You can't go south." Yuan Tian frowned and said, "Our army can only withdraw to the west now, to Xishan County."
Han Zhong was stunned for a moment, nodded repeatedly, and responded: "Yes, yes, yes! The terrain of Xishan County is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if the Feng Army pursues it, they will not be able to take advantage."
Xishan County is located in the northwest of Mo State. It is a very special county in Mo State. Firstly, it has a special terrain, and secondly, its head is special. The head of Xishan County is named Shao Yu, and he and Shao Fang belong to the same clan, but they are not related by blood.
The relationship is relatively distant. If we really want to trace it back, we have to go back to the generation of their ancestors.
Shao Yu's Xuanzu and Shaofang's Xuanzu were brothers. According to the order of succession at that time, Shao Yu's Xuanzu should inherit the throne of King Mo. However, Shao Yu's Xuanzu had little interest in the throne and did not think he had the ability to govern the country.
, took the initiative to give up talents to Shao Fang Xuanzu, and after the latter ascended to the throne, in order to thank his brother for giving up the throne, he named Shao Yuxuanzu as the Marquis of Xishan, in charge of Xishan County, and his titles and official positions could be passed down from generation to generation to protect his descendants.
Prosperity and wealth.
Starting from the generation of Shao Yu's Xuanzu, he was the Marquis of Xishan. Later, his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father passed it down from generation to generation. Until him, all five generations were the heads of Xishan County. It can be said that Shao Yu's family is in Xishan County.
His status has long been deep-rooted and unshakable. His reputation among the people is even higher than that of the monarch of Mo. The decree issued by the Shao Yu family in Xishan County is more effective than the decree of King Mo. Xishan County has become the center of the country.
country.
When Shao Fang massacred the Shao clan, he also thought of Shao Yu and wanted to kill him several times, but after thinking about it carefully, he had no choice but to give up. On the one hand, Shao Yu's roots in Xishan County were too deep. On the other hand, Shao Yu had too deep roots in Xishan County.
The terrain of Xishan County is so special.
Xishan County is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the entire county seems to be trapped in a huge basin. The only way to enter the county is Xishan Pass, and Fengyang City built in it blocks the Xishan Pass tightly. In addition,
There are more than 200,000 troops in Xishan County. The land in the county is fertile and the products are rich. The county's grain production is not only self-sufficient, but it can also hand over millions of stones to the Mo court every year. Xishan County can be said to be where food is needed.
, want money, have money, have soldiers, have steep terrain, and have both offense and defense. Even when Shao Fang was acting craziest, he didn't dare to attack Shao Yu easily.
Now Yuan Tian proposed to retreat to Xishan County, which made Han Zhong feel enlightened. Yes, retreating to Xishan County can lead the Feng Army away from the hinterland of Mo State. If the Feng Army dares to attack Xishan County, it will be asking for trouble.
Seeking death.
He said urgently: "Hurry up and give the order to retreat to Xishan County!"
Yuan Tian shook his head, looked forward, and said: "The front army can no longer withdraw. Now we can only retreat with the middle army and the rear army!"
"What?" Han Zhong was shocked and subconsciously widened his eyes. There were one hundred thousand soldiers in the front army. If only the central and rear armies were withdrawn, wouldn't all the one hundred thousand soldiers in the front army die at the hands of the Feng army?
Yuan Tian said helplessly: "With the current situation, someone must stay behind and hold back the Feng Army. Otherwise, we will not be able to retreat to Xishan County at all, and we will be chased by the Feng Army and the whole army will be annihilated."
Han Zhong was speechless for a long time. Yuan Tian had no time to wait for him to make a decision and said: "Master Han, now is not the time to be indecisive." As he spoke, he shouted to the generals around him: "Send the order to the Chinese army.
, the rear army, retreat to the west, and send orders to the front army to fight to the death with the Feng army. Our army's reinforcements will arrive immediately."
"Yes! General!" The generals looked embarrassed, but they all agreed and left with the order.
Yuan Tian adopted the method of abandoning soldiers to save chariots, sacrificing the front army, and took advantage of the chaos to withdraw the 150,000-strong center and rear troops.
Tang Yin, who was sitting on the periphery of the battlefield, could clearly see Mo Jun's actions. He immediately understood Mo Jun's intentions, and immediately asked someone to pass the order to the Huwei Army to annihilate the remaining Mo Jun. Then, without chasing the enemy, he went directly south to Jueqing Mountain to solve the problem.
He was surrounded by the Pingyuan Army, and he himself led his direct troops to chase Yuan Tian and Han Zhong's troops who had retreated.
Yuan Tian and Han Zhong led the 150,000-strong Mo army. During the retreat, they found a large number of Feng troops chasing behind them. The two men quickly sent an order. The entire army threw away their baggage and only carried rations. They marched lightly and headed towards Xishan County at full speed.
retreat.
The retreat of the Mo army was miserable enough. All kinds of military supplies and armaments were thrown away and thrown away. In order to reduce the burden, many soldiers even threw away their armor and weapons. The 150,000 soldiers had no fighting spirit.
Like a pile of scattered sand, it fled westward crazily.
The Feng army ignored the large amount of supplies thrown away by the Mo army. Tang Yin had already made up his mind to wipe out the main force of the Mo army. The chase between the two sides lasted from morning to noon, and the distance between the two sides was not narrowed.
Far away, but getting closer and closer. In the end, Yuan Tian had no choice but to detach 20,000 Mo troops again to block the Feng army and create time for the main force to escape.
Facing the wolf-like and tiger-like direct army, with only 20,000 soldiers with no fighting spirit, how could the Mo army resist with its morale dropped to the bottom?
