War, lasting, long!

Even before the war began, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the atmosphere had become extremely solemn and cold, as if the smell of killing was spreading in the air.

However, before the war, no matter how the coalition forces tested each other and showed their muscles, the spies of the two armies still shuttled through the Jiangbei area, closely monitoring each other's movements.

At this moment, like on the eve of a volcanic eruption, both sides are gathering forces and need to be fully deployed. Once enough power is gathered, when it suddenly erupts, it will be overwhelming, destroying countless lives!

Whether it is the generals of the coalition army, Han Zhitong, Zhang Yuting and others, or the Yan army, Lin Feng, Wen Jishi and others, they all know this truth, especially in the war that is about to break out, it will determine the pattern of the north and the south.

The generals on both sides, whoever dares to take it lightly, will joke with the lives of the whole army and the country's foundation, and in the end, they will inevitably pay a heavy price!

With this kind of ending, Han Zhitong can't afford to be responsible, and Lin Feng can't afford to be responsible!

After several days of testing each other, reconnaissance, and surveillance, when the Shu spies brought back all the maps of the north from Jiangbei, the generals of the coalition army quickly deployed, and after determining the clear direction of attack, they seemed to forget that they had been defeated by the Yan army before.

Soon, the menacing coalition army, which was ready to teach a lesson and weaken the strength of the Yan State, took the lead in starting to act, preparing to land directly, and in one go, through the defense line of the Yan army, breaking into the southern hinterland of the Yan State, attacking the city and expanding the power.

In the early morning of the same day, Han Zhitong summoned the generals to find out the opinions of the generals in the cabin, and took the opportunity to boost the morale of the generals, so that the generals whose morale was like a rainbow had more and more strong intentions to fight in their hearts, and they took the initiative to ask for help.

According to the news sent back by the Shu army and the topographic map of Yanguo in Jiangbei, Han Zhitong made careful arrangements and quickly issued military orders, and the army directly approached the bank of Jiangbei and prepared to log in and fight.

Under an order, Wen Zhiming and Wu Jieshao led the troops of Cai and Shu to land in Luedang, passed through the southern counties, sent troops to Luyang Pass, attacked the Yan army from the east, and led the army to invade the eastern part of the Yan State.

Ordered Zhang Yuting and Wang Zhengwen to lead the troops of Yue and Wu to land from Luedang, enter the western front, point to Shiyan City, and if possible, pass through the Yandang Mountain Fish Intestine area, and approach the northwest hinterland of Yan State.

He personally led the Xuanjia Army of Chu State, attacked from the middle road, pointed to Guangling City, where the main force of the Yan Army was located, and prepared to look for opportunities, take the initiative to collide with the main force of the Yan Army, test and analyze the strength of the Yan Army, the ultimate goal, occupy Luoyi, ensure that the forces of Chu State take root in the Central Plains, and lay the foundation for the future Chu Army to move north.

The three-way army, divided into troops to attack, each other as horns, mutual assistance, mutual support, the formation of a strong situation that can be attacked, retreat can be defended.

Han Zhitong believed that among the three armies, any defeat of the passive defense of the Yan army, and the timely rescue of the Yan army in other places, would change the deployment of the Yan army, which would directly affect the defense of the Yan State on all fronts.

Of course, he also knows that if the same thing happens to the coalition forces, it will also directly change the attack posture of the coalition forces on all fronts, and it is very likely that the active offensive will become a passive defense.

However, he was full of confidence, believing that even though the Yan army galloped in the vast plains in the north, there were few opponents who could thwart the opponent's edge, but when the Xuanjia army of the Chu State set foot on this land, everything would begin to change.

For a time, thousands of warships were speeding forward on the river, their sails facing the river breeze, whirring, like mighty giants, running on the river.

After thousands of sails, the coalition bandits seemed to have landed and forcibly entered the territory of the Yan army.

The reeds swung area was flooded with coalition forces all at once!

Under the scorching sun, the black pressure pressure coalition army slowly moved forward, the armor refracted the light was particularly conspicuous, all kinds of simple siege defense equipment, mixed in the coalition army, the other party moved forward openly, not afraid of Jiangbei pillow Ge waiting for the Yan army!

Not far from the reeds, Feng Yi and Tuoba Yu led hundreds of thousands of Yan troops, although the number was less than the Jiangnan coalition army, but they were well prepared in advance, insisted on relying on terrain and defense, and took the lead in blocking the coalition army.

This battle is particularly important to the Yan army, and it is a matter of life and death, so Feng Yi and Tuoba Yu dare not take it lightly!

The place where they garrisoned was called Erlong Mountain, located in the extreme south of Yan State, at the junction of the Danjiang River and the Yangtze River in Yunzhou County, more than 300 li away from Hanyang City, the capital of Yunzhou County, and four or five hundred li away from Guangling City, where Lin Feng led the army to station.

