Text Chapter 560: The Battle of Kaiyuan
At the end of April 205 AD, Zhang Chao, the first emperor of the heavens, led two legions, one and four, plus 10,000 Zhangjia heavy cavalry and 20,000 Zhangjia light cavalry, from Jinyang, and the mighty army came straight to the direction of Goryeo.
Outside the city of Ulla.
Zhao Yun and Fa Zheng cooperated tacitly, and the ambushes were one after another.
First, he defeated the 70,000 vanguard of the army of the Lou State, then broke through the opponent's Chinese army, killed more than 30,000 people in a row, and finally raided the opponent's rear army, seized its grain, grass, ordnance and other materials, and at the same time achieved the victory of beheading the enemy and capturing 50,000 enemies.
So far, the country of Lulou, which has sent 300,000 reinforcements, has lost half of its troops.
After the damage had been made, they had finally come to their senses, knowing that this time their enemy was not just about besieging a city of Ulla, but about dealing with the entire country, and they had been waiting for it for a long time.
After sobering up, the lord of the country of Rulou, while recruiting troops and horses in the country, at the same time asked for help from the Fuyu country, asking them to immediately put 300,000 troops into the battlefield, and then the two forces merged and hit the Dragon and Tiger Army in one fell swoop.
The country of Lu Lou asked for help, but the attitude of the country of Buyu became unclear.
Originally, they sent a large army to pick up cheap, that is, if the army of the Rulou State was victorious, they would naturally follow, and then attack Goryeo, seize the city, and enter the treasury to get money and food. But now, the Rulou army has been defeated, and their idea of picking up cheap cannot be realized, and it is worth thinking about whether they want to turn against the Celestial Empire army next.
Originally, Zhao Yun had already divided his troops into 50,000 troops and was ready to block the army of Fuyu. After all, it is just a block, 50,000 people should be enough, and once the Seventh Army and the Dragoon Army arrive, it will be the time to counterattack with all their might, but it is not unthinkable that the army of the Buyeo State will stop at the border with Goryeo and will not move, which makes Zhao Yun happy At the same time, it also accelerates the speed of encircling the remaining 150,000 troops of the Lou State.
has been guarding against Buyeo, but after finding that they were a little hesitant, Zhao Yun did not hesitate, changed the defensive strategy and turned to the offensive, launching a fierce attack on the 150,000 besieged Rulou country.
The 150,000 army was originally a large force, but when their grain and grass were robbed, they became rootless trees, and in the face of the well-trained and high-morale Dragon and Tiger Army, it was difficult to be an opponent.
Twenty days later, when the last army of about 30,000 people was also wiped out by the Dragon and Tiger Army, the 300,000 army became a cloud of history.
The pace of the war is progressing so smoothly, not only because the Dragon and Tiger Army has strong combat power and strict military discipline, but also because the combat power of the soldiers of the Lulou State is too weak.
The soldiers of the Celestial Empire joined the army in order to get ahead and obtain military merits. But the men of the country of Lulou served as soldiers, just to make ends meet.
The starting point of the purpose is different, which makes their performance different after entering the battlefield, and the result of the battle under the active and passive has long been predestined. However, the main reason why the war ended so quickly was the result of the hard training of the Dragon and Tiger Army in the past few years.
After destroying the main force of the Rulou State so smoothly, Zhao Yun stopped after discussing with Fa Zheng. They didn't go straight in with the army commander right away, they still had to wait for something.
Zhao Yun's movements, has been in the observation of the Buyeo country, after seeing that they just destroyed the main force of the country of Lou and stopped, the 300,000 countries of Buyeo still have no action, they also want to see, what the Dragon and Tiger Army wants to do, and if the war ends like this, they may not be interfering, but once they find out that they have aggression, or even to destroy the country of Lou, they have to move troops, they will not understand the truth of the cold lips and teeth, Buyeo needs the existence of the country of Lou, But hopefully they can be weaker.
The Dragon and Tiger Army is still besieging the city of Ulla. It wasn't until another seven days later that suddenly the main force drove towards the land of the country of Lulou, and there was a great intention to take advantage of the situation to destroy the country.
The Dragon and Tiger Army's move, Buyeo Guo finally couldn't turn a blind eye, and when they knew that the other party might destroy Rulou in one fell swoop, they also had a strong sense of danger, and this time even if it was to protect themselves, they couldn't be indifferent.
The 300,000-strong Buyeo army crossed the border and marched towards Mt. Niujiao, heading towards Goryeo.
The border between Buyeo and Goryeo is Nyoh Horn Mountain, which is famous for its resemblance to Oxhorn. In normal times, as long as Buyeo sent troops into the mountains, it was equivalent to declaring war.
It's just that what Buyeo never expected was that when their 300,000 army entered Niujiao Mountain, and thought that the main force of the Dragon and Tiger Army had entered the border of Lulou, and they could take advantage of the situation to enter, they were indeed surrounded by the dragoon of the Seventh Legion.
