Under the orders of Yue Ze and Li Xin, the Anhuan coalition forces made the extremely stupid decision to abandon the camp and break out of the encirclement. As a result, they fell into the trap of the Zhen Army when they broke out and were surrounded by 400,000 Zhen Army troops.
To make matters worse, the Anhuan coalition forces soon saw thick smoke billowing from their own camp. Even ten miles away, they could still see that the horizon seemed to be burned red by fierce fire.
There were so many supplies hoarded in the coalition camp that the Zhen army could not rob them all. Gu Anmin was unwilling to leave such huge supplies to the six-nation coalition, and finally ordered the camp to be burned down.
Unfortunately, the baggage of the Six Nations Allied Forces was reduced to ashes under the fire of the Zhen Army and was gone.
The camp caught fire, and the Anhuan coalition forces had no way out. Surrounded by the Zhen army, the soldiers of the two armies had no choice but to fight to the death.
The battle between the two sides was fierce, from day to night, and from night to dawn. The fierce battle involving millions of troops on both sides was grand in scale and tragic in scene, with many casualties on both sides.
The fighting strength of the Anhuan coalition is not as good as that of the Zhen army, but that is under normal circumstances, and the current situation is that the two armies are in a desperate situation, and there is no other way but to fight to the death. A dog jumps over the wall in a hurry! One person fights hard, and three people are defeated, let alone Anhuan
There are more than 300,000 coalition forces.
After a day and night of fierce fighting, the casualties of the Zhen army were close to 100,000, and the casualties of the Anhuan coalition forces were as high as 150,000 to 60,000. There was almost no clean open space on the battlefield, and there were rivers of blood everywhere.
Endless corpses, broken limbs and broken arms, broken soldiers and damaged armor, were scattered all over the ground.
A great battle has temporarily stopped. The Anhuan coalition army that originally numbered 400,000 is now only half of the army, and there are barely 200,000 soldiers left to fight.
During the fierce battle, Yue Ze and Li Xin didn't want to break out, but they really couldn't break out. The Zhen Army's encirclement was like an iron barrel formation. No matter how fierce the Anhuan coalition's breakout was, they were eventually defeated by the Zhen Army.
Once blocked, go back.
Until now, Yue Ze and Li Xin have felt desperate. It seems impossible to expect the arrival of reinforcements. And with their own strength, they cannot be the opponent of the Zhen Army. Now it seems that the only thing left for the Anhuan coalition is
A dead end remains.
Yue Ze and Li Xin even thought of voluntarily surrendering, but their idea was immediately opposed by their subordinates. The king surrendered. How can An and Huan countries bear such a shame and humiliation? Not only the faces of An and Huan countries
If everything is lost, even the four countries of Sichuan, Feng, Mo and Yu will be ashamed to associate with Anhuan.
According to the wishes of the generals of the An and Huan armies, they can only fight to the death. If they can wait for the arrival of reinforcements, they still have hope of survival. If they cannot wait, they can only serve the country with loyalty and sacrifice their lives.
Under the unanimous opposition of the generals, Yue Ze and Li Xin reluctantly gave up the idea of surrender and persisted.
At this time, the Fengyu coalition forces that came to the rescue had already entered Canglin County, and they also heard the news that the Anhuan coalition forces were trapped. However, the Fengyu coalition forces did not rush directly here, but divided their forces into multiple routes and took detours.
Of course, this was also Tang Yin's idea. He did this for two reasons. Splitting his troops into multiple routes could be broken into parts to hide his own whereabouts. Secondly, he wanted to implement a counter-encirclement against the Zhen army.
The Zhen army was able to encircle the Anhuan coalition forces. Tang Yin planned to imitate the Zhen army and use the same method to fight back the enemy. He would encircle the Zhen army on the periphery of the Zhen army's encirclement and strive to annihilate the Zhen army's central army.
Lingshuang objected to his decision. Although his idea was good, the delay was too long, and she was worried that the Anhuan coalition might not be able to hold on for that long.
Tang Yinze disagreed. In his opinion, since the Anhuan coalition could fight fiercely with the Zhen army for a whole day and night, it showed that it still had some strength. Now that it was cornered, it would definitely unleash its full potential. It would be no problem to hold on for another two or three days.
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In the end, Lingshuang couldn't defeat Tang Yin, so she had to accept his suggestion and take another risk.
No one knows whether the Anhuan coalition forces can hold on for another two or three days in the battle with the Zhen army, but the Zhen army's attack slowed down afterwards.
Rushing all the way from Xitang to Canglin County, they first attacked the camp and then fought fiercely. Zhen's army was extremely exhausted.
Even Gu Anmin could see that the physical strength of his soldiers had reached the limit. If he continued to attack forcefully, not only would he not be able to annihilate the Anhuan coalition forces, but his own side would suffer huge casualties. So he gave up the rush to seek success and chose instead
In order to secure a more reliable trap, the Anhuan Allied Forces broke through lightly armed with limited rations. Gu Anmin believed that within three days, the Anhuan Allied Forces would be out of food, and within five days, the Anhuan Allied Forces' combat power would be reduced by more than half.
By that time, your side will have sufficient mental and physical strength, and you can attack again and capture your opponent.
His estimate was absolutely correct, and he even overestimated the food and fodder of the Anhuan Allied Forces. On the second night of the armistice, the Anhuan Allied Forces ran out of water. By the third day, the remaining 200,000 soldiers had begun to appear in large numbers.
Widespread food shortage.
