Yang Yinglong knew Liu Ting's strength, so he was so anxious at this time. If Liu Ting was allowed to continue fighting so unscrupulously, then all Bozhou's arrangements in the north would be nullified!
Yang Yinglong himself also knew that his arrangement was like a toy to Liu Ting, and he could not stop Liu Ting at all! If Liu Ting could not be successfully blocked, Liu Ting's next step would be to attack Loushanguan!
Once the Loushan Pass is broken, there will be no danger for Banzhou to defend! It will really be the last moment!
Yang Yinglong anxiously turned around and looked at the map in front of him. Yang Yinglong couldn't help but feel his scalp numb. Jia Jing's 240,000 troops were pressing on the border and besieging him from all directions! This sense of oppression was something Yang Yinglong had never felt before!
At this time, his favorite general Yang Zhu stood up and said to Yang Yinglong: "Chitose! Liu Ting, Wu Guang and other armies have already marched. Our army cannot defend, so we should divide our troops to fight the enemy!"
Yang Zhaolong also nodded helplessly and sighed: "The imperial army divided into eight groups and marched. If they cannot win for a while, they can only divide their troops to defend in different places!"
Yang Yinglong sighed, and suddenly remembered what Sun Shitai told him before. If the imperial army encircled Bozhou, it would definitely be an encirclement and suppression from multiple parties, and our "forces are weak. If the officers and troops are not gathered, we will defeat the weak ones first."
, I will retreat!"
Yang Yinglong's 180,000 troops are definitely enough as a defender, but once they are dispersed, they will definitely be slightly insufficient!
Therefore, the strategic method proposed by Sun Shitai to face Jia Jing's siege from all sides was to take advantage of the Eighth Route Army to attack the weakest among them before they could gather together! The others would naturally be too afraid to step forward without authorization!
And as long as one of them is annihilated, it will be an extremely serious blow to the morale of the imperial army! The other groups will definitely be frightened by this setback, and disrupt their attack plans and efficiency!
Yang Yinglong thought like this, then looked at the map on the wall, shook his head slowly and said to everyone: "You can't divide the troops. Mr. Sun has already given instructions before leaving. Let's pick the weakest one among the Eighth Route Army!"
As soon as Yang Yinglong finished speaking, someone came to report that after Tong Yuanzhen's army in the South Fourth Route Army heard about Liu Ting's victory, they accelerated their attack and now their troops have left Wujiang!
Yang Yinglong was overjoyed when he heard this: "This is the easiest one we are looking for!" Yang Yinglong then ordered Yang Zhaolong to lead the army to attack and destroy Tong Yuan Town!
At this time, on the bank of Wujiang River, Tong Yuanzhen sighed as he looked at the soldiers building a pontoon bridge in the distance.
Tong Yuanzhen was afraid of Yang Yinglong and had launched troops for many days. He always lingered in Tongren and did not dare to advance easily. The Chinese Army Commander Xue Qiu severely ordered him many times, but Tong Yuanzhen never dared to act rashly.
It was not until the news came that Liu Ting had advanced to Loushanguan, and the Shuixi Anjiang ministers and Shuixi native soldiers came to support, that Tong Yuanzhen became anxious, worried about being accused, so he hurriedly decided to fight
Get out of Wujiang River!
When Yang Yinqiu, the founding inspector of the army, heard about it, he advised him that Wujiang is very close to Bozhou and we should not act rashly. We should wait until other armies have penetrated deeply before we can send troops together.
But at this time, Tong Yuanzhen was afraid that he would be held accountable if he did not march. In addition, there were so many people under his command, so Tong Yuanzhen still did not listen to Yang Yinqiu's advice and hurriedly sent out troops!
The Yongshun soldiers under his command easily captured the Wujiang River, and then Tong Yuanzhen arranged for people to urgently build a pontoon bridge and ordered the soldiers to cross the river urgently!
The pontoons were narrow and few, so the soldiers had to run across the river to catch up. Thousands of people arranged by Yang Zhaolong were everywhere on the shore shouting and initiating war, but Tong Yuanzhen ignored them.
Just after this, a messenger hurriedly ran over and shouted: "Report! Sir General! The front of our army has captured Laojun Pass!"
Tong Yuanzhen couldn't help but perked up after hearing this, and then hurriedly ordered the front to be stationed at Laojun Pass and the rear to be stationed at Wujiang. Tong Yuanzhen ran to Laojun Pass.
