Volume 10 Chapter 606
Chapter 606
After careful consideration, Tang Yin finally adopted the advice of Liang Qi and Ziying, gave up rescuing the An army trapped in Fengyang, and marched westward to attack the capital of Huan State - Daxing. (《》)
At present, Huan Capital has almost no central army that can be sent to the battlefield, and is even more unable to send troops to block the advance of the Fengyu coalition. The counties and cities along the way only have local troops available, but these scattered local troops are no match for the Fengyu coalition.
Along the way, the Fengyu coalition destroyed cities and strongholds, and no one could resist its edge.
When the Fengyu coalition was still one county away from Daxing, Li Xin could no longer sit still in the capital, and led the harem family and the ministers of the Huan State court to flee the capital in a hurry to Lutai, an important town in the south of Huan State.
The reason why Li Xin chose to go to Lutai was that Lutai was large and had a palace inside, which could be used as a temporary capital. Secondly, Lutai was close to the border between Huan and Zhen. Once the Fengyu coalition attacked, he could escape to Zhendi and seek shelter from the Sichuan army there.
As the monarch, Li Xin had fled with the court, so the fighting spirit of the Huan army left in Daxing and the vicinity of Daxing could be imagined. It took only one month for the Fengyu coalition to attack Daxing from Sanyang Plain, and they did not fight a hard battle during this period.
During this month, the entire war situation has changed again.
The An army trapped in Fengyang City unexpectedly persisted, and the Chuan-Huan coalition led by Xue Rong and Pang Xia could not capture it for a long time.
During the one-month siege, the Chuan-Huan coalition broke through the city defense of Fengyang several times, but they were all pushed out by the An army who fought desperately. Fengyang City was still firmly controlled by the An army, and the Chuan-Huan coalition was dragged outside Fengyang City.
On the other side of the Anguo battlefield, Fengguo's Pingyuan Army, Zhizu Army, and Baizhan Army also fought against Lu Chen, Jiang Yang, and Jin Sheng of Huanguo. (《》)
In this battle, the difference in the strength of the two sides was not great. The strength of the Feng Army was 500,000, and the strength of the Huan Army was more than 600,000, but the combat effectiveness of the two armies was very different.
Although the Huan Army was also the main corps of the Huanguo Central Army and was commanded by three major military marquises, it was still far behind the Pingyuan Army, Zhizu Army, and Baizhan Army, which were accustomed to fighting and brave.
In addition, the Feng Army had a great advantage in fighting in Anguo, which was no different from fighting on its own land. In the battle with the enemy, the Feng Army received a lot of support from the Anguo court, local areas, and even the people. In particular, the Pingyuan Army and the Zhizu Army had their armaments uniformly replaced. From top to bottom, they all used the armaments of the An Army, which invisibly improved the combat effectiveness of the Pingyuan Army and the Zhizu Army.
The first troops that Feng and Huan met were Pingyuan Army, Zhizu Army and Lu Chen. Lu Chen planned to take Anguo's capital Yuzhen directly. He won many battles along the way and defeated many Anjun troops stationed along the way.
However, when Lu Chen attacked Zimeng Pass in Anguo, he encountered fierce resistance from Anjun led by General Yan Xi and failed to capture it.
Lu Chen was blocked at Zimeng Pass for five days. Seeing that the defenders inside the pass were very strong, Lu Chen finally gave up the attack and decided to bypass Zimeng Pass.
As a result, when Lu Chen led his troops to retreat, Anjun inside Zimeng Pass counterattacked and chased Huanjun.
Lu Chen was furious and immediately commanded the entire army, turning the rear army into the front army to fight to the death with Anjun. But as soon as Huanjun turned around, Anjun took the initiative to retreat and did not fight with Huanjun. When Anjun retreated and Huanjun wanted to withdraw again, Anjun chased again.
The An army neither engaged in a direct confrontation with the Huan army nor allowed the Huan army to withdraw. It was obviously a delay to keep Lu Chen near Zimeng Pass. The latest chapter of the Holy Hall
As one of the four great military marquises of the Huan State, Lu Chen was also a famous general who was proficient in military strategies. Of course, he could see the intentions of the An army, but he was helpless against the An army's almost rogue tactics.
While Lu Chen was still thinking about how to get rid of the entanglement of the An army, the Pingyuan army led by Xiao Muqing and the direct army led by Wu Ying arrived at Zimeng Pass. The two armies deployed troops outside Zimeng Pass and launched a head-on decisive battle.
Before the war, Xiao Muqing also sent people to Zimeng Pass to tell the An army inside the pass that there was no need to participate in the war.
Although the An army fought well in the battle of Zimeng Pass, the lack of confidence in the An army was already deep-rooted. Xiao Muqing was really afraid that the sudden participation of the An army would do more harm than good to his side, and the more he helped, the more chaotic it would be, and he would not be able to control the overall situation.
The battle in front of Zimeng Pass was the first one-on-one decisive battle between the main forces of Feng Army and Huan Army.
In this battle, the two corps of Feng Army had a total of 200,000 soldiers, while the three corps of Huan Army, minus the casualties of the battles along the way, had 250,000 soldiers available for combat. In terms of manpower, Huan Army had an absolute advantage.
