Volume 10 Chapter 192
Qi Heng did not dare to run directly north, but ran to the northeast. Even in his unconscious state, he understood that going north was equivalent to chasing the back of the main force of Mo Cavalry, which would lead to a dead end.
He fell unconscious and woke up again on the horse, and Mimi fled all the way until dark in a daze. Looking further ahead, he saw a forest in front of him. Without thinking, he urged the horse to run over.
He planned to hide in the woods to treat his wounds and recuperate, but as soon as he arrived at the edge of the woods, he heard someone shouting from inside: "Who are they?" Immediately afterwards, more than a hundred soldiers with swords in their hands poured out of the woods.
Because the color was already dark, and Qi Heng was seriously injured, he couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly, so he secretly screamed, "I'm going to die!" He rolled his eyes upwards, fell off his horse, and passed out completely.
"Huh? This...is this General Qi?"
"Yeah?!"
"It's...it's really General Qi! Brothers, come here and help!"
When Qi Hengyou woke up, it was already noon the next day. He opened his eyes and saw that he was surrounded by wind soldiers and generals. There were two wind generals in front of him. He knew both of them, one was Zhan Peng and the other was Wei Xuan.
Tang Yin divided his troops into many groups. At the beginning, the soldiers and horses from all groups were able to advance together and keep in contact with each other. But later on, the troops from all groups began to flee, one wave to the east and another to the west. Some were advancing quickly, and some were advancing quickly. The advance was slow and no one knew who was where.
Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan were not together originally. They each led 3,000 men to attack the villages and towns in Surabaya, fighting all the way south. Then they heard that Qi Heng and Kong Yan's troops had captured Tongchuan, and the two immediately He accelerated his march and crossed Tongchuan, hoping to catch up with Qi Heng and Kong Yan and follow them to attack the county town. As a result, the two waves of troops met halfway and happened to join forces. However, on the way to Tongxia, they encountered the Feng army who had been defeated and returned. After careful questioning, the two of them found out that Qi Heng and Kong Yan's troops encountered the main cavalry of the Mo army and were killed and defeated. The life and death of the general Qi Heng was uncertain, and the deputy general Kong Yan had already fled towards Tongchuan with his remaining troops.
After hearing the news, Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan were also shocked. They dared to continue going south. They hurriedly hid in the woods with their men. While avoiding the Mo cavalry, they sent people to report to the king and wait for the king to make a decision.
As a result, before they could wait for Tang Yin's reply, Qi Heng arrived who was seriously injured.
There were no less than 30 wounds on Qi Heng's body. The most serious one was in his abdomen. A hole as big as a fist was poked out, and his intestines flowed out. The wound was simply tied with a piece of red cloth.
When the military doctor was treating Qi Heng's wounds, Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan were watching and speechless. Under normal circumstances, a person would have died long ago after suffering so many serious injuries. Qi Heng's skin was rough and thick. People can still survive!
When Qi Heng woke up and saw clearly that the people around him were Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan, he realized for the first time that the two of them looked so kind. He opened his mouth excitedly and wanted to speak, but he couldn't spit out a word. There was only a strange gurgling sound coming from his throat.
Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan glanced at each other, patted him on the shoulder hurriedly, and said, "Don't say anything. We know that it is the main cavalry of Mo State who is coming to kill."
After hearing that the two of them understood the enemy's situation, Qi Heng's nerves relaxed, his eyes turned white, and he fainted again. While Wei Xuan carefully covered Qi Heng with a blanket, he said to Zhan Peng: "Brother Zhan, it seems we can't wait any longer. Even with General Qi's force, he was seriously injured. It shows that the enemy is very careful." The sharp cavalry is probably the main force that entered the Yu and retreated. We should quickly return to Peicheng and join up with the king. "
Zhan Peng frowned and said: "But we retreated privately without receiving the order from the king, fearing that we would be dealt with by military law..."
Wei Xuan said seriously: "Are the heads of you and me more important than the lives of thousands of brothers?"
Zhan Peng took a breath, his face straightened, he nodded seriously, and said, "In my opinion, we will return to Tongchuan immediately!"
Now it is too late for both of them to lead their troops back to Tongchuan.
At this time, the speed of Mo's cavalry showed its power. The 50,000 cavalry defeated Qi Heng and Kong Yan's troops like wind and clouds, and then continued north, rushing to Tongchuan like a tornado. When they reached Tongchuan, the remnants of Kong Yan's troops were still running for their lives halfway!
There are not many Feng troops in Tongchuan, only the two thousand people left by Qi Heng. Two thousand people versus fifty thousand, the battle was without any suspense. The dismounted Mo army just made a strong attack, and then they rushed to the top of the city and successfully opened the city gate. The cavalry outside swarmed in, and the two thousand wind troops were instantly wiped out.
After retaking Tongchuan, the Mo cavalry temporarily repaired the city. Then, a steady stream of Mo cavalry entered the city. In less than a day, there were as many as 200,000 Mo cavalry gathered inside and outside Tongchuan. This is the Mo cavalry. The Tianwei Army Cavalry Corps, which is world-famous for its brilliant achievements, is led by General Shi Hanyu of Mo State, and is accompanied by Lieutenant General Lian Ge.
Shao Fang gave an order to mobilize the 500,000 Mo troops who had entered Yu to fight. The infantry was still on the way back from Yu, but the 200,000 Tianwei troops had already rushed back to Sishui County.
