Chapter 371: Bad News

The scale of this battle was not grand, but the fighting was extremely fierce, and the two sides fought fiercely all morning. The You Army launched three large-scale all-army breakouts, but they were all blocked by the Fourth Army, and then, the Fourth Army launched three full-scale sieges, which were also pushed back by the You Army.

The two sides went back and forth, fierce battles wave after wave, and gradually, You Jun began to show fatigue.

The individual combat strength of the two sides is about the same, but the strength of the Fourth Army is more than twice that of the You Army, and the You Army is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and after a long period of fierce fighting, it is naturally unable to support it.

At this time, the greatest threat to the You Army is the archers in the camp of the Jin Army, the arrows continue to shoot out from the Jin Army, falling into the camp of the You Army like raindrops, the soldiers of the You Army are wearing shields, and they can't even bring their heads up, in the crowd, the screams of people being hit by arrows come and go, and the big living people who were still alive just now may die under the flying arrows in an instant.

You Jun repeatedly broke through to no avail, which was enough to convince You Jun, but to add insult to injury, Ningding was occupied by the Jin Army again.

Originally, seeing the brigade of the You Army fighting out of the city, the local army retreated in fright, but when the local army saw that the main force of the You Army was surrounded by the Fourth Army Corps, the people immediately came to their senses.

The commanders of the three local armies took the opportunity to encourage their subordinates, saying that the enemy army in Ningding City had poured out, and there were few enemies left, and they should take this opportunity to capture Ningding and make miraculous achievements.

Under the call of the three main generals, the officers and soldiers of the local army who fled turned around one after another and fought back to Ningding.

Now people are full of fighting spirit, when you have a large number of soldiers, I can't beat you, I can't take the city, but at this time your main force is not in the city, how can I still be afraid of you?

Under this mentality, the local army launched another strong attack.

50,000 You troops guarded Ningding. It is easy and effortless to resist tens of thousands of local troops, but there are only 10,000 people left, and it is too difficult to resist tens of thousands of local troops, and it is also a local army with a morale boost.

The 10,000-strong You army looked at the east and couldn't look at the west in the city. Gu Nan couldn't take care of the north, the situation in the four cities of the southeast, northwest and northwest was very crisis, and just when You Jun was busy, the disaster was not alone, and the people in Ningding City launched turmoil one after another. Armed with knives, guns, and clubs, people poured into the streets in droves, and attacked the defending troops from within the city.

At this time, the You army was completely unable to withstand it, and the city gates on three sides were broken by the local army one after another.

Fight your way into the city. The momentum of the local army was even stronger, and they chased and killed the You army all over the city.

Because of the cooperation of the people of Jinguo, the You army in the city had nowhere to run if they wanted to, and the 10,000 You army either died under the knife of the local army or died under the sticks of the rioting people.

As soon as the local army took Ningding in one go, they immediately pulled out the flag of Youguo erected on the city and replaced it with a golden flag.

The trapped You Jun looked at the golden flags on the top of Ningding City with black and white faces, and knew that the city of Ludao had been lost. The morale of the army is even more chaotic, and the battle for the breakthrough is gradually losing its rules.

The two sides fought for a whole day. The more than ten breakthroughs of the You army have failed, and the 40,000 troops have only more than 10,000 people left at dusk.

Tang Bi understands very well. The more it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to your side, and if you can't break through the encirclement as soon as possible, your own side will have to be completely annihilated. At this time, seeing that the morale of the soldiers had fallen to the extreme, Tang Bi wanted to stimulate everyone's fighting spirit. He took the lead, led his subordinates, took the lead, and made every effort to break through.

He doesn't know how to be in the dark, and it is extremely dangerous to rush to the front, and by doing so, he is also emulating Nie Lin. However, Nie Lin dared to rampage on the battlefield but there were conditions, most of the guards around him were his disciples, all of them were masters of the underworld, and when Li Cheng was in danger, these people could protect him at the first time. And the guards around Tang Bi are all ordinary soldiers and soldiers, once they are in danger, they themselves are difficult to protect, where can they protect Tang Bi?

This breakthrough, not long after the battle, Tang Bi was shot by an arrow flying out of the Jin army's camp, and was seriously injured.

Dealing with such a breakthrough was very easy for the Fourth Army, and the iron bucket formation was not only not rushed away, but also tightened more and more, constantly squeezing the space of the You Army.

