——"Hundred Miles of Battlefield" from Qi County to Ji County——
"attack!"
A Korean general of the Northern Yan Army sat astride a horse, pointed the sharp sword in his hand at the low wall defense line guarded by the Wei army, and shouted in a hoarse voice.
Following the order of the Korean general, countless Korean soldiers pushed the Wugang chariot and ran with all their strength until they rushed to the low wall guarded by the Wei army, dumping the soil from the cart on the outside of the low wall.
"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
With a roar, a Wei general jumped out from behind the low wall, holding a fine iron spear, and rushed into the Korean army behind the Wugang chariot. The spear was either pointing, picking, or sweeping more than a dozen Korean soldiers.
The soldiers fell to the ground and died one after another.
"kill--!"
Following waves of roars, a Wei soldier jumped over the low wall, rushed past the Korean army's Wugang chariot, and fought with the Korean infantry behind the Wugang chariot. He saw stumps and broken arms flying around, and blood splattered everywhere.
"General, be careful!"
Or one of the Wei soldiers shouted loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Wei general turned sideways alertly, grabbed a Korean soldier whose throat was stabbed by him, and blocked him in front of him. Only a few "puff puff" sounds were heard, and the Korean soldier's back was
Suddenly it was filled with arrows.
"How can a mere flying arrow hurt me?!"
The Wei general sneered, and the spear in his hand was flying like a silver dragon, killing the Korean troops rushing up from all around.
At this moment, Dan heard a loud shout: "The enemy general should stop being so rampant, I'll meet you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a Han general on horseback galloping towards him brandishing a halberd.
The Wei general did not panic when he saw this. When the enemy general approached, he squatted down suddenly. After avoiding the halberd swung by the opponent, he held a gun with one hand and swept across the Korean general.
Under the crotch of the war horse's legs.
Hearing a horse's neigh, the war horse knelt down on its front legs and immediately threw the Han general off the horse.
When the nearby Wei soldiers saw it, they immediately swarmed up and hacked the enemy general to death with swords.
At this time, the Wei general was besieged by the Korean infantry. Suddenly, a Korean soldier took advantage of the former's gunshot and looked at the Wei general's back with the weapon in his hand. However, that person
General Wei was unhurried, holding a gun in his left hand and pulling out a short sword from the scabbard on his back with his right hand. He turned sideways to avoid the Korean soldier's attack, and at the same time stabbed him to death with a backhand sword.
Immediately, the Wei general threw out the dagger in his hand and hit a Korean crossbowman who was aiming the crossbow at him. The latter was hit by the sword in the chest and died immediately.
Seeing this Wei general killing so many people so easily, the surrounding Korean soldiers looked horrified.
Seeing this, the Wei general sneered: "What? Korean bastard? Your opponent is only Uncle Mengluo!"
Yes, this Wei general is Meng Luo, the most powerful general under the command of the Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Meng Luo, an invincible general like Meng Luo, was not guarding this low wall, I am afraid that this low wall would have fallen long ago.
"I was suppressed again..."
In the main formation of the Korean army, the commander of the Korean army, Kang Gong Han Hu, frowned deeply and stared at the Wei general Meng Luo in the distance with almost gritted teeth and hatred, who seemed to be alone in the chaos.
It has to be said that the low wall built here by King Su Zhao Hongrun last year in order to attack South Korea has today become a natural chasm that is difficult for the Korean army to cross. Due to the obstacles of these low walls, South Korea's most powerful unit, the cavalry, has been completely restricted.
We can only fight positional warfare with the Wei army through infantry and crossbowmen. But the problem is that Wei is a country known for its strong infantry!
The Wei infantry was so powerful that not even the Korean infantry could match it.
Seeing Wei General Meng Luo showing off his power in the distance, Kang Gong and Han Hu, who was in the Han army's main formation, clutched the horse reins in their hands. He wished he could immediately send a cavalry over to kill the Wei soldiers who crossed the low wall.
No scraps of armor remain.
But his previous experiences made him understand that his powerful Korean cavalry had little use in front of those low walls, because once the cavalry approached, the Wei infantry would quickly retreat to the other side of the low walls, bringing the battle situation back to the starting point.
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Not far from Kang Gong and Han Hu, Beiyan Shou Leyi looked at the battle situation in front of him calmly, as if he was not in any hurry.
