Faced with such a situation, while Liu Sizhuan, Li Tieming and others were still thinking about whether to use part of their troops to contain the Hetao cavalry and then forcibly capture Yanzhou at all costs, Song Zhengfeng, Zhu Zhao and others had already had other ideas.
The two legions of the Holy Sect of Ultimate Bliss marched northward with a force of 160,000, but now only 40,000 are left. In addition to the 100,000 troops under Hirō, these two legions are already the most elite and most offensive troops of the Holy Sect of Ultimate Bliss. But now
The total amount is less than 30%. Even Zhu Zhao is a cold-blooded and murderous person. Looking at the few soldiers left under his command, he feels heartbroken.
Song Zhengfeng was also very distressed. The Bai'er Legion was the only legion that the Song family in Yizhou could handle, and its combat effectiveness was the best even in the Qingfeng Empire. Now that more than half of them had been lost, Song Zhengfeng felt distressed just thinking about it. The Song family's father and son had always been treacherous.
Cunning, he likes to preserve his strength the most on the battlefield. If Li Tieming hadn't kept a close eye on him, he might have already proposed a retreat. Now that the Hetao army has returned for reinforcements, Song Zhengfeng naturally wants to withdraw his troops. In his opinion, as long as he retreats to Yizhou Road, he can rely on
The terrain of Yizhou Road, where only one man can pass it, and ten thousand men can't pass it, can completely block out the Hetao. If you can't dominate the world, then it's not bad to cede territory and become the king.
As for Tipu and Lengye, they never thought about persisting to the end. For them, it would be the best outcome if all the forces within Qingfeng can fight to the death. That is the best outcome. In the final analysis, Tipu is the
He came to disrupt the situation. His purpose was to weaken all aspects of Qingfeng's forces to the greatest extent and lay the foundation for Sashan's future invasion of China. The initial massacre in Dingzhou was based on this mentality. Of course, Tipu and Lengye
I don’t want to be buried here with Li Tieming and others. Therefore, retreating before the Hetao army comes back for reinforcements is naturally the best choice.
"After this battle in the Hetao, the war potential of the Hetao will inevitably be greatly reduced. The Mandan Three Kingdoms are not weak. Even if Haotian's army can return to the Hetao, the losses will probably be heavy. In this way, the severely damaged Hetao army may not be the Qingfeng royal family.
And the opponents of the three major aristocratic families." Tipu stroked his thick beard and said with a smile: "National Master, do you think we need to help them?"
Leng Ye had a calm smile on his face. Dressed in black gauze, Leng Ye's tall nose and thin face looked even wiser. Looking at Yanzhou City not far away, which stood like a mountain on the earth,
Leng Ye smiled and said: "Your Highness, I wonder how you are going to help?"
"There is an idiom in China, which is called drawing firewood from the bottom of the cauldron. But which one should be drawn first?" Tipu grinned and said in a difficult manner, but his half-squinted eyes were full of bloodthirsty desire.
Even Leng Ye next to him was shocked.
The nearly 200,000 cavalry led by Feng Shuai had not yet reached the border of Yanzhou, and the coalition forces under Yanzhou City had already dispersed. The Song family's Bai'er Army and the 100,000 Sashan soldiers naturally retreated from the Jianmen Plank Road, and Li Tieming
The others quickly returned to Yinfeng Castle.
The speed of the coalition forces was not slow, but the speed of the Hetao cavalry was faster. As soon as they realized that something was wrong, Fengjing and the other three people immediately stepped up their horses and finally intercepted all the Suzaku Legion and Dongbo who were running at the rear about forty miles north of Yinfeng Castle.
About 20,000 soldiers. Contrary to everyone's expectations, Feng Jing did not immediately attack the approximately 60,000 soldiers in the encirclement. The two Falcon and Blue Dragon legions surrounded it on both sides and completely surrounded it.
What makes Li Tieming and others even more confused is that although Hetao intercepted the 60,000 soldiers behind them, they did not pursue the coalition forces. Li Tieming and others are very familiar with the tricks used by the Hetao cavalry, and have experienced them in the past days.
