173 Xiliang sent troops
The prince of the Western Liang Kingdom, Tuan Xiankuan, personally led the 100,000 troops of the Western Liang Kingdom to besiege Fengting City; At this time, the defenders of Fengting City only need Aruge and his subordinate Gore, and Amin leads less than 10,000 Liao troops, so it is impossible to hold Fengting City, unless reinforcements can arrive in time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
So Aluge asked for help from the second marshal Meishuang in Chudu and the prince of Liang in Yanzhou, after all, although Aluge was a close confidant of the prince of Liang, he belonged to the subordinate of the second marshal of Meishuang, so he first asked for help from the second marshal of Meishuang, and then asked for help from the prince of Liang.
This time, the little emperor of Liao personally led a large army to attack Chu State, and the 60,000 soldiers and horses led by Liang Wangye were backed up, so Liang Wangye's soldiers and horses were near Yanzhou. At the beginning, this arrangement was to hope that Liang Wangye's 60,000 soldiers and horses would be used to escort the logistics of the Liao army's southern expedition and guard the cities that the Liao army had occupied. After all, logistics is also very important, so Liang Wangye's 60,000 soldiers and horses belong to the nature of a reserve.
Although Vice Marshal Meishuang led the army into the capital of Chu, but after all, the capital of Chu was the capital of Chu for hundreds of years, although Emperor Xian of Chu led the main army to escape, but the civil organizations and the remaining remnants of the army still resisted fiercely.
Vice Marshal Mei Shuang had just suppressed the civil resistance organization in Chudu, but the news came that the 100,000 troops of the Western Liang Kingdom were besieging Fengting City, because the little emperor was now seriously ill, so the Liao army of this southern expedition was under the centralized command of Vice Marshal Mei Shuang.
However, the Liao army's southern expedition was composed of many factional armies, so it was very difficult for Vice Marshal Mei Shuang to unify the command of the Liao army. Like Lin Haotian, the general of Pingdong, he did not listen to the order of Vice Marshal Meishuang to stop the attack, but insisted on going deep into the army alone to capture Shuicheng.
As for wanting to command Liang Wangye's soldiers and horses, it is even more impossible, not only because Liang Wangye's status is higher than that of Mei Shuang, but also because Liang Wangye does not want his soldiers and horses to be exhausted in a hard fight with the 100,000 army of Xiliang Kingdom.
When Liang Wang Ye learned of his close subordinate Aluge's plea for help, he not only did not go to reinforce Fengting City, but instead ordered Aluge to withdraw from Fengting City with the defenders. Of course, Aluge was also very embarrassed, his glory and wealth were all given by Prince Liang, he wanted to hear what Lord Liang meant, but he didn't dare to let him run away without a fight. Therefore, Aruge sent his subordinate Gore to escort those and his daughters to Yanzhou first, while he and Ah Ming still stayed in Fengting City to see how the situation changed. If he really couldn't hold it, he decided to run away. After all, it is always better to run away than to die immediately, and after he escapes, there will be Liang Wangye on top of him.
Liang Wangye's idea is very cruel, now the little emperor's army is in Chudu, if the 100,000 army of the Western Liang Kingdom conquers Fengting City, it is likely that the little emperor will lead the Liao army and the army of the Western Liang Kingdom to fight and lose both, and he wants to make a profit.
After all, in the original Liao State competition for the throne, he Liang Wang Ye was also the legitimate heir to the throne of the Great Liao, but he couldn't compete with the Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Jiangxue at the beginning, if the little emperor and Han Jiangxue's cronies were exhausted in this war with the Western Liang Army, then he could have another chance to compete for the throne.
In fact, for Liang Wangye, the little emperor is even more threatening to himself than Xiliang Kingdom, he doesn't know when the little emperor will poison himself, maybe after the success of destroying Chu State this time, the little emperor with full wings will put himself to death with the aftermath of a great victory. After all, as long as he doesn't die, he is a major threat to the throne of the little emperor.
Of course, Vice Marshal Meishuang also understood that he could not command the prince of Liang, and even worse was that the marshal of the Western Liang Kingdom, Tupapu, led an army of 150,000 to attack Tucheng.
Lin Haotian, the general of Pingdong, asked his brother Lin Haonan to lead 10,000 Lin family troops to defend Tucheng, how could he hold it. If Tucheng can't be defended, then the army of the Western Liang State can directly threaten the Chu capital that the Liao army has just conquered.
