Chapter 626: Murong Chui's End
Originally, they wanted to attract the flying dragon rider to a distance in order to consume their physical strength, but after seeing this scene on the battlefield at this time, they immediately realized that something was wrong. So, they immediately turned around and killed back, wanting to attack the Wyvern from behind~, so as to break the encirclement of the Wyvern and rescue the Yan army on the battlefield.
However, not long after they acted, they directly encountered the resistance of the light cavalry of the Tang Army. In terms of numbers, the number of light cavalry of the Tang Army who came this time was much smaller than theirs, about less than half.
But it is obvious that at this time, the light cavalry of the Yan army cannot have an advantage by relying on numbers, let alone decide the victory or defeat on the battlefield. The Tang Army's light cavalry did not take the initiative to attack, but was not far away between the Flying Dragon Cavalry and the Yan Army's light cavalry, blocking their way.
No matter how provocative the Yan army's light cavalry was, the Tang army's light cavalry was unmoved, and only guarded the flying dragon cavalry behind him. The Yan army's light cavalry charged several times to no avail, not only failed to rescue the large army, but also added a lot of losses to themselves.
And just as Li Xin and Murong Chui were fighting outside Weichang County, north of Lushui at this time, Liao Chuan and Peng Lin also took action.
The army used the letter smoke as the signal, passing from city to city, and soon the generals of the Tang Army on the north bank of the entire Lishui River were given the order to attack.
As soon as the military order was given, the Tang Army, which had already been prepared, immediately took action. Liao Chuan first sent some elite soldiers to swim through the water, and then established a vanguard and held the place tightly.
When this step was completed, the large forces of the Tang Army on the opposite bank began to erect pontoon bridges.
Everything was already ready, the action was carried out in an orderly manner, and the hardest part was naturally the elite soldiers who guarded the vanguard.
After all, they had to face the frenzied attacks of the Yan army. Otherwise, once this position is lost, the pontoon bridge behind it will most likely not be built.
Fortunately, because at this time, Murong Chui transferred all the elites to the west to fight Li Xin. Therefore, many of those who remained on the defense line were old and weak.
This was a favorable opportunity for the Tang army, if not the entire defense line was full of weak soldiers, but at least the counties near Anping County were like this. And these places are the places where Liao Chuan and Peng Lin personally led the army to break through.
With the personal leadership and leadership of the two of them, the pontoon bridge was soon built.
The Tang Army soldiers of the brigade continued to kill from the north bank, and the Yan army on the south bank began to retreat one after another. And after Peng Lin led a large group of cavalry to kill, the rout was even more unstoppable.
Murong De, the king of Fanyang, who stayed in Anguo County, north of Anping County, saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately abandoned Anguo County and fled back to the south first.
As a result, when the remaining Yan troops saw that he, the main general, had run away, they naturally had no intention of fighting, and they scattered or abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and opened the city to meet the Tang army.
The defense line that Murong Chui had built with great difficulty only took less than half a day to break through directly!
In contrast, elsewhere the fighting is progressing more slowly. For example, in Zhangwu County in the east, Yao Chang and Shi Yue's attack was not particularly smooth. The main reason is that the Yan army in these places has not been mobilized much, so there is enough strength to guard the defense line.
Therefore, when most of the army on the north bank had already crossed the river, Liao Chuan and Peng Lin discussed it and decided to divide the two of them.
Among them, Peng Lin led 5,000 cavalry to Weichang County immediately to join Li Xin, and settled the battle there as soon as possible, especially to ensure Li Xin's safety.
Liao Chuan himself, on the other hand, led the remaining 10,000 light cavalry to quickly advance eastward, thus breaking through behind the Yan army and opening a passage for Yao Chang and Shi Yue.
As for most of the remaining foot soldiers, they quickly went south and took down the county towns located on the north bank of the Xutuo River.
At the same time, if possible, collect ships as soon as possible to cross the water, take a foothold on the southern bank, and wait for the passage of the follow-up army.
If the war goes smoothly at this point, it means that the war north of the river will soon be over. At that time, all the Tang troops in the north can gather in one place and rush south towards Yecheng.
And when Liao Chuan and Peng Lin crossed the river, at this time, in other places, the war was already in full swing.
Liu Xiaohai personally led the army out of Fukou, and after leaving the mountain, he stormed Fukou Pass.
This pass is the east entrance of Fukou, after passing this pass, but more than forty miles is where Yecheng is located. It can be said that among the soldiers and horses sent by the Tang Army this time, the most direct to the core and the most fatal are the soldiers and horses of this road.
However, Murong Ke and the others also knew the importance of Fukou Pass. Therefore, not only was 20,000 troops deployed at the pass to defend it.
Moreover, heavy troops were deployed in the counties and towns north and south of the pass. As a result, a line of defense along the direction of Taihang Mountain was formed, and almost the entire west of Yecheng and hundreds of miles north and south east of Taihang Mountain were shielded without leakage.
