Forty thousand elites of special forces, which was almost a centaur trained by the Great Xia Dynasty some time ago, only the white horse cavalry and the Bingzhou cavalry exchanged from Chen Gong were not dispatched.
In a battle in the wild, 40,000 top elites can attack ten times the army head-on. As long as there is enough space, they will not be afraid even if they face more powerful enemies.
And now, Wang Jing asked these elites to gather towards Gaochun and let these top elites defend the city... which somewhat weakened their strength. In this case, there would definitely be many casualties in a head-on fight with Zhu Yuanzhang.
"As long as we can eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang, we will not hesitate even if all 40,000 elite soldiers are lost!"
Wang Jing was determined and had already made such preparations.
Of course, it is impossible to lose all the 40,000 elite troops. This kind of power is enough to keep Zhu Yuanzhang firmly in the north.
Wang Jing only needs to ask Xie Xuan and Lu Xun, the two top generals, not to die in battle.
For Xia Jun, famous marshals like Xie Xuan and Lu Xun are real assets, wealth that cannot be easily lost. Compared with them, whether it is Xiao Moke, Zhou Panlong and his son, or even Yuwen Chengdu, they all rank second in importance. later.
"I understand, I will definitely guard Gaochun with General Xie!"
Xie Hui was somewhat relieved, stood up and bowed respectfully.
The words he said "I understand" were the same as the "I understand" words he just said, but the emotions contained in them were completely different.
Just now, he thought that Wang Jing was going to sacrifice Gao Chun in exchange for the remaining core strength of the Ming Dynasty.
Xie Xuan is the treasure tree of the Xie family of the Xie family in Chen County. Whether the Xie family can become a top sect in the Great Xia Dynasty in the future depends on him, so Xie Xuan must not act as cannon fodder in a war.
But in front of Wang Jing.
No matter how unwilling Xie Hui felt, he could only bend down and obey the order... Fortunately, His Majesty had no such idea.
"Well, Gao Qing and Zhang Qing will immediately prepare cloud carriages, provisions, and baggage. Once they are ready, they will set off immediately!"
Wang Jing said.
Gao Xi and Zhang Juzheng stood up quickly and accepted the order.
"General Fu, I leave the matter of attacking Moling Pass to you. This time we will use all means to attack the pass as quickly as possible. The sooner our army captures this pass, the sooner we can move south to attack the main force of the Ming army! "
Wang Jing finally looked at Fu Youde.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Within ten days, no! Within five days, the general will definitely capture Moling Pass!"
Fu Youde gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.
Wang Dingding nodded and said nothing more.
Whether it is attacking Moling Pass or supporting Gao Chun, these matters are presided over by the four people in front of him, and he only wants results.
He needs to suppress the surrounding areas in Jinling, and there is no way he can lead the troops himself...
Subsequently.
Under Wang Jing's order, in Jinling City, which was originally under military control and had a somewhat solemn atmosphere, groups of soldiers were transferred into the city to replace the original white-ear elite soldiers for defense.
The main force of the army stationed in the military camp outside the city also began to pack up and prepare to follow Fu Youde south.
Such movement caused some commotion in Jinling City.
Those families and wealthy families who were dealing with the civil servants of Great Xia couldn't help but inquire quietly. Since it was not a secret, they soon knew the reason.
"The main force of the Xia army is preparing to pursue Your Majesty...Zhu Yuanzhang?"
"Part of Zhu Yuanzhang's troops are at Moling Pass. It seems that the two armies are going to have a big battle at Moling Pass!"
"It's understandable, Zhu Yuanzhang is a powerful enemy of Daxia, and the Xia army will definitely pursue him!"
These people were discussing secretly.
Apart from being a little surprised at the beginning, they soon calmed down. Because the Ming army retreated, it was normal for the Xia army to pursue them. If the Xia army had been stationed in Jinling and was indifferent to the Ming army at Moling Pass, they would be shocked. .
What they are now concerned about is whether they and their family's position in the Great Xia Dynasty can ensure their safety after joining the Xia army.
Despite Zhang Juzheng's guarantee, what they had done before Xia Jun made them feel guilty.
Woohoo!
Under the timid gaze of ordinary people, after the preparations were completed, the main force of the Xia army outside the city began to break camp and move south. At this time, there were only 40,000 Xia troops left in Jinling.
However, after the waterways of the river are gradually unblocked, Yangzhou, located in the north of the Yangtze River, can send a large number of troops and resources to Jinling at any time.
Therefore, with only 40,000 people guarding the area, there was no need to worry about anyone daring to stand up to the Xia army.
South of Changxing City.
In the Song Army's camp, Song Army coach Yu Yunwen and General Meng Gong were discussing matters with their colleagues accompanying the army.
Some time ago, Yu Yunwen received a battle report. Wang Jing led the main force of the Xia army to Jurong City, and the number of troops left behind in Wuxi dropped significantly. The threat to the Song Army was much reduced.
He took advantage of this opportunity and sent troops to besiege Changxing.
