Volume 10, Chapter 751

Chapter 751

The front troops of the Ninth Army, led by Ye Tang, were trapped in the woods and surrounded by tens of thousands of Anjun troops. The situation was precarious. If they continued to fight like this, they might be annihilated. Read the full text.

At this critical moment, Cheng Jin led a large group of dark arrows to arrive in time. The woods are not suitable for cavalry, but for dark spiritualists, this is their best battlefield.

Although there are not many dark arrows, only a few hundred people, their appearance disrupted the offensive deployment of the Anjun army. Many Anjun soldiers died in a daze without even seeing the shadow of the dark arrows.

Hundreds of dark arrows were like fish in water in the woods, appearing and disappearing from time to time, like hundreds of ghosts. Every time they appeared, they were always accompanied by people's screams and spurting blood.

Soon, the Ninth Army's Central Army, led by Qi Heng, also came to reinforce. Seeing that the Feng Army had more and more troops and the hidden arrows were hard to defend against, the An Army finally gave up the siege of Ye Tang's part and all the personnel retreated to the depths of the forest.

This time they were no longer pretending to be defeated, but really retreated. Cheng Jin led the hidden arrow personnel to chase and kill for a while, and then retreated.

In this battle, the Ninth Army's front army suffered heavy losses, with more than half of the casualties. Even Ye Tang almost lost his life. The news soon reached Tang Yin.

After receiving the news, Tang Yin responded immediately and ordered the Ninth Army to stop marching and temporarily stationed in the Dahei Valley, waiting for him and the new army to rush over to support.

While Tang Yin led the new army into Chigou, he was also studying the tactics used by the An Army. The day after the new army entered Chigou, Cheng Jin and other hidden arrow personnel returned, and also brought back a detailed battle report of the Ninth Army's ambush.

After reading this battle report, not only Tang Yin frowned, but the surrounding Feng generals also took a breath of cold air. Since the Feng army entered An Di to fight, they have never encountered such a cunning enemy commander.

Tang Yin looked at Cheng Jin and asked, "Did you bring back the grass vines used by the enemy?"

"Yes, it is now outside the central army tent." Cheng Jin nodded in response.

"Take me to see!" Tang Yin stood up and walked out, and the other generals hurriedly followed him out.

When he came to the central army tent, Cheng Jin waved to the side, and soon, a hidden arrow personnel brought a carriage. At the back of the carriage was a huge grass ball, nearly two people high, and it was greasy, obviously coated with oil.

Tang Yin squinted his eyes, walked closer, circled the carriage twice, and murmured as he looked at it: "How much grass and vines does the enemy need to weave such a big grass ball!"

"It doesn't take a lot." Cheng Jin jumped onto the carriage, drew his sword, first cut the rope that fixed the grass ball, and then kicked the grass ball off the carriage without much effort.

He sheathed his sword, jumped off the carriage, and explained, "My lord, this grass ball looks huge, but in fact, it is empty."

"Empty?" Tang Yin raised his eyebrows, came to the grass ball, stretched out his hand and pushed it slightly. Sure enough, the grass ball was very light and rolled under his not-so-strong push. Cheng Jin came forward and continued, "My lord, the enemy is very cunning and knows our situation very well. They hid the grass balls on the top of the mountain in advance, and the soldiers hid in these hollow grass balls to avoid the observation of the ground network falcons. Therefore, although the Ninth Army released falcons when marching, the falcons did not find the enemy on the top of the mountain, but only found the ambushes in the forest, and the Ninth Army suffered a great loss."

"So that's it..." Tang Yin couldn't help but nod repeatedly. The main purpose of the An Army's abandonment of the Dahei Valley, which was suitable for ambush, was to paralyze their own side. After passing through the dangerous area of ​​the Dahei Valley, their own soldiers would naturally breathe a sigh of relief and relax their vigilance, but at this time they had just entered the ambush site of the An Army. The An army took great pains to create these large grass balls, mainly for two purposes, one is to hide soldiers, the other is to use them for fire attacks. The An army used these grass balls to force their soldiers into the forest where they had ambushed, taking them by surprise, attacking them by surprise, and catching them off guard.

It can be said that the An army had calculated everything for this ambush. Even if the ambush was not against the Ninth Army, but the New Army, or even the Pingyuan Army or the Sanshui Army, the result would be the same, and they would definitely lose.

It was just that the Ninth Army was unlucky. Qi Heng's initiative to volunteer just happened to make the Ninth Army hit the muzzle of the An army.

"Who is this An army's commander? Why does he know so much about our army's situation? He even knows that our army will use falcons for high-altitude reconnaissance and let the ambushed soldiers get into the grass balls in advance to avoid the falcon's sight."

Tang Yin rubbed his chin and muttered in confusion.

Cheng Jin lowered his head, and Le Tian and Ai Jia were also silent. They were also very curious and wanted to know who the main general behind the An army was. Since An had such a powerful general, why didn't the An court use this person?

Yin Lan rolled his eyes, stepped forward, and whispered to Tang Yin: "My king, could it be that there is a spy in our army?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present changed their faces. This was the situation that all the Feng army soldiers were most reluctant to see.

