Chapter 498: Unstoppable
As soon as the text of the four countries came out, the world caused a sensation, and the people of all countries responded positively, frequently writing to the imperial courts of various countries, hoping that their monarchs would comply with the edict of heaven and send troops to fight against the rebels.
In this way, the dispatch of troops by the commanders of the four countries has become a logical way to respond to the mandate of heaven and the will of the people.
The four countries are ready to fly and are unstoppable.
On the other side, the armies of the four countries moved and gathered to Jingdezhen one after another, and You Guo was not blind or deaf, and of course he was aware of it.
After Nie Xing heard about this, his first reaction was to immediately find the minister of the Yan Kingdom in Liuhe and ask what was going on with the changes in various countries.
The minister who stayed in Liuhe of the Yan Kingdom was named Zhou Tao, a civil official of Sanpin. Of course, Zhou Tao knew why countries moved, but he deliberately pretended to be confused in front of Nie Xing, and his face was dazed, saying that he didn't know either.
Nie Xing was suspicious of his words, and then wrote a letter to Yin Ji, after all, the movements of the armies of various countries also include Yanguo, Zhou Tao doesn't know, so Yin Ji can't not know, right?
His letter spread out, like a stone sinking into the sea, without any response, and now Yin Ji has completely drawn a line with Nie Xing, of course, it is impossible to write him any more letters.
Unable to receive the reply, Nie Xingke was a little panicked, and he also had a premonition that things were not going well, and the movements of the army of the Four Kingdoms were probably aimed at him becoming emperor. However, the reason why he became the emperor was also instigated by Yin Ji, how could he turn his face and deny people now?
Nie Xing was not reconciled, wrote a letter to Yin Ji again, and questioned him again and again in the letter.
As a result, this time he didn't wait for Yin Ji's reply, but waited for the angry rebellious text of the four countries.
The armies of the four countries gathered in Jingdezhen, and at this juncture, the edict of the four countries was promulgated again, and now even a fool can see what is going on.
The ministers of You Guo came to Nie Xing one after another to find out to him. The assembly of the army of the four countries is clearly aimed at You Guo, and what to do now is to step down from the throne as soon as possible, and ask the monarch of the four countries for guilt, saying that being the emperor is just a momentary foolish move, and maybe there is still room for maneuver in the matter.
If Nie Xing didn't claim the emperor. It's easy for him to dispel the idea of being the emperor, but now that he has been called the emperor, let him abdicate, don't say that he doesn't want to, even if he really does this, I'm afraid he won't get a good end.
Nie Xing did not accept the advice of the ministers, but he was not stupid, he did not dare to continue to stay in Liuhe, and quietly fled back to China with the civil and military ministers of Youguo. left the third son Nie Yang and the fourth son Nie Qi to take charge of the government on his behalf.
As soon as he fled back to Huaiyang, the capital of Youdu, the million-strong coalition army gathered in Jingdezhen launched a thunderous onslaught on Liuhe.
Since Nie Xing became emperor, all the garrisons of Yanguo in Liuhe have been withdrawn, and now the defenders of Liuhe are basically Youjun, with nearly 50,000 people from top to bottom.
Although You Jun is brave and good at fighting, and he is not afraid of death, and he is like a madman on the battlefield, but after all, there are too few troops. And the Liuhe River is too big, and if the 50,000 You army guards a small city, there is still a chance. But it is really powerless to defend such a large Liuhe City.
The Four-Nation Alliance, divided into four routes, attacked and besieged Liuhe from four directions.
In the city defense battle, You Jun can't take care of the front and the back, and the left can't take care of the right. The forces are stretched thin, and the situation is completely passive.
The battle between the two sides did not last long, and the 50,000 You army was defeated by the four-nation alliance army, and the city defenses were broken one after another, and the remaining You army could only retreat to the palace.
The orthodox imperial palace of Liuhe is not comparable to ordinary cities. It was a large circular mountain, but it was not easy for the remnants of the You army to defend the palace.
The Jin Army has Ling Wuya as the pioneer, the Yan Army has the general Yang Jie as the pioneer, and the Red Army has the Golden Tiger. The vanguard officers of these three armies alone are enough for the You army to be difficult to parry, not to mention that in addition to these three fierce generals, there are also an army of nearly one million.
The You army that retreated to the palace retreated again and again, from the bottom of the palace to the top floor, and fought to the end, even Nie Xing's fourth son Nie Qi was killed, and the third son Nie Yang led about 5,000 remnants of the army to defend the top of the mountain.
