Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2231 Zhao Kuangyin's Wrath, Decisive Battle of the East Sea Route

Da Yan, Tokaido.

At this time, the East Sea Route was completely surrounded on three sides by hundreds of thousands of Han troops.

In the north, after taking over the cities of Qingnan Road one by one, Yue Fei led an army of 300,000 and pressed forward step by step.

In the southeast, Fu Youde and Wu Zixu were both excellent generals. Did Xuanyuan Xuanxiao and Xue Ju manage to defeat them before Mo Peng landed at other ports?

Xue Ju was the Great Yan general who disguised himself as Xuanyuan Huang and went south to Wudi City.

However, after Mo Peng reunited with Fu Youde and the others, he did not engage in a decisive battle with Xuan Yuanxuanxiao and Xue Ju. Instead, he led Fu Youde's troops back to the sea.

His naval officers and soldiers were not easy to train, so Mo Peng certainly wouldn't easily engage in a major battle with cavalry on land.

If his troops don't go into battle, relying solely on Fu Youde's Breaking Waves Army, the chances of victory are not high.

Mo Peng avoided the enemy's main cavalry force and took advantage of the numerous ports along the East China Sea route to adopt a harassment tactic, hoping to force the enemy's troops to be constantly on the move before looking for an opportunity to defeat them.

After all, for Mo Peng, having annihilated the enemy's navy, they had already seized the initiative on the battlefield.

On the west, although Di Qing suffered a defeat, his soldiers were mostly routed, so his losses were not significant.

However, this defeat has had a significant impact on morale.

However, everything is most afraid of comparison. Compared to the Great Yan, which was constantly losing battles, their morale was already considered high!

Furthermore, with the news of the great victory on the Qingnan battlefield, their morale is bound to recover to some extent.

Furthermore, after the Qingnan battlefield ended, Guo Ziyi did not join forces with Yue Fei. Instead, he left a portion of his troops to garrison Heyang Road and headed south to meet up with Di Qing.

With a total of 150,000 troops on both sides, they launched another fierce attack on the western front of the Tokaido.

Surrounded on three sides, the Great Yan army still appears to have 150,000 troops. However, due to repeated defeats, the morale of the Great Yan army has collapsed to the extreme, and it has lost the possibility of open field battles.

Moreover, with three sides surrounded, no matter how many troops they have, they cannot defend such a long front!

If their forces are dispersed in this way, all that awaits them is a complete defeat, with weaknesses everywhere.

Therefore, Xuanyuan Huang abandoned most of the East Coast region and concentrated all their forces on defending the East Coast capital, which is now the capital of the Great Yan Dynasty, Yanjing, as well as the three surrounding counties.

The three cities, arranged in a triangle, support each other, consolidating Yanjing in the center.

In this way, Xuanyuan Huang at least kept Mo Peng's Fierce Whale Legion at bay.

The Tokaido region has a well-developed water system.

However, there are no large waterways around these three cities.

By abandoning a large amount of territory and shrinking its defensive lines, Xuanyuan Huang also weakened the Han army forces it might encounter.

October of the fourth year of the Yuanshi era.

Yue Fei and Guo Ziyi's armies arrived one after the other, and on the third day after their arrival, Yue Fei launched an attack on the city without hesitation.

Xuanyuan Huang's defense system is excellent. The three outer cities support each other, and there is also Yan Jing in the very center, which can provide support at any time.

However, this is only in theory. In reality, the Han cavalry was powerful.

If the Yan army actually appears, they will be ambushed by their cavalry at any time on the way.

The main reason why Dahong was constantly constrained in Heyang Road was that Li Jing had the Flying Feather Legion, a pure cavalry legion, which almost completely cut off the possibility of mutual support between the cities of Dahong.

Therefore, in Yue Fei's view, the three outer cities were actually mainly used to deplete their military strength.

After all, according to the intelligence from Luo Wang, Xuan Yuanhuang had concentrated the elite troops of the remaining Dayan army around himself, while the remaining 60,000 weaker troops were assigned to the three surrounding counties.

Clearly, Xuanyuan Huang himself did not expect these three county towns to be impregnable.

At this time, the Great Yan Dynasty had not only suffered a series of defeats, but was also in a state of isolation and helplessness.

Zhennan, who initially came as reinforcements, is now one of their own from the Han Dynasty.

Having been led astray by Zhao Song, Jiang Chaoyu, under Wang Yingkan's persuasion, reached a basic understanding with Zhao Song: after taking over that part of the territory, Zhao Song was prepared to withdraw and not participate in the war between Han and Yan.

Moreover, this territory was entirely given to Jiang Chaoyu, rather than being divided equally between the two families as Zhao Song had initially envisioned.

As a result, the channels through which the Song Dynasty could send troops to the four regions of Dayan remained blocked, and they were unable to control them.

This enraged Zhao Kuangyin, who was in Liangguan. Their several objectives in luring Jiang Chaoyu into the scheme had largely failed.

Furthermore, the expected gains were much smaller.

The original plan was to acquire half of Yangdong Road's territory, but now they only have a quarter of it in their hands.

Sima Chou's initial plan was indeed excellent, but that was based on the premise of complete success.

Man proposes, God disposes.

After all, the Han Dynasty couldn't just let them plot and ignore it, and the situation on the front lines was changing too quickly.

Sima Chou had not expected that the Great Yan would lose so quickly, which directly affected the progress of their plans.

If Xuanyuan Huang hadn't lost the Qingnan battlefield, their main force of the Great Yan would still be intact. At that time, Jiang Chaoyu might not have been so quick to back down and sit on the sidelines.

After all, if he were to grant Jiang Chaoyu a Guangyang Road just as he had promised Ma Qianli, driven by self-interest, this person would definitely not let go of such a lucrative opportunity.

At this time, the generals guarding the cities of the East Coast were all facing severe tests under Yue Fei's fierce attacks.

Xuanyuan Huang appointed Zhang Jiao, Li Yan, and Zhu Wenlong to guard the three outer cities respectively.

Of these three, Zhang Jiao and Zhu Wenlong were both veterans of the Celestial Masters sect, so their loyalty was guaranteed.

Secondly, Zhang Jiao's younger brother, Zhang Liang, had his head offered to Yue Fei by Wang Shichong as one of his pledges of loyalty.

Zhu Wenlong's younger brother, Zhu Wenzhao, died in battle at Heyang.

As for Li Yan, he and Li Zicheng were close friends. Back when Li Zicheng was still in the Zhongcang army, it was during that time that he recommended Li Yan and his nephew Li Guo to the Great Yan.

Even from this perspective, Xuanyuan Huang was relatively at ease with the three of them.

At least, these three people won't easily do something like Wang Shichong again.