On October 23rd, it has begun to get colder in the imperial city, and pedestrians on the street no longer wear short coats, but change into autumn clothes to wait for the approaching harsh winter.
Just after noon that day, several invisible mana fluctuations streaked across the sky and plunged into the imperial city.
Pang Ban, the commander of the yamen, was talking to someone in the public room. Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door. Pang Ban frowned slightly, raised his voice and called the person in, and then got a report of the urgent battle of 100,000 yuan.
He waved his hand to put aside the matters in the public room for the time being.
At this time, the battle report came, and it was an extremely urgent battle report. Pang Ban was convinced that the decisive battle at Sangbichu had come to an end.
Sure enough, the first line after Pang Ban started the battle report was: Overview of the decisive battle at Sambichu in the south.
On October 18th, Zuo Yuliang led the Chinese army to attack Sangbiqiu. They were blocked by barbarians more than 80 miles away from Sangbiqiu, so a vanguard army of 30,000 troops marched out to meet them... On the evening of October 18th, Zuo Yuliang's forward troops The army defeated the enemy in front and then retreated. The left and right wings marched thirty miles at night to set up camp, while the Chinese army continued to advance ten miles...
On October 19th, the barbarians counterattacked. The main force was more than 150,000, and the miscellaneous soldiers were more than 100,000. They came in three groups to cover up and kill them. They once broke through the left flank of the Jing army and threatened the Chinese army's main line...
On October 22nd, there was a fierce battle for four days. The barbarians retreated to the nearest seven or eight miles of Sangbichu and defended to death. In the evening of that day, a main force of the Red Earth Clan suddenly broke away from Sangbiqiu's defensive line and fled south. After a brief containment failed, Zuo Yuliang raised his troops to attack the defensive holes left by the enemy's escape.
On October 23rd, around the beginning of the Yin Dynasty, the right wing took the lead in breaking through the last line of defense of the barbarians, and then expanded northward. At the beginning of the month of Mao, the breakthrough was completely torn open, and the Chinese army pressed across the frontal barbarian defense line, and then at the time of Mao Zheng, the barbarians were completely defeated.
At Chen time, the vanguard army rushed into Sangbiqiu, captured the Shuangyue flag, and killed the leader of the Shuangyue clan, the wolf king of the red-eyed wolf clan, Albi...
"Well done! It's like the autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves! It's so clean!"
Pang Ban had rarely been as excited as he was now. He slapped the table hard with a smile on his face. He took the copper bar in his hand and looked at it three times before letting someone rub it down. Forward.
The battle report did not give a conclusion, and it was a rather brief summary. It can be seen that this is first-hand information sent in a hurry, and a detailed battle report will be sent later. Of course, to Pang Ban, the details of this decisive battle were no longer important. He had already seen the important results.
In September, he won the Baektu Gorge battle, and in late October he won Sangbichu. Counting the previous victory at Jianchuan, Zuo Yuliang could be regarded as breaking the backbone of the barbarians with these three victories.
Is there anything to fear from an enemy whose spine has been broken?
Take a look at the description of October 22 in the battle report. At the last moment, the Red Earth Clan, which only joined after the Baekdu Gorge was defeated, did not choose to stay in Sambichu and fight to the end, but fled the battle. No matter what their motivation is, whether it is to preserve strength for their own clan, these are not important. What is important is that after this battle, the alliance between the Red Earth Clan and the Frost Moon Clan should be impossible to continue. The entire barbarian clan There will be a return to the internal trend of chaos.
At the end of the battle report, the Frostyue Clan, the most aggressive and combative among the barbarians, was torn to pieces, the Frostyue flag was taken away, and even the clan leader, Albi, the red-eyed wolf king, was killed in front of the battle.
As a result, even if the Red-Eyed Wolf Clan and the Frost Moon Clan are not destroyed as a result, they will instantly plummet from the top clans. Even if their strength is reduced by half, it is at best possible to be reduced to a third-rate clan.
Pang Ban has considerable research on military affairs. Although he is not as good as the veterans in the army, he can definitely see the current situation of the entire war situation clearly based on the battle report in his hand.
Sitting back on the chair, Pang Ban drained the water in the tea cup in one gulp, as if he was replacing wine with tea.
I took out the topographical map and looked at it carefully for a long time before I finally said two words: "We won!"
They lost their main grain producing area, lost Sanbiqiu, which had great symbolic significance, lost hundreds of thousands of their main troops, lost the hope of establishing a royal court, and even the two major clans suffered heavy casualties and were severely damaged. How can the barbarians fight in this situation? How else to fight?
According to Pang Ban's idea, Shuangyue Clan can basically ignore it, while Hongtu Clan will probably continue to rely on Hu Zhuyuan to resist. They will also learn the wandering and nuisance tactics used in the late stages of several wars in history, delaying or plunging the Jing army into long attrition and pursuit battles at the expense of their own land being completely destroyed.
In other words, after the decisive battle at Sambichu, there will never be another battle of this scale in the future. And Zuo Yuliang can be regarded as having fought all the battles he was supposed to win.
According to general practice, when the war situation reaches this point, the Ministry of War will come forward, take away most of the military power of the commander, and begin to gradually withdraw the four major front armies. In the end, only the part of the frontier army will be left.
The number of troops garrisoned at Zhuhuo Pass is fixed, and the troops including Haixia and Tanshi will be re-determined later. It was about whether to station troops permanently in the hinterland of the barbarians. Pang Ban judged that he would definitely do so, but he would not know the details until the Ministry of War issued the final order.
Turning to look out the window, Pang Ban seemed to see the figure deep in the palace beyond the obstacles of the buildings.
"Your Majesty, should you feel at ease?"
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Wanshou Palace, master bedroom.
Yang Xiu Sheng received the battle report at almost the same time as Pang Ban. The only difference was that the battle report in Pang Ban's hand came from the frontline inspector, while the battle report in Yang Xiu Sheng's hand came from the Ministry of War. But there is almost no difference in content.
"You guys go down." Yang Xiu Sheng waved his hand to reject the eunuch who sent him the battle report. Sighing, he opened the bedroom door and walked in.
It was lit with soothing sandalwood, and two eunuchs were waiting in the corner. Lying on the bed was Yang Jian, who seemed to be dazed and asleep.
"As you expected, Zuo Yuliang won again. Not only did he capture Sangbiqiu, but he also killed Albi, the leader of the Frost Moon Clan and the wolf king of the Red-Eyed Wolf Clan. The Red Earth Clan escaped at the last moment and should have run back to the tiger. Zhu Yuan has gone." Yang Xiu Sheng stood beside the bed and introduced the battle report to Yang Jian on the bed in as calm a voice as possible.
"Oh? Won? Haha, that's good. Even if my business has a beginning and an end." Yang Jian's eyes were squinted, as if he couldn't open them, and his voice was weak, but there was a smile on his face, and he could be heard in his tone. Be happy.
"Your last worry has been settled, and the time is just right. Can I help you notify them to give you a ride?"
"Well, it's time. Uncle, I'll help you."
"It's a matter of duty. I will ask someone to inform you immediately." After saying that, he waved his hand, and a eunuch in the room immediately hunched over and ran out in a hurry, with a sad look on his face.
And Yang Xiusheng sat down by the bed, looked at Yang Jian and said sincerely: "You have worked hard for the country these years, thank you for your hard work!"
After a long silence, Yang Jian tried his best to open his eyes and nodded slightly: "Yes, it was hard enough, but it is finally over..."
