The envoy was right, the rumors pointed directly at him and the queen, and if he didn't show up to give an explanation, it would indeed be a shame for the royal family and a big disappointment. If this matter really came out of nowhere, King Hong would return to Beijing immediately without hesitation, but this matter is not a simple rumor, but true, King Hong has to beware of whether the imperial brother already knows the truth and deliberately deceives himself back to the capital.

Now that the Yanling army is eyeing the tiger, King Hong does not dare to take his men and horses away to protect them. If there is no one to check and balance Sima Hongyan, no one can stop the Yanling Iron Cavalry to reach the capital. But if you go to the capital, you will be in the territory of the imperial brother, and if something happens to you, no one can save you.

King Hong was in a dilemma and hesitated. If you go back, you may be calculated by the imperial brother, and if you don't go back, you will openly resist the decree, and the crime will be like rebellion. He can't afford any consequences!

A rumor actually put him in such a predicament, King Hong secretly scolded Sima Hongyan for being intrigued, but he had to admit that this strategy was really simple and effective.

In the end, King Hong did not dare to risk his life, so he sent the envoy away on the grounds that "the general will not be subject to the life of the foreign king". The urgency of the military situation has become King Hong's only excuse!

After taking away the envoy, King Hong immediately ordered the three armies to attack the Yanling army early tomorrow morning. Now if you don't want to fight, you have to fight, only by defeating the Yanling army and relieving the crisis for the country, the rumors may be able to turn around. Even if he goes back to Beijing to see the imperial brother later, I believe that no one will dare to do anything to him with heavy troops!

The dynamics of King Hong's army have long been under the surveillance of the female army, and Sima Hongyan can immediately know if there is any trouble.

Hearing that King Hong's army was fully equipped for battle, Sima Hongyan also immediately summoned his subordinates to wait for him. As long as King Hong falls, Dongning is basically in the bag, and no one can become an obstacle to Sima Hongyan's conquest of Dongning.

In the East City Gate of Dongning, except for a few small towns, almost all of them are plains, which is the most convenient for the army to be stationed. After recuperating for so many days, the whole army of Yanling was full of energy and fighting spirit. Hearing that the Dongning army will attack tomorrow, the Yanling soldiers are even more eager to fight.

In this head-to-head confrontation, there are no natural barriers, and the wide plains can only be fought in short hands, and victory or defeat depends on whose soldiers are stronger and braver. And among the commanders, it depends on who is more able to deploy troops, control the battle situation, and judge the situation.

Judging from the commanders of the two sides, King Hong has experienced a hundred battles and is experienced. And Sima Hongyan is only a girl in her twenties, and she has never fought any battles at all, and on the surface, it can be said that the level of military use between these two people is very different.

Hong Wangsheng has rich experience on the battlefield, and his subordinates are all veterans, with tacit understanding and easy transfer. And Sima Hongyan is resourceful, with many brave generals under his command, and the army is well-equipped. Therefore, it is difficult to distinguish between the advantages and advantages, so that no one can predict which side has a better chance of winning tomorrow's battle.

Originally, King Hong was always hesitant to confront the Yanling army, but when the attack plan for tomorrow was determined, King Hong was quite confident in his team, and he believed that the army in his hand was the most powerful army in the world, no matter how well-equipped the opponent was, it could not stop the invincible army of Dongning.

Coincidentally that night, Sima Hongyan and King Hong both stood alone in the wilderness looking up at the starry sky, both full of confidence and ambition.

As soon as the next day dawned, King Hong's army set out of camp, and the morale of 200,000 Dongning elite soldiers was invigorated, and they approached the Yanling army.

When the two armies met, it turned out that Sima Hongyan's troops had already lined up and were ready to go, waiting for King Hong's army.

According to the rules, the commanders of the two armies had to negotiate before the war, Sima Hongyan came with Shi Tingying and Su Wanyu on horseback, and King Hong came out with two lieutenant generals.

The two parties stopped not far from each other, and Sima Hongyan took the lead in saying to King Hong: "I have nothing to say, if you have anything to say, just say it!" ”

King Hong stroked the mane of the war horse under his crotch and said, "The sixth princess and Zhou Shizi are now in your hands, can you return them to the king and send them back to the capital?" ”

Sima Hongyan didn't even think about it, so he directly refused: "No! ”

King Hong frowned, and said: "If this king is defeated, how about you return them, and this king can let you live then." ”

Sima Hongyan said: "No need! ”

King Hong said angrily: "The sixth princess and Zhou Shizi are both powerless people, and it is useless for you to hold them." This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what are you going to talk to me about? ”

Sima Hongyan said: "Lan Aoxin has a grudge against me, I won't let her go." As for Zhou Fanqi being her accomplice, I can't let it go. Coming to talk to you is just a formality, and I have nothing to say to you. ”

Sima Hongyan's arrogance made King Hong sneer secretly, and he said, "Sima Hongyan, remember what you said yourself. If you fall into my hands today, you won't have a chance to ask for Raoke. ”

Seeing that King Hong was so confident, Sima Hongyan said: "Similarly, if you fall into my hands today, I will directly cut off your head, and I won't even say a word." ”

"Good!" King Hong was a little angry, he had never seen such an unreasonable woman, since he couldn't talk about it, he would start fighting directly.

The two of them each led their subordinates back to their own army, and King Hong immediately ordered the drums to cheer after returning to the army.

