"Send firework signal!" Skovich shouted in a deep voice: "The whole army tightens the defense line!"
Hetao was shocked. Skovich was definitely not bluffing. He must have a back-up plan. Thinking that Skovich was from the same era as Cassimbas, even Haotian felt a little excited in his heart.
cautious.
Sure enough, not long after the fireworks dispersed, a thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded from behind the Beijing army. Looking at the flags fluttering in the wind, the soldiers immediately felt at ease, because there was a big word "card" written on the flags.
"Cassimbas! At least one hundred thousand!" Haotian took a breath of cold air.
Haotian was cautious not because the opponent came with 100,000 cavalry, but because the man leading the troops was Cassimbas, who was said to have relapsed. Thinking of Cassimbas's usual foresight, Haotian also felt a little worried.
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Although the arrival of Kasimbas reinforcements did not immediately change the situation on the battlefield, it greatly boosted the morale of the Baijing soldiers. Under the leadership of Skovich, the Baijing soldiers even launched one or two small attacks.
Fight back.
However, after the counterattack, Skovich shrunk his army and retreated slowly. Under the cover of Cassimbas, they retreated towards Xifengkou in the rear. Although Hetao had a slight advantage in cavalry, it faced a hundred thousand worshipers.
It was the most elite army of the Jing Dynasty, and Xing Ke was also worried that an accident would happen if the army went deep alone, so after pursuing for a while, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
"If you were fooled, that person is definitely not Cassimbas! If it is really Cassimbas, then when they cut off the rear, they will definitely not let me eat so many of his troops!" Once he returned to Haotian,
After arriving at the station, Xin immediately said loudly.
When Haotian heard this, he immediately smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't expect that just one name, Kasimbas, would actually make our plan to annihilate Skovich come to nothing."
Xinke frowned: "Cassimbas is the military god outside the Great Wall, so the soldiers worshiping him worship him very much. As soon as they see his banner, their morale will immediately rise to the extreme. The strength of our two sides today is almost the same.
, it is very unrealistic to annihilate the opponent. However, among the Baijing dynasty, Hekimul is the only one who can use the cavalry to such an extent."
Haotian chuckled and didn't take today's war to heart at all: "Don't this also indicate one thing, that is, Kasimbas has indeed relapsed from his old injury, and he can't even perform basic marching and fighting."
Xinke also nodded and said: "That's true. However, as long as Cassimbas remains alive for a day, we must not take it lightly. If you hadn't made arrangements for today, my lord, our army's situation would have been dangerous."
As soon as Skovich retreated to Xifengkou, the Beijing cavalry had already arrived. Looking at Hekimur in military uniform, Skovich asked worriedly: "Is Kashuai in good health?"
Hejimu'er dismounted and shook his head as he said: "It's very bad. Kashuai has an order. If your army cannot join the main force in Haixi, then we can only choose to abandon Haixi. The army retreats to Xifengkou.
Rely on the geographical advantage to block the attack of Hetao."
Skovich was silent. Cassimbas's words clearly meant that he had lost confidence in the Hercynian Dynasty.
In fact, Skovich has no confidence in the war situation in Hercynian. Hercynian is now surrounded by enemies on three sides. The Abbat people in the north have mobilized a large army to plunder the central and northern parts of Hercynian regardless of the cold. The barbarian peoples along the Sakhalin Sea are fighting against Hercynian.
If it were a royal confrontation, in normal times, Haixi's national strength would be barely able to handle it. But no one expected that Hetao would actually send troops outside the Great Wall at this time.
Just how powerful the Hetao is, the aliens outside the Great Wall know quite a bit about it. With just one Hetao, Haixi has to go all out, not to mention that it is now a three-front battle.
"Is this Kashuai's intention or His Majesty's intention?" Skovich asked.
"The Marshal and His Majesty have the same idea. The Marshal believes that if Haixi can hold on to Lidburg until April next year, there is still some hope. Otherwise, we can only watch Haixi be exterminated."
"Next April?" Skovich snorted coldly. It will take another four months, but does Haixi have the ability, or will Hetao give them this opportunity?
Roads are blocked by heavy snow in winter, and logistical transportation in the Hetao area is quite difficult. In theory, it cannot support large-scale operations. However, the distance between Lidburg and Shanhaiguan is relatively close, and there is also material support from the Goryeo Dynasty.
