Chapter 253: Chase and Fight

Lin Haotian abandoned Dou Bo, causing the Third Army to lose its troops and almost wipe out the entire army. suffered a big loss, but this time, Lin Haotian also learned to be obedient, personally returned to the Jiangxi camp, invited Dou Bo out again, and let him continue to serve as the commander of the Third Army Corps, and was fully responsible for the reorganization of the Third Army Corps.

Lin Haotian took Dou Bo back to the front barracks, but the latter's first report gave Lin Haotian a headache: borrow troops!

Dou Bo did not borrow from the First Legion, did not borrow from the Second Legion, but borrowed from the Fourth Legion under Lin Haotian's direct command, and one mouth was 50,000.

The Fourth Army suffered some losses in the battle of crossing the river, but it was not large, and when reinforcements arrived, it not only completed the establishment, but also added tens of thousands of horses, and now the total strength is about 120,000.

If you lend 50,000 at once, there are only 70,000 people left in the Fourth Legion, and you are not satisfied with the establishment of the Legion, in addition, the Fourth Legion is brought out by Lin Haotian, and it is the close army around him, although the military style and discipline are not very good, but the combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and the battle is on the battlefield, one by one, besides, the Fourth Legion and his feelings are also deep, and there is no doubt about his loyalty, now let him send 50,000 people at once, where is he willing to give it?

Lin Haotian is like a mirror in his heart, Dou Bo said that he was borrowing, but in fact, he wanted to borrow but not repay.

For Dou Bo's report, the most fierce reaction was Gu Liangyun, and in front of Lin Haotian, he was also one hundred and two opposes.

However, in the end, Lin Haotian still chose to endure the pain and approved Dou Bo's application.

The soldiers can be re-enlisted, but Dou Bo has only one, in order to restore the vitality of the Third Legion and revitalize it, he can only make some sacrifices, in Lin Haotian's opinion, this can be regarded as a punishment for his impulsiveness.

Dou Bo was based on 50,000 Fourth Legions and 10,000 remnants of the Third Legion. began to reorganize the Third Legion, and Dou Bo did not blame Tao Hua too much for the almost annihilation of the Third Legion, but continued to let him serve as the deputy commander of the Third Legion to assist him.

Tao Hua's approach to Dou Bo is naturally grateful to Dade, and when he assists Dou Bo, he has the mentality of making up for his mistakes. Be more dedicated.

With the hundredfold efforts of Dou Bo and Tao Hua, the Third Army soon began to take shape.

The reconstruction of the Third Army was unfolding step by step, because of this fiasco, the westward advance of the Jin army was naturally temporarily terminated, and the Mu Kingdom called the battle of Wangfeng County a great victory in Sifang City, and Cao Xiong, who had been laid out from beginning to end, also became famous in the first battle and became a well-known hero in the Mu country, and even Liu Ji personally issued an edict to promote Cao Xiong's official rank and title. and gave him the title of General Zhenxi.

Lin Haotian's Jin army's attack was blocked, but the battle on the Chi country's side was a success, especially after the Second Army arrived at Jiashang County, which completely disrupted the defense line of the wooden army there, and the Second Army was like a knife, deeply inserting into the hinterland of Jiashang County, cutting off the back roads of Shanyang City and Shishui City, and also making the Second City lose its logistical supplies.

The two cities, which had hoarded a total of more than 100,000 troops, could not be resupplied once they were not supplied. The situation immediately became precarious, in a desperate situation. The Mu army had no choice but to abandon the two cities of Shanyang and Shishui, and the whole army broke through to the north.

For the Mu army that broke through, Bi Wu was not stupid enough to intercept the other party, and he fought to the death, he knew his purpose very well, and he had a hard fight with the Mu army. That was the task of the Red Army, and his task was to assist the Red Army in moving north, and as long as he could do this, he would try to avoid fighting with the Wooden Army and reduce unnecessary casualties on his side.

With the withdrawal of the army hoarded by the wood country. The Red Army naturally occupied Shanyang and Shishui, and the Second Army Corps that could occupy these two cities and rushed over to reinforce it was indispensable, but the Red Army was not grateful, and when the Red Army commander saw Bi Wu, he did not forget to say a few sarcastic words, saying that the Jin Army's westward advance was blocked, and there was no way to find another way to go to the south to fight.

Bi Wuzhi laughed at the ridicule of the commander of the Red Army, and sometimes, it was also beneficial to be despised by others.

