Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 1922: The Eight Counties of Qingbei, Heading Directly to Cangdu, Strangling Canglong
"Report! General Qin Yong led his troops back to the camp and captured 2,000 enemy soldiers!"

"Report! General Cheng Yaojin led his troops back to the camp, killed the enemy general Sha Tongtian, and captured 3,000 enemy soldiers!"

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Good news came one after another. Meng Tian estimated in his mind that they had already received more than 20,000 prisoners.

Including those who died in the battle, at this time, of the 40,000 soldiers and horses on the enemy's main battlefield, only a few thousand were left fleeing.

Let the soldiers chase them again, they will be able to capture some of them at least!

This battle has completely achieved their previous goal of annihilating the enemy.

The situation here is the same. Even though the news from Mo Peng and the Golden Fire Cavalry has not yet arrived, it is certain that their situation will not be worse than theirs.

Although Meng Tian lost 5,000 soldiers in this battle, it was definitely worth it compared to the gains.

These 5,000 soldiers were basically the ones killed and wounded before the arrival of the Kwantung Army. After the news of the arrival of the Kwantung Army came, the situation on the battlefield was reversed.

When Meng Tian launched a counterattack and defeated the enemy army completely in the pursuit, the situation became completely one-sided.

Therefore, when the battle entered the second half, there were basically no casualties on Meng Tian's side. Except for a small number of troops who were chasing and intercepting, the rest were almost one-sided in accepting prisoners.

There were only 5,000 casualties on his side, and Meng Tian knew very well that the casualties on Mo Peng and the Golden Fire Cavalry's side would be even less.

With such casualties, we wiped out 80,000 enemy troops. No matter how you look at it, it was a complete victory.

"Report! General Anubis led his troops back to the camp and captured two hundred enemy cavalry!"

"Oh! As I recall, General Anubis and his entourage seemed to be chasing after Zhang Churang, right?"

"How is it? Have you got the old guy's head?" Meng Tian asked.

Although Zhang Churang showed his impressive strength in this battle, which overturned Meng Tian's previous perception of his strength, it made him feel a little bit fond of his talent.

However, Meng Tian was also present when Zhang Churang's two sons died in battle. He knew that this brave old general was destined to go against them.

"That old man is really cunning!"

"He abandoned his troops and ran away!"

"By the time I caught up with the enemy troops and discovered them, it was too late to pursue them!" Anubis reported directly as he entered the tent.

After catching up with the fleeing cavalry, Anubis, Pei Yuanqing and his party realized that Director Zhang was not among the group of people. After defeating the army and interrogating the captives, they learned that Director Zhang was halfway there and had already escaped in another direction.

But by that time, when Anubis and some of his companions wanted to turn their horses around and catch up, it was already too late.

Besides, it is easy to track the escape routes of hundreds of people, but if there are only a few people, it will be much more difficult to capture the escape routes of the other party. None of them are experts in tracking.

"That's a pity!" Meng Tian said with some regret.

After all, if they failed to take advantage of this battle to kill Zhang Churang, they would probably cause trouble for them later.

However, Meng Tian did not take it too seriously.

With the arrival of the Kwantung Army, the number of available soldiers on his side has reached about 100,000, which is not something that a single powerful general can resist.

Even if a general is brave, he cannot fight against an army of the same size if he has no troops behind him.

Not to mention, he already knew that the battle for the Kwantung Army’s reinforcements would also include two masters, Wu Changkong and Deng Jiugong.

Both of these people had made great names for themselves on the Dongyi battlefield, and had fought battles on equal terms with the Dongyi general Lu Fa.

Wu Changkong had fought Lu Fa three times, and in the last battle, he had a slight advantage.

Deng Jiugong also had an experience of fighting with Lu Fa for fifty rounds without a clear winner.

At that time, Meng Tian had led 100,000 troops to reinforce the Dongyi battlefield, so he knew more about it than others. He had never doubted the past two years.

With these two people around, Zhang Churang alone is absolutely nothing to worry about.

"Report! General Yang Yanzhao has arrived, and he has brought back the heads of enemy generals Zhang Daozon and Lei Zetao!" A captain strode in to report, his voice full of surprise.

