Chapter 45 Personally Expedition, Battle of Xinzheng
As soon as Zhang Yi's words came out, King Chu Lie's heart couldn't help but jump twice, and he subconsciously looked at Hai Chaosheng.
In his opinion, the state of Chu can obtain a territory of eight hundred li without spending a single soldier, as long as he stands by and watches, there is nothing better than this.
If it weren't for the power of Chihe Palace, he would have wanted to agree impatiently.
In fact, not only King Chu Lie, Zhang Yi's proposal made Hai Chaosheng also a little moved.
In his eyes, South Korea is already the weakest country in China among the six countries, and even if Wei does not crusade, their Chu State will have ideas sooner or later.
Now Wei is afraid of Chihe Palace and his cultivation, so he is willing to give up the interests of Korea.
He is happy to see it happen.
Their Chihe Palace can also use this to increase some of their strength.
Hai Chaosheng glanced at Zhang Yi up and down, and when he saw his sincere and frightened appearance, he couldn't help but raise his head, and said for a while: "This matter, the king will look at it." ”
With a wave of his sleeve, flames erupted all over his body.
When the flame is extinguished, it disappears without a trace.
Seeing that Hai Chaosheng, the palace master of Chihe Palace, did not have any objections, King Chu Lie knew that the matter was settled, and immediately agreed to Zhang Yi's proposal.
King Chu Lie said: "If you can let my Chu State get 800 li of land in Korea, you will be the hero of my Chu State." Gu once heard the people of Wei say that your ambition is to be the prime minister, and Gu can realize your wish. ”
Zhang Yi said happily: "Thank you, King." ”
Subsequently, King Chulie announced that he had severed relations with South Korea, and all emissaries asking for help from South Korea were gone.
Seeing that King Chulie had fulfilled his promise, Zhang Yi took the initiative to put forward his resignation, intending to return to Wei to resume his life.
Before leaving, King Chu Lie gave Zhang Yi the seal of Chu and also gave a large amount of property.
In order to prevent Zhang Yi from repenting, he sent another general and a delegation to follow Zhang Yi back to Wei State, waiting to receive the 800 miles of land that Wei had conquered Korea.
When Zhang Yi returned to Wei, it was already a month later.
At this time, the 450,000 army led by Wu Qi had reached South Korea and began to have confrontations and contacts with the Korean army.
But Zhao Hongming was a little dissatisfied with the battle report sent back by Wu Qi.
So far, Wu Qi has only just won one city in South Korea, which is much slower than he expected.
Wu Qi mentioned in the war report that on their way to Korea, they encountered many Korean assassins assassination, and many people in the army were attacked, slowing down their march.
Now when it comes to attacking the city, those assassins are even more elusive, which greatly affects morale.
The attack on South Korea did not go as smoothly as they had expected at first.
In addition to that, South Korea is well-equipped.
It had no effect on Wei Wushu, but it was also a bit troublesome for the other recruiting armies.
Therefore, Wu Qi plans to take some time and use the siege strategy to encroach on Korea.
Zhao Hongming put down the battle report sent by Wu Qi, was silent, and began to think deeply about Wu Qi's proposal.
Gao Yanshi walked in briskly from outside the palace, bowed his head and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Lang Zhongling has returned from the Chu State. ”
"The result?" Zhao Hongming asked softly.
Gao Yanshi said with a little more smile on his face: "Back to Your Majesty, Lang Zhongling lives up to expectations, and the State of Chu has now severed relations with South Korea and expelled the envoys of South Korea. ”
"Okay." Zhao Hongming slapped the table and said happily: "Since this is the case, then South Korea will die this time, and no one can save them." ”
After speaking, he walked out of front of the case and ordered: "Gao Yinjian, now that the politics in the court are clear, I plan to go to General Zhenghan's side, you can prepare." ”
"Huh?" Gao Yanshi, who had become a palm print eunuch, was surprised: "Your Majesty, do you really want to drive the expedition in person?" ”
"The pace of the advance on the front line is a bit slow, and I can't just sit on the high hall. During the period of time when I was not in the palace, it was not a big problem to let the prime ministers preside over the affairs of the government. ”
After speaking, Zhao Hongming had already strode out of the hall.
Royal South Garden.
The two horses strolled leisurely through the pasture, occasionally looking down to nibble on the tender green blades of grass, and then raised their heads happily.
If you look closely, both of these horses are different from ordinary horses.
One of the horses was huge, covered in jet-black scales, like a giant beast, and it was the dragon horse that Zhao Hongming had swept from the main gate.
Another female foal, similar in size to the dragon foal, with shiny hair, faint blood and sweat oozing, with a special fragrance, is a divine horse offered by Yan Kingdom.
A light breeze blows, and their fur flutters slightly.
