Chapter 1321: The Coalition Army Defeated
On the other side, soon after Zang Zi led the army to camp, he got the news of the prince's suit.
"The king of Chu sent 300,000 troops to help."
Zang Zi's heart sank.
"300,000 troops, that's too many. Now the army of Shouchun of Chu is only 100,000, in order to gather 300,000 troops, then another 200,000 troops must be recruited, and it will take a month or two during this period. By the time the 300,000 troops of the Chu State reach Shangqiu, it may take three months.
In the past three monthsΒ·Β·Β· It seems that the king of Chu is suspicious of my Song Kingdom's intentions, and plans to borrow a knife to kill people!
Let me Song first consume the morale and combat power of the coalition army, and then lead the army to fight a big battle with the coalition army to repay the hatred of the previous battle of Hangu Pass. Even, he intends to use the hands of the coalition forces to greatly weaken our Song Kingdom. β
Thinking about it, Zang Zi frowned: "Three months is too long, Shangqiu City can't hold on for that long." But Chu is big and Song is small, now since the king of Chu intends to let my Song State consume the strength of the coalition army, then for the sake of the Song State, for the sake of Shangqiu, and in order to allow the Chu State to send troops as soon as possible, then I have to fight to the death as the King of Chu wishes, so that the King of Chu can believe in my Song State.
However, it is not enough for Guangshi to fight to the death, in order to protect myself, my Song Kingdom has to fake the tiger. β
After making up his mind, Zang Zi immediately wrote a handwritten letter, and then summoned a doorman and said: "Quick, immediately send this letter to the prince's hand, ask the prince to go to Chu again, and ask Chu to send troops as soon as possible." β
"No."
"Send an order, immediately send people to all parts of the country to spread the news that the king of Chu has agreed to my request for help from the new king of Song, and that the Chu army will come out soon."
"No."
After the doorman left, Zang Zi began to arrange the army again, preparing to raid the coalition army tomorrow, in order to deal with Shangqiu City, so that the coalition army could not attack the city with all its might.
Early the next morning, before the sun came out, Zang Zi led his army to kill in the direction of Shangqiu City.
The army had only traveled ten miles in a hurry, and at this time, a scout came to report: "General, the coalition army has set up a position outside Shangqiu City and has begun to attack the city." β
"Revisit."
"No."
Another five miles.
"General, the armies of Han and Yan are moving south and are heading south."
Zang Zi's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he knew that he had been exposed, and this Han Yan coalition army was the army used by various countries to intercept him.
But at this moment, he has already let go, no matter who comes to intercept him, and how many people there are, he can only fight, fight to the death, this can provide Shangqiu City with a respite.
In the battle in front of him, he must fight, no matter how big the loss is, but as long as he can play the momentum of the Song army, it is a victory.
Thinking about it, Zang Zi said with a murderous intention: "Explore again." β
"No."
I walked another five miles.
"General, the 30,000 Han Yan coalition army stopped after traveling ten miles south, and put up a defensive position and stationed in place."
When Zang Zi heard this, he immediately pulled out his sword and shouted: "Soldiers, more than ten miles ahead, the Han Yan coalition army is intercepting us and others to save the Song Kingdom.
Moreover, if it is a Qi army, it will be fine, but Han Yan, two small countries that have been repeatedly bullied by various countries, and two weak troops with no will to fight, dare to be the enemy of our strong Song Dynasty, this is simply self-defeating.
The generals listened to the order and followed the generals to defeat the Han Yan coalition army. β
When the surrounding Song soldiers heard this, they knew that there were only 20,000 defeated and defeated repeatedly, and they were still soft persimmons that were forced by the Qi State to attack the Song, so they couldn't help but perk up and shouted in unison: "Kill." β
Soon, the military order reached the ears of all the Song army soldiers, and when all the soldiers heard it, there were only 20,000 weak and bully Han Yan coalition troops in front of them, and their confidence was suddenly doubled and their morale was greatly boosted.
Then, the 100,000 Song army, whose morale was like a rainbow, rushed towards the Han Yan coalition army ten miles away.
Not long after, Zang Zi led the Song army to kill two miles in front of the Han Yan coalition formation, and then, Zang Zi quickly swept the Han Yan coalition battle formation in front, and saw that the opponent's lineup was very neat.
Seeing this, Zang Zi groaned in his heart: "The Han Yan coalition army waits for work at ease, and has enough time to line up, judging from the appearance alone, there is no superiority or inferiority.
However, in the previous battle between Qin and Han, South Korea's vitality was greatly damaged, and at this time, South Korea attacked me with the Qi State, and it was no good to defeat, and South Korea itself had to guard against the Qin State, so I am sure that the Korean army must be a group of rabble that had just been recruited and had been frightened by the Qin State.
In this battle, our army's victory is in the South Korean army! β
As he spoke, Zang Zi quickly glanced at the army under his command again, and saw that after his army had traveled thirty miles in a hurry, the formation had been chaotic.
