Chapter 412 Unique
The Jin army attached great importance to the large number of baggage thrown away by the Red Army, and Lin Haotian had already made up his mind that he wanted to annihilate the main force of the Red Army. The chase between the two sides lasted from morning to noon, and the distance between the two sides was not narrowed, but closer and closer. In the end, Yuan Tian had no choice but to divide the 20,000 Red Army again to block the Jin Army and create time for the main force to escape.
In the face of the wolf-like Fourth Army, how could the Red Army, which had only 20,000 fighting spirits and morale falling to the bottom, be able to resist it?
From the very beginning, the battle between the two sides turned into a one-sided massacre, and the Fourth Army was like a golden cloud, scattering the 20,000 Red Army in a single pass, and then in less than an hour, almost none of the 20,000 Red Army escaped, either killed or captured by the Fourth Army.
Lin Haotian didn't have the time or energy to detain these Red Army prisoners, so he made a decision and ordered all of them to be executed.
His words made tens of thousands of Red Army prisoners all become ghosts under the knife of the Jin Army, and the severed heads that were cut off were piled up like mountains.
However, the death of the 20,000 Red Army was not worthless, at least it greatly slowed down the Jin Army's pursuit, and bought a lot of time for Yuan Tian and Ma Chen's more than 100,000 people.
The pursuit battle between the two sides continued, and the Fourth Army led by Lin Haotian pursued the enemy for two days and two nights, and finally saw the shadow of the Red Army again.
Just when everyone in the Jin army was excited, thinking that they could completely annihilate the enemy's main force in one go, the Red army fled into a narrow valley.
In fact, this valley is not narrow, even if five or six carriages run side by side, it is fine, but it is too deep, and the peaks on both sides are too high, making the valley look narrow.
After chasing the enemy to this point, Lin Haotian urgently ordered the whole army to suspend its advance. Rest in place. He came to the valley with a large number of golden generals and raised his eyes to look at them.
The valley is winding and bottomless, and the peaks on both sides are towering into the clouds, and the cliffs are as smooth as mirrors, if there are ambushes on the peaks on both sides. Rush in, the consequences are unimaginable.
Lin Haotian looked at it, gasped, and shouted sideways: "Where is Shao Lin?"
"The last general!" Shao Lin urged the horse to come behind Lin Haotian and intervened to give a salute.
Lin Haotian pointed to the valley in front of him and asked, "What is this place, why is it so precipitous?"
"Returning to the king, this place is called Guangxi Kou, and it is also the only way to enter Guangxi County, Chiguo, through the valley. It should be Fengyang City in Guangxi County. Shao Lin had done a lot of preparations, and when Lin Haotian asked, he blurted out without thinking.
"It turned out that we actually chased the enemy to Guangxi County. "Lin Haotian didn't know much about Guangxi County, but he had paid attention to this place when he was looking at the map of Chiguo. Guangxi County is located in the western part of the Red Kingdom, the whole county is surrounded by mountains, there is no direct access to other countries, and the county is remote, so it has no strategic value. Therefore, it was not among the primary targets of Lin Haotian's attack.
It seems that the remnants of the Red Army had long planned to flee to Guangxi County for refuge. Shao Lin Zhengse said: "The Red Army tried to take advantage of the dangerous terrain of Guangxi County to block our army's pursuit. ”
"Hmph! This time, the Red Army will flee to the ends of the earth. I'm going to find them out too!" Lin Haotian sneered and said, "Send a person with strong skills to climb to the top of the mountain to see if there are any ambushes, and after finding out, report to me immediately." ”
"Yes, my lord!" Shao Lin replied. Immediately sent his elite spies to climb the mountain to investigate.
It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do, and the peaks on both sides of the Guangxi Estuary are high and steep, making it extremely difficult to climb. Shao Lin sent more than 30 spies, until it was dark before returning to the camp of the Jin army, and they did not retreat with their whole body, the eye of the sky lost 12 people, the ground net lost 15 people, these sacrificed spies did not die at the hands of the Red Army, but fell to their deaths while climbing the mountain. Fortunately, they had brought back accurate information, and no Red Country ambush soldiers were found on the peaks on both sides of the valley.
Lin Haotian nodded again and again after hearing the details, it is understandable that even Shao Lin's elite spies fell to death in the process of climbing, and the difficulty of ordinary people trying to climb to the top of the mountain can be imagined, such a steep peak is not suitable for large-scale ambushes.
He ordered the whole army to rest outside the valley for a night, wait until dawn the next day, and then enter the valley to fight the enemy to the death.
That night, the Fourth Army Corps did not dare to enter the valley because it was unfamiliar with the terrain and was afraid of being ambushed by the enemy, and second, the whole army was exhausted from the pursuit of the enemy for several days, and it also needed time to rest and reorganize.