Lin Haotian was blocked on this side and was stationed in Jiangxi County, while on the other side, the First Army led by Ding Feng fought the most beautiful battle for the Jin Kingdom since it invaded the Mu Kingdom.

Zhou Fang led the Mu army to the south on Liu Ji's order to fight against the Mu army, but the first army led by Ding Feng pursued relentlessly, regardless of the deep hinterland of the Mu country, and there was a great posture of not giving up if Zhou Fang was annihilated.

Knowing the ferocity of the First Army's battle, Zhou Fang did not dare to fight with it, saying that he was ordered to go south, but in fact he was forced to flee south.

Zhou Fang first led his troops from Hexi County to flee south into Yangqu County, and before a day of rest, the rear horse survey returned, and the First Army had chased and killed.

Zhou Fang had no choice but to send an order to the whole army, set up camp and continue to go south.

It may be that in the battle of Jiangxi Daying, Zhou Fangzhen was frightened by the First Legion, every time he fled into a city, as long as he heard that the First Legion was killed, he didn't even resist, he abandoned the city and ran, even with it, and the local army in the city also ran with Zhou Fang.

The Zhou side entered a city, and the first army attacked a city.

The leadership of the Mu army in Zhou, like a lost dog, first went south into Yangqu County, then fled west into Ziling County, and finally continued south to Jiashang County.

Along the way, the wooden army entered the seven cities and abandoned the seven cities.

Although the First Army successfully broke through the Seven Cities, it did not divide its troops to occupy it, and after breaking the city, at best, it was to loot supplies in the city, and then directly pass through the city, closely chasing the wooden army.

Ding Feng had already made up his mind, Zhou Fang didn't want to throw him a big sweetness, this time he wanted to kill Zhou Fang in one go.

The form of Jiashang County is too complicated, the main force of the local army of the Mu country, the main force of the Mu army and the Sanshui army of the Jin country are all gathered here, and the battle between the three parties has entered a state of stalemate, and now with the first army of the Zhou side coming in again, followed by the first army, the form of Jiashang County is even more chaotic.

There are armies all over the county, and sometimes even if you run into them head-on, you can't tell whether it's an enemy or a friendly army.

According to the meaning of the Zhou side, it cannot be stopped in Jiashang County, because the south has been occupied by the Red Army, it cannot continue to go south, and it should change direction and march westward.

However, at this time, his subordinates had a disagreement with him.

The wooden army was pursued by the first legion, did not dare to fight, and fled south, which can be said to be ordered by the king to go south for reinforcements, but now it has arrived in Jiashang County, if it does not fight, and then flees westward, it will be crowned with the crime of escaping from the battle, Zhou Fang may not care, but the generals of the Jin army can care, Zhou Fang may not be ashamed, but the soldiers of the wooden army still have face.

When the Zhou side sent the order to go west, all the generals of the army came to the door, and the people's opinions were roughly divided into two kinds: one was that they would merge with the local army of Jiashang County and fight to the death with the combined forces of Jin and Chi; the second opinion was not to join the local army of Jiashang County and start a decisive battle with the first army that was chasing behind.

Anyway, no matter what kind of opinion it is, the essence is the same, that is, you can't flee west, you have to stay in Jiashang County and fight to the death.

It's not that the generals of the Mu army don't know the height of the sky, but after this escape, everyone's hearts are full of resentment, and the Mu army would rather die in battle than flee again.

In addition, the wooden army gathered a large number of local scattered troops in the escape, just abandoned the seven cities in a row, and the local city army that fled with them had more than 70,000 people, and now the whole army is up and down, the strength is close to 25 people, and the first army that is chasing and killing behind is only 100,000 people, 250,000 to 100,000, even if the other party fights fiercely, their own side may not be defeated.

Zhou Fang didn't want to unite with the local army of Jiashang County, but if he joined forces, then he would face a three-sided siege by the Red Army, the First Army, and the Second Army, and the form was not optimistic.

He also wanted to resist public opinion and insist on fleeing westward, but all the generals of the Mu army did not do it, and finally even evolved to the point of forcing the palace, either Zhou Fang fled west by himself, or stayed in Jiashang County to fight, in short, he wanted to run, the Mu army did not go with him, he wanted to fight, and the whole army of the Mu army still obeyed his command.

Things have come to this point, Zhou Fang has no choice, he is not afraid of death, the reason why he fled west is to leave a new force for Mu Guo, but now the whole army is unwilling to flee with him, how can Zhou Fang run away by himself? (To be continued......