Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 1080 Battle of Chujiang
In the spring of the second year of Xiangfu in Liyang, the Western Chu auxiliary general Zhang Bianguan and his assistant Han Liangchen led 20,000 Chu troops, defeated the larger force with the smaller one, first defeated the 40,000 Liyang troops led by Guo Dongfeng, and then defeated the 60,000 troops under Lu Xiangsheng.

The main general Lu Xiangsheng fled to Hu Ting County on the Jiangnan Road with only 28 riders, intending to reorganize the army there.

Zhang Bianguan defeated a larger force with a smaller one, and thanks to the battle in Jiangbei, he became a famous general of Western Chu, as famous as Xie Xichu and Kou Jianghuai.

After Lu Xiangsheng's defeat, it would take some time for the three vassal kings, the King of Huainan, the King of Jing'an, and the King of Jiaozhou, to reorganize and assemble their troops before they could march to the front line.

The battle between Chu and Li in Jiangbei came to a temporary end. Zhang Bianguan had no intention of leading his troops north to attack Jiangnan Road. Instead, he went south with the support of the Western Chu navy led by Gu Dazu.

This action made Lu Xiangsheng, who had just stabilized his position, realize that the target of Western Chu was probably the 200,000-strong southern border army of Zhao Bing, the King of Yan.

Sure enough, not long after, Lu Xiangsheng, who was in Huting County, received information that Xie Xichui led an army of 200,000 to cross the Guangling River and attack the southern Xinjiang army in the south.

Even though Zhao Bing was prepared, his former deputy commander Wu Chongxuan and other important generals were successively instigated by Li Yang to rebel, leading an army of 100,000 to stand aside and watch.

With their dispersed strength, they could not defeat the Chu army which had superior manpower.

An army of 100,000 was wiped out in one day under the sudden and fierce attack of the Chu army led by Xie Xichu, and his number one general, Wang Tongshan, was killed by the powerful crossbows of Western Chu.

Deputy Commander Wu Chongxuan wanted to take advantage of the fierce battle between Xie Xichu and the second army to reap the benefits, so he deliberately delayed on the road.

After learning that Zhao Bing was defeated, he immediately ordered the entire army to advance at full speed.

He wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Chu army had just experienced a great battle and was exhausted, and decide the outcome of the battle in one battle.

Unexpectedly, when the army was fifty miles away from the Chu army, they were ambushed by Kou Jianghuai and his eight thousand fully armed battalion.

The Heavy Armored Battalion was a group of heavy cavalry that the empress created with great effort under the guidance of Ao Xiao Hong Chen and with reference to the Iron Pagoda of the Full Armored Battalion of Bei Liang.

It is another ace unit after the Modao Battalion.

Kou Jianghuai led a battalion of 8,000 fully-armored soldiers, executed a decapitation strategy, and headed straight for Wu Chongxuan's central army position.

Wu Chongxuan had difficulty maintaining his formation as he was rushing to attack the Chu army.

They were suddenly attacked by the heavy cavalry of the Manjia Camp, and the formation was immediately thrown into chaos, with the army trampling on each other.

Kou Jianghuai took advantage of this opportunity to break into the central army, and Wu Chongxuan and other key personnel were killed under the iron hooves of the heavy cavalry.

This 100,000-strong army from southern Xinjiang was unable to form an effective resistance because of its disrupted command system.

At this time, Zhang Bianguan led his troops to arrive by water and attacked the Southern Xinjiang army from behind.

Join forces with Kou Jianghuai to expand the results of the battle and pursue the enemy.

After a night of pursuit, 30,000 heads were beheaded and 50,000 surrendered soldiers were captured.

In this battle, Zhang Bianguan showed his prowess to the fullest.

He first defeated Lu Xiangsheng's army of 100,000, and then cooperated with Kou Jianghuai to defeat another 100,000-strong army in southern Xinjiang.

He became famous throughout the world for his ability to judge military situations, use troops flexibly, fight fiercely, and conduct long-distance raids.

The Western Chu Manjia Battalion made its first appearance in this great battle that determined the future of the world, establishing its reputation in one fell swoop.

After the war, Zhang Bian escorted the surrendered soldiers back to Western Chu.

Xie Xichui and Kou Jianghuai led the Chu army, and with the cooperation of Gu Dazu's navy, they advanced both by land and sea and attacked the Southern Xinjiang Road.

