Chapter 318 Liang Da's Final Battle

Chapter 318 A last-ditch battle - Liang Da

Crime of deceiving the emperor? !

Upon hearing this, Chen Daniu immediately looked at Liang Da with his eyes wide open,

"Brother Liang, don't talk nonsense, maybe Mr. Qin is not seriously ill, he just caught a cold occasionally"

Although Chen Yuanzhi is usually careless and speaks without thinking, once he encounters something, especially when it comes to the people around him, he will also be more cautious.

Although Mr. Qin does not agree with his marriage with Qin Jianjia.

But the matter between him and Qin Jianjia has long been a big deal.

No one dared to intercept his marriage, that is to say, in Bianjing City, now, except for him, no one dared to propose marriage to the Qin family.

It was almost a foregone conclusion that Mr. Qin would become his father-in-law.

After the Battle of Bianjing, Chen Yuanzhi had not met Qin Jianjia before he went to the army.

But after going to the battle with the army, Qin Jianjia gave him a sachet.

It contained some hemostatic herbs.

This was enough to express Qin Jianjia's intentions.

Then again, if Mr. Qin really just caught a cold, it would be impossible for him not to take some action when the enemy generals were suspicious of each other.

All the results pointed to the fact that Mr. Qin's physical condition was indeed worrying!

Wei Yuan said cautiously: "Mr. Qin had experienced many battles when he was young, and it is normal for him to have some physical problems when he is old."

"We must keep this matter a secret and remember not to reveal it."

If Qin Lie really resigned from the government due to illness, the Qin family would lose an opportunity to make meritorious service.

But if he really got a serious illness and concealed it, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor!

Liang Da and others nodded one after another and said:

"Please rest assured, General Wei. We will keep this matter a secret."

"Please rest assured, General Wei."

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Wei Yuan was relieved, but Chen Daniu was worried.

"General Wei, General Liang is the chief general of Daizhou. Now that he has come to Xiangzhou, I am afraid that there is no one around Mr. Qin!"

Wei Yuan laughed and said, "You were disrespectful to Mr. Qin just now. Why are you worried about his situation now?"

Chen Daniu hesitated and didn't know how to answer.

Wei Yuan knew him very well. It was one thing to say it, but it was another to do it.

"Although Mr. Qin's physical condition is worrying, Mr. Qin supports my plan and sends Liang Da here. It is enough to show that Mr. Qin has enough ability to deal with the war in Daizhou."

At this point, Wei Yuan's face changed and he said seriously: "Order."

With just one word, all the generals in the tent stood up straight, and their faces looked quite solemn.

Wei Yuan spoke slowly with a solemn expression:

"Order Liang Da to lead an army of 400,000 to encircle and suppress the Liao reinforcements."

"Order Qin Zhen to lead an army of 80,000 to cut off the retreat of the Liao reinforcements. If you let a Liao soldier go, I will hold him accountable!"

"Order Chen Daniu to lead the Danglu Army and wait for the right time to act."

"Order Lin Zhaoyuan not to let Yelu Xinxian cross Linzhang and Yonghe before Liang Da arrives at the designated battlefield!"

"The above order is top secret!"

At this moment, Wei Yuan revealed his true intentions.

From the beginning, he never thought about really recovering Xiangzhou.

His ultimate goal was to annihilate Yelu Xinxian's main force.

Besieging Xiangzhou would inevitably make Yelu Xinxian come to help. At that time, Wei Yuan could send troops to encircle and suppress Yelu Xinxian.

At the same time, it could also curb the army of Xiangzhou and temporarily be unable to do anything.

Otherwise, if he chose to encircle and suppress Yelu Xinxian in Damingfu from the beginning.

Xiangzhou will certainly take the opportunity to attack Bianjing and besiege Wei to save Zhao.

Wei Yuan could have divided his troops to snipe, but if he didn't clench his fist and hit Yelu Xinxian hard and firmly, he would probably make some mistakes in the end.

Moreover, he didn't dare to take risks. What if there was another siege of Bianjing?

After thinking about it, he could only start from Xiangzhou and gradually drag Yelu Xinxian into danger.

And Wei Yuan's original layout, no matter how you look at it, looks like an ambush from all sides, besieging Xiangzhou.

But in fact, Wei Yuan trapped not only Xiangzhou, but also Yelu Xinxian who came to help.

Damingfu, Linzhang, Yonghe, and Xu Changzhi's current garrison, have completely blocked all of Yelu Xinxian's retreat routes.

In the direction of Xiangzhou, Yelu Renxian knew very well where Wei Yuan's trump card was.

For example, how many generals he had around him.

They all knew which generals could command a large-scale battle.

After all, the rumors about the Eight Tigers of Daizhou were not only circulated in the Great Zhou.

