Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 387 The Final Battle Begins

Under the blue sea and blue sky, the sea breeze caresses slightly, and the scenery is pleasant, which makes people feel refreshed...

Of course, it would be great if there were no roaring military drums ringing in my ears, and the constant sound of shouting and killing!

The main forces of the Leizhou navy in the Yunguo are gathered together, and they are mighty and mighty across the sea.When the drums sounded, the bows and crossbows were fired at the same time, the trebuchet sounded, and the arrows and stones fell like rain, heading towards the distant cloud army and navy.

However, seeing that the warships of the Yunguo Navy did not love to fight, they retreated quickly with the speed of the ships, and had no intention of entanglement at all.

Watching the warships of the Yun Army leave, all the warships of the Leizhou Navy stopped immediately.Flags were flying above the warships, asking the commander whether to pursue them or not.

The commander of the Leizhou Navy, looking at the fleet of Yunguo Navy's battleship, hesitated for a long time, but finally did not dare to give the order to pursue, he gritted his teeth and ordered:
"withdraw!"

When the military order is issued, the sound of Mingjin sounds, which is the signal to withdraw troops.

The officers and men of the Leizhou Navy heard the order, their faces were calm, but they could only hold back the aggrieved hearts and silently watched the Yun army retreat.

Now on this sea, in terms of overall strength, the Leizhou navy with many warships has the upper hand.

It's just that the Yunguo Navy has inherited all the warships of the West Road Navy of the Li Dynasty in the past.

The navy of the Li Dynasty ruled the world, and its shipbuilding skills were the best in the world.The ships they built were tall, sturdy, and fast, and they were unmatched by the warships of the Leizhou Navy of the Xia Kingdom.

Therefore, although the Yunguo navy under the command of Zheng He has only a hundred warships under his command, in naval battles, he has the upper hand because he can take the initiative to attack.

Even though the Xia Guo Navy has many ships and mighty battles, it is only at the beginning of the battle that they can gain the upper hand.

But once the Yun army retreats, the Leizhou navy will not be able to catch up with the Yunguo warships, and they are also worried that Leizhou will be attacked by the Yunguo navy.

Even now, even though the overall strength of the Leizhou navy is stronger than that of the Yunguo navy, it has been reduced to the point where it can only control the waters near Leizhou.

The officers and men of the Leizhou Navy once again watched the Yunguo Navy calmly retreat after being harassed.

But when they returned without success and returned to Leizhou to recuperate, the urgent report from the Yanchuan Mansion made the morale of the Leizhou navy even more sluggish.

"General, it's bad! General Anton of the Yun Army, Yang Dayan, led an army a few days ago to attack our Manchuan Mansion. Leizhou has been completely cut off from the middle of the country and has become an enclave..."

When the chief general of the Leizhou Navy heard the news, his head was stunned, and he sat on the main seat in a daze, his face full of panic and bewilderment.

The generals were even more shocked at this time, and they all exclaimed:

"After Zhuxian County was captured by the Yun Army, Shenchuan Mansion has mobilized more than ten thousand soldiers and horses to garrison. Why didn't they hold on for half a month?"

"Is Yun Jun really so brave?"

"Didn't the Marquis of Deyang already dispatch elites from Yongzhou to garrison Yanchuan Mansion? Where are the reinforcements?"

"Di Qing Qingqi of Yunguo went straight to Lingzhou, and then the army pressed forward and stormed Yongzhou. The situation in Shaoyang County is critical, where are the reinforcements..."

"Damn it, my Leizhou is now facing enemies from both sides, isn't this a death situation!"

The chief general of the Leizhou navy, who was above the main position, was already flustered at this moment, and after hearing the dejected remarks of his subordinates, he became more and more irritable, slammed the table, and shouted angrily:
"Shut up for me!"

The sound of fury made the handsome tent suddenly quiet.The generals were silent like cicadas, and bowed their heads.

