Chapter 552
At this point, Ziying took a breath, turned his horse's head, and walked quickly to the roadside to read the full text. Jiang Fan, Zhan Hu and other generals didn't understand what was going on and hurriedly followed. There were gentle slopes on both sides of the official road. Ziying urged the horse to go up for a while, then looked forward again, reined in the reins, and frowned even more.
Seeing his worried look, Zhan Hu asked, "General Ziying, what's wrong?"
Ziying looked around at everyone with a solemn expression and said: "Look, the official road here is high on both sides and low in the center. Once an enemy army sets up an ambush on both sides and rushes down from the heights, our army may not be able to resist."
A charge from a high position is naturally more effective with less effort, not to mention that there is still heavy fog as a cover, which is what worries Ziying the most.
Zhan Hu smiled nonchalantly and said, "General Ziying, you are worrying too much. There is heavy fog now. Our army cannot detect the enemy, and the enemy certainly cannot detect our army. How could they suddenly set up an ambush on the roadside?"
His words were not unreasonable, but Ziying was still in a state of uneasiness and found it difficult to settle down. The Hedong area was full of plains, and there were very few places where he could set up an ambush. Normally, there would be no way to set up an ambush here, but now there is fog. With the sky as a cover, Ziying was not sure whether the enemy would take the opportunity to ambush here.
He led the generals down the gentle slope and returned to the army. Then he gave the order to the whole army to move forward quickly and leave this place quickly.
An army of 100,000 people brought with them a lot of equipment and supplies, and the roads were muddy, so the Sky Eagle Army couldn't advance any faster even if they wanted to. Just when the front army of the Sky Eagle Army had moved out of this depression, suddenly, a huge chaos was heard from the rear army, followed immediately by shouts of killing and shouting all over the sky.
Ziying, who was in the middle army, didn't understand what was going on, and hurriedly asked people to find out what happened to the rear army. Not long after he sent out the spies, a Feng soldier came rushing over on horseback. He finally found Ziying's location in the heavy fog. He urged his horse to rush forward, turned over and dismounted, and shouted urgently: "General, something bad is going on. The rear army is under attack by the enemy!"
"What?" Hearing this, the generals of the Feng Army led by Ziying were all shocked. Before Ziying could speak, Zhan Hu let out a strange howl, raised his giant hammer, and said, "General Ziying, I'm going Respond to the enemy!" After saying this, he ran towards the rear with long strides. Afraid that Zhan Hu would make a mistake if he went to fight alone, Jiang Fan quickly followed him. Seeing that the other generals were also following him, he turned around and said, "You stay here to protect General Ziying, and the enemies in the rear will be handed over to Zhan Hu." General and I!"
Jiang Fan was very thoughtful. He knew very well that if the rear army encountered a sneak attack, it would only lose some soldiers and supplies at best. But once the Chinese army was attacked by the enemy again, Ziying would have three advantages and two disadvantages, and the situation of the Sky Eagle Army would collapse. The edge.
At this time, the Tianying Army's rear army was in chaos. Quiet Ziying guessed it right. There really was an ambush by Ning soldiers in this low-lying area, but there were not many people in the ambush. There were only about 3,000 people. Of course, this manpower could not stop the 100,000-strong Sky Eagle Army. Ning Jun deliberately set up an ambush. The front and middle armies of the Eagle Army gave way, and when the rear army was about to pass the ambush site, the Ning Army launched a surprise attack.
They weaved dozens of giant balls from rattan in advance, each with a diameter of two feet. They were also smeared with kerosene and pitch pine to make them stick to the fire. Before launching a sneak attack, they first made these dozens of rattan balls. The giant woven ball was ignited and pushed down the gentle slope. The giant ball burning with blazing flames rolled down from the top of the gentle slope. It rolled faster and faster. Due to the heavy fog blocking the sight, Feng Jun only heard a strange buzzing on both sides. There was a loud sound, but they didn't see clearly what was approaching. When people clearly saw the dozens of huge fireballs rolling over with billowing smoke, it was already too late to avoid them.
The fireball rolled into the Fengjun camp, causing screams. Many Fengjun who could not avoid it were hit by the fireball. Their clothes and leather armor immediately caught fire. Even if they were not hit or crushed to death by the fireball, they would still be injured. Burned alive by the raging fire, countless Feng soldiers with their bodies burning with flames were seen rolling all over the ground, howling and screaming as they were burned.
This was the prelude to Ning Guo's ambush force launching a sneak attack. Next, dense rockets fell from the sky. The soldiers of Feng, who were not affected by the fireball, were about to form a battle formation to deal with the enemy in the fog, but the formation was not ready yet. People were shot by rockets and turned into hedgehogs, and died miserably.
Ning's army's arrow formations were fired one after another, as if they never stopped. The unprepared Feng army was also shot in row after row. People looked around dizzy, and were often shot over by rockets before they even found the enemy. On the ground. What's even more terrible is that the Feng army's supplies were also affected by the rockets. Several trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows caught fire with arrows, and the fire became more and more intense.
The soldiers of the Feng Army were completely stunned by the sudden attack. The army was out of line and fled forward and backward like a piece of loose sand. At this time, the three thousand Ning soldiers who were ambushing on the high ground finally charged down. Their charge from high ground was like a thunderous force. Many Feng soldiers who did not escape and stayed to defend themselves from the enemy were directly knocked to the ground by the Ning soldiers who rushed down. They could no longer escape. stand up.