If Wei Yuan led the troops himself or asked Chen Daniu and others to fight against Yelu Xinxian, it would be easy for Yelu Renxian to see through it.

How to make Yelu Renxian not suspicious and put the credit for destroying the main force of the Liao army on his own head became Wei Yuan's top priority.

So, after thinking about it, he decided to transfer Liang Da from Daizhou.

Liang Da led the troops to fight against the main force of the Liao army, and the garrison forces in other towns would move when the time came, thus forming a cage to trap Yelu Xinxian.

When the generals learned about Wei Yuan's entire layout, they couldn't help but take a breath of cold air in their hearts.

If Wei Yuan's plan could be successfully implemented, then no matter how powerful Yelu Xinxian was, he would not be able to escape!

After all, it was an ambush from all sides and a net of heaven and earth!

"I have received your order!"

"I have received your order."

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All the soldiers bowed together.

Wei Yuan focused his gaze on the position of Neihuang Town on the sand table and said in a deep voice:

"Nei Huang. From now on, the name of this place has been changed!"

"Change it to Burial Liao Town!"

After saying that, he punched hard and smashed a 'peak' around Neihuang Town into pieces.

Although it is a mountain peak on a sand table.

But after all, it is made of stones.

But Wei Yuan smashed the mountain made of rocks into pieces with just one punch.

One can imagine how powerful Wei Yuan is.

And this also represents his determination.

The layout has been planned for so long. No matter what, Yelu Xinxian's army must be completely eliminated in the Inner Yellow Realm.

Wei Yuan looked at Liang Da and said earnestly: "I know that you have never fought any large-scale annihilation battle. The battlefield situation is always changing rapidly. I can control the overall situation, but I can't tell you how to fight this battle."

"Everything depends on you, but don't worry, at the most critical moment, I will let Chen Daniu lead the rogue army to attack for hundreds of miles to help you!"

As long as Wei Yuan and the others stayed outside Xiangzhou City, Yelvren would not be suspicious.

If one of Wei Yuan or Xiao Yuming led the troops, Mr. Yelvren would immediately suspect that the Zhou army was about to make a big move!

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Jiayou's eighth year, around mid-May.

Yelu Xinxian, who had already arrived in Neihuang, without any hesitation, immediately led his 200,000 troops to attack Linzhang.

He believed that as long as Linzhang City could be captured, a gap could be opened for the Liao army trapped in Xiangzhou.

And this gap may be one of the Liao army's retreat routes.

But he really didn't expect that Linzhang City, where Lin Zhaoyuan was personally stationed, would be so difficult to chew.

Linzhang is indeed an important town of great strategic significance to Xiangzhou, but the city is not high and thick, making it typically easy to attack and difficult to defend. Otherwise, Yeluxin would not have given up attacking the nearest Yonghe, but instead They took a detour to attack Linzhang.

Because Linzhang City was difficult to defend, in just one day, the Zhou soldiers stationed in Linzhang City suffered tens of thousands of casualties. The battle was fierce.

Of course, Yelvxin also paid a heavy price of tens of thousands of people.

The nearly one-to-one casualty ratio made Lin Zhaoyuan realize the ferocity of the main force of the Liao army.

No wonder it was able to defeat Zhou's army until it could only stand firm and not even have the ability to counterattack.

In terms of the combat level of individual soldiers, compared with the Liao army, the officers and soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty were really far behind.

In particular, the troops under Lin Zhaoyuan were still stragglers brought from the south of the Yangtze River.

For him, in the first battle, being able to exchange one for one with the enemy, even if he was defending the city, was a good result.

Outside Xiangzhou City, in the Zhou army camp.

After Liang Da took away the 400,000 troops, Wei Yuan specifically ordered the remaining 200,000 troops to continue to attack Xiangzhou at all costs in order to prevent Yelv Ren from being confused first.

The result of this can only be increased casualties.

After all, even a three-year-old child knows that trying to capture Xiangzhou with 200,000 troops defending the city is simply a fool's errand.

But Wei Yuan still wanted to do this, in order to give Liang Da's tribe, who had circled behind Yelu Xin's army, a period of time for a decisive battle.

Otherwise, once Yelvren knew what the Zhou army was thinking, he would definitely go out of the city to support Yelvxin, or send someone to tell Yelvxin to move north.

Wei Yuan couldn't let the duck he got fly.

Just doing this would cause too many casualties.

"Commander Wei, after several days of attacking the city, our army has suffered casualties of 40,000 to 50,000, and now we only have 160,000 soldiers left to fight. If this battle continues, I'm afraid the morale of the soldiers will be shattered. "

Xiao Yuming was worried.

How could Wei Yuan not know?

However, this layout has reached its most critical moment.

Both the enemy and ourselves have no way out.