Zhang Daozong and Lei Zetao were the two highest ranking officers in the enemy army in this battle. They were among the highest ranking officers and positions among the military commanders of the Dongyi court.

Even though he was just a captain, he knew very well that killing these two men had profound significance.

"The heads of these two were actually taken by the Kwantung Army!"

At this time, Meng Tian's heart was not at peace.

Although it is good news, it is still a bit regrettable that the heads of these two people were not brought back by his men.

Although strictly speaking, both of them belonged to the Han Dynasty. Even the Guandong Army still belonged to the Han Dynasty, but it was the Han Dynasty's troops stationed in Dongyi.

Whether in name or in reality, this army is the army of the Han Dynasty. In this respect, it is different from the Yixie Army. Although the Yixie Army is also controlled by the people of the Han Dynasty, at least in name, it is still the army of the Dongyi small court, not the army of the Han Dynasty.

It’s just that, although everyone is in the same wave, there is still competition among them.

In this battle, although the strategic framework was set by Meng Tian, ​​the plan to annihilate the enemy was also controlled by him. Therefore, the first credit for this battle naturally went to Meng Tian.

But we have to admit that if there was no Guandong Army, he would not have won this battle. Of course, if there was no Guandong Army, Meng Tian would not have fought a decisive battle with the enemy.

Now, the heads of the two most important enemy generals have been taken by the Kwantung Army, which seems to be a case of the host turning the tables.

Of course, Meng Tian only felt a little regretful about this, and it was impossible for him to resent his teammates for such a thing. "General Meng, my brother has sent a letter reporting that 6,000 of the 20,000 enemy troops were killed and 12,000 were captured! Our army suffered less than 1,000 casualties, and this battle was a great victory!"

Yang Yanzhao not only brought back the heads of Zhang Daozon and Lei Zetao, but also brought back news from the battlefield of the Golden Fire Cavalry.

Among his 50,000-strong Guandong Army, 15,000 of them were there to cooperate with the Golden Fire Cavalry to attack the 20,000 enemy troops.

The 20,000 enemy troops had their formation broken up by the Golden Fire Cavalry during their movement, and with the attack of 15,000 soldiers from the Kwantung Army, they were almost defeated in the first battle. Therefore, their casualties were almost negligible.

As for the fact that there are still two thousand soldiers on the run, Yang Yanzhao doesn't take it seriously. With the Golden Fire Cavalry, it won't be easy for these two thousand people to escape.

"Great! It's really good news!"

"In this way, the overall situation of Qingbei has been determined!"

Although he had already anticipated the result over there, after receiving the exact news, he still couldn't change the excitement in Meng Tian's heart.

Without these 80,000 soldiers, the entire Qingbei would be like a woman with legs spread out, allowing them to be ravaged at will.

"This victory was entirely due to the enemy's lack of food and fodder, which prevented them from fighting for long!"

“However, after this battle, I’m afraid Yang Su will not fight against General Han again!”

"Our army must gallop as fast as possible and sweep across Qingbei and head straight for Lin'an in the shortest possible time."

Meng Tian pointed his finger fiercely at a corner of the map. This place was Lin'an, the capital of the Dongcang court and the seat of Qingbei Road.

As Meng Tian said, on the surface, the reason why they were able to win this battle was that Meng Tian used the Guandong Army to catch the enemy off guard, thus creating an opportunity to annihilate them completely.

But the fundamental reason is that Dongcang is now in its weakest state and cannot guarantee adequate logistics for the army. To put it simply, it is unable to provide enough food and fodder for the army.

In this state, the Dongcang court did not have the confidence to fight a long war.

Therefore, they could only pursue a decisive battle right from the start and end the battle as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if the battle lasted too long, they would collapse due to insufficient logistics.

If it weren't for the lack of logistics, which defender would not defend and counterattack, consume the enemy's strength and look for opportunities to attack the enemy during the defensive battle, but would rush into a decisive battle with the enemy right away?
Yang Su, the most famous general of Dongcang, was a man whom Meng Tian had come into contact with during the Battle of Tianjing. He was definitely an extremely troublesome and ruthless character.

After he receives the news here, he will definitely not continue to confront Han Xin in front. If he continues to confront Han Xin, it means waiting for Meng Tian's troops to sweep Qingbei and directly explode the opponent's Xiaoju.

