"The three Northeastern countries do not have navies. We now have fifty warships cruising on the river. If they try to get close to the river bank, they will inevitably be attacked by our navy. Although the losses are not big, they failed in the first battle.
It will damage the morale of the army." Haotian explained: "Besides, they have set up such a large formation, and they obviously want to catch us all. And what we are releasing now is just a bait, so naturally they will not do it so easily.
Just close the net. For us, our weakest time is not now, but when we are covering the retreat of the people."
After disembarking from the ship, Bian Zhongxing immediately commanded his five thousand soldiers to establish defensive positions. Dugu Yuming, on the other hand, led his five thousand soldiers to quickly form a team. After a while, they may face the fierce wind of the Northeastern Three Kingdoms Allied Forces.
A sudden rain-like attack. And Cassimbas obviously understood that Haotian must have such an arrangement. There was no object left for the Hetao side on the east bank of the ferry. And his soldiers resumed their journey on the side.
Outside the defense zone, they looked coldly at the Hetao army that was coming ashore one after another.
The vast expanse of terrain outside Jinzhou City is extremely conducive to cavalry raids, but it is also not conducive to ambush by surprise soldiers. In view of this, Cassimbas simply did not arrange any ambush, and all the half-million troops were placed in front of him.
On the surface, he deployed a cavalry force of 50,000 people about three miles away on both sides of the east bank of Hukou Ferry. Their mission was obviously to intercept Haotian when he was returning west with the people.
On the twenty-mile road from Hukou Ferry to Jinzhou City, there are 200,000 well-equipped Northeastern infantrymen. Cassimbas’s commander’s camp was placed not far from the battlefield.
On a small hill there. Surrounding the small hill was his 200,000-strong army as a reserve force.
"Cassimbas has no intention of fighting us now!" Xuanji said with a frown on the west bank of the ferry. Standing next to him was his newlywed wife Yancai.
Haotian nodded: "Yes. If I were him, I would also use our army to pursue and intercept them when they return. By then, our army is eager to return, and it will bring so many people with it, and it will be difficult to deal with it."
At this time, after being transported by hundreds of ships, a team of about 30,000 people had gathered on the east bank of Hukou. The people building the pontoon bridges also moved quickly with the help of the battleships of the Jiaolong Legion. Four pontoon bridges,
If nothing else happens, everything will be set up this evening.
"It's time for us to set off." Haotian nodded and said. He patted Xuanji's shoulder and looked at Luo Xiang, Chu Xiangcheng and others with firm faces beside him. Haotian nodded slightly and finally looked aside.
On the belly of God's will.
"If you die, I will never live alone!" Tianyi said with a smile.
Haotian just smiled slightly, kissed Tianyi's lips gently, said nothing, and walked to the ferry without looking back. There, Zhan Shutang, Jiang Chenzhou and others had been waiting for him for a long time.
"Master Hou!" Haotian was about to leave when a sweet cry suddenly came from behind him.
Turning around, looking at Xin Jiao who was blushing, he said strangely: "Is there anything else?"
Xin Jiao actually didn't know why he called out like this. He looked at Tianyi and others around him with a face full of shame. Then Xin Jiao mustered up the courage to say to Haotian: "Master Hou, I am right here.
Await your return."
Haotian narrowed his eyes and obviously understood what Xin Jiao meant. He took a deep breath and looked at Tianyi's encouraging eyes. Then Haotian said: "If I can come back, I will definitely not let him down."
about you."
After saying that, Haotian turned around and walked towards Dahe. Behind him were the fiery eyes and firm faces of Tianyi Xinjiao and Xian Lianchen.
It took a full half day for Haotian's 200,000 troops to cross the Hukou Ferry, leaving 50,000 troops for Bian Zhongxing, who was responsible for the defense. The remaining 180,000 troops, under the leadership of Haotian, moved forward in a mighty manner.
They drove to Jinzhou City in a hurry. When the Northeastern Allied Forces along the way saw the arrival of the Hetao army, they actually retreated and gave way to a road about two miles wide. All the Northeastern soldiers were on full alert, but no one
People took action. Seeing such a situation, Haotian was naturally happy. In this strange atmosphere, Haotian's 180,000 troops arrived at Jinzhou City unscathed.