"Where is Liang Da?" Wei Yuan asked Shen Qing who was standing aside.

The latter said: "We have crossed Linhe and will arrive at Qingfeng Town soon."

Qingfeng Town is located in the south of Neihuang. The distance between the two cities is only fifty miles, and they are at the horns of each other.

Xiao Yuming frowned and said, "When will it be tomorrow?"

Shen Qing also found it difficult to answer this question.

In order to realize the tactic of strategic bypassing and surprise attack, Liang Da ordered the entire army to march on mountain roads.

No one can guarantee when they will arrive at their expected location.

In other words, not only did the Liao army not know Liang Da's movements, but even Wei Yuan could not guarantee to know Liang Da's specific location at all times.

"With this intensity of siege, our army's casualties will only increase by 20,000 to 30,000 people in about five days at most."

"During this period, if the enemy sees the clues and comes out of the city to surround our army, wouldn't our army be as good as fish and meat on a sticky board?"

"General Xu sent us the battle report yesterday. It's been very difficult for them to defend the city these days. If Linzhang City is breached, all of Commander Wei's plans will be in vain."

"Commander Wei, you are the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Why don't you leave Xiangzhou temporarily and return to Tangyin to command the overall situation, and let the last general lead the entire army to continue the attack?"

Xiao Yuming said suggestively.

Wei Yuan shook his head and said, "No!"

"Once I leave Xiangzhou, Mr. Yelvren will definitely guess that our army is empty inside. By then, the place where our army is stationed will become a dead place."

Xiao Yuming sighed, "Liang Da's marching speed is too slow. Isn't he always fast? Why is he as slow as a turtle at this critical moment?"

From the perspective of the overall situation, if Liang Da does not arrive at the designated location at the designated time, then the entire situation is in danger of overturning.

In the final analysis, the quality of the individual soldiers of the Great Zhou army is too poor.

As long as it can be proportional to the Liao army, for example, in a field battle, a Zhou army soldier can die with a Liao soldier.

Then, this battle must be fought.

But now?

It is necessary to use an absolutely superior force to fight a decisive battle with the Liao army.

At this moment, Wei Yuan secretly vowed that after this battle is over, he must speed up the training of the soldiers of the Great Zhou.

Not to mention not losing in a one-on-one battle, at least it must be two-on-one, right?

But now, the data from the field battle tells Wei Yuan that in order to kill a Liao soldier, the Great Zhou must send out three people at the cost.

Seeing Wei Yuan, who was silent at this moment, Xiao Yuming couldn't help but get anxious, frowning deeply.

Even Shen Qing looked as if he was facing a great enemy.

Xiao Yuming was a Confucian general, and he could keep his composure most often.

But now, the situation had become serious to a certain extent.

How could Xiao Yuming not be anxious?

After hesitating for a moment, Wei Yuan immediately ordered,

"Send scouts to inform Liang Da urgently that he must launch a general attack on Yelu Xin before May 25th."

May 20th.

Liang Da, who had already arrived in Neihuang, received the military order sent by the scouts, with a serious face.

Since he led the troops, he has been on the road all the time.

But the mountain road is too difficult to walk.

If he takes the official road, it is inevitable that the Liao army will discover his tracks.

It is necessary to ensure that the 400,000 troops are not discovered by the Liao army, and to ensure that a surprise general attack can be launched against the Liao army on the exact date that has been set.

For Liang Da, it was a severe test.

At this time, on the official road of Neihuang.

Liang Da looked at the messenger beside him and said, "Send an order!"

The next moment, hundreds of messengers lined up in a row and ran to the whole army,

"General Liang has an order"

"General Liang has an order"

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At this time, Liang Da shouted: "Soldiers, the commander said that we must arrive behind the main force of the Liao army within three days."

"Whether we can defeat the Liao army, recover the lost land, and avenge the dead people of my Great Zhou, and wipe out the previous shame, depends on this battle!"

"Put aside everything Baggage, at all costs, launch a general attack on the Liao army before the date specified by the general! "

"When the horses died, the men dismounted and continued to run. When the men fainted, the comrades around them threw food and water to the soldiers who could not run. "

At this point, Liang Da turned his horse's head, personally held the big banner, and led the way, advancing towards Linzhang.

"Warriors of the Great Zhou, follow this general, follow the big banner, and charge!"

After the messenger informed the whole army of the military order issued by Liang Da.

All the soldiers threw all the baggage on the ground, leaving only armor and weapons, and they even threw away the big iron pot.

No matter how fast the march was, the big iron pot of the fireman must not be discarded, unless it was a desperate battle.

Because once the pot is lost, it means that the rations of the entire army can only last for a few days, and during these few days, they must defeat the enemy, otherwise, even if they are hungry, they will starve to death.