Chapter 360

In fact, Ning Jun arrived at Yancheng very quickly. Even now, Ziying's troops are still following Ning Jun and will chase him from time to time. In the past two days, Ning Jun has been harassed by Zi Ying. Annoyed and exhausted, read the full text.

Li Qi was led into the camp by Ning's soldiers. When he saw Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi, Li Qi's eyes turned red and he burst into tears.

In Peng State, Li Qi was a general. In terms of military rank, he was one level higher than Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Invincible. Seeing him cry, the Zhan brothers were startled and asked in unison: "General Li, who is this?" Didn't something happen? You...why are you here alone?"

"Alas!" Li Qi sighed and told the story of how he fell into Tang Yin's scheme and how he lost Yancheng.

After Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi heard this, their heads buzzed. They were really afraid of what might happen. What they were most worried about was Yancheng. Unexpectedly, Yancheng had fallen into the hands of the Tianyuan Army. Zhan Wudi was silent for a moment, then clenched his sword with a snap, and said to Zhan Wushuang: "Brother, our army should march towards Yancheng at full speed and take Yancheng back again!"

Zhan Wushuang took a breath, thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid, it's not that simple."

Since the Tianyuan Army has invaded Yancheng, its strength is definitely not small. In addition, Yancheng's defense facilities are extremely strong. Even Zhan Wushuang has personally conducted self-guided attacks. If it is a hard attack, it will only rely on more than 100,000 exhausted soldiers of his own. , it is really difficult to win. What's more important is that we still have a big problem with You Ziying behind us. Once we choose to attack the city, and the Ziyings from behind suddenly come to kill us, won't our side be in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides? After much deliberation, Zhan Wushuang felt that it would be too risky to storm Yancheng.

Zhan Wudi looked at his brother and asked, "In my opinion, what should we do?"

Zhan Wushuang took a deep breath and said with a wry smile: "The only solution now is to go to Wancheng and meet Zhong Tian!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qi became anxious and said hurriedly: "General Zhan, the main force of the Tianyuan Army has not yet entered the capital. This is a great opportunity to retake the capital!"

Zhan Wushuang looked at Li Qi and sneered in his heart. Of course, Li Qi was eager to recapture Yancheng, otherwise, he, the city guard, would be punished by death. However, there was no need for him to attack Yancheng to help Li Qi and risk the annihilation of the entire army.

Now, Zhan Wushuang also understood that Zhong Tian, ​​the Peng King, would be defeated by the Tianyuan Army sooner or later. Instead of taking Yancheng by force, he might as well retreat to Wancheng. If he could fight, he would fight, and if he could help, he would help. If that didn't work, he would just go south. Go to Mo Country. With the relationship between Ning and Mo, Mo Country will definitely accept its own army. Then he will lead his army to use the road back to Ning Country. As for Zhong Tian, ​​it will be up to him whether he lives or dies.

At this time, Zhan Wushuang no longer wanted to fight for Zhong Tian and Tianyuan's army. He said expressionlessly: "General Li, there is nothing I can do to retake Yancheng. Now our army is exhausted and there are pursuers in the rear. Unable to continue fighting, we can only retreat to Wancheng for rest."

"Absolutely not!" Li Qi was serious. He rushed up to Zhan Wushuang, his knees softened, and he fell to his knees. He said urgently: "If General Zhan doesn't try to take back Yancheng now, in the future... There will be no chance in the future!”

"What are you doing, General Li? Please get up quickly!" Zhan Wushuang stretched out his hand to help Li Qi up, frowned and said in embarrassment: "It's not that I don't help General Li, and I really can't help. Let's go back first. Wancheng, when all the soldiers recover, we will try to recapture Yancheng."

"It will be too late by then..."

Seeing that Li Qi was still pestering him, Zhan Wudi's face darkened and he said coldly: "We will help those who can, but General Li cannot force others to do anything. Do you think our army is weak and easy to bully?" As he spoke, he His eyes flashed fiercely, staring at Li Qi.

Brothers fight, father and son go into battle. In fact, Zhan Wudi also thought that he should attack Yancheng now, but seeing that Zhan Wushuang was resolute, his brother must have his concerns and reasons. Zhan Wudi would naturally not help outsiders to fight against his brother.

Seeing the two brothers from the Zhan family, one with a red face and the other with a bad face, Li Qi lamented. He knew in his heart that Ning Jun could no longer count on him and that he was really in trouble.

Ning's army did not march towards Yancheng anymore, but changed direction and went to Wancheng. If Zhan Wushuang didn't have so many considerations and selfishness at this time, and really attacked Yancheng, the final result might not be what it would be! It's just that there are no ifs on the battlefield, and Zhan Wushuang's selfishness also laid the foundation for his own disaster.

Ning Jun marched towards Wancheng, which made Ziying who was following Ning Jun sigh. If Ning Jun didn't go to Yancheng, he had to go. Through the reports from the eyes of the sky and the underground network spies, Ziying now knew that Wu Guang and Zhan Zhan The 20,000 elite troops led by Commander Hu have already captured Yancheng.

