Chapter 453: The Quagmire of War

Liang Guo and Nan Cheng had a lively fight, and Zhou Guo didn't want to intervene.

Tang Niu's own internal problems have not been solved, and he wishes that the other three forces would fight as lively as possible.

But sometimes just because you don't want doesn't mean someone can't pull you into the mud.

In addition to China, because of the serious problem of the young and strong population in China, the tripartite forces unanimously requisitioned foreign soldiers to solve the urgent need.

This method did alleviate the difficulty of recruiting soldiers caused by the shortage of young and strong soldiers, but the foreign soldiers were relatively less obedient, and most of them were short-tempered.

They basically live in bitter cold areas, and have a wild nature unique to other races.

You think you can use your power to control them, but in fact, such an army is the most likely to get out of control.

There are very few cases of foreign races sincerely surrendering, and they basically tend to temporarily bow down to the situation, unless they are truly integrated, otherwise the words "their hearts must be different" will be very accurate.

Under the circumstance that Tang Niu ordered the border soldiers not to be impulsive, so as not to trigger impulsiveness, under Ning Ze's order, the local Huaguo intelligence officers disguised themselves as Liang soldiers and attacked and provoked the foreign soldiers stationed in Pinggu County many times.

The general, Knu, was furious, ignoring the military order, and led his army south to launch an offensive against the border defenders of Pinggu County.

Lin Feng, the general of the border defenders of Pinggu County, fought bloodily and was killed on the spot by Kenu.

The Knu army occupies the border checkpoint in Pinggu County.

Because of the war with Nancheng, all the troops in the Liang State were tense and suddenly attacked by the Zhou State, the guard general Lin Feng died tragically, the border checkpoint was captured, and the general Tang Kui, who was in charge of guarding Pinggu County, was furious and decisively sent troops to attack Knu.

The two sides fought fiercely on the border, and Kenu fell for Tang Kui's strategy, only to be ambushed to death, and the whole army was annihilated.

Tang Kui recaptured the border checkpoint of Pinggu County, and in retaliation for the other party's behavior, he led his troops north to attack Hengshan County.

Hassa, a multi-ethnic general on the border of Hengshan County, sent troops, and was killed by Tang Kui's design pit.

Tang Kui occupied the border checkpoint of Hengshan County and advanced rapidly.

Kenu did not listen to the military order, and the information that he went south to attack Pinggu County without authorization reached the Dongcheng of Bianzhou, and Tang Niu was furious when he heard this, and immediately issued an order to urgently recall Kenu to ask him for his guilt.

As a result, the will was not reached, and Kenu was killed by Tang Kui, and the entire army was annihilated. Moreover, Tang Kui's army went straight to Hengshan County, killed the defender Hasa and occupied the checkpoint.

I didn't expect things to develop like this, although Kenu didn't listen to the military order and took the blame for himself, but the whole army was wiped out, and it was Tang Niu who was heartbroken. Not to mention that Hasa honestly guarded the border and was also killed by Tang Kui.

And Na Tangkui was not ready to stop, and advanced all the way towards the city of Hengshan County, wanting to take this city.

Tang Niu had a bad temper, and he was patient for the sake of the overall situation before, and he didn't want to get involved.

The problem is that Tang Kui touched his bottom line, and entered his own territory to wreak havoc, so angry that he summoned hundreds of civil and military officials and wanted to drive the expedition in person.

Prime Minister Mei Xu hurriedly persuaded him, let him put the overall situation first, and voluntarily led his troops to Hengshan County to meet Tang Kui, demanding that the other party withdraw his troops, and negotiate the death of the two foreign generals, Kenu and Hasa, as well as a large number of foreign soldiers.

Tang Niu still attached great importance to Mei Xu's words, and finally calmed down his anger and followed his advice.

Mei Xu, on behalf of Tang Niu, led an alien army and quickly went to Hengshan County, Puzhou.

