Volume 10 Chapter 609
Chapter 609
Huan Jun’s human wave tactics failed to work at Xixiao Pass. TXT download. Latest chapter of the Holy Hall
First of all, Xixiao Pass is located in a steep terrain between valleys, with cliffs on both sides. When attacking the city, Huan Jun can only attack one wall, and cannot besiege on all sides. No matter how many troops there are, it is useless. They can’t display their strength in front of Xixiao Pass. Secondly, the participation of Pingyuan Army in the defense made Xixiao Pass impregnable. Equipped with steel helmets and armor provided by An Guo, Pingyuan Army’s defense was comprehensively improved. It was more difficult to be killed by the enemy in the offensive and defensive battles, and their counterattacks could cause the greatest degree of damage to the enemy.
The 600,000 Huan Army led by Lu Chen, Jin Sheng, and Jiang Yang attacked Xixiao Pass for three days and three nights, but they failed to break through the defense line of the defenders. Outside Xixiao Pass, there were piles of corpses and rivers of blood.
The siege was blocked, which was already very unfavorable to the Huan army. But misfortunes never come singly. The Baizhan Army and the direct army of Feng State and Yan Xi's troops of An State suddenly appeared in Kongsang Mountain as if they had fallen from the sky, and recaptured Bingfeng Pass and Zhongqu Pass that had been previously captured by the Huan army at lightning speed. As a result, the Huan army was trapped in the more than 30-mile mountain road between Zhongqu Pass and Xixiao Pass.
The exit and retreat of the Huan army were blocked by the Feng and An armies, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and it fell into a precarious predicament.
Lu Chen, Jin Sheng, and Jiang Yang, the three military marquises, obviously did not expect such a situation to happen. They were a little flustered for a while. It was not until this time that they realized that they had been tricked. The enemy had already calculated that they would break through the southern route of Kongsang Mountain and had prepared an ambush in advance. The easy loss of Fengguan and Zhongquguan was intentional by the enemy, which was a plan to lure the enemy deep into the depths. However, they were just blinded by the victory in front of them and rashly went deep into the depths, resulting in today's dilemma.
Now it is too late for them to figure out all this. Hundreds of thousands of troops are trapped in Kongsang Mountain, unable to advance or retreat. The most fatal thing is that they don't have much food and grass. What can they do?
The confused Lu, Jin, and Jiang hurriedly ordered the whole army to break through from two sides. One way continued to attack Xixiaoguan, and the other turned back and counterattacked Zhongquguan. Holy Hall
When Huan's army went deep into the depths, Zhongquguan was easy to fight. It took only three hours to take Zhongquguan. Now they want to counterattack, but they are hit head-on by the defenders.
The pass in Kongsang Mountain is strong in the west and weak in the east. It is extremely difficult to attack from the west to the east. Moreover, the main forces of the Baizhan Army, the direct army and Yan Xi's part are stationed at Zhongqu Pass at this time. It is harder than climbing to the sky for the Huan Army to capture Zhongqu Pass without any large-scale weapons.
The offensive of the Huan Army started from early in the morning and lasted until the evening. The soldiers did not even touch the edge of the city.
After a day of hard fighting, the whole army was exhausted. Just when the Huan Army was about to retreat for rest, the defenders in the city suddenly counterattacked. The general leading the counterattack was Guan Yuanrang, who was known as the first fierce general and god of war in Feng State.
The counterattack led by Guan Yuanrang was so fierce that it was even more fierce than the offensive of the Huan Army when attacking the city. The exhausted Huan Army could not resist it and was defeated by the Feng Army, with countless casualties.
Guan Yuanrang did not chase and kill again and again. After the Huan Army fled far away, he withdrew his troops back to Zhongqu Pass.
The defeat in the attack on Zhongqu Pass made the Huan army realize that it was impossible to break out from the rear, and the only way out was Xixiao Pass.
The desperate Huan army launched a more crazy attack on Xixiao Pass. The whole army was divided into several waves by legion, attacking the city day and night.
However, there were also many defenders in Xixiao Pass. In addition to the 100,000 Pingyuan troops, there were more than 100,000 An troops. With sufficient preparations before the war, it was not very difficult to resist the offensive of the Huan army.
The offensive and tug-of-war between the two sides lasted for more than a month. (《》)
During this period, it was impossible to count how many times the Huan army attacked Xixiao Pass, but after a month, the flag of Anguo was still hung at the pass of Xixiao Pass, and the Huan army still could not cross the line.
In this month's battle, the Huan army suffered heavy casualties, and the number of soldiers killed outside Xixiao Pass alone exceeded 100,000.
Looking around, the corpses outside the city wall were piled up more than two feet high. If the Huan army rushed to the corpses, they would only be one foot away from the top of the city. As long as one person stood against the wall, another person could climb directly to the top of the city by stepping on his shoulders.
However, the Huan army had run out of ammunition and food by now. Not to mention that the food and grass had been eaten up, even the war horses in the army, and even the weeds and tree barks between Zhongqu Pass and Xixiao Pass had been eaten up. Next, the Huan army could only eat people to fill their stomachs.
At this point in the battle, the Huan army had no fighting spirit, and the soldiers were hungry. What was terrible was that various diseases began to spread again, and the few soldiers who were able to fight fell ill in large numbers and were unable to fight again.
