Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2401 Lu Fa's Battle Against Huang Feihu: Han Xin's True Intentions

On Yelü Abaoji's side, although he moved a significant portion of his troops from Nanping Road towards Xiping Road.

However, before his envoys reach a basic understanding with the Sun Kingdom, the troops here cannot be completely withdrawn; at least they must be kept within a certain size.

Han Xin's speed was definitely faster than Yelü Abaoji's.

After all, by the time Yelü Abaoji sent envoys to Nanping Road, Han Xin's troops had already begun their journey.

Even though Yelü Abaoji was several times closer to the Japanese army stationed there than Han Xin was, the distance between them was much shorter.

However, with troop transport vehicles, Han Xin's marching speed was much faster than the infighting between Yelü Abaoji's men and the people of the Sun Kingdom.

Therefore, when 600,000 troops from various Han tribes gathered in Xiping Road, Yelü Abaoji had only gathered about 200,000 troops. The remaining 200,000 troops were still scattered in Beiping, Dongping, and Nanping Roads.

Of course, of the 600,000 troops that the Han Dynasty had gathered in Xiping Road, 100,000 were with Heichi Shangzhi and Huang Feng to defend against the Sun Kingdom. In addition, Han Xin also transferred Wu Changkong and Zhao Yun there as well.

Only the remaining 500,000 troops were the forces Han Xin truly intended to deploy in the campaign against the Eastern Yi.

Han Xin's strategy was actually quite similar to that of Wen Zhong and the others: to directly attack the enemy's stronghold, take Zhongping Road, and then move eastward to occupy Dongping Road in one fell swoop, preventing Taiyang Kingdom from having the opportunity to invade the rest of Dongyi's territory.

After Han Xin arrived, he almost immediately split up with Wen Zhong and they attacked in two directions along the Zhongping Road, like a pair of scissors.

Han Xin's goal was to seize the last window of opportunity before Yelü Abaoji and the Japanese Empire reached a final agreement and were unable to fully mobilize the troops from Nanping Road, in order to maximize the Han Dynasty's advantage.

Although Wen Zhong was the one who opposed Yelü Abaoji in the Eastern Yi for nearly ten years, when Han Xin officially arrived, in Yelü Abaoji's mind, Han Xin's deterrent power was much stronger than Wen Zhong's.

Therefore, he personally led an army of 100,000 to guard the second line of defense and remotely controlled the troops to resist Han Xin, while General Yelü Wuzhi and Yelü Helu, one of the two prime ministers, led an army of 100,000 to resist Wen Zhong.

On the Eastern Yi side, Yelü Abaoji had actually formed three lines of defense against Xiping Road over the years, relying on the various cities in the western part of Zhongping Road.

The three lines of defense, comprising a total of twelve cities, were arranged in a fan shape, extending from the capital towards Xiping Road. Their ultimate purpose was to protect the capital and form a protective ring around it.

Gu County, which had been captured by Wanyan Xieye earlier, was one of the five cities in the first line of defense.

After the two armies were divided, Wen Zhong was responsible for attacking the northern part of the defensive line, while Han Xin was responsible for attacking the southern part of the defensive line. The two cities under Han Xin's command were Lingcheng and Wangshancheng.

The general guarding Wangshan City for the Dongyi was Lu Fa, a famous general of the Dongyi and one of the top generals under Yelü Abaoji.

Lu Fa initially thought that Han Xin would target Lingcheng first, and then attack his Wangshan City.

After all, compared to Lingcheng, Wangshan City's geographical environment was not only more treacherous, but also, once captured, its impact on the Dongyi would be far less severe.

It's important to understand that once Lingcheng is breached, they could directly threaten the second line of defense of the Eastern Yi. At this very moment, Yelü Abaoji is stationed within this second line of defense. Fortunately, although Han Xin's arrival was unexpected, Lu Fa, a veteran general, was still managing to direct the defenses methodically.

However, Han Xin's offensive was more ferocious than he had imagined. On the very first day, many of his generals, including Tian Shan Yong, Qi Lu Lin Long, and Kou Zhen Yuan, had already died on the battlefield.

It's important to know that he didn't go out to fight the enemy generals or engage in open battle; instead, he quietly defended the city. These generals all died in the battles to defend the city.

This means that on the very first day of the siege, Han Xin already had troops climbing the city walls, and the intensity of the battle was quite high.

Fortunately, Lu Fa had made arrangements in advance, sending Xiao Dilu to lead 3,000 cavalry from the 10,000 garrison troops to be stationed on Wangshan Mountain, not far from Wangshan City, to support Wangshan City.

Once Han Xin attacked the city, Xiao Dilu would lead his troops to roam around, forcing Han Xin to allocate some of his forces for defense and preventing him from launching a full-scale attack.

Otherwise, today's battle would have been even more brutal.

However, just as darkness fell, and Lu Fa thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief and give his soldiers a chance to catch their breath, things took a turn for the better.

To their utter surprise, even as darkness fell, the Han army's war drums continued unabated.

As one wave of attacking soldiers slowly retreated, Huang Feihu led another battalion of troops to personally take the lead.

Today, Huang Feihu fought exceptionally bravely. In the afternoon, it was under his personal leadership that a soldier managed to scale the city wall and even hold out until Huang Feihu arrived.

This led to the deaths of generals Qi Lulinlong and Kou Zhenyuan. However, Lu Fa personally intervened and forcefully drove Huang Feihu back.

Just as Huang Feihu was retreating down the ladder, Tianshan Yong suddenly picked up a crossbow and launched a sneak attack on him.

Not only did he fail, as Hou Yi intercepted his crossbow bolt, but Hou Yi also shot him dead with another arrow.

"Damn it, Han Xin is going all out right from the start!" Lu Fa cursed, but he could only obediently give up his plan to rest and continue to have his soldiers defend the city.

Yelü Abaoji's task for Lu Fa was not to defend the city, as 10,000 soldiers alone could not accomplish that. Lu Fa's task was to hold off Han Xin for as long as possible, for a month.

The greatest function of the three lines of defense of the Eastern Yi was not to directly block the Han army on any one line, but to weaken the Han army layer by layer through these three lines, thus creating an opportunity for the final counterattack.

But now it seems that this task is really difficult for Lu Fa. He has already gone through such a difficult first day. How easy is it to hold on for a month?

However, Lu Fa was clearly unaware that Han Xin was still relentlessly pursuing him into the night. His real target was not Lu Fa, but rather someone with ulterior motives.

(End of this chapter)