Chapter 186: Take Xijing again, win four battles and four victories (client)

Yan Shisan frowned and said, "But the problem is that we don't even know the exact whereabouts of the Tiger Legion, and we can't even accurately judge its general marching position. It is very difficult to catch up with and entangle them, and then wait for the Yuewang army to arrive and form a siege on it."

Although what Yan Shisan said is a bit exaggerated, it is almost the same fact.

The Tiger Legion almost didn't stay much in Xijing and evacuated on the day when Qiu Feng was captured.

Moreover, the Tiger Legion strictly blocked the news after evacuating. In addition, the heavy snow had not melted at that time, and the Tiger Legion marching was very fast with the help of skis and sleds, so the ranger scouts of the two major legions of Shuozhou and Youzhou could not spy on the whereabouts of the Tiger Legion.

Even until now, Yan Shisan and Gongsun Xiang did not know that Situ Rui's other reinforcements had already been destroyed, nor did they know that the Tiger Legion had already captured Hu Xiao Pass last night. If it weren't for the flood blocking the road, I was afraid that the Tiger Legion would have marched on the Qingzhou Plain at this moment.

Gongsun Xiang finally remembered Situ Rui and suddenly said, "By the way, why is there no news about Situ Rui's Qingzhou Army?"

"Yes?" Yan Shisan also said in surprise, "It's not that you mentioned it, I almost forgot that among the reinforcements returning to the imperial capital, in addition to the two armies of you and me, there are also Situ Rui's Qingzhou Army. Hu Xiao Pass is only more than 500 miles away from Xijing, and there is also a wide and flat official road to march. In theory, the Qingzhou Army should arrive at the imperial capital before you and me."

Gongsun Xiang frowned and said, "Situ Rui is not a person who neglects his duties. Could something happened to the Qingzhou army?"

Yan Shisan said horrifiedly: "Is it because he encountered the Tiger Legion halfway? But even if he was crippled by the Tiger Legion, there is no news, right? With Situ Rui's skill and the bravery and good at fighting in the Qingzhou Army, the Tiger Legion can really swallow them all in their belts?"

Gongsun Xiang shook his head and said, "I have a bad premonition. Something must have happened to Situ Rui and Qingzhou Army!"

"Report..." As soon as Gongsun Xiang finished speaking, Yan Shisan's fourth son Yan Lingyun suddenly stepped into the tent and replied quickly, "Father, the imperial capital is urgently writing!"

"The imperial capital is urgent to write?" Yan Shisan said in a deep voice, "Give it!"

Yan Shisan said that, then took the letter from Yan Lingyun. After reading it quickly, his face changed drastically, and he said in a lost voice: "How is this possible?"

After the two armies of Shuozhou and Youzhou revived Xijing, Xijing City quickly restored its old order. Although the Mingyue Palace had been burned by a fire, His Majesty the Emperor and the Prime Minister were also captured, most of the officials in the capital escaped this catastrophe, so many institutions in Xijing had started to operate again, including intelligence agencies.

This urgent letter was written by the generals of Hu Xiao Pass who were urgently released from the imperial capital before the capture of Guancheng, and then the imperial capital intelligence agency condemned the fast horses and sent them to Yan Shisan and Gongsun Xiang's army. The content of the letter was self-evident, and only one thing was described, that is, the fact that Hu Xiao Pass had been captured by the Tiger Legion!

Seeing that Yan Shisan's face changed drastically, Gongsun Xiang couldn't help but feel awesome and asked in a deep voice: "Brother Yan, what's going on?"

Yan Shisan breathed a long sigh, handed the letter in his hand to Gongsun Xiang, and said in a deep voice: "You can read it yourself."

After receiving the letter, Gongsun Xiang changed his face like Yan Shisan, and said in a sniff: "Is this true? It takes less than four days to complete the battle, but Meng Hu's Tiger Legion not only drove east from Xijing for more than 500 miles to Huxiao Pass, but he also built this majestic pass in one go. It's unimaginable!"

Hu Xiao Pass is the heroic pass in the eastern front of Zhongzhou and the last barrier in the eastern part of the imperial capital. It has an unbreakable reputation among the Mingyue Empire's army, because since the founding of the Mingyue Empire, this heroic pass has never been captured. Meng Yan, the second prince of the Guanghui Empire, led the army of 300,000 tigers and wolves, and the tigers were more than three months old, but it has never been able to do it. However, today, this heroic pass that has never fallen has been captured by the Tiger Legion!

