Whether it is the Vietnamese army or the defenders of Nanyue Mansion, they all belong to the Southern Army of the Great Han Dynasty, and the complex terrain and changeable climate that the king of thieves rely on cannot play any role in holding them back.

The news of the attack on the west was first sent to the palace, and there was an uproar in the think tank, and even the king of thieves was stunned for a while before he reacted, and roared: "How could the Vietnamese army appear in that direction, why didn't this king receive information related to it, aren't they stationed in the north?"

A counselor in charge of intelligence aggregation stepped forward and said cautiously: "Palace, recently, our attention has been on the side of the Iron Eagle Army, and the people in charge of spying on the intelligence of the Vietnamese army have all been transferred, so that there is a disconnection in the intelligence in this direction. ”

The king of thieves was angry: "Who told you to transfer people away?"

The counselor had a bitter look on his face, and turned his head to Chai Jiangtao to make a look.

Chai Jingtao cleared his throat and said, "Brother Wang, I transferred it, but it was your order. ”

The king of thieves was speechless, thinking about it, there was really such a thing, when he ordered, Chai Jiangtao had suggested that a few people should be left to continue to stare at the Yue army, he waved his hand and said no, and said that the Yue army was only responsible for defensive tasks, and it was the Han army that fought the main force. The emperor is planning to cut the feudal domain, how can he give the credit to the princes and kings, the Yue army can only watch the Han army make meritorious achievements, and others can't even drink soup when they eat meat.

It was this conceit that made him pay a terrible price, because the Vietnamese army launched a sneak attack before dawn, and the defenders were in a state of sleepiness, and thousands of people were killed in a daze, including two helmsmen and several incense owners. Then the Vietnamese army launched a general offensive, easily breaking through the first line of defense to the second line of defense, and in just one morning, the number of casualties on the western front reached 20,000, and the opponent's losses were only a few thousand. Thank you!

"When did the Vietnamese army become so capable of fighting?" said the king of thieves to cover up his mistakes.

The messenger replied: "It is the main force of the Vietnamese army, the Yilin Army, and some black iron armorers." ”

The king of thieves glared: "King Yue is crazy, he actually let the black iron armor participate in the war, what benefits did the emperor promise to give him, he will do so hard?"

The black iron armor is the royal forest army of the Yue country, responsible for protecting the safety of the royal city, and is the absolute elite of the Yue ** team, and the combat effectiveness is no less than that of the Han elite soldiers, it is said that there are less than 20,000 people, and the military expenditure is higher than that of the ordinary army of 100,000 people, which can be seen.

The messenger lowered his head and said: "The Black Iron Armor not only participated in the battle, but also was responsible for the main attack mission, and every time they rushed to the front, they were able to break through the first line of defense so quickly, and the Black Iron Armor played a great role. ”

The king of thieves was completely dumbfounded, in his impression, the princes and kings were a group of guys who only knew how to preserve their strength, and never easily sent elite troops to participate in foreign battles, and in most cases they sent the old, weak, sick and disabled to help the Han army do auxiliary work such as transporting baggage.

King Yue not only sent the elite Yilin army, but even the elite black iron armor among the elite also sent out, what a lot of courage this must be.

In fact, it was very simple, Emperor Liu Qi sent an edict to the king of Yue, saying that as long as the Yue army could make contributions in this southern expedition, he would not cut the feudal domain of the Yue country within the three generations of Yue kings.

The life span of a warrior is longer than that of ordinary people, and three generations can ensure that the country is safe for at least one hundred and fifty years, not only the royal family, but also the princes and ministers can obtain huge benefits, and it is impossible for the king of Yue not to pay attention to it, and at the instigation of the ministers of the world, he will send all the elites of the country to strive for the merits of the army.

Chai Jiangtao asked rhetorically: "Brother Wang, what should we do, should we transfer back the two halls that were just transferred?"

The king of thieves shook his head: "No, there are 300,000 barbarian soldiers in the south, 200,000 Iron Eagle troops in the north, and only 100,000 Vietnamese troops in the west. According to our strategic plan, we can ensure that we are undefeated in the early stage of the war, and then carry out the retreat plan to lure the enemy into depth. ”

In his opinion, as long as there is no war in the north, no matter how lively the fighting between the west and the south is, it is impossible to form a situation in which the north and the south are flanked.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he said with a smile: "Emperor Han is really cunning and cunning, but his little tricks will not be on the table after all, just like this, the two sons also want to plot against me Nanshan, it is simply a fool's dream." ”

There are people who are good at sneaking around and patting horses: "That's right, the emperor of the Han Dynasty underestimated us too much, he will pay the price for this, what is the Yue army and the Han army, all let them have no return." ”

"Report!" a messenger hurriedly ran in from outside, holding a military newspaper with three red feathers in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Oh no, 100,000 Han troops have attacked the eastern flank of our northern defense line, and the defenders have been caught off guard, resulting in heavy losses. ”

"What?" roared the King of Thieves, "how can there be war on the eastern flank?"

Chai Jiangtao took the Hongling emergency report and read: "This morning, 100,000 Han troops raided our northeast defense line, which was menacing, and our side has been routed to the second line of defense and is organizing defense. However, the enemy has an advantage in strength, unstoppable, and the second line of defense is in danger, so I implore the Thief King Hall to send reinforcements quickly, and Ma Hongyuan, the master of the Zhenbei Hall, bows to him. ”

The king of thieves was furious: "Where are the 100,000 Han troops popping up, did they fall from the sky?"

