Chapter 267: The Family and the Imperial Court join forces
Under the rule of the three places to recuperate, Yunyi did not forget to pay attention to the progress of the war in the outside world.
In April, taking advantage of the fact that Yuan Hao, the leader of the Guangming Sect, led the main force of the Guangming Army to attack Suzhou, the Wangsun coalition army in Laizhou and the imperial counterinsurgency army led by Guo Wei in Linzhou all attacked the territory of Tongzhou.
With the increase in the strength of the Wang-Sun coalition army and the rebel army, the situation in the southern part of Tongzhou and the eastern part of Tongzhou, where Tongzhou City is located, is precarious, and if this continues, I am afraid that the two places will be captured by the enemy.
As a last resort, Yuan Hao, who was about to drive the Suzhou family coalition army to a dead end, could only divide his troops into two routes, one was led by the Great Elder 70,000 (50,000, plus 20,000 to resist the Guangming Army of the Qinzhou Army that entered Suzhou), and Yuan Hao personally led 100,000 troops back to aid Tongzhou.
The Wangsun coalition army, Guo Wei's counterinsurgency army, and the Qinzhou army all received news that Yuan Hao led the army to come back to help, but the three parties did not have the idea of withdrawing their troops, but instead transferred troops to Tongzhou as much as possible, intending to completely wipe out the Guangming army.
Laizhou, Qinzhou, and Linzhou are the three states adjacent to Suzhou and Tongzhou, and the Laizhou family, the Linzhou court, and the Qinzhou family all know that once the Guangming Army cannot be eliminated this time, it will be easy to break through each of the three states when the Guangming Army recovers.
Suzhou is an example, if it weren't for the three parties to force the Bright Army to come back to help, I am afraid that it would not be long before the Bright Army would wipe out the Suzhou Family Alliance or drive it out of Suzhou, so that the area controlled by the Bright Sect would reach two states, and it would be even more difficult to eliminate the Bright Sect at this time, so the three parties sent a large army to attack Tongzhou and Suzhou regardless of their own strength consumption.
Secretly, the three parties officially joined forces to mobilize the army as much as possible to encircle and suppress the Light Army.
In early May, Yuan Hao led 100,000 Guangming troops into the eastern area of Tongzhou, and after learning the news, Guo Wei immediately ordered the 130,000 counterinsurgency army to retreat, away from the Tongzhou City area.
Before, it was because of the small number of Guangming troops in Tongzhou City, all Guo Wei dared to besiege it, and now 100,000 Guangming troops are coming, Guo Wei does not dare to stay any longer, you must know that the Guangming Army led by Yuan Hao is the real elite, although it has not reached the point of a hundred battles, but most of the soldiers have experienced at least ten battles, and under the tempering of the battlefield, and supported by faith, its strength can be imagined.
Yuan Hao led 100,000 Guangming troops to Tongzhou City, and did not continue to chase the official army, from the north of Suzhou non-stop back to the east of Tongzhou, the soldiers are very tired, this time need to rest.
However, within two days, the city of Fangling was broken by the Wangsun coalition army, and the entire southern part of Tongzhou fell into the hands of the Wangsun coalition army, and after the 90,000 Wangsun coalition army captured the southern part of Tongzhou, they quickly waved their troops to the east of Tongzhou, wanting to destroy the main force of the Guangming Army led by Yuan Hao together with Guo Wei's counterinsurgency army.
The Wang-Sun coalition army was 90,000, and the counterinsurgency army led by Guo Wei was 130,000, and the two sides combined were 220,000, while Yuan Hao's troops were only 115,000 at this time, the former was almost twice as large as the latter, and Yuan Hao was in a difficult situation.
Although the Guangming Army is elite, it can't stand too many enemies, and for the time being, Yuan Hao can only defend the city, in this case.
In mid-May, the Qinzhou Dongfang clan and the Lin clan continued to send 10,000 additional horses and horses each into Suzhou, bringing the strength of the Qinzhou family alliance in Suzhou to more than 46,000 people.
