Since May, after the Chu army changed its strategy and began to invest a large number of prisoners and cannon fodder on the front line, the situation of Zhao in Dongjun began to take a sharp turn.

In the battlefield of Liangjun, in order to attack Daliang, the Chu army threw in millions of prisoners in one go, almost regardless of the casualties, so it went extremely smoothly.

On the side of Dongjun, the West Road camp led by Huang Lin is also not slow.

After last winter's adjustment, the soldiers and horses of the West Road Camp have been re-planned, and the current establishment is 1 million soldiers and 1.5 million people.

And their opposite enemy is the Zhao army with Dongjun Diqiu as the core, with the same number of one million soldiers, and about 800,000 temporarily conscripted people.

Frankly speaking, although this strength is still slightly inferior to the Chu army, it is enough if it is only defensive.

Therefore, in the two months at the beginning of the year, with the start of the Second Northern Expedition, Zhao and Chu fought in Dongjun, and the two sides competed and tried each other, but they did not give in to each other, and they did not show any disadvantage.

But in May, with Lu Yuan's order, the 700,000 Zhao army prisoners captured by the Chu army last year, and the 300,000 Nanyang Wei troops who had just surrendered in April this year, were all sent to the Dongjun battlefield.

Then the Chu army, which was still afraid of death and injury and had a lot of restrictions in the war, suddenly began its own gallop like a wild horse.

Millions of prisoners who didn't care about the dead and wounded were sent to the front line, and the troops on the Chu army's side were instantly abundant.

In particular, the concentrated use of prisoners allowed the Chu army to achieve as many as two or three times, or even four or five times the numerical superiority on a certain local battlefield.

Relying on this advantage, Huang Lin decisively took a targeted breakthrough.

First of all, the heavy troops were stationed in Baima County in the central part of Dongjun, as last year, pretending to be foggy, so as to attract the attention of Zhao Jun.

Then he personally led the surprise army to storm Wating County, which is located in the southeast of Dongjun, with heavy troops, and smashed the city in just three days, with the lives of 100,000 prisoners.

The defense in the southeast of Dongjun was instantly opened and began to open its arms to the Chu army.

The rest is much simpler.

The southeastern defense line was deficient, and Huang Lin continued to lead the captives and elite army to break north, directly from the rear into Liangcheng, which was located behind Baima County.

Liangcheng is located in the south of the Yellow River, has always been an important port city connecting Henan and Hebei, is the most important logistics base for millions of Zhao troops on the Baima front, and is also the largest port to receive all kinds of materials from Hebei Zhao to Dongjun.

It can be said that the main force of the Zhao army in Baima County is gone, the Zhao State may not be defeated, and the East County may not be lost.

After all, no matter what Zhao said, it is also an old hegemon, and it is located in a state, and there is still a background.

Even if you lose millions of main forces in one go, but if you put it together, you can still get together another million people.

If someone has food, then they can continue to fight with the Chu people.

But if Liangcheng is lost, then Dongjun, which is located in Henan, and Jizhou, which is occupied by Zhao State in Hebei, will lose one of the most important transportation channels.

Since then, in Dongjun, although the Zhao people still have a few large and small ports, they can continue to communicate with Hebei.

But the combined throughput of all the materials in these ports is less than half of that of Liangcheng.

Relying on this transportation efficiency, it is obviously impossible to support the army to fight in Dongjun for a long time.

Therefore, the loss of Liangcheng is basically equivalent to the loss of Dongjun for the Zhao people.

This is also the reason why Zhao Guoguo set up the main army in Baima County, three hundred miles in front of Liangcheng.

In order to shield this important logistics base and prevent the Chu army from threatening the security here.

But now, Huanglin has made a detour of thousands of miles and no longer attacks Liangcheng from the direction of Yongzhou.

Instead, he led another main force of newly arrived captives, as well as the elite he had selected.

From the direction of Qingzhou, he raided Wating City in the southeast of Dongjun, and in one fell swoop, took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Zhao people to break through the tight defense line arranged by the other party.

After making a breakthrough, it was even more light and rushed forward, and it took less than ten days to kill the gods and soldiers under Liangcheng.

This move is really imaginative, without a trace.

And the purpose is also bluntly scary.

It's coming to your cool city.

For the importance of Liangcheng, Huang Lin is of course quite clear.

