Jiuxi

Chapter 539 Chapter 537 [The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying] ()
Judging from the military appearance, the Huaizhou Army and the Dudu Mansion Guard Battalion that are about to cross the Leize Plain look very good.

The defensive battle at Jishantun was indeed very difficult, but Xiao Wangzhi deliberately rotated the three armies in Zhenbei in the second half. On the one hand, he allowed the Dingzhou armies to adapt to the intensity of Jing's attack, and on the other hand, he mainly allowed several elite troops under his command to gain Rest, otherwise it will be difficult to complete subsequent combat missions.

Therefore, Bonebreaker and Xi Lie's feeling was correct. The Qi army's defensive strength behind them had declined. This was not Xiao Wangzhi's deliberate display of weakness, but their most intuitive and correct feeling.

Two roads appear ahead.

One is to the northwest, dozens of miles away is Teng County in Beiyan. After passing through Teng County, you can rush to Heluo along the official road.

The second direction is southwest, passing through the border area of ​​Beiyan Jingji area and Moyang Road, all the way to the north of Yongqiu City, which is behind the main force of Jingjun led by Qing Yugong.

This obviously requires no hesitation or hesitation.

Pei Sui, Kang Yanxiao, Xiao Hong and others already knew their missions.

But at this moment, a military order came and the Huaizhou Army stopped near Chenguan, a small town in the plains.

When the generals came to the central army, they saw Xiao Wangzhi standing by the road, holding a simple map with his hands spread out.

In this way, even if Qing Yugong receives the news and retreats north, the Huaizhou Army can still block their way. At that time, several other armies can outflank them.

They are not afraid of being discovered by the other side, and at most they will be harassed by a small number of soldiers and horses. The Huaizhou Army has enough confidence to ignore these troubles.

All in all, this is a decision that requires courage and courage.

Xiao Wangzhi withdrew his gaze and said calmly: "After our army enters the Puppet Yanmoyang Road territory, it will definitely be surrounded by Jing's army."

At this moment, Xiao Wangzhi was looking at the map, his eyes fixed on the northwest area, which puzzled Pei Sui and others.

Xiao Wangzhi turned to look at him and said, "Qing Yugong can ask Emperor Jingguo to send reinforcements."

Could it be that the Grand Governor suddenly changed his mind and instead of intercepting Qing Yugong's escape route, he wanted to go straight to Heluo like Lu Chen did?
Everyone quickly rejected this conjecture.

Of course, such an advance cannot avoid attracting the attention of enemy scouts. No one would think that our side can reach the rear of the main force of Jing's army without being noticed. Even if Jingjun's current focus is on Yongqiu City and Jishantun's defensive line, Qing Yugong will not ignore the movements in other places. This is the most basic quality of a coach.

Therefore, the Huaizhou Army only asked for a quick word.

Before the Huaizhou Army withdrew from the Jishan Tun defense line, Xiao Wangzhi had already informed the generals of the specific arrangements. Once they left the Leize Plain and entered the territory of Beiyan, the Huaizhou Army would move through it as quickly as possible and via the shortest route. march.

Kang Yanxiao was speechless immediately.

With Xiao Wangzhi's ability in leading troops, it was certainly impossible to decide the marching route only when the situation came to a close.

"Grand Governor."

At this point in the war, both sides have already had a rough estimate of each other's military strength.

The emperor of Qi sent the Beijing army north to support Jingzhou, and the emperor of Jingguo could certainly also send troops south. After all, Jing Lian's ninth army was currently only using one-third.

The northwest direction leads to Heluo.

Qing Yugong would not be fooled by the same thing. Although he opened battlefields on the east and west fronts, he would not neglect the protection of Heluo City. Furthermore, the Huaizhou Army was not prepared to attack the city by force.

Kang Yanxiao, the commander of the Taixing Army, was slightly startled and said after careful consideration: "Grand Commander, Jing's army should not have that many troops."

All the generals saluted in unison, feeling a little strange in their hearts.

Ignoring the Beiyan City on the marching route, ignoring the harassment of the opponent's small number of troops, they rushed forward diagonally in one go.

Qing Yugong has many troops under his command, but now he has to maintain the oppressive situation on Moyang Road and Dingzhou, and must mobilize heavy troops to besiege Yongqiu and defend Heluo. In other places, he can only garrison cities with a small number of troops. This is also The reason why all the generals supported Xiao Wang's policy of advancing westward.

"If Jing's army intends to encircle it, our army will temporarily withdraw here."

Xiao Wangzhi raised his hand and pointed to a point on the map.

The generals looked around quickly, and Pei Sui muttered: "Luwu Mountain?"

Xiao Wangzhi nodded.

As for why it was Luwu Mountain, Xiao Wangzhi did not explain it, but the generals all understood it after thinking for a while.

If Qing Yugong had indeed calculated in advance that Xiao Wangzhi would lead a surprise attack behind him, and if Jing's army had enough power to encircle and intercept the Huaizhou army, then the choice of location would not be difficult to guess.

First of all, this location cannot be too close to the Dingzhou border, because the Huaizhou Army has enough room to withdraw and can receive timely response, so the Jing Army must let the Huaizhou Army penetrate deep into the territory of Moyang Road. If the Jing army just wanted to prevent the Huaizhou army from outflanking them, they could have deployed a force of troops to the southwest to bluff, enough to make the Huaizhou army treat them with caution.

Secondly, it should not be too close to Yongqiu. Once Jing's army fails to complete the interception and allows the Huaizhou army to successfully break through behind the main force, it is very likely to cause a chaotic situation. This is obviously not a scene Qing Yugong wants to see.

Regardless of the starting point and the end point, the most suitable place for containment is obviously in the middle of this journey, that is, the open and flat area between Gaoyicheng and Zan County on Moyang Road.