The reason is simple. Although Wei general Meng Luo was brave, he could not prevent the balance of victory from gradually tilting towards the Korean army.
It was only a matter of time before this low wall fell.
At the same time, at a low-wall stronghold about forty feet away from the front line, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo was frowning at the martial arts chariots outside the low wall.
He knew something like a Wugang chariot, which was a chariot designed by his nephew Su Wang Zhao Hongrun last year to deal with the Korean cavalry. It had a simple structure, but its power was extraordinary. In front of this Wugang chariot, it was as powerful as a crossbow, and the cavalry almost became
furnishings.
In normal times, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, would not mind a few words of praise, but what is embarrassing is that this Wugang chariot invented and designed by his Wei people has now become a weapon for the Korean army to break through the Wei army's defense line - the Korean infantry
This kind of Wugang cart was used to load mud bags and transport them to the low walls, in an attempt to build a slope on the outside of the low walls to facilitate the Korean cavalry to cross these low walls.
This is how Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo's record of "losing two" comes - once the slope is successfully blocked by Korean infantry, his anti-rebellion troops will no longer be able to rely on the advantage of the low wall to withstand the attack of Korean cavalry.
"This 'piece' is almost enough..."
Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, took a breath and murmured.
The "piece" in his mouth refers to the flat land surrounded by low walls. After all, in order to restrict the free movement of Korean cavalry, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun used low walls to divide the "Hundred Miles of Battlefield" into countless areas.
The area is about four or five miles in diameter, while the smaller area is only one or two miles in diameter. This is why Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo is still so calm at this moment - it doesn't matter if you lose this position, there are still more behind.
But the problem is that the Korean army has gradually adapted to the rhythm of this kind of positional warfare, and this is the most fatal thing.
I remember that at the beginning, the Korean infantry just rushed forward in a chaotic manner, trying to attack the low wall head-on. As a result, they were beaten to the ground one after another by the Wei army.
But later, the Korean army gradually learned its lesson and shamelessly put the Wugang chariot designed by the Wei people into the battlefield. However, even so, the Wei infantry was still able to repel the Korean army with its own strength.
Until the Han army came up with the tactic of piling up slopes with mud bags, the Wei army was at a loss.
The Korean army's tactics were very simple. They asked the infantry to push Wugang carts to transport a large number of mud bags to the low wall and pile them up into a slope. Then they sent the cavalry to charge, and a position fell into the hands of the Korean army.
Even Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was at a loss to deal with this almost unsolvable rogue tactic.
He could only lament that he succeeded with Zhao Run and failed with Zhao Run - relying on the low wall built by Zhao Hongrun last year, his anti-rebel army could have defended this hundred-mile battlefield, but because of the Wugang chariot designed by Zhao Hongrun, it was destroyed by the Korean army.
Stealing troops, this positional battle becomes more and more difficult to fight.
Seeing that there was a cavalry group in the direction of the main Korean army that was about to move, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, immediately ordered: "Give me the order, wait for another moment, and then retreat! Retreat to the next low wall."
"Yes!" The messengers on the left and right immediately left the stronghold and went to the front line to convey the order.
About a quarter of an hour later, the Wei army's main formation heard the sound of golden bells.
Hearing the golden sound that represented retreat, Wei General Meng Luo frowned, with a hint of unwillingness on his face.
However, after taking a look at the slopes piled with mud bags outside the low wall, and then taking a look at the approximately two thousand Korean cavalry lined up in the distance, even if he was no longer willing to give in, he had to admit: this line of defense cannot be defended.
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"withdraw!"
Following Meng Luo's order, the Wei army fought and retreated, retreating towards the low wall in the rear.
During this period, the morale of the Korean troops who saw the retreating Wei army was greatly boosted, and they crossed the low wall to pursue the Mengluo tribe. However, they were forced back by the Mengluo tribe's Wei army with crossbow arrows, and many soldiers were shot to death in vain.
"Xilulu——"
With the sound of horses neighing, groups of Korean cavalry rushed towards the low wall. The horses' hooves stepped on the slopes piled with mud bags and jumped into the low wall.
However, these Korean cavalry did not pursue the Wei army. Firstly, the Wei army in the Mengluo tribe had almost retreated to the next low wall. Secondly, it was getting late.