The Feng Army, which was originally very good at close combat and had an absolute advantage in numbers, was beaten by the mere three thousand Ning Army and was almost unable to fight back. Some people fled forward, some ran backward, and some were desperately resisting Ning. Soldiers, the entire camp lost unified command, and the soldiers below were fighting independently and in chaos.
While the rear army was struggling to defend and protect the baggage and food in the army, Zhan Hu and Jiang Fan, who came from the central army, arrived. Before they arrived on the battlefield, the two ran into the defeated Feng soldiers below. Zhan Hu was furious and shouted, "Why are you running? Follow me to kill them!"
Seeing the arrival of the two generals Zhan Hu and Jiang Fan, the Feng soldiers finally found their backbone, and their panicked emotions stabilized. People turned their heads, the rear team became the front team, and followed Zhan Hu and Jiang Fan to fight back. When they arrived at the scene of the fierce battle between the two sides, Zhan Hu and Jiang Fan were both trembling in their hearts.
The battlefield was full of corpses, most of which were Feng soldiers. Some were shot to death, and some were burned alive. They were unrecognizable, leaving only a black mass. Zhan Hu's anger rushed to his head. He roared to the sky, dragged the giant hammer, and rushed to the place where the Ning army had the most people.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, Zhan Hu swung out the giant hammer that had already been spiritualized. Buzz! The sound of the giant hammer hanging in the wind made people feel stuffy and breathless. The Ning soldiers instinctively used their spears and halberds to parry, but how could these ordinary weapons withstand the heavy blows of the giant hammer.
A series of broken sounds were heard in the ears, and the weapons in the hands of the Ning army broke one after another. Before people could react, Zhan Hu's second heavy hammer came again.
Puff-with just one hammer, at least six or seven Ning army soldiers were swept away horizontally, and they were bleeding in the air and died. Zhan Hu's hammer did not stop for a moment, knocking six or seven people away, and then he swung several hammers in a row. Each hammer was powerful and heavy, and each hammer was enough to break people's bones and muscles. The Ning army camp was in chaos because of Zhan Hu alone.
Zhan Hu was so brave, and the morale of the Feng army soldiers below was also doubled. People regrouped, lined up, and started a close fight with the Ning army. There is no need to say much about Zhan Hu's bravery. Jiang Fan is a greater threat to the enemy in battle. He will not attack easily, but once he targets someone, it is difficult for him to survive. Moreover, the person he targets is either an enemy general, a captain or a captain in the army, anyway, they are all responsible for commanding the soldiers to fight.
Jiang Fan can be regarded as an outstanding dark spiritual practitioner. He is proficient in the use of shadow drift. At this time, there is thick fog and the sky is dark. He is like a fish in water, wandering in the enemy camp as if he is in an empty place. Wherever he appears, there will always be sharp screams, which are the wails of the Ning army leader before his death.
Under the leadership of Zhan Hu and Jiang Fan, the Feng army gradually stopped the trend of defeat and quickly reversed the situation. Soon, the Feng army took the initiative on the battlefield.
Seeing that the Feng army had completely calmed down from the panic of the sneak attack and launched a sharp counterattack against their own side, the two Ning generals responsible for the sneak attack looked at each other and said at the same time: "Retreat!"
The two agreed, both turned their horses' heads and retreated to the side of the road, and at the same time issued an order for the entire army to retreat.
The Ning army came quickly and retreated even faster. As the gong sounded, the Ning army soldiers who were fighting fiercely with the Feng army began to retreat together and quickly disappeared in the fog.
Now they want to retreat, but the Feng army doesn't agree! Zhan Hu looked around and didn't find Jiang Fan. Then he shouted to the surrounding Feng army soldiers: "Brothers, don't let the Ning thief run away, follow me to chase and kill him!"
"Kill——"
Zhan Hu was brave and fierce in battle, so he naturally had a high reputation in the minds of the soldiers. He called for hundreds of responses, and people shouted and followed Zhan Hu to chase and kill the retreating Ning army.
The two Ning generals in the Ning army retreated the fastest and walked in the front. Both of them are old men in Hedong County, and they are very familiar with the terrain here. Even in the thick fog, they can clearly identify the direction and know which direction to go to get rid of the Feng Army's pursuit. Although they are retreating now, there are still the Feng Army behind them, who are like wolves and tigers and are not giving up. The two Ning generals are not nervous at all, and they ride their horses slowly.
"General Zhang, should we retreat directly to the county city or retreat to another place?" The Ning general on the left asked easily.
"Although you and I have completed the task assigned by the adults, wouldn't it be better if we can make more contributions?" The Ning general surnamed Zhang said with a smile.
"General Zhang means..."
"Retreat to the south!"
"What south? There is a swamp area!"
"That's right! Armadillo Swamp." Ning general surnamed Zhang smiled slyly: "Once we get there, even you and I have to be careful and dare not take a wrong step, let alone the Feng Army who don't know the terrain?! Think about it, once they follow our army into the swamp, how many people can come out alive in the end? Isn't this another great achievement?!"