Chapter 142: Flooding the Dragon
Wei Rui's Southern Dynasty army lost a battle in Ju County, Xia Liang and Xiao Xuan attacked when Wei Rui retreated, and the Southern Dynasty army lost its troops, and Lu Xun's choice was the same, Wei Rui could not find the opportunity to march to Xia City, so he retreated to the mountain road and retreated to the sea in the east of Langya Kingdom.
Neither Lu Xun nor Wei Rui could not cross the Shuhe Plain.
Lu Xun and Wei Rui's commanding ability is undoubted, but they are not the commanders of the cavalry department, and their methods are also very step-by-step, in the face of the fierce cavalry in the north, neither Lu Xun nor Wei Rui have a particularly effective method of restraint.
Lu Xun's fire attack could not stop the cavalry assault, and Wei Rui's chariot formation blocked the cavalry assault, however, after Xia Liang and Xiao Sui failed to attack Wei Rui's chariot base, they changed to siege tactics and forced Wei Rui to attack.
The commanders of the two Jiangdong dynasties had no choice but to retreat.
If it weren't for the relatively cautious Lu Xun and Wei Rui presiding over the military and replacing them with other generals, maybe their legions would have been wiped out in the Langya Kingdom.
Tongque and Zhou Yu's Jiangdong sailors retreated to Langya at this time.
In the naval battle of Chenjiadao, the Jiangdong Naval Division commanded by Tongque and Zhou Yu did not achieve great results in the hands of the Fubo army, but both were defeated.
In Xihai County, Geng Gong, the general of the Western Regions, the famous Roman general Valus, and the famous general of the Byzantine Empire, Siphias, tried their best to defend the city, and gathered more than 50,000 high-level troops in a county town, causing a lot of losses to the Beifu army, so that the Beifu army could not get out of the city in a short time.
However, whether it was Geng Gong, Varus, and Sifias, they were injured one after another under the ferocious offensive of the Beifu army.
"The Five Colonels of the Northern Army lost 13,895 men, the Three Rivers cavalry killed 5,871 cavalry, the Roman legions killed 3,751 men, and the Western Byzantine Teaching Regiment killed 1,245 cavalry ......"
"The Beifu Army is the first soldier in Jiangdong, although our troops have not suffered more than half of the casualties, but the city wall of Xihai County is almost in ruins by the trebuchets and ballistae of the Beifu Army."
Geng Gong, the defender of Xihai County, belonged to the defensive type of general, and led a team of soldiers from the fifth school of the Northern Army to repair the scarred city wall.
The number of trebuchets used by the Beifu army was as many as 100 units, 700 bed crossbows, and tens of thousands of giant crossbow arrows were fired at Xihai County, destroying the city wall of Xihai County many times.
The defenders of Xihai County lost 20,000 high-ranking soldiers, and Xihai County was almost razed to the ground.
According to this trend, it is only a matter of time before Xihai County is captured by Xie Xuan.
"General, I only need to lead a thousand people to take this city."
Liu Gaozhi saw that the time was ripe, so he asked Xie Xuan, the commander of the Beifu army, for his life.
Even if Liu Gaozhi is a fierce general, he must be humble in front of Xie Xuan, who created the Beifu Army.
"The time is almost up......"
Xie Xuan knew that the city wall of Xihai County was riddled with holes, and the durability was seriously insufficient, so if he attacked with all his strength, the Beifu army would definitely be able to take the city.
"General Xie Xuan, the lord has an order, the Beifu Army will respond to the two generals Lu Xun and Wei Rui and withdraw to Jiangdong!"
When the Beifu army was about to take Xihai County and turn this battle into the glory of the Beifu army, Wu Wang Tongque was frustrated because of the plan to attack Xiacheng, recalled the Beifu army, and prepared to return to Jiangdong.
The Jiangdong Army failed to attack Langya State, and it was impossible to break the situation if it was stranded in Langya State, and it was possible that it would be completely annihilated by the Xia Army in Langya State.
After the victory of the soldiers and horses of Liang and Hua Mulan in the summer, they advanced to the seaside in the east of Langya Country step by step, threatening the retreat of the Jiangdong Army.
After Xie Xuan received the order, he couldn't help but sigh: "Time is also fate, so let's stop here." ”
The generals of the Beifu army are not reconciled, but there is no way, the military order is like a mountain, after receiving the order to retreat, no matter how unwilling, they can only retreat back according to the order.
On the seashore in the eastern part of Langya Kingdom, the Jiangdong Navy Division temporarily anchored.
Tongque looked at the land of Langya Kingdom, but he couldn't take it down, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Zhou Yu walked over, but his expression was a little wrong: "Lord, Xiang Yan was besieged by the Xia army in Gaoyou County, Guangling County, and asked us for help. ”
"How could Xiang Yan retreat to Gaoyou? The commander of the Xia army in Guangling County is not Lu Su? Although Lu Su also has some military talents, he may not be able to defeat Xiang Yan at a disadvantage. Even if Xiang Yan fails, he will retreat to Jiangdu instead of Gaoyou. ”
"The Xia army has replaced the chief general of Guangling County, and now the chief of Guangling County is Yue Fei."
