Chu Xizhao originally set up a total of forty-five strongholds in dangerous places within Tianqi Mountain, but before the arrival of the old emperor, twelve of them were breached by the fierce offensive of the coalition forces.
After the arrival of the old emperor Huangfuyue, considering that the current military strength was seriously insufficient compared with before, coupled with the problem of morale, he directly abandoned the twenty-three fortresses and concentrated his forces to defend the ten strongest fortresses.
To be honest, even though everyone is also a god-level commander, there is still a gap between the old emperor and Chu Xizhao. The most important thing is that compared to a versatile person like Chu Xizhao, Lao Huang is really not good at it.
Defense, what he likes most is offense, attack and attack again.
Of course, although the old emperor is not good at defense, the basics are there after all. Unless he encounters a famous general who specializes in defense, the old emperor will definitely be stronger than others.
Facing hundreds of thousands of coalition forces and a fierce offensive like a tide, the old emperor Huangfuyue wisely chose the drag-out tactic to delay the coalition's attack as much as possible.
After all, Huangfuyue has retreated behind the scenes for many years. Although his legend is still circulated in the army, it is certainly not comparable to the military god Chu Xizhao. Even if Huangfuyue stepped forward in time to make up for Chu Xizhao's death in battle, he could not make up for it.
Damage to morale in the middle.
The old emperor Huangfuyue needed to buy more time and find a way to restore the morale of the army. If morale could not be guaranteed, half of the battle would have been lost before it was even fought.
The old emperor set a large number of traps during the coalition's advance, delaying the coalition's advance and at the same time killing the effective forces of the coalition.
But whether it is Wang Yu, Xuanyuan Huang, or even the three kings, they have never been soft-hearted people! How could they let their own people test these traps? Everyone under their command has a large number of
The right person needs to test these traps.
So, everyone took some prisoners from them, mobilized a total of five thousand prisoners, and forced them to use their flesh and blood to help them eliminate these traps one by one.
Regardless of Wang Yu, Xuanyuan Huang, or even the three kings, due to the huge number of prisoners this time, although they all made a tacit agreement to transport the prisoners to the rear, due to the consideration of the battle ahead, everyone had to transport the prisoners to the rear.
The captives' troops were limited, and like Wang Yu, they basically did not choose to use them back at once, but transported them in batches.
Therefore, this talent can still draw a certain number of prisoners.
Because of this, Huangfuyue killed and injured five thousand people without spending a single soldier, but he was not happy at all.
The subsequent offensive and defensive battles are destined to be as brutal as ever.
The ten battalions of Tianqishan were all fortified in a dangerous position. In addition, the mountain road was narrow, making it difficult for the coalition forces to exert their superiority in strength. Every camp was a huge trouble for them.
Of course, it is not a complete disadvantage for the coalition forces. The Tianqi Mountain mountain road is winding and winding. Although these ten camps have secured all the most critical nodes, because there is more than one entrance to the mountain, this also means that
There is more than one direction for the coalition forces to attack.
Under the circumstances, it was impossible for Huangfuyue to grasp which road they were mainly attacking. To a certain extent, the strength of the Forbidden Army was destined to be dispersed.
If the coalition forces want to open a road, they do not have to defeat all ten camps. These ten camps guard all the roads in Tianqi Mountain, not just one road.
Of course, no matter which path you take, you must break through at least three camps. You must break through at least three camps before you can completely open up a road out of Tianqi Mountain.
Han Xin's virtual advance made Huangfuyue unable to determine which main attack route Han Xin chose. At this time, he should remain unchanged in response to all changes. When Han Xin takes the initiative, he can determine Han Xin's real attack route.
It’s better to be targeted.
However, Huangfuyue did the opposite and chose to take the initiative to attack at this time.
First, when everyone thinks you should remain unchanged and adapt to changes, you can do the opposite and take the initiative to attack, which can catch the opponent off guard.
Secondly, Huangfu Yue values offense more than defense.
Thirdly, and most importantly, Huangfuyue subconsciously believed that they needed to fight this battle, or that they needed to win a battle now to save the military morale that had been lost due to Chu Xizhao's defeat. Even if it was just a battle.
It's a small victory, but it will be effective at such a critical time.
Even though his career was risky, he still chose to fight this battle.
Han Xin sent a total of three vanguard armies, each of which attacked 5,000 people and marched from three different roads. The three vanguard armies, in addition to being used to explore the way, also had a confusing effect.
The first route was led by Wang Yu's general Hu Luguang, with Prince Jing's general Bai Shanfei and Prince Cheng's general Jiang Tianmu as deputy generals.
The second route has King Jing's general Yuan Shao as the main general, Han Meng and Tianshi Dao general Tang Qi as deputy generals.
On the third route, Yi Dingzhi, the general of King Cheng, is the main general, Wen Pin, the fierce general of Wang Yu, and Deng Tianwang, the fierce general of King Wei, are the deputy generals.
Huangfuyue took Yu Fengjun as his general and took the initiative to fight against Hu Luguang of the First Route Army. However, Hu Luguang was brave and good at fighting and won two battles. Yu Fengjun continued to retreat.
Hu Luguang pursued the victory, but he was worried that he would fall into the enemy's trick of luring the enemy deeper. Once the vanguard army and the large forces in the rear were derailed, the large forces would not be able to provide immediate rescue, and the vanguard army would surely be in danger.
Therefore, while pursuing the victory, Hu Luguang also called Xing Tian and Nangong Qixing from behind to assist.
The three thousand people under Xingtian and Nangong Qixing are all mountain warriors carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of troops. They were all mountain people before joining the army. They can walk on the ground in the mountains to avoid the problem of narrow roads for large troops.
A quick reaction force set up due to the inability to provide timely support.
Sure enough, Hu Luguang's worries were not unreasonable. While he was pursuing all the way, he finally encountered an ambush from the Forbidden Army after he began to distance himself from the large troops in the rear.
"Fire the arrow." Lu Shenmo shouted and ordered.
The two thousand archers who were ambushing between the two mountains immediately launched an attack upon receiving the order. Under the salvo of thousands of arrows, the unprepared coalition forces suffered heavy casualties.
At this moment, Yu Fengjun's troops, who had fled, reorganized into formation, turned back and charged at the coalition forces again, without any appearance of being defeated.
Seeing this scene, Hu Luguang didn't know that he had fallen into the trap. The only thing that made him feel lucky was that he had made extra preparations at the time. While pursuing, he notified Xing Tian and Nangong Qixing behind him.
