"Boom-" The sound of artillery fire rang out again, causing a splash more than ten feet high. It's just that this time it was no longer Rongwu's army that fired the cannon, but Mengyuan's army - and the direction of the artillery fire was actually the position of the Mengyuan naval army that had just been destroyed by the Rongwu army......

"Boom-" This shell hit the stern of Rong Wu's U-turn ship impartially, and the hull was hit by a huge impact, shaking violently for a while, and even Rong Wu himself was not prepared for it, and fell headlong on the mast.

"General-" "General-" Seeing this, the people around immediately stepped forward to care about the situation.

"Where did this shell come from?" Rong Wu also didn't wake up for a long time, and in the face of the sudden sneak attack just now, Rong Wu and his army were defenseless.

The others were the same, looking at the stern of the ship, which had already begun to catch fire, and everyone immediately ordered their soldiers to extinguish the fire.

But in front of the public, they all looked in the direction where the shells flew just now, and everyone's faces showed expressions of horror and distraction - I saw a sea of fire behind the stern, just after the position that had blown up the Mengyuan fleet into a "fire pool" just now, the ships that were blown up in the front row sank and scattered, and the one who followed closely behind the sea of fire was the neat Mengyuan huge sailor. This time it was no longer like the bombing of the empty ship just now, the fog on the cage lake was dispelled by the flames, and everyone could see clearly that the ship was full of heavily armed Mengyuan sailors - this time it was a real enemy army lurking, not an empty ship.

"How...... How could this be?" Rong Wu was still in a panicked expression, but before he could turn around, a meteor sailed by in the night sky, and another cannonball hit the slit of the returning ship, blowing the two warships in two. The soldier on the edge of the plank even fell into the sea.

"Ahh......h Just like the empty ships that Rong Wu ordered to bomb the Mengyuan Navy just now, the same amount of artillery kept coming. The flashes of light in the night sky were one after another, and the meteor fire rain down, and this time it was the turn of the army of Rongwu to be besieged in the sea of fire......

"Quickly put out the fire-...... "Ah-ah......" "Don't mess up, keep the formation-" Rongwu's navy suddenly became a mess, and the Wanlai navy, which was originally a well and orderly, suddenly became a mess in the sea of fire.

What's more, what is even more problematic is that when the frontal assault on Meng Yuan's position just now, Rongwu's army was in a strict formation, and now that the division has turned back, the formation of the fleet has been reversed. The formation was scattered, and there was a dilemma. Meng Yuan's navy bombarded indiscriminately behind the ship, Rongwu's army could not be used, neither advance nor retreat, like a hemp rope twisted together, if not come up with countermeasures in time, Rongwu's army would be completely annihilated in the sea of fire......

On the side of the Mengyuan naval army's position, Yan Zhiji Taibazado and Li Chengsheng were watching the scene of the Rongwu army in the sea of fire in front of them. Don't think about it. The second plan was that Yan Jitai and Li Chengsheng planned together, just waiting for the Rongwu Navy to take it lightly and fall into the trap array that had been laid out in advance.

Yan Jitai saw that he would take Rongwu tens of thousands of sailors lightly without hurting a single soldier, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then he said to Li Chengsheng: "The military advisor is really a clever calculation, such a plan for the water and the empty city, it doesn't cost a single soldier." can break Zhu Yuanzhang's army——"

It turned out that everything was already in Li Chengsheng's business, and Li Chengsheng also smiled. The echo responded: "My lord has won the prize, and the last general has already guessed that Rong Wu is a general." He was young, inexperienced and impetuous, so he simply designed this plan to air over the city...... By using the previous emptying boat as a bait, when Rong Wu found out, he must have thought that our army's plan was a bluff, but in fact he diverted their main force and took the camp at the rear pass; who knew that Rong Wu was frivolous on the surface, and our navy was actually here, but it was only interfered with by a blind eye, and the main force hid behind the empty boat. When Rongwu blows up the empty ship and prepares to return to the rescue camp, our naval troops can take advantage of the chaotic formation of the turnaround and attack them - now that their formation is in chaos, it is impossible to dispatch the main force to fight with us, so we can only turn back and escape, so we can eat more of their troops......"

