Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2333 The Western Cang Re-established, Xu Xiao Attacks the Han

The former territory of the four minor dynasties suffered heavy losses on both sides after a major battle last year.

After this battle, both Su Dingfang and Wu Bing'er realized that neither could gain the upper hand for the time being, so the situation between the two sides became a stalemate.

In the sixth year of the Yuanshi era, in order to politically undermine the Han Dynasty, the Wu Dynasty, on Wu Zetian's advice, decided to support the remnants of the Xicang faction in establishing the Xicang Small Court once again.

Da Wu's actions were similar to Wang Yu's support for the establishment of a small court in Dongyi.

However, Wang Yu's original intention was to use the Eastern Yi court as a transitional measure to rule the Western Pingdao, while Da Wu's intention was to leverage the Huangfu family's remaining influence in the ancient Da Cang region.

The four prefectures that originally belonged to the Great Sword Dynasty and are now in the hands of the Great Wu have been handed over to the Western Cang Small Court by the Great Wu.

It was here, under the leadership of Huangfu Qing, Zhuge Linghu, Xiao Ruolin, Ying Xiong, Sima Wude, and Feng Yihan, that the young emperor Huangfu Jimin was restored to power once again.

However, the Great Wu's efforts to support the restoration of the Western Cang Dynasty were not entirely fruitless.

Using this as leverage, they managed to extract the general Zhou Yiming from the Xicang court.

In fact, they even granted Xicang a portion of its military autonomy, allowing them to form a certain number of troops.

It's important to understand that while both Wang Yu and the Eastern Barbarians supported small courts, Wang Yu didn't grant the Eastern Barbarians any military autonomy. He controlled both the Kwantung Army and the Barbarian Alliance Army.

Although Da Wu has limited the number of these military powers, it has indeed given them away in a real way.

This demonstrates how highly they valued Zhou Yiming, a renowned general. If they didn't believe Zhou Yiming possessed such value, they naturally wouldn't have agreed to these conditions.

In fact, for the Great Wu Dynasty, the region of the Four Minor Dynasties was somewhat of a double-edged sword.

Although this region has developed agriculture and can be used as a granary, it is also adjacent to the Golden Horde to the north.

This region further increases the pressure on their border defenses.

Among the original seven dynasties, the Great Wu Dynasty was the one with the greatest border defense pressure.

The pressure on the border was also one of the reasons why they supported the small court of Xicang in its re-establishment in the area that originally belonged to Dajian.

The restoration of the Xicang court was naturally something the Han Dynasty was unwilling to see.

However, before the war against Song was completely over, the Han Dynasty could not possibly increase its investment in Su Dingfang's forces at this point.

For the Han Dynasty, ending the war with Zhao Kuangyin before the end of this year, completely destroying the Song Dynasty, and taking control of the last Guanzhong region was their top priority.

After a period of fierce fighting, Xu Xiao finally annihilated the remaining two dynasties in the eight-nation alliance region in the southwestern part of the former Da Cang.

After all, most of these eight nations were relatively weak, even among the many dynasties.

Despite the fact that Zhao Kuangyin had already severely damaged the elite troops of the Eight Kingdoms Alliance, and with Zhang Yi's help to instigate internal rebellions, it still took Xu Xiao more than a year to destroy the seven kingdoms.

This was largely due to the mountainous terrain of the Eight-Nation Alliance, which made it relatively easy to defend and difficult to attack. And just as Xu Xiao was sharpening his sword, preparing to unleash his full force to attack the last remaining dynasty, the Dali Kingdom...

But it was at this moment that he received the opportunity to have Bai Qi take his peach.

Half of the most elite troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance were defeated by Zhao Kuangyin, and the other half were defeated by Xu Xiao.

Therefore, when the news came, all the generals of Dawu were so angry that their noses were crooked.

In their view, the actions of the Han were like plucking the peaches from the peaches of their Great Wu.

For a time, Tao Quzhong, Wu Weiguo, and other generals were all filled with indignation.

"General, these Han traitors are going too far! I request permission to take over the Dali Dynasty with 30,000 troops and teach these Han traitors a lesson!" Tao Quzhong, one of the representatives of the new generation of generals, said angrily.

Tao Quzhong, like Yue Yunlong, is a rising star among the generals of the Great Wu Dynasty and a disciple of Ning Baitou. Although he comes from a prestigious family, he did not take advantage of Ning Baitou's status to rise to a high position. Instead, he started from the bottom and served in the Flying Wolf Cavalry, one of the Five Flying Cavalry.

Because of Xu Xiao's battle, he was temporarily transferred from the Flying Wolf Cavalry to serve under Xu Xiao.

This person, in the original historical trajectory, was also no ordinary person. He was a right-hand man of Prince Wu. In the final battle, he was trapped in the Peach Picking Valley of Dawu Monkey Mountain. After Prince Wu's death, he committed suicide to follow his master.

“But we only have 300,000 troops here. We are not afraid of Bai Qi alone, but Xue Rengui and Li Jing are nearby. We must not underestimate their hundreds of thousands of troops!” Li Yishan, a military advisor, spoke up.

Moreover, Li Yishan's claim that they had 30 troops was an exaggeration.

Of their 30 troops, more than 10 were former soldiers who had surrendered from the Eight Dynasties Alliance. Even among these surrendered soldiers, a significant portion were recruits who had been converted into new recruits.

Their combat capabilities are uneven and they are simply not good enough for practical use!
"No matter what, this battle must be fought!"

"But how far the fighting should go should be decided by the imperial court!"

As the commander, Xu Xiao saw further ahead. He could clearly see that with Bai Qi's conquest of the Dali Dynasty, Tianmen Pass would no longer be an impregnable fortress of the Song Dynasty.

Once Bai Qi breaks through the southern part of Guanzhong, the complete demise of the Zhao Song dynasty will not be far off.

From the perspective of their own interests in Dawu, they would naturally try their best to prevent this from happening.

Therefore, this is the reason why Xu Xiao had no choice but to fight this battle.

However, it is equally undeniable that their army, along with the strength of the Song Dynasty, was far from being a match for the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, this is what Xu Xiao meant when he said that the extent of the fighting ultimately depends on the imperial court's decision.

If the imperial court is willing to further increase its troops, then this battle can naturally continue.

However, if the imperial court behind them doesn't give them more support, then they won't be willing to risk their lives here for the sake of the Song Dynasty.

In other words, it's just a symbolic attack. Once Zhao Song's side is truly in a hopeless situation, Xu Xiao's side should naturally stop in time. They can't afford to lose themselves in the process.