The general of the Leizhou navy took several deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down, and suppressed the evil fire in his heart just now.

"The situation in Leizhou is so critical now, you must not let yourself be confused!"

All the generals lowered their heads and cupped their fists together, and replied in a deep voice:
"The last general will know his mistake!"

The chief general of the Leizhou navy gritted his teeth and continued:
"How many weapons, supplies, food and grass are there in the army?"

The quartermaster immediately came out, clasped his hands and said:

"There are less than [-] arrows, kerosene can only be used for three or four battles now, and the parts of the trebuchet are seriously worn out and need to be dispatched urgently. The rest of the ordnance is not short for the time being... Besides, there is the problem of food and grass! Now the food and grass in the army is only enough for the army for a month."

The problem of food and grass is actually the most serious!The number of people under the rule of Leizhou is not comparable to that of a prosperous place, and it is difficult to support the tens of thousands of troops of the Leizhou Navy with food and grass based on one place alone.

At this time, the chief general of the Leizhou navy clenched his fists tightly, the veins on his forehead were exposed, and said angrily:
"The cloud army has been harassing constantly before, but the main force has been avoiding the battle. Presumably it is purely to consume my Leizhou ordnance storage!"

When there are generals, they say:

"General, at this moment, we can only rely on the sea to transport supplies!"

The chief general of the Leizhou navy nodded silently when he heard the words, and said:

"Now there is only this way..."

Having said that, he gritted his teeth suddenly, and said loudly:

"In short, the current battle situation is unfavorable and the armaments are insufficient. In the future, if the Yun army provokes again, our army should avoid the battle and defend Leizhou to the death!"

As long as Leizhou is not lost, it will be difficult for most of Yunguo's navy to bypass Leizhou and harass Xiaguo's coastal areas.

When the generals heard the words, they clasped their fists together immediately.
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Anshun County, Xingyuan Mansion, under Yangping Pass, Qiu Tianlu, commander of the Xia Army of Jiangyang County, led the forward marching in a hurry.

Looking at the Yangping Pass, the Yunlong flag and the general flag with "Yijun General Zhao" fluttering in the wind, Qiu Tianlu closed his eyes remorsefully, and said with despair:

"How did this cloud army get here, and how did it easily capture Yangping Pass?"

Earlier, Qiu Tianlu was leading his troops to attack Jianzhou Pass, and he received a report from the defenders of Guangyuan Mansion, saying that the supplies and grass of Xingyuan Mansion had not arrived for two days overdue.

The Guangyuan Mansion sent troops to investigate, only to find that on the Jinniu Road, there were the corpses of soldiers left after the defeat of the Xia Army's supply troops, and the burned supplies.

At this time, the generals of the Xia army only thought it was the cloud country cavalry back then, so they didn't pay attention.It wasn't until Tan Ma found out that Yangping Pass seemed to have fallen into the hands of Yun Jun, that Xia Jun of Guangyuan Mansion panicked and hurriedly reported revenge to Tianlu.

Qiu Tianlu had been feeling uneasy for a long time because there was no change in the Yun army in Xiangzhou County. Hearing the military report that Yangping Pass seemed to be lost, he was shocked and led his troops to retreat from Guangyuan Mansion.

But at this time, when Qiu Tianlu personally led the vanguard of the army to the Yangping Pass and saw the fall of Yangping Pass with his own eyes, his heart was filled with regret and annoyance.

Once Yangping Pass is lost, Xingyuan Mansion can be regarded as falling, and Xia Kingdom's southwestern defense line will collapse soon.What's more terrible is that the [-] elite under Qiu Tianlu's command are cut off from the rear, and if they are not careful, they will be overthrown!

At this time, an embroidered envoy of the Xia Kingdom hurried to Qiu Tianlu, with a bitter expression on his face, and said in a low voice:

"General Qiu, the Embroidered Clothes Envoy of Xiangzhou County came to report that thousands of cloud troops came from the Yinping trail. After repairing in the small town of Xigu County for a day, they used Yinping again to surprise Yangping Pass..."

