Seeing that the Sichuan and Zhen coalition forces had given up the siege and the entire army retreated to rescue the camp, Zuo Shuang did not dare to delay and immediately ordered the entire army to retreat and return to Gaochuan County.
How could the frustrated Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces let them go? Large groups of troops from both armies then covered them up and killed them.
However, the Western Border Army did not penetrate deep into the enemy camp and retreated quickly. Under the command of Zuo Shuang, the entire army's rear team became the front team and retreated in an orderly manner.
The cavalry of the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Army was the first to chase and leave the camp. They thought they could use the impact of the cavalry to disperse the Feng army, but they were shot head-on by the Western Border Army.
Bows and arrows are a powerful weapon to restrain cavalry, and the Western Border Army is good at shooting arrows. Moreover, they retreated on their own initiative, not in defeat. They released arrow formations in a very short period of time, causing the Sichuan Zhen cavalry to suffer greatly.
Thousands of horsemen rushing in front were nailed alive into hedgehogs by the dense array of arrows.
The Sichuan Zhen cavalrymen were shocked. Under such a dense and fierce arrow formation, they dared to charge forward. They turned their horses' heads and retreated to the camp.
The enemy cavalry retreated, and there was no pressure on the Western Frontier Army. The army returned to Gaochuan County quickly and without chaos.
The Western Border Army came and left quickly. They did not have a head-on confrontation with the main force of the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces, but the role they played was extremely crucial. They directly solved the crisis in Jinyang and made the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces more powerful this time.
The inevitable siege failed again.
After two consecutive days of fierce attacks by the Sichuan-Zhenjun Allied Forces, the New Army stationed in Jinyang suffered heavy casualties, with its strength reduced sharply from nearly 100,000 to more than 30,000. Of course, the casualties of the Sichuan-Zhenjun Allied Forces were much greater than those of the New Army, but the Sichuan-Zhenjun Allied Forces suffered heavy casualties.
The Zhenlian Army also had much more troops than the New Army. Even though the number of casualties exceeded 100,000, it did not affect the combat effectiveness of the entire army.
After the battle to defend the city ended like this, even Qiu Zhen began to lose confidence. He privately persuaded Tang Yin to abandon Jinyang, go north to join the direct army, recapture Ningding, and then compete with the enemy. Tang Yin also wanted to withdraw.
When the battle reached this level, he didn't want to fight anymore, but the risk of retreating at this time was too great.
There are now tens of thousands of Zhen troops stationed in Ningding. If the attack goes well, it will be good to defeat them in one go. But if the attack is blocked, and the main force of the Sichuan and Zhen coalition forces come up behind to pursue them, our own army will have nowhere to run.
There is a danger of the entire army being annihilated. At present, Tang Yin can only grit his teeth and hold on in Jinyang. Even if he retreats, he will have to wait until the direct army and the local army have joined forces to capture Ningding, and he has a real way out before he can retreat from Jinyang.
Withdraw out.
Tang Yin did not accept Qiu Zhen's opinion and decided to continue to defend Jinyang. The only thing that made him feel at ease was the Western Border Army's containment of the enemy. Tang Yin had already sent orders to the Sanshui Army and the Western Border Army to let the Second Army
They joined forces to stop the menacing Huan Army. The Sanshui Army followed Tang Yin's orders, but the Western Border Army stayed in Gaochuan County.
Zuo Shuang did not have the courage to disobey Tang Yin's order. The reason why the Western Border Army did not go with the Sanshui Army to meet the enemy was because of Liang Qi's intention.
Liang Qi seems to be a peaceful person, but in fact, he is very arrogant, and there are not many people who can look up to him. As the commander-in-chief of the Sanshui Army, he has fought with the Ning Army too many times. In his opinion,
, Ning Jun's combat effectiveness is extremely poor. If he joins forces with him, the Ning people will not only be unable to cooperate with him, but will also drag down his own side, which is not worth the loss. Secondly, and the most important point, Liang Qi hates Huan Jun deeply.
