Vol 2 Chapter 286:

Chapter 286
The Zhen army urgently recruited the people in the city to participate in the defense. At this time, Zhao Ye ’s reputation in Zhen State was manifested. In response, the men, women, and children in the city were all able to fight against the city walls to help the Zhen army resist the coalition forces. The soldiers of the Zhen army transported arrows, rolls, and flint.
There are hundreds of thousands of people in Huaning city, and the sturdy people are all soldiers. Even when the people are on the battlefield, they are not unfamiliar, and they are not afraid. They are basically no different from the generals of the Zhen army.
Lingshuang, Yueze, and Li Xin originally thought that their own army of one million siege to Huaning would break the city easily, but in fact it was the opposite. Due to the defense of the people in the city, the coalition soldiers could not attack for a long time. Exhausted, the following corps immediately took over and took turns to fight, but even so, they could not break through Huaning's city defense.
The fighting continued endlessly. The coalition forces had launched an all-out onslaught from noon until late evening. The million-strong army did not tear Huaning's city defense apart.
At this time, Lingshuang, Yueze, and Li Xin secretly inhaled in their hearts. They could not imagine that Huaning's soldiers and civilians were so tenacious and sturdy, which was completely different from the city they had attacked before.
Seeing that it was getting darker and darker, it was necessary to start a torch to continue the battle. They couldn't help but start thinking about whether this battle would continue or not, and at this moment, the barracks in the rear of the coalition were suddenly chaotic.
A zhen army who did not know where to come from was suddenly killed by the rear of the coalition camp, and burst into the coalition camp with a thunderbolt.
This change came too suddenly, not to mention that the coalition was unprepared, even if the enemy's situation was discovered first, it was equally unstoppable.
The first is that the camp wall has not yet been set up. The outer wall of the wall is riddled with holes. How can the enemy's charge be defended? Furthermore, the main forces of the coalition are devoted to the siege battle. The number of soldiers left to camp is not large. They are all old, weak, and sick. How can they be the opponents of the Zhen Army?
This Zhen army is not very strong, at most it is five thousand people, but it is almost as if no one is in the camp of the coalition. When it sees people, it is cut off. Whenever anyone kills, it kills the camped coalition. Shouted for days and fled. The Zhen Army did not hesitate and spared no expense. Allied camps are stockpiled with military tents, grain, and heavy weights. These things are sticking to the fire, and the wind spreads at night, and the fire spreads extremely quickly. With only a blink of an eye, the flames in the camp rose several meters high.
Since the camp was on the west side of Huaning, close to the An and Qiang Second Army, it was the two armies who first discovered the fire in their own camp.
When the soldiers reported to Yue Ze and Li Xin, they were not quite convinced. They turned around and looked at each other. The faces of both of them changed greatly, and their own camp actually caught fire under their eyelids. thing?
The two haven't figured out what exactly happened. The soldiers who escaped from the camp have rushed to their side and reported to Yue Ze and Li Xinyu that the camp was attacked by the Zhen army. The enemy has now set fire to the camp. .
The two heard the words, their heads hummed, and they could not return to God for a long time.
Zhenjun stealing camp? Where did this Zhenjun come from? Why didn't you hear any wind? Li Xin screamed furiously, grabbed the deserter's collar, and asked angrily: "How many people are there in the enemy army? Why are there no enemies coming? Why not report it quickly?"
The deserter was frightened, his legs were weak, and he stood still. He waved again and again: "Heaven ... it's too dark. When ... when we found the Zhen army, they had touched the front and had no time to report ... … The Zhen army has a lot of troops, and it is estimated ... there are tens of thousands of people ... "
Damn it! Li Xin pushed the fleeing soldier away, and tens of thousands of zhen army even touched their own camp without knowing it, which was a shame! He turned to look at Yuzawa, who was also flustered, and asked, "Brother, what do you do now?"
"There is no way ..." Yuze grinned grinningly, "Hurry up and retreat, and go back to the camp!"
"Yeah!" Li Xin stomped her feet and shouted to the left and right, "What are you still doing here stupidly? Go to Mingjin!"
Everyone around him woke up like a dream, yelling and agreed, and began to cry.
The sound of a golden sound on their side not only allowed the two armies to retreat in full, but also the wind, zhen, and jade armies on the other three sides of the siege were affected by it. Exit the battlefield.
Soon, the soldiers sent by Yue Ze and Li Xin to the letter went to the Feng Army, Zhen Army, and Yu Army, respectively, and reported the attack on their camp to Tang Yin, Ling Shuang, and 'Gu Anmin'.
After they heard this, their hearts shuddered and the camp was attacked. This is not a trivial matter. Once the forage and materials are damaged, it will directly affect the future war situation.
At this time, even if people don't want to rescue, the three teams of Feng, Zhen and Jade will change to the front team and rush back to the camp together.
The five nations that attacked Huaning all withdrew. At this time, the Zhen army that had invaded the camp had already disappeared, leaving only the raging fire that filled the camp. The coalition generals could not afford to chase the enemy, and the whole fire was rescued to rescue the grain and supplies.