The drums of the Dongning Army were beating loudly, and hundreds of thousands of Dongning soldiers were boiling with enthusiasm, waving their swords and shouting under the stimulation of the drums to help the army's might.

On the contrary, the Yanling army has always remained quiet, and its neat military appearance has not moved, and there is no reaction to the noise of Dongning.

Sima Hongyan's personality is that everything is not bound by common sense, whether it is doing things or using soldiers, it is all tricky. King Hong already has a deep understanding of this, this face-to-face battle, King Hong saw that the Yanling army was still braking, and he didn't know what the hell Sima Hongyan was going to do.

Even if he can't get it right, King Hong is not worried at all. On the endless flat land, without shelter, he didn't believe that Sima Hongyan could come up with any tricks.

Seeing that the soldiers' eyes were shining and blood rushed to the top of their heads, they couldn't hold back their excitement, and King Hong gave an order, and the army rushed towards the Yanling army like a tide.

For a while, the shouts shook the sky, and the sharp swords glittered in the rising sun, the Dongning army had been suffocated these days, and today finally had a chance to vent.

Getting closer and closer to the Yanling army formation, King Hong found that the soldiers of Yanling did not make defensive moves, just quietly waiting for the enemy to rush over, and that calmness made King Hong feel very uneasy.

The Dongning soldiers have entered the range of bows and arrows, these days the Dongning soldiers have not suffered from the Yanling strong bow, the generals who led the troops shouted repeatedly, and the Dongning soldiers raised their shields in front of them.

However, no bows and arrows were fired in the Yanling array.

The enemy's performance was too wrong, and the Dongning army didn't know why, but they didn't care about it, and they continued to rush forward with a lot of blood.

The soldier who rushed to the front saw that he was about to engage the opponent in a short fight, and he quickened his pace, and the spear in his hand was also held more tightly.

A surprising scene appeared, the Yanling army suddenly retreated en masse, and they did not confront each other head-on.

I don't know what these Yanling people are doing, and the inexplicable retreat made the Dongning soldiers who rushed up a trace of doubt in their hearts. But they didn't stop for a minute.

King Hong's army is all veterans of a hundred battles, very experienced on the battlefield, and the enemy's behavior is different, they automatically move closer to their companions to guard against the tricks of the Yanling people.

Suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and a large crack opened in the ground out of thin air, which happened to appear in the middle of the charging Dongning army, like a mountain stream, which suddenly separated the Dongning army into two pieces. Many Dongning soldiers who only cared about running were caught off guard and fell into the cracks.

The sudden change suddenly startled the Dongning people, and the soldiers who ran through the cracks in the ground couldn't help but stop and look back in panic, and the second half of the army was blocked by the cracks in the ground and stopped in place. However, many soldiers who had stopped were knocked into the ground by their companions who followed behind and did not know what was going on.

For a moment, the earth-shattering shouts turned into exclamations and screams, and the Dongning soldiers on the edge of the ground shouted loudly to stop the team behind, so that the soldiers who kept rushing up behind could stop.

The Dongning soldiers standing next to the crack in the ground looked around in horror, it turned out that the crack in the ground was just a deep ditch dug out by hand, the length was hundreds of zhang, and the left and right could only vaguely see the end. It is five or six zhang wide, and although it is not far away, it is impossible for people to jump over it. It is about a dozen feet deep, and from above it looks like a large mouth that has been cracked.

The bottom of the ditch was full of rocks, but fortunately, there were no barbed arrows, and the Dongning soldiers who fell down were not injured except for being covered in dirt, but it was not easy to climb up.

King Hong scolded in his heart when the Chinese army saw this scene, he knew that Sima Hongyan would definitely ambush the trap and calculate him, but he didn't expect that this time he would be so generous and dig such a big hole.

But this pit divided his army in two, and there were fifty or sixty thousand people who ran through the pit, and the rest were all blocked behind and could not follow.

King Hong hurriedly ordered that people immediately go to find a long ladder and plank, and build a bridge over the ditch as soon as possible. An adjutant general ordered him to do it in a hurry, but he really didn't know where to find these things when he looked at the empty wilderness around him.

At this time, the quiet Yanling army no longer retreated, and a horn sounded into the sky, and the Yanling infantry army raised its shield and began to advance with neat steps.

The Dongning soldiers trapped on the other side of the deep ditch were extremely anxious when they saw that their companions were about to face an enemy dozens of times larger than them on the opposite side, and some of them were clever and immediately beckoned their companions to go around from both sides of the deep ditch.

However, this idea seems to have been expected by the Yanling army for a long time, and when the deep pit appeared, tens of thousands of people immediately rushed out from both wings in the Yanling army, and used the deep pit to form an encirclement and surrounded the tens of thousands of Dongning soldiers in the middle.

On the other side of the deep ditch, the Dongning soldiers began to fire arrows to stop the advancing Yanling army, but the opponent's shield was held high, and the bows and arrows shot were blocked by the shield, and no one was injured at all. And the rear army that came to the rescue by detour was also blocked by the Yanling soldiers.

King Hong sent cavalry to outflank and attack the shield array of the Yanling infantry army. However, as soon as the Dongning cavalry approached, Yanling's archers began to aim at the cavalry and fired thousands of arrows. The cavalry has no advantage in front of the bow and arrow, even if there is a shield to protect the person, it can't protect the horse, and the Yanling bow and arrow are particularly powerful, and the Dongning cavalry has suffered heavy losses, but they can't rush through at all.