BookMe Chapter 524 Division and Surrounding
Chapter 524 Division and Surrounding
During this expedition, while the strongest left army was on vacation, his other two allies were struggling at the moment.
The Right Army's King Lu's Army was okay. There were not many casualties in the past few days of fighting, but there was no strategic breakthrough. The commander of the Right Army, Zhang Xiao, was distressed at the moment.
The weapons and firearms used by the enemy troops, the armor they wore, and the tactics they used were all unprecedented.
It's not like any other army in the empire, but is somewhat similar to the armies of enemy countries that we have fought against before?
If Zhang Xiao knew what was going on, he wouldn't be so confused.
Not only are they similar, they are basically enemy troops. However, Zhang Xiao never would have guessed that the troops from the White Feather Kingdom would go to Yuedong State to fight with him, and also to defend the city!
While the right army was struggling to break through, the center army was stepping into the trap set by the Prince's Army.
A few days ago, Lu Dahai, the supreme commander of the Central Route Army, received news from two other sources that the enemy had deployed 100,000 troops each in Northern Meng Prefecture and Yuedong Prefecture.
In this way, Lu Dahai judged that the enemy army in Liaojizhou was only one hundred thousand, and the fact he saw was that the enemy army was weak and would collapse at the first touch.
So Lu Dahai ordered 50,000 of King Kang's troops to stay where they were and guard the army's retreat route.
The King of Liao's army of 50,000 men defended the left wing of the army, and the King of Xu's army of 50,000 men defended the right wing of the army.
He led King Fu's army to pursue the fleeing Li Rubai tribe.
This order naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the military generals. Lu Dahai was a member of King Fu.
So everyone thinks that Lu Dahai keeps the meritorious work to himself and leaves the hard work to others.
In fact, Lu Dahai really thinks so. There is no way, everyone is their own master, and it is impossible to have the same mind.
Therefore, the generals also secretly led the troops forward, fearing that they would be overtaken by others and not get their turn.
A strange scene unfolded. There was no main attack support for the 200,000-strong army. They all rushed forward in a swarm. For fear of falling behind, they scrambled to enter the encirclement planned in advance by the Prince's Army.
Three days later, when Lu Dahai looked at the menacing Prince's Army with flags fluttering on the plain ahead, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have fallen into a trap!
Lu Dahai immediately ordered a retreat and asked the generals of all armies to unite as one and break out from the same direction.
This time Lu Dahai underestimated the bottom line of the generals again. When they were trying to grab the credit, they all had their own agendas. Now that it was time to run away, they had different ideas
Everyone is waiting for Lu Dahai's King Fu's army to take the initiative to break through and attract the enemy's attention, and then their own troops will take advantage of the chaos and slip away.
However, due to incorrect intelligence, they greatly underestimated the strength of the Prince's Army. Seeing that the mainland of Luda was blocked by 100,000 enemy troops, they thought they were safe.
They all tried to break out from other directions, but it turned out that there was a bigger net waiting for them outside.
Only five days have passed since Lu Dahai ordered the pursuit of the Prince's Army. All 200,000 troops have been divided and surrounded, and it is impossible to escape!
"How is that possible! How come there are more than 300,000 in the Prince's Army!" Lu Dahai looked at the latest information and smashed the table with his angry palm.
Now his troops are blocked here, unable to move from front to back. They have become meat in people's mouths, and they can eat them whenever they want.
He understood that the previous intelligence was wrong, but now it was too late to say anything. The only way was to go to the other two armies for help.
If the 300,000 troops from King Lu's Army and King Jing's Army arrive, they can break the current siege! Lu Dahai immediately ordered people to go and ask for help.
At this time, Qin Xuan, who was commanding the battlefield in Jizhou, Liao, saw that the time was ripe, so he issued the order for a general attack. The 320,000 princely troops pounced on the poor middle army like hungry tigers on prey!
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When Lu Dahai's request for reinforcements was sent to King Lu's army on the right, King Lu's army immediately decided to abandon Yuedong Prefecture and support the army in the middle.
But Yue Dongzhou's defenders were like springs. When you pressed them, they would shrink. Now when you let go, they would pop out and entangle King Lu's army, making it impossible for them to quickly escape from the battle.
If King Lu's army chooses to sacrifice some of their soldiers to stay behind, they can actually evacuate quickly, but how can they sacrifice their own people for the sake of other kings' troops?
As a result, King Lu's army was held back by Bai Ziqing's troops and was unable to get away, thus missing the best opportunity to support the Central Army.
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As for the Left Route Army, when Lu Dahai's men ran to Xu Huaili's department for help, they happened to encounter Yuchi Chuanyi who was inspecting the military camp.
He received King Lu's men and led them into his tent. After asking what happened, the man never came out of the tent again...
In addition to this person, two messengers sent by the Left Route Army to Prince Jing's Mansion to verify the situation of reinforcements were also intercepted by Di Zai.
Xu Huaili's troops have been cutting down trees and digging mountains these days to prepare materials for siege.
The whole camp was like a lumberyard and a quarry, and the 150,000 troops became lumberjacks and miners.
Xu Huaili was still a little suspicious at first, but later he sent a few holy martial arts masters to investigate near Chihe City. They really noticed a powerful aura in Chihe City. They were so shocked that they fled quickly without even daring to look up. return
After returning home, Xu Huaili was convinced of Qin Yu's words and no longer thought about it.
The aura in Chihe City was naturally from Bo Fu. Even if he only had aura, Xu Huaili's men never thought that it was actually an empty city. They only thought that this aura was too powerful and covered up the auras of other holy martial realms.
After the left army cut down trees for nearly ten days, a sudden thunderbolt came - the middle army was divided and surrounded, and the entire army of 200,000 men was wiped out!
Xu Huaili couldn't sit still anymore and quickly summoned the generals to discuss what to do next.
You definitely can't go to Liaojizhou. You can't save anything if you go now. You'll probably be sent back there.
Now we have to decide whether to go or stay, or whether to continue waiting for reinforcements to arrive to attack the city and capture Northern Mongolia.
Or should we turn around and withdraw immediately, declaring the expedition a failure?
Yu Chichuan suggested that it would be better to contact the Right Route Army and ask them about the situation there, see what they choose, and then make plans.
Xu Huaili was a little embarrassed: "This place is nearly ten days away from Yuedongzhou, but the decision is urgent now."
If you decide to wait for reinforcements, that's okay, but if you decide to withdraw, ten days can be said to be too fatal, and you may not be able to leave even if you want to.
Yuchi Chuanyi immediately stood up and volunteered: "The final general is willing to contact the Right Army with Senior Di personally. The news can be sent back in three days at most!"
When Xu Huaili heard that Di was willing to help, he was naturally happy to agree, so Yuchi Chuanyi left Xu Huaili's camp with the guards around him and went to contact the Right Army.
On the way, Di asked Qin Yu: "Did we go too far? What did you get into, old man?"
Qin Yu blinked and said with a smile: "What the hell, he has to thank us!"
At this moment, Xu Huaili was sitting in the camp, his face full of joy, thinking: "Our army is very lucky to have such a good general as General Yuchi!"
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