Tang Yin led the crowd out of Yancheng, not far away. Suddenly, he heard the sound of Horseshoes behind him. Looking back, he saw two knights running quickly in the direction of Yancheng. Because the distance was too far, Tang Yin couldn't really see it. He only saw that they were two generals wearing steel helmets and armor.
He frowned secretly. He didn't order the conscription of the general of the imperial court. Who are these two?
When Erqi ran close, he saw clearly that these two were indeed generals, yes, but they were both female generals, Wu Mei and Wu Ying.
Unexpectedly, the two of them would come. Tang Yin reined in the war horse. When the second daughter came near, he asked suspiciously, "Why are you here?" Wu Mei said first, "of course I went to war with you." Tang Yin smiled and said, "nonsense! War is no joke. Go back quickly. " In his view, women are not suitable for war. If they go with the army and drag more than contribute, it's better to stay in the rear.
Wu Mei sniffed her lips and said discontentedly, "what nonsense?! Don't forget that I included you in the army. " Turn over the old account again! Tang Yin knocked on his head with a headache and asked, "does the dance minister know that you two are going to fight with me?" Wu Ying was about to shake her head when Wu Mei hurriedly said, "of course! Xiaoying and I have already told our father, and my father has agreed. " "Oh!" It's strange to agree! Tang Yin nodded solemnly and shouted, "Cheng Jin!" "My subordinates are here!" Cheng Jin behind Tang Yin immediately urged his horse to come forward.
Tang Yin said, "send a famous brother back to the prime minister's house to ask Wu Xiang if they know that Miss Wu Mei and Miss Wu Ying are going to go with the army." "Yes, my Lord!" Cheng Jin sees that Tang Yin is bluffing Wu Mei. He stirs up the corners of his mouth and pretends to call a dark arrow brother to ask him back to the city.
Before the man left, Wu Mei hurriedly stopped him. Tang Yin smiled in her heart, but she raised her eyebrows in confusion and looked at her blankly.
Wu Mei looked at the people around her shyly and rode to Tang Yin. She grabbed his sleeve with her small hand and muttered in a low voice, "well, my father doesn't know about it. Just be kind. Don't send someone to ask!" Sure enough. Tang Yin sighed and looked at Wu Mei with both helplessness and favor.
Under the pitiful gaze of Wu Mei and Wu Ying, Tang Yin thought for a while and finally compromised. He nodded, shook his head and said to Wu Mei and Wu Ying, "this is the only time, not for another example!" "Great!" Both Wu Mei and Wu Ying showed bright smiling faces.
The 100000 Tianying army bypassed Wancheng to attack Fengcheng. Wu Guang and the 50000 troops directly under commander Zhan Hu ambushed between Wancheng and Fengcheng, while Tang Yin led the remaining 350000 Tianyuan army directly to Wancheng.
Just a few days after Zhong Tian retreated to Wancheng, he said comfortably. After listening to the report from his subordinates, Tang Yin led the army to call again. He jumped angrily in the palace and scolded Tang Yin that he was not a thing and wanted to die alive.
His civil servants and generals are not in a hurry. Although they have less than 30000 soldiers and horses, the city defense of Wancheng is very strong, and more than 100000 Ning troops are stationed in the city. It is not so easy for Tang Yin to capture Wancheng. The arrow array dominated by Ning army alone is not something Tianyuan army can bear.
A civil servant spoke to Zhong Tian. Now you should summon Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi immediately and ask them to send Ning army to garrison at the head of the city first. After hearing this, Zhong Tian was reasonable and immediately sent someone to find the two brothers of the Zhan family.
He has just sent people out and has not yet gone out of the palace. Both Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi came first.
When they saw Zhong Tian, they just arched their hands and saluted, then straightened up and looked around at the literary ministers and generals. Finally, their eyes fell on Zhong Tian.
Zhan Wushuang asked, "I think you have heard that Tang Yin commanded the army to go south * near Wancheng?" "Yes, yes, yes!" Zhong Tian nodded repeatedly and said, "I just want to find two generals for this matter. Now they should quickly dispatch their soldiers to the city to resist the Tianyuan army that may attack the city at any time..." before he finished, Zhan Wushuang shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "it's too late! Sir, you only know that the Tianyuan army is near Wancheng. Do you know that another team of Tianyuan army has gone to attack and seal the city? " "Ah?" This surprised Zhong Tian and his ministers. Tang Yin unexpectedly divided his troops into two ways, attacking Wancheng all the way and closing the city all the way. This is really surprising.
