Chapter 572

Wei Zheng secretly arranged 50,000 Ning troops in Nanhai and Jianxing cities. When the Feng and Ning armies started a decisive battle, the two Ning armies suddenly came and killed the two generals Ye Quan and Gao Yi who had been arranged by Tang Yin in advance. Not only were they both killed in the battle, but the ten thousand Feng troops under his command also suffered numerous losses. Forced to have no choice but to retreat, Tang Yin had no choice but to order the entire army to retreat.

However, the Feng Army took the initiative to retreat rather than retreat. During the retreat, the entire army's battle formation was not chaotic at all, and it was also in an orderly manner when retreating. There were breaks and then responses. Not only did the Ning Army that came up to pursue them not gain any advantage. , but suffered a head-on counterattack from the Feng Army. Ning Jun chased and retreated faster. He thought he could take advantage, but in the end he suffered a lot of losses.

This decisive battle between the two armies of Feng and Ning ended hastily with the retreat of the Feng army.

Both sides invested all their forces in this battle. Although the battle only lasted for one morning, there were many casualties. The Feng Army was the retreating party, but the losses of the Ning Army were much greater than those of the Feng Army. In two or three hours in the morning, the casualties of the Ning army were close to 100,000, and the casualties of the Feng army exceeded 50,000. After this battle, Tang Yin had to re-evaluate the strength of the Ning Army, especially the commander-in-chief of the Ning Army, Wei Zheng. True to Wei Zheng's ways, at the most critical moment of the battle between the two sides, if one hundred thousand enemy troops suddenly attack from both sides of our own side, the consequences will be disastrous, and may even lead to a complete rout and the risk of the entire army being annihilated.

The one hundred thousand Ning army unexpectedly arrived. Although it was Wei Zheng's strategizing and decisive victory over thousands of miles away, Lotte and Ai Jia, who were in charge of the Feng army's intelligence, also made mistakes. After Tang Yin returned to the Feng army camp, he gave a warning to those who were brave at the front. The generals who fought in the battle all recorded their great achievements, and named Ye Quan, who died in battle, as a loyal general, and Gao Yi as a loyal general. In the end, he ordered that Lotte and Ai Jia be demoted one level each, and recorded a major demerit. A fine of half a year's salary. Lotte and Ai Jia also became the only generals on the Chinese side who were demoted, demerited, and punished in this battle.

After a decisive battle, although the Feng Army did not lose, the momentum of their winning streak came to an end, and their spirit of soaring into the sky was greatly reduced. On the other hand, the Ning Army's low morale suddenly improved a lot, and there were still reinforcements coming from all over the country. To the east of the river.

At this time, it can be seen that the overall national strength of Ning State is astonishing. Even with two-front operations and insufficient preparations, it can still assemble a huge army in a very short period of time. In the future, hundreds of thousands of menacing winds will The army was stubbornly resisting in the central hinterland of Hedong, and it was difficult to take another step forward.

Fengjun, Zhongjun tent.

The atmosphere in the big tent is now very depressing, and all the generals in the camp have their heads lowered and are silent.

Tang Yin stood in front of the sand table, tapping the edge of the table with his fingers, looking at the simulated Ning Army camp in the sand table without blinking. Zhan Hu, who was standing aside, saw that everyone was frowning. He cleared his throat, took a step forward, raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, our army has not been defeated in this battle, and Ning's army has not won. Tomorrow, our army can go out to fight again and kill Ning's army." Leave no trace behind!"

Tang Yin just squinted his eyes and didn't answer. Ziying shook his head and sighed, and said, "I'm afraid that Ning Jun won't come out to fight easily anymore."

"how?"

"Ning Guo's reinforcements came from afar and didn't know much about our army's combat power, so they dared to go out to fight. However, after this battle, our army's characteristics, weapons and combat power were all mastered by Ning's army. Wei Zheng, a man who is so good at using troops, will definitely stay away from the enemy and wait for reinforcements. When the main force of Ning's army comes to fight again, he will have an overwhelming advantage. By then, our army will be in danger! "

What Ziying said was exactly what Tang Yin, Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi and other generals were worried about. It can be said that against Ning Guo's reinforcements, the Feng Army could only kill the enemy with one blow, and the difference between a draw and a defeat was not big. At this time, Tang Yin held the table with both hands, leaned forward, looked at the sand table, and said quietly: "The Ning army's camp is stable, how can our army break it?"

After hearing his words, all the generals were silent. Zhan Hu rolled his eyes, smiled, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a plan to make Ning's army go out to fight!"

"Oh?" Tang Yin smiled. Although Zhan Hu was not a brave person, he was indeed not good at strategy. Now that he heard that he had a way to lure Wei Zheng out of the camp to fight again, Tang Yin became interested and asked: "Zhan Hu, if you have any clever ideas, just tell me!"

Zhan Hu said seriously: "Your Majesty, you can go and capture the two cities of Nanhai and Jianxing. These two cities are the last two cities of Ningguo in Hedong. If these two cities are lost again, the entire Hedong will be occupied by our army, so Ningguo will The reinforcements will never turn a blind eye and will definitely send out reinforcements. In this way, won’t our army’s purpose be achieved?”

After hearing this, Tang Yin shook his head and smiled, sighing: "If our army attacks Nanhai and Jianxing, that should be what Wei Zheng wants to see the most."

"Ah?" Zhan Hu was stunned. Would Wei Zheng want his side to attack Nanhai and Jianxing? How is this possible? He is the commander-in-chief of Ningguo's reinforcements, and his purpose is to protect Hedong. How can he watch Hedong fall into his own hands?