Originally, Li Tieming and others had already made the decision to cut off another tail, but the unusual behavior of Hetao made Li Tieming and others confused. Of course, with their current courage, they did not dare to go back and bite Fengjing and others.
One bite.
"Don't launch an attack for the time being. It's still early. Let's wait until the soldiers recover their strength." Feng Jing said calmly.
Xue Qingcheng nodded and gave a gesture to the generals around him, telling them to be on strict alert. The Hetao cavalry also knew their own suffering. They fought all the way from Juyongguan to Dingzhou in two days, even if the ones under their crotches were from the Bloody Plateau.
Even the fine war horses were very tired. It was not that Feng Jing and others did not want to pursue Li Tieming and others, but they were worried that the horses and soldiers would be exhausted and Li Tieming and others would take the opportunity to counterattack.
As for the more than 60,000 soldiers in front of them, being surrounded but not attacking can also increase their psychological pressure.
"Second brother, why don't you kill them all?" Xinke said expressionlessly. Among the five generals in Hetao, the most bloodthirsty was naturally the one who killed Dugu and Dugu. Fengjing and Bian Zhongxing were the calmer ones.
kind, and the letter was sandwiched in between. But even for the gentle Fengzong, during the campaign in the southeast, he directly ordered the massacre of more than 500,000 people of the Holy Bliss Sect. However, after learning about the death of Tianyi
, the eyes of the two brothers always flashed with bright red light. If they followed the letter's intention, they would naturally kill all the more than 60,000 coalition troops. However, Feng Jing obviously had ulterior motives and insisted on killing these
Soldiers were taken prisoner alive.
Fengjing shook his head: "Xinji, don't worry, they will die sooner or later. When the Lord proclaims himself emperor, and the eldest sister's coffin goes home, it is necessary to pray to the ancestors and worship heaven, right? We don't have that many livestock in Hetao, but we have these in front of us.
Isn’t it nice to be supported by an animal?”
Xin immediately understood and couldn't help but laugh. Xue Qingcheng's pupils shrank violently. The death of Tianyi was indeed a great stimulus to the Hetao general. If it were in the past, Fengjing would definitely be jealous of the more than 60,000 coalition troops in front of him.
Treated differently, although the Eastern Japanese soldiers are bound to die, the soldiers of the Suzaku Legion will never be reduced to such a state. At most, they will be exiled to the Northwest Second Road as coolies. But now, Fengjing has never thought of letting these people go.
The way out and even the ending were planned out for them.
However, Xue Qingcheng also noticed something. Under the deterrence of more than 100,000 cavalry in Hetao, the 60,000 coalition troops in the encirclement finally chose to give up their weapons and surrender, including Dongbo's 20,000 army troops. Xue Qingcheng and Dongbo had a history
From the experience of several battles, although the Eastern Japanese Army at that time was no match for the Scarlet Cavalry, they were never afraid even under absolute adversity. Facing the charge of the superior heavy cavalry, they often resorted to the same fate.
The method is to try to exchange lives with the Scarlet Cavalry.
Xue Qingcheng had never thought that Dongji soldiers would actually lay down their weapons on the battlefield, but the current situation clearly illustrates two points. First, the current Dongji army has been unable to fight due to repeated recruitment of new recruits, both in terms of combat effectiveness and fighting will.
Compared with the Eastern Japanese Army three years ago. Secondly, they did lose troops and generals under Yanzhou City, and even their basic fighting confidence was depleted. It can be seen that Bian Zhongxing's excellent defense gave
How much harm they caused.
"Commander, Liu Sixuan, the commander of the Suzaku Corps, wants to meet with you, Marshal, to protest your unfair treatment of their Suzaku Corps." The Hetao cavalry was escorting 60,000 prisoners of war slowly toward Yanzhou.
Zhang Ba, the commander of the soldiers, suddenly came forward and said.
Feng Jing raised his eyebrows: "Unfair treatment? Protest? Jokes, they have become prisoners of war, what qualifications do they have to protest?"
Xinke smiled ferociously: "Zhang Ba, please rest assured that bastard, we will definitely treat him differently from the soldiers under his command."
