Chapter 140: What the hell is fighting?
On the chess field, wolf smoke is everywhere, beacons are burning in the sky, mountains are roaring, rivers are wailing, the city is crying, and Tian Mo is moaning.
Is this war.
Wu Gan closed his eyes slightly, his mind immersed in it, and through the billowing smoke, he wandered through the tragic battlefield.
Raise your eyes and look at it, the knife is broken, the ground is thousands of miles, and the white bones are exposed. He used to be a pawn in the van army, and he did not have witnessed the cruelty of the war, but at this time, from another height, he knew what was the major affairs of the country, what was the place of death and life, and what was the way of survival.
The wild vines linger on the bones, and the remnant sun shines on the empty city.
When a war starts, how many lives are destroyed, how many cities are broken, history turns and civilization is annihilated because of it.
This situation and this scene made any opponent unmoved. Especially for people like Wu Gan, who have touched corpses on the battlefield and experienced life and death catastrophes, they are even more related.
War is the most brutal means of the human race, and it is also the ultimate choice for the distribution of interests of all races.
This is probably also the original intention of the Shenwu Academy to establish war chess, and the belligerent will be in danger.
Packing up his thoughts, Wu Gen refocused his attention on the battlefield.
Even on the chessboard, this battle should have ended earlier. Ci is not in charge of the army, if you want to stop the war, you must fight to the death first, and the necessary sacrifices cannot be avoided.
On the battlefield, Hu Jia dispatched an army of 100,000 to move forward quickly, and the front of the troops pointed directly at Huguan, an important town in Wu Ganguo. Along the way, Wu Jian didn't harass more, but just sent some scouts to stay away.
The originally expected tragic siege did not appear, the attack went smoothly, and almost no losses were suffered, and Hu Jia successfully conquered the city. Looking at this scene on the chessboard, Hu Jia hesitated. The city is already empty, and Wu Gan has moved the entire city away.
The city is very dangerous, just between two mountains, the terrain is winding, the mouth is narrow on both sides, and the middle is gradually wide, shaped like a kettle, and it is a natural defensive fortress.
This city is also very important, and when you break through this city, there is a fertile field behind the mountain, and heavy horses can gallop freely in the endless wilderness.
Why Wu Jian gave up this place so easily made Hu Jia a little confused. Could it be that the other party does not understand the strategic significance of this place, after this city, you can fight all the way to the capital, at that time, the mountains and rivers are translocated, the community is overturned, what is the benefit of war.
After thinking for a while, Hu Jia really couldn't guess Wu Gan's thoughts. If you can't guess, you don't want to, everything is based on me, or according to your original plan. Leave 10,000 horses to defend the city, lest Wu Gan cut off his own back road. The rest of the forces quickly moved forward, looking for opportunities to destroy the enemy.
The army under his command was composed of righteous eagles and fighting elephants, and it was not afraid of any opponent even if it encountered it.
Some bad news continued to come from the rear, and Wu Gan's Righteous Soldiers were still constantly harassing their own grain convoys, cities, ferries, and other places. Wherever they went, these Vigilantes plundered and completely detached themselves from the rear, feeding themselves in battle, and their mobility was astonishing.
The connection between the cities was gradually severed, and what made Hu Jia most uncomfortable was that it was becoming increasingly difficult to transport the food and grass needed by the army to the front. Ahead, there are already strong walls and clear fields, and many cities have been captured, but the supplies obtained are pitiful.
Hu Jia didn't expect Wu Gen to be so ruthless and resolute, so that even if he withdrew from his country, what was left was scorched earth and full of devastation.
When the battle was decided quickly, feeling the increasing logistical pressure, Hu Jia was ruthless, no longer slowly trying to do it, and urged the army to quickly march to the capital of the other country.
This was the first time since the beginning of the war that Hu Jia had taken such an adventure, and he had advanced alone and penetrated deep into the enemy country, and it was very likely that he would fall into an encirclement. However, Hu Jia was sure that the reconnaissance in the past few days had not found a large army in the vicinity, and as long as he acted quickly, he could capture the national capital before the opponent returned to help.
