Chapter 878

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The direct army pretended to be in a panic, and when retreating, they left behind countless flags and armors, which made the Zhen army underestimate the enemy and pursue faster.

Not long after, the two sides were almost touching each other. At this time, the direct army, which had been fleeing in panic, suddenly stopped retreating, turned back, the central army did not move, resisted the enemy soldiers, and the two wings moved forward to surround the 40,000 Zhen army led by Xiao Chong.

The Feng army had a large number of people, 100,000 people, but at this time, even if they were surrounded by the Feng army, the Zhen army was not afraid, let alone panic. In their opinion, no matter how many Feng army there were, they could not surround them. But the Zhen army never thought that this Feng army was not a local army, but the central army of Feng country, and it was also a direct army that fought very fiercely.

When the two sides fought, the Zhen army suddenly realized that the opponent was not as vulnerable as they imagined. The direct army was experienced. After surrounding the Zhen army, they did not rush to attack, but first formed a neat battle formation.

The Feng army, which was in direct contact with the Zhen army and in the innermost row, was composed of heavy shieldmen. They used shields to withstand the enemy's attack while also stabilizing their own position. Behind the heavy shieldmen were all Feng army soldiers using long halberds. The sharp halberd tips passed over the shieldmen and reached outside the shields, making the shield formation look like an iron hedgehog. Once the Zhen army attacked, they would be stabbed into a hornet's nest before they could touch the shields.

Behind the halberd soldiers, there was a row of swordsmen and axemen and a row of archers in this order. The swordsmen were responsible for protecting the archers. Even if the front camp was broken open by the enemy, the archers would not be directly exposed to the enemy's attack.

When the Feng army attacked, the shield array in the front pushed forward to accumulate space for the enemy army, and the long halberd soldiers were behind to stab the enemies who rushed up, and the archers behind only needed to shoot arrows into the enemy camp. This was the three-dimensional attack method of the direct army.

The Zhen army did not choose to break through from all sides, but concentrated its forces to attack the center of the Feng army. The Zhen army was indeed brave in battle. Even though they saw countless sharp edges in front, the soldiers still rushed forward with all their strength. The Zhen army running in front was pierced by the long halberds before they reached the Feng army's camp. The Zhen army behind continued to push forward, stepping on the bodies of their companions and crashing into the shield array of the Feng army.

For a while, the muffled sound of sharp blades piercing the body and the roar of armor hitting the shield on the battlefield came one after another. The Zhen army fell in front of the Feng army camp one row after another, but under such a fierce attack, the Feng army camp did not retreat a step, but continued to move forward.

An expert knows whether there is any with one move. Just by looking at the battle between the two sides, Xiao Chong in the crowd of Zhen Army immediately realized that something was wrong. This group of Feng Army was completely different from the wave of Feng Army that attacked the city. The fighting style was tough, but there were rules and methods, the formation was skillful, and the cooperation was tacit. Xiao Chong thought about it carefully and couldn't help but take a breath. Could it be that he was caught in the trap of the Feng Army?

Now Xiao Chong couldn't hold his temper. While commanding the soldiers in front to attack forward, he ordered the generals on the left and right to lead their troops to break out from the other three sides. No matter what, break out first.

It was too late for the Zhen Army to break out at this time. The direct army had already set up the iron tube formation tightly, without any leakage. Even if the Zhen Army had wings on its back, it would be difficult to fly out of the siege.

Under Xiao Chong's mobilization, the Zhen Army's attack was no longer so steady. It only attacked the central army of the Feng Army, but changed to break out from all sides. The battle between the two sides also unfolded in full swing and entered a white-hot level.

The scale of this battle was not large, but the fighting was extremely fierce. The two sides fought fiercely for a whole morning. The Zhen army launched three large-scale breakouts, but they were all blocked by the direct army. After that, the direct army launched three full-scale sieges, which were also pushed back by the Zhen army.

The two sides fought back and forth, and the fierce battles continued. Gradually, the Zhen army began to show signs of fatigue.

The individual combat power of the two sides was similar, but the direct army had more than twice the number of troops than the Zhen army, and the Zhen army was surrounded by enemies. After a long battle, it was naturally unable to support it.

At this time, the biggest threat to the Zhen army was the archers in the Feng army camp. Arrows were constantly shot from the Feng army and fell into the Zhen army camp like raindrops. The soldiers of the Zhen army held their shields and couldn't even lift their heads. In the crowd, people screamed one after another because of arrows. The living people who were still alive and kicking just now could die under the flying arrows in an instant.

The Zhen army had failed to break out repeatedly, which was enough to make the Zhen army impatient, but to make matters worse, Ningding was occupied by the Feng army.

Originally, seeing the Zhen army's large group of troops rushing out of the city, the local army was frightened and retreated one after another. However, when the local army saw that the main force of the Zhen army was surrounded by the direct army, people immediately became energetic.

The three local army commanders took the opportunity to encourage their subordinates, saying that the enemy troops in Ningding City had come out in full force and there were only a few enemies left. They should take this opportunity to capture Ningding and make great achievements.

Under the call of the three commanders, the fleeing local army soldiers turned back and fought back to Ningding.