Jinzhou City was full of people. However, what surprised Haotian was that there was no trace of fear or panic on their faces. Instead, they were extremely calm and calm. And they were not like Luo Xiang and others.
People initially estimated that they were a group of chaotic people, and they were very orderly in their advance and retreat. The situation was even worse than that of the people in Tiandu Shengjing.
"These are all the work of Mr. Guan Lao." Feng Jing, who came to greet Haotian, explained.
"Mr. Guanlao? Is it the Donghai Guanfu Stone, one of the four famous scholars in Qingfeng?" Haotian asked curiously. Due to the blockade of Cassimbas in the Sixteenth State of Youyun, although Soul Eater can detect Feng Jing and others
The people captured Jinzhou and the approximate number of people in the city, but they were not clear about some of the small details. However, there are only a handful of celebrities with the surname Guan in the world, so the first thing Haotian thought of was the founder of Wangyue
The cool scholar in the academy.
"I'm just a sour scholar, how can I bear the title of Mr. Marquis?" an old man next to him said tremblingly. His body was very weak, but maybe he saw that he had more than four million people.
I hope my spirit is not too bad.
"Why did Mr. Guan say this? Mr. Hao was rude just now, please forgive Mr. Guan." Haotian said quickly. He was not respecting Guan Fushi's reputation in Qingfeng, but respecting the old man's age.
"Lord, Mr. Guan has divided the people in the city into several teams. The first team is for children over three years old and under twelve; the second team is for all women and babies; the third team is for all the elderly. Each team
There are one million people each. As for the remaining more than 400,000 young and middle-aged men, their subordinates and General Chunjian Shang have trained them and incorporated them into the army. However, they do not have horses and enough weapons, so they can only be used as infantry now.
Use it." Xue Sha said on the side.
"Spring Sword Appreciation?" Haotian was slightly surprised, and then he noticed the strong man with thick eyebrows and big eyes standing in front of him.
"My subordinates pay homage to my lord." Chun Jian Shang had never seen Haotian before, so naturally he didn't know Haotian's temper, so he quickly knelt down and said.
Haotian quickly helped him up and said with a smile: "General, there is no need to be so polite. Haha, after getting familiar with him in the future, the general will understand that I am not the kind of person who strictly abides by etiquette. Look at Xin Ke, they are not like this.
"
"Lord, time is running out now, let's think about the breakout first!" Feng Jing interjected.
Haotian nodded, and then asked in a deep voice: "How do you think Cassimbas will respond to our breakout?"
Feng Jing thought for a while and then said: "If I were Cassimbas, then I would definitely deploy heavy troops outside the west gate of Jinzhou, supplemented by elite cavalry on both sides, and infantry to gradually resist our attack with echelon defense. And
The cavalry is cruising on both sides of our side, restraining our troops and slowing down our advance, and at the same time causing huge damage to our side without losing any opportunity."
"Is that all?" Haotian asked with interest.
"No, these are just auxiliary means. Our real danger is still at the Hukou Ferry. Cassimbas's purpose is to completely annihilate our Hetao army. These four million people are of no importance to him. Their only
The function is to become a huge burden for us. Now that we have all passed the Hukou Ferry, Cassimbas will definitely make every effort to recapture the bridgehead under our control. As long as we can recapture the bridgehead, Cassimbas will also
He has gained control of the battlefield, and then with the help of his 500,000 troops, he will definitely be able to surround and kill us."
"But our army has 300,000 people, and with the more than 400,000 soldiers who were captured, he only has 500,000 troops in his hands. The strength can be considered evenly matched. In addition, our army is eager to return home. He
How can we guarantee that we can stop our army?" Haotian continued to ask.
"Lord, this is the role of the four million people I just mentioned. Since we went to Jinzhou to save the four million people who were besieged, we must not be able to abandon these people and
A battle. In order to protect these unarmed people, we must mobilize a large part of our troops. And our military strength is not as strong as theirs, especially under passive defense. As long as they can bite our people, then
We will definitely not escape back to the Loop alone." Feng Jing said calmly.
