Of course, Feng State was not satisfied with Sichuan State's reply, and the Feng State court also intended to use this matter to attack Sichuan State. Later, Feng Guo insisted that the caravan was robbed and killed in Sichuan State by the Sichuan Army, and Sichuan State must hand over the murderer.
Sichuan State felt very innocent about this and could not hand over the murderer. Shortly after the Sichuan State court rejected Feng State's unreasonable request, Feng State suddenly broke out and declared war on Sichuan State without warning.
On the second day after the declaration of war, several Central Army regiments from the Feng Kingdom that were already ready to attack began to move south together and invaded the territory of the Sichuan Kingdom.
The Feng Kingdom¡¯s troops are sent out by two routes. The Pingyuan Army, Tianying Army, Huwei Army, and Feiyu Army sent troops from Shangjing to attack Leize County in Sichuan Province.
The Sanshui Army, Feilong Army, Ninth Army, and Huben Army were the other group. A total of four armies went south from Guankou City in Kawaguchi County, Andi, and invaded Bianyang County in Sichuan Province.
It can also be seen from the dispatch of troops by Feng State that Feng State had long planned to invade Sichuan State. Leize County in the Sichuan Kingdom has many rivers and swamps, so the four legions dispatched by the Feng Kingdom are all infantry legions.
The Bianyang County of the Sichuan Kingdom is a flat plain area, so the Feng Kingdom's troops are mainly based on cavalry, supplemented by infantry. The Ninth Army and the Huben Army have a heavy cavalry corps and a light cavalry corps, and they are all invested in it. Got here.
Feng Guo invested eight legions in one breath. This was not enough. Behind the eight legions, there was the Twelfth Army headed by Liu Zhang to provide support. Behind them, there were the Directly Affiliated Army and the Hundred War Army, ready to go.
It can be said that except for the Chifeng Army, the Feng Kingdom has devoted all its available troops to this war against the Sichuan Kingdom, which can be said to be a waste of money.
Li Shu, who had already formed an alliance with the Feng Kingdom, was of course not willing to lag behind. He did not need to make any excuses for sending troops to the Sichuan Kingdom, nor did he declare war in advance, but directly sent a large army into the Sichuan Kingdom.
Li Shu ordered Yinli to take command, commanding almost all the Zhen army, totaling four legions of 400,000 men, to attack Jingyang County from the west of Sichuan Kingdom.
For a time, the situation in Sichuan suddenly changed and the situation fell into a precarious situation. It is already very difficult for the Sichuan Kingdom to resist the two-pronged approach of the eight legions of the Feng Kingdom, not to mention that there are 400,000 Zhen troops in the west whose combat power is not inferior to that of the Feng Kingdom.
The Sichuan court made an emergency response and appointed Ren Fang as commander-in-chief. He commanded 400,000 troops and went to the three counties in northern Sichuan to resist the invasion of Pingyuan Army, Tianying Army, Huwei Army and Feiyu Army. They also appointed Buying as commander-in-chief. He led an army of 400,000 to Bianyang County to resist the invasion of Sanshui Army, Feilong Army, Ninth Army, and Huben Army. Then, he appointed Jin Zhuo as commander, Yang Zhao and Lu You as deputy commanders, and commanded 400,000 troops. To the west, resist the Sichuan invasion.
More than a dozen legions were sent out to defend against foreign enemies. Now Sichuan's military strength began to appear insufficient. At this time, voices gradually began to complain about Xiao Xiang both inside and outside the court.
Many Sichuan people believe that Xiao Xiang made a big mistake by banning the family army in order to consolidate his throne. Now that foreign enemies are invading Sichuan in large numbers, relying solely on the central army is really insufficient. If there is a family army, Sichuan will not stop there. So passive.
The system of the family army is inherently a double-edged sword. In terms of dealing with foreign enemies, the role of the family army is obvious, but at the same time, it also causes factional disputes within the Sichuan Kingdom and great internal friction.