Now people are full of fighting spirit. When you have more soldiers and more generals, I can't beat you and can't capture the city, but now your main force is not in the city, how can I still be afraid of you?

With this mentality, the local army launched a strong attack again.

Fifty thousand Zhen troops guarded Ningding and could easily resist tens of thousands of local troops without any effort. However, with only ten thousand left, it would be very difficult to resist tens of thousands of local troops, especially local troops with greatly improved morale. Ten thousand Zhen troops could not take care of the east or west, the south or the north, and the situation in the four cities of the southeast, northwest, and northeast was very critical.

Just when the Zhen army was busy and exhausted, misfortunes never come singly. The people in Ningding City launched a rebellion.

People took to the streets in groups with swords, guns and sticks, and launched an attack on the Zhen army defending the city from the city. The Zhen army could not hold on any longer, and the three city gates were breached one after another by the local army. After entering the city, the local army became more powerful and chased the Zhen army all over the city.

Because of the cooperation of the people of Feng State, the Zhen army in the city had nowhere to run. Ten thousand Zhen soldiers either died under the swords of the local army or under the sticks of the rioting people.

The local army took Ningding in one go, and immediately pulled out the Zhen flag erected on the city and replaced it with the Feng flag.

The trapped Zhen army saw the black and white Feng flags on the top of Ningding City, and knew that the city had been lost. The army was in chaos, and the breakout battle gradually lost its rules.

The battle between the two sides lasted a whole day. The Zhen army failed to break out dozens of times. By dusk, only more than 10,000 soldiers were left out of the 40,000 troops, while the Kanfeng army was still crowded with people and spears.

Xiao Chong knew very well that the longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for his side. If he could not break out early, his side would be annihilated.

Seeing that the morale of the soldiers had fallen to the extreme, Xiao Chong, in order to inspire everyone's fighting spirit, took the lead and led his men to break out with all his strength.

He did not know Lingwu, and it was extremely dangerous to rush to the front. He did this to imitate Li Cheng. However, Li Cheng dared to rush on the battlefield under certain conditions. Most of the guards around him were his retainers, all of whom were Lingwu masters. When Li Cheng was in danger, these people could protect him at the first time. The guards around Xiao Chong were ordinary Zhen soldiers. Once they were in danger, they could not protect themselves, so how could they protect Xiao Chong?

In this breakout, not long after the battle, Xiao Chong was shot by an arrow shot from the Feng army camp and was seriously injured. When Xiao Chong fell, the Zhen army became more chaotic. There was no formation at all when they rushed and killed. They were completely scattered.

It was very easy for the direct army to deal with such a breakout. Not only was the iron barrel formation not broken, but it became tighter and tighter, constantly occupying the space of the Zhen army.

When the two sides fought until night, the Zhen army was completely dispersed. The only remaining thousands of soldiers were divided into several pieces by the Feng army. Even Xiao Chong died tragically in the chaos, and even his body could not be found. The last half hour of the battle almost became a one-sided battle of the Feng army. Thousands of exhausted Zhen soldiers all died in the battle.

The battle between the Feng and Zhen armies ended with the annihilation of the Zhen army and the great victory of the Feng army. In this battle, there were only a few survivors of the 50,000 Zhen troops, and the Feng army also suffered about 30,000 casualties, but most of these 30,000 casualties came from local troops, while the casualties of the direct army were less than 10,000.

Ningding, which was captured by the Zhen army, was recaptured by the Feng army. This small-scale battle played a crucial role in the battle between the two sides. Knowing that they had recaptured Ningding, the Feng army soldiers guarding Jinyang were like being given a shot of cardiotonic. People saw hope again. Now even if they were defeated by the Chuanzhen coalition, they would not have no way to retreat and be trapped and die in Jinyang.

The same news was passed to the Chuanzhen coalition. For people, this was really bad news.

The Chuanzhen coalition just received news that a blizzard suddenly hit Wancheng, and Li Cheng's troops who had originally attacked Wancheng had to retreat. However, these tens of thousands of Zhen troops did not return to Fengcheng in the end, but mysteriously disappeared halfway, with no one alive or dead, and no news at all.

Ren Fang had a bad feeling. Li Cheng's troops were deep in the hinterland of Feng State. They were unfamiliar with the place and could not just find a place to stay. To avoid the cold, the most appropriate place to go was Fengcheng, which was closest to Wancheng. However, Li Cheng's troops did not appear in Fengcheng. There was only one explanation, which was that an accident happened halfway.

It seemed that it was difficult to count on Li Cheng's troops. Now, his attack on Jinyang was repeatedly frustrated. There was the resistance of Feng Army in front and the containment of Feng Army in the back. His army was short of food and grass and had no supplies. How could he fight this battle?

Now, Ren Fang's confidence in the battle of defeating Feng had been greatly reduced. Although the Chuanzhen coalition still had a considerable advantage in terms of manpower, and there were 400,000 Huan troops on the way to reinforce, in Ren Fang's view, the battle of destroying Feng was no longer so realistic. Feng people were tough and tenacious, while Feng Army had generals and commanders, and was full of talents. They were fighting on their own land, so it was difficult for them to be sure of winning.