So, under the unwilling gaze of countless Wei soldiers on the next low wall, groups of Korean infantry loaded the mud bags back into the Wugang carts, and then waved their sledgehammers and hammered the low wall, knocking the
The strong low wall made of cement was demolished.
In terms of mutual casualties, the Wei army naturally had the advantage, but in general, it was obviously the Korean army that regained a position from the Wei army.
However, the commanders of both armies, whether it was Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, or Han Hu, the Duke of Kang, were not satisfied with their own battle situation.
No other reason, just because positional warfare is almost like a battlefield meat grinder. Every positional battle requires both Wei and South Korea to pay huge casualties.
"That's it for today."
Thinking of the same thing in a tacit understanding, Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo and Kang Gong Han Hu each withdrew their troops and waited for another battle tomorrow.
That night, when Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, used a stronghold post as a command post and looked at the map to think about the strategy to repel the Korean army, Daliang sent someone to send the latest battle report - the battle report of several other battlefields.
Perhaps seeing that the Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo was indifferent to the battle reports, the deputy general Pang Huan stepped forward to receive the battle reports and read them one by one.
After a moment, he said with a strange expression: "Your Majesty, over there in Song Dynasty, Shaohu retreated again, and even "Yu County" was lost."
"Oh." Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, responded casually, unmoved.
"My lord, aren't you worried?" Pang Huan frowned and said, "If Yu County is lost, millions of Chu troops will invade Liang County and Kinki! If anything goes wrong, Daliang will..."
After hearing this, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, raised his head and glanced at Pang Huan, and said calmly: "Don't you and I still know what Lao Wu is capable of? And Shao Hu, his defeat was too simple... This clearly lured the enemy deeper."
"That's true, but isn't it a bit too obvious?... I've heard that Lord Shouling Jingshe is a famous general of Chu, so I'm afraid he will see through King Yu's plan." Pang Huan said with a frown.
Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, thought for a moment and then shook his head.
To be honest, he couldn't guess what King Yu Zhao Yuande was planning.
"Next letter." He ordered.
Pang Huan followed his instructions and opened another battle report. Then, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Hey, the fighting has started in Sanchuan. Zhao Run's son hasn't moved yet, but Sima An has started to kill..."
"First Sichuan and then Qin?"
Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, snorted and said calmly: "Is that boy planning to take this opportunity to take in Sanchuan? Haha."
In fact, after learning that Zhao Hongrun had created the "Weichuan Trade", the King of Nanliang Zhao Yuanzuo guessed that Zhao Hongrun would take back Sanchuan sooner or later. Of course, he had no objection to this. After all, as a member of the Ji Zhao royal family
, he also hoped that Wei would become stronger and stronger, so he "betrayed" Xiao Luan at a critical moment.
If we exclude the fact that "King Su Zhao Hongrun is the son of Zhao Yuansi", the evaluation of Zhao Hongrun by King Zhao Yuanzuo of Nanliang is actually very high. At least in his eyes, Zhao Hongrun is the only one among the younger generation who can compete with him and King Yu Zhao Yuanzuo.
The cornerstone of the country that the older generation can compare to.
"Let Sima An be a villain and allow him to go on a killing spree. Not only did he get rid of the Sanchuan tribe who did not want to surrender to the Wei Dynasty, but also improved Sima An's reputation. At the same time, he could still pretend to be in front of the pro-Wei Sanchuan tribe.
Good guy...it's really a good trick." After a pause, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, added: "After this battle is settled, Sima Anke can use Yu Wei to sit in Hexi to intimidate Sanchuan and Hetao..."
Listening to the words of Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, Pang Huan asked with some confusion: "The prince does not seem to be worried about whether Zhao Run can defeat the Qin army?"
After hearing this, the King of Nanliang glanced at Pang Huan, and then calmly said as if he was not involved, "If this son is unfortunately defeated in Sanchuan, we, the Wei Dynasty, will be dead."
Pang Huan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then after thinking about it carefully, his expression suddenly turned ugly.
Isn't that right? If King Su Zhao Hongrun's army is defeated in front of the Qin army, where else in the Wei State can he stop the Qin army? At that time, the Qin army will attack the Wei State from the west, including the Hanoi battlefield, the Song Dynasty battlefield, and the Shangshui battlefield.