Originally, he wanted to calm things down, settle the dispute between the two sides, and let the flames of war disappear. Unexpectedly, before arriving at Hengshan County, he heard that the city had been occupied by Tang Kui, and Hengshan County, including Taishou, at least nearly 100 officials were beheaded, and Tang Kui's army burned and looted in the city, like hell. Nearly half of the people who escaped also died on the way, and the scene along the way was particularly miserable.

When things escalate to this level, it's no longer the time to settle down.

Mei Xu is relatively reasonable, and he was also furious when he heard the news.

But he still had a glimmer of hope if these were rumors......

The army rushed to Hengshan County and was stunned to find that the corpses outside the city gate were piled up in a mountain, including the civil and military officials and hundreds of people in the city.

Tang Kui actually used this method to deter Zhou Guo!

Seeing this scene, Mei Xu was furious. Even if he could agree, Zhou Guo couldn't bear it.

In anger, he directly led his troops to attack Hengshan County, and wanted to behead Tang Kui and his subordinates to take revenge!

Lu Cong obviously didn't want another conflict in the north, and it was very unwise to tear his face with Nancheng and Zhou Guo at the same time.

So when he got the news that Kenu attacked the border of Pinggu County and killed his own general Lin Feng, Tang Kui led his troops to recapture the border, so that Knu's entire army was annihilated, and he immediately ordered Tang Kui not to be impulsive.

It's just that no matter how fast the flying pigeon transmits the book, it can't reach the efficiency of the telegraph, and there will still be delays.

When the flying pigeon arrived, Tang Kui had already led his army into Hengshan County, seized the other party's border checkpoint, destroyed Hassa, and continued to march to Hengshan County.

Pinggu County immediately flew a pigeon to pass the news, urgently summoned Tang Kui to retreat, and reported to Lu Cong while sending a message.

When the carrier pigeon flew to Tang Kui's army, Tang Kui was already fighting the city of Hengshan County, and he was ready to fly.

By the time Lu Cong issued an order for the second time, urgently asking Tang Kui to evacuate, he had already broken through the city.

The guards of Hengshan County of Zhou Guo were all people of different races, and they didn't know anything about the art of war formation, let alone defending the city, so they didn't care about the words of the officials in the city and didn't listen to them.

Tang Kui was proficient in the art of war, and easily designed to lure these alien soldiers out of the city to fight in the field, and wiped them out one after another. Take Hengshan County in the shortest possible time.

Lu Cong's order arrived, and it was too late.

In order to appease the soldiers, Tang Kui allowed the soldiers to plunder Hengshan County, resulting in the destruction of hundreds of people's families.

It happened that Mei Xu came with his troops, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't suppress his anger, so he immediately surrounded Hengshan County, and wanted to explain the lives of Tang Kui and the Liang army to the officials and people who died in vain.

At this point, both sides have no way back.

Although Tang Kui is powerful, where is Mei Xu's opponent?

His strategy had no effect on Mei Xu, after all, Mei Xu was not one of those alien generals who did not know the art of war.

The two sides attacked and defended in Hengshan County for several days, and Tang Kui asked Pinggu County for help while flying pigeons, while trying his best to repel Mei Xu. It's just that every time the plan was discovered, and in the end there was nothing to do, so he followed the advice of the lieutenant general and prepared to disguise himself as a common person to go out of the city at night, and then launch a surprise attack.

It's a pity that this strategy was seen through by Mei Xu again, and as a result, he planned to lay a trap to lure the king into the urn.

Tang Kui personally led the troops out of the city, and under the guise of the people in the city, let the people walk in front and follow him in the rear. Seeing that the other party was not suspicious, he really let the people leave, and he was immediately overjoyed.

As a result, after the people passed, before he could launch a surprise attack on Mei Xu, the ambush troops here were exhausted, killing the Liang army by surprise.

Tang Kui met Mei Xu, and the two fought for five rounds, and were slashed by Mei Xu.

The army of the Liang State was defeated, and countless people surrendered.

Mei Xu recaptured Hengshan County, led troops to regain the border checkpoints, and temporarily garrisoned troops here to prevent the enemy from retaliating.

