At the beginning, I gave up my military power with a cup of wine, and I ascended the throne

Chapter 268: Planning and Fighting for Jizhou

"Are you curious about why I had to go deep into the enemy's territory alone and retreat towards Jubei City?"

Xiao Han took the meat pancake handed over by Hu Chi, and drank some wine with it. He took a bite of the pancake and a sip of water, and felt warm all over.

Xie Peiyao glared at him, then looked away without saying anything.

"It won't be long before the Northern Wei and Jizhou armies will be right behind me."

Xiao Han was not annoyed and said with a smile: "Wherever I go, they will follow me."

"I do not understand what you are saying."

Xie Peiyao wiped her mouth, put away her dry food, closed her eyes and rested.

At dawn the next day, scouts came to report that the Northern Wei cavalry had caught up with them. Xiao Han did not stop, but left with the Youzhou cavalry and the Huben Camp, continuing eastward.

On the evening of the third day, Xiao Han asked Hu Chi to lead 5,000 men to continue heading north, while he himself took the remaining Xiliang cavalry and ambushed a wave of Northern Wei pursuers halfway.

In less than half an hour, he beheaded more than 10,000 people and looted countless horses and food. In just half a month, Xiao Han led 40,000 cavalrymen to stir up trouble and win several battles on the Northern Wei border in Jizhou.

The killing terrified the Northern Wei people.

In Changshan County.

The 60,000 Northern Army was training intensively. Guo Tu, Liao Huan and Zhuge Shou were all in the county governor's mansion.

"General, the scouts reported that yesterday the Marquis led 40,000 Western Liang cavalrymen to engage in a battle with 50,000 Northern Wei cavalrymen 80 miles from Yuecheng. After a fierce battle for two hours, they headed south."

"General, eight hundred miles quick."

"Early this morning, the Jizhou Army left Shuoyin City and headed east."

"Eight hundred miles urgent."

"At midnight last night, the Northern Wei cavalry outside Shuoyin City began to retreat."

"Eight hundred miles of urgent transportation, a letter came from Xiliang City, tens of thousands of Northern Wei cavalry appeared in Hexi Prefecture and are heading towards Shangdang."

"here we go."

Guo Tu, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes with a breathtaking brilliance, "The Northern Wei army in Jizhou has been mobilized by the Marquis."

"Quickly find out how many defenders are still in Shuoyin City."

He gave the order.

"promise."

The messenger left immediately.

"General Liao, when will the Shen Ce Army and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry arrive at Changshan?"

Guo Tu asked.

"We can hide during the day and move at night. We will reach Changshan Camp by tomorrow morning at the latest."

Liao Huan replied.

"it is good."

Guo Tu: "Send an order to Huluxu and Qin Yuanba. Both armies must enter the camp before dawn tomorrow."

"Mr. Guo, we are about to march in."

Liao Huan is ready to go.

"Send troops in two directions."

Guo Tu said: "The 40,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and 10,000 Black Armored Soldiers led by Huluxu and Chen Gong will go straight to Shuoyin."

"General Liao will personally lead 60,000 Northern Army troops and 15,000 Shen Ce Army heavy cavalry to Yuyang and open up the passage to You and Ji."

"General Zhuge Shou led 20,000 black armored troops and stationed them in Dai County to guard against the Jizhou troops coming from Qingzhou."

Guo Tu said in an orderly manner.

"I've been looking forward to this battle for a long time."

Liao Huan looked excited, "When I followed the Marquis from Jizhou to Xiliang, I was always angry." We must let Xie Xuanli see that one day, the five hundred of us brothers will follow the Marquis and return to Jizhou.

"This battle must be quick."

Guo Tu looked at the map hanging on the wall behind him, his eyes fixed on Yongcheng, and said: "Within eight days, we will destroy twenty-three cities and seize six counties. This battle is not limited to the gains and losses of one city.

Instead, they broke up the main cavalry of Jizhou, beat them into a mess, and annihilated their manpower.'