A few days ago, in Guangling County, Xiang Yan, a famous general of the Wu army, and Long He, a fierce general, led 200,000 troops, and surrounded Lu Su, Wen Yang, Chen Deng and others in Guangling City.
Because Sun Jian and Chu Tian had an agreement in private, Yue Fei left the important city of Hefei and led 8,000 Beiwei troops and 20,000 Yuejia troops to march to Guangling County in the rain.
Heavy rain continued, Guangling County became a Ze country, and the Beiwei army was limited to a certain extent in such a terrain.
Yue Fei ordered Zhang Xian to lead his troops to the south of Hangou overnight to block the canal.
Yue Fei personally led 20,000 soldiers and horses to fight with Xiang Yan and Long He in Guangling City, deliberately defeating and retreating, attracting Xiang Yan and Long He to chase after him.
"No, the water level of the river has changed!"
Xiang Yan chased to the river beach and found that the water level had dropped, so he immediately took precautions.
However, it was too late, Zhang Xian broke open the sand bag at this time, and the river suddenly rose sharply, surging, rushing forward, sweeping away 200,000 Wu troops!
"No!"
The soldiers of the Wu army widened their eyes in panic.
Even if there are many people in the 200,000 Wu army who are proficient in water, it does not mean that they can survive the sudden flood!
As a section of the canal, Hangou flows from the Yangtze River into Huaishui, at this time, the Yangtze River water has risen sharply because of the rain for many days, and Zhang Xian broke the embankment to release water, at least tens of thousands of Wu troops were directly swept away by the sudden flood!
Xiang Yan's war horse was affected by the flood, Xiang Yan was almost submerged by the flood, and under the protection of his own soldiers, he finally climbed ashore.
Yue Fei's 20,000 soldiers took the opportunity to turn around and counterattack, and the fierce general Yang Zaixing led a group of cavalry of the Beiwei Army to break into the Wu army and kill thousands of enemies!
Xiang Yan, as a famous general, was completely unable to control the Wu army in the face of the terrible water attack.
Xiang Yan's scalp was numb, tens of thousands of Wu troops were swallowed up by the flood, and many Wu troops were driven into the flood by Yue's army.
The emperor-level fierce dragon was also embarrassed, and was almost swept away by the sudden flood.
Long Ji asked Xiang Yan, who was in charge of commanding the 200,000 army, "What should I do now?" ”
"The direction of Jiangdu has been occupied by the Xia army, retreat to Gaoyou County, and wait for the support of the lord!"
Xiang Yan knew that the Jiangdong Navy Division could go to Gaoyou County to rescue at any time through Hangou, but at this time, the Wu army suffered a great defeat in the flood, and Yue Fei attacked fiercely, so he could only find a city and take refuge temporarily.
Fortunately, Xiang Yan captured Gaoyou County, which is located north of Guangling City, in advance, and Xiang Yan can still hold Gaoyou.
Xiang Yan and Long fled in the wilderness, and as soon as Yue Fei came, he quickly attacked and defeated Xiang Yan's 200,000 army with water and relieved the siege of Guangling City.
In this battle, Yue Fei annihilated a total of 20,000 Wu troops, captured 20,000, Wu troops disappeared and fled, and less than 120,000 Wu troops retreated to Gaoyou County, waiting for reinforcements.
Lu Su and Wen Yang, who were located in Guangling City, also sent troops to participate in this battle and attacked Xiang Yan's Wu army.
"Yue Fei's back army is really brave, and they defeated Xiang Yan so quickly."
Lu Su was amazed by Yue Fei's ability.
Wu Qi was adapted to Wei Wushu, while Yue Fei was adapted to the Beiwei army, and the exclusive troops they commanded were enough to defeat enemies several times their size.
The use of water attack allowed the Beiwei army to destroy the withered and decayed Wu army that defeated Xiang Yan.
Xiang Yan and Long and 120,000 people were besieged by Yue Fei and Lu Su with less than 70,000 troops, including more than 20,000 Yuejia troops and 50,000 Guangling soldiers.
Xiang Yan and Long Ji's forces were still in the upper hand, but after being attacked by water, their morale had dropped below 40, and they had no intention of fighting again.
The Jiangdong Army's offensive against Langya and Guangling County was a complete failure.
Tongque, who received Xiang Yan's request for help, withdrew all the troops of the Wu army in Langya State, and marched south to Guangling County to relieve Xiang Yan of the siege.
The Xia army learned that Yue Fei and Lu Su cooperated with each other to besiege the Wu army generals Xiang Yan and Long Ji, so they also gradually increased their troops to Guangling County, and the decisive battle between the Xia army and the Wu army was brewing in the inconspicuous Guangling County.