But what he didn't know was that after he left, he originally ordered General Xie Chongjue to command the troops in Surabaya and Shuixi. Who knew that when Xie Chongjue heard that the troops were so relaxed, he couldn't help but despise the Bozhou Army, so he accidentally ordered his soldiers
Let’s continue crossing the river!
An Jiangchen in Shuixi could not help but be a little worried when he heard that his younger brother An Yaochen had come with him as a deputy general to support the imperial army. So when he heard that Xie Chongjue wanted them to cross the river closely behind the Chinese army, he could not help but worry about Anjiang.
The minister said: "Brother, if we all cross the river, there will be no one on the Surabaya side to take care of us. If there is really something wrong, then..."
An Jiangchen also meant the same thing. He also felt that Xie Chongjue was a little rash, but as chieftains, they were not very trusted troops. If they raised objections at this time, they might be suspected.
So An Jiangchen could only sigh helplessly and said: "This is the superior's order. If we don't listen, I'm afraid they will be detrimental to us!"
An Yaochen also understood what An Jiangchen meant, so he hesitated and said: "Otherwise, the troops will be divided into two groups. Brother, you will be on guard here and listen to their orders. I will lead the people to attack Kuzhu Pass and Jibaling. This way
Even if something happens here, we still have strength in Hedong, how about it?"
Hearing this, An Jiangchen felt that what his brother said was reasonable, so he nodded in agreement, so An Yaochen took three thousand troops and led Liu Yue and Wang Jiaqiu to attack Kuzhu Pass.
Yang Zhaolong was overjoyed when he heard that the Si Shui soldiers and the Shuixi soldiers had crossed the river. The Tong Yuan Town troops were really the easiest! They didn't even know the reason why they had to leave behind the rear when crossing the river!
Yang Zhaolong immediately eliminated thousands of infantry and cavalry to attack the Si Shui soldiers and Shuixi soldiers!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Xie Chongjue was shocked when he heard the roar from the scouts in front. He obviously did not expect that the Bozhou soldiers dared to cross Laojun Pass and directly attack his rear army!
However, there were more than 10,000 troops in his rear and thousands of cavalry. Although he was surprised, he was not completely at a loss. So he rolled his eyes and ordered An Jiangchen's Shuixi Elephant Soldiers to take the lead!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! An Jiangchen hurriedly advised: "The elephant soldiers need infantry in front to exert their power! If there is no coordinated operation by the infantry, the elephant soldiers will be attacked by the group.
It’s easy to get out of control!”
When Xie Chongjue heard An Jiangchen's objections, he just thought that he was unwilling to be the vanguard and was afraid of losing troops. He felt that it was a huge loss of face to be taught by him like this in person, so he said sternly: "When I ask you to send troops, you just send troops."
!Why are you pushing back and blocking four? Could it be that you don’t listen to my general’s orders?”
An Jiangchen opened his mouth after hearing this, but he was helpless because of his sensitive identity, so he had no choice but to lower his head and say yes, and then ordered his Shuixi soldiers to go to battle.
The native soldiers of Shuixi drove the war elephants to crush Yang Zhaolong's army. For a while, Yang Zhaolong's army was really driven away. The infantry were easily killed or seriously injured by the war elephants using their trunks and tusks!
Xie Chongjue couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and scolded Yang Zhaolong's army sarcastically: "How dare you attack the camp with just such a few people and such little ability? What a joke!"
Yang Zhaolong in the army saw the soldiers being crushed by the war elephants, and saw that there were no enemy soldiers protecting the war elephants, so he hurriedly shouted: "Shoot the elephant driver! Shoot on the head! Shoot on the elephant's head!"
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So the Bozhou soldiers took the order and hurriedly distanced themselves from the war elephant. Then they drew their bows and arrows, and easily shot the elephant soldiers on the back of the war elephant!
The giant elephant, which had lost the control of the soldiers, was in pain and suddenly lost its mind. It actually turned around and trampled towards the camp of the Surabaya soldiers!
Xie Chongjue couldn't help being shocked when he saw this, and An Jiangchen slapped his saddle, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to abandon the elephant team and retreat urgently!
Xie Chongjue shouted: "No retreat! No one is allowed to retreat! Musketeers! Go up! Stop the enemy!" Upon hearing this, the Musketeers of the Surabaya soldiers hurriedly stepped forward and fired their guns in unison!
Before the Shuixi soldiers had time to retreat, they intermingled with the Surabaya soldiers. The musketeers who rushed into the battlefield couldn't tell who was who, so they actually shot one of their own!
