Volume 10 Chapter 554
Chapter 554
Under Han Shi's persuasion, Yan Xi gave up the idea of continuing to attack Daping City and led the remnants of the Guihai Army back to Longmen Mountain, preparing to withdraw the latest chapter along the original route.
However, it is not as easy for them to withdraw now as it was when they arrived. There are currently a large number of wounded soldiers in the army who cannot withstand the long journey, and they are still in such a difficult environment in the barren mountains. This requires Huan Jun to Rest for a few days and deal with the injuries of some of the wounded soldiers before setting off.
Han Shi is not in a hurry about this. In his opinion, his side has currently lost the strength to attack Daping City, and the Jade Army does not have the strength to take the initiative to attack. There is no danger if he has been stationed in Longmen Mountain for a period of time.
But this time Han Shi was wrong, or he missed one factor: the Sanshui Army and the Sky Eagle Army were rushing toward Daping City.
On the second day after the Jade Army ambushed the Huan Army, spies from the Sanshui Army and the Tianying Army arrived at Daping City in the afternoon. After seeing Tang Yin, they reported to him that the leading troops of the two armies had approached Daping City and were currently within a distance of Daping City. Pingcheng is only fifty miles away.
This news made Tang Yin overjoyed, and also made the officials and generals of the Jade Kingdom breathe a sigh of relief. The Sanshui Army and the Tianying Army came over for reinforcements, so they no longer had to fear the Huan Army.
The vanguard of the Sanshui Army and the Tianying Army only had 30,000 people, but they were personally led by Liang Qi and Ziying, accompanied by generals Zhan Hu and Wu Guang. The following officers and soldiers were also the elites of the two armies.
When they arrived at Daping City, Tang Yin personally went out of the city to greet them. When all the generals saw Tang Yin and Yin Rou, they all knelt down and bowed with great ceremony, while all of them had tears in their eyes. The Sanshui Army and the Sky Eagle Army also knew about the attack and disappearance of Tang Yin and Yin Rou. They thought that the king was in danger this time. Now that they saw that Tang Yin and Yin Rou were safe and sound, everyone was excited and excited. I was so excited that I couldn't control my emotions.
After helping the generals up one by one, Tang Yin took Liang Qi and Ziying's hands and sighed sincerely: "I've been looking forward to your arrival so much that I can't wait to see you!"
This is the truth. Now the Huan Army did not dare to attack Daping City, but Tang Yin did not want to let them go. With the strength of the Yu Army, taking the initiative to attack would undoubtedly mean hitting a stone with an egg. Now that his own soldiers had arrived, Tang Yin finally had the capital to take the initiative.
"Where have the king and the princess been for more than a month? The brothers have searched all over the Feng Kingdom, but they have not found the king and the princess." Liang Qi asked with concern as he accompanied Tang Yin to the city.
Tang Yin and Yin Rou looked at each other and smiled, and then he roughly told everyone how he took Yin Rou through Longmen Mountain and how he came to Daping City. After listening to it, even Zhan Hu repeatedly lamented how dangerous it was.
Ziying rubbed his chin and murmured: "The current Huan Army should not be underestimated. They avoid the main force of our army, use surprise troops to sneak attack on our country, drain fuel from the bottom of the cauldron, and attack the enemy unprepared. How awesome!"
Liang Qi smiled, shrugged and said, "It's not that the Huan army is powerful, it's just that our army underestimated the enemy."
As he spoke, he said to Tang Yin: "Your Majesty, Huan State is currently deploying all its troops on the border of Anguo and Anhuan. This is a good opportunity for our army to march straight in..."
Before he could finish speaking, Tang Yin waved his hands repeatedly and said, "These matters can be discussed later. Now, what I want is to completely annihilate the Guihai army of Huan Kingdom."
Wu Guang asked curiously: "The Guihai army was ambushed by the king and suffered heavy losses. They did not dare to attack Daping City again. Have they retreated now?"
"Probably not!" Tang Yin shook his head and said: "After a huge defeat, the Guihai Army suffered many casualties. It must take a few days to rest before retreating."
Ziying nodded and continued: "The king is right! The period when the enemy's army is resting is a good opportunity for our army to take the initiative and annihilate it in one fell swoop."
Liang Qi said: "Our army can be divided into two groups, advance forward one way, and bypass the enemy's rear all the way. Attack from both sides and defeat the enemy easily."
Ziying said: "Soldiers are valuable and quick. Tonight is the best time to attack. We can have a night battle with the enemy!"
With Liang Qi and Ziying around, Tang Yin didn't have to use his brain. These two were top-level commanders. No matter whether they were planning long-term tactical strategies or conducting short-term handovers, no one could control them. .
Tang Yin couldn't help but laugh out loud as he listened to the two of them talking quickly. This was his usual style. In just a few words, he finalized the tactics to defeat the enemy. The next thing to do was to make concrete decisions. preparation.
Even though Liang Qi and Ziying only brought 30,000 soldiers, they were all elites of the Sanshui Army and the Sky Eagle Army. In Tang Yin's eyes, these 30,000 soldiers were better than the 100,000 or more soldiers of the Jade Army.
He narrowed his eyes, a sneer appeared on his face, and said quietly: "Tonight, I will avenge my shame and make the Guihai army never come back!"
