Chapter 072 The Second Prince in Distress
The crown prince raised his army and was about to leave the next day.
The prince had 53,000 troops and horses in his hands, leaving 2,000 personal soldiers to guard the Forbidden City, and the remaining 51,000 followed the prince all the way south. Apart from establishing the third prince as counselors, the prince promoted the left and right generals left by the late emperor as the commander of the army, and each led 20,000 elite troops.
With his strong military strength and two invincible generals, the crown prince was invincible and successfully broke through the two major barriers of Mangshan and Longmenshan. If he persisted in one go and continued to capture Wan'anshan, he could reach the critical point of the enemy.
Unexpectedly, just as the millions of cavalry led by the crown prince grind their fists and palms, they all thought that regaining the throne was just around the corner. However, the army was trapped in Wan'an Mountain and could not break through for a long time.
That is, on that day, the army led by the crown prince confronted the second prince with the mysterious origin.
At this time, the second prince's foundation was unstable in the court. Apart from the commander, his subordinates had only more than 10,000 troops, which was incomparable to the group of the most elite imperial guards trained in the capital. Several powerful generals under the Crown Prince were eager to attack the city and originally disdained to put these shrimp soldiers and crab generals intent on their hearts.
Unexpectedly, the second prince was extremely cunning and cruel in his actions, and he used all kinds of strange tricks. He made full use of the interlaced hills in Luoyang City, the complex and diverse terrain, and came fiercely, resisted bravely, and caught the Prince's Army off guard!
The front line spread in Chang'an City soon after, and the people were all stunned. They never thought that this second prince, who had never heard of before, could have such strength.
Su Wanrong could naturally hear these news. Her reaction seemed quite calm.
After all, whether it is His Highness the Second Prince who suddenly rushed into the public's sight like a dark horse, or the subsequent war show, it was originally exactly the same as in his previous life, and nothing is worth wondering about.
If the second prince had completely followed his previous life, within just half a year, he would have led his soldiers to kill the Forbidden City in just half a year, and he would have ascended the throne in the capital at the beginning of the following spring.
But in the next few months, a little mistake happened, so that the subsequent news was beyond Su Wanrong's expectations.
Just as the army led by the crown prince was defeated by the second prince and was at a loss, someone in the crown prince camp provided good advice in time, studied the map overnight, and figured out a new formation that conformed to the terrain of Luoyang, named it "Mist Cave Formation".
It is said that the formation is extremely effective, and the enemy is trapped in it and cannot escape. The prince's side took the opportunity to attack from the rear with archers. The second prince's subordinates had at least a thousand troops killed in the quagmire swamp.
This is really a bit incredible.
The "Mist Cave Formation" is extremely clever, and it is indispensable for both the right time, place and people. Later, it was even compiled into a historical book, hoping to pass on the circumcision and study by the military generals in the court.
In the last life, Su Wanrong remembered that he was able to have such great wisdom and thought of the outstanding formation that could make the soldiers in the world illuminate. Su Wanrong remembered it very clearly that it was Emperor Yuan of Jin himself.
It was clearly a formation developed by Emperor Yuan of Jin, but Emperor Yuan of Jin used this formation to directly attack the crown prince's tent.
Now it has been misappropriated by the Crown Army, and in turn dealt with Emperor Yuan of Jin himself...
Su Wanrong frowned slightly.
She could hardly have to spend much effort, and she could guess that the reason why this matter changed like this was that the soldier who offered good advice to the crown prince in the news must be Xue Yanzhi, who was like herself and had memories of her previous life.
I believe Xue Yanzhi himself knew that if he had a head-on battle openly, even if the Crown Prince's Army had more enemies, he might not be the opponent of the future Emperor Yuan of Jin.
The second prince lost half of the army. Even if the soldiers and generals under his command were brave and good at fighting, the number of soldiers left was there. Moreover, the battle in Luoyang took more than four months, and the soldiers who survived by luck in the "Mist Cauldron Formation" were already exhausted and needed rest in urgent need of rest. They did not have the energy to continue to compete with the Prince's Army.
Furthermore, no matter how brave and resourceful the Emperor of Jin Yuan was after ascending the throne, he was undefeated in a hundred battles, that would have happened many years later.
And the second prince is now like a sharp sword that has just been unsheathed. No matter how sharp it is, it has not been polished by time.
At the end of the day, he was still young, and the formation that turned the situation around was already taken into account by the enemy. Even if his second prince was in a harsh situation where he was obviously at a disadvantage, how likely would he be to turn the situation into victory?
I'm afraid it's very small.
The fact is just as Su Wanrong expected, with the "Mist Cave Formation" stolen by the third prince, in just half a month, the commander of the left and right led a large army outside Luoyang City. Fifty thousand elite soldiers surrounded Luoyang City, ready to capture the city at any time and seize the heads of the second prince Xiang Shang.
Half of a battle has passed, and the Crown Army has consumed a lot of physical strength and is almost completely useless except for dealing with the enemy soldiers before.
As for the second prince, not only were there only 5,000 remaining soldiers, but the morale in the army was severely damaged and the supply of food and supplies was not enough. At this point, it seems that it has been clear that it has long been clear.
The Prince's Army took advantage of the victory to pursue the battle. The second prince's five thousand remaining soldiers knew they were defeated and fled everywhere. The Prince's Army rode his horse and chased him closely, but the other party reacted too quickly and was good at riding. In addition, the Luoyang mountains were really complicated, and after a while, the enemy soldiers were really gone.
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Don’t worry, Your Majesty will have the halo of the protagonist in the future. Even if the male supporting role cheats, Your Majesty will still be able to ascend the throne smoothly in the future!
The next chapter is about to enter the plot line. You may not like to watch the transition chapters of war, and I don’t like to write them either! I have been holding this little word for me for a long time.
Chapter completed!