V2.Chapter 286

The Zhen army urgently recruited the people in the city to participate in the defense. At this time, Zhao Huan's reputation in the Zhen country was reflected. All the men, women and children in the city who could fight were pushed to the city wall to help the Zhen army resist the coalition forces. Those who could not fight were transported arrows, rolling wood, stone and other objects for the Zhen Army soldiers on the city wall.

There are hundreds of thousands of people in Huaning City, and Zhen people are fierce and all the people are soldiers. Even if the people go to the battlefield, they are not unfamiliar, let alone afraid. They are basically no different from the soldiers of Zhen army.

Lingshuang, Yueze and Lixin thought that their millions of troops besieged Huaning and would easily break the city, but in fact, on the contrary, due to the full defense of the people in the city, the coalition soldiers could not attack for a long time, and the front Corps was exhausted. The rear Corps immediately took over and fought in turns, but even so, they could not break through the urban defense of Huaning.

The battle continued endlessly. The Allied forces had attacked the whole army from noon until late afternoon. Millions of troops simply didn't tear a gap in Huaning's urban defense.

At this time, lingshuang, Yueze and Lixin secretly inhaled in their hearts. They didn't expect that the army and people of Huaning were so tenacious and fierce, which was very different from the cities they attacked before.

Seeing that it was getting darker and darker, they needed torches to continue the battle. They couldn't help thinking whether to continue the war. At this time, the camp in the rear of the coalition army was suddenly in chaos.

An unknown Zhenjun army suddenly shot out from the rear of the coalition camp and rushed directly into the coalition camp.

The incident came so suddenly that the coalition forces were unprepared, and even if they found the enemy first, they could not prevent it.

First, the camp has not been set up, and the outer wall is full of holes. How can it resist the enemy's attack? Moreover, the main forces of the coalition are invested in the siege. The number of soldiers left to camp is small, and they are old, weak, sick and disabled. How can they be the opponents of the Zhen army?

This Zhenjun army has not many troops, at best, about 5000 people, but breaking into the coalition camp is like entering an uninhabited territory. It cuts people when it sees them and kills them when it meets them. It has killed the coalition troops who set up the camp, crying and running away in all directions. The Zhen army was relentless and set fire everywhere while pursuing and killing. The coalition camp is full of military tents, grain and supplies. These things stick to the fire. Coupled with the wind at night, the fire spread very fast. In the blink of an eye, the flames in the camp rose several meters high.

As the camp is on the west side of Huaning and close to the second army of an and Huan, it is these two armies that first found their own camp on fire.

When the soldiers reported to Yueze and Lixin, they both didn't believe it. When they looked back, their faces changed greatly, and their camp caught fire under their own eyes. What's the matter?

They haven't figured out what happened. The soldiers who escaped from the camp have run to them and reported to Yueze and Lixin that the camp was secretly attacked by Zhenjun. Now the enemy has begun to set fire to the camp.

When they heard the speech, their heads buzzed, and they couldn't come back for a long time.

Zhenjun sneaking camp? Where did the Zhen army come from? Why didn't your side hear any news? With a fierce strange cry, Li Xin grabbed the collar of the deserter and asked angrily, "how many people are there in the enemy? There is an enemy attack. Why don't you report it quickly?"

The deserter was so scared that his legs softened and he couldn't stand steadily. He waved his hand and said, "it's too dark. When... When we found Zhen army, they had already touched it and didn't have time to report... Zhen army has a lot of troops, it's estimated... It's estimated that tens of thousands of people..."

damn! Li Xin pushed the deserter away, and tens of thousands of Zhenjun unexpectedly touched into their own camp, which was a great shame! He turned to Yueze, who was also flustered, and asked, "brother Wang, what should I do now?"

"There's no way..." Yue Ze muttered with a big mouth: "call in the gold and withdraw the troops quickly and try our best to save the camp!"

"Alas!" Li Xin stamped her foot and shouted to the people on the left and right, "what are you doing standing here? Go to Mingjin!"

Everyone around woke up like a dream, yelled and promised, and began to sing gold.

As soon as the golden sound sounded on their side, not only the two armies of an and Huan retreated, but also the three armies of Feng, Zhen and Yu who attacked the city on the other three sides were affected by it. The soldiers who attacked the city did not know why, so they quickly withdrew from the battlefield like the ebb tide.

Soon, Yueze and Lixin sent soldiers to report to Fengjun, Zhenjun and Yujun respectively, and told Tang Yin, lingshuang and "Gu Anmin" about the attack on their own camp.

After hearing this, they all trembled. The attack on the camp is no small matter. Once the food, grass and materials are damaged, it will directly affect the future war situation.

At this time, even if people don't want to rescue, they can't. the rear team of the three armies of Feng, Zhen and Yu change to the front team and rush back to the camp together.

All the five armies attacking Huaning withdrew. At this time, the Zhen army who invaded the camp had already fled without a trace, leaving only the raging fire in the camp. The Allied officers and men did not care to catch up with the enemy. They all put out the fire and rescued food, grass and supplies.

