Vol 2 Chapter 2689: Xue Rengui VS Zhao Kuangyin (2), Qin and Song Dynasties

Chapter 2689 Xue Rengui VS Zhao Kuangyin (2), Qin and Song Dynasty vs. Ge Ling

Chapter 2689 Xue Rengui VS Zhao Kuangyin (2), Qin and Song Dynasty vs. Ge Ling

Runan County, Xiping County, is located in the northwest of Runan, at the junction with Yingchuan County.

After Jin Bi led his army to rescue Xue Ju, he retreated to Xiping with him and rested here.

“Damn it, I almost wiped out Luo Hongxin, but Huang Tianxiang showed up halfway.”

Zhu Hai looked unwilling. After all, Wei and Song had a huge advantage in the battle at Baiting.

The combined forces of the Wei and Song dynasties totaled 16,000 troops. Against Luo Hongxin's 5,000 Qin troops, they were three times the enemy's strength. Moreover, they were fighting on both sides. The general lineup also completely destroyed the Qin army. There was every chance that they could defeat them all in one go. Annihilate.

You must know that the Wei-Song coalition not only has two war gods, Xue Ju and Zhu Hai, but also two peak generals, Xue Rengao and Jin Bi. After the combined skills of Xue Rengao and his father Xue Ju are activated, they can also defeat a war god.

In other words, the combined forces of Wei and Song were not only three times as powerful as the Qin army, but their generals also crushed the Qin army, which had only one **** of war. Logically speaking, it should have wiped out the five thousand Qin army like a torrent.

But what everyone in the Wei and Song armies didn't expect was that Luo Hongxin, a rookie on the battlefield, would be so tenacious. He actually fought with 16,000 Wei and Song coalition forces with 5,000 troops for two hours, and managed to hold off Huang Tianxiang's 10,000 troops. Reinforcements arrive on the battlefield.

 Luo Hongxin was able to achieve this, in addition to his own contribution, mainly due to the increase in the skill of Gao Ming Gao Jue's combo skill "Clear Eyes and Ears", and the effect of Chen Qi and Zheng Lun's combo skill "Humph Gate God" sealing skill.

 Effect 2 of "Clear Eyes and Ears" increased Luo Hongxin's command by 3 points, so that Luo Hongxin, whose command attribute was 88 points, skyrocketed to 91 points, which was barely enough to cope with such a bad situation.

 Effect 3 of "Clear Eyes and Ears" increased Luo Hongxin's force by a full 5 points, allowing Luo Hongxin, who had a basic strength of 106, to remain undefeated in the face of the encirclement of the two war gods Xue Ju and Xue Rengao.

The skill sealing effect of 'Humha Menshen' effect 2 was very lucky to seal Xue Rengao's weapon skills, which greatly weakened Xue Rengao's combat power. In addition, Chen Qi and Zheng Lun held back Zhu Hai again, which gave Luo Luo Hongxin created the plan to kill Xue Rengao.

At the same time, the effect of 'Clear Eyes and Ears', which increased by 5 points of force 3, allowed Luo Hongxin to barely parry Xue Ju, who was in grief and anger due to the death of his son Xue Rengao. His base force increased to 106, and his combat power increased dramatically.

It is precisely because of the assistance of Chen Qi, Zheng Lun, and Gao Ming Gao Jue, and the five generals worked together that Luo Hongxin was able to persist until Huang Tianxiang arrived, turning the battle that was originally destined to lose. If any one of the five was missing, it would be a disaster. The end result of the entire army being annihilated.

 You can be weak and the enemy is strong, but you have to pay a price.

 Cao Cao used weak Wei to resist strong Qin, but the price he paid was that the two lines of defense fell in a short period of time, and many generals such as Jiang Huanchu, Yu Da, Xue Rengao, and Cao Shuang died in battle.

Luo Hongxin naturally also paid a heavy price, that is, the death of two generals, Gao Ming and Gao Jue, in battle.

Since the beginning of the war between Qin and Wei, the Qin army has never lost two generals in battle. Therefore, in the Qin army's view, the Baiting battle, even if the casualties were much lower than that of the Wei and Song coalition forces, was not considered a victory at all, but could only be regarded as a loss for both sides.

However, in the eyes of the Wei and Song coalition forces, despite their absolute superiority, they not only failed to annihilate the Qin army and kill Luo Hongxin, but also defeated Xue Rengao and nearly half of their troops. It was obviously a defeat.

Since the beginning of the war between Qin and Wei, Wei has been losing battles. Now it is difficult to encounter a winnable battle, but in the end it turned into a defeat. This naturally made the Wei and Song generals a little difficult to accept.

"The battle has been fought, and the Qin army has retreated to Yingchuan. There is no point in talking about it anymore."

Wei Wuji sighed lightly, he did not expect the Qin army to be so tenacious.

