Chapter 658: Attack on All Fronts (1)

In the end, after the end of this battle, nearly 40,000 of the 50,000 troops brought by Huan Wen were captured and killed, and the rest ran away. Among the people who were caught, there were also many big fish, such as some generals such as Huan Huo. With the end of the war, Li Xin immediately ordered to march into the surrounding counties, and on the one hand, he sent people back to Guanzhong and Shangluo, and mobilized the town army from the two places to prepare to take over the affairs of Nanyang and other places.

Although Nanyang and other places were still in the hands of the Jin army at this time, the impact of Huan Wen's defeat could not be underestimated. With his defeat in this battle, the first to be abandoned was Lixian near the battlefield, which was originally relatively small.

Subsequently, Li Xin personally led the Bupo army south to Guanxian, and ordered the other 20,000 troops to march to the southeast, preparing to take the entire Nanyang Kingdom.

It didn't take long for the news of Huanwen's defeat to spread throughout Nanyang and nearby areas.

As a result, wherever the Tang army went, those Jin army officials and generals either fled south or surrendered directly. For example, Nanyang protected Zhao Yi, who was originally stationed in Wancheng, and after hearing about the defeat of Huan Wen, he immediately surrendered to the Tang army that killed the city.

The fact that Wancheng was taken has a different meaning for the entire Nanyang Kingdom. The main reason is that this is where the capital of Nanyang is located, and from here to the east, you can go deep into other counties in Nanyang.

To the north is Nanyang Pass, Luyang Pass and other important passes from Nanyang to Xuchang and other places, so once Wancheng is taken, it means that the Tang army will block the road for the Jin army in Xuchang and other places to retreat to Jingzhou.

As the army continued to advance, the counties of Nanyang were taken one after another, and Zhao Ji, who was confronting the Jin army in Xingyang and other places at this time, immediately launched a counteroffensive after hearing the news.

First, he himself led his army out of Xingyang to the south and attacked Mixian, Jingxian and Xuchang and other important places guarded by the Jin army. At the same time, he ordered the Tang army stationed in Henan County to march southeast from Luhun Pass and Guangcheng Pass to attack the west of Xuchang.

Because the area west of Xuchang is actually located north of Luyang Pass, the soldiers and horses dispatched here actually formed a joint force with the Tang army in Nanyang. Luyang Pass, an important pass, was quickly captured under the attack of the north and south.

As a result, the Tang army in the north and south of Funiu Mountain has been officially connected, extending the original southeast border from the Wuguan area of Shangluo County to the Nanyang Basin, officially out of the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains.

It was a move of chess, and the whole game was alive, the battle between Li Xin and Huan Wen ended, and then he went to the championship county. Due to the small and weak people in the champion county, and the open terrain around it was conducive to the attack of the army, after consideration, Huan Wen finally gave up the champion county and retreated south again.

In the end, Huan Wen retreated all the way to Xiangyang County, an important town in Jiangzuo, relying on the tall and sturdy Xiangyang City and Fenglin Pass, and at the same time mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses from the south to support him. In the end, Li Xin led the army to chase all the way to the city of Xiangyang and formed a confrontation with Huan Wen.

Because of this, the battle situation in the world soon changed dramatically, and for Li Xin, the situation can be described as very good.

Let's talk about Mianzhu Pass first, Zhou Tong confronted Zhou Chu, Xuan Xu and others for a few days, and mobilized a batch of oil from the rear, and then used the method of fire attack to break through Mianzhu Pass. After breaking through Mianzhu Pass, Zhou Tong led an army of 30,000 and a Jin army of 50,000 to start a major battle on the east bank of Mianshui in the west of Mianzhu Pass.

The time of this battle was about a few days later than that of Li Xin's side, but the result was about the same. The 50,000 army led by Zhou Chu and Xuan Xu was killed by Zhou Tong without leaving a piece of armor, because after passing the Mianzhu Pass, the terrain was flat all the way. Therefore, Zhou Chu and they finally had to retreat to Chengdu City in a hurry.

Chengdu is the seat of Shu County, the place where the entire Yizhou Prefecture is governed, and it is the core of the entire country of abundance. It can be said that 80 percent of the people's and material resources in the entire country of abundance are concentrated here.

The Tang army fought all the way to the city of Chengdu, which was an unexpected thing for many people. But more importantly, the current Jin army seems to be no longer enough to defend the city. When Zhou Tong arrived at the city, he did not rush to attack, but sent people to shoot books and surrender. The most important thing is to get in touch with the staff in the city.

Over the years, Datang has had a lot of business in Yizhou, and by taking advantage of this relationship, the staff department can be said to have infiltrated all aspects of Chengdu City. Now that the imperial court has called, this is the opportunity they have been waiting for for a long time.

There was a threat from a large army outside, and there were people from the staff department to persuade each other, so the city was soon divided into the main battle lord and two factions. The main battle is naturally dominated by some big families and Zhou Chuxuan, while the main peace is centered on those merchants and small landlords.

In terms of strength, Zhou Chu's faction is actually more powerful. But the problem is that they have just experienced a big defeat, and it is really difficult to convince everyone when the experience is not far away.

It just so happened that after five days of siege, the battle on the Nanyang side came to an end, all the way to Yizhou, and also to Chengdu.

Zhou Tong, who was greatly confident, did not wait any longer, and immediately ordered a storming of the east gate of Chengdu. After concentrating a large amount of oil and burning it, the city gates were burned down, and the army then entered the city.

And after hearing the news that Huan Wen was defeated and retreated to Xiangyang, Zhou Chu and the others knew that it was impossible to want reinforcements from the imperial court. At this time, I heard that the city gate was attacked, and the Tang army had already killed it, so without saying a word, he led a part of the people out of the west gate, and then fled to Qianwei County in the south.

There is no way for those local wealthy families, their family business is all here, so naturally they can't just run away. In desperation, in order to protect his interests, he had to surrender to the Tang army.

Almost at the same time, Dou Chuan and Liu Dangdang on the other side had already led the army all the way south along Jialing Water, all the way to Zhijiangzhou County, Bajun County, which was later Chongqing.

Because at this time, Dou Chuan and Liu Dangdang had already killed the soldiers and horses in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and they had already reached the edge of the Sifen Basin, and they could not go south to attack in depth at once.

Therefore, after learning the news from Chengdu, the two decided to divide some soldiers and horses to march west from Jiangzhou County, so as to join Zhou Tong, who was heading south from Chengdu.

In the end, with the combined efforts of the two armies, the southern border of the Tang Dynasty was advanced all the way to the north bank of the Yangtze River. At this point, the battle in Yizhou ended with the complete victory of the Tang army.

However, due to the complexity of Yizhou, even after taking this place, it may not be easy to settle the place.