Chapter 854: Sunrise in the East (79)

If the failure of the left bank was due to opportunism, the Eastern Marching Army showed their cunning and was particularly victorious. The failure of Huo Si'an's strong attack allowed the Eastern Marching Army to demonstrate their extraordinary skills in close combat. In the two consecutive battles, both It ended with the defeat of the Qi army. Especially in the second battle, the left and right wings of the Eastern Expeditionary Army repelled Huo Si'an's attack of thousands of people with less than a thousand men each. Tian Dan could not help but ignore it.

The facts did not seem to match his guess. The combat effectiveness displayed by this so-called newly formed First Army shocked Tian Dan. When Huo Si'an launched the second attack, he also rushed from the base camp. On the front line, he wanted to see for himself the capabilities of the army on the other side.

When the coach came in person, Huo Si'an naturally showed great seriousness and launched an attack on the opposite position again. This time, there was no trickery or slightest contempt, just as Tian Dan envisioned, with an upright division. , crush from the front, push flatly

It seems clumsy, but it is the most effective way

After easily winning two victories, the defenders of the Eastern Expeditionary Army at Xiaoshan Pass finally faced a tough battle.

The crossbows roared and fired at each other, and the Mengcheng vehicles were shot down one after another. Rockets were flying. On the battlefield, raging fires were ignited everywhere. The Qi army shot jars of grease into the fortresses, and then lit them with rockets. , and the Eastern Expeditionary Army also adopted the same strategy, using rockets to ignite oil and grease, burning the Mengcheng vehicles on the opposite side, and the heavy shield position

On the battlefield, the smell of burnt meat, the smell of meat, mixed with the screams of dying and the shouts of charging, converged into a reappearance of the scene of Asura Hell.

Li Shan held up a heavy shield and charged straight in between the two wings of the Zhengdong Army. After paying a heavy price, the Qi army finally entered the fortress group. In the camp behind them, loud drums sounded for their breakthrough, which was encouraging. It is also a stimulus

But Li Shan, who rushed in, was absolutely not happy at all, because he suddenly found that he was attacked from three sides instead of being attacked from one side. Although he destroyed the opponent's first parapet, those parapets connecting the fortress One after another. It seemed to be endless, and within a moment of the sudden attack, attacks from three sides came in unison.

In an instant, he lost a third of his men. There were not many heavy shield soldiers who rushed in with him. He worked hard to command his men. They wanted to use heavy shields to cover all the soldiers, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't do it. Without the cover of heavy shields, the Qi army, facing attacks from three sides, fell one after another to the opponent's crossbows.

"Get out, get out!" Li Shan shouted desperately, refusing to make a decision again. Not to mention taking a step forward, even taking a step back is impossible.

Seeing Li Shan exiting the newly breached area in embarrassment, Huo Si'an's slightly happy face suddenly turned gloomy and he looked up at the entire battlefield.

Except for the little achievements Li Shan had just achieved, no one could take a step forward.

"Ming Jin, withdraw your troops!" There was no emotion or anger on Tian Dan's face, but Huo Si'an could hear his dissatisfaction from this faint statement, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

The Qi army began to retreat, and Cui Chengxiu immediately led his troops out of the parapet. A counterattack began, and Gao Chengdong on the other side did the same. But this time, they suffered a loss. When the Qi army was retreating, the seemingly chaotic rear army was scattered and fled after being killed by Cui Chengxiu. What was exposed was not the butt of the enemy's main force, but a well-prepared pocket formation. Cui Chengxiu was not prepared, and the front army was swept away. go in

Seeing that the situation was not good, Cui Chengxiu retreated quickly, but the hundreds of people in the front team were tightly surrounded by enemy troops. There were constant shouts of killing inside, but Cui Chengxiu was unable to rescue him. After retreating to the defense line, he could only watch the hundreds of people. Many soldiers fought alone inside. Gradually, the shouts of killing died down, and everything returned to calm.

The Qi army retreated like a storm, leaving the bodies of the dead from both sides scattered all over the ground.

"Li Shan, please tell me about the situation inside the opponent's position." The atmosphere in the tent was somewhat solidified. Tian Dan stared at Li Shan, who was still covered in blood, and asked.

Li Shan stepped forward and bowed: "Prime Minister, the opponent's defensive formation is definitely not what we see from the outside. The defensive formation they set up is interlocking and covering each other. After the final general rushed in, he was immediately attacked from three sides."

Tian Dan narrowed his eyes slightly, "In other words, the opponent's defense line is not a single line?"

"Yes, Prime Minister, the general believes that the opponent intends to let us break through and rush in, and then use this defense to kill a large number of our soldiers, so this is a trap."

"What's the best way?"

"Push!" Li Shan said without hesitation: "Don't worry about the flaws exposed by the opponent in a certain position, because we don't know whether they are flaws or decoys. The best way is to attack the fortresses one by one. Cut them off layer by layer from the outside."

He paused, "Of course, this will cause a lot of casualties to the soldiers."

