Chapter 161: Ying and Mo States, Great Victory on Two Fronts (Part 1)

After Wu Sanjia slashed Huang Silang, the Minister of War, with his sword, he immediately assembled more than 30,000 light and heavy cavalry from the new Tiger Guard Army, and left the city under the cover of night, heading straight for Yingzhou City, a hundred miles away.

In order not to disturb the Dragon City Army outside the city, Wu Sanjia even ordered his cavalry soldiers to wrap the iron hooves of the war horses with cotton cloth and quietly leave the city.

Only after leaving the territory of Mozhou completely did he order all the cavalry soldiers to march at full speed.

The distance between Yingzhou and Mozhou is only a hundred miles.

For cavalry, it takes three hours to reach Yingzhou from Mozhou at full speed.

Wu Sanjia led more than 30,000 cavalry and arrived outside Yingzhou City at the time of Yin in the second half of the night.

Tang Ziyi, the lieutenant general of the new Tiger Guard Army stationed in Yingzhou, was awakened from his sleep by the thousand households guarding the city from the warm bed of the general's mansion.

When Tang Ziyi heard the general Wu Sanjia knocking at the gate outside the city, his first reaction was that something bad had happened, Mozhou City had been lost!

He didn't even have time to put on his armor, he rushed to the gate of Yingzhou City in casual clothes and picked up his sword, and personally led the horse stirrup for the general Wu Sanjia.

Tang Ziyi panted and said carefully: "I didn't know that the general was coming late at night, and I was unable to greet him from afar. I hope the general will forgive me!"

Wu Sanjia said: "This general has just received the order from the Empress Dowager, ordering my new Tiger Guards to go to Beijing to defend the king and eliminate the treacherous minister Qin Ruhui and his party!"

"Go to Beijing to defend the king?"

Yingzhou garrison Tang Ziyi's expression froze, and he asked tentatively: "General, are we leaving now?"

Yes!

Wu Sanjia nodded and said: "General Tang, this general orders you to immediately assemble all the new Tiger Guards in Yingzhou City, and the whole army will set out in three hours to go to Beijing to defend the king!"

"I got the order!"

......

The next day

The Longcheng army outside Mozhou City is gathering. According to the order of Jin Wang Chen Huaian, the troops are divided into two routes to attack Yingzhou.

"Report--"

"Your Highness Jin Wang, the enemy troops in Mozhou City are gathering outside the city!"

When Chen Huaian was about to lead 200,000 troops to attack Yingzhou, he suddenly received a military intelligence report from the messenger.

Hmm?

Chen Huaian frowned slightly and stopped his hand immediately.

At this time, the deputy commander Chang Yuchun also hurried over and reported to Jin Wang Chen Huaian in the central army tent from a distance: "Your Highness, the imperial court's new tiger army in Mozhou City is planning to break out!"

"What?"

Hearing this, Chen Huaian frowned even deeper.

As he was talking, Chang Yuchun had already walked into the central army tent and panted, saying, "Early this morning, the imperial court's new Tiger Army in Mozhou City came out in full force and assembled outside the city."

"I have already sent down the order, asking the front army, the central army and the left and right Yuhou armies to line up to meet the enemy, in order to prevent the Tiger Army from suddenly attacking and disrupting the army's formation!"

Chen Huaian immediately asked, "Where is Wu Sanjia?"

Chang Yuchun said, "Your Highness, I haven't seen the thief general Wu Sanjia. The person commanding the troops under Mozhou City today is Wu Sanjia's deputy general Zhao Kui!"

Humph!

Hearing this, Chen Huaian snorted coldly and said with a smile, "As expected by this king, Wu Sanjia must have led the elite troops in Mozhou City to Yingzhou overnight!"

"If this king is not mistaken, are there no cavalry of the Tiger Army assembled under Mozhou City?"

Uh!

Chang Yuchun thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be true!"

"That's right!"

Chen Huaian made a prompt decision and ordered, "Pass the order down, let Pang Xianchu and Fan Wuji not rush to lead the Dragon City Iron Buddha and the Black Armor Army to Yingzhou;"

"The 200,000 Dragon City soldiers who were transferred to Yingzhou should not rush to set off, turn around and eat up the new Hu Ben army outside Mozhou City first!"