Tiger Legion, this is Tiger Legion again!

The Tiger Legion ravaged the land of Zhongzhou that has never been ravaged by foreign troops, and the Tiger Legion that has never been captured is the Tiger Legion that has never been captured, and the Tiger Legion that has never been captured is still the Tiger Legion that has never been captured! This damn Meng Hu, this evil Tiger Legion, how do they ravage the nerves of the imperial soldiers and how do they trample on the dignity of the imperial soldiers?

Yan Shisan sighed and said, "It seems that you are right, brother, you guessed that Situ Rui's Qingzhou reinforcements were mostly unexpected, otherwise how could there be no news yet?"

"Father!"

Before Yan Shisan finished speaking, his eldest son Yan Shissi quickly stepped into the tent and said with his fists, "A large number of neatly stacked Qingzhou army corpses were found in the low-lying land thirty miles away, with a total of seven or eight thousand. One of them was also buried by the enemy with a coffin. It looked like the old general Situ, and the child had already ordered someone to transport the coffin back."

"well……"

Gongsun Xiang sighed after hearing this and said sadly, "Situ Rui has been in a military life, has experienced many battles and has rarely lost results in his life. But since he met Meng Hu, he has been defeated repeatedly. This time he ended up dead and defeated the army. It is really regrettable to think about it..."

Yan Shisan also sighed: "This Meng Hu is really worthy of his reputation. You and my brothers should be more careful."

Yan Lingyun, who didn't speak much, suddenly said: "Father, it is indeed shocking that the Qingzhou army of the Tiger Legion can completely wipe out the old General Situ. It is beyond everyone's expectations to be able to capture the world's mighty pass that has never been captured. However, now, this result may not be a good thing for the Tiger Legion."

"Oh?" Yan Shisan asked with his head turned, "What do you mean?"

Yan Lingyun strode to the case, pointed to the map on the case and said, "Father, Uncle Gongsun, brother, you see, Meng Hu led the Tiger Legion to attack Tiger Fierce Pass with only one purpose, that is, to go out to Tiger Fierce Pass to the east to contact the main force of the Guanghui Empire Army in Qingzhou, or to echo the southern wing army in Chongshan to the south. But now, with the Yue King's order to dig Dayue Lake, the entire Qingzhou and most of Zhuozhou on the south bank of Tongtian River have become a Zeguo. Even if the Tiger Legion has captured Tiger Fierce Pass, it will be difficult for him to advance half a step east!"

"Yes!" Gongsun Xiangji said, "How come we forgot that the entire Qingzhou has become a country of Ze!"

"It's not just that." Yan Lingyun continued, "If his father and uncle Gongsun led the two armies of Shuozhou and Youzhou to advance eastward, they would have the opportunity to block the Tiger Legion at Huxiao Pass. At that time, the main army of Yuewang went south along the Jitian Mountains. The two armies could form an east-west attack on the Tiger Legion guarding Huxiao Pass, and Meng Hu's tiger would become a turtle in the jar!"

"good!"

After hearing this, Gongsun Xiang slapped his thighs and praised loudly, "The analysis of this is very thorough. Brother Yan, the military situation cannot be delayed anymore. Why don't you and I set up the camp overnight?"

"Okay." Yan Shisan said happily, "then you'll decide."

"Haha, say goodbye." Gongsun Xiang said that, and turned around and left. Before leaving the tent, he turned back to Yan Shisan and said, "Brother Yan, people say that the five tigers in Shuozhou are all heroes. I don't believe it very much, but today I believe it. Compared with the thirteen incompetent sons of my Gongsun family, you are so different from your five sons."

Yan Shisan couldn't help but feel proud, but said modestly: "Brother Gongsun is too modest, haha."

Wulongling, the bright moon camp.

As the surging floods flooded the entire Qingzhou Plain, Qiu Yutang's main army had to walk on mountain roads. However, there were only rugged paths on the mountain. If the army wanted to pass, it was possible to imagine the difficulties. Especially in the army, there were still a large number of food and supplies. When encountering deep ditches and mountain streams, bridges had to be built to pass, so the marching speed was very slow.

In the central army's tent, Qiu Yutang was stunned when facing the map, her originally bright eyes were filled with deep worries.

The current situation can be said to be extremely dangerous for the Mingyue Empire, especially Meng Hu's Tiger Legion captured the imperial capital in one fell swoop and captured the imperial emperor alive, which even brought a knife to the heart of this huge empire. Even though Qiu Yutang had the skillful move to turn things around, he was a little unsustainable at this time.

