Chapter 1083: Capture Lu County
Murong Ba chose a risky move, because he couldn't judge whether the 100,000 coalition army under his command was the opponent of the 100,000 Jin army under Zhang Hao's command.
As for the king of Buyeo and others, because they were afraid that the Jin army would follow up and form an overwhelming advantage, they also agreed to take the initiative to attack the Jin army by taking advantage of the fact that the Jin army had come from afar and had no time to rest.
The army under Murong Ba stopped at a distance of three hundred steps from the Jin army, and he had already seen it clearly, the soldiers and horses of the Jin army were ready for battle, and the banner was clear, the team was very neat, and it was the elite of a hundred battles at a glance, which made Murong Ba's mood tense all of a sudden.
However, in any case, since he has led the army to kill here, there is no reason to retreat, otherwise, it will be a huge blow to the morale of the army.
Zhang Hao naturally would not retreat, if it weren't for Xie Ai's insistence on confrontation, he would have led his soldiers and horses to attack Lu County, now that they have met, and it is still a one-to-one ratio of troops, the fight must be the most exciting.
"Soldiers, beat the drums and prepare to fight." Zhang Hao ordered loudly.
"Knock knock knock......" The rear of the Jin army first sounded the sound of war drums, and all the soldiers of the Jin army heard the sound, all raised their weapons and prepared to attack the enemy army on the opposite side.
Seeing that the Jin army was rushing to beat the drum to prepare for battle, Murong Ba was immediately annoyed, and immediately ordered: "Blow the horn and prepare to attack." ”
"Woo woo woo ......" fierce war drums sounded in the rear of the Yan State coalition army.
The 100,000 soldiers of the coalition army all drew their weapons and prepared to fight.
"Killing ......" almost at the same time, both sides launched a forward attack.
"Whoosh ......" Suddenly, the sound of bows and arrows, the impact of swords, and the roar of war horses were all intertwined, forming a magnificent picture.
The Jin army was a unified force, while the Yan coalition army was a fusion of four forces. The cooperation between each other is naturally not very close, and for this reason, the Jin army has a great advantage just after the fight. and formed a huge oppression on the Yan coalition army.
"Soldiers, the time has come to make meritorious contributions, kill ......" Zhang Hao roared loudly, asking the soldiers under his command to do their best to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.
"Warriors, don't let the Jin army underestimate us. Kill ......" King Fuyu saw the blood, and immediately aroused the blood, and shouted and encouraged.
The king of Hao and the king of Lu Lou also fought hard, and they wanted to prove to the whole world that their army was strong and invincible through a tough battle.
The strength of the two sides is equal, although the Jin army is an elite division and occupies a considerable advantage, but the strength of the four-way coalition army is not weak, for this reason. The battle did not show the ease of being able to sweep away the leaves in the autumn wind as Zhang Oyster envisioned, and at the same time, there was no result as Murong Ba and others thought, taking advantage of the opportunity for the Jin army to come from afar to work and defeat the Jin army Zhang Oyster in one fell swoop.
The generals on both sides took it for granted, and all of them thought that their own armies were too strong and the enemy too weak.
After a period of fighting, the two sides were completely glued together, and the cavalry's charge turned into a meat grinding battle with each other. In this case, long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows are completely useless, and you can only use long and short melee weapons to engage in close-range combat.
The strangulation battle was extremely tragic, and this way of fighting would be a huge loss of soldiers on both sides. However, at this time, both sides have already killed the red eye, and no one is willing to retreat, because retreating at this moment means a complete collapse, and the blow to morale is very huge.
Both sides carried it with courage. A large number of corpses of soldiers and horses were piled up on the battlefield, making the whole battlefield look quite terrifying.
Although the losses on both sides were very huge, the Great Jin had a steady stream of follow-up reinforcements, and the strength of the Yan State had been fully used, and there were no more reinforcements for reinforcements, so even if the same soldiers and horses were lost, the Great Jin could be regarded as a huge victory.
Zhang Hao saw this, so he was not afraid of the Yan State Alliance, and the more he killed, the more addicted he became, even if he was punished after the war, he did not hesitate.
The battle lasted for more than two hours, and the soldiers and horses on both sides suffered at least 30% casualties, but they still continued to fight, and they had the momentum to fight to the end.
"General, it's not good, the 100,000 reinforcements of the Jin army are already less than ten miles away." A scout reported loudly to Murong Ba.
Murong Ba was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What about the reinforcements of our army?" Any news? ”
"No, there is no news of reinforcements from our army." The scout said nervously.
