Special War God

Shortly after the war broke out, explosive news came out: Bai Wuxian, the king of Bai State, unfortunately passed away, and his son Bai Zhige succeeded him as the new king of Bai State.

Bai Wuxian was a supreme master in the Hedao realm, and his power was feared by all nations. After his death, although Bai Zhige had great power within the Bai Kingdom, his power to deter other nations was far less than that of Bai Wuxian.

The spies of various countries had a deep network of intelligence in Bai, and had long known that Bai Wuxian was going to fall, so they quickly assembled a large army at the border. When Bai Wuxian really fell, the armies of various countries immediately launched an attack and simultaneously spread the news of Bai Wuxian's fall.

As the war began, the Wu court issued an order to mobilize troops, and the 13th Army of the Chifang Army, which had been well prepared, embarked on a journey to the Bai Kingdom.

The governor's office prepared ten large ships in advance to transport the soldiers, which sailed downstream along the Jiayu River, then turned to the Chilong River, and finally arrived at the border between the Wu and Bai countries ten days later.

Liu Dabazi led his troops to land, and after another day of marching, they arrived at the designated assembly point - Chilong Pass of Bai State.

At this time, the imperial court's 300,000 troops had penetrated deep into the Bai Kingdom's territory after breaking through the Chilong Pass, while 350,000 troops from the princes served as follow-up troops.

Before the war broke out, all the countries were afraid of Bai Wuxian's wrath and did not dare to mobilize large-scale forces in their own countries, fearing that Bai Wuxian would come and destroy them personally. So they only secretly gathered some of the imperial troops to the border. When the time was right, all the countries started to attack.

After the war began, the princes' troops were officially deployed to the battlefield.

Three days after the Chifang army arrived at Chilong Pass, the thirty-five armies of the Wu Kingdom were finally assembled.

The general waiting for the armies of the various princes at Chilong Pass was Lang Zhengfeng. He summoned Liu Dabazi and 35 other generals into his tent, pointed to a sand table map of the Bai Kingdom and said, "I heard that General Wen personally led 300,000 troops of the imperial court to take the eastern route, and the offensive was fierce. He has successively conquered Longshan, Yingjun, and Yuantan. He ordered us to take the western route, passing through Linxiang, Qianniufu, Guyue, Xiyuan, Yunan, Yuyang, and Chujun, and finally meet him in Xuzhou. This is our first stage of the mission."

Liu Dabazi and others said in unison: "Follow orders!"

Lang Zhengfeng then gave the order: "Now I order: Mou Zexian, Sun Xinhou, and Fu Shaofeng, the three of you will lead your troops to Linxiang immediately. Wei Jingguang, Mei Wentang, and Tang Fudao, the three of you will lead your troops as the follow-up troops to follow behind, and the others will follow me closely..."

This large army composed of troops from various princes finally set out according to the predetermined route.

After more than three months, the army of the princes successively conquered Linxiang, Qianniufu, Guyue and Xiyuan. The progress was very smooth. It seemed that the resistance of the Bai Kingdom was quite weak.

The Chi Fang Army where Xia Zhongnan was located only participated in two battles, and these two battles were not fierce, and they quickly won.

However, Xia Zhongnan was very worried. According to his analysis, the territory of Bai State was not much different from that of other countries such as Wu State, and each of them had 38 prefectures. If the five attacking countries were to divide these prefectures equally, each country would be able to get at least seven or eight prefectures.

Similarly, with a force similar to that of eight prefectures, combined with the more than 100,000 troops deployed in each prefecture and the main force of the Bai Kingdom's court, the Bai Kingdom actually still has an advantage in terms of offensive and defensive military power comparison.

However, what is puzzling is why the Bai Kingdom’s army is so vulnerable and collapses completely after just a brief battle?

This is a life-and-death battle for defending the country. Even if the head of state has just passed away, the army should not be so weak.

Is there any conspiracy hidden in this?

Just when he was anxious, the intelligence team he had sent to infiltrate the White Country in advance finally contacted him, giving him a preliminary understanding of the actual situation in the White Country.

It turned out that not long after Bai Zhige ascended the throne, the five countries invaded the border. In theory, the new king should show a tough attitude in this situation to prove his inviolable authority.

However, Bai Zhige was not moved by this incident. He knew that this was a war that concerned the survival of the country. If he resisted stubbornly from the beginning, the five countries would continue to send more troops once they were determined to destroy the Bai Kingdom. The Bai Kingdom fought alone, facing the joint attack of the five countries, and would eventually perish.

Therefore, he formulated a strategy: first let the armies of various countries enter the territory of Bai State, and then eliminate them one by one. Only by eliminating the armies of various countries that have penetrated deep into Bai State one by one, will the countries feel pain, and after comprehensive consideration, they will not dare to send troops again easily. In this way, Bai State may have a chance of survival.

Xia Zhongnan believes that Bai Zhige's strategy is very clever.

Sure enough, not long after, news came that the army of Mang State, located in the west of Wu State, was surrounded and attacked by the Bai State court and the coalition forces of the princes, and was completely defeated. At least 500,000 troops were wiped out by the Bai State army, and the remaining 200,000 remnants were fleeing hurriedly into Mang State.

The battle went too smoothly at the beginning, and they had already invaded deeply into the territory of Bai State. Now the road is rugged and long, and it is unknown whether they can escape back to Mang State safely.

Soon after, there was news that the Bai army that defeated the Mang army was about to turn around to meet the oncoming Wu army. The first to suffer would be the coalition forces of the princes on the western front of the Wu state.

The situation reversed in an instant, and the Wu army was about to fall into an extremely dangerous situation.

In this tense situation, Lang Zhengfeng urgently summoned Liu Dabazi and other generals to discuss countermeasures in the general's tent...

When everyone was present, Lang Zhengfeng said bluntly: "Everyone knows the current situation, and it is a critical moment when we must make a quick decision.

We only have one way left, which is to complete the initial tactical goal in the shortest time possible, allowing the army to quickly pass through Yunan, Yuyang and Chujun to Xuzhou and join forces with General Wen. Only when the two armies are combined into one, can we deal with the Bai army and wait for the arrival of the imperial court's reinforcements.

I have contacted General Wen, and he will take Xuzhou within a week and wait for us. So, this means we must capture Yunan, Yuyang, and Chujun within a month. "

A general of the feudal lords responded seriously: "If the Bai army still collapsed at the first blow like before, then there would not be much problem. But now the situation is different. They have begun a strategic counterattack. I estimate that they will fight desperately on every piece of land to delay our progress. Kou Zhanyong, who just defeated Mang, will not give us a month."

Lang Zhengfeng replied: "I have already thought about this issue. After the army sets out, the Chifang Army led by Liu Dabazi, the Xiangshui Army commanded by Hou Huanjie, and the Tongjiang Army led by Shao Chengxiu, a total of 30,000 troops will stay in Xiyuan to resist Kou Zhanyong's pursuit troops and try to delay them for half a month. In this way, our main force will be able to break through the blockade and rush to Xuzhou to meet with General Wen within a month."

Liu Dabazi, Hou Huanjie and Shao Chengxiu's faces turned pale. An army of more than 300,000 soldiers was about to evacuate in a hurry. How could their only 30,000 people stop Kou Zhanyong's army of hundreds of thousands? Wasn't it obvious that they were going to treat them as "discarded pawns" and abandon them at will?