Yes, the dragoons of the Seventh Legion have secretly arrived in Goryeo. Coming out of Jinyang City, the two cavalry traveled day and night, and finally arrived here after more than 20 days, and set up a pocket in Niujiao Mountain, just waiting for the Buyeo army to enter.
In order to cooperate with them, Zhao Yun also pretended to mobilize the main force to march towards the country of Rulou, which made the 300,000 troops of Fuyu enter the encirclement without defense.
The two armies, totaling 400,000 men, set up an ambush in advance, and then made a sudden attack, which caught the Buyeo army by surprise, and the war lasted only three days, and ended with 70,000 enemies killed and 230,000 captured.
The great victory in the Battle of Niujiaoshan represents that the Buyeo Kingdom is beginning to go to no end.
Compared with the Rulou Kingdom, it is even worse, when Zhao Yun led the Dragon and Tiger Army into the territory, he was like no one all the way, even if he encountered some resistance, it was difficult to recover the general trend.
The national strength of Rulou is already weak, and this time the 300,000 troops sent are close to the total strength of the country, although 100,000 soldiers were recruited in the later period, but they are all recruits who have not been on the battlefield, how can they be the opponent of the Dragon and Tiger Army, a veteran of a hundred battles?
Then another month passed, and when Zhang Chao arrived in Goryeo with the 1st and 4th legions, Lu Lou had been completely occupied by Zhao Yun's Dragon and Tiger Army, and even their king could not be taken prisoner.
Similar to Rulou is the Buyeo Kingdom.
After the loss of 300,000 in Niujiao Mountain, their national strength also dropped sharply for a time, and then the Seventh Legion and the Dragoon Legion went out of the mountain and went straight to kill Buyeo.
After resisting for nearly a month and losing most of the country's territory, the lord of Buyeo was very miserable to find that the number of troops in his hands was not even 50,000, and he was about to be in danger of destroying the country.
After receiving the help of the lord of Buyeo, the general of the Rus State (translated as the meaning of entering the battle), who had already received the instruction of the powerful emperor of Yaxiongfu, sent the deputy general Lenidchi with an army of 50,000 troops into the imperial city of Buyeo.
Just 50,000 soldiers, plus 50,000 Buyeo national soldiers, is 100,000, but they can't stop the morale of the Seventh Legion Dragoons at all. But because there were 50,000 Rus' soldiers among them, the meaning was different.
Zhao Yun can use troops against Rulou and Buyeo, and he doesn't even need to ask for instructions, he has the right to cheapen, but in the face of the Rus' army, he really can't act in vain. Fortunately, Zhang Chao had already entered the territory of Goryeo at this time, and he could hand over the command of the next battle.
Three days later, Zhang Chao took the 1st and 4th Army Corps to the official road next to Niujiao Mountain, and quickly set up tents here and built a simple camp.
As soon as the camp was built, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao and other army commanders came here and participated in the temporary meeting in the main tent.
In the tent, Zhang Chao sat high above, and below stood military attachés such as Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, Zhang He, and Wen Chou, as well as two army divisions, Fu Zhu and Fa Zheng.
"Hahaha, everyone has worked hard." Looking at the generals under him, Zhang Chao's face showed a satisfied expression.
Zhao Yun lived up to his expectations, and it took less than two months to solve the Rulou Kingdom, so that they could attack the Rus Kingdom without obstacles.
Zhang Liao and Ma Chao also performed very well, especially the latter, the dragoon army led by him killed more enemies than the Seventh Legion, severely damaged the Buyeo Kingdom, and occupied a large number of its cities.
All this bought Zhang Chao the most favorable time to deal with the Rus' country, and also created an opportunity for the next surprise blow.
"Your Majesty is hard." The generals and military advisers fell to their knees and spoke.
"Okay, this is the barracks, so let's skip those etiquette. Now let's analyze the situation, in this way, Zilong said first. Zhang Chao smiled and raised his hand, and the civil and military officials below stood up.
"Your Majesty, after two months of fighting, the country of Lulou has been completely captured, the lord of the country has been captured, and a total of 280,000 soldiers have been captured, and there are countless foods, armaments, and money. Now except for the city of Ulla, all the territory belongs to the Celestial Empire. Zhao Yun clenched his fists and said in a flat voice.
has achieved such great results, but there is really no excitement, this is the embodiment of Zhao Yun's general's style.
"Okay." After hearing Zhao Yun's report, Zhang Chao nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Zhang Liao and Ma Chao.
Zhang Liao smiled, and did not mean to stand up, but gestured to Ma Chao on the side.
At the earliest, Zhang Liao was the general that Zhang Chao relied on, and he led the Pingyi army into the place where the alien gang was located in the north, and successfully hit the Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes. It was from that time that he established his position in Zhang Chao's group.
Although he has also made a lot of achievements this time, Zhang Liao has long been surprised, with such a meritorious opportunity, he doesn't mind letting Ma Chao, a newcomer, perform well.