"Then what do you think it should be?" Haotian asked in pursuit.
"Go west immediately! If my subordinates' predictions are correct, General Bian must have fought the enemy on the east bank of the ferry. He only has 50,000 troops in his hands, and there is no danger on the east bank of the ferry. Even if General Bian
We are good at defense, but facing an enemy force several times our own will inevitably be extremely tight. Therefore, we must rush to Hukou Ferry as quickly as possible. My subordinate suggested that all our cavalry be gathered together.
Divide them into two teams and let them open a gap for the army to advance. The task of the cavalry is to disrupt the enemy's position, create chaos among the enemy, and at the same time contain their cavalry strength. Then use the elite infantry as the blade,
The cavalry opened the gap and forcibly inserted into it, breaking through the enemy's defensive position to cover the millions of villagers in the rear. On both sides of the people's queue, infantry was supplemented to protect their safety. An army was deployed behind to break up the rear, with our
With the current strength of the army, we can barely do it."
Haotian smiled noncommittally, and then said: "Your plan is actually to cover four million people inside, and then the entire army will break out of the encirclement, right? But have you ever thought about it, the Xicheng people in Jinzhou City
How many people can go out in an hour? If all these people want to leave the city, it will be impossible without half a day. Will Cassimbas give us time to arrange things calmly?"
"Lord, please rest assured that my subordinates and others have discussed this issue before. In order to solve the problem of not being able to leave the city quickly, we have dug dozens of door holes under the west city wall these days. Every door hole
The width is no less than that of the west gate. Although this cannot be seen from the outside, when the time comes, you only need to push the outermost layer of bluestone to form a gate. My subordinates estimated that if all the entrances are open at the same time,
If it is turned on, we can all leave the city within an hour at most." Xue Sha interjected.
Haotian was shocked, but immediately admired the wisdom of Xue Sha and others. They obviously saw through Cassimbas's mind and knew that he would never forcefully attack the city these days, so they took a dangerous move.
They came up with this strategy. It seems that they are really talented generals. However, although they admired it in their hearts, they said: "This is very good, but have you considered our marching speed?"
"Jinzhou City is only twenty miles away from Hukou Ferry. If it is cavalry, it will take more than half an hour. If it is infantry, it will take more than an hour. But with these four million people, even if there is no enemy to stop them,
It will take at least two hours for us to disturb us." Xue Sha analyzed carefully: "But Cassimbas will never let us escape so easily. His army will definitely block our way back.
The food supply in Jinzhou City is less than one day, so we must break through within one day."
Chun Jian Shang heard this and couldn't help but asked strangely: "Why doesn't the Blood Commander consider defeating the enemy first and then cover the people to leave the city?"
"It's not that I haven't considered it, but this method is totally unworkable." Haotian shook his head and said, "If the forces are equal and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is almost the same, the quality of the generals will be determined to a large extent.
The direction of the battlefield. And when the generals' command skills are not much different, the combat power and strength of the army will play a big role. Cassimbas has been famous outside the Great Wall for sixty years, since he can set such a trap
, then naturally we have anticipated all possible situations. With our current inferior strength, it is simply impossible to win by surprise when the opponent is well prepared. So we have no choice but to forcefully break in, and we must succeed the first time, because there is only one chance!"
"Why can it only be once?" Xinke asked in confusion.
Haotian looked at the mountains and rivers to the west, then sighed and said: "Because apart from these 300,000 people, we will not have a single reinforcement. And what Cassimbas can mobilize now is the 60-year-old defense line of Dahe."
Ten thousand troops. It only takes one day for the 100,000 cavalry in Yaozhou, Qingzhou and other places to rush to Hukou Ferry. The longer the delay, the more enemy reinforcements will come, and we will have less chance. So we
It must succeed the first time!”
"Then when will we break out?" Feng Jing stepped forward and asked.
"It's now! There must have been a war at the Hukou Ferry. We must get there before the generals take firm control of the ferry." Haotian said fiercely: "I give the order now!"