When Qiu Tianlu heard the words, his pupils shrank, and he exclaimed:
"Yinping trail? How is it possible..."

Having said this, Qiu Tianlu froze slightly again, and froze in place.

Although the Yinping Trail is rough and difficult to navigate, it is not true that no one can pass it, otherwise it would not have the name "Yinping Trail".

It's just that it's difficult to march an army on this road. The world has never thought that someone will lead an army to cross it, and Qiu Tianlu naturally subconsciously didn't take precautions.

But he never expected that there would be such an elite soldier in the cloud army, who could really cross Yinping and attack Yangping pass by surprise.

Qiu Tianlu showed shock and remained silent for a long time.The Xia army general at the side was furious when he heard the words, and couldn't help cursing angrily at the embroidered clothes envoy:
"What's the use of telling you this kind of information now?"

"You embroidered clothes are so majestic in the past, and a joke from the courtiers can reach His Majesty's ears. How can you be so useless against Shang Yunjun!"

"A group of things lying in a nest!"

……

Facing the accusations of the generals, the embroidered clothes envoy had the heart to forbear at first, but the words of the generals became more and more unpleasant, so he couldn't help being a little annoyed, and retorted angrily:
"I just received the news too! Embroidered clothing envoys are not gods, and it will take time to deliver the information. Xigu County is remote, and the Yunjun intends to block it. When the news reaches Jiangcheng Mansion and then reaches me, it will be too late." It's..."

After all, the Embroidered Clothes Envoy and the army are not in the same system, and if there is any news, the Embroidered Clothes Envoy must first pass it to Jiangcheng Mansion.Only when the second-rank Embroidery Envoy in charge of the Southwest Embroidery Envoy makes a decision can it be passed on to the army.

After this process has been completed, by the time the information reaches the army, it will be too late!

At this time, seeing that the generals were still arguing with the embroidered clothes envoy, Qiu Tianlu frowned suddenly, and shouted in a cold voice:

"In such a situation, if there are any more disputes, it will be dealt with as a crime of disordering the army!"

Everyone was jealous of Qiu Tianlu's strict military law, so they suppressed their anger, stopped arguing with the embroidered envoy, turned to look at Qiu Tianlu, and asked respectfully:

"Marshal, what should I do?"

"Since the back road has been cut off, the last general is willing to ask for orders, lead his troops to attack, and take back Yangping Pass!"

"Take it back? Yangping Pass is no better than Jianzhou Pass. The pass wall is tall and majestic, easy to defend and difficult to attack. How to take it back?"

"It's about the survival of the [-] army. If you don't fight to the death, why don't you sit and wait for death!"

At this time, among the generals of the Xia army, some were panicked and speechless.And some people were aroused to be brave and die bravely, and asked for a fight.

Qiu Tianlu pondered for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said:
"Order the army to take a detour to Maling, go to Cheng County, and withdraw from Chencang Road to Jindi."

Compared with Deyang Hou Qimo who was leading the army in Yongzhou at this time, Qiu Tianlu was more cautious in using troops.

Facing the current situation where Yangping Pass has been lost, even though Qiu Tianlu didn't say it clearly, he already had a final conclusion on the situation in the southwest.

Completely broken, irreparable!
With Qiu Tianlu's military habits and prudent temperament, what he was considering at this time was not whether to attack Yangping Pass at all, but how to keep the [-] troops under his command!
Xia Guo ruled tens of millions of people, but what can be called an elite soldier is definitely not something that can be completed by recruiting a young and strong man and practicing for a year or two.

Ordinary soldiers want to become elites, they must first practice martial arts in the army, familiarize themselves with military discipline and law, and then practice military formations, and go to battle to kill the enemy to forge the morale of the army.In addition, it is necessary to bother to train the middle and lower generals.

