Shangguan Yuanrang landed on the ground, raised his eyes to look at Wu Rui, and then turned to look at his own army that was about to withdraw from the enemy camp. He took a long breath and shouted to Wu Rui: "General Sichuan opposite, listen, today
The battle ends here. In the future, if we have the opportunity, we can fight again openly on the battlefield. Remember, my name is Shangguan Yuanrang!" After saying this, he dragged his knife and ran towards his retreating army, watching the battle from the sidelines.
Zhan Hu also hurriedly followed.
Looking at the backs of Shangguan Yuanrang and Zhan Hu running away, Wu Rui stood still for a long time.
"General, the enemy is about to run out of the camp, chase him quickly!" A Sichuan general rushed to Wu Rui and said urgently.
Wu Rui came back to his senses, took back the spiritual soldiers, withdrew the spiritual energy, and restored it to its original state. Then he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "There is no need to chase anymore. The enemy is brave and strategic, and even if we catch up, it will be difficult for our army to get an advantage.
"The Pingyuan Army only realized that there was an ambush within two miles of the camp. Their commander was really shrewd. And it would be unwise to fight with a top spiritual martial arts master like Shangguan Yuanrang among the Feng Army.
"Could we just let the enemy troops run away like this?"
"What else?" Wu Rui dispelled his spiritual armor and looked at his subordinates in amusement.
General Nachuan was speechless when asked. Even a general like Wu Rui couldn't get any advantage from him. If he went up, he might not even be able to take one of his moves. He whispered: "But...but Zhenjun
Already chased out..."
"If they want to chase, let them chase. We only need to mind our own business." Wu Rui waved his hand, then shouldered his spear and walked towards his horse.
The Zhen army pursued the enemy very hard, and they chased them two miles away from the camp. As a result, the Feng army retreating in front suddenly stopped, turned back, and faced the Zhen army who was chasing them. The Zhen army did not have many troops, and the Sichuan army again
He did not pursue the enemy with them, and was defeated by the Feng Army who turned around and shot him dead. In the end, the Zhen Army general saw that his side had no hope of winning, so he had no choice but to order a retreat back to the camp.
This battle, in which the Pingyuan Army and the Sanshui Army jointly attacked the enemy camp, ended with the retreat of the two armies. The battle was not large in scale and did not last long, but it served as a warning to the commanders of both sides.
After this battle, Xiao Muqing and Liang Qi had to look at the Sichuan and Zhen Allied Forces with admiration. These two armies were incomparable to the Anhuan Army. It can be seen from the enemy's camp layout that the enemy commander had long been on guard against this sneak attack.
, and laid out an ambush in advance, as if he could predict the future, which shows that his general has a good understanding of the battle situation and is very good at using troops.
The Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces were also deeply impressed by the Feng Army's alertness, agility and bravery. They broke into the enemy camp and took advantage of it, but were able to retreat calmly. This was not something that ordinary commanders could do. In addition, Shangguan Yuanrang's
The use of force also cast a lingering shadow on the hearts of the soldiers of both armies, chilling people to the very core.
In any case, the stolen camps of the Pingyuan Army and the Sanshui Army did not play a role in containing the main force of the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces, and the battle under Baguan City continued.
From that day to the afternoon, the second group of the Sichuan-Zhenzhen coalition attacking the city was replaced by the third group. On the Baguan side, the exhausted defenders suffered heavy casualties and were replaced by the Chifeng Army headed by Peng Haochu.
This massive siege is evolving into a war of attrition.
The Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces attacked fiercely for a whole day. The four siege teams had taken turns on the battlefield, but the Baguan Pass was still impregnable. No one of the 800,000-strong Sichuan-Zhenren Allied Forces could successfully ascend to the top of the city. In the end, they still
Ren Fang ordered the entire army to retreat on behalf of Nie Ze and fight another day.
After the Sichuan and Zhen coalition forces retreated from the battlefield, they looked at Baguan again. The city wall was riddled with holes by heavy trebuchets. Many stone bullets had been completely embedded in the city wall and could not be dug out even if they tried. The upper and lower ends of the city wall were full of holes.
It was covered with blood. The upper part was the blood of the soldiers of the Feng Army, and the lower part was the blood of the soldiers of the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Army. As for the corpses, there were too many to count. The ground was basically invisible above and below the city wall. Everywhere you looked, there were
There were mutilated corpses scattered everywhere.
The fighting stopped, and then the corpse collection teams from both sides ran to the battlefield to collect the bodies of their own personnel.
Many of the soldiers who died in the Feng Army also fell outside the city. At this time, the corpse collection teams from the Feng, Sichuan and Zhen Three Kingdoms gathered under the city, rummaging through the piles of corpses to find their brothers. On the battlefield, both sides fought hard.
We are fighting to the death, but at this time, it is rare for us to stand up together and live in peace.
Among so many corpses, the expressions on people's faces had long been numb, no one spoke, and the whole scene was eerily silent, except for the rustling sound of armor.
The setting sun, dusk, crows, and corpses form an extremely miserable scene.
Carloads of corpses were carried back, and the battlefield was quickly cleared. It was only then that people's faces softened a little. The tired and sweaty soldiers sat on the ground to rest, and even chatted with each other for a while.
sentence.
The corpses of both sides were collected properly. Next, flames burst into the sky in Baguan City and the camp of the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces. It was the two sides burning the corpses of their fallen soldiers.