Therefore, Meng Tian was now a little anxious, and wanted to march his army directly to Lin'an in the shortest possible time, and to be the first to destroy the enemy's capital before Yang Su's troops could come back to support him.

A man like Yang Su might not be Han Xin's opponent. However, if the opponent just wanted to leave, Han Xin would have no chance of keeping him if the number of troops was similar. Han Xin was a master at using troops, but the opponent was not made of clay.

However, Meng Tian was also very clear that Han Xin would never let him go easily, and would definitely try his best to entangle him and continue to create opportunities for Meng Tian. However, Meng Tian could not predict how long this time would last.

Therefore, next, we must seize every moment and try our best to save every second.

"The eight counties in northern Qing are Pingyang, Pingyao, Qianling, Zhushan, Yuanjiang, Pingyuan, Shengze, and Shahe. Our army only needs to capture Pingyang and Pingyao, and we can march straight to Pingyuan!"

"Our army can be divided into two routes. One route can attack Pingyang and go straight to Pingyuan, and the other route can take Pingyao and defend Pingyang!" Yang Yanzhao said eloquently.

Qingbei Road is generally flat in shape, long and narrow from north to south. In fact, just taking down the remaining half of Pingyang County would be enough to directly threaten the Pingyuan area. Lin'an, the capital of the Dongcang court, is located in Pingyuan County.

However, Pingyang is narrow. If Pingyao is not taken down as well, and the two places are interdependent, it will be difficult for them to form a stable rear base.

Whether it is Meng Tian or Yang Yanzhao, they are not the kind of people who take risks. In other words, those who are qualified to be the commander of a large army are not the ones who like to take risks. It's not that they can't, but when a large army is fighting, stability is always the most important thing.

If a large army loses a battle, it is likely to be seriously damaged. Such a battle cannot be lost. The premise is to ensure that they will not lose, and then seek victory.

Of course, with their current military strength, it is enough to divide their troops and take over the empty Pingyao while marching into the plains.

"Perhaps, General Mo can lead his troops into Yuanjiang, threaten Pingyuan from the south, and support our army!" Meng Tian pointed to Yuanjiang County south of Pingyuan County.

Yuanjiang is not only the name of a county, but also the name of a river. It is the largest tributary of the river in Qingbei Road.

As for the three counties of Shengze, Shahe and Qianling to the north of the plain, Meng Tian ignored them. If he could capture the capital of Dongcang, these three places could naturally be captured easily, even without a fight.

"That's great! If General Mo can capture Yuanjiang, he can also block the Dongcang court's escape route to the south!" Yang Yanzhao also nodded in agreement.

If they could take Yuanjiang County first, even if the Dongcang court wanted to escape, they would have lost the nearest route. If they wanted to escape to the south of the river, they would have to go around Zhushan first and then head south.

However, now, the place where Han Xin and Yang Su are confronting each other is exactly where Zhushan is located.

Zhushan, just by hearing the name of the county, you can tell that there are many mountainous terrains here.

Among the eight counties in northern Qing, this is the only county with a certain geographical advantage.

Han Xin led a large number of troops from the south of Yan to the east, advancing towards Qingbei with great fanfare. At the same time, Meng Tian attacked Pingyang from the sea, avoiding the strong and attacking the weak, and trying his best to avoid a decisive battle.

In this way, it can also put a certain pressure on Yang Su.

After all, if they really took Yuanjiang, Pingyang, and Pingyao counties at the same time, Pingyuan would only have Zhushan as a retreat route. After all, the north of Pingyuan was a dead end.

At that time, even if Yang Su wanted to leave Zhushan easily, he had to think twice.

Even if something unexpected happened, Yang Su would have returned to defend Pingyuan before they marched into Pingyuan. However, it was absolutely impossible for him to completely ignore Zhushan. The troops would naturally be dispersed, giving them and Han Xin the opportunity to defeat them at will.

And according to their plan, next, the big dragon of the Dongcang court will inevitably be strangled by them in Qingbei.

"Report, General Deng Jiugong and General Bi Zaiyu have returned to the camp..."

Just when Meng Tian and Han Xin were discussing the next battle deployment, news came that Deng Jiugong, Bi Zaiyou and others had returned to the camp.