Chapter 119: After the Change of Commander
Zhou Zong has settled down to replace Wang Yuan, and now Wang Yuan says that no matter how much it is, it is useless.
Wang Yuan looked up to the sky and sighed, and said to Zhou Zong: "General Zhou, with the combat strength of our army, it is really difficult to win in a head-to-head confrontation with the Western Expeditionary Army. ”
"I know."
Zhou Zong nodded and asked, "What else does General Wang have to explain?" ”
Wang Yuan thought for a while and said: "The Bird Clan is the foundation of our army in stability, we can't afford to lose it, Jitou Valley and Boluo Valley are the gateways between Hanyang and stability, and they are the most important thing, once they are broken, the consequences are unimaginable, General Zhou should be cautious!" ”
Zhou Zongying said: "General Wang, I have written it down." ”
Wang Yuan pondered it carefully, felt that there was nothing more to say, and bowed his hand to Zhou Zong and said: "100,000 soldiers, now, please ask General Zhou, I ...... It's time for me to go back to the king! ”
Zhou Zong returned the salute, sighed lightly, and said, "General Wang...... Take care all the way! ”
Wang Yuan smiled bitterly, shook his head, and didn't say anything more.
The news of Zhou Zong's replacement of Wang Yuan soon reached Feng Yi.
Hearing this news, the officers and soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army and Geng Shu were a little inexplicable, and they changed commanders on the spot, didn't Kui Huan know that this was a taboo in the army?
The generals came to the Chinese military tent one after another to discuss the matter with Feng Yi.
Looking at everyone's puzzled looks, Feng Yi smiled indifferently and said, "We don't need to figure out why Kui Huan replaced Wang Yuan with Zhou Zong, we just need to know that our next opponent is no longer Wang Yuan, but Zhou Zong." ”
Feng Yi was quite familiar with the generals under Kui Huan's command.
He knew Wang Yuan, and he also knew Zhou Zong.
Geng Shu looked at Feng Yi and asked, "General, how is Zhou Zong?"
Is it more difficult than Wang Yuan? ”
In his eyes, Wang Yuan is an outstanding general who governs the army and commands the army, but he is a little more cautious in using troops.
This is the case in Hanyang, and it is still the case now, Wang Yuan's caution will indeed make him lose a good fighter plane sometimes, but in the same way, it is very difficult for you to take advantage of Wang Yuan.
"Zhou Zong...... Feng Yi's eyes rolled, and he said slowly: "Compared with Wang Yuan, Zhou Zong is a little worse. ”
Everyone looked at each other and said, "In this way, this Zhou Sect is not easy to deal with." ”
Feng Yile was happy, waved his hand and said: "As the so-called difference is a millimeter, a thousand miles away." ”
After a pause, he took a deep breath and said, "Three days later, our army began to withdraw its troops!" ”
"Huh?"
When the generals heard this, their faces changed, and they subconsciously asked, "General, where are our troops going to withdraw?" ”
"Go back to Qi County and continue to Tuntian!"
Feng Yi said as a matter of course.
Geng Shu subconsciously took a step forward and asked, "General, settle down...... Are we not at peace? ”
Feng Yile said hehehe: "Zhou Zong has replaced Wang Yuan, and the stability is solid!" ”
Everyone looked at each other, solid?
The county soldiers in Yin Pan City are not even a thousand people, if their own side retreats, the Yin Pan with less than a thousand defenders can withstand the 100,000 Kui Hustle army?
Where does it come from?
Three days later.
The central and rear armies of the Western Expeditionary Army did not move, and were still stationed outside the Yinpan City, while the front army retreated thirty miles.
Such a large-scale change in the Han army naturally spread to the Kui Huan army camp opposite as soon as possible.
Now that Wang Yuan has left, Zhou Zong has taken over the army in full.
Hearing the news, Zhou Zong gasped, the front army of the Western Expeditionary Army retreated, and retreated for thirty miles, what does this mean?
He asked the messenger, "Can you see clearly?" ”
"Returning to the general, it's true, the villain saw it with his own eyes!"
The scout got down on one knee and intervened.
Zhou Zong sat there, his face cloudy, and after a while, he asked again, "In which direction is the enemy retreating?" ”
"Southeast."
"Southeastern ......" "Returning to the general, it seems that the enemy army is planning to withdraw from Anding and return to Qi County."