After only one day of fighting, the number of casualties on the Feng Army's side exceeded 20,000. The main casualties came from the Baguan defenders, while the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Army suffered even greater casualties, totaling more than 70,000. The Zhen Army's casualties were much higher than those of the Zhen Army.
Sichuan Army.
Baguan, inside the general's mansion.
After dinner, Tang Yin took a walk alone in the courtyard.
He was thinking about how to fight the next battle. The heavy trebuchets of the Sichuan and Zhen coalition forces were astonishingly powerful. After only one day of fighting, the city wall of Baguan was seriously damaged. If the battle continued for many days, would the city wall collapse?
It's really hard to say. Once there is a gap and the enemy can enter the city at will, the battle will be extremely difficult.
If all the enemy's trebuchets could be destroyed, it would be equivalent to getting rid of the biggest threat to one's own side. But how to destroy the enemy's trebuchets? Tang Yin thought hard and couldn't think of a way. At this time,
, Qiu Zhen came closer from outside. When he saw Tang Yin, he immediately stepped forward and bowed to salute: "Your Majesty."
"Yes!" Tang Yin responded and asked, "Have all the bodies of our soldiers been cremated?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Qiu Zhen nodded, looked at Tang Yin, saw his brows furrowed, and said, "I went to the city wall just now and saw General Yingbu asking people to reinforce the city wall."
Tang Yin asked: "How to reinforce it?"
Qiu Zhen said: "Put strong wooden piles against the city wall."
Tang Yin shook his head and murmured: "Treat the symptoms but not the root cause. No matter how many wooden stakes are used, they will not be able to withstand the heavy blow of the enemy's trebuchet."
Although he didn't want to admit it, it was also a fact. Qiu Zhen said helplessly: "Doing it is better than not doing it!"
Tang Yin said: "I was just thinking about how to destroy the enemy's trebuchet. Qiu Zhen, you are smart, help me come up with an idea."
"this……"
Heavy weapons such as trebuchets are the treasures of all armies. They are closely guarded and are unlikely to have loopholes that can be exploited by the enemy. Qiu Zhen thought about it for a while, and then said with a wry smile: "I want to rush into the enemy camp to do damage."
, there is no possibility, we can only have a glimmer of hope when the enemy is attacking the city."
Tang Yin rolled his eyes and asked: "You mean, when the enemy attacks the city, we suddenly open the city gate, kill a group of dead soldiers, pass through the enemy's army, and destroy the trebuchet?" This
The method is even more impossible. When the enemy attacks the city, the number of troops invested is at least 200,000. How many dead soldiers must our side send to defeat the enemy's 200,000?
Qiu Zhen shook his head and said: "To destroy the enemy's trebuchet, naturally we cannot send troops from within the city. If I remember correctly, there are tens of thousands of Mo horses in the Sanshui Army. Only when the enemy attacks the city can we
There are more than ten thousand horsemen approaching the enemy quietly and launching a sudden attack. With the speed of Moma, they may arrive before the enemy withdraws the trebuchet and destroy them all."
When Tang Yin heard this, his eyes lit up at first, but soon he shook his head and said quietly: "Even if tens of thousands of Qingqi are dispatched, the possibility of success is very slim!"
Qiu Zhen did not deny that the main force of the enemy army was near the enemy's trebuchet. It was extremely difficult to break in, and the possibility of successfully exiting was zero. This was a suicide attack that might not be successful.
You really shouldn't do this unless you have to.
Tang Yin looked up, took a deep breath, and said softly: "Perhaps what Zuo Shuang said is not unreasonable. Our army should be prepared to retreat at any time."
Qiu Zhen's face changed slightly when he heard this, and then he secretly let out a sigh. Giving up Ba Pass and fighting on the mainland is really not what Fengren wants to see. It may even trigger turmoil across the country and destroy many towns, but this is better than leaving Ba Pass and fighting on the mainland.
All bets are placed on the fact that Baguan must be strong, at least there is room for maneuver. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for our side to forcefully defend Baguan and keep millions of enemy troops out of the country.
"It is a good thing that your Majesty knows how to be flexible, but Baguan is the choke point of our country, and we must not give it to the enemy easily. Our army must not retreat until the last moment."
"That's right." Tang Yin looked deeply and slowly clenched his fists.
Opposite Baguan, there is the Sichuan-Zhenjun coalition camp and the Chinese military tent.
After watching the cremation of his own fallen soldiers, Nie Ze led the Zhen army generals to rush to the central military tent to see Ren Fang. At this time, the generals of the Sichuan army were also there. Seeing Nie Ze coming, people bowed their hands and saluted.
Nie Ze ignored the others, walked up to Ren Fang who was sitting in the middle, and asked angrily: "Commander Ren, in today's battle, our army can invade Ba Pass if we put more effort, why did you suddenly give the order to retreat?
?”
They fought fiercely for a whole day with superior forces, but gained nothing. On the contrary, they lost countless soldiers. It made everyone look bad. Nie Ze did not say his own fault, but instead hit the target and questioned anyone first.
Let go.
Listening to Nie Ze's unreasonable doubts, Ren Fang didn't look angry and was still smiling. He bowed slightly and then asked with a smile: "Can our army invade Ba Pass? Are you sure, General Nie?"
Nie Ze's face turned red when he was asked, and he hesitated: "I think there is a chance."
"It seems that my views are very different from General Nie. With the city defense of Ba Pass and the toughness of Feng Army, I am afraid that even if we attack for three days, our army may not be able to break into Ba Pass."