Such a fierce Zhan Wudi was exhausted and panting after this battle, and most of his spiritual energy was consumed.
Zhan Wushuang, Zhan Invincible, Zhong Tian led the defeated generals with less than 20,000 troops under his command and fled in a hurry, heading straight to Fengcheng. At this time, they thought that their situation was finally safe, and they could take a good rest after entering Fengcheng.
The situation was not at all what they imagined.
Just as they were approaching the place where the city was closed, they heard a whooshing sound in mid-air and the sound of rushing wind.
Zhan Wushuang, Zhan Wudi, Zhong Tian and others who were walking in front were startled and hurriedly reined in their horses.
Snapped!
The moment they stopped their horses, a carved feather arrow was nailed to the ground in front of them.
This was completely a warning for the enemy to treat the enemy. Seeing this, everyone's expressions changed. Zhong Tian was the first to recover from the shock. He looked up at the city tower that sealed the city. He saw lights, balls, torches, and Liangzi on the tower.
The pitch pine illuminates the wall of Fengcheng as bright as day. If you look carefully, the flag hanging on the top of Fengcheng is indeed a peng flag. It seems that it was not captured by the Tianyuan Army, but how could it fire arrows to warn its own side?
Zhong Tian thought about it and let out a sudden realization. He urged his horse to take a few steps forward, raised his head and shouted to the city: "Where is Feng Hai, the lord of Fengcheng City?"
After waiting for a while, someone on the top of the city shouted back: "I am Feng Hai, who is this person from outside the city?"
"Feng Hai, when the king is here, why don't you quickly open the city gate and welcome me into the city?"
When Zhong Tian finished speaking, the city suddenly fell silent.
At this time, Feng Hai, the lord of Fengcheng City, was indeed on the top of the city and heard Zhong Tian's words, but he did not react for a long time. Seeing this, the subordinates around him reminded them in low voices: "Sir, it sounds like this is
The king has arrived outside the city..."
Feng Hai looked at the people on the left and right, narrowed his eyes, and said quietly: "Not necessarily! The Tianyuan Army is cunning. If they pretend to be the king and trick me into opening the city, wouldn't they fall into the opponent's trick?"
"Oh..." When everyone heard this, they were all speechless. They looked at each other, but no one said anything.
Feng Hai took a deep breath, and then shouted loudly: "What a joke, our king is in Wancheng now, how come we are here? If you are going to cheat again, retreat quickly. If not, I will shoot an arrow!"
After listening to this, Zhong Tian didn’t know whether to be angry or appreciate Feng Hai’s loyalty. Unfortunately, it was dark now, and the torches in his army were limited, so he could not let the people on the top of the city see clearly. He shouted: "Bold Feng Hai
, how dare you question my identity? You can send a general out of the city now to see if this king is true or not!"
Feng Hai was now the bastard who took the weight, and Tie Xin believed that the cultivation of heaven was a lie. He laughed twice and said: "I will not let my subordinates go out of the city to die, and your treacherous plot will not be hidden from my eyes."
Damn it! Zhong Tian had lost his patience at this time. He waved to a guard beside him, then took out the king's jade seal from his arms, handed it to the guard, and asked him to go to the front of the city and hand it over to Feng Hai on the city.
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The guard hurriedly received the order, took the royal seal, and ran quickly to the gate of the closed city.
As soon as he ran out of the formation, Feng Hai and others on the top of the city saw clearly. A general pointed to the outside of the city and said: "Sir, the other side is coming to ride!"
I saw it! Feng Hai muttered silently in his heart. After pondering for a moment, he raised his hand and shouted: "Shoot this man!"
"Sir, what if the person coming is..."
Before his subordinates could finish speaking, Feng Hai's face darkened and he shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, do as ordered and shoot this man!"
"Yes! Sir!"
Feng Hai is the lord of the city, and he has the biggest orders when it comes to sealing the city. Even if the surrounding subordinates have doubts, they dare not disobey. According to Feng Hai's wishes, everyone gave the order to release arrows. There are many defenders sealing the city.
There were thousands of people. After receiving the order to release arrows, the soldiers bent their bows and set arrows, aimed at the guard of Zhong Tian who was running quickly, and fired the eagle feathers in unison.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh - arrows rained down from the top of the city, and they all flew towards the guard. When the guard heard the sound of arrows, his face suddenly changed with fright, and he shouted loudly: "Don't shoot the arrows."
,I am myself..."
Thump, thump, thump!
Before he finished shouting, Eagle Feather was already approaching, and the thousands of arrows shot the guards and the horses below into hedgehogs in an instant.
"Ah?" Unexpectedly, Feng Hairang ordered to fire arrows without letting his guards approach. Zhong Tian's head buzzed, and he roared and shouted: "Feng Hai, are you trying to rebel by shooting my guards?
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In fact, now Feng Hai has basically confirmed that the person coming is indeed Zhong Tian, but he does not dare to let Zhong Tian enter the city.
How is Yancheng's defense? It's a hundred times better than Fengcheng. Zhong Tiandu was beaten to Wancheng by Tianyuan's army. What about Wancheng's defense? It's ten times better than Fengcheng, but Zhong Tian was still beaten out of the city by Tianyuan's army. Now here we are.
Can the city be sealed off to withstand the Tianyuan Army's attack? The answer is of course no. He does not want to be Zhong Tian's die-hard loyalist and follow Zhong Tian to the end of the world.