Scout Masase said.
Zhou Zong stood up and paced back and forth in the big tent.
Could it be that the fighter plane that Wang Yuan had been waiting for finally appeared?
The Western Expeditionary Army began to divide its troops?
In the camp, the other generals said one after another: "General, the front army of the Western Expeditionary Army has retreated thirty miles, and this is a good opportunity for our army to take the initiative to attack!" ”
You must know that in an army, the role of the front army is just positive, the most elite and elite soldiers in the army are in the front army, the combat effectiveness of the officers and men of the middle army is slightly worse, and the combat power of the officers and men of the rear army is the worst.
Now that the front army of the Western Expeditionary Army has retreated thirty miles, only the middle army and the rear army remain, and the hearts of the generals of the Kui Huan Army are all excited.
Zhou Zong's heart was also beating faster and his blood was boiling, but compared to the generals, he quickly calmed down.
The opposite side of his side is now, it is the Western Expeditionary Army, the commander is Feng Yi, Feng Yi uses soldiers, it has always been treacherous, unpredictable, he is now giving himself such a big fighter, I'm afraid, I don't have any good water in my stomach.
After thinking about it, Zhou Zong ordered the scouts to probe and report again, and his own army still stood still for the time being.
Regarding Zhou Zong's orders, the generals were all dissatisfied.
A general who had a good relationship with Zhou Zong reminded meaningfully: "General Wang's refusal to go to war has led to the suspicion of the king and the impeachment of the ministers, so General Zhou must not repeat the mistakes of the past!" ”
This sentence shocked Zhou Zong into a cold sweat.
The commander of this 100,000-strong army is not easy to do, there is pressure from the king and his ministers behind, and there is pressure from the Western Expeditionary Army in the front.
Right now, Zhou Zong finally felt the double pressure from both the enemy and us.
The next day, the Han army withdrew.
This time, the Han army did not move in the front, and the middle and rear armies retreated thirty miles.
With the retreat of the middle and rear armies of the Western Expeditionary Army, the situation suddenly became clear, and the Western Expeditionary Army was not to divide its troops, but to retreat as a whole.
It's just that the retreat of the Western Expeditionary Army is very cautious, first withdrawing the front army, and then withdrawing the middle and rear armies, which is a layered, steady and steady retreat, even if the enemy army takes advantage of the situation to attack, the Western Expeditionary Army will not be caught off guard and panicked.
With the retreat of the Western Expeditionary Army, Yin Pan City was completely exposed to the Kui Huan Army, and for the Kui Huan Army, Yin Pan was already within reach.
However, just taking a yin pan is no longer the result that the Kui Huan army wants now, defeating, or even completely annihilating the Western Expeditionary Army, this is the result that the Kui Huan Army wants the most at present.
If such a result can be achieved, then this Kui Huan army has made immortal achievements, and it is very likely that it will go down in history.
Zhou Zong, as the commander of the whole army, finally couldn't hold back at this time and gave the order for the whole army to attack.
100,000 Kui Huan troops, under the command of Zhou Zong, went all the way south to pursue the retreating Western Expeditionary Army.
A few days later, at the junction of Sanfu and Anding, the Kui Huan army finally caught up with the Western Expeditionary Army.
The Kui Huan Army had 100,000 soldiers and horses, the Western Expeditionary Army had 70,000 soldiers and horses, and the other 30,000 former army officers and soldiers had been withdrawn to Sanfu the day before.
Facing the wolf-like and tiger-like Kui army, Feng Yi was not in a hurry, and commanded the rear army to act as the front army to meet the enemy army.
For Feng Yi to use the weakest rear army as the front army, the officers and soldiers of the Kui Huan Army were all overjoyed, this battle, basically without fighting, can be judged, and they can win a big victory.
As a result, when they went to the battlefield, the two sides fought against Mai Mang, and the Kui Huan army suddenly found that they were too optimistic, even if it was the rear army of the Western Expeditionary Army, their combat power was beyond imagination.
I saw that in the camp of the front army of the Western Expeditionary Army, there was not a single old, weak, sick and disabled person, all of them were strong and burly men.
This big battle between the two sides, from the morning to the evening, a fierce battle for a day, the Kui Huan army suffered heavy casualties, all the officers and men, all tired, at this time, the Kui Huan army has the idea of retreating, planning to truce first, and fight again tomorrow.
