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Chapter 1607 Battle of Fox Lake

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    The East Route Army pacified the three counties of Bohai, Pingyuan, and Qinghe, and the Central Route Army and the West Route Army basically completed their initial strategic plans.

    "Compared with the East Route Army's independent movement southward, the Central and West Route Army covered each other's movement southward.  The targets of the two armies are Wang Ziying's tribe entrenched in the north of Boling County and Wei Dao'er's tribe in the south; Zhao Wanhai's tribe entrenched in the north of Hejian County; Zhai Songbai and other tribes entrenched in Hengshan County.

    Among them, Zhao Wanhai is a big thief who entered Hejian County from Hengshan County, Zhai Songbai is a horse thief who entered Hejian County from Yanmen County, and Wang Ziying is the remnant of Lu Mingyue.

    Among the three, Zhao Wanhai is the strongest, with more than 100,000 people under his command, Wang Ziying has tens of thousands of people under his command, and Zhai Songbai also has more than 10,000 people under his command.

    Zhang Wenyuan¡¯s troops of the Middle Route Army moved south from Sanguan and approached Zhao Wanhai¡¯s troops in Gaoyang County.

    At this time, Zhao Wanhai heard that the Sui army was heading south. Instead of holding on to the city, he led his elite troops to Hudian (now northwest of Renqiu City, Hebei Province) to attack the Sui army.

    Zhao Wanhai is also a gangster. Although he is not well-known in Hebei, he is extremely fierce.  He was a bandit in the Taihang Mountains in his early years and had been active for many years. After the chaos in the world, he gathered in Hengshan Mountain. Later, after he and Lu Mingyue were defeated in the battle for Boling County, he led his troops eastward and seized Gaoyang County.

    After learning the news that the Sui army was moving south, all the generals advised Zhao Wanhai to retreat to Mount Heng to temporarily avoid the danger, but Zhao Wanhai was very arrogant.  He often fought with the Sui army and never suffered any losses. Naturally, he did not pay attention to the armies from Youzhou.

    The fierce bandits under Zhao Wanhai are good at swarming in the field, mostly disrupting by chaos, and are not good at attacking fortresses or defending cities, so Zhao Wanhai did not choose to defend the city, but moved forward to fight.

    Fox Lake is located in the southeast corner of Min County (now northeast of Bei Minzhou Town, Renqiu City, Hebei Province). There are bulrushes and many reeds in the middle.  It is located to the west of the Hutuo River and connected to Youzhou in the north. It is a water and land strategic point.

    Zhao Wanhai built more than ten rammed earth camps here, preparing to set up dangers by the river.

    Xu Huzi arrived with more than 10,000 vanguard troops and saw more than a dozen camps stretching for more than ten miles.

    When Xu Huzi first arrived, he saw the bandits encamping, so he led his army to attack the northernmost camp.  However, as a defender, Zhao Wanhai did not follow the rules. Instead of defending, he chose to take the initiative.

    So Xu Huzi and Zhao Wanhai had a great battle, with no winner or loser.

    Although Zhao Wanhai¡¯s head is not easy to use, he does have two brushes. The bandits under his command are fearless and unstoppable, and their army is several times larger than that of Xu Huzi¡¯s troops. Xu Huzi will never fight head-on with the opponent.

    After wiping out more than a thousand enemies outside Hudian, Xu Huzi took the initiative to retreat into the town of Mo County to hold on.

    At this time, Zhang Wenyuan heard the inquiry and led his troops from the north. They camped along the bank of the Hutuo River, forming a horn with M County.

    The main force of the Sui army continued to arrive, and Zhao Wanhai and his troops were shocked. Many people made suggestions to Zhao Wanhai and requested to retreat.

    At this time, Zhao Wanhai lost his temper. He slapped the table and cursed: "Damn, they all have one head and two arms. Why should we be afraid of them? As I said, we will capture Mo County and go straight to Youzhou.  I also want to be the emperor again and enjoy the addiction of being an emperor."

    Zhao Wanhai is so arrogant that his subordinates and close confidants cannot persuade him.

    The two sides were in a stalemate for several days. Seeing that the Sui army was immobile, Zhao Wanhai chose to take the initiative to attack.  He could not break through Mo County, but he could attack the Sui army's camp.