Two or three months is no problem at all.
"Commander, both His Majesty and Kashuai believe that at this time, it is really not suitable for us to go to war." Hekimul consoled him.
Skovich sighed: "Have they never thought about the truth of the death of lips and teeth?"
Hekimur stopped talking. If Haixi is destroyed, then Baijing will lose a staunch ally. However, now is indeed not a good time to send troops. The war losses over the years and the huge losses in Youyun Sixteen Prefectures and other places
The losses have shaken the foundation of Beijing. Even Mandan, the richest country, has had a hard time in the past two years.
The most important thing is that from the perspective of the Northeastern Three Kingdoms, Hetao should send troops after the spring of the next year. At that time, the Northeastern Three Kingdoms had gone through a winter of recuperation and were somewhat prepared. Who knew that Haotian was so unprepared?
He played his cards as expected, but was caught off guard. But at this time, Cassimbas fell ill again.
After being silent for a while, Hejimu'er said: "Commander, Your Majesty asked you to hold on to Xifengkou, and you must not let it fall into the hands of Hetao. Now the domestic troops are empty, and the Hetao Kirin Army at Juyong Pass is ready to move. I must lead this army.
One hundred thousand cavalry go back."
Skovich didn't answer, just nodded silently.
Although today's battle was not long, Beijing's losses were considerable. In order to slow down the attack speed of the Hetao Qinglong Army and reduce its unstoppable momentum, the 20,000 cavalrymen basically wiped out the whole army, and the infantry died on the spot.
There were more than 20,000 people. When Hekimur's cavalry was cut off, the losses were smaller, but still close to 10,000. Now he has only a little more than 100,000 troops under his command. But he is still very confident in guarding Xifengkou.
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Hekimur had just taken a few steps when Skovich suddenly asked: "Can some troops be transferred from the north to go south?"
Hekimur paused, and a wry smile appeared on his face: "It's difficult. There are only 100,000 garrison troops in the north. If we deploy too little, it won't be effective. If we mobilize more, the north will be empty."
Skovich sighed and had no choice but to watch Hekimur walk away.
To the north of the Three Northeastern Kingdoms is the traditional territory of the Abate people, the indigenous people here. The Abate people are not a country. To put it more vividly, they are more like a tribe, a tribal alliance like the northwest nomads.
The total population of the Abbat people is about one million, but due to the harsh environment, they have also developed a strong physique and a social form in which all people are soldiers. In total, the total number of soldiers is at least 400,000.
The Abate people are mainly distributed in the northern parts of Mandan and Baijing. Since the extreme northern coast is only lush with green trees in midsummer, the Abate people who have been accustomed to the ice and snow climate will turn to the northeastern part of the south as soon as they lack food.
The Three Kingdoms carried out robbery, just like the Northeastern Three Kingdoms did to the Shenzhou Dynasty. Therefore, the Northeastern Three Kingdoms have at least 100,000 elite troops stationed in the northern region all year round. However, recently, because the Haixi Dynasty mobilized all its troops to go south, the northern region is quite
It was empty. The Abbat people had already focused their main looting targets on the Hercynian Sea. Only then did Skovich want to ask if they could mobilize elite northern troops to go south.
Although there was a small victory in the battle of Zhaoliao and Hetao, forcing the Baijing army to retreat to Xifengkou, which cut off the last hope of Haixi, they soon received a very bad news.
Jin Zongbiao keenly felt the departure of the main force in Hetao, so he resolutely led the 50,000 cavalry he could muster to attack the Goryeo army. Fortunately, Bu Xianzhi had been prepared in advance. Under his unparalleled prestige, the Goryeo soldiers finally failed to show their strength in battle.
He had a good habit of escaping and tried his best to block the opponent's attack. Jin Zongbiao saw that he could not defeat the Goryeo army in a short time, and he did not know when the Hetao would come back, so he took it in as soon as possible. He left less than 8,000 corpses, but at least
Thirty thousand Goryeo soldiers were killed. The most important thing was that the grain, grass and logistics supplies that were theoretically protected by the Goryeo soldiers were actually burned clean by Jin Zongbiao.
The battle situation was such that after Haotian joined forces with Goryeo, Bu Xianzhi himself felt ashamed to see others. When he saw Haotian, he just nodded and bowed.