"I have received the order!"

Chang Yuchun immediately ordered to go and assemble the army to meet the enemy.

At the same time.

Outside Mozhou City, the 120,000 new Hu Ben troops of the Great New Dynasty who stayed in Mozhou City had already gone out of the city under the command of Deputy General Zhao Kui to assemble and prepare to attack the Dragon City army that was besieging the city.

It turned out that when Wu Sanjia led the elite cavalry of the new Hu Ben army to leave the city last night, Zhao Kui, as the deputy general, suddenly realized that he had been abandoned by the general.

Once General Wu Sanjia transferred all the new Hu Ben troops in Yingzhou City, which were mutually dependent, and went south to Beijing to defend the king, the Mozhou City he stayed behind would really become an isolated city.

Although there were still 120,000 Hu Ben troops in the city, and the food and grass in the city were enough to last for a year or so.

But what about a year or so later?

Who could remember that there was still a new Hu Ben army of the Great New Dynasty defending in Mozhou City?

How could Chen Huaian leave his bedside for others to sleep soundly?

What's more terrible is that once the Hu Ben new army soldiers left in the city knew the truth, the morale of the army would be weakened, but mutiny on the battlefield would be a big deal!

Therefore, Deputy General Zhao Kui made a prompt decision. He wanted to take the initiative to lead his troops out of the city to break out and fight while the soldiers in the city were still in the dark and their morale was still high.

He used the lives of 100,000 Tiger Soldiers to buy a glimmer of hope for the 20,000 trusted troops under his command.

It was just after 9:00.

On the walls of Mozhou City, Zhao Kui, deputy general of the Tiger Soldiers New Army, wearing a suit of bright armor, personally beat drums to cheer for the 100,000 Tiger Soldiers New Army soldiers who were going out of the city to fight.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

Woo——

Accompanied by the strong and powerful sound of war drums and the long sound of horns.

Under the city, the 100,000 Tiger Soldiers New Army attacked with the "Heaven and Earth Three Talents Formation", step by step, and approached the camp of the Dragon City Army that was besieging the city.

Since the light and heavy cavalry in Mozhou City had all been taken away by General Wu Sanjia.

Therefore, the three-talent formation of the new Hu Ben army was slightly incomplete. The cavalry that was originally responsible for the two wings of the alert had been replaced by chariots pulled by horses.

On the chariots were large crossbow carts with arrows on the string.

At the forefront of the new Hu Ben army formation were 20,000 archers;

In the middle were 30,000 sword and axe jumping teams;

Finally, there were 50,000 mixed troops.

As the commander of the army, Zhao Kui sat on the wall of Mozhou City and stayed in Mozhou City with his 20,000 trusted troops.

On the Longcheng army side, after discovering that the enemy troops in the city had come out in full force and dared to take the initiative to attack the army camp, they immediately made targeted deployments.

Liu Ziyu, deputy general of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army, personally led 150,000 troops out of the city to meet the enemy.

On both wings of the camp, the Iron Buddha heavy cavalry and the Black Armor light cavalry received the order from the King of Jin to return to the battlefield.

The strong bows and crossbows of the two armies were already ready to go.

As long as the enemy enters the range, thousands of arrows can be fired to harvest lives.

One thousand steps!

Five hundred steps!

"Crossbow arrows, release--"

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

When the infantry of the two armies were less than 500 steps apart, the crossbow carts on the Hu Ben New Army's chariots and the large crossbow carts placed outside the camp by the Longcheng soldiers and horses all received the order to release arrows at the same time.

In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired.

The crossbow arrows, as thick as spear shafts, smashed into the enemy's formation and immediately made gaps in the enemy's formation.

Thousands of soldiers from the two armies died on the battlefield before they saw the enemy.

"Soldiers of the Daxin Hu Ben New Army, it's time to kill the Longcheng rebels and be rewarded for your meritorious service, kill them!"

"Soldiers of the Longcheng Army, it's time to eradicate the Hu Ben rebels and expand the territory for His Royal Highness the King of Jin, kill them!"

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the two armies collided violently like two torrents meeting on a narrow road without any suspense.