In the continuous tents of Xu Meng Mansion, Wei Wuze could hardly sleep for several days. He had never believed in the astronomical phenomena. He even went out to watch the stars at night for a few days and did not notice anything unusual. However, with this little comfort in front of him, he completely relieved his anxiety. And the reason why they are anxious is that not only is the royal court now walking against the mountain, but the Xumeng Mansion and various tribes, which still appear to have enough troops and money to survive, are also pacing back and forth on the edge of a continuous knife.
In the last ten days of the siege of Tianxi City, Wei Wuze had led hundreds of personal guards to suppress the battle. The reason was that the new commander of the Xumeng Mansion Army did not believe in the tired old city of Tianxi City at first. He only relied on the people in the city. However, Wan Shou and Liuzhou's meager family background were able to withstand the attack of Xu Meng's soldiers who had all the siege equipment and never felt depressed. They had arranged a secret chess game in advance to go to Tianxi City and learned that there were strong bows and crossbows in the city. The number was extremely small, completely incomparable to that of Xu Meng's army, and they lacked food, grass and baggage. Even if the city walls were strong, they still couldn't hold on.
It would be good to do everything by hand, but after careful consideration, Wei Wuze still had some concerns.
After Huang Fuchao was seriously injured and left, the man who succeeded the commander-in-chief, Xu Meng, was a man with great ambitions but little talent. He only wanted to stabilize the status quo after joining the army. Although he was not defeated in several small battles on the edge of Guzhou, he still lost troops and generals. He didn't have Huang Fuchao's ability to command troops and his ability to combine kindness and power. Instead, he negotiated privately with envoys sent by several tribes and took away a lot of benefits privately. As a result, the power was uneven. Tribes that had not come to visit encountered When the soldiers and horses of those tribes competed for the plains of the Western Territory of the Great Yuan Dynasty, this person had to interfere with them and fight for the benefits of those tribes. He almost put the alienation of domestic and foreign relatives on the table, causing constant disputes in the army. The morale of the army was shaken.
Even though the Xu Meng Mansion noticed such changes in the army and hurriedly changed commanders, when the former commander resigned and retreated to the eastern border of the Yuan Dynasty, his head was still cut off by tribesmen and hung on the top of a big city for several days. If someone dared to act rashly, I don’t know how many clever tricks he used in the future to forcefully capture the declining morale of the army. However, when Wei Wuze took over as the commander-in-chief, he still noticed the signs that the morale of the army was weakening and the morale of the army was collapsing.
Such actions that destroy a person's basic livelihood are even more damaging to military morale than repeated defeats.
Therefore, only a few days after Wei Wuze took over, he made it clear with the tribes how to unify the regions of each tribe. In fact, it will not be done until the dust of the war has settled and the entire Yuan Dynasty is in his hands. Even if it is occupied now , he may not be able to hold it firmly in his hands in the future, but he is worried that the ministries will not have peace of mind and the scramble for territory will be difficult to prevent. In the final analysis, he, the commander-in-chief who temporarily replaced Huang Fuchao, is just a member of the Xumeng Mansion, so it is not necessarily No matter how proficient in war, it is not possible to divide the various ministries in the future, but since the royal court of Zhengzhang always has a breath, the soldiers and horses surrounding Guzhou cannot be reduced by one point. The selfish actions of various ministries in the past can be regarded as a thing of the past, and the actions of the common people to increase the number of troops and horses are no longer accountable. However, from the moment I took over the responsibility of commanding the army, the number of troops and horses cannot be changed. If there are any private moves of troops and horses to compete for territory, Dispose according to military regulations.
In this way, it not only reassured all the ministries, but also established rules. Even if he still behaved like this, he must have restrained himself. Only then did Wei Wuze feel that this important task was acceptable, but he still could not take it lightly. There are many savages in the tribe, and they have always fought fiercely with evil tigers and wolves. Although the greed in people's hearts may not be as deep as that of the sanctimonious people in other places, it is not uncommon to take risks out of desperation.