It’s just that Changxing is guarded by Wei Rui.
This famous Nanliang general had the same demeanor as General Wei Xiaokuan of the same surname. No matter how the Song army attacked, Changxing was as solid as a rock. Yu Yunwen did not give up and kept thinking of ways to break through the Xia army's defense line.
However, the situation changed too quickly. While he was still thinking hard, news came from Jurong that the Ming army voluntarily gave up, abandoning Jurong's two to three hundred thousand troops, and even gave up Jinling.
If there was no Jinling in the Ming Dynasty, why would the Song army go north? Take the initiative to die?
Precisely because the situation in the north changed too quickly, the Song army had to slow down the intensity of its attack. Of course, Huzhou was also raided by the Xia army.
"Now that the Ming army has abandoned Jinling, the situation has changed drastically, and we have to readjust our strategy... General Meng, do you have any suggestions?"
In the camp, although Yu Yunwen is the coach.
But he was not particularly outstanding in terms of strategy and tactics. After all, he was a civilian official, and he was best at running the country, not leading troops to fight. In terms of military affairs, he needed to rely on the assistance of generals like Meng Gong.
"The last general's suggestion is to take advantage of the Xia army's attention on Zhu Yuanzhang, immediately retreat to Huzhou, and use Huzhou as the base to build a defense line connected to Jiaxing!"
"The Ming army has been defeated. Wang Jing's next step will definitely be on us..."
Meng Gong looked gloomy and looked a little bad.
"retreat?"
Yu Yunwen and other civil and military officers in the camp had different expressions when they heard this. Yu Yunwen did not get angry because of these words, but was thinking seriously.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the current situation is not good for them. Even because the Ming army and the Song army are separated by many mountains and rivers, it is difficult for the two sides to join forces.
Such an alliance has almost no lethality to Xia Jun.
If Song Jun stayed in Changxing, it would only be a waste of time.
"What you said makes sense! Since going north is not going smoothly, we should take a step back and take precautions first..."
Yu Yunwen sighed slightly.
He looked towards the west, as if he could see scenes thousands of miles away.
"The news from the Ming army is that Zhu Yuanzhang is ready to make a desperate move and attack Gaochun with all his strength. If he can capture it, he will go to Xuancheng and join forces with our army to face the Xia army and still have the strength to fight!"
"If his attack fails, he will be attacked from both sides by the Xia army... The Ming army will be destroyed! When the time comes, our lips will die and our teeth will be cold. After the Ming army is destroyed, it will be our turn..."
There was a touch of helplessness in Yu Yunwen's voice.
He also wanted to fight to the death with Xia Jun, but he couldn't even find a chance to fight with the opponent. This made him very unwilling but helpless.
Meng Gong responded with silence. After knowing the situation of the Ming army, he also had no power to use. He could only watch the Ming army lose quickly, but he had no way to do anything.
No, there is still a way.
That is, before the Ming army loses Jinling, they must use all means to break through Changxing and march north to Danyang and Changzhou to threaten the Ming army's retreat. At that time, if they attack from both sides with the Ming army, they may still have a chance to win.
Unfortunately.
The Xia army only allocated half of its troops to seize the north passage of Changxing Kazhu and others. Changxing was narrow from east to west, and hundreds of thousands of troops could not spread out at all.
Wei Rui's defense also made it difficult for the Song army to advance.
Generally speaking, I don’t know if I should blame the Ming army for being too weak and unable to stop the Xia army’s attack, or the blame for the Song army’s incompetence in attacking. Hundreds of thousands of troops fought hard for so many days, but they couldn’t even capture a city... …
Whether it is the Xia Army or the Song Army.
The generals and coaches of both sides focused on Gao Chun and Zhu Yuanzhang.
…
boom!
An explosion that seemed to shake the world and shoot straight into the sky roared.
The top of Gaochun's city was shrouded in flames.
These flames mixed with the vitality, forcefully tearing apart the military formations used by the city to suppress the vitality of heaven and earth, causing a large roar. In the roar of flames, the soldiers of the Beifu Army formed a formation and used the defense formed by the formation to resist. This kind of bombardment.
But this kind of bombardment can tear apart the suppression formation formed by the fusion of earth veins and military strength. Too explosive, too powerful.
Thousands of soldiers from the Beifu Army had Gang Qi formed on each of them.
Thousands of Gang Qi were condensed and formed through the formation, turning into an extremely strong shield, but they were still blasted with red holes by the continuous attacks.
Every time a hole appeared, dozens of Beifu soldiers were hit by the flames and turned into ashes in an instant...
"The rear team will make up for the front team, hold on, don't let the formation break..."
Qianhu and the guerrilla generals of the Beifu Army were all located in the military formation. Whenever there was a hole in the military formation, they would immediately direct the backup manpower to fill it. They have been working hard to maintain the defensive barrier covering the city.
In mid-air, several figures trailing flames and lightning were constantly colliding.