When the two sides fought until night, the You army was completely dispersed, and only the remaining thousands of soldiers were divided into several pieces by the Jin army, and even Tang Bi died tragically in the chaos, and even the corpse could not be found. In the last half hour of the battle, it almost became a one-sided massacre by the Jin army, and thousands of exhausted You troops all died in battle.

The battle between the two armies ended with the annihilation of the entire army and the complete victory of the Jin army. In this battle, there were few lucky survivors of the 50,000 You army, and the casualties of the Jin army were about 30,000, but most of the 30,000 casualties came from the local army, and the casualties of the Fourth Army were less than 10,000.

Ningding, which was captured by the You army, was recaptured by the Jin army, and this small battle played a crucial role in the battle situation between the two sides.

Knowing that their side had recaptured Ningding, the soldiers of the Jin Army guarding Jiangyang were like being shot in the arm, and people saw hope again, even if they were defeated by the Youyan coalition army, they would not have no way to retreat and be trapped and die in Jiangyang.

The same news reached the You Yan coalition army, and for people, it was really bad news.

The You Yan coalition army just got the news that there was a sudden snowstorm in the area of Hecheng, and the Nie Lin troops who originally attacked Wancheng could only be forced to retreat, but the tens of thousands of You troops did not return to Liancheng in the end, but disappeared mysteriously on the way, no one alive, no corpse, no news.

Ren Tianxing had a vague premonition that Nie Lin's troops were deep into the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, and they were not familiar with the place, so it was impossible to find a random place to be stationed, and to avoid the wind and cold, the most important thing to go to was Liancheng, which was the closest to Hecheng, and Nie Lin did not appear in Hecheng, there was only one explanation, it must have happened halfway.

Thinking about it, Nie Lin's department may have no hope, and now his own attack on Jiangyang has also been frustrated again and again, with the Jin army resisting to the death in front of him, and the Jin army being restrained in the rear, his own army is short of food and grass, and there is no supply, how can this battle be fought?

Now, Ren Tianxing's confidence in the battle of destroying gold has been greatly reduced, although the You Yan coalition army still has a considerable advantage in terms of strength, although there are still 200,000 troops on the way to reinforcements, but in Ren Tianxing's view, the battle to destroy gold is no longer so realistic.

The Jin people are tough and tenacious, while the Jin army is to have generals, to be handsome and handsome, full of talents, and to fight in the homeland, it is difficult for their own side to win. The battle of the Jin Dynasty was far from being as easy as You Yan and the two countries imagined at the beginning, as if the armies of the two countries could step on the ground in just one walk.

The weather in the country was bitterly cold and dry, which made the soldiers of the Youyan coalition army extremely uncomfortable; the soldiers who traveled thousands of miles and traveled a long distance not only made the soldiers tired for a long time, but also the logistics supply line was too long, and they were attacked by the Jin army one after another, which made the supplies, grain and grass of the You Yan coalition army very tight; moreover, the military strength of the Jin country was much stronger than the two countries of You Yan expected, even if they were defeated, even if they suffered heavy casualties, the fighting spirit of the army was never lost, and no matter how difficult and dangerous the environment was, the Jin army was still able to resist stubbornly. All kinds of factors have greatly weakened Ren Tianxing's confidence, and he has less and less hope for the battle to destroy Jin.

The 50,000 You army that captured Ningding was completely annihilated by the Jin army, Ren Tianxing did not send troops to fight again, nor did he continue to attack Jiangyang, but waited, one is to wait for Jin Zhuo to completely eliminate the Jin army in Changyu County, so that he no longer has worries when attacking, and the other is to wait for the arrival of reinforcements, as long as the 200,000 reinforcements on his side are killed, then the initiative in the current battle situation will return to his side.

However, Ren Tianxing's two expectations were disappointed.

First of all, Jin Zhuo's first department, the morale of the 200,000 army was like a macro, and they entered Changyu County in a mighty way, and then comprehensively pursued the whereabouts of the Jin army, eager to start a frontal decisive battle with the Jin army.

But Lu Kai knew that the enemy was strong and weak, and did not give the enemy a chance to confront him head-on, and the mountainous and woodland environment in Changyu County gave him a broad space for maneuver, and the Fourth Army Corps was running around, sometimes in the east, sometimes in the west, so that the initiative of the You Yan coalition army repeatedly hit the air.

Although Jin Zhuo's first division has an absolute advantage in terms of strength and combat power, it is led by the nose by the third army, and the situation is in a passive state. (To be continued......)