Xu Shi is not as good as Tianji, because various signs make people think that Tianxi City is not difficult to attack Xiongguan, and because Wei Wuze needs to sit in the army, firstly, he can scare the tribes from selfish thoughts, and secondly, he can protect the northern border of Guzhou. He always had a steady chance of winning. When Wei Wuze led his soldiers to peek at the top of Tianxi City, he realized that this big city hidden by mountains and mountains was not afraid even if the mountains and rivers were exhausted. After a few days, he mobilized his troops to retreat and put aside the attack on the city. One thing.
For the Xu Meng Mansion and other soldiers and horses, it is possible to capture this Tianxi City and drive straight into the hinterland of Liuzhou, making the already precarious royal court one step closer to defeat. However, the loss of soldiers and generals in this battle is still a matter of course. Xiao, the military morale is already unstable. If there are a large number of casualties, the issue of the jurisdiction of each tribe will be worsened, and the civil strife may become more serious. Although there are few righteous wars in the world, the military morale of the common people from the three states who gathered around the royal court of Zhengzhang and did not hesitate to suffer was indeed much more stable than the tribes who gathered under the tent of Xumeng Mansion for their own purposes. Tianxi City rushed into the city. The surviving soldiers and horses all spoke of the miserable situation in the city after they withdrew from the city, which actually caused a lot of discussion in the army.
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Why did the people of the Yuan Dynasty bother to decide whether they would win or lose?
Therefore, Wei Wuze's choice to withdraw his troops was not a bad idea. The Xu Meng Mansion, which holds the territory of eight and nine states, can still rely on the people under its control to provide troops and horses for consumption, but it is not as difficult as the royal court to maintain military supplies. At this point in the war, fighting bravely is not the best choice. In Wei Wuze's view, Probably the surest way to win is to maintain a stalemate. Even if the army is hoarding outside Guzhou, as long as the Guzhou grain road is firmly blocked, in another two months, there may be a situation where the enemy will be defeated without a single blow. Exhausting the last rather long breath of the royal court.
However, at dusk recently, dozens of riders came to report the news, which brought Wei Wuze, who was tossing and turning and unable to sleep, out of all kinds of complicated thoughts and weird short dreams.
As the commander-in-chief of the royal court, Cen Shixiang detoured nearly a thousand miles, and for some reason he found his traces in the rocky mountains on the southern slope of Wufeng Mountain. Cen Zijing's banner was surrounded by ambushes on the grain-defending road of Xumeng Mansion. There was also a letter from the secret embedded in the main tent of the royal court, saying that Cen Shixiang had not shown up for many days and that everything had to be reported outside the military tent. Moreover, the royal court's soldiers and horses, who had always avoided fighting, had been mobilized one after another since last night. Now they have been The troops stationed in the northern border of Guzhou were almost overwhelming.
It seems that Cen Shixiang's soldiers are really making dangerous moves, and they are not willing to take risks in order to establish a new food route.
The chess move was really weird and unpredictable. Now it is obvious that the Guzhou Wang Tingjun was forced to open a new food channel. Since it was a new food channel, according to the detection of the horse, Cen Shixiang commanded only ten thousand soldiers. In the siege of Xumeng Mansion, which was surrounded by soldiers and horses, this move was tantamount to breaking into the camp alone. It was clearly putting his life in the control of others. It is strange that he is not often involved in danger, not because of his incompetence in commanding troops, but because the royal court cannot tolerate any mistakes. It seems that he resolutely withdrew his troops after violently attacking Tianxi City. Maybe the soldiers and horses of the Xumeng Mansion tribe can withstand it several times, but with the king Most of the court's military strength cannot be lost.
"Cen Shixiang is always full of strange ideas, but sometimes, no matter how well a weak person knows how to use strength, it is still difficult to stop a superior martial artist whose fists are more than a thousand kilograms strong."
