The frontal battle between the Huaning army and the allied army ended in Xu Bufan's serious injury and Zhen army's great defeat. Xiao MuQing is not in a hurry to pursue and kill. The enemy has got into his large pocket arranged in advance. He is not afraid that the other party can fly to the sky.
Sure enough. When Takaoka and the main force of the Zhenjun army were losing and fleeing in the direction of Huaning, there was a loud drum in front, flags were raised, and a large number of coalition troops appeared in the road to block the way of the Zhenjun army.
Takaoka saw it clearly and screamed. He urgently ordered the whole army to rush to kill it.
The coalition army responsible for cutting off the retreat of the Zhen army came prepared. When the Zhen army entered their range, the whole army fired arrows, and the arrow array was like a plague of locusts, shooting into the Zhen army camp.
In the course of the attack, the death and injury of the Zhenjun army were extremely heavy without formal contact with the coalition army.
After the two sides fought together, the first thing Zhen army met was the plain soldiers of the two regiments in front of the coalition army. This is another dark battle.
The Allied forces don't want to be meritorious, but want to make no mistakes. They only need to defend but not attack. As long as they can resist the enemy, unlike the Zhen army, there are pursuers who may catch up at any time. Now they can only break through the encirclement with a hard head.
The fighting between the two sides was bloody and fierce, and the soldiers on both sides were killed inextricably. They couldn't compete for a time, but the attack of Zhenjun had been resisted by the coalition.
Takaoka carefully observed the situation on the battlefield and shook his head secretly. The combat effectiveness of this coalition force should not be underestimated. After fighting, he didn't know when to fight. If the pursuers behind him arrived and his side was attacked, it would be all over.
Unable to break through the encirclement in a short time, Takaoka had to change the military order again, and the whole army withdrew southward and ran in the direction of Tongcheng. Anyway, Tongcheng still has more than 100000 troops. As long as you escape to Tongcheng, you will be saved.
However, in the endless net arranged by Xiao MuQing, how can he be given the chance to escape to Tongcheng?
When the Zhenjun army was defeated and fled to the south, the road ahead was blocked by a coalition army just 20 miles away. The strength of this coalition army is as many as 70000 or 80000 people. It has long been lined up and ready for battle. It seems that it has been waiting for Zhenjun for a long time.
Takaoka saw it and his head buzzed. At this time, he finally reacted that his side had been tricked by the coalition forces. There were coalition forces blocking in the East, South, West and north directions, and he had been surrounded by the coalition forces.
Up to now, less than half of the 150000 Zhenjun soldiers who went out of the city with Xu extraordinary have been left. Even most of the remaining people are injured, panting and exhausted.
Knowing that his side's combat strength was insufficient, Takaoka was unwilling to wait to die. He ordered the whole army to make another charge and break out anyway.
However, the breakthrough of the Zhen army has become the end of a powerful crossbow. It has not been a long time since the battle with the coalition army, so it shows a weak state. Although it has stormed several times with all its strength, it has not been able to break through.
Facing the encirclement tactics of the coalition forces, Zhenjun broke through the encirclement repeatedly and failed repeatedly. When the War reached dawn the next day, Zhenjun was exhausted.
On the other hand, the four armies have converged to form an iron barrel array, completely encircling the disabled and defeated generals of the Zhen army.
So far, the 300000 troops led by Xiao MuQing have basically completed the task. Next, the initiative of the war situation has been firmly in the hands of the coalition forces. Whether they choose to attack or encircle without fighting, they can kill Zhenjun.
Xiao MuQing sent the war report back to his camp and reported the victory to Tang Yin. Tang Yin received another intelligence at the same time as Xiao MuQing's good news. Guan Zhan, the main general of Tongcheng, led all the garrison of Tongcheng out of the city and came straight to his own side.
Seeing these two pieces of information, Tang Yin was worried. He was not afraid of the Guan war, but according to Xiao MuQing's good news, the place where they besieged Zhen army was near the road from Tongcheng to Xitang, only 50 miles away. If Guan war led the army to rescue, Xiao MuQing's early efforts would be in vain.
He immediately wrote a letter back to Xiao MuQing, asking him to destroy the trapped Zhenjun as soon as possible. If he really can't do it, he also needs the clearance war of the dike to the city to help, and make corresponding preparations in advance.
After being sent away, Tang Yin summoned all the generals in the army to choose a commander again to meet the reinforcements of Tongcheng.
Because Xiao MuQing made a good start and took advantage of the Huaning army led by Xu Bufan, the generals of the coalition army were full of confidence. They were all eager to try and offered to volunteer.
Now they want to fight, but Tang Yin doesn't trust them. He directly calls the roll and says, "Ziying!"
"The end will come!" Hearing Tang Yin's call, Ziying hurried out of the line and stepped in to salute. Tang Yin said positively, "Ziying, I'll give you 300000 troops to fight the pass. Are you sure of winning?"
