Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2414 The Disappointment of the Military Genius, the Han Emperor Returns to Yanbei

The loss of Wangshan City was certainly a devastating blow, but it also meant that the first line of defense that the Eastern Yi people had against the Han Dynasty was becoming increasingly fragile.

However, Yelü Abaoji still had no intention of giving up on the remaining city of Ling.

The five cities of the first line of defense were meant to wear down the Han army's strength, not to actually hold them off.

Therefore, Yelü Abaoji strictly ordered Di Hong, the general guarding the mausoleum, to defend the mausoleum to the death in order to resist Hulü Guang.

Although Di Hong was not a direct subordinate of Yelü Abaoji, he was a brave and skilled general, and was once Yelü Defei's top general.

After Yelü Abaoji annexed Yelü Defei, before Yelü Defei received the news, he had Jin Yongsheng, who had already submitted to him, strip him of his military power in Yelü Defei's name and put him under control again.

After that, it took more than a year to successfully persuade this person to join his cause.

Yelü Abaoji had absolute trust in this person's abilities.

Furthermore, Di Hong also has the strategist Gu Yiduocha by his side to advise him on military matters, so he is unlikely to fall for the enemy's schemes and tricks easily.

As for Han Xin, after capturing Wangshan City, he did not turn around to help Xie Lüguang deal with Lingcheng. Instead, he went straight to the second line of defense where Yelü Abaoji was located.

There were only 5,000 soldiers in Lingcheng, but Hulü Guang had more soldiers than Han Xin, a total of 150,000.

With such a disparity in troop strength, Di Hong could at most stop Hulü Guang for a time, but he could not stop him forever.

It wasn't that Yelü Abaoji was unwilling to give Di Hong more troops, but rather that Lingcheng itself was just a small city and couldn't accommodate too many troops.

However, although Lingcheng is small, it is incredibly sturdy. The city is built along the water on both sides, and in a real defensive battle, this kind of small city is what really gives the attackers the biggest headache.

Faced with such a small town, even with a large number of troops, it would be impossible to deploy them on a large scale at the same time.

Even if it were Hulü Guang, he could only deploy a small portion of his troops at a time. If Han Xin were to continue with his troops, it would be completely useless and a pure waste of manpower.

Furthermore, Hulü Guang already had so many troops under his command. If Han Xin were to go there at this time, wouldn't that be blatantly telling the other party that he didn't trust his abilities?

Even if Han Xin was completely clueless about human relationships, he wasn't this bad!

"Mr. Sidao, I have already sent Wen Zhong and Huli Guang deep into enemy territory alone. Do you think Yelü Abaoji has the courage to take this opportunity to divide and defeat them?" During the march, Han Xin, sitting on the carriage, put down the roast chicken in his hand, wiped his hands, and spoke to Yao Guangxiao on the other side of the carriage.

At this time, Han Xin had already broken through Wangshan City and even defeated Lu Fa, the general of the Eastern Yi.

However, at this time, Hulü Guang was far from solving the problem of Lingcheng, and Wen Zhong's plan to resolve the two cities under his jurisdiction was not something that could be accomplished in a short period of time.

Moreover, Wangshan City is located in the southwest of Zhongping Road, while the two cities under Wen Zhong's jurisdiction are in the northwest of Dongping Road. The distance between the two is quite far, and it is not something that can be reached in a short time.

Therefore, he wanted to test whether Yelü Abaoji dared to take advantage of the fact that the other troops had not yet broken through the first line of defense, and seize the opportunity to concentrate his troops to eliminate him.

Han Xin believed that if he were in a situation where his forces were at a disadvantage, he would definitely seize this opportunity and launch a decisive attack.

He wouldn't even wait until Wangshan City was breached before launching an attack; instead, he would choose one of his troops to carry out a surprise operation before that.

When in a favorable position, one can naturally play it safe. But if in a disadvantageous position, one must learn to seize opportunities and take some risks. "Yelü Abaoji might!"

"But Wang Changluo, I'm afraid he won't let Yelü Abaoji take the risk so easily!" After a moment of thought, Yao Guangxiao said with some regret.

If Yelü Abaoji were truly willing to take the risk, perhaps they could seize this opportunity to severely damage one of Yelü Abaoji's main forces.

If the nearly 100,000 troops currently following Yelü Abaoji suffer heavy losses, the situation in Dongyi will be directly paralyzed.

However, as far as he knew, Wang Changluo was not the type of person who would easily gamble everything. Yet, Yelü Abaoji trusted him implicitly.

"Fine! If they don't want to come, they don't have to!"

"Let Yelü Abaoji live a few more days!" Although Han Xin was somewhat disappointed, he didn't care too much about the matter.

According to a certain plan, once the various armies break through the first line of defense, they can then advance in all directions, and the final result will be the same.

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Yanbei Road.

Wang Yu's imperial army was much slower than Han Xin's in terms of marching speed.

After all, the emperor was not personally leading the expedition this time; he was merely inspecting the border and staying there for a period of time.

Therefore, it was impossible for him to set off with Han Xin's army. Instead, he waited until Han Xin's army had set off before slowly moving forward.

After arriving in Yanbei Road, Wang Yu planned to stay here for a while longer. After all, this was his hometown, and he hadn't been back for many years.

Furthermore, among the many powerful generals of Tianlang Pass, Yang Jian was first transferred away during the campaign against Yan, and not long ago, Huang Feihu and his son Huang Tianhua were also transferred away from Tianlang Pass to join the war against the Yi.

Therefore, at this time, there were hardly any strong generals left at Tianlang Pass.

However, at this very moment, the situation in the north was constantly changing, with the Tuoba tribe and Nurhaci fiercely vying to annex Luan Di Ji Ji.

How long the fierce beast could hold out under these circumstances was still unknown. Given the instability in the north, Wang Yu naturally needed to remain here for a while longer.

Wang Yu's biggest concern wasn't actually Nurhaci. It was only after Nurhaci established a connection with the Golden Horde that he dared to confidently compete with the Tuoba tribe for the Luan Di Ji Lie.

Given the relationship between the Han Dynasty and the Golden Horde, Nurhaci would not dare to openly turn against the Han Dynasty at this time.

Furthermore, Nurhaci's son, Huang Taiji, was still a hostage in the Han Dynasty at this time.

In fact, Nurhaci was in a very special position at this time.

The Golden Horde needed to support them, using them as an effective pawn to contain the Tuoba tribes in the Far East. Similarly, the Han Dynasty needed Nurhaci to prevent Tuoba Changping from completely monopolizing half of the Northern Di territory.

(End of this chapter)