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

Chapter 337: Conquering Fancheng
"Less than twenty thousand."

"late."

The empress's eyes were empty as she slumped over on the dragon throne. Her face was extremely pale. The strength in her body was disappearing rapidly. Then her eyes turned white, her blood rushed up, and she fainted.

"His Majesty."

The palace maidens in the hall looked nervous and hurried to summon the imperial physician.

If something unexpected happened to the empress at this critical moment, the entire Northern Wei Dynasty would instantly be in a life-and-death situation.

As soon as Xiliang got the news, the 500,000 Xiliang cavalry would not only target Hexi Prefecture and Orange Island, but the entire Northern Wei Dynasty.

The palace guards rushed out to block the news. A day later, the empress woke up. The six ministries of the Northern Wei court and other officials in charge were all outside the gauze curtain.

"woke up."

"Your Majesty is awake."

The maid came out from behind the gauze curtain.

"Cough cough."

A slight cough was heard. Behind the curtain, the empress forced herself to stand up and asked, "How is Fancheng?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall fell into an eerie silence. Outside the gauze curtain, everyone lowered their heads and no one responded.

"talk."

The empress raised her voice, "Did you manage to hold it?"

"His Majesty."

The Minister of War of the Northern Wei Dynasty smiled bitterly: "Fancheng is lost."

"According to the battle report received this morning, Xiliang General Liao Huan has led 80,000 Xiliang cavalrymen to attack Fancheng. None of the soldiers defending the city were spared. All of them died in the battle."

"Is it still lost?"

The empress murmured to herself, seeming a little surprised, but she could predict it. There were only 10,000 soldiers in Fancheng, and the other 100,000 were heading to Mutian City to assist in the encirclement and suppression of Qin Yuanba.

How can ten thousand people stop the eighty thousand fierce and wolf-like Xiliang cavalry, led by a fierce general like Liao Huan?

"How did these 80,000 Xiliang cavalry appear in Fancheng?"

The empress opened her beautiful eyes wide.

"All the way from Tibetan city, all the way from Shangdang."

The Minister of War smiled bitterly, "We all fell for Xiao Han's trick. The tens of thousands of Xiliang cavalry led by Qin Yuanba were simply bait. The troops from Zangcheng and Shangdang were the surprise troops. They used a roundabout tactic to directly penetrate from the edge of Juzizhou and Hexizhou to the outside of Fancheng."

"Then the two armies from Jubei City and Qimen Pass will put pressure on Mutian City, creating the illusion of a siege on Mutian City. The purpose is to lure out the main elite forces of Fancheng and then launch a surprise attack on Fancheng."

"We were all deceived."

The princes, nobles and old ministers all showed expressions of guilt and indignation.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Han is too cunning."

"Who would have thought that there would be a factory soldier among the soldiers?"

"Now Fancheng has fallen into their hands, cutting off Mutiancheng's retreat. Juzizhou and Hexizhou are both in their hands."

"The 100,000 soldiers and horses of Mutian City cannot be withdrawn."

After saying this, many people were already crying bitterly. That was an army of 100,000, not cabbages on the roadside.

The loss of 100,000 soldiers and horses at one time would be enough to cause serious damage to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, send out the troops."

"We can't sit still and wait for death."

"We must retake Fancheng."

"Otherwise, there is no hope of taking back Hexi Province and Orange Island."

"Cough cough."

The empress coughed more and more violently, and finally a trace of blood came out from the corner of her mouth.

"Move 300,000 troops to Fancheng."

"We can't let Xiao Han take over Fancheng so easily."

There was a hint of sharpness in the empress's eyes. Being able to control the Northern Wei court for so many years, she was definitely not an incompetent person.

But in recent years, he has grown older and his body is not up to his ambitions, and Xiao Han is too aggressive.

Now, the loss of Fancheng has shaken the foundation of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the empress will naturally not surrender. With the imperial edicts coming out from the Northern Wei Palace, the Northern Wei army began to mobilize and quickly marched to Fancheng.

In just a few days, both the Western Liang and Northern Wei sides deployed about 400,000 elite soldiers in Fancheng and launched a brutal battle.

As for Mutian City, when the armies from Jubei City and Qimen Pass arrived, they cooperated with Qin Yuanba to attack the center and surrounded the 100,000-strong Northern Wei army.

After fighting for a day and a night, the remaining tens of thousands of Northern Wei soldiers were forced to flee back to Mutian City and hide inside the city.

This is the end.

In just over a month, Xixi Zhou and Orange Island fell completely into Xiao Han's hands.

Jia Xiong and Zhuge Shou led 150,000 cavalry to Fancheng to support Liao Huan, while the remaining Xiliang cavalry surrounded Mutian City.

The overall situation has been decided, and the two states will not cause much trouble.

early december.

After the fall of Mutian City, the Western Liang army immediately marched north to reinforce Fancheng. Two days later, the Northern Wei army withdrew, which meant that the war was officially over.

Xiliang won a great victory.

The territory under the command of Xiliang King Xiao Han increased from four states to six states, and a battle once again shocked the world.

Who could have thought that Xiao Han would not take action at all, but instead swallow up two states of the Northern Wei Dynasty with one move.

The war was over before the news even reached Jiangnan.

Xiliang did not withdraw its troops, but continued to increase its troops, stationing 300,000 cavalry in the Fangcheng area and building a defense line on both wings with Fancheng as the center.

This day.

Outside Fancheng.

High security.

Groups of armored soldiers from Xiliang Army were patrolling. The city gates were opened, and Liao Huan, Qin Yuanba, Zhuge Shou and other brave generals were waiting there early.

It was snowing heavily, the wind was howling, the sky was gloomy and covered with dark clouds, but these soldiers were in high spirits.

Each of them has fiery eyes and a determined expression.

for a long time.

It was not until noon that a black dot appeared on the distant horizon, and then it quickly grew larger.

They were a group of black-armored cavalry, numbering about a hundred, fully armed, escorting a carriage towards Fancheng.

The cavalry was moving very fast, as fast as lightning. The earth was shaking slightly. Even from a long distance, one could feel the terrifying murderous aura emanating from these more than a hundred people.

Even the Xiliang soldiers from Fancheng, who had just experienced a great battle, felt terrified.

They were the personal guards of the King of Xiliang, the elite among the elite.

"Control."

The carriage stopped outside Fancheng, the curtain was lifted, and a man walked out.

"See you, Your Majesty."

Liao Huan immediately led the generals to meet them.

"Everyone, get up."

Xiao Han waved his hand and looked towards the towering Fancheng. The air was still filled with the smell of war.

The city wall was covered with dense arrow holes and traces of battering rams, and many blue bricks were broken.

Fancheng is located at the junction of Hexi Prefecture and Juzizhou. It is bordered by three prefectures to the north and is an important military town.

Now that it has fallen into the hands of Xiliang, it is like a sharp long knife, fiercely inserted into the heart of the three states of Northern Wei.

The Xiliang cavalry will be able to reach the heartland of the Northern Wei within ten days.

The Northern Wei Dynasty's plan to rely on Fancheng also failed.

The snow was falling heavily, splashing all over the sky and earth, covering the whole place with white. The cold wind was howling, and on the city walls, flags were waving and soldiers were standing in rows.

Princess Xiliang came out of the horse city, her beautiful eyes swept over the soldiers, and she said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Haha, what are you talking about, Princess?"

Liao Huan shook his head: "Expanding the territory is the duty of Xiliang soldiers like us."

(End of this chapter)