Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1716 Decisive Battle at Shangdang III

On the Yuzhou front.

The main force of the Ming army began to advance continuously. The four armies of Jingping, the two armies of Violent Bear, and the six main armies formed a semi-arc, stretching a front line of more than two hundred miles, and marched towards Yuzhou.

With the advancement of the Ming army, the Wei army changed its tactics and stopped fighting. It seemed that their defensive front was pushed back step by step.

After fighting fiercely for five consecutive days, the Ming army advanced the entire front by more than three hundred miles. Among the Yuzhou front, the most important cities, such as Dingling, Kunyang, and Xihua, were all broken through.

The Wei army retreated while fighting, and lost the city. They didn't care, mainly to keep their main force, so they hardly fought.

Now the Ming army is equivalent to breaking into Yuzhou directly. Although they did not say that they are flat, there is no natural obstacle.

It seems that wanting to enter the city of Xudu is not a dream, but within reach.

The Wei army had put in a lot of effort to build the Yuzhou front, but now it has almost been destroyed, and there is no more solid defensive stronghold anymore.

At this time, the main force of the Ming army did not have any rest. Since the Wei army did not fight, they fought more and more courageously, and kept advancing, and the faster they pushed, the distance between Xudu and Xudu was getting closer.

But under this weird battle situation, Huang Zhong, the chief general of the Ming army and the privy envoy of the Privy Council of the Ming Dynasty, became a little confused.

"Is Wei Jun really planning to fight us under Xudu City?"

In a temporary tent, Huang Zhong took off his armor, then walked to the sand table, looked at the terrain on the sand table, and couldn't help pacing back and forth.

These days, they have been attacking very quickly, but Wei Jun avoided fighting. This practice of constantly retreating made him more and more uneasy.

At the beginning, he always felt that no matter how Wei Jun retreated, he could not give up the Yuzhou front first, because this was the foundation of the Han court in the Central Plains.

But under the current occupation, more than one-third of Yuzhou has been lost by the Wei army, and the entire eastern and southern parts have been occupied by the Ming army.

If they continue to fight, they will become weaker and weaker. If Ali is weaker, the Yuzhou front will be abandoned directly.

The Ming army pushed it smoothly.

But the more this happened, the more he felt a little uneasy. What people fear the most is not the things they already know, but the things they don't know.

No matter how powerful the enemy is, as long as they know themselves and the enemy, they will always have a way to win.

Huang Zhong was afraid that the enemy would not know what he was hiding.

In particular, the leading general of the Wei army on the opposite side is not Cao Cao, where did Cao Cao go, and who is the main battle now? These questions all linger in his mind.

What he fears the most is that under the unknown whereabouts of the Wei army, the main force may not have left at all, but is hiding in an unknown place, perhaps giving you a fatal blow when he doesn't know what, this kind of fear still makes him a little nervous Very worried.

"It's really unexpected that we are fighting so smoothly here, but I just don't know what happened to the front of Bingzhou in Northern Xinjiang?"

While Huang Zhong was worried, he would inevitably think of the situation in Bingzhou at this time.

The battlefield in the northern border, the Bingzhou front, the main force of the Ming army, and the soldiers and horses of the Yan army are the key to the decisive battle of the main force. Their presence is just a cover.

As long as the Yan army is defeated, His Majesty will be able to join forces on the Yanyu battlefield and attack hand in hand with him. In this way, the Wei army will undoubtedly be defeated.

However, on the battlefield, things have never been smooth sailing. There are always more accidents than plans. If in this battle, the Northern Xinjiang army is defeated and the Bingzhou front fails, then the Ming army may have to end this crusade that can dominate the world. up.

"General!"

At this time, Chen Dao, the Zhonglang general of the First Army, lifted the curtain and stepped into the temporary camp. After bowing his hands and saluting, he reported, "The battle just started. In an hour's time, except for blocking us from a long distance from the front, they They gave up on meeting the enemy, and withdrew another [-] miles. Our army flew straight into the air, and couldn't keep up. Many of their long-distance bows and arrow beds were broken, and they went forward to pursue them. Ambush, so we need to readjust our offensive strategy."

"Which direction are they retreating now?" Huang Zhong thought for a while and asked in a low voice.

"Xudu direction!"

"What about the strength of the Wei army in the west?" Huang Zhong asked suddenly.

