In the past few days, the news of the defeat has continued one after another, and almost all the remnants of the Jin army have fled back to Peicheng, and now the Jin army is faced with two choices, fight or retreat.

If you choose to retreat, the Jin army will be equivalent to stepping out of Tianma County with one foot, and the results of the battle that have been fought hard will be in vain, and if you want to fight to the death, the Jin army will be lacking in confidence.

A multi-front chaotic battle was fought, the Jin army lost its troops, Guan He was seriously wounded, his life was in danger, the partial generals Jia Song and Tian Ze were killed one after another, 70,000 Jin troops, more than 30,000 casualties, and only the remaining 30,000 people wanted to hold Peicheng, it was too difficult.

Whether it is a golden general or a minister, now people have understood that this battle is not able to continue to fight, and it is unrealistic to defend Peicheng. Even if the cavalry is not good at attacking the city, as long as the enemy army surrounds the city, and waits until the main infantry of the Red Kingdom arrives, it will still be a dead end.

No one dares to say anything about retreating, and in such a critical situation, whoever dares to retreat lightly will disturb the morale of the army, and a bad head will move.

Now Lin Haotian is also pondering whether his side should fight or withdraw, but no matter what he thinks or how he tries his brains, he just can't think of a way to retreat from the enemy.

The castle lord's mansion of the city, the hall.

Lin Haotian sat in the center, Chu Lianyu sat beside him, and looked down, except for a few strategists, all of them were disgraced golden generals, more than half of them were injured, the light ones had abrasions on their faces, and the heavy ones were still wrapped in bandages, all of them stared at Lin Haotian with big eyes, waiting for him to make a decision.

Lin Haotian, who had always been silent, closed the fan he was playing with and put it on the table. He asked, "Have the bodies of our fallen soldiers been brought back?"

No one expected him to ask such an innocuous sentence at such a critical moment. The generals looked at each other, and finally Gu Liangyun replied: "The bodies of General Jia and General Tian have been transported, but the bodies of the brothers below ...... Many of them have been moved too late ......"

Like Jia Song and Tazawa Nibu. They were all wiped out by the Red Army, and none of them were alive, so where would anyone transport their corpses back to Peicheng? Even the corpses of Jia Song and Tian Ze were finally turned out by the Jin Army spies in the pile of corpses and carried back to Peicheng.

Lin Haotian looked back, his eyes showed sadness, and he said softly: "The fallen leaves return to the roots! Brothers went out with me and suffered a lot. Now that he has died on the battlefield, how can he stay in a foreign land and be an ownerless lonely soul?"

Hearing Lin Haotian say this, the hearts of the generals present were painful. Many burst into tears.

Lin Haotian looked at everyone and said, "I don't say this, I don't want you to risk taking risks to retrieve the bodies of the fallen brothers now, but to make you remember. In Tenma County. We have tens of thousands of brothers buried here, and today we will leave, but one day, we will definitely come back, otherwise, how can those tens of thousands of heroic spirits turn a blind eye?!"

"Your Excellency......" The generals were sad and angry, and they all burst into tears, and their fists clenched.

How is your own situation? Lin Haotian couldn't be clearer, relying only on the current remnants of the defeated army. If you want to resist the Tianwei army of the Red Kingdom and the 300,000 main army behind it, it is impossible, not only Peicheng can't hold it, I'm afraid that Jin'an can't hold it either, this withdrawal, your own side is likely to withdraw directly from Tianma County, and fight to the death with the Red Army in Anqiu County.

He took a deep breath, turned his head to Chu Lianyu and said, "Immediately pass the message to Mu Wu and ask General Mu Wu to mobilize the Sixth Army to assemble in Anqiu." ”

Chu Lianyu was shocked and asked, "Are you preparing for a decisive battle with the Red Army in Anqiu?"

Lin Haotian asked rhetorically: "Otherwise, will I let me give Anqiu away?"

Chu Lianyu's face was straight, and he said: "Anqiu is a plain wasteland, which is extremely conducive to cavalry combat, and a decisive battle with the Red Army in Anqiu is afraid of ...... It's not good for our army!"

Lin Haotian said: "If you are unfavorable, you have to fight! Retreating to Anqiu is already my bottom line, and I will never give in half a step!"

"But adults ......"

"Say no more, I'm determined. Lin Haotian waved his hand and interrupted Chu Lianyu's words.

Chu Lianyu frowned, and finally swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and arched his hand and said, "The last general, obey the order!"

Lin Haotian's current mood, Chu Lianyu can also understand, the original situation was very good, and the victory was one after another, but because of the retreat of the main army of the Red Kingdom, the situation was reversed in an instant, and anyone who replaced it would feel depressed and aggrieved in their hearts.

