Chapter 355

The young man dressed as a commoner was brought to Wu Guang by the soldiers of the Pingyuan Army. The latter looked him up and down and said solemnly: "I am Wu Guang! What's your name?"

"General, my name is Zhang Yi!" Wu Guang did not know this Tianyan spy, but he had heard of Wu Guang's name. He knelt on one knee, saluted, and said: "General, the enemy soldiers have now all retreated to the palace, and there are no enemy soldiers gathered in various places in the city."

"Oh?" Wu Guang's eyes lit up when he heard it, and asked: "Little brother, do you know where the palace is?"

"I know."

"Lead the way quickly!"

"Yes!"

Wu Guang and Zhan Hu were led by the Tianyan spy and went straight to the palace. When the army rushed to the front of the palace, Wu Guang looked up and saw that there were Peng soldiers and generals standing on the palace wall. There were at least thousands of them, and the palace wall was very high, not much worse than the city wall of Yancheng.

The most important thing is that the Peng soldiers in the palace have made defense preparations. Rolling logs and pounding stones are piled up like mountains, and pots of boiling kerosene are placed on the palace walls. Thick smoke billows and rises to the sky. Wu Guang frowned after watching. The palace wall is so high and the city defense equipment is so sufficient. His side currently has no siege weapons. If he attacks by force, he is afraid that there will be a lot of casualties.

Thinking of this, he took two steps forward and shouted loudly at the top of the city: "Yancheng has been captured by our army. You are isolated and helpless. If you resist stubbornly, there is only one way to die. If you want to live, open the palace gate immediately and surrender out of the palace!"

After Wu Guang finished shouting, there was no one on the palace wall to talk to. The Peng soldiers and generals were no longer in the mood to talk. Looking outside, the streets outside the palace were crowded with Tianyuan troops. It was impossible to count how many people there were. The Peng army led by Ye Cheng grinned secretly, and their hearts were in their throats.

Seeing that no one answered, Wu Guang was depressed. It seemed that there was no other strategy except to attack by force! He took a deep breath, slowly raised the magic knife in his hand, paused in the air for a moment, and suddenly fell forward, shouting: "Attack the city! Kill!"

"Kill--"

Wu Guang's order blew the horn of the Pingyuan Army's attack. The soldiers below swarmed up, set up ladders, and began to climb the palace wall with all their strength.

It was easy for the Pingyuan Army to break through the defense line of Yancheng, mainly because they came too suddenly, and the Peng Army was unprepared. The city defense weapons on the top of the city were in short supply, and the personnel were insufficient. In addition, the main general was absent and there was no one to command, so they were defeated by the Pingyuan Army. Now the remaining thousands of Peng Army are shrinking in the palace, with no way out, and can only fight with their backs to the water. Even Ye Cheng had no choice but to go into battle in person, and naturally used all his strength in the battle.

Wu Guang and Zhan Hu took the lead in attacking upwards, but the rolling logs and pounding stones on the top of the city were like raindrops, and there was also kerosene pouring down from time to time. Wu Guang and Zhan Hu led the crowd to charge several times, but all returned without success, and the soldiers below were killed and wounded.

Seeing that this was not a solution, Wu Guang ordered to suspend the attack, and then he asked people to move some of the trebuchets in Yancheng over, and use the trebuchets of the Peng Army to break the defense line of the Peng Army.

Soon, the soldiers of the Pingyuan Army moved more than ten trebuchets and pulled a large number of boulders.

Now, as long as Wu Guang gave an order, more than ten trebuchets could launch boulders together, giving a devastating blow to the Peng Army on the palace wall. However, Wu Guang hesitated at this time. The destructive power of the trebuchet was too great and too strong. While killing and wounding the enemy, the buildings of the palace would inevitably be affected and damaged. The palace was the symbol of Feng State. Once it was damaged by our side, it would probably cause dissatisfaction among the people. Moreover, we had to repair it after the war, which was labor-intensive and not worth the loss. The best way was to enter the palace smoothly without using large siege equipment, but what was the best way?

Wu Guang was in a dilemma. He neither ordered an attack nor a retreat. He led the Pingyuan Army to stay in front of the palace and silently confronted the Peng Army in the palace.

On the other side, Li Qi led 50,000 Peng Army to chase the Tianyuan Army retreating to Lehu County.

When Li Qi and his men caught up with the Tianyuan Army, the Tianyuan Army was resting. They saw the dust and flags flying in the back from a distance, and the soldiers were shocked. When the Peng Army got closer and closer, people also saw the flags of the other side.

"It's the Peng Army! It's the Peng Army chasing us!"

I don't know who shouted first, like a fuse, and it didn't take long for the Tianyuan Army camp to start a chaos.

Because Tang Yin was already "dead", the soldiers of the Tianyuan Army had no intention of fighting. Seeing a large number of Peng troops chasing them, they were all panicked. They heard people shouting and horses neighing in the camp. The panicked soldiers ran around, tents fell down, pots overturned, and they looked panicked and chaotic, as if they had seen a flood.

At this time, Qiu Zhen ignored the soldiers in the chaos and took the lead to escape. When Qiu Zhen fled, the generals below naturally followed him. The soldiers of the Tianyuan Army without anyone to command were like flies without a command, and instinctively chased in the direction where Qiu Zhen and others fled.

The Tianyuan Army fled in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to collect the tents in the camp. At the same time, they left behind a large amount of food, fodder, military supplies and equipment.