However, Feng Hai did not have the courage and courage to betray Zhong Tian blatantly. At this time, taking advantage of the darkness, he pretended to be stupid and decided that Zhong Tian was a fake of the Tianyuan Army. In this way, he could not only prevent Zhong Tian from entering the city, but also
Leave yourself a way out and get the best of both worlds.
"The wind thief should stop threatening me. There are 100,000 arrows in the sealed city. No matter who dares to cross the thunder pond, I will kill him!" Feng Hai said seriously.
"You..." Zhong Tian was angry and hateful, and his teeth were itching, but Feng Hai on the top of the city was helpless. He turned to Wushuang and said: "General Wushuang, let's attack the city and capture Feng Hai."
, let this thief see whether this king is real or fake!"
Zhan Wushuang took a deep look at Zhong Tian, and shook his head with a wry smile. He couldn't understand why Zhong Tian was so smart, but he still hadn't seen through Feng Hai's intentions. The other party was obviously a loser, and he didn't dare to offend Zhong Tian.
, and did not dare to offend Tianyuan's army, they pretended to be stupid and refused to let their side enter the city.
It is not that easy to attack the city by force. Now our soldiers are less than 20,000, and they are exhausted. Even Brother Zhan Wudi is at the end of his strength. He is sitting on his horse and swaying. Even if he can really break into the city, his soldiers will be left.
There are only a few people left. When the time comes, the Tianyuan Army will seal the city and no one on our side will be able to escape.
He sighed and said: "Your Majesty, this Feng Hai is not your loyal minister, and you should no longer expect him to open the city gate for us..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard someone behind him screaming: "Report——"
A Ning sergeant ran over in a panic from behind. When he got close to Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi, he knelt down on one knee, stepped in and saluted, and said urgently: "Report, General! The Tianyuan Army has regrouped and is chasing them from the rear, General."
Get ready quickly!”
"ah?"
Hearing this, Zhan Wushuang, Zhan Wudi, Zhong Tian and others all trembled in their hearts. They didn't expect Ziying's army to make adjustments so quickly after being broken through by their own side, and to pursue them. Zhan Wushuang frowned and thought deeply.
After three seconds, he shouted: "Send to my general, and the whole army will bypass the closed city and continue to retreat southward!"
"Yes!" the herald agreed and passed on Zhan Wushuang's military order. Zhong Tian, who was standing beside him, rubbed his hands anxiously and asked: "General Wushuang, our army is exhausted and can no longer continue our journey. It is better to seal off the city and rest first."
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Can you get in?! Zhan Wushuang rolled his eyes. He wanted to scold Zhong Tian, but then he thought about it and swallowed the words on his lips. It was useless to talk to people who didn't understand military affairs. He was serious.
Said: "Entering the closed city is a dead end. If you want to survive, you must retreat southward!"
"But……"
"Your Majesty, if you delay any longer, when the enemy troops come after you, it will be too late for us to retreat!" Zhan Wushuang reminded him coldly.
That's it! Zhong Tian lamented in his heart, now he can't count on anyone else and can only rely on Zhan Wushuang. He nodded and said feebly: "Just follow the general's opinion!"
Ning's army and Peng's army were turned away by Feng Hai, the lord of Fengcheng City. In desperation, they had to bypass Fengcheng and fled southward.
As soon as they left, Feng Hai couldn't wait to ask people to open the outside of the city and go outside to see what the man who had just been shot to death had on him. He guessed that the man must have something like an edict on him, so that he could
Look, to confirm Zhong Tian's identity. You can keep this edict and give it to Tianyuan Army in the future to prove that you did not let Zhong Tian enter the city. This means you are showing your determination to Xiang Feng, and you can use this to claim credit.
The outcome of the matter was unexpected. No edict was found on the body of the guard, but Zhong Tian's jade seal was found.
Seeing Zhong Tian's self-made Peng King Seal, Feng Hai's subordinates were stunned. They realized that they had indeed killed the wrong person. The person who came just now was indeed Zhong Tian, but Feng Hai jumped with excitement.
Duo Gao, holding the jade seal, looked up to the sky and laughed. He was worried that he had done nothing by joining the Tianyuan Army. Now that he was fine, if he presented the seal of King Peng to Tang Yin, how much credit would it be?
Ning's army and Peng's army did not escape for long before the Sky Eagle army led by Ziying arrived and killed them.
After the battle just now, the Sky Eagle Army suffered more than 40,000 casualties. Now Ziying's eyes are red. Firstly, because his subordinates suffered heavy casualties. Secondly, he just received the news that Juno has been seriously injured and died. Unfortunately, Ziying died.
From Ying's point of view, Juno's death was entirely his responsibility, and if he wanted to survive, he could only capture Zhong Tian.
The general's eyes turned red because the soldiers below dared not to fight tooth and nail. More than 60,000 Skyhawk troops came up to chase Ning's army.
Zhong Tian wanted to enter Fengcheng, but Feng Hai did not dare to open the city gate. Now that he saw Tianyuan Army coming, he did not greet him, but he took the initiative to open the city gate and invited Tianyuan Army to enter the city. But now Ziying no longer takes Fengcheng seriously.
Li, without stopping for a moment, followed Ning Jun, bypassed the closed city, and continued the pursuit.
The defeat of Ning Jun and Peng Jun was extremely disastrous. At first, the severely wounded were left behind. By the time they escaped to Zishi, the lightly wounded were also starting to fall behind. They ran all the way and threw the wounded all the way. How to treat these Ning Jun and Peng Jun.
Ziying was not polite at all to the wounded soldiers in the army, and passed down to the generals that any wounded enemy soldiers they saw would be put to death.