Chapter 372: Tang Niu is defeated and retreats
In fact, from the moment he entered the minefield, Tang Niu felt bad.
Later, Mei Xu led his troops to force his way through the minefield, and was blown up by a grenade outside the city, suffering heavy casualties.
Although they successfully entered the city of Huajun and even broke through the inner city gate, the soldiers of Huaguo did not retreat at all, and there was a sound of mountains and mountains in the city, and those who didn't know thought that there was a million troops.
Realizing that Mei Xu was in a predicament, Tang Niu immediately led troops to rescue and hurriedly entered the city.
When he found Mei Xu, he was retreating from the direction of the inner city gate with his soldiers, and when he saw Tang Niu, he hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, countless Huajun people have appeared in the city to assist the enemy in defending the city. Hurry back!"
"Let's go!" Tang Niu immediately took Mei Xu and led the soldiers to turn around, braving the rain of arrows from Liang Teng and Mi Yan soldiers on the city walls on both sides, and escaped out of the city with difficulty.
Liang Teng and Mi Yan did not chase after them, but only intercepted the soldiers of Zhou Guo who had fallen behind.
In this battle, more than 5,000 Zhou were killed and wounded, and nearly 10,000 soldiers were captured.
After Tang Niu escaped with his troops, although he was unwilling, he also knew that he had lost too badly, and if he didn't leave, it would be over!
So he took Miao Ji, Mei Xu and other generals who escaped, led their troops to turn back the same way, and moved towards the wasteland overnight.
When he came, the wind was fiery and the momentum was high, and the army of 80,000 was majestic. At this moment, there are only a dozen generals and 20,000 remnants around him.
Tang Niu finally realized how good it was to follow Mei Xu's advice at that time?
People always regret it afterwards, but they don't know that there is no regret medicine in the world.
On a cold night, walking on a lonely road, Tang Niu's face was full of gloom.
Seeing him like this, Mei Xu knew that the blow caused by this fiasco was too great, so he rode a horse to follow, and persuaded softly: "Your Majesty, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers! This time, they all despised Huajun, thinking that Ning Ze was not there, and the main force of Huaguo was sent to the front line, and he could easily take it. In addition, the enemy army has many strange weapons that have never been heard of before, and there are wise men in the city. Whether it is contempt for the enemy or negligence in intelligence, it is the key to defeat! As long as we learn a lesson, we will definitely be able to win the battle!"
Seeing him come over to comfort himself, Tang Niu remembered that he had not listened to the advice twice before, so he said: "It's all because I insisted on going my own way and didn't listen to the prime minister's advice." ”
"The matter has come to this, go back to Bian Zhou as soon as possible!"
Tang Niu led the army to evacuate, but Huajun still stayed in the city for safety reasons, and did not go out of the city to pursue.
What's more, the vision is limited at night, who knows where the Tang Niu army is now?
The battle was won, but it also caused many casualties.
Some of them were injured by enemy arrows during battle, while others were injured by a grenade, and when they used a grenade, they had a problem with the ignited fuse, and suddenly and quickly burned, and exploded in their hands before they could be thrown, killing the user on the spot and even affecting their teammates.
Researchers say that this weapon has potential safety hazards and is not perfect, and it is indeed not deceiving.
Of course, some damage is acceptable compared to this victory.
Liu Yuanxiang ordered the burial of the soldiers who died in the battle and sympathized with their families. The injured were rewarded heavily, and military doctors were arranged for treatment. For the seriously injured and disabled, they will be rewarded with real estate and land, as well as a large amount of gold and silver, so that they can live without worry.
In this war, Liu Yuanxiang was mobilized, and more than 100,000 people spontaneously assisted in defending the city, and it was only a temporary recruitment. After the war, many people hurried to ask where they needed help.
Liu Yuanxiang's name of benevolence and righteousness is really useful, even if Mei Xu really leads troops into the city, under the siege of more than 100,000 people, he will be embarrassed.
In this battle, a large number of Zhou generals and soldiers were captured, and nearly half of them were willing to surrender.
After the war, Chinese soldiers, with the assistance of the people, repaired the city gate all night to strengthen the city defense.
It wasn't until the next day, when the scouts took off in a hot air balloon and reported back with a telescope that the Zhou army had left the Huajun area and retreated through the wasteland.
Liu Yuanxiang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Tang Niu retreated, the Huajun crisis would be solved, and everyone would no longer have to worry about it.
However, this incident also reminded her that the wasteland is not 100% safe, and a checkpoint must be set up at the border to prevent the same thing from happening again.
The civil and military officials who participated in this battle were rewarded for their meritorious deeds, and all the generals of the Zhou State who surrendered arranged their residences and appointed positions, and were rewarded.
When reinforcements from the surrounding counties arrived, they found that the Zhou army had withdrawn and came a little slowly.
The news that Tang Niu bypassed the wasteland and attacked Huajun and fled in defeat soon spread to the front line.
Sima Fa was a little surprised, in his opinion, this time Tang Niu seized a good opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Huajun across the wasteland, and it stands to reason that he could catch the other party off guard. In other words, if he led his own troops, I am afraid that he would have occupied Huajun and won Emperor Yuanxi and the ministers of Huaguo.
It's a pity that such a good opportunity to destroy the country!
It can be seen from here that the Zhou State notified by Tang Niu is too weak and too disappointing!
Today, the most powerful Huaguo is a considerable threat to Zhou, Liang, and Nancheng. In front of the three countries, it is in an absolute advantage.
I really didn't expect that Princess Yuanxi, who was the least optimistic before, could reach this level. It's all because of that Ning Ze who came out of nowhere.
Now, he is in front of him, but I heard that he personally led troops to seize the second county of Xizhou in the south.