It was not until late at night that the coalition army managed to put out all the fires in the camp. At this time, looking at the coalition army camp, it was devastated and in a mess, and the food, grass and materials burned in smoke could be seen everywhere.

The damage caused by this fire to the coalition forces was not small.

Among them, the heaviest loss is the grain and grass. It is estimated that at least tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass have been damaged. In addition, there are at least tens of thousands of tents burned, and many military uniforms and weapons have been destroyed.

It's time for the coalition, stupid soldiers.

Looking at the gloomy and silent monarchs, Kong Qing coughed, say: "Huaning belongs to Xitang Acropolis. The people have always been loyal to the imperial court. Even if the king is a confused king, the people are still loyal to him, so it is not as easy to fight Huaning as expected. In addition, Zhao Huan's use of troops has always been strange and cunning, and our army is not familiar with the terrain of Huaning, so it is easy to suffer losses, so... Our army is eager to attack Huaning when its foothold is not stable Rather, it is an unwise move and gives the enemy an opportunity! "

His words were obviously for analysis, but in fact he complained that lingshuang, Yueze and Lixin had made a wrong decision. These three monarchs are not fools. Of course, they can hear the voice outside his words, and their faces are more and more ugly.

Li Xin snorted heavily and said coldly, "why didn't you say it at the beginning? What's the use of talking about it now? It's urgent to think about what we should do next!"

There were too many damaged materials this time. If they could not be replenished in time, the coalition forces would be unable to move, and finally had to retreat. It matters a lot. As a loyal general, Kong Qing didn't dare to say much and hung his head.

Li Xin didn't expect him to come up with any good ideas at all. He turned to Tang Yin, rubbed his hands in embarrassment, smiled and asked, "brother Wang, in your opinion?"

At the beginning, he, Yueze and lingshuang insisted on attacking Huaning without listening to Tang Yin's dissuasion. Now they have suffered so much loss that they can't lift their heads in front of Tang Yin and feel guilty.

What should I do? Tang Yin also wants to know what his side should do now. He pondered for a while and said, "first count the specific losses, know them well, and then think of countermeasures!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Brother Wang is right!" Li Xin nodded repeatedly, and then shouted to the Huan army generals behind him, "don't you do it quickly?"

The Allied forces of the five countries moved up and down together and began to make detailed statistics on their own losses. There were 12000 damaged tents, of which about 10000 were completely scrapped. In other words, during the next campaign, at least 200000 or 300000 coalition soldiers had no tents to live in and had to sleep in the open air. A total of 60000 stones of grain and grass were damaged, which is more than half of the total grain and grass of the coalition army. More than 300 large weapons such as stone riprap machines, washing cars and arrow towers were damaged. As for military uniforms and weapons, there are countless.

In addition, on the day when the coalition forces of the five countries stormed Huaning, the total number of casualties was 70000 to 80000. After only one day of fierce fighting, the losses of the coalition forces can be described as tragic.

Listening to the general's report, Tang Yin felt headache after headache. Now the problem facing the coalition is not whether it can beat Huaning as soon as possible, but whether it can continue to fight.

The shortage of tents will only lead to some soldiers not getting enough rest, and the shortage of food and grass will determine the life and death of the whole army.

He pondered for a moment and asked Yue Ze and Li Xin, "when will the next batch of grain and grass of our army be delivered?"

Yueze replied in a low voice, "I have to wait half a month as soon as possible."

It will take so long

Tang Yin frowned more tightly. Judging from the food and grass left in the army, even if he was frugal, he would stick to it for ten days at most. If he wanted not to be forced to retreat, there were only two ways, either to beat Huaning quickly or directly attack Xitang.

He looked at Xiao MuQing and Ziying and said, "our army gave up attacking Huaning and Tongcheng and went directly to fight Xitang. What do you think of them?"

Now he doesn't want to ask for the opinions of lingshuang, Yueze and Lixin. None of the three monarchs can use troops to fight. If you ask them, you might as well ask your own ministries!

Ziying said anxiously: "abandoning the fight against Huaning and Tongcheng will lead to hidden dangers in our army. First, the supply line will be broken. Second, when our army makes full efforts to attack Xitang, the Zhen army from Huaning and Tongcheng will certainly attack our rear. If one is not good, our army will be defeated."

"Our army's logistics can no longer be expected." Tang Yin zhengse said: "The grain and grass will be delivered in half a month, and the grain and grass left by our army can only last for ten days at most. If we don't want to withdraw, our army must make a difference within ten days. But today's war, you have seen that it is too difficult and almost impossible to beat Huaning in a short time. Therefore, I proposed to take Xi Tang directly and break the enemy with our usual tactics!"

Conventional tactics? Xiao MuQing's eyes suddenly brightened and blurted out, "surround and help?"

"That's right!" Tang Yin said, "feint at Xitang and lead the garrison of Huaning and Tongcheng out of the city to help!"