Soon, Li Qi and his men rushed into the deserted Tianyuan Army camp. Looking around, Li Qi, Xu Hui, Wei Xuan and other generals could not help but laugh. The Tianyuan Army without Tang Yin was a scattered army without a leader. Although there were hundreds of thousands of people, they were not vulnerable at all.

As the Peng Army poured into the Tianyuan Army camp in large numbers, they searched out countless food, armor, weapons, military flags and other items. A corps commander rushed to Li Qi and couldn't suppress his excitement. He grinned and said, "General Li, we have seized countless food and supplies from the rebels..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Qi's expression was serious and he said in a deep voice: "My general ordered that all the belongings of the Tianyuan Army be left here. No one is allowed to move. The whole army will follow me to continue to pursue the enemy!" Li Qi was a relative. An excellent general knows the difference between importance and importance. Capturing supplies is only a small achievement, killing the enemy is a great achievement. It would be a pity if you only covet the small profit in front of you and miss the opportunity to chase the enemy.

Xu Hui, Wei Xuan and others standing next to him nodded repeatedly and said in unison: "What General Li said is absolutely true. Seizing supplies is small, but chasing enemy soldiers is big!" Now, everyone could see that the legendary The Tianyuan Army of the Tiger and Wolf Division was in disarray. No matter the generals above or the soldiers below, they had no intention of fighting. At this time, as long as they could catch up with the Tianyuan Army, they would win a great victory without any effort.

Under Li Qi's order, Peng's army did not stay longer in the Tianyuan army's camp and continued to pursue them north. At this time, the generals headed by Li Qi had no idea whether this might be a ploy by the Tianyuan Army to lure the enemy.

First of all, in their opinion, Tang Yin must be dead, otherwise it would be impossible for the entire Tianyuan Army to pay filial piety. According to the custom at that time, it was very rare to cheat death. It was taboo for a living person to pay filial piety to a living person, and there was no such thing. People have done such things; secondly, the panic of the Tianyuan Army when they fled was not pretended, but the real performance of the soldiers. No one could see the flaws in it, and Li Qi and others were certainly no exception.

For these two reasons, the cautious Li Qi believed that the Tianyuan Army was a real defeat rather than a false defeat.

The chaotic Tianyuan Army retreated as fast as the victorious Peng Army. It didn't take long for the Peng Army to catch up with the rear of the Tianyuan Army. This time, Sergeant Peng's soldiers were all energetic, thinking they had seized the opportunity to beat the drowned dog with a stick, and rushed forward crazily, slashing and stabbing those Tianyuan soldiers who were lagging behind. From time to time, some people screamed and fell to the ground, and were surrounded. The Peng army dismembered the body with random swords.

Xu Hui laughed when he saw this, turned to Li Qi and said: "General Li, judging from the current situation, our army will definitely be able to completely annihilate the Tianyuan Army. Not only can we welcome the king back to the capital, but we can also take back the territory occupied by the rebels." Lost ground!"

The battle went smoothly, and Li Qi was in high spirits. He nodded repeatedly and said, "If our army is to completely annihilate the Tianyuan Army, all generals should be the first to attack!"

"Haha——" All the generals looked up and laughed.

They now only see the Tianyuan Army's rear army that was defeated in a mess, but not the front and middle armies of the Tianyuan Army.

At this time, seeing that they had almost lured the enemy, the generals headed by Qiu Zhen suddenly reined in their horses and stopped escaping. Pingyuan Army Chief General Xiao Muqing, Chifeng Army Chief General Peng Haochu, and Directly Affiliated Army General Guyue simultaneously issued orders to gather their fleeing soldiers. .

After hearing the general's order, the regimental commanders and captains of each legion shouted loudly and summoned their subordinates. For a while, the shouts of orders in the Tianyuan Army camp could be heard one after another. The originally panicked soldiers gradually calmed down under the command of the corps commanders and commanders, and quickly formed a square formation.

The Tianyuan Army is not a mob. The soldiers of each legion are trained quickly. Even when they have no fighting spirit and are being chased by the enemy, the soldiers can still obey the commands of the generals.

A phalanx was being set up on their side, and the soldiers who had fled in the rear fell down one after another.

Under the command of the generals of each army, the middle of the formations spread out, vacated the passage, and let their own soldiers pass. When Sergeant Peng's soldiers came forward to pursue them, the passages they gave up immediately closed, and the soldiers in the front row closed. One after another, they set up their shields to withstand the enemy's charge, while the soldiers at the rear set up their halberds and spears. In an instant, the front ranks of each formation were lined with sharp edges, with halberd and spear tips of different lengths, moving forward in unison, Like a hedgehog.

The wave of Peng soldiers that rushed the fastest was unprepared and lacked strength, so it crashed directly into the Tianyuan Army's square formation. With a muffled sound, the bodies of hundreds of Peng soldiers were stabbed by countless sharp edges. Kong, died on the spot.

"ah?"

Only then did Li Qi and others clearly see the dense formation of the Tianyuan Army in front of them. The soldiers stood up closely together and stood ready. After seeing this, everyone was shocked and secretly took a breath.

Although the Tianyuan Army has no fighting spirit, there are still hundreds of thousands of people. If they fight forcefully, their own side will not have the advantage. At this time, Li Qi thought of retreating again. He said to the generals on his left and right: "The enemy has formed a square formation. It is not appropriate for our army to fight with them. I think... we should retreat to the capital temporarily!"

"Huh?" Xu Hui, Wei Xuan and other generals waved their hands at the same time and said: "General Li, the enemy is just bluffing. What are you afraid of? We will definitely defeat the Tianyuan Army with just one charge!"