At this time, the four armies have been united, will fight a family, from the top of the mountain to look down, as far as the eye can see, there are crowds of people, soldiers and horses from all countries gathered together, really like ants, the huge palace from top to bottom.
At this point in the battle, the overall situation has been decided, but Nie Yang would rather die than surrender. In fact, from the beginning of the war to the present, not a single person in the You army has surrendered, except for the remaining 5,000 people, the rest of the You army has all been killed in battle.
Not to mention that the soldiers below refused to surrender, even Nie Yang and Nie Qi, who were princes, reported their determination to rather break the jade than be destroyed.
The last battle between the two sides lasted only half an hour, and the four-nation coalition army stepped on the corpses all over the ground and attacked the top of the mountain.
After completely eliminating the forces of the You Kingdom that remained in Liuhe, the Four-Nation Alliance launched a large-scale sack of the Imperial Palace.
Now, there are no treasures left in the palace, Nie Xing had taken away almost all the valuable things when he left, but even so, there are still some treasures in the palace that are not easy to take away, not to mention anything else, the imperial chair built by Nie Xing alone is made of pure gold, and the soldiers of the Four Nations Alliance used swords to cut and saw, and they simply divided the imperial chair into countless fast, and many soldiers' arms were stuffed with gold nuggets.
In addition, for some buildings inlaid with gold and silver in the palace, people can also scrape and move.
A good palace, after the retreat of the Four-Nation Alliance, only a mess remained, full of devastation.
In order to humiliate Nie Xing, Ren Tianxing also deliberately ordered to cut off the heads of Nie Yang and Nie Qi and send someone to You Guo.
The Four-Nation Alliance was quite polite to the people of Liuhe, there was no large-scale plunder, and there was no indiscriminate killing of innocents, but they were not so polite to the concubines and maids that Nie Xing did not take away.
After a short rest at Liuhe, the Fourth Army began to march towards the mainland of Youguo without stopping.
To open the gateway of You Guo, you must first take Canglin County, which borders the Liuhe River, and to defeat Canglin County, you must open the two major checkpoints of customs clearance and Jingguan.
These two checkpoints are located on two roads, and they are also the only way to go from the west of Canglin County to Guping and Xinfeng two counties.
The Four-Nation Coalition could choose to take only one route to enter Huaiyang, the capital of Youguo, but now the morale of the Four-Nation Coalition did not want to capture only the capital of Youguo, but planned to capture the entire territory of Youguo, taking the opportunity to plunder some more loot and collect more money.
The coalition army was temporarily stationed ten miles away from the customs clearance, and after the Chinese army tent was set up, Ren Tianxing, Lin Haotian, Xuanyuan Fang, and Song Hao gathered in the tent to discuss how to seize the two key points of the customs clearance and the Beijing pass.
Song Hao was the first to speak and said: "I think so, my coalition army is divided into two routes, divided into Tong and Jingerguan. ”
Xuanyuan Fang shook his head and objected: "Where the troops are united, our coalition army is strong, and it is really unwise to divide the troops to fight! According to the opinion of this commander, our army can adopt various methods to break through, first take the customs clearance, and then take the Beijing pass. ”
After Lin Haotian heard this, he nodded secretly, feeling that this plan was feasible. The other generals also agreed: "What Brother Xuanyuan said is reasonable, but my million-strong army can't be sent to the battlefield at the same time, which army should be sent to attack first?"
"It's simple!" Song Hao didn't think about it, and said: "Each of the four armies draws a legion, as the front army, our commander-in-chief can lead the other four legions, as the rear army, the front army is naturally the best to win, if we fail to win the clearance, it is not too late for us to lead the rear army to help!"
Xuanyuan Fang sneered in his heart and secretly scolded an idiot, but his mouth followed with approval: "In the opinion of King Song!"
Ren Tianxing secretly rolled his eyes, joining forces to attack the city, and it was also the cooperation of the four armies, had the armies cooperated before? When you get to the battlefield, how can the enemy give you a chance to run in, a mistake, you may suffer a fatal blow from the enemy, if you fight according to Song Hao's method, even if you can capture and clear the customs, your own losses will not be too small.
If he was dissatisfied, he didn't want to say it himself, but turned his head and asked Lin Haotian with a smile: "Brother Lin, do you think King Song's opinion is feasible?"
Lin Haotian muttered in his heart, he naturally thought of the question that Ren Tianxing thought of. (To be continued......)