Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 613
The return of Lin Chuan immediately gave the generals of the Nanchuan Army a backbone, and Xue Wen, the chief of staff, finally breathed a sigh of relief. The news spread to the front, and the soldiers were excited. Han Haijun launched a counterattack.

The main force of the cavalry of the Zhenxi Army led by Zhange was like a sharp blade cutting Han Haijun into pieces. The Nanchuan Army, which had been retreating steadily, launched a full-line counterattack at this moment. The unprepared Han Haijun was killed and cried. Father shouted mother, one after another regiment was defeated, corpses lay everywhere, blood flowed like rivers.

The fierce battle lasted until evening, when the cavalry troops of the Zhenxi Army and the Nanchuan Army drove the Han Navy to thirty miles east of Liuyang City before stopping the attack.

Although the victorious soldiers were covered in blood, everyone was filled with victorious smiles. They packed up their trophies, returned to Liuyang City, regained the offensive momentum of the Han Navy, and fought an exciting victory.

"Good wine and good meat are enough!" Lin Chuan was not stingy with the victorious soldiers. With a big wave of his hand, truckloads of fine wine and whole fat pigs were sent to the camp to reward these soldiers who fought bloody battles.

Thousands of bonfires were lit in the entire camp outside Liuyang City, and it was brightly lit. The soldiers drank and ate meat in a lively atmosphere, celebrating the hard-won victory.

"Thank you for your hard work, you saved my Liuyang City, and saved my people in Nanchuan from being slaughtered by Hanhai. I, Lin Chuan, do it first, and I respect you!"

Lin Chuan held up the big bowl filled with wine and drank it in one gulp.

"Respect, Young Commander!" All the Nanchuan generals who were full of people were also full of pride, their voices were orderly and loud, and they raised their wine bowls and drank them all in one gulp.

"This second bowl of wine is a toast to the brothers of the Zhenxi Army, thank you Zhenxi Army for traveling thousands of miles to help, from now on, your Zhenxi Army will be our brothers of the Nanchuan Army, and you will never leave!"

Zhange raised his wine bowl and laughed loudly: "Thanks to brother Lin for looking up to me, from now on our Zhenxi army will fight side by side with Nanchuan army! Never leave!"

With the crisp sound of the two wine bowls colliding, it was announced that the Zhenxi Army and the Nanchuan Army have since become true friendly troops and brothers who can turn their backs on each other.

Liuyang City was full of jubilation amidst the flames of war, and the Nanchuan Army held a grand celebration ceremony to celebrate the victory in the daytime and boost the morale of the Nanchuan army and civilians.

Compared with the fiery and cheerful atmosphere in Liuyang City, the Han Navy, which had been driven thirty miles away before it could hold its ground, could be described as gloomy.

The Han Navy camp was cold and deserted. The painful wailing of the wounded soldiers disturbed people. The soldiers with torn armor sat weakly by the fire. suffering.

The cavalry of the Zhenxi army killed too hard, and the counterattack of the Nanchuan army was too fierce, resulting in the failure of several counterattacks by the Hanhai soldiers. Now all their food, grass and supplies have been seized by the Nanchuan army, so that now they have to endure hunger and wait. Follow-up reinforcements arrive.

The generals of the Han Navy were dead, wounded and dejected. They were full of ambition to capture Liuyang City, and they vowed to enter Liuyang City for dinner.

But in fact now they can only drink the northwest wind, the cavalry unit of the Zhenxi Army suddenly joined the battlefield and killed them by surprise, and the return of Lin Chuan boosted the morale of the Nanchuan Army, and the counterattack was so fierce and thorough, causing Han Haijun to suffer a heavy blow loss.

"Bang!" Commander Han Hai smashed the table in front of him with a punch, his teeth creaking. Such a failure is something he cannot tolerate.

"Assemble the troops and fight back overnight!" Commander Han Hai was really unwilling to reconcile, and ordered to the left and right generals.

"General, the soldiers have been fighting fiercely all day, and now there is no water, and they have no strength to fight." Some generals said in frustration.

