Chapter 1371: Abandon the city and flee
The battle was fought in a narrow and narrow official road, which was surrounded by mountains and rivers, and should have been peaceful and quiet, but the killing gradually began.
Yin Hong's blood is in the official road, dyed red next to the reeds, and the green reeds are like blood-colored remnants.
Feng Yi's two lieutenant generals, leading the troops from the north, stabbed into the body of the prey like a sharp knife and stirred fiercely.
Han Shankui led the troops to come to the rescue, as if he was a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, and he threw himself into the net.
At noon, Feng Yi led the iron cavalry not only to annihilate the surrounded Vietnamese army, but also to strike a counterattack and hit the reinforcements under Han Shankui.
By the way, he sent the army south, cut off the retreat of the Vietnamese army under Yan Hu, and forced Yan Hu to flee into the reeds in a hurry when Yan Hu's life and death were at stake, and escaped from the pursuit of the Yan army.
In six hours, nearly 60,000 Vietnamese troops were annihilated, and the passage to the Imperial City of Yue was opened, which was no different from Lin Feng's deployment.
The scorching sun went west, and the afterglow of the setting sun was sprinkled with blood-stained official roads, and the Yan army quickly cleaned up the battlefield, cleaned up the corpses of the Vietnamese army, retrieved the short arrows that could still be used, chopped the horses, and treated the wounded cavalry in the camp.
Rest for a night, the next day, the Yan army opened, Meng Kuo led the troops as the vanguard, Lin Feng, Feng Yi, Ju Wentai led the troops in the center, Feng Shihu broke off, and the army marched towards the imperial city of Yue.
The imperial capital of the Yue Kingdom.
Han Yanxi poured all the strength of the country into a vain attempt to resist the northern pace of the Yan army, and took away many literati and military generals in the imperial court. The affairs of the imperial court were left to the crown prince Han Rongguang to deal with.
Feng Yi and Ju Wentai led their troops to successfully annihilate 60,000 Vietnamese troops in the Huxiaoling area, and the news was quickly transmitted back to the palace the next day.
From Han Yanxi to Huangyu Mountain with heavy troops to set up defenses, Tiger Roaring Ridge has Han Shankui led the army to defend and guard the main road to the imperial city.
Therefore, Han Rongguang, Qin Qiong, Qin Yue, and a few officials of the prince's faction always firmly believed that Lin Feng would lead his troops to look for opportunities to fight the Yue army in the Osprey Crossing, Jinshakou, or Huangyushan areas, and would never travel long distances to the imperial capital.
What's more, coming from the south to Tiger Roaring Ridge is a must-pass place, with Han Shankui leading the army to defend, the Yan army does not want to kill.
How could a daydream be a daydream after all, and the Yan army still took it by surprise to annihilate the Tiger Roaring Ridge Vietnamese army and open up the passage from the south to the imperial city.
At the beginning, Han Rongguang received the news that Tiger Roaring Ridge was broken by the Yan army, and was lying on the soft couch with a beautiful woman drinking and having fun, not believing that the Yan army was coming.
However, at noon the next day, Han Shankui appeared at the south gate of the imperial capital with dozens of remnants with an embarrassed expression, and hurriedly arrived at the palace under the leadership of the guard general Qin Yue, and when he appeared in front of Han Rongguang, he was no longer interested in the beauty and wine in front of him.
In the palace, Han Shankui looked embarrassed, his cloak was scattered, his helmet had long since disappeared, his armor was tattered, and many places were stained red by the blood coming out of the wound.
His lips were chapped and bloodshot, and the whole person seemed to have just been brought back from the wasteland.
Han Rongguang sent the dancing girl singer next to him to leave, staring at Han Shankui in a daze, and asked in surprise: "General Han, did you encounter the Yan army in Tiger Roaring Ridge, or a group of wolves, how did you end up in such a situation, if it wasn't for General Qin Yue to bring you here, this king would treat you as a street corner called Huazi."
Han Shankui squirmed his lips slightly, and when Han Rongguang saw this, he ordered the waiter to pour a glass of warm wine and send it to Han Shankui.