The 100,000 fresh troops of the Jin army are about to be killed, and if they don't evacuate, the consequence may be that the entire army will be wiped out, so Murong Ba has to order a retreat.
"Retreat, the whole army retreats immediately." Murong Ba gave the order to withdraw the troops.
The Yan allied forces suffered heavy casualties and could not see any hope of victory, so the soldiers had already developed a serious war-weariness, and after hearing the order to withdraw, they all fled in the direction of the camp.
Seeing the sudden retreat of the Yan army, Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment, after all, the Yan State coalition army had held out for so long, why did it suddenly retreat, but if you think about it carefully, Zhuge Xiong's 100,000 reinforcements may be about to arrive.
"General, our army reinforcements are less than ten miles away." The Jin scouts reported the news of the imminent arrival of reinforcements, and at the same time, also explained the doubts in Zhang Hao's heart.
"Soldiers, the reinforcements are not far away, chasing and killing the enemy, chasing and killing the enemy." Zhang Oyster roared and rode his horse in pursuit of the retreating Yan coalition army.
Hearing that reinforcements were about to arrive, all the Jin soldiers were extremely excited, and mustered up the courage to launch a fierce pursuit against the fleeing Yan coalition army.
The defeated Yan army fled all the way, while the Jin army under Zhang Hao pursued all the way and slaughtered the enemy forces who were slow to escape.
fled all the way to the camp, and the Yan State coalition army did not get rid of the pursuit of the Jin army, which made Murong Ba anxious, he really underestimated the combat power and resilience of the Jin army.
And the king of Buyeo and others were even more frightened, and bypassed the camp, and directly led the soldiers and horses under his command to flee in the direction of the old nest, intending to return to China.
"General, the Jin army is pursuing all the way, and it is to completely force our army to a dead end!" A general frowned.
"General, King Buyeo, they have already led their soldiers and horses to flee in the direction of the country." A pro-soldier reported loudly.
Murong Ba looked up and saw that King Fuyu and the others had indeed fled in the northeast direction with the remnants, which made his heart even more desperate, at this moment, he only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command. It was impossible to stop the Jin army's attack no matter what, so he had to order to abandon the camp and evacuate in the direction of Jicheng.
Zhang Hao's goal was to capture the Yan army's camp. Seeing that the Yan State Four-Way Coalition Army had dispersed and fled, he ordered to stop the pursuit, and the troops were divided into two ways to occupy the Yan Army camp and Lu County respectively, and waited for the arriving Zhuge Xiong Army.
Soon. Zhuge Xiong and his 100,000 troops arrived in Lu County and set up camp on the outskirts of Lu County, while Zhuge Xiong himself entered Lu County, said hello to Zhang Oy, and blamed himself for being one step late, otherwise he would definitely be able to annihilate the enemy.
Zhang Hao was naturally modest, and said that he was alone in the depths, although he defeated the Yan coalition army, but his subordinates also suffered heavy casualties, and 30,000 soldiers and horses lost their combat effectiveness.
After the two of them deliberated. It was decided to occupy Lu County first to rest, and truthfully feedback the situation here to Xie Ai in order to receive further instructions from Xie Ai.
Soon, Xie Ai received a military report from Zhang Oyster, and was very happy that Zhang Oyster had defeated the Yan coalition army and forced Fuyu and other troops to return to China, but at the same time, he was also dissatisfied with the loss of 30,000 soldiers and horses under Zhang Oyster's command, and decided to offset the merits and demerits, and not give Zhang Oyster credit. However, the soldiers under Zhang Hao's command all recorded their military exploits according to their merits.
The breach of Luxian means that the left wing army of Yan State has been completely finished, and the remaining right wing and the Chinese army will face greater pressure, at this time. Xie Ai felt that he should strike while the iron was hot and fully press the 500,000 army against the soldiers and horses of the Yan State, so as to defeat the Yan army as soon as possible in order to achieve the final victory.
Murong Ba and his more than 10,000 soldiers and horses fled back to Jicheng as quickly as possible, and encountered reinforcements sent by Murong Ke on the way. However, at this moment, they have been defeated, even if they return to Luxian with 50,000 reinforcements, they will not be able to defeat the Jin army, for this reason, they can only return to Jicheng with reinforcements, and after arriving at the Yan army camp in Jicheng, Murong Ba went straight to Murong Ke's Chinese army tent.
At this moment, the main general Murong Ke was still worried about the situation in Lu County, and his heart seemed extremely anxious, as for why he was anxious, he himself couldn't say clearly, in short, this time the Jin army was fierce, all the famous generals and elite soldiers came, and the Yan State had declined, it was difficult to effectively resist the attack of the Jin army, and the defeat seemed to be a foregone conclusion, even if he had Han Xin's talent, he was powerless.