Secretly, the Qinzhou family alliance and the Suzhou coalition army that was driven to the northeast of Suzhou by the Guangming Army got in touch, and after discussion, the two sides finally decided to send troops together to defeat the Guangming Army in Suzhou with all their might.
Just entered the end of May, the last nearly 70,000 horses of the Suzhou family coalition army poured out, and more than 46,000 people of the seven states family alliance army also launched a fierce attack on the Guangming army in Suzhou, the Guangming army was attacked on both sides, and was quickly defeated, and finally the great elder could only lead the remaining more than 40,000 Guangming troops to retreat to Tongzhou in the south, and the Suzhou family alliance army and the Qinzhou family alliance army were in pursuit.
At the end of May, the Great Elder led 30,000 remnants of the army to flee back to Tongzhou City, followed by the 55,000 Suzhou Shijia Coalition Army and the 35,000 Qinzhou Shijia Coalition Army with the Laizhou Shijia Coalition Army and the counterinsurgency army to surround Tongzhou City, the total strength of the Quartet Alliance Army has exceeded 300,000, but the Guangming Army in Tongzhou City is less than 150,000.
The Quadripartite Coalition Army besieged Tongzhou City but did not attack, there were more than 140,000 people in Tongzhou City, the Bright Army had sufficient food and grass, and the Quadripartite Coalition Army wanted to conquer Tongzhou City, at least for more than half a year, so the Quadripartite Coalition Army besieged Tongzhou City without attacking, on the one hand, a large number of craftsmen were mobilized from the rear to make trebuchets, siege vehicles and other siege equipment, and attacked Tongzhou City with long-range weapons such as trebuchets and bed crossbows, on the other hand, the Quadripartite Coalition Army sent part of its troops deep into Tongzhou to completely wipe out the small group of Guangming Army that fled to various parts of Tongzhou.
By the end of July, there were few and far between-numbered Bright Army of more than 1,000 men in Tongzhou, and only a few small groups of Bright Army of a few dozen or a few hundred men fled everywhere and attacked the Quadripartite Coalition Army from time to time, but the number of Bright Army was too small to cause much trouble to the Quadripartite Coalition Army.
In Tongzhou City, Yuan Hao is already white-haired and old, you must know that Yuan Hao is a congenital grandmaster, and he is not yet sixty years old this year.
Thinking that at the beginning, Yuan Hao led the Bright Sect to rise up in high spirits, but now the Bright Sect has fallen into danger, Yuan Hao never thought that there would be such a day, he confidently believed that before his yang life was exhausted, the world would be controlled by the Bright Sect.
However, things have exceeded Yuan Hao's imagination, indeed, at the beginning of the Guangming Sect's uprising, the Guangming Sect had the potential to sweep the world, but unfortunately Yuan Hao misestimated the heritage of the family, and when the family transformed their family heritage into strength, it was much more difficult for the Bright Sect to conquer the city, and even the Guangming Army in some areas was wiped out by the family army, such as Zezhou, and Yuanzhou.
With the passage of time, in the competition between the Bright Sect and the family, in addition to the general rudder of the Bright Sect, the Bright Army in other regions has slowly fallen into disadvantage, and the situation is more and more unfavorable to the Bright Sect The older it gets, the more unfavorable it will be, and if the Bright Sect wants to control the world (the Great Li Empire), it has become a joke, and it is impossible to say that those families have to thank him Yuan Hao, and the family has the opportunity to win the throne.
In order to change this declining trend, Yuan Hao gathered the Suzhou Guangming Army and the Laizhou Guangming Army, and only improved slightly after defeating Guo Wei's counterinsurgency army, but now, there are only three areas left in the Guangming Sect's activities: Tongzhou, Huizhou, and Xinzhou, and Tongzhou is only a city with Tongzhou City left.
In the face of the 300,000 enemy troops outside the city, Yuan Hao did not have no way to deal with them at all, but the price was very high, and the high cost made Yuan Hao undecided......