The head-on battle between the Hua Ning Army and the coalition forces ended with Xu Bufan being seriously injured and the Zhen Army being defeated. Xiao Muqing was not in a hurry to pursue them. The enemy troops had already gotten into the big pockets he had arranged in advance, and he was not afraid that the enemy could fly into the sky.
go.
Sure enough, when Gao Gang and the main force of the Zhen Army were fleeing towards Huaning, drums suddenly sounded loudly in front, flags were raised, and a huge coalition army appeared in the road, blocking the way of the Zhen Army.
Gao Gang saw it clearly and secretly shouted something bad, and urgently sent an order to the whole army to rush over with all their strength.
This coalition force responsible for cutting off the Zhen Army's retreat was well prepared. When the Zhen Army entered their firing range, the entire army fired arrows. The arrow formations were like a plague of locusts, overwhelmingly shooting into the Zhen Army camp.
During the charge, before formal contact with the coalition forces, the Zhen army suffered extremely heavy casualties.
After the two sides fought together, the first thing the Zhen army encountered was the soldiers of the Pingyuan Army from the two regiments at the forefront of the coalition forces. This was another fierce battle in darkness.
The coalition forces do not seek merit, but seek no faults. They only need to defend but not attack, as long as they can hold back the enemy. However, the Zhen army is different. There are pursuers behind them who may catch up at any time. Now they can only bite the bullet.
Breakout outward.
The battle between the two sides was bloody and fierce, and the soldiers on both sides were killed so hard that it was impossible to tell the difference for a while. However, the Zhen army's charge had been firmly resisted by the coalition forces.
Gao Gang carefully observed the situation on the battlefield and shook his head secretly. The combat power of this coalition should not be underestimated. After fighting hard, he didn't know how long the fight would last. If the pursuers behind him arrived and he was attacked from both sides, it would be all over.
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Unable to break through the encirclement in a short period of time, Gaogang could only change his military order again and withdraw the entire army to the south, running towards Tongcheng. In any case, there are still more than 100,000 troops of his own in Tongcheng. As long as they escape to
If we pass the city, we will be saved.
However, in the dragnet set up by Xiao Muqing, how could he be given the chance to escape to Tongcheng?
When the Zhen army fled to the south, they had just run twenty miles when the road ahead was blocked by a coalition force. This coalition force also had 70,000 to 80,000 troops. They had already formed a battle formation and were ready.
, seems to have been waiting for Zhenjun for a long time.
After looking at it, Gao Gang's head buzzed. At this time, he finally realized that he had fallen into the coalition's trick. There were coalition forces blocking him from the east, south, west, and north, and he was already surrounded by the coalition forces.
Now that the battle has started, less than half of the 150,000 Zhen troops who followed Xu Bufan out of the city are left. Even those who are left are mostly injured, and all of them are panting and exhausted.
Although he knew that his own combat power was insufficient, Gao Gang was not willing to sit back and wait for death. He ordered the entire army to charge again and break out no matter what.
However, the Zhen Army's breakout effort was at the end of its tether. The battle with the coalition forces did not last long, and they showed signs of exhaustion. Although they attacked with all their strength several times, they were still unable to break out.
Faced with the encirclement tactics of the coalition forces, the Zhen army broke through the encirclement many times and failed many times. By the time the battle arrived at dawn the next day, the Zhen army was exhausted.
On the other hand, as for the coalition forces, the four armies have converged into one place and formed an iron barrel formation, completely surrounding the defeated Zhen Army's remaining soldiers.
At this point, the 300,000 troops led by Xiao Muqing have basically completed their mission. Next, the initiative of the battle has been firmly in the hands of the coalition forces. Whether they choose to attack by force or encircle without fighting, they can kill the Zhen army.
Xiao Muqing sent the battle report back to his camp to report the victory to Tang Yin. At the same time as Tang Yin received the victory report from Xiao Muqing, he also received another piece of information. Guan Zhan, the chief general of Tongcheng, had led all the Tongcheng defenders out of the city and headed straight for his own side.
Come.
Seeing these two pieces of information, Tang Yin was worried. It was not that he was afraid of the Guanzhan War, but according to Xiao Muqing's good news, the place where they besieged the Zhen Army was near the road from Tongcheng to Xitang, which was only fifty miles apart.
If Guan Zhan led his troops to rescue him, Xiao Muqing's early efforts would have been in vain.
He immediately wrote a reply to Xiao Muqing, asking him to eliminate the trapped Zhen army as soon as possible. If he couldn't do it, he should also be on the lookout for reinforcements from Guanzhan from Tongcheng and make corresponding preparations in advance.
After sending the reply away, Tang Yin summoned all the generals in the army, selected commanders again, and attacked the city's reinforcements.
Because Xiao Muqing made a good start and easily defeated the Hua Ning Army led by Xu Bufan, this gave the coalition generals a lot of confidence, and they were all eager to try and take the initiative to join the army.
Now they wanted to ask for a fight, but Tang Yin didn't trust them yet. He directly named them and said: "Ziying!"
"The general is here!" Hearing Tang Yin's call, Ziying hurriedly stepped out of the line and stepped in to salute. Tang Yin said seriously: "Ziying, I will give you 300,000 troops to fight against the pass. Are you sure of winning?"
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"This..." Ziying hesitated for a moment and did not answer immediately. Guan Zhan was a famous general in the Zhen Kingdom, and his strength was not inferior to that of Xu Bufan. The reason why Xiao Muqing was able to easily defeat the Zhen Army was because Shangguan Yuanrang was injured.
