There was laughter and laughter.
The autumn wind is bleak.
Outside Yanmen Pass.
The corpses of Slavic warriors were everywhere. More than half of the thousands of soldiers responsible for attacking Yanmen Pass were killed or injured this time.
Although the morale of the Slavic soldiers has not declined as a result. Even many Slavic soldiers were holding back their anger and wanted to regain their face.
But they were actually defeated.
The heavy cavalry who had just arrived at the battlefield reined in their horses and stopped outside the shooting range of the Han archers. They silently watched the battlefield and the pass, feeling deeply powerless.
"Quack quack quack!!!"
The crows hovering in the sky made a loud cry, seeming to laugh at the Slavs' defeat.
On the observation deck.
The faces of the Grand Duke of Bavaria, General Charlie, and all the generals and staff officers were ashen.
In the eyes of the soldiers, this war was just a tactical failure.
In their view, it was a double failure in tactics and strategy.
"I didn't expect the Han army's cavalry to arrive at Yanmen Pass so quickly. This proves that after the main force of the Han army entered Shanhaiguan, the cavalry came day and night."
"As expected of the King of Han. He responds quickly and makes accurate judgments. He knows what is important and what is less important."
"He blocked us from Yanmen Pass. Our Shanxi territory has become a dream."
General Charlie's heart felt bursts of pain, so much so that his breathing became rapid. He raised his right hand and placed it on his left chest.
"Your Majesty the Grand Duke. What's wrong with you?" The attendant noticed General Charlie's situation and couldn't help but stepped forward and asked anxiously.
"It's okay. It's just heartache. Heartache for our Shanxi territory." General Charlie pushed the attendant away. After taking a few deep breaths, his expression improved a little and he said with a wry smile.
Shanxi.
Shanxi within the Great Wall.
Can't get in anymore.
The combat effectiveness of Han soldiers is too strong. It only takes 10,000 people, plus the original Yanmen Pass defenders, to stop their 100,000-strong army.
Great Wall!
Yanmen Pass!
The emperor of the Han people was such a genius that he created a huge fortification that was the only one of its kind in the world.
It's so uncomfortable.
If there were no Great Wall.
If there were no Great Wall.
General Charlie raised his head and looked ahead at Yanmen Pass, gritting his teeth.
So hateful.
"Your Majesty the Grand Duke. What should we do next?" asked a staff officer.
Although Yanmen Pass cannot be entered, the war is not over yet. Their army on the eastern front is still attacking the Sanhan region of Han State.
The Chu State on the southern front was also still resisting the invasion of the Han army.
Although Chu State is a waste, the probability of being able to defend Hebei is low.
But I still hope that Chu State can hold on.
If Han were allowed to occupy Hebei.
The Slavs may have no hope of crossing the Great Wall within a century.
And it may be attacked by Han.
"We will no longer attack Yanmen Pass. But the army will stay here, which will invisibly put pressure on the Han State. Reduce the pressure on the Chu State."
General Charlie said without hesitation.
"yes."
The staff officer responded.
General Charlie left here quickly and went back to the big tent, not bothering to look at it.
The Slavic heavy-armed soldiers began to clean up the battlefield. In this situation, they dare not go to Yanmen Pass and drag back their wooden curtain trucks and ladder trucks.
We can only pull the well truck back.
They did not dare to clean the places within the shooting range of the Han army's archers. It can only clean the outer battlefield.
After finishing their work, they receded like the tide. After they left, the Han army opened the door, cleaned the battlefield, and collected weapons and armor.
Burn the chariots left by the Slavs.
The two sides began to confront each other.
............
North of the Yellow River.
This place in Shanxi is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It has terrain advantages and is temporarily peaceful.
In other places, wars raged across the land.
The Han army attacked in all directions and had a strong tendency to capture all parts of Northern Zhili and isolate the capital of Chu.
The war is in chaos.
Although Wu Nian thought that he would do better as emperor than Daojun.
The replacement of the Chu State by the Han Dynasty will definitely make the Han people stronger.
But the pain caused by war is inevitable. The discipline of the Han army is like steel, and it does nothing to the common people.
But as the Han army rampaged across Hebei.
Many landowners and squires fled. Some people organized group training to prepare for a decisive battle with the Han army. Guard Huang Chu.
Some local ruffians, or careerists and opportunists, took the opportunity to cause trouble, and became bandits or bandits, burning, killing, and looting.
North Zhili, Baoding Prefecture.
Outside Baoding City, on the main road. A group of people fled south along the road. The team was very large, with cavalry as spies and infantry as guards.
A large entourage of domestic slaves. As well as a large number of baggage vehicles and carriages.
The soldiers held sophisticated weapons in their hands. But there is no armor or crossbow.
According to the laws of Chu State, anyone who hides iron armor privately is tantamount to rebellion.
They are the Wu family of Baoding Prefecture. The leader of the clan is Wu Tongyuan, a master of civil affairs.
Wu Tongyuan and his eldest son Wu Xiao were riding horses and walking in front. Both father and son are scholars, but they carry steel swords at their waists and are quite heroic.
"Father, with the current weakness of Chu, it is really difficult to resist the Han army. Even if we cross the Yellow River and escape to the Central Plains, it will not take a few years. The Han army will cross the Yellow River. By then, won't we have to escape again?"
"We might as well join the King of Han and make a better future."
Wu Xiao said to Wu Tongyuan while looking around cautiously.
"This is the situation. But what will happen to the outcome? But based on our intelligence, we cannot be sure. What if the Chu State makes a comeback?"
"Then wouldn't we become traitors?"
"Let's talk about it again. Now the Han army is attacking everywhere. General Zhao Yanting is besieging Baoding."
"General Zhang entered the siege of Zhengding. The entire Chu army and county towns in Beizhili were fighting and surrendering, and they were in chaos."
"There are also rogue bandits."
"It's like a frying pan. What if we are intercepted and killed on our way to the King of Han?"
"It's better to cross the Yellow River first and avoid the sharp edge."
Wu Tongyuan shook his head and said.
"Father, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you will catch the tiger's cubs. This is a good opportunity to change the dynasty. It would be a pity not to seize the opportunity."
Wu Xiao was very disapproving and said with a pity expression.
Wu Tongyuan glared at his son. Wu Xiao was also afraid of him and stopped talking. The people of the Wu family went all the way south.
The people from the Wu family were just part of the fleeing army.
negligible.
Outside Chudu City. The Han army had an army of five thousand households and set up four camps.
The Chinese army camp, inside the big tent.
Wu Nian was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the main seat. Under him were Hojo Ujimasa, Wang Gui, Zhang Sheng and other civil and military ministers, as well as Xue Pingkou's envoys.
Wu Nian waved his hand and asked the imperial guards to take Xue Pingkou's envoy away to entertain him. With a smile on his face, he said: "I didn't expect that there are people like this in Shanxi."
"No matter how chaotic we Han people are, we will not let foreigners set foot on the Great Wall."
"You are such a sensible person. If there were many people like this in Chu State, why would they be bullied like this by foreigners?"
With that said, Wu Nian picked up the blood book written in blood by Xue Pingkou, read it again, and then put it down. He raised his head and said to Hojo Ushimasa and others: "Send someone to the imperial court. Let the cabinet command the imperial court, leave the capital and go south, and temporarily station at Shanhaiguan."
"I want to proclaim myself emperor in the capital of Chu."
