Previously, in the Xiangshi Kingdom, we had already handled all kinds of affairs very skillfully. When we arrived at the Zhengshi Kingdom, we just had to follow the usual routine. The Beidao clan's advance went smoothly this time, but it was not like Shao Wu's invasion of the Xiangshi Kingdom.
It was so smooth. Every time a city was captured, it would encounter varying degrees of resistance, so a steady advance strategy was adopted.
General Ruichuan urgently mobilized his army to fight against the haste. By the time the army rushed over, the Beidao clan had already captured two city walls. The morale of the Bashi Kingdom army was high, and Ruichuan was defeated in three battles. He continued to mobilize reserve army formations for reinforcements.
At the same time, the defense line continued to retreat, and Zheng Shiguo lost three more city walls one after another.
After losing five city walls south of the West Boundary Mountain one after another, Zheng Shiguo barely stabilized his position. At this time, the army led by Beidao was not far from Zheng's capital city and did not continue to rush forward. This battle
The battle was different from Shaowu's invasion of Xiangshi Kingdom. Although it was unexpected at first, Ruichuan retreated very quickly. The three newly captured city walls of the Beidao clan were almost abandoned by him on his own initiative. Ruichuan just shrunk his strength to be more advantageous.
Defending the terrain and looking for opportunities to counterattack, there are no flaws in the tactics of war.
Beidao's name was Daowa when he was a child, and he was called Daohan after he joined the army as an adult. He and Ruichuan were actually old acquaintances. They both went to Wufu Qiu to learn martial arts, and in the same year they climbed the main peak and became the official disciples. They had a good relationship.
After they left the mountain, they became the generals of the Zhengshi Kingdom and the Xiangshi Kingdom respectively. Now they are their own masters and meet each other on the battlefield.
The Beidao clan also knew that Ruichuan would never give him another chance to advance straight in. The longer the battle line was stretched and the tighter the Zheng Shiguo garrison position was compressed, the greater the resistance would be and the more difficult it would be to provide logistical supplies.
, so every step should be pursued steadily and without leaving any hidden dangers behind.
At the same time, Zheng's family and the country were in a state of panic. Zheng Gu summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures and came up with any ideas.
Some people think that we should follow the example of Shaowu. Since the Bashi Kingdom marched from the western boundary mountain, the Zhengshi Kingdom directly attacked the Bashi Kingdom from the eastern border. This suggestion was of course rejected because the situation on the battlefield was different from that of the Bashi Kingdom and the Prime Minister.
It was different during the Great War. The young minister had returned to Batu to take charge of the overall situation, and the Weimang army did not move at all on the eastern border.
The biggest disadvantage for Zheng Shiguo in this battle was that they had originally gathered a large number of troops to confront the Weimang army at the border. All the elite main forces of the country were in the east. When the Beidao Clan army suddenly entered from the border of Xiangshi Kingdom, Zheng Shiguo
The country had no time to mobilize its troops.
Some people also suggested that the heavy troops on the eastern border should be transferred to the western border to attack the Beidao clan together with the army led by Rui Chuan. In this way, the incoming enemy would be defeated. However, if this is done, the Weimang army must be prevented from taking the opportunity to enter. It is best to mobilize
Half of the army went to the west to join the battle, leaving the other half to guard the border.
At this time, General Ruichuan provided a complete set of combat plans. First, the defense line in the northwest of the capital must be stabilized. After abandoning three cities in a row, the reserve army formations concentrated at each pass can now resist the continued attack of the Bashi Kingdom army, but there is no strength.
Fight back and regain lost ground.
If we want to turn defeat into victory in this battle, we must bring back the elite military formations stationed on the eastern border, and we must move quickly. Together with the defenders at the back of the country, we will attack the Beitao clan and strive to annihilate them south of the Western Border Mountain.
, at the worst, they can drive back the Bashi Kingdom’s army. Because the supplies for the Beidao clan’s army have to cross the Western Boundary Mountains from Xiangshi Kingdom before they can be sent to the front line. The lone army is in a very disadvantageous position if it goes deep.
