Wan Chengdong underestimated the combat effectiveness of Hetao, but Hetao also underestimated Wan Chengdong's shrewdness.
In fact, when the Hetao cavalry entered the Meizhou city and set fire to and massacred wantonly, Wan Chengdong already knew that the fall of Meizhou was imminent. The Hetao army has always moved like thunder and invaded like fire, and one side of the city wall that they relied on had already fallen into the hands of Hetao.
, and Hetao doesn't care about the life and death of the people in the city at all. Now that the fog is thick, he can't form effective command over the soldiers below. Under such circumstances, even if Zhu Shuai is here, it may be difficult to save the situation.
However, after all, Wan Chengdong was a person who had received systematic military training in the Qingfeng Army. When he saw that something was wrong, he didn't care about anything at the moment. He hurriedly gathered the 70,000 soldiers he could still control, plus Zhou Pangmu and
The nearly 20,000 soldiers who arrived in a hurry from Ma Zhengchun did not hesitate to abandon all their baggage and sneak out from the south gate, which was still controlled by Wan Xiaolu.
Haotian didn't expect that the defenders in the city would take the opportunity to flee, but he didn't expect that the opponent would be so decisive. And Xue Qingcheng's cavalry was strangulating Ye Hengsheng's troops who had fled from the east gate at the beginning. When Haotian got
When they received the news and sent cavalry to pursue them, Wan Chengdong had already taken advantage of the fog to escape without a trace. Although Zhang Zhenxin and Liu Zhiya tried their best, they only managed to catch the tails of two suspicious soldiers specially arranged by Wan Chengdong.
And now that the fog has not cleared, the two of them did not dare to pursue boldly, so they had no choice but to let Wan Chengdong escape.
The situation on Xue Qingcheng's side was slightly better. As soon as Ye Hengsheng's 50,000 soldiers left the city gate, they were overtaken by her cavalry. Although the outside of the city was not like the inside of the city, there were enough ignition materials to burn, causing both sides to
They couldn't tell clearly. The scent of rouge and gouache was completely offset by the smell of war horses. However, the Holy Sect of Paradise did not have cavalry, and Xue Qingcheng led all cavalry, so there was no possibility of accidental injury. Ye Hengsheng was eager to escape.
, and could not organize effective resistance. As a result, Xue Qingcheng's pursuit left more than 20,000 corpses behind, and then fled in embarrassment before the fog cleared. Xue Qingcheng did not pursue him in succession, and the Loop
The military purpose of the army this time is to open the way south, not to kill the Holy Sect of Paradise. Besides, it is a good thing to keep a pustule like Ye Hengsheng.
Near noon, the fog finally cleared. Under the personal leadership of Xue Sha and Dugu, more than 100,000 Hetao infantry slowly entered Meizhou City, and then used a net to clear out the remaining Ji Le soldiers and civilians in the city.
"Brother, many Ji Le soldiers are hiding in houses on the streets and alleys, using their familiarity with the terrain to assassinate our soldiers. Our progress is not going well." Long Zhishan said to Dugu with some distress.
"Asshole! Idiot! Idiot!" When Dugu heard this, he was immediately furious. He swung the whip in his hand and hit Long Zhishan on the head: "Isn't there nothing you can do if they hide in the house? Burn it.
Burn all the houses! Don’t worry about who is inside, just throw a torch in first!”
Long Zhishan received a whip, but he said happily: "Yes, brother, just watch, our brothers will never let you down."
He kicked Long Zhishan's butt hard and watched him run away rolling and crawling. Then Dugu said viciously: "What a bunch of idiots, they can't even handle such a simple thing.
I really spent my life raising these losers for nothing."
Xue Sha said with a smile on the side: "It's no wonder they have this. After all, their powers are limited, so they should come and ask you for advice."
Dugu thought for a while and felt that the blood killing was right. Although Haotian had already issued the order to massacre the city, they, the senior generals, all knew what Haotian meant. All babies and young children in the city needed to be secretly sent back to the Hetao.
Long Zhishan and others were probably worried that there was such a person in the house, so they came here to inquire.
With a wry smile, Dugu opened his mouth and said: "In war, accidental injuries are inevitable, let alone a war of genocide like this."
Xue Sha said with deep sympathy: "War is inherently cruel, especially a war between two feuding countries. It must end with the complete defeat of one side. Some things always need someone to do it. There always need to be someone.
Our hands are stained with innocent blood, but for the millions of people in our country, and for the thousands of people who died innocently and tragically, what do we have to fear?"
