"Withdraw!"

Xue Wu ordered, glanced at the direction of Huang Tiancheng in a complicated manner, and then turned around and rode away.

Seeing this, several main generals and a group of guards around him also showed regret on their faces, sighed unwillingly, and rode their horses to follow.

In this era when war horses can't fight, since they choose to ride away, they must have no intention of resisting, and they just want to save as many remnants of the defeated army as possible, so as not to lose too ugly, and try to delay some time, so as not to let the Xuanwu Legion rush to the imperial city too quickly to support.

In fact, when Xue Wu gave the order to retreat, Zhu Xi understood what the other party meant, and led his soldiers to intercept the retreat of some of the enemy troops, and no longer cared about the rest.

Poor Kou Mo chasing, this is a trick he learned from the art of war, whether it is worried that the other party has an ambush, or the combat power that erupts when the other party is on a dead end, it is not a good choice to go up and chase and kill at this time.

A quarter of an hour later, the fighting subsided.

Under the tall city walls, the sky was full of corpses, there were peasant soldiers, rebels, Dongda Battalion, and Xuanwu Legion, blood stained the land, and there were limbs and wreckage everywhere, miserable and desolate.

After a rough count of post-war losses, Zhu Xi was silent.

This is the most tragic battle experienced by the Xuanwu Legion, 5,000 soldiers lost more than 1,000 people, and the casualties of the righteous army were even greater, reaching 3,000, as for the peasant soldiers who rebelled, because they did not know which side they died in, so they did not check carefully, and it is undeniable that at least more than 10,000 were killed, nearly half.

Combined with the loss of 6,000 or 7,000 soldiers in the Eastern Battalion, the total casualties on both sides this time reached more than 25,000.

Such a large casualty has not been seen in the history of the conquest of the three countries for decades.

At the same time, in order to prevent the remnants of the enemy army from coming back, he sent several teams to search for the rout of the East Camp in the field, and at the same time ordered the destruction of the siege equipment left behind by the East Camp.

Armies, go!

Help!

……

Outside Zhengcheng, the flags were unfurled, and the two sides were engaged in a bloody and tragic battle.

Unlike Huangtian City, this time the Cang army was the besieging side.

In other words, it has not yet reached the point of attacking the city, but a small number of soldiers are divided to prevent the defenders in Zheng City from suddenly killing, and the rest of the soldiers are all on the frontal battlefield to start a killing battle with the Zheng army.

In terms of numbers, the strength of the Zheng army was still superior, and it was the same as the Dongda camp outside Huangtian City, which was a regular army of 10,000 plus 30,000 peasant soldiers, while the strength of the Cang army was obviously much weaker.

In terms of the regular army, the two legions of the Cang army, Qinglong and Suzaku, combined, were just 10,000 people, which was comparable to the Zheng army.

However, in terms of peasant soldiers, there is an obvious gap on the side of the Cang army, and it is only more than 10,000 people.

At the beginning of the battle, the two sides set up positions and rushed to kill.

Thanks to the new military training method, the two legions of Qinglong and Suzaku had a great advantage in the battle formation, so they had the upper hand at the beginning.

Wu Yan, the commander of the West Battalion, immediately made a decision and took the initiative to disperse the formation, so the two armies began to fight in the field.

Field fighting is actually a chaotic state of battle, the soldiers on both sides are completely dispersed, all over the mountains and fields, the soldiers do not need to care about the formation, as long as they see the enemy slashing.

After losing the advantage of the battle formation, the Cang army also immediately adjusted its tactics, and the soldiers were in groups of three, slowly advancing towards the command platform of the enemy's commander.

In the face of the brave Cang soldiers, Zheng soldiers were also very timid, and they did not dare to go deep into the enemy formation, and when they saw that the number of Cang soldiers was small, they swarmed up to encircle and annihilate them, losing their tactical objectives.

Fortunately, there is a huge number of people to support it, and there is no gap for a while.

Field battles are the most time-consuming.

From the beginning of the battle, the fierce battle lasted for two hours.

