The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 680
Seeing this, Luo Yi knew that if he continued to force the attack, it would only damage his troops in vain, so he immediately ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

When the Tianhua army retreated from the city wall, the artillery, crossbows and mortars in the rear immediately launched a violent bombardment, blocking Cao Jun's desire to expand the results of the battle. For a while, the city suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat temporarily to avoid it.

After this battle, after some statistics, the Tianhua Army had more than 4000 casualties, and the Cao Army had more than [-] casualties.Although the casualties of the Tianhua Army were much smaller than those of the Cao Army, Luo Yi was not happy.This Southern Expedition is to unify the Central Plains, not to fight against Cao Jun.If the Central Route Army suffers too much damage, how can we join forces with the West Route Army to besiege Tianjing Pass?What's more, the war here should not be dragged on for too long, as long-term changes will occur.

what to do?Luo Yi couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

The next day, Luo Yi suddenly ordered to leave a force of 5 troops to evacuate to the north bank of the Longjiang River, and block the ferry crossings of the Longjiang River with a part of the remaining navy.Then, he personally led an army of 15 to pull out of the camp and head west.

Gan Zongwang hadn't had time to recover from the joy of getting out of trouble, and when he saw that the opponent was going to bypass him, he went to besiege Tianjingguan.He couldn't help being shocked, if Tianhua's two armies converged, it might be difficult to hold on to Tianjing Pass.But if you let your 15 troops go out of the city to restrain them, one is not good, but they will fall into their tricks.I want to force myself to leave the protection of the city and fight in the field.For field battles, he shouldn't think that the soldiers and horses under his command will be the opponents of the Tianhua Army.

Gritting his teeth, Gan Zongwang immediately ordered that the whole army immediately collect ferry rafts, and prepare to cross the Longjiang River to the north and hit Mingzhou directly, so that the opponent had to pull back their troops.

So, Cao Jun began to step up making rafts, and within two days, tens of thousands of troops began to cross the river.At this time, although the sporadic Tianhua navy bombarded desperately and overturned the densely packed rafts, there were still a large number of rafts crossing the north bank.

At this time, the Tianhua army stationed on the north bank began to counterattack, first bombarded with artillery, but the damage was not great, and most of the shells smashed into the water.When Cao Jun gave up the raft and began to climb to the shore, the crossbowmen began to show their power, and a large rain of arrows fell densely on the mud flat on the shore. More than 20 consecutive rockets also began to fire, and one rocket after another flew into the enemy's formation.It's not that the Tianhua army doesn't want to use artillery crossbows and mortars, but because the mud on the shore is deep and soft, they can't trigger the flint devices at all, and they have become ineffective weapons here.

Cao Jun fell on the bank in large parts, and the blood soon stained the river red.The follow-up soldiers and horses still came across the river regardless, struggling and charging in the quagmire.

I don't know how long it took, Cao Jun who died on the quagmire was soon used as a stepping stone, stepped on by Cao Jun behind him, walked out of the quagmire very smoothly, and charged the Tianhua Army.

"Horizontal Spear, be alert!"

Countless spears were raised horizontally, extending death to three meters away.

"Thrust!" When Cao Jun rushed to the front, the spears immediately thrust out all at once, pushing Cao Jun out.

"Second row, stab!, First row, close!". . . . .

Following an order, the spearmen attacked alternately in an orderly manner. After a while, layers of corpses accumulated on the ground three meters away from them, making it impossible to cross the death line.

The archers on the two wings in the rear are also constantly harvesting Cao Jun's life.The corpses gradually filled the north bank, and the blood flowed down, slowly flowing into the Longjiang River.

Such scenes are indeed happening on other ferries as well.

An hour later, the battle was finally over.With a large number of casualties, Cao Jun had to order a suspension of crossing the river.In this battle alone, the number of casualties was the same as the previous siege battle, reaching more than 3000 people, while the Tianhua Army only suffered more than [-] casualties.

Gan Zongwang's face was gloomy, and he was already in a dilemma.If you continue to cross the north, your own casualties will continue to increase. Even if you really cross the river, you will already suffer heavy losses, and the gains outweigh the losses.But if he gave up, he couldn't leave Longyang City to pursue the Tianhua army at this time.Otherwise, the [-] enemy troops on the other side will take the opportunity to occupy Longyang City.What's more, he really didn't dare to go head-to-head with the Tianhua Army when his combat strength was insufficient.

The only way for him now is to continue to defend Longyang City and cut off the retreat of this Tianhua army that has penetrated into Zhongzhou. As long as Tianjingguan can persist, this Tianhua army will fall into death.Now, he can only hope that His Majesty will really be able to make the four countries strike the sky together.Only on that day can they gain the initiative.

When Gan Zongwang continued to stick to Longyang City, there was no information sent to Luo Yi to pursue him. Luo Yi just sighed regretfully, and immediately ordered the ambush to withdraw and join the army.At the same time, he also felt a little puzzled. It stands to reason that Cao Jun should try his best to stop his 15 army going deep into Zhongzhou. Why did he let his army go deep behind the enemy so easily?

After marching for several days, the army finally arrived at Linhua County where Tianjing Pass was located.

Cao Jun, who got the news, had set up defenses nearby, trying to stop the Tianhua Army's footsteps.

After some investigation, Luo Yi found out that the Cao army on the opposite side had only tens of thousands of horses, and the defense was extremely simple, which seemed to be built in a hurry.

Luo Yi was also polite, and immediately ordered the army to break through these lines of defense and continue westward.

Facing the offensive of tens of thousands of troops, these simple lines of defense only blocked it for less than a day before they were captured.The rest of the defeated army fled in the direction of Tianjingguan.

In the next few days, every time Luo Yi's army marched for dozens of miles, it would be blocked by Cao Jun.Although it was completely unable to stop the advance of the army, it was delayed for several days.

The confusion in Luo Yi's heart is getting deeper and deeper. Cao Jun seems to just want to delay his troops as much as possible, rather than fight hard.What exactly is Cao Jun planning?Luo Yi couldn't figure it out, but the worry on his face increased.Although a large number of scouts have been sent, and even went deep into the southern counties of Zhongzhou to investigate, they still can't find any suspicious points.

It was during this time that the Tianyun Army finally started to move, and the quietly assembled 30 troops suddenly rushed to the north to join the 40 troops stationed in Fengzhou, with a total of [-] troops, officially declaring war on Tianhua.

Zheng Han, who was stationed at Quyang Pass, was shocked when he heard the news. While deploying troops to deal with it, he flew pigeons to send a message to Huazhou.

Now there are only 5 troops stationed in Shazhou, and there are only 40 troops in all the checkpoints in Quyang Pass.Obviously not an opponent of the 40 army.After Zheng Han reorganized the nearby [-] reserve troops, they were merged into the army, and the size of the army was less than [-].But facing the [-]-day cloud army, it is obviously not enough.

Therefore, Zheng Han has already sent a message, hoping that His Majesty can authorize himself to issue a call-up order in Shazhou and mobilize militiamen from all over the country to join the battle.

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