Chapter 721: March 2
Liu Huajian, Jiang Guangyu, and Liu Xuyong are divided into the leading guards, the Baotao guards, and the Qianniu guards. Although they are all led by Cheng Qun, it does not mean that the three of them are much worse than Cheng Qun. They can command from thousands of troops.
They squeezed out a single-plank bridge and sat on their current high position. After so many years of war tests, they had won and lost battles. The rich experience and experience they accumulated allowed them to quickly understand and judge what was going on.
everything.
But this time, they were all wrong.
Liu Huajian held his head in his hands, resisting the pain of the explosion, and murmured: "How could this be possible? How could it be like this? How could Meng Yuan and the Zhengbei Army merge together?"
Whether it was Cheng Qun or Liu Huajiu." "Chapter. All kinds of unexpected situations that happened to Yu Juyue, Ao Yi, and Long Juneng were recorded in advance, but they did not expect that Yun Zhao would merge with Meng Yuan. This was based on the relationship between Yue people and Meng Yuan.
The grievances and resentments of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty lasted for hundreds of thousands of years, and what Yunzhao is famous for is his anti-Mongolian achievements. After eight years in the army,
Yun Zhao then fought with Meng Yuan for eight years. He killed thousands of Mongolians, and Meng Yuan also killed thousands of his subordinates. The two parties had a blood feud. In the eyes of the four of them, Yun Zhao
The relationship between Zhao and Meng Yuan can only end when one party falls completely, but what can never happen has obviously happened now.
This thin piece of information carried so much information that Liu Huajian did not dare to think deeply about it. The three-legged power designed by General Cheng was completely bankrupt due to the merger between the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Meng Yuan Dynasty.
, the opponents after the merger were far superior to our own in terms of military strength and other strengths. What was even more frightening was that the main force of the Guards was scattered in all directions and was torn into several broken pieces. Kingo
The guards are stationed in Yizhou, Qinzhou. Qianniuwei has gone to Jiaozhou. He is still in Taizhou, but Jiang Guangyu is in Liangzhou. If the main force of the guards is still concentrated together, they still have the ability to protect themselves, and they can retreat even if it is not possible.
Go to Qinzhou and rely on the navy to join forces with Jingzhou to compete with the opponent, but the problem is. The opponent has spent so much energy and laid such a huge trap, how can they tolerate them regrouping?
Obviously, Yun Zhao's plan was to separate the main force of the Guards first, and then defeat them one by one. After Meng Yuan and the Zhengbei Army merged, they did have the ability to take advantage in all directions.
There is no doubt that the most dangerous one now is Jiang Guangyu's Leopard Tao Guard, because he is the first army to fight against the Northern Expedition Army and has penetrated deep into Liangzhou.
I'm afraid General Cheng, who is currently in Yizhou, is still kept in the dark.
"Send this information to Yizhou as quickly as possible for 800 miles!" Liu Huajian finally raised his head, and after the panic, he calmed down. Now that the matter is over, what can I say? The only thing left is how to save himself.
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"General, what should we do now?" Zhang Xi and others also understood at this time that their army was in great danger, looked at Liu Huajian, and asked.
"Accelerate, accelerate towards Liangzhou, throw away everything that can slow down the speed, throw away all heavy ordnance, each soldier only carries ten days of rations, accelerate into Liangzhou, and meet up with the Baotao Guards!" Liu Huajian stood up suddenly!
, said sharply.
Many generals in the tent were shocked and threw away all their heavy ordnance. What would they do if they encountered an enemy? They only carried ten days of rations. What if the war dragged on?
"General, please think about it again. We can stick to the spot, or retreat to Yizhou to join General Cheng!" Zhang Xi said loudly.
"No more! I'm afraid what Yun Zhao wants is for us to stick to the spot, so that he can divide us and annihilate us. As for retreating to Yizhou, it's too far, too far, and we can't hold on to that servant.
Hou, don't forget that there is Bo Lu in Liangzhou. If my prediction is correct, General Jiang
We are afraid that the mashàng will be cut off and Yanzhou will be lost. In this way, our retreat to Yizhou will be cut off. Now we can only throw it alone. After joining General Jiang, the two armies will gather to see if we can
We can't fight our way out!" Liu Huajian sighed sadly. "Execute the order!"
"yes!"
On the border between Jiaozhou and Chengzhou, Liu Xuyong, who had wiped out the remaining Mongolian Yuan forces in Jiaozhou, faithfully carried out Cheng Qun's order and prepared to withdraw his troops. Chengzhou was to be left to the Mongolian Yuan as a strategic buffer, and the Mongolian Yuan could not be beaten to nothing.
, this is not conducive to General Cheng's strategic conception, but mashàng, Liu Xuyong discovered a serious problem. Now it is not whether he wants to withdraw, but whether he can withdraw.
The main force of the Mongolian and Yuan troops appeared in Chengzhou. The Mongolian army was commanded by the famous prince Jamuka in the Mongolian and Yuan court. He was also led by the elite of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, numbering as many as 50,000.
In addition to being shocked, Liu Xuyong was also puzzled. A series of previous intelligence showed that the main force of the Meng Yuan army was confronting the main force of the Northern Expedition Army between Yanyi and Huocheng. How could Zhamuhe lead the Meng Yuan army as the current number one general?
The main force appeared in Chengzhou, posing a fatal threat to himself?
It was only then that Liu Xuyong remembered an important piece of information that he had ignored, that is, all the sentry cavalry he sent to Chengzhou in the early stage had returned, but none of them had come back. The Dai Viet cavalry was already weaker than the Meng Yuan cavalry.