Xue Qingcheng secretly cursed an idiot in her heart. This Liu Sixuan didn't know what was in his head. At this time, he actually dared to protest unfair treatment to the Loop. Thank God that the Loop did not cramp and skin these people.
"Zhang Ba, take good care of these prisoners. No matter who they are, if they dare to make a fuss or try to escape, they will be pulled out and tied behind the horses to death. Huh, if the tiger doesn't show off its power, it really thinks we are sick cats. Since you dare
If you challenge the majesty of our Loop, you will have to be torn into pieces."
Feng Jing originally planned to temporarily escort the 60,000 prisoners of war in the ruins of Dingzhou City, but considering that Haotian would be back soon. Haotian is an impatient person, and he might immediately plan to establish a country as soon as he returns to Hetao
Regarding the matter of proclaiming the emperor, it would be a bit troublesome to go to Dingzhou to raise these people to sacrifice to heaven. Anyway, there were several Hetao military camps outside Yanzhou City, which happened to take care of these prisoners of war.
After learning about the escape of the coalition forces, Kato Taka and others, who were still confronting He Bugui's Jiaolong Legion in Huangyangtan, did not hesitate to pull up anchor. Since the coalition forces had been defeated, there was no point in him continuing to stay here.
, As for Kawamoto Nobuda upstream, Lord Kato Taka would not accompany him. As a result, without Kato Taka's restraint downstream, with the joint efforts of He Bugui and Zhang Cangzong, Kawamo Nobada's 30,000 navy troops had no suspense.
The entire army was wiped out. However, Kawamomo Shinoda did not disgrace his status as a great hero of the East China Sea. At the last moment, he scuttled all the warships and then killed himself with a horizontal sword. This incident also made He Bugui and his wife angry.
For a long time, Fengling Ferry has been an important channel connecting the Hetao and Hexi Road. Dozens of sunken ships from Sichuan Baixintian were blocked here, almost blocking the normal operation of the ferry. For this reason, He Bugui and his two men had to order their subordinates to work overtime.
Special efforts were made to salvage the sunken ship here to restore normal operation of the ferry as soon as possible. Angry Zhang Cangzong even had Nobuya Kawabako's body fished out of the river with great effort, and then chopped off the head and threw it to the dogs.
Two days later, the Hetao army led by Haotian finally crossed the Hukou Ferry and returned to the Hetao. From the moment they set foot in Anzhou, all the soldiers in the Hetao were wrapped up. Chu Xiangcheng tried his best to prepare in the past two days.
The two brothers, Hao Jin and Hao Jin, wore white gauze mourning cloths and personally supported the coffin. Both sides of the official road from Anzhou to Yanzhou were lined with people from Hetao who had already received the news. Looking around, the entire official road
The Tao is like a white ribbon with no end at a glance.
Amid bursts of suppressed cries, Haotian's car and Tianyi's coffin finally arrived at Yanzhou Fucheng in the evening. Chu Xiangcheng, Bian Zhongxing, He Yu and others who stayed in Yanzhou were accompanied by Feng Jingxin and others.
, led hundreds of thousands of Yanzhou officials and people thirty miles out of the city to welcome Haotian's return. However, this time the triumphant heroes were not greeted with victory songs, but instead, the whole sky was filled with shaking cries.
Tianyi is revered in the Third Road of Hetao and enjoys extremely high prestige in the hearts of the people. Especially since she died on the battlefield to protect hundreds of thousands of people from escaping, she naturally gained the respect of the people in Hetao. As Tianyi's coffin approached
At that time, all the people on both sides of the official road, regardless of their superiority, knelt down on their knees almost at the same time, touched their heads to the ground, and burst into tears.
Looking at the previous situation, Haotian also felt that his nose was sore. He suddenly remembered the words that the layman Peeping the Sky asked about God's will: If one day, God's will chooses between his own life and hundreds of thousands of people, she
What would happen? God's answer at that time was that if he could save hundreds of thousands of people by himself, he would be honored even if he died.
Thinking of this, Haotian suddenly understood that even if Tianyi had not been injured in the assassination, he probably would not have left Dingzhou. Tianyi was such a woman.
