Chapter 942: Defeat on all fronts

Lu Jing was captured, Tong Chen left the gate with Meng Yuan's troops for a long time, and there was a sudden movement under the falling rocks......

"Bang-" There was a bang, the rubble scattered, Tang Zhan raised his palm to split the cracked stone, and slowly crawled out of the pile of rubble. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Although he was not seriously injured, his forehead was still smashed slightly, and a stream of blood gradually remained, and Tang Zhan waved his hand and gently wiped it away.

Lu Jing and the others have long been gone, even if they decide to fight Tong Chen for life and death, it is too late. But Tang Zhan didn't seem to be in too much of a hurry, as if all this had been expected, he looked at the direction of the enemy's departure with a serious expression, and the rolling yellow dust dispersed in the wind, and his heart suddenly showed melancholy and hesitation......

"In this way, Jing'er's strategy is half the success, just the two of us......" Tang Zhan thought about Lu Jing's secret entrustment last night, and said secretly in his heart, "But this plan is too risky, Jing'er, you have to carry it out at the risk of being captured, is this really good......

After sobering up, he calmed down a little, thinking of Tong Chen's "announcement" before leaving, Tang Zhan didn't realize that his heart was burning......

(in recall)......

Tong Chen thought about it, and then shouted at Tang Zhan in the stone pile, "Tang Zhan, listen up, your woman is now in my hands, if you want to save her, come to me alone...... Moreover, I will only give you five days, if you don't come in five days, I will treat you as if you were stoned to death, and we do not guarantee the life and death of Miss Lu......"

Under the "rock pile", Tang Zhan listened to it word by word, and at the same time he was anxious, but he did not forget the task assigned by Lu Jing before, maybe this was also an opportunity......

(In reality)......

It will take up to five days, and no matter what the outcome of the plan is, at least Jing'er must be rescued...... Tang Zhan thought so in his heart, and secretly swore, "Jing'er, you wait, I will definitely save you!"

Thinking about it, Tang Zhan jumped off the ruins with a leap, his hands bandaged around the wound, his eyes were determined, and it seemed that it was urgent to act alone.

And at this time, the vanguard troops who had been ambushed by falling rocks in the canyon happened to arrive here - in order to preserve the vitality of the troops, Lu Jing used himself as bait to attract the attention of the enemy in the battle alone. The soldiers of the army were also very aware that when they heard the news that Lu Jing had been captured by the enemy, they felt very anxious......

"General Tang-" Seeing that Tang was in danger, the leading general said excitedly, "The army division has been captured by the enemy, we have to save her!"

"I know......" Tang Zhan showed a calm expression, and said coldly, "Tong Chen gave me five days to go to him alone-saving Jing'er is urgent, I have to go to the 'Provocation Appointment'......"

"This can't work, general, it's too dangerous for you to be alone!" When the generals of the troops heard this, they naturally didn't worry that Tang Zhan was in danger alone, so he stopped and said.

"Yes, General Tang......" another soldier said below, "Let's go with you to save the army division, we must avenge the defeat in this battle!"

"Yes, let's go too!-" "Let's go too-" Soon, the shouts of countless soldiers sounded below--Although Qianguan was heavily ambushed in the first battle, and Lu Jing, as a military advisor, was even captured, the morale of the whole army did not drop but rose, and the desire to kill the enemy suddenly rose.

The whole army was dispatched, the main force still existed, and in terms of numbers, it still had the strength to fight the enemy head-on, but ......

"No, I'll just go alone about the matter of the Salvation Division-" Tang Zhan said righteously, and said to his subordinates, "You stay, don't go and fight the enemy desperately......"

"Isn't it necessary to fight a war with all your might?!—" the general continued, "the army division has been so kind to us, and now that she has been captured for us, we cannot afford to watch her fall into the hands of the enemy...... General Tang, let's go with you—"

"Yes, let's go together-" "Let's go together......" The voice sounded in unison.

"I said, I'll go alone - this is a military order!" Tang Zhan's expression was serious, and he suddenly shouted an order, then took out a bag of brocade from his waist and threw it to the main general in front of him.

"This is ......" This bag is exactly the same as the one Lu Jing left for Xiao Tian before, the general looked at the bag in his hand and couldn't help asking.

"This is the task assigned to you by the army division before leaving...... Tang Zhan said with a serious face, "Listen, although the army division has been captured, the victory or defeat of the battle has not yet been decided-General Gao, all the troops under your command will be handed over to you, and there is a plan and arrangement that the army division instructed you to arrange in this bag - this is your task, you must carry it out!"

