Chapter 1021: Guan Tong's Decisive Battle

Piaoman Kingdom.

When the Azure Dragon Army swept away all resistance and occupied the Jiaozhi Imperial Palace.

The Vermilion Bird Army, however, encountered a bit of trouble.

Since they entered the Piaoman Kingdom, the Piaoman army chose to retreat southward, seemingly intending to lure the enemy deep and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Although he judged the Piaoman Kingdom's intentions, Guan Tong chose to play along with the ruse, letting the opponent believe he was a foolish general.

To him, when the strength of both armies was equal, luring the enemy deep and then concentrating forces to annihilate them was indeed a good strategy.

However, when there was a vast disparity in strength between the two sides, any trick was futile.

"General, ahead is Mizhi." After several days of marching, they had crossed the northern mountainous region of the Piaoman Kingdom and entered the central plains.

Before marching south, the Supervision Four Courts had been collecting information on the Piaoman Kingdom's terrain, and Yan Wang had also shown them the terrain of the Piaoman Kingdom.

Simply put, the terrain of the Piaoman Kingdom resembled a fish.

The fish head and the positions of the fins on both sides were all dense forests and high mountains.

The positions of the belly and the fish tail were plains, with the tail connecting to the Southern Region ocean.

These were only general terrain features, but as for the specific terrain, the map given by Yan Wang could not mark it; it could only rely on the people of the Supervision Four Courts to scout.

As far as he knew, the current Piaoman army had been leading them toward a dead end.

This dead end was the Mizhi Great Swamp on the central plains of the Piaoman Kingdom.

"Since it is their wish, then they should be ready to act, right?" Guan Tong revealed a playful expression.

When they first entered the Piaoman Kingdom, the main force of the Piaoman army retreated southward.

But afterward, this main force continuously circled from both sides to the flanks and rear of the Vermilion Bird Army, leaving only an army of ten thousand to disguise as the main force, luring them to continue advancing.

All of this naturally could not be hidden from their scouts.

After all, in terms of observation methods, their scouts were much more sophisticated than the Piaoman army.

And realizing that the direction they were heading was Mizhi, he understood.

Once they entered the Great Swamp, their south became a dead end.

This Great Swamp was not only full of mud that could trap people, but also had a large number of pythons, crocodiles, poisonous insects, and other things.

Forcing their way through here, their non-combat attrition would likely reach one-tenth.

Thus, the Piaoman would not need to fight, but could lead them in circles, constantly depleting their troops, which could be called extremely sinister.

If they did not take the bait, the Piaoman naturally had other ways.

That was to let the armies on the flanks and rear launch an attack, forcing them to pass through the Great Swamp.

Or even directly annihilate them in this dead corner.

"The temptation that would cause us heavy losses is right before our eyes; they certainly cannot resist." The general chuckled.

Guan Tong nodded and said to the general, "They want us to enter the swamp, but we will not enter; we will camp on the open ground outside the swamp and let them take the initiative to attack. Go, tell the soldiers."

"Yes, General." The general acknowledged the order and turned to leave.

As the general left, Guan Tong sneered; the Piaoman wanted to settle this once and for all, and he likewise wanted to settle this once and for all.

At this moment, at a position sixty li to the right flank of the Vermilion Bird Army.

Yongya was marching surrounded by Piaoman generals.

The Piaoman cavalry coming and going continuously reported the position of the Great Song army to him.

Learning that the Great Song army was heading toward the Great Swamp according to his plan, he and the generals revealed treacherous smiles of a successful scheme.

"Truly a foolish general, unable to even identify such a small trick. This time, the eighty thousand troops of Great Song will definitely not be able to return," Yongya laughed.

Luring the Great Song army to the Great Swamp was only one of his plans for engaging the Great Song army.

He originally did not hold much hope, preparing to fight the Great Song army at a place called Mogu if the scheme failed.

But he did not expect the Great Song general to actually fall for the trap.

This once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity, he naturally had to seize.

"They thought that because they defeated the Northern Di, they could look down on us Piaoman. Hmph, this time I will let the blood of the Great Song people dye the water of the Great Swamp red."

Yongya sneered.

Just like Jiaozhi's ambition toward Jiaozhou, they, the Piaoman, naturally had ambitions toward Yunzhou as well.

To him, the Native Chief of Yunzhou should submit to the Piaoman, not to Great Song.

Thinking of this, he said to the cavalryman who came to report the military situation, "Continue to keep an eye on them."

Acknowledging the order, the cavalryman left.

Another day passed, and the scouting cavalry returned, bringing the latest news.

The Great Song army stopped outside the Great Swamp.

This news made Yongya and the Piaoman generals nervous.

"Your Majesty, we cannot hesitate any longer. We must immediately launch an attack on the Great Song army. Our Elephant Cavalry will definitely be able to drive them into the swamp," a general said.

The prey is just one step away from entering the trap; every hunter would be anxious.

After all, if the prey realizes that what is in front of them is a trap, they will flee.

This is the current situation; the Great Song army suddenly stopped pursuing and instead halted, very likely because the leading general realized something was wrong.

Then in this situation, one can only try to take some measures to force the prey into the trap.

Yongya was equally anxious.

The Great Song army under Yan Wang's command today is not the Great Song army of the past.

If this opportunity is missed and they have to fight them within the Piaoman territory.

Even if they could win, they would likely suffer heavy losses.

On the contrary, as long as he launched an attack on the Great Song army right now, causing them to flee south in panic and attempt to cross the Great Swamp, he would win.

Under such temptation, Yongya could not resist either.

He nodded and sent men to order the left and right wings and the rear army to assemble, launching a frontal attack on the Great Song army.

This time, in addition to the 300,000-strong army of the Piaoman Kingdom under his command, he also had 50,000 troops from Funan and 60,000 troops from Nanzhang.

Before the Frank arrived, Piaoman had conquered these two countries.

But after submitting to the Frank, the Frank separated Nanzhang and Funan from Piaoman.

Now, in order to deal with the Great Song army, the Frank had ordered the armies of the two countries to be under his command again.

In other words, he could currently mobilize a total army of 400,000.

400,000 against 80,000, with five times the enemy's strength, their hope of winning this battle was very high.

He made up his mind.

The armies of Piaoman, Nanzhang, and Funanguo gathered from all directions and headed toward the Great Swamp.

One day later, the dense army entered the plain from the mountains and arrived in a mighty force on the north side of the Great Song army.

Stopping at a position ten li away from the Great Song army, Yongya decided to launch a surprise attack on the Great Song army at night.

Relying on the invincible Elephant Cavalry of Piaoman and the excellent mountain troops of Piaoman fighting in coordination, they would surely be able to drive this Great Song army into the swamp.

While Yongya was secretly pleased, Guan Tong and the generals under his command could not help but feel excited.

Piaoman really could not hold back, and the main force had merged into one place and revealed itself.

Then both sides could have a decisive battle on the open plain in front of the Great Swamp.

One battle to decide life and death!

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