The reason why it is called Erlong Mountain is because in the south of Yanghu City behind the reeds, two mountain beams stretch for hundreds of miles in the Jiangbei Plain, the mountain beams are narrow and long from east to west, like two stranded dragons, lying horizontally in the south of Yanghu City, the mountain boulders are numerous, one by one it is like a knife splitting axe, skinny, steep, and looks domineering.

The boulders in the mountains make the mountains look very dangerous, but the mountain trend is more powerful, the two mountain beams are intertwined with each other, and there is no difference between the two water dragons and the mortal world, forming a mountain road with more than six or seven thousand steps.

The trees and protruding rocks on both sides of the mountain look like the scales erected on the belly of a giant dragon, making the mountain road not seen by daylight all year round, quiet and dark and damp, and it is very terrifying to cross through it, making people shudder.

On the left side of Erlong Mountain, because of the convergence of the Danjiang River and the Yangtze River, a large number of swamps are formed, and only the reeds on the right side can be forcibly marched, but this area is not very large, and hundreds of thousands of coalition troops are clustered at once, which is particularly compact, and it is difficult for the army to form a real combat formation.

It's a pity, somehow, even though Erlong Mountain was once the gateway for Zheng to defend against the southern princes, but the mountain road is wide and only six or seven miles away, when Zheng is strong, he can rely on superior forces to hold Erlong Mountain and severely damage the southern invasion troops.

However, when the Zheng State was weakened, the southern armies were strong, and even if the Zheng army cooperated with the terrain of Erlong Mountain, it was often unable to hold the southern gateway.

Especially two years ago, the State of Chu once crossed the Yangtze River through the State of Cai, and in the defense of the Zheng army, it still forcibly broke through Erlong Mountain and broke into the hinterland of the Zheng State.

If it weren't for the war between the vassal states later, the place occupied by Chu was lonely in the north of the river, Xiong Wu was worried that the war in the north would involve Chu State, and the Chu army took the initiative to withdraw from Zheng State.

This time, the defenders of Erlongshan have changed, and the generals of the Chu army have also changed, and Han Zhitong is full of confidence and can easily cross the Erlongshan mountain road, even if there is a Yan army defense, it is not a problem.

However, Feng Yi, who planned to follow the direction of the mountain and rely on the mountain road for defense, was also full of confidence, and with the difficulty of relying on the direction of Erlong Mountain, he could hold on to it for a long time and block the five-nation alliance army in the narrow area between Luedang and Erlong Mountain.

Look for opportunities to inflict heavy losses on coalition forces in a small area.

At this time, Feng Yi and Tuoba Yu stood on the top of the mountain, sixty or seventy zhang high, standing with swords, staring at the tiger and looking at the south.

Because Feng Yi arrived at Erlong Mountain earlier, because he knew that the coalition army was menacing, and because he knew that the defense of Erlong Mountain was not perfect, he quickly sent people to form a defensive front when he arrived at Erlong Mountain.

In the past few days, while the coalition forces have not yet landed on the north shore, Feng Yi has almost all deployed!

Not long ago, the spies sent back the news, saying that the coalition forces had landed one after another, coming from the reeds to the direction of Erlong Mountain, as the generals of the defenders, Feng Yi and Tuoba Yu did not dare to be sloppy at all.

Looking at the coalition camp as a whole, slowly moving forward, hundreds of thousands of troops, causing an extremely powerful visual impact.

Tuoba Yu couldn't help but gasp, and tightly clutched the horse chopping knife in his hand and said to Feng Yi: "General Feng, the coalition army is menacing, it looks like it's not easy to stop, this battle is bound to be a vicious battle!" ”

He has participated in many big battles and fought hard, but he has never encountered more than 600,000 coalition troops like today, if the opponent's whole army attacks, whether he can defend Erlong Mountain and block the opponent's edge, it is difficult to predict at present!

"No matter how strong the coalition army is, without the emperor's order, I am afraid that all the cavalry under you and I will be wiped out, and the coalition army will not be able to advance half a step!" Feng Yi's tone was very firm, and he said without hesitation, the coalition army is very strong, but in the battle of Shiyan City, the Yan army defeated hundreds of thousands of coalition troops, and it was not in vain.

What's more, after the fall of Zheng Guo, he personally led hundreds of thousands of troops to fight and had rich experience in attack and defense. Although he was also worried about Han Zhitong's methods, he was not panicked.

Therefore, after briefly answering Tuoba Yu's question, Feng Yihu always stared at the coalition forces advancing in front of him, and he did not believe that after the coalition troops landed, they would launch an attack on Erlong Mountain without stopping.

Han Zhitong led the coalition forces to take the lead in landing and personally reconnoitring the terrain of the Reedang area, and soon he found that the Reedang area was too narrow and extremely difficult to garrison for a long time, let alone launch a large-scale campaign here.

Therefore, without stopping for a moment, Han Zhitong led the coalition army to move forward in the direction of the Erlongshan Mountain Road, preparing to personally observe the deployment of the Yan army from a distance.