General Gao opened the bag and saw the contents of the letter, and his eyes couldn't help but be stunned...... In an instant, General Gao showed a firm gaze at Tang Zhan, and said in a tone of voice, "Don't worry, Tang Jianjun, everything will be arranged by the last general-the order of the army division, and the last general will guarantee the completion of the task!"

Tang Zhan nodded in conviction, then turned around and said, "I have my mission, and you have yours...... The war is not over yet, you must always be careful, and the task of the salvation division will be entrusted to me......"

After speaking, Tang Zhan silently left the canyon, walked slowly in the direction of the enemy's departure, and carried his gun......

"Don't worry, General Tang, the last general will definitely live up to his mission......" General Gao silently swore in his heart......

In the first battle of Qianguan, Lu Jing was captured, and Tang Zhan left alone. And Xiao Tian and Su Jia are unknown at this time, and Lu Ling, the only general in the army, has no unknown news of participating in the war. Qin Yu Hu Yidi died in Xu Gu first, and throughout the time, the vanguard camp was already alone......

Following......

Under the pioneer camp, there was silence, the general was nowhere to be seen, and the depression was extreme. Thinking back to the Northern Expedition in the past, the vanguard army was invincible, but now it has ended up in a miserable and cold situation, and the army is dying, and I can't help but sigh at the rapid change of the situation......

Relatively speaking, besieging and killing Qin Yu, trapping Xiao Su alone, and capturing Lu Jing -- the morale of the Meng Yuan army was greatly boosted, and they marched eastward early the next morning......

"Whoosh whoosh-" The dawn broke, the arrows rained sideways, and in front of the camp, countless rockets of Meng Yuan's archers were fired in unison, heading towards the vanguard army camp.

The vanguard camp was almost defenseless and was soon enveloped in a merciless sea of fire......

"Kill!-" A shout of the killing order sounded, the iron riding lion moved in shock, and the Mengyuan army rushed down from the mountain road and was rushing towards the camp of the Ming army.

The vanguard army could not resist, they abandoned their armor and fled, Meng Yuan Iron Cavalry was like entering a no-man's land, almost effortlessly, it broke through the "gate" of the vanguard barracks......

The fire burned more and more, and the entire camp was shrouded in a thick smoke -- the Ming troops who were "leaderless" had no power to resist at all, and their positions were quickly captured......

Sima Hanyi was standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the thick smoke in the camp below, but he was not very happy in his heart. On the contrary, he didn't kill Xiao Tian and Su Jia with his own hands yesterday, but Sima Hanyi felt a sense of loss in his heart......

"General Sima, the enemy troops are simply vulnerable -- our cavalry is divided into four camps, and they have not even resisted, so they all abandon the camp and flee!" Hahahaha......" General Meng Yuan, who had won the battle, returned to the battle and said with a smile.

But Sima Hanyi couldn't be happy, and seeing that today's battle was so easy, he couldn't help but be a little wary in his heart: "It's too strange, isn't it? This vanguard force, how can it be said that before the war, it swore to take Tongguan, why is it so sluggish today, and it has lost without resistance......

"It means that the enemy army has been intimidated by the deterrence of our army," General Meng Yuan continued, "as General Sima said before, there are three main enemies of the enemy army—Xiao Tian, Tang Zhan, and Su Jia...... Xiao Tian and Su Jia are missing, Tang Zhan was defeated by General Tong yesterday; not only that, but their 'Ghost Talent Division' Lu Jing was captured by General Tong, and 'Divine General' Qin Yu was killed by General Chen -- the enemy army has long been without a general to lead the army, and the defeat is only a blink of an eye......

"But this victory came too quickly, it always feels like it's not that simple......" Sima Hanyi still didn't take it lightly, and muttered secretly, "And Xiao Tian and Su Jia ...... There is no news from the two old husbands until now, and it is unknown whether they are alive or dead......"

"I'm afraid the sect leader is thinking too much......" The Spirit Shadow Sect disciple listened to it and couldn't help but interject, "Yesterday, the two of them fell from such a high valley, how could they have a chance of surviving?"

"After all, it's the 'Canglong Hero', you can't underestimate him......" Sima Hanyi still didn't let go of Xiao Tian in his heart, and couldn't wait to learn the news of his life and death, so he continued to ask, "By the way, I asked you to inquire about the news yesterday, did you have any results?" Under the valley, did you find the bodies of Xiao Su and the others......

"Sect Master, I haven't found ...... yet," the Spirit Shadow Sect disciple said, "It's not that the people haven't found it, it's that the place hasn't been found...... The valley was remote and unfamiliar, few people knew about it, and yesterday the cliff valley was shrouded in fog, and it was not clear which mountain it was falling on, and where the road to the bottom of the mountain was......"

"Keep looking for me-" Sima Hanyi said coldly, and Zhenzhen ordered, "I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death--I don't get any news of the two of them, so I'll treat them as if they are still alive, and I won't give up!"

