Volume 10 Chapter 607

Chapter 607

The Huan army wants to retreat to the mainland of Huan State, and the Feng army is also doing research on the Huan army. Read the full text. The latest chapter of the Holy Hall Lu Chen and others' plans were all calculated by the cunning Nie Ze.

Nie Ze clearly mentioned in the biography to Xiao Muqing and Wu Ying that the only way out for the Huan army now is to retreat, but the retreat route of the Huan army has been cut off, so they can only find another way, and the possibility of retreating from Kongsang Mountain is the greatest.

Kongsang Mountain is the border mountain range between An and Huan, with many cliffs and steep peaks. There are two official roads that can go from An to Huan, but there are checkpoints and fortresses along the way. The terrain is steep and difficult to attack. When Huan sent troops to An, it was also started from Chizhou County, and did not dare to go through Kongsang Mountain.

Now the Huan army has been driven to a dead end, and only Kongsang Mountain is an option. Moreover, the checkpoints and fortresses set up by Anguo on Kongsang Mountain focus on defending the west, that is, the side of Huanguo. Now it is much easier for the Huan army to fight out from Anguo.

Xiao Muqing and Wu Ying thought that Nie Ze's speculation was reasonable, and they also asked for his opinions and countermeasures in their reply. Nie Ze carefully analyzed the route that the Huan army would take to Kongsang Mountain in his letter. Of the two official roads, the Huan army would most likely choose the southern one.

First, there are only three checkpoints on the official road in the south, and the city defenses are all strong in the west and weak in the east. It is not difficult for the Huan army with a large number of troops to take these three checkpoints in succession from east to west.

Even if the attack is blocked, the Huan army has a retreat route, and can take advantage of the situation to flee south and flee to the south of Anguo to join the Sichuan army.

Nie Ze, Xiao Muqing and Wu Ying made a detailed analysis and speculation on the next move of the Huan army in the correspondence, and also finalized the corresponding deployment.

The Pingyuan Army was the first to move. The soldiers of the whole army were divided into small groups and marched towards the Kongsang Mountain area in batches.

As it turned out, Nie Ze's prediction was correct. The Huan Army was going to withdraw, and the route they planned to take was exactly the Kongsang Mountain South Road he speculated. (《》)

It's very simple. There are few checkpoints on the Kongsang Mountain South Road, which is relatively easy to attack, and it is not too far from the Sichuan Army fighting in the south of Anguo, so the Huan Army has more options to retreat from here.

Soon, the Huan Army, led by Lu Chen, Jin Sheng, and Jiang Yang, began to march southwest after a short rest, heading straight for Kongsang Mountain on the border of An and Huan.

There was no Feng Army to stop them along the way, and the Huan Army's marching speed was also extremely fast. All large baggage was discarded, and the entire army marched in a light formation.

While they were marching at full speed towards Kongsang Mountain, intelligence reports from the rear continued to arrive, saying that the various armies of the Feng Army had already joined forces and were chasing them from behind.

Hearing this news, the Huan Army ran faster, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as "three hundred miles a day".

Ten days later, the Huan Army finally entered the southern official road of Kongsang Mountain. The first thing they had to face was Anguo's Bingfeng Pass.

Bingfeng Pass was the first checkpoint on the east side of the southern official road of Kongsang Mountain. The city wall on the west was ten meters away, while the city wall on the east was only about six or seven meters, and it was in ruins. There were about 20,000 troops stationed inside the pass.

When they arrived outside Bingfeng Pass, the Huan Army did not even stop and immediately launched a full-scale attack. Since all the large-scale siege weapons were lost by the Huan Army during the march, the Huan Army's attack at this time was a typical human wave tactic.

The soldiers of the entire army carried the cloud ladder and advanced directly forward, intending to break through the city defense of Bingfeng Pass with an absolute advantage in force.

The "swallowing mountains and rivers" tactics of the Huan army really worked wonders. The defenders in Bingfeng Pass were already chilled by the sight of the vast crowds of Huan troops outside the pass. After the fight, they were completely unable to resist the desperate charge of the Huan army. The old problem of the An army's lack of fighting spirit came into play again. Under the pure manpower attack of the Huan army, they could not even hold on for half an hour and were completely defeated. The 20,000 defenders abandoned the pass and fled. Holy Hall

The Bingfeng Pass was captured almost without bloodshed. The Huan army's fighting spirit was high and the momentum was magnificent. The three commanders Lu Chen, Jin Sheng, and Jiang Yang also became full of confidence. They believed that it would not be difficult to capture the next two checkpoints.

The Huan army rested in Bingfeng Pass for a day. The next day, they began to advance into the hinterland of Kongsang Mountain. The army went straight to the second checkpoint of Anguo, Zhongqu Pass.

Zhongqu Pass is similar to Bingfeng Pass. The city defense is also strong in the west and weak in the east. Moreover, many places have been in disrepair for a long time and are in a semi-collapsed state. They are simply supported by some wooden stakes.

Of course, this is understandable. For Anguo, the east is its own inland, and the west is a foreign country. If they want to defend, they should defend the west instead of the east. In addition, An and Huan have been friendly for a long time and there has been no war for many years. The defense of various checkpoints has not been taken seriously. Even if there is damage, it will not be repaired in the first time. It has been delayed again and again, and it has evolved into today's situation.

The defenders of Zhongqu Pass were originally only about 10,000 people, plus the 20,000 soldiers who escaped from Bingfeng Pass, a total of only 30,000 people, and they still couldn't resist the massive attack of 600,000 Huan troops.

