The decisive battle between the Liang Army and the Northern Jin Army on the second day took place in the drizzle.
The left wing of the Liang army was still under the responsibility of the Zhenxi Army, and the stalemate on the battlefield was also broken by the Zhenxi Army.
The infantry and cavalry of the Northern Jin Army deployed opposite the Zhenxi Army tried their best, but unfortunately they were still unable to withstand the Zhenxi Army's repeated attacks.
After the right wing of the Northern Jin Army was defeated by the Zhenxi Army, as the Zhenxi Army attacked the center of the Northern Jin Army, the center of the Northern Jin Army also quickly collapsed, and eventually led to the collapse of the left wing of the Northern Jin Army as well.
A great battle in which both sides had more than one million troops each, was decided in just two days under the powerful offensive of the Zhenxi Army.
In this great battle that determined the future of both countries, the Liang army suffered approximately thirty-five casualties, including over three hundred thousand killed in action.
The Northern Jin army lost about 1.38 million troops, of which more than 400,000 were captured. Only about 100,000 Northern Jin soldiers escaped back to the territory of Northern Jin.
Led by the commander-in-chief of the Northern Jin army, Duke Rong Guan Qizhong, hundreds of noble generals of the Northern Jin died on the battlefield, and no one surrendered.
After this decisive battle, the Liang army quickly recaptured all the cities captured by the Northern Jin army, and the Zhenxi army directly invaded the Lianzhou territory of the Northern Jin.
Inside the imperial palace of Yiyang City, the capital of the Northern Jin Kingdom, Emperor Li Guan solemnly addressed the hundreds of civil and military officials gathered in the hallway, "The Liang army has now invaded Lianzhou. Which of you has a good strategy to repel the enemy?"
The civil and military officials in the hall lowered their heads and looked at each other, each with a look of frustration.
In this Northern Expedition against the State of Liang, the Northern Jin State invested more than two million troops, and incorporated almost all the troops it could into the Northern Expedition Army.
Even the emperor selected 8,000 of the 15,000 palace guards and sent them to Yongqing City in Liang State to participate in the war.
As a result, of the Northern Expedition Army that was formed with the whole country's efforts, only 100,000 people escaped back to the country.
Although the Northern Jin State still has over a million troops on paper, most of them are rural soldiers with weak combat effectiveness.
The army of Northern Jin was divided into the imperial guards, border troops, wing troops and local troops.
Previously, the Northern Jin State had deployed more than two million troops, most of which were imperial guards, border troops and wing troops, and some were family soldiers, slaves and tenants of the nobles.
The local soldiers of the Northern Jin State were militiamen selected according to the ratio of able-bodied men in registered households. They did not leave production during normal times, but gathered for training during the slack season. They were generally responsible for tasks such as repairing cities, transporting grain, catching thieves, and coordinating in defending cities.
Because the treasury of Northern Jin has been empty in recent years, the local soldiers in various parts of Northern Jin have been seriously short of manpower and poorly trained. Their combat effectiveness may be even lower than that of the slaves and tenants of the noble families.
It is said that the Liang army that attacked Lianzhou was the most elite Zhenxi Army of Liang State.
These civil and military officials of the Northern Jin State were all aware that with the combat effectiveness of the local militia in Lianzhou, it would be difficult to withstand the attack of the Zhenxi Army, not even with the addition of the 100,000 defeated soldiers.
Seeing that all the civil and military officials in the court were silent, Emperor Li Guan could not help but shout angrily: "Aren't you usually quite talkative?
Why are you all mute now?
The Liang army has already entered Lianzhou. Once Lianzhou falls, the Liang army can march straight to Yiyang City. If you keep silent at this time, are you going to let me wait to become a prisoner of the Liang army?"
The Northern Jin State had a total of sixteen states and two prefectures under its jurisdiction. Among them, Lianzhou was the largest state in the Northern Jin State, directly blocking the south of Liang State's Leizhou, Xinzhou and Chizhou.
Yiyang Prefecture, where the capital Yiyang City is located, is just south of Lianzhou. After passing Lianzhou, you can enter Yiyang Prefecture.
Another prefecture of the Northern Jin State was Liyang Prefecture, where the secondary capital Liyang City was located.
At this time, the Left Prime Minister Xiao Shikuan said, "Your Majesty, Lianzhou is mostly mountainous, and there are several natural fortresses.
In addition, there are still 100,000 elite troops retreating to Lianzhou, which should be able to resist the Zhenxi Army for a period of time.
Our Northern Jin can take advantage of this period to reorganize the imperial guards and the garrison troops in various places, and at the same time seek help from Lu, Chu and Yue.
Once Northern Jin is occupied by Liang, Lu, Chu, and Yue will face Liang's offensive. I believe these three kingdoms understand the principle of "the lips and teeth are cold" and will definitely send troops to support Northern Jin.
After a pause, Left Prime Minister Xiao Shikuan continued, "In order to repel this invasion by the Liang army, I implore Your Majesty to immediately proceed to Liyang City and coordinate the entire nation's forces to strike hard at the Liang army."
As soon as the Left Prime Minister Xiao Shikuan finished speaking, Emperor Li Guan said hurriedly, "Left Prime Minister is absolutely right. I will set off for Liyang City as soon as possible.
As for seeking assistance from the three kingdoms of Lu, Chu, and Yue, I will leave the responsibility to the Left Prime Minister."
When the civil and military officials in the hall heard this, they realized that Emperor Li Guan was preparing to escape first.
Soon, all the civil and military officials and nobles in Yiyang City followed Emperor Li Guan and fled to the secondary capital Liyang City with their families.
Even many people in Yiyang City fled the capital with their luggage to avoid the war.
Yingni Pass is a natural fortress in Lianzhou of Northern Jin State, and it is also the first checkpoint for Northern Jin State to resist Liang State.
However, the Zhenxi Army captured Yingni Pass almost without bloodshed.
It turned out that when the Northern Jin army was defeated and retreating, Liu Bowen sent some officers and soldiers of the Zhenxi Army, disguised as the defeated soldiers of the Northern Jin army, sneaked into Yingni Pass, and took over this natural fortress.
Now Sun Hao set up his headquarters directly at Yingni Pass, and the troops of the Zhenxi Army were divided into several groups and began to attack cities and strongholds in Lianzhou.
However, inside and around Yingni Pass, there were still more than 300,000 Zhenxi troops gathered who did not participate in the battle.
After Sun Hao arrived at Yingni Pass, he planned to capture more territory of Northern Jin and establish the Zhennan Protectorate.
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