My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 426 Falling apart

September 9th, Shengkang

The hot daylight was shining outside. Gu Chongwen was sitting in the main hall, looking at the bright sunshine reflected in the courtyard outside the door. On the table beside him was the information that had been handed over recently. The trembling in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

——Xia Guo’s navy has captured Minggang, and all 12,000 Zhao Kui’an’s navy surrendered.

Someone walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion outside. Taiwei Fan Li sat on one side and silently looked at the sunlight shining through the window lattice. As the light and dust danced, he whispered.

"I heard that Zhao Kui'an surrendered and Xia's navy occupied Minggang. It is three hundred miles away from Shengkang. It is neither far nor close."

"It's just the navy... There is still something to be done wreaking havoc in the wilderness and on the sea, but you and I should feel more at ease when attacking the city." Gu Chongwen rubbed his cheeks to make himself look energetic. His hair has been much whiter than usual these days.

"The energy should still be focused on the two Xia Kingdom troops in the Three States. Can they kill the border army?"

During this period of time, the situation on the east and west sides can no longer be described as a defeat. All the naval forces have defected. As for the war in the east, since Yaozhou was broken through, the originally solid second line of defense has no effect. Xia Kingdom Commander-in-chief Guan Yu and Zhang Liao directly led their troops to disperse and invade the three nearby states. They spread flowers everywhere and completely destroyed the original layout.

At present, the troops deployed on the second line of defense had to be transferred back to the capital to support the capital, and re-positioned their defenses due east, waiting for the support of the partial division on the Wuyue border, and attacked the Xia army from front to back.

"We have entered Fuzhou and are very close to Yuanzhou and Lizhou where Xia's army is located."

As a captain, Fan Li was in charge of the military, but in fact, he had no military talent. Almost all the generals who could fight were sent out, and the remaining wine bags and rice bags were left in Shengkang to prepare for the defense of the city.

"Then let the border troops fight hard, and there is still hope of driving away the Xia Kingdom's soldiers and horses. Regarding the logistics, tell Zhao Bi, who is in charge, to make sure everything is foolproof!" Gu Chongwen stood up and took a deep breath: "At this point, Jiangdong Family Don’t let yourself get messed up, and cooperate fully so that you can continue to enjoy the foundation you have saved!”

Fan Li nodded silently. At this critical juncture, apart from hoping that the Japanese navy would arrive and entangle the Xia navy on the sea, in the wilderness, only the border troops were able to fight a tough battle.

Soon, Gu Chongwen kept smiling and sent the other party away with cupped hands, but there was disdain in his eyes. As a noble family, he always had plans to prepare for both sides. Surrendering to the Xia Kingdom would definitely not work, not to mention that Kang Chengqian had already surrendered first. Just by using Minggang as a condition to make a deal with the Japanese, the Emperor of Xia Kingdom would still settle the matter on him.

"Go to sea... stay away from the war and start a new one is also a way out." He slowly walked out of the door with his hands behind his back. There was a piercing sun, and the words that only he could hear rang out: "Where are we going... Over there with the Japanese You can go try it.”

He looked at the sky. Birds traced their flight paths and landed on the branches. White clouds were flowing in the sunlight. Unseen in the west were Yuanzhou and Lizhou, thousands of people and war horses. Rushing through the wilderness, quickly traveled through the land of Jiangdong, using the strategy of fighting to support the war along the way. They did not attack the city. If an army came out of the city to intercept them, they would set up a formation to defeat them, and then continue to move forward.

For everyone standing on this land at this moment, the strategy of the Xia army is unpredictable.

However, the prefects and county magistrates of each county, regardless of whether they saw clearly or not, reinforced the walls in the city, organized young men to defend the city, and continued to issue recruitment orders.

There were also bold generals who led their troops out of the city and wanted to give the incoming Xia troops a hard blow from behind. However, the Tiger Buoy Camp led by Zhang Fei relied on heavy armor to block the opponent's attack, and then Zhang Liao More than a thousand Qingqi under the command came over for reinforcements and rushed straight to the battlefield here. With a stick of incense, nine thousand Wu soldiers were penetrated. The general dragged the remaining soldiers and was defeated and had to retreat.

On September 11, the Bingzhou Army broke into Yuanzhou, and after 70 miles, they suddenly turned around and pounced on the Wu Army coming from Jingxian County. Gao Shun led the enemy camp to take the lead in attacking, and forcibly pinned the main force on the opposite side to the ground, allowing Zhang Liao and Zhang Fei to catch up. The reinforcements bought us a lot of time.