Under such circumstances, the Huan army had no choice but to surrender, but the Feng and An armies did not have any intention of accepting the surrender.
Fengjun was unwilling to accept surrendered troops, this was a consistent tradition, and Nie Ze also repeatedly stated that if they wanted to quickly defeat Huan State, they had to hurt Huan State once, so that it would be unforgettable, and it would be easier to fight in the future.
It was even simpler that the Anjun was unwilling to accept the surrender. The Huanjun had been fighting in An State for so long, and the losses it caused to An State were immeasurable. The hatred of the An people for the Huanjun was imaginable. Now that they were sure of victory, how could they be willing to accept the surrender of the Huanjun?
The Feng army and the An army had the same idea and refused to accept the surrender. Even if there were soldiers of the Huan army who came to surrender with white flags, they were mercilessly shot by the soldiers of the two armies on the top of the city.
The 600,000-strong Huan army was trapped in Kongsang Mountain for a total of two months. In the end, the Huan army led by the three major military marquises was completely wiped out in Kongsang Mountain, and even Lu Chen, Jin Sheng, and Jiang Yang were not spared.
This battle was the most devastating battle for Huan since the outbreak of the Five Kingdoms War. So far, the four major military marquises of Huan were all killed, and the main central army of Huan was almost completely lost. In this battle alone, Huan was severely injured, and the Huan army basically withdrew from the battlefield of the Five Kingdoms War.
The battle of Kongsang Mountain had a huge impact. It not only weakened the military strength of the Chuan-Huan alliance to the greatest extent, but also allowed Anguo, whose situation was equally pessimistic, to see the dawn of victory. The situation in the south of Anguo also changed accordingly. The Anjun, which was originally chased by the Chuanjun, could turn around from time to time and take the initiative to launch an offensive against the Chuanjun. This was simply unimaginable in the past.
When the battle report of the battle of Kongsang Mountain reached Tang Yin, he had just captured the capital of Huan, Daxing, when he led the Fengyu coalition.
Seeing this battle report written by Xiao Muqing himself, Tang Yin was overjoyed and praised it several times on the spot. With this victory, Huan’s power was in name only and there was no need to worry about it in the future.
In this battle, Nie Ze undoubtedly played a crucial role. It was his foresight that accurately calculated the movements of the Huanjun and arranged a trap in advance, which led to this decisive victory.
In his reply, Tang Yin rewarded Nie Ze heavily and ordered Xiao Muqing to lead the Pingyuan Army, the Direct Army, and the Baizhan Army to march from Kongsang Mountain to the territory of Huan State to assist him in chasing Li Xin and the Huan State court who had fled to Lutai.
Now, Tang Yin has taken down the Huan capital Daxing, but it is almost an empty city. Everything that can be taken away has been taken away by Li Xin, and even the people in the city have run away, leaving little. Such a large capital is empty, like a ghost town. After capturing the capital of a country, not only did they not seize gold, silver, and jewelry, but they did not even get armaments and supplies. Of course, Tang Yin was not satisfied with such a result.
On the second day after the Fengyu coalition captured Daxing, Anjian returned with 200,000 taels of silver.
Tang Yin was quite surprised to hear the news, and asked Cheng Jin to come and ask him where he got so much silver. Cheng Jin《》 found out that there was a Yuexiu Villa near Daxing, where lived a famous rich man from Huan State, with a huge fortune and abundant assets. The 200,000 taels of silver were the funding given by Yuexiu Villa to Feng Jun. To put it bluntly, it was to buy peace and prevent Feng Jun from harassing Yuexiu Villa.
Tang Yin couldn't help laughing after hearing this. What kind of rich man was this? He spent 200,000 taels of silver at once. He was really rich! Tang Yin just smiled at this matter and didn't take it too seriously.
That day, after Tang Yin accompanied Yin Rou and Ling Shuang to have lunch, he was bored in the palace, so he changed into casual clothes and quietly left the palace with Ah San and Ah Si, wandering around Daxing City.
Since the Fengyu coalition occupied Daxing, the military discipline has been strict. There has been no massacre or looting. Many people from the Huan Kingdom who had fled the capital to seek refuge have returned to the city. The largest number of people returning to the city are merchants. With hundreds of thousands of Fengyu coalition troops staying in the capital, they need to eat, drink and buy things. How could merchants miss such a big business opportunity? At this time, the streets and alleys in the city have begun to be popular, which is a world of difference compared to when the Fengyu coalition troops first entered the city.
Tang Yin and Asan and Asi looked around and found it very interesting. Knowing that Yin Rou and Ling Shuang both like to eat snacks, Tang Yin also bought some snacks such as dried fruits and candied fruits from the street vendors.
The palace is located in the north city. It will not be far to the north gate. Seeing that there is nothing to visit here, Tang Yin and Asan and Asi were about to turn around and walk back. At this time, a group of untidy jade soldiers ran in from outside the north city.
The Jade Soldiers had crooked helmets and armors, and many of them had bruises on their faces. They supported each other and walked into the city cursing.
Seeing this, Tang Yin frowned, wondering, who beat the Jade Soldiers into this state?
Just as he was about to ask, the Jade Soldiers guarding the city gate rushed over first, staring with wide eyes and asking in surprise and curiosity: "What happened? Who beat us brothers?"