"This......" Ziying hesitated and didn't answer immediately. Guan Zhan is a famous general in the state of Zhen. Xu Bufan is not as powerful as Xiao MuQing. The reason why Xiao MuQing can win the Zhen army lightly is that shangguanyuanrang wounded Xu Bufan. Now the king asked him to fight Guan Zhan, but he doesn't have a strong general like shangguanyuanrang. Who can control Guan Zhan on the battlefield?
Seeing Ziying's hesitation, Tang Yin raised her eyebrows and asked in a deep voice, "what? Do you think you can't win the Guan war?"
Ziying hurriedly replied, "tell the king that guanzhan is known as the leader of the country of Zhen. I'm afraid that the subordinates of the last general... Can't be the enemy of guanzhan!"
Tang Yin smiled and said, "what's the fear?" Then he turned and said, "Jiang Fan!"
"The end will come!"
"You go out with general Ziying!"
"I will obey!"
Tang Yin's eyes turned. Now it's the time to hire people. Don't let the generals of Yu, an and Huan idle. Thinking of this, he raised his voice and said, "where are Shi Xiao, Yan Hui and Zhang Ben?"
Yo! Unexpectedly, Tang Yin would call his name. Shi Xiao, Yan Hui and Zhang Ben first raised their eyes to see their respective kings. Seeing that the kings did not make any statement, they stepped out and stepped in one after another to salute: "the end will be here! What do you want from your highness King Feng?"
"The three of you go with general Ziying. When you encounter the Guan war on the battlefield, you can join hands with general Jiang Fan to win the enemy general!" Then he looked at lingshuang, Yueze and Lixin and asked with a smile, "brother Wang and sister Wang don't mind lending their love generals?"
Tang Yin had already opened his mouth. Lingshuang, Yueze and Lixin refused. They nodded together and said with a smile, "although brother Wang is assigned, now everyone is a family. Don't be polite."
"Very good!" Tang Yin smiled, looked at Ziying again and asked, "with the help of generals Jiang Fan, Shi Xiao, Yan Hui and Zhang Ben, you should always be sure of victory?"
Ziying said, "don't worry, your majesty. You will live up to your mission!"
"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded and then told: "you must be fast. The decisive battle between MuQing and Zhenjun is not far from the marching route of the first part of the customs war. You must arrive before the customs war and support MuQing one!"
"The end will understand!"
Against the Tongcheng army led by the Guan war, Tang Yin sent generals Zi Ying, Jiang Fan, Shi Xiao, Yan Hui and Zhang ben to lead 300000 troops to meet the enemy.
Ziying's tactics are not as complicated as Xiao MuQing's, that is, to confront the enemy head-on and defeat his opponent with his superior forces.
Even in the arrangement of troops, Ziying is the opposite of Xiao MuQing. When the latter fought with Zhen army, he put his plain army in front, but Ziying put the armies of Yu, an and Huan in front and left his Tianying army behind.
He thought very clearly that since the king let himself be the commander-in-chief, if he didn't take care of his own soldiers, he would be too sorry and waste the king's painstaking efforts. If you want to fight against Zhen's army, let the three armies of Yu, an and Huan fight. Your own soldiers are only responsible for the head and tail.
From the platoon of Xiao MuQing and Ziying, we can also see their different personalities. The former is just fierce and likes to go straight, while the latter is more scheming and much more insidious and cunning.
Ziying led the army and hurried slowly, but she still failed to reach the place where Xiao MuQing and Zhen army fought a decisive battle in front of the Guan war.
However, to everyone's surprise, Guan Zhan ignored Xu Bufan, who was close at hand, and directly led the army to pass by.
Even if the news of the Guan war is no longer well-informed, he should be aware of the fact that he is so close to the decisive battle site of the coalition and Zhen army. Of course, he has his own plan for not helping.
First of all, he and Xu Bufan have always been at odds and asked him to save Xu Bufan's danger. He is unwilling to do so. Second, it is a good thing for him to use Xu Bufan's remains to drag 300000 coalition forces. At least when he leads his troops to Xitang to fight with the coalition forces, the other party's forces can be much less, and he is more confident of winning. In addition, If he goes to help Xu Bufan at this time and really defeats the coalition forces, who should take the credit for this war? It's not clear whether Xu extraordinary meritorious service or Guan Zhan meritorious service will be rewarded 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 touch the head-on Ziying. The two sides met on a narrow road, and no one could avoid it. They lined up their battle lines and were ready for battle.
Seeing the large number of coalition forces opposite, Guan Zhan was worried at first, but a closer look showed that the flag of Huan army was playing opposite, and Guan Zhan's fighting spirit was immediately aroused. Among the six allied forces that attacked the state of Zhen, the people of Zhen were the most ruthless in two countries, one was the state of Sichuan and the other was the state of Huan. At the beginning, when the state of Zhen gained power, the state of Huan followed the lead of the state of Zhen and completely assumed the posture of belonging to the state. Now the state of Zhen has lost power and it is the state of Huan who retaliates against the state of Zhen most ruthlessly. How can Zhen people not hate such a fickle and two faced snob?!