"Yes!" Shangguan Yuan responded with his nose, then threw the blade in his hand towards Zhang Feng and said: "Following that, the head on the blade belongs to General of Ning Country, I forgot to bring Zhang Feng's head back!"
Zhang Feng was startled and hurriedly reached out his hand to catch the sword. When he saw Chi Ya's grinning head, he quickly turned around and gave it to the soldier beside his, ordering him to hang it on the city wall.
"Where's Liang Qi?" Shangguan Yuan looked around, but didn't see Liang Qi, so he questioned him.
"General Hui Yuan, the general is in the city right now. He's encircling and annihilating the remaining Ning army in the city …"
Without waiting for him to finish, Shangguan Yuan nodded and said, "I know, I'll go find him." After saying that, he kicked the stirrup with his feet and quickly ran into the city.
It was very easy to find Liang Qi. One only had to ask the passing soldiers on the street where he was.
Shangguan Yuan let his horse gallop forward as he quickly found Liang Qi near the General's Mansion that had turned into ashes and rubble. From afar, seeing Liang Qi being surrounded by the Generals, making all sorts of arrangements, Shangguan Yuan became angrier and shouted loudly, "Liang Qi, you villain!"
While speaking, he rushed to the place near Liang Qi, dismounted from his horse, and strode towards Liang Qi.
Seeing Shangguan Yuan let him return safely, Liang Qi's eyes lit up with joy. At the same time, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and looking at Shangguan Yuan's aggressive appearance, Liang Qi's heart moved, without waiting for Shangguan Yuan to question him, he rushed forward and bowed deeply to him. With a face full of smiles, he said, "General Yuan has returned victorious, it is truly a joyous occasion!"
"Don't you …"
"This time, our army was able to successfully seize the Tong Gate.
"You're talking nonsense …"
"In the future, I will definitely report to my lord, the reason why my army was able to seize the Tong Gate so quickly is entirely because of General Yuan Que, I am just helping out a little!" Liang Qi didn't even give Shangguan Yuan a chance to speak, he just asked for it himself.
After hearing what he said, Shangguan Yuan was startled. He glanced at Liang Qi and asked uncertainly, "Really?"
"Of course!" Liang Qi snickered in his heart. He had already figured out Shangguan Yuan's personality, no matter how happy he was, as long as he spoke some good words, his imposing manner would definitely soften. As the commander of the Sanshui Army, how can I go back on my words? If I meet you in the future, I will definitely report this to you truthfully! "
Indeed. Liang Qi's words made Shangguan Yuan's anger disappear instantly. He grinned widely and laughed sinisterly, his black face turned slightly red, he scratched his head and said: "Attacking the Tong Gate, is not all my credit. Of course, if I didn't attract so many Ning troops, it wouldn't have been easy for them to defeat the Tong Gate!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" The general was right! This lowly one thanks General Yuan Yu in place of the rest of the soldiers in the Sanshui Army! " As he spoke, Liang Qi bowed to Shangguan Yuan with half truth and half falsehood.
"Huh?" This time, it was Shangguan Yuan who was a little embarrassed. He anxiously held onto Liang Qi's arms and laughed: "General Liang is too polite!" This time, he did not call out Liang Qi's name, and changed it to General Liang.
Bai Yong secretly laughed at the side, although Shangguan Yuan conceded to the world, but in terms of intelligence, he was far inferior to Liang Qi, but for the two of them, one was full of schemes, the other was full of courage and invincibility, they were truly a perfect match!
He was right, Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuan had to cooperate more in the future, Shangguan Yuan had to be able to obtain the title of Invincible General, sweeping away all the nobles in the world, Liang Qi had done a great service, the two of them were like a wolf and a wolf, one used his brain, the other contributed to the battle, he was the commander of the Sanshui Army, invincible in battle, the attack could hit nothing.
Liang Qi cleverly took advantage of Shangguan Yuan's bravery to kill, who was in charge of Jufeng, and then, using his relationship with Zhang Xiaoting's cousin, Liang Qi successfully lured the main force of the defending forces in the Tong Gate to the Jufeng. Then, taking advantage of the opportunity when the Tong Gate was on guard against emptiness, he attacked the Tong Gate at a lightning fast speed, obtaining victory in a single strike.
Tian Fan's underlings who were scattered around fled back to the Jufeng. When they saw Zhang Xiaoting and heard about the situation with their Tong Gate, Zhang Xiaoting almost fainted on the spot. Tong Gate was not only his lifeblood, but also his lifeblood. In order to occupy Tong Gate, how much effort had he put in, and how many soldiers had he sacrificed? If he were to fall into the hands of the Feng Army now, how would he have the face to return home?
Zhang Xiaoting was stunned for a whole minute before regaining his senses. He gave a shout suddenly, jumped up high, and shouted at the generals under him, "Quick! Hurry and regain your Tong Gate! No matter what, you must snatch it back! "
He did not know where these Feng Army s that had suddenly taken over came from, but since he had not heard any rumours, it was likely that there were not many enemies, so he had to take advantage of the moment when the enemies were unsteady to snatch the Tong Gate back, and push his work forward.
However, how could he have imagined that there were nearly ninety thousand people in the Sanshui Army that were going to take over the Tong Gate, and that they would take over Tong Gate at that?