But Zang Zi didn't care about this, and while continuing to move forward to kill, he ordered: "Order, just Han Yan's weak brigade is not vulnerable at all, and the army doesn't need to reorganize its formation, just kill it." β
After that, Zang Zi mobilized his own personal guards and Pengcheng's elite divisions to directly rush to the battle formation of the South Korean army.
On the other side, Yan General Zhang Kui saw that Zang Zi didn't even have a whole army, so he rushed over in a daze, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "I wait for the tired army with a tired army, and I am waiting for the army to fight against the scattered soldiers, I still have a large number of reinforcements, and the Song State has no reinforcements, it seems that the Song State is going to perish." β
After saying that, Zhang Kui immediately shouted: "Prepare, meet the enemy." β
"Order, immediately send someone to General Touche for help, just say that our army has engaged the Song army."
"No."
As soon as the two armies engaged, the Song army immediately launched a fierce assault on Han Yan's position.
On one side is a desperate charge, on the other side is waiting for reinforcements, on the one hand, at all costs, and on the other side, every moment is trying to preserve strength.
As a result, as soon as the two armies clashed, the Song army immediately tore open the first line of defense of the Yan army, then broke through the second line of defense, and then rushed into the third line of defense.
In an instant, the Yan army's defense line was already in jeopardy.
At this time, Zhang Kui, the Yan general who reacted, hurriedly said: "Steady, steady, the Song army is a rabble, how can the Yan army that I swept through the north be broken by the Song army in a battle." β
As he spoke, Zhang Kui encouraged morale and motivated his soldiers, while mobilizing troops to strengthen the fourth line of defense.
After a while, just as Zhang Kui was personally sitting in the fourth line of defense, and when the Yan army was barely blocking the Song army's front, Zhang Kui looked at the Song army that was still surging in front of him, his face turned slightly pale, and he ordered again: "Hurry, go and ask for help, let's just say that the Song army's offensive is extremely fierce, and our army will not be able to resist it." β
"No."
As soon as the messenger for help left, a scout came running quickly:
"Report, general, the big thing is not good, Song General Zang Zi personally led the army to attack the Korean army's front, but the Korean army couldn't resist and was already defeated."
"What?" Zhang Kui was shocked, and then looked west... Sure enough, the Han army had been defeated, and Zang Zi's general was killing the Yan army's flank.
Seeing this, Zhang Kui scolded: "Waste, what a waste, it didn't even stop the first wave of the Song army's offensive, no wonder the twenty Han troops were almost wiped out by the 150,000 Qin army." β
After scolding, Zhang Kui, in order to avoid the annihilation of the Yan army, immediately ordered: "Order, retreat." β
On the other side, Zang Zi led the guards and the elite of Pengcheng were preparing to assault the Yan army from the flank, but as soon as they were halfway through, they saw that the Yan army took the initiative to retreat.
Seeing this, Zang Zi immediately shouted: "Soldiers, the Han Yan coalition army is really a weak brigade, and all the soldiers will follow me..."
At this time, the Qi army was in formation.
As soon as the tentacles got the news of the battle between the Song army and the Han Yan coalition army, they couldn't help laughing: "The tentacles are in the plan." β
"Pass my general's order, immediately let Lu Wei and other national coalition forces go south to support the Han Yan coalition army."
"No."
"I will order the front-line siege army to slow down its offensive against Shangqiu City, and the focus will be shifted to preventing the defenders of the city from leaving the city to cause trouble."
"No."
"The order, the army adjusted its formation, put on an attack formation, and prepared to attack the Song army to the south. Break the Song army and kill Zangzi. β
As soon as the military order was given, the Qi army echoed one after another: "Break the Song army, kill Zang Zi..."
At this time in the south, Lu General Shen Huali was leading 40,000 Lu Weizou and other multinational coalition troops to the south to support Han Yan, intending to entangle the Song army and provide an opportunity for the Qi army to encircle and annihilate the Song army.
After only five miles, he successively received messages for help from Han General Han Wei and Yan General Zhang Kui.
At this time, Shen Huali smiled and said to Wei Quan, the general of the patriotic state beside him: "I have long known that Han and Yan did not do their best in the battle, and they were passive and sluggish, no, they just fought with the Song army, and they came to ask for help twice. β
Wei Quan shook his head and said, "Alas, the Han Yan coalition army was forced to come to the Song Dynasty!" β
Hearing this, Shen Li's face changed.
They were also forced to come to the Song Dynasty, and the Han and Yan coalition forces could passively slack off, but they Lu Wei and other national coalition forces didn't even dare to passively slack off.
What qualifications does he have to laugh at the Han Yan coalition army!
Thinking about it, Shen Huali just gave a heavy order: "Order, speed up, and gallop to the aid of the Han Yan coalition army." β
After walking three miles, Shen Huali and the others got the news of the rout of the Han Yan coalition army.
Before everyone could react, the southbound Luwei coalition army ran into the defeated Han Yan routed army.