Now that Fengting City and Tucheng are in an emergency at the same time, Vice Marshal Meishuang is also a little at a loss; Originally, the little emperor personally led the Liao army with more than 200,000 troops, and there were a lot of troops, but now the problem is that some Liao generals are also sick, so even if the Liao army can send reinforcements, it lacks generals with troops.
Of course, Mei Shuang can also lead the troops herself, but now the problem is that the little emperor is seriously ill, Mei Shuang does not dare to leave the little emperor, and she can't reinforce the two cities of Fengting City and Tucheng at the same time. Vice Marshal Mei Shuang originally wanted to send Xiang Shuifeng to lead troops to reinforce Fengting City, while she herself led a large army to reinforce Tucheng.
However, Xiang Shuifeng is a general of Chu after all, and his position in the Liao army is not high, and it is difficult for him to command the generals of the Liao army to fight, so Mei Shuang is really a headache. In the end, Vice Marshal Mei Shuang felt that the first task was to cure the illness of the little emperor and the poison among the Liao generals, and then talk about sending troops to reinforce these two places, it was easy to cause the Liao army to scatter its forces and be defeated by the Chu army and the Xiliang coalition army.
Vice Marshal Meishuang ordered Lin Haotian, the general of Pingdong, to quickly withdraw his troops from Shuicheng and retreat to Tucheng, preparing to hold Tucheng; If Lin Haotian can withdraw the army from Shuicheng in time, then their 50,000 troops can hold Tucheng for at least ten days and a half.
Lin Haotian, the general of Pingdong, received the order of the little emperor, and he didn't dare not listen to it. After all, he also understood that the situation on the battlefield had changed fundamentally, and he had also received an urgent request for help from his clan brother Lin Haonan from Tucheng, and now even without the order of the little emperor, he would quickly withdraw his troops to reinforce Tucheng.
For Fengting City, Vice Marshal Mei Shuang originally decided to send Xiang Shuifeng to lead 30,000 Liao troops to reinforce Fengting City, but considering that Xiang Shuifeng was not qualified to command these 30,000 Liao troops, she ordered Prime Minister Mo Ye's younger brother General Mo Jian to lead 30,000 Mo family troops to reinforce Fengting City, and also ordered Liang Wangye in Yanzhou to send troops to reinforce Fengting City.
The marshal of the Western Liang State, Tupapu, led an army of 150,000 to attack Tucheng, and of course his 50,000 vanguard troops reached Tucheng first. Surrounded the earthen city through the water, and it was impassable.
The marshal of the Western Liang State, Tupapu, was also a very good commander, and he decided to implement a detailed attack or a siege plan for Tucheng. The purpose of his doing this was to cause Xiliang to help the Chu State send troops, but it was just a coping situation. And it also made Lin Haotian, who was besieging Shuicheng, feel that the combat effectiveness of the Western Liang Army was not strong, or that the Western Liang Army did not want to go all out to fight to the death with the Liao Army. In this way, Lin Haotian must lead the army back to reinforce Tucheng, and his own 100,000 troops are ambushed on the only way from Shuicheng to Tucheng, striving to eliminate Lin Haotian's reinforcements in one fell swoop, and then conquer Tucheng.
If the marshal of the Western Liang Kingdom, Tupapu and He, led a large army to quickly conquer Tucheng, Lin Haotian, who was still retreating from Shuicheng, might no longer reinforce Tucheng, but chose another route to retreat back to Chudu. This makes it more difficult to destroy this army.
Indeed, now Lin Haotian, the general of Pingdong, also knew that the situation was critical, and he led the army that had retreated from Shuicheng, while trying to block the pursuit of the Chu army, and on the other hand, considering whether to reinforce Tucheng. After all, Lin Haotian also knew that there was a military plan to besiege the city and send reinforcements, and he was also worried that if he went to reinforce Tucheng, it would be in vain, and even his main force would be buried.
But Lin Haotian thought that the guards in Tucheng were the Lin family army led by his own brother Lin Haonan, so he couldn't do it without help, not to mention that once Tucheng was lost, the 10,000 Lin family troops guarding Tucheng were all wiped out, which meant that he led the Lin family army to suffer heavy losses but no success in this battle to conquer Chu. This is a fact that Lin Haotian absolutely cannot accept, so Lin Haotian decided to lead the army to reinforce Tucheng regardless of the danger. (To be continued.) )