Until late at night, the coalition forces finally managed to put out all the fire in the camp. At this time, when they looked at the coalition camp, they were stricken with a mess and burnt grains and supplies were seen everywhere.
The fire caused a lot of damage to the coalition forces.
Among them, the most serious loss is grain and grass. It is estimated that there are at least tens of thousands of stones destroyed. In addition, there are at least tens of thousands of burned camps, and many military uniforms and weapons have been destroyed.
This situation made the generals dumbfounded and wondered what to do.
Looking at the dull and silent monarchs, Kong Qing coughed and said, "Hua Ning belongs to the Xitang Acropolis, and the people have always been loyal to the court. Even if the current king is a faint monk, the people are still loyal to him, so he must fight Hua Ning is not as easy as imagined. In addition, Zhao Yan has always been weird and cunning with soldiers, and our army is not familiar with the terrain of Hua Ning, and it is easy to lose money. So ... our army is anxious when it is not stable. Attacking Hua Ning is really unwise and gives the enemy a chance! "
What he said was analysis on the surface, but he complained that Lingshuang, Yueze, and Li Xin had made a wrong decision. These three monarchs are not fools. Of course, they can hear his voice and their faces are getting ugly.
Li Xin snorted heavily and said coldly, "Why didn't you talk about it? What electric power is left to talk about these now? Brain ~ visit ~ ask WA] Use? It is urgent, or think about what we should do next!"
There were too many damaged supplies this time. If they could not be replenished in time, the coalition forces would not be able to do anything and could only be forced to withdraw. The matter is very important. As a prince, Kong Qing didn't dare to say a word, and didn't say a word.
Li Xin didn't expect him to come up with any good way at all. He turned his head to Tang Yin, rubbed his hands embarrassedly and asked, "Wang brother, in your opinion?"
At first, he and Yueze and Lingshuang did not listen to Tang Yin's persuasion, and insisted on forcing Huaning. Now they have suffered such a large loss. They can't afford to raise their heads in front of Tang Yin, and they are conscious of their losses.
What should I do? Tang Yin also wanted to know what she should do now. He groaned for a while and said, "Count down the specific losses first, make sure that you know what you are doing, and then think of a countermeasure!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Brother Wang is justified!" Li Xin nodded again and again, and then shouted to the army soldiers behind him: "Don't hurry to do it?"
The allied forces of the five nations moved up and down and began to make detailed statistics of their own losses. There were 12,000 tents damaged, of which about 10,000 were completely scrapped. That is to say, in the next battle, at least 2 to 300,000 soldiers in the coalition had no tents to live in, and they had to sleep in the open air. . A total of 60,000 stones were damaged, which is more than half of the coalition's total forages. There are more than 300 large weapons such as stone throwers, rushing cars, and arrow towers, as well as military uniforms and weapons.
In addition, the total number of casualties on the day when the five-nation coalition stormed Huaning was 70,000 to 80,000. After only one day of fierce fighting, the losses on the coalition side can be described as heavy.
Listening to what the audience will report, Tang Yin felt a few headaches. The problem facing the coalition forces now is not whether they can lay Huaning as soon as possible, but whether they can continue to fight.
Insufficient camp accounts will only result in some soldiers not being adequately rested, while lack of food and grass will determine the lives and deaths of the generals.
He pondered for a moment and asked Yue Ze and Li Xin: "When will our army's next batch of grain be delivered?"
Ozawa whispered, "It will take half a month at the earliest."
So long ...
Tang Yin frowned even more. Judging from the grain left in the army at present, even if it saves money and uses the most, it will persist for ten days. There are only two ways to avoid being forced to retreat. Break into the west soup.
He looked to Xiao Muqing and his son ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and said, "Our army gave up attacking Huaning and Tongcheng and went straight to Xitang. What do you think?"
Now he no longer wanted to seek the opinions of Lingshuang, Yueze and Li Xin. None of the three monarchs would fight with soldiers. Ask them, might as well ask their generals!
Zixi said worriedly: "Abandoning Huaning and Tongcheng will cause hidden dangers in the rear of our army. One is that the supply line is broken. The other is that when our army attacked Xitang with all its strength, Huaning and Tongcheng The Zhen army of the two places will definitely come to attack the rear of our army. If it is not good, our army will be defeated. "
"The logistics of our army can no longer be counted on." Tang Yin said positively: "The grain and grass will be delivered after half a month, and the current grain and grass left by our army can only last for up to ten days. If we do not want to withdraw, our army must I have done something within ten days. But you have also seen today ’s battle. It is too difficult and impossible to win Huaning in a short period of time. Therefore, I have proposed to take Xitang directly and use our usual tactics. Break the enemy! "
Idiomatic tactics? Xiao Muqing's eyes flashed suddenly, and he blurted out, "Surrounding to help?"
"That's right!" Tang Yin said, "I attacked Xitang and led the garrison in Huaning and Tongcheng to help out!"