However, after the two sides fought, Huan Army showed a one-sided defeat. The Pingyuan Army and the Zhizhu Army were the two most powerful corps in the infantry corps of Feng State, and there were fierce generals like Guan Yuanrang and Jiang Fan in the two armies, which greatly improved the morale of the soldiers. Although Huan Army had a large number of soldiers, it still could not withstand the fierce charge of the Pingyuan Army and the Zhizhu Army.
The battle between the two sides lasted only half a day, and Huan Army began to be unable to hold on. After the front army that led the battle was killed and wounded, the soldiers of the Central Army retreated in formation and corps. The scene was like the ebb of the sea, and it was impossible to stop it.
Even if Lu Chen's ability to command on the battlefield was strong, he could not influence the overall situation at this time. In this battle, Huan's army was badly defeated. In the later stage, even An's army, which promised Feng's army not to participate in the battle, could not hold back and rushed out of Zimeng Pass. General Yan Xi personally led An's army to follow Feng's army to chase and kill Huan's army.
In this great defeat, Huan's army fled for a full 80 miles. Along the way, abandoned armor and weapons could be seen everywhere, and there were corpses and seriously injured soldiers of Huan's army everywhere. The miserable situation was a world of difference from the high-spirited army when they came.
Only one battle defeated Lu Chen's army. Yan Xi was very happy. When he saw Xiao Muqing and Wu Ying, he enthusiastically took them into Zimeng Pass, thanked them and Feng's army for their assistance, and praised Feng's army's combat effectiveness.
For Yan Xi, this battle was an important one to save Anguo from danger, but for Xiao Muqing and Wuying, this battle was very ordinary, just one of the many battles they had experienced, and there was nothing to brag about.
After defeating Huan's army, Xiao Muqing and Wuying planned to pursue the victory and annihilate Lu Chen's troops in one go, but Yan Xi insisted on not letting them go and advised them to stay in Zimeng Pass for a while. First, Fengjun came from a long way and needed time to rest. Second, Fengjun had suffered a lot of damage to its armaments after a big battle and needed to be replenished. He patted his chest and promised that he would pass it to the court to make up for the damage of Fengjun.
Yan Xi repeatedly retained Fengjun, more or less because he was unsure. If Fengjun was there, Zimeng Pass where he was stationed would be impregnable, and even if there were more enemies, Fengjun would be able to defeat them.
Xiao Muqing and Wuying accepted Yan Xi's suggestion and temporarily stationed in Zimeng Pass. First of all, the soldiers of the whole army really need time to rest. Secondly, and most importantly, the two of them have been coveting the armaments of the An army for a long time. If they can really get the support of the Anguo court, it would be great.
Yan Xi did not break his promise. In the report to the court, he praised the assistance and combat effectiveness of the Feng army, and bluntly proposed to Yue Ze that he should vigorously support the armaments of the Feng army in order to win over and please the Feng army. As long as the Feng army can stand firmly on the side of the Anguo and fight for the Anguo wholeheartedly, then no matter how strong the foreign enemy is, the Anguo can win this battle.
The words of the winner are always the most important. The great victory of the battle of Zimeng Pass made Yue Ze also attach great importance to Yan Xi's advice. After some discussion with the ministers in the court, Yue Ze finally agreed to reward the Pingyuan Army and the direct army with 300,000 sets of armor, of which 200,000 sets were equipped for all the soldiers of the two armies, and the other 100,000 sets were for military reserves. If they were damaged, they could be replaced immediately.
Anguo may not have strong military strength, but its national strength is one of the best. Yue Ze did not even blink an eye when sending 300,000 sets of fine steel armor, which is worth a fortune. For Anguo, this armament is nothing at all.
Yue Ze's gift made Xiao Muqing and Wu Ying so excited that they couldn't sleep well for two days. With these Anguo armors, I don't know how many soldiers on their side will be spared from casualties on the battlefield, and the combat effectiveness of the whole army will also be improved.
Anren is very meticulous in his work. When the armor was sent to Fengjun by Yuzhen, the color of the armor had been painted black, which Fengjun usually used. Even the details such as the tassels of the helmets were not ignored and were uniformly replaced with red.
It can be said that the military equipment funded by Anguo was delivered, and the Feng Army did not need to do any processing, and could be directly worn and equipped for the entire army.
Xiao Muqing and Wu Ying asked all the soldiers to change their armor as soon as possible, and then the entire army began to train intensively in the barracks.
The leather armor originally worn by the Feng Army was much lighter than the steel helmets and armor of Anguo. Now that it has been replaced, the soldiers of the entire army also need a certain amount of time to adapt, and the Pingyuan Army and the Direct Army can be stationed completely at ease.
The defeated Lu Chen's troops soon joined the Jin Sheng's troops and Jiang Yang's troops that followed, and the Huan Army's strength suddenly reached 600,000, but the situation was still not optimistic.
Now they have the Zimeng Pass guarded by the Pingyuan Army and the Direct Army to the south, and the Baizhan Army tracking them to the north. The Feng Army has sandwiched the Huan Army from the south and the north, and there is a possibility of attacking from both sides at any time.
Lu Chen, Jin Sheng and Jiang Yang discussed the matter and felt that given the current situation, they would be dead no matter they went north, south or east. Their only option was to go west and look for an opportunity to return to the homeland of Huan State.