Chapter 357: The Bloody Battle of Fuhua
On this day, the losses on both sides were very large, and there were corpses everywhere inside and outside the city walls, pillowing each other, and even the moat was filled with corpses. The main force of the 40,000 border guards who originally defended the city in Heiyun City had basically suffered casualties, and the two generals Gu Xinjie and Yuan Xinghuo were killed on this day, and even the fierce Qilin Tiger Army lost more than one-third.
And now except for the main force of the Eight Thousand Flying Tigers and the seventy thousand Wind Warriors of Lin Xiaoshuang who were guarding the rear, Luo Ming had no other reserves in his hands.
Lin Yi's troops couldn't move easily, because if the castle defense line was lost, the capital Black Cloud City would not be able to defend it at all with only three thousand royal city guards.
The losses of the Eastern Saint Kingdom were even greater, reaching a total of 110,000 people in one day. In the early morning of the next day, looking at the battlefield that was already full of stench and countless corpses, Huangfu Song's mood was very heavy.
He couldn't figure out the extent to which his opponent had already lost, and if he regrouped and fought hard today, how much support would the opponent have? If he fought another battle like yesterday, he would not be able to return to China at all to give an explanation.
In fact, even if he finally wins the war in the future, the huge losses of yesterday are beyond his account after returning home.
If Huangfu Song took a step back at this time, maybe this game of chess would not be so entangled. Because at this time, Fuhua County has entered an extremely dangerous white-hot state.
Under the command of Liu Rang and Gu Yinqi, the army of the Northern Alliance had occupied nearly half of the county. They and the defenders struggled daily in fierce street battles.
If Huangfu Song waved his army north at this time, he would take Fuhua Prefecture in one fell swoop with the absolute superiority of hundreds of thousands of troops.
Then the two sides will join forces and strike together to defend the castle, and the situation will be much more favorable.
However, he seems to have long forgotten the alliance relationship between Fuhua County and the Northern Alliance. Like a gambler in a hurry to lose, all that was left in his mind was his impregnable castle defense.
Fierce battles break out on many streets and alleys in Fuhua County every day.
In particular, in several strategic places such as Guazi Street, Qingteng Lane, Caishikou and Wulitai, the two sides repeatedly competed, you came and went, and every day they took turns to organize death squads to fight and fight. The battle was extremely fierce.
Although the battle situation seemed to be very critical, Wang Jingxuan and Zhao Hui were still very calm. So far, they not only have more than 40,000 troops fighting on the front line, but also have more than 30,000 reserves in their hands, which they are easily unwilling to use.
On the contrary, because Liu Rang didn't like to come up with ideas anymore, Gu Yinqi was content to control the entire army.
His command is very impulsive, but he is obviously extremely inexperienced in the overall operation and unified coordination. Therefore, when attacking a certain place, it is difficult to form a large group force and form a local absolute superiority in personnel.
And when they are counterattacked, they cannot mobilize enough men and horses from the vicinity to support. So that the whole situation is completely disrupted. Although the fighting was very energetic and lively every day, and the movement of casualties was particularly large, it was still difficult to make great progress.
Early in the morning, he cobbled together more than 5,000 people, conquered Qingteng Lane and Wulitai in succession, and finally occupied all the buildings in the area of the state government. I couldn't suppress my excitement and wrote a telegram: "Father: My son has led the army of the Xuanwu Kingdom, which is invincible and invincible, to occupy and control the entire county seat of Fuyang!
This is the third such letter he has sent.
Just half an hour after the express was issued, Zhao Hui personally led a counterattack force, knocked Gu Yinqi's team out of the area of the state government, and recaptured Qingteng Lane and Wulitai. At the same time, another death squad led by Wang Jingxuan unexpectedly attacked the mansion of Wang Yuanwai, which Gu Yinqi commanded to fight.
His guards hurriedly organized resistance, and Gu Yinqi himself found some half-grown children's clothes from the master's house, put them on his body, disguised himself as the children of the fleeing people's family, and hurriedly escaped from the Wang family's compound through the side door. He didn't even think of informing Liu Rang, the deputy marshal who was in another room and was lecturing his subordinates. As a result, Liu Rang and several high-ranking generals were captured alive.
There were fires burning everywhere in the streets. As soon as Gu Yinqi, who fled from the desert, slipped out of the door, he met a group of cavalry from the Qinglong Kingdom. He recognized at a glance that the leader was Wang Jingxuan.
Wang Jingxuan was once a famous general of the Northern Alliance, and Gu Yinqi was the crown prince of the country. The two had participated side by side in the First Battle of the Black North and were very familiar with each other.
But a few months have passed, and Gu Yinqi has grown a lot taller and fatter now. In addition, now that he is wearing the old clothes of ordinary officials and eunuchs, it is not so easy to recognize at a glance in a hurry.
Gu Yinqi reacted quickly. As soon as he saw Wang Jingxuan on the other side of the street, he hurriedly wrapped one wide sleeve around his head and the other to cover his face, and fled all the way down the street.
Wang Jingxuan shouted loudly as the soldiers rode their horses to block the small doors of Wang Yuanwai's courtyard, searched for Gu Yinqi, and rode their horses forward, not noticing the inconspicuous half-grown boy at all. The two sides almost passed by.
Just when Gu Yinqi was secretly glad that he was secretly blessed by the gods and Buddhas, he was able to escape smoothly, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves rushing behind him. He turned his head to look behind him, and he couldn't help but scream, "Oh!", and fell to the ground
It turned out that Wang Jingxuan rushed over not far away, and ran back again, staring at his Gu Yinqi figure with his eyes.
When Gu Yinqi saw Wang Jingxuan carrying a spear and turning back to chase him, he immediately panicked, and the whole person couldn't stand steadily, and fell to the ground with a poof. The street floor was littered with dead bodies, and he fell to the corpses in one fell swoop, and his hands were bloodied.
He desperately got up and ran. But how could his two fat short legs compare with the four sturdy legs of a war horse? In an instant he was caught up from behind.
With a "bang", a spear struck him on the head. I only heard Wang Jingxuan shout: "You kid, why are you running around?" Gu Yinqi couldn't help but feel like ashes when he heard this, and sighed: "It's over, why am I so unlucky?"
Wang Jingxuan then roared again: "Did you see Gu Yinqi, the prince of the Northern Alliance, running out?