The wind was raging in the night, the fighting broke the silence of the night, and the second Yizhou official army that came from the camp encountered the second ambush army of the Taiping army, and the two sides continued to entangle and fight in the night, although Gan Ning was extremely brave, killed Yang Huai and captured Gao Pei, but failed to keep Zhang Ren, let him break through with three or four thousand remnants.

At this time, Dian Wei led the third Taiping army to ambush the army, chased and killed, and pursued to the outside of the city gate, and finally, the number of Yizhou officials and soldiers who fled back with Zhang Ren was less than five hundred.

In the battle of the ambush on this night, the Taiping army killed and captured 14,000 Yizhou officers and soldiers, and achieved extremely considerable results, narrowing the advantage of the enemy and us.

Although the official army of Yizhou still occupies a favorable position, it has lost 20,000 horses, and now only 60,000 defenders are left, which is far less powerful than the Taiping army in terms of strength, and the courage of the general is also different, and the strength of the Taiping is constantly tilting.

"How so? How so? Seeing Leng Bao, Zhang Ren and the more than 1,000 remnants of the army they brought defeated, and retreating to the city in embarrassment, Jia Long's face couldn't help but change greatly, his brows were furrowed, he thought that he would send two soldiers and horses to steal the camp, even if the Taiping army saw through the strategy of attacking and stealing the camp at night, it could also give a heavy blow, but he never thought that what was in front of him was such a miserable defeat.

"Master Jia, we were ambushed, the Taiping thieves were extremely cunning, they had expected that our army would attack in two ways, so they set up an ambush in advance, so that our army was defeated!" Zhang Ren, who was covered in blood, said with a heartache on his face, this time, they stole the camp army in front and back, totaling more than 15,000 people, but now they have retreated only more than 1,000 remnants of the defeated generals, such a result. How can it not be considered a big defeat? Fiasco?

The strategy of stealing the camp is his own idea, and now that something goes wrong, he can't punish himself, right? Jia Long's heart was churning with anger, but he was also a little disappointed and blamed himself, and said: "The thief army is cunning, and you are not to blame for tonight's defeat." It's just that with such a loss of troops, I'm afraid that we won't be able to fight easily in the future. ”

Li Yan said: "Although the army is lost, there are still 60,000 troops in the city, and it is not easy for the Taiping thieves to attack the city, we only need to keep them out of the city and stay for a long time." They are short of food and grass, even if they want not to retreat, they are afraid that they will not be able to do it. ”

Hearing this, Jia Long couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Yes, the Taiping thieves are on an expedition, and the grain and grass they bring will inevitably be limited, as long as we stick to the city, it will take a while." The thieves will inevitably defeat themselves, and they can't say it. When they are short of food and grass and the morale of the army is unstable, we can also take advantage of the situation to counterattack and retake Ba County. ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "What your lord said is not bad, it's just that the enemy army is powerful, and our troops are not as good as the other party." If you want to protect the city, you also need to be on guard. ”

"I'm afraid it's not enough to be on guard!" At this moment, he heard Leng Bao and said: "When I attacked the big tent of the thief Kou Zhongjun before, I saw Wu Lan's house, and he had betrayed the court. Surrendered to the thieves. ”

"What?!" Hearing this, all the Yizhou generals couldn't help but be furious: "This Wu Lan, it's just that the army was defeated and captured, and it is really hateful to surrender to the thieves so quickly!" ”

"Ahh After all, he is worthy of being the commander of the official army in Yizhou, after a period of shock, Jia Long suddenly came back to his senses, and said in a lost voice: "Wu Lan surrendered to the thieves, then our army's defense in the city will no longer be a secret to the enemy army, and it is very likely that they already know the road that leads directly to the back of the city." ”

"Luofeng Slope!" Li Yan said in a deep voice: "My lord's words are extremely true, the last general dares to predict that the enemy army will definitely insert into the rear of our army, attack back and forth, and break through the city!" ”

Zhang Ren hurriedly said: "This time I was ambushed by the thieves and the army was defeated, now that I have the opportunity, the last general is willing to lead the troops to Luofengpo to ambush, and will never let the thieves pass through." ”

Jia Long hesitated for a while, but heard Li Yan say: "Although General Zhang Ren is young, he is very calm in trouble, and he will definitely not make a mistake if he leads his troops to Luofengpo to ambush." ”

Nodding, Jia Longnai said: "In this case, I will give you 20,000 soldiers and horses, you must put away Luofengpo for me, and you must not relax at all." ”

"No!" Hearing this, Zhang Ren couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he couldn't even take a break, so he immediately received the military order, and ordered the general to lead the troops to Luofengpo to set up an ambush.

