Chapter 19: Persuasion

When Zhu Yanding saw the two armies emerging from the west gate and the east gate from a distance, he already felt that something was wrong, after all, it was not his own troops, and he could tell it clearly at a glance, just the armor, clothes, and swords were very different, and it was even more obvious that the waving battle flag.

There are three battle flags in the team of the West Gate, which are written "Zheng", "Wu" and "Wei", seeing this, Zhu Yanding's heart is sinking, this is clearly the people of the generals of the three major towns, look at the number of people, there are as many as 20,000.

In any big war, the collection of intelligence is crucial, this is a game between the enemy and us at all levels, espionage, bribery, assassination, all kinds of methods are used, and any omission of intelligence may lead to the reversal of the tide of the war.

Now, the people of the Three Towns suddenly appeared, and they had obviously defeated Ximen Xu Yuanrong's troops, and this alone made Zhu Yanding's heart as heavy as a stone.

The number of troops coming out of the east gate was less than half, but the word "stone" written on the battle flag was like a hammer smashed on Zhu Yanding's heart.

Two enemy soldiers and horses came from the West East Gate, which meant that the 30,000 troops attacking the West East Gate had been defeated, and the sudden appearance of 30,000 ambush soldiers by the enemy army made Zhu Yanding feel a little caught off guard.

However, he is a veteran of the battlefield in the end, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses immediately rushed to the south gate after identifying the situation, as long as he can unite with the team of the south gate, then there is still a chance to win this battle.

It's just that even he didn't expect that the troops at the south gate had already fallen into Fang Ling's strategy, and they couldn't advance or retreat, and a gate limited the output of troops, and they collapsed at an alarming speed under the attack of the two people. Therefore, when 10,000 horses rushed to the south gate for a few hundred zhang, the 30,000 people who attacked the south gate died and surrendered, and they had no combat strength anymore, whether it was the deputy general Lin Yun or the forward general Liu Zhi, they were all captured alive.

This time, when Zhu Yanding's men and horses came to the south gate, they were faced with the 30,000 army composed of Fang Ling and the people and horses of the four towns, the 30,000 army stood horizontally under the south gate, spread out in an arc, like a phoenix spreading its wings, showing a semi-encircled trend, the soldiers after the bloody battle were stained with blood, their eyes were like tigers and wolves, and the majestic spirit was like a boiling flame burning hotly, where could it be seen that there was a little tired, and the morale was extremely high.

Although Zhu Yanding's army is not lacking in elite soldiers, but when he sees the situation in front of him, he can't help but feel jealous, this is obviously a battle with a 100% chance of winning, not even a big battle, everyone feels that they are afraid that only a pillar of incense can break through this city gate, and they can sleep well here at night.

However, in front of everyone, there is a tragic scene of only 10,000 people left in the 70,000 army, and no one knows why the 5,000 defenders suddenly became tens of thousands, and the only explanation is that this is a trap, a trap that Zhu Yanding failed to see.

Zhu Yanding only felt that he was ten years old all of a sudden, and his hands were a little trembling, even if he was fighting with Wu at the border, he had never been defeated so badly, and a full 60,000 people died, this is a battle that no one can afford to lose.