, although the Sentinel Cavalry was an elite member of the Vietnamese army, they went deep into enemy territory and not many of them came back, so they did not pay attention to it. Chengzhou himself was not prepared to fight anyway. Now that he thought about it, he realized that he had committed a crime.
What a big mistake, those cavalry can't come back
It came because Meng Yuan was quietly stationing troops in Chengzhou. Of course, such a major matter would not allow his sentries to successfully escape and come back to report. This resulted in the sentry sent out to beat the dogs one by one.
After losing a large number of sentry riders one after another, I simply gave up the reconnaissance of Chengzhou. This was the second mistake I made. If I could continue to send sentry riders to Chengzhou, maybe there would be more.
The lucky guy was able to come back and report this important news to himself.
There is no regret medicine in the world. Liu Xuyong knows that the initiative on the battlefield is now given to Meng Yuan instead of himself. The opponent is the cavalry. Chengzhou and Jiaozhou are flat and smooth. The opponent comes and goes like the wind. He relies on his own two legs to make no difference.
No matter what, he couldn't outrun his opponent, let alone if he was pursued by enemy cavalry while marching, it would be a disaster. Now he could only stick to Jiaozhou and wait for Cheng Qun's follow-up actions.
After eight hundred miles of urgent secret reporting from Jiaozhou to Chengqun in Yizhou, Liu Xutong took Jiaozhou City as the center, and the counties and prefectures used the guards as the main force, supplemented by young men recruited temporarily, to guard the county and capital cities to form a line.
They blocked the road and waited for help. Fortunately, they had enough food and grass. If nothing unexpected happened, it would not be a big problem to hold on for half a year.
What Liu Xutong didn't know was that after he sent an 800-mile urgent messenger to ask Cheng Qun for help, Liu Huajian, who was far away in Taizhou, also sent an 800-mile urgent messenger to Cheng Qun so that Cheng Qun could understand that an incident had occurred.
At this time, Jiang Guangyu, who was in Taikang, could not even send a messenger. Bolu's 20,000 cavalry came straight from the flank and reached Jiang Guangyu's rear. Overnight, they occupied Shangkang and Xiakang, sweeping across
Jiang Guangyu stayed behind to guard the grain road. The remnants of Tan Lifeng, who were transporting grain, grass, baggage and weapons, could
The pitiful Tan Lifeng was chopped to the ground by his former master's men. His dead body was mixed with the corpses of countless Yanzhou soldiers, and was soon thrown into a large temporary pit dug out, and buried deep in the ground.
At this point, the Qin family, which had dominated Yanzhou for many years, was completely wiped out, and no one was spared.
After Bo Lu captured Shangkang and Xiakang, he divided his troops into half and went straight to Yanzhou.
This day is March 2nd.
The Northern Expedition Army completed the tactical division of Cheng Qun's Guards. Among the Four Guards, Liu Xutong was trapped in Jiaozhou, Jiang Guangyu was trapped in despair, and Liu Huajian was still struggling, hoping to arrive within the limited time.
Liang Zhou reunited with Jiang Guangyu to earn a glimmer of life for himself and Jiang Guangyu.
But obviously, the Northern Expedition Army would not let his efforts succeed.
Yun Zhao personally led his guard camp and appeared in Taizhou.
Along the way, there were heavy ordnance and all kinds of baggage abandoned by the leading guards everywhere, looking at the carts and carts of grain and grass that were burned to ashes, looking at the armor that was cut into several pieces by the sword, looking at the smashed thunderbolt carts and bed crossbows.
As well as the crossbow arrows cut off by the broadsword, Yun Zhao shook his head slightly. Looking back at Meng Yao, Ding Qiu, Wu Fan and others around him, he said: "Speaking of which, the four commanders of the guard, except Cheng
Regardless of the group, the other three are also extraordinary. Although Liu Huajian was the defeated general of our army, he was caught off guard last time in Xiangzhou. This time he was caught off guard again, but look at his reaction.
, He is indeed a first-class general, with such determination and courage, he is worthy of being a general who leads the army and guards, but it is a pity that such a person cannot be used by me in the end!"
Meng Yao laughed loudly and said: "No matter how powerful he is, he has been defeated by the governor again and again. He had a chance to stand up last time, but this time he didn't even have a chance to stand up."
Yun Zhao shook his head slightly, "Cheng Qun misjudged the situation. He always thought that we had no chance of reconciliation with the Meng Yuan. This is because he did not understand our border troops and border people. Not to mention the past wars, just after I joined the army,
It has been nine years since we fought with Meng Yuan. In nine years, the newly born children can run and jump. The long-term war has made the border people unbearable and they all look forward to having a baby.
In peaceful times, whether it is the Mongols or our Yue border people, they can cultivate the land, do business, make money to support their families, marry and have children, but who is willing to throw their heads and blood on the battlefield? After all, they are from the Central Plains. What they have seen
, what they heard and experienced was the hatred between the Meng people and the Yue people that seemed to never be resolved, and they did not really understand the hearts of the border people."
"The governor is right!" Meng Yao nodded and said: "Back then in Lucheng, we were actually just on guard against a large-scale attack by the Mongols. Normally, the transactions between the Mongolians and the border people were actually very prosperous, and each side just got what they needed.
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"Cheng Qun's defeat is doomed. Meng Yao and Liu Huajian dared to leave all their baggage and flee. Do you dare to leave all their baggage and pursue them?" Yun Zhao said with a smile.
"Captain, there is no need to provoke me!" Meng Yao laughed, "I have already made preparations. Ding Chou will lead the rear team to protect the food, grass and baggage, while I will march forward in person to fight with this famous leader of the army and guard. Everyone will benefit.
Feng once captured Liu Huajian alive, I don't want to lose to that kid!"
Chapter completed!