Chapter 295
"Yes!" Shangguan Yuanrang responded with his nose, then threw the knife in his hand towards Zhang Feng and said, "Then, the head on the knife belongs to Ning Jiang. I forgot to bring Zhang Feng's head back!"
Zhang Feng was startled, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to catch the sword. Looking at the grinning human head on it, he hurriedly turned around and handed it to the soldiers beside him, and ordered it to be hung on the top of the city.
"Where is Liang Qi?" Shangguan Yuanrang looked around and asked, not seeing Liang Qi's figure.
"General Hui Yuanrang, the general is now in the city, encircling and suppressing the remaining Ning army in the city..."
Before he could finish speaking, Shangguan Yuanrang nodded and said, "I understand, I'll go find him." After saying that, he knocked his feet in the stirrups and ran towards the city quickly.
It is easy to find Liang Qi. You only need to ask the soldiers passing by on the street to know his location.
Shangguan Yuanrang galloped all the way, and soon found Liang Qi near the general's mansion that had been reduced to ashes and rubble. From a distance, he saw Liang Qi making arrangements and arrangements surrounded by generals. Shangguan Yuanrang was furious and shouted: "Liang Qi, you villain!"
As he spoke, he rushed to Liang Qi's vicinity, dismounted from his horse, and strode towards Liang Qi.
Seeing Shangguan Yuan Rang come back safely, Liang Qi's eyes lit up and he was overjoyed. At the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Shangguan Yuan Rang's menacing appearance, Liang Qi's heart moved. Before Shangguan Yuan Rang could ask, he grabbed the He stepped forward, gave him a deep salute, and said with a smile on his face: "General Yuan Rang has returned victorious. It is really gratifying and congratulatory!"
"Young master..."
"This time our army was able to successfully capture Tongmen, and General Yuan Rang deserves the greatest credit!"
"You're talking nonsense..."
"I will make it clear to you in the future. The reason why our army was able to seize Tongmen with such lightning speed is entirely due to General Yuan Rang. I was just assisting from the side!" Liang Qi did not give Shangguan Yuan at all. Give him a chance to speak, and talk to himself like a barrage of firecrackers.
After hearing what he said, Shangguan Yuanrang was stunned, glanced sideways at Liang Qi, and asked uncertainly: "Seriously?"
"Of course!" Liang Qi secretly laughed in his heart. He had long understood Shangguan Yuan Rang's aloof and arrogant character. No matter how angry he was, as long as he said something nice, his momentum would definitely soften. "As the commander-in-chief of the Sanshui Army, how can I go back on my word? I will definitely report the truth to you when I see you in the future!"
really. Liang Qi's words made Shangguan Yuanrang's anger disappear in an instant. He grinned widely, his dark face slightly flushed, and scratched his hair and said: "You can't say that Tongmen is all mine. Credit, of course, if I hadn’t attracted so many Ning troops, it wouldn’t have been easy to conquer Tongmen!”
"Yes, yes, yes! What General Yuan Rang said is absolutely true! I would like to thank General Yuan Rang on behalf of the soldiers of the Sanshui Army!" As he spoke, Liang Qi saluted Shangguan Yuan Rang again in a half-serious manner. .
"Huh?" This time, Shangguan Yuanrang was a little embarrassed. He hurriedly held Liang Qi's arms and said with a smile: "General Liang, you're welcome!" This time he didn't call Liang Qi by his first name. Changed his name to General Liang.
Bai Yong watched and chuckled to himself. Although Shangguan Yuanrang was the most brave in the world, he was far inferior to Liang Qi in terms of brains. However, these two people, one full of schemes and the other brave and invincible, together they were a perfect match. !
He was right. Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuanrang would indeed work together more often in the future. Liang Qi also played a major role in Shangguan Yuanrang being able to obtain the title of Invincible General and conquer all the princes in the world. The two of them were like the same person. In a panic, one uses his brains and the other uses his strength to command the Sanshui Army, making them invincible in every battle and invincible in every attack.
Liang Qi cleverly used Shangguan Yuanrang's bravery to first kill Zhang Feng, the Ning general in Jufeng, and then used the cousin relationship between Zhang Feng and Zhang Xiaoting to successfully attract the main force of the Tongmen defenders to Juifeng, and then again Taking advantage of Tongmen's lack of defense, he captured Tongmen with lightning speed and won with one blow. His strategy was also coherent, both meticulous and clever. This also made Zongyuan's plan of detouring and sneak attack on Tongmen more complicated. be successful.
Tian Fan's stragglers fled back to Juifeng. After seeing Zhang Xiaoting, they told him about the situation in Tongmen, and Zhang Xiaoting almost fainted on the spot. Tongmen is not only his lifeblood, but also the lifeblood of Ningguo. In order to capture Tongmen, how much effort did Ningguo make and how many soldiers were sacrificed? Now that he fell into the hands of Feng Jun in an instant, how could he have the face to return home?
Zhang Xiaoting was stunned for a full minute before he came back to his senses. He suddenly let out a strange scream, jumped up high, and shouted at his generals: "Quick! Go back to Tongmen quickly. No matter what, we must take back Tongmen." !”
He didn't know where the wind troops who suddenly captured Tongmen came from, but because he hadn't heard any news, he thought that the number of enemies was not large, so he had to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to attack them again. Tongmen snatched it back and passed the effort.
However, he never thought that the Sanshui Army occupying Tongmen had nearly 90,000 people, and they also occupied the natural barrier of Tongmen. There was no way that he could defeat more than 20,000 people.