This is the speed of Mo Ma and the power of Mo Cavalry. The unparalleled maneuverability makes Mo Cavalry gallop across the battlefield like ghosts, coming and going without a trace, appearing and disappearing without a trace.
Tang Yin divided his troops into multiple routes and advanced together. In response to the Feng Army's tactics, Shi Hanyu also divided his troops into multiple routes, fighting against Luàn with Luàn.
The battle between him and Lian Ge's 50,000 cavalry and Qi Heng and Kong Yan was one of the battles of fighting with fire. Fighting on the plains, with superior forces, the cavalry had no suspense against the infantry. The infantry collapsed and the cavalry won a great victory.
According to Shi Hanyu's military order, the cavalry of various routes regained the lost territory and finally gathered in Tongchuan.
They delayed a day in Tongchuan to regroup, which finally gave the remnants of the Feng army a chance to retreat back to Peicheng.
With the withdrawal of the main force of the Mo army, the situation of the Feng-Mo war officially began to reverse.
Tang Yin, who was in Peicheng, was ambitious to take over the entire Sishui County within half a month, and the various Feng armies also received frequent reports of victory. Who knew that in a blink of an eye, the situation suddenly changed, and the news of the defeat of the various Feng armies came to Tang Yin one after another.
Not to mention that Tang Yin was shocked, the counselors below were also panicked, not knowing where the sudden appearance of the multi-route Mo cavalry came from.
When the remnants of the Feng army began to flee back to Peicheng one after another, the Sky Eye and the Ground Network received accurate intelligence. It turned out that the 500,000 Mo troops who entered Yu to fight had begun to withdraw across the board despite An Guo's opposition. The Tianwei Army of the Cavalry Corps had retreated to Sishui first, and the Mo cavalry that defeated their own troops was the Tianwei Army.
This news caused an uproar in the Feng army. They didn't expect Shao Fang to have such great courage and determination to decisively withdraw the main force of the army in Yu Guo, which was in a very good situation.
Of course, the Feng army had a headache, but Lingshuang was extremely excited. The Mo-An coalition, as the main force and the most powerful, was the Mo army. Now that the Mo army had withdrawn to the country, leaving only the An army, it was no longer a concern for Yu Guo. Relying on the An army alone, not to mention that they could not take down Yudu, the Yu army could also take advantage of the situation to counterattack, expel the An army in one fell swoop, and regain the lost territory.
The return of the Mo army made Lingshuang complete the mission successfully, but she dared not leave easily. If the Feng army was defeated too quickly, the Mo army could completely beat the Feng army back to the country and then invade Yu country again, so she had to stay with Tang Yin and help Tang Yin as much as possible to maximize the consumption of the Feng army and the Mo army.
The Feng army captured many villages and towns in Sishui, but lost them quickly. The Tianwei army of Mo country attacked from multiple directions and advanced across the board. Almost in one go, they took back all the villages and towns previously captured by the Feng army. Under the unhurried advancement of the Mo cavalry, the army has gradually approached Peicheng.
In the past few days, there have been continuous news of defeats, and the remnants of the Feng army have almost all fled back to Peicheng. Now the Feng army faces two choices, fight or retreat.
If they choose to retreat, the Feng army is equivalent to stepping out of Sishui, and all the results of the battle that have been won with great difficulty will be wasted. If they want to fight to the death, the Feng army seems to lack confidence.
After a multi-front war, the Feng army suffered heavy casualties. Qi Heng was seriously injured and in critical condition. Lieutenant General Lu Song and Lieutenant General Tian Jia died in succession. Zhang Cheng, Gao Yu and other generals were injured. The 70,000 Feng army suffered more than 30,000 casualties. It was too difficult to defend Peicheng with only the remaining 30,000 people.
Whether it was the Feng generals or the counselors, people now understood that they were unable to continue fighting this battle, and it was unrealistic to defend Peicheng. Even if the cavalry was not good at attacking the city, as long as the enemy surrounded the city, they would still be dead when the main infantry of the Mo Kingdom arrived.
No one dared to say retreat. In such a critical situation, whoever dared to retreat lightly would disturb the morale of the army and lose his head.
Now Tang Yin was also thinking about whether he should fight or retreat, but no matter how he thought about it, he could not think of a way to repel the enemy.
The main hall of the City Lord's Mansion in Peicheng.
Tang Yin sat in the middle, Lingshuang sat beside him, and looking down, except for a few counselors, all were dusty generals, more than half of them were injured, some had scratches on their faces, and some had bandages wrapped around their bodies. They all stared at Tang Yin eagerly, waiting for him to make a decision.
Tang Yin, who had remained silent all the time, closed the fan he was playing with, put it on the table, and asked: "Have the bodies of our fallen soldiers been brought back?"
No one expected that he would ask such an insignificant question at such a critical moment. The generals looked at each other, and finally Wuying bowed and replied: "The bodies of General Lu and General Tian have been brought back, but the bodies of the brothers below... many have not been brought back in time..."
Like Lu Song and Tian Jia's two divisions, they were all wiped out by Mo's army, and no one was alive. How could anyone bring their bodies back to Peicheng? Even the bodies of Lu Song and Tian Jia were finally dug out from the pile of corpses by the spies of Sky Eye and Ground Net and carried back to Peicheng.
Tang Yin looked up, with a look of sorrow in his eyes, and said softly: "Fallen leaves return to their roots! My brothers followed me to the battle, suffered so much, and now they have died on the battlefield. How can we stay in a foreign land and become homeless souls?"