Chapter 94: Battle between Zhao Yan

Under the strong push of Le Lei, the State of Yan gathered 300,000 troops in the country and withdrew all the troops stationed in Dai County.

In Puyin City, Zhao Xin was shocked when he learned that the Yan army had withdrawn from Dai County. He did not expect that Yan State could have such courage and that Dai County could give up.

After the Yan army withdrew from Dai County, Zhang Chuan sent someone to ask whether to enter Dai County. Zhao Xin hesitated. It was not that Dai County was bad. It was just that taking Dai County now would sway part of the troops of Zhao State and would not be able to suppress the Yan army. However, if Zhang Chuan's troops did not enter Dai County, it would be really contradictory.

After thinking about it over and over again, Zhao Xin decided to get Dai County first. At the same time, in order to support Zhang Chuan's troops, Zhao Xin personally led a 200,000 army away from Puyin and arrived at the border of Zhuo County. Le Lei in Jicheng had to leave 50,000 elite troops to defend Guangyang County, and personally promoted 250,000 troops to the south and stationed in Beixincheng.

In March of the tenth year of Qianyuan, Zhao army general Sima Chong led an army of 100,000 to attack Ganling City, Qinghe County, and surrounded Ganling City. The guardian of Ganling City quickly sent people to ask Le Lei for help.

Le Lei ordered the general Qin Kai to lead a 50,000 army south to reinforce, and Sima Chong personally led 50,000 troops north to block the attack. In mid-March, the two armies of Zhao and Yan met in Dongwuyang. After several days of war, the Yan army was defeated and lost more than 10,000 yuan. Qin Kai was forced to retreat to Guangchuan.

In April of the tenth year of Qianyuan, Zhang Chuan led an army of 100,000 into Dai County. The cities of Dai County surrendered. The Zhao army easily replaced the county, so he led his troops to the foot of Pan County, Shanggu County. The King of Yan was shocked and sent general Lu Hu to lead an army of 30,000 to resist.

In May of the 10th year of Qianyuan, Ganling City was lost. The troops of the Zhao army, Sima Chong, took the opportunity to capture the southern cities of Qinghe County, such as Beiqiu, Lingxian, and Zhengxian. In order to defend the northern cities of Qinghe, the troops of the Yan army, Qin Kai, went south to Dongwuyang.

The rapid advancement of the north and south lines greatly increased Zhao Xin's confidence. In late May of the 10th year of Qianyuan, Zhao Xin commanded 200,000 main force of the Zhao army to advance to Beixincheng, hoping to face the main force of the Yan army.

On May 26, the 10th year of Qianyuan, the two armies of Zhao and Yan fought at Beixincheng. Zhao Xingui lured Yan cavalry into the encirclement and wiped out 50,000 Yan army cavalry. Le Lei was forced to withdraw from Beixincheng and retreat to Fanyangcheng.

The retreat of the main force of the Yan army led to the complete exposure of Anping to the Zhao army. In June of the tenth year of Qianyuan, Zhao Xin sent general Zheng Tuo to lead 50,000 troops south to Anping, and successively defeated Raoyang, Anping, Nanshenze, Wusui, Xiabo, Wuyi, Guanjin Zhucheng, and the troops were directly aimed at Xindu.

In July of the tenth year of Qianyuan, the Zhao army captured Xindu, and most of Anping lost their territory. Qin Kai's troops of Yan army were afraid of being attacked by the Zhao army, so they gave up the northern part of Qinghe County and went north to Xiuxian County, Qinghe County, Qinghe County, and the entire territory of Anping was lost.

Fanyang City, the county yamen, and Le Lei looked depressed. Within three months, the Yan army suffered consecutive defeats and retreated step by step. So far, Qinghe County and Anping County have been completely lost.

Le Lei came to the head of Fanyang City and looked at the Zhao army camp outside the city. He knew that Zhao Xin wanted to force him out of the city to fight him. The more he did this, the less he could be anxious. Even if all the four southern counties were lost, as long as his main army was still there, he would still have a chance to turn the tables.