Tian Dan nodded and turned to look at Huo Si'an, "Si'an, in the end, the counterattack against the Zhengdong Army's counterattack was very good. It severely killed the opponent's arrogance. This was a hand-to-hand battle with the opponent. What do you think? How's the opponent's fighting ability?"

Huo Si'an stood up and said, "Prime Minister, although we won the last battle with the enemy, we also paid a heavy price. The Eastern Marching Army surrounded by us did not seem to be well-trained in fighting." Veterans, there are very few experienced veterans like this, should be their officers, so this army should be a new army as the prime minister judged, but what the general is worried about is the battle of this new army The will is extremely strong, which can be seen from the fact that there is no prisoner. I really don’t know what kind of soup Gao Yuan fed these people. These soldiers are not afraid of death at all."

Huo Si'an's words caused the temperature in the tent to drop a few degrees again. Tian Dan nodded thoughtfully and waved his hand: "That's it for today. Everyone is tired. Let's go down and take a rest."

Everyone retreated, and Tian Dan was the only one left in the tent. At this time, his face showed some fatigue and anxiety. Wei and his 20,000 cavalry entered western Liaoning. Now, the pass of Xiaoshan Pass is blocked by the Eastern Expeditionary Army. They became a lonely army. Although there is no large enemy force in western Liaoning that can threaten them, it is still an unstable factor. The most critical one is the supply problem. Once Wei He's supplies are in difficulty, this force will The combat effectiveness of the army will be greatly reduced.

Tian Dan was a little surprised by Chu's actions. King Huai of Chu, who had always been like a sick cat, made such a strong determination this time and mobilized a large number of troops to Linyi. The soldiers and horses at home were enough to deal with them, but the determination shown by King Chu Huai made Tian Dan very worried. After all, Chu State was a big country and was restrained by the Qin people. But once King Chu Huai decided to do something big, Qi State must respond with all its strength to be able to stop it, but now, the conditions are obviously not met.

No matter what King Chu Huai has in mind, it is impossible for the Chu army to threaten us Daqi in a short period of time! Tian Dan silently estimated the strength comparison between the two sides in his mind, and came to the conclusion that he had been quietly accumulating strength over the years. He had sufficient domestic weapons and equipment. When he left, he even left a force of troops in Linyi. Just in case, now it seems that it is extremely accurate.

The most critical thing now is the war with Zhengdong Mansion. If he wins, it will be a spring with bright sunshine and hundreds of flowers blooming. If he loses, the harsh winter will inevitably come. No matter how weak the Chu people are, they will definitely Come and take advantage of the situation

Fortunately, the army stationed at Xiaoshanguan is indeed a new army. At most, it has some experienced officers incorporated into it. Capturing them is what I must do now.

Tian Dan finally made up his mind. The moment he saw the Zhengdong Army's fierce counterattack on the battlefield, he was already a little shaken, and even planned to retreat. Taking Langya and controlling Tianhe would also be a good result. Although in the end we have to face the counterattack of the Zhengdong Army,

If you can successfully defeat the enemy army in front of you and enter western Liaoning, you will be a very profitable business. Of course, it is worth taking a gamble and withdrawing the troops, leaving behind Gao Yuan, a formidable enemy, with endless troubles.

Kill people until the end, never hold back

Tian Dan was determined, and Zhang Hongyu's newly formed First Army was destined to go through a test of blood and fire at Wushanguan. While Zhang Hongyu was facing a huge test, the situation in Langya County was improving. With the direction of development, Tian Dan only left 20,000 troops for Tian Fucheng to contain the defenders of Langya County and Guangping. In Tian Dan's view, these two armies have now lost the ability to go out of the city to fight in the field, but Tian Fucheng still has Taking into account the task of raising food and grass for the Qi army, it was said to be raising, but in fact it was looting. Troops were sent out to raid various places, and the military strength was greatly weakened. Ding Wei of Guangping and Zheng Xiaoyang of Langya County Seizing the rare opportunity to join forces, Ding Wei abandoned Guangping, and the entire army broke through Tian Fucheng's blockade and entered Langya County. Ding Wei's arrival not only made up for the losses of Langya County in the past few days, but also It also raised the morale in the city to a new level.

Tian Fucheng made a big mistake in panic. He transferred Tian Jingwen's troops who were confronting Huang Zhan at the foot of Qinglong Mountain directly to Langya County to maintain his advantage in military strength. However, as soon as Tian Jingwen left, Huang Zhan immediately became active. After getting up, Huang Zhan did not go to Langya County, but marched majestically towards Xinhui, threatening the fortress that the Qi army had finally captured.

The situation in Langya County immediately became delicate.

Just when Tian Dan stormed the Weishan Pass, the cavalry led by the infantry had already entered Chima, and Gongsun Yi and Luo Lei's independent cavalry division had also arrived at Cuiping Mountain. A battle was launched against Wei and the 20,000 Qi cavalry. The war of annihilation is about to begin (to be continued)