The front troops of the Ninth Army headed by Ye Tang were trapped in the forest and surrounded by tens of thousands of security troops. The situation was precarious. If the battle continued like this, the entire army might be annihilated.
At this critical moment, Cheng Jin led a brigade of secret arrow personnel to arrive in time. The forest land is not suitable for cavalry, but for dark system cultivators, this is their best battlefield.
Although there were not many Hidden Arrows, only a few hundred people, their appearance suddenly disrupted An's army's offensive deployment. Many An soldiers died in confusion from Hidden Arrows without even seeing the figure of Hidden Arrows.
Under the sharp edge.
Hundreds of undercover personnel were at ease in the forest, appearing and disappearing like hundreds of ghosts. Every time they appeared, they were always accompanied by people's screams and sprays of blood.
Soon, the Central Army of the Ninth Army headed by Qi Heng also rushed over for reinforcements. Seeing that the strength of the Feng Army was getting larger and larger, and the hidden arrows were hard to guard against, the An Army finally gave up the siege of Yetang, and all personnel retreated deep into the forest.
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This time they no longer pretended to be defeated, but actually retreated. Cheng Jin led the secret arrow men to pursue them for a while, and then retreated.
In this battle, the front troops of the Ninth Army suffered heavy losses, with more than half of them being casualties. Even Ye Tang almost lost his life, and the news quickly reached Tang Yin.
After receiving the news, Tang Yin immediately responded and ordered the Ninth Army to stop marching and temporarily stationed in Dahei Valley until he and the new army arrived to respond.
Tang Yinbian led the new army into Chigou, and also studied the tactics used by the An army. The day after the new army entered Chigou, Cheng Jin and other secret arrow personnel returned, and at the same time they brought back detailed battle reports of the Ninth Army's ambush.
After reading this battle report, not to mention Tang Yin's frown, the surrounding Feng generals also took a breath of cold air. They had never encountered such a cunning enemy general since the Feng army entered Andi and started fighting.
Tang Yin looked at Cheng Jin and asked, "Have you brought back the grass and vines used by the enemy?"
"Yes, we are outside the Chinese army's tent now." Cheng Jin nodded and responded.
"Take me to see it!" Tang Yin stood up and walked out, and the other generals hurriedly followed.
Arriving outside the Chinese army's tent, Cheng Jin waved to the side. Soon, a secret agent led a carriage. At the back of the carriage was a huge grass ball, which was nearly two people tall. It was oily and obviously
It's been oiled.
Tang Yin squinted his eyes, walked closer, circled the carriage twice, and murmured as he looked around: "How much grass and vines does it cost for the enemy to make such a big grass ball?"
"It doesn't take much." Cheng Jinfei jumped onto the carriage, drew out his saber, first cut off the rope holding the straw ball, and then kicked the straw ball off the carriage without much effort.
He sheathed his sword, jumped out of the carriage, and explained: "Your Majesty, this grass ball looks huge, but in fact, it is empty inside."
"Empty?" Tang Yin raised his eyebrows, came to the grass ball, stretched out his hand and pushed it slightly. Sure enough, the grass ball was very light and rolled with his not too big push. Cheng Jin came forward,
He continued: "Your Majesty, the enemy is very cunning and knows our army's situation very well. They hid the straw balls on the top of the mountain in advance, and the soldiers all hid in these hollow straw balls.
To avoid the observation of ground network falcons. Therefore, when the Ninth Army was marching, although it released falcons, the falcons did not detect the enemy troops on the top of the mountain, but only discovered the ambush in the forest. Therefore, the Ninth Army also
I suffered a big loss."
"So that's it..." Tang Yin couldn't help but nodded repeatedly. An Jun's main purpose of abandoning the Dahei Valley, which was suitable for setting up an ambush, was to paralyze his own side. After passing through the dangerous terrain of the Dahei Valley, his own soldiers would naturally breathe a sigh of relief and relax their vigilance.
, but at this time, they entered the ambush site of An Jun. An Jun took great pains to create these large grass balls, which had two main purposes. One was to hide troops, and the other was to use them for fire attacks. An Jun used these grass balls.
Then forcefully drive our own soldiers into the forest where they were ambushed, taking them by surprise, attacking them unprepared, and catching them off guard.
It can be said that An Jun had planned everything for this ambush. Even if it was not the Ninth Army but the New Army, or even the Pingyuan Army or the Sanshui Army that was ambushed, the result would be the same, and his side would undoubtedly be defeated.
It's just that the Ninth Army was unlucky. Qi Heng took the initiative to volunteer, which happened to make the Ninth Army bump into An Jun's gun.
"Who is this general of the An Army? Why does he know so much about our army? He even knows that our army will use falcons for high-altitude reconnaissance, and let the ambush soldiers get into the grass balls to avoid the falcons in advance.
Sight."
Tang Yin rubbed his chin and muttered in confusion.
Cheng Jin lowered his head, while Letian and Ai Jia were also silent. They were also very curious and wanted to know who the general behind the An army was. Since An Guo had such a powerful general, why didn't the An Guo court reuse this person in the first place?
Woolen cloth?