It's just that this time the An army persisted a little longer, resisting the Huan army for more than three hours before abandoning the pass and retreating.

So far, the Huan army has successfully captured Zhongqu Pass again. At this time, Lu Chen, Jin Sheng, and Jiang Yang had completely calmed down. It was obvious that the An army was completely defenseless here, and it would be easy for them to capture the last pass, Xixiao Pass. As long as their army successfully withdrew to the mainland, replenished their food and armaments, they would not necessarily lose in a decisive battle with the Feng army.

After resting for two days at Zhongqu Pass, the Huan army, with its confidence and fighting spirit, began to move towards Xixiao Pass, the gateway from An to Huan.

Zhongqu Pass is more than thirty miles away from Xixiao Pass. The roads are not straight. They are all winding mountain roads that turn east and west. It is extremely difficult to walk. Fortunately, Huan Jun has already lost all the large baggage, otherwise the whole army would not want to pass through it. The mountain roads in these thirty miles must be blocked.

When the front army of Huan's army arrived at Xixiao Pass, the rear army was still more than ten miles away from Xixiao Pass. Huan's army of 600,000 people was huge and overwhelming, and the line stretched for more than ten miles.

Huan Jun was responsible for commanding the front army. The first two brothers, Xiong Fei and Xiong Yi, were both generals under Qingyun Hou Lu Chen. Xiong Fei was good at bravery and Xiong Yi was good at planning. The two brothers were both civil and military, and they worked together flawlessly.

Xixiao Pass is located between two mountains. The two brothers cannot see how high the city defense is on the west side. The city defense on the east side is also three feet tall, which is the standard height of the city defense for a large city.

Looking towards the top of the city, there were many An army guards. People were standing next to each other, and people were crowded together. They were standing on the city wall, and it was so dark that it was hard to tell their numbers.

Xiong Fei and Xiong Yi were not surprised that there would be so many defenders on the other side. The An army from Fengguan and Zhongqu Pass had all fled to Xixiao Pass. The defenders from the three passes were gathered in one place. If there were not many That's weird.

However, the Xiong brothers are not worried. In other words, they do not think down of Anjun from the bottom of their hearts. No matter when they invaded Anguo or now they are withdrawing from Anguo, they have fought nearly a hundred big and small battles with Anjun. An Jun has not yet seen an admirable place. Such a weak army, no matter how many troops it gathers, will be defeated in one blow and is not enough for its own side to defeat.

Xiong Fei and Xiong Yizheng were about to command the former army officers to attack the city with all their strength. At this time, the gate of Xixiao Pass in front suddenly opened, and a team of 1,800 people poured out from it. The leader was General An, wearing a steel helmet and armor. , armed with steel swords, urged their horses to the front of the formations of the two armies, and challenged the Huan army to scold the enemy.

Seeing this, Xiong Fei and Xiong Yi burst out in unison, laughed, and laughed. You said you wanted to take the initiative to fight, and it would be nice to send more troops to build up your momentum, but sending just this few people to fend off the enemy is like a clown.

Too lazy to go out to fight in person, Xiong Fei turned his head and asked the generals on his left and right: "Which general is willing to bring me back the head of General An?" From his tone, it seemed as if General An who came to challenge was a dead man. Just go over and chop off his head.

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding generals had already urged their horses forward. They all raised their hands to him and shouted: "General Xiong, the last general is willing to fight the first battle!" "General, let the last general go!"

It was a rare opportunity to make achievements, and none of the generals wanted to miss it, so they volunteered to fight with all their strength.

Xiong Fei smiled, pointed at one of the generals, and said: "General Meng Shuang, you come to take the lead! As the saying goes, the first battle is won, and the battle is won. You have to make a good start. Let me disappoint you!"

General Huan, named Meng Shuang, looked happy, raised his hands and said, "Thank you, General, for your high hopes. I will definitely fulfill my mission and take the enemy general's head back and present it to the general!"

While talking, he took off the spear from the victory hook of the war horse, urged the horse to rush out of the formation, and headed straight for General An.

Seeing General Youhuan going into battle, General An hurriedly put on his spiritual armor and transformed the steel sword in his hand. When Meng Shuang came to him, he bowed his hands politely and said: "I'm General An. Zhang Huai, I don’t know your surname..."

Before he could finish speaking, the spirit spear in Meng Shuang's hands had already stabbed his chest fiercely. Zhang Huai was shocked and angry. This general Huan didn't understand etiquette. He didn't know his name or surname, and he would fight whenever he came. How was he different from a savage?

Zhang Huai suppressed the anger in his heart and shouted: "Well done!" He waved his sword to parry and fought with Meng Shuang.

This Zhang Huai is not an ordinary general, but a general stationed at Zimeng Pass with Yan Xi. He was born into an aristocratic family in Anguo. He was still young and had already practiced Lingwu to an extremely high level. What he lacked was a lack of actual combat experience.

Meng Shuanglai launched a series of attacks, causing Zhang Huai to panic and the situation was passive. But after he withstood Meng Shuanglai's three axes and gradually figured out his methods and foundation, Zhang Huai began to get better and better. The easier it is to fight.

The two fought for more than thirty rounds. Zhang Huai caught Meng Shuang's negligence and struck out with several swords. Meng Shuang blocked and dodged Zhang Huai's previous swords, but failed to do so. Can withstand the final blow.

There was a slap in the ear, and most of Meng Shuang's head was cut off by Zhang Huai. The horse dragged the decapitated body and fled.