Chapter 1209: The Second Battle of Changping (Part 2)

Chapter 1209: The Second Battle of Changping (Part 2)

Chapter 1209 The Second Battle of Changping (Part 2)

Chapter 1207: The Second Battle of Changping (Part 2)

After Qin Yong and other generals joined forces to kill him, they found out that Liang Lin had been killed by Arthur. Even if he teamed up with Fan Lihua, it would be impossible. After all, Arthur was a woman, and Liang Lin was second only to Ju Wuba. Bingnan's second fierce general.

 The generals looked at Arthur with shock in their eyes, and a hint of complexity flashed in Luo Cheng's eyes.

In the battle at Chaoge, Luo Cheng was severely tortured by Liang Lin's younger brother Liang Fang, so he vowed to surpass Liang Fang in the future.

Luo Cheng regarded Liang Fang as the target of pursuit, but he did not expect that Liang Fang would die under Huang Zhong's arrow more than a month later.

After Liang Fang's death, his brothers repaid their debts, and Luo Cheng shifted his target to Liang Lin.

Liang Lin is obviously stronger than Liang Fang, but it doesn't matter. This will make his decision to become stronger stronger, but he doesn't want Liang Lin to die in the hands of Arthur again.

 “It seems that I have to change my target again.” Luo Cheng smiled bitterly in his heart.

Liang Lin died in the battle and Juwuba was defeated. This was a fatal blow to the coalition forces.

The reason why Wang Mang has such a high prestige among the coalition forces is partly due to the fact that he formed the coalition forces alone, and the other half is due to the intimidation of the two top generals, Ju Guuba and Liang Lin.

Now that Liang Lin was killed in battle and Ju Guuba was injured, this not only greatly reduced the morale of the coalition forces, but even the morale of the troops was turbulent. The Qin army took advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack.

With the participation of many fierce generals such as Qin Yong and Arthur, they not only easily recaptured the three previously fallen hills, but also moved the defense line several miles away, further compressing the coalition's living space.

Although Liang Lin died, the resistance of the coalition forces did not stop. However, the morale of the coalition forces was leaked, and the layout of the Qin army was almost watertight. No matter whether the coalition forces attacked by force or sneak attack, they could not break it.

As time passed, the Qin army advanced for more than ten miles, and the defense line deployed in Changping became stronger and stronger, trapping 100,000 coalition troops between two narrow mountains and unable to move.

After the coalition lost Shangdang, they lost most of their food and grass, and most of the remaining food and grass were stored in a city in the north. There must not be much food and grass left in the coalition, so the longer it takes, the more disadvantageous it will be to the coalition.

 The end is approaching, and the coalition forces are becoming more and more crazy.

In just three days, Wang Mang launched seventeen counterattacks, not to break out directly, but to seize some living space. However, in the end, they only lost troops and generals, and could not even break through a defensive zone.

  Wang Mang was completely desperate after the failure of the 18th counterattack.

　　When Populus euphratica was trapped to death in Hongnong by Bai Qi, Wang Mang secretly laughed at Yang Lin because an army of 50,000 was trapped to death by 60,000.

In Wang Mang's opinion, at least twice the opponent's strength must be used to completely trap the enemy.

Yang Lin's 50,000-strong army was trapped to death by Bai Qi's 60,000. This was extremely embarrassing to Wang Mang at the time, but he didn't expect that he would suffer the same fate as Yang Lin now.

"If this continues, let alone saving this part of the army, I'm afraid even my life will be in danger."

Wang Mang could not help but flash a look of determination in his eyes. He endured the pain in his heart and said to himself: "We have to make a choice."

At this moment, a soldier suddenly came to report: "The general is in trouble, the Qin army has launched a general attack."

"What?"

Wang Mang couldn't help but look shocked. He originally thought that Bai Qi would trap the 100,000 coalition troops until the food was exhausted, just like Yang Lin, and then surrender without fighting. However, he didn't expect that Bai Qi would already have the food before the food was exhausted. Initiated the total merit.