It is difficult to judge whether Xiao Xiang's decision to ban the family army was right or wrong, but one thing is for sure. She misjudged the severe situation facing Sichuan, and at least the time to ban the family army was inappropriate.
No matter what, the family army has disappeared in Sichuan. Now facing the invasion of Fengzhen, the two powerful enemies, Sichuan can only use the Central Army to fight against it.
When Ren Fang, commanding 400,000 Sichuan troops, rushed to the three counties in northern Sichuan, the Feng army had already captured Leize County, and the former army even crossed Yisu County and reached Shuangtang County. Ren Fang led the Sichuan Army to engage in a battle with the Feng Army's front army. The scale of the battle was not very large. Seeing that the Sichuan Army had a large number of troops, the Feng Army took the initiative to retreat. Then, Ren Fang took advantage of the situation and advanced to Yisu County, where he started a decisive battle with the main force of the Feng Army in Yisu County.
The forces of both sides are equal and their strength is almost the same. What is competing at this time is completely the strategy and command ability of the two commanders, Xiao Muqing and Ren Fang.
The two armies of Feng and Sichuan fought back and forth, and there were no less than ten small battles. Each side had its own victory or defeat, and each suffered casualties. It seemed that the fight was evenly matched, but after all, the Feng army was fighting in a different place, and the Sichuan army was fighting in a different place. It was a local battle, and with the advantages of geographical location and people, it was a tie with the Feng Army. Obviously the Sichuan Army was slightly inferior.
However, the Sichuan army led by Fang Fang was already the best wave of Sichuan troops. On the other side, 400,000 Sichuan troops led by Buying rushed to Bianyang County. Before the Sichuan army arrived in Bianyang County, but on the way, they were unexpectedly attacked by the Feng army.
It was the Tiger Army of the Feng Kingdom who could invade the hinterland of the Sichuan Kingdom with lightning speed and dare to launch an attack on an army of 400,000. The Huben Army was the original cavalry regiment of the Mo Kingdom. Later, the Feng Kingdom annexed the Mo Kingdom and took over the Huben Army, which had already become famous all over the world.
The biggest characteristic of the Huben Army is its speed. It passed through several counties and counties in Sichuan Province, and it was like entering an uninhabited country. The local armies in various places had no time to organize an effective interception, and the Huben Army had already passed by at high speed.
When the Huben army had launched a surprise attack on the Sichuan army, the urgent military information sent by officials from various places in Sichuan country finally reached Buying.
In other words, the speed of the Huben Army at that time had exceeded the speed of the Sichuan Kingdom in transmitting information. This was so terrifying, and it also made Buying mute and unable to speak out the pain of eating coptis.
The sneak attack by the Huben Army did not kill many Sichuan troops, and their purpose was not to fight to the death with the main force of the Sichuan Army. Their target was the Sichuan Army's accompanying army grain, grass and military supplies.
After a surprise attack, most of the Sichuan Army's grain, grass, and military supplies were destroyed by the Huben Army. The Sichuan Army's march was also slowed down. Buying had no choice but to order the entire army to temporarily stay in place until supplies from the rear arrived. Then continue north to meet the enemy.
The attack on the Sichuan Army this time has nothing to do with Buying's ability. After all, he is a human being, not a god, and it is impossible to predict the future. No one can imagine that in his own country, in a place where there is no enemy, he can be attacked by a large number of enemy troops. ?
The 400,000-strong Sichuan Army under the command of Bu Ying had already lost a move before they came into contact with the main force of the Feng Army, and was dragged tightly in the inland of Sichuan.
As for the Sichuan army along Jinzhuo's route, it was the most difficult battle. They faced 400,000 Zhen troops.
It may be that the consecutive defeats in Zhendi have left a shadow on the Sichuan people's psychology. This time against the Zhen army, the Sichuan army also appeared cautious, even on their own land, they were cautious to the point of being cautious at every step.