Late that night. The Feng army led by Tang Yin quietly left the city. Thirty thousand soldiers, with grass in their hands and bells in their horses' mouths, quietly headed towards Longmen Mountain.
In order to ensure the concealment of this operation, a large number of army spies had been dispatched by Liang Qi and Ziying to eliminate the Huan Army posts and informants along the way.
This marching army, like a ghost army in the middle of the night, marched extremely fast and rushed to the Longmen Mountain area non-stop.
Entering the mountain forest, Feng Jun took a short rest first, and Liang Qi and Ziying took this time to divide their work.
After discussion, Liang Qi led the elite Sanshui Army of 15,000 people to attack the front of the Huan Army, and Ziying led the elite Tianying Army of 15,000 people to attack the rear of the Huan Army. Liang Qi was assisted by Zhan Hu. Ziying was assisted by Wu Guang.
After the two of them finished their discussion, they reported to Tang Yin. The latter had no objection and decided to follow Ziying to detour behind enemy lines.
Tang Yin had inquired about the Huan Army's garrison before and had a relatively good understanding of its situation. He also knew where it was safest to go behind enemy lines, so it was most appropriate for him to lead the way.
Let's talk about Tang Yin, who led the soldiers of the Sky Eagle Army through the forest quickly. He deliberately made a big detour to avoid Huan Jun's hidden sentry as much as possible. Although it wasted a lot of time, his actions could be more concealed and less likely to be exposed.
It took Tang Yin and others more than an hour to go around this big bend. When they arrived at the rear of the Huan Army station without anyone noticing, it was already early in the morning, just in time for the attack scheduled with Liang Qi.
On the other side, it was already more than half the time when Liang Qi met Yin, and it was time for his own side to take action. He sent the order, and the whole army advanced to attack Huan Jun's station.
Following his order, the soldiers of the Sanshui Army spread out in the forest, keeping the distance between them at about three steps, and slowly pushed forward like a big net.
Just as they judged, Huan Jun never dreamed that his station would be attacked by the enemy, and the enemy was not the Jade Army, but the Feng Army, which was much better than the Jade Army.
The Huan army was completely unprepared, and even the sentries placed in the forest were not alert at all. The soldiers on guard were sitting under the trees in twos and threes, dozing off. This made it even more convenient for Feng Jun's sneak attack. Many Huan Jun sentries were confused and fell victim to Feng Jun's sword in their sleep.
When the Feng army had advanced to the Huan army's station, the Huan army guarding the camp gate was still sleeping. However, there were already spiritual cultivators among these Huan army posts, and their ears were much sharper than ordinary soldiers.
A spiritual cultivator who was responsible for guarding the main entrance was the first to notice the abnormality. In his sleep, he vaguely heard the rustling of grass. The spiritual cultivator stirred up and suddenly woke up. He instinctively looked around.
The woods before dawn were too dark to see. Even a spiritual cultivator could only see less than ten steps away. The man looked around for a while and couldn't figure out why, but he just felt something was wrong, and he couldn't pinpoint the specifics.
He stood up, casually pulled a torch from the wall of the camp, and walked slowly towards the woods ahead. When he walked to the edge of the woods, through the light of the torch, he suddenly noticed a black shadow shaking in the woods. The man's face suddenly changed. He opened his mouth and was about to ask a question when he heard a whoosh and a crossbow arrow. It flew out of the woods and hit him in the chest.
"ah--"
As soon as the cry of the spiritual cultivator came out, there was a whooshing sound in the woods, followed by a series of muffled sounds.
Look at this spiritual cultivator again. His head and body are covered with black crossbow arrows. He looks like a hedgehog. His eyes are round and his mouth is wide open, but he can't shout a word. He stands upright. He fell on his back.
thump! His body fell heavily to the ground, and the heavy hitting sound also woke up the other Huan soldiers.
People opened their hazy sleepy eyes and looked at each other with blank faces. Soon, someone saw a torch on the edge of the woods in front of them and muttered strangely: "Who left the torch?"
"I don't know! Huh? Where's Brother Gu?" "I didn't see it. He was here just now!" "Then go take a look over there in the forest!"
Several Huan soldiers staggered over. When they were far away, they only saw the torches and not the corpse beside them. Now when they got closer, they immediately found the corpse of the spiritual cultivator lying next to the torch and filled with crossbow arrows.
All the Huan soldiers were shocked, and someone screamed: "No, Brother Gu will die..."
Before Huan Bing finished shouting, a crossbow arrow flew and hit him in the mouth, and the tip of the arrow poked out from the back of his head.
"It's an enemy attack -" As the Huan soldier fell to the ground, the people around him finally reacted and shouted in unison. However, they soon followed in the footsteps of their companions, shooting out from the woods. Their bodies were riddled with holes from crossbow arrows.
At the same time as these Huan soldiers fell to the ground, a long row of Feng soldiers sprang out from the woods.
These soldiers all held repeating crossbows, and while running forward, they continuously triggered the crossbow machine. The sound of the crossbow arrows breaking through the wind was endless. The soldiers guarding the entrance of the camp were hit by arrows one after another, and they were shot to the ground. .
When Sergeant Feng fired all the arrows in the crossbow, he immediately hung the crossbow on his waist, drew out his saber, took off the shield on his back, held the sword in one hand and the shield in the other, and charged forward with all his strength.