The coalition forces are now completely trapped. Bai Qi can naturally defeat the enemy without fighting, but considering that hundreds of thousands of Yuan Meng are still in trouble, Bai Qi would rather pay some casualties than save time to solve the problem as soon as possible. After the coalition forces unified and merged the state, they rushed to aid Hetao. Wang Mang didn't know what Bai Qi was thinking. He was shocked when he saw the Qin army launching a general attack. He hurriedly shouted: "Send orders to all the battalions to guard the camp tightly and never let the Qin army attack."

The war situation has reached this point, and the Qin army has gained momentum. How can Wang Mang be able to stop it if he wants to?

Under the attack of the two armies of Bai Qi and Xue Rengui, the coalition defense line quickly collapsed and was soon blocked in the central basin, with no way to retreat.

Xue Rengui personally led the army and punched through the coalition forces. Then Qin Yong, Qin Wu, and Arthur each led an army to charge, and soon divided the coalition forces into dozens of sections. The coalition forces were unable to make any effective counterattack.

At this moment, the Qin army shouted the slogan "Those who surrender will not be killed." The coalition forces had weak will to fight. Now that they could not escape and fight, most of the soldiers chose to surrender.

Those who were unwilling to surrender were all Wang Mang's loyalists, or confidants of Guo Tai and Chen Qingzhi. However, they were surrounded and killed by the Qin army's crossbows and eventually surrendered to death.

The fighting lasted for less than half a day, and the 105,000 coalition troops were completely wiped out. Among them, more than 80,000 soldiers surrendered, and nearly 25,000 casualties were suffered.

After the Qin Army launched a general offensive, it caused less than 10,000 casualties to the coalition forces. Most of the casualties of the coalition forces were caused by the previous counterattacks, while the total casualties of the Qin Army were less than 5,000. During the decisive battle, The casualties were less than three thousand.

After seeing this casualty report, a look of dissatisfaction flashed across Bai Qi's face. He was prepared to limit the casualties to less than two thousand, but he didn't want to end up with more than three thousand.

Seeing the gloomy face of the governor, all the generals suddenly dared not speak. At this time, whoever takes the lead will be unlucky.

　　"Report to the Governor, General Xue Rengui captured Mrs. Guo alive, General Hua Mulan shot Zhang Shide, Wang Mang led Ju Wuba and hundreds of remnant troops to flee into the mountains, General Qin Yong is personally leading the search."

Bai Qi frowned even more when he heard this, and immediately asked: "What about Chen Qingzhi and Chen Baxian?"

Bai Qi didn't care whether Wang Mang would escape, but was more concerned about the two wise generals Chen Qingzhi and Chen Baxian. In his opinion, although Wang Mang was full of wits, these two men posed a greater threat to Wang Mang on the battlefield.

“These two people were not found among the prisoners of war. They may have escaped with Wang Mang.”

Bai Qi's face couldn't help but become even more ugly upon hearing this.

 The number of the 100,000 Union Army troops was too large, and the target was too big. Even if they hid in the mountains, they would definitely be discovered.

But if hundreds of people hide in the mountains, they are like water droplets dripping into the river. They cannot even stir up waves, and it is naturally extremely difficult to find them.

"Continue to search for the whereabouts of Wang Mang and others. In addition, order Xue Rengui to lead 40,000 troops to attack Xihe County, and Su Lie to lead 50,000 troops to attack Shangdang counties that have not been occupied by the Ming army."

 After Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang surrendered, Shuofang and Shangjun surrendered without a fight, so among the four southern counties, the Qin army only had to continue to attack the remaining two counties.

Before leaving, Qin Hao told Bai Qi to try not to start a conflict with the Ming army, otherwise Bai Qi might have personally led an army of hundreds of thousands to attack Shangdang.

 A few days later, the spies came with a piece of news that shocked Bai Qi, that is, Long Qie led the army to withdraw from Shangdang, and Su Lie directly occupied the entire Shangdang County, except of course Huguan.

The third update is here, please recommend and vote for me. The next chapter will take stock of the gains. There was no stocktaking in the previous battles. It's not that Liu Xiang is too late, but it's also a big stocktake that belongs to Yitong Division.

　　

　　

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