When he went all out to attack the city from the front, he would be met with a fierce counterattack from the Sanshui Army. The perfect defensive system that Ning Jun had built for the city using the Tong Gate had become the object that repelled Sanshui Army, while the City-breaking Crossbow and the Army-broking Crossbow had also been moved to the top of the city walls.
Zhang Xiaoting's twenty thousand plus Ning Soldier s were unable to fight any longer after attacking the city for less than an hour. Under the city walls, corpses piled up like a mountain, and countless Ning Army soldiers died miserable deaths under their arrows, Rolling Lumber And Stone, and Pyretic Oil.
Seeing that the enemy's defense was just too strong, if their side were to continue attacking, not only would they not be able to win, the soldiers would also have to die in vain under the Tong Gate city. A few generals suggested to Zhang Xiaoting that they should immediately withdraw and not continue attacking. But at this time, Zhang Xiaoting, whose heart was burning with anxiety and had completely lost all sense of reason, could not listen to him. He pulled out his sword and with one sword thrust, he killed a general who had advised him to do so.
This time, no one dared to go up to persuade them anymore, so the Generals And Soldiers of Ning Army could only brace themselves and advance, although it was a battle of life and death.
Just at this moment, the city gates of Tong Gate suddenly opened, and Shangguan Yuan let go of the chance to rush out. This time, he switched to a handy triple-edged two-edged blade, and it became even more ferocious and invincible, charging into the attacking army of Ning, killing as if he was cutting vegetables, and directly causing Ning Jun, who was standing in front of the city gate, to cry for his parents, and be defeated in large numbers.
The soldiers of Sanshui Army who had fought their way out with Shangguan Yuanyang had high morale as well as they chased after the defeated Ning Army in a crazed manner.
Zhang Xiaoting still wanted to order his soldiers to return to the battlefield and fight against the enemy, but when he saw Shangguan Yuan, who was dragging his tri-edged and two-edged blade, rush over to him, he thought back to how brave he was in the Jufeng encampment and couldn't help but shiver. He didn't even dare to give way to Shangguan Yuan as he turned his horse and fled.
He took the lead and ran, causing the Generals And Soldiers of Ning Army s to heave a sigh of relief, they no longer went to attack the city to send themselves to death, they all ran back, their defeated momentum was like a flood bursting through a dike.
Shangguan Yuan let his Sanshui Army lead the way, and chased him for more than two miles. If not for Liang Qi's order to call for reinforcements, he could have continued his pursuit.
If Zhang Xiaoting's 20 million strong army failed to attack the city, more than half of them would be killed. He led the defeated soldiers and kept on retreating as he retreated for more than five kilometers before finally managing to stabilize himself. Looking back, there were only a few thousand of the more than twenty thousand soldiers left. He couldn't help but sigh and say, "If the heavens want me to die, then the heavens want me to die!"
With that, he looked at the sword in his hand. With sorrow in his heart, he closed his eyes and placed the sword on his neck.
Seeing that he was looking for an excuse, Xu Tan anxiously dismounted and rushed forward, pulling Zhang Xiaoting's arm, and said anxiously with a trembling voice: "General, General must not! General must not!"
"If I lose my Tong Gate, how can I face His Majesty so much that I can go see him again? How could he face the soldiers who were fighting with their lives on the line? "The general was incompetent, causing the death of the entire army …" Saying that, Zhang Xiaoting's eyes became red, and tears started flowing out.
Xu Luoshen and the surrounding veterans were also crying. but now, bringing it back to the capital, it was already a delusion. The Tong Gate s being occupied, was equivalent to isolating their own party's journey back home.
Xu Zun said, "It's precisely because the Tong Gate has already been lost that the general can't take it lightly, so he should think of a way to snatch the Tong Gate back!"
Zhang Xiaoting shook his head and sighed: "Our army only has a few thousand soldiers, how can we snatch back the Tong Gate?"
"General, you might as well go to the Yan City and reunite with the two generals, Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi. With the help of the two brothers, there's a possibility for them to regain their Tong Gate!"
"Oh?" That's right, how could he forget about Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi? The two of them had an army of two hundred thousand under their hands, if they brought troops to the Tong Gate, they would be able to eliminate the enemy in one go and take back the Tong Gate.
Thinking about this, he took down the sword on his neck, nodded his head, and said: "Xu Ge, as you see, let's go look for the two generals, Wushuang and Unparalleled, at Yan City!"
Zhang Xiaoting listened to Xu Ge's advice and led his thousand of handicapped veterans towards the Yan City.
The battle of Tong Gate was carried out very quickly, and only half a day had passed. However, the impact of the loss of Tong Gate on the situation of the two countries was too great.
With the Tong Gate in his hands, Ning Yao's forces could enter the Feng Country at any time, regardless of whether they were fighting or defending, they held the absolute advantage and were taking the initiative. And when the Tong Gate fell into the hands of the Tianyuan Army, the gate of the Feng Country was shut, preventing the Ning Jun on the east side from entering, while the Ning Jun on the west side could not exit, leaving the two hundred thousand Ning Army, led by Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi, trapped inside the Feng Country alive.
Worse of all, the two hundred thousand strong army could no longer get supplies from the back, and all of the food, equipment and supplies were supplied by Zhong Tian. The two brothers would also not listen to Zhong Tian, and the conflict between the two sides would naturally slowly reveal itself and become more acute.
It could be said that this small scale war on Tong Gate had actually led to a reversal of the situation between the two countries.