"But that's just one of your plans, isn't it?" Yan Jitai sneered again.

"Yes, didn't your lord say that they would wipe out all their troops and leave no one behind?" Li Chengsheng said with a strange smile again, "On this side of the waterway, we will force Rongwu into a dilemma, and on the mountain roads on both sides, General Chewutai and General Zhang Yuexing have led two thousand men and horses to sneak attack at night and directly take the rear camp of the enemy's Qiling Pass. Since their main force went out with a naval army, the rear battalion was bound to be lax and guarded, so it was not a problem to take it. When they take the rear camp of the enemy army and cut off the rear road of the Rongwu Naval Army, they will really be trapped in this sea of fire in this cage lake, just as you expect, sir, kill none of them, hum ......"

"The military advisor is really a clever plan, a clever plan!hahahahaha-" Yan Jitai Bazar was very satisfied with Li Chengsheng's strategy, and in the sea of fire on this battlefield, he actually showed a wild laugh like a victor.

"The main force of Rongwu is here, and I believe that there are no troops left in the rear battalion, so it can be said that it will be easy to take it. We just need to pursue the remnants of Rongwu on this side while waiting for the news of the good ......news from General Chewutai and General Zhang," Li Chengsheng added......

"Ahh......h

To add insult to injury, the artillery fire of the Mengyuan Navy continued to stop, and one shell after another smashed on the position of the Rongwu Navy Army. Violent cannon fire filled both sides of the Qiling Valley, the waves continued to hit the sails, one warship after another was sunk, and the corpses of countless soldiers of the Rongwu army floated under the cage lake......

If this continues, the Mengyuan Navy really ate tens of thousands of Rongwu's troops alive without injuring a single soldier, how can Rongwu endure such a strange shame and great humiliation? Rong Wu already regretted it at this time, and he regretted that he should not have turned back so quickly just now, and if he continued to explore the position of the Mengyuan Navy, he might be able to set up a good position and fight to the death; second, he regretted that he did not listen to the advice of Tang Zhan and Lu Jing before setting out on the expedition, and now Rongwu can also guess that Yan Jitai Bazaduo must have sent troops to outflank him on the mountain road. is preparing to sneak attack his rear camp, and Zhao Zijin and the others who are on standby in the rear camp will definitely not escape their fate......

"General. Let me lead a thousand water troops and fight with the Mengyuan army!" Zhang Xingling was full of guts. He was born and died with the army, it was not the first time he faced such a scene, seeing the army gradually buried in the sea of fire, Zhang Xingling couldn't bear it, rather than die like this, it was better to fight to the death head-on to have a head and face, so he simply asked Rong Wu for help.

However, despite the major blow, he still struggled to keep his composure. He did not hesitate to stop Zhang Xingling's risky behavior. He said solemnly: "No, now that the army has turned back to a disorganized formation and is in a sea of fire, it is impossible to turn back and set up a formation to fight;

"Even if I die, I, Zhang Xingling, will also die in battle, and I will never be burned to death like this!" Zhang Xingling was righteous and awe-inspiring. Not at all afraid.

"Now is not the time for heroic righteousness!" Rong Wu also regained his backbone, "The enemy army must have sent cavalry troops to outflank our army's rear camp from both sides of the mountain road, and we will retreat in time now, although we have suffered heavy losses." However, if the rear camp is not rescued, the enemy will besiege us on this cage lake. It will be killed - the point is that the annihilation of our army is not a big deal. If the enemy army is allowed to occupy the rear camp, the dangerous situation of the Qiling Pass will be controlled. It will be difficult for the rear reinforcements to advance north—"

"What does the general mean ......" Zhang Xingling saw that what Rong Wu said was not unreasonable, and in such a crisis situation, he still made a rational decision.