The dragon foal looked up and shook his ears.
Suddenly, it cautiously approached the head of the other horse and gently rubbed it with its ears, and the swallow horse responded by rubbing it with the same gentle ears.
The two horses were grinding their ears and sideburns, enjoying the intimate contact with each other.
Their eyes meet and their tails flick lightly, as if in silent communication.
This silent communication seems to be full of love and trust.
"Roar!"
For some reason, the dragon foal suddenly roared.
The foal beside her lowered her head as if she understood.
The dragon foal ran around the foal with its mouth open and tongue out, and ran around excitedly, then lay on the back of the foal in broad daylight and went deeper.
Suddenly, the grass and trees flew, and the sand and rocks flew on the ground.
After tossing for less than a moment, the dragon foal got off the back of the mother foal, and kept snorting, as if he was in a much better mood.
At this moment, Zhao Hongming, who had already changed into light armor, had already walked to Nanyuan.
Long Ju sensed Zhao Hongming's call, cracked the horse's mouth, like a street slicker, without any nostalgia, and ran out towards Zhao Hongming's place with a puff of smoke.
Zhao Hongming grabbed its dragon whiskers, kicked his footsteps, turned over and sat on it.
"You seem to be in a good mood today?"
Through the two dragon whiskers of the dragon ju, Zhao Hongming sensed the mood of the dragon ju.
He was a little puzzled.
"Roar, sigh!"
The spiritual dragon horse turned his head and glanced at Zhao Hongming very proudly, which made Zhao Hongming a little inexplicable.
Zhao Hongming didn't think much about it, and drove his horse directly towards the outside of the city.
Now that he is in the Wei State, no one dares to disobey him.
A team of 100 people had already been formed and was waiting for him outside the city.
Zhao Hongming had a treasure knife hanging from his waist and rushed towards the Korean position.
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The cold hasn't completely faded in the early spring of South Korea.
Xinzheng County, which is located on the border of Wei and Han, at this time the figures of the soldiers of the Wei State gradually emerged.
Although Korea sent a number of assassins, it still did not stop the Wei army.
The Korean army, which had already been aware of the movements of the Wei army, began to assemble outside the city.
In front of them, there were seven flags with heads hanging from them.
These were some of the officer heads captured by the Korean Assassins in the Wei army camp.
The head of the Wei army was raised high, which made the morale of the Han army outside the city high.
The leader shouted: "The so-called Wei army is nothing more than that, and the brothers remember to kill the enemy on the battlefield with me." ”
"Kill!"
They are well-equipped, and at a glance it is clear that they are not a ragtag army of South Korea.
Unbeknownst to them, however, they were facing the powerful Wei warriors of the Wei State, an army that was like a flood of beasts.
It didn't take long for these Han troops to see that the men and horses of the Wei State had arrived in Xinzheng.
The latter noticed the South Korean army and immediately launched a lineup in the vast wasteland outside the city.
The number is huge.
These Wei troops, Wu Qi has been well-trained in less than a month since he took over, and they are arranged in a neat formation in an orderly manner.
On the vast plains, from a distance, the figures of these Wei soldiers looked particularly tall and mighty in the wasteland, like stars, densely scattered everywhere, and the weapons in their hands shone in the sun.
The commanders of the Wei army rode horses, shuttling back and forth between the arrays.
There are no words too much, and there is no intention of calling for battle.
After Wei declared war on Korea, the two sides had entered a state of war.
At this time, the two armies met each other, and there was only no death.
The cavalry commander of the Wei State, waving the long sword in his hand, shouted: "Forward!!" ”
His voice echoed over the battlefield.
Following the commander's order, the soldiers of the Wei State put down Changge one after another and entered the state of battle.
Behind him, Wei Wu's team also drew the saber at his waist and pressed the formation behind him.
The sound of war drums echoed like thunder across the wasteland, shocking the heart.
The soldiers on both sides couldn't help shouting in unison, and the momentum was like a rainbow.
The whole wasteland was enveloped in this atmosphere of slaughter.
Jiang Yuguang, the commander of the South Korean army, stood in front of the formation, his eyes firm and decisive.
He looked at the Wei army who was about to rush over, raised the sword in his hand, and shouted: "Slaughter the Wei thief, kill!" ”
Thundered!
The two armies collided together in the wasteland outside Xinzheng City, like two huge forces colliding with each other.
Arrows rained down, and deafening drums and shouts echoed across the battlefield.
In this attack on Xinzheng, Wu Qi sent an army of 160,000, including 30,000 Wei soldiers.
Such a number is almost twice as large as the South Korean army.
The armies of Wei came like a tidal wave.
They slashed the South Korean army with spears and steel knives.
