Datang New Order

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Zhao Zaili and Zhou Kan finally got together, and the Yan army's infantry began to break out of the siege southward.

Zhou Kan commanded the infantry to use the spearmen as arrows to tear up the re-formed interceptions on the road ahead one by one, and to attack those who resisted fiercely with the big arrows of the bow and arrow battalion.For the enemy troops that follow behind, they will defend with swords and shields repeatedly to ensure that the entire forward attack formation remains unchanged.

Zhao Zaili commanded the cavalry to closely accompany the two sides of Zhou Kan, not only to widen the formation space of the army, but also to step forward to help at any time, sometimes expel the enemy cavalry who approached too close, and sometimes simply leaped directly to those who showed their weaknesses. Intercept array.

Zhou Dewei had already come down from the high ground, and personally led the Ya army and the leaders of the various armies to follow closely outside the encirclement. He ordered the soldiers to order the flags to fly, and mobilized all the troops that could be mobilized within and outside Zhou Dewei's visual range. Lines of interceptions were placed on the front of the army, and attacks were organized on the left and right wings of the Yan army and at the tail of the formation.

What surprised Zhou Dewei was that in such a bad situation, the enemy army never collapsed. Although it could be seen that the opponent's support was very difficult, but every time it seemed to be on the verge of collapse, they always maintained it with great reluctance. Going down, on the contrary, caused a lot of casualties to his subordinates.

The strength of the Yan army made Zhou Dewei more cautious. He decided to prolong the siege process, making the road back to Xiangyuan for the Yan army a road of death, and draining every drop of Yan army's blood on this road.At the same time, Zhou Dewei also completed the miracle of the Yan army breaking through the siege for more than ten miles. For this reason, he once again sent envoys to Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan, asking them to lead the army to follow him immediately.

Zhou Dewei's plan was that if Yan Jun could really persist until Xiangyuan, it would be a good thing for him.If the Xiangyuan garrison dared to open the city to accept it, they would attack the city;This event would also severely damage the morale of the defenders.

Watching the Yan army in the encirclement trying their best to break out to the south, Zhou Dewei has already started to think about the next strategy of the battle.Undoubtedly, according to what Li Siyuan said, the plan of An Zhongjiao's surprise attack on Licheng and Luzhou should have achieved great results. Otherwise, the Yan army would never be surrounded here.

What Zhou Dewei considered was that after capturing the entire Luzhou, it would be equivalent to trapping Yan Wang Li Chengzhong in the Changping Passage, so what should be done next?It goes from north to south.Go through the Changping channel all the way to Gaoping?Or sit back and watch the Yan army and the coalition forces of the princes confront each other in Gaoping?Or simply lead the army through Fukouxing and go straight to Hebei?

Zhou Dewei thought about the next battle strategy with a relaxed expression, while Zhou Kan and Zhao Zaili commanded the Yan army to break through the encirclement to the south step by step.The soldiers of the Yan army fought bloody battles, and every time they advanced, they paid arduous fights and endured heavy casualties.Zhou Kan and Zhao Zaili didn't even dare to order the army to stop and rest. Up to this point in the battle, the soldiers were already fighting with courage and inertia.Once stopped, it is likely to cause the entire army to collapse.

In addition to boosting and maintaining morale, what Zhou Kan and Zhao Zaili were most worried about finally happened.As soon as they got out of the Nangou River, they found that the army supplies were seriously insufficient.More than half of the arrows were consumed.Each archer in the bow and arrow battalion was equipped with less than five feathered arrows; shields, wooden spears, and horizontal knives were also severely damaged, and many soldiers appeared empty-handed; in addition, the wounded soldiers could not carry them. The soldiers all abandoned where they were.Waiting for their results is unbearable to think about...

After leaving the Nangou River, they entered the open Xiangyuan Basin, and the army was still ten miles away from Xiangyuan.To the Yan army, the ten miles seemed extremely long.

Zhou Kan was already a little violent and anxious. He kept rushing to Zhao Zaili and asked loudly, "When will we go?"Zhao Zaili licked his dry lips every time and looked around.

After killing three miles forward, Zhou Kan changed the question. He no longer asked "how long will it take?" He asked, can we not die together?Zhou Kan asked Zhao Zaili to lead the cavalry to rush out immediately, and he would lead the infantry to cover behind. No matter whether there were reinforcements or not, the moment of life and death had come, and there was no further delay.

The momentum of the forward attack became weaker and weaker, and more and more soldiers fell behind in the rear. Formal troops captured by the coalition forces of the three kings had already appeared.Zhou Kan didn't blame them. He fought hard for a long time without getting any water. Many people couldn't even hold their hands. How could they continue this fight?

Zhou Dewei squinted his eyes and watched everything on the battlefield. He knew that the encircled Yan army was about to end. When the enemy troops who threw down their weapons appeared, it would not take long before the scale of surrender would expand to include troops, Both, when there are hundreds or hundreds of prisoners, the enemy army will inevitably collapse.

Zhou Dewei's mood relaxed again. He knew that victory was inevitable, but he still felt a pity in his heart. It's a pity that this place is still six or seven miles away from Xiangyuan, and it is impossible for the defenders on the city to see this scene...