When he commanded his men to return to Tongmen and launch a massive attack on the city, they were met with a fierce counterattack by the Sanshui Army. The perfect city defense facilities built by the Ning Army in Tongmen became a barrier for the Sanshui Army, and the city was destroyed. Crossbows and army-breaking crossbows were also carried to the top of the city, and their powerful shots from above were even more powerful. The wooden stakes they shot could often hit several or even dozens of people at once.
Zhang Xiaoting's more than 20,000 Ning army soldiers were unable to attack the city before half an hour had passed. They saw corpses piled up like mountains under the city walls. Countless Ning soldiers died tragically under their own arrows, rolling logs and stones, and kerosene. The scene was so tragic that it was unbearable to watch.
Seeing that the enemy's defense was too strong, if they continued to attack, not only would they fail to take it down, but the soldiers would also have to sacrifice in vain under the city of Tongmen. Several generals proposed to Zhang Xiaoting to withdraw the troops immediately and not attack anymore. But at this time, Zhang Xiaoting, who was extremely anxious and had completely lost his mind, could not listen to it. He drew his sword and stabbed a general who tried to persuade him to come to the meeting with one sword, and shouted: "Anyone who dares to talk about retreating lightly will be punished by military law and killed without mercy!"
At this time, no one dared to come forward to persuade them, and the Ning army soldiers could only bite the bullet and push forward, although they would die in battle in a wave.
By the end of the battle, more than half of the Ning army had been killed or wounded. At this moment, the gate of Tongmen suddenly opened, and Shangguan Yuanrang rushed out first. This time, he changed to a three-pointed double-edged sword, which was even more ferocious and invincible. He rushed into the Ning army attacking the city, killing people like cutting vegetables, and killed the Ning army near the city gate, crying for their parents, and they fled downwards in groups.
The Sanshui army soldiers who came out with Shangguan Yuanrang were also in high spirits, and launched a crazy pursuit of the defeated Ning army.
Zhang Xiaoting wanted to order the defeated soldiers to return to the battlefield and resist the enemy, but when he saw Shangguan Yuanrang running towards him with a three-pointed double-edged sword, Zhang Xiaoting couldn't help but shudder, and didn't dare to fight with Shangguan Yuanrang, turned his horse's head, and fled downwards.
He led the way and ran away, which made the Ning army soldiers breathe a sigh of relief. People no longer attacked the city and died. They all ran back. The defeat was like a flood.
Shangguan Yuanrang led the Sanshui Army and chased for more than two miles. If Liang Qi had not been afraid of him and ordered the troops to retreat, Shangguan Yuanrang could have continued to chase.
Zhang Xiaoting's 20,000 Ning troops failed to attack the city, and most of them were killed or injured. He led the remaining soldiers and retreated again and again, and retreated for ten miles before he could barely stabilize his position. Looking back, there were only a few thousand soldiers left out of more than 20,000. He couldn't help but sigh to the sky and said sadly: "Heaven wants to kill me, this is heaven's will to kill me!"
As he spoke, he looked at the sword in his hand, and he was so sad that he closed his eyes and raised the sword to his neck.
Seeing that he was going to commit suicide, Xu Zhun quickly turned over and dismounted, rushed forward, grabbed Zhang Xiaoting's arm, and said in a trembling voice: "General, you can't do that! General, you can't do that!"
"If I lose Tongmen, how can I have the face to go back to the capital to see the king? How can I be worthy of the soldiers who fought to the death? The commander is incompetent and killed the whole army..." As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoting's eyes turned red and tears flowed out.
Xu Zhun and the remaining defeated soldiers around him also cried. It was wishful thinking to mention going back to the capital now. Tongmen was occupied by the Feng Army, which was equivalent to blocking their way back to the country.
Xu Zhun said: "Because Tongmen has been lost, the general must not commit suicide, but should find a way to recapture Tongmen!"
Zhang Xiaoting shook his head and sighed: "There are only a few thousand soldiers left in our army, how can we recapture Tongmen?"
"General, why don't you go to Yancheng and join Generals Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi? With the help of his two brothers, there may be a possibility of recapture Tongmen!"
"Oh?" A sentence awakened the dreamer. Zhang Xiaoting's eyes lit up when he heard it. Yes, how could he forget Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi? They still have 200,000 troops under their command. If they lead troops to Tongmen, they can wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop and recapture Tongmen.
Thinking of this, he took off the sword on his neck, nodded, and said: "Xu Zhun, as you say, we will go to Yancheng to find Generals Wushuang and Wudi!"
Zhang Xiaoting followed Xu Zhun's advice and led thousands of his remaining soldiers to Yancheng.
The battle of Tongmen was fought very quickly, and it took only half a day. However, the loss of Tongmen had a huge impact on the situation of Feng and Ning.
When Tongmen was in the hands of Ning, the Ning army could enter Fengdi at any time, and they had absolute advantages and initiative in both fighting and defending. When Tongmen fell into the hands of Tianyuan Army, the gate of Feng was closed. The Ning army in the east could not enter, and the Ning army in the west could not leave. The 200,000 Ning army led by Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi were trapped in Fengdi.
What's more terrible is that the 200,000 troops could no longer get supplies from the rear. The food, weapons, and materials they needed had to be supplied by Zhong Tian. They were short-sighted, and the two brothers of the Zhan family would not obey Zhong Tian's orders. The contradictions between the two sides would naturally be gradually exposed and become acute.
It can be said that this seemingly small war in Tongmen led to a reversal of the situation between Feng and Ning.