Even last year, after he led his troops into Dongjun, for almost half a year, he fought with the Zhao people around Liangcheng.

It's just that the Zhao people are also aware of the importance of Liangcheng, and after the failure of leading the army to invade Xingyang County, they gathered heavy troops here early to carry out a tight defense.

Although the Chu people were menacing, they fought several battles, killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of people, and failed to take this place, and even Baima County failed to break through.

It was also the lesson of last year that made Huang Lin deeply realize that the tightness of the White Horse defense line is almost impossible for manpower to break through.

At the very least, there is no way to break through before the Chu army does not have a five-fold or even tenfold advantage.

So this year, he didn't stumble here.

In addition to spreading the fog and attracting the main force of the Zhao army, the main breakthrough direction was placed in the southeast direction, where the Zhao people's forces were even thinner.

What's even better is that when he made this plan, millions of cannon fodder were sent from the body.

This has brought tremendous impetus to this strategy of breaking through in the southeast.

Is it a million captives, although it is not credible, and it is also a huge hidden danger, which may explode at any time.

But at the same time, these millions of captives are also a huge force that everyone ignores.

The Chu people had forgotten this power before, and the Zhao people had also forgotten this power.

Then at this time, this power, suddenly taken out and used, is enough to catch everyone off guard, and play an unimaginable miracle effect.

The Zhao people had a weak defense line in Wating City, and they did not have too many soldiers and horses stationed in them.

This is not that they were negligent, but after calculation, they thought that even if the Chu army wanted to make a surprise attack, it would be difficult for this surprise army to capture Wating City in a short time.

Even if the Chu people were ruthless and captured the city regardless of losses, then after the consumption of the brutal siege battle, the remaining Chu army was exhausted and demoralized, and it was simply unable to carry out the surprise strategy.

At that time, Zhao Guo's side will naturally be able to calmly dispatch troops and horses to deal with the strange soldiers of the Chu people.

From this point of view, there is no problem with Zhao Ren's arrangement.

has taken into account all aspects, and has made the most of its limited strength.

But who knows, Chu Jun suddenly didn't pay attention to common sense, or rather, suddenly threw down the face he had been pretending.

Prisoners of war have begun to be used on a large scale!

As an important city in the southeast defense line, Wating County is indeed difficult to fight, and it is impossible to break through here in a short time without paying a heavy price.

With the background of the Chu army, it simply could not bear these casualties.

But if it's not Chu Jun who bears this price?

With those prisoners, bearing this price instead of the Chu army, then the Chu army, as the main force of the elite, naturally does not have to worry about the impact of morale.

And the elite main force ensures the morale and strength, which in turn can be suppressed, and those prisoners who have begun to fluctuate in the hearts of the people because of heavy casualties and want to jump back.

The two complement each other perfectly.

100,000 people knocked on Wating City, and the southeast defense line was opened from then on.

After arriving in Liangcheng, Huang Lin did not hesitate.

At the same time, he did not hesitate to kill or be injured, and once again used more than 100,000 lives to break the city in just four days, before Zhao Jun could react.

The 50,000 Zhao troops stationed in the city, along with these captives, died with the city.

At this point, Liangcheng, the most important north-south transportation town in Zhao State, fell under the control of the Chu army.

And at this time, the Zhao army of Dongjun reacted, and at this time, there was a huge Chu army that went around behind him and copied his lair.

In an instant, the main force of the Zhao army in Baima County was terrified.

The southern capital of Diqiu was also shaken.

Between the two most important cities in Dongjun, between the main force of the Zhao army and the capital, there was already a Chu army standing at this time, not only taking away their logistics base, but also separating the two.

Diqiu City, which is in the rear, is a little better, near the southern capital of Zhao State, there are many large and small ports, which can receive supplies from the north, so there is no need to worry about logistics for the time being.

But Baima County, which has been taken away from Liangcheng, is completely isolated and helpless.

To the east of him, it was the main force of the Chu army, and millions of people were staring at him, always eyeing him.

To the south of him, is the city of Wating that was captured by the Chu army, which was broken through by the Chu army, and it is not clear what the situation is, but it is definitely not better.

And to the west, mainly Liangcheng, is now occupied by the Chu army, and it is said that hundreds of thousands of Chu troops are guarding, and the back road is completely cut off.

The only better thing is the north, to the north is the big river, and across the river is Jizhou, where is the old nest of Zhao State.

