Chapter 396: One Win and One Defeat

"What? What did you say? Liaokou City was broken by the Liaodong Army? How can it be? Hearing the news, Zhao Xun couldn't believe it.

Liaokou City has Xue Lei's second army and 20,000 people left behind, and there is a strong city to defend, as long as you keep in mind that you don't take the initiative to go out of the city, how can it be broken by the Liaodong army?

"Back to the lord! The news has been confirmed that the Liao Tunnel City was broken, and only more than 10,000 people from the Second Mansion and Minzhuang escaped, and the rest died. Wei Dong, who was in charge of information statistics, whispered.

Zhao Xun's face was as gloomy as ink, and he said coldly: "How did the city break? Didn't Xue Lei obey my orders? Where are the remnants of the soldiers who fled the city? ”

"Back to the lord, the news is reported that it is because the Tatars in the city and the Liaodong army outside the city colluded, and when the Liaodong army attacked the city, they broke through the city gate from the inside. After all, the Liaodong Army, which guarded the four gates of nearly 100,000 soldiers, was besieged, and it was difficult to cover all of them with less than 50,000 soldiers. ”

Sighing slightly, Wei Dong continued: "In addition, after the Second Mansion led Xue Lei as the other soldiers, he died in the battle of Liao Tunnel City, which has been confirmed from the Eagle Eye Department of Liao Tunnel City, except for Xue Lei, nearly 30,000 soldiers were basically killed in battle. The main commander who escaped was the deputy general Zhang Meng, who first retreated to Changhe City, eighty miles south of the Liao Tunnel City, and defended the city. ”

"Fuck!" Zhao Xun slapped the table violently, and immediately slapped the teacup on the table to the ground.

"I regret not being at the beginning, I left the trouble!"

"Wei Dong, how far is the Sixth Mansion in the north from us?"

"One hundred and thirty miles!"

"Order, let them come and meet at once! Liaodongguo, it's very good......" Zhao Xun's tone was cold and abnormal.

"Let the generals come to the meeting!"

Not long after, the generals of the Guards Battalion, the Fifth Mansion and the 10,000 Minzhuang Army gathered in the commander's tent.

The generals who were beaming with joy in Andong City felt that the atmosphere was not right as soon as they entered the tent, Zhao Xun's face was gloomy, and Wei Dong and Su Ziyan, who were standing beside Zhao Xun, also had stern faces, and couldn't help but make the generals' hearts tighten, and put away their original smiles.

"I've seen the lord!" The generals saluted in unison.

"Seat!"

"I just got the news that the Liao Tunnel City was destroyed by the Liaodong Army; The inside and outside should be broken together. Nearly 30,000 people were killed in the Second Mansion and 20,000 people, and General Xue Lei was killed in battle! ”

As soon as Zhao Xun's voice fell, the generals were suddenly stunned, Andong City won a big victory, but Liao Tunnel City was defeated, this is really ......

"Lord, we want to avenge the brothers who died in battle, and my Fifth Mansion soldiers are willing to fight to the death with the Liaodong Army!"

The generals have petitioned angrily!

"The Sixth Army is about to arrive, we will converge together and go north with the army, I want to see if the Liaodong Army has the ability to do so. The most damned thing is the Yan people of Liao Tunnel City, who spared their lives at the beginning, but they didn't expect them to fight back and make my air force suffer heavy losses. If you don't avenge this revenge, you swear not to be a man! ”

"After all the generals go down, they should be prepared, and they must not be paralyzed by the victory of Andong City. The earth-shattering thunder is indeed sharp, but it is our soldiers who really defeat the enemy. ”

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Outside Changhe City, He Lou Yanzhao, the general of Liaodong Guozuo, pointed at Changhe City, which was not tall, and laughed proudly.

"You are generals, the Liao Tunnel City has been broken, as long as you take this city and destroy the remnants of the Xiaoguo army, Andong Mansion and even the East Three Mansions will belong to my Liaodong Kingdom. In the past, the Xiaoguo army killed my soldiers, and today, we want to annihilate the Xiaoguo army, and in the future, we will go south to Youzhou, and the land of Youzhou will be the territory of my Liaodong country. ”

"This is the work of General Zuo, and the little Changhe City will definitely surrender to the general's feet!"