Especially after that, Wei Wushu was not afraid of death, and his cultivation was extremely high, so he killed him particularly ruthlessly.
In the eyes of Wei Wushu, every Korean soldier is a credit for walking.
Gradually, as the battlefield grew, the Korean soldiers found that the soldiers of the Wei State were too fast, so they couldn't help but start to retreat.
Their defensive line was broken through by Wei Wushu, and many Han soldiers began to flee, and then they were ruthlessly killed by Wei Wushu, who was chasing them.
In this battle, many assassins from the three major martial arts forces in Korea participated.
On the battlefield, they continued to harvest the lives of Wei soldiers.
But compared to the huge number of Wei troops, their results seemed somewhat insignificant.
Even some of the Assassins were no match for Wei Wushu at all, and were counter-killed in the chaos.
In just one face-to-face round, the Han army was already beaten desperately by the Wei army.
Jiang Yuguang, the commander of the South Korean army, looked at the tragic situation on the battlefield and couldn't believe it: "How can the army of Wei be so powerful? ”
At this moment, a South Korean ambush suddenly rushed out from the side.
They suddenly appeared on the battlefield with sharp swords and sharp body skills, slashing at the soldiers of Wei.
Although their numbers are small, their cultivation and combat effectiveness are obviously more than one level higher than these South Korean troops on the battlefield.
The soldiers of the Wei State were disrupted by this sudden attack.
If it was just Wei Wushu, they would still be able to reorganize the offensive.
Unfortunately, many of these Wei soldiers were recruited from other armies or from the civilian population, and their quality was uneven.
It is not easy to achieve the degree of progress and retreat.
If you want to do Wei Wushu's level, it is obviously not enough.
With the appearance of this abrupt Han army, the Wei army became confused.
They tried to reorganize their formation.
At this critical moment, Jiang Yuguang led the remaining soldiers to launch the final charge.
In the fierce battle, the blood of the two soldiers stained the wilderness red.
The decisive charge of the Korean army made the Wei soldiers fail to achieve the expected goal.
The Wei soldiers, who lost their rhythm, had no way to eat the last Han army.
In the end, Wu Qi chose Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
After leaving behind countless corpses on the battlefield, Wei Wushu began to retreat with a bit of confusion.
In this first encounter, South Korea lost nearly half of its forces.
On the other hand, the Wei side also lost nearly 30,000 soldiers, and the battle damage was only slightly better than that of Korea.
However, fortunately, most of the losses were drawn by Wei, and Wei Wushu did not lose much.
And after this battle, Wu Qi also had a judgment on the defenders of Xinzheng.
In the evening, outside Xinzheng City, there was silence.
Only the remnants of fireworks and corpses on the battlefield bear witness to the fierce battle.
South Korean commander Jiang Yuguang silently watched the tragic situation on the battlefield, his heart full of grief and despair.
In today's first encounter, I saw the terrible thing about the Wei army.
However, this was the result of Wei not doing his best.
The 400,000 troops of the Wei army have not yet been fully pressed.
Once the 400,000-strong Wei army marched together, they had no chance of winning at all.
I can only try my best to buy time and wait for the main force of South Korea to come to support after it is formed.
That night, Xinzheng County.
Jiang Yuguang convened his subordinates to discuss today's battle.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this battle?" Jiang Yuguang sat on the main seat and asked.
A subordinate replied: "General, the Wei army is at its peak, and our troops can't resist it at all." Today's battle, I am afraid that it is just a temptation of the Wei army, they have just captured Lu County, I am afraid that they have learned a lesson, and they are fighting very carefully. As far as I know, none of their main forces, Wei Wushu, have been fully used. ”
"Yes, if Yang Zhai's side doesn't send reinforcements quickly, our Xinzheng won't be able to hold it at all, and it will be a matter of time before it is breached. As soon as Xinzheng is broken, the seven or eight cities behind them will not be able to hold it, and if they continue like this, they will be able to divide their troops into several roads, occupy Shangdang, and point to Kyoto. ”
After Jiang Yuguang listened, he was silent.
Today's Korea is surrounded by Wei in the east and north, and Chu in the south, and the land that can be occupied is basically occupied.
Except for the seizure of Wei Chu's territory, there is not much room for development.
If you want to survive this crisis, except for letting Chu State make a move, there is little chance of winning.
Right now, he has no direction for what to do.
"Nonsense!"
Suddenly, there was a snap in the room.
A man's voice abruptly appeared in the room.
"Who?"
Jiang Yuguang got up suddenly, drew his sword against each other, and other subordinates also drew their knives one after another, nervously guarding against each other.
In a dark part of the room, the figure of a masked man slowly emerged.
Jiang Yuguang recognized this person's identity at a glance, and said unexpectedly: "Min Sect is in charge!" (End of chapter)