It was not only the Tiger Legion that made Qiu Yutang worried.

Although the Tiger Legion is brutal, they always leave the empire one day, and the trauma they bring to the empire is always one day beyond the end. Qiu Yutang is really worried about how to clean up the mess after the war and how to compete with the strong neighbor of the eastern side of the glorious empire under the premise of weak national strength?

The water of Dayue Lake surging down, and the entire Qingzhou has become a state of Ze. Zhuozhou and Youzhou in the lower reaches of Tongtian River will also suffer heavy losses. What will the empire provide for millions of refugees? Abandon them and let them starve to death? If this is true, I am afraid that the people of these three states will rise up and the foundation of the empire will be completely shaken. Perhaps without the invasion of the Guanghui Empire, the Qiu family's rule over the empire should die.

In addition to the millions of refugees in the three southern states, the more difficult question is how to compete with the strong neighbors of the border!

After the Eight Kings Rebellion, the massive invasion of the Guangxi Empire Army and the three catastrophes of the Tiger Legion ravaging Zhongzhou, the national strength of the Mingyue Empire has been extremely weak, and its reputation and status in the Middle Earth world have also dropped to the lowest point. From now on, I am afraid that even the small countries in the south of Middle Earth will dare to jump out of the empire?

In addition, the Lao Yan family in Shuozhou in the north has always been an unstable factor. The Yan family's power is too strong in Shuozhou. Of course, there will be no problem if the empire is strong. But now the empire is weak, and the central government's control over the states will inevitably be greatly weakened. In this case, it is difficult to ensure that the Lao Yan family will not have any ideas.

Fortunately, these issues need not be mentioned on the agenda for the time being. What Qiu Yutang is eager to face now is Meng Hu's Tiger Legion. Let's talk about everything after the Tiger Legion is settled first. The Tiger Legion takes a detour and succeeds in raiding the imperial capital for a long distance, and repeatedly damages the national prestige and military prestige of the Mingyue Empire. If Qiu Yutang does not fight a few beautiful battles and saves some face, the Mingyue Empire Army will probably be frightened when it hears the reputation of the Tiger Legion in the future?

"Report..."

The voice of the Governor of Bingzhou Tuoba Shou suddenly sounded outside the tent.

Qiu Yutang's delicate body trembled slightly, and he looked back and replied: "Come in!"

At the point where the curtain was lifted, Tuoba Shou stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "See Your Highness!"

Qiu Yutang waved his hand and asked Qingsheng: "Is there any news about Meng Yan's main army?"

"There is news." Tuoba Shou nodded and said, "This time Meng Yan and the Guanghui Empire Army reacted very quickly and launched an attack directly at Qianqigang. He just received an urgent letter from Governor Yao Chang. The Yunzhou Army, which was left behind Qianqigang, was defeated by Meng Yan's vanguard army, but Meng Yan's main army failed to escape from the Qingzhou Plain in time and was destroyed in the surging flood!"

Qiu Yutang nodded and asked again: "How many Glorious Imperial Army are spared?"

Tuoba Shou said: "Yao Chang reported that the vanguard army that captured Qianqigang had less than one division, and it was estimated that there were only 20,000 people."

Qiu Yutang said again: "Where is the southern wing division in Chongshan? Is there any news?"

Tuoba Shou replied: "There is no news yet, but when the flood came down, the southern wing division of Chongshan's southern wing division was still in the heart of the Qingzhou Plain, a hundred miles away from Qianqigang. Even if you want to hide, you have nowhere to hide. Therefore, I guess that the southern wing division of Chongshan's southern wing division of Chongshan has mostly become fish and shrimp in the water."

Qiu Yutang frowned slightly and ordered: "Transfer to Xiao Chengdong, ask his navy army to send more boats and sampans to strengthen the patrol and search on the water surface. We must determine the exact whereabouts of the Chongshan army and must not be lucky! In addition, let Yao Chang's Yunzhou remaining soldiers organize interception on the spot to block the Mengyan army's way north to escape."

"yes."

Tuoba Shou agreed to take the order.

After thinking about it, Qiu Yutang still felt uneasy, so she asked her confidant maid Qiu Yirou to find Xiao Lang and asked him to draw two divisions from the Guards to return to Qianqigang, and cooperate with Xiao Chengdong's Navy Army and Yao Chang's Yunzhou remnants to trap Meng Yan's 20,000 remnants. She just waited for Qiu Yutang to finish cleaning up Meng Hu and then turned around to clean up Meng Yan.