But although the north side is good, it is not a way out for the main force of the Zhao army in Baima County.

The reason is simple.

In the area of Baima County, there was no ferry for Zhao Jun to cross the river to the north or receive supplies from the north.

In the past, this important task was taken care of by Liangcheng, which had better conditions and a safer location.

Now that Liangcheng is gone, Zhao Jun in Baima County naturally has no port to cross the river.

Now, although Hakuba County and the north can still communicate, it is only the scale of dozens of small boats.

With this amount of transportation, it will send thousands of people to the sky at a time, and tens of thousands of people a day.

But Zhao Jun here in Baima County, counting the people, the number of people has reached one million.

So many people want to transport it away, and it can't be done in half a month, or even a month, relying on that transportation volume.

This is still the limit state that Zhao Jun can reach without any interference at all.

But now, Chu Jun was staring around him in three directions, how could he let him go and escape so easily?

Therefore, if the Zhao people want to escape, they will be intercepted by the Chu army, this is for sure.

In this kind of disturbed situation, it is difficult to say how many people Zhao Jun can escape.

Worse.

The logistics base of Liangcheng was copied, and the logistics of the Zhao army on the White Horse front line were also broken.

In the large battalions on the front line, although there are also certain reserves of grain and grass, this reserve is not much at all, and it is far from being compared with the continuous supply in the rear.

Relying on this reserve of materials, the Zhao army on the White Horse front line can last for a month, and it will be the sky.

For more than a month, even if the Chu army doesn't beat him, these people will starve to death.

Therefore, when the news of the fall of Liangcheng came, the Zhao army on the entire White Horse Front fell into unprecedented panic.

No one knows better than them what it means to lose Liangcheng.

That means death, it means total annihilation, it means defeat.

Now that these bad endings are coming, they are in a situation of waiting for death, how can they not panic?

How can it not be in a hurry?

So on the day he received the news, Zhao Cheng, the chief general of Zhao State on the White Horse Front, immediately mobilized 200,000 elites, quickly returned to the rear, and rushed to Liangcheng.

Subsequently, he fought a desperate battle with the Chu army who were waiting for work here.

When Huang Lin marched from the southeast, he brought with him 200,000 elite Chu troops and 800,000 prisoners.

The other 200,000 prisoners were thrown into the main battlefield of the White Horse Front and used as cannon fodder.

After the city of Wating was conquered, 100,000 prisoners died.

Huang Lin left 50,000 elites and about 100,000 captives to guard the city here.

Then take the rest of the people and quickly advance towards Liangcheng.

In the middle, they encountered several large cities, many of which were related to the lifeblood of the army, so they left several groups of elites, each of whom supervised 100,000 prisoners, stormed these large cities, and guarded the road for the army.

After arriving in Liangcheng, there were only 100,000 elites left in his hands, as well as about 300,000 prisoners.

After fighting Liangcheng, there are only about 150,000 of these captives left.

The elite has not lost much because they have been supervising the war, and they still maintain the scale of 100,000 people.

Therefore, when Zhao Cheng arrived with his army, Huang Lin had in his hands 100,000 elites of the Chu army with strong combat strength and high morale, and 150,000 prisoners with low combat strength and almost collapsed morale.

With such strength, compared with the 200,000 Zhao army who regarded death as home and had strong combat power, it was naturally impossible to win.

Huang Lin didn't want to fight head-on with the other party.

When Zhao Cheng led the breakthrough army to arrive, he directly led the people in his hands, hid in Liangcheng, and began to use the city defense of this logistics city to play offensive and defensive battles with the Zhao people.

With 250,000 people guarding a majestic city, there are 100,000 elites among them, as well as a large number of innate grandmasters.

Needless to say, this is another Mengshan Pass.

At the beginning, the main force of the Chu army in the middle led by Lu Yuan used 500,000 soldiers and horses before and after, as well as thirteen congenital princes, to break through Mengshan Pass.

Now the number of Chu troops in Liangcheng is not less than the original Liang army, and the innate grandmaster is not much different. The solidity of Liangcheng also has its own merits with Mengshan Pass, and it is an important town of the same level.

But what about Zhao Jun outside the city?

The number of people is only 200,000, and the innate grandmaster is about the same as the Chu army in the city, all of them are five or six people.