Zhong Tian was only stunned for a moment, then smiled. He rubbed his hands and said, "it's a good thing that Tang Yin scattered his troops. In this way, he can't concentrate on attacking Wancheng. Our hope of success will increase greatly!" Zhan Wushuang almost vomited blood when he heard the speech. At this time, he didn't have a map at hand. If he had a map, he must put it under Zhong Tian's eyelids to let him see how important the closure of the city is to Wancheng. He took a few deep breaths, pressed down his anger and frown, and said, "Sir, what's the use of keeping only one Wancheng? The closure of the city is the only way for us to retreat. Once the closure of the city is lost, Wancheng will become an isolated city, with no reinforcements and no support. How long do you think we can stick to the current 100000 people? One month, two months? Or one or two years? " After a series of questions from Zhan matchless, Zhong Tian had no words. He looked at his literary ministers and military generals and asked, "what do you say, Aiqing?" The people looked at each other and made progress one after another. They bowed their hands and said, "Your Majesty, what unparalleled general said is reasonable. Your majesty should make arrangements early!" Zhong Tian nodded thoughtfully, turned his eyes to Zhan Wushuang and asked, "general Wushuang, in your opinion, how should we deal with it? Send troops to reinforce the city? " Zhan Wushuang shook his head and said, "according to the report, the Tianyuan army has a lot of troops to attack the closed city, hundreds of thousands. If we divide our troops to reinforce, how much is appropriate? If there are too many troops, Wancheng will not be protected. If there are too few troops, it is tantamount to hitting the stone with an egg. In my opinion, now we can only give up Wancheng and withdraw all to the south! " "Withdraw again!" After hearing this, Zhong Tian's facial features almost shrunk together. Now he has lost most of the rivers and mountains. He occupies only four of the fifteen counties in the wind Kingdom, and the other eleven counties have fallen into the hands of the Tianyuan army. Now he has to retreat. When is the first time to retreat?
Zhan Wushuang could understand Zhong Tian's mood. He sighed helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, this is not what you should do! Don't be afraid to burn firewood on the green mountain. It's not too late to stay. " Alas! Zhong Tian looked up and sighed. He couldn't help looking at his ministers. He really didn't want to retreat. He understood that it was impossible to come back from this withdrawal, and his dream of a king was completely over. At this time, he hoped that someone would stand up and come up with a good plan for him to neither withdraw nor retreat from the enemy.
But when the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty saw Zhong Tian's inquiring eyes, they bowed their heads one after another, and even dared not breathe.
The past is vivid. Zhong Tian left Li Qi, Xu Hui, Ye Cheng, Wei Xuan and others behind in Yancheng. At last, Li Qi escaped back alone. The rest of the generals died in the battle. Even Li Qi, who escaped in a narrow escape, ended up well and was executed by Zhong Tian on the charge of unfavorable combat and escape. Now everyone is afraid that Zhong Tian will call his name, Let yourself stay in Wancheng.
When in danger, no one came forward and no one could give a good plan. Zhong Tianxin was half cold. He leaned back and sat down on the king's chair. Youyou said, "just... In the view of unparalleled general, we evacuate Wancheng and go to seal it!" "See you!" Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi both stepped in to salute, and then said, "the end will go back and prepare first." With that, the two brothers didn't wait for Zhong Tian to explain anything. They turned around and walked out of the hall with big steps.
Now the two brothers of the Zhan family have been extremely disappointed with Zhong Tian. Standing on Zhong Tian's side against Tang Yin, they can't see the hope of winning. The two brothers have also made up their mind. Anyway, they just don't have a direct confrontation with the Tianyuan army and save their own forces. If they can't, they just withdraw from Fengguo and go all the way south to mo.
Move the imperial court to the south, move the imperial court to Wufeng, and continue to move to the south.
Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi found that the Tianyuan army had sent troops to attack the closed city, but they didn't find that there was an ambush between Wancheng and the closed city.
At present, the military strength of Ning army is about 120000, and the military strength under Zhong Tian is nearly 30000. Together, the two sides can barely reach 150000. However, Zhong Tian has many military family members. He has dozens of wives and concubines alone, and the family members of the ministers below are also dozens or hundreds. In addition, there are not a few rich people who depend on Zhong Tian. Now Zhong Tian retreats to the south, They can only follow with their families. Looking up, Zhong Tian's team is very large. People are next to each other and crowded. There are also carriages and trucks in the middle. At a cold glance, they thought there were hundreds of thousands of people, but in fact, there are too many old and weak women and children.
Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi were worried that the Tianyuan army would attack and occupy the city first. They urged the marching speed again and again, but dragged down by Zhong Tian, Ning Jun couldn't get up quickly. Not to mention the slow progress of those family members, even the baggage carried by Zhong Tian and others is a big burden. The boxes of gold, silver and jewelry accumulated by Zhong Tian have now become a huge burden.
It's less than two days' journey from Wancheng to Fengcheng, while Zhong Tian and his party walked for two days, and the journey was more than half.
Seeing such a large group of enemy soldiers, Wu Guang and Zhan Hu, who set ambush on the way, were also startled.
After receiving the report from the spies, they didn't sneak out of the ambush site. They crouched on a high hill and looked up. They saw the enemy soldier walking on the official road, which can only be described as a sea of people and boundless. They can see the beginning of the team, but they can't see the end of the team. The flags in the army are also chaotic, including Ning flag and Peng flag, One car after another loaded with luggage.
After watching, Wu Guang and Zhan Hu frowned, and the latter muttered in a low voice, "how many reinforcements has the other party sent? It feels like hundreds of thousands of people! "