If even Anqiu is let out, then he can only retreat to Guangxi County, and the big advantage he has won before, and the so much territory he has seized will be in vain.

Lin Haotian couldn't accept such a result, and presumably the soldiers couldn't accept it either.

Under the strong persecution of the Chiguo Tianwei army, the Sixth Army led by Lin Haotian did not dare to resist its edge, and retreated again and again, first withdrawing from Peicheng, and then retreating north to Jin'an.

At this point, Jin Jun was faced with another problem. If you continue to retreat north and return to Anqiu County, then the Tianwei army is likely to take advantage of the situation to pursue, and with the speed of the red cavalry, it will soon be able to catch up with the Jin army, but the sixth army led by Mu Wu has not yet been able to assemble in Anqiu, and it will take at least more than ten days.

At this time, the two generals Yang Xiu and Dong Sheng volunteered to Lin Haotian to lead 10,000 soldiers to stay in Jin'an and block the Chiguo Tianwei army, which could not only cover Lin Haotian's retreat, but also create time for the assembly of the Sixth Army.

Everyone understands that staying in Jin'an now is a dead end, the people of Jin'an will never help the Jin army to assist in defense, it is fortunate that there is no chaos in the city, and there are no reinforcements outside, and they have to compete with the 200,000 Tianwei army, even if it is 10,000 iron men, they can't resist it.

Yang Xiu and Dong Sheng can be called Lin Haotian's favorite generals, how could the latter bear to let them take this risk, but apart from this method, there is really no good way, at a critical moment, cut off the tail to survive, sacrifice a small part, and save the vast majority, which is also a helpless move.

After much thought, Lin Haotian could only nod his head in agreement, leaving Yang Xiu, Dong Sheng and 10,000 soldiers of the Fourth Legion, and he led the others to retreat to Anqiu County.

Jin'an's city defense is very strong, if the difference between the strength of the two sides is not huge, there is a possibility of a battle, but Yang Xiu and Dong Sheng's side only have 10,000 people, while the Tianwei army has as many as 200,000, a difference of 20 times, and the combat power is not at the same level at all.

Less than a day after the main force led by Lin Haotian withdrew from Jin'an, the Tianwei army was like a whirlwind.

At this time, the Tianwei army also got the news that the main force of the Jin army withdrew to Anqiu, leaving only a small part of the troops stationed in Jin'an, thinking that Jin'an would be as easy to fight as Tongchuan, and after arriving, it didn't even stop, and immediately launched the siege.

The Tianwei Army is a cavalry legion, and there are no large siege weapons in the army, and they cannot carry them, and the only thing that can come in handy in siege battles is the cloud ladder. When it was time to attack the city, the cavalry dismounted, and the soldiers climbed to the top of the city completely along the ladder, wanting to directly break through the defense line of the Jin army with superior forces.

Yang Xiu and Dong Sheng personally commanded the battle at the head of the city, and fought fiercely with the Red Army besieging the city. The battle between the two sides lasted for nearly a day, and the Tianwei army not only failed to break through the defense line of the Jin army, but suffered huge losses.

After a whole day of fighting, the Tianwei army was shocked to realize that although the defenders of Jin'an were outnumbered, their resistance was very tenacious, and their combat effectiveness was also extremely amazing.

Wang Han, the commander of the Tianwei Army, changed his tactics, no longer blindly attacked, but used harassment tactics, and sent small forces to feint day and night, first to wear down the fighting spirit of the defenders, and then attack the city with all his strength when the will and physical strength of the defenders were almost exhausted.

The feint of the Tianwei army lasted for two days and two nights, and then, under the command of Wang Han, once again launched an all-out onslaught on Jin'an.

However, the resistance of the Jin army in the city was still strong, and the offensive of the Tianwei army was repelled wave after wave, and after a whole day of fierce fighting, the Tianwei army was forced back by the Jin army.

Jin'an City, which was garrisoned by 10,000 people, was so difficult to fight, and the 200,000 army could not cross the Lei Chi for half a step, which made Wang Han also very angry. The latter immediately issued a death order, the whole army was divided into four parts, and attacked in turn, the city was not broken, the attack did not stop, even if the people were used to fill the consumption, Jin'an had to be broken.

Next, after two days and nights of continuous fierce battles, the Jin army in the city of Jin'an suffered heavy casualties, and the battle was to the end, even the seriously wounded soldiers with broken arms and legs were pushed to the head of the city to participate in the battle, how could they be outnumbered, Jin'an was still broken by the strong attack of the Tianwei army without remembering casualties.

The two generals Yang Xiu and Dong Sheng were already wounded, and they retreated to the city lord's mansion in the city with the remnants, preferring to die rather than surrender and continue to fight.

The small city lord's mansion became the center of the battle between the two sides. (To be continued......)