si-mexico Chapter 427: Zhennan Army Destroys the Enemy
Chapter 427: Zhennan Army Destroys the Enemy
The general situation in the world is chaotic and complicated.
In the north, Yan, Qi, Liang, and Qin were all caught up in war.
The four states of Wei in the center and Chu, Sichuan, and Qian in the south were all watching to see who would be the winner of this great battle.
The Yan army finally marched south.
After pacifying the northern border threat and domestic rebellion, this war beast finally freed up its hands and feet and bared its sharp fangs towards the south.
This is a war to destroy a country.
The commander-in-chief of the Yan army was still Lanling King Shen Changgong.
Shen Changgong led the Tianyu Army and the Feiying Army, and with two outstanding generals, Yu Huatian and Nie Bei, the 250,000-strong army began to march south, heading towards the border of Xingyang County.
Both armies of Qi received orders from the Qi court to retreat quickly to defend their country.
At the same time, the State of Qi also continued to send many envoys to meet with the King of the South Ma Ling, the King of Lanling Shen Changgong and the Emperor of Yan Yan Fuyao, hoping to ask the State of Yan not to send troops. They were willing to sit down and negotiate, and promised not to invade the State of Liang again.
However, these three most powerful people in Yan State all made the same choice tacitly.
not see!
I was talking to you in a nice way before, but you didn't listen. Now that the slap has landed on your face, you know it hurts.
The knife is at your neck, and you feel scared.
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After receiving the order, Guan Shouchang led an army of 300,000 south to the border between Qi and Liang to intercept the retreating Qi army of more than 200,000.
However, Xingqing Prefecture is far away from the border, and Guan Shouchang has not yet successfully intercepted it.
The Qi army on the northern front, which numbered more than 100,000, was ambushed by the Zhennan Army while retreating.
The Zhennan Army is now strong in both men and horses, with a total of 100,000 cavalry.
This number of cavalry ranks among the highest in any country.
No country can afford a pure cavalry corps of 100,000 people.
The King of the South ordered the Pingnan Army and the Zhengnan Army to break camp and set off steadily towards Xingyang Pass, while he personally led the Zhennan Army south to block the more than 100,000 front-line troops of Qi.
After a day's long journey, the Zhennan Army arrived at a place only ten miles away from the Qi Army.
Although the Qi army of more than 100,000 people were on guard and worried about a surprise attack by the Yan army, they still maintained their marching formation.
Marching formations are different from battle formations.
The combat formation does not need to carry a lot of things, only the things necessary for the battle are enough, and it can be both offensive and defensive, and advance and retreat in moderation.
The marching formation is a long line that stretches very far, with the front and back separated by several miles, and the head and tail cannot see each other.
Because they were walking on the official road, the environment of the official road was different from that of the battlefield. The official road was surrounded by fields or forests, and the road could not be too wide. Marching required a very long team.
The team needs the front army to lead the way, the rear army to cover the rear, and the central army to escort food, weapons, supplies, large equipment, tents, bedding and various miscellaneous items.
Leather armor soldiers usually wear their armor on their bodies, but iron armor soldiers cannot do this. When they march, they put their iron armor on a cart and pull it.
Walking thousands of miles in armor weighing dozens of kilograms is almost tantamount to suicide, so they only wear it during combat and training.
The team at this time is extremely vulnerable.
This is why many generals choose to ambush when they are outnumbered against a larger force.
The so-called ambush is to lie in ambush and wait for the enemy to march and then launch a surprise attack. The enemy army has no front and rear support and no formation, so it is easy to defeat.
Only with high risks and great returns can you achieve more with less.
Therefore, in order to prevent being ambushed, Shen Changgong directly launched a hot air balloon into the air and sent scouts to clear the way to ensure safety.
These hundreds of thousands of Qi troops were ambushed by the Zhennan Army while they were marching.
The Qi army was stunned. The surroundings were all plains, not even a mountain in sight. Where did the enemies coming from? Did they fall from the sky?
The human eye cannot see people who are ten miles away.
After confirming the enemy's position, King Ma Ling of the South divided the 100,000 Zhennan troops into ten teams, which surrounded the enemy from a detour and launched a fierce attack on the Qi army from all directions.
The Qi army had a battle line of more than 100,000 soldiers, stretching for more than 10 miles. The battle line was too long. In order to prevent them from escaping, the King of the South adopted the tactic of dividing the troops and defeating them.
To be honest, the effect of 100,000 cavalry attacking a point is the same as that of 10,000 cavalry attacking a point, because there are too many people and they cannot mobilize their forces. The team is bloated and the ones in the middle cannot kill the enemy at all and can only follow the charge.
When the Qi army saw the Zhennan army, they thought they had fallen from the sky and rushed to fight them, causing chaos.
The Zhennan Army was as swift as the wind, not giving them time to react. They charged directly into the enemy army, penetrated them easily, divided the enemy army into large and small formations, and then charged again.
The Qi army was in such disarray that they were unable to resist. Those who were surrounded fought desperately, while those who were not surrounded ran away.
But how can they, with only two legs, outrun four legs?
It was a one-sided massacre.
After a full day of fighting, the Zhennan Army killed and wounded more than 100,000 enemy troops and captured more than 10,000.
After the battle, the King of the South confiscated the weapons of the captives and ordered the Zhennan Army to take them away and dig pits to bury them.
The King of the South is not as good-tempered as Shen Changgong. He has always been cold-blooded and ruthless towards the enemy.
To put it nicely, those more than 10,000 captives were captives, but to put it bluntly, they were slaves.
The captives dug pits and buried the bodies of their companions, then set up camp to let the Zhennan Army rest. They even had very few tents, and many people were crowded in one tent, while others even slept in the open air.
The Zhennan Army reaped a rich harvest by seizing the weapons, supplies and food from the Qi army.
Afterwards, the King of the South set out again to meet up with the main force and head to Xingyang Pass together.
The main force of the Qi army was wiped out, and there were only more than 10,000 people stationed at Xingyang Pass. Faced with the aggressive 300,000 Yan troops, they did not even have the courage to resist and simply abandoned the pass and fled.
There was no choice but to run. The Yan army was numerous and powerful, and they had artillery that could blow down the city gates and knock down the city walls. Their resistance was meaningless.
They fled to the county town north of Qi State, settled down there, and joined forces with the local army to prepare to resist the Yan army.
The Emperor of Qi did not blame them for this matter, but asked them to resist the Yan army well, and appointed a commander to mobilize the local troops in the northern border of Qi to slow down the pace of the Yan army.
They are almost all replicas of the Battle of Kun Kingdom.
But there was nothing that could be done about it. This was how war was. There were only 200,000 soldiers left in Linzi, the capital of Qi.
After taking Xingyang Pass, the King of the South did not rashly enter the territory of Qi to fight, but directly stationed there and waited for the arrival of Lanling King's army.