"This is the work of the king, and I am only obeying the king's will." He Louyanzhao said modestly, but the arrogant look on his face was undoubtedly revealed. Without him, He Louyanzhao is still a member of the Liaodong royal family. Although Liaodong is a synthesis of many parts, the people of the royal family do the fastest thing is to do more work according to power. This time the defeat of the Xiaoguo army, the royal family is prosperous, as for the future throne in turn, the He Lou clan has no plan.

"Generals, we have been resting here for two days, and I think that the soldiers of the whole army are already impatient, so we will give the order to go down, break through this city, and indulge for three days!" He Louyan Zhaoyao pointed at Changhe Cheng and said loudly.

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Changhe City, at this moment there are more than 20,000 defenders in the city, but it is divided into four walls, but it is obvious that many soldiers are ordinary people, their shaking figures have been revealed, they are not soldiers who have experienced the battlefield.

"General, it seems that the Liaodong Army is preparing to attack the city!"

Zhang Meng, who had a white cloth tied to his arm and a bloody face, looked tired, and when he heard the report from his subordinates, he said in a deep voice: "Yes, it seems that Changhe City is difficult to protect...... It's a pity that the people in the city, the Liaodong army broke the city, and they were the ones who suffered! ”

Du Wei, who was also injured, said in a slumber voice: "General, there is no way to do this, and the people in the city also know their situation, otherwise, they will not be eager to defend the city." This is, I don't know what happened to the lord? As soon as we are defeated, the back road of the lord will be cut off! ”

Zhang Meng's expression was gloomy, he didn't know the crisis of the situation. Among the three eastern provinces, Andong is in the westernmost part, the terrain is long and narrow, and once it is cut off, the eastern army will be isolated.

"General, the Liaodong Army is mainly attacking the north and west, and there are no enemy troops on the other two sides, why don't you lead people to retreat!"

Zhang Meng smiled bitterly: "Do you think that if you go out of the city, you can still escape from the pursuit of the Liaodong Army?" Although most of the Liaodong Army was infantry this time, there were still 10,000 cavalry. ”

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"Report ......"

Just as He Louyanzhao ordered the siege of the city, the Tanma came quickly.

"Report to the general, there is an army of Xiaoguo Army in the south, no less than 50,000, coming straight to us! According to this, it is less than thirty miles! ”

"Reinforcements from the Xiaoguo Army? Where did it come from? Order, the whole army stopped the siege, let the Xicheng soldiers withdraw, and set up a formation here! We fought with the reinforcements of this Xiaoguo army and completely defeated them, come to think of it, they came from Youzhou to rescue Zhao Xun'er! When He Louyan heard this, he was slightly stunned, and immediately ordered. Because the Liaodong Kingdom and the Su Mo Jin Tribes were hostile, the two armies did not have information in the middle of each other's sphere of influence, so He Lou Yanzhao did not know about the situation of the first battle in Andong City three days ago.

If He Lou Yanzhao knew that he had delayed the best time to attack the city because he had delayed it for two days outside Changhe City, he would definitely regret it to death.

The Liaodong army went south to attack the Liaokou City, with more than 80,000 troops, and after capturing the Liaodong City, 30,000 of them were stationed in the Liaokou City, and 50,000 went south to pursue the remnants of the Xiaoguo Army, and then occupied the lands of Andong Prefecture. The 50,000 Xiaoguo army has already brought him a lot of pressure, and it is naturally impossible to attack the city. But he was not worried, because after taking the Liao Tunnel City, the Liaodong Kingdom would send another 100,000 troops to the south, or occupy the three eastern provinces in the east, or go south to Youzhou.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The sound of the horn came from the sky, and I saw that in the distance, some small black dots with shadows began to appear.

"General, the Liaodong Army has not attacked the city, and reinforcements have come from the south!" Captain Zhang He said urgently.

"Oh? Reinforcements? Check it out! Let the soldiers not be careless! ”

What annoyed He Louyanzhao was that the Xiaoguo army coming from the south was advancing very slowly, and the black spots they saw earlier were just the outposts of the other party.

The reason for this is that the Xiaoguo army is running at extreme speed, which consumes a lot, and slowing down can also allow the soldiers to recover a little. When he learned that Changhe City was still there, Zhao Xun asked the soldiers to slow down their advance. There is another reason, it is noon, the weather is hot, not to mention, the soldiers have not eaten yet. So as you move forward, you nibble on dry food.