The Wei army will collapse.
By then, how can the Wei State avoid subjugation?
Perhaps aware of Pang Huan's ugly expression, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo said calmly: "Don't worry, that boy has never lost a battle since he led an army when he was fourteen years old, and he will not be defeated easily... That boy has a lot of intuition.
To be sensitive."
"I hope so."
Pang Huan took a long breath and murmured: "I hope that Zhao Run will deal with the Qin army as soon as possible and come to help..."
At this point, his voice stopped suddenly, because Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, looked at him with an evil expression.
It has to be said that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was not wrong in his high evaluation of his nephew Zhao Hongrun. Zhao Hongrun was indeed a naturally intuitive person. For example, when he attacked the Korean Shangdang, he noticed the Korean general Bao Yuan's tactics of luring the enemy to encircle and annihilate them.
, at the critical moment, he came up with a plan to hide the truth and stand firm.
But this time, facing the strangeness of the Hanshan Qin Army, Zhao Hongrun once again felt a trace of danger that was contrary to his will.
Especially the iron camp cavalry led by Qin General Wang Jian. The sudden disappearance of this cavalry made Zhao Hongrun feel horrified, as if he was being targeted by some ferocious beast.
According to reports from Qingya Crow Crow Eighty-nine, who were monitoring Qin General Wang Jian's troops, the Qin cavalry under Wang Jian's troops did not hesitate to brave the heavy rain and ran out all night. This clearly meant a sneak attack on a certain place.
"Luocheng?"
A thought flashed through his mind, and Zhao Hongrun immediately returned to the military camp that was still under construction and came to the handsome tent that had just been built.
"Wei Jiao, get the map."
Wei Jiao, the chief of the imperial family, was stunned when he heard this. After all, as far as he knew, his highness had a photographic memory, so when he was marching and fighting, he almost didn't need to consult the map, he only needed to recall it in his mind.
But this time we actually had to use a map. It seemed like the situation was very urgent.
While thinking about it, Wei Jiao took out the map from his horse's backpack, put it in his account and handed it to Zhao Hongrun.
Because of the poor facilities in the tent, Zhao Hongrun simply asked someone to spread a sheepskin blanket on the ground. Then he sat on the sheepskin blanket and laid out the map of Sanchuan in front of him.
"Chang Haoshan...here, this is Luocheng, the two are far apart..."
While looking for the approximate locations of Changhao Mountain and Luocheng on the map, Zhao Hongrun estimated the distance between the two in his mind.
After repeated calculations several times, Zhao Hongrun came to the conclusion that even the cavalry could not reach Luocheng from the north of Changhao Mountain overnight.
Then the question arises. Since it is impossible to reach Luocheng from Changhao Mountain overnight, why did Qin General Wang Jian not hesitate to make his iron eagle cavalry march in a hurry in the rain?
Zhao Hongrun couldn't understand.
Because logically speaking, if Chang Haoshan was only one night away from Luocheng, and in this case Wang Jianjun chose to march in a hurry in the night rain, Zhao Hongrun would understand that he was caught off guard in order to attack Luocheng.
But the distance between Changhao Mountain and Luocheng cannot be reached in one night. In this case, what is the point of Wang Jian's army rushing on the road?
"...Unless he was trying to get rid of the Green Crows. That's right, Wang Jian's tribe deliberately left the military tent, and a golden cicada came out of its shell. Apparently he guessed that there were spies of our army around..."
Zhao Hongrun's eyes flashed with a hint of solemnity.
"...If Wang Jian's army really marched under the night rain in order to get rid of the Green Crows, then the target of his sneak attack must not be Luocheng. Otherwise, he would sneak attack Luocheng again when I knew that he would sneak attack Luocheng.
, there is no point in marching in a hurry in order to get rid of the Blue Crows. In other words, what he wants to attack in a sneak attack is..."
While thinking, Zhao Hongrun's fingers slowly moved on the map.
Suddenly, his finger pointed at a point on the map, and then a look of horror appeared on his face.
"Yichuan!...Wang Jian's army is going to attack Yanling's army in Yichuan!"
Zhao Hongrun swallowed slightly and felt a chill running down his spine.
