Chapter 563: The Peerless Battle (3)

When the time entered November, under the leadership of He Ruobi, the general manager of the Liaodong Provincial March, the 200,000 Sui troops originally stationed in Zhuo County took the lead out of Zhuo County and came to Yan County in the lower reaches of the White Wolf Water (Daling River).

Originally, there were about 100,000 people stationed here in the Su Mo people and the original Liaoxi Sui army, and after He Ruobi arrived, he commanded the 300,000 troops to attack together.

Subsequently, more than 400,000 Sui troops who were supposed to stay in Zhuo County for the time being in the plan of the Xia army and wait for Yang Jian to go north suddenly followed closely to the east, and if this Sui army also rushed to the west bank of Liaoshui, there would be a full 700,000 Sui army, and it was clear that there was an intention to destroy the Xia army's Liaohe defense line in one fell swoop with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai.

At the same time, more than 300,000 Sui troops and Turkic cavalry troops originally stationed on the west bank of Luanshui north of the Great Wall also began to fully cross Luanshui and march towards the southern branch of the weak Luoshui (Laoha River), as if they were cooperating with the main force of the Sui army to cross the Liaoshui.

In the face of the sudden all-out offensive of the Sui army, although the Xia army had long made all preparations for war, the freezing of the Liaoshui caused by the sudden cold weather at this time was a very unfavorable factor, and the nearly foot-thick ice on the Liaoshui was enough for hundreds of thousands of Sui troops to pass through safely.

In this way, Liaoshui, which could have been relied on as a natural danger, became an undefended natural channel, and the Sui army could launch an attack on any defense line at any time, which was a disadvantageous factor for the Xia army.

Fortunately, the Xia army had enough war horses and was able to use the war horses to maneuver urgently, which was a more advantageous aspect of the Xia army than the Sui army.

However, it was not these that surprised Xia Jun the most.

At the same time that He Ruobi's vanguard general Mai Tiezhu led an army of 50,000 to launch a tentative attack in the area of Anshi City, Wang Ze, who had already led the 200,000 main forces of the Zhonghu Army into Liaodong City, suddenly received information from within the Sui Empire.

Because the blockade of the Sui Empire this time was extremely strict, this top-secret information could not be transmitted to the Xia State from the north at all, so with the efforts of the intelligence personnel of the Xia State within the Sui Empire, this top-secret information was first sent to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and then transferred to Donghai County to go to sea, and then sent to Liaodong.

At this time, Wang Ze and other high-level officials of the Xia army knew that Yang Jian, the Sui Emperor who had led 300,000 Sui troops slowly northward more than ten days ago, had quietly left behind that large army after marching to Wuyang County on the north bank of the Yellow River, and only led 20,000 Chinese troops to Youzhou urgently, and then ordered a full-scale attack on Xia State.

At this time, Wang Ze finally understood why the Sui army in Zhuo County would suddenly launch a full-scale offensive instead of launching a temporary attack first, it turned out that these were all orders from Yang Jian.

With Yang Jian staring at Zhuojun, the Sui army was different when it started fighting, and the attack launched by He Ruobi, the general manager of the Liaodong Provincial Marching Army, commanded the front line of 300,000 troops on the Liaoshui line, which surprised the Xia army, which was originally ready for all battles.

He Ruobi's army alone actually has more than 20,000 heavily armed Mo Dao troops, a one-and-a-half-zhang long Mo knife, and dozens of pounds of iron armor, except that the style is different from the Xia State Iron Armor Army, there is not much difference in others.

These Sui army Mo sword soldiers are all composed of tall northland warriors, especially the people in Guanzhong, the tall and sturdy figure and long-term training of martial arts make this Sui army Mo sword soldiers not to be underestimated.

After all, the Sui Empire is a great empire that has unified the Central Plains, although his steel production is still low compared to the Xia Kingdom, but the quality of the steel used by the Sui army to build weapons under the support of strong national strength is not bad.

