Chapter 822 Dilemma, Besieged (4,000 Words)

In the handsome tent, Han Zhitong's eyes were focused on Zhang Yuting, the general of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, for the interests of the empire, decided to take the initiative to evacuate.

At this moment, only Zhang Yuting, the general of the Vietnamese army, has not yet set an example.

Although Chu Yue had contradictions, he was at odds with Zhang Yuting, and when the rebels left, he still had great expectations for Zhang Yuting, hoping that the other party would choose to support him.

Moreover, among the five alliance forces, Chu Yue is the most fierce, if the Yue army stays, even if there is no Shu, Cai and Wu armies, the number of the army is reduced, but it is more and more elite, and it is also qualified to fight with the Yan army.

Besides, the life and death of the Yue Yunshan troops on the Eastern Front is confusing, what if the news sent back by the spies is a rumor?

It's a pity that the answer given by Zhang Yuting disappointed Han Zhitong, and he only heard the other party say in a light tone: "General Han, the five-nation alliance is all for their own national interests, when their respective national interests are threatened or harmed, I think General Han will also insist on choosing national interests, so Yue Guo will also go west to ensure that the interests of Yue Guo are not harmed." ”

Even Zhang Yuting didn't want to pay for Han Zhitong's adventure, even if Han Zhitong understood that the price of hundreds of thousands of lives, Zhang Yuting couldn't afford it!

However, when he was in danger, the situation of betrayal and separation of relatives still made Han Zhitong unbearable, and he only felt a feeling of betrayal.

Gloomy and sad, his expression was indifferent, he didn't say anything anymore, stared at the generals who turned around and left one by one, for a long time, and said to Chen Dongyu in a light tone: "General Chen, quickly reorganize the army, send spies, quickly reconnoiter the movements of the blade soldiers, and find out the whereabouts of General Yue." ”

"General rest assured, within two days, there will be news of General Yue and the Yan army!" Chen Tongyu said loudly.

At this moment, all the generals of the four countries led their troops away, which made Chen Dongyu feel seriously humiliated, and he was angry in his heart, even more so than being defeated by Yan Qi.

At noon, the four armies of Wu Yue and Cai Shu quickly moved to the west, empty in the camp, and the Chu army was stationed in place, lonely, empty, and a little depressed.

Regardless of whether the coalition forces are divided or united, the starting point is to strive for the annihilation of the Yan army under the condition of preserving the living forces.

Therefore, when the union fails to achieve the desired goal, dissolution is inevitable.

The generals of various countries are not responding passively, on the contrary, they are actively preparing for war and striving to obtain greater benefits.

The army was divided, and in order to determine the traces of the blade warriors, various armies sent a large number of spies to investigate the movements of the Yan army in detail, hoping to grasp the movements of the blade warriors in a short time.

If it is said that the generals of the coalition forces at the beginning did not know the strength of the blade warriors, when the Yue Yunshan army was completely annihilated, and Wen Zhiming intentionally or unintentionally publicized it, so that the generals probably knew the strength of the blade warriors.

Especially Wen Zhiming's sentence, when the legions encountered by the coalition army were not the most elite troops of the Yan army, they were even more panicked about the Yan army.

As they marched along the way, the coalition generals continued to strengthen their defenses and sent more spies to guard against the Yan army that could appear on all sides at any time and to avoid unnecessary casualties.

Fortunately, everything was smooth, and on the way to the west, no trace of the Yan army was found for the time being, which made the nervous and worried generals relax a little.

Two days later, the Chu army stationed north of Yuecheng and the four-nation alliance army advancing west received news about the blade soldiers.

The news was far worse than imagined, the Yan army led the blade soldiers, not only defeated the Chu army under Yue Yunshan, but also defeated the troops transporting grain from the coalition army on the way south, completely cutting off the grain route of the coalition army.

Emperor Yan personally led the blade warriors, and the momentum came from the south, like the water of the Yangtze River, hitting the north bank and spreading inland.

Yuecheng, Han Zhitong was the first to get the news, and after browsing the news, his body shook slightly, his face turned pale in an instant, he covered his chest and gasped heavily, and his heart almost collapsed.

He believed in Yue Yunshan's ability and the combat effectiveness of the Xuanjia soldiers, but he did not believe that the bladed soldiers would defeat the Chu army.

It's a pity that the facts are exactly the opposite of what he expected, the Xuanjia soldiers were defeated, Yue Yunshan was captured alive, and the blade warriors won a complete victory.

What's more, the blade warriors went south, first robbed the coalition army of grain and grass, and then cut off the coalition army's food route, which made the situation of the coalition army suddenly become very bad and in a very terrible position.

For the Xuanjia soldiers under his command, they were even more attacked by the Yan army from the north and south, and the army was isolated.

In a word, the defeat of the Yue Yunshan Army made the situation on the battlefield change dramatically.

As an outstanding general, a general who once created the myth of invincibility, Han Zhitong still hasn't figured out how Lin Feng learned the news of Yue Yunshan, and how could he lead his troops south under the close monitoring of the coalition spies?