"The more noise we make in Yongcheng, the less pressure the Marquis will have. By then, the Jizhou Iron Cavalry will be exhausted and unable to take care of both ends. They will be like fat meat in the mouths of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. We can eat them however we want."

"Military Advisor, if you ask me, Liao Huan, to capture and defend a city, I would have a headache, but if you ask me to fight an annihilation war, that would be a piece of cake."

Liao Huan grinned: "You stay in Changshan, responsible for transporting food and grass, and deploying troops, and I will charge at the front line."

"There is General Lao Liao."

"What bullshit."

Liao Huan said seriously: "It is I who should trouble the military advisor."

This is a battle that concerns the survival of Xiliang and Jizhou. The winner takes all, and the loser loses everything.

It can also be said to be a duel between the two strongest kings in the Central Plains court, a fight between the Xie royal flag of Jizhou and the Xiao royal flag of Xiliang.

The higher-ups dispatched hundreds of thousands of armored cavalrymen, not the usual petty fighting over a county or a place.

It's a battle of destruction.

Whether it is Xiliang or Jizhou, we can't afford to lose.

Without caring about the gains and losses of a city or a place, we will completely annihilate their vitality.

The Shence Army and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry hid during the day and moved out at night in order to avoid the Northern Wei spies in Jizhou. After dawn on the second day, they entered the Changshan camp.

Then, taking advantage of the night, Chen Gong and Huluxu led 50,000 people to Shuoyin, Qin Yuanba was the vanguard and headed straight to Yuyang, and Liao Huan led 60,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry followed closely behind.

In an instant, the battle between Jizhou and Northern Wei turned into a battle between Jizhou and Western Liang.

Two days later, the Xiliang cavalry attacked Shuoyin and Yuyang at the same time and captured these two cities in just one day and one night.

This means that all seven counties of Youzhou fell into Xiao Han's hands, and the only remaining Shanglin County was just an isolated city.

After taking the two cities, Huluxu led 40,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, bypassed Orange Island, and rushed hundreds of miles in one day and night, and entered the territory of Yongcheng.

Chen Gong led 10,000 Black Armored Army soldiers to garrison Shuoyin, while the 8,000 soldiers stationed in Pucheng rushed to Shuoyin to assist in defending the city.

Liao Huan and Qin Yuanba led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Shen Ce Army, and echoed Huluxu's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry from a distance, one in the south and the other in the north, and rode their horses to Yongzhou.

When the war started, more than 100,000 elite cavalry drawn from the Six Guards of Shangdang and the Six Guards of Xia Pi marched towards Yongzhou in a mighty force.

Xiliang dispatched more than 200,000 cavalry to threaten Jizhou.

A few days later, news of the battle in Xiliang and Jizhou reached the Central Plains court, shocking the whole country. No one had expected that the situation in the north would undergo such a drastic change.

Although Jizhou secretly sent reinforcements to Yuyang, Shanglin County, and Yongzhou, it did not expect Xiliang's offensive to be so swift.

They were caught off guard. In just five days, half of Yongzhou fell, and 70,000 to 80,000 cavalry were wiped out by the Western Liang cavalry led by Liao Huan, Qin Yuanba, and Huluxu.

But when the message was urgently sent back to Jizhou over 800 miles, Xie Xuanli had aged more than ten years overnight.

The face of the Marquis of Zhenbei turned pale, and he looked at the information in his hand in dejection for more than half an hour.

"My Lord, Yongzhou is 800 miles away, requesting reinforcements."

"Eight hundred miles in an emergency, Ziyang City was breached, and the ten thousand soldiers defending the city were annihilated. The Shen Ce Army led by Xia Liangqin Yuanba is heading towards Jizhou."

"My Lord, eight hundred miles, urgent."

"Let Pan Feng go."

Xie Xuanli waved his hand and said, "Carry the Iron Floating Map to stop the Shen Ce Army."

"Send a message to Chen Qingzhao, asking him to give up the siege on Xiao Han and lead his troops to Yongcheng to quell the rebellion."

"Send someone to defend Beicheng, and urge Helian Bobo to send troops as soon as possible to attack Shuoyin and Qimen Pass."

(End of this chapter)