Chapter 249

Zhan Wudi swept out the spiritual wave and smashed the shadow clone and Shangguan Yuanrang's spiritual wave into pieces. Just as he was about to continue fighting, Zhan Wushuang grabbed his arm and said urgently: "Wudi, don't fight anymore. Retreat quickly!" As he spoke, he pulled Zhan Wudi and ran towards the horses parked not far away.

The enemy's leader was about to run away, but the shadow clone and Shangguan Yuanrang could not let them go, and then pursued them closely. The shadow clone directly used Shadow Drift, rushed behind the two of them, thrust out both swords, and stabbed the two of them separately. of the heart. Before Zhan Wushuang could make a move to parry, Zhan Wudi had already swung his sword first, opened Tang Yin's hand sword, and seized the opportunity to stab Tang Yin between the eyebrows.

The shadow clone was unhurried, tilted his head slightly, and moved the blade away. Then he raised the two knives from bottom to top to challenge the invincible ribs. The latter's annoyance was immediately aroused by the opponent's insistence, and he was about to turn around. During the fight, Zhan Wushuang grabbed his arm and pulled hard, saying angrily: "Stop fighting, come with me!"

Zhan Wudi still wanted to compete with his opponent, but he couldn't defeat Zhan Wushuang. He forced him to run close to the horse, followed Zhan Wushuang, got on his horse, and ran to the rear of the battlefield first. Shangguan Yuanrang didn't waste any time and went straight for the cavalry to pursue him. The shadow clone didn't lag behind either. He got on an empty horse and galloped away.

Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi both retreated. The first thing that reacted was Zhan Wushuang's personal guards. They gave up fighting with the hidden arrow personnel, turned their horses and followed them. As soon as they left, the nearby Ning army also When they saw it, they all shouted: "Withdraw! The general has withdrawn, brothers, withdraw quickly——"

Their shouts quickly reached the main force of the Ning Army who were struggling to support themselves at the front. Upon hearing that the two generals Lian Wushuang and Zhan Wudi had withdrawn, the soldiers who had already been unable to hold on were even more unintentional to fight. At this time No longer needing to give orders from the commanders of each corps, Ning's army automatically and consciously changed from the rear to the front and fled backward.

But in a big battle involving hundreds of thousands of people, the disadvantaged side can't escape unscathed if it wants to. When the Ning army retreated, it was like handing their back to the Tianyuan army. How could the Tianyuan army, which had fought fiercely for so long, still be polite and pursue and attack the defeated Ning army in front, refusing to evade it.

They were chasing closely from behind, and the soldiers naturally ran away quickly to save their lives. The densely packed Ning army in front was like a big wall, blocking their way. The Ning army pushed and collided with each other, and from time to time some people screamed and fell. He fell to the ground, but as long as he fell down at this time, there was no possibility of getting up.

Not to mention that the fleeing soldiers couldn't notice their feet. Even if they noticed, they didn't have time to get out of the way. They could only step on them. However, all the soldiers who fell to the ground were trampled into meat patties in just an instant. The Ning army trampled on each other, killing and wounding. countless. The defeat of hundreds of thousands of troops was like a flood that burst a dike, flowing thousands of miles away.

Now the situation on the battlefield has become extremely chaotic. The two brothers Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi are running in front. Behind them are the shadow clones and Shangguan Yuanrang. Behind them are thousands of Zhan Wushuang's personal guards. After that came the hidden arrow personnel led by Cheng Jin, and then followed by the large forces mixed with the Ning Army and the Tianyuan Army.

Tang Yin's clone and Shangguan Yuanrang chased him for more than ten miles. At this time, the clone pulled the reins of the horse and stopped chasing. At the same time, he stopped Shangguan Yuanrang and said: "Yuanrang, don't chase anymore." "It's gone!" The shadow clone also has a distance limit. With Tang Yin's current level of cultivation, chasing it so far is already the limit. He was worried that it would be dangerous for Shangguan Yuan to let only one person deal with the two brothers of the Zhan family, so he stopped him too.

"Sir, what's wrong?" Shangguan Yuanrang didn't understand what was going on. He hurriedly reined in his horse, retreated to the clone, and said hurriedly: "If we chase for a while longer, we will definitely catch up with the two thieves Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi. Sir, you can't just let them run away like this!"

Tang Yin didn't want to let them go, but due to the limitations of his clones, he couldn't help but continue to pursue them. He sighed softly, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi ran away, but their soldiers can't. You and I will rush back and kill the enemy without leaving any trace behind!"

"This..." Those ordinary Ning Bing Ning generals are not as important as the two Zhan brothers. However, hearing Tang Yin's firm tone and not allowing anyone to refuse, Shangguan Yuan Rang had no choice but to follow the shadow clone, turn the horse's head, and charge backwards.

The two of them suddenly came back, shocking the Zhan Wushuang personal guards who were running from behind. However, there was no way to escape at this time. These Ning Bing Ning generals could only bite the bullet and rush towards the shadow clone and Shangguan Yuanrang. . As soon as the two sides came into contact, Shangguan Yuanrang released the top spiritual martial arts skill of Ling Luan Ji.