At first, the Xia army defending the area around Anshi City did not notice this, and when the Sui army launched an offensive, it thought it was just a tentative attack, but it was suddenly broken into the Xia army's battle formation by 5,000 Sui army Mo sword soldiers, resulting in heavy casualties and almost a rout.

Fortunately, Wang Ze also knew that there were a large number of Modao soldiers in the Sui army, and he had already arranged all the ironclad armies in the Xia army on the Liaohe defense line.

Although Luo Huan, the commander of the Xia State Ironclad Army at this time, was already old, but he had taught many skilled disciples with high martial arts over the years, and Chibi, the commander of the Third Division of the Ironclad Army, was stationed in the area of Anshi City at this time, and immediately led the Third Ironclad Division to arrive after learning that there was a danger in the area of Anshi City.

At this time, the defenders of Anshi City, who came back to their senses, also hurriedly used bed crossbows to fire thunderbolts, as well as long-range weapons such as rockets to block the Sui army's support, cutting off the Sui army's Mo sword soldiers who broke into the battle formation, so that the Sui army's Mo sword soldiers, who had shown their might at the beginning, were suddenly disheartened.

If these thousands of Sui army Mo sword soldiers formed a battle formation at this time, they could ensure their own safety, but they felt that it was not easy for the army to cross the river, so they prepared to form a battle formation on the east bank of Liaoshui to ensure the safety of this forward position.

Chibi immediately grabbed the thousands of ironclad soldiers brought by the fighter plane, brandished a one-and-a-half-foot horse slashing giant sword and pounced, and finally wiped out all the Sui army after a hard battle, although the other Sui troops retreated safely, but they were also frightened by the ferocity of Chibi's department and did not dare to attack easily.

Although he temporarily repelled the offensive of the Sui army under He Ruobi on the area around Anshi City, because the Liao water froze the Sui army day and night on the line from the mouth of the Liao River to the Liaodong City, it simply brought the thirty-six strategies into full play, and also exhausted the Xia army, which was already accustomed to crushing the opponent with strength.

At this time, the generals of the Xia Army suddenly discovered that they were still far from the peak of leading their troops to fight, so some of the generals of the Xia Army who originally had a contemptuous mentality towards the Sui Army also quickly corrected their mentality.

After the battle report from the front was transmitted back to the Xia Kingdom, many people of the Xia Kingdom who originally had great confidence also began to worry, so the people of the Xia Kingdom, which were not too many in Liaodong County, actually set off a wave of migration, and a large number of people fled to the more hinterland areas of Lelang County and Jiangzhou County.

The Liaodong County government was ready to intercept these people at first, after all, the large-scale hasty migration of people was likely to cause some chaos within the Xia Kingdom, but Wang Ze not only did not stop it after some thought, but even ordered the people of the entire Liaodong County to be temporarily relocated.

While the Xia Kingdom was preparing for further battles, the more than 400,000 Sui troops who had set out from Zhuo County also rushed to Yan County.

This Sui army quickly divided into two armies of 150,000 men, one under the leadership of Yang Guang, the king of Jin, to attack the first line of Jian'an City on the other side from the mouth of the Liao River, and the other under the leadership of the general Yang Siren to attack the area of Liaodong City.

Finally, the Sui army and the Turkic cavalry led by Yang Jun fought with the Xia cavalry north of the White Wolf River, and the Xia cavalry must be restrained and prevented from reinforcing the battle on the lower reaches of Liaoshui.

Although the rebellious Turks were unwilling to obey Yang Jun's command, the Turkic commander Dali Yehu also knew that they could only return to their homeland if the Sui army won this battle, otherwise they could only send people to wander around under the fence, like a lost dog.

Of course, Daliyehu did not want to do this, and he also wanted to restore the glory of the Turks, so at his instigation, the Turkic cavalry behaved actively when attacking, which of course Daliyehu used the battle capture to provoke them.

In the past, the Turks and the various nomadic tribes of later generations liked to attack the Central Plains Empire so much, because even if they defeated them, they could make money by looting some materials from the Central Plains, and the Central Plains, which was relatively poor in materials, was too rich.