Haotian was extremely angry at that time. Xue Sha and others had warned him from the beginning, and they were determined not to let the Korean soldiers fight together, let alone escort logistics supplies, otherwise something would inevitably happen. As a result, Haotian was here first by divination.
When the old man said it, he suddenly felt soft-hearted and agreed without hesitation.
"I have known for a long time that Goryeo Bangzi is a bunch of idiots, and they are also known as the most elite 100,000 soldiers in the country." Jiang Chenzhou muttered.
Xinke pushed him and shouted in a low voice: "Are you looking for death? The lord personally gave the nod to Goryeo's participation in the war. Are you saying that the lord is a fool and doesn't think well?" However, Xinke also lamented in his heart, as if he was not afraid of a god.
Opponents are afraid of teammates who are like pigs, that's true.
Jiang Chenzhou stopped talking, but looked at Haotian in front of him with a sad expression on his face.
After Xinke finished scolding Jiang Shenzhou, he felt indignant in his heart. He couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "These damn Korean sticks, why don't they all die? Damn it, they can't do anything, and they have to eat every day."
Jiang Chenzhou suddenly became more energetic: "It's just that you still want to eat when you can't keep your job. It's really delusional."
Haotian, who was meditating, also heard the conversation between the two, and couldn't help but frown: "It's too late to say anything now. There are not many grain reserves in Shanhaiguan, and even if they are all shipped here, I'm afraid they won't be able to last a few days. As for Korea,
Domestically, they don’t have much food storage at all, and the road transportation is inconvenient. We have to wait for them to transport food here, and our bones will be able to beat drums.”
Jiang Chenzhou was startled and said cautiously: "My lord, are you preparing to withdraw your troops?"
This is not a local battle in the Hetao, and the north is now covered in ice and snow, making food transportation extremely inconvenient. Moreover, not only food, but all logistical materials, including cold-weather clothing, were burned by Jin Zongbiao. To be honest, the Hetao is now really
I admired the Korean soldiers so much that they were able to burn all the logistics supplies under such circumstances. It was indeed no ordinary pustule.
The sound of hurried footsteps came, and Zhang Nao's figure appeared in the eyes of everyone. Seeing Xing Ke and Jiang Chenzhou were also there, Zhang Nao quickly saluted, and then said: "Lord, my subordinates took stock of our current food.
It can last for five days at most, and as for the tents, only twenty-three out of ten are left. Fortunately, our cavalry still has many tents that they carry with them, and the soldiers can barely make do."
"How is your contact with Miao Ganfu and Hai Zheng?" Haotian asked.
Zhang Nao smiled bitterly: "My lord, even if they use homing pigeons, it will take at least a day for them to receive the news from us. To respond, at least tomorrow morning. However, Beiyuan Road and Donghai
The roads are all in ruins and waiting to be renovated, and the total number of people living on the two roads is less than one million. Fortunately, Mr. Chu distributed a lot of food to the Youyun Sixteenth Prefecture area some time ago, so a lot can be moved here."
Zhang Nao is a quartermaster, so he knows a lot about these things.
Haotian breathed a sigh of relief and waved to Zhang Nao, Xin Ke and others to leave. For so many years, the Hetao army had been fighting in the north and south, and only then did Memphis and Hengshi Hasan burn their grain and grass. Fortunately, Xia Houming and Anxi Lu were there that day.
Hundreds of thousands of people rescued him and escaped. However, he fell into the trap again.
"Xinke, where did the Phoenix Dance Army go?" Haotian suddenly asked as soon as Xinke took two steps.
"We have almost arrived at Shanhaiguan. How about we let them wait in Shanhaiguan?" Xinke asked.
Haotian nodded, but did not comment. He was startled for a moment, then suddenly left with a smile.
"It seems that we must withdraw our troops." Haotian said with a frown.
No one thought that Hetao would actually withdraw its troops when they had all the advantages. Not even Jin Zongbiao, who led the army to burn the grain and grass supplies in Hetao, did not expect it.
Jin Zongbiao's willingness actually wanted to eliminate the Goryeo soldiers led by Bu Xianzhi. The Haixi Dynasty and Goryeo looked at each other across the green water, so they naturally knew how weak the folk customs of this country were, so they did not pay attention to Goryeo at all.
Therefore, even though Jin Zongbiao only had 50,000 elite soldiers, he still dared to attack twice as many Goryeo soldiers.