The ending of Meizhou is a complete replica of Ruzhou and other places. Everything in the city that can be burned was burned. All the people gathered in a temporarily cleared open space in the city. Following Haotian's order, more than ten people
The blood of thousands of people suddenly dyed the entire sky red.
Seeing the bloody massacre in front of them, Qiu Mu, Xinjiao and Xian Lianchen couldn't bear to turn their heads, while Zhang Yuewan and Xue Qingcheng were also a little bit intolerant. But they also knew that even if they opened their mouths to plead, it would not change things at all.
ending.
Many of the people in front of me are indeed innocent, but it is precisely because of their help that more innocent people died tragically. They may not have killed anyone with their own hands, but countless people died because of their devotion to the enemy.
.They may have died unjustly, but what about the more than 30 million people in Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, the more than 10 million people in Jiangnan Road, and the millions of elders in the eastern areas of Huai River and Yuzhou Road?
"If you don't kill him, it won't be enough for the common people to be angry! If you don't kill him, it won't be enough to comfort the heroic spirits!" Haotian narrowed his eyes and said coldly.
"The backbone of my people in Heaven must not be broken here! If we don't kill them all, then after they commit themselves to the enemy for the first time, there will inevitably be a second and third time. And if people like them get
Without due punishment, it is hard to say that others will not follow suit, and it will eventually become an instinct. Therefore, they must die! Even if it means awakening the blood of my people who have been sleeping for hundreds of years!" Luo Xiang looked grimly at the side.
Sen said.
Xin Jiao just closed his eyes gently. Maybe Luo Xiang and the others were right. When Cheng Xianqing colluded with the foreigners to rebel, these people did not flee or resist. Maybe in their hearts, they were still Cheng Xianqing
They dreamed of one day ascending to the throne and giving them a good reward. It was precisely because of their unrealistic fantasy that the Holy Sect of Paradise was able to be so prosperous, which ultimately led to the tragic death of tens of millions of people.
"I hope those children can completely forget this past incident and live a truly normal life." Looking at each other with Qiu Mu, Xin Jiao found that they both had the same meaning in their eyes.
No one expected that Meizhou would be captured so easily by the Hetao army. Fortunately, more than half of the 200,000 defenders in the city managed to escape successfully. However, even so, the Ji Le Holy Sect in the Yangzhou Road area
The situation has also reversed. During the Ji Le Holy Sect's westward expedition to the Great Lakes Road, Cheng Xianqing has exhausted all the elite troops of the Ji Le Empire. Except for the Pinglang Army in Raozhou and the 200,000 troops in Meizhou, Guazhou is the only one in the entire Jianghuai region.
There are still 50,000 makeshift troops stationed in the Holy Capital of Paradise.
Cheng Xianqing originally thought that the 200,000-strong army could not move out of the Meizhou area and could at least block the march of the Hetao army to the south. Who would have expected that it was captured so easily by Haotian, and the losses in the Hetao area were almost negligible.
The gate to the south of the Hetao army was finally forcibly opened, and the Bliss Empire's retreat faced the danger of being cut off by the Hetao in one fell swoop.
The Hetao army will definitely go south! This is what everyone thinks. Whether it is Emperor Zhongxing in the Holy Capital of Tiandu or Pinglang in Raozhou City, after hearing the news, they all immediately guessed the strategic intention of Hetao. And
Ouyang Jingzhong in Hongzhou City breathed a long sigh of relief. Although the situation in Hongzhou is still critical, after learning about Hetao Haotian's actions, the morale of the defenders in the city has improved significantly. At least, they are now
There is already hope.
"Shuai Ping, the Hetao army has taken Meizhou. Their goal is very clear now, which must be to go south. And we are now on the south passage of the Hetao army. What should we do now?" But Wu Bian is aside.
Said nonstop.
Since knowing the fall of Meizhou, Wu Bian, the military supervisor, has not had a good night's sleep. The Hetao army pulled out the nail in Meizhou, obviously to open the way south. Originally, the 300,000 troops in Raozhou and Meizhou
They can still watch and help each other as horns, but Meizhou has now been plucked out by Haotian, and Raozhou has become an isolated city. To their west, there are hundreds of thousands of Qingfeng Empire's imperial troops in the Tiandu Holy Capital.
To the southwest is Zhang Cangxiong's army of 200,000 from the Huaishui River, and to the northeast is Haotian's 300,000 elite troops from the Hetao. Cheng Xianqing is currently leading an army of 300,000 to expand territory on the Dahu Road. He can't even take care of his own place now. Now he is the only one.