After Lu Cong issued the order, he anxiously waited for Tang Kui to reply, hoping that he would withdraw quickly.

As a result, after receiving news from the front, not long after Tang Kui occupied Hengshan County, Mei Xu, the prime minister of Zhou, arrived with his troops, and the two sides fought fiercely. Tang Kui was invincible and was beheaded by Mei Xu, with most of the dead and wounded, and countless descendants. Now Mei Xu led the army to enter the border checkpoint of Hengshan County, and the momentum was violent.

Unexpectedly, things have developed to this point, and there is no room for reversal.

Tang Kui is an important general on the border of Liang State, and his weight is not light.

Moreover, it was the Zhou State that attacked first, triggering the war. Now that it is in this situation, if you swallow it, you will definitely lose face, and everyone in the world will feel that you are afraid of Tang Niu, and you will not dare to fight back when you are bullied like this.

Up and down the court, the civil and military officials had the same attitude after the military situation. This matter is all caused by Zhou Guo, Tang Kui is just a defensive counterattack, although it is a bit excessive, it is also the fault of the other party. In the face of this situation, you must not spare the other party!

At the collective request of hundreds of civil and military officials, Lu Cong sent Xu Yan, a general of the cavalry, and Pu Anmin, a lieutenant, to lead a large army to Pinggu County urgently.

Mei Xu was stationed at the border checkpoint, and when he got the news that Liang Guo had sent troops, he immediately preemptively attacked Pinggu County.

As soon as Tang Kui died, no one in Pinggu County could stop Mei Xu.

Soon the border checkpoints were breached one after another, and the Meixu army surrounded Pinggu County and stormed.

Xu Yan and Pu Anmin traveled day and night, desperately rushing to the direction of Pinggu County.

When they arrived at the county seat, Mei Xu had already occupied the place, and set up a formation to resist the city.

In order to recapture Pinggu County, Xu Yan and Pu'an militia divided into two routes, one to fight with Meixu to contain the other party, and the other to make a detour to attack the city.

Unexpectedly, Mei Xu was prepared and easily repelled the enemy forces on both sides.

Xu Yan, Pu Anmin and Mei Xu were entangled for several days, but they failed to get a bargain in his hands, and the armies of both sides suffered damage.

At this moment, the reinforcements of the Liang State in the rear arrived, and the three brothers Cao Huan, Cao Gan, and Cao Xi led 50,000 foreign soldiers and horses to help Xu Yan and Pu Anmin.

The strength of the Liang army rose sharply, and although Mei Xu was powerful, he also rushed to the pressure in the face of the disparity in strength, so he temporarily retreated into Pinggu County and relied on the strong city walls to enter the defense.

On the other hand, emergency summons for help.

The Liang army besieged Pinggu County and attacked every day, but they were all held by Mei Xu.

Tang Niu received a letter from Mei Xu asking for help, and seeing that the situation had developed to this point, there was no chance of recovery, so he personally led the army to Pinggu County to support Mei Xu.

Liang Guo got the military information and learned that Tang Niu personally went to fight, and suddenly felt pressure.

Lu Cong immediately mobilized his troops and horses, and ordered the guard general Luo Feng and the court lieutenant Wang Shuang to lead 40,000 troops to rush to the aid and cooperate with Xu Yan and Pu Anmin to recapture Pinggu County.

Luo Feng and Wang Shuang led the army to march quickly and quickly rushed to the battlefield.

Tang Niu's side was also non-stop, arriving at Pinggu County as soon as possible.

Reinforcements from both sides arrived one after another, and fierce battles began with each other, fighting around the city of Pinggu County.

As a result, Zhou, Liang, and Nancheng were all caught in the flames of war, and the internal political goals of recuperation were completely destroyed, and it was difficult to carry out as desired.

When the war between the three forces was raging, Ning Ze enjoyed peace on the side of Xizhou, and looked at the telegram every day to understand the enemy's situation, which was quite comfortable.

Sima Fa designed to drag Huaguo and Nancheng into the war, but he didn't expect to be recognized by Ning Ze and drag the three of them into the quagmire of war.