The only place that can be defended there is Luwu Mountain in the northeast.

In case of being surrounded by most of Jing's army, the Huaizhou army can only defend with its back against the mountain.

Xiao Wangzhi looked around at everyone and said, "Do you all understand?"

Pei Sui, Kang Yanxiao and others nodded, but Xiao Hong showed a slight hesitation.

As the second son of Xiao Wangzhi, Xiao Hong's promotion in the military was neither fast nor slow. Although it was not as good as an unprecedented monster like Lu Chen, it was still a normal progress. In fact, if Xiao Wangzhi hadn't deliberately suppressed him, Xiao Hong would have been promoted to the commander-in-chief of the first army much faster.

Now, as the commander of the Guangling military capital, he is naturally qualified to express his views on this kind of military affairs. Xiao Wangzhi said calmly: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Xiao Hong said cautiously: "Grand Governor, since the enemy may set up an ambush, does our army need to be more careful?"

"This is natural according to common sense, but this is an opportunity for our army to severely damage Qing Yugong's main force, and it is worth the risk."

Xiao Wangzhi's explanation was brief and calm, and then he said: "What we discussed just now can be informed to your generals during the march, and the positions of the armies can also be adjusted. The Taixing Army is in the front, the Guangling Army is on the left, and the Zhenbei Army is on the right. ”

"The last general takes command!"

All three commanded the Qi army to respond.

The Huaizhou Army rested for the last time in Chenguan Town, and then 40,000 elite troops carried a certain amount of food and grass supplies and marched westward with decisive momentum!

The mountains and rivers are continuous and magnificent.

This large army ignored the mounted scouts from both sides of Jingyan along the way, and did not care that the enemy troops in the cities passing by on the way would intercept their retreat. They seemed to only have Yongqiu City in their eyes.

Marching more than eighty miles every day, this speed obviously exceeded the expectations of the Jingjun scouts. The gates of several cities in Beiyan along the way were closed, fearing that the target of this Qi army was themselves, but the Huaizhou army did not even look at it. , they headed straight west like a torrent.

In fact, in this era, people who are not familiar with military affairs will have an illusion, that is, the long-distance running ability of cavalry is far better than that of infantry.

In fact, in terms of long-distance marching ability, infantry is better than cavalry, and the latter is stronger in high mobility over shorter distances.

The reason is very simple. The endurance of horses is not as good as that of humans. If the cavalry forces a long-distance attack regardless of the strength of the horses' legs, the speed will indeed be better than that of the infantry. However, the cavalry traveling in this way will not have the ability to continue fighting after arriving at the destination.

Numerous urgent reports were sent to Yongqiu and Heluo City, while the Huaizhou Army had already penetrated deep into the territory of Moyang Road.

They did not hide their destination at all. Anyone with a little knowledge could see that this elite infantry was heading towards Yongqiu.

Four days later, the Huaizhou Army was forced to stop.

A Jingjun cavalry stood in front of them.

On the big flag, the word "loyalty" is written.

The loyal cavalry under Emperor Da Jing.

Xiao Wangzhi did not hesitate at all. The Zhenbei Army dragged back to cover, and the army quickly moved to the north.

Pu Cha, the commander of the Zhongyi Army, did not launch a direct attack. Although he had 10,000 troops under his command, he still watched the Huaizhou Army retreat to the Luwu Mountain area.

He just led the loyal cavalry, like wild beasts staring at their prey, following the Huaizhou army, keeping a distance of two or three miles, and appearing extremely cautious.

At the foot of Luwu Mountain, the Huaizhou Army was already standing with its back on the mountain.

There is running water on the mountain, food and grass in hand, and the morale of the army is still stable, but the soldiers are inevitably a little disappointed.

They already knew their mission. They originally thought they would complete a long-distance attack written in military books, save Yongqiu from danger, and at the same time cause heavy damage to the main force of the Jing Army. However, the appearance of a Jing Army cavalry turned this ambitious wish into reality. Bubble.

The generals who had already been informed comforted the soldiers, while several generals followed Xiao Wangzhi and observed the lingering Jingjun cavalry.

Early the next morning, the situation suddenly changed.

The Huaizhou Army, which was traveling smoothly along the way, suddenly discovered that after just one night, they were surrounded by an unknown number of Jing's troops.

To the southwest, the flag of Jingjun's loyal cavalry fluttered in the wind.

To the northwest, infantry under the banner of Jing Jun's Xiaojie Army appeared.

To the northeast, a group of Jingjun infantry with hidden flags completely blocked the Huaizhou Army's retreat.

To the southeast, two more Jingjun forces appeared.

The leading generals of these two Jing armies gathered together with their own soldiers in a grand manner.

After the two greeted each other, they turned around and looked at the Huaizhou military camp at the foot of Luwu Mountain in the distance.

"Where is Xiao Wangzhi?"

Shu Bulie's expression was calm, with a hint of forbearing murderous intent in his tone.

Tuoman Wulu nodded and said: "The Governor of Huaizhou must have never imagined that all his actions were expected by the prince."

The defeat outside Shiquan City left Tuoman Wulu with too much resentment. He thought he would be punished by Qing Yugong, or that he would go south again to atone for his crimes, but he didn't expect that what was waiting for him was just a message asking him to Military order to shrink Xinchang City.

Tuoman Wulu did not dare to disobey, but the anger could not be vented until another order came not long after.

He knew that he was not the only one who had received similar orders, which was why the Huaizhou Army's surprise advance was so smooth.

This is an open pocket, just waiting for the Huaizhou Army to rush in.

Now is the time to close the net.

Thinking of this, Tuoman Wulu grinned, with a ferocious look on his face: "Xiao Wangzhi is dead."

(End of this chapter)