After many processes have been completed, it takes a lot of materials, manpower, and effort, and it takes several years to build such an army!
This is also the reason why there are tens of millions of people in Yunxia and Xia, but the soldiers and horses that can be called elite in the country are only in the hundreds of thousands.

The country of Xia has a vast territory, and the country of Yunyun in the south is like the rising sun, and its national strength is strong.There is a steppe in the north, and the Turkic ministries are eyeing up, intending to let the horse go to the Central Plains.In addition, in the previous battle of Rongzhou City, most of the tens of thousands of southwest frontier troops were wiped out, and the troops that Xia Guo could dispatch were already stretched.

When the situation in the southwest was irreparable, Qiu Tianlu could only save his strength with all his strength, and he didn't dare to take the risk of attacking Yangping Pass.

Even though someone wanted to refute Qiu Tianlu's words at this time, they immediately shut up when they saw the majestic and dangerous Yangping Pass in front of them, and the Yun army who was about to chase out from Jianzhou Pass behind them.

All the generals bowed their heads together and clasped their fists in response.

The [-] Xia Kingdom's elite army immediately turned around and rushed towards Cheng County.

Above Yangping Pass, Zhao Yun and Yang Zaixing looked at each other as Xia Jun retreated.

"Xia Jun left, is this going to retreat to Cheng County?"

"General, Lord Zhuge said before that after taking Yangping Pass, if you can go from Maming Pavilion Road to Chengxian County and block the Xia army's retreat to Chengxian County, all [-] troops will be wiped out here!" Yang Zaixing looked very excited typical.

Having said this, Yang Zaixing straightened his expression immediately, and asked for orders:
"The final general is willing to lead the army to go there!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yun stared at Yang Zaixing for a moment, and after pondering for a moment, he opened his mouth and said:

"Xiangzhou County's [-] Xia Kingdom's elite army was blocked by the General Zhengbei at the front line of Longnan, and it was difficult to advance. Most of the [-] soldiers and horses are probably still in Cheng County. In addition, the [-] soldiers and horses of Xia Kingdom Qiutian Road , I’m afraid there are nearly one hundred thousand troops... and the soldiers and horses I can transfer to you now are no more than a thousand, do you really want to take the risk?”

Leading only more than a thousand soldiers and horses, and blocking a total of [-] troops before and after, this can even be regarded as death.It was because of such difficulties that Zhuge Liang had only mentioned it casually before, and did not seriously instruct the two of them.

Zhao Yun admired Yang Zaixing's uprightness and bravery, and he was full of courage, so he couldn't help persuading him:
"You are a descendant of the Yang family, so you have a bright future. This time, you are the first to climb the Yangping pass, and you have made enough contributions. It really shouldn't be like this!"

Yang Zaixing shook his head slightly, and said firmly:

"Only by working hard, can we repay Your Majesty's kindness and the kindness of Lady Zhaoyi's recommendation! Please also, General!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yun was slightly moved, patted Yang Zaixing's shoulder heavily, and said in a deep voice:

"Allow you eight hundred cavalry and three hundred armored soldiers to march from Maming Pavilion Road and prevent Xia's army from withdrawing to Cheng County!"

"Yes!" Yang Zaixing responded quickly.

After Zhao Yun was silent for a moment, he spoke again:

"Master Zhuge sees the retreat of the Xia army in Guangyuan Mansion, and he will definitely chase after him. He will arrive soon. I will also invite the guards at the sticky pole to send a message to the camp of General Zhengbei in Xiangzhou County, and ask General Zhengbei to lead the army to attack Chengbei." County, for you to contain the enemy army in the county..."

Yang Zaixing grinned at the corner of his mouth, showing a bright smile, and answered proudly:
"General, please rest assured! After this battle, the last general will at least earn the title of General Si'an for you, General!"

　I wrote more than 7000 words, but it just stopped at the climax...

　　There are so many first, let's see if we can add more tomorrow, and try to end the Southwest War in one breath!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)