For a time, the whole Qin State seemed to have forgotten Wang Luo in the encirclement, and no one cared about the more than 700,000 troops surrounded.
Everyone's attention was focused on Jutian. The Qin State was very afraid that Tiger's army would invade Pingfeng and threaten the original capital of the Dahua Empire.
If the "Imperial Capital" was occupied by the Tang army, it would not be that 700,000 Qin troops were besieged, but 1.7 million Qin troops would be doomed! After losing so many elite field troops...then what's the point of this war for Qin?
Therefore, no matter what, the Qin army must prevent the Tang army from conducting a second encirclement. Only in this way can the Ying'an Middle Route Army, which has stabilized its position, be able to rescue the endangered Wang Luo Army.
In desperation, the plan to counterattack Xia Rein was temporarily shelved. Ying'an had to divide part of his troops and build a defense line southward to prevent the Tang army in the direction of Shanchong from suddenly moving north to attack Dongqing.
At the same time, the general reserve force deployed in the imperial capital and three infantry divisions transferred from the direction of Dongqing immediately rushed to Pingfeng to prevent the Tang army from continuing to move north.
In fact, in order to deal with the Tang Army's electronic interference, the Qin State's communications troops had to lay several telephone lines to the front line. In this way, one's own troops can move in the downward rein direction, and can maintain control of the troops and effective command when launching an attack.
Ying'an was also worried that his troops would rush over and the communication would be interrupted. Like Wang Luo, he would be so confused that he would lose without even knowing what happened.
On the one hand, some elites were transferred to the south to fight, and on the other hand, it took time to lay the telephone lines... This time, there was a lot of time wasted. Wang Luo, who had been waiting in the encirclement for two days, had just Regained control of part of the army.
The telephone lines were laid and some telephone sets were installed. Wang Luo finally found several nearby troops and learned about the losses of the troops.
The 1st Armored Corps was almost destroyed, the 3rd Armored Corps has completely lost its combat capability, several elite infantry corps are still in chaos, and most of the troops cannot organize themselves to fight.
Wang Luo is also a courageous person, and his ability is still very good. After restoring the command and dispatch of some troops, he did not continue to waste time, but immediately organized the troops to start a breakout.
Even though he was short of troops, he sent troops in the downward direction. However, this unit was defeated by the Tang Air Force. The hundreds of thunder and lightning attack aircraft suppressed the ground with amazing power. The Qin army lost the ability to continue fighting halfway.
In fact, what embarrassed Wang Luo was that the 2nd Armored Corps of the Tang Army led by Strauss attacked eastward along the communication line, increasing the distance between Wang Luo and Xiajuan by another 25 kilometers!
At this time, the thickness of the encirclement was a bit scary: even if Ying'an started to attack now, he would have to advance at least 50 kilometers in the wild before he could touch the Qin army in the encirclement.
But everyone knows that the war situation has reached such a passive level that it is almost an impossible task to advance 50 kilometers in the field against the strangely powerful Tang Air Force.
If the Qin army had this strength, the current situation would not be like this! Many senior commanders of the Qin State, including Ying'an, knew that Wang Luo's army in the encirclement was probably in danger.
Wang Luo himself is actually very aware of this matter. Seeing that he has only restored control of less than one-fifth of his troops, he knows that he is finished.
If he can still effectively control and mobilize 700,000 troops, there may be hope for a breakthrough. Now he can only find hundreds of thousands of troops, so what's the point of breaking through?
Even if a gap is really created on our side, do the remaining troops know where the gap is? Do you know which direction to run?
have no idea! By the time these troops get the news, it is likely that the Tang army has closed the gap and blocked the Qin army's breakout...
With this kind of communication efficiency, organizing a breakout is just a joke. The main reason why Wang Luo is struggling now is actually just to leave a little bit of dignity to the entire North Road Army.
As long as tens of thousands of troops break out, then this elite Qin army will not be really destroyed, and there will be more or less left behind.
Therefore, after Wang Luo failed to organize the first breakout, he immediately began to prepare for the second breakout. This time, he took personal command and assembled nine infantry divisions, trying to spread out the troops and run as much as they could while the Tang army did not fully control the wild roads.
Facts have proved that the Qin army is still very effective in fighting, and Wang Luo's idea is indeed correct. With the cover of night, some of the Qin army finally succeeded in breaking through, and many of the defeated soldiers actually fled back to Dongqing.
How many troops are there exactly? There are about 30,000 people! I have to say that this is already a miracle. To be able to escape tens of thousands of people from the encirclement of the Tang Empire, Wang Luo is much more powerful than many of his predecessors.
However, this comparison itself is meaningless. Then the Tang army closed the gap, and the Qin army that launched the attack was defeated and suffered heavy losses.
If these troops surrendered honestly, they would definitely be able to save their lives, but Wang Luo's risky breakout not only sent 30,000 defeated troops, but also buried more than 50,000 soldiers, making them lose the chance to continue to live. .
It was also on the second day of this attack that the Qin army, which was highly disciplined and fierce in style, began to surrender organically.
Many defeated troops in the encirclement surrendered their weapons to the surrounding Tang army. They no longer had the confidence or courage to continue fighting.
A battalion of the Qin army surrendered, something that had not happened for a long time. In a few years, the arrogance and arrogance accumulated by defeating Shu, sweeping Chu, and destroying Great China were crushed by the Tang army in less than half a month.
The soldiers who could not get supplies and the officers who could not find their troops raised their hands one by one towards the tanks of the Tang Army. They lowered their proud heads and accepted a cruel reality: they were defeated by the Tang army.
At first there were hundreds of people, then thousands, then a regiment, a division... When Wang Luo was about to organize a third breakout, he found that many troops had already left the encirclement eastward.
These soldiers walked more gracefully and calmly. There were no planes attacking them in the sky, and there was no need to worry about being shot by Tang Army snipers.
However, their destination was a prisoner of war camp. They will no longer fight for Qin in the future. Until this war is completely over, they will no longer be able to serve their Qin.
(End of chapter)