But on the battlefield, whether you can make a truce or not is not decided by your side, but by both sides.
The Western Expeditionary Army on the opposite side had no intention of armistice or truce at all, and was attacking like a tide, and was still launching attacks round after round.
At night, the battle between the two sides continued, and this night could be called an incomparably long night for the Kui Huan army.
At dawn the next day, the Kui Huan Army suddenly discovered that the Western Expeditionary Army had gradually formed an encirclement trend against its own side, and the left and right armies of the Western Expeditionary Army had advanced to the two flanks of the Kui Huan Army.
It is hard to believe that the side with fewer troops has formed a situation of entrapment against the side with more troops.
It is estimated that in the whole world, only the brave and warlike Western Expeditionary Army can do this.
In the next day's fighting, the battle line between the two sides was longer and wider, and the fighting became more fierce and brutal.
At this time, the soldiers of the two sides have been fighting for a day and a night, and the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army can still resist, but the Kui Huan Army really can't resist, and the officers and soldiers of the former army are almost about to be killed and wounded, and the soldiers who come up after are greatly reduced in combat power, and they can't withstand the onslaught of the Western Expeditionary Army, and people begin to rout backwards in groups.
Zhou Zong commanded the officers and men of the Chinese army to go forward, and no matter what, he had to stop the rout of the front army.
At this time, the rear army of the Kui Huan Army was in chaos, and it turned out that Geng Shu was leading the Youzhou Raid, and he did not know when he had bypassed the back of the Kui Huan Army and launched a surprise attack on the rear army of the Kui Huan Army.
The wounded soldiers who retreated from the front army are now in the rear army, where would people have thought that the enemy army would suddenly be killed behind their backs, and it was also a very fast Youzhou Assault Cavalry.
Three thousand Youzhou cavalry rushed to kill the rear army of the Kui Huan Army, and a large number of soldiers were defeated and scattered.
The rear army is in chaos, the Chinese army is in chaos, the Chinese army is in chaos, and the front army is in chaos.
The Kui Huan Army, which was already struggling to support, was completely unable to bear it at this time, and the trend of rout, starting from the front and rear armies, quickly spread to the Chinese army, and in less than half an hour, it became a great defeat for the whole army.
Zhou Zong wanted to stop his own rout, but it was useless, there were few people in the whole army who could listen to his command, and the soldiers were desperately running backwards to escape the pursuit of the Western Expeditionary Army.
The camp of the Kui Huan Army has become a piece of scattered sand, and as far as the eye can see, it has become a pot of porridge, and the casualties caused by people trampling on each other alone are countless.
In the face of such a chaotic enemy army, it is rare that there was not the slightest disturbance in the camp of the Western Expeditionary Army.
No one disregarded the overall formation of their own side, rushed out rashly, chased and killed the enemy army to grab the merit, and the formation of the Western Expeditionary Army remained the same, advancing step by step, crushing the enemy army.
I have to say that under Feng Yi's tutelage, the Western Expeditionary Army is one of the few extremely mature combat regiments in the Han Army.
Victory, I maintain the formation, chase and kill the enemy, and do not give the enemy the slightest chance to turn defeat into victory; After defeat, I also maintained a complete formation and retreated in an orderly manner, not giving the enemy a chance to further expand the victory.
Honor and disgrace are not shocked, even if Mount Tai is overwhelming, he is not moved.
The battle between the Kui Huan army and the Han army was that the Kui Huan army took the initiative to attack, and the Han army turned back to face the battle, and as a result, the first battle was defeated, and the Han army won a complete victory.
In this battle, more than half of the soldiers and horses of the Kui Huan army were lost, more than 50,000 soldiers were either killed, captured, or scattered, and the remaining 40,000 people, under the leadership of Zhou Zong, fled in a hurry.
Feng Yi commanded his soldiers and horses to pursue while he was victorious.
Zhou Zong fled back to the vicinity of Yinpan, did not even dare to enter the city, led his troops around the city, all the way north, and went straight to Bird County.
As a veteran of the battlefield, Feng Yi would not give the enemy a chance to escape smoothly, lead his troops to pursue, and also run to the bird clan.
The defeat of the Kui Huan army was too bad, and along the way, countless wounded soldiers, baggage, grain and grass, armor and weapons were discarded.
Just picking up supplies along the way has made the Western Expeditionary Army make a lot of money.