For two days in a row, the Taiping army was still led by Wei Yan, and they went to the city of Ruocheng every day to scold the battle, but they suffered two fiascos in succession, and the Yizhou officers and soldiers who suffered serious losses learned well, no matter how the Taiping army scolded the formation, they refused to go out of the city to meet the battle easily, and honestly became a turtle with a shrunken head.

When Wei Yan was in a hurry, he also tried to attack the city several times, but the terrain of Shu was already steep, the city wall was tall, and the defenders on the city were tight.

Near Luofengpo, Zhang Renqin led an army of 20,000 to ambush here, waiting for the Taiping army that might come, but he waited for two days, not to mention the Taiping army, there was no one of the two ghosts, which really made him extremely depressed. In the midst of the food and drink, even the morale of the 20,000 soldiers under his command was invisibly consumed a lot.

Fortunately, the hard work pays off, in the early morning of the third day, the mountain fog is abundant, in the hazy, faintly visible, a large number of Taiping soldiers appeared in front of the Fengpo, along the mountain road, lined up into a long snake, slowly walked and then came, at a glance, drowned in the endless fog, not to mention 20,000 horses!

"It's coming!" After waiting for so long, finally waiting for the object of the ambush, Zhang Ren thought that he was about to avenge the defeat of the army three days ago that night, and he couldn't help but feel excited.

Seeing that the Taiping army had entered Luofengpo and was completely trapped in an ambush circle, Zhang Ren's eyes were sharp, and he immediately shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

On the slopes on both sides, the figures of countless Yizhou officials and soldiers suddenly appeared, and then, Zhang Gong released arrows, and thousands of feather arrows broke through the air, like a torrential rain, covering the sky and the sun, covering almost the entire Luofeng Slope.

Under the hillside, a terrible scream continued to echo and transmit, and one by one the figures fell, seeing, this was completely a one-sided massacre!

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!" Zhang Ren couldn't stop shouting orders in his mouth, urging the sergeant to release the arrows, and at the same time preparing to put down the rolling stone and wood.

"Boom ......" accompanied by a deafening sound, and then, you can see, large pieces of stones like raindrops frantically smashed down, although because of time and terrain, Zhang Ren prepared a limited number of rolling stone sasswood, but, in the special terrain such as Luofeng Slope, it can still exert great power, although the fog obscures the vision, but, from the slope of the mountain constantly from the miserable screams, it can be judged that the enemy army ambushed, heavy casualties.

"Roll the stone sasswood! Shoot the arrows, release the arrows! Zhang Ren kept opening his mouth to order, and his whole face was full of a fierceness that was almost crazy, and it was obvious that he was going to take advantage of this great opportunity to wipe out all the enemy forces here as much as possible.

The killing in the mist lasted for half an hour, Zhang Ren'er listened to the screams under the hillside becoming less and less, and ordered in a deep voice: "All the troops listen to the order, the whole army will attack, and all the thieves under the hillside will be destroyed!" ”

"No!" The ambush was successful, the morale of the Yizhou officers and soldiers was obviously very high, and when they heard Zhang Ren's military order, they immediately responded, and then, under the leadership of Zhang Ren, rushed down the hillside, wanting to defeat the remnants of the Taiping army, and destroy them all, so as to achieve meritorious deeds.

"Kill, kill!" The hillside was full of shouts and killings, and the 20,000 Yizhou officials and soldiers, a huge one, were surging down like a tide, and the momentum was raging and irresistible.

As the main general, Zhang Ren carried a spear in his hand, took the lead, and soon, he rushed to the bottom of the hillside with a group of personal guard cavalry, however, when he saw the Taiping soldiers who fell to the ground, he couldn't help but change his face greatly, and even exclaimed in his mouth: "It's not good, it's a trick!" (To be continued......)