When he defeated the Huan army, he was kind-hearted and did not kill the surrendered generals, but also let them go. However, Huan State not only showed no gratitude, but instead sent an army of 400,000 to come. This made Liang Qi full of joy.
Anger and anger were held in his chest, and he could not let go. He did not want to use the hands of others, so he made up his mind to defeat the Huan army again with the strength of the three water armies and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor.
Liang Qi was originally a calm and sophisticated person, but this time he was a little impulsive.
Zuo Shuang stayed in Gaochuan County according to Liang Qi's wishes, but accidentally solved the crisis in Jinyang.
In the next few days, as soon as the Sichuan and Zhen Allied Forces attacked the city, the Western Border Army who heard the news would rush over from Gaochuan County and attack the Sichuan and Zhen Allied Army's camp. Zuo Shuang was very good at using troops and was very cautious. Every time
When attacking the enemy camp, he would not rush deep into it. He would only shoot arrows and set fire to the edge of the enemy camp. Once he saw the enemy's main force returning to the camp, he would immediately lead his troops back to Gaochuan County.
His tactics are like a piece of gum that sticks to you. No matter how hard you try, you just can't get rid of it. The Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces were greatly annoyed by the harassment tactics of the Western Border Army, but the latter was too cunning.
Unable to seize the opportunity to engage in a head-on battle with Sakuchi, the Sichuan-Zada coalition attacked the city several times, but ended up returning to camp to save themselves.
At this time, even Ren Fang had a headache about this Feng Army. After sending someone to investigate carefully, he found out that this Feng Army was not a Feng Army in the true sense. Its predecessor was the Central Army of Ning State, and its commander was a famous man.
General Ning named Zuo Shuang. Ren Fang is very clever and keenly aware that there may be an opportunity to take advantage of him.
He sent a eloquent Sichuan counselor to Gaochuan County to persuade Zuo Shuang to join the Sichuan Kingdom and fight against the wind together. After all, the Ning Kingdom was destroyed by the Feng Kingdom, and the Ning people and the Feng people should be mortal enemies. This Sichuan man
After entering Gaochuan County, the national adviser successfully found the station of the Western Border Army, and also successfully met Zuo Shuang.
In front of Zuo Shuang, this counselor was eloquent, talking with great joy, presenting facts, reasoning, moving with emotion and reasoning, and used all his abilities to try to persuade Zuo Shuang. Zuo Shuang did not interrupt him.
Listening silently, pondering without saying a word, Zuo Shuang finally waited for the Sichuan counselor to come to an end. Zuo Shuang asked with a smile on his face: "Is this what you want to say?"
The counselor of the Sichuan Kingdom nodded his head and said sternly: "Since General Zuo Shuang is so good at using troops, he must be a hero among people. It should be obvious that now that the Feng Kingdom is over, it is the right way to escape as soon as possible. If he continues to defend the Feng Kingdom,
Let go, General Zuo Shuang and many of his soldiers will probably die without a burial place!"
His words were half persuasion and half threat.
Zuo Shuang nodded, glanced past the counselor, looked outside the tent, and shouted loudly: "Come here! Pull out this Sichuan country Xizuo who is deceiving the public with his monstrous words and disrupting the morale of our army, and behead him in public!"
His words frightened the Sichuan counselor on the spot. He was an envoy of the First Army. Even if Zuo Shuang didn't listen to his persuasion, he couldn't kill him! Before he could explain, the guards outside shouted
They rushed in and without any explanation, dragged him out of the tent and chopped off his head with a knife.
Zuo Shuang ordered people to put the heads of Sichuan counselors into boxes and send them back to the camp of the Sichuan and Zhen coalition forces to prove their determination.
The envoy he sent out was killed and only a bloody severed head was returned. This was undoubtedly a great shame for Ren Fang. He immediately sent his deputy commander Jin Zhuo to command the 200,000 Sichuan Zhen coalition troops to Gaochuan County to crusade.
