Chapter 26: Surprise Attack and Defense
The ancients said: The first army is to attack and plan, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city. Da Yan wants to pacify the world, in order to return the world to peace, if you can dominate Kyushu through strategy instead of sword soldiers, that is the best.
But who can have such miraculous powers? Today, it is difficult to have such a powerful person. Qin Tian, Wutianshu, and Xi Tiandao can't do it. And it can only follow its strategy, cutting down troops and attacking the city, which is really a last resort.
The so-called martial arts in the world are only fast and unbreakable, and they are used in soldiers, which is also a promise.
That night, Xiang Tianxiao was captured, and the cavalry battalion fled, while the other Tianchu armies did not know. The Great Yan Army, which was supposed to strengthen its defense, was full of cavalry and took offense as defense.
30,000 cavalry of the Zhenwei Army, all the way to the north, robbed the Wulai City Defense Army that came to the rescue.
The Flame Army took advantage of the victory to pursue the Wuguo City Defense Army, broke its rear army, such as probing the bag to take the ears, and then took advantage of the situation to the south, robbing the armies of Wuping and Wusui City.
Tiger Prison Pass, leaving only 30,000 infantry to continue to strengthen the transformation and defense, this move can be described as a sword to go sideways, but a dangerous move.
However, in extraordinary times, when extraordinary means are used, if we cannot first break through the enemy's armies and wait for the large armies of all walks of life to gather, it will be difficult to hide their momentum, and it will be difficult to win a quick victory, and they will inevitably fall into a protracted situation. Therefore, at this moment, Qin Tian could only make a dangerous move, and first break several troops, each of them, in order to reduce the enemy's strength.
The ancients knew themselves and knew their opponents, and they were invincible in a hundred battles. The power of the Book of Heaven has begun to appear, regardless of others, just on this royal beast volume, at first, may not be taken seriously, feeding horses and birds, side doors, it is not surprising. However, now the birds raised by the Flame Army have become countless eyes in the sky above the land of Kyushu, and they have also become the eyes of the Flame Army.
The enemy does not know what I am moving, but I know where he is. The battle report is flying frequently, and it must come in a moment, and the situation in the world is clear in the chest, and it is possible to strategize and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away.
The Flame Army's mission in the next few days, if calculated according to common sense, is like a mantis arm as a car. With a flame army of 10,000, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is impossible to say that it is impossible to break through the defense army of Tianchu City within three days, although the flame army is well-equipped and moves quickly, but it is not an exaggeration to say that it is impossible to rush and kill non-stop and defeat a strong enemy ten times its size.
But this is Qin Tian's order, there is no doubt. And all the soldiers of the Flame Army also understood that it was not the whimsy of the War King, but that time was running out, the Tiger Prison Pass was lost, Kyushu was shaken, and Tianchu did not hesitate to mobilize a million troops to come, just to recapture the Tiger Prison Pass in one fell swoop.
The armies of all walks of life move very quickly, but because the distance is too far, there will be such a small time difference, and all they can take advantage of is this time difference.
Three days is already a relatively ideal state, if the Tianchu army marches at a rapid pace like Xiang Tianxiao at all costs, maybe in two more days, the 200,000 troops in the four cities in the eastern border of Tianchu will be able to join forces.
Of course, such a situation is unlikely to happen, after all, the four city lords are actually the same as Xiang Tianxiao, they all want to be able to take the lead, and there is no mandatory order, and they generally will not meet the division first and then go to the tiger prison.
Speaking of the Flame Army, after a robbery and fighting, although there were no substantial casualties, the physical consumption of men and horses was still relatively large, so after capturing Xiang Tianxiao and defeating the cavalry battalion, they did not pursue it in an all-round way, but other troops were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and collecting war horses and other materials, and they went back to the camp to rest.
There was no word all night, and the next day dawned, the Flame Army was ready to go, Qin Tian personally led the team, and with a tiger roar, the whole army set out.
