Chapter 31: The Great Defeat of the Coalition Army
The next day, the enemy's offensive was indeed much more ferocious, but under the resistance of the two great bulls of Chushan and Dian Wei, Jiuyuan County was still strong. But Xi'anyang is in jeopardy. Although there were more soldiers in Xi'anyang, Zhou Cang's strength was still somewhat lacking. In addition, the coalition forces also saw that Xi'anyang was easier to fight than Jiuyuan County, so they invested more troops. On the first day, 15,000 of Zhoucang's soldiers had already been killed, which shows the fierceness of the battle. And several times, the enemy attacked the city wall, and under Zhou Cang's desperate resistance, he saw how to resist. So, after the battle ended, Zhou Cang immediately sent someone to inform Chu Shan of the situation, and Chu Shan immediately sent Dian Wei over when he heard the news.
In the days that followed, the coalition forces attacked Jiuyuan County and Xi'anyang without counting casualties. For five consecutive days, the soldiers of Jiuyuan County suffered heavy losses, and now there are only 10,000 left, and as for Xi'anyang, it is not much better, and there are now only 25,000 people left of 100,000 people. However, the casualties of the coalition forces were also not small, with nearly 60,000 casualties in five days. Now the number of coalition troops is only about 120,000. What's even worse is that the coalition forces have been without food for two days. In other words, the coalition forces were fighting Chu Shan on an empty stomach, so in the next two days, the number of casualties was more than twice as high as in the previous three days. The current coalition forces are already panicking, if it weren't for the prestige of the commander who forcibly suppressed them, I am afraid that there would be a scene of camp roaring.
Of course, Chu Shan didn't know that the coalition forces had been out of food for two days. It's just strange why the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces has suddenly dropped so much in the past two days. So he discussed it with two military advisors.
& bit, something has been a little wrong in the last two days. After Chu Shan explained the situation. Immediately asked, "I wonder what the two military advisors think?"
"The army is out of food!" said the two military advisors in unison.
Although Chu Shan burned down the grain storage place of the coalition army, it is not certain that there is still a place to store grain in other places. But seeing the recent combat effectiveness of the coalition forces, I can't help but believe it a little. However, Chu Shan still asked very cautiously, "Could this be a trick by the coalition forces?"
The two thought about it for a moment and said, "Unlikely." Their losses in these two days are almost tens of thousands of people, and it is impossible to have such a big stroke, if they attack normally. That is, in four or five days, we can take our Jiuyuan County and Xi'anyang. There is no need to go through such a fuss. â
"Now we only have 10,000 people, and Xi'anyang has less than 30,000 people." They don't need to show weakness. Once we don't get hit. So aren't they just losing a lot?"
> And so it is. Why don't we go to the camp again tonight?" Chu Shan asked tentatively.
& Be cautious, or call General Dian Wei back, it's better to wait another day!" Tian Feng and Du Haibo looked at each other and smiled. Said.
However, both military advisors thought that they needed to be cautious, so they followed the words of the military advisor and withered back to Wei Dianwei. We are waiting for a day!" Chu Shan immediately made a decision on this military action.
One day after Dian Wei returned, the enemy's offensive was still very strong, but the combat effectiveness did plummet. Zhou Cang killed 10,000 enemies at the cost of 5,000 men, while Jiuyuan County in Chushan, with the two killing gods Dian Wei and Chu Shan, greatly boosted morale, and killed 20,000 opponents at the cost of 3,000 people. In other words, 30,000 enemy troops were destroyed in one day, and the maximum number of coalition troops outside was 90,000. However, the losses of Chushan were huge, there were 200,000 soldiers and horses at the beginning of defending the city, and now there are less than 30,000 people, which shows the terrifying strength of the grassland coalition army. This is still a coalition battle without food and grass.
After a day of fighting, Chu Shan was almost certain that the coalition forces outside had really run out of food and grass. In the case of food shortage, the soldiers were still able to fight, and Chu Shan couldn't help but admire that the prestige of the other marshal was too high, and his skills were really superb. That night, Chu Shan led his 900 cavalry to prepare to raid the enemy camp again. In the last raid, Chu Shan lost a hundred cavalry, and this time he didn't know how many losses there would be, but in order to do his best to kill and wound the enemy, Chu Shan could only take out his only nine hundred cavalry to prepare for battle. Chu Shan instructed the two military divisions and Zhou Cang, and after seeing the enemy camp on fire, they immediately led their troops out of the city to rush and kill to expand the results of the battle.
It was only half an hour since Chushan and Dian Wei left the city, and the guards of Jiuyuan County and Xi'anyang also slowly left the city. Divided into two roads, one from east to west and one from west to east, converge at Daying. Chu Shan is a mile outside the big camp, although the guards of the big camp have increased a lot, but they are all weak, anyone who has not eaten for three days, only drinks some water or a little horse meat, I am afraid that the state is even worse than them. Chu Shan did not hesitate, and immediately waved his hand, and the nine hundred cavalry rushed into the camp like a sharp arrow. Chu Shan's cavalry did not separate, but continued to charge and set fire, and when they encountered the enemy, they scattered the troops they were gathering. As a result, the enemy army did not organize an effective resistance force for a while. All the enemy troops are scattered in all directions, without the slightest order. Coupled with the weakness of the enemy's body, he didn't know the depth of Chu Shan's strength, so he immediately ran towards the rear. At first, it was only a small number of people, but people have a herd mentality. Some people saw someone running away and followed suit. As a result, a big rout gradually formed, which has to be said to be Chu Shan's luck.
