Chu Xizhao originally set up a total of forty-five strongholds in dangerous places within Tianqi Mountain, but before the arrival of the old emperor, twelve of them were breached by the fierce offensive of the coalition forces.
After the arrival of the old emperor Huangfuyue, considering that the current military strength was seriously insufficient compared with before, coupled with morale problems, he directly abandoned the twenty-three fortresses and concentrated his forces to defend the ten strongest fortresses.
To be fair, even though they are both god-level commanders, there is still a gap between the old emperor and Chu Xizhao. The most important thing is that compared to an all-rounder like Chu Xizhao, Lao Huang is really not good at defense. What he likes most is to attack, attack and attack again.
Of course, although the old emperor is not good at defense, the basics are there after all. Unless he encounters a famous general who specializes in defense, the old emperor will definitely be stronger than others.
Facing hundreds of thousands of coalition forces and a fierce offensive like a tide, the old emperor Huangfuyue wisely chose the drag-out tactic to delay the coalition's attack as much as possible.
After all, Huangfuyue has retreated behind the scenes for many years. Although his legend is still circulated in the army, it certainly cannot be compared with the military god Chu Xizhao. Chu Xizhao's death in battle, even if Huangfu Yue stepped forward in time, could not make up for the damage to morale in the process.
The old emperor Huangfuyue needed to buy more time and find a way to restore the morale of the army. If morale cannot be guaranteed, half of the battle will have been lost before it is even fought.
The old emperor set a large number of traps during the coalition's advance, delaying the coalition's advance and at the same time killing the effective forces of the coalition.
But whether it is Wang Yu, Xuanyuan Huang, or even the three kings, they have never been soft-hearted people! How could they let their own people test these traps? Everyone under their command has a large number of suitable candidates to test these traps.
So, everyone selected some prisoners, mobilized a total of five thousand prisoners, and forced them to use their flesh and blood to help them eliminate these traps one by one.
Whether it was Wang Yu, Xuanyuan Huang, or even the three kings, due to the huge number of prisoners this time, although they all made a tacit agreement to transport the prisoners to the rear, due to the consideration of the battle ahead, everyone had to transport the prisoners to the rear. The prisoners' forces were limited. Like Wang Yu, they basically did not choose to use them back at once, but transported them in batches.
Therefore, this talent can also draw a certain number of prisoners.
Because of this, Huangfuyue killed and wounded five thousand people without spending a single soldier, but he was not happy at all.
The subsequent offensive and defensive battles are destined to be as brutal as ever.
The ten battalions of Tianqi Mountain were all fortified in a dangerous position. In addition, the mountain road was narrow, making it difficult for the coalition forces to exert their strength advantage. Every camp was a huge trouble for them.
Of course, it is not a complete disadvantage for the coalition forces. The mountain road in Tianqi Mountain is winding and winding. Although these ten camps have secured all the most critical nodes, because there is more than one entrance to the mountain, this also means that the coalition forces attack in more than one direction.
Under the circumstances, it was impossible for Huangfuyue to grasp which road they were mainly attacking. To a certain extent, the power of the Forbidden Army is destined to be dispersed.
And if the coalition forces want to open the road, they do not have to defeat all ten camps. These ten camps guard all the roads in Tianqi Mountain, not just one road.
Of course, no matter which path we take, we must break through at least three camps. We must break through at least three camps before we can completely open up a road out of Tianqi Mountain.
Han Xin's virtual advance made Huangfuyue unable to determine which main attack route Han Xin had chosen. At this time, he should remain unchanged in response to all changes. When Han Xin took the initiative, he could determine Han Xin's real attack route. It’s better to be targeted.
However, Huangfuyue did the opposite and chose to take the initiative to attack at this time.
First, when everyone thinks you should remain unchanged and respond to changes, you can do the opposite and take the initiative to attack, which can catch the opponent off guard.
Secondly, Huangfu Yue values offense more than defense.
Thirdly, and most importantly, Huangfuyue subconsciously believed that they needed to fight this battle, or that they needed to win a battle now to save their military morale that had been lost due to Chu Xizhao's defeat in the battle. Even if it is just a small victory, it will still be effective at such a critical time.
Even though his career was risky, he still chose to fight this battle.
Han Xin sent a total of three vanguard troops, each attacking 5,000 people, marching from three different roads. The three-way vanguard army not only serves as a pathfinder, but also has a confusing effect.
On the first route, Wang Yu's general Hu Luguang was the main general, and King Jing's general Bai Shanfei and King Cheng's general Jiang Tianmu were the deputy generals.
In the second line, Yuan Shao, the general of King Jing, was the main general, and Han Meng and Tianshi Dao general Tang Qi were the deputy generals.
On the third line, King Cheng's general Yi Dingzhi is the main general, Wang Yu's fierce general Wen Pin and Wei Wang's fierce general Deng Tianwang are the deputy generals.
Huangfuyue took Yu Fengjun as his general and took the initiative to fight against Hu Luguang of the First Route Army. However, Hu Luguang was brave and good at fighting and won two battles. Yu Fengjun continued to retreat.
Hu Luguang took advantage of the victory to pursue, but he was worried that he would fall into the enemy's trick of luring the enemy deeper. Once the vanguard army and the large forces in the rear were derailed, the large forces would not be able to provide rescue in time, and the vanguard army would surely be in danger.
Therefore, while pursuing the victory, Hu Luguang also called Xingtian and Nangong Qixing from behind to assist.
The three thousand people under Xingtian and Nangong Qixing are all mountain warriors carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of troops. They were all mountain people before joining the army. They can walk on the ground in the mountains to avoid the problem of narrow roads for large troops. A quick reaction force set up due to the inability to provide timely support.
Sure enough, Hu Luguang's worries were not unreasonable. While he was pursuing all the way, he finally encountered an ambush from the Forbidden Army after he began to distance himself from the large forces in the rear.
"Fire the arrow." Lu Shenmo shouted and ordered.
The two thousand archers who were ambushing between the two mountains immediately launched an attack after receiving the order. Under the salvo of thousands of arrows, the unprepared coalition forces suffered heavy casualties.
At this moment, Yu Fengjun's troops, who had fled, reorganized into formation and turned back to attack the coalition forces again. They didn't even look like they were defeated.
Seeing this scene, Hu Luguang didn't know that he had fallen into the trap. The only thing that made him feel lucky was that he had made extra preparations at the time. While pursuing, he notified Xing Tian and Nangong Qixing behind him. !
Otherwise, he would have really failed this time!
(End of chapter)