After drinking the warm wine like a cow, Han Shankui's spirit eased a lot, and he saluted Han Rongguang with his fists, and said: "Your Highness, Emperor Yan, Emperor Yan led hundreds of thousands of Yan troops to kill from the official road of Tiger Roaring Ridge, and in the battle of Tiger Roaring Ridge, our army lost nearly 60,000 elite soldiers!"
Han Shankui still didn't understand why the Yan army was able to manage dozens of miles away not long after arriving at Huxiao Ridge, and even the spies he sent out didn't notice it at all.
However, it is undeniable that the Yan army did a good job of long-distance running, and its combat effectiveness was far from being comparable to that of the Vietnamese army.
Tiger Roaring Ridge was defeated, and he was convinced of the defeat.
Hearing this, Han Rongguang sat on the soft couch and stared at Han Shankui, then looked at Qin Yue, and said: "Losing the Tiger Roaring Ridge, the Yan army is coming from the south, we have no danger to defend, I am afraid that the only way to defend is to use the city in the imperial capital to defend."
"Your Highness, there are too many Yan troops, and there are not many defenders in the imperial capital, so it may be difficult to stop the edge of the Yan army. Han Shankui did not hesitate, and immediately suggested to Han Rongguang that he did not want the Vietnamese army to clash head-on with the Yan army and be killed as a lamb by the Yan army.
After all, in front of the nearly 300,000 Yan army, the 20,000 Vietnamese army is not enough for the other party to stuff their teeth, even if the people in the city are temporarily called on to participate in the war, how can a group of people without any combat experience stop the battle on the battlefield for many years.
When Han Rongguang heard this, he didn't answer directly, he turned his head to Qin Yue and asked, "General Qin, what do you think?"
"Your Highness, what General Han said is true, we have no chance of winning in the frontal battle with the Yan army, if the Yan army arrives to surround the imperial city, we don't even have any hope of rushing out of the imperial city, the last general proposes to avoid its edge, join the emperor, and think about it in the long run!" Qin Yue elaborated on his attitude.
He and Qin Qiong led the troops to defend the imperial city, and they didn't expect that the Yan army would break through the Tiger Roaring Ridge and kill them, so they didn't prepare for the war in advance, and they didn't have any good strategies in their hearts.
Han Rongguang was like a mirror to the situation in the city, and he had the idea of leading the troops to evacuate in advance, but he was afraid that he would lose the imperial city during the prison period, and he would be angrily reprimanded by the emperor, and even threatened his status in the East Palace.
When he was silent for a while, he raised his head and stared at Han Shankui and Qin Yue, and asked, "According to the speed of the new army of the Yan Army, do we have enough time to send a letter to the Emperor and ask about the Emperor's attitude, and then decide to evacuate?"
"Your Highness, more than 200,000 Yan troops, half of them are cavalry, half of them are mechanical troops, the marching speed is not slow, the imperial court has no time to send a letter to the emperor in Huangyu Mountain, waiting for the emperor's decision to evacuate. The mechanical army under Meng Kuo's tent opened the road and filled the bridge in the mountains and water, and seized the city as if it were on the ground, His Highness could not hesitate any longer!" Han Shankui looked anxious, and told Han Rongguang that the Yan army was equipped, for fear that Han Rongguang would hesitate and be killed by the Yan army in advance, and he had no chance of escaping from the imperial city.
"Your Highness, what General Han said is true, you can't hesitate anymore, and if you are late, things will change!" Qin Yue said loudly.
Hearing the sound, Han Rongguang got up from the soft couch, walked back and forth in front of the jade steps, and after a while, asked: "If you don't evacuate, can you ask Wu Jun for help and wait for the other party to come."
"Your Highness, Wu Jun is too busy to take care of himself, and he won't take care of us at all!" Han Shankui said bitterly: "If His Highness doesn't want to evacuate, he would rather live and die with the Imperial City, from this moment on, he should quickly prepare for war and prepare for a long-term struggle!"
Unexpectedly, Han Rongguang, who was hesitant, suddenly heard that Han Shankui claimed to be preparing for war for a long time, and couldn't help but say loudly: "What kind of war, there are only 20,000 Vietnamese troops in the city, how can we stop the Yan army, we must evacuate, what is the problem, this king personally pleads to his father, General Han, General Qin, you hurry up and prepare, and strive to go to Huangyu Mountain to meet our father before the Yan army arrives."
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