"What? What did you say? The enemy retreated?"
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Li Weiran's words shocked Li Boyan. How long did it take before the enemy retreated in the blink of an eye? This made him confused, wondering what the enemy was doing?
I saw Li Weiran swallowing his saliva and saying speechlessly, "General, the enemy has indeed retreated. When our shield hand slowly moved forward, it was not attacked. However, considering the penetrating power of the enemy's bows and arrows, we did not dare to speed up.
, so by the time our shield hand pressed up, the enemy had disappeared."
"The enemy is gone, how could he be gone?" After hearing this, Li Boyan murmured to himself, and then asked, "The enemy is gone, have you sent cavalry to chase him?"
Li Weiran cautiously glanced at him and said with a hint of guilt, "General, our cavalry has just been severely defeated. Without the general's order, we did not dare to step forward privately."
It sounds nice to say that they dare not go forward without orders. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is because of the tragic situation just now that the cavalry stopped moving forward. Even if the enemy disappeared, they still had lingering fears, fearing that if they went forward to follow, they would encounter cold arrows again.
Li Boyan, an old man, naturally heard the implication of Li Weiran's words. Thinking of the tragic situation just now, he knew that it was natural for the cavalry to be afraid, so he did not hold him accountable.
This incident was so weird that Li Boyan thought about whether he should send out cavalry to continue tracking forward, but he did not dare to make his own decision, fearing that if he ordered the cavalry to follow forward, he would be ambushed by the enemy again.
The cavalry had just attacked three times in a row, killing nearly a thousand people, and now only two-thirds of the 3,000-man cavalry battalion remained. If the cavalry was sent out and encountered another ambush, and nearly a thousand people were killed or injured, the consequences would not only be unbearable for him, but also
Even Li Xiuran couldn't bear it.
With this in mind, Li Boyan decided to report the matter.
What happens in the end is all decided by Li Xiuran.
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When Li Boyan told Li Xiuran about this incident, he was scolded on the spot for his incompetence and said that it was extremely stupid to let the enemy troops escape with such a good opportunity.
Facing Li Xiuran's abuse, Li Boyan remained silent and did not even dare to breathe for fear of arousing Li Xiuran's rage.
Fortunately, he killed nearly 7,000 Anyi City defenders twice before, which was a great victory. If it hadn't been for this great victory, Li Boyan would probably have suffered. Li Xiuran is such a person. He only looks at the results, not the process.
, as long as you win, one word, reward!
If you lose, the lighter one will be beaten, and the heavier one will be killed without mercy.
This is how Li Xiuran got the title of devil.
Strange to say, the Nanyi army retreated quietly after ambushing them. This not only surprised the rebels, but also Wu Feichen and others who were watching the battlefield from a distance.
Witnessing the retreat of the Nanyi Army, Anyi City Guards Commander Fan Hucheng murmured with doubts, "General, you said there is such a good opportunity, why did the Nanyi Army retreat?"
Wu Feichen turned to look at him, said nothing, and lowered his head deep in thought.
Fan Hucheng thought that he didn't want to answer and didn't dare to ask anymore. In fact, Wu Feichen didn't answer because he couldn't figure it out. After all, if it had been him just now, the army would have been in a good situation and would have been impossible to retreat, but for a while he also answered
No, and I couldn’t explain it clearly, so I could only lower my head and remain silent, pretending to be mysterious.
Soon, the Nanyi Army retreated nearby. Hu Hongyun, leading the first regiment of the Nanyi Army, stopped specifically when passing by Wu Feichen and said with confusion, "General Wu, no... why are you staying here?"
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Wu Feichen was a little embarrassed because they stayed here to see how the Nanyi Army dealt with the enemy. Unexpectedly, they ended up feeling lonely watching.
The three regiments of the Nanyi Army blocked the Dali rebel cavalry attacks three times. However, in the eyes of Wu Feichen and others, the Nanyi Army was able to block the rebel cavalry because they occupied strong terrain and prepared archers in advance.
The reason is not because of high combat power.
Wu Feichen smiled and said, "Commander Hu, we are not leaving here because we are worried that the enemy's army is too powerful to be defeated. We will stay here to support you and others. I didn't expect that the Nanyi Army's combat power is so powerful. I really want to give in."
admire."
