Volume 10 Chapter 284

Chapter 284

So this is what King Feng meant. All the generals nodded, thinking that Tang Yin's analysis was reasonable. Since the other party took the initiative to come to the door, it would be a waste if they didn't take advantage of it.

According to Tang Yin's intention, the flag of the Zhen Kingdom was replaced on the top of the Longding Fortress. The armies of Feng, Yu, An, and Huan were all withdrawn, and the soldiers and generals of the Zhen Kingdom stood guard on the city wall.

In fact, just as Tang Yin expected, the Zhen army that came was indeed a reinforcement, and they didn't know that the Longding Fortress had changed hands. First, the battle was fought too quickly. Second, and most importantly, the coalition forces wiped out the defenders without letting anyone escape, which completely blocked the news of the loss of the Longding Fortress.

The coalition forces did not use large siege weapons during the attack, and the defense of the fortress was not damaged at all. The walls were full of Zhen flags, and the soldiers standing guard were all Zhen soldiers. The reinforcements had no idea that there would be a trap, and they were unprepared and swaggered into the fortress.

If it was daytime, the reinforcements might still see the bloodstains that had not been washed clean, but now it was exactly midnight, and even with torches, the visual range was extremely limited.

When all the reinforcements of Zhen State entered the fortress and the city gate was closed by the coalition forces, suddenly, shouts of killing were heard around the reinforcements, and ambushes suddenly appeared. Looking up, the lanterns and torches, the bright lights and pine trees, illuminated the fortress as bright as day. The coalition soldiers who suddenly appeared were huge, overwhelming, and surrounded the 3,000 reinforcements in three layers inside and outside, making it impossible to get through.

The reinforcements didn't understand what was going on at all. They were all surprised and confused, and they looked completely at a loss when facing the coalition forces that suddenly came out from all around.

There was no battle, and there was no need for a battle in the current situation. The difference in the strength of the two sides was too great. If they really started fighting, the coalition forces of nearly 100,000 people could trample the 3,000 reinforcements into meat patties just by walking by.

Under the persuasion of the soldiers of the Zhen Army in the coalition, the three thousand reinforcements did not put up any unnecessary resistance, and finally put down their weapons and surrendered.

Subduing this reinforcement was just a trivial episode, but it made Tang Yin keenly aware of the opportunity. Since this reinforcement was unaware of the loss of Longding Fortress, would there be more reinforcements on the way?

If we catch the turtle in the jar and capture as many Zhen Army as possible, it will also cause a huge consumption for the overall military strength of Longhu County.

After understanding this, he immediately sent a message to Letian and Ai Jia to the main force of the coalition behind, asking them to stay in place temporarily and not enter Longhu County, so as to attract more reinforcements to gather at Longding Fortress.

Tang Yin's strategy worked wonders. During the two days that the coalition was stationed in Longding Fortress, five waves of reinforcements were welcomed, ranging from thousands to hundreds, and the total number was close to 20,000.

It was not until the third day that the news of the fall of the fortress spread in Longhu County.

Seeing this, Tang Yin allowed the main force of the coalition to enter Longhu County, and sent a part of the troops to station at Longding Fortress to guard the prisoners, while the main force continued to move westward, close to Xitang, the capital of Zhen State.

In the current Longhu County, two of the three counties in the territory have basically become empty counties, and all the troops are concentrated in Xinyu County. The coalition's westward advance was very smooth, and it took only four days to approach Xinyu County.

This is the last line of defense of Xitang, and the county has assembled more than 300,000 troops. These more than 300,000 troops are scattered in Huaning and Tongcheng.

Huaning is located in the northeast of Xitang, and Tongcheng is located in the southeast of Xitang. These two cities are like two horns growing out of Xitang. If the coalition ignores these two cities and directly takes Xitang, the Zhen State can attack from three sides and besiege the coalition.

So even though Xitang was within reach, the coalition forces could only take steady steps to capture the two cities of Huaning and Tongcheng first.

The monarchs of the four countries and the generals of the five countries gathered together to discuss the next tactics and strategies on how to attack Huaning and Tongcheng.

Li Xin was the first to express his opinion, saying: "Our army has a million people, and according to the intelligence we have obtained, the troops of Huaning and Tongcheng are less than 200,000. Our army can be divided into two routes and advance in parallel to capture Huaning and Tongcheng. After taking the two cities, we can attack Xitang from both sides."

He said it with full confidence and full of confidence, and now the coalition forces do have such strength.

Tang Yin smiled calmly and asked: "Divide the troops into two routes? How to divide them? Who will be on the same route?"

The tactics mentioned by Li Xin were not his own idea, but the result of prior discussions with his subordinates and generals. Hearing Tang Yin's question, he said calmly and unhurriedly: "Among our five armies, the Feng Army and the Zhen Army are recognized as the strongest. I think that the Feng Army and the Yu Army are still one army, and the An, Huan, and Zhen armies are one army. The former takes Huaning and the latter takes Tongcheng. The two armies are equally powerful, and it should be easy to capture these two cities."

Tang Yin did not respond immediately. He lowered his head and stared at the map, and his fingers gestured on it from time to time.

