After Zhang Julu's death, Liyang Chaotang, which had gone through some major changes, stabilized and began to continue the work of exterminating Chu.
At this time, Xishu took advantage of the Battle of Liangmang and the Battle of Chuli to officially declare its restoration of the country and break away from the rule of Liyang.
The leader was Su Su, the former crown prince of Western Shu.
Li Yang didn't care about this. He just arranged his troops to defend the passes around Xi Shu, and his main focus was on Xi Chu.
Xishu is a natural place where dragons are trapped.
Even Zhuge Wuhou, who had great talent in the world, was trapped here.
As the saying goes, before the world is in chaos, Shu will be in chaos. The world has been settled, but Shu has not yet been settled.
The restoration of Western Shu had little impact on Liyang.
After discussion, Liyang Chaotang came up with a new strategy.
On the one hand, it gave Lu Xiangsheng the power to mobilize troops from surrounding prefectures and counties, allowing him to regroup his troops and fight Western Chu again.
On the other hand, the three kings Zhao Ying of Huainan, Zhao Xun of Jing'an, and Zhao Ao of Langya were ordered to rectify the troops of Fan and cooperate with the armies of Li Yang and Yan Chi to jointly destroy Western Chu.
There is also news that will excite Liyang soldiers on the front line.
At the same time as the first two imperial edicts were issued, Zhao Zhuan appointed Chen Zhibao as the General of the Southern Conquest and gave him 10,000 elite troops to go south to attack Chu.
Li Yang was finally willing to let the white-robed soldier go, and the villain came out of the gate.
The battle of Liangmang has also reached its most critical moment.
Xu Xiao took advantage of the favorable geographical location and clever strategies to surround Beimang's nearly 400,000-strong army led by Tuoba Bodhisattva with more than 200,000 troops.
Tuoba Bodhisattva, who was surrounded by soldiers, did not panic and sent 20,000 people each to test the Baili Stone Great Wall and the Daliang Mountain military stronghold.
As a result, of course, it was all in vain.
This was also within Tuoba Bodhisattva's expectation.
After learning about the situation on both sides, he immediately decided to attack the Baili Stone Great Wall.
This was Tuoba Bodhisattva’s helpless decision.
Hutou City in the south was a fortified city built by the overwhelming power of Beiliang, and it was backed by Beiliang. The battle lasted for a long time and no progress was made.
According to what Zhongtan and Tanma said in the Jiming Mountains to the west, the three-way poisonous fog has not dissipated at all. This place has become a dead land, and the Beimang army cannot cross it at all.
As for the Liangshan camp to the east, it was guarded by the mountain and had sufficient water sources. Fifty thousand soldiers and horses had been recuperating for a long time.
Moreover, the soldiers who retreated last time said that the camp had sufficient equipment, including crossbows, catapults and other defensive weapons, making it difficult to break through for a while.
Only the Baili Stone Great Wall in the north was too long for Yuan Zuozong, who only led 20,000 people.
If Yuan Zuozong divided his troops and defended them, his defense line would be weak and more likely to be breached.
Tuoba Bodhisattva sent an army of one hundred thousand, led by Zhong Tan, to attack the Baili Stone Great Wall.
As for why not the entire army broke out of camp and attacked the Bailishi Great Wall with all its strength.
There are many things involved, and the army of 400,000 is huge and deeply surrounded.
If the whole army breaks camp and leaves, it will be complicated.
If you are not careful, you will fall into a crisis.
The Beimang Army is now located between Hutou City, Bailishi Great Wall, and Liangshan Dazhai.
Once the defenders in Hutou City get a clue and take advantage of the retreat of the army to leave the city for a sneak attack, there is no guarantee that the Beimang Army will be unable to look after each other, and the formation will be chaotic.
If the soldiers from Hutou City and Liangshan Camp took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack while Beimang was attacking the city with all their strength, Beimang would be in a situation of being attacked from both sides.
Tuoba Bodhisattva needs to sit in the camp to guard against the troops from Hutou City and Liangshan Camp.
What's even more rare is that the Beimang Army and the Bailishi Great Wall are not far apart.
In order for the siege party to completely deploy their formation, 100,000 people would be the limit without moving the army.
One hundred thousand Beimang troops, led by Zhong Tan, attacked the Bailishi Great Wall.