With this bit of strength, Zhao Cheng can't break through Liangcheng.

After ten days of onslaught, more than half of the soldiers and horses in his hands were lost, and Liangcheng was still impregnable, and there was no sign of the fall.

And after such a long time, the soldiers and horses that were originally left in the rear by Huang Lin and attacked the big cities along the line from Wating to Liangcheng also achieved results one after another at this time, and took those big cities.

At this time, seeing the boss, the battle with the Zhao army in Liangcheng was fierce, and after leaving some people to defend the city, these partial troops also led the soldiers and horses to the rescue one after another.

By the tenth day, the first support had arrived.

10,000 elite Chu troops and about 30,000 captives and cannon fodder joined the Liangcheng camp.

It was precisely because he saw the arrival of the Chu army's assistance that Zhao Cheng stopped his crazy siege and did not continue to consume human lives meaninglessly.

The soldiers and horses of the Chu people are far stronger than those of the Zhao State.

They can storm the city regardless of losses, but the weak foundation of the Zhao people cannot support this waste.

Therefore, after using the lives of 100,000 people to try out the details of the Chu army and vent his panic and anger, Zhao Cheng quickly calmed down.

Stopped the senseless siege.

After ten days of fighting, 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command died, and the Chu army in the city suffered only 50,000 casualties.

Moreover, according to the captured Chu captives, most of the 50,000 dead and wounded were actually captured by the original Zhao people.

After beating for half a month, so many people died, and as a result, they were all Zhao people, and they were fighting in the house.

As soon as he thought of this fact, the anger in Zhao Cheng's heart became even stronger.

"Chu thieves don't talk about martial virtues, and they treat their captives like this, they really don't want to be the son of man."

In private, he couldn't help but scold, angry at the same time, he also had envy in his heart.

If he could, Zhao Cheng also wanted to use the captives as cannon fodder.

He'd done it before.

But the problem is that since the war with the Chu army, Zhao has been at a disadvantage and has basically never won.

Even if some prisoners are captured, they are only a few hundred or a few thousand, and it is not enough to use them as cannon fodder.

This kind of thing naturally can't be done.

Now I can only stand on the moral high ground and spray Chu State in private, which is actually useless.

But Liangcheng can't be defeated, and the back road has been cut off again, and the nearly one million people in the White Horse Camp under his command can't wait for death there.

At this time, news came from the White Horse front.

It is said that after the Chu army noticed that he led his troops and horses back to the rear, he launched a fierce attack on the second day.

The Chu army, regardless of the cost, went crazy and stormed the front line of the White Horse.

In just a few days, the Chu army lost more than 100,000 people.

The Zhao army, who stayed on the front line, captured the prisoners for a trial, and these days, it was the Wei people who rushed to their front line that were sent from Nanyang.

These original Wei troops were sent to the front line by the Chu people, and at this time they became the main force attacking the Zhao people.

Under the impact of the Wei people, the Baima front line has lost more than a dozen camps, and the Zhao people have suffered 60,000 or 70,000 casualties, and the defense line has been shaken to a certain extent.

Now the Chu people's offensive is still in full swing, and there is no sign of stopping.

The crisis on the front line, how to decide, needs to make the coach make a choice.

"Withdraw!"

Seeing that the front is still strong, and at the same time, in the past two days, several batches of Chu reinforcements have arrived, and the soldiers and horses of the Chu army in Liangcheng have become more and more abundant, and even gradually have the posture of taking the initiative to go out to fight with him.

Although Zhao Cheng felt cold and painful in his heart, he couldn't help but make this decision in the end.

When it came, the army of 200,000 was menacing.

When he left, the army of 100,000 was indescribably desolate.

He knows.

This time the counteroffensive failed and failed to recapture Liangcheng, and the white horse army under his command had lost its last way of life.

At this time, although he can still hold on, he is already a dry bone in the grave, and he has no power to return to the sky.

At least, relying only on the strength of his own White Horse Battalion, he is powerless to return to the sky.

"The only chance is on the Diqiu side!"

On the way to evacuate with the soldiers and horses, Zhao Cheng looked back to the east and looked at the direction of Diqiu, with the last trace of expectation in his heart.

If Emperor Qiu can react, gather heavy troops, and storm Liangcheng.

At that time, he will send another army of troops and horses to attack from the west.

Then everything, maybe there is still a possibility of redemption.