Chapter 814: The End

On October 23rd, the imperial city had begun to get colder, and pedestrians on the street no longer wore short jackets, but changed into autumn clothes and waited for the approach of severe winter.

Just after noon that day, several invisible fluctuations of mana swept across the sky and plunged into the imperial city.

Pang Ban, the commander of the yamen, was talking with someone in the office, when suddenly there was a hasty knock on the door, Pang Ban frowned slightly, called him in with a loud voice, and then got a report of the urgent battle.

He waved his hand to temporarily push down the affairs in the office.

At this time, the battle report came, and it was still extremely urgent. Pang Ban was sure that the decisive battle of Sangbiqiu had come to an end.

Sure enough, after Pang Ban launched the battle report, the first line was: Overview of the decisive battle at Sanbiqiu in the south.

On October 18th, Zuo Yuliang led the Chinese army to press down on Sangbiqiu, and was blocked by barbarians more than 80 miles away from Sangbiqiu. The vanguard army of 30,000 troops went out to meet them. On the evening of October 18th, Zuo Yuliang's vanguard army defeated the frontal forces. enemy, and retreat. While the left and right flanks marched for thirty miles at night to set up camps, the Chinese army continued to press forward for ten miles.

On October 19th, the barbarian counterattack came. The main force was more than 150,000, and the miscellaneous soldiers were more than 100,000.

On October 22, four days of fierce fighting, the barbarians retreated to the nearest seven or eight li of Sangbiqiu to defend. In the evening of that day, a main force of the Hongtu clan suddenly escaped from Sangbiqiu's defensive line and fled southward.

On October 23rd, around Yinchu, the right wing took the lead in breaking through the last line of defense of the barbarians, and then expanded northward.

At Chen Shi, the vanguard army rushed into Sangbiqiu, captured the Frost Moon Flag, and beheaded the leader of the Frost Moon Clan, the wolf king of the red-eyed wolf clan, Albi

"Good job! It's like the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves! Clean and neat!"

It was rare for Pang Ban to be so emotional as he is now. He slapped the table heavily with a smile on his face. Forward.

There is no conclusion in the battle report, and it is still a fairly brief summary. It can be seen that the first-hand information was sent in a hurry, and the detailed battle report must be sent later. Of course, to Pang Ban, the details of this decisive battle are no longer important, he has already seen the important results.

He won the battle of Baitou Gorge in September and Sangbiqiu at the end of October. Counting the previous victory in Jianchuan, Zuo Yuliang's three victories can be regarded as breaking the backbone of the barbarians.

What is there to fear from an enemy with a broken back?

Look at the description on October 22 in the battle report. At the last moment, the Hongtu clan who joined after the Baitouxia defeat did not choose to stay in Sangbiqiu to fight until the end, but fled. No matter what their motivation is, whether it is to preserve the strength of their own clan, these are not important. What is important is that after this battle, the alliance between the Hongtu clan and the Frost Moon clan should not be possible to continue. The entire barbarian clan It will return to the chaotic internal trend.

At the end of the battle report, the Frost Moon Clan, the most aggressive and combative among the barbarians, was torn to pieces, the Frost Moon Banner was captured, and even the patriarch Albi, the king of the red-eyed wolf clan, was beheaded in front of the battle.

In this way, even if the Red Eyed Wolf Clan and the Frost Moon Clan would not be wiped out because of this, they would plummet from the top clans in an instant, even if their strength was doubled, it would be good to say, and it is very likely that they will be reduced to third-rate clans all at once.

Pang Ban has considerable research on military affairs. Although he is not as good as a veteran in the army, he can definitely see the current situation of the entire battle clearly based on the battle report in his hand.

Sitting back on the chair again, Pang Ban drained the water in the teacup in one gulp, as if substituting tea for wine.

After taking out the topographic map and carefully looking at it for a long time, I finally said two words: "Win!"

Lost the most important food production area, lost the symbolic Sangbichu, lost hundreds of thousands of main forces, lost the hope of establishing a royal court, and even the two major clans suffered heavy casualties. How can the barbarians fight in this situation? How else can I fight?

According to Pang Ban's thinking, the Frost Moon Clan can basically be ignored, and the Hongtu Clan will probably continue to rely on Huzhuyuan to resist. He will also learn the loitering and nuisance tactics of several wars in history in the later stages of the war, and delay or plunge the Jing army into a long attrition and pursuit battle at the cost of completely smashing his own land.

That is to say, after the decisive battle of Sangbiqiu, there will be no such large-scale battle in the future. And Zuo Yuliang can be regarded as having fought all the battles he was supposed to win.

According to general practice, when the battle situation came to this point, the Ministry of War would step forward, take away most of the commander's military power, and begin to gradually withdraw the four major front armies, leaving only the part of the frontier army in the end.

The number of garrisons at the Kundaliya Pass is fixed, and the strength of troops including Haixia and Tanshi will be re-determined afterwards. Whether it is to station troops in the hinterland of the barbarians, Pang Ban is sure of this point, but the details will not be known until the Ministry of War issues the final order.

Turning his head to look out the window, Pang Ban's sight seemed to see the figure in the deep palace beyond the obstacles of layers of buildings.

"Your Majesty should be at ease?"

Longevity Palace, master bedroom.

Yang Xiusheng received the battle report almost at the same time as Pang Ban, the only difference being that the battle report in Pang Ban's hand came from the frontline supervisory envoy, while the battle report in Yang Xiusheng's hand came from the Ministry of War. But there is little difference in content.

"You guys go down." Yang Xiusheng waved his hand to push back the eunuch who sent the battle report. Sighing, he pushed open the bedroom door and walked in.

Sandalwood was lit inside to soothe the gods, and two eunuchs waited in the corner. Lying on the bed was Yang Jian who seemed dizzy and sleepy.

"As you expected, Zuo Yuliang won again. Not only did he take down Sangbiqiu, he also beheaded Albi, the patriarch of the Frost Moon clan and the wolf king of the red-eyed wolf clan. Zhuyuan has gone." Yang Xiusheng stood by the bed and introduced the battle report to Yang Jian who was on the bed in a calm voice.

"Oh? I won? Hehe, that's good. My business is over." Yang Jian's eyes seemed to be closed, and his voice was even weaker, but there was a smile on his face, and he could be heard in his tone. be happy.

"Your last worry is over, and the time is just right. Shall I help you inform them to send you off?"

"Well, it's time. Uncle, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"It's a matter of duty. I'll have someone notify you right away." As he spoke and waved his hand, an eunuch in the room immediately ran out with a sad look on his face.

And Yang Xiusheng sat down by the bed, looked at Yang Jian and said sincerely: "You have devoted yourself to the country all these years, thank you for your hard work!"

After being silent for a while, Yang Jian tried to open his eyes and nodded slightly: "Yes, it was hard work, but it's finally over."