If the blade warriors went south from Yan Kingdom, and the coalition forces were scattered in the southern part of Yan Kingdom, how could they not be detected.

Could it be that the Blade Warriors flew over the Yannan region?

His overconfidence in Yue Yunshan and the Xuanjia soldiers led to the more than 100,000 Xuanjia soldiers under his command, and suddenly, they were in a very dangerous position.

At this moment, there was a strong army in the north, but the south was blocked, and the grain route was blocked, Han Zhitong did not dare to delay at all, and discussed with Chen Dongyu for a short time, and led more than 100,000 Chu troops under his command to the western front to pursue the four-nation coalition army.

Before, he was betting that blocking Yue Yunshan would not fail, but unfortunately the bet was wrong, resulting in the Chu army completely becoming a lone army after the main force of the coalition army withdrew.

What's even more terrifying, Emperor Yan personally led 100,000 blade warriors to easily defeat 150,000 Xuanjia soldiers, and his strength was terrifying, I dare not imagine.

It also shows that the opponent's troops have the strength to defeat his legions, so if they do not flee quickly, the damage of the Chu army will become more and more serious.

Once 350,000 Xuanjia soldiers were buried in the Yan State, even if Xiong Kui led the troops to land on the Eastern Front and successfully defeated the Yan army, it would be a very terrible solution for the Chu State.

At this moment, if the Xuanjia soldiers want to preserve their strength, he must lead the legion to catch up with the Four-Nation Alliance non-stop, otherwise, if he encounters Yan Cai, things will become very terrible, and it may lead to the end of his military career.

The coalition forces heading to the Western Front, after receiving the exact news of the defeat of the Yueyunshan Army, the generals of the four countries met briefly and prepared to quickly go to Shu to have forces in Jiangbei, and then led the army south and crossed the river to return home.

The Five Kingdoms attacked Yan, the coalition army was defeated repeatedly, and this time, 150,000 Xuanjia soldiers were completely annihilated, and they saw the true combat effectiveness of the Yan army.

Insisting on fighting in the north will not do the coalition forces any good, on the contrary, it will continue to lose troops.

They thoroughly understood that even the Xuanjia soldiers were not the opponents of the Yan cavalry, and the coalition army must not easily fight against the Yan army before there was an effective solution, otherwise, the land battle would become the grave of the coalition army.

On the contrary, if the coalition forces move to the south, they can take advantage of the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and if the Yan army goes south and surging the Yangtze River, it will be the grave of the Yan cavalry.

Moreover, there are many rivers, lakes and seas in the south, and every place may make the Yan army lose its troops.

In addition, in the battle of the Northern Expedition, the coalition army lost hundreds of thousands of troops, and it took two or three years to recover before it had a chance to continue fighting the Yan army.

Zhang Yuting, Wang Zhengwen, and Wu Jieshao quickly crossed the river to the south, preparing to train a new army to fight against the Yan cavalry, but Wen Zhiming wanted to leave the coalition army behind to jointly resist the Yan army and strive to keep the Jiangbei forces.

Wen Zhiming's heart is like a mirror, Shu and Yan took the initiative to split, but they fought against Yan with the coalition army, which undoubtedly stabbed the hornet's nest.

This time the coalition army was defeated, the Yan army was attracted to the western front, and the Jiangbei forces would definitely become a new battlefield, if there was no coalition army to assist, the Shu army was afraid that it would be difficult to fight against the Yan cavalry.

More importantly, if the Yan army has the opportunity to cross the river, Shu will hang alone in the west, and it will inevitably become the target of the Yan army's first attack.

After thinking about it, Wen Zhiming didn't have any solution, on the contrary, he had a feeling that stealing chickens and rice would not be lost.

In the south, Lin Feng, who came with a murderous spirit, led the troops to the north quickly, and in his expectation, the Five Nations Alliance Army learned that the Yue Yunshan Army was defeated, and it should actively prepare for a decisive battle with the Yan army.

At that time, the Yan army went all out to defeat the coalition forces in a battle, once and for all, and turned to purge the remnants of the forces on all sides.

Unfortunately, when he received the news, the coalition forces fled and withdrew to the western front, which made him extremely annoyed and felt that the coalition forces were too incompetent, so that the Yan army lost a great opportunity to completely annihilate the coalition forces.

The situation deviated slightly from his prediction, according to his plan, the war was over, and the majority of the Yan army should gather on the border of Yan and Song, so as to pass through the Song State, arrive at Yandong, attack Xiong Kui, and quell the military rebellion in Yandong.

Now the situation is diametrically opposite, a large number of Yan cavalry will gather on the western front, Chen soldiers and Yanshu border.

Fortunately, things are not as bad as imagined, although the situation is not as expected, but if a little transfer of troops, it will still develop in the direction of the Yan army, and more importantly, he does not need to dispatch troops, but he can sweep the forces of Shu in Jiangbei in one fell swoop, and teach the other party a heavy lesson.

For a long time, Lin Feng regarded Shu as a springboard for Yan to enter the south, even if the Yan army did not have a warship, with the help of Shu sailors, it could still easily enter the south.