On September 15th, the cicadas chirped quietly, the sun shrank, and heavy rain fell on the ground in Jiangdong. Twenty thousand border troops from the Wuyue border came over from Fuzhou, and the soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared were sent to Guan Ping and Zhang Bao from behind. Unexpectedly, as soon as the war started, they were defeated one after another and had to retreat quickly.

Soon, more battle reports came one after another and fell into Zhang Liao's hands.

Since Guan Ping was defeated, the Wu soldiers who suddenly came led a long-distance detour through the hilly areas with light cavalry and light steps, and attacked Zhang Fei's flank, but they did not shake the Tiger Bu camp formation! Then he quickly withdrew to the south and set up an ambush halfway to come back to support Zhang Liao. He originally succeeded with one attack, but Zhang Liao counterattacked midway. He personally led 800 cavalry and ran for fifteen miles to directly insert the Wu soldiers into the formation!

The banner holding the word "Zhou" was cut down directly. The Wu army retreated in panic, but was still pursued and killed by Zhang Liao all the way, beheading three thousand people.

On September 17th, Zhang Fei, Gao Shun, Guan Ping, Zhang Bao, and Wei Yan from Lizhou returned with their troops and reorganized them. Only then did Zhang Liao and other generals find out that the cunning Wu army was a man named Zhou Tiansheng. People lead. Affiliated to the western frontier army of the State of Wu, the commander is Zhao Kangzhi, with a total strength of 20,000. Those who came from Fuzhou to rescue Shengkang did not talk nonsense on both sides, and went straight up to fight fiercely.

This was also the hardest nut Zhang Liao and others encountered when crossing the river.

For a time, the beacon fire burned half of Yuanzhou, and all three counties of Qinghu, Zaoyang, and Longmen could see the battlefield where the soldiers and horses of Xia and Wu State clashed.

As for the Wu State, Zhou Tiansheng was in a very excited mood. He was wearing iron armor, had a strong and dark figure, and his palms were covered with calluses. He could be seen as a pragmatic general.

But few people know that he was once just a Wu citizen from Yue. His ancestors were farmers for several generations, and now he is also a farmer.

Two years ago, the Yue State oppressed the Wu people and many people died. Many Wu people rebelled. Zhou Tiansheng was also in the rebel team. From an ordinary soldier to a rebel general, he was pursued by the Vietnamese army. , led more than 2,000 people to fight in the mountains, and finally broke out of the siege of the Vietnamese army with only 1,200 people, returned to Wu, and was recruited into the army by Zhao Kangzhi, forming an army of about 8,000 people. Lead the mountain army.

Two years have passed, and he has fought against the world's strongest armies. Even though he was defeated on the battlefield, in those few tactical battles, he was considered to have won a round.

At this moment, the blood in his veins was burning when he was fighting against the Xia general named Gao Shun.

"The second reserve team crossed two miles from the southeast and set up an ambush first. No supporting troops from Xia State passed by for half an hour. They immediately headed north to reinforce their comrades over there."

The sound of footsteps, horse hooves, and human voices intertwined around Zhou Tiansheng, on a hidden hillside. He was wearing iron armor and standing in front of his mount. He looked at the direction where the sound of fighting was coming from for a while, and turned his head without turning his head. The soldiers nearby issued an order, and the mobilization of military formations was heard on the back of the hillside. A small team of more than a hundred people sneaked into the nearby mountains and forests and left quickly.

"It is indeed the strongest army in the world." Zhou Tiansheng had seen the bravery and skill of the Vietnamese army in the mountains, and his soldiers were selected from constant deaths.

After more than three hours of fighting, the trapped camp, which only had more than a thousand people, showed no signs of collapse. The opponent even changed its formation back and forth between offense and defense, and was able to cope with the attacks of his troops with ease.

"Um...what's going on?"

Zhou Tiansheng frowned and looked towards the right wing of the battlefield from the message sent by the scouts.

at the same time.

On the other side of the battlefield, Gao Shun stood on the hill, looking at the information in his hand calmly. He was extremely satisfied with the performance of the 800 trapped camp and 200 auxiliary soldiers in his hand.

His requirements have been fully met.

"The Wu army on the opposite side had a good fighting style before, but now it has changed smoothly. It should be the chess piece deployed by the Taiwei in Wu Yue before. I didn't expect it to have grown to this extent."

He murmured slowly and paused, "But it's still too tender."

A sneer appeared at the corner of Gao Shun's lips. The messengers on the side seemed to have been waiting for this expression. They turned around and ran quickly, drew their bows and fired out loud arrows. In the wilderness below the hill, the camp that had been stuck there like nails suddenly suddenly As soon as they changed their offensive, a furious wave rolled over the Wu army that was constantly attacking.

(End of this chapter)