He couldn't catch up with Zhan Wudi and Zhan Wushuang, so he vented all his anger on these Ning Jun. With the release of the spiritual chaos pole, the front ranks of the Ning army exploded. After waves of spiritual waves swept by, the battlefield was littered with broken limbs and minced corpses of war horses. The spurting blood gathered together like a huge red carpet, dyeing the ground with a radius of more than ten meters red. The scene was horrific, and a disgusting stench floated in the air.

With just one move, more than 200 Ning soldiers died. Although the Ning soldiers behind were shocked and felt chills on their spines, they still gritted their teeth and continued to charge forward. They have no other choice now but to fight to the death, otherwise they will still die if they are caught up by the pursuers behind them.

The shadow clone and Shangguan Yuanrang blocked the Ning army's escape route, just like two killing gods, slashing and killing anyone they saw, screaming from them from time to time. After an unknown amount of time, the corpses under their feet were almost piled up into a small mountain, and they didn't know how much blood was stuck on their bodies. One layer dried up, and then another layer sprayed out. The layers of blood coagulated and turned into blood clots, which continued to break and fall to the ground as the two moved.

This battle lasted from early morning until dark, and it was not until the evening that the battle was completely over.

When cleaning up the battlefield, there were only corpses scattered all over the ground, and scattered discarded armor and weapons were everywhere. Because the Ning army fled in a hurry, they didn't even return to the camp. The stored food, supplies, and baggage in the large camp became the spoils of the Tianyuan army.

For weapons alone, the Tianyuan army collected dozens of carts, and as for armor, food, and baggage, there were countless. After a whole night of cleaning, the casualties of both sides were roughly counted. The casualties of the Tianyuan Army in this battle were about 80,000. As for the Ning Army, the number of injured was unknown, but there were nearly 100,000 corpses collected on the battlefield alone, which showed that the Ning Army was defeated in this battle and had been seriously injured.

In fact, the actual losses of the Ning Army were much greater than those counted by the Tianyuan Army. When Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi stopped their defeat and escape, there were only a few thousand soldiers left with them.

Later, as the stragglers of the Ning Army continued to return to the team, the manpower gradually gathered together, but in the end, only 200,000 people returned, and a considerable number of them were injured soldiers. As for the other 200,000, they were either killed in battle or fled without a trace, and there was no place to find them.

In this battle alone, more than half of the 400,000 troops of Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi were killed or wounded, and their vitality was greatly damaged. Most of the 40 corps were in name only. At this time, Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi were dumbfounded. Since the founding of Ningguo, there has never been a battle with 200,000 casualties. This battle in front of Jinhua City was a precedent for Ningguo.

As commanders, Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi were naturally to blame. Until now, Zhan Wushuang was a little bit unconvinced that his army would be defeated so tragically.

Zhan Wushuang's failure was not because of his lack of ability, but because he was careless.

He underestimated the combat power of the Tianyuan Army and overestimated the combat power of the Ning Army. The Ning Army's arrow formation was indeed powerful, but its soldiers were not good at close combat. In addition, the Ning Army had poor intelligence and was unaware of the Besa heavy armored cavalry joining the Tianyuan Army. As a result, after the heavy armored cavalry suddenly went into battle, the Ning Army had no countermeasures, and the camp was in chaos and the army was in turmoil.

In addition, Zhan Wushuang did not realize that there was an ambush of a Tianyuan Army light cavalry on each wing of the battlefield, which was also the main reason for his failure. It can be said that in this battle, Tang Yin used up all his resources, while the Ning Army continued the winning mentality of the Tianyuan Army that had been avoiding fighting for several days, and ended up suffering a great loss.

After this battle, the Ning Army no longer had the strength to compete with the Tianyuan Army. As a last resort, the army could only retreat and all returned to Fengdu Yancheng. In addition, Zhan Wushuang sent people to Ningdu Liangzhou to send a battle report, explaining the details of their defeat, and asked Ning Wang Yanchu to decide whether their army should return to the country or stay in Yancheng to assist Zhong Tian, ​​the puppet king, to resist the Tianyuan Army.

The Tianyuan Army first wiped out Zhong Wen's faction, and then won a great victory over the Ning Army. This was equivalent to a shot of adrenaline for Fengguo, allowing people to see the hope of restoring the country. The voices of opposing Zhong Tian and supporting the Tianyuan Army in various parts of Fengguo became louder and louder, and more and more people came to join the Tianyuan Army.

The Ning army fought in Fengdi, and every time they died, they had less manpower. The more they fought, the less manpower they had. The Tianyuan army was just the opposite. The more they fought, the more they won the hearts of the people and the more troops they had. Not long after the battle of Jinhua City, the strength of the Tianyuan army had expanded rapidly to 500,000. With the surge in strength, Tang Yin had to readjust the corps of his army.

The Pingyuan army, led by Xiao Muqing, continued with its original organization, with ten corps unchanged. The Sanshui army, led by Liang Qi and Bai Yong, and the Chifeng army, led by Li Wei, were expanded to fifteen corps each. In addition, Tang Yin transferred Peng Haochu from the direct army to the Chifeng army as deputy commander-in-chief to assist Li Wei and take charge of the army.

The direct army around Tang Yin was reduced to ten corps, and Gu Yue continued to be the commander-in-chief. As for the deputy commander-in-chief, it was temporarily vacant.