Where did this man come from?
On the side of Xizhou, Ning Ze also received urgent news, saying that the Zhou army suddenly appeared around Huajun, and it turned out that Tang Niu led his troops across the wasteland to launch a surprise attack.
He thought it was incredible.
In a hurry, he hurriedly arranged the local defense and hurried back.
Before he got out of Qingshan County, he received a message from the flying pigeon, saying that the Tang Niu army was defeated and retreated in a hurry.
The city of Huajun was successfully defended and a large number of Zhou soldiers were captured.
This made Ning Ze's hanging heart let go, Chu Xun and Chu Meiren's father and daughter are not vegetarians, although Liang Teng is a little indecisive, there is no ambiguity in fighting, Mi Yan's skills are also good, plus a lot of modern new equipment and weapons, there is this big victory.
Explosive crossbows, mines, and even grenades that have not passed the safety test are passively used, and none of them are used up, Ning Ze feels that it is acceptable. These things were created to defeat the enemy.
Later, he received a secret letter from Liu Yuanxiang, explaining the whole thing in detail, including the construction of a checkpoint on the border of Huajun near the wasteland.
Ning Ze immediately replied, the wasteland really needs to be on guard to prevent this kind of thing from happening again.
Since Huajun was fine, he didn't need to rush back.
Tang Niu actually took advantage of the fact that he was going out with the main army and secretly made a detour to attack Huajun, and Ning Ze immediately decided to go north and mobilize part of his troops to attack Zhou. You've taken the initiative, how can you not respond?
Just as he was about to set off, he suddenly received an urgent letter from Jiangzhou.
It turned out that Ma Jian suddenly led troops to attack Bashan County, which was menacing.
The defenders of Bashan County were caught off guard and fell into a difficult situation, and urgently asked for help from the surrounding areas.
After weighing the two phases, Ning Ze was ready to solve the problem of the closer ones first.
You can't ignore Jiangzhou and let it be occupied by Ma Jian.
So he turned around and rushed to Bashan County.
Halfway through the encounter with Zhong Jizhao's soldiers and horses, he sent troops from Nanhai County to help and went to rescue Bashan.
When he met Ning Ze, Zhong Jizhao directly put the command of the army into his hands.
Zhong Jizhao brought 20,000 soldiers and horses, and other reinforcements came from the surrounding counties one after another.
Ning Ze was not polite, directly took over the army of 20,000, took Zhong Jizhao to open the first emperor's tactics, and rushed to Bashan County.
Ma Jian's army has surrounded Bashan County, and the city gates on all sides are blocked, and no one can get out.
At the same time, attacking the city from all directions did not give the defenders of Bashan County a chance to breathe at all.
Ning Zejun rushed to the battlefield and directly attacked the enemy army at the north gate, and the first emperor's tactics made this Ma Jian army panic and retreat.
The defenders in the city were overjoyed when they saw this, and immediately opened the city gate and sent troops to form a flank attack with Ning Ze.
Ning Ze switched to the magic doctor's tactics and treated the wounds and illnesses of the defenders in the city, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of this army, and after joining forces with himself, he defeated the Ma Jian army at the north gate and fled.
Ning Ze did not enter the city directly, but opened the First Emperor, quickly detoured to the other three gates, and raided Ma Jian's army to relieve the defenders of Bashan County.
Don't look at the fact that there are only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the opponent's strength exceeds its own by several times. The troops with the bonus of tactics ran fast and fought very well, and Ning Ze personally led the team, which caused great psychological pressure to the enemy and successfully relieved the siege of Bashan County.
Ma Jian was surprised by Ning Ze's sudden arrival, especially when the other party cast a "spell", which made the entire support army come and go like the wind, and all the soldiers were as exaggerated as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Seeing that the soldiers and horses of the four routes were repulsed, he hurriedly discussed with Feng Qiao: "Ning Ze suddenly led troops to help, how to deal with it?"
Feng Qiao thought for a moment and said to him, "Ning Ze is too mysterious and proficient in all kinds of spells. And his intelligence is outstanding, he has a body of martial arts, and even Tang Niu can defeat him. Head-to-head, I don't know what kind of spell to use. According to the intelligence, all kinds of ways to deal with spells seem to be useless, so be cautious. ”
"Ning Ze is really weird, I heard that he is now confronting Sima Fa in Mizhou, why did he appear in front of our army?" Ma Jian said, "Is it really a spell?"
"Ning Ze is indeed mysterious, he is a human after all!" Feng Qiao said, "The minister has a plan. ”
"What's the plan?" asked Ma Jian hurriedly.
"Your Majesty can withdraw for the time being, and Mo Yu Ningze will face each other head-on. The minister repaired a letter and invited the other party to the banquet tomorrow. Feng Qiao replied, "Prepare the poisoned wine at that time, and let him drink it while negotiating." As soon as Ning Ze dies, there will be no threat to Huaguo!"
"Ning Ze dares to come to the banquet?" asked Ma Jian suspiciously.
"The artist is bold, people like him will definitely come!" Feng Qiao replied, "Once he comes, even if the poisonous wine and poison do not kill him, he must arrange a knife and axe hand in advance and take the opportunity to hack him to death!"
"But Ning Ze's martial arts are not inferior to Tang Niu, and he can be said to be the real number one martial artist in the world!" Ma Jian was a little worried, "Can the sword and axe hand deal with it, not to mention that he can spell ......"
"No matter how high his arithmetic power is, he is only a mortal. As long as it's a human, you can kill it!" Feng Qiao replied, "When the time comes, feed it with the most poisonous poison, no matter how powerful it is, it's useless!"
"What if he comes with an army and doesn't want to eat poisoned wine?"
"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, the minister will arrange everything!"