Chapter 615

The new army, which had no defense and no combat experience, was hit by a strong arrow array in the dense forest. After just one round of arrow array, countless soldiers were shot and fell to the ground. On the river bank, there were corpses everywhere, screams, cries for help and screams everywhere, and the river bank was in chaos.

The arrows in the woods were like raindrops, shooting one after another. Those soldiers who had already reached the river bank could not even see where the enemy was clearly, and had no intention of fighting at all. They ran back like crazy and rushed to the raft to retreat to the east bank, but the raft behind was still sliding over quickly, and this advance and retreat happened to hit one place.

On the river surface, the sound of rafts colliding with each other was endless. Groups of new soldiers screamed and fell into the river, but when they finally showed their heads, they were greeted by either rockets or rafts rowing in front and behind. The soldiers who fell into the water were either shot or had their heads smashed. The river bank was full of floating corpses, and the scarlet blood slowly spread in the clear river water.

The fate of the soldiers who fell into the water was horrible, and the soldiers on the rafts were even more pitiful. They watched countless rockets coming towards them. There was nowhere to hide and nowhere to retreat. They were shot into hedgehogs with screams of fear. The arrow formation in the forest would not stop because of the misery of the new army. Instead, it shot more and more urgently, and the density of arrows became greater and greater.

It didn't take long for many rafts to catch fire due to the impact of the rockets. The wooden piles that made up the rafts could withstand the flames because they were soaked in the river water, but the hemp ropes that fixed the wooden piles could not withstand the fire. Soon, the hemp ropes on the rafts were burned off, and the wooden piles arranged side by side lost their fixings and scattered one after another. The soldiers standing on them also fell into the river like dumplings in the water.

Looking at the Feng Army camp at this time, it was a mess. The people on the shore pushed and trampled each other, and the people on the rafts kept falling into the water. The whole scene was a mess. Seeing this, Guan Tang, the commander of the new army, was also in a state of panic. He kept shouting, asking his soldiers to hold on, rush to the river bank, and fight the enemy. However, he soon found that he could not go up to the west bank of the Zhang River. The rain of arrows in the forest was too dense. One wave fell after another. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even he was hit by several arrows. If he had not been protected by the spiritual armor, he would have died in the Zhang River.

At this time, Guan Tang hurriedly changed the order and ordered the entire army to retreat. However, it was not easy to retreat now. The 30,000 new soldiers could not retreat. The arrow formation in the forest was a fatal blow to the new army, but this was only a prelude to the opponent's attack.

When Guan Tang was commanding the entire army to retreat, a lieutenant beside him jumped high on the raft as if someone had stepped on his tail, and hurriedly pulled his arm, pointing to the north and tremblingly shouted: "General... General, what... what is that?"

Guan Tang turned his head and looked, and he was also dumbfounded. He saw that in the north, the warships of Ningguo were going down the river and rushing straight towards their rafts. Because it was already dark at this time, and the Ningguo warships were rowing down the river at a very fast speed, when they noticed the Ningguo warships, the distance between the two sides was less than half a mile.

Looking at the huge black monster on the river, Guan Tang's mind was blank. How can this battle be fought? There are ambushes on the shore and warships on the river. Isn't it a dead end for our side to fight the enemy with these vulnerable rafts?

"General? General? What should we do now?" Seeing the Ningguo warships approaching, the lieutenant was sweating anxiously and shouted at Guan Tang.

What to do? How could Guan Tang know what to do? Now there was no other option but to retreat. He came to his senses and shouted to the lieutenants and guards on his left and right: "Quick! Row the boat! Retreat to the east bank! Quick!"

People did not dare to neglect, and followed Guan Tang's instructions, rowing the oars with all their might to run to the east of the river. Guan Tang ran away first, but the new army soldiers who were still in a mess below were even more chaotic. People lost command and had no order, and the casualties caused by just colliding with each other were countless.

In the blink of an eye, the Ningguo warships approached. With the arrival of the Ningguo warships, it was the final blow to the new army. The Ning army on the warships did not need to shoot arrows or launch any attacks. They just relied on the huge and solid hulls to overturn the rafts on the river.

Now the new army was in a terrible state. The rafts they were riding on were either burned or smashed, and a large number of soldiers fell into the Zhang River. The Ning army on the warships held long halberds and stabbed down easily and casually, but every stab of the halberd was always accompanied by heart-wrenching screams. In the end, the water of this section of the Zhang River was almost invisible. The surface of the river was completely covered with floating corpses, and the Zhang River became a river of blood.

Of the 30,000 new troops, less than 300 followed Guan Tang to retreat to the east bank of the Zhang River. The tragic defeat of this battle can be regarded as a precedent for the new Feng State.

The battle had reached this point, and it could no longer be said that it was a problem of Guan Tang's ability. Even Tang Yin, Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, and Ziying on the east bank were stunned by the sudden change, caught off guard, and had no plan to deal with it. The soldiers of the Pingyuan Army, who were standing by the river waiting for the raft to return, looked at the tragic scene on the west bank and retreated involuntarily. The Feng Army, who were originally full of morale and were ready to cross the Zhang River and enter Ningdu, were stunned and terrified by what they saw. On the spacious east bank, the dense Feng army was silent. No one spoke. People stared at the other side with wide eyes, almost forgetting to breathe.