The battle between the two sides turned into a one-sided massacre from the beginning. The direct army was like a wind and a lingering cloud, scattering the 20,000 Mozambican troops in just one move. After less than an hour of fighting, the 20,000 Mozambican troops were almost completely destroyed.
No one escaped; they were either killed in battle or captured by the direct troops.
Tang Yin had no time or energy to take custody of these Mo army prisoners, so he made a prompt decision and ordered them all to be executed.
His words turned tens of thousands of prisoners of the Mo army into enemies of the Feng army, and the severed heads piled up like a mountain.
However, the death of the 20,000 Mo soldiers was not worthless. At least it greatly slowed down the Feng army's pursuit, buying a lot of time for Yuan Tian and Han Zhong's more than 100,000 soldiers.
The pursuit battle between the two sides continued. The direct army led by Tang Yin chased the enemy hard for two days and two nights, and finally saw the shadow of Mo Jun again.
Just when everyone in the Feng army was excited and thought they could wipe out the main enemy force in one go, the Mo army fled into a long and narrow valley.
In fact, this valley is not too narrow, even if five or six carriages run side by side, it will be no problem, but it is too deep and the peaks on both sides are too high, making the valley look narrow.
After chasing the enemy to this point, Tang Yin urgently ordered the entire army to stop advancing and rest where they were. He brought many wind generals to the valley and looked up.
The valley is winding and bottomless. The peaks on both sides tower into the clouds and the cliffs are as smooth as mirrors. If there are ambushes buried on the peaks on both sides and they enter rashly, the consequences will be disastrous.
After Tang Yin looked at it, he took a deep breath, turned his head and shouted: "Letian, where is Ai Jia?"
"The end is here!" Lotte and Ai Jia both urged their horses, came behind Tang Yin, stepped in and saluted.
Tang Yin pointed to the valley in front of him and asked, "Where is this place? Why is it so steep?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, this place is called Xishan Pass. It is also the only way to enter Xishan County of Mo Country. After passing through the valley, it should be Fengyang City of Xishan County." Ai Jia had done enough preparations, and Tang Yin asked
, she blurted out without thinking.
"It turns out that we actually pursued the enemy to Xishan County." Tang Yin didn't know much about Xishan County, but he had noticed this place when looking at the map of Mo Kingdom. Xishan County is located in the west of Mo Kingdom. Although it borders the Jade Kingdom, the entire county is surrounded by
Surrounded by mountains, there is no direct access to the Jade Kingdom. In addition, the county is remote and has no strategic value, so it is not among the primary targets of Tang Yin's attack.
"It seems that the remnants of the Mozhi army had already planned to flee to Xishan County for refuge." Lotte said seriously: "The Mok army tried to use the dangerous terrain of Xishan County to prevent our army from pursuing them."
"Hmph! Even if Mo Jun escapes to the ends of the earth this time, I will catch them out!" Tang Yin sneered and said: "Send skilled people to the top of the mountain to see if there is an ambush. After finding out, report immediately.
I know."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Letian and Ai Jia responded, and then sent out elite spies from Sky Eye and Diwang to climb the mountain to investigate.
It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do. The peaks on both sides of the West Pass are high and steep, and extremely difficult to climb. Lotte and Aijia each sent more than thirty spies, and they didn't return to the Fengjun camp until it was dark, and
Not all of them escaped unscathed. Twelve people were injured in the Sky Eye and fifteen people were injured in the Ground Network. These spies who died did not die at the hands of Mo Jun, but fell to death while climbing the mountain. Fortunately, they
I have brought back precise information that no ambush troops from the Mo Kingdom were found on the peaks on both sides of the valley.
After hearing the details, Tang Yin nodded repeatedly. It is understandable that even the elite spies of Tianyan and Diwang fell to death during the climb. It is easy to imagine how difficult it is for ordinary people to climb to the top of the mountain. Such a dangerous place
Mountain peaks are not suitable for large-scale ambushes.
He ordered the entire army to rest outside the valley for a night and wait until dawn the next day before entering the valley and fighting the enemy to the death.
That night, the direct army did not dare to enter the valley. First, they were not familiar with the terrain and were afraid of being ambushed by the enemy. Second, the whole army was exhausted from chasing the enemy for days and needed time to rest and reorganize.
The directly affiliated army did not attack hastily. Instead, the Mo army came out of the valley at night and attacked the Feng army's camp.
Mo Jun's stolen camp was not expected by the directly affiliated army. These days, the directly affiliated army has been chasing Mo Jun. They never expected that Mo Jun would dare to take the initiative to attack.
The direct army was poorly prepared and was caught off guard by the Mo army's sneak attack. Fortunately, the scale of the Mo army's sneak attack was not large and failed to cause too much damage to the Feng army. However, after a chaotic battle, the direct army suffered casualties.
More than two thousand people.
After learning about this, Tang Yin was furious. At dawn the next day, Tang Yin ordered the entire army to attack, break through the Xishan Pass, and take Fengyang City directly.
The direct troops, who thought they had been slapped in the face by the Mo army, rushed into the West Mountain Pass with thunderous momentum.
The Mo army had more than a dozen simple villages and checkpoints in Xishankou. It seemed that they were afraid of the fierce incoming force of the wind army. More than ten villages and checkpoints were deserted. The directly-affiliated army did not waste any effort and defeated the strongholds and checkpoints in Xishankou without any blood.
All captured.
Moving forward, we will reach the last pass of Xishan Pass and the top priority of Xishan Pass's defense line, Fengyang City.