In just a few hours, nearly half of the soldiers and horses deployed by Xu Meng Mansion, tens of thousands of people, rushed to the south of Wufeng Mountain, and Wei Wuze arrived in person.
The trapped army was still fighting. Thousands of royal court elites who had been surrounded by tens of thousands of Xumeng's cavalry earlier took advantage of the night and rushed forward with fast horses. After several staggers, they only suffered 30% loss. On the other hand, Yun Zhong was unaware of it. Almost half of the Xumeng Mansion's cavalry blocked by the large formation had been destroyed. For many days, the large formations Yun Zhong had set up at the foot of Wufeng Mountain were all very fine and tight. The formations that usually arise from a single thought were dense and dense this time. , taking advantage of the mountainous terrain of Wufeng Mountain when setting up the formation, even though there were only vines running through the formation to block the horses and trap the infantry, it still delayed thousands of royal court elites for a long time, preventing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from gathering, and there were fierce generals. He raised his troops and charged for the kill several times, but for a moment he struck more with less and gained the upper hand.
But this did not make the troops of the Xu Meng Mansion retreat. They had been fighting for the past few hours. After learning the news, most of the soldiers and horses of the Xu Meng Mansion came towards the foot of Wufeng Mountain. Tianxi City had reinforcements, and Feng Yuan only had a few left. Thousands of people guarded the city, and nearly ten thousand soldiers came from all over Liuzhou to help. They circled Wufeng Mountain and joined Wang Ting's elite. When the force was at its heaviest, they were close to tearing apart the Xumeng Mansion's cavalry, but After tens of thousands of soldiers and horses emerged behind the rocks and mountains, they finally no longer took risks to break through.
From the fierce battle to dawn, even the royal court's sharp iron cavalry was mostly damaged. Countless men and horses died on the rocky mountain. The rocks were stained with blood and their bodies were displayed.
The remaining nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses also retreated to the low foothills between Wufeng Mountain and the rolling rocky mountains for temporary reorganization.
The battle was far more tragic than others imagined. In the end, Cen Shixiang mounted his horse with swords and spears, and killed several people in the rocky mountains, his clothes and armor stained with blood. When he was about to kill someone, He Zhizhou barely blocked it and retreated to the main formation. Liu Dan was never willing to give in. He charged into the rebel army with Lu Gong's Divine Arm. Although he was covered by armor and suffered many wounds, he still picked off the head of the Three Realms cultivator and followed the army back to the foot of the mountain.
"You, a descendant of Bingguan Dao, seem to be a bit inferior in physical fitness."
He Zhizhou grinned and laughed at Liu Dan. He also had a few injuries, but he didn't notice it.
"God knows how long this battle will last. That armor is an ordinary armor. It can withstand the Xumeng Mansion's iron cavalry and crossbows even if it is not cultivated with magical powers. Even the current human beings
Even a person with extraordinary physical strength may not be able to stop the collision of thousands of horses. If thousands of horses can really pass through without hindrance and one man can form an army, then the leader of the Five Ultimates may be able to dominate the country. "Liu Dan hummed twice and wrapped the wound for the time being. It was rare that he didn't say anything.
Yun Zhong has only handed out one sword so far, but the flying sword went north without hurting the enemy. He looked at the heights of the Rock Mountain for a moment, then sat next to Cen Shixiang, who was still out of breath, and spoke.
"It is especially difficult to defend from a high position. Xumeng Mansion clearly knows the importance of cultivators in the war. There are many bows and crossbows, and there are eight people holding the bows for more than ten feet A crossbow machine, even people from the three realms would be frightened when encountering such a thing. In terms of wealth, Wang Ting is really just like ordinary civilians, with a weak family background."
Cen Shixiang wiped away the blood on the back of the knife with trembling hands. The long-lasting battle formation was a little weak, but after hearing Yun Zhong's words, he still managed to smile.
The prince was angry and his blood flowed across the oars. The commoner was angry and his blood was splashing five steps forward. Five steps had already taken place, but the sword still hadn't fallen into his hand.
