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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 170
When a super storm was brewing in the court of the Far Eastern Dynasty, Chen Ziang was leading his troops to advance northward, and the soldiers were pointing directly at the capital.
At the beginning, under Chen Zi'ang's suggestion, the Qinghe Army left Qinghe Province and went south to Dongjiang Province to implement a major strategic shift.
However, in the face of the pursuit of the fourth prince and his troops, as well as the siege and interception of the surrounding provincial garrison and garrison troops, the road to the south was not smooth.
Especially in the territory of Yunyang Mansion, the avant-garde troops led by General Longxiang Luo Dagang encountered tenacious interception, hit a head and bled, and lost soldiers and generals.
The Qinghe Army has a large number of family members accompanying the army, which made their march southward not fast.
Therefore, facing the siege and interception of the imperial army, they are particularly passive, and the shortage of food and grass is also their Achilles heel.
It was precisely because of these crises that Chen Ziang led his troops as a side division, trying to attract pursuers and ensure that the main force of the Qinghe Army went south smoothly.
After the Fourth Prince led his troops to Yunyang Mansion, on the one hand, he was actively trying to win people's hearts, and on the other hand, he was investigating the movements of the Qinghe Army.
Although Chen Ziang and the others pretended to be the main force of the Qinghe Army and marched eastward, the fourth prince learned to be smart after being fooled once.
The black cavalry scouts he sent judged through clues that Chen Zi'ang's army was not the main force of the Qinghe army, but just a partial division.
After learning about this situation, the fourth prince also showed a sneer. He didn't care about Chen Zi'ang's partial division at all, but led his troops to follow the main force of the Qinghe army and went south to Yunmeng Province.
?Because the Fourth Prince had issued an order earlier, requiring the provincial garrison and local garrison of Yunmeng Province to guard the city and borders to prevent the Qinghe army from fleeing south.
So Chen Ru's road to the south was not smooth. The gates of the prefectures and counties along the way were closed.
Facing these obstacles, the avant-garde troops led by Luo Dagang had to fight hard to fight their way out.
In just two days, Luo Dagang's avant-garde troops lost more than 3,000 people, which can be said to be shattered.
These prefectures and counties along the way have also been ordered to die by the fourth prince, requiring them to stick to it, otherwise they will come to see them.
The prefectures and counties in these places do not have many garrison troops, but there are quite a few powerful armed forces in the localities.
Therefore, all the local powerful armed servants were temporarily conscripted to defend the city, causing great damage to the Qinghe Army's siege troops.
The powerful armed servants in these places are all protecting the property of the powerful, and they often fight against those bandits, and their combat effectiveness is much stronger than those garrison soldiers who only dare to hide in the city.
The Qinghe Army underestimated the enemy's combat power, thus causing greater losses.
Luo Dagang, the general of Longxiang, saw his subordinates lose their troops, and he also complained that he was not in the forefront of the guard.
General Chen Ru had no choice but to go up to Meng Jianbo's troops and replace Luo Dagang's troops.
Although Meng Jianbo's troops were a little bit stronger, they still struggled in the face of the dynastic troops that relied on towns and deployed defenses on mountain passes.
After the fourth prince confirmed that the main force of the Qinghe Army was going south, he also led the Imperial Guards and Black Cavalry to press it up.
At the junction of the southern part of Qinghe Province and Yunmeng Province, the Qinghe army led by Chen Ru was in danger.
The cottages along the way were all fortified and cleared. They couldn't even find a grain of food, and they encountered layers of interceptions, so their progress was slow.
However, the troops led by the fourth prince quickly killed them from behind. They had to leave the official road and march along the mountain trail.
Due to the deterioration of the situation, many soldiers of the Qinghe Army left the army without food and became deserters.
Of course, all of this was unexpected by Chen Ru and Chen Ziang. They thought that going south would be smooth, because Chen Ziang could attract the enemy.
But in fact, after the fourth prince suffered a loss, he learned to be smart this time, and he didn't care about Chen Ziang's partiality at all.
A series of deceptions by Chen Ziang and the others all ended in failure. Their originally dangerous division has now become the safest army.
"Marshal and the others are in great danger now, we should go back to rescue immediately!"
"We have not completed the task of attracting the dynasty army, we should fight back!"
The wives, children, and parents of many soldiers under Chen Ziang's command went south with the main force. Now that they are in danger, they are naturally worried and want to go back to rescue them.
Chen Ziang never expected that he would meet a difficult opponent who would be able to see through their tricks and would not be fooled at all.
Their partial division is useless now, and the threat from the main force of the Qinghe Army is still not lifted.
Facing the clamorous requests from his subordinates to go back for rescue, Chen Ziang also fell into a dilemma for a while.
But in the end Chen Ziang still flatly rejected the idea of ??joining the main force, because they were part of the division, and their purpose was to attract the enemy's attention, not to go back to rescue.
Even if the 8,000 of them went back, they would not be of much use in the face of the powerful imperial army.
"We will not go back, we will attack north and kill the king's capital!"
Seeing that the fourth prince did not come, Chen Ziang took a risk and made a bold decision, that is to lead the eight thousand soldiers and horses to attack the capital, and come to encircle Wei and save Zhao.
The king's capital is the ruling core of the Far Eastern Dynasty. If they attack the king's capital, the fourth prince, who is the commander in chief, will definitely not sit idly by.
Even if they can hold on, the capital is in a hurry, and the emperor will definitely order him to return to the capital.
Chen Ziang is gambling. After all, there is no battle that is not risky. Before the final outcome is determined, no one dares to say that he will win.
When Chen Ziang decided to march to the capital, Lin Yu and others were shocked, thinking that Chen Ziang's head had been burned.
After all, it was a crazy suicide to kill the king with only 8,000 soldiers.
However, Chen Zi'ang didn't feel overwhelmed for a while, because he had to attract the fourth prince back to help, otherwise, Chen Ru's main force would be finished sooner or later.
Now the only one that can attract the four princes to come back is Wangdu, because Wangdu is the capital of the Far Eastern Dynasty, so there is nothing to lose.
After Chen Ziang explained earnestly, the blood in the bones of Lin Yu, Li Lang and others also boiled, and they decided to go crazy with Chen Ziang.
So Chen Ziang led this army of only 8,000 soldiers and horses, and swaggered towards the capital.
They mounted as cavalry and dismounted as infantry. Towns and cities in Qinghe province had already been looted by war, and the garrison troops sent by the dynasty had not yet arrived.
Therefore, Chen Zi'ang and the others hardly encountered any decent resistance when they went north, and it went extremely smoothly.
When the fourth prince learned that Chen Zi'ang and his troops were heading towards the capital, he didn't care at first. He just ordered some local troops to intercept the siege. What he cared about was Chen Ru's troops who were surrounded. It is the main force of the Qinghe Army.
However, as Chen Ziang continued to attack the city and pull out the stronghold, when he soon led his troops into the Gyeonggi province, the speed of the march and the sharpness of the attack greatly exceeded the expectations of the fourth prince. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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