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Chapter 52: Heading North and East

After a night of fierce fighting, the winner of this battle over Huishui has been decided.

First they were besieged by the Wei army, and then they experienced a night attack by the Wei army. The original 80,000 Korean and Zhao coalition forces suffered heavy losses.

They either became corpses on the battlefield, or became prisoners of war of the Wei army, or they jumped into the rushing water during their escape last night.

All in all, after experiencing these two decisive battles, the Wei army had completely grasped the initiative on the entire northern battlefield.

Just as Wei Jun, the victor, was cleaning the battlefield and counting his gains from the battle, a rapid neighing of war horses appeared in a plain dozens of miles away from the battlefield.

Looking in the direction from which the sound came, I saw bursts of smoke and dust sweeping over the horizon, and dozens of rapidly galloping horses revealed themselves.

On top of the war horse, a Zhao Jun wearing armor tightly held the reins in his hands, and their eyes were filled with fear as they kept looking to the rear.

In the long period that followed, these Zhao troops headed east along the surging Huishui River until they confirmed that there was no danger.

"Xu..."

Suddenly there was a sound of horse control. Zhao Shou, who was the commander of the 50,000 Zhao army but was fleeing hastily, stopped his horse and continued to advance.

Riding on his horse, looking at the Wei army's pursuers who had disappeared from the rear, and looking at the tired faces around him, Zhao Shou issued the order in a low voice.

"Just rest where you are."

Sitting on the shore of this surging water, listening to the sound of running water beside his ears, Zhao Shou's eyes gradually became blurred as he looked back at the battlefield.

At this moment, Zhao Shou's heart was full of confusion. He didn't know where he should go, let alone what he was going to do.

Just a few days ago, he had an army of 50,000 in his hands, and he was still thinking of blocking the Wei army led by Gongshu Cuo on the banks of the Huishui River.

It's just that the situation in life is so unpredictable, but in a short period of time, he fell directly from the top of the mountain to the valley.

Facing the sudden attack by the Wei army last night, Zhao Shou organized his soldiers to resist, but everything was in vain.

The army was defeated like a mountain.

Since the defense line in the hearts of the soldiers of the Han and Zhao coalition was completely broken by the Wei army, the defeat would be as unstoppable as an avalanche.

Seeing that his efforts had no effect at all, Zhao Shou once had the idea of ​​leaving his life on that battlefield.

But before Zhao Shou had time to act, dozens of soldiers, under the orders of the lieutenant general, escorted him out of the chaotic battlefield.

Just as Zhao Shou kept recalling the scenes that happened last night in his mind, a figure slowly appeared behind him, that was his lieutenant.

"General."

The deputy general's call pulled Zhao Shou out of his thoughts, and he slowly stood up from the ground. The confusion in his eyes slowly flowed westward along with the torrential water, and at the same time, a touch of determination appeared on his face.

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"I, Zhao Shou, will one day wash away the shame of today's defeat."



Just as Zhao Shou secretly made an oath on the bank of the Huishui River, a group of elite Wei soldiers escorting chariots appeared in front of the Han-Zhao coalition camp.

When the team in front of him stopped, Gongsun Cuo, as the executor of the Wei army's operation last night, quickly came to the front of the chariot in the team.

"The last general, Gongsun Cuo, pays homage to the Prime Minister."

He slowly stepped out of the carriage and came to Gongsun Cuo. Gongsun Cuo directly helped him up, and at the same time, his eyes slowly fell on him.

Following Gongsuncuo's line of sight, he saw that Gongsuncuo's originally red armor was now covered with dark brown blood stains.

The intensity of the battle last night can be seen through the mottled marks left on these armors.

Slowly moving his gaze upward, Gongsun Cuo's face revealed a look of exhaustion that could not be concealed, and his eyes were even more bloodshot at this moment.

Seeing all this in his eyes, Gongshu Cuo gently patted the other party's right shoulder and said, "General Gongsun, thank you for your hard work."

"It won't be hard for you, general." After saying this, a look of excitement appeared in Gongsun Cuo's originally tired eyes, "General, I have been waiting for this day for a long time."

"In the battle of Zhuoze, the general did not forget his defeat. In the battle of Huishui, the general finally had the opportunity to wash away his original shame."

After saying all the words that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time to Gongsun Cuo, Gongsun Cuo's eyes showed a bit of regret.

"It's just a pity that the last general didn't do his best, and Zhao Shou, the leader of the Zhao army, took advantage of the chaos to escape."

"It's okay. The main force of the Han-Zhao coalition has been defeated by our army. I'm afraid Zhao Shou won't be able to cause much trouble."

After softly comforting Gongsun Cuo in front of him, Gongsun Cuo looked at him with a more kind expression.

"Have a good rest, there will be a big battle in the future and you will have to rely on the general."

Feeling the importance from Gongshu Cuo, Gongsun Cuo immediately bowed and said, "I will definitely live up to the high hopes of the Prime Minister."



After ending the Battle of Huishui and gaining the initiative on the entire northern battlefield, Gongshu Cuo and the nearly 60,000 troops under his command did not stop.

After crossing the Huishui River, which lasted for several months, the Wei army captured Xingcheng in South Korea with a fierce offensive like thunder.

The fall of Xingcheng was not good news for South Korea, which meant that the Wei army's frontline was approaching Pingyang.

As the old capital at the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China, although the capital of South Korea has now been moved to Xinzheng, Pingyang has always had extraordinary significance in the hearts of Koreans.

If the Wei army captured Pingyang, it would be no less than a landslide for the Koreans, and the morale and morale of the Korean military would inevitably suffer great losses.

Knowing this, Gongshu Cuo, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army, decisively issued a strict order to capture Pingyang from South Korea.

So, with the shouts of killing that shook the world, the Wei army began to launch a fierce offensive against the solid walled Pingyang City in front.

When the Wei soldiers finally gained a foothold on the city wall after countless failures, and when the Wei army's charge broke through the heavy city gate of Pingyang, Pingyang, a city extremely important to South Korea, finally fell into the hands of the Wei army.

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The rapid fall of Pingyang made more people see the power of the Wei army. As the possible targets of the Wei army's next attack, the cities north of Pingyang immediately fell into a state of turmoil.

Suddenly, countless elite scouts appeared around Pingyang.

They always paid attention to the movements of the Wei army and sent back the news to prevent the Wei army from suddenly approaching the city without them knowing anything about it.

What these cities did not expect was that after capturing Pingyang, the Wei army did not continue to move northward, but instead turned its attack to the southeast.

After another fierce battle, the Wei army, led by the general Gong Shucuo, captured many cities such as Zhicheng and Yewang in South Korea.

At this point, the Korean part of Wei's northern route strategy has been completed.

If you look at the situation map between South Korea and Wei at this moment, you will find that through battles on the northern front, the Wei army not only captured Pingyang, the old capital of South Korea, but also captured important cities on the Zhiguan Road.

After completing all this, the territory of the Wei State has been all connected, which also means that South Korea has been completely divided by the Wei State into two enclaves in the north and the south.

At this stage of the war, South Korea has basically lost the threat to Wei, and it is time to change the main target of the attack to another opponent.

Zhao Guo.
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