Tang Yin led the crowd out of Yancheng. Before they had gone far, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofs behind him. Looking back, he saw two knights running quickly from the direction of Yancheng. Because the distance was too far, Tang Yin couldn't see clearly. He only saw that they were two knights.
Two generals wearing steel helmets and armor.
He frowned secretly. He had not ordered the recruitment of generals from the imperial court. Who were these two people?
Only when the second rider came closer did he see clearly that these two were indeed generals, but they were both female generals, two sisters, Wu Mei and Wu Ying.
Unexpectedly, they would come. Tang Yin reined in his horse. When the two girls came closer, he asked suspiciously, "Why are you here?" Wu Mei spoke first and said, "Of course I'm going to fight with you." Tang Yin said.
He laughed and said: "Nonsense! War is not a child's play, go back quickly." In his opinion, women are not suitable for fighting. Going out with the army will be more of a drag than a contribution, so it is better to stay behind.
Wu Mei curled her lips when she heard this and said dissatisfied: "What nonsense?! Don't forget, I was the one who recruited you into the army in the first place." It's an old score again! Tang Yin knocked his head with a headache and asked: "Wu Mei
Does Xiang know that you two are going to go on an expedition with me?" Wuying was about to shake her head, but Wumei hurriedly said: "Of course! Xiaoying and I have already told my father, and he agreed." "Oh!" It's strange to agree.
! Tang Yin nodded solemnly, turned his head and shouted: "Cheng Jin!" "My subordinate is here!" Cheng Jin, who was behind Tang Yin, immediately urged him forward.
Tang Yin said: "Send a brother back to the city to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask Prime Minister Wu if he knows that Miss Wu Mei and Miss Wu Ying are going to join the army." "Yes! Sir!" Cheng Jin saw that Tang Yin was trying to scare Wu Mei.
, he raised the corner of his mouth and pretended to call a Dark Arrow brother, asking him to go back to the city to ask.
Before the man could leave, Wu Mei hurriedly stopped him. Tang Yin smiled secretly in his heart, but raised his eyebrows in confusion on his face, looking at her seemingly blankly.
Wu Mei looked at the people around her with embarrassment, rode her horse to Tang Yin's side, grabbed his sleeves with her little hands, and murmured in a low voice: "Okay, my father doesn't know about this, so just be kind.
Don't send someone to ask!" Sure enough, Tang Yin sighed softly, looking at Wu Mei with eyes that were both helpless and loving.
Under the pitiful gazes of Wu Mei and Wu Ying, Tang Yin thought for a while and finally compromised. He nodded, shook his head, and said to Wu Mei and Wu Ying: "This is just this time, it won't be the same next time!" "That's great!
Come on!" Wu Mei and Wu Ying both showed bright smiles.
One hundred thousand Tianying troops bypassed Wancheng to attack Fengcheng. Wu Guang and Zhan Hu commanded 50,000 direct troops to set up an ambush between Wancheng and Fengcheng. Tang Yinze led the remaining 350,000 Tianyuan troops to attack Wancheng directly.
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Zhong Tian had just lived a comfortable life for a few days after retreating to Wancheng. His subordinates came to report that Tang Yin personally led an army to attack again. He jumped angrily in the palace and cursed that Tang Yin was not a thing and wanted to kill him alive.
His civil servants and military generals are not in a hurry. Although they have less than 30,000 soldiers and horses, Wancheng's city defense is very strong, and there are more than 100,000 Ning troops stationed in the city. Tang Yin wants to capture Wancheng.
It's easy, just the condescending arrow formation of Ning Army is not something Tianyuan Army can withstand.
Some civil servants suggested to Zhong Tian that Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi should be summoned immediately, asking them to send the Ning army to the city to garrison first. After hearing this, Zhong Tian made sense and immediately sent people to find the two brothers of the Zhan family.
He had just sent his people out, but before they even left the palace, Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi came first.
After the two saw Zhong Tian, they just bowed their hands and bowed, then straightened their bodies and looked around at the civil servants and generals. Finally, their eyes fell on Zhong Tian.
Zhan Wushuang asked: "You must have heard about Tang Yin commanding the army to go south to Wancheng, right?!" "Yes, yes, yes!" Zhong Tian nodded repeatedly and said, "I was just thinking about this.
The two generals should quickly dispatch their soldiers to the top of the city to resist the Tianyuan Army that may attack the city at any time..." Before he could finish his words, Zhan Wushuang shook his head with a wry smile,
Said: "It's too late! Your Majesty, you only know that the Tianyuan Army is approaching Wancheng, but do you know that another group of Tianyuan Army has gone to attack Fengcheng?" "Ah?" These words made Zhong Tian and his ministers frightened.
They were all shocked. Tang Yin actually divided his troops into two groups, one to attack Wancheng and the other to Fengcheng. This was really unexpected.
Zhong Tian was stunned for a moment, then smiled, rubbed his hands and said, "It's a good thing that Tang Yin dispersed his troops. As a result, he will not be able to concentrate all his efforts on attacking our Wancheng, and our hope of success will be greatly increased!"
"Zhan Wushuang almost vomited blood when he heard this. At this time, he didn't have a map at hand. If he had a map, he would put it under Zhong Tian's nose so that he could see clearly how important the closure of the city was to Wancheng. He took a deep breath
After a few breaths, he suppressed the anger in his heart and said sternly: "Your Majesty, what's the point of us just guarding Wancheng? Fengcheng is our only way to retreat. Once Fengcheng is lost, Wancheng will become an isolated city, that is,
With no reinforcements and no support, just relying on the more than 100,000 people now, how long do you think we can hold on? One month, two months? One year, two years?" After Zhan Wushuang's series of questions, Zhong Tian was speechless.
