After figuring this out, the Three Kings and Xuanyuan Huang realized that they really seemed to have to accept Chu Xizhao's letter of challenge!
However, these people are now constantly doubting, when did Chu Xizhao become so powerful? Although they had suffered defeat at the hands of Chu Xizhao in the past, what they demonstrated at that time was entirely the opponent's military capabilities!
However, the current letter of challenge obviously comes from political considerations in many aspects, thus forcing them to choose to challenge.
In this way, Chu Xizhao, who had been forced to physical and mental exhaustion, and who might even be eaten alive by them, finally got a chance to breathe!
On Chu Xizhao's side, he pondered for a long time about this initiative to invite a decisive battle before finally making this decision!
If he continues to use up his energy like this with his current physical condition, it is absolutely impossible for him to outsmart Han Xin. Han Xin already has Yang Su as a substitute, not to mention Xuanyuan Huang is back now.
As for Chu Xizhao, he was the only one struggling to support him from beginning to end. One person consumes three people, or one old man consumes three people. How can he survive?
And if Tian Qishan's army is rashly allowed to attack the coalition's rear, this is not a suitable opportunity!
From the comparison of casualties between the first three days and the last ten days, it can be seen that in the following days, Han Xin's attack was not violent. At this time, Han Xin was only playing with some techniques, virtual and real. The only thing that consumes Chu Xizhao's mental energy.
However, Chu Xizhao had to go all out. Even if only one of the ten attacks was an actual attack and the remaining nine were false attacks, if Chu Xizhao is negligent, Han Xin will inevitably take advantage of him again!
Therefore, in the battles that followed in the next few days, it was actually the commanders of both sides who were tired!
The coalition officers and soldiers have not yet reached the stage of exhaustion. Even if Tianqishan's army attacks at this time, the effect will not be great.
Moreover, Chu Xizhao was shocked to realize that one soldier and horse had been kept among the coalition forces to guard against Tian Qishan's army.
In addition, there were several other battlefields. The situation on the other battlefields forced Chu Xizhao to launch this decisive battle.
The total defeat on the battlefield in Hebei Province can be said to have directly destroyed most of Chu Xizhao's previous strategic plan.
On the battlefield of Guanxi Road, one hundred thousand troops from Guandong and Yangxi Provinces and 50,000 imperial troops led by the old emperor attacked Zhenxi Palace.
Although the Zhenxi Mansion is now split into three factions, and although the old emperor has received help from the faction close to the imperial court, Zhao Changfeng still has most of the strength of the Zhenxi Mansion and the Zhenxi Army in his hands.
The main body of the battle with the Zhenxi Army was the Fu army, which was relatively inferior in combat power. No matter how capable the old emperor was, he would not be able to open up the situation in a short period of time, and the two sides would still be in a stalemate for a certain period of time.
The battlefield in the north was worse. The 120,000 troops from Hedong and Hexi were retreating steadily at the hands of the Zhenbei Army, which was inferior to them in strength. In this battle, the Zhenbei Army showed its strong military style as always. On the battlefield, its wolf-like and tiger-like posture was simply not comparable to that of the government army.
Moreover, although the Zhenbei Army does seem to be inferior in strength to the Hedong and Hexi Prefecture armies, the value of a cavalryman is not comparable to that of an infantryman!
Although the Zhenbei Army only has 80,000 people, these are 80,000 cavalry, and they are 80,000 cavalry who dare to fight head-on with the Beidi people without falling into any disadvantage. The Hedong and Hexi prefectural armies are already inferior in the quality of their soldiers. It is not as good as the frontier army, and 95% of the combat strength is infantry, and only the last half is cavalry!
Therefore, apart from the illusory military advantage on the surface, Hedong and Hexi really have no other advantages!
Chu Xizhao initially ordered the Zhenbei Army to fight unparalleled in the field, but the attack was relatively mediocre. He specifically ordered them to defend the city. Unfortunately, they fell into the Zhenbei Army's first plan, Tie Zhongyang's plan, and were stunned by the Zhenbei Army. The Northern Army led out of the city and fought a gorgeous defeat.
Looking at the situation over there now, I'm afraid it won't last long!
Therefore, Chu Xizhao had no choice but to launch this decisive battle! Nowadays, air is leaking everywhere. Chu Xizhao, alone and weak, can't stop it even if he wants to!
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Not to mention, only Chu Xizhao now knows that the root of the disease has been left in his body since the last time he fainted.
In this world, the most difficult thing to treat is heart disease!
For Chu Jingzhong, Chu Xizhao felt guilty as a father. The father and son had been together less and apart since childhood, and Chu Jingzhong had hardly enjoyed any father's love. Moreover, it was precisely because of Chu Xizhao's relationship that Chu Jingzhong's career in the army did not go smoothly. Although official positions are indispensable, who is willing to be someone else's lieutenant all the time?
On that day, if Chu Xizhao mobilized all the troops in the city to fight, it might not be impossible for Chu Jingzhong to be rescued. However, for the sake of the overall situation, Chu Xizhao watched helplessly as Chu Jingzhong suffered from Lingchi.
Every midnight, Chu Xizhao vaguely felt Chu Jingzhong's last painful roar coming from his ears.
Therefore, what is bothering Chu Xizhao now is a heart disease. How can it be cured?
In this way, whether subjectively or objectively, Chu Xizhao had to fight in this battle!
Today, Youping City still has sixteen troops and Tianqi Mountain has thirty-five troops. In addition to the necessary garrison troops, Chu Xizhao can use a maximum of 450,000 troops to take the field.
There are still 780,000 soldiers and horses in the coalition army, but among them, there are still 170,000 Tianshi Dao's second-line troops. From Chu Xizhao's point of view, although this group of troops is huge in number, it is impossible for these troops to join the decisive battle as long as the middle and high-level people in the opposing army are not stupid!
If these 170,000 troops really joined the decisive battle, they would have clearly exposed their flaws to Chu Xizhao. Chu Xizhao only needs to defeat these relatively weak soldiers and horses, and there is at least half a chance that the entire battlefield will collapse!
Therefore, the enemy army actually only numbered 610,000 troops. However, excluding the guards at the coalition camp, Liumayuan, and Muze City, the coalition could only mobilize 550,000 troops at most.
Although Chu Xizhao seemed to be inferior to the coalition forces by 100,000 soldiers and horses, there were elite battalions in the Forbidden Army such as the Champion Battalion and the Light Chariot and Tiger Cavalry.
On the contrary, among the coalition forces, there will never be anyone with such background as the Forbidden Army.
Therefore, although the number of soldiers and horses is indeed hundreds of thousands less than that of the coalition forces, even if a decisive battle is launched at this time, Chu Xizhao still has a minimum 50% chance of winning!