Gao Ping, Commander of the General Administration of Military Staff.

This is the former Gaoping county government office and Gaoping guard general Hou Yan's camp of the Chinese army, and now it is the temporary residence of Yan Wang Li Chengzhong.The inside and outside of the courtyard are full of fully armored guard battalion sergeants, who are deployed and mobilized by Qihuomai to protect the entire garrison tightly.

The two side courtyards continuously entered and exited the Yan army's Yuhou staff officers at all levels, analyzed and summarized the battle situation and military situation, and then submitted them to the middle hall.The wing rooms on both sides of the nave are full of officers and soldiers. On the left side are commanding officers at all levels waiting for military orders and summons, and on the right side are messengers waiting to be dispatched at any time.

The three big rooms in the main hall have all been opened, and more than a dozen senior generals of the Yan army, including Li Chengzhong, King of Yan, Zhang Xingzhong, Chief of the Yuhou Division, and Jiang Miao, Chief of the Education Department, are discussing in low voices around a huge sand table.On the left and right corners are two sand tables with a smaller scale. The scope and area marked are much smaller, but they are more detailed. Several middle and low-level staff officers are carefully moving and marking each department according to the summarized military reports. Location.

In addition, a huge map of mountains and rivers hangs on the north wall, including the entire southeast of Hedong, western Hebei, northern Duji and northwestern Henan. The map is full of various arrows in a mess, making people dizzy at a glance. Brain swelling.Officers who have not been trained by the Yanjun Advanced Military Academy have no idea what it means.

From July onwards, the coalition forces of princes with the Liang army as the main force began to attack the Yan army, and the main battle between the two armies was Jiepai Ridge.Jiepai Ridge is located between Gaoping and Zezhou. With Jiepai Ridge as the leader, the Yan army built densely-spread large defensive camps. Together with the three highlands behind Jiepai Ridge, Xuanhu, Niushan, and Shizuitou, they formed a strong defense line shielding Gaoping. .

After ten consecutive days of attacking Jiepailing to no avail, the allied forces of the feudal lords tentatively attacked Xuanhu from the west, trying to bypass Jiepailing to remove the defensive support behind it first, so the two armies fought fiercely in Xuanhu again.

After paying nearly 2000 casualties, the coalition forces of the princes took down the two front support points of Dongjue Mountain and Xijue Mountain before Xuanhu, and officially entered the battle to attack the main defense line of Xuanhu.It is a pity that Dongjue Mountain and Xijue Mountain were exposed to the attack from both sides of the Yan army. While attacking Xuanhu to the north, they had to endure the attack from Jiepai Ridge on the east side.

From late August onwards, the allied forces of the princes realized that it was impossible to break the Yan army's defense line without taking Jiepai Ridge first, so under the personal order of King Liang, they changed the attack target and put the focus back on Jiepai Ridge.Because they occupied the east and west dug mountains, the allied forces of the princes could attack Jiepai Ridge from the west. This situation made Jiepai Ridge's defense difficult, and the casualties of the Yan army increased greatly.

After entering September, the Jiepailing garrison had changed three batches. On this small mountain, thousands of Yan troops were killed and countless injured.

Under the strong attack of the allied forces of the princes, regardless of casualties, the Yan army lost many positions such as Shuangnanzhuang, Laoaogou, and Tanlingtou on the outskirts of Jiepailing.Starting three days ago, the allied armies of the feudal lords, with the support of Laoaogou, marched from Shuangnanzhuang on the west side and Tanlingtou on the east side, and attacked the main camp at Jiepailing along the mountain ridge.

The fighting has intensified so far, and hundreds of corpses fall on this small mountain every day.Of course, the Yan army has large-scale defensive equipment in hand, and a logistics battalion to help each other, and the battle loss ratio is far lower than that of the coalition forces of the princes.However, the reinforcements of the Yan army to the Jiepailing defenders were greatly restrained by the coalition forces of the princes. Assembling a huge army formation composed of tens of thousands of infantry greatly weakened the battlefield space for the Yan army cavalry, making it very difficult to reinforce Jiepailing.

Once Jiepai Ridge is lost, it means that the coalition forces of the princes have a support point between Zezhou and Gaoping where they can hoard supplies and troops, which will greatly improve the situation of the coalition forces of the princes attacking Gaoping.Now let's see how long the Jiepailing defenders can last, or how long the coalition of princes can endure the huge logistical consumption-maintaining a huge army formation in the wild is not an easy task.

Various tactics to support Jiepailing, such as flank raids, troops from the rear, cavalry patrols, etc., were sent out from the main hall, or were quickly passed forward by the messengers, or directly led by the waiting reinforcement officers.The entire General Staff Office has been busy, Zhang Xingzhong, Jiang Miao and other senior generals are constantly issuing various military orders.

These are not the focus of Li Chengzhong. The fall of Jiepailing is inevitable whether he likes it or not. Li Chengzhong looks at the sand table silently, and looks back at the huge map on the back wall from time to time. He is waiting for the news from Luzhou in the north. battle report. (to be continued..)