Chapter 36: Front and Back Flanking
Qian Xiaoxing and Lan Sha returned to Siguo Military Port with the captured 55 Linguo warships. This time, they returned in triumphantly and received warm welcome from the people.
The people felt very proud to see that their navy was strong and defeated the Lin Guo Navy without losing a ship, because they had their own contributions to building these warships.
The 30,000 infantry originally allocated to Qian Xiaoxing, because the warships of Siguo were relatively small, did not go to sea last time. This time, the 55 warships of Lin Guo seized, which just solved the problem.
The damaged warship was slightly repaired. Except for five damaged ones that were severely damaged and had difficulty in repairing, the other fifty Linguo warships carried 30,000 soldiers and were preparing to set off for Linguo for the second time.
Qian Xiaoxing had a short rest in Si State. He heard that the Lotus Pass had been broken by Sima Yiqing, and was extremely happy. He was defeated for a while at Lianhua Pass last time, and the revenge was finally avenged. Later, he heard that Lu Shengzhong had a great victory in Lanjiang, and he was even more excited. It seemed that they were fighting well and he could not fall behind. So the next day, Qian Xiaoxing led the Si State warships and the Lin State warships and 50 Lin State warships and 30,000 infantry soldiers to head to Lin State.
On the Lan River, Lu Shengzhong had already cleared the battlefield. The bodies of the 80,000 Lin soldiers were piled up like mountains, and blood gathered into a small river and left it in the Lan River.
According to the information of the scouts, the remaining 70,000 Lin troops have retreated toward Lin Guoqi's capital. It seems that Lin Guo has completely given up defending Hu Guoshandu. Of course, Lu Shengzhong will not occupy Shandu first. It is urgent to eliminate Lin's troops.
Although the Divine Power Cannon is powerful, it also has its disadvantages, which is that it is transportation troublesome. A cannon is more than a thousand kilograms, and it can only rely on people to push and pull the horse along the way. The speed of the marching is very slow. Lu Shengzhong had to lead 60,000 troops and follow the Lin army slowly...
Qian Xiaoxing, Lu Shengzhong, and Sima Yiqing's three-way troops set out on the journey again. On the map, they can be displayed as three red arrows, and the target is directly aimed at Lin Guoqidu.
Sima Yiqing's troops were closest to Lin Guoqi. This time, Lin's army of 90,000 slipped away, Sima Yiqing was very angry and was sending 70,000 troops to escort 500 Shenwei cannons and headed towards Qidu quickly.
Along the way, Lin Guo did not resist at all. The Si Guo troops arrived smoothly near Qidu. Seeing that it was getting late, Sima Yiqing asked the troops to station and prepared to bring cannons to attack Qidu tomorrow.
Sima Yiqing's 70,000 troops arrived near Qidu, and Wang Lin knew it very well, but he was afraid of cannons and did not dare to stop them all the way. Because he could not even stop Lotus Pass, he would not have to think about using his flesh and blood body.
However, King Lin was planning this move. If he did it well, it would be very likely that the 70,000 Si Jun would eat all of them.
King Lin was anxiously paced back and forth in the room. The confidant finally sent the war report. The confidant said: "Emperor, Sima Yiqing has led 70,000 Si troops to station, thirty miles away from Iqidu."
"That's great!" Lin Wang clapped his hands excitedly and said, "Sima Yiqing is arrogant. Seventy thousand people dare to go deeper alone. This time, he must give him some color and act as planned immediately!"
"Yes!" The confidant hurriedly retreated. At this time, the sky was already dark and there was only a crescent moon hanging in the sky.
Sima Yiqing arranged the troops and inspected them. It was so close to Qi's capital that Sima Yiqing naturally did not dare to take it lightly. He gathered the divine cannons in the middle of the camp, facing Qi's direction, and prevented Lin Jun from coming to rob the camp at night.
After sleeping until midnight, the sentry indeed found a large number of Lin soldiers and shouted immediately. Torches were lit in the camp, which made the sky red. Sima Yiqing hurriedly got up and went out to check it out. Seeing that there were indeed a large number of Lin soldiers flocking in front of the camp.
Sima Yiqing couldn't help but sneer and said, "I've been wary of this move for a long time. I really dare to come. If someone comes, I'll use a cannon to bomb me immediately!"
The divine cannon bombarded Lin Jun. After the shell landed on the ground, a ray of light was blown out, and only Lin Jun soldiers were seen were blown away.
Sima Chuchu came to Sima Yiqing anxiously and asked, "Father, what's the situation?"
"Haha," Sima Yiqing laughed and said, "I dare to come to rob my camp. Lin Jun is still a little tender. Let me beat them up."
Sima Chuchu observed and asked, "Father, the direction of your cannon is only facing the front. What if Lin Jun attacks around the flank or behind?"