Seeing the confusion on his face, Tang Yin turned around and sat back on the chair, and said at the same time: "Ziying, explain it to Zhan Hu."

Ziying smiled bitterly at Zhan Hu and said: "General Zhan Hu, what the king means is that what Wei Zheng wants to see most is for our troops to be divided! It is easy for our army to capture Nanhai and Jianxing, but after defeating them, we must divide our troops to garrison them. This will give the enemy every opportunity to defeat them. By then, our army will be unable to defend the city, and its main force will be empty, making it difficult to compete with Wei Zheng and his troops!"

I see! Not to mention that Zhan Hu didn't expect this, neither did many generals in the tent. After listening to Zhan Hu's idea just now, everyone thought it was good. Now after listening to Ziying's explanation, they knew that Zhan Hu's idea was a faint move. , Bad move, if you really follow his method, your side will definitely lose.

As soon as Zhan Hu said this, Tang Yin could already tell that his strategy was not feasible, which shows that he was also outstanding in the strategy of fighting the enemy. All the generals showed admiration and looked at Tang Yin. The latter pondered for a moment and said: "Transport our dead and seriously injured soldiers back to the country as soon as possible. Tomorrow, our army will leave the camp and fight again!"

Ziying hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, what if Ning's army refuses to come out to fight?" What he fears most is that Tang Yin orders an attack on Ning's camp. The Ning army's camp was too strong, with five camps interlocking with each other. When one side encounters the enemy, reinforcements are received from all sides. It would be difficult for our side to win if we attack by force.

Tang Yin frowned and looked at Ziying and said, "Then scold until Ning Jun is scolded out of the camp!"

call! Ziying breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled reassuringly, no matter what he did, as long as he didn't attack forcefully.

Just as Tang Yinhe's generals expected, after a decisive battle with Feng Jun, Ning Jun did not dare to leave the camp to fight. After the battle, Wei Zheng could not calm down for a long time. He was still frightened until the next day. The combat power of the Feng Army was so terrifying. Not only could they attack from a distance, they were also brave in close combat. In addition, the large crossbows in the Feng Army camp also impressed Wei Zheng. , if he hadn't arranged two surprise troops, I'm afraid our side would have been defeated in yesterday's battle.

Hearing that Feng Jun once again left the camp and came to call for a challenge, Wei Zheng immediately sent an order to the camp. The entire army strictly guarded the camp. No one was allowed to leave the camp. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be executed.

Even if he didn't say it, no one in the Ning army was willing to go out to confront the Feng army. Now that they heard the commander's order, the soldiers below all let out a sigh of relief.

Wei Zheng had made up his mind that he would never fight the Feng Army head-on. He only needed to defend the camp. It would not take long for Changsun Yuanhong to arrive. As soon as Changsun Yuanhong arrived, he would not have to fight head-on. I am afraid of those fierce generals and generals in the Feng Army.

Seeing that the Ning army was refusing to fight behind closed doors, according to Tang Yin's wishes, the Feng army sent two thousand old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to shout and curse in front of the Ning army's camp, trying to provoke the Ning army out. The Ning army could not defeat the Feng army on the battlefield, but they were not inferior in terms of rhetoric. The soldiers of the Ning army who were guarding the camp gathered on the wall of the stronghold and shouted back.

The sword fight between the two sides turned into a war of words between the soldiers.

The battle lasted for three days. During these three days, Wei Zheng always avoided fighting. The Feng Army made several tentative attacks on the Ning Army's camp from different directions, but the Ning Army's counterattack was very strong. The Feng army retreated hastily soon after launching their attack.

Having a Ning army of hundreds of thousands like Wei Zheng stationed in the Hedong area is undoubtedly a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Feng army. All subsequent actions can no longer be carried out and can only be dragged here by the Ning army.

But not long after, the Sky Eye and Ground Network spies lurking in Ningguo brought back information that Sun Yuanhong, the commander-in-chief of Pingxi General of Ningguo, had led the 300,000-strong Ningguo Western Army back to the capital Liangzhou. Others had not yet arrived in Liangzhou. , Yan Chu had already issued an edict, making Sun Yuanhong the commander-in-chief and giving him the title of Marshal of the East.

Tang Yin and his generals were a little unprepared for the sudden appearance of Ning Guo's Generalissimo Sun Yuanhong and his 300,000-strong Western Army. They were not sure how Ning Guo had gathered another 300,000 troops. Army.

What Feng Jun didn't know was that although the 300,000-strong army under Changsun Yuanhong belonged to the local army, its combat effectiveness was far better than that of the Central Army. Changsun Yuanhong had basically done nothing else during these years in the western part of Ning State. He reorganizes and trains the army every day, and he has expanded the 100,000 local troops in the west of Ningguo to 200,000, and they are very good in both archery and close combat. Among the 300,000 troops who followed Chang Sun Yuanhong back to the capital, 200,000 were from the Western Army of Ning State, and another 100,000 were from the Yue Army.

As mentioned before, it can be said that it was Changsun Yuanhong who single-handedly contributed to the establishment of the Yue Kingdom. The King of Yue also respected and admired him very much. When he heard that Changsun Yuanhong was going back to the capital to help Ningguo resist the Feng army invading Hedong, the King of Yue sent the most elite troops in the country to Ningguo. One hundred thousand cavalry were all lent to Changsun Yuanhong, hoping to help him defeat the Feng army.