Rong Wu endured the pain on his body, stood up and said: "Pass the order, all departments continue to speed up the return to the rear camp, don't entangle with the Meng Yuan Water Army, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"

So Rong Wu still made the decision to continue to retreat, even if the indiscriminate bombardment of the Mengyuan Navy behind him did not know, but at this time Rong Wu could only endure the humiliation and save the main force for the rescue of the Qiling Pass in Houying.

The ship that was caught in the huge waves of the sea of fire immediately accelerated Yang Fan, and the Rongwu army ignored the pursuit of the enemy army in the rear, and accelerated and turned back to the rear camp......

On the side of the Mengyuan naval army's position, Yan Zhiji Taibaza saw Rong Wu's determination to retreat, smiled and said: "Hmph, Rong Wu, as a traitor to the Mengyuan court, is not only a reckless man, but also cowardly as a mouse, going deep into the trap can endure the shame of not hurting a single soldier of our army and damaging the army, and retreat without a fight, is Zhu Yuanzhang sending this kind of person to fight with me? Hmph, he doesn't take me seriously......"

"No, Rong Wu is right to do this-" Li Chengsheng interjected, "He turned back not because he was afraid, but because he saw the intention of our army next." It was the right decision to save the strength and save the camp crisis - it's just ...... I'm afraid it's too late to go back now, and General Chewutai and General Zhang are probably already leading the cavalry to attack the rear camp. The defense of the rear camp is lax, and it will not be a problem to take it, even if Rong Wu really rushes back, the army is discouraged and intercepted before and after, I'm afraid he can't even beat the two thousand cavalry of General Chewutai and General Zhang, hum......"

"Will General Chewutai and General Zhang Yuexing really be able to successfully take the Qiling Pass?" asked Yan Jitai Bazaduo suddenly.

"There is no problem, just with Rongwu's level, being able to guess that this step of our army's strategy is already considered the limit, and if he wants this, he can also guard against it, then he will already be a capable general under Zhu Yuanzhang......" Li Chengsheng said coldly, "What my lord has to do now is to continue to pursue the remnants of Rongwu's naval army, force it to the shore of the rear camp, and then join forces with General Chewutai and General Zhang Yuexing to really eat this army!"

"What the military advisor said is-" Yan Jitai listened to Li Chengsheng's strategy, and then ordered, "Pass the order, and the whole army will set off to pursue the remnants of Rongwu!"

So, on the side of the Mengyuan Naval Army, the huge naval division all rose up, and the mighty naval army seemed to be able to raze everything, accompanied by the earth-shattering drums, and went towards the defeated army of Rongwu......

In the camp position behind Qiling Pass, there was movement on the mountain road on both sides in the dark night, because of the continuous artillery fire coming from the fog of the cage lake, so that the remaining soldiers of Zhao Zijin did not notice the situation on both sides of the mountain road......

And just as Yan Jitai and Li Chengsheng said, at this time, the two Mengyuan generals Chewutai and Zhang Yuexing had personally led 2,000 Mengyuan cavalry to outflank the mountain road and rushed to the camp behind Rongwu. Now the army is pressing the border, and the raid on the Rongwu rear camp is just waiting for an order......

"Hmph, as the military advisor said, now Rongwu's rear camp is really scattered, there are not even a few soldiers guarding it, and our two thousand men and horses seem to have brought more......" Che Wutai did not take the guards of the rear camp in his eyes at all, and did not shy away from it.

"Your Excellency has an order, ordering us to raid the enemy's rear camp, and when the plan in the lake takes effect, we will join forces with Lord Yan Jitai inside and outside, and all the troops of Rongwu will be eaten...... But the premise is that we really can take this rear camp ......" Zhang Yuexing didn't dare to take it lightly on the side, looking at the sparsely numbered guards in the Rongwu rear camp, Zhang Yuexing didn't have a lot of confidence in his heart.