The Luwei coalition army rushed for the rout, and then Zang Zi personally led the army to rush, but before Shen Huali and others could react, the Luwei coalition army was defeated.
Then the 100,000 Song army rushed to the north with 70,000 defeated troops, and Han Yanluwei's defeated army rushed to the north with 100,000 Song troops...
On the other side, Qi put his tentacles in order, and the army went south for four miles, and a scout came to report:
"Newspaper... General, it's not good, the Han Yan coalition army will collapse at the first touch, and now the Song army is chasing the killer Han Yan coalition army to the north, and it is less than ten miles away from our army. β
When Tentacle heard this, his face changed, and then he remembered the Luwei coalition army going south, and his face changed again.
The Han Yan coalition army couldn't stop the Song army, and the 40,000 coalition army composed of more than a dozen countries led by Nalu General Shen Huali couldn't stop the Song army even more.
So, now he has only two ways to defend in place, and to retreat immediately.
If you retreat immediately and abandon the front army, you can keep the main force of the Qi army, but after this defeat, the morale of the coalition army has plummeted, the morale of the Song army is high, and the reinforcements of the Chu State are coming, so the hope of conquering Shangqiu City is gone.
Even after the union of Chu and Song, Qi's plan to destroy the Song will also go bankrupt.
And if you are stationed in place and transfer the Zhao and Wei coalition forces to help, there is no chance of turning defeat into victory.
Thinking about it, the tentacles immediately ordered: "Quick, give the order, line up on the spot, and put up a defensive formation." Ordered the vanguards, lined up in place, and told them to stop the Song army. β
"No."
"Order, let the two armies of Zhao and Wei come here immediately, and join forces of our three kingdoms to defeat the Song army."
"No."
Soon after the military order was issued, another scout came to report: "Newspaper... General, the Luwei coalition army collided with the rout, fought with Zang Zi, and collapsed at the first touch. β
Although Tentacle had expected this, after he really heard the news that the Lu Wei coalition army was also about to collapse at the touch of a button, his face was still red with anger, and he was almost so angry that he vomited blood.
At this moment, the touch hated in his heart.
Then, when the main force of the Qi army barely set up a formation, at this time, Zang Zi had already held nearly 70,000 coalition troops hostage to kill.
Then, Zang Zi drove the rout army to defeat the vanguard of the Qi army that was intercepted in front, and then collided with the main force of the Qi army.
The rout army attacked the main force of the Qi army, broke four defense lines, and could not enter, and then, the rout army was killed and dispersed by the Qi army.
Although the tentacles allowed the Qi army to kill and disperse the defeated army and maintain the formation of the Qi army, the morale of the Qi army still couldn't stop plummeting.
Then, Zang Zi, who had slightly reorganized the formation, immediately personally led the army to charge against the Qi army.
The Qi army fought to the death.
The two are at odds.
At this time, when the Zhao Wei coalition army west of Shangqiu City received the news that the Qi army was asking for help.
In Shangqiu City, the defenders who had already received the news had already gathered all the remaining elite divisions in the city.
Then, the eighty-year-old Song Wangyan personally beat drums on the city wall to boost morale, the sixty-year-old Song Wangzhen personally led the troops to battle, the general Cao Bin personally acted as the vanguard, and the 50,000 elite Song troops who had been in battle for a long time soared out of Shangqiu City.
The army went out of the city, and the tentacles were broken in a battle, and the tentacles stayed outside the city to intercept the defenders' Qi army.
Then, Song Wangzhen ignored the rout of the Qi army, but directly killed the main force of the Qi army led by Ben Tentacles.
After two quarters of an hour of fierce fighting, the Qi army, which was attacked from both sides, gradually lost the enemy, and then, the Qi army was defeated and retreated.
Then, Song Wangzhen and Zang Zi joined forces to hunt down the Qi army.
Catch up, fight again, and the Qi army is defeated.
Subsequently, Song Wangzhen led a large army to chase for more than 40 miles, and did not stop until dark.
On the other side, the Zhao and Wei coalition forces, which went around the city to aid the Qi army, got the news of the defeat of the Qi army when they walked to the north city, and then, the Zhao and Wei coalition forces were terrified and directly led the army to retreat back to China.
The next day, Song Wangzhen, who broke the coalition army, took the general Cao Bin as the general to regain the lost territory to the west, and the general Zang Zi as the general to regain the lost territory to the east.
On the other side, after collecting the remnants of the army, General Qi arrested Zhang Kui, the chief general of the Yan army, who came to discuss the matter, in the name of the Yan army's ineffective combat, and directly beheaded him to show the public to vent his anger.
Later, the Yan army was furious and did not want to follow the Qi army anymore.
As a result, the deputy general of the Yan army led more than 10,000 Yan troops to leave with hatred, and made a detour to Wei to return to Yan.
It was a battle, the prestige of the Song State was greatly enhanced, and the Song coalition army collapsed.