If this trend continues, I am afraid that the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains will have been defeated by the Qin State before the Chu State has completely annexed the Wu State.

 No, Wei must not fall before Chu annexes Wu. Wei Wuji thought to himself.

As long as Wei, no, the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, can persist until Chu completely annexes Wu, then the liberated Wu army will be able to go north to support, and the pressure on the Wei, Song and Ming Kingdoms will naturally be much less.

 But it is obviously not easy to do this.

Although the military strength gap between Wu and Chu was larger than that of Qin and Wei, the Wu army under the leadership of Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Wu Zixu, and Sun Ce was also really tenacious. The two sides fought back and forth, and they were not completely one-sided like Qin and Wei. trend.

“How is General Xue Ju?” Wei Wuji asked.

Mao Sui shook his head and sighed: "Major General Xue died in battle, and General Xue Ju was seriously injured..."

Before he finished speaking, Xue Ju walked into the tent with an expressionless face.

 “General.”

When everyone saw Xue Ju coming, they quickly bowed their heads and saluted.

Seeing this, Xue Ju just nodded lightly, as if he was not very sad, but his aura was extremely gloomy, and as soon as he walked in, the temperature of the scene dropped sharply by several degrees.

When Wei Wuji saw this, he wanted to say something to comfort him, but after thinking about it, he still didn't know how to speak.

After all, the person who died was his only son. How could he, an outsider, speak out about the tragedy of a white-haired man giving away a black-haired man?

Xue Ju did not pay attention to what everyone was thinking. He left an order to "break camp and evacuate to Xuchang after a day's rest" and left without looking back.

 Wei Wuji, Mao Sui, Zhu Hai and others looked at each other, knowing in their hearts that Xue Ju was just holding on.

 Wei Wuji was secretly happy in his heart. His only son was dead, and Xue Ju had a deadly feud with Da Qin, so it was no longer possible for him to surrender to Da Qin. If Cao Wei fell in the future, he might be able to persuade him to defect to Chu.

 Jin Bi naturally would not stop Xue Ju from leaving, nor did he have the intention to do so. He would send troops to rescue Xue Ju, but he made the decision entirely on his own without consulting his lord Zhao Kuangyin.

Just before Xue Ju broke out, Jin Bi, who was the Song Dynasty's Xiping defender, received a letter asking for help from Cao Wei's military advisor Cao GUI.

Although Cao GUI didn't know from which direction Xue Ju would break through, and he didn't know if Han Xin would leave a backup force, he knew that once Han Xin left a backup force, Xue Ju would be in danger no matter where he broke through.

But at this time, Cao Wei had no troops to mobilize in Yingchuan, and the only force that could draw on its strength was its ally Song State. Wouldn't it be a pity not to use it?

So Cao GUI wrote a letter to Jin Bi asking for help, hoping that Jin Bi could send troops to assist Xue Ju to fulfill his duty as an ally.

Jin Bi actually didn't want to talk to Cao GUI. After all, his duty was only to guard Xiping. He sent troops to rescue Xue Ju without asking for instructions. It was not a great achievement, but it was a big mistake to lose. It was a completely thankless thing. Not to mention that Zhu Hai, a sworn enemy, is still in the Wei army.

Although Jin Bi did not want to send troops to rescue Xue Ju, he could not resist the persuasion of his disciples Mei Sanniang and Dianqing. He finally put aside his prejudice against Zhu Hai and personally led his army to rescue Xue Ju. However, he failed to defeat the Qin army and suffered enough losses. A total of four thousand troops.

Jin Bi is worried about this matter, worried that he will be impeached by domestic civil servants.

Jin Bi was indeed impeached by the Song Dynasty's civil service group for various crimes such as "sending troops without asking for instructions, sacrificing troops and generals".

However, the king of Song was simply Zhao Kuangyin, a wise king. Instead of punishing Jin Bi for this, he also sent 10,000 additional troops to Jin Bi.

 Runan, Pingyu.

Zhao Kuangyin stood at the top of the city, looking towards the west in the direction of Shangcai, his eyes filled with solemnity.

Although the Qin Dynasty dispatched an army of 150,000 to attack the Song Dynasty, the Tongbai Mountain defense line of the Song Dynasty had not yet been captured, so the only troops that entered Runan were the 50,000 cavalry who went deep alone under the leadership of Xue Rengui and fought to support the war. One hundred thousand troops were blocked outside Tongbai Mountain by Song general Shi Bao's 10,000 troops.

After Xue Rengui led his cavalry to attack Runan, he threw the western part of Runan into chaos, forcing Zhao Kuangyin to use all his troops to encircle and suppress it.

Zhao Kuangyin thought that it would be easy for him to lead an army of 230,000 men and capture Xue Rengui's 50,000 cavalry. However, he did not expect that he would be severely punished by Xue Rengui.