"Fourth brother, our army has been defeated." Just when Murong Ke was anxious, Murong Ba rushed in and lowered his head, looking very remorseful.
"Why, defeated so quickly." When Murong Ke heard this, he was very shocked, the soldiers and horses of the Jin army had just been dispatched for a day, and the army under Murong Ba was defeated, which was inevitably too fast.
Murong Ba Zhengse said: "Fourth brother, the 100,000 troops of the Jin army Zhang Oyster are lone and deep, and the follow-up soldiers have opened a long distance, I think this is an opportunity, so I led the 100,000 army to fight with it, unexpectedly, Zhang Oyster's troops and horses are very elite, and the combat power is above our army, after a period of fighting, our army has suffered huge losses, and the Jin army's 100,000 reinforcements have approached, in desperation, our army had to retreat, but I didn't expect the Jin army to pursue all the way to our army's camp, Fuyu Wang and others were afraid of the Jin army, and they all led the remnants of the army to flee to the country, I also had to give up the camp and Luxian, and lead the remaining soldiers and horses back to Jicheng, the defeat of this battle is all my fault, and I am willing to accept the punishment. ”
Obviously, if Murong Ba hadn't taken the initiative to attack Zhang Hao's army, there would not have been such a fiasco, and Murong Ba was inescapable of taking responsibility for the defeat of the Yan army.
"How many soldiers and horses did you bring back?" Murong Ke asked.
"There are only more than 10,000." Murong Ba said.
Murong Ke let out a long sigh and sighed: "The left wing has been defeated, and the Jin army is strong, it seems that the foundation established by our ancestors for several generations is about to be destroyed in our hands." ”
"What does the fourth brother mean, is my Dayan about to die?" Murong Ba asked nervously.
Murong Ke nodded and said: "My Dayan's elite divisions are all here, if the Jin army's 500,000 troops are pressed, how can our army's current strength withstand the Jin army's crazy attack, and once the main force of our army is wiped out, the Great Yan Kingdom will inevitably lose Youzhou and Pingzhou, and when the time comes, Dayan has neither land nor army, how can it exist." ”
"I really didn't expect that the foundation established by our ancestors for generations would be destroyed in the hands of our generation." Murong Ba sighed and said leisurely.
Murong Ke also sighed, and said softly: "This may be the so-called providence!" The world's major events are always divided for a long time, such as the fall apart for a long time, it is necessary for someone to unify, and I used to think that only my Dayan Kingdom can unify the world, and make unremitting efforts for this, now it seems that it is not my Dayan that can unify the world, but Dajin! ”
"The disintegration of the world is caused by the civil strife of the Great Jin, and now it is still up to the Great Jin to unify the world, and there has never been such a thing since ancient times!" Murong Ba said softly.
"Yes! The reincarnation of the Mandate of Heaven always establishes a new dynasty, and now it has returned to the Great Jin Dynasty, which is indeed an unprecedented situation since ancient times, this may be the will of heaven to make people! Murong Ke said helplessly.
"Fourth brother, since it is the destiny of Heaven for the Great Jin to unify the world, and we are powerless to stop it, what should we do?" Murong Ba frowned and asked.
Obviously, Murong Ba was very confused at this moment, since the Great Jin Dynasty had shown the atmosphere of unifying the world, as the generals of the Yan Kingdom, should they conform to the will of heaven, or would they fight to the end for the interests of the Great Yan Kingdom?
"It's not very important what we think, what matters is what the second brother thinks, he is the King of Yan, and we must obey his orders." Murong Ke said helplessly.
Murong Ba nodded, and said with a straight face: "The fourth brother is waiting here, I will go into the palace to see the second brother and ask him what his plans are." After saying that, he raised his leg and left.
"Come back." Murong Ke scolded, frowned, and said: "You just lost the battle, so that the left wing of our army was completely lost, you go to see the second brother at this moment, the second brother will not see you, and it is even possible to kill you in a fit of anger, or let me go!" ”
"Fourth brother, you are the commander of the whole army, how can you leave the camp lightly, or let me go! Even if the second brother kills me, I don't have any complaints. Murong Ba said loudly.
Murong Ke waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll go back as soon as I go, you help me stay in the camp, if the Jin army provokes, just ignore it." ”
"Yes, fourth brother, I understand." Murong Ba responded.
Subsequently, Murong Ke, under the escort of a hundred personal soldiers, ran in the direction of Jicheng not far away, and after entering the city, he went straight to the palace of King Yan. (To be continued.) )