Xu Bufan, now the king has asked him to fight against Guan Zhan, but he does not have a strong general like Shangguan Yuanrang. Who can restrain Guan Zhan on the battlefield?
Seeing that Ziying seemed a little hesitant, Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice: "What? Do you think you can't win Guan Zhan?"
Ziying hurriedly replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, Guan Zhan has always been known as the leader of the fierce generals of the Zheng Kingdom. I am afraid that the subordinates of the last general...are hardly Guan Zhan's opponents!"
Tang Yin smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of?" As he spoke, he turned around and said, "Jiang Fan!"
"The end is here!"
"You go out with General Ziying!"
"The general will obey your orders!"
Tang Yin rolled his eyes. Now is the time to employ people. Don't leave the mighty generals of Yu, An, and Huan idle. Thinking of this, he raised his voice and said, "Where are Shi Xiao, Yan Hui, and Zhang Bi?"
Hey! I didn't expect that Tang Yin would call his name. Shi Xiao, Yan Hui, and Zhang Bi first raised their eyes to look at their respective kings. When they saw that the king didn't express any attitude, they stepped out and stepped in to salute: "The general is here.
!I wonder what His Highness the Wind King has ordered?"
"The three of you will go with General Ziying. When you encounter Guan Zhan on the battlefield, you can join forces with General Jiang Fan to defeat the enemy general!" As he spoke, he looked at Lingshuang, Yue Ze, and Li Xin.
The man asked with a smile: "Brother Wang, Sister Wang don't mind lending their favorite generals, right?"
Tang Yin had already opened his mouth. Lingshuang, Yue Ze, and Li Xin were still embarrassed to refuse. They all nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Wang (Brother Wang) can be transferred, but we are all a family now, so you don't have to be polite.
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"Very good!" Tang Yin smiled, looked at Ziying again, and asked, "With the four generals Jiang Fan, Shi Xiao, Yan Hui, and Zhang Bi helping you this time, you should be sure of victory, right?"
Ziying said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the general will definitely fulfill his mission!"
"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded, and then warned: "You must be fast. The decisive battle between Mu Qing and Zhenjun is not far from the marching route of the first part of Guanzhan. You must arrive before Guanzhan.
Support Mu Qing's first team!"
"You will finally understand!"
In response to the Tongcheng Army led by Guan Zhan, Tang Yin sent Ziying, Jiang Fan, Shi Xiao, Yan Hui and Zhang Ben to lead an army of 300,000 to meet the enemy.
Ziying's tactics are not as complicated as Xiao Muqing's, which is to meet the enemy head-on and defeat the opponent with his superior strength.
Even in the formation of troops, Ziying was completely opposite to Xiao Muqing. When the latter fought against the Zhen army, he put his Pingyuan army in front, but Ziying did the opposite, putting Yu, An, and Huan in front.
The armies of the Three Kingdoms were placed in the front, leaving their own Sky Eagle Army behind.
He thought very clearly that since the king has appointed himself as the commander-in-chief, if he does not take care of his own soldiers, it would be too much and it would be a waste of the king's hard work. If he wants to compete with the Zhen army, let the three armies of Yu, An and Huan go.
Let's fight. Our soldiers will only be responsible for the beginning and the end.
The difference in personality between Xiao Muqing and Ziying can also be seen from the arrangement of their troops. The former is fierce and straightforward, while the latter is more scheming and much more sinister and cunning in comparison.
Ziying led his army and hurriedly rushed, but still failed to reach the place where Xiao Muqing and Zhenjun fought decisively before Guan Zhan.
However, what everyone expected was that Guan Zhan didn't even pay attention to Xu Bufan's troops who were so close at hand, and directly led his troops to walk past him.
No matter how poorly informed Guan Zhan was, he should have been aware that he was so close to the decisive battle between the Allied Forces and the Zhen Army. The reason why he did not go to help, of course, had his own plans.
First of all, he and Xu Bufan have always been at odds. He was unwilling to ask him to rescue Xu Bufan from danger. Secondly, using Xu Bufan's remnants to hold back the 300,000-strong coalition army was not a problem for him.
A good thing, at least when he leads his army to Xitang to fight with the coalition forces, the opponent's troops will be much smaller, and he will be more sure of victory. In addition, if he goes to assist Xu Bufan at this time, he will really push back the coalition forces.
, so who should be credited with the credit for this battle? Whether it is Xu Bufan’s meritorious service or his meritorious service during the battle, it will be unclear when rewards will be given based on merit in the future.
Out of these considerations, Guan Zhan turned a blind eye to Xu Bufan, who was in a precarious situation.
When the Tongcheng Army was only a hundred miles away from Xitang, it happened to run into the oncoming Ziying Division. The two sides met on a narrow road, and no one could avoid it.
Prepared for battle.
Seeing the large number of coalition forces on the opposite side, Guan Zhan was worried at first, but when he took a closer look, he saw that the banner of the Huan Army was flying on the opposite side, and Guan Zhan's fighting spirit was immediately aroused. In the Six-Nation Allied Forces' crusade against Zhenguo, the Zhen people were the most
There are two ruthless countries, one is the Sichuan Kingdom, and the other is the Huan Kingdom. When the Zhen Kingdom gained power, the Huan Kingdom acted like a vassal to the Zhen Kingdom, but now that the Zhen Kingdom has lost power, it retaliates against the Zhen Kingdom.
The most ruthless one was Huan Guo. How could Zhenren not hate such a capricious and duplicitous snob?!