During this period, Zhao Kuangyin had fought against Xue Rengui many times, but Xue Rengui was like a loach, always able to jump out of the encirclement before the Song army completely encircled him. He cracked the Song army's cage tactics many times, forcing Zhao Kuangyin to fight with him. Field battle.

Zhao Kuangyin was not a fuel-efficient man. He was fighting with cavalry in the plains. Even if he had five times more troops than the enemy, Zhao Kuangyin had to be cautious, so he adopted Yan Xiang's strategy and changed from encirclement to division of troops. The offensive energy would be saved, so as to force Xue Rengui to also divide his troops.

Zhao Kuangyin sent Lu Wenlong with an army of 80,000 to assist Tongbai Mountain. Xue Rengui was indeed fooled. After all, if the troops were not divided to stop the attack, once the Song army arrived at Tongbai Mountain, the time for the Qin army to capture Tongbai Mountain would be delayed, and the Qin army in Runan would also have one more army. dangerous.

Xue Rengui had to divide his troops to fight, and after dividing his troops, the overall combat effectiveness further declined.

Under the pressure and pressure of the Song army from many sides, Xue Rengui had to temporarily avoid the edge and abandoned many cities. Finally, he met the main force of the 100,000 Song army in Geling. He had no choice but to fight.

In this battle, Xue Rengui used 30,000 Qin cavalry to face Zhao Kuangyin's 100,000 Song army in a decisive battle, including 10,000 Song army cavalry.

After two hours of fierce fighting between the two armies, the Qin army, which was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, gradually gained the upper hand. Just when it was about to overwhelm the Song army, Zhao She led an army of 50,000 to the battlefield.

Thirty thousand Qin troops faced off against 150,000 Song troops. The difference in strength was too huge, but even so, the Qin army fought fiercely for two days and two nights.

Just when the Qin army was exhausted and the Song army thought it was certain to win, Qin general Wenpin suddenly appeared behind the Song army with 5,000 cavalry and launched an assault on the Song army's center.

It turned out that although Xue Rengui had to divide his troops, he adopted the strategy of military advisor Lin Xiangru, letting Yang Zaixing lead an army of 15,000 to disappear, pretending to be 20,000 to stop Lu Wenlong, and Wenpin's 5,000 cavalry were hidden, while he himself led Thirty thousand cavalry fought against Zhao Kuangyin.

Xue Rengui's move was naturally extremely risky. After all, in a battle involving nearly 200,000 people, five thousand cavalry could only play a limited role.

If the 30,000 cavalry led by Xue Rengui cannot stop Zhao Kuangyin's 150,000 cavalry, not only will the 30,000 cavalry be completely annihilated, but the remaining 20,000 troops will also be unable to escape.

However, under the command of Xue Rengui and the assistance of Lin Xiangru, 30,000 iron cavalry were still used to block the infantry cavalry of the Fifteenth Song Army head-on.

 Zhao Kuangyin was caught off guard by Yang Zaixing, and Xue Rengui also took the opportunity to launch a general offensive. The Song army was defeated one after another, forcing Zhao Kuangyin to withdraw more than 80 miles to temporarily avoid the attack.

In this battle, Xue Rengui used 35,000 Qin troops to defeat Zhao Kuangyin's 150,000 Song troops head-on, killing 30,000 and injuring 8,000.

After Xue Rengui won the victory, he only chased for twenty miles and then retreated. After all, although the Song army was defeated, the main force was not lost, and it still had the strength to fight again. The Qin army had already taken advantage of it, and it was not appropriate to push Zhao Kuangyin too hard.

Xue Rengui won the battle, but ordered a retreat. He voluntarily abandoned Pingyu and other five cities, and retreated to Shangcai to rest and regroup.

Although Zhao Kuangyin regained Pingyu, the headquarters of Runan, he was not happy at all, because during the decisive battle between him and Xue Rengui in Ge Ling, Tongbai Mountain Spinning Thread was attacked by Qin General Tian Dan, and the guard Shi Bao was captured.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin finally understood why Xue Rengui knew the risks of dividing his troops, but still took the risk to fight with himself, just to attract his attention and buy time for the rear to attack Tongbai Mountain.

Tongbaishan Fangxian was lost, and 100,000 Qin troops entered Runan. The Qin army's strength in Runan increased instead of falling, and it completely established a foothold in Runan. Now it would be difficult for the Song army to expel the Qin army.

Yesterday’s update was a thousand words short of finishing. I originally wanted to double update today, but the second chapter is still short of 1,500 words. If I can write an extra 1,500 words tomorrow, I will double update.

The epidemic is serious now, book friends, please try to be careful. The author’s immediate family members, except for the grandfather who is close to the finals, have already had the sun once.

After the author became masculine, he lost two or three kilograms of weight. I didn’t expect that this thing could actually have the effect of losing weight.

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