Divination Xianzhi is a famous wise man in Goryeo, and he is famous even in the entire mainland of China. However, he is only a wise man, not a famous general. He can rely on his own prestige
He Zhi kept the line of Goryeo soldiers from collapsing, but was unable to calculate every move of the opponent's general.
Moreover, after all, Bu Xian had rarely set foot on the battlefield before his arrival, so he was careless and easily allowed the Hercynian soldiers to burn all the logistics supplies.
Now that the roads are blocked by heavy snow, and the snow on the plains is nearly a foot deep, it is quite inconvenient to transport logistics supplies. The infantry is not like the cavalry. The cavalry is highly mobile and has a wide range of activities, and can completely obtain food on the spot. The Hetao army is not only
Not only was the food burned, but 70% to 80% of the tents, bedding and other items were also burned. We couldn’t stay in such a vast snowfield for long. If Haotian continued to be tough, he would freeze to death even if he didn’t starve to death.
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Even so, Hetao still did not want to let Haixi go. The Legion of Honor of the Huben Army and the Korean army led by Haotian have slowly retreated, but Xingeng's cavalry still remains in Haixi. It is obvious that Haotian is preparing to
Use the Xingeng cavalry, cooperate with the Abbats in the north and the barbarian people in the east, to drain the last bit of Haixi's efforts.
"Damn, I'm so happy for nothing!" Zhao Dawu and others cursed as they walked back to Shanhaiguan.
Zhu Qianping patted him on the shoulder and said dejectedly: "Who knew those Goryeo sticks were so full of pustules? Bu Xianzhi, who is the most wise man in Goryeo? All these names are bluffing."
Although Lou Jing was a cavalry general, he saw his two old comrades walking step by step in the snow, so he dismounted and walked with a few of them. When he heard this, he immediately felt the same and said: "Lao Qiu, this is
What you say makes sense. Those who you say are number one are all just exaggerated. For example, the national teacher Pang Ye, who is known as the wisest man in Qingfeng, An Yongchang has been buried beside him for twenty or thirty years, and he has no idea about it.
.As for Yelu Canghai, the most intelligent person outside the Great Wall, he is also very talented and ambitious. He always thinks that he is far-sighted, but in the end he always takes advantage of us in the Loop."
Dan Qiu smiled and scolded: "Don't let the military advisor hear this, otherwise the military advisor will definitely skin you." Pang Ye is Xuanji's master, and Xuanji respects his teachers very much. Even with Lou Jing's courage,
Don't dare to mention it in front of the mystery.
"There is also Zheshan Songbang, the most wise man in the Western Region. With his assistance, Loulan has not become a powerful country in the Western Region. Instead, it has been suppressed by Rouran Sashan and even Kuqa over the years." Zong Buhua smiled.
Said hehe.
Jiang Chenzhou also said with a smile: "Pu Zhicheng is known as Jinhua's best general, but as soon as our army went south, Jinhua was easily razed to the ground. Even the best general died in the chaos."
After saying that, Jiang Chenzhou spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm: "As for the wisest man in Korea, this is even more nonsense! When marching and fighting, the general guarding the camp actually doesn't even know how to protect the logistics supplies, so why go to the battlefield? It's really unbelievable.
I know why my lord agreed to join them in the war. Whoever follows such a rubbish army will be unlucky."
Xian Lianchen fell behind for some reason and happened to hear everyone's conversation. He couldn't help turning around and glaring at everyone fiercely and said, "Be careful. If Ruoshui gets to know these words, be careful she will tear you apart."
Throw it away and feed it to the dogs.”
Everyone was shocked. Fu Ruoshui was a fearless person in the Hetao. Even if Haotian looked at her, he would have to give in. But the little girl had a bold temper and was very popular in the Hetao. No one could have a child with her.
of anger.
Haotian didn't know when he appeared beside everyone, and said viciously: "Why are there so many nonsense? Kasimbas is known as the number one general outside the Great Wall. Do you think he is also in vain and is not worth mentioning?"
Everyone was really silent now. Even if they were arrogant and arrogant, they did not dare to despise the existence of Cassimbas. This famous general outside the Great Wall who had never been defeated in a hundred battles in his life, even if he encountered the five generals of Hetao, he would only be defeated.
Maybe he was cautious, but several people were immediately speechless.