If the Beidao clan wins all the way, it will be okay. Once they are frustrated and cannot last long, retreating will be the only option, otherwise they may be encircled and annihilated. However, such a strategic arrangement must prevent the Weimang army from taking the opportunity to attack from another direction.
So Ruichuan made another suggestion, voluntarily abandoning the two city walls at the border with Xiangshi Kingdom, pulling back the defense line, and concentrating the main elite force to move closer to Xiangmu City. After annihilating or repelling the Hokuto clan's army, turn back and deal with it.
Weimang. In short, it is to concentrate its forces on one front, abandon the two cities in the east, recover the five cities in the west, and then fight back after consolidating the situation in the rear.
His battle plan was quite satisfactory. The situation of Zhengshi Kingdom was different from that of Xiangshi Kingdom. It did not take the initiative to invade Bashi Kingdom, and the country's main field elites were not damaged. He could first concentrate his efforts to attack the lone North Blade army.
, stabilize the rear, and then take the opportunity to attack the Weimang army.
But if we do this, we will have to give up at least two more city walls and lead the Weimang army to enter from the east.
Lord Bingzhengxingzhu resolutely opposed this proposal. He believed that the defense line must not be retreated any further. In addition to the capital, the Zhengshi Kingdom had a total of sixteen city walls. Ginkgo City was lost in the east first, and now five more are lost in the west.
There are only ten cities left in the country. If Ruichuan's plan is to give up two more cities, half of the country will be lost, which will be a huge blow to the morale of the army and the people.
In Ruichuan's view, the defense line built with Zhengdu City and Xiangmu City to the south is now able to resist the attack of Beidao's army. He can rely on the favorable terrain to fight a protracted war of attrition with Bashi Kingdom. Beidao
Although he captured five city walls, his rear was in the Xiangshi Kingdom at the other end of the Western Boundary Mountains, which was the newly captured territory of the Bashi Kingdom. The truly more stable rear area was further away.
In this way, the longer the lone army goes deep into the battle, the more disadvantageous it will be to the Beidao clan. Once the spirit is lost, it will be the opportunity for Zheng Shiguo to counterattack. At that time, it will not be difficult to repel the Beidao clan. And between Zheng Shiguo and Bashiguo
On the original border, some elite military formations can be drawn out to reinforce the capital and Xiangmu City to strengthen the defense and be used for future counterattacks. However, they must not draw too many, and the defense line cannot retreat. They must maintain a confrontation with the Weimang army to make the opponent inorganic.
You can take advantage.
The two factions were at loggerheads among the ministers, and Zheng Gu was unable to make a decision. In fact, it was equivalent to maintaining the status quo and following Xingzhu's wishes. For the time being, he only removed some of the elite reinforcements from Guodu and Xiangmu City.
When the war situation temporarily fell into a stalemate, Zheng Shiguo also sent envoys to tentatively request peace talks with Bashiguo. Anyway, they were fighting and negotiating at the same time. This was also a delaying tactic. In Zheng Gu's view, the longer the delay, the greater the impact on the Beidao clan.
The army is indeed at a disadvantage, as the opponent has to cross the Western Boundary Mountains to launch a long-distance attack.
Zheng Shiguo proposed that as long as the Bashi Kingdom withdraws its troops, any compensation conditions can be negotiated. It also pointed out that the five city outlines occupied by the Beidao Clan's army were separated from the original Xiangshi Kingdom by the Western Boundary Mountain and separated from the hinterland of the Bashi Kingdom.
If you gain it, you will be farther away. You cannot hold on alone for long, so it is better to retreat as soon as possible. Zheng Shiguo is willing to spend money to take back these five city walls and achieve a final truce between the two countries.
Regarding Zheng Shiguo's request for peace talks, Shaowu only put forward one condition - kill Zheng Gu first!
