieved officers and soldiers of the Great Jin Imperial Army have long been full of fighting spirit, and they will be ready at one point.

Seeing Meng Tian, ​​he nodded in satisfaction. He just fought hard against Huo Qubing. To start the first battle, apart from trying to fight the enemy, another purpose is to boost the morale of the army.

The Imperial Guards of the Great Jin Dynasty need a hearty battle to prove themselves.

"Set off!"

Meng Tian took the lead and led his troops out of the gate of Fengbao to kill the enemy's position.

Team after team of armored cavalry rushed out of the gate, billowing up smoke and dust, and behind the cavalry were running infantry, rushing out of the gate of Fengbao in mighty force and stepping into the battlefield.

Because it was a tentative attack, Meng Tian did not send out the whole army, but only ordered the first army to go out.

Even so, the smoke and dust raised by the 70,000 troops still covered the sky and the sun, like a tornado, rushing towards the camp of the Great Zhou Yulin Army, intending to swallow up the enemy army.

The Great Zhou Yulin Army also did not show weakness.

The camp, which was still calm just now, was like a drop of water falling into a frying pan, and it boiled instantly. Teams of sergeants suddenly appeared from all over the camp, ready to drown the enemies who broke into the camp.

Seeing Huo Qubing at the top of the Fengbao Tower, his eyes were fixed, and the formation that Lian Po had set up really had some tricks. Thinking of this, Huo Qubing became more focused.

Meng Tian is also very powerful. Since he led his troops into the camp with the idea of ​​testing, he followed the intuition of a famous general and led his troops to rampage in the camp. It seemed barbaric, but in fact he was constantly testing the reality of the enemy camp.

When Huo Qubing saw him, his eyes warmed up.

For the Jin army, Huo Qubing raised a sliver of respect for the first time, this is a group of worthy partners.

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The camp of the Great Zhou Imperial Forest Army, somewhere on a high ground.

Lian Po looked at the chaos before the battle with a calm expression on his face, obviously very confident about the battle. Under his command, the five corps and twenty-five divisions cooperated in an orderly manner, advancing and retreating in a controlled manner.

As time went by, the Imperial Guards of the Jin Dynasty who broke into the formation were gradually cut up, ready to divide and eat.

At this moment, an accident occurred.

I saw that the enemy troops who were still on the rampage just now suddenly became lively again, as if there was an invisible thread connecting them back together.

Faced with the encirclement and suppression of the large formation, the enemy troops who broke into the formation suddenly became flexible, either dodging or attacking, and the troops that had dispersed before gathered together miraculously again.

Lian Po knew that he had met a master.