Sima Yiqing waved his hand and said, "Do you think I am a three-year-old child? Where we are stationed, we are facing the lake and the mountains. How could Lin Jun go around?"
"It turns out that my father had made arrangements long ago, and I was too worried." Sima Chuchu said embarrassedly.
Right ahead, after the cannons blasted for a while, there was no sign of Lin Jun. Could it be that Lin Jun would not be able to withdraw his troops? Sima Yiqing was a little suspicious and immediately sent someone to check.
After a while, a soldier ran back with something in his hand and reported: "Chief of Staff, the situation seems to be wrong, look..."
Sima Yiqing looked at it and saw that the soldier was holding a scarecrow in his hand and wearing Lin Jun's military uniform. He had been blown up and was broken.
"Lin Jun actually used a fake to deceive me? Is it just a fool to our shells?" Sima Yiqing was puzzled, and suddenly a soldier came to report anxiously: "Chief of Staff, it's not good! A large number of Lin Jun were found behind the camp!"
"There is a Lin army behind! How is that possible!" Sima Yiqing was very suspicious. The 90,000 Lin army did not divide its troops along the way, so it was impossible to seize his own way of retreat.
Sima Chuchu was also very surprised and asked worriedly: "Can it be a small group of troops harassed?"
"Look, let's talk about it!" Sima Yiqing hurriedly walked behind the camp, and at this moment, the forest army in front of the camp suddenly emerged again and launched a charge.
At this moment, a large number of Lin troops emerged behind the Sijun camp, which was not the small-scale troops that Sima Chuchu said. Although the Sijun was well-trained, he did not defend too much from the rear and was caught off guard by Lin troops.
Sima Yiqing shouted when he saw this: "Zheng Tong, you are responsible for the defense in front of the camp! Zheng Chang, if you go to the rear, you must hold it back!"
The Si Jun camp was leaning against the lake and the mountain. He thought that such a terrain could withstand the attacks from the front of the Lin army at most, but he did not expect that a large number of Lin army would appear behind him, and he would be attacked from the front and back, and he could not retreat from the flanks. Therefore, this battle was a life-and-death battle, and there was no way out.
Zheng Tong and Zheng Chang immediately led their troops to resist. The defense pressure was not high due to the help of the divine cannon in front of the camp, but behind the camp, Lin Jun appeared continuously, as if there was no end, which made the defense of the Si Jun very difficult.
"Crash! Kill!" Lin Jun soldiers waved their weapons and broke through the Sijun camp.
Although the Si army fought desperately, the Lin army was too large, so they had to fight and retreat. Sima Yiqing only felt the crisis of the situation now. He unexpectedly expected that there were so many Lin army in the rear of the camp. It was too late to turn the gun to attack at this moment, because the distance was too close and the two armies were fighting together.
After a while, Zheng Chang ran over with blood. The blood could no longer tell the difference between his own and the enemy. He came to Sima Yiqing and Qianhui to report: "Chief of Staff, there are too many enemies, and I can't defend it anymore!"
Sima Yiqing naturally could see clearly the situation on the battlefield. According to Sima Yiqing's estimate, the total number of forest troops in front and behind the camp was at least 150,000, and the number of troops was several times higher than that of himself. At such a close distance, the cavalry and cannons could not exert their power. They all rely on infantry to fight hard, which was considered that the Si army had excellent quality, otherwise they would have collapsed long ago.
The more critical the moment, the calmer Sima Yiqing was, and it was also the experience he gained from years of galloping on the battlefield. Sima Yiqing observed and said, "Organize the troops to break out from the rear!"
"Yes!" Zheng Chang answered decisively, and suddenly asked again: "Then do this by these cannons?"
Under such circumstances, it is impossible to take away the Shenwei cannon. Sima Yiqing said decisively: "Give up the cannon and go out first!"
"Yes!" Zheng Chang immediately contacted Zheng Tong and asked him to use a small amount of troops to resist the attacks in the front, concentrate most of the troops together, and break through with him. However, there were too many Lin troops behind him. Even if the Dark Knights were the vanguard, the 70,000 Si army fought for more than 10,000, but there was still no gap.
At the critical moment, the Si Jun artillery was holding the shells in his arms, ignited them and rushed towards Lin Jun. A personal flesh bomb exploded in the middle of the Lin Jun, breaking a bloody road. The Dark Knights took the opportunity to rush over and finally opened the encirclement.
Seeing the artillery soldiers charging with bombs regardless of their own worries, Sima Yiqing's eyes were wet. These soldiers were the best and best soldiers he had ever seen. If he could successfully break through this time, he would definitely erect a hero monument for them!
At this moment, there was a riot in the Lin army camp. It turned out that Lin army, who was behind the Sijun camp, was suddenly attacked. Sima Yiqing was puzzled and immediately raised his telescope and stepped on the shoulders of the Zheng brothers and observed.
Chapter completed!