"You are not fast when you should be fast, you are not slow when you should be slow, you..." Jin Yao cursed, and led the 30,000 troops milked from the Qin State to gallop towards Dragon City.
You don’t need to think about it to know that the Chu State must have received the news of the destruction of Han and Wei earlier than Xianyang. Now that the army assembled by the Chu State has no target, it will definitely attack Dragon City!
Therefore, he didn't care about anything else and led the army in a rapid march towards Dragon City.
"Attack, young man! I'm optimistic about you!" In Wuguan City, Li Mu looked at Jin Yao with a smile as he came with his army and then left in a hurry.
"I suspect you ordered this on purpose!" Jin Yao looked at Li Mu with evil thoughts on his face.
Han and Wei were destroyed early and late, but they were actually destroyed when he was reorganizing his army to move south.
I am afraid that not only did I fail to react in Xianyang, Wu Rui and Chen Xian in Longcheng probably would not have thought that the Chu army did not rush to aid Han and Wei, but turned around and headed south.
At this time, most of the Dragon Guard's troops were probably not in Dragon City, but were marching west and south to suppress the Baiyue rebellion.
Baiyue will definitely be more difficult than Yingbu imagined, and he may not be able to return to Dragon City to defend himself in a short time!
"It's really not true. As you know, after the army goes out to fight, it will be outside and your life will be compromised. I can't be sure when they will destroy Han and Wei!" Li Mu shook his head decisively.
He really didn’t take command, he had already achieved this. With him commanding, the result would be the same without him commanding. There is no need for him to compete with people like Wang Jian and Wang Ben for credit!
Jin Yao didn't say anything, and he continued to rush towards Dragon City with his army without stopping.
However, it is a pity that the 30,000 troops led by Jin Yao failed to go straight to Dragon City and collided with the Chu army heading south in Anlu!
"Chu State, Shadow Tiger Army!" Looking at the opponent's white tiger flag, Jin Yao didn't know that he was encountering Chu State's Shadow Tiger Army.
Ji Bu also didn't expect that the Qin State would really send troops to help Dragon City, and the leader would be the Dragon King of Jiujiang!
"Drag them, drag them to Anlu!" Ji Bu reacted instantly and blocked the official road directly, preventing Jin Yao and the Qin army from rushing to Longcheng.
Their attack on Longcheng was divided into two groups. The main force was led by Xiang Yan himself, who attacked Songyang City, and then forced Peng Ze to attack Longcheng.
On the other side was a partial division of 30,000 Shadow Tiger Legion and 20,000 troops led by Ji Bu, bypassing Mount Lu, intending to sneak attack Dragon City from the rear!
But no one expected that the army led by Ji Bu would encounter Jin Yao, who was leading his troops south to help.
Therefore, Ji Bu's first reaction was to block Jin Yao and the Qin army behind him, preventing them from reaching Dragon City.
"Damn it!" Jin Yao was also cursing.
He only has 30,000 people, mostly infantry, but at least half of Ji Bu's 50,000 troops are cavalry. Even if they pass the checkpoint, they will be killed by the Shadow Tiger Legion's cavalry kites.
"I don't know what's going on with Longcheng!" Jin Yao is not afraid of Ji Bu. The only thing he is worried about is what kind of enemies Longcheng will encounter and whether Yingbu will have time to return to Longcheng!
Jin Yao led his army to confront Ji Bu's army in formation in Anlu, but no one acted rashly.
On the other side of Longcheng, Wu Rui and Chen Xian also received the information from Shouchun immediately, so they immediately organized an army to garrison Songyang, and at the same time summoned Yingbu and asked him to bring the army back.
However, Yingbu also had trouble saying that the disgusting Nanman people like Baiyue had a way of doing things. As long as the army attacked, they would disperse into the mountains like birds and beasts, but Yingbu did not dare to let the army disperse into the mountains and forests to encircle and suppress them.
Therefore, Yingbu was dragged to Cangwu by hundreds of Vietnamese barbarians, and it was impossible to return to Dragon City in a short time.
"General Yingbu cannot rush back. Baiyue is more difficult than we expected!" Wu Rui looked at Chen Xian with an ugly expression.
Chen Xian's face was also ashen as water. Yingbu took away most of the Dragon Guards, and the number of Dragon Guards stationed in Songyang was only five thousand. Even if they mobilized the remaining 30,000 Dragon Guards, it would not help.
Because what they have to face is the elite Chu army of 150,000 led by Xiang Yan!
"Retreat, abandon Songyang, and defend around Pengze. At least we have the Kuaiji navy ships in hand, and we can definitely drag the opponent over Pengze!" Chen Xian said through gritted teeth.
When the king was here, they promised the people not to let the flames of war reach their homes. However, when the king left, they faced the Chu army again and actually wanted to defend Pengze and let the flames of war reach their homes.
"We can only retreat. Holding on to Songyang is just a useless sacrifice!" Wu Rui sighed.
"It's okay to retreat, but Xiang Yan can't even hope to get a complete Songyang!" Chen Xian also became determined.
If Xiang Yan captured Songyang, then Songyang City would definitely become the Chu army's camp and supply point, and even the Chinese army's garrison.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to leave Songyang to Xiang Yan!
"What do you want to do?" Wu Rui had an ominous premonition.
"I have summoned General Songyang to blow up Songyang!" Chen Xian said coldly.
Wu Rui was silent after listening to Chen Xian's words. He knew that Chen Xian was right to do this, but it was a city after all, with tens of thousands of people in it.
"How cruel!" Xiang Yan also didn't expect Longcheng to be so decisive and destroy Songyang County.
And because of his negligence, the vanguard army broke into Songyang City without warning, and then a fire destroyed Songyang City and buried the five thousand vanguard army.
"Have the people of Songyang evacuated?" Wu Rui asked with an ugly face as he looked at the returning Songyang army.
General Songyang was silent. In order to trick the Chu army into entering the city, they did not notify the people of Songyang City to evacuate at all, and then buried fierce fire oil underground in Songyang.
After the Chu army entered the city, they set fire to it and turned the entire Songyang into a sea of flames. As for how many people could escape, they actually knew.
The fire oil is too strong, burns extremely fast, and cannot be extinguished with water, so it is almost impossible to escape!
Seeing General Songyang's silence, Wu Rui also knew the result, but couldn't say anything.
This is how war is, one general accomplishes the feat and a thousand bones are wasted.
Ci Bu took charge of the army and had no choice but to deceive the Chu army into entering the city.
"Cooperate with the navy to patrol the Yangtze River and resist the Chu army's attack!" Wu Rui sighed, and did not criticize him harshly, let alone couldn't criticize him harshly.
After all, it was their order to destroy Songyang City, and General Songyang was just following the order.
"Report to the general, the Dragon City navy is cruising on Pengze, and it is difficult for us to cross Pengze!" Finally, the Chu army scout reported.
Xiang Yan had already expected that the Kuaiji navy would be completely wiped out by the opponent, and all the ships and sterns would also be captured by the opponent.
Therefore, if they want to cross Pengze Lake, the first thing they have to deal with is Longcheng's navy ship.
"It's a pity that they don't know that there is a road directly to Dragon City next to Pengze!" Xiang Yan said confidently.