The two sides fought fiercely for nearly ten days, blood flowed into rivers, and the pile of corpses was almost as high as the Baili Stone Great Wall.
Beiliang must not take a step back. Once the Bailishi defense line is broken, Beimang, which retains its combat power, can recover after only one year of recuperation.
In the coming year, Liang Mang will definitely have another war.
And Beimang also knew that he was in a desperate situation and must quickly break through the defense line and escape.
The tenacity of both sides exceeded the other's expectations.
Tuoba Bodhisattva continued to send troops to supplement the Zhongtan Army to ensure combat effectiveness.
On the other hand, there is limited rationing, trying to gain more time to wait for me.
Time has come to the twelfth day, and the Baili Stone Great Wall has been unable to be broken through.
Even if Tuoba Bodhisattva has the power to reach heaven, he cannot produce food on the spot.
Seeing that the food and grass in the camp were at the bottom, but also to ensure the combat strength of the Zhongtan Army, and not to cut off the supply, it had reached a very difficult point.
Even if I hold on for two more days, it won't help.
Tuoba Bodhisattva immediately decided to make a desperate move and sneaked into Zhong Tan's army at night. He used his own strength to knock down the Hundred Miles of Stone Great Wall and give the army a glimmer of hope.
Before that, the Empress of Beimang received a message from Hong Jingyan, urgently ordering Dong Zhuo to lead 50,000 Beimang cavalry at full gallop, intending to enter Beiliang from Hulukou and rescue the trapped main force in Beimang.
This time, in order to rescue the 400,000 troops under Tuoba Bodhisattva more quickly.
Empress Beimang even mobilized the cavalry from the imperial army.
These 50,000 cavalry are already the most elite troops in Beimang.
But when Dong Zhuo led his army to capture Hulukou, he encountered the most elite 10,000 Snow Dragon Cavalry and 20,000 Youzhou Iron Cavalry from Northern Liang led by Xu Fengnian who was supposed to be in Liuzhou. The two sides immediately started an encounter.
During the battle, Xu Fengnian led his personal guard Fengziying and his younger brother Xu Longxiang to charge forward.
Countless martial arts masters who joined Beiliang risked their lives.
Xu Fengnian's good friend Wen Hua even entered the Beimang army formation with one man and one sword to capture Dong Zhuo.
If Tibingshan had not carried the Dingnu and fought to the death, Dong Zhuo himself had extraordinary martial arts and was almost killed by the Wenhua Formation.
This battle between the Liangmang cavalry lasted from dawn to dusk. In the end, the Beiliang cavalry was the better.
Dong Zhuo was defeated again, and the remaining Tibingshan carrying Dingnu were all torn apart by Xu Longxiang's hands.
The price was to lose two-thirds of the Youzhou cavalry. The Snow Dragon Riders suffered nearly 8,000 casualties because they were on the front line.
This was the largest cavalry battle since the Spring and Autumn War, and finally ended in Beiliang's victory.
After the battle, Xu Fengnian asked Xu Longxiang to lead his troops to garrison Hulukou to prevent further reinforcements from Beimang.
He himself led a thousand Snow Dragon Riders who could still ride horses south to the Hundred-mile Stone Great Wall.
Accompanied by Wen Hua and other martial arts masters, one person and four horses traveled all night, under the stars and the moon.
At the same time, to prevent accidents in the defense line of the Baili Stone Great Wall, you can make up for it at any time.
Unknown to Tuoba Bodhisattva, who had cut off foreign aid, he had infiltrated the Zhongtan Army.
Tuoba Bodhisattva, blessed by a pair of ape-like long arms, gently caressed his divine weapon of enlightenment. Inside the Zhongtan camp, he looked at the hundred-mile stone Great Wall that had been the path for his army for more than ten days.
Chong Tan appealed to the Beimang Army God and said, "The general is incompetent and cannot break the Hundred Miles of Stone Wall within ten days. Please forgive me, the general."
After coming out of the Jiming Mountains, Zhong Tan, who had escaped, has changed his temperament drastically and is no longer as frivolous as before.
"If we lose, we will have to kill the general, and then I will have no one in Beimang." At this point, Tuoba Bodhisattva, who had a mediocre face, looked at the stone wall less than three feet high, "I I want to see if this hundred-mile stone Great Wall can stop me."