"The westernmost side is in charge of Jingping's third army!" Chen Dao shook his head: "I don't know how the battle is going, but there shouldn't be too much fighting, otherwise Gao Ding would have called for help!"

Gao Ding, a general from the Yi tribe, was also a general from Yizhou at the beginning. Apart from his ability, he was able to get to this position after stumbling. In case of any accident, he will call for help immediately.

"General Luo, take my military order and go to the headquarters of the Jingping Second Army, so that the Jingping Second Army can move quickly!"

Huang Zhong said to one of the generals beside him: "The battlefield for the reinforcement of the third army will flatten the western front. In addition, if the main force of the Wei army withdraws, be sure to mark the direction in which their main force will retreat. , Even if you don’t hesitate to let the scouts out, you must find out their movements!”

"promise!"

A young general came out. He was a scholar and joined the army. His surname was Luo, his first name was Heng, and his style name was Hengwen. Now he is one of Huang Zhong's generals.

It is also equivalent to being Huang Zhong's staff.

With Huang Zhong's status, it is natural to form a staff group, and these staff members are all organized, and most of them are generals under the staff department.

After he surrendered his hands, he moved quickly.

"General, is there a problem?"

Chen Dao was a little tired, after repeated pursuits, he felt a little irritable, but the more irritable he was, the less he dared to take it lightly.

"Uncle Zhi, to put it a bit confused, a certain family just doesn't know what's wrong with it, so it feels bad!"

Huang Zhong smiled wryly.

"It would be great if Xi Shijun and Chen Shangshu could be here!" Chen Dao thought for a while and said quietly.

In the Ming army, there are many small generals, even those at the military level have many talents, otherwise how can they support an army's staff office.

However, there are very few military strategists who can command the overall situation. Looking at the past, there are only a few, such as Xi Zhicai, Chen Gong, and Li Yan, who are half of them, but these people are not here.

"General, something has happened!"

At this time, suddenly a hurried figure broke in from outside, knelt down on the ground, and said in panic.

"what happened?"

Hearing this, Huang Zhong frowned slightly and asked gloomyly.

"Report to the general, the east wing of our army's camp is located in Nandun and Ruyang. A main force suddenly appeared and is attacking the flank camp of our First Violent Bear Army. In less than an hour and a half, The main force of the first battalion of our army has been defeated!"

The one who barged in was a member of the Violent Bear's First Army. He was in a hurry, sweating profusely, his voice was hoarse, and he was panting, obviously rushing back to report the news.

"Nandon?"

Huang Zhong's pupils changed color slightly, and he immediately looked at the sand table map in front of him, inspected the position, and said in disbelief: "How is it possible?"

"The main force of the Wei army can appear anywhere, but it is impossible to appear in Nandun, and Ruyang is basically the hinterland of our army!"

Huang Zhong couldn't understand it. He didn't believe that Wei Jun could fly, bypass his main force, and appear in Ruzhou. There must be something wrong here.

"Are you sure?"

Huang Zhong asked the messenger.

"General, I have seen it with my own eyes. It is absolutely true. When I came back to report the letter, the First Army of the Violent Bear had already gathered the battle line!"

"Continue to investigate and find out the strength of the enemy army, where they come from!"

Huang Zhong said gloomyly.

"promise!"

The messenger nodded and quickly left with a salute.

At this time, Huang Zhong clenched his fists and muttered to himself in a low voice: "How could it be possible to appear in Nanton?"

"Not Wei Jun!"

Chen Dao spoke suddenly.

His calm and indifferent eyes also had a bit of stern light at this time, and he said to Huang Zhong: "General, Nanton is in the east, located in the hinterland of our army's Ruzhou. It is impossible for the enemy to appear here. If there is, then It is definitely not the Wei army. Some guesses that the enemy army can appear here. It can only be the Wu army from Jiangdong. From Shouchun to the north, they directly penetrated Ruyin City, and they can appear in the hinterland of our army. Nanton goes north and hits our army's flank!"

"Jiangdong Wu Army?"

Huang Zhong came to his senses when he heard the words, and he immediately rushed into the ants, saying: "I am still careless, I always thought that their so-called alliance of the three princes was like the joint attack of the princes of the Kwantung. Now it seems that the alliance of the three princes The alliance is much more united than we imagined!"

He has always believed that the alliance of the three princes is just a formal alliance. Can this alliance have the same interests? Isn't it just that you plot against me and I plot against you.