"What are you afraid of? You Han people are so cringe-" Che Wutai didn't care at all, but said arrogantly, "Since General Zhang doesn't dare, then General Ben himself will take the enemy camp...... According to the plan, General Ben will lead a thousand cavalry to attack the rear camp first, and wait until the enemy's rear camp is lit for a few moments, and then General Zhang will bring your men and horses over to answer and sit and watch—"Che Wutai did not shy away from it, and was full of confidence that as long as he was alone, it was enough.

Zhang Yuexing's side is also cowardly, listening to Che Wutai's words, Zhang Yuexing not only did not refute, but flattered and said: "Then there is General Lao Che Wutai, and when the time comes, Lord Yan Jitai will remember the credit, and the credit will be all on the head of General Che Wutai......"

"Okay, okay, don't be verbose, I'll lead the army to raid first, and after a while, the camp will be on fire, and you will follow-" Che Wutai didn't understand Zhang Yuexing's flattery, nor did he take a second look at Zhang Yuexing, carrying a big knife and riding a horse, and after the order, he led his 1,000 men and horses to sneak attack the rear camp of the Rongwu army at night......

The soldiers in the Rongwu rear camp all looked a little scattered, as if they didn't expect the Meng Yuan army to outflank and rob the camp......

However, the sound of horses' hooves outside the camp became more and more intense, and the vibrations from the camp shook even more......

"Kill-" Suddenly, the shouts of the Wutai army came from the night, and the raiding 1,000 Mengyuan cavalry attacked like thunder, rushing straight to the rear camp of the Rongwu army.

"Oh no, Meng Yuan's army is coming, run-" The guards in the back camp of the Rongwu army saw it, and they really threw down their weapons and fled in a hurry, almost completely giving up resistance.

"Hmph, Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers are all useless wrecks - kill me, kill none of them!" Chewutai saw that Rongwu's army was disheartened, and even let go of his hands and feet, not only led his cavalry to swarm towards the Rongwu camp, but the archers in the rear even released a rocket array, burning the tents and military equipment of the camp, and the camp of the Rongwu army soon turned into a sea of fire......

"Okay, General Chewutai has succeeded......" Zhang Yuexing saw that Rongwu's camp was on fire, and knew that Chewutai's sneak attack had been completed, so he immediately led the rest of the troops and prepared to meet Chewutai's army.

"The whole army has it, raid the Rongwu barracks, and make peace with General Chewutai!" Zhang Yuexing gave an order, and then he also rode on his war horse, led his 1,000 cavalry, and rushed to the Rongwu barracks, which had become a sea of fire......

The position of the Rongwu camp has been burning for a while, and the fire has not receded until now......

By the time Zhang Yuexing led the cavalry to Rongwu's barracks, the battle here seemed to be over a long time ago. Outside the camp tent, there were soldiers in Mengyuan armor standing everywhere, these should be the subordinates of General Chewutai, but it was difficult to see the corpses of soldiers of the Rongwu army in the "fire camp", and it seemed that the camp after Chewutai captured it did not take much effort......

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yuexing was of course relieved, he ordered his subordinates to stop the march, and announced the news of the victory and the capture of the enemy camp. Zhang Yuexing himself dismounted and boldly walked on foot in the dilapidated rear camp of Rongwu.

"General, General Chewutai is waiting for you in the camp tent in the back camp—" A Meng Yuan soldier next to him asked with a serious face.

"You want to prepare for the celebration banquet so soon, right? Hmph, we haven't joined Lord Yan Jitai yet, why are you in such a hurry to celebrate? But since he invited me to ......" Zhang Yuexing smiled at the corner of his mouth, and after ordering his soldiers to stand by, he immediately walked towards the front of the central camp...... (To be continued......)