But even so, the Sichuan army still suffered heavy losses. Yinli didn't even pay attention to the Sichuan army who was fighting cautiously. The commanding army directly bypassed the Sichuan army and penetrated into the hinterland of Sichuan.
On the battlefield, I am afraid that only the Zhen people dare to fight like this. They are not afraid of their own logistics supply lines being cut off, and they are not afraid of going deep into the enemy's territory and being surrounded by enemies. They just go on a rampage regardless of the situation.
The Sichuan Army originally planned to hold back the Zhen Army so that it could no longer invade the Sichuan mainland, but they did not expect that the Zhen Army would make a move.
Now the Sichuan army was in a panic. If this Zhen army was allowed to invade the interior of Sichuan, I don't know how many cities would be slaughtered and how many people would be killed or injured. Even the 400,000 Zhen army might reach Zhaoyang in one go. .
At this time, even if the Sichuan army was unwilling to engage in a head-on battle with the Zhen army, Jin Zhuo could only order the entire army to pursue the Zhen army.
As a result, when he saw that the Sichuan army no longer defended the camp, but the whole army was chasing him, Yinli immediately killed the enemy, turned back, and started a decisive battle with the pursuing Sichuan army.
One side was prepared to fight easily, while the other side was forced to fight hastily, and the final result can be imagined.
The Sichuan army was once again severely defeated by the Zhen army. The 400,000-strong army was chased for more than a hundred miles by the Zhen army. In the end, they all retreated to Fengwu, the county seat of Shiling County.
Seeing that the Sichuan army was huddled inside and outside Fengwu, unable to avoid fighting, Yinli commanded the Zhen army and attacked all the cities and counties around Fengwu. In the end, only the city of Fengwu was left. It seemed that he planned to trap the Sichuan army in Fengwu. Wu.
The Sichuan army headed by Jin Zhuo was now unable to fight and could not defend this isolated city. In the end, they could only ask Zhaoyang for help and ask the court to send troops for reinforcements.
War broke out in three places, and the war situation in the three places was not favorable to the Sichuan Kingdom. The Fang Division frequently fought with the Feng Army and suffered heavy losses. When they asked the court for reinforcements, although the Buying Division had not yet fought with the Feng Army, they chose to do so. The grain, grass and military supplies were attacked. They asked the court for grain, grass and military supplies, and at the same time they needed cavalry that could compete with the Feng Kingdom's tiger and benign troops. Jin Zhuo's troops were even worse. Not only were they killed by the Zhen Army, they were defeated, and now they were trapped in Feng Wu in Shiling County is in danger of being wiped out at any time.
Regarding the current predicament, Xiao Xiang and the Sichuan court are both overwhelmed and helpless. Now there are less than three combatable legions that Sichuan can recruit, and most of them are new soldiers. How to divide these 200,000 soldiers and horses? Should they be given to Ren Fang, Buying or Jin Zhuo? If more than 200,000 soldiers and horses are sent out, Zhaoyang will almost become an empty city. Once an enemy army sneaks over, Zhaoyang will not even have the ability to protect itself, let alone resist. Isn't the imperial court just waiting to be slaughtered? ?
The princes and nobles in Zhaoyang City unanimously opposed sending out the last remaining troops. However, if reinforcements were not sent out, the three armies commanded by Ren Fang, Buying, and Jin Zhuo would not be able to withstand the enemy. What to do?
Now, Xiao Xiang has no idea at all. With the enemy's massive pressure on the situation,??, any opportunism is useless, even if there are political calculations and conspiracy, it is useless at this time.
In the past few days, Xiao Xiang has really felt the strong pressure. This is not a question of whether she can keep the throne, but that the Sichuan Kingdom has reached a point of life and death.
On this day, late at night, Xiao Xiang still didn't sleep, and was reading the battle reports from the front in the study room of the palace. There are so many battle reports that are so tall when put together, but none of them are successful reports, they are all urgent documents.