Chapter 1175 Battle of Hengchuanling (Part 1)

Hengchuanling, a mountain range running from north to south in the east of the Daji Dynasty, is the border between many small eastern countries and the Daji Dynasty.

The small Hengchuanling is not of great strategic significance. It is relatively flat, and unlike many high mountains, long rivers, and dense thorns, it is easy to cross.

Some real strategic locations have long been driven into by the Daji Dynasty. The so-called defense line is not perfect, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there are leaks everywhere.

In order to show that they have no intention of disloyalty, those small countries did not set up passes on the only place that can be regarded as a defense line, and they were timid like a group of sheep.

However, no matter what, Hengchuanling is at least a mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles and cannot be underestimated. In order to break through this "defense line", King Yong mobilized 100,000 troops and horses, divided them into four routes, and launched a massive offensive.

On the Daji Dynasty side, all soldiers believed that this was a war that was sure to win, and almost no one thought that the small countries on the opposite side dared to resist.

As they marched, people could be seen running for their lives with their families, and even some soldiers could be seen among them, with bright armor that was so dazzling.

The enemy was already scattered before the army entered the enemy's territory. Once the battle started, there was no need to think about what the result would be.

Among the four armies, there was an army with the largest number of people, accounting for more than half of the troops, and the commander of this army was called Wen Conglong, a relative of Wen Xianggong in the Political Affairs Hall.

How close Wen Conglong was to Prime Minister Wen was a secret, and there were many opinions. Obviously, although Wen Xianggong was the son of King Yong, he did not want outsiders to think that Wen Xianggong was completely on King Yong's side.

However, it was inevitable that the two had a great relationship.

This Wen Conglong was also the only one among the many subordinates of King Yong who could meet Wu Yi face to face. Wu Yi married Chen Jiaying, the daughter of the head of the Chen family, a large family in Liuchen County, while Wen Conglong married the daughter of the head of the Liu family.

Wu Yi is a typical example of a commoner or a person from the lower class, while Wen Conglong represents the interests of the entire aristocratic family and is the leader of this group.

In terms of momentum, there are many people who support Wu Yi, because many people also want to climb to Wu Yi's position, but in terms of the strength of support, Wen Conglong has received far more support than Wu Yi.

This time, King Yong ignored Wu Yi, of course, because Wu Yi's achievements were so great that he shocked the king, but on the other hand, it was also because King Yong hoped to further gain the support of these aristocratic families.

In a nutshell, it's just about interests.

During the march, Wen Conglong, who was handsome and elegant, was wearing a feather fan and a scarf, with fluttering sleeves, and was extraordinary. He sat in the middle car, accompanied by civil officials and military generals on both sides, and looked like a national teacher going to war.

Seeing that the people of the enemy country on the road were displaced and forced to migrate, it was clear what the situation of the enemy country was like, so a military general flattered him and said, "This small country collapsed when the heavenly soldiers arrived. This is the credit given to you by God! "

Wen Conglong smiled all the way. Although he thought so in his heart, he still frowned after listening and said, "What do you mean by a merit given to me? It is obviously a merit given to King Yong, and an opportunity given to me!"

Everyone echoed and said that Wen Conglong was devoted to state affairs, and he was really like an ancient gentleman. Flattery followed one after another, and Wen Conglong was quite pleased with these. He passed down the order and asked the soldiers to shout the previous words together.

Although the army could not hide from the enemy's scouts when it went out, it was not an order for a qualified marshal to expose his position in such a high-profile manner.

It was just that at this time, no one advised, and no one thought that the small countries on the opposite side would actually have the intention of resisting.

Too proud, this army seemed not to come to fight at all, but to take over the territory after the war.

Although some important officials of small countries did secretly send opportunities to Wen Conglong, The secret document said that if the heavenly soldiers came, they were willing to open the gate and lead them into the city, but who knew whether it was true or not.

A proud army that underestimated its opponent too much would not be able to exert its full strength no matter how strong it was, and would even be at a disadvantage in some specific situations.

Now, including Wen Conglong, all the people from top to bottom would not have thought that a huge network was surrounding them.

Previously, a counselor had asked Wen Conglong whether to detain these fleeing civilians and soldiers to prevent spies from being among them.

Wen Conglong replied: "After the war, they are all my people. I govern the army with benevolence and righteousness. How can I detain my own people? "He rejected this suggestion.

Of course, the so-called reputation of governing the army with benevolence and righteousness is naturally false, and not many people will believe in it.

The reason why Wen Conglong did not detain these people is because there are too many exiled people, and it is useless to divide them into a hundred people. If too many troops are divided, it will affect the number of troops.

Even if some spies sneak into the rioters, what impact will it have? Can they turn the world upside down? Wen Conglong will naturally not do so. At most, he will catch some deserters and incorporate them into the team.

In addition, those generals are also responsible. Why don’t they want the credit of staying behind when they can’t be the vanguard? They all refused, which is also an important reason.

This suddenness before became a huge flaw.

In fact, Wen Conglong’s idea is not wrong, because the vast majority of exiles are really ordinary people, and there are very few spies. Even if there are spies, there are many who join the escape team. The small country drifting in the wind and rain makes people uneasy and fearful.

However, this flaw is a huge and visible breakthrough for the inner demon body, which only needs to be torn apart a little bit.

The first thing Wu Yi did was to let some refugees accidentally expose their gold and silver in the process of fleeing. Some soldiers of the Daji Dynasty always have a greedy person who waits for an opportunity to rob. Then, one person starts to rob the refugees' property, and there are ten people, a hundred people, and finally, it develops into a large-scale looting of refugees.

By the time Wen Conglong reacted and sent people to stop it, it had already caused bloodshed.

These people dared not speak out against the soldiers, and after the incident became a big deal, many soldiers were implicated, and the truth was difficult to find out. Wen Conglong still wanted these people to work for him, so he could only smooth things over and lightly punish them with three glasses of wine.

Then, the army continued to advance, but the military discipline was bad, and the subsequent looting of refugees continued despite repeated bans, and even forced Wen Conglong to kill, which was also unstoppable.

Along with the looting, there were naturally a series of bad things such as rape and humiliation of women.

Thus, the mighty heavenly soldiers gradually fell into the status of bandits.