Although the Feng and Yu armies have fewer troops, the strength of Huaning they attacked is also weaker than Tongcheng. Li Xin's allocation is obviously well thought out, has some reason, and is also a feasible tactic.

He thinks it is feasible, but the generals of the Zhen Army below are anxious. Others may not be clear about the strength of the An and Huan armies, but they know it well and have fought with them before. The soldiers of these two armies are all in appearance but are actually vulnerable. If they associate with them, they will not only be used as knives, but may also be dragged down by them.

It's a pity that Zhenjun has no monarch to speak for them, so they can only fight for themselves.

Kong Qing took a deep breath and was about to object. At this time, Xiao Muqing, commander of the Pingyuan Army of the Feng Army, said first: "We have absolutely superior strength, but we have to divide our troops into two groups to capture Huaning and Tongcheng. From the perspective of the general, this is a natural disaster." Looking for trouble!"

Although Li Xin looks very heroic, he is not broad-minded. When he heard Xiao Muqing's merciless opposition to his tactics, his face immediately sank, he sneered, and asked in a sinister manner: "Oh? So Xiao Muqing said Does the general have a better strategy to defeat the enemy?"

In Xiao Muqing's eyes, no one else could be tolerated except Tang Yin. Even though Li Xin was the king of a country, in his eyes, he was just an ordinary person who could not be grand.

He smiled slightly and said: "Instead of dividing the troops, it is better to work together to attack one city, whether it is to capture Huaning or Tongcheng, and then directly capture Xitang. Of course, this is just a feint, and its purpose It’s to lure the Zhen army from another city to rescue them. As long as they leave the city, I can immediately kill them and annihilate them outside the city!”

Tang Yin nodded while listening, feeling that Xiao Muqing's strategy was much safer than Li Xin's.

If we work together to attack one city, with our millions of troops, we can easily win whether it is to attack Huaning or to conquer the city. However, if we divide our forces to attack these two cities, I am afraid that the battle may not be easy.

Li Xin asked unconvinced: "What if the other city doesn't send troops to rescue?"

Xiao Muqing smiled and said, "It would be easier if that were the case. We can turn false attacks into real attacks and take down Xitang in one go!"

"But..." Li Xin still wanted to argue. At this time, Yue Ze also heard that Xiao Muqing's tactics were more feasible. He waved his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Li, we are kings. We have to deal with such trivial matters as arranging troops and marching to fight. , let the generals handle it, why bother to intervene? "

"Yes!" Ling Shuang advised in a low voice from the side: "Brother King Yue is right, we can't argue with these generals who are accustomed to fighting!"

Yue Ze and Ling Shuang's persuasion gave Li Xin a way to step down. He shrugged indifferently and said, "Brother Wang and Sister Wang are right." As he spoke, he looked at Tang Yin again and asked : "What does Prince Tang mean?"

Tang Yin responded casually: "Just follow Mu Qing's tactics! Our army will take Huaning first, and then march to Xitang. If the Zhen army in Tongcheng rescues us, we will counterattack. If not, we will take advantage of the situation and attack." "Xiaxi Tang!"

"Okay! Since Brother Tang Wang also agrees, it's settled." Li Xin nodded.

"One more thing." Yue Ze said: "Everyone has heard, right? The Sichuan-Mozhi Army has defeated the Zhen Army in Shima County, and is now heading towards Xitang!"

"Hmph!" Li Xin sneered and said, "I heard that! If Sichuan Mo hadn't transferred the 400,000 reserve troops stationed in Anguo to Zhenguo, how could they have defeated the Zhenjun?"

The battle in Shima County between the Sichuan-Mo Allied Army and the Central Army of Zhenguo was extremely fierce. The two sides were originally fighting 400,000 against 400,000. However, with the addition of the Zhenguo local army, the evenly matched situation changed, and the balance of victory began to tilt towards Zhen. The military is tilted.

Forced by helplessness, the Sichuan-Moscow coalition forces had no choice but to urgently mobilize their respective 200,000 reserve troops to alleviate the current precarious situation. With the participation of a total of 400,000 Sichuan-Moscow reserve troops in the war, the Sichuan-Moscow coalition gained an overwhelming advantage. The two sides launched a face-to-face legion battle in Shima County. In this battle, the two sides fought and rested for five full days. In the end, the Zhen army was defeated and the Sichuan-Moscow coalition won a complete victory.

This battle was so brutal and massive that the casualties of both sides alone exceeded 400,000. The entire battlefield stretched for dozens of miles, with corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowing like rivers.

During the war, even Tian Huaiyu, the commander-in-chief of the Zhenguo Central Army, died tragically in the chaos.

After this battle, the 400,000-strong Zhenguo Central Army and 200,000-strong local army led by Tian Huaiyu collapsed, suffering heavy casualties. The Sichuan-Mobile Allied Forces, with their thunderous momentum, occupied the entire Shima County while chasing the Zhenjun. .

During the subsequent westward march, the Zhen Army, which was severely weakened, could no longer organize an effective blockade and was constantly being chased and beaten by the Sichuan-Molu Allied Forces. Now, the Sichuan-Mosu Allied Forces had passed through Shima County and entered Linqiao County. As long as they continued Through Linqiao County, you can also go directly to Xitang.