The battlefield is also constantly expanding, from a radius of one mile outside the gate of the imperial city, gradually expanding to a radius of several miles, the physical strength of the soldiers is consumed very quickly, and those who bring dry food can still steal a bite of empty food, and those who do not bring dry food can only find a way to kill the enemy and rob it from the enemy's body.

In the entire battlefield, it seems that only the defenders are the most idle.

As the main general of the city, Chen Shou has been observing the battlefield situation outside the city.

It's evenly matched!

Chen Shou sighed, when the Zheng army had a great advantage in strength, it was only evenly matched, and it had to be said that this was a failure.

This couldn't help but remind him of the past when Emperor Cangguo rushed to the aid of Shen with 5,000 soldiers a month and a half ago.

At the beginning, wasn't the Cangjun also like this, creating a miracle of defeating the strong with the weak?

Until now, Chen Shou still can't forget that when he was outside Anluo City, he led an army of 10,000 to attack the Cangjun camp, fell into the enemy camp, and was captured alive.

Although it was finally redeemed by Zheng Han with silver money, and it was reactivated because of the Northern Expedition of the Cang Army, this matter has become a stain that he can't wash away in his life, no matter which general, when mentioning Chen Shou's name, he no longer has the same respectful expression as in the past, but a look of disdain.

Can it not be ashamed that an army of 10,000 attacked the camp of 5,000 people at night and was defeated and captured?

As soon as Chen Shou recalled that unbearable past, he wanted to commit suicide in shame.

And in front of him, he felt a sense of familiarity.

On that day, weren't those Cang soldiers so fierce?

Remember, the soldier named Hu Xiao who captured himself was just an ordinary soldier.

Ask yourself, if it was Sergeant Zheng, he would definitely not bother to chase and kill the fleeing enemy general, but Sergeant Cang seemed to have a special thirst for the generals, as long as he saw the local generals wearing battle robes, his eyes lit up.

The same is true of the soldiers under the city!

Tens of thousands of people fought together, from the sun to the sunset, under the high pressure of the spirit of death, all like tireless walking corpses, once determined that the other party is an enemy army, carry weapons and kill.

As a former general, Chen Shou is very familiar with such a battlefield, and often fights to the end, which is the result of losing both sides.

At this time, Chen Shou, who was standing on the city tower, frowned.

On the hillside of the official road in the distance, a team of men and horses was galloping towards them.

Is that...... The soldiers of the East Battalion?

After seeing it clearly, Chen Shou's eyes lit up, and from a distance, all the soldiers were riding on war horses, and the clothes and armor on their bodies were also the color of the East Battalion, galloping towards this side.

They defeated the Cang army in Huangtian City?

Chen Shou was overjoyed, once he had the assistance of the Eastern Battalion, then the war outside the city would definitely show a one-sided advantage, and the Cang army would be defeated!

"Come on, open the city gates, and go out of the city to help the war!"

Chen Shou was excited, Zheng Jun was already a sure winner, if he led the defenders in the city to go out to help the war at this time, he would definitely be able to share a share of the credit when the time came, although it was not enough to wash away the shame of the past, but it could also save a little face, so as to return to the military and politics!

"General, are we really going to open the gates?" Next to him, his lieutenant asked with a slight hesitation.

"Idiot! Such a great opportunity, what is there not to do! Chen Shou scolded his head and face, and said: "The reinforcements have arrived, and at this time, we will definitely be able to share a share of the military merits, and with the care of the Second Highness, you and I will definitely return to the glory of the past!" ”

"But...... Those reinforcements...... Something doesn't seem right......" the lieutenant reminded.

Chen Shou snorted coldly, turned his head, and muttered: "You were scared last time, no matter how powerful the Cangjun is, can you ...... Can ......"

Suddenly, Chen Shou's voice stopped, and his face changed greatly, as ugly as eating.

In the distance, there were only dozens or hundreds of soldiers in the East Battalion!

What about the rest?

Originally, I thought that there was a long queue on the hillside, but I didn't expect that there was no one behind.

When you look closely, there is not a single flag, and most of the people on horseback are generals wearing battle robes.

Where is this reinforcement, it is clearly a group of remnants defeated! ()