    So Zhao Wanhai decided to take advantage of the night to raid Zhang Wenyuan¡¯s camp.

    Zhao Wanhai was used to being on the run in previous years. Although he had become the leader of an army with tens of thousands of troops at his disposal, he was still too daring and full of luck.

    Zhao Wanhai¡¯s sneak attack plan was quickly discovered by Zhang Wenyuan.

    Zhang Wenyuan did not expect that the other party would be so bold, so he ordered Xin Wenli to lead a small number of troops to hold on to the camp, face the enemy head-on, and attract the main force of the rebel army.  Zhang Wenyuan, on the other hand, led his troops across the Hutuo River and went south around the opponent's back, outflanking the rebel army's retreat.

    At the same time, the troops led by Gao Jianzhuang also crossed Hudian and attacked Zhao Wanhai's camp.

    At this time, the night was hazy, the fog was thick, and it was impossible to tell what was happening so close. Zhao Wanhai led his army northward, and soon got lost in the heavy fog, unable to find the way forward.

    But Zhang Wenyuan walked south along the river bank, marched for dozens of miles and then crossed the river, magically appearing behind the rebels.

    After a night of searching, Zhao Wanhai's troops finally found the Sui army camp after the fog cleared at dawn.  So Zhao Wanhai, who was full of anger, immediately ordered the army to attack the Sui camp.

    In the Gaojianzhuangtun barracks, more than ten trenches have been set up to defend the troops.

    Zhao Wanhai¡¯s troops attacked and were immediately severely attacked by the Sui army.  Although the Sui army was small in number, it had strong bows and crossbows, well-equipped equipment, and strong bases., far from comparable to Zhao Wanhai and this group of bandits.

    The two sides soon fell into a tug of war.

    This is when someone advised Zhao Wanhai to retreat. Zhao Wanhai also found that the Sui army in front of him was different from what he had experienced before. He wanted to retreat, but he was afraid of being laughed at and losing face.

    At this time, Zhang Wenyuan attacked from behind the rebel army and quickly defeated Zhao Wanhai's rear army.

    Zhao Wanhai set his eyes on the Sui army's camp and paid no attention to the affairs of the rear army.  The Sui army's cavalry quickly attacked and crossed back and forth, quickly dividing and surrounding Zhao Wanhai's broken troops.

    At the same time, Xu Huzi, who was still in the county town, also took the initiative to attack the rebels from the west.

    At this time, Zhao Wanhai had a big river to the east and Sui troops on three sides. He was in a dilemma and fell into a desperate situation.

    When Zhao Wanhai heard that the rear army had been defeated, he personally led the elite bandits to attack, preparing to open a way to break out.  It's just that although Zhao Wanhai is brave, his personal force is insignificant on the battlefield.  His troops attacked dozens of times in succession, but could not break through the Sui army's encirclement.

    Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, Zhao Wanhai had no choice but to organize a defense on the spot.

    The Sui army surrounded them in three directions and quickly broke through the opponent's blockade.

    After a day of double-headed fighting, at night, Zhao Wanhai finally couldn't hold on any longer and chose to lead a small number of troops to break out westward into Fox Lake.

    "The fox lake is full of reeds. If you hide in it, you won't be able to find it."

    Zhao Wanhai was ready to break out from here.  He admitted defeat, but as long as he himself did not die and returned to the Taihang Mountains, it would not take long before he could raise a team again. There were many poor people in the world.

    But Zhao Wanhai miscalculated.

    Zhang Wenyuan had long calculated that Zhao Wanhai might break out of Hudian, so he deployed thousands of soldiers for defense.

    When Zhao Wanhai arrived here, he was immediately discovered by the Sui army.

    Zhao Wanhai was chased by a large number of Sui troops and headed towards the lake in a panic.

    It was already dark at this time, and it was impossible to see clearly.  Zhao Wanhai was riding a horse and accidentally fell into the mud.

    Zhao Wanhai spanked the horse repeatedly, but it had no effect.  At this time, the Sui army was chasing after him. Zhao Wanhai panicked and prepared to jump on his horse to escape.

    Unfortunately, the mud was waist-deep and Zhao Wanhai could not break free, so he was shot to death by random arrows from the Sui army who came later.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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