The Huan Army wanted to return to the Huan Kingdom's homeland, and the Feng Army was also doing research on the Huan Army. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple, Lu Chen and others' plans were all figured out by the cunning Nie Ze.
Nie Ze clearly mentioned in his biography to Xiao Muqing and Wuying that Huan Jun's only way out now was to retreat, but Huan Jun's retreat had been cut off, so he could only find another way, and the most likely way to retreat was through Kongsang Mountain.
Kongsang Mountain is the border mountain range between Anhuan and Anhuan. It has many steep cliffs and dangerous peaks. There are two official roads from Anguo back to Huanguo. However, there are checkpoints and fortresses along the way. The terrain is steep and difficult to attack. At first, it was difficult to attack.
When Huan Guo sent troops to An Guo, he also launched the attack from Chizhou County and did not dare to go to Kongsang Mountain.
Now that the Huan Army has been driven to a dead end, the only road available is Kongsang Mountain. Moreover, the checkpoints and fortresses set up by Anguo at Kongsang Mountain focus on defending against the west, that is, the Huanguo side. Now the Huanjun must fight out from Anguo territory.
, the difficulty is much smaller.
Xiao Muqing and Wuying believed that Nie Ze's speculation was reasonable, and asked him for his opinions and countermeasures in their reply. In the letter, Nie Ze carefully analyzed the path that Huan Jun would take to Kongsang Mountain. With two official roads, Huan Jun was very likely*
*Will choose the south one.
First, there are only three checkpoints on the official road to the south. The city defenses are strong in the west and weak in the east. Fighting from east to west, it is not difficult for the Huan army with a large number of troops to continuously capture these three checkpoints.
Even if the attack is blocked, the Huan army still has a way to retreat. They can take advantage of the situation and flee to the south of Anguo to join the Sichuan army.
In their exchanges of letters, Nie Ze, Xiao Muqing, and Wu Ying made detailed analyzes and speculations on Huan Jun's next move, and also finalized the corresponding deployment.
The Pingyuan Army was the first to move. The entire army was broken into pieces and marched towards the Kongsang Mountain area in batches.
Facts have proved that Nie Ze's prediction was indeed correct. Huan's army was going to withdraw, and the route he planned to take was exactly the south road of Kongsang Mountain as he had guessed. ("")
It's very simple. There are few checkpoints on Kongsang Mountain South Road, it is relatively easy to attack, and it is not too far away from the Sichuan Army fighting in the south of Anguo. Therefore, the Huan Army can have more options when retreating from here.
Soon, the Huan army, commanded by Lu Chen, Jin Sheng, and Jiang Yang, took a short rest and then began to march southwest, heading straight for Kongsang Mountain on the Anhuan border.
There was no Feng army to stop them along the way, and Huan's army marched at an extremely fast speed. All large baggage was discarded, and the entire army marched in light formations.
While they were marching towards Kongsang Mountain at full speed, reports from the rear also came continuously, saying that the Feng Army's armies had gathered together and were chasing them from behind.
After hearing the news, Huan Jun ran faster. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "three hundred marches a day".
Ten days later, the Huan army finally entered the southern official road of Kongsang Mountain. The first thing they had to face was Anguo's troops and the sealing of the pass.
Bingfengguan is the first pass on the east side of the south official road of Kongsang Mountain. The city wall to the west is ten meters away, but the city wall to the east is only six or seven meters long and is in dilapidated condition. There are about 20,000 troops stationed in the pass.
Arriving and sealing the pass, Huan's army did not even pause and immediately launched a full-scale attack. Since all the large siege weapons were lost by Huan's army during the march, the Huan's attack at this time was typical.
Human wave tactics.
The soldiers of the whole army carried the ladders and pushed forward directly, intending to use their overwhelming superiority to overwhelm and seal the city defenses.
Huan Jun's tactics of "swallowing mountains and rivers with anger" really worked wonders. The defenders inside the pass were completely chilled when they saw the huge crowds of people outside the pass.
Huan Jun's desperate charge made An Jun's old problem of low fighting spirit come back again. Under Huan Jun's pure manpower attack, they could not hold on for even half an hour. The whole line was defeated. Twenty thousand defenders abandoned the pass and fled.
Escape from the church
They captured and sealed the pass almost without a fight. The Huan army had great fighting spirit and momentum. The three commanders, Lu Chen, Jin Sheng, and Jiang Yang, also became confident. They believed that they could capture the next two
The levels are not difficult either.
Huan's army rested for a day in Bingfeng Pass. The next day, they began to advance towards the hinterland of Kongsang Mountain. The army went straight to Anguo's second pass, Zhongqu Pass.
Zhongqu Pass is similar to Bingfeng Pass. The city defense is also strong in the west and weak in the east. Moreover, many places are in disrepair and are in semi-collapsed condition. They are simply supported by some wooden piles.
Of course, this is also understandable. For Anguo, the east is the inland of the country, and the west is the foreign country. If you want to defend, you have to defend against the west, not the east. In addition, Anhuan and Huan have been on good terms for a long time, and there has been no war for many years.
The defense at every checkpoint was not taken seriously. Even if there was damage, it would not be repaired immediately. It was delayed again and again, leading to the situation today.
The garrison at Zhongqu Pass originally numbered only 10,000, and together with the 20,000 troops who escaped from the pass, the total number was only 30,000. They still could not withstand the massive attack of 600,000 Huan troops.
However, the An army held on a little longer this time, resisting the Huan army for more than three hours before abandoning the pass and retreating in defeat.