At the juncture, Shu State reversed course and joined forces with the southern princes to cut down Yan, which brought a lot of harm to Yan State, seeing that the situation was getting better and better, and the destruction of Shu was about to be gradually put on the agenda.

However, the current task of the Yan army is to annihilate the coalition army first, especially the annihilation of the Chu army, as Lin Shuying said, capture the thief and capture the king first, teach the Chu State a hard lesson, and seriously weaken the strength of the Chu State, and the other party will definitely be dormant.

This period is a good time for the Yan army to open up territory.

He has always acted neatly and neatly, without dragging his feet, and when he was sure of his thoughts, he sent spies to send letters to Zhao Hongru and others, striving for the rapid westward march of the army and the joint pursuit of the coalition army.

In addition, Hou Mingfeng's troops, who were blocking Chen's army on the eastern front, quickly marched into the Song State and moved directly to the east of Yan.

After that, for two consecutive days, in the southern region of Yan Kingdom, a thousand-mile pursuit situation was constantly staged, although the difference was hundreds of miles, the blade warriors did not pursue the Chu army in a short time, but the speed of the blade warriors' war horses still caused a very big panic to the Chu army.

During the march, whenever there was any abnormal movement, the Chu army would quickly prepare for battle and prepare to meet the enemy, which seemed to have a bit of a smell of wind and trees.

On the third day, the Blade Warrior spies had already pursued the traces of the Xuanjia Soldiers, and the Xuanjia Soldiers also seemed to be aware of the arrival of the Blade Soldiers.

After all, in the past two days, for the two armies of Yan and Chu, it is not only about speed, but also about intelligence, and the prediction of the battlefield situation by the generals of both sides.

However, the speed advantage of the Blade Warrior largely determines the situation.

When the distance between the two sides remained at about thirty miles, the blade warriors had become very calm and calm, like shepherd hunters, and gradually began to surround the Xuanjia soldiers.

When the Chu army learned that bladed warriors had appeared on all sides, many people were still in the dark, and it was not clear where this cavalry came from.

A few days ago, the army was suddenly withdrawn, and the reason for this is still unclear from the top and bottom of the Chu army, and the low-level soldiers only learned from the upper generals that the army needed a strategic shift.

To this day, it is still unclear that the coalition forces were split and the troops led by Yue Yunshan were wiped out.

Han Zhitong began to cheer up and didn't dare to be sloppy.

If he said that he didn't believe in the combat effectiveness of the Yan army before, in the battle of Yuecheng, the Chu army lost 60,000 troops, which began to make Han Zhitong pay attention to the Yan army again, and the destruction of the Yue Yunshan army taught him a deep lesson.

Times have changed, the Yan army is not the Yan army in the early years, and the Chu army is not the undefeated army that marched forward bravely and was invincible.

In addition, the northern and southern arms are different, no matter how fierce the Xuanjia soldiers are in the south, they are still in a weak state when they encounter Yan Cai.

At this time, the bladed soldiers who had eliminated the Yue Yunshan Legion a few days ago gradually began to encircle the Chu army, and he had no confidence to lead a force of more than 100,000 troops, and the battlefield had just won a new victory, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

However, to Han Zhitong's surprise, he ordered the whole army to cheer up and guard against a sneak attack by Yan Cai at any time, but unfortunately, for some reason, from the noon encounter between the two armies to the afternoon, and then through a difficult night, Yan Cai never launched an attack.

At first, the high-spirited Chu army, after day and night high-intensity vigilance, the extreme tension of the mind, before, the strong fighting spirit gradually disappeared, replaced by panic, worry, exhaustion, and gradually shrouded in everyone's hearts.

At this time, Han Zhitong probably guessed Yan Qi's intentions, Chen Tongyu looked tired, approached Han Zhitong angrily, and said softly: "General, Yan Jun is too bastard, deliberately consuming the spirit of our army!" It can't go on like this, otherwise, the situation will become more and more unfavorable for the Chu army. ”

Han Zhitong didn't know this truth, he was sure that after Yan Qi surrounded the Chu army, he didn't directly attack, it wasn't that the fighters were not good, it wasn't that the Chu army couldn't fight, on the contrary, the other party was definitely recovering his strength.

Destroying the Yue Yunshan Legion can be understated in words, but in actual combat, it will definitely take a lot of effort, and in addition, Yan Qi will definitely have serious physical exertion if he travels hundreds of miles for a long distance.

According to Lin Feng's shrewdness, he must have known the situation of Yan Cai, so the two armies contacted and did not directly attack.

At this moment, after a day and night of leisurely progress, Yan Cai's physical strength has been greatly recovered, and the Chu army is always vigilant and long-distance transfer for fear of being attacked by Yan Cai, which is enough to consume all their physical strength in a day and night.

The Chu army suddenly fell into a state of dilemma, escaping, 100% unable to escape, fighting, may not be able to beat.

Han Zhitong's expression completely condensed, like the frozen ice on the bark of the pine and cypress trees in the cold winter, and said to Chen Dongyu, who was complaining beside him: "Deploy secretly, find a suitable location, and take the initiative to ambush the Yan army!" ”