For the Anhuan coalition, the lack of water and food that had just begun was not the most fatal thing. The most fatal thing was the mountains of corpses that could not be cleaned around. For several days, the corpses were exposed to the sun and rotted very quickly, attracting mosquitoes all over the sky.
Flies and maggots were everywhere, and soon, soldiers among the two hundred thousand remaining soldiers fell ill. At first, there were only a few cases occasionally, but then, soldiers began to fall ill in groups, because there was no cure.
And I don’t know how many soldiers died of illness or disease.
The whole battlefield was filled with stench. Whether it was the trapped Anhuan coalition forces inside or the Zhenjun troops on the outside, people usually covered their faces with sweat towels to cover their mouths and noses. Even so, they still couldn't stop the nauseating wafting air.
of stench.
When the Anhuan coalition forces had persisted to the point where they could no longer hold on and everyone was desperately waiting for death, Gu Anmin finally decided to attack with the entire army to give the enemy the most fatal and final blow.
However, before the Zhen Army's offensive could be launched, at the critical moment, behind them, there were rumblings and dust rising high, and a cavalry consisting of tens of thousands of people suddenly appeared and rushed towards the Zhen Army camp.
Gu Anmin was shocked when he heard the news. He didn't know which country's army the sudden enemy came from. In panic, he ordered his general Yang Ying to lead an army of 50,000 to stop the sudden enemy army.
Yang Ying was also a well-known fierce general in the Zhen Kingdom, but this time he was unlucky to encounter Guan Yuan Rang of the Feng Kingdom and Shi Xiao of the Jade Kingdom.
These two men rushed to the front of the cavalry team. When they saw Zhenjun approaching, neither Guan Yuanrang nor Shi Xiao slowed down. The former urged his horse while shouting at the oncoming Yang Ying:
"The person who takes your head today is General Feng Guo, Guan Yuan Rang!"
Before he finished speaking, Guan Yuan Rang was already in front of Yang Ying, and the spirit chaos? Wind was released. When Yang Ying heard Guan Yuan Rang's name, his heart was filled with confusion. How could he dare to be careless and use his spirit chaos? to parry the opponent's spirit?
Chaos? Wind.
He blocked the spirit chaos wind, but Guan Yuanrang, who was charging forward, had already rushed to his side, and the spirit knife in his hand swept forward sideways.
Yang Ying hurriedly raised her gun to parry, and heard two "clangs" and "plops" in her ears. Yang Ying's body was slammed down from the horse by Guan Yuan Rang's heavy sword.
Before he could stand up, lightning suddenly appeared in the air, and a spirit spear pierced the sky, flying straight towards Yang Ying's chest. At this time, he was so shocked that his eyesight went black, and he could not see the spirit gun that was shot.
The gun was stabbed firmly into the chest, and with a bang, the flying gun penetrated Yang Ying's chest. The tip of the gun came out from his back and penetrated deeply into the ground, pinning him alive.
land.
Guan Yuanrang, who was riding back, took advantage of the situation and cut off Yang Ying's head with his knife.
At this time, Shi Xiao also urged his horse to run over. Without stopping for a moment, he pulled up the spirit gun nailed to the ground as he passed, shook his arms, and rushed into the Zhenjun camp with the gun.
Guan Yuan let Hengdao laugh twice and followed him into the Zhenjun camp. The two of them split into two groups, one on the left and the other on the right. Then, the cavalry team behind them also split into two, the wind cavalry.
Following Guan Yuanrang, the Jade Cavalry followed behind Shi Xiao. The two cavalrymen, like two sharp knives, cut the 50,000 Zhen army into three pieces.
Even as fierce as the Zhen Army, they could not withstand the close charge of the cavalry. The camp of 50,000 people was quickly broken into pieces by the cavalry, and retreated back like a piece of loose sand.
Unexpectedly, the 50,000 soldiers he had just sent out were defeated by the enemy so quickly, and even General Yang Ying was killed in the battle. Gu Anmin could not catch his breath and almost lost his breath on the spot.
He asked the defeated soldiers who were returning, who were the enemies and how could they be so powerful?
A Zhen general opened his mouth and replied in a trembling voice: "The enemy army is all cavalry, the banner is Feng Yu Alliance, and the general at the head is Guan Yuan Rang of Feng Kingdom!"
Guan Yuan Rang! As soon as he heard this name, Gu Anmin felt a chill in his heart. It was not that he was intimidated by Guan Yuan Rang's reputation, but that since Guan Yuan Rang was here, it meant that the main force of the Feng Yu coalition had withdrawn to Canglin County.
, our own side has no hope of annihilating the Anhuan coalition.
In the critical situation, Gu Anmin had no way to think about it and urgently ordered the entire army to give up the siege of the Anhuan coalition forces, withdraw as a whole, and retreat to the south.
But now it was too late for him to retreat.
At this time, from all directions, drums were beating loudly, and shouts of killing were rising. Countless flags of the Feng Army and the Jade Army were raised in front, back, left, and right of the Zhen Army. Under the flags were the soldiers of the Feng Yu Alliance Army who could not be seen in the dark.
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The current situation is very interesting. The Zhen army is besieging the Anhuan coalition forces, while the Fengyu coalition forces are besieging the Zhen army. The two sides are surrounded by layers.
However, the sudden appearance of the Fengyu Allied Forces was a fatal blow to the morale of the Zhen Army. Originally, the Zhen Army had taken the full initiative, and it was only a matter of time before the Anhuan Allied Forces were completely annihilated. But now, the situation has taken a turn for the worse, turning from full initiative to full passivity.
Not only did the Zhenjun have no time to take care of the Anhuan coalition, but they also had to think about how to break out.