They were unstoppable all the way and captured more than 30 cities in southern Xinjiang in one month.

The Southern Xinjiang Road was integrated from the old Southern Tang territory and was the vassal state of King Yan Chi.

Logically speaking, King Zhao Bing of Yan had been managing this place for many years and had a strong army, so it shouldn't be so weak.

However, in the battle with Western Chu, all the elite troops were lost.

In addition, Gu Dazu was a famous general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, with a high prestige here, and he was familiar with the terrain of Southern Xinjiang. With the help of the water conservancy of Southern Xinjiang Road, the land and water forces cooperated to break through the passes along the way.

And just when Western Chu was making rapid progress in southern Xinjiang.

After Beiliang captured more than 200,000 troops from Beimang in a battle at Hutou City, Beiliang officially sounded the clarion call for a counterattack.

Xu Xiao personally took command and led more than a dozen cavalrymen from Hulukou to attack Longyao Prefecture in Beimang.

This is what Zi Jinnang said before he left. This is the difficult problem that Xu Fengnian had to face, given by King Yan.

Prince Yan arranged for Beiliang to capture more than 200,000 surrendered soldiers from Beimang, and win the battle between Liang and Mang and wait for my victory.

Beiliang, that is, Xu Fengnian, will have to choose between attacking Beimang and killing more than 200,000 Beimang surrendered soldiers.

If these 200,000 surrendered soldiers were released, relying on the strength of Northern Mang, within a few years, Beiliang would face Northern Mang's millions of soldiers.

If they choose to kill them, Beimang and Beiliang will form a life-and-death feud and the war will never end.

Xu Fengnian understood that in King Yan's plan, Beiliang had no choice from the very beginning. The only option that was most advantageous for Beiliang was to go north and attack Mang.

Only by seizing the land of Northern Mang can Beiliang gain an advantage in subsequent wars and recruit more than 200,000 Northern Mang surrendered soldiers for its own use.

Xu Fengnian's original intention was to lead the army himself.

But Xu Xiao stopped Xu Fengnian. He wanted to do one last thing for his son and create a new future for Beiliang.

This is why Xu Xiao, the famous butcher throughout the Spring and Autumn Period, once again set out to conquer the Northern Wilderness.

In the last episode, due to Li Yang's suspicion and fear, the plan failed and the good situation of the Northern Expedition that was hard won was lost.

This time, Xu Xiao wants to fulfill his wish and conquer Beimang again to complete the last wish of his good friend Li Yishan.

As the prince of Beiliang, Xu Fengnian had to stay in Beiliang and preside over post-war reconstruction, resettle the wounded, deal with prisoners and other matters.

Xu Longxiang also followed the army to the Northern Mang Army.

Xu Fengnian's second sister Xu Weixiong was in charge of Wutong Courtyard in Qingliang Mountain and was in charge of the military and political affairs of Beiliang.

While the war between the north and the south of Liyang Dynasty was still going on, the Liyang martial arts world was also unwilling to be lonely and officially entered a turbulent era.

Over the past hundred years, the Liyang underworld has become less stagnant thanks to the emergence of Li Chungang and Wang Xianzhi.

Under the suppression of these two people, any outstanding figures in the martial arts world would find it difficult to display their talents.

Since Wang Xianzhi was defeated by Yi Ye Shu and passed away, and because Yi Ye Shu's whereabouts were hard to find, Wu Di City temporarily fell silent, resulting in a period of vacancy in the martial arts world.

Under such circumstances, things finally changed when Xuanyuan Qingfeng became the leader of the martial arts world.

This newly-crowned leader of the martial arts world went into seclusion and came out again, and in just half a year he had fully realized the profound realm and his realm soared.

Born out of the 12 champions of Xiangfu during the Spring and Autumn Period, Xuanyuan Qingfeng took the top three positions in sword, knife and Taoism, and officially became the number one in the Central Plains.

It is also this name that attracts so many challengers.

Her approach was exactly the same as Wang Xianzhi's Wu Di City back then. The loser had to leave his weapon on the weapon picking platform.

It was reorganized and renamed Daxueping Queyue Tower based on the original power of the Xuanyuan family.

With the blessing of Xuanliu Juegong body, Xuanyuan Qingfeng's rise was unstoppable. He defeated all challengers and officially became the number one in Central Plains.

The Queyue Tower in Daxueping was later promoted to a holy place in the martial arts world and ranked first among the top ten martial arts forces.

(End of this chapter)