The Guards Battalion, the Fifth Mansion and the Sixth Prefecture Army galloped to the rescue after yesterday's round, but seeing that Changhe City was still there, Zhao Xun was also slightly relieved.

The scouts on both sides are constantly probing each other's movements, and at the same time constantly shooting each other's scouts, and the guards of the battalion personally go out to become a scout brigade to kill the number of scouts of the Liaodong Army.

In the afternoon, the reinforcements of the Xiaoguo Army, which had been shaking for an hour and a half, finally appeared, and the two armies met outside the eastern part of Nagaga Castle.

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"It's our reinforcements! General, reinforcements have arrived! ”

Zhang Meng was relieved to see the fiery red sea slowly spreading. The Xiaoguo army is still red, and all the soldiers are red armor.

"Array! Push forward! ”

The voices of the commanders of both sides rang out from the formations of the two armies. Both armies were 50,000 troops, and the large arrays under them were all left, center, and right, and they were as wide as five miles away. The flags on both sides were waving violently, directing their respective soldiers to carry out a series of movements.

From the city wall, the two armies totaled 100,000 horses, like clouds, distributed endlessly on the north and south sides, spears like forests, banners like the sea. The whole army of the Xiaoguo Army spread out three large glaive formations and slowly advanced forward.

Eventually, the two armies approached, about 500 meters apart, and in the middle was a grassy flat land, on which the sun shone and reflected a dappled light.

The scouts of both armies stopped with their bows and arrows, and finally stopped.

"Order, blindfold those war horses, and prepare to shake the sky and thunder!" Zhao Xun ordered in a cold voice.

Suddenly, in the three arrays, more than a thousand war horses dressed in heavy armor and blindfolded were pulled out, and on both sides of each war horse, several earth-shattering thunder explosive bags were hung, and they were trapped solidly, and the fuse was also hidden in the saddle, only a small point was exposed, which was convenient for ignition.

The Xiaoguo Army, like the Liaodong Army, has 10,000 cavalry, distributed on both sides, and the infantry army is distributed in the center.

Looking at the neat formation of the Xiaoguo army, He Louyanzhao guarded his contempt, he knew that the Xiaoguo army on the opposite side was not a new soldier, nor a random reinforcement, but an elite division. The immovable military formation is far inferior even to one's own side.

"Who is the army on the other side, where did it come from? Servant Lanqi, you are from Anton's mansion, have you ever seen them? He Lou Yanzhao asked a person beside him. This person is the detailed work of the Liaodong State stationed in Andong Mansion, and he is the master who instigated the actions of the people of Liaodong Tunnel City this time. He wanted to know if this reinforcement was from Youzhou, or if it was the military land of the Xiaoguo Army's eastward crusade. If it is an Eastern Crusade army, as long as they are destroyed, there will be no threat to the Eastern Three Provinces.

"Will ...... General, he is the commander of the Xiaoguo Army, Zhao Xun! Fu Lanqi pointed to the position of the commander of the Xiaoguo Army and said in a trembling voice. He had seen Zhao Xun kill the people who surrendered in Liao Tunnel City, and he also knew about the guard camp opposite. Among the Xiaoguo army, only Zhao Xun's personal guard battalion soldiers are all silver armor and red underwear, small unicorn cloaks, and red helmets fluttering in the wind.

"What? You're not mistaken, Zhao Xun was besieged in Andong City by the Su Mo Yan Army, how could he appear here? The bad feeling in He Lou Yanzhao's heart became worse and worse.

"General, my subordinates have seen him with their own eyes, as well as his personal guard cavalry, I won't admit my mistake." Fu Lanqi said in a trembling voice.

"How could he be here? Could it be that the danger of Andong City has been solved? Damn, why don't we have information on Andong City! There must have been something going on in Andong City that we don't know about. He Lou Yanzhao scolded secretly in his heart.

"No matter who he is, he will be annihilated by us today, if you want to kill them, Andong Mansion will be ours!" He Louyanzhao said loudly, and also dispelled the thoughts that had grown in some people's hearts.

"Stupid pig! I shouldn't have asked you if I knew I wouldn't have asked you! He Lou Yanzhao glared at Fu Lanqi fiercely.

Seeing the surprised expressions of the generals around him, he also knew that he was panicked for a while. But at this moment, I had to be silent.