The current situation has changed. Meng Yan is no longer the main threat to the Mingyue Empire. The main threat now is Meng Hu's Tiger Legion. If the Tiger Legion cannot be annihilated in Zhongzhou as soon as possible, the entire Zhongzhou and even the entire empire will be mixed into a ball of oars by it.

Two hundred miles west of Hu Xiao Pass.

The 70,000 light cavalry of the Shuozhou Legion was moving eastward along the empty plains on both sides of the official road. On the wide official road covered with bluestone, the 50,000 heavy infantry of the Youzhou Legion and all the supplies and food trucks of the two major legions were moving forward. At the very end, everyone was seeing heads everywhere and flags were flying everywhere.

The Shuozhou Legion originally had 80,000 light cavalry, and the Youzhou Legion originally had 60,000 heavy infantry. However, after the restoration of Xijing, Yan Shisan and Gongsun Xiang both left 10,000 troops to help defend the imperial capital. The two were quite cautious. If ordinary people were not allowed to leave such an army at all, they would be symbolically left behind three or five thousand troops.

After all, the Tiger Legion has captured Xijing, the palace has been burned, and most of the rare treasures in the palace have been stolen. No one thinks that the Tiger Legion will turn back and attack the imperial capital again, let alone the two major legions in Shuozhou and Youzhou chased the Tiger Legion eastward. Even if the Tiger Legion wants to turn back, it is impossible.

The Ranger Scouts that were spread all over the two legions were not blind, nor were they fools. How could the Tiger Legion let the reckless act?

The sun was scorching in the sky, and although it was not yet summer, it was already a little bit of enthusiasm. When Gongsun Xiang was holding the water bag and pouring clear water into his mouth, a sudden sound of horse hooves came from his ears. When he quickly put the water bag down and looked back, Yan Shisan was galloping towards him surrounded by more than a dozen Shuozhou soldiers.

He rode his horse to the front of Gongsun Xiang's chariot. Yan Shisan slammed the reins and stopped the rushing forward, then clasped his fists and said, "Brother Gongsun, I just received a reward for a fast horse. A large group of enemy cavalry was found in the northeast direction thirty miles away. Because the enemy's strength was great, the scout did not dare to get too close, so it was impossible to determine the specific strength of the enemy cavalry, but it was estimated that it was at least more than 20,000 cavalry!"

"Twenty thousand riders!?"

Gongsun Xiangse changed his path, "According to the information provided by Yao Chang and the remaining soldiers of the Dingzhou Army, there is indeed a light cavalry division with the number of northern legion in the Tiger Legion. It seems that the more than 20,000 cavalry should be this cavalry division, but what is Meng Hu going to do when he transferred this only cavalry division here?"

Yan Shisan said in a deep voice: "There are only two possibilities. One is to guide us away and create space and opportunities for the main force of the Tiger Legion in Hu Xiao Pass to break through and escape. The other is that Meng Hu has led his army to escape from Hu Xiao Pass. If it is the latter, then the main infantry of the Tiger Legion is probably not far away."

Gongsun Xiang pondered: "No matter what possibility it is, we cannot let this team of light cavalry go easily. Judging from the words and tone of the urgent book of Your Highness, she is determined to win the Tiger Legion, and she will never let any of the Tiger Legion escape back alive, so we must not let any enemy army go easily!"

Yan Shisan said solemnly: "Since that's the case, you and I must divide the troops now. However, the Youzhou Legion has only 50,000 troops left. If you suddenly encounter the main force of the Tiger Legion, it is likely to be at a disadvantage. So I want to draw 20,000 cavalry from the Shuozhou Legion to cooperate with the Youzhou Legion. The remaining 50,000 cavalry is more than enough to deal with Meng Hu's cavalry division."

Gongsun Xiang shook his head and said, "No, although the Youzhou Legion has not many troops, they are all heavy infantry. Even if they are ambushed and attacked by the Tiger Legion, they are enough to protect themselves. Whether Brother Yan's 20,000 cavalry is the same, but Brother, your Shuozhou Legion is all light cavalry. Once you are attacked by the Tiger Legion's infantry and cavalry army, the situation will be very tight. If you have an additional 20,000 cavalry, you will have several chances of victory."

Gongsun Xiang’s concerns were undoubtedly very reasonable, and Yan Shisan no longer insisted.
Chapter completed!