In the Zhao army camp, Zhao Xin frowned with the good news from the south in his hand. The reason why he led his troops to Fanyang City was that Le Lei dared not give up the four southern counties easily. In order to save the defeat in the south, he left the city to fight him to fight with him. Because in terms of the current situation of the Yan army, only by defeating the main army in his hands can the crisis of the four southern counties be lifted, otherwise he could only watch the four southern counties be taken down one by one by himself.

But what he didn't expect was that Le Lei was so calm that even though the bad news from the four southern counties kept coming, he still defended Fan Yang.

In Xiu County, Bohai County, Sima Chong led an army of 100,000 to the city.

Since the attack on Yan, Sima Chong won consecutive battles and swept away the haze of the Battle of Huishan. Sima Chong stared at Xiuxian City and thought to himself: As long as he breaks through this city, he can attack the Bohai Sea and the richest county in the south of Yan State.

However, Sima Chong was not in a hurry to attack the city. After all, he swept the clear river all the way. Although the losses were not big, the soldiers were also very tired. There were 30,000 Yan troops in the city, and they were all elite. Now that the attack is strong, the losses are too great and not cost-effective.

Qin Kai on the city looked bitter. He had no way out. Anping and Qinghe had all fallen. If he could not defend Xiuxian, the Bohai Sea would probably not escape the Zhao army's conquest.

After five days of stockpiling troops in Xiu County, Sima Chong set up a formation and prepared to attack the city. Qin Kai on the city looked solemn. He knew that the time was coming to test him. Whether the battle situation in the south could stop the decline depends on whether he could withstand the Zhao army's offensive.

Sima Chong attacked Xiuxian with an army of 100,000. The Yan army resisted desperately. The small Xiuxian became a meat grinding farm. Countless soldiers of the Zhao and Yan army died under the Xiuxian city, which was a terrible sight.

In the end, Qin Kai led the Yan army to resist tenaciously and finally blocked the Zhao army.

In August of the tenth year of Qianyuan, Sima Chong attacked Xiu County for a long time, but instead lost nearly 30,000 troops. In desperation, he had to withdraw his troops and retreat back to Guangchuan to find another opportunity.

In September of the tenth year of Qianyuan, the Yan army finally stopped defeat and entered the strategic defensive stage.

The battle between Zhao Yan made the world look at each other. I originally thought it was a even-match battle, but what I didn't expect was that Yan State was so vulnerable that it lost the territory of Anping and Qinghe counties in just a few months.

In October of the tenth year of Qianyuan, in the middle of winter, Zhao Xin led his troops back to Beixincheng to wait for another battle to come next year.

Although the battle in Wancheng and Qianyang Palace in Hebei is in full swing, it has not affected the development of Deng State. After a year of rest and recuperation, the losses in the Central Plains War have been supplemented, and Deng Sheng is considering how to expand his strength.

Deng Sheng was holding a memorandum handed by Yue Fei and Chang Yuchun. One of them suggested going south and taking the weak Xiang Kingdom first, and the other suggested going north and fighting with Wei Kingdom. Of course, it was impossible to defeat the entire Wei Kingdom, but as long as the fight was good, it would be less of a problem to defeat one or two counties.

However, Deng Sheng was not very satisfied with the proposal of the two of them. Deng State now holds the five counties, and in terms of territory, it is larger than Wei, Chu, and Qi, so he is not very eager for territory.

Deng Sheng had an idea in his mind. If it could be realized, it would be better than taking down several counties, that is, to advance westward and attack Han, but not to seize the territory of Han, but to war horses. Now, among the countries in the world, there are only Qin, Han, Zhao, and Yan. Don’t look at Qi and Chu, who seem to be very awesome, let them hedge against Zhao with the same force, the iron cavalry of Zhao can crush them into pieces.
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