Hu Hongyun smiled and said, "Thank you, General Wu. Our army was able to repel the rebels only because we had the advantage of the terrain and prepared crossbows, so we caught the enemy by surprise."
Wu Feichen quite agreed with this. In his opinion, in the situation just now, if they were the defenders of Anyi City, they would be able to defeat the Dali rebel cavalry and prevent them from advancing even half a step.
Of course, no one knows what the truth is.
Because they don't have such an opportunity.
After a pause, Wu Feichen asked out his doubts, "Commander Hu, I was watching from below and found that your army is in a good situation. I wonder why Commander Hu wants to retreat?"
After hearing this, Hu Hongyun finally understood why Wu Feichen stopped here and did not leave. It turned out that he was confused and wanted to ask him why he suddenly withdrew his troops.
Having said this, Hu Hongyun did not hide anything, and directly stated the general order issued by Ling Yun before setting off, "Before our army set off, the general had an order that we were leaving the city only to support General Wu's retreat, and were not allowed to have a head-on conflict with the rebels.
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He does not mean that.
When Wu Feichen heard this, he was shocked and said with unparalleled excitement, "Captain Hu means that General Pingnan had expected that our army would be defeated and returned before we left the city to fight.
So you asked Commander Hu and others to come and take care of you?"
Hu Hongyun shook his head, "This is not the case!"
As for whether Ling Yun expected that they would be defeated, Hu Hongyun did not know. He only knew that before setting off, Guo Yixiu gave them a death order and was not allowed to have a head-on conflict with the rebels. This is why he repelled the rebel cavalry three times.
Afterwards, the reason why they retreated before the rebels could react.
After Hu Hongyun finished speaking, he didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, and said directly, "General Wu, now we have distanced ourselves from the enemy, but if the enemy's cavalry catches up, we will still be entangled, so we will take advantage of this moment.
, it would be better for us to return to Anyi City to avoid unnecessary accidents."
The rebel cavalry probably won't catch up. Hu Hongyun's move is just to avoid the worst result. If the other party sees through his trick, it's hard to say.
"Oh, yes, yes, let's retreat quickly!"
In this way, the 123rd Regiment of the Nanyi Army and the Anyi City defenders retreated into Anyi City one after another. The difference between the two armies was that the Nanyi Army suffered no casualties, while the Anyi City defenders lost nearly 7,000 people.
And from the spirit of the soldiers of the two armies, we can see the gap between the two armies. After the Anyi City defenders were defeated, every soldier had a look of dejection on his face. On the other hand, the Nanyi Army, because of the battle just now,
As a result, the rebel cavalry suffered nearly a thousand casualties. The soldiers were all in high spirits, their eyes flashed, and their morale was high.
Ling Yun, who had been sitting on top of the city gate, saw the state of the two armies when they returned. He knew what the battle ahead was like without asking.
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In particular, he noticed that there were only so many people left in the Anyi City defenders. He shook his head helplessly. Of course, the Dali rebels dared to be so provocative in front of the city gate, so they must be prepared and have backup plans. Otherwise, it would be impossible.
For no reason, more than 2,000 people were sent to provoke and act as bait.
It is a pity that Wu Feichen and the defenders of Anyi City have long been dazzled by hatred. They only think about how to massacre the provocative rebels in front of the city gate to eliminate their arrogance and boost their own military morale. Anyi City
A victory is needed, but to put it in detail, it is not so much that Anyi City needs a victory, but that Qiannan Province needs a victory too much.
The top urged the bottom to rush, making Wu Feichen, who had always been calm, become anxious, which ultimately led to this huge defeat.
After the defeat of the defenders of Anyi City, the pressure was put on Lingyun's side, because the defenders of Anyi City suffered casualties of more than 7,000 people. Even though the rebels suffered an ambush before and suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, judging from the casualties of the two,
It can be said that the Dali rebels won a complete victory, so the next day, the Dali rebels continued to send people to knock on the pass.
This time Wu Feichen did not appear, nor did Jiang Maode. This was because the Dali rebels did not know how many defenders there were in the city. On the third day of the knock-off, the Dali rebels took advantage of the victory and launched an attack on Anyi City.
The first round of siege.
This chapter has been completed!