Yecheng is the county of Wei and the capital of the Yan Kingdom, and to the north of Wei County, it is bordered by Guangping County, and further north of Guangping County is Zhao County. If Zhao County goes further north, it will be in the area of Zhending County, Changshan County.
To the south of Wei County is Ji County, which is not far from Qishui Pass. Therefore, the situation at this time is already very clear, since the Tang Army troops went out of the mountain, the north has taken almost all the north of the Tuoshui River, from the east of Taihang Mountain to the sea.
In the west, from Zhending County, where Jingcheng is located, to the south, all the way down the line of Wei County along the Taihang Mountain, the attack has also been launched.
To the south, it is Qishui Pass, and Lu Guang and others have officially left Qishui Pass and officially engaged the Yan army guarding north of Qishui Pass.
However, the battle on Qishui's side was not particularly smooth, mainly because there were many Yan troops here, and the battlefield was relatively narrow due to the confrontation between the Yellow River and Taihang Mountain. Therefore, I am afraid that the situation will not be opened for a while.
But there is no doubt that Li Xin's plan to encircle the entire Yecheng is progressing smoothly. Once the fighting on the Tuoshui side is completely over, it will be time to complete the final encirclement.
Liu Xiaohai stormed Fukou Pass and nearby county seats, while the soldiers and horses from Maling Pass and Junji Saishan in the north were responsible for harassing the county towns of Guangping County and Zhao County.
The two of them together only have an army of 10,000, and it is obviously impossible to defeat the Yan army in these two large counties.
However, if they were to attract the attention of the Yan army in these two counties, so that they could neither go south to attack Liu Xiaohai's side, nor go north to support Murong Chui and them, that would be a good job.
Otherwise, after Li Xin led his army out of Jingcheng and took Zhending County and other places, it would be impossible to go north to fight Murong Trai with confidence. Similarly, it was impossible for Liu Xiaohai to rely on the only 30,000 troops in his hand to defeat all the Yan troops in the entire western defense line of Yecheng.
And south of the Yellow River, at this time, Zhao Ji and Chen Kang also gradually opened up the situation.
Because Chen Kang was in the north of Zhao Ji, and the Yellow River was to the north, he didn't have to worry that the Yan army would kill him from behind. Therefore, he was the first to cross the Jishui and enter the territory of Chenliu County.
At this time, he was already leading an army of 20,000 and was attacking Suozao County.
Zhao Ji, on the other hand, had to defend against the Yan army coming back from the south, so his progress was relatively slow. Fortunately, he had quite a few cavalry in his hands. Therefore, he sent a large battalion of cavalry to deal with the Yan army heading north, while he concentrated his forces on crossing the river.
Under such a situation of no delay, when Li Xin and Murong Chui were fighting, he had just crossed Suishui to the north bank, and was about to go straight to the place where Huangfu Zhen was in Xiaohuang County.
The battle between Li Xin and Murong Chui was a critical point in time, and it was not just the two of them fighting, but everything else basically entered a critical time.
The two fought back and forth for dozens of times, and Murong Chui gradually became a little exhausted. At the same time, he had already noticed the changes in the situation on the battlefield and understood that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to him.
The Yan soldiers who were still resisting around were getting fewer and fewer, and after more than two hours of fighting between the two sides, the encirclement of the Flying Dragon Rider had shrunk to only a few miles in size. As the outer periphery, the Wyvern Knights stood almost less than half a meter apart, forming a thick layer of steel encirclement.
A part of the Flying Dragon Knights had already begun to adjust their direction and cooperate with the light cavalry behind them to clear those Yan Army light cavalry.
And within the encirclement, the Bupo Army and the ordinary Tang soldiers are doing the final battle, whether it is the whole battle, or the battle between Murong Chui and Li Xin, it is already at the end.
"Plop!" With a bang, Murong Chui was swept off the war horse by Li Xin's shot, and before he could get up, he was shot to the throat by Li Xin, who rode his horse. At this point, he was completely defeated in this battle.
"How? You haven't forgotten what this king just said! Life or death, the choice is yours! Li Xin looked at him and said lightly.
"As a minister of Great Yan and a descendant of the Murong clan, how can there be any reason to surrender! If you want to kill, kill it! Murong Chui's face was ashen, and he said dejectedly.
"Well, since you are going to die as a loyal servant, then this king will fulfill you!" Li Xin listened, didn't say anything more, just nodded.
After that, the spear in his hand was sent forward, and Murong Chui, the king of Wu, who had experienced the rise and fall of the Great Yan Kingdom, and had experienced ups and downs himself, his life officially came to an end.
However, everyone didn't pay too much attention to it at this time. Because no one knows, if according to normal history, this guy would have been able to continue the Yan Kingdom and become the founding monarch of a generation.