The Fourth Army did not attack hastily, but the Red Army took advantage of the night to go out of the valley and attack the camp of the Jin Army.
The Red Army's stealing of the camp was something that the Fourth Army Corps did not expect, and these days, the Fourth Army Corps has been chasing the Red Army, and never expected that the Red Army would dare to take the initiative to attack.
The Fourth Army was not well prepared and was caught off guard by the sneak attack of the Red Army, but fortunately, the scale of the Red Army's sneak attack was not large and failed to cause too much loss to the Jin Army, but a chaotic battle was fought, and the Fourth Army Corps suffered more than 2,000 casualties.
Upon learning of this, Lin Haotian was furious, and when the next day dawned, Lin Haotian ordered the whole army to attack, break through the mouth of Guangxi, and take Fengyang City directly. The Fourth Army, which thought that it had been slapped in the face by the Red Army, was menacing and rushed into the mouth of Guangxi with a thunderous force.
The Red Army set up more than 10 simple villages and checkpoints in the mouth of Guangxi, and seemed to be afraid of the ferocity of the Jin Army, and more than 10 villages and checkpoints were empty, and the Fourth Army Corps did not make any effort to capture all the villages and checkpoints in the mouth of Guangxi.
Advancing further, it is the last checkpoint of Guangxikou, and it is also the top priority of the defense line of Guangxikou, Fengyang City.
The Fourth Army entered the mouth of Guangxi, advanced very smoothly, did not encounter the resistance of a single soldier, Lin Haotian was also ambitious, and said to the surrounding generals: "Today, our army will break through Fengyang City, and within ten days, take the entire territory of Guangxi County." Although Guangxi County is not the target of our plan in advance, this county is a large grain-producing county in the Red Kingdom, since we have pursued the enemy here, we will take it down easily, and in the future, we can also provide a lot of grain and grass for our army!"
"Haha-" All the generals laughed on their backs, and echoed: "Your Excellency is wise!"
"My lord overestimated the Red Army! Take this county, why use ten days, my Dajin soldiers only walked and passed, and then took this county lightly and took the head of the thief!"
"Haha!" General Jin's bold words drew another burst of laughter.
At this time, a golden pawn came to report, saying that Shao Jun asked to see him. Lin Haotian was only slightly stunned, and snorted: "The big war is coming, what does this rat do when he sees me!" After speaking, he looked around at the generals and asked, "Which general is willing to take the lead and capture Fengyang?"
"My lord, the last general is willing to be a pioneer!" With a shock, Zhang Bufan carried his gun and went out of the ranks, please go to battle.
Before Lin Haotian could speak, Liu Xian on the side stepped forward and said: "Use a knife to kill chickens? General Zhang Bufan is the general of our army, and it is enough for the last general to go to a small city in Fengyang!"
Lin Haotian smiled leisurely, nodded at Liu Xian, and said to Zhan Hu: "Extraordinary, you still follow me to suppress the formation, and the first battle will be handed over to Liu Xian to fight!"
Liu Xian is a young general selected by Lin Haotian when he issued a military conscription order, and compared with the successful war tiger, he needs military exploits more to prove his value in the army.
Zhang Bufan is not a stupid person, and Lin Haotian has already said so, so he can't force it anymore, and intervenes and says: "The last general obeys the order!"
Lin Haotian sent 20,000 soldiers to Liu Xian as his vanguard army and took the lead in attacking Fengyang.
In the eyes of Lin Haotian and the generals, the Red Army has been frightened by their own side, so many fortresses and checkpoints in the mouth of Guangxi are not even guarded, and the defense of Fengyang City is not much stronger, although they dare not say that they can take it down as soon as they go, but it is definitely no problem to take it lightly.
But when the Jin army approached Fengyang, they were all dumbfounded.
Fengyang is built in the mouth of Guangxi, there are mountains on both sides, the city is sandwiched in the middle, the city wall is as high as ten meters away, this is nothing, the most fatal thing is that the canyon at the mouth of Guangxi is not straight to go, but zigzag, just about 100 steps in front of Fengyang City, there is just a big bend, that is to say, the stone thrower and crossbow arrows of the Jin army can not directly attack Fengyang City, if you want to attack the city defense of Fengyang, you must cross this bend, close to the people's 100 steps, in addition, Fengyang is still built on a gentle slope, although the slope is not big, but for the siege personnel, it will also cause a certain resistance。
After looking at the topography of Fengyang, Liu Xian, as a pioneer, couldn't help but gasp, what a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is blessed with unique blessings, the danger of this city is even above the Twin Peaks City! (To be continued......)