Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2193 Jiang Chaoyu's troops invade Zhennan, Han Wenyue betrays Ma and joins Jiang.

The Song Dynasty and the Great Yan Dynasty had already formed an alliance as early as the Three Kings era.

Initially, the two sides joined forces to target Zhongcang, which was the strongest power south of the Yellow River at the time.

After Zhongcang was destroyed by the Han Dynasty, the two families still maintained their former alliance and helped each other under the threat of the Han Dynasty.

However, these two companies have a huge problem: their territories are not actually connected, making communication between them extremely difficult.

If one party has a problem, the remaining few people are still okay. Although it's a bit more troublesome, it's still possible to achieve the desired result.

However, providing troop support would be very difficult.

There was always a burly man sandwiched between these two families, but naturally, the burly man wouldn't allow their troops to pass through.

Therefore, if the Zhao Song army wanted to get through, the only way was to borrow a route through Zhennan.

The relationship between Zhenxi and Zhennan is actually quite good.

But that was all in the past.

From the time Zhenxi became part of the Song Dynasty, the relationship between the two sides was never the same again.

At this point, the political stances and ideologies of the two sides were not the same, and Zhennan was certainly not going to let Zhenxi pass easily.

However, among the Zhao Song strategists, Chu Zhaoye, Zhao Pu, Xie Guanying, and others could all guess that, faced with the massive attack by the Han Dynasty on the Great Yan, they would spare no effort to obtain the military support of the Ma family of Zhennan.

At this point, the Song Dynasty could leverage the power of the Great Yan Dynasty and make their army pass through as one of the conditions for negotiation.

After all, for the Great Yan, their troops were only passing through to help them.

By this time, Zhao Song's schemes and plots had almost taken shape.

Of the 250,000 troops in Zhennan, a full 120,000 followed Ma Qianli into Shanyin. At this time, only 130,000 Zhennan troops remained to defend Yangdong Road.

At this time, if the 100,000 troops of the Song Dynasty wanted to pass through the area, the relationship between the two sides was different from what it used to be.

Even if you're willing to let the other side pass through when you've already become hostile, you still need to leave some people to keep an eye on them.

If an army of 100,000 wants to pass through, sending 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers to watch over them is already considered the minimum.

Therefore, when the situation reached this point, it meant that the Ma family of Zhennan's defenses on the border had become quite weak.

However, those who know the situation in Daqian over the past two years know it all; those people are already fighting amongst themselves, and at this point, they simply don't have the energy to deal with them.

Or rather, the southern territory of the Ma family in Zhennan had already been peaceful for several years.

However, just when the southern border of Zhennan was at its most vulnerable, and just when the Ma family of Zhennan thought that Daqian had no spare capacity to interfere in their affairs, Jiang Chaoyu of Daqian in the south led an army of 300,000 to launch a surprise attack on the southern border of Zhennan.

Furthermore, for this battle, Jiang Chaoyu mobilized everything he could. All the pawns that Daqian had planted in Zhennan, large and small, regardless of their usefulness, were mobilized by him. In war between two countries, it is perfectly normal for both sides to plant pawns within the other's forces.

In the past, the Daqian side was also reluctant to let you expose those chess pieces. After all, if you are not confident enough, once you fail, the chess piece will be completely wasted.

To place a chess piece in a position with sufficient influence, it requires investment, or investment of time, spending ten or even decades to cultivate such a piece.

Alternatively, they could follow Koos's example and recklessly dump resources into the project regardless of cost.

Therefore, they won't be used lightly without absolute certainty. Most pieces may only have one chance to be used.

However, this time, Jiang Chaoyu used everything she could, whether it was from the higher-ups or the lower-ups, completely in a do-or-die situation.

Clearly, Jiang Chaoyu considered this opportunity to be a rare one.

Furthermore, the situation in the world is constantly changing. If these hidden strategies are not used, and Zhennan is lost one day, all the previous efforts will be in vain.

Due to various factors, the southeastern border of Yang was completely breached by Jiang Chaoyu, and all 50,000 troops were wiped out.

Leng Wuyan, Leng Wuque, and even Ma Qianli's own brother, Ma Wanli, who was responsible for guarding the southern border, all fell into Jiang Chaoyu's hands and became his prisoners.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, General Han Sui of Zhennan decisively led 10,000 troops to surrender to Jiang, which made Jiang Chaoyu's advance even more unstoppable, and he directly marched to the city of Zhennan.

At this time, Zhennan City only had 30,000 garrison troops.

On Ma Yuan's side, he was originally in charge of watching over the 10 troops that Zhao Song had borrowed the route. After sending Zhao Song's troops away from Yangdong Road, he would lead his 4 troops back to the southern border to strengthen the border defenses.

But who would have thought that such a big thing would happen in the Southern Territory in such a short time?

At this point, how could Ma Yuan possibly have the mind to continue managing the 10 troops of the Zhao Song dynasty?
His first thought was to lead the 10 troops back to Zhennan City.

As long as they return to Zhennan City and hold out until Ma Qianli comes to their aid, they can completely defeat Jiang Chaoyu again.

After all, the current Jiang Chaoyu is fundamentally different from the Jiang Chaoyu of the past.

When Jiang Chaoyu invaded the border, he had the entire Great Qian Dynasty as his backing. As long as a breach was made, there would be a continuous stream of troops supporting him.

But now, Jiang Chaoyu, including himself, only has the three brothers behind him.

The entire Great Qian Dynasty is now a mere shell of its former self; its inhabitants are fighting amongst themselves, and there isn't even an emperor now. His relatives are barely managing to keep him at bay, let alone help him.

Having repelled this wave, that was all of Jiang Chaoyu's strength had to offer. After all, Jiang Chaoyu still had to guard against his own brothers in Daqian, and couldn't mobilize any more forces.

As long as his 40,000 troops can return in time, and with the strong defenses of Zhennan City, they will be able to hold out against Jiang Chaoyu's 300,000 troops until Ma Qianli returns.

At this time, Lian Po, the general in charge of the 100,000-strong army of the Zhao Song dynasty who had also received news of these events in Yangdong Road, enthusiastically expressed his willingness to lend them a helping hand in pacifying the south.

Lian Po's reasoning was also quite clever. If Yangdong Road fell into Jiang Chaoyu's hands, their troops would have passed through Yangdong and reached the territory of Dayan. So, how would they return?