"Yes, Sect Master—" The disciple commanded, and gradually retreated......

"Impossible, dignified Canglong hero, he will never die such a 'nest' - the old man will find your ...... sooner or later" Sima Hanyi said secretly, "Moreover, the old man still has an important 'bargaining chip' in his hand, using this as a threat, I don't believe that the two of you will not take the initiative to come out......"

The fighting under the battalion continued, the vanguard camp was all lost, and the whereabouts of the generals were unknown -- the strategy of crusading against Tongguan seemed to have completely collapsed so far......

On the other hand, in the main camp of the Ming army, Zhu Yuanzhang also got the news of the defeat of the vanguard army for the first time......

"Is this true?" Chang Yuchun came to the camp at noon today, and learned that the vanguard army was counterattacked by the Mengyuan troops in one fell swoop, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask inexplicably, "In the first battle of Tongguan, the vanguard army of the emperor was annihilated......

"Although I don't want to accept it, this is the truth......" Chang Yuchun showed a look of regret and self-blame, and said slowly, "Early this morning, the vanguard camp of our army was attacked by the enemy, and the whole army was annihilated...... General Qin Yu Murong died in Xu Valley, General Tang Zhan's whereabouts are unknown, the army division was captured by the enemy, and General Xiao Tian and Imperial Envoy Su disappeared without news...... This is the most painful defeat of the vanguard army under the last general since the Northern Expedition -- the undefeated division of the past was almost completely killed overnight ......"

"That's it......" Zhu Yuanzhang paused, but under the expression of "decline", a faint cold god appeared, and he sighed slightly, "Even General Xiao has lost news...... Not to mention the 'Tongguan Border Defense Map', now even he himself is uncertain...... "Zhu Yuanzhang has always attached great importance to Xiao Tian, and when he heard the news of Xiao Tian's disappearance, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"It's really too sudden...... Chang Yuchun couldn't help but reply, "The last general's vanguard army has countless elite soldiers, how could it be wiped out overnight......?

"No why, this is war!-" Zhu Yuanzhang did not feel sad at all, but said resolutely, "Nine deaths, he has no life, even if he is a hero who once dominated the martial arts, he will not escape the fate ......"

"But once the vanguard army is defeated, it will be even more difficult to crusade against Tongguan...... Chang Yuchun continued, "The main generals of the enemy army are all martial arts masters, if there are no generals who are well versed in the world of martial arts, it will be difficult for us to win this battle......"

"Yes, the key to the strategy of the army division to wake me up before is the enemy's main generals-Chen Shijin, Tong Chen and Sima Hanyi......" Thinking of the conversation between Lu Jing and Lu Jing in the camp that night, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile secretly, "Now that the three enemy generals have not been destroyed, the vanguard army has been wiped out, which is really regrettable......"

"Your Majesty, what should I do now?" Chang Yuchun didn't know what to do, so he couldn't help asking.

"The vanguard army can't do it, it's time for us to do it......" Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be confident, facing the army of Mengyuan in Tongguan who defeated the vanguard army, Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly, "I already have a clever plan to crusade against Tongguan, just a few days to prepare to send troops, I will be the emperor to conquer and take the enemy city!"

"Really, Your Majesty?" Chang Yuchun was still a little skeptical, and looked up and asked.

"Of course, you don't joke, I will do what I say......" Zhu Yuanzhang's tone became lighter and lighter, not that he was not confident, but as he spoke, he was thinking about other things in his heart.

"Then the emperor, what should the last general do?" Chang Yuchun was brave, even if his vanguard troops were defeated and forgotten, he did not lose his fighting spirit, and asked excitedly.

"The vanguard army has been defeated, and we have to reorganize the army's morale in the next few days...... Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, and then rushed to Chang Yuchun Dao, "As for General Chang...... Tongguan land is thin, materials are scarce, the terrain is dangerous and there must be a tug-of-war, if you want to fight a protracted war, you must supplement grain and grass...... I now order General Chang to lead his troops to gather grain and grass for a few days, and prepare for a life-and-death battle against Tongguan!"

"Yes, the end will be done-" Chang Yuchun exclaimed, and then turned and left the tent......

Zhu Yuanzhang was left alone, still in the camp and did not calm down......

"Hmph, swear in front of me that you will take Tongguan within ten days......" Thinking of Lu Jing's "military form" that night, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile secretly, "Now in less than three days, the vanguard army has been defeated, and you yourself have been captured...... But this is also what I expected before, half of the country has been laid for me, and your value has come to an end, thank you for your hard work......"

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly pondered in his heart, as if he had already predicted everything and firmly grasped the fate of victory and defeat......