After hearing this, Tang Yin's eyes also flashed with a gleam of light.

Yan Yan's face darkened, he glared at Yin Lan, and said cautiously to Tang Yin: "Your Majesty, I think it is not difficult for Anjun to understand the situation of our army. Our army has been on the battlefield for many years, and its characteristics are It has been made clear for a long time that it is no secret that the ground network uses falcons for reconnaissance, but General An is able to make good use of these characteristics of our army. This person is very cunning and absolutely good! "

Bai An also agreed with Yan Yan's words, and those present were all veterans of the Feng Army. Only she, Yan Yan, and Yin Lan had the least seniority, and Yin Lan was an old Feng man and had won the king's trust. If he worked beside the king, if There are spies inside Feng Jun, so she and Yan Yan are the most likely suspects. She said sternly: "Is the commander-in-chief of An Army the Mr. Yu that An Bing mentioned? This person is said to be a ranger from Sichuan, but no ranger is so good at using troops. The general suspects that this Mr. Yu is probably The Sichuan general said "Well! " Tang Yin nodded, feeling that Yan Yan and Bai An's analysis were very reasonable. Of course, he did not want spies to appear within his own party.

He took a deep breath, squinted his eyes and said: "We are strong and the enemy is weak. The An army is now engaged in guerrilla warfare with our army! After one battle, more than ten thousand of our army's cavalry were lost. This meeting gift is really big enough." of."

Tang Yin felt sad just thinking about it. Not to mention the loss of horses and armaments, the casualties alone were already unacceptable.

It is not that easy to train a heavy cavalry. In addition to requiring the soldiers to have a strong physique, they also need many conditions and skills. It does not mean that the Ninth Army is an army made of gold. Not an exaggeration.

"No matter who the enemy's leader is, in short, we will see the outcome when our army reaches Yujing!" Tang Yin clenched his fist, hit the grass ball in front of him hard, then turned around and walked back to the Chinese military tent.

The next day, the new army arrived at Dahei Valley and met up with the Ninth Army.

When Qi Hengheng asked Tang Yin to join the army, he was so confident that he almost didn't issue a military order. Now that he had suffered a huge defeat, he was like a defeated rooster. His shoulders slumped and his head drooped. After seeing Tang Yin, he didn't know what to do. When he spoke, he knelt down on the ground with a plop, kowtowed forward and said: "Please, Your Majesty, punish the sins of the last general!"

In this battle, Qi Heng did not make any mistakes, but Tang Yin had to punish him. After all, it was a defeat. If there was no punishment, he would probably become accustomed to it in the future.

Tang Yin stared at him for a moment, then slowly asked: "Tell me about it yourself, how should I punish you?"

"This..." Qi Heng secretly grinned. Now he wants an official or not, a title or a title. There is no question of being demoted or reduced. After thinking for a long time, he whispered: "The life of the general belongs to the king, no matter what. No matter how the king punishes the general, the general will accept it.”

"Very good." Tang Yin nodded and shouted outside the tent: "Come here, Qi Heng's command of the army is not in good shape. I will reprimand the two hundred army sticks!"

Following his words, the guards outside immediately walked in. At this time, Lotte and Ai Jia both came out and stepped in to salute: "Your Majesty, now is the most critical moment for our army to fight against the remnants of the An army. It is really detrimental to our army to harm the general at this time."

Two hundred army sticks fell down and the iron man was flattened, let alone Qi Heng. Even if he was not disabled, he would not be able to get out of bed for two or three months.

Seeing that Letian and Ai Jia took the lead in begging for mercy, other Feng generals also stepped forward and intervened: "Yes, Your Majesty, the war is about to begin. If our army loses its own general, wouldn't it increase the enemy's morale and destroy my own prestige?" ?” “Please, Your Majesty, think again!”

Tang Yin was just pretending. If he really wanted to hit Qi Heng with two hundred military sticks, he would be reluctant to do so.

Seeing that all the generals came to plead for mercy, he happened to borrow the donkey from the slope, pretended to think for a while, and said: "What you generals said makes sense. If you spare two hundred military sticks, let's use twenty military sticks!"

Hearing this, Qi Heng kowtowed repeatedly in relief and said urgently: "General, thank you so much for your kindness, your Majesty. Thank you so much for your kindness, Your Majesty!"

"no! King! "The guards pulled Qi Heng out of the central military tent.

After he left, Tang Yin looked at Letian and Ai Jia and said, "During the next journey, you two must do your best to conduct reconnaissance, and we must not let our army fall into an enemy ambush again." As he spoke, he looked again He turned to Cheng Jin and said, "Cheng Jin, your brother with the hidden arrows should also cooperate with the Sky Eye and the Earth Net. Especially the woodlands and mountain peaks our army passes must be carefully inspected. Don't worry about not having enough time. Our army can move forward slowly." Okay, but no matter what, we must ensure that the march is foolproof!”

"Yes! I obey the order!" Cheng Jin, Letian, and Ai Jia all accepted the order.