Chai Jiangtao asked the messenger: "Which army is the other party, and who is in command?"

The messenger replied: "One part is the southern army of the Great Han Dynasty, and the other part is the defenders of Nanyue Mansion, each side accounts for about half, and it is not clear who the main general is, the enemy came too suddenly, and our army was crushed, and we failed to capture prisoners, so we do not know the details of the other side." ”

Chai Jiangtao was also angry, and shouted at the counselor in charge of intelligence: "What are you eating, I don't know if the Vietnamese army is excusable when it hits the west, why don't you even know the transfer of the defenders of Nanyue Mansion." ”

The counselor said with a look of grievance: "The information sent by the spies did not mention this matter, they just said that the defenders of Nanyue Mansion were transferred out of the city for deployment, and the specific deployment situation can only be reported after it is discovered. ”

The king of thieves came to the front of the map, looked at the situation of the enemy and the enemy that the counselors had just marked, frowned, and said: "The Vietnamese army is in the west, and the defenders of Nanyue Mansion are in the northeast, but the junction between the north and the east is vacated, what does this mean?"

Chai Jiangtao, who was standing behind, shook his head: "I don't understand, it stands to reason that the troops should be united, it is easy to be surrounded and divided in the division of troops, and then each one is broken, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Han Emperor?"

The king of thieves sneered, picked up his horsewhip and pointed at the middle and upper part of the map, and said: "It is still a trick to attack the east and the west, inducing this king to transfer troops from the middle to support the two wings, causing an empty force at the junction of the north and east, and then the Iron Eagle Army quickly came, broke through our army's defense from the middle, and smashed the city of the thief king." ”

Chai Jiangtao suddenly realized that it was a poisonous strategy, and I said that it was impossible for the Han Emperor to make low-level mistakes! Brother Wang had a sharp eye like a torch and saw through the enemy's tricks, but the northeast defense line was tight, and there was only one Zhenbei Hall of Ma Hongyuan, and it was impossible for more than 20,000 people to block the 100,000 Han army, and if reinforcements were not sent, it would be a matter of time before the second and third lines of defense would be breached, and then the entire battle situation would be affected, which would be very unfavorable to our side. ”

The King of Thieves said coldly: "This is another conspiracy of the Han Emperor, if I don't transfer troops from the middle to reinforce the northeast defense line, they can calmly open a gap from that side, and the Iron Eagle Army does not need to attack the junction of the north and west, and drill directly through this gap." Liu Qi is really calculating, this king will not let his conspiracy succeed! He ordered that the troops of the two halls be transferred from the east to support Ma Hongyuan, and that the Han army must be kept out of the second line of defense and stabilize our position. ”

Chai Jiangtao gave a thumbs up, it was the best choice to transfer troops from the east, although it had been argued that it was impossible for the Han army to attack from the east, but for the sake of insurance, the king of thieves put four halls there, a total of 100,000 troops, one was to ensure that in case, and the other was to be used as a reserve to replenish to other places at any time.

"Dian Yingming!" said several counselors in unison.

The king of thieves was still confident in this battle, believing that the small tricks of the Han Emperor could only play some role at the beginning of the war, and that as time passed, victory would inevitably belong to Nanshan.

He continued: "Command the front-line combat troops, be sure to stabilize their positions and fight steadily. Two days later, the retreat began according to the established policy, and the enemy troops were brought in, and the troops responsible for harassment along the way seized the time to prepare, making sure that the enemy's advance was frustrated. ”

"Yes!"

Almost at the same time, Chen Muyang, in accordance with Ye Yunyang's instructions, secretly sent several messengers to order the Han lurkers who served as generals to lead the team to retreat, even if there were no enemy troops behind them, they had to make a rout and flee, and when there were chasing soldiers, they had to do enough to play.

Two different orders were sent to the generals almost at the same time, and they all had the bottom in their hearts, so let's go steadily, and order all the staff to retreat on the spot, discarding unnecessary supplies.

Under their influence, the other troops also retreated frantically, and everyone scrambled for fear of being overtaken by the enemy.

In this way, the originally planned lure of the enemy into depth turned into a one-sided rout, and except for a slight resistance from the northeast defense line, the north and west were crushed for hundreds of miles.

The troops responsible for cutting off the grain route and harassing along the way were all dumbfounded, their task was to attack the enemy from the flank or around the rear on the premise of fighting and retreating from the large army, and the large army ran too fast, leaving only their backs and completely exposing them to the sight of the Han army.

A small group of troops against the main force of the enemy, with their toes can think of no chance of winning, stupidly rushing up is an egg hitting a stone, don't be stunned, let's run quickly!

Without encountering any decent resistance, the Han army pursued all the way for 300 miles until it formed a standoff with the enemy forces in the Wangcheng defensive line.

Such a result completely exceeded the previous expectations of the king of thieves, what lured the enemy to go deeper, it was clearly a wide opening of the country to invite the enemy in, and the enemy's living force was consumed in a harassing way, and it became empty talk.

The king of thieves couldn't understand why such a result occurred, there was no problem with the strategic policy and command, which link went wrong?