Although Xiping County of Xia Kingdom is also dominated by nomadic Xia herdsmen, but with the support of such a strong national strength of Xia Kingdom, the Xia herdsmen of Xiping County have always lived a wealthy life, and they are even richer than most of the people in the hinterland of Xia Kingdom.

However, to the disappointment of the Turks, this time they did not find any Xia herdsmen, as early as more than a month before the start of the war, the Xia State forcibly relocated all the herdsmen on the south bank of the weak Luoshui to the north bank, where there were more than 600,000 Xia cavalry protection, and it was no longer safe.

The Turkic cavalry was depressed, but Yang Jun seemed more happy, because while the Xia army consciously controlled the scale of the battle, the Sui army had in fact controlled the entire large grasslands west and south of Liaoshui, which could be regarded as opening up thousands of miles for the Great Sui.

After the news of Yang Jun's occupation of the entire west bank and south bank of Liaoshui reached Zhuo County, Yang Jian, who had already set up the palace here, was overjoyed, and even put down his words that as long as any Sui army took the lead in conquering the Liaoshui defense line and occupied any important town such as Liaodong City or Anshi City, he would have a heavy reward, and even it would not be a pity to be crowned king.

At this time, the Su Mo people, who did not attract everyone's attention, suddenly became sought-after, after all, the Su Mo people originally lived along the Su Mo River in Liaodong, and they had never relaxed their reconnaissance of the Xia Kingdom for the Yan County stationed in the Great Sui over the years, and they were extremely familiar with the climate and terrain along the Liao River.

If there was a group of Su Mo people in the team to help him, then the Sui army would be able to easily attack Liaoshui, and even find the weak points of the Xia army's defense and occupy important places such as Liaodong City.

Since leading tens of thousands of troops to migrate to Yan County, the Sumo people have recovered to 150,000 people after decades of recuperation, and many young people who have not fought against the Xia army have constantly asked to fight Liaoshui and restore their homes along the Sumo River.

Although the aging leader Tu Diji was not willing to disperse his subordinates, in the face of the demands of so many high-ranking generals in the Sui Empire and many young warriors within his subordinates, he still had to assign thousands of young men who could speak Chinese to various Sui armies as guides.

With the vigorous assistance of these Su Mo people who are familiar with the terrain of Liaodong, the offensive of the Sui army has become more dignified, if it were not for the Xia army to occupy the home advantage, as well as the advantage of many excellent armor, otherwise it would really be impossible to stop the offensive of the Sui army.

Although the Sui army's attack was strong, but in the case of the Xia army's use of gunpowder weapons regardless of the cost, it was also heavy casualties, often the Sui army suffered three or four casualties, in exchange for a casualty of the Xia army, it seems that the Sui army's offensive is very strong, but in fact it cannot last.

The casualties of the Xia army on the front line increased rapidly, but in Wang Ze's eyes now, these casualties were just a statistic, only by defeating the Sui Empire, which was in full swing, could the Xia Kingdom truly become the first power in the world, and it could also win in the future civilization competition.

Since ancient times, Ci Bu was in charge of the army, and Wang Ze wanted to use the Liaohe defense line to gradually consume the living force of the Sui army, and only in this way could the last drop of blood of the Sui Empire be consumed in the long war and achieve the final victory.

But things often go unsatisfactory, just as Wang Ze was planning the next offensive against the Sui Empire, suddenly an urgent report came from Jiaodong, south of the Wuhu Sea, that the 300,000 Sui troops that Yang Jian had abandoned in Wuyang County actually turned around and turned east sharply under the leadership of Yan Rong, the general manager of the march of Qi County.

After they crossed the river in Qi County (Jinan City), they quickly went east along the Jiaoqi Avenue built by Wang Yong, and with this convenient avenue, they rushed to Donglai County in just a few days, and even launched a powerful offensive against Changguang County and Weihai County, which were still under the control of Xia State.

At the same time, Yuan Jingshan and Zheng Xiaoru, the generals of the Sui Army, led thousands of warships of the Sui Army's naval division to the north from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and directly penetrated Weihai County, an important port of the Xia Army in Jiaodong, through Yuzhou Island.