Now the Si Shui soldiers were also in disarray! They tried their best to escape backwards! Their war elephants in turn crushed the friendly forces. The musketeers on their side also acted like an eagle eye and did not fire a single shot.
When the enemy arrives, they all attack their own people!
Yang Zhaolong laughed loudly and shouted: "Charge! Charge! The enemy is about to escape! Don't let them go!" The morale of the Banzhou soldiers soared! They couldn't help but follow the war elephant and charge forward with high spirits!
Xie Chongjue's face turned pale. He looked around at the soldiers who were running away. He had no intention of commanding him anymore and actually turned his horse's head and rushed towards the pontoon bridge on the Wujiang River!
The pontoon bridges were narrow and few, and the nearly 10,000 troops couldn't escape in a hurry! So you squeezed me and I squeezed you, and the Bozhou soldiers killed them again!
Ten thousand soldiers and horses came out from the Surabaya River. When they returned to the other side, there were less than three thousand soldiers! Yang Zhaolong only relied on a few thousand men to kill the 10,000 Surabaya soldiers to pieces! Xie Chongjue fled in a hurry.
Back to Surabaya!
At this time, the Wujiang garrison did not know that their rear area had been stolen. They were sixty miles away from the place where the Surabaya soldiers crossed the river, but they did not receive any news!
General Yang Xian, who was ordered to garrison Wujiang, sent out 300 Yongshun soldiers on patrol as usual on this day, led by his son himself!
This was also his son's first time on the battlefield, so Yang Xian gave a few instructions. Yang Xian's son nodded excitedly and impatiently agreed, and then left with three hundred people.
You may not know that this is the last time you and your son will see each other!
Three hundred people patrolled out under the leadership of Yang Xian's son. When Yang Xian's son was bored and thinking about something interesting, the scouts in front urgently sent news that more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were heading towards us.
near!
When Yang Xian's son heard this, he immediately became excited, and then he was shocked. Ten thousand people! His three hundred people are not enough to fill people's teeth!
So he hurriedly ordered the three hundred Yongshun soldiers to hide on the roadside. It was not until the ten thousand people slowly approached that Yang Xian breathed a sigh of relief. These people were all wearing the uniforms of the Shuixi Army.
So Yang Xian ordered 300 Yongshun soldiers to come out to meet the friendly forces. The more than 10,000 "Shuixi soldiers" were shocked when they heard the sound on the ground, and immediately became vigilant, thinking that they had been ambushed.
At this time, Yang Xian's son came out with a smile to say hello, and most of the Yongshun soldiers also came out. The Shuixi soldiers also slowly stepped forward when they saw this. The leading general couldn't help but laugh ferociously when he saw that they were almost close.
!
"kill!"
Yang Xian's son, who originally wanted to come forward to speak, had his head chopped off in shock! When the three hundred Yongshun soldiers saw their leader being killed by friendly forces, they were shocked and couldn't help but stand there in a daze!
The "Shuixi Soldiers" would not give them time to react. The whole army covered them up and killed all three hundred people neatly without even a single one escaping!
It is estimated that Yang Xian's son and those Yongshun soldiers will not know why the friendly forces suddenly killed their own people until their death!
These people are actually just the Bozhou Army wearing Suixi military uniforms! And after killing these Yongshun soldiers, the Yongshun Army soon appeared in this army!
Their goal is also very simple, which is the Yongshun Army Base Camp!
When Yang Xian saw that it was friendly troops and Yongshun troops, he did not set up any defenses at all. It was not until he slowly walked in that Yang Xian saw that there was no trace of his son among the three hundred "Yongshun troops".
There was a loud thud!
Yang Xian's face turned pale and he shouted in fright: "The enemy is attacking!" But in a hurry, how could he cope with it?
More than 10,000 Bozhou soldiers came to cover up the Chinese army's tent! At this time, Tong Yuanzhen, who had just returned to the Chinese army, was swarmed by his own soldiers and fled towards the Wujiang River before he had time to rest!
Tong Yuan's headquarters was easily defeated by the Bozhou soldiers!
The dramatic thing is that what happened to the Si Shui soldiers yesterday happened to the Yongshun soldiers today! The pontoon bridges are narrow and few, and the 20,000 troops in Tongyuan Town simply cannot get across!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, Yang Xian stood up and waved his sword to direct the crossing of the river, but without noticing, he was squeezed into the water by the rebels!
It was impossible for a man wearing armor to swim after falling into the water! So Yang Xian drowned in the cold Wujiang river not long after, like most soldiers!