After attacking and destroying five cities along the way, Hu Jia swept away all obstacles and drove his army to the capital of the other country. Due to the continuous division of troops to defend the captured city, when he arrived in front of the national capital, Hu Jia only had 50,000 horses left.
This is a national capital located on the shore of a large river, with thick walls and heavy gold on the field. The side defending the city already has an innate advantage, plus waiting for work, so siege warfare has always been a bitter battle.
Hu Jia deployed his troops and surrounded the national capital. Because he had not found the movement of Wu Gan's army for many days, he had two kinds of savings
Thinking.
If Wu Gan hid his troops and horses in the city, he would trap them to death, and the rest of his troops would take the opportunity to attack the city and plunder the land elsewhere. If he is not in the city, he can also force Wu Gen to come to support, so as to fight a decisive battle with the army. With such a long front, it is very easy to have loopholes, and it is impossible to defend everywhere, so we should give priority to annihilating the opponent's living forces to reduce the pressure of deployment.
At the beginning of the battle, Hu Jia found that, according to the rules, the chess pieces of the two sides were equal, and Wu Gan chose significantly more righteous eagle soldiers. This also means that the heavy cavalry of his people will be reduced.
Since it is difficult to defeat the opponent in the air, you can only hope for a duel.
At the sound of an order, Hu Jia organized a large army to attack the city. Unlike other cities where the army is weak, there are indeed ambushes here. Hu Jia was not shocked or rejoiced, so the battle was decided.
Siege warfare is the most time-consuming and laborious, nothing more than ladder climbing, car crashing into the city, tunnel sneak attack, etc., there is no way to take tricks. Although the Righteous Hurds attacked from the air, after all, the losses in the early stage were heavy, and they could only be auxiliary and could not be finalized.
For many days, Hu Jia commanded his soldiers to besiege on all sides, hoping to find a flaw in the city. After a long time, Hu Jia found that there did not seem to be many troops in the city, and the defense was also weak, and some loopholes gradually appeared, and it was foreseeable that the city would not last long.
Hu Jia not only had no joy on his face, but his heart became heavier and heavier. Since there are not many troops in the city, where did Wu Gan's main force go. His own volunteers had few soldiers, so it was difficult to detect the enemy's movements on a large scale, which cast a shadow on Hu Jia's heart.
Just in case, Hu Jia ordered the rear to strengthen the defense along the entire line, and at the same time placed a reserve in the middle of Huguan and the capital to support the two wings at any time.
Finally, news finally came from the rear that Wu Gan's army appeared under Huguan and launched a fierce attack on the defending city.
Hearing this letter, Hu Jia made up his mind that as long as the opponent appeared, he would have a way to deal with it. What I'm afraid of is that the other party can't touch it and can't see it. The remaining forces of Huguan could not resist the attack of the opponent's army, so Hu Jia quickly mobilized reserves to rush to help, while continuing to storm the capital.
Wu Gan wanted to cut off the back road, hum, see if you take Huguan first, or I will capture the capital first, and then see if you save it or not. According to the rules of war chess, the fall of the capital will greatly affect the morale of the soldiers.
However, the march of the reserve was not smooth, and Wu Gan took advantage of the advantage of the Righteous Hurdles to attack and harass the reserve at all levels, and along the way, the supporting forces continued to decrease and disperse.
Hu Jia finally tasted the pain of losing the advantage of the Righteous Eagles, and he was worried about the top of his head all the time, and the arrows fell from the sky like locusts.
Having lost a third of their troops, the reserve finally met up with the defenders and drove Wu Gan's army out. Hu Jia breathed a sigh of relief and put down his mind to attack the opposite national capital.
But at the same time, another bad news came, and the border hammer town from which he set out from China, that is, the granary and baggage gathering place of his army, was attacked more fiercely.
At this time, Hu Jia still didn't understand that Huguan was just a feint, and Wu Gan's real main attack direction was here. The main force of his army actually made a big circle, traveled through the vast mountains, avoided Hu Jia's search, and broke into the opponent's country.
This time, Wu Gan did not retreat at the slightest setback when attacking Huguan, and concentrated all the righteous and ground troops, cooperated with the air and ground, regardless of casualties, and stormed this city day and night.
