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Chapter 133 Epitome of Troubled Times
A kite chirped in the sky, and an eagle flew over the mountains.The vast earth was filled with blood, and a chilling air lingered in the wilderness.

In the summer of the sixth year of Yonghe, Shu Prime Minister Yang Xian led [-] troops into Nanyang.Ten thousand Shu troops advanced into Dankou and defeated [-] Liang troops in one battle.

At the same time, the Chu army, which had adopted a defensive strategy in Nanyang, went against the norm and launched a major counterattack against the Liang army near Wancheng.

Wancheng is the county seat of Nanyang County and one of the largest cities in the world. Even during the current war, it has a population of hundreds of thousands.Ten years ago, Jin Xiu, a small prince in Wancheng, surrendered to Liang. After that, a large area of ​​land in the northern part of Nanyang County was planned to be under the rule of Liang Jun.

Cai Tong has always regretted this incident.

First of all, although Jin Xiu was just a small prince, the Heigui army under his command was the strongest army in the world.Of the two, although the land in the north of Nanyang controlled by Jin Xiu is not large, its strategic location is very important and it is densely populated.
Jin Xiu's surrender gave Huanwu a huge advantage in vain, and he gained control of Wancheng and Rangxian, two important places in central and northern Nanyang.

Liang Jun stationed 13 troops in the north of Nanyang, which was a fatal threat to Chu.

If these two cities are in Jin Xiu's hands, then there will be a strategic buffer between Liang and Chu.But in the hands of Huan Wu, Liang Jun would have a huge advantage in Nanyang.The Liang army was small in number, but its land combat capability was strong, and it continued to take the offensive against the Chu army.

In order to deal with Liang Jun, Cai Tong could only deploy more than [-] Chu troops near Xiangcheng in southern Nanyang.Once Xiangcheng is lost, Liang Jun can march straight into the hinterland of the Chu State, and the Chu State will not be far from being destroyed.

Cai Tong, dressed in commoners, stood in the middle of the field, in the wilderness, with the Liang army waiting in front.Liang Jun had always looked down on the Chu army. Cai Tong led [-] armies to attack Wancheng. However, Liang Jun, who was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, did not defend the city. Instead, he wanted to fight the Chu army in the wilderness.

The feeling of contempt jumped out.

The reason why Cai Tong was confident was that Yang Xian had an army of 20 on his side, and his total military strength in Nanyang reached [-].The strength ratio between the Shu and Chu armies and the Liang army reached two to one.After the [-] Liang Army originally stationed in Dankou was defeated in the first battle, the main force retreated to Rang County to defend the flanks of Wancheng.

Yang Xian's offensive was swift, and the warships sailed down the river and broke through several blockades by Liang Jun.Not to mention Huan Wu who was in the divine capital, even Huan Zhong who was on the front line did not expect Yang Xian to be so fast.It took less than eight days to send troops from Nanzhong to capture Dankou.

By the time Huan Zhong in Wancheng reacted, Yang Xian had already occupied the passes around Dankou, and the warships sailed into Dan Lake in the north of Dankou.

Danhu Lake is adjacent to Rang County, separated by layers of mountains.Huan Zhong was worthy of being a weathered general. He responded immediately, ordering the Liang army that was stationed at Dan Lake to withdraw across the entire line, gathering up the defeated troops, holding on to the mountains outside Rang County, and transferred [-] reinforcements from Wancheng. Heading to Rang County, an army of [-] was deployed layer by layer in an attempt to stop the Shu army's offensive.

There are only [-] Liang troops in Wancheng now, and it is naturally impossible for Cai Tong to give up this golden opportunity and mobilize [-] armies to attack Wancheng directly.

As long as Wancheng is captured, the [-] Liang troops in Rang County will naturally become the turtle in the urn.If Cai Tong gets the northern part of Nanyang, the situation in the world will change drastically.

From then on, whether it was cooperating with the princes of Yizhou and Liangzhou to attack Yongzhou, or cooperating with Wu to attack Yu and Xuzhou in the Central Plains, the initiative was in Cai Tong's hands.

No matter which direction a breakthrough is achieved, it will be a fatal danger for Huan Wu.And he, Cai Tong, could use the order of King Qin to call on all the princes in the world to go to the capital of God and kill Huan Wu.

At that time, he will be the leader of the princes alliance and the loyal minister of Zhou who saves the emperor from danger.This is a huge temptation, and no prince in the world will let it go.

Cai Tong, wearing cloth and armor, looked at Liang Jun in the distance, whose formation was compact and whose soldiers were awe-inspiring.Just by looking at Liang Jun's formation tactics and strict military discipline, we can tell that the Liang Jun in front is a rare elite.The armies set off, and before the battle began, spies from the two armies shuttled back and forth to gather information.What made Cai Tong laugh was that Huan Zhong's strategy was to first defeat the 15 Chu army with [-] elite troops from Wancheng, and then encircle the Shu army with [-] Liang troops from Rang County.

We must capture and kill Yang Xian at Dankou!

In this plan, Huan Zhong focused all his attention on Yang Xian, and obviously did not pay attention to the Chu army and Cai Tong.

The best evidence is that Huan Zhong led the main elite out of the city and wanted to fight the Chu army quickly.

Cai Tong's eyes flashed and he said secretly: "Huan Zhong, since you want this opportunity, I will give it to you!"

The drums were beating, and the Chu army began to march.

In the wilderness, the bloody aura soared into the sky, the clouds in the sky rolled, and the wind howled.

When the most powerful creatures on the earth fight in groups, all the creatures in the surrounding areas retreat.This was a battle that reached its climax from the very beginning, and neither Cai Tong nor Huan Zhong held back.

On this battlefield, the Chu army had a numerical advantage, but it was not good at land warfare.Liang Jun is different. Although they are small in number, they are skilled in formations and powerful in combat.

There is no doubt that this is a huge gamble.The commanders-in-chief of the two armies gave up the traditional method of using troops, conquering and conquering cities and towns one by one, and instead used the most intense methods to fight decisive battles.

Huan Zhong was fighting for time in order to mobilize troops as soon as possible to besiege Yang Xian after defeating the Chu army.

Cai Tong is also fighting for time to make a breakthrough before Yang Xian.What's more, before Huan Wu's reinforcements arrived, he occupied the northern part of Nanyang and defended it in danger.

Crash, fighting, howling, war drums
Various voices mixed together, Liang Chu and Liang Jun were fighting in the most brutal way, fighting with that fierceness.

The battle of life and death is tense.The two armies were grinding together, and dancing figures shone in the battle formation. A large number of soldiers rose up, flourished, matured, and then withered, completing the most cruel trajectory of life.

Cai Tong and Huan Zhong were both generals who had experienced battles for a long time and understood the art of war.They are all looking for each other's flaws, looking for that glimmer of opportunity.Even if this thread of fighter opportunity requires the lives of a large number of soldiers to accumulate and fill it.

Huan Zhong found it, and there was a gap between the Chu army's left wing and the center. He immediately ordered all the elite around him to jump in.As long as Cai Tong's center is broken, Cai Tong will be defeated.

Cai Tong also found it. Under the hills of Huan Zhong's main formation, Liang Jun's most elite halberd soldiers were already at a disadvantage. As long as they were encircled and defeated, Huan Zhong would have no final support.

The commanders of both sides issued the orders almost at the same time, and the rest was about who was faster!
The chirping of kites in the sky is still there, and the momentum of attack and killing on the ground is endless.Such a tragic battle, to some extent, is just a small microcosm of this troubled world.

(End of this chapter)