Tang Yin was the first to come back to his senses. He used all his strength to withdraw his gaze from the other side. He looked around and murmured, "Who can tell me what is going on?"

His question woke up everyone around him, and they looked at each other in silence. Tang Yin couldn't understand what was going on, and others couldn't understand it either. Our spies had clearly checked and there were no ambushes on the other side, but in fact, there were not only ambushes on the other side, but a large number of ambush troops. Finally, everyone's eyes fell on Lotte.

The spy sent out was from Tianyan, and he was the one who came back to report the news. If there was any problem, only Lotte knew best about it. Seeing that people's eyes were focused on him, Letian frowned and his body trembled. Even a mature man like him couldn't hold his breath.

He clenched his fists, turned his head, and asked the subordinates around him sternly: "Where is Wang Hai? Bring him here immediately!"

"Yes!" Lotte's subordinates agreed, turned around and ran away.

At this point, Letian had to admit that the information Wang Hai brought back was false. As for why he did this, he really couldn't figure it out. While Letian was secretly guessing, he happened to see Tang Yin looking at him with a gaze so cold that it could freeze an elephant to death. His heart trembled, and he knelt down with a thud and said urgently: "Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely impossible. It was not the fault of the last general. Even if the last general is shattered to pieces, he will not betray the king..."

Before he could speak, Tang Yin almost roared and interrupted: "I didn't say it was you who did it. I just want to know who are the subordinates you sent? Why did you betray Feng Country and why did you betray our army?"

Lotte's cold sweat rolled down his temples. He might still believe it if someone else betrayed him, but he wouldn't believe it anyway if Wang Hai betrayed him, and even to Ning Guo. Wang Hai was not only one of his first subordinates, but also had five brothers in his family. Three of them died on the battlefield where the two armies of Feng and Ning fought. It can be said that Wang Hai and Ning had deep hatred as deep as the sea, and he could rebel against any vassal state. , but it will never be Ningguo. It's just that now it's too late to explain these things. Letian lowered his head and couldn't say a word.

Now only by finding Wang Hai can all this be explained clearly.

Not long after, the members of the Sky Eye Division who went to find Wang Hai returned one after another, and the news they brought back was the same: Wang Hai was not found. Tang Yin was already angry, but when he heard that Wang Hai had run away, he became even more furious. He gritted his teeth at Letian and said, "This is the 'good guy' you gave me!" As he said that, he looked at the Tianyan crowd and said: "Check again, search again, ask all the soldiers in the army, and find Wang Hai no matter what!"

A Heavenly Eye leader trembled and whispered: "Back... back to the king, the little people have already checked. No one in the army saw Wang Hai, and no one saw him leaving."

Tang Yin almost laughed angrily, and he asked in a solemn voice: "Did this person disappear out of thin air?"

After hearing Tang Yin's words, everyone in Tianyan lowered their heads and were speechless. On the contrary, Lotte's eyes lit up as if he remembered something, but when he was about to speak, the defeated and embarrassed Guan Tang came back. At this time, Guantang looked very miserable. The spiritual armor on his body was damaged in several places, and there were arrow feathers stuck under his shoulders and ribs. He was helped over by two soldiers.

Seeing Tang Yin, Guan Tang pushed away the soldiers who were supporting him and rushed forward. Li Laoyuan fell to his knees and mourned with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the last general...the last general is incompetent..."

Tang Yin squinted his eyes, looked at Guantang, and then at the poor 300 defeated soldiers behind him. He said quietly: "Guantang, I gave you 30,000 soldiers, but now you only bring me less than 300." Man, since all your brothers are dead on the battlefield, why are you coming back?"

Upon hearing this, Guantang trembled suddenly and burst into tears. He did not beg for mercy or say a word, but silently kowtowed to Tang Yin. Then with a rustling sound, he drew out his sword and turned his backhand. He put it on his neck and wiped it off vigorously.

All the generals around him were startled. They did not expect that Guan Tang, who was of mediocre ability, could be so strong-willed. However, it was too late to save him. Just when Guan Tang was about to kill himself with his sword, Tang Yin had already flashed to his side. , raised his leg and kicked the sword in his hand far away, and then shouted angrily: "What's the point of dying now? If you want to die, just die on the battlefield!"

Guan Tang was a hard-blooded man in his thirties. After being scolded by Tang Yin, he knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

Tang Yin looked at Guantang who was holding his head and crying, and sighed secretly, suppressing the anger in his chest again and again, forcing himself to calm down. He bent down, lifted Guantang up, then turned sideways to check the arrow wound on his back, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "A man doesn't talk lightly when he has tears. He just lost a battle, why are you crying?! What happened just now?" My words are too serious, don’t take them to heart, go down and heal!”