He looked at his civil servants and generals and asked: "My dear friends, what do you think?" Everyone looked at each other, moved forward one after another, bowed their hands and saluted: "Your Majesty, what General Wushuang said makes sense, Your Majesty wants to
Make arrangements early!" Zhong Tian nodded thoughtfully, turned to look at Zhan Wushuang, and asked: "General Wushuang, in your opinion, how should we respond? Divide our troops to reinforce the city?" Zhan Wushuang shook his head.
He shook his head and said: "According to the spy report, the Tianyuan Army went to attack Fengcheng with a lot of troops, a hundred thousand people. If we divide our troops to reinforce, how many troops should we divide? If we divide our troops too much, Wancheng cannot be protected.
, the division of troops is too small, and it is equivalent to attacking a stone with an egg. In my opinion, now we can only abandon Wancheng and withdraw all to the south!" "We have to withdraw again!" After Zhong Tian heard this, his facial features almost shrank together, and now he has lost most of them.
He only occupied four of the fifteen counties in the Feng Kingdom. The other eleven counties fell into the hands of the Tianyuan Army. Now they have to retreat. When will the withdrawal end?
Zhan Wushuang could understand Zhong Tian's mood. He sighed helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, this is something you can't do! If you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. I hope your Majesty will make a decision soon and don't delay any more."
It's time." Alas! Zhong Tian looked up and sighed, and couldn't help but look at the ministers under his command again. He really didn't want to retreat anymore. He understood that it would be difficult to come back from this retreat. His dream of being a king
It was finally over. At this time, he wished someone could stand up and provide him with a good strategy to retreat from the enemy without evacuating.
But when all the ministers in the court saw Zhong Tian's questioning look, they all lowered their heads, not even daring to breathe.
The past events are vivid in my mind. Li Qi, Xu Hui, Ye Cheng, Wei Xuan and other generals were all left behind by Zhong Tian to guard Yancheng. In the end, only Li Qi escaped back. The rest of the generals died on the battlefield, even those who escaped with a narrow escape.
Li Qi also met a bad end and was executed by Zhong Tian for the crime of not doing well in the battle and escaping from the battlefield. Now everyone is afraid that Zhong Tian will call his name and let him stay in Wancheng.
In times of crisis, no one came forward, and no one could offer any good advice. Zhong Tian's heart dropped, he leaned back, slumped on the king's chair, and said quietly: "Just... according to General Wushuang's opinion,
We evacuate Wancheng and go to seal the city!" "Your Majesty, see you clearly!" Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi both intervened and saluted, and then said: "The general will go back and prepare first." After saying this, the two brothers did not wait for the clock.
If Tian had anything else to say, he turned around and strode out of the hall.
Now the two brothers of the Zhan family have been extremely disappointed with Zhong Tian. Standing on Zhong Tian's side and facing off against Tang Yin, there is no hope of victory at all. The two brothers have also made up their minds. No matter what, they will not face the Tianyuan Army again.
If it is not possible to fight and preserve one's own forces, we simply withdraw from Feng Country and go all the way south to Mo Country.
Zhong Tian accepted Zhan Wushuang's suggestion and continued to move his court south, exiting Wancheng and heading towards Fengcheng.
Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi found out that the Tianyuan Army had deployed its forces to attack Fengcheng, but they did not find out that the Tianyuan Army had an ambush between Wancheng and Fengcheng.
Now, Ning's army has about 120,000 troops, and Zhong Tian's troops are nearly 30,000. The two sides together can barely reach 150,000. However, Zhong Tian has many family members accompanying the army. He himself has only wives and concubines.
There are as many as dozens of people, and the families of the ministers below also range from dozens to hundreds. In addition, there are also many wealthy people who are attached to Zhong Tian. Now that Zhong Tian is retreating south, they can only drag their families and follow them. Looking up,
The scale of Zhong Tian's team is huge. People are crowded together, and there are also carriages and trucks in the middle. At a glance, one would think there are hundreds of thousands of people, but in fact there are too many old and weak people mixed in.
Women and children.
Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi were worried that the Tianyuan Army would capture Fengcheng first. They urged the marching speed again and again. However, due to Zhong Tian's drag, Ning Jun could not move faster even if he wanted to. Not to mention the slow march of the family members.
The baggage carried by Zhong Tian and others is a big burden. The boxes of gold, silver, and jewelry that Zhong Tian accumulated have now become a huge burden.
It was only less than two days' journey from Wancheng to Fengcheng, and Zhong Tian and his party took two days to make the distance just over half.
Seeing such a large group of enemy soldiers, Wu Guang and Zhan Hu, who had set up an ambush halfway, were also startled.
After receiving the report from the spies, the two men quietly left the ambush site and lay down on a higher mountain. They looked up and saw that the enemy soldiers walking on the official road could only come with huge crowds and endless waves.
To describe it, one can see the beginning of the procession, but not the end of the procession. The flags flying in the army are also confusing, including Ning flags and Peng flags, and the heavy carriages are loaded one after another.
After looking at it, Wu Guang and Zhan Hu both frowned, and the latter muttered in a low voice: "How many reinforcements did the other side send? It feels like hundreds of thousands!"