Hu Jia hesitated at this time, if this city was captured by Wu Gan, his own supplies would be cut off, and the army that went deep into other countries would fall into a situation of no food. Whether to return to the rescue first, or to take the capital in front of you first.
Finally, the temptation of the national capital is greater. After all, it was so hard to attack the city by himself, so it would be easy for Wu Gen to attack the city? At this time, Hu Jia had already killed the red eye, dispatched all his troops to attack the city, and finally took Wu Gan's national capital.
After entering the national capital and counting carefully, Hu Jia learned that there were only a few thousand men and horses defending the city. In other words, Wu Gen did not take the safety of the national capital into account at all, and put these troops that were not considered reserves here, whether it was a feint to attack Huguan or to defend the national capital, just to attract his own troops.
Hu Jia was shocked and hurriedly ordered the army to come back to help. As soon as he started, he received a report that Wu Gen had broken through
The city, after robbing a large amount of grain and grass, is heading towards the interior of the country, and the direction of progress should be towards Hu Jia's national capital.
This Wu Gen is too unparticular, is it difficult to change countries with himself, how can there be such a way of playing.
Hu Jia couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to urge the army to move forward quickly. What to do with these cities that have already been captured along the way, it is difficult to give them up again. Unwillingly, he had to leave a small number of troops in the occupied city to garrison, gather his men and horses and hurry back.
Along the way, Wu Gan's annoying Righteous Falcons reappeared. This time, instead of adopting a hit-and-run strategy, the Volunteers engaged in an aerial battle with the remnants of Hu Jia's Volunteers, regardless of casualties.
In this big battle, both sides suffered a lot of losses. However, the superiority of Wu's Yihu soldiers was reflected at this time. After this battle, Hu Jia no longer had a righteous eagle, and the air became Wu Gan's world.
Without the cover of the Righteous Eagles, Hu Jia could be described as having a difficult march and marching extremely slowly. The opponent's attack and the lack of food and medicine on their own side caused heavy losses among the soldiers. Finally, after paying a terrible price, he returned to China with difficulty.
Looking at the ruined city, Hu Jia felt heavy. Originally, I thought that it would take a big battle to recover, but after Wu Gen conquered the city, he did not send a single soldier to guard it, and the most important thing was that a large amount of grain stored in the city was either looted or burned, leaving only an empty city.
Wu Gan's approach was not at all the work of a country's generals, but rather a bit like a rogue behavior, running away when he hit it, and leaving when he grabbed it, and he didn't take these cities to heart at all, which made Hu Jia, who had received an orthodox education since childhood, quite incomprehensible. What kind of person without a king and father can make such a disregard for the monarch and the society.
It's a pity that Hu Jia doesn't know Wu Gan's background, he is good at bandits, how could he have the idea of being half loyal to the monarch and benevolence, but he just followed the path of robbery, in order to wear off the opponent. As for where to fight, how the emperor in the capital is, what does it matter to me. If it weren't for the rules of war chess, it would be impossible to say that Wu Gen would have tied up his emperor and sent him away.
With a little respite, Hu Jia sent troops to collect food everywhere. Several surrounding cities have been burned down by Wu Gan, and as a last resort, he had to rescue the national capital on the one hand, and look for grain and grass on the other.
When he arrived in the national capital, he found that Wu Jian had not sent troops to attack here, and the army did not know where to go.
Without the reconnaissance of the Righteous Hurs, Hu Jia was like a blind man, passive everywhere. Staring at the chessboard, he was silent for a long time, carefully calculating Wu Gan's thoughts.
Soon, the news came to tell him the answer.
Shui Yunsheng combined the main force and the feint attack force into one, and broke through the Huguan with a flank attack on both sides. In this way, Hu Jia's soldiers and horses left in Wu Qian's country became turtles in the urn. If these soldiers and horses are lost, plus the previous losses, their own soldiers and horses will be directly lost in half.
Hu Jia urgently dispatched men and horses to Huguan, and when he arrived, he found that it was an empty city again, except for the soldiers who were slaughtered, Wu Gan had long been missing.
What kind of hell is this fighting, Hu Jia is a little angry.