The slogan of Shaowu's war was to attack Zheng Gu's injustice. Needless to say the reason. If there was another person, Zheng Shiguo could just hand him over. But Zheng Gu was the king, how could he be handed over to the other party?
As long as Zheng Gu is still the king of the Zheng family, this battle must be fought. The Beidao clan launched another tentative attack on the front line, and those who entered the battle were mainly the soldiers of the Yuan Xiangshi state under Lingbao's command. Rui Chuan did not
Thinking that this wave of attacks was quite strong, the frontal pass was almost breached. The person leading the charge was actually Yue Xuan, the general of the former Xiangshi Kingdom.
Yuexuan was Lingbao's deputy, so he was not required to go into battle directly. However, after following the army into the Zhengshi Kingdom, Yuexuan felt aggrieved. The dignified General Zhenguo led the entire army to surrender, and now he is only under Lingbao's command.
When I was doing odd jobs and seeing the soldiers who used to be my subordinates, I felt a little unable to hold my head up.
Later, he said to Lingbao: "Please allow me to go into battle, general, and serve as the captain of only one army formation. I will lead the charge personally, even if I die in battle."
When the Beidao clan heard the news, they really appointed Yue Xuan as the captain of a military formation. This military formation was composed of Yue Xuan's selection of the most elite warriors in the Yuan Xiangshi Kingdom. Yue Xuan's cultivation level has reached the fifth level.
In the ninth turn, he used to be a general who controlled the country and only commanded the central army, without having to go into battle himself. Now he has become the leader of the charge.
After Beidao's army entered Zheng Shi's country, Yuexuan was the most accomplished in beheading. When he went to the battlefield to kill people with his own hands, who on the front line could beat him?
Although Ruichuan finally defended the pass in front of the capital, he also lost troops and paid a heavy price. So he urged Zheng Gu to make an early decision, act in accordance with his plan, and quickly shrink the eastern front to reinforce the western front. Just at this moment
At that time, the Bashi Kingdom launched an unprecedented offensive. It was a battle personally planned by the young minister who was in the capital.
Weimang's army took the initiative to attack, and the frontline leader was Hanxiong. Zhennan General Weimang did not enter Zhengshi Kingdom and was still stationed at the border. Hanxiong left Shanchuan City and led an elite army to Zhengshi's defense line.
On the other side, they raided the pass and attacked Xiangmu City from the east. At the same time, the Beidao army also changed its main attack direction, gathering the main elite to also attack Xiangmu City from the west.
This is the most intense battle since the beginning of the war in Bayuan. It is much larger than Shaowu's decisive battle with Yuxuan's army outside Xiangdu City. It can even be said that it is fought at any cost. Xiangmu City is south of Zhengshi's capital.
, located close to Meng Yingqiu, it not only served as a barrier to guard Zhengdu City, but also separated the two armies of Weimang and Beidao.
Both Ruichuan and Xingzhu knew the importance of this city outline. Zheng Shiguo deployed heavy troops here and also mobilized several elite military formations for reinforcements.
Therefore, this was a battle without any cleverness at all. It was purely a head-to-head battle. When the young minister issued the order, he showed an unprecedented tough attitude and ordered the frontline troops to capture the city. The two armies attacked from left to right and fought fiercely for nearly a month.
Yue, after paying a heavy price of casualties, suffered a tragic victory and finally captured Xiangmu City.
Shaowu's ambition to unify Ba Yuan must be realized with strength after all. In the battle of Xiangmu City, the various losses suffered by Bashi Kingdom exceeded the sum of all previous battles. Although only one city wall was captured, for the war
Overall, it was a turning point. The Beidao clan and Hanxiong joined forces. This lone army crossed the Western Boundary Mountains and penetrated into the hinterland of the Zhengshi Kingdom, opening up the connection with the Bashi Kingdom.
After Xiangmu City fell into the hands of Shaowu, Meng Yingqiu was completely surrounded by the city walls occupied by Bashi Kingdom and was no longer located at the junction of the Three Kingdoms as before. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels.
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