Before the Western Border Army dispatched troops, Ren Fang gave Jin Zhuo a death order. This enemy army must be completely wiped out at any cost.
Jin Zhuo took the order and left, leading an army of 200,000 soldiers with a mighty momentum southward into Gaochuan County, hoping to fight to the death with the Western Border Army.
The Western Border Army, commanded by Zuo Shuang, was more cunning than a fox. As soon as he heard that a large group of troops from the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Army was approaching, he abandoned the camp with his entire army and fled into the hinterland of Gaochuan County overnight, using roundabout tactics to entangle the enemy.
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The siege in the past few days has caused heavy casualties to the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces. Now another 200,000 troops have been sent, and the number of troops available to attack the city has been greatly reduced. Although the Western Border Army has been scared away, the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces can no longer organize.
Launch a powerful siege.
In the next few days, the two sides gradually turned from a fierce battle into a bitter battle. Ren Zang knew very well that his own side was in difficulty, and the Feng army in Jinyang was even more difficult. At this time, he must not relax, let alone stop attacking the city, even if he bites the bullet
We have to persevere and not give the wind army in Jinyang a chance to breathe.
The Feng Army is also struggling to support itself. The enemy's siege forces are getting smaller and smaller, but the Feng Army's combatable troops have shrunk even more seriously. If Tang Yin hadn't stayed on top of the city, he would have fought with the army.
The lieutenant generals fought side by side to defend against the enemy, and the Feng army's fighting spirit may have collapsed long ago.
The two sides had an arrow on the string and had to fire, while the other was fighting desperately for survival. By this time, the battle of Jinyang had reached a stalemate. It was difficult for the Sichuan-Zhenzhen coalition to break through Jinyang, and Jinyang had no power to retreat from the enemy.
Although the fighting between the two armies was still going on, the intensity was far from the same as the first two days of siege.
On the other side, the direct-affiliated army and the three-way local army that left Jinyang and headed north appeared in the four directions of Ningding, the southeast and northwest. The direct-affiliated army had 100,000 people, and the three-way local army had 78,000 people, totaling nearly 200,000 people.
An army of ten thousand.
Many Feng troops suddenly appeared outside Ningding City. Most of them were unexpected by Xiao Chong, the leader of the Zhen Army. He even suspected that the Feng troops had abandoned Jinyang and all rushed to Ningding.
He hurriedly ordered the city to be closed, and all the soldiers in the army went to the city wall to resist the attack of the wind army.
After the direct army and local army arrived in Ningding, their commanders gathered together to discuss strategies against the enemy.
As Wuying was the commander-in-chief of the direct army, the commanders of the three local armies naturally followed her lead.
According to Wuying's wishes, our side should attack the city with all its strength, break through the Zhen army's defense line in one go, and break into the city.
Before the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Local Army could express his stance, Fan Shan had already begun to shake his head and said repeatedly: "It's inappropriate! It's really inappropriate for the whole army to attack by force!"
Wuying secretly frowned, squinted at Fan Shan, and asked, "What does General Fan think is wrong?"
Fan Shan said sternly: "We don't yet understand the strength of the enemy's army. How can we attack with all our strength as soon as the war begins? We should first let the brothers in the county army take the lead and test the strength of the enemy's army first, so that we can know the strength of the enemy's army. Then we can
It’s not too late for the direct-affiliated army to join the war!”
What he meant was to use the three-pronged local army as a guidepost. The three commander-in-chief generals felt uncomfortable when they heard this, but from the overall situation, Fan Shan's words did make sense. After all, the direct-affiliated army was the main force, and
You are the Central Army, one of the pillars of resistance against the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces, and cannot afford to suffer losses.
Wuying thought about it carefully and thought that Fan Shan's idea was a good one. Then he nodded in gratitude, looked around at the three generals, and asked: "What do the three generals mean?"