"The Nanchuan Army has new reinforcements coming, let's wait for the follow-up reinforcements."

During the day, the cavalry of the Zhenxi Army really frightened them, and the swift and violent attack like wind and clouds left them with lingering fears. It was clearly a massacre where it was not a war.

Commander Hanhai finally gave up his plan to attack Liuyang City overnight. After all, they lost troops and their morale was low, and they were unable to launch a new attack.

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The Han Navy has not continued to press on Liuyang City for several days since it was repelled in Liuyang City. They were short of food while waiting for follow-up troops, and at the same time sent countless food requisition teams to sweep the towns and villages in the surrounding areas. Take it out on those unarmed people.

For a while, the towns and villages around Liuyang City were devastated, and those people who had no time to evacuate were slaughtered one after another. Countless villages were billowing with smoke, and their beautiful homes were burned down by Hanhai soldiers.

The food that the people worked so hard to cultivate was plundered by the Hanhai soldiers, the houses were burned down, the old and weak, women and children were slaughtered bloodily, and the surrounding areas were devastated and the ground was in a mess.

The atrocities committed by the Han Hai soldiers in the surrounding areas spread back to Liuyang City. Lin Chuan's face turned livid, and he immediately sent his cavalry troops to the surrounding towns to fight against the Han Hai Navy to protect the people from evacuating.

The Nanchuan cavalry and the Hanhai cavalry fought in the wilderness, forest, and villages around Liuyang City for hundreds of miles. Although the main forces of the two sides did not move, there were hundreds of small-scale battles every day, and thousands of soldiers bloodied the battlefield.

The battle between the cavalry of the two sides lasted from early morning to dusk, from fields to villages, and hundreds of miles around were the battlefields where they fought. Both sides chased each other and suffered heavy losses.

As time went by, Hanhai's main force gradually arrived at the front line of Liuyang City, and the fighting Hanhai cavalry in the surrounding areas took advantage, and the size of their combat units had increased from dozens of people to hundreds of thousands.

In view of the fact that the people in the surrounding area had already evacuated, facing the daily increase in casualties of the cavalry, Lin Chuan ordered the cavalry to withdraw to Liuyang City, ending the entanglement with the Hanhai cavalry in the periphery.

Although the small-scale cavalry battle between the two sides has ended, the cloud of the war has not dissipated, but has become more intense. The main force of the Hanhai army has arrived in Liuyang City, and the follow-up troops continue to flow, and the war is imminent.

Faced with the strong pressure of the Hanhai army's advance, Lin Chuan continued to dispatch troops, and the main force of the Nanchuan army was also gathering towards Liuyang City.

If Lin Chuan can still leave a way out for himself in the battle in Hezhong Province, then the Nanchuan Army has reached the point where there is no way to retreat. Behind them is Nanchuan Province, their wives, children, parents, and them The beautiful homeland that they worked hard to build had no choice but to go all out in the face of the fierce and brutal Han Navy. Liuyang City was the last line of defense against Han Hai's army from invading Nanchuan Province, and they couldn't allow them to retreat.

Lin Chuan has already mobilized for war in Nanchuan Province. All men aged 16 and under 55 are all recruited into the army, forming the largest reserve force in the history of the Nanchuan Army. They will become the most steadfast Nanchuan Army backing and supplementary strength.

The impact of recruiting so many men on the development and farming of Nanchuan Province is immeasurable, but Lin Chuan has to do so now. If Nanchuan Province is gone, everything will be like a moon in a mirror.

"The main combat troops of the Nanchuan Army are exhausted, and the soldiers of the reserve troops must take up arms and bravely defend their homeland!"

The road leading to Liuyang City was crowded with troops, including regular troops with neatly lined up flags, and reserve troops wearing tattered leather armor, holding hunting bows, and harpoons. Although many soldiers couldn't hide their youthful faces, But they took up weapons without hesitation and rushed to the front line of Liuyang City. Facing the hundreds of thousands of Han Navy armed to the teeth, countless Nanchuan children took crude weapons and rushed to the battlefield destined to be bloody.

(End of this chapter)