Although he had not yet thought about why Qin General Wang Jian took such a risk to sneak attack the Yanling Army in Yichuan, he already had some bad premonitions in his heart.
Under the confused gazes of Que'er and Wei Jiao, Zhao Hongrun stretched out his hand and slapped his face to cheer up his somewhat sleepy self.
"Qin General Wang Jian... why did he lead his army to attack Yichuan? To save the Ling tribe? The Qin army had clearly stood by and ignored the Wuxu tribe before, but took the risk to save the Ling tribe. This doesn't make sense. Isn't the Qin army afraid that I will kill them?
Encirclement and annihilation...wait a moment.』
After muttering in his heart for a long time, Zhao Hongrun realized that he had noticed a fact: he had led his army to Hangu and was not in Lushi at all.
In other words, there was no way to send troops to surround and kill the Qin general Wang Jian before he secretly attacked the Yanling army.
"Your Highness? Your Highness?"
Seeing the pale color on Zhao Hongrun's face changing continuously, Wei Jiao asked with concern.
However, Zhao Hongrun raised his hand to interrupt Wei Jiao's greeting, staring at the map intently.
Referring to this map, in Zhao Hongrun's mind, he quickly sketched out a bird's-eye view of the war sand table. On the sand table, mountains, rivers, enemy and enemy troops and horses, and grain and grass transportation lines were all clearly listed.
Even on the sand table in Zhao Hongrun's mind, the armies representing the Qin Army, Wei Army, Jie Tribe, Ling Tribe and other parties gradually moved and outlined one course of action after another.
Only someone with a photographic memory like him could simulate the battle situation in his mind so clearly.
I don’t know how long it took, but Zhao Hongrun suddenly opened his eyes, took a breath, and said a name: "Sima An!"
"What?"
When Leng Buding saw Zhao Hongrun mentioning Sima An, Wei Jiao looked confused.
However, at this time, Zhao Hongrun did not bother to explain to Wei Jiao and simulated the battle situation again in his mind. After repeating it several times, he squinted his eyes and murmured: "Awesome! Awesome! Although I don't know who did this plan.
, but it is powerful... The Qin general Wang Jian used his plan to attack Luocheng and lured me to lead the army to Han.
Valley, cutting off his path, but Wang Jian did not attack Luocheng and went straight to Yishan... After repelling Qu Cheng's Yanling army, he joined the Ling tribe and took advantage of the Lu family's defenses to attack the Lu family and cut off Sima An.
The general's retreat...then united with the Jie tribe to attack General Sima An from both sides. What a dangerous move! What a wonderful move!"
Zhao Hongrun was full of praise for the person who came up with this wonderful trick.
Zhao Hongrun was really impressed that the opponent could come up with such a clever move despite such an unfavorable battle situation.
You must know that if this plan succeeds, General Sima An will escape death, and if this general dies in battle, it will be a huge blow to the Wei army.
And Zhao Hongrun, because of the loss of Sima An's arm, would be tied up in the future war with the Qin army. He was not as sure as he is now that "Sima An is in front, he is behind."
At this time, Wei Jiao also heard something in Zhao Hongrun's muttering, his expression changed drastically and he said: "Your Highness, please quickly send someone to notify General Qu Cheng!"
"It's too late." Zhao Hongrun shook his head, then wiped his face with his hands rather tiredly, shook his head and said: "If nothing unexpected happens, Qu Cheng should be attacked by Qin General Wang Jian today or tonight. Even if my side sends
The Green Crows went non-stop to report the news, but it was too late..."
Having said this, he sighed secretly.
Due to his strategic missteps, his general Qu Cheng would inevitably suffer a defeat. Fortunately, Qin General Wang Jian and the Ling tribe wanted to seize the time to attack the Lu family and did not pursue the Yanling army excessively. It was a great blessing among misfortunes.
"Then...then our army should immediately return to aid the Lu family." Wei Jiao said again.
"Returning aid to the Lu family? Easier said than done."
Zhao Hongrun took a breath and said in a deep voice: "As I expected, as long as our army returns to support the Lu family, the Qin army in Hangu will immediately send troops to cover up and kill..."
"Then, what should we do?" Wei Jiao asked in shock.
Zhao Hongrun glanced at the map, squinted his eyes, and said lightly: "Since Qin Jun wants to use his plan, then I will do as he wishes..."