Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 696 Battle of Bath
The three armies commanded by Zhao Yun, the commander-in-chief of the Far East Uprising Army, marched towards the east of the Far East with the momentum of Mount Tai, trying to annihilate the last remaining army of the Hanhai Empire in the Far East in one fell swoop, and completely eliminate the power of the Han people, thus laying the foundation for their hegemony. .

At the beginning, Zhao Yun was just a thousand-man commander of the Far East Army. In the era of turbulent wars, through various opportunities and coincidences, he now has millions of troops under his command. His simple dream of promotion has swelled into Great ambition to dominate Middle-earth.

The reason why Zhao Yun's ambitions are rapidly expanding is that apart from his arrogance, the millions of troops under his command are also his biggest reliance. He is the commander of the Far East uprising army, and he is well-deserved king of the Far East, but he has forgotten who he was at the beginning. Promote him to his current position.

Now Zhao Yun can't control so much, and his mind is full of defeating the Hanhai Empire and dominating the Middle-earth world. Originally, he mainly relied on the chief of staff, Mu Xue, but now he has a whole staff team. Reliance is getting smaller and smaller, sending Muxue to attack Tielanguan Fortress is also one of the ways to weaken Muxue's influence in the army.

The so-called being able to share adversity but not sharing wealth, Zhao Yun had to unite with Mu Xue when their strength was still very weak, but now with the rise of status and power, Mu Xue's influence threatened Zhao Yun and made him Very disturbed.

After all, he was just a small leader of a thousand people at the beginning, and he got his current status only by relying on Mu Xue's advice and suggestions. Now he wants to limit Mu Xue's rights, but he has never achieved his own dominance.

The three armies under Zhao Yun's command launched from the front, attacking across the board, and the battle line spread for hundreds of miles. In mid-August, the first army had forcibly crossed the Bass River and entered the territory of Bass Province. A group of armies, the Hanhai army guarding the province of Bath, retreated steadily.

On August [-]th, Zhao Yun's Second Army entered De'an Province, where the Hanhai Empire's headquarters in the Far East is located, but they encountered stubborn resistance from the Hanhai Army in Gus City in De'an Province.

More than [-] Hanhai troops defended the city of Gus, stubbornly blocking the attack of the Second Far East Army, causing the first and third armies on the left and right wings to become two horns, leaving the second army far behind.

From August 10th to August 21th, the Second Army launched an astonishing [-] attacks of more than [-] people on the city of Gus, but the city of Gus was like a nail. On the way forward of the Second Army, they were unable to advance or retreat.

"Order the Third Army to turn around and attack Gus City from the side and rear." Facing Gus City, which has been unable to attack for a long time, Zhao Yun had to order the Third Army, which was advancing from the south, to turn around and cooperate with the Second Army to destroy Ges. Sicheng.

The total strength of the second and third armies is 110 million, but the Hanhai garrison guarding the city of Gus is only more than [-]. Faced with such a disparity in strength, the Far East rebel army finally broke through after three days of bloody fighting. Got Gus City, removed this obstacle to progress.

The three days of fierce fighting exposed the mixed strength of the Far East rebel army from the side. Although they have a large force, they are full of old, weak, sick and disabled. Compared with the elite of the Hanhai army, they still have a long way to go.

Although the three-day defense of Gus City lost 40 Hanhai elites, it gave Marshal Simon of the Hanhai Empire time to assemble and reorganize the army. The troops were insufficient, retreated steadily, and the ministries suffered heavy losses, about [-] to [-] were killed.

But now the remaining Hanhai army has all assembled in De'an line according to the order of Marshal Simon, and the front line of Largas province has a total force of more than 50. Although there is still a gap compared with the Far East uprising army, Marshal Simon also has The courage to fight.

The army of the Hanhai Empire is elite and good at fighting. They lost a lot due to dispersal in the early stage, but once they are assembled, their strength will double. Go to the Far East, and the strength of Hanhai's army will be further enhanced by then.

The second and third armies in the Far East continued to advance after breaking through Gus City. Facing the main force of the Far East Uprising Army that continued to advance towards De'an Province, Marshal Simon did not care, but voluntarily withdrew from the capital area of ​​De'an Province, led The 50 elite Hanhai army turned and went straight to the First Army in the Far East.

Now the second and third armies in the Far East have joined forces, with a strength of more than 100 million people. Marshal Simon of the Hanhai Empire has no confidence to eat up such a huge enemy in one go. Too much.

So the first target he chose to counterattack was the First Army in the Far East. Although the number was still nearly 70, Marshal Simon was confident of defeating it.

The proportion of the 70 soldiers who can actually fight is not very high, only about 50 million, and they are all farmers, hunters, merchants and peddlers who have joined the army within the past one or two months. Military training, simple weapons, no logistical supplies.

Marshal Simon used his strong intelligence advantage to know the details of the Far East First Army, so he chose the Far East First Army for the first battle of his counterattack.

After crossing the Bass River by force, the First Far East Army continued to advance non-stop, and captured most of the Bass Province in just one week. However, they also encountered stubborn resistance from the Hanhai garrison. Their offensive Slower and weaker.

On August 23, the First Group in the Far East encountered the Hanhai Empire army led by Marshal Simon head-on two hundred miles east of Bath City, the capital of Bath Province. Foreboding outbreak.

The commander of the First Army in the Far East was Du Xuan. After encountering the Hanhai army head-on, he immediately dispatched two legions of 20 troops to flank the Hanhai army, but they encountered the Hanhai cavalry army who also wanted to flank the Hanhai army. Fighting head-to-head, the battle line started on the flanks.

Marshal Simon Hanhai learned that the flanking cavalry unit he sent had encountered resistance, and immediately sent two armies with 20 people to outflank it from the other direction, while the Far East Uprising Army also sent out flanking troops. Once again, neither side succeeded, but instead strangled together.

The fronts of the two sides continued to extend toward the two wings, and both wanted to outflank the other side, but both encountered the other side's outflanking troops. Along the line of Bath City, the two sides fought on a front that stretched for hundreds of miles.

The lengthening of the battle line was something Du Xuan did not want to see, but in order to block the outflanking troops of the Hanhai people, he could not withdraw his troops. With the further development of the war, the confusion of the command system of the Far East Rebel Army began to be exposed.

The lengthening of the battle line will test the commanding ability of the commanders of both sides and the coordination ability of the troops under their command, but it is a pity that the Far East First Army was established less than half a month ago, and the troops under its command were still farmers in the field a month ago, let alone the ability to coordinate operations , Even some basic tactics are difficult to implement successfully, while the Hanhai army advances and retreats in an orderly manner, with good organizational and coordination capabilities.

(End of this chapter)