The so-called alliance against the enemy is actually the kind of intrigue.

However, this time when the Ming army attacked Yuzhou, the Wei army, the Jiangdong army suddenly ignored its own Jiangdong region, and sent troops from Jiangdong to the north to reinforce the Wei army. This is a manifestation of disregard of interests.

His Ming army, Jingping, Zhaoming, Baoxiong, and the navy of the three armies, the two armies attacked from the East China Sea, and the first army went down Chaisang along the inland river, which would definitely suppress the main force in Jiangdong.

But Jiangdong is still moving its main force northward at this time, which means that they need to give up some Jiangdong territory and use space to hold back the Ming army's offensive momentum.

Wu Guo suffered a lot from such a disadvantage, but Sun Ce still sent soldiers to reinforce him immediately. This alone was enough for Huang Zhong to react quickly.

The alliance of these three princes should have been very tight, so close that Jiangdong could even give up some areas and send troops for reinforcements regardless of safety.

"This time, we are in big trouble!"

Huang Zhong paced back and forth.

The Jiangdong army suddenly appeared on his flank. As long as Jiangdong's general is not stupid, he will definitely attack him fiercely.

The Violent Bear's first army and the second army are all on the east line, attacking from the east to the west, and entering Yuzhou. If they don't react in time at this time, they will definitely be injured.

"Is it troublesome?"

Chen Dao also smiled wryly: "We do have a choice. Even if the Wu army is faster, the main force of the Violent Bear's first army and the second army will not collapse so easily. We can still return to help, but as long as we withdraw the frontline troops, Then the main force of the Wei army will leave the battlefield right under our noses!"

Such a choice is not a wise one, but a very helpless one.

"Where's Zhang Ren?"

Huang Zhong pondered for a moment, then asked suddenly.

He has moved a lot of main force, but he has not moved Zhang Ren's main force, because he needs to give himself some confidence, the confidence to escape even if he is defeated.

What Zhang Ren led was the main force of the Southern Barbarian Army back then. Today's Jingping Fourth Army has such a strong combat effectiveness that it is rare in the world.

"exist!"

Zhang Ren didn't know when he appeared in the main account.

"Where have you been? You haven't seen anyone for two days!" Huang Zhong frowned slightly.

He bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "Report to the general, I am a little worried about the recent battle situation, so I personally led the elite scouts and went to the front to investigate. I found that the main force of the Wei army not only did not fight us, nor did they They are not retreating, but they are using the opportunity of retreating to retreat in an orderly manner. Among the Wei troops who are confronting us now, at least half of them do not fight us. On the one hand, they really do not want to lose the main force. On the other hand , They are also afraid that we can see their main force too clearly, and I feel that they don't seem to care about Yuzhou, even Xudu, they don't care anymore, as long as the main force is withdrawn?"

"you sure?"

"Sure!"

"why?"

"There's only one reason!" Zhang Ren said gloomily, "They don't want to be on this side of the battlefield, and..."

"Northern Xinjiang!"

Huang Zhong and Chen Dao reacted quickly.

Huang Zhong clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the sand table protection frame: "Cao Mengde is so ruthless, he just gave up Yuzhou, including the capital of the imperial court, Xu Capital, at all costs, and dispatched the main force to the north to join forces with the Yan army , attack His Majesty's main force!"

If at this point, he still can't see through Cao Cao's plan, he is too stupid.

But even if he can see through it, what can he do.

At this time, the early warning seems to be too late. Even if the news spreads to the northern border, the battle between Yan Wei and Wei has already formed.

And his main force may not be able to get away.

Even if he can penetrate the entire Yuzhou and pursue non-stop, he may not have a chance to catch up. After all, along the way, as long as he leaves a few troops to defend the city, he can hold them back for several months. .

What's more, Wu Jun soldiers and horses are still appearing on the Eastern Front, and they are coming fiercely.

"General, Your Majesty is in danger, you need to make a decision immediately!" Chen Dao bowed his head, bowed his hands and saluted, saying every word.

"Someone is thinking!"

Huang Zhong gritted his teeth and said.

Why is he in no hurry.

"Divide the troops!"

Zhang Ren opened his mouth and said gloomyly.

"Divided troops?"

"The elite go north, and the main force stays!" Zhang Ren continued.

(End of this chapter)