Yang Shenxing led 40,000 Jinan soldiers to safely pass through the southern line, where there was most likely an ambush in the Qingyang Basin.
He was ambushed by Xie Xiqiao, the new generation general of Western Chu, and his troops.
First, Yang Shenxing used 2,000 light cavalry to underestimate the enemy and send troops, and then used 1,000 elite armored heavy cavalry to directly destroy the Jinan infantry line.
Yang Shenxing did not expect that there were still elite soldiers in Xichu, and the front line was broken.
In order to protect the gang of dandies from the capital, Yang Shenxing had no choice but to separate his troops for protection.
This move played into Xie Xi's heart. He used the mobility of his cavalry to force Yang Shenxing to divide his troops by constantly killing the guards around the dandy.
And Yang Shenxing really had to divide his troops to protect the army.
In the end, as Jinan's infantry retreated, the line was once again penetrated by heavy cavalry, exposing flaws.
At this time, Xie Xiqiao had already arranged for the ambush in the dark to come out.
At some point, Xie Xiqiao had already deployed 20,000 infantry on the way the Anguo general was withdrawing his troops.
The leader of this ambush was Pei
Hongzhi's eldest grandson Pei Sui.
Under attack from inside and outside, the army was defeated, all 40,000 Jinan infantry were wiped out, and Yang Shenxing and his son died in the battle.
Only Sun Yang and Wen Qizi risked their lives to protect the escape of the group of nobles and nobles from the capital and more than 2,000 troops.
When Lu Xiangsheng got the news and came with his army, all that was left was the cleaned battlefield.
Xie Xiqiao's troops had already gone to attack Yan Zhenchun's 30,000 cavalry.
Yan Zhenchun is another veteran who has survived the Spring and Autumn War. Unlike Yang Shenxing, he was already on guard when no one was retreating.
Faced with the sudden appearance of the Xichu cavalry, they responded immediately.
The cavalry of both sides fought in a fierce battle, and blood flowed like rivers.
The real ace of Western Chu appeared on the battlefield, and Kou Jianghuai led eight thousand crossbowmen to the rear of Yan Zhenchun's cavalry.
Eight thousand powerful crossbows fired in volley, and arrows rained down from the sky.
Penetrate the heavy armor of the cavalry and take the lives of those inside.
The improved Xichu Jinnu can not only penetrate heavy armor, but also greatly reduce the launch time.
With the addition of Kou Jianghuai as an effective force, the balance of victory and defeat officially tilted towards Xi Chu.
Without enough time to react, the rear army collapsed under the continuous rain of arrows from the Kou Jianghuai army.
Once the rear army was lost, Yan Zhenchun's cavalry front line was in danger without any effective strength.
Xie Xiqiao invested his last remaining force, 3,000 heavily armored cavalry, to defeat Yan Zhenchun's cavalry on the front line.
In the end, Liyang's 30,000 fine cavalry army was wiped out.
The general Yan Zhenchun refused to retreat and was killed by thousands of arrows from the Kou Jianghuai crossbow army.
In just two days, the two main armies were wiped out.
Although the Liyang royal family had long had the intention of letting them die, the fact that they were wiped out so quickly was enough to scare Liyang Chaoye.
On the northern line, Guangling King Zhao Yi, who occupied half of the territory of Chu and Tai, faced off against Pei Hongzhi, a veteran of Western Chu, and it was also difficult to advance.
Zhao Yi has a body fat of more than 300 kilograms, and his son Zhao Piao also inherited his body fat.
He was so lustful that he once gave Xu Xiao 6,000 of his Wei soldiers to get the Queen of Western Chu. Later, Xu Xiao Bai Ling killed the Queen of Western Chu.
Over the years, Zhao Yi and his son have committed evil deeds in their hometown of Dachu, being cruel, easy to kill, and cruel and unjust.
After General Gu Jiantang was summoned to Beijing, most of the disbandment of the old army was in the hands of King Yan Chi and him. Over the years, he devoted himself to suppressing the rebellions that kept rebounding, and his reputation was notorious.