And those who didn't drown were not much better at all! The Boshu soldiers behind them rushed towards them, but no one was commanding them, and no one was willing to stay to rear. Only less than 7,000 of the 20,000 people managed to reach the other side.
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And just when Tong Yuanzhen breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Surabaya would soon get the news to respond, he didn't even wait for a hair!
The Bozhou Army that followed them pursued them unscrupulously until they reached the bottom of Sishui City before giving up! At this time, Tong Yuanzhen was left with only one general, the military inspector Yang Yinqiu, and hundreds of Yongshun soldiers.
Got it!
Xie Chongjue also hurriedly came up to him at this time. Tong Yuanzhen slapped him angrily and asked him why he didn't go out of the city to meet him. Xie Chongjue then explained the matter hesitantly.
When Tong Yuanzhen heard this, his eyes suddenly went dark and his legs went weak! The general hurriedly supported him!
Tong Yuanzhen looked at the three or two kittens under his command, and felt like crying without tears! An army of 30,000 people was now in his hands, but not even one out of ten was left alive! How could he have the dignity to survive!
Tong Yuanzhen looked at the sunset in the distance with a gloomy face. After ordering the soldiers to withdraw from Sishui City, he took Xie Chongjue and left to Chongqing to apologize!
At this time, the news that Tong Yuan's town headquarters was almost completely wiped out reached Guiyang. Guiyang was shocked and prepared for emergency. All the people outside the city were hurriedly recalled to the city, for fear that Yang Zhaolong would advance to Wujiang next and attack Guiyang!
A big hole suddenly appeared in the south attacker's direction! Guiyang is in danger!
Xue Qiu was furious and scolded Tong Yuanzhen for his rash advance, but he could only quickly wipe Tong Yuanzhen's butt! So he hurriedly recruited Songpan deputy general Li Yingxiang to recruit troops on the spot, and integrated the remaining soldiers of Shuixi Yongshun Surabaya to replace Tong Yuanzhen.
Yuan Zhen, assumes the offensive mission of the Right Route Army!
At this time, Tong Yuanzhen, who had just arrived in Chongqing, apologized to Jia Jing with a face full of shame. Jia Jing shook his head helplessly and just said that he should submit the apology letter himself, and your crime would be discussed by the Ministry of War.
After saying that, Jia Jing no longer cares about Tong Yuan Town, walked out of the tent, personally beheaded Xie Chongjue with Shangfang's sword, and ordered his head to be passed on to the three armies. Anyone who disobeys the command will be punished with the same crime!
Jia Jing knew that the entire Tong Yuan Town army had been wiped out, but for a commander in charge of an army of 260,000, the destruction of the First Army was either serious or not serious, and he still had the entire overall situation to lead.
Therefore, it was impossible for him to focus all his attention on South Fourth Road. This kind of matter could only be left to Xue Qiu himself to handle.
What Jia Jing values more is actually the Northern Fourth Route Army. Liu Ting is actually the real main attacker. Xue Qiu's Southern Fourth Route Army is only playing the role of assisting the encirclement at this time.
And the Northern Fourth Route Army is not completely unscathed now... Liu Ting has just captured the three caves of Nanmu, Yangyang, and Jiantai, and different voices immediately rang out from the center!
It can only be said that Yang Yinglong's money over the years has not been wasted. After seeing him in trouble, someone still offered a helping hand. In recent days, Liu Ting's previous disobedience to the transfer order has been discussed again...
And this time, it is not so simple to take it lightly. The Ministry of War actually wants to send Liu Ting to Jinling to make a book of Nanjing Youfu. What is Nanjing Youfu's book? What is Nanjing Youfu's book? The Fifth Army Governor's Office Youfu
, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, that is the place for military attaches. Working as a civilian in a military attache’s place basically means goodbye to power...
What's more, it's still the Nanjing Youfu Qiansu! Just kidding, Jinling's small imperial court hasn't used it in how many years? Does the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion in Jinling do anything else besides swatting flies and mosquitoes every day?
The official position in Jinling itself is a place of retirement for those officials who have failed in political struggle or are about to retire. Liu Ting is in his prime years. You ask him to go to Jinling to drink tea and read newspapers?
What's more, Loushanguan is right in front of you. Breaking Loushanguan is equivalent to capturing half of Bozhou! This is the time when the war is tense. You actually want to transfer him to Jinling as a free official? Who will do this for me?
Vanguard? Do I personally command it?
Jia Jing is currently busy negotiating this matter with the court, so she doesn't care about Tong Yuan Town at all, and this news has finally reached Liu Ting's ears!