He knew in his heart that Erlong Mountain was the reeded area, the gateway to the Central Plains, in the past, the Zheng army defended Erlong Mountain, Zheng Guo perished, and the Yan army would definitely defend Erlong Mountain, especially when the coalition army was menacing, the defense of Erlong Mountain may become more and more comprehensive.

Fortunately, two years ago, the Chu army had conquered Erlong Mountain, this time, the troops who invaded the north were also in the army, after understanding, with the map, Han Zhitong still understands the terrain of Erlong Mountain.

Erlong Mountain has a mountain road defense, which seems to be able to do a lot of work and reject the southern army from the hinterland of the Central Plains, but the southern army conquered Erlong Mountain and broke into the Central Plains.

According to his understanding, the trend of Erlong Mountain is extremely special, although the strange rocks in the mountain are craggy, and it looks extremely steep, in fact, the north and south sides of Erlong Mountain are gentle slopes, and it is difficult to form a comprehensive defense, regardless of cavalry or infantry, they can attack.

Especially for the infantry, it seems to have more advantages than the cavalry, so for many years, the southern army entered the Central Plains often had two routes, either pretending to attack the mountain, but in fact transferring troops from the mountain road, or feintting to attack the mountain road, but taking the opportunity to attack from the hillside.

No matter what the method, most of them are vivid attacks, and the method of avoiding the important and trivializing them will be extremely high in the coming years.

At this moment, looking at the hillside Han Zhitong is very difficult, there is no grass on the surface of the hillside in early spring, if the Yan army takes the opportunity to lurk, the plan is bound to be exposed, if the coalition forces forcibly attack, the Yan cavalry is condescending, swooping down, the impact force, mobility will be brought into full play, no matter how strong the mountain attacking infantry is, I am afraid that there will be no chance of defense.

Therefore, at present, it seems that the coalition forces can only pass through the mountain road and take the opportunity to transfer their forces.

However, since the coalition army landed in Luedang, there has been no trace of the Yan army, which is not in line with the convention, after all, when the coalition army landed, the defense was very weak, and the Yan army should take the opportunity to attack and attack the coalition army.

It's a pity that even if he personally led the coalition army to move in the direction of Erlong Mountain, he neither saw the Yan army's defense in the hillside, nor did he see the trace of the Yan army in the mountain road, and it was obvious that the other party's generals were also masters of using troops.

The Yan army was stationed in Erlong Mountain, but there was no trace, which made it difficult for people to guess the deployment and defense of the other party, and to test the intention of the Yan army, it was necessary to forcibly attack the mountain road and the southern slope of Erlong Mountain, and force out the traces of the Yan army, so as to determine the defense plan deployed by the Yan army.

Without hesitation, Han Zhitong summoned Zhang Yuting, Wang Zhengwen, Wu Jieshao, and Wen Zhiming to discuss, preparing to try to launch a tentative attack, otherwise, when the Yan army's defense situation was not clear, a rash attack would be no different from breaking into an unknown area full of jackals, tigers and leopards for the coalition army.

As a commander, as a general who once had a brilliant record, he would never allow himself to make such low-level mistakes and joke with the lives of the officers and men of the three armies.

The five generals gathered, Han Zhitong did not mention it, Wang Zhengwen, the four generals, raised their eyes and looked at Erlongshan, and then looked at Han Zhitong, the four of them probably understood what the other party meant.

Wu Jieshao took the lead in asking: "General Han, what are your plans, I suggest that after the formation of the army is stabilized, attack strongly!" ”

Erlongshan is the gateway of the Yan State in Jiangbei, and its importance is self-evident, and in the absence of the deployment of the Yan army, Wu Jieshao also believes that the strong attack can expose the traces of the other party.

"General Han, if the territory of Yan is captured according to the prior agreement, and the vassal states divide the land of Yan according to the number of military achievements, I request that as a vanguard, take the initiative to fight, lead the troops of Shu State, and seize control of Erlong Mountain." Wen Zhiming stepped forward and took the initiative to ask.

Erlongshan is very far away from Shu's territory in Jiangbei, but he wants to open up Erlongshan and Shu's territory, at that time, the two regions will be connected together, even if the southern vassal states extend their power to the Central Plains, and even the north, Shu will only need to block the Jiangbei portal, and the vassal states will be able to close the door and beat the dog.

So, he wants to strike first.

Hearing this, Han Zhitong glanced at Wen Zhiming, then looked at Zhang Yuting and Wang Zhengwen, and asked: "General Zhang, General Wang, what about you, in the war, everyone relies on their means, and when the war is over, divide the land, and everyone relies on military merits." ”

"Since General Wen took the initiative to ask for battle, I will not compete with General Wen. It is hoped that General Wen will lead the troops to victory. Zhang Yuting said, the new defeat of the Vietnamese army, even Hu Weiyue, who led the army, was captured alive, and he would not take the initiative to make a move before he confirmed the strength of the Yan army with his own eyes.

Wang Zhengwen also said: "Erlong Mountain is the southern gateway of Yan Kingdom, if General Wen can conquer it alone, I will not participate." If General Wen is struggling, I can help him! ”