The only people he could rely on were the 100,000 soldiers in the city and the 100,000 Japanese soldiers in Shouzhou. However, when he thought of Hetao's powerful combat power, Wu Bian felt anxious, so he ran to Pinglang all day long to inquire about it.
Countermeasures.
Hirang sat expressionlessly on his handsome chair, paying no attention to the endless chatter. He just picked up his wine glass lightly, took a sip, and asked lightly: "Ye Hengsheng
Have you and Wan Chengdong retreated back to the Holy Capital?"
The holy capital he is talking about here is naturally the Holy Capital of Bliss in Guazhou, not the Holy Capital of Tiandu.
But Wu Bian quickly replied: "We have arrived in Shengjing. However, more than 25,000 of the 50,000 soldiers led by Army Commander Ye Hengsheng returned successfully, while Commander Wan Chengdong's Army Commander only had more than 60,000 soldiers left."
Pinglang nodded slightly. Wan Chengdong's ability was quite good. He led tens of thousands of horses in a hurry and only carried a small amount of food and supplies. He actually escaped the pursuit of the Loop at the cost of 30,000 soldiers and crossed the river.
In the lonely hills with no water or food, the organizational skills are indeed not bad. You know, in the lonely hilly areas, except for the charming Bana flowers within a radius of hundreds of miles, there are no other flowers, plants and trees. And if you dig a well here to get water, you can
He didn't know how many bones he had to dig out when he went down the well, but it was really not easy for him to be able to get through here.
Calculated in this way, there are more than 100,000 troops in the Holy Capital of Paradise. Every time you learn a lesson, you will gain wisdom. With the precedent of Meizhou, I think that the Holy Capital of Paradise should be able to deal with the harassing attacks from Hetao. However, Hetao has spent all its efforts.
The purpose of taking Meizhou is to go south to Jiangnan Road, so we shouldn't waste time here.
"Commander Ping, the Hetao army is now in full swing, and the Qingfeng Dongfang Army near Tiandu Shengjing and Zhang Cangxiong's troops in Huaishui in Danzhou are also ready to move. I'm afraid they will attack us from three sides. What should we do now?
"But Wu Bian asked again. He really didn't know what to do now.
Heiro still held his cup with an expressionless face. Heira didn't like to talk too much. In the Holy Sect of Paradise, Heira always gave people the impression of being silent, reserved, low-key and simple. This was especially true of him when he was thinking about problems.
But although Wu Bian was a military supervisor with great power, when he saw Heiro like this, he still shut his mouth honestly and waited quietly for what Heiro would say next.
"Don't worry, the Hetao army will never attack Raozhou City. And the Hetao army will not move, and the Qingfeng court and the Huaishui Zhang family will definitely not send troops. Their target in the Hetao is Shouzhou. As long as they capture Shouzhou,
They can boldly cross the river and go south. Therefore, our current situation is actually very safe." Hirang said after being silent for a while.
But he looked at Heiro with endless confusion. This silent and simple man was still quietly tasting wine.
"Although Ye Hengsheng and Wan Chengdong lost Meizhou, they did something good and successfully brought half of the army back to the Holy Capital of Paradise. If not, the Hetao army would have pounced on Guazhou by now.
With 50,000 soldiers in hand, we will definitely not be able to stop the Hetao attack. In that case, we will really be completely defeated. Now the road south of the Hetao army through Guazhou and along the East China Sea has been blocked by Wan Chengdong, and they are destined not to
They will pass through the lonely hills, so they will definitely go south through the road of Meizhou, Jinzhou and Linzhou."
But Wu Bian also understood this truth, but he still said a little uneasy: "However, we have only a hundred thousand soldiers in Raozhou City, and we are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Qingfeng troops. Moreover, they can only capture our Raozhou City.
Only when you go south can you have no worries..."
"As long as tens of thousands of cavalry are placed in the Hetao area in the Jinzhou area, they will have no worries. As for Raozhou, there are commanders and 100,000 soldiers stationed in person. Even if the Hetao can be captured, it will kill one thousand people and damage eight hundred. The Hetao is now
The most urgent thing is to cross the river and march to the south of the Yangtze River, so that they will not tangle with us here again."
"Then what should we do now?" But Wu Bian kept saying this over and over again, and it was obvious that he was extremely anxious.
"The situation here, and my opinion, I have sent a letter to His Majesty. Now we can only wait for your Majesty's reply." Hirang said calmly.
But Wu Bian wanted to ask again, but saw that Heiro had put down the wine glass in his hand, slowly closed his eyes, and finally swallowed his breath and left.
After Dan Wubian retreated, Hirang opened his eyes. Just like Dan Wubian could only ask "What should we do?", all he could do now was wait.