At this point, Huan Jun successfully captured Zhongqu Pass. At this time, Lu Chen, Jin Sheng, and Jiang Yang had completely settled down. It was obvious that An Jun was defenseless here, and his side would capture the last pass.
It will be easy to conquer the Guanxi Pass. As long as our army successfully withdraws to the mainland and replenishes its food, grass and armaments, it is not certain that we will lose in a decisive battle with the Feng army.
The Huan army, confident and high-spirited, stopped at Zhongqu Pass for two days, and then began to move towards Xixiao Pass, the gateway from Anguo to Huan State.
Zhongqu Pass is more than 30 miles away from Xixiao Pass. The roads are not straight. They are all winding mountain roads that turn east and west. It is extremely difficult to walk. Fortunately, Huan Jun has already lost all the large baggage, otherwise the whole army would not want to walk through it.
The mountain roads in these thirty miles must be blocked even if they are blocked.
When the front army of Huan's army arrived at Xixiao Pass, the rear army was still more than ten miles away from Xixiao Pass. Huan's army of 600,000 people was huge and overwhelming, and the line stretched for more than ten miles.
Huan Jun was responsible for commanding the front army and was led by two brothers, Xiong Fei and Xiong Yi. Both of them were generals under the command of Qingyun Hou Lu Chen. Xiong Fei was good at bravery and Xiong Yi was good at planning. The two brothers were both civil and military, and they worked together flawlessly.
Xixiao Pass is located between two mountains. The two brothers cannot see how high the city defense is on the west side, but the city defense on the east side is also three feet tall, which is the standard height of the city defense for a big city.
Looking towards the top of the city, there were many An army guards. People were standing next to each other and crowded together. They were standing on the city wall. It was so dark that it was hard to tell their numbers.
Xiong Fei and Xiong Yi were not surprised that there would be so many defenders on the other side. The An army from Fengguan and Zhongqu Pass had all fled to Xixiao Pass. The defenders from the three passes were gathered in one place. If there were not many
That's weird.
However, the Xiong brothers are not worried. In other words, they do not look down on Anjun from the bottom of their hearts. No matter when they entered Anguo or now they want to withdraw from Anguo, they have fought nearly a hundred big and small battles with Anjun.
An Jun has not yet seen a single admirable place. Such a weak army, no matter how many troops it gathers, will be defeated in one blow, and it is not enough for its own side to defeat.
Xiong Fei and Xiong Yizheng were about to command the former army officers and soldiers to attack the city with all their strength. At this time, the gate of Xixiao Pass in front suddenly opened, and a team of 1,800 people poured out from it. The leader was General An, wearing a steel helmet and armor.
, armed with steel swords, urged their horses to the front of the formations of the two armies, and challenged the Huan army to scold the enemy.
Seeing this, Xiong Fei and Xiong Yi both let out a chuckle, laughed, and laughed. You said you wanted to take the initiative to fight, so you could send more troops to build up your momentum, but you just sent so many people to fend off the enemy and scold them.
It's like a clown.
Too lazy to go out to fight in person, Xiong Fei turned his head and asked the generals on his left and right: "Which general is willing to bring me back the head of General An?" From his tone, it seemed as if General An who came to challenge was a dead man.
Just go over there and chop off his head.
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding generals had already urged their horses forward, and they all raised their hands to him and shouted: "General Xiong, the last general is willing to fight the first battle!" "General, let the last general go!"
It was a rare opportunity to make achievements, and none of the generals wanted to miss it, so they volunteered to fight with all their strength.
Xiong Fei smiled, pointed at one of the generals, and said: "General Meng Shuang, you come to take the lead! As the saying goes, the first battle is won, and the battle is won. You have to make a good start.
Let me disappoint you!"
General Huan named Meng Shuang looked happy, raised his hands and said, "Thank you so much for your great hope, general. I will definitely fulfill my mission and take the enemy general's head back and present it to the general!"
As he spoke, he took off his spear from his horse's victory hook, urged his horse to rush out of the formation, and headed straight for General An.
Seeing General Youhuan going into battle, General An hurriedly put on his spiritual armor and transformed the steel sword in his hand. When Meng Shuang came to him, he bowed his hands politely and said: "I'm General An.
Zhang Huai, I don’t know your surname..."
Before he could finish his words, the spirit spear in Meng Shuang's hands rushed to his chest and stabbed him fiercely. Zhang Huai was shocked and angry. This general Huan didn't understand etiquette.
, how is it different from the savages?
Zhang Huai suppressed the anger in his heart and shouted: "Well done!" He waved his sword to parry and fought with Meng Shuang.
This Zhang Huai is not an ordinary An general, but a general who was stationed at Zimeng Pass with Yan Xi. He was born in a famous noble family in Anguo. He is not very young, and his spiritual martial arts has been extremely strong. What he lacks is
Insufficient practical experience.
Meng Shuanglai launched a series of attacks, causing Zhang Huai to panic and the situation was passive. However, after he withstood Meng Shuanglai's three axes and gradually figured out his methods and foundation, Zhang Huai began to get better and better.
The easier it is to fight.
The two fought for more than thirty rounds. Zhang Huai caught Meng Shuang's negligence and struck out with several swords. Meng Shuang blocked and dodged Zhang Huai's previous swords, but failed to do so.
Can withstand the final blow.
A squeaking sound was heard in the ear, and most of Meng Shuang's head was cut off by Zhang Huai. The horse dragged the decapitated body and fled.