Therefore, the Tibetan army under King Guangling was also one of the few troops in Liyang that retained combat effectiveness.
Otherwise, Zhao Yi would not dare to claim to have a showdown with the Beiliang Iron Cavalry.
There was also a censor who impeached him because of his actions, but was beaten to death by Zhao Yi in court.
All he got was verbal rebuke.
Under his rule, the turmoil in the hometown of Dachu had already caused public resentment, and this was inseparable from Li Yang's acquiescence.
With the restoration of Western Chu, countless rebels in Guangling Road responded.
As a fiefdom under the high-pressure rule of Zhao Yi, the rebel army is still surging.
Under the guidance and reorganization of the Western Chu faction, these rebel armies were not as powerful as the regular troops, but their effectiveness was no less effective than on the frontal battlefield.
They did not directly attack the troops sent by Zhao Yi, but adopted tactics of wandering around.
Burn one of your strongholds today, intercept one of your grain and grass troops tomorrow, cut off your key hub the next day, and with the help of the survivors of Western Chu, continue to weaken King Guangling.
Zhao Yi was extremely annoyed, but there was nothing he could do about it.
After sending too many troops, no trace of the enemy troops could be found. With the help of local people, the enemy troops had already fled far away, wasting their rice and food in vain.
If you send less troops, you will be ambushed and annihilated by the opponent's concentrated superior force.
Zhao Yi also sent people to massacre villages that had helped the rebels.
As a result, instead of suppressing the wave of resistance in Da Chu's hometown, the action caused more people to join the rebel army, and the resistance became even greater.
The school captain who led the troops to massacre the village that day was later ambushed by the rebels during a search mission.
This assistant to the emperor was a lieutenant who was responsible for the cruelty of the land. He was handed over by the rebel army to the villagers who survived the massacre and beaten to death.
Zhao Yi didn't understand why the common people and animals that he usually bullied and killed at will dare to take action against him now.
Zhao Yi and Li Yang finally paid the price for what they had done over the years.
And just when the Western Chu Kingdom was restored, the battle of Liangmang in the north also reached its most critical moment.
After repeated battles, Beimang's army stopped at the foot of Hutou City.
Beimang paid a price of nearly 200,000 men and destroyed one-third of Beiliang's military strength.
After Chen Zhibao left, Qi Dangguo, the second most powerful figure in the Northern Liang army, died in a siege at the hands of Tuoba Bodhisattva who came from a surprise attack.
The other two Beimang armies, led by Hong Jingyan and Dong Zhuo, attacked the other two states of Beiliang, even if they advanced slowly.
The change in the battle situation lies in the joining of two people.
First, Xu Fengnian returned to Beiliang.
He did not immediately go to the front line to boost the morale of the troops.
Instead, he went to Liuzhou, subdued the 200,000 refugees here, and organized them into an army.
And during this period, with the help of the reputation gained by defeating Wang Xianzhi in a one-page book, thousands of martial arts people joined him.
With the addition of this group of effective forces, Xu Fengnian joined Xu Longxiang and his Longxiang Army who arrived.
The two brothers joined forces, relying on the 10,000 dragon and elephant troops, the 50,000 newly reorganized refugee army, and the martial arts masters who came forward.
Defeated the nearly 200,000 troops under Dong Zhuo's command, including Rouxuan, Laohuai, and Wuchuan.
Dong Zhuo's troops retreated, slightly reducing the pressure on Beiliang.
After this battle, the Liuzhou Army under Xu Fengnian and Xu Longxiang's Longxiang Army also suffered heavy casualties. Even the deputy general of the Longxiang Army, Wang Lingbao, died in the chaos.
It is difficult to allocate troops to support other fronts.
The army along the way in Beimang was defeated, and the news spread back to Beiliang.
At this time, it was rumored that Xu Xiao, who was seriously ill, finally took action.
As soon as Xu Xiao took action, he hit the lifeline of Beimang's army.
On that day, Xu Xiao personally led the Beiliang Jingqi, attacked thousands of miles, bypassed the front line, and captured Xiaguang City in one fell swoop.