At that time, the army and intelligence were integrated. Each corps had its own spies, each of which was independent. The information transmission between each other was very blocked, and it was often difficult to take care of everything. However, Tang Yin established the Sky Eye and the Earth Network, so that The Tianyuan Army has a unified intelligence network, which makes the information transmission between the armies extremely convenient and rapid. If something happens to one side, the sky eyes and ground network spies accompanying the army will immediately release homing pigeons, so that the entire army can learn about it at the first time. to relevant situations. Of course, each corps of the Tianyuan Army also has its own spies, but the functions of these spies have been greatly reduced, and they only detect battle situation information that is of interest to the corps.

This is a completely modern military concept, and it is undoubtedly the most advanced concept. The reason why the Tianyuan Army was able to march south from Tianyuan County and successfully capture Yancheng was that the Sky Eye and the Ground Network played an indispensable role.

Tang Yin had never studied military affairs, but he had seen pigs walk even if he had never eaten pork. In his subconscious, he felt that having a unified intelligence network was extremely beneficial to his side.

Ziying led his 60,000 Tianying Army to Yancheng, and the extermination war on Tang Yin's side had already ended.

Except for a few who escaped by chance, most of the 60,000 Peng Army died in battle, and more than 10,000 people became prisoners of the Tianyuan Army. When Qiu Zhen met Tang Yin and asked him how to deal with these prisoners, Tang Yin smiled faintly and said, "Our army attacked Yancheng for only one day, and the casualties reached more than 20,000. How can we not avenge these dead and wounded brothers?"

The implication was to kill all the prisoners.

After hearing this, the Shangguan brothers immediately stepped in and saluted, saying, "Sir, I will arrange it right away!"

"Wait a minute!" Before the Shangguan brothers could leave, Qiu Zhen stopped them and said to Tang Yin in a serious tone, "Sir, these Peng soldiers do deserve to die, but they are also ordinary people. If they are all executed, I am afraid that the outside world will think that my Tianyuan Army is bloodthirsty, which will damage your reputation."

"Oh..."

Qiu Zhen knew Tang Yin's personality too well. He knew that if he tried to persuade him to be more merciful, it would be useless. It would be better to use something as invisible as reputation to pressure him. Sure enough, Tang Yin pondered for a moment, shook his hand to the Shangguan brothers, and said, "Forget it, dismiss all the captured Peng soldiers!"

"Yes! Sir!" The Shangguan brothers agreed, and then looked at Qiu Zhen again. Seeing that he did not express any objection, they took the order and left.

While his own soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, Tang Yin was helped by the guards to get down from his warhorse with difficulty. At this time, another guard pulled a carriage and asked Tang Yin to sit in it.

Tang Yin had just boarded the carriage and before he could go in, he saw a group of Tianyuan Army soldiers running over. People did not dare to approach and stopped to watch from a distance. After confirming that the person in the carriage was indeed Tang Yin, many soldiers could not help crying with joy.

"Sir, please get in the carriage." A guard lifted the curtain and said respectfully.

Tang Yin looked at the many soldiers around him who were wiping their tears, and his heart was touched. He paused and waved to the guards next to him, indicating that he would go in later, and then smiled and said to everyone: "Brothers have worked hard in this battle. This time our army has completely wiped out the main force of the rebels, and the traitor Zhong Tian is no longer able to compete with our army. Now, everyone can follow me to Yancheng to recapture the capital of Dafeng!"

His voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by many soldiers around him.

"We don't care whether we can recapture the capital, as long as you are safe, we will be relieved!"

"Yes! As long as you are here, our army will be invincible!"

"It's great to see that you are okay..."

The soldiers spoke one after another, and many of them cried while speaking.

Tang Yin was such a cold and hard man. No matter how badly he was injured on the battlefield, he never shed a tear. At this time, seeing everyone crying for his safety, his eyes turned red and he almost cried. He took a few breaths and held back the mist in his eyes. He sniffed, grinned, and said easily: "I said at the beginning that since I brought everyone out of Tianyuan County, I will send everyone back safely one day. Now everyone hasn't returned home yet, how can I die..." Before he finished speaking, Tang Yin was exhausted and fell back, sitting directly on the car.

"My Lord..."

Seeing this, the soldiers around were all horrified and stepped forward. When the guards were about to stop him, Tang Yin waved his hand and smiled, saying, "Don't worry, I'm just a little tired."

"My lord, please stay healthy. Brothers, don't worry." At this time, Qiu Zhen also saw that Tang Yin was trying to keep up his spirits, but in fact, he was already exhausted. He hurried forward and said to everyone, "Brothers, go back first. We still have to hurry to Yancheng!"

"My lord, take care!" The soldiers said in unison, and then they dispersed reluctantly.

After everyone left, Tang Yin was helped into the carriage by the guards, and he collapsed. Qiu Zhen hurriedly said to the guards, "Quickly find Su Yelei, the medical officer! Quick!"

How could the guards dare to delay Tang Yin in this state? They agreed and jumped off the carriage and ran out.