Prince Yun led 30,000 Zhenwei troops to garrison the Tiger Prison Pass, and one day, the main force of the Zhenwei Army was about to arrive, and the Tiger Prison Pass would basically be initially stabilized. The 30,000 cavalry of the Zhenwei army and the Flame Army went out to block the Tianchu reinforcements, and within a day, the enemy army should not be able to reach the Tiger Prison Pass, so for the defense, Prince Yun was not very worried, and what he was worried about was Qin Tian and his 10,000 Flame Army.
When deploying the strategy, when he heard Qin Tian say that the 30,000 cavalry of the Zhenwei Army would raid Wulai City to reinforce the army, go all out to defeat the enemy army, and then return to the Tiger Prison Pass as quickly as possible, and must not be pursued in battle.
And he himself had to lead the Flame Army to raid the reinforcements of the three cities of Powuguo, Wuping, and Wusui within three days, and then he would wait for an opportunity to move in the territory of Tianchu. If it weren't for seeing the combat power of the Flame Army with their own eyes, others would have thought that Qin Tian was humiliating the Zhenwei Army by assigning the task like this.
However, Prince Yun had seen the combat power of the Flame Army with his own eyes, so he would not feel that this was humiliating the Zhenwei Army, but rather protecting the Zhenwei Army. And he, Qin Tian, disregarded life and death, and moved forward bravely, what was he so bold for? Is it really for the great flames, for the world? If it is true, then he must be a respectable and trustworthy person in this life, and he is the same robe, which is really the luck of three lives.
With accurate intelligence, the Flame Army did not take half a detour, and traveled all the way, and the first stop was to meet the Wuguo City Defense Army. In the territory of Tianchu, Pingdingshan, at this time, the infantry corps of 35,000 people in Wuguo City has just converged with the thousands of cavalry who fled back, the whole army is sad, the main general is captured, the cavalry is defeated, and listening to the words of these defeated cavalry soldiers, the cavalry of Dayan is like a divine soldier descending from the sky, invulnerable, extremely brave, and difficult to defeat.
However, the order of the king of Chu did not dare to disobey, although the future was dangerous, but he still had to go. But the speed of the march, naturally did not dare to follow Xiang Tianxiao's previous order, advance at full speed, slow down, and wait until the main army arrives, as long as they merge into the army, they will be relatively safe, this is the current idea of the army commander after Wuguo City, so he ordered the army to camp in place and rest.
Twenty miles away, an iron-blooded beast was quietly approaching. The ranger battalion was in front, and with its sheer speed, if it spotted the enemy probing horses, it would take it immediately, and there would be no escape. The rear army of Wuguo City, which is completely unaware of the danger, is still repairing with peace of mind.
The soldiers of the cavalry battalion who came back from the rout seemed to hear the rumbling sound of horses' hooves again, and immediately looked around, and asked their companions if the Great Yan cavalry had caught up again, and others were still laughing at him for being frightened by the Great Yan cavalry. But in the blink of an eye, the faces of the soldiers who laughed at him changed, because in the distance, although they saw men and horses, they saw the dust flying in the sky, which was the flying dust brought up by the charge of tens of thousands of cavalry!
When the enemy attacked, the entire battalion immediately boiled and prepared for battle. And the cavalry soldiers who fled back in rout acted the fastest, and immediately rushed to the back of the camp, looking at the posture, there was a possibility of escaping at any time, they were really afraid of being killed, and the concept of the Great Yan cavalry, invincible, had been carved into the depths of their hearts.
There was no suspense, and after several rushes and kills, the defense army of Wuguo City was defeated on all fronts, lost their armor, and fled in the direction of Wuguo City. After repairing on the spot, the Flame Army continued to attack.
With a quick victory, as concocted, three days, three fierce battles, successively defeated the 130,000 troops of Wuguo, Wuping, and Wusui three cities. At the same time, the cavalry of the Zhenwei Army also successfully defeated the Wulai City Defense Army and successfully returned to the Tiger Prison Pass.
Coupled with the cavalry led by Xiang Tianxiao, who had been defeated before, the 200,000 troops in the four cities in the eastern border of Tianchu were defeated on all fronts. Qin Tian raided with 40,000 cavalry and successfully disintegrated Tianchu's 200,000 army, effectively reducing the pressure on the defense of Tiger Pass.