When he was about to arrive at the city gate, Haotian finally saw Chu Xiangcheng, Wei He and others. After not seeing each other for half a year, Chu Xiangcheng seemed to have aged twenty years suddenly, while Bian Zhongxing, Wei He and others beside him had no trace of their age.
The one exception is the deep-set circles under my eyes, which are obviously extremely painful these days.
Originally, Chu Xiangcheng had controlled his emotions, but when he saw the Hao Jin brothers and Tianyi's coffin, he burst into tears. Finally, Luo Xiang couldn't bear it and patted him gently.
, and then asked his servants to take him back to his mansion after he had fainted.
"Go back home first." Looking at the messy situation in front of him, Haotian finally opened his mouth and said. Infected by the atmosphere, his eyes were red, and the two brothers Hao Jin bit their lips.
Wei He and others quickly moved out of the way, while He Yu took two steps forward, walked to Haotian, and put one hand on the carriage to support the coffin. She was an elder of God's will, so logically she should not be allowed to hold the coffin.
, but she had always cared for her niece, and her eyes were red when she thought about how the two of them had gone different ways in just a few months. Luo Xiang looked at his haggard wife and walked to the other side of the coffin silently.
On one side, the couple walked side by side holding the coffin.
At this time, Yanzhou City has become a world of black and white. The trees on both sides of the official road are all covered with black gauze. There is a white damask floating on all the shops and restaurants, and white flowers are hung on it.
It filled every corner of Yanzhou. When passing some shops, Haotian could even see the spiritual tablet of God standing in the main hall through the open door.
Qiu Mu sighed in his heart. It was probably a rare occurrence in a thousand years for a woman to be treated like this after her death. From this, we can also see how much prestige God's will has in the hearts of the people in Hetao. However, because of her
Her prestige is too high, and the people love her too much, which will make the aftermath even more troublesome in the future.
At the gate of Prince Jingbei’s Mansion, the five young men who had just arrived the day before were all wearing mourning clothes and kneeling on both sides. They were different from Wei He and others. Wei He and others were just subordinates, but they were the adopted sons and daughters of God.
Naturally, there are differences in status. The eyes of the fifth young man are all red, and the eyes of Ying Ji'er and Chu Yueying are even bloodshot. It is obvious that they have not rested.
Above their heads was the plaque of Jingbei Prince's Mansion. Looking at the four powerful characters on the plaque, Haotian was suddenly in a trance. These four characters were originally inscribed by God himself. From Jingbei Prince's Mansion to Jingbei
From Beigong Mansion to Jingbei Prince Mansion, the plaque was changed three times, but each time it was inscribed by God himself. I originally thought that the two of them could spend their whole lives together, but they didn't know that in just half a year, the couple had already gone their separate ways.
"Master, don't keep your mistress waiting outside for too long." Luo Xiang whispered in Haotian's ear.
Haotian nodded, helped Wu Xiaolangjun, and walked slowly in. As soon as he stepped into the mourning hall, listening to the sad music, Haotian's nose became sour, and tears almost fell. However, he did not put God's will into his hands.
His body was placed in the mourning hall, but together with Feng Jing Xinke and others, they lifted the soft bed where Tian Yi slept on from the carriage and placed it in his yard.
"My lord, the deceased has been put to rest, the mistress's body should be placed in the mourning hall..." Chen Han frowned, took a step forward and said.
But before he finished speaking, Haotian and the others were already staring at him fiercely. Looking at Haotian Xuesha and others' more than ten pairs of murderous eyes, Chen Han quickly swallowed the following words. He didn't hesitate.
I doubt that if I continue talking, Haotian will definitely give me a sword.
"My mistress has been hunting for several months, and now she has finally returned home. Naturally, she has to go back to the yard to have a good rest." Xuanji stepped forward and said to smooth things over: "My lord, but I also need to place my mistress's clothes here.
Otherwise, outsiders will think that we don’t understand etiquette and have neglected our mistress.”
Haotian thought for a while and felt that what Xuanji said made sense, so he nodded to Fu Ruoshui beside him. Fu Ruoshui understood and quickly went to get a set of clothes worn by Tianyi and laid them flat on the mourning hall.