The vibrations of vitality stimulated by each collision can form waves-like patterns in the void, with endless aftermath. Even the large lakes on the north and south sides of Gaochun are pulled by the vitality.
On the lake, whirlpools formed.
A large number of tornadoes appeared above the vortex.
Strong winds, whirlpools, dark clouds, thunder, and flames covering half of the sky were intertwined with the continuous screams and blood to form a doomsday picture of blazing hell.
In mid-air, Xie Xuan and Xiao Moke were being besieged by Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Yu Dayou, and Tang He.
Except for Tang He, who is slightly less powerful, everyone else is the top powerhouse in the Chinese world.
Among them, Zhu Yuanzhang's strength, with the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, made every move seem like a response from the gods. He suppressed Xiao Moke by himself, and even had enough power left to continue bombarding the top of Gaochun City.
Xie Xuan, who used a formation composed of 30,000 Beifu soldiers to support himself, was besieged by Xu Da, Yu Dayou, and Tang He, and was struggling to resist.
When it was besieged by the Nanchen army.
Xie Xuan had experienced the feeling of being besieged by several ninth-level powerhouses, and now he experienced it again.
However, it was Chen Baxian and Xiao Moke who besieged him at the beginning.
Now replaced by Xu Da and Yu Dayou...
The gap between Chen Baxian and Xu Da is at least one level higher.
So now, with the support of 30,000 Beifu troops, his strength has reached the limit of the realm, and his force value has soared to close to 100, Xie Xuan is still a little unable to hold on.
However, you must hold on even if you can’t support it.
His mission was to guard Gaochun. This was his realization before he led 30,000 Beifu elites on the raid.
Although the reaction of the Ming army was somewhat fierce, as long as they could hold on to this wave, the Ming army would be finished.
"What a Beifu Army!"
In the array of Ming troops outside the city, the pale-faced Li Wenzhong took charge of the army, constantly commanding the soldiers and launching waves of desperate attacks towards the city wall.
There are only two ninth-level soldiers on the city wall.
However, the Ming army had four ninth-level generals, as well as eighth-level generals such as Guo Ying, Guo Xing, and Geng Bingwen, but they were still unable to tear apart the Beifu Army's formation.
The military formation at the top of the city was extremely tough, being continuously bombarded but quickly recovering...
This attack has been going on for several hours.
Finally, in the darkening sky.
With the signal to retreat, the Ming army began to slowly withdraw its troops, like bloodthirsty beasts temporarily putting away their claws... There was a violent roar and vibration in the dark sky. After a roar, several figures retreated.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da and others were intact and did not suffer any injuries.
Xie Xuan looked a little tired, and Xiao Moke had a lot of wounds on his body, and there were even sparks on the wounds that could not be extinguished.
"Today's attack has tested Xia Army's limits!"
"The Beifu army on top of the city is powerful, but no matter how powerful it is, it is not invincible. Give the general two days and he will definitely defeat this city!"
Xu Da looked at the situation on the other side, his mind was shaken, and he said to Zhu Yuanzhang.
If the soldiers on top of the city in front of him were just ordinary soldiers, even if there were three to four hundred thousand soldiers, Xu Da would not be worried at all. He was even confident that he would break the city in one fell swoop during today's attack.
But the people guarding the city are not ordinary people, but the elites of Beifu in Daxia.
With 30,000 elite troops, the military formation is impregnable.
Even an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang could not tear it apart, which shows how powerful the Beifu Army is.
But as Xu Da said,
The Beifu Army is just the top special elite, not invincible.
"Well, tomorrow Wen Zhong, Yu Dayou, Tang and you will take action. All we need to do is hold Xie Xuan back. Tiande, you will personally command the army... Whether or not Gao Chun can be defeated depends on Tiande!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said straightforwardly.
Xu Da nodded slowly and stared at the city in front of him, his eyes slightly flashing with a sharp light.
Now that Ming Dynasty has reached the critical moment of death, he absolutely cannot sit back and watch Ming Dynasty's most elite force being blocked in the north by Gao Chun.
Inside the city.
As soon as Xie Xuan and Xiao Moke landed, Xiao Moke couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. There is still steam in the blood.
"Can you still hold on?"
Xie Xuan glanced at him and asked.
Xiao Moke gritted his teeth, holding back the heat in his body, and said in a deep voice: "General, don't worry, the general is only slightly injured, and he will definitely not miss anything!"
Xie Xuan nodded and said slowly: "The Ming army's offensive is fierce, and there are many strong men in the army. If it is like today, we can still hold on for seven or eight days. If the offensive is more intense, I am afraid it can only last three days." sky……"
"I have sent an order to Liyang. It won't be long before Lu Xun leads his army to come for reinforcements! Until the reinforcements arrive, we must hold on no matter what!"
Xiao Moke clenched his fists and said in a low voice, "The general will understand!"
I went to the hospital yesterday. I felt dizzy and my temples were bulging. When I got home, I lay in bed. I'm sorry... I'll add a chapter tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
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