Yin Lan rolled her eyes, stepped forward, and whispered beside Tang Yin: "Your Majesty, could it be that there is something secretly done within our army?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present changed. This was the last situation that all the soldiers of the Feng Army wanted to see.
After hearing this, Tang Yin also had a flash of light in his eyes.
Yan Yan's face darkened, he glared at Yin Lan, and said cautiously to Tang Yin: "Your Majesty, I think it is not difficult for Anjun to understand the situation of our army. Our army has been on the battlefield for many years, and its characteristics are
It has been made clear for a long time that it is not a secret that the ground network uses falcons for reconnaissance, but General Anjun can make good use of these characteristics of our army. This person is very cunning and absolutely good!"
Bai An also agreed with Yan Yan's words, and those present were all veterans of the Feng Army. She and Yan Yan were the only ones. Yin Lan was the least senior, and Yin Lan was an old Feng man and had won the trust of the king. If he worked beside the king, if
There are spies inside Feng Jun, and she and Yan Yan are the most suspect. She said seriously: "Is the leader of An Jun the Mr. Yu that An Bing said? This person is said to be a ranger from Sichuan, but the ranger
How could anyone be so good at using troops? The general suspected that this Mr. Yu was probably a general from Sichuan. "Yes!" Tang Yin nodded, feeling that Yan Yan and Bai An's analyzes were reasonable. Of course, he didn't want to
There is a spy within our own ranks.
He took a deep breath, squinted his eyes and said: "We are strong and the enemy is weak. The An army is now engaged in guerrilla warfare with our army! After one battle, more than 10,000 of our army's cavalry were lost. This meeting gift is really big enough."
of."
Tang Yin felt sad just thinking about it. Not to mention the loss of horses and armaments, the casualties alone were already unacceptable.
It is not that easy to train a heavy cavalry. In addition to requiring the soldiers to have a strong physique, they also need many conditions and skills. It does not mean that the Ninth Army is an army made of gold.
Not an exaggeration.
"No matter who the enemy's leader is, we will definitely see the outcome when our army reaches Yujing!" Tang Yin clenched his fist, hit the grass ball in front of him hard, then turned around and walked back to the Chinese military tent.
The next day, the new army arrived at Dahei Valley and met up with the Ninth Army.
When Qi Hengheng asked Tang Yin to join the army, he was so confident that he almost didn't issue a military order. Now that he had suffered a huge defeat, he was like a defeated rooster, with his shoulders slumped and his head drooping. After seeing Tang Yin, he didn't
When he spoke, he knelt down on the ground with a plop, kowtowed forward and said, "Please, Your Majesty, punish the sins of the last general!"
Qi Heng did not make any mistakes in this battle, but Tang Yin had to punish him. After all, it was a defeat. If there was no punishment, he would probably become accustomed to it in the future.
Tang Yin stared at him for a moment, then slowly asked: "Tell me about it yourself, how should I punish you?"
"This..." Qi Heng secretly grinned. Now he wants an official or not, a title or a title, and there is no question of demotion or reduction. After thinking for a long time, he whispered: "The life of the general belongs to the king, no matter what.
No matter how the king punishes the junior general, the junior general will accept it."
"Very good." Tang Yin nodded and shouted outside the tent: "Come here, Qi Heng's command of the army is not good, so I will reprimand the 200 army sticks!"
Following his words, the guards outside immediately walked in. At this time, Lotte and Ai Jia both came out and stepped in to salute: "Your Majesty, now is the most critical moment for our army to fight against the remnants of the An army. At this time, I
Losing the general will really be detrimental to our army."
Two hundred army sticks were used, and the iron man was flattened, let alone Qi Heng. Even if he was not disabled, he would not be able to get out of bed within two or three months.
Seeing that Letian and Ai Jia took the lead in begging for mercy, other Feng generals also came out one after another and intervened: "Yes, Your Majesty, the war is about to begin. If our army loses its own general, wouldn't it increase the enemy's morale and destroy my own prestige?"
?” “Your Majesty, please think twice!”
Tang Yin was just pretending. He really wanted to hit two hundred army sticks, but he himself was reluctant to do so.
Seeing that all the generals came to plead for mercy, he happened to borrow the donkey from the slope, pretended to think for a while, and said: "What you generals said makes sense. If you spare two hundred military sticks, let's use twenty military sticks!"
Hearing this, Qi Heng kowtowed repeatedly in relief and said urgently: "General, thank you so much for your kindness, your Majesty. Thank you so much for your kindness, Your Majesty!"
"No, yes! Your Majesty!" The guards pulled Qi Heng out of the central military tent.
After he left, Tang Yin looked at Letian and Ai Jia and said, "During the next journey, you two must do your best to conduct reconnaissance, and we must not let our army fall into an enemy ambush again." As he spoke, he looked again.
Xiang Cheng Jin said: "Cheng Jin, your brother with the hidden arrows should also cooperate with the Sky Eye and the Earth Net, especially the woodlands and mountain peaks our army passes through. Be sure to check carefully. Don't worry about not having enough time. Our army can move forward slowly."
Okay, but no matter what, we must ensure that the march is foolproof!"
"Yes! I obey the order!" Cheng Jin, Letian, and Ai Jia all accepted the order.