You know, the enemy has 90,000 men, and he has only 900 men. Once the enemy army establishes effective resistance and makes its own cavalry ineffective, I am afraid that even if the opponent is weak, he will be able to quickly wipe out the 900 people of Chushan. However, things did go in the direction of Chu Shan's idea, and when the coalition army was just beginning to rout, Chu Shan's reinforcements arrived. The grassland coalition army only heard the shouts of the Han army everywhere, and they didn't know how many people there were, but they only heard the shouts of the Han army everywhere. As a result, the steppe soldiers could no longer scruple and immediately began to flee. In addition, there has been no food and grass for several days, and these soldiers are also unwilling to fight, and the army is discouraged. Therefore, it is easy to start a big rout. Chu Shan did not let go of this day-given opportunity, and began to chase and kill from night until dawn. Pursued a distance of fifty miles. The road was littered with tents and other supplies discarded by coalition forces. There is also the fact that Chushan has gathered nearly 10,000 good horses. This added a lot of combat power to the cavalry.
After dawn, Chu Shan decisively ordered the pursuit to be stopped. Begin to collect supplies and count casualties. After a night of pursuit, nearly 30,000 grassland soldiers were directly killed, and many grassland soldiers fled into the desert, and it is estimated that the soldiers who can return to the grassland along the lĂŹ are only about 30,000. As for tents and other military supplies, there are countless of them. Although it was a pursuit, under the desperate resistance of those soldiers, the casualties of Chushan's army were not small, and almost 8,000 soldiers were killed. As a result, there were only 20,000 soldiers left in Chu Shan's hands, but these 20,000 soldiers were all elites. Just come over. will be a force to be reckoned with. This time in the confrontation with the grassland aliens in Wuyuan County, there were already hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers, and the soil outside Wuyuan County and Xi'anyang was dyed dark red, and it seemed that there was a smell of blood constantly emitting.
Chu Shan rested for a day. Came to these dark red lands. I can't help but sigh at this world. It's really like a mustard. At this moment, the lotus platform in the sea of consciousness that cultivated in the flesh suddenly moved slightly, and a very peaceful power emanated along Chu Shan's body. With the emanation of these powers, Chu Shan felt that the smell of blood in the surrounding land had faded a little, but the lotus platform seemed to wilt a lot after exuding this mysterious power. At this time, Chu Shan's heart moved, and the aura absorbed and transformed by the natal world was immediately replenished into the lotus platform, and after the lotus platform was absorbed, it became brighter again, which seemed to be even more mysterious. After Chu Shan learned that he could still cultivate in this way, without the slightest reason, while maintaining the aura to enter the lotus platform, he controlled the lotus platform to output this kind of mysterious power, and reached a balance. Half an hour later, all the space around Chu Mountain was purified. At this time, the lotus platform of Chushan made great progress. The rate of evolution has increased by almost 10%. So Chu Shan continued to evolve, and after a full day, Chu Shan had purified the surrounding land for several miles. The lotus platform in the sea of knowledge has also become a first-class lotus platform, and its effect has increased more than a hundred times. However, after the lotus platform was turned into a product, although the efficiency of purification increased a lot, there was no change until Chu Shan cleared all the land in the following days. It seems that if you want to turn the lotus platform into a second grade, I am afraid that more resources and opportunities will be needed.
After solving these problems, Chu Shan left Zhou Cang behind and guarded Jiuyuan County. He and Dian Wei led 3,000 cavalry in the direction of Tai Shici and Yuan Shou. As for Zhou Cang, he now has 7,000 cavalry, plus 10,000 infantry, even if someone attacks, he can resist for a while.
Although Tai Shici had 40,000 cavalry, Yuan Shou had 200,000 troops in his hands. It's not easy to deal with. After solving the problem of the grassland, Chu Shan understood that the soldiers under Yuan Shou were all Han Chinese, and if he could recruit them, then the population of the three counties he had newly recovered would be replenished to a certain extent. However, what was Tai Shici doing at this time?
Tai Shi Ci divided his 40,000 cavalry into 40,000 troops. Constantly harassing enemy forces from four directions. Fighting directly in Shangdang County, outside of Gohara County, was a great success in keeping the enemy out. Shangdang County was also the sphere of influence of the coalition forces, and Yuan Shou did not dare to be too presumptuous. But Tai Shici's four teams didn't leave their hands behind, and they had no way to do it at all. In this way, the distance traveled every day is only a dozen miles. After nearly half a month, he is still wandering in Shangdang County. Although Tai Shici's harassment policy is not lethal every time, it is a fatal blow to morale. In this way, the four teams took turns attacking, and each time there were only dozens or hundreds of casualties. Tai Shi Ci's cavalry shot arrows from a distance, and then passed by, not attacking head-on at all. In this way, within half a month, it also caused nearly 8,000 casualties to Yuan Shou's troops. On the premise that Yuan Shou did not rush to Wuyuan County, he lost 8,000 troops in his own coalition army, which was simply a shame.
However, Tai Shici's cavalry is not only numerous, but also very powerful, although he also has 3,000 cavalry, but he is not the opponent of the other party. In a disgruntle, Yuan Shou sent his cavalry to hold off Tai Shici, but most of his cavalry was killed and injured in a few rounds, so Yuan Shou was honest. The rest of the 1,000 Wu Bai cavalry said that they would not go out at all. In these years, cavalry was a strategic force, and without cavalry it would be at a disadvantage. Of course, there are really not many people who can have a large number of cavalry in Xiang Chushan. What's more, it is tens of thousands of cavalry as soon as it is shot. It is great that the princes of the Han Dynasty can have hundreds or one or two thousand cavalry in their hands, they are not like Chushan is adjacent to foreign tribes, and they have captured a large number of war horses, they are in the Han Dynasty, there are no suitable war horses to form cavalry, therefore, this time there are very